Chapter 2

Chris Sanders was a middle aged man with gorgeous black hair. His eyes were two different colours. One was an electric blue and the other was a dark brown. His face awas pale despite the warm sun that beat down. Jesse knew him because he had seen his picture; and that he was the youngest person there aside from Aralyn and Jesse himself.

The new mutant was sitting with an old woman talking to her anxiously. The old woman looked as though she wasn't even paying attention to him. Aralyn was looking around, suddenly very quiet and shy. She crept closer to Jesse and slid her hand into his. Jesse was slightly startled about this but found it was only a comfort to her. It was to make sure that he would still be there when she would need him. So, Jesse led her up to the mutant and tapped him on the shoulder. The small tap made the man nearly jump out of his skin.

Man what a jumpy person, Jesse thought, I thought he'd be a brave guy, not a coward.

"Yes may I help you with anything?" he asked, taking a shuddering breath. Jesse noticed he was trembling.

"Um...yes, I was wondering if we could speak to you for a moment?" Jesse replied, hearing Chris whimper softly he added, "we're not going to hurt you, we just want to talk that's all." Chris nodded, still shaking, and turned to theold woman, whispering something in her ear. The woman nodded and Chris led them away from her.

"Okay so what do you want with me?" Chris asked. He had led them into the small cottage and let them sit down on his couch. Jesse rubbed a hand through his sandy blonde hair and looked around.

"Okay, first things first. We are from the team Mutant X I'm Jesse Kilamartin and this is Aralyn Wood. We came to help you before-" Jesse was cut off to the sounds of screams and gun shots. Jesse, with Aralyn still grasping his hand, raced outside to see fifteen, burly men coming up the street, carrying large guns. Jesse forced his hand out of Aralyn's and called to the rest of the team with his comring.

"Brennan, Shalimar, Emma get to the edge of town now! We have company and they don't look like they want tea!" Jesse called. From out of nowhere, Brennan's voice was heard.

"Yeah we know. We're dealing with some of them now!" he called back, "we'll be there when we can buddy!" There was a scream of frustration and then the line went dead.

"Well, they're busy. Aralyn can you do me a favor?" Jesse asked and Aralyn nodded her head, "okay get Chris to someplace safe and then come back. You'll get your chance to fight when you get back. Then we'll really see what you're capable of. Go now."

Aralyn looked at Jesse and nodded, her eyes big and brave.

"Becareful Jess," she said loud enough for him to hear. And with that, she was gone with Chris trailing after her.

"Looks like we weren't the first ones here," one of the men said, then shrugging," ah well. We'll get that freak either way. Alright boys, let's deal with mister fancypants shall we?" The other men chuckled and advanced on Jesse.

"You're not getting him so why don't you just leave before one of you get hurt," Jesse said, ignoring the comments, "no? Well that's a shame I have to dirty your pretty clothes. But I'm sure you can live with that."

The whole town had cleared and scurried to their homes and Jesse thought it was safe to use his powers. So when the first man shot his gun, Jesse phased and let the bullet fly right through him. Another man ran up to him, attempting to punch him. Jesse automatically massed, hardly taking a breath. The man flew back and landed on another man. And that's when they were upon him. Jesse unmassed and punched a guy to the ground. When he felt a stinging sensation, he didn't think nothing of it until he saw blood. One of the guys had shot him with a silent gun. Jesse staggered as one of them sprang on him and punched him in the stomach. Weakened and losing blood fast, Jesse mustered all his strength to call to Emma. This time there was an answer.

"Jesse?! What's going on?" she asked. When Jesse told her, Emma told him they'll be there soon. Jesse managed a kick in the groin that belonged to a very muscular man. He recieved a kick in the side and then he felt heat. And heard screams. He wondered if they came from him.

Aralyn produced fire and flung it at the men surrounding Jesse. All of them screamed like little girls and dashed away, some with fire spreading along their clothes. One who didn't have any fire on his clothes, advanced on her from behind as she was playing with her fire.

"Never mess with fire," she muttered, happily to herself. The man hit her on the head with the butt of his gun and she collapsed to the ground.

"That's right, never mess with fire Miss Wood," the man smirked, picking the limp elemental and dashing down to his black Mercedes.

Jesse couldn't focus. All he could see was black dots. All he could feel was numbness. The pain from his wound seemed distant. All he could hear was a ringing in his ears. He rolled over and groaned as he heard someone come over towards him. Dimly he noticed black hair and two different colour eyes.

Shalimar, Emma, and Brennan hurried along the deserted streets to where they hoped Jesse was.

Come on Jess hang in there, Emma thought, I know you can. They reached the edge of the city and saw a small cottage. And crouching down beside a figure, was a black haired man. Laying down on the ground was none other than......

"Jesse!" Shalimar gasped, running up to him. Emma and Brennan followed close behind her. When they reached the two men, Shalimar noticed the black haired man was shaking, visibly. The man jumped when Emma tapped him on the shoulder.

"No no...don't hurt me please," he whimpered. Brennan raised an eyebrow and looked at Shalimar who shrugged.

"It's okay we're friends of this person," Emma soothed. The man looked up at her and said softly, "you mean Jesse Kilmartin." Emma nodded her head and looked down at Jesse. He was drifting away from conciousness but Emma knew he grasped every word that was said.

A bullet wound was in his shoulder and had went right through. He had bruises on his face and cuts on his hands. Emma probbed into his mind and found that he had a couple cracked ribs. Other wise, he was going to be fine.

"He needs some help right now. We need to stop the bleeding," Emma instructed. Jesse moaned and opened his eyes.

"Emma? Is that you?" he asked, "boy am I glad to see you." Emma smiled and said gently, "it's okay Jesse you're gonna be okay now." Then looking around she asked, "where's Aralyn?" Brennan stooped to help Jesse up and Shalimar went to look for Aralyn. Emma took the man's hand and helped him up.

"You're Chris Sanders aren't you," Emma assumed. Chris nodded, "yes I am and your friend shouldn't bother looking for the girl."

"Why not?" Emma asked. Chris put his head down and said, "because one of the men took her." Emma's eyes grew wide and called out Adam's name.

"Emma? What is it?" Adam asked. Emma gave him the low down and when she finished, she heard Adam curse.

"Listen to me carefully Emma you guys get back here right now and then Brennan and Shalimar will go look for her. Bring Chris with you," Adam said, "see you when you get back." Emma complied and called for Brennan to bring Jesse to the Helix and for them to bring Chris. Then she got Shalimar and told her what was going on. Shalimar and Emma headed to the Helix and soon they were on way.

right now I have writer's block and it's driving me crazy. Well anyway here's the next chpt