Chapter 5

Jesse woke up with a pounding headache and his side still hurt. For a moment he didn't remember where the hell he was, but then he realised he was in his own bed. Adam was seated in a chair next to his desk, his head against his chest in a sound sleep. Jesse peered over their leader's shoulder and saw the little screensaver floating to different pictures from time to time.

When he slid out of bed, Adam jumped up and looked as if he wasn't sleeping at all. As he saw it was only Jesse he relaxed.

"Good to see your awake Jess. Feeling better?" Jesse nodded his head andon the edge of his bed.

"Where's Chris?" he asked. Adam said, "he's in the dojo. He won't be going anywhere soon that's for sure. I checked on him about ten minutes ago." Jesse's stomach rumbled.

"Okay when did I eat?" he asked himself. Then he remembered he hasn't eaten since yesterday and he was so hungry.

"And a few years ago I could last three days without eating," he muttered to himself as he walked to the kitchen. There he made a sandwich and munched on it eagerly. After he went to the dojo to see Chris.

Chris was sitting with his head in his hands, trying to think of a way to get out. His powers were no use, all he could was blend in with his surroundings, alot of good that'll do. But he was a pretty strong man and he thought perhaps he could break free. How terribly wrong he was. Then he saw Jesse walk up to the dojo and stood up.

"Well well well, look who's up and at'er," he said, smirking.

"Well I can't say that you can say that when your in there," Jesse threw back quickly. He ribs ached but he ignored them.

"Yeah so what. I could get outta here if I wanted too," Chris lied. Jesse snorted.

"Really? What are you gonna do, blend into the wall and fall through," he mocked, "yeah I know what your powers are so don't pull any tricks."

Chris glared at him and said of nothing else. He whipped around, turning his back on Jesse. Jesse felt relieved he didn't have to talk to the other molecular. Personally, he'd rather die than to talk to him. So also turning his back, Jesse went to the Medbay to see Adam about some painkillers.

Aralyn was very scared. In fact she was terrified.

What's going on? Why can't I control myself? she thought frantically. So far Aralyn hit Shalimar and almost hit Brennan. Luckily she hasn't hurt Emma. Yet. She didn't want to hurt them but she knew she had no choice.

Brennan crawled under the table completely forgotten about and grabbed Mr. McKane's ankles. Pulling as hard as he could, Brennan yanked the older man down and the man fell down with a big thud.

"Sorry old man, I didn't want to, honest," he said. He grabbed the switch for the governor and stuck out a hand for Aralyn to take. She took it awkwardly and hopped off the table.

"Let's get outta here," Emma said. She helped Shalimar up and all four of them left the building. Aralyn was worried that Jesse would look at her differently, in a bad sort of way. She didn't even want to think about it. So she sat in her seat in the Double Helix and was silent for the rest of the trip.

Jesse went as fast as he could (which wasn't very fast) to the landing pad to see the Mutant X team. His ribs groaned and called out for a rest, but of course he had to protest. He was eager to see Aralyn and see if she was alright.

The Helix door opened and Emma and Shalimar stepped out followed by Brennan who was comforting a scared looking girl. Aralyn.

"Hey guys good to see ya again," Jesse said happily. He heard Adam come up behind him, but he ignored him.

"Hey man, are you sure you should be outta bed?" Brennan asked. Jesse shrugged.

"You know Jess, he wouldn't stay in bed if it were to save his life," Emma said. Jesse looked at her than at Aralyn.

"Hey you," he smiled, "hey Aralyn what's wrong?" Aralyn was trembling noticably, and Jesse could she was even crying a bit.

"Adam it's happening," Shalimar said, nodding over to Aralyn.

"What's happening? What's wrong with Aralyn?" Jesse demanded. He glanced from each of the team members than to Aralyn.

"Jess, Adam never told you?" Shalimar asked. Jesse shook his head. Brennan glared at Adam as Adam took Aralyn from him. Adam easily avoided his eyes.

"I'll explain it to you in the Medbay," Adam said. Aralyn never showed her face, her hair flowed down and hid it. Jesse wondered what the whole problem was and what the hell was wrong with Aralyn. The Mutant X team, now all together, followed Adam and Aralyn to the Medbay.

Okay that's it for now. I kinda mixed up the location of where Aralyn was taken to. But for the record, she was taken to a mansion