Just then, the others came back. Adam was relieved to see them still alive and that we weren't lying to him. He was actually overjoyed to see them, spending time with us alone can really scare a guy. Even the strongest or toughest ones.

"How was lunch?" I asked.

"It was great, but I would like to know what happened here?" Brennan asked.

"What do you mean?" Sam asked." We didn't do anything."

" I mean why are there holographic images of us on the floor." Shalimar said.

" Also, I sensed fear coming from Sanctuary as we came closer" Emma said in a the worried tone

"So we hurried back and tried the com-link rings but they weren't working." said Jesse.

"We were just playing a harmless joke on Adam and we didn't want you guys to interfere," I said.

"Are you kidding me?" Adam exclaimed "That so called joke nearly scared me to death."

"Wow! What could you two have done that scared our fearless leader, Adam, to death?" Jesse asked

"If you guys want to know, I suggest you to watch the tape from Sanctuary's camera in Adam's lab." I said. " I thought the prank came better than we had expected and everything turned out fine."

"Now that you two have had your fun, it is time for you to do some work." said Adam with a big smile on his face.

"I think Adam has a lot of work for us," I whispered toward Sam.

Then, using her psionic abilities, she tried to read Adam's mind. However, she couldn't seem to find anything.

Just then, he said, "I want you two to do everyone's chores for two weeks."

"That'snot fair. We were only playing a joke. Plus, we didn't hurt anyone," Sam and I said together.

"Fine then. Sam and Alex, you both will have to do want I say for one week," Adam said.

"Well, that is not any better than everyone's chores," Sam exclaimed.

"I'm letting you choose. So pick one," Adam said seriously.

"I guess we will do what you say for one week," we both said together.

Then , Adam had us clean his lab and fix the com-link rings. Then he made us help him in the lab. And man, it was boring. I don't know how Adam can spend endless hours working in his lab. He was always testing something. Even though, I found it all very boring, Sam seems to like it and might enjoyed it. For all I know, Sam maybe the next Adam.

Finally, the week was over and I can leave that stupid lab. Sam, on the other hand, still went back. She said she wants to see what will happen to the frog's DNA or something like that. I think she might be interested in all that science stuff that Adam does in his lab. Anyway, I went to the dojo to kick some butts and stretch out a bit. Sitting in that lab all day can make anyone very stiff.

All of a sudden, Adam called us to the Helix and said the GSA was after another new mutant. It is Mutant X's job to rescue the new mutants. Then, I started thinking of our first encounter with Mutant X. Sam and I were together chased by GSA. The GSA, genetics security agents wanted to capture all the new mutants and then they would experiment with them and try to make perfect soldiers. Thank God Mutant X rescued us before we wasted our precious lives and time to have fun and wreck havoc in stasis, not that we needed rescuing though. We could have killed all those stupid GSA freaks.

flashback

Sirens could be heard all around the city. Police cars were speeding to the bank, not caring about the traffic lights. Reporters and TV news vans were rushing to the bank also, after word of a bank robbery broke out. Lately, there has been a lot of crimes and felonies happening in the big city but the criminals has never been caught. There were no witnesses. No one saw anything. All suspects were cleared. They didn't find and have anything.

Sam and I emptied as many vaults as we could. We heard the police sirens. Police cars were already outside.

"Come out with your hands up! We've got you surrounded and we will open fire if necessary!" yelled a police officer.

Sam froze the front-doors shut so no one could get in or out. Then she changed the police's minds and everyone else's minds who knew about the bank robbery. She told them that they were mistaken. There was no bank robbery. We heard the police cars driving away and laughed to ourselves. It was too easy. We stashed the money in our backpacks and walked out of the back of the bank casually and went back to our hideout. It was an old abandoned factory.

We were walking cheerfully toward the old factory when some men in suits stepped out of nowhere and blocked our way. One of the men seem to be the leader there. They were holding some sort of mixture of a gun and a hammer weapon. We thought they were here because we had robbed the bank but Sam tapped into their minds. They were after us because someone old, white hair, white suit, dude named Mason Eckhart told them to. This Eckhart is the leader of the GSA and Adam's rival and arch enemies. He hated Adam very much and the feeling from Adam toward him is the same. He wants mutants to be soldiers for his country. He is very patriotic.

Enough about old people, back to us, we were about to kick some serious butts but then they came. The Double Helix landed and Brennan shot some electric. Then, Mutant X and the GSA locked horns and started to fight. Knowing it was like a war, we left and moved out of our hideouts.