Sending You Chapter 1 Something Missing, a mutant x fanfic

Summary: . . . I'm sending you a little Christmas, wrapped up with love, a little peace, a little light, to remind you of how I'm waiting for you, praying for you; I wanted you to see. So I'm sending you a little Christmas, till you come home with me.

A/N: This is one of those 'what if' fics. In this, Emma never really died, Adam didn't disappear, and Lexa (or whatever) never happened. This chapter is unbearable short, but the next chapter will be posted by the end of tonight, guaranteed.

If you dislike it, please tell me, but if you're going to resort to horrible flames, stick to e-mail or instant messaging. I'm not the type of person who likes insults to be very public. Also, I need preferences for pairings.

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Sending You . . .

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Chapter 1 – Something Missing

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There was always something missing. Even though the walls and staircase banisters were decked with golden tinsel, and sparkling with green lights, and Shalimar's Christmas carols echoed through ever corner, something was still absent, still missing.

It wasn't the noise, as Brennan and Adam's snores reverberated in the background of the quiet music, and it wasn't Shalimar's contented purr as she slept.

That missing something was a someone, and that person's death had left a hole in the hearts of Mutant X. All holes must be patched, and the residents of Sanctuary were all too happy to do so, temporarily healing the pain of their lost friend by preoccupying their time with preparations for upcoming special events and times.

The ruse seemed to work, until now. A pair of blue-green orbs pierced the semi darkness that surrounded the tall, flicking tree in the corner, glazed over as their owner waded through a memory.

Having been awakened by the ledgendary Christmas magic, Jesse Kilmartin stood in the empty room, still clad in baggy blue jeans and a pale blue dress shirt from the large dinner they had consumed hours earlier.

Christmas just wasn't going to be the same this year, not without Emma around. She wouldn't be dropping hints about unopened presents, or peeking through presents and making them seen normal to the others.

It had been childish, the delight that seemed to radiate off of her each Christmas morning, but the team needed it. Without that pure joy, the harsh reality of what they did for a living could turn them solemn and hard, but that unfiltered bliss seemed to melt the colder emotions right off of them.

Jolting Jesse from his thoughts, there came a digital 'moo' from one of the computers, and a faint grin had spread across the blonde's face as he approached the computer.

Emma had chosen the alerting tone for mail notifications, and had found it hilarious, sending herself e-mails over and over, just to hear the sound of the inexistent cow.

Now there was another e-mail, not one that she had sent to herself, but most likely another Christmas message. From who, Jesse hadn't the slightest idea; most of the safe houses had sent their yuletide greetings back after the delivery of supplies, and the rest had send video mail. There was nobody left to receive anything from.

So when the message summary popped up, reading that it was for the entire Mutant X team, Jesse left it for morning, something for early morning cheer.

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