Sending You Chapter 3 The Shock of the New, a mutant x fanfic

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

A/N: This is one of those 'what if' type fics. In this, Emma never died, Adam never disappeared, and Lexa (or whatever her name is) never happened. This chapter is not so horrible short as the last, and is more along the lines of how long my chapters are. I find that, as both a writer and a reader, longer chapters are so much more fulfilling. Therefore, I write lots, and the more reviews that come in, the longer they get.

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

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Sending You . . .

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Chapter 3 – The Shock of the New

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Brennan was the first to comment. "What the hell was that? Does somebody think this is funny?"

Shalimar stopped him. "Brennan, what if it wasn't a prank. What if she really is alive? What if we left her in the arms of that monster for the last three months."

"She can't be!" Jesse muttered, sounding unsure of himself. "We all saw her there – dead." He swallowed and closed his eyes for a minute, as though pushing an image from his mind's eye.

Adam shrugged. "It could have been an illusion, or a dummie." He looked around. "Whatever it is, we need to keep an open mind. At this point we know nothing, so anything could matter."

Brennan shook his head. "What do you mean? Emma's dead, and people can't come back from the dead."

"Not true." Adam butted in, but Shalimar picked up and continued his sentence.

"Remember with Caleb? She died, and then came back again."

"Yea, but that was different, he had her soul, and when he died, he let it go."

Jesse rolled his eyes. "Basically she was never dead in the first place. She just – well – didn't have a soul in her body – not at the time anyways."

Brennan shrugged, rolling his eyes. "So what if she didn't have a soul. That's not the point. I mean – we don't even know if this is really Emma. I mean, it could be graphics, or some sort of insane look alike. For all we know, Eckhart could have cloned Emma's body or something, and manipulated the cells with live ones."

Without hesitation, Adam seemed to glance at Jesse, his brown hair tousled as his eyes scanned those of his group. "Shalimar," he began, and seemed to slightly rub at the com-link on his finger. "Brennan could be right. When we read the message, it activated some sort of sweeping mechanism that deleted the path it tood."

"Adam, think carefully about what you just said." Taking a step forward, Shalimar's eyes flashed gold, and she scrutinized the man.

"What, about the virus?" Adam ran his fingers of the back of his neck.

Jesse's eyebrows had been furrowed for a moment, and when realization finally hit him, it struck him hard. The blonde took a stumbled step backwards and then began to talk. "Adam," he began, "Eckhart shouldn't have needed to erase the trail, no matter who's computer it was being sent from. I mean, come on! We already know where the Genomex laboratories are."

"Then why –" Adam was broken off suddenly as there was a noise from the computer that the group was still huddled around. A series of loud beeps, four in succession, and each family of four played three times, came from the speakers where Emma's voice had come from mere moments before. A pop-up window blinked on the screen until Jesse clicked on it.

He read it aloud. "Genomex Power Supply Inactive."

Adam turned to Brennan, Jesse and Shalimar, and immediately formulated a plan. "This debate is going to have to wait. Brennan, prep the Helix. Shalimar, I want you to get a few guns; It could be a trap. Jesse, you're going to stay here. I want you to run over the e-mail a few times, see if there's anything we missed. Some sort of sign or something."

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A/N: Thank you to my first two reviewers! Please tell others about my story.

Jenn: I'm still waiting for other people's preferences, but as it is, that pairing is very likely. Keep reviewing, and I'll keep writing! Can you believe this is my first Mutant X fic?

MariShal: OMG, I know. I was so pissed off when I found out she died – truth is, I had been reading all the synopsises for upcoming episodes, and was so mad at myself when I find up. Anywho, I'll do my best, but I'm still keeping an open mind. It all depends on what other people want.