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Pursued by trouble!

Chapter 1

Adam looked at the others. "Are you really sure you want to do this?" he asked. Shalimar walked towards him, gave him a kiss on his cheek and answered: "Yes, we're driving your car to Sanctuary." She waved at Emma, who was waiting at the entry of the Helix. Adam looked concerned and Brennan saw the look. "Don't worry", he said," we will make sure nothing happens to your car." Adam's face became less worried. He said goodbye, turned around and walked towards Emma and the Helix. He followed her into the Helix and closed the door. Brennan was already sitting behind the steering wheel and pulled down the ceiling of the car. He loved to ride a convertible. Jesse, who was leaning against the door of the car at his side, opened it and was sitting down next to Brennan. Brennan was looking very disappointed, and Jesse, who saw that look, smiled. Shalimar waited, until the Helix was in the air, and jumped on the backseat of the car. She took the cool box, which was next to her and put this between Jesse's seat and the backseat. Above the box, she laid the pillows and blankets, they took with them. Brennan started the Cadillac and drove towards the road.

Adam had been in Europe and in a sentimental moment, he bought a Cadillac. Owning a Cadillac had been his dream ever since he was a child, and now he made this dream come true. The Cadillac was on the airport already and just needed to be brought to Sanctuary. But Adam wasn't feeling up to drive for almost two days after a long journey. So, Brennan, Jesse and Shalimar offered to drive the car back. Emma was going with Adam and the Helix, so he would have some company. They were on the road for ten minutes now and Shalimar was enjoying herself. She was lying on the seat, pillows in her neck and her legs were hanging out of the car.

Brennan turned the radio a little louder and sang along with a song of Queen. Shalimar was singing also and was dangling her legs on the rhythm. Jesse looked at his friends and grinned. He let his memories go wandering off. Brennan seems to be satisfied, with the way he was living his life. He knew Brennan so well to know how his moods were and the last couple of months, Brennan was clearly very happy. Ever since Brennan and Shalimar had declared their love to each other, they were both so much merrily and they seemed to have a special gleam over themselves. The last couple of months, Brennan and Shalimar spent a lot of time in each others company and he had been very jealous of that. Shalimar was supposed to be his friend, his sister and he didn't want anyone to take her away from him, not even his best friend. Shalimar and he had had a special bond with each other, from the first moment he came to Sanctuary. All the time they were together and the bond between them stayed, even when Brennan and Emma joined Mutant X. He didn't liked the idea of his friend was taking his friend, his sister ,away and he tried to prevent this from happening, by just being in the presence of one of them. But Shalimar and Brennan figured out what he was doing and Shalimar had come to his room to talk about it. She had told him, that she knew what and why he did it. But he didn't have to be afraid. He was and stayed her brother and friend, and nothing, not even Brennan, would come between them. She came near him, hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. She told him she loved him and always would be. He then walked to Brennan and apologized for his behavior. Brennan had smacked him on the shoulders and had said that they should forget it.

Jesse turned around to Shalimar, who was still singing along with the song on the radio. She didn't notice him and seemed to be in her own thoughts. He looked at Brennan, who stopped singing and was looking at Shalimar through the mirror. They were driving for an hour now and he missed Emma. He and Emma were a couple too. They had been for a couple of days now, but their love seems just as intense as the love of Brennan and Shalimar. Now she flew with Adam and he missed her very much. He wished, she had joined them. He leaned with his head on the seat and closed his eyes. The only thing you heard of him was a sigh.

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