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This isn't meant to break any copyrights set upon it; it is only a fanfict.
A/N: Sorry there won't be Rhade in this because I've never seen him. Thanks for the corrections; I will add them in this chapter. Please do keep reviewing!
In The Helix'I've lost her. That lovely stinging sensation of her homing signal has gone' Harper
commented suddenly from the back of the Helix to no one in particular.
'Harper, if you built the homing signal to go straight to you, why did you make it hurt?' Shalimar asked curiously, asking the question everyone was thinking.
'So I have a few bugs to work out! And for your information the signal is supposed to be sent
to the Andromeda first, if possible, and me as a secondary resort.' Harper replied indignantly.
'Oh.' Shalimar simply commented. Harper slowly got up and curiously looked over Shalimar's
shoulder at the less sophisticated technology they possessed in the Helix.
Emma suddenly exploded into giggles. After she forced herself under control, she explained
that Shalimar hated people leaning over her shoulders. Her tenseness rockets when people do
that.
'Sorry man, I didn't mean to make you tense.' Harper quickly apologised, moving
back to where he had been sat.
Shalimar just glared at Emma, giving her a very rude message, knowing the Empath would
most likely pick it up.
'Now Shal, was that really polite?!' Emma asked teasingly.
Shalimar just flashed her eyes yellow, then went back to looking at her consol.
'Okay people, we're above where you said she was, but we're going to have problems again
landing. The landing stick is frozen again' Jesse called back.
'I thought you were going to fix that?' Shalimar replied.
'I'm so sorry I hadn't made that the top of my priorities, but as I recall I also had to fix the
Dojo's hologram emitters, restock the medical kit, sort out some files for the underground on
top of my usual chores, eating and sleeping' Jesse retorted.
'Sorry! Forgot.' Shalimar sheepishly told him.
As she finished speaking, the aircraft started to nosedive to the ground.
'Jesse, we're coming in too steeply!' Emma shouted.
'I know, the landing stick is frozen. We've no choice but to crash land.' Jesse replied, tension
lining his reply.
'Mass out the ship' Shalimar suddenly shouted out.
'What!' Jesse exclaimed.
'You've phased it out before. Otherwise there will be no chance of getting home after this!'
Shalimar explained.
'Take the controls then' he resolved.
Striding over to the side of the ship, he held tightly, waiting for the signal from Emma.
'10 seconds to impact…5 seconds…now!' Emma counted down.
On the now, Jesse breathed in deeply, massing out the entire ship. The impact into the snow
was softer than expected. As the ship came to a stop, Jesse breathed normally again. He
dropped to the floor in agony at using his abilities so much.
'I'll stay with him' Emma told the others rushed to Jesse's side.
'But..' Shalimar started.
'Go. We'll be fine. Go find your friend.' Emma directed at Harper, distraught coming off in
waves at causing a new ally so much pain to rescue a friend.
Jesse nodded to say to those concerned to go. Emma and he would be fine on their own for a
small while.
One after another, the thickly dressed woman and man stepped out of the Helix onto the soft
snow in search of Rommie. Fortunately for the searchers, the visibility was very clear so it
didn't take long to spot the fallen avatar.
Her black clothing pointing her out vividly in the white snow.
'Rommie!' Harper cried, panic seizing him as he saw his fallen comrade.
The pair rushed over to the lying figure. Shalimar stayed a few steps back
as Harper fell to his knees examining the woman.
'It's her power. She's run out' Harper explained after a few moments. Nimbly, he rose
Rommie's top a little way, revealing her stomach.
'Hey, you can't do that to her!' Shalimar cried out.
'Don't worry, I'm not only her engineer, I also built her.' Harper explained as he opened the
panel on the revealed area of body. After switching a few wires around, Harper then closed her
back up.
'Rommie…Rommie can you hear me?' Harper quietly asked her.
Slowly Rommie's eyes opened. 'Harper? Where am I?' She asked.
'Antarctica on Earth' he replied, helping her to her feet. 'And this lovely lady is Shalimar .
She's a mutant we met when Trance and I suddenly appeared in their home.'
Harper added, introducing Shalimar to the confused Rommie.
The group began to make their way back to the Helix as soon as they were sure Rommie was
all right to go.
'I've had to run you off the extra power unit I recently added in you' Harper explained to
Rommie when she asked how she was running.
'So what kind of mutant are you. You look normal' Rommie finally asked after a few moments
of silence.
'I'm a feral and Emma, who's on the ship we came in, is an Empath. Jesse, who is also in the
Helix, is a molecular. He can phase through solid objects or mass out and become solid. Our
other members: Brennan is an elemental. He can shoot electricity from his body, while Adam
who's our leader is normal'
'Fascinating' Rommie stated as she digested these facts.
'Tell me about it. I never knew about it until they showed me their powers. Nowhere in the
history books mentions this.' Harper added.
Upon reaching the ship, they filed back in again, stripping off the extra layers they had donned
for the excursion into the cold.
'Weren't you cold out there without any thick layers?' Emma asked suddenly after seeing
the scantly clad woman come on board.
'Harper designed me with a lot of human qualities such as emotions, tears, blushing but I don't
feel temperature change like you do. I register it but it doesn't affect me' Rommie explained.
'Well, if everyone is okay, I'll try to get us back in the air. While you were out, Emma had a
look at the landing stick, and she has managed to de freeze it with the blowtorch I added after
last times trip to the cold.' Jesse told all those aboard after the introductions had been made.
'Whoa Jesse, you aren't doing anything. You're resting until Adam has a look at you.'
Shalimar sternly told the weakened man, guiding him from where he had stayed at the controls
since his collapse, and supporting him until they reached another seat away from the steering
stick..
'Shal, I'm fine really' He protested.
'Of course you are, that's why I was practically holding you up the entire way from one seat to
another' She told him sternly. Recognising the look in his friend's eye, he resolved to his fate.
The flight back was a lot more uneventful than the trip out, as the aircraft to rescue the
stranded woman.
Sanctuary
'Okay,. Jesse is going to be perfect within a few days, he just needs some rest. Now ma'am, I
would like to check you too are okay' Adam told the expanding group as he walked out of the
infirmary with Jesse in tow, to where the other members of Mutant X where and their guests
were sat.
'I've already seen Harper and Trance who are in perfect health.' He added.
'I doubt you'd be much help. I just need Harper to check my systems and find me some more
power.' Rommie told Adam.
'Yeah, about that power Rommie, that's going to be very hard to find here. If we were aboard
the Andromeda, I would fill you up immediately, but here…'Harper left the sentence hanging
as everyone understood the difficulty of finding a way to power Rommie up.
'I've an idea, what kind of power does she need, 'cos I could blast her with some electricity if
that's any help.' Brennan offered.
'If I modified her power unit, that would work, but I'm going to need some components.'
Harper answered thoughtfully.
'I can help you with that. Don't worry, finding parts isn't strenuous, and it will make me feel
useful' Jesse offered, then added his comforting piece after seeing the worried looks he got
from most people.
'Go' Adam told the two men and Rommie.
As they were about to leave for one of the labs, a loud noise caused them to run to into the
main area of Sanctuary. There was a tall dark-haired woman fighting some very hairy; what
seemed like animal beings.
'Magog?!'
'Lexa?!' Harper and Adam both chocked out incredulously at the same time.