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Jesse looked up from Brennan as Lexa stormed into the room. She immediately ran up the steps of the dojo and looked at him and Brennan. Jesse noted the look of concern on her face and it confused him.
"Shit! Is he dying?" Lexa yelled at Jesse.
Jesse slowly stood up. He was still not in complete control and he struggled to balance. He stepped in front of Brennan, who was now in a varying state of delirium, in order to protect him. "I don't know, Lexa. But unless you allow me to take him to a hospital, he will! What the hell is wrong with you, Lexa? You've lived here with us. We trusted you! And now you do this?" Jesse was furious. He knelt back down by Brennan when he heard him moan. "Look, Lexa. I don't know who the hell you are or what the hell you want! And you know what? I don't give a damn. I just want to get my friend out of here and to a hospital. I don't care if I ever see you again! Just let us go!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that, Jess," Lexa replied. She crossed her arms and sauntered back down the steps of the dojo. She looked over her shoulder periodically as she spoke. "You see, you may not give a damn about who I am, and frankly, I don't give a damn about any of you. But the people I work for - and the people you work for - do." She smiled a devilish smile as she finished her last sentence. She knew that would raise a reaction from Jesse.
"Listen, Lexa. I work for Adam. I don't know whom he works for, nor do I care. But I do what I do for Adam and my friends, Lexa. No one else."
Lexa wasn't pleased by this response. It should have drawn a greater reaction. Now she was curious about how much he knew. She whipped around and charged back up the steps of the dojo. Jesse stood back up - more certain of his balance now - and stood at the wall of the dojo to meet her.
Lexa searched Jesse's eyes with dismay as she stood there. Her face was a mere inches from his - separated only by the invisible, impenetrable fortress wall of the dojo. Jesse smirked when he saw her distress. For once it appeared he had the upper hand. "What do you know about the Dominion, Jesse?" Lexa seethed.
"Enough," was all Jesse said. Then he smirked again.
Lexa was even further infuriated. She threw a laser light at the wall where Jesse stood. It bounced off but not before painfully blinding Jesse. He screamed as he shielded his eyes. He bent over holding his face. He staggered and fell to his knees. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Jesse screamed.
Lexa smiled, turned, and headed back down the steps and out of the control room.
Brennan had heard Jesse scream. He crawled over to where he was. "Jesse, l-let me s-see." Brennan breathed.
"I'm alright, Brennan," Jesse replied. He uncovered his face. His skin looked like it had a bad sunburn and his eyes were watering, but he looked OK.
"Can you see?" Brennan asked.
"Yeah," Jesse replied. "It just hurts. I closed my eyes when I realized what she was about to do but the light even went through my eyelids." Jesse continued as he rubbed his eyes.
"Well, you have one hell of a sunburn!" Brennan said as he lay back against the wall of the dojo. He inspected his wound again and cringed.
"How do you feel?" Jesse asked noticing Brennan's discomfort.
"This really sucks, Jess," he replied. "God, man, how are we gonna get out of here? We can't wait for the Dominion."
"Lexa threw a laser at the wall over there." Jesse said, pointing at the stairs of the dojo. Maybe she weakened the structure." Jesse got back up and shook his head. He opened his eyes widely and stretched them. He closed them tightly and opened them widely again and rubbed them. He inspected the wall with a phased arm.
"Jesse, be careful," Brennan warned.
"It's OK, Brennan, I know what I am doing." At that instant, Jesse phased his entire body and disappeared into the wall.
XXX
Shalimar was elated. She could not believe her eyes. She held Emma at arms length and inspected her. It really was her!
"Where have you been?" Shalimar asked through tears. Emma was crying too. "I was so sad! Emma, I thought you were dead! We had your funeral. Yours and Adam's! Why did you do this, Emma? Why?"
Emma peered outside and performed a broadband range inspection before closing the door and locking it. She needed to make certain that no one followed Shal to her location. After she was satisfied, she looked back at Shalimar and smiled. She took her hand and led her into the room. Shalimar sat down on the bed next to Emma and hugged her one more time. They sat there for about a minute before Emma broke the embrace. Shalimar was still wiping tears from her face when Emma began her explanation.
"Shalimar, how much do you know about Adam's past at Genomex?"
Shalimar was puzzled. She searched Emma's eyes and slightly shook her head as she spoke. "Why?"
"Because Shal." Emma took Shalimar's hand in her right hand and stroked it with her left. She traced around Shalimar's ring and noted that she no longer had one.
Shalimar looked down at Emma's hands and back up at Emma. She sniffled and then spoke. "OK, let's see, um. Adam worked for Breedlove with Eckhart and a few other scientists on genetic manipulation. He was trying to cure diseases and ease human suffering. Eckhart went nuts and there was an explosion and Adam had to get everybody out. Genomex didn't want anyone out free so they started rounding up New Mutants and placing them into stasis."
"Shal, did you ever wonder where Adam got all the money to keep Sanctuary going?" Emma asked.
"What do you mean? Adam was wealthy. It was his money." Shalimar noticed Emma's expression. "Wasn't it?" she continued.
"No, it wasn't." Emma got up from the bed and walked to the side of the room. She looked back at Shalimar and crossed her arms. "Shalimar, I have learned a lot about Adam and who funded the projects and why since I have been on the run."
"On the run?" Shalimar asked, shaking her head in confusion.
"Yeah, Adam and I have been on the run ever since the explosion. It turns out that Adam worked for these people called the Dominion. They are the same people that Lexa works for."
"Emma, how do you know about Lexa?"
"I told you, I have learned a lot. The Dominion was funding Adam's research and helping him stay out of Eckhart's hands. They were also funding Genomex and the GSA. They were playing Adam and Eckhart against each other. They needed one of them to develop the cure."
"The cure for what?" Shalimar asked.
"For the instability in our structures. The Dominion wants to run the world and they need an army to do it. They also need psionic leaders in place at the highest power countries in order to communicate what they need for each other. But the psionics were all limited in their powers and until recently, were destabilizing rather than growing."
"You haven't destabilized, Emma." Shalimar said.
"I know. That's why they want me." Emma replied. Just then, Emma looked at the door. "We have company," she told Shalimar.
XXX
Adam got back to the hotel room that he and Emma had been staying in after dropping off their latest New Mutant for safekeeping. He fumbled with the lock on the door. As he opened it, a hand reached out and grabbed his. The hand turned into a body and blond hair smothered his face while its owner embraced him tightly. Adam put his arms around her and looked up at Emma, who was standing by the bed.
Jesse looked up from Brennan as Lexa stormed into the room. She immediately ran up the steps of the dojo and looked at him and Brennan. Jesse noted the look of concern on her face and it confused him.
"Shit! Is he dying?" Lexa yelled at Jesse.
Jesse slowly stood up. He was still not in complete control and he struggled to balance. He stepped in front of Brennan, who was now in a varying state of delirium, in order to protect him. "I don't know, Lexa. But unless you allow me to take him to a hospital, he will! What the hell is wrong with you, Lexa? You've lived here with us. We trusted you! And now you do this?" Jesse was furious. He knelt back down by Brennan when he heard him moan. "Look, Lexa. I don't know who the hell you are or what the hell you want! And you know what? I don't give a damn. I just want to get my friend out of here and to a hospital. I don't care if I ever see you again! Just let us go!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that, Jess," Lexa replied. She crossed her arms and sauntered back down the steps of the dojo. She looked over her shoulder periodically as she spoke. "You see, you may not give a damn about who I am, and frankly, I don't give a damn about any of you. But the people I work for - and the people you work for - do." She smiled a devilish smile as she finished her last sentence. She knew that would raise a reaction from Jesse.
"Listen, Lexa. I work for Adam. I don't know whom he works for, nor do I care. But I do what I do for Adam and my friends, Lexa. No one else."
Lexa wasn't pleased by this response. It should have drawn a greater reaction. Now she was curious about how much he knew. She whipped around and charged back up the steps of the dojo. Jesse stood back up - more certain of his balance now - and stood at the wall of the dojo to meet her.
Lexa searched Jesse's eyes with dismay as she stood there. Her face was a mere inches from his - separated only by the invisible, impenetrable fortress wall of the dojo. Jesse smirked when he saw her distress. For once it appeared he had the upper hand. "What do you know about the Dominion, Jesse?" Lexa seethed.
"Enough," was all Jesse said. Then he smirked again.
Lexa was even further infuriated. She threw a laser light at the wall where Jesse stood. It bounced off but not before painfully blinding Jesse. He screamed as he shielded his eyes. He bent over holding his face. He staggered and fell to his knees. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Jesse screamed.
Lexa smiled, turned, and headed back down the steps and out of the control room.
Brennan had heard Jesse scream. He crawled over to where he was. "Jesse, l-let me s-see." Brennan breathed.
"I'm alright, Brennan," Jesse replied. He uncovered his face. His skin looked like it had a bad sunburn and his eyes were watering, but he looked OK.
"Can you see?" Brennan asked.
"Yeah," Jesse replied. "It just hurts. I closed my eyes when I realized what she was about to do but the light even went through my eyelids." Jesse continued as he rubbed his eyes.
"Well, you have one hell of a sunburn!" Brennan said as he lay back against the wall of the dojo. He inspected his wound again and cringed.
"How do you feel?" Jesse asked noticing Brennan's discomfort.
"This really sucks, Jess," he replied. "God, man, how are we gonna get out of here? We can't wait for the Dominion."
"Lexa threw a laser at the wall over there." Jesse said, pointing at the stairs of the dojo. Maybe she weakened the structure." Jesse got back up and shook his head. He opened his eyes widely and stretched them. He closed them tightly and opened them widely again and rubbed them. He inspected the wall with a phased arm.
"Jesse, be careful," Brennan warned.
"It's OK, Brennan, I know what I am doing." At that instant, Jesse phased his entire body and disappeared into the wall.
XXX
Shalimar was elated. She could not believe her eyes. She held Emma at arms length and inspected her. It really was her!
"Where have you been?" Shalimar asked through tears. Emma was crying too. "I was so sad! Emma, I thought you were dead! We had your funeral. Yours and Adam's! Why did you do this, Emma? Why?"
Emma peered outside and performed a broadband range inspection before closing the door and locking it. She needed to make certain that no one followed Shal to her location. After she was satisfied, she looked back at Shalimar and smiled. She took her hand and led her into the room. Shalimar sat down on the bed next to Emma and hugged her one more time. They sat there for about a minute before Emma broke the embrace. Shalimar was still wiping tears from her face when Emma began her explanation.
"Shalimar, how much do you know about Adam's past at Genomex?"
Shalimar was puzzled. She searched Emma's eyes and slightly shook her head as she spoke. "Why?"
"Because Shal." Emma took Shalimar's hand in her right hand and stroked it with her left. She traced around Shalimar's ring and noted that she no longer had one.
Shalimar looked down at Emma's hands and back up at Emma. She sniffled and then spoke. "OK, let's see, um. Adam worked for Breedlove with Eckhart and a few other scientists on genetic manipulation. He was trying to cure diseases and ease human suffering. Eckhart went nuts and there was an explosion and Adam had to get everybody out. Genomex didn't want anyone out free so they started rounding up New Mutants and placing them into stasis."
"Shal, did you ever wonder where Adam got all the money to keep Sanctuary going?" Emma asked.
"What do you mean? Adam was wealthy. It was his money." Shalimar noticed Emma's expression. "Wasn't it?" she continued.
"No, it wasn't." Emma got up from the bed and walked to the side of the room. She looked back at Shalimar and crossed her arms. "Shalimar, I have learned a lot about Adam and who funded the projects and why since I have been on the run."
"On the run?" Shalimar asked, shaking her head in confusion.
"Yeah, Adam and I have been on the run ever since the explosion. It turns out that Adam worked for these people called the Dominion. They are the same people that Lexa works for."
"Emma, how do you know about Lexa?"
"I told you, I have learned a lot. The Dominion was funding Adam's research and helping him stay out of Eckhart's hands. They were also funding Genomex and the GSA. They were playing Adam and Eckhart against each other. They needed one of them to develop the cure."
"The cure for what?" Shalimar asked.
"For the instability in our structures. The Dominion wants to run the world and they need an army to do it. They also need psionic leaders in place at the highest power countries in order to communicate what they need for each other. But the psionics were all limited in their powers and until recently, were destabilizing rather than growing."
"You haven't destabilized, Emma." Shalimar said.
"I know. That's why they want me." Emma replied. Just then, Emma looked at the door. "We have company," she told Shalimar.
XXX
Adam got back to the hotel room that he and Emma had been staying in after dropping off their latest New Mutant for safekeeping. He fumbled with the lock on the door. As he opened it, a hand reached out and grabbed his. The hand turned into a body and blond hair smothered his face while its owner embraced him tightly. Adam put his arms around her and looked up at Emma, who was standing by the bed.
