Mutation
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"Catch me if you can" shouted Brennan as he ran along one of Sanctuary's many corridors. One not too happy Shalimar who had caught him making a hologram of her in her underwear was pursuing him. Needless too say she was pissed off at him.
"You are so gonna wish you hadn't done that Brennan, I swear you wont get away from me like last time." The last time Brennan had done something like this, the only way he could escape was to run off in the Double Helix and stay in a hotel for three days before Shalimar promised not to kill him when he got back, the feral female was not known for her tolerance and patience.
"Brennan, Shalimar, I need you both in the lab right now, Emma is experiencing another mutation", Adams voice rang out in a loud tone through their communicator rings that everyone in Mutant X wore. 30 seconds later, Brennan and Shalimar were both in the lab with Emma, Jesse and Adam. Emma was sitting on a bed while things seemed too float on thin air around her, including Jesse.
"She's showing signs of telekinetic abilities and I don't have a clue how to stop it," said a rather breathless Adam. "I've tried everything to stop her new abilities but nothing seems to be working, even when Jesse phases or masses he can't seem to get down (Jesse was a molecular and had the ability to decrease his mass so things passed right through him, he could also increase his mass to that which made him a solid wall denser than titanium). I think his only hope is if Emma can control her power and lower him down.
"That's easy for you too say, your not the one stuck up here." Jesse exclaimed in an obviously annoyed tone.
"Don't look at me, I'm trying to get you down, just give me some time" said an exasperated Emma.
"So do you think that we will also experience changes in our powers soon?" queried a somewhat bewildered Shalimar.
"I think that is a logical deduction, the last time your powers mutated, they all happened in the space of a few hours" replied Adam.
Thump, Jesse hit the ground, and he hit it hard.
"Sorry, I didn't mean for you to fall like that, honestly" said Emma too a slightly dazed Jesse.
"I want you all to stay in your rooms until your powers have advanced to whatever stage they will advance too, when you think your powers are growing, contact me immediately" said Adam to everyone else in the room, "I'll try to guess in advance what your new powers will be and look for any possible dangers, now off you go."
It happened to Brennan first, he was sleeping in his room when he woke with a start, he felt a very large rush of adrenaline flow through him, and he felt good, really good, he got up and conjured a little bit of electricity in his hand, and tried to throw it in a beam - like he usually did when he conjured electricity, but this time…the electricity stayed in the form of a ball and catapulted across the room, causing a lot more damage than he usually could with a bolt of electrical energy. This was freaky but kind of cool at the same time.
"Adam, my powers have just mutated, they're cool, I don't need any help, it seems easy to control" said a very charged up Brennan, "I'm going to try them out on the holographic simulator"
"Fine but be very careful with them, and try not to destroy much, I heard that ban on the other side of the complex" replied a tired and sated Adam.
Shalimar was next in line, she was trying to imagine what her new gift would be, Shalimar, was a feral (which gave her a feline-like personality and inhuman strength, agility and enhanced senses). She paced about her room, waiting for it to hit her, and when it did, it wasn't anything like she thought it would be…she turned into a very large lion, a very very large and powerful lion, and just as she had turned into one, she changed right back.
"Adam, it's Shalimar, I just got my mutation, and you'll never guess what it was, I actually turned into a lion"
"That's very interesting Shalimar, I certainly wasn't expecting that one, meet Brennan on the simulator and try to get some control over this new power"
"No problem Adam, I could kick Brennan's ass before and I will completely destroy him now".
And last but certainly not least, Jesse's mutation was perhaps one of the most powerful, instead of one ability, he gained two, both very powerful. He decided to go to the simulator and get a nice relaxing workout and perhaps see Brennan and Shalimar's new abilities.
Upon reaching the simulator, he saw what looked like a ball of electricity coming towards him, he raised his hands in a defensive gesture and the ball of energy froze in mid-air, Shal and Brennan stopped their work out to see what was happening.
"Jesse, did you do that?" asked a shocked Shalimar and she came over to look at the energy ball, frozen in the air.
"I guess so, said Jesse as he stepped out of the way, in case the energy ball started to move again. Brennan was just standing there stunned; his new devastating power had been stopped in its tracks by a flick of the wrist.
"Try to unfreeze it Jesse," suggested Brennan as he walked up to the other two.
"Okay" replied Jesse, and he flicked his wrists again, but instead of the energy ball moving on its path, it blew up in the air.
"I take it that wasn't supposed to happen" said a shocked Jesse.
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