Old Flame

Chapter 6: Secrets and Lies

Jade sat on the platform, her legs crossed, eyes closed. Emma sat beside her in the same postion, Jade smiled, a little mediation always helped her calm herself down. It had been a surprise when Emma asked her to mediate, but she accepted, there was this odd bond between Jade and Emma.

Emma opened her mind to try and see some more of Jade's past. Hoping to find out who that little girl was, she got a glimpse of when she first read Jade. For some reason Emma needed to know who that girl was, she felt some connection to her but she didn't know what it was.

More pictures flashed through her head. But they only made Emma more confused, a picture of her mother and father flashed through her head. She shook her head and the pictures faded, she turned her eyes to Jade, who still had her eyes shut and had a relaxed, peaceful look on her face.

Emma smiled and turned her head, her eyes catching sight of someone watching them and she stood quietly. She walked down the steps and caught the arm of Adam as he turned to leave. "She's doing better Adam. You saw her face, she's so much more relaxed then what she was."

Adam looked down at Emma, before looking up at Jade studing her for a long minute. "I know, she's been doing very well. But she's still in danger, we need to make sure she is safe..."

Emma smiled at Adam "we won't let anything happen to her Adam. As for you, you wouldn't let anyone hurt her...you love her too much for that" she said with a knowing smile.

Adam blinked his eyes and looked at Emma and cleared his throat. "I always have loved her" he said finally, his eyes returning to Jade.

"I know you have, just like she's always loved you. Do you have a few minutes to talk? I saw something that has me...confused."

Adam looked at Emma in concern "of course Emma. Lets walk back to the lab, l have to look over Krysta and Cole's scans."

Emma started to talk quietly as they walked down the hall towards the lab, she noticed that Adam looked back over his shoulder at Jade several times.

Brennan yawned and blinked his eyes from the sun that peeked in through the blinds on the window.

"It's not morning already is it?" a mumbled voice said from the mound of blankets beside him.

Brennan smirked as he rubbed his eyes. He turned his eyes to the blankets and laughed, it was hard to believe at that moment, that the mound was actually his girlfriend.

"Ya, Shal. It's morning." He looked at the clock on the dresser "infact you only have a half hour before your suppose to be in the training room with Krysta and Cole. Not that they will be heart broken if your late..." he said teasingly.

Shalimar poked her head out from under the pillow. "Hahahaha...very funny" she mumbled. A few minutes later she slipped out of the bed pushing her long hair from her face and streching. "You better watch it or else, l'll tell everyone that you wear red boxers with hearts on them" she said grinning slyly.

Brennan jumped from the bed grabbing his pants to hide his red boxers. "You wouldn't!" he said looking at Shalimar as he dressed.

Shalimar laughed and grinned at him. "Why wouldn't l?" she said her eyes sparkling mischeviously, then she darted to the door and was out and down the hall.

Brennan moved to the door and stared after her "you better not! I can tell them some things about you to!"

Shalimar stopped and turned, flashing him a smile, then she stuck out her tongue as she went into her room.

Cole looked at Krysta and shook his head. How he got such a stupid sister was beyond him, she had totally forgotten their reason for being there. But he hadn't and he would make sure that they didn't get into any trouble for not doing what they were suppose to.

Cole left Krysta laying on the couch in the rec room. If she wasn't going to be serious about their job, then she could stay there and get into trouble or join the Mutant X team if that appealed to her.

Cole looked around the hallway, seeing noone he continued down towards where Jade was.

Jade was lost in memories, her body was relaxed and she felt content to let her mind drift to happier times. Though as Cole started up the stairs to where Jade was, her eyes snapped opened and gave Cole a smile, not thinking anything bad about the new mutant.

Cole smiled at Jade "meditating? I'm not interupting you am l?" he asked studing the woman before him.

She shook her head "yes, l was meditating and no, you didn't interupt me. What can l do for you Cole?"

Cole smiled at that "nothing much... just have a friend who wants to see you again."

Jade raised a eyebrow slightly. "A friend wants to see me?' she said standing up and moving back from Cole.

"Yup, he's very interested in seeing you. You would of met him by know if you hadn't gotten away from Lamont."

Her face drained of colour and she stared at Cole. She used her powers to send a candle holder flying into Cole's head, the edge of the candle holder made a large gash in his forehead and then the holder fell with a loud clattering sound onto the floor.

Cole glared at Jade and reached up and wiped at his forehead. "Why you little..." he said stepping forward and backhanding Jade sending her flying with a loud yelp.

Jade crashed into the wall and blinked her eyes a few times. She slowly sat up and looked at Cole, she used her powers again and made a pile of books on the floor tip over scattering on the floor.

Cole slipped on the books and attempted to gain his balance, but fell to the floor in a heap, cursing.

Adam and Emma stopped in their tracks at the sound behind them. They looked at each other and headed back.

Jesse had been in the kitchen, making himself his breakfast. He was rather surprised that Shalimar and Brennan weren't around somewhere, he figured they were putting in some extra practice time in the training rooms. There was always a ongoing contest between Shalimar and Brennan on who was the best fighter, neither wanted to admit that the other was the best.

"Can l join you?" Kryta asked quietly as she walked into the kitchen. She studied Jesse, she didn't want to think about what her brother was going to do. These people had become her friends and they treated her better then anyone ever had, maybe they could help her. But she knew that her brother was beyond help know.

Jesse looked up at Krysta and smiled broadly motioning to the chair across from him. "Of course, come sit down."

Krysta smiled and moved to sit down and looked at Jesse. She had to tell him what was going on with Cole, before Jade or someone else got hurt. "Thank you. There's something that l need to tell you..."

Jesse leaned forward, looking Krysta in the eyes. "What is it?"

"My brother is after Jade. You have to stop him or else she's dead."

Jesse's eyes widened and he jumped up, nearly knocking over his chair.

"Jade can't die. Adam would be devestated..." He said shaking his head, he lifted his hand "Adam? You need to find Jade. I don't have time to explain, just find her."

Krysta lowered her eyes to her hands, she'd betrayed her brother. But she never was one for being evil and mean to people, sure Cole and her had been treated badly as mutants. But she didn't want to hurt anyone, especially not someone as nice as Jade was.

Brennan and Shalimar met up again in the hall, then started towards the training rooms.

"Brennan"

Jesse spoke again hurrying down the hall, with Krysta behind him.

"Ya Jesse?"

He said looking at Shalimar in questioning look.

"Cole is after Jade...we have to find them. Adam and Emma are looking for them to, hurry."

Shalimar hissed at the information and looked at Brennan

"what are we waiting for? Come on!"

She grabbed his arm and started running down the hall.

Adam and Emma got back to where Cole and Jade were in time to see Jade go flying and then Cole fall to the ground.

Jesse and Krysta ran up to them, Jesse stopping beside Adam. "We should of thought that Cole and Krysta were placed...though Krysta isn't in on this anymore."

Adam looked at Jesse and then at Krysta, despite what was happening his eyes still showed kindness towards the new mutant. "As long as we get Jade out of this in one piece we will deal with the rest."

Jesse nodded, seeing Shalimar and Brennan down the hall running quite fast.


Jade stumbled to her feet, her body swaying back and forth. She felt like she was going to pass out but she couldn't, she had to stop Cole before anyone else got hurt.

Cole glared at Jade he smirked as he turned his head seeing the everyone else running into the room. "Perfect timing..."

Jade felt a odd feeling of fear flash through her, something bad was going to happen and she turned her eyes to Adam and the others.

Adam stepped forward, motioning for the others to stay still. "Let her go Cole. You don't gain anything by taking her."

Cole laughed and shifted his shoulders. "Sure l do. I get lots of money if l bring her in, you can't talk me out of it. Infact your not going to be saying much of anything for awile."

The others looked at each other in worry about what was going to happen. Neither Krysta or Cole had been at the Sanctuary long enough to really see how strong their powers were.

Cole opened his mouth and let out an extremely loud noise. Everyone started to cover their ears, but the noise grew louder, making it impossible for any of them to protect themselves from it.

Shalimar flashed her eyes and tried to move forward but the noise was almost paryalizing. She made it almost to Cole, when the noise took her over and she collapsed to the ground.

The noise stopped as everyone collapsed onto the ground. Cole smiled satisfied with the results he walked to Jade and picked her up. Tossing her over his shoulder and walked past the unconcious Mutant X team and his sister who he sneered at as she brieftly opened her eyes and looked up at him questiongly.

Then her head dropped down onto her floor and she was out like the others. Cole walked out of the room and using the information that they had given him about the Sanctuary, he found his way to the garage and he broke the box that had the keys in it.

Minutes later with Jade unconcious in the back of the car, Cole sped away from the Sanctuary.