First of all, OMG I updated!!! Ok, so it's been FOREVER!!! But I didn't give up on it! I almost did at one point, but I didn't!!! Wow, it's been three months since I updated this. That's horrible!!! I'm soooooo very incredibly sorry!!! Please forgive me!!! So sorry!!!
Second, thank you sooooo much to all those who (despite my HUGE time between updates, ok so this one was the only REALLY bad one but anyway) have continued to read my fic and support me! Thanks so much for the reviews! They are the only reason I did not give up on this! Thank you all so much!
Third, the next chapter will probably be the last. And since I have nothing better to do right now, it should be up within the next couple of weeks. I won't promise anything, but I will try!
Forth, it's been forever since I have written, so I apologize if this chapter isn't very good. I've had writer's block and other stuff, so bear with me.
Fifth, I lost interest in the third season of Mutant X a little while back. I stopped watching the eps and obviously stopped writing my fic. However, I am now trying to catch all the repeats of the eps I missed and I updated my fic. So please don't spoil the eps for me.
Sixth, to those who can't remember what the hell went on the last four chapters, (which who can blame you since I haven't updated in months) here's a brief summary.
Shalimar got 'sick' and started acting violent. Adam had passed away a few months back, so he was not there to save the day. Desperate for help, Brennan, Emma, and Jesse looked into Adam's contacts after sedating Shalimar. Finding an ex-Genomex scientist, Keith Kingstin, who studied ferals, the team contacted him and took him to Sanctuary. At the end of the last chapter, the team ate pizza and sat down to have a meeting about Shalimar.
Seventh, Disclaimer-despite my three-month absence, I was not able to buy Mutant X. Therefore, I do not own it or the characters/places associated with it. I do however, own an overactive imagination which I should use to update my FanFics faster.
I think that's enough blabber from me for now. After three months, may I present...
Chapter Five: The Meeting
"She will be ok, right?" Brennan asked starting off the meeting. "I think so." Keith replied. "It seems your friend's DNA is a bit off." He said. "And what does that mean?" Brennan asked impatiently. "Well," Keith started, "I'm not exactly sure."
"What do you mean you're not sure?" Jesse asked, slightly aggravated. "I need to perform a few tests to figure out what exactly is wrong before I can diagnose anything." Keith explained. "You just said she was going to be ok." Brennan said. "How can you say that if you don't even know what's wrong?!" he added. Keith ignored this comment and stared at the floor.
"I can give you her results from the scan if that would help." Jesse offered. "Yeah, it might." Keith said looking at Jesse. Standing up and walking across the room, Jesse silently printed out Shalimar's scan results. "Here you are." Jesse said quietly, handing Keith the papers. Keith nodded a thanks and was immediately concentrating on them.
After a few minutes of a very uncomfortable silence, Keith finished looking over the last paper and set them on the floor. "Did you find anything?" Asked an eager Brennan. "Not too much. The violent activity your friend is experiencing is due to a rapid mutation. This is somewhat common in ferals." Keith said calmly. "So, you know what to do to fix this right?" Emma asked, speaking up for the first time since the meeting started.
"Well," Keith hesitated, "Not really. You see, while every feline feral possesses similar abilities, each is actually quite different. The DNA structure of every mutant is different, no matter what kind. This makes if difficult to find a cure for your friend." Keith paused before continuing. "I have treated other ferals for this condition, but each one was preformed differently, and not all were successful. The unsuccessful trials showed no reaction to the treatment, or the condition worsened, often to the point of death." He finished.
Not saying anything, Brennan propped his elbows on his knees and buried his face in his hands. "What was your success rate?" Jesse asked, looking from Keith to Brennan. Keith looked at Jesse, then Emma, then back at Shalimar.
"Out of the twenty ferals we treated, five were successful, five showed no response, and the other ten got worse." Keith answered sadly. "And how many deaths?" Brennan asked, talking through his hands. "Out of the ten that worsened, seven. However, three of the five that showed no response died within thirty days." Keith replied.
"What treatment typically proved most promising?" Emma asked, not looking at Keith, but concentrating on Shalimar. "It's hard to say. We tried many different forms of treatment. Majority of the time, the same treatment on two different ferals had extremely different affects. So I can't really judge what treatment is best overall." Keith explained. "What are some of the things you tried?" Jesse asked.
"Oh we tried a variety of things; everything from typical injections, to electrical shocks, and even telepathic influences. All these worked on certain ferals, but when we tried them on others, they didn't work. Some showed no response, others took a turn for the worse. The good thing is, we can tell right away if the treatment worked or not. If it isn't successful, we can always try a different remedy." Keith replied elongated.
"Well we've got Brennan's electricity, Emma's telempathy, and we could always try putting something together in the lab." Jesse suggested. Brennan lowered his hands so they were covering all his face besides his eyes. "When have to try something soon, we can't keep her sedated forever." He mumbled. "Brennan's right." Emma agreed, "What should we try first?"
"Whoa slow down!" Keith said, ever so slightly raising his voice for the first time. "It's great you are all willing to do whatever you can to help your friend, but we can't try anything yet. Let me run my tests and we'll discuss possible treatments. If we just went ahead and started shocking her, the electricity may be too great for her body to handle and could instantly turn her into a vegetable." The scientist informed them.
Jesse nodded. "Alright, but please be as quick as possible. I don't think time is a luxury right now." The molecular insisted. Keith immediately pushed himself off the ground and walked over to the unconscious Shalimar.
"I'll help you out if you want." Emma offered politely. "Thanks, that would be great." Keith replied from across the room. Emma was instantly at Keith's side showing him the needed equipment and helping him with his tests.
Seeing there was nothing for him to do but get in the way, Brennan finally lowered his hand from his face and pushed himself up. Without saying anything, the elemental walked slowly out of the lab. Jesse sat unmoving for a minute before too getting up. Walking over to Emma he saw Keith was already started on Shalimar's blood work.
"You got everything under control?" Jesse asked Emma thoughtfully. "Yeah Jes, I'm fine." Emma said with a small smile. Jesse nodded disappointed. "Hey, I know you want to help." Emma said. "But right now things are pretty much in control. Why don't you go comfort Brennan?" she suggested. "Yeah." Jesse replied quietly and turned to leave.
"Jesse?" Emma said, turning Jesse back around. "Yeah?" he asked, wondering what it was. Emma leaned over and kissed him sweetly on his cheek. "Thanks." She said with a smile. "Anytime." Jesse said smiling back. The two continued staring at each other for a minute before Jesse slowly turned around and walked slowly out the lab door. Emma watched him leave until he was out of site. Only then did she turn back to Keith and continue helping him.
Jesse tried not to smile as he approached Brennan, sitting on the couch. "Hey." Jesse said as serious as possible considering his newly acquired good mood. "What are you smiling about?" Brennan asked trying not to sound touchy. "Nothing." Jesse quickly answered sobering his expression. "I just have a really good feeling about this." Jesse lied. "Oh." Brennan said, figuring he was lying, but not really caring.
"Well," Brennan said standing up, "I'm going to go try to get some shut eye, let me know if Emma and Keith turn anything up." He said heading towards his room. "Will do." Jesse said before lying himself down on the recently deserted couch. As Jesse's consciousness slowly left him, he knew he was only going to have one dream. And that, of course, was Emma.
End of chapter five.
Well, what did you think? Please, please, please let me know! I know it took forever to update, but please review. Thank you so very much! I love you all!!! :D :D :D
canadian-chic14: thank you so very much! :D so sorry it took me so long to update! Hope you enjoyed the E/J in this one! Thanks so much for your support! :D :D :D
blackpanther2288: thanks for the review! :D sorry this took forever! Hope it was ok! Thanks for the support! :D :D :D
loveconquers: thanks a lot! :D sorry that this took so long! Thanks so much for all the support! It keeps me writing! :D :D :D
bri: thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :D I know you said hurry, and I took forever! I'm so so sorry! Sorry that there also wasn't much B/S in this chappy. More to come in the next one! :D :D :D
Laily: thank you so much! :D sorry this took three months! I'm horrible! Please forgive me! Thanks though! :D :D :D
Jenn11: thank you so much for everything! :D I feel so bad that this took so long! Thank you so very much for all your support on everything! :D :D :D
shalfox4eva89: thank you so much! :D you said update asap. I took three months. Please forgive me! I'm so sorry! Thanks for the support! :D :D :D
Elemental Psionic: thanks a lot! :D I hope I'm not the only one who hasn't updated in a while! Thanks for the support, and keep on writing! :D :D :D
I can't thank you all or apologize enough! The next chapter will probably be the last and will probably have quite a bit of B/S as well as some J/E. I can't tell you when it will be up, but I will try to get it up within the next couple weeks. I typed this all in one night and I'm sick of typing. It's 3:17 am. I think I'm going to go do something else now. Probably grab a bite to eat and watch Mutant X, since it's on now. Adieu for now. I will return! :D
Second, thank you sooooo much to all those who (despite my HUGE time between updates, ok so this one was the only REALLY bad one but anyway) have continued to read my fic and support me! Thanks so much for the reviews! They are the only reason I did not give up on this! Thank you all so much!
Third, the next chapter will probably be the last. And since I have nothing better to do right now, it should be up within the next couple of weeks. I won't promise anything, but I will try!
Forth, it's been forever since I have written, so I apologize if this chapter isn't very good. I've had writer's block and other stuff, so bear with me.
Fifth, I lost interest in the third season of Mutant X a little while back. I stopped watching the eps and obviously stopped writing my fic. However, I am now trying to catch all the repeats of the eps I missed and I updated my fic. So please don't spoil the eps for me.
Sixth, to those who can't remember what the hell went on the last four chapters, (which who can blame you since I haven't updated in months) here's a brief summary.
Shalimar got 'sick' and started acting violent. Adam had passed away a few months back, so he was not there to save the day. Desperate for help, Brennan, Emma, and Jesse looked into Adam's contacts after sedating Shalimar. Finding an ex-Genomex scientist, Keith Kingstin, who studied ferals, the team contacted him and took him to Sanctuary. At the end of the last chapter, the team ate pizza and sat down to have a meeting about Shalimar.
Seventh, Disclaimer-despite my three-month absence, I was not able to buy Mutant X. Therefore, I do not own it or the characters/places associated with it. I do however, own an overactive imagination which I should use to update my FanFics faster.
I think that's enough blabber from me for now. After three months, may I present...
Chapter Five: The Meeting
"She will be ok, right?" Brennan asked starting off the meeting. "I think so." Keith replied. "It seems your friend's DNA is a bit off." He said. "And what does that mean?" Brennan asked impatiently. "Well," Keith started, "I'm not exactly sure."
"What do you mean you're not sure?" Jesse asked, slightly aggravated. "I need to perform a few tests to figure out what exactly is wrong before I can diagnose anything." Keith explained. "You just said she was going to be ok." Brennan said. "How can you say that if you don't even know what's wrong?!" he added. Keith ignored this comment and stared at the floor.
"I can give you her results from the scan if that would help." Jesse offered. "Yeah, it might." Keith said looking at Jesse. Standing up and walking across the room, Jesse silently printed out Shalimar's scan results. "Here you are." Jesse said quietly, handing Keith the papers. Keith nodded a thanks and was immediately concentrating on them.
After a few minutes of a very uncomfortable silence, Keith finished looking over the last paper and set them on the floor. "Did you find anything?" Asked an eager Brennan. "Not too much. The violent activity your friend is experiencing is due to a rapid mutation. This is somewhat common in ferals." Keith said calmly. "So, you know what to do to fix this right?" Emma asked, speaking up for the first time since the meeting started.
"Well," Keith hesitated, "Not really. You see, while every feline feral possesses similar abilities, each is actually quite different. The DNA structure of every mutant is different, no matter what kind. This makes if difficult to find a cure for your friend." Keith paused before continuing. "I have treated other ferals for this condition, but each one was preformed differently, and not all were successful. The unsuccessful trials showed no reaction to the treatment, or the condition worsened, often to the point of death." He finished.
Not saying anything, Brennan propped his elbows on his knees and buried his face in his hands. "What was your success rate?" Jesse asked, looking from Keith to Brennan. Keith looked at Jesse, then Emma, then back at Shalimar.
"Out of the twenty ferals we treated, five were successful, five showed no response, and the other ten got worse." Keith answered sadly. "And how many deaths?" Brennan asked, talking through his hands. "Out of the ten that worsened, seven. However, three of the five that showed no response died within thirty days." Keith replied.
"What treatment typically proved most promising?" Emma asked, not looking at Keith, but concentrating on Shalimar. "It's hard to say. We tried many different forms of treatment. Majority of the time, the same treatment on two different ferals had extremely different affects. So I can't really judge what treatment is best overall." Keith explained. "What are some of the things you tried?" Jesse asked.
"Oh we tried a variety of things; everything from typical injections, to electrical shocks, and even telepathic influences. All these worked on certain ferals, but when we tried them on others, they didn't work. Some showed no response, others took a turn for the worse. The good thing is, we can tell right away if the treatment worked or not. If it isn't successful, we can always try a different remedy." Keith replied elongated.
"Well we've got Brennan's electricity, Emma's telempathy, and we could always try putting something together in the lab." Jesse suggested. Brennan lowered his hands so they were covering all his face besides his eyes. "When have to try something soon, we can't keep her sedated forever." He mumbled. "Brennan's right." Emma agreed, "What should we try first?"
"Whoa slow down!" Keith said, ever so slightly raising his voice for the first time. "It's great you are all willing to do whatever you can to help your friend, but we can't try anything yet. Let me run my tests and we'll discuss possible treatments. If we just went ahead and started shocking her, the electricity may be too great for her body to handle and could instantly turn her into a vegetable." The scientist informed them.
Jesse nodded. "Alright, but please be as quick as possible. I don't think time is a luxury right now." The molecular insisted. Keith immediately pushed himself off the ground and walked over to the unconscious Shalimar.
"I'll help you out if you want." Emma offered politely. "Thanks, that would be great." Keith replied from across the room. Emma was instantly at Keith's side showing him the needed equipment and helping him with his tests.
Seeing there was nothing for him to do but get in the way, Brennan finally lowered his hand from his face and pushed himself up. Without saying anything, the elemental walked slowly out of the lab. Jesse sat unmoving for a minute before too getting up. Walking over to Emma he saw Keith was already started on Shalimar's blood work.
"You got everything under control?" Jesse asked Emma thoughtfully. "Yeah Jes, I'm fine." Emma said with a small smile. Jesse nodded disappointed. "Hey, I know you want to help." Emma said. "But right now things are pretty much in control. Why don't you go comfort Brennan?" she suggested. "Yeah." Jesse replied quietly and turned to leave.
"Jesse?" Emma said, turning Jesse back around. "Yeah?" he asked, wondering what it was. Emma leaned over and kissed him sweetly on his cheek. "Thanks." She said with a smile. "Anytime." Jesse said smiling back. The two continued staring at each other for a minute before Jesse slowly turned around and walked slowly out the lab door. Emma watched him leave until he was out of site. Only then did she turn back to Keith and continue helping him.
Jesse tried not to smile as he approached Brennan, sitting on the couch. "Hey." Jesse said as serious as possible considering his newly acquired good mood. "What are you smiling about?" Brennan asked trying not to sound touchy. "Nothing." Jesse quickly answered sobering his expression. "I just have a really good feeling about this." Jesse lied. "Oh." Brennan said, figuring he was lying, but not really caring.
"Well," Brennan said standing up, "I'm going to go try to get some shut eye, let me know if Emma and Keith turn anything up." He said heading towards his room. "Will do." Jesse said before lying himself down on the recently deserted couch. As Jesse's consciousness slowly left him, he knew he was only going to have one dream. And that, of course, was Emma.
End of chapter five.
Well, what did you think? Please, please, please let me know! I know it took forever to update, but please review. Thank you so very much! I love you all!!! :D :D :D
canadian-chic14: thank you so very much! :D so sorry it took me so long to update! Hope you enjoyed the E/J in this one! Thanks so much for your support! :D :D :D
blackpanther2288: thanks for the review! :D sorry this took forever! Hope it was ok! Thanks for the support! :D :D :D
loveconquers: thanks a lot! :D sorry that this took so long! Thanks so much for all the support! It keeps me writing! :D :D :D
bri: thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :D I know you said hurry, and I took forever! I'm so so sorry! Sorry that there also wasn't much B/S in this chappy. More to come in the next one! :D :D :D
Laily: thank you so much! :D sorry this took three months! I'm horrible! Please forgive me! Thanks though! :D :D :D
Jenn11: thank you so much for everything! :D I feel so bad that this took so long! Thank you so very much for all your support on everything! :D :D :D
shalfox4eva89: thank you so much! :D you said update asap. I took three months. Please forgive me! I'm so sorry! Thanks for the support! :D :D :D
Elemental Psionic: thanks a lot! :D I hope I'm not the only one who hasn't updated in a while! Thanks for the support, and keep on writing! :D :D :D
I can't thank you all or apologize enough! The next chapter will probably be the last and will probably have quite a bit of B/S as well as some J/E. I can't tell you when it will be up, but I will try to get it up within the next couple weeks. I typed this all in one night and I'm sick of typing. It's 3:17 am. I think I'm going to go do something else now. Probably grab a bite to eat and watch Mutant X, since it's on now. Adieu for now. I will return! :D