chapter three Going home
Shalimar jolted out of her sleep by the colmink call. Shalimar are you there she heard again. She walked out of the room she shared with Brennan and answered. ''Yes I'm here. Took you long enough to call us Jess''
'' Well I need your help Shal can we meet?''
'' Come to sanctuary in the morning Jesse. You know you're always welcome here.'' '
'ok I'll come''
with this Jesse shut the conection and sat for a while thinking. Then little Lexa began to cry because she needed to be fed. He warmed her bottle and picked her up. While she was drinking he started to talk hoping that it would make him calmer.
'' Hey girl. Seems like we will be alone. I'm sorry to tell you this but your mother died a few hours ago." He sobbed. "Well I should be getting used to this. Everytime when I think my life is going ok something happens to tell me it is not. Maybe it's the price of being a new mutant.
''I kinda wonder what your powers will be. You know your mother was a psionic, an telepath. That meant that she could read a person's mind. It was usefull cause we knew when someone wanted something from us.''
He stopped to lay the bottle away and to let her burp.
'' Tomorrow you are going to meet uncle Brennan and aunt Shalimar. They are mutants too. Your uncle is Elemental Electric and your aunty Feral Feline. You will like them, and i think they will like you too.
'' You know, I lived with them for a few years. When I was younger I fought with them to keep people like us safe. I joined the team after your aunty then Brennan and Emma came. We had fun for a while. Together with our mentor Adam we felt like we could do everything.
'' But good things always end quickly. There was an explosion and Emma and Adam dissapeard. We thought they where dead. Then Lexa showed up. She worked for the dominion and I loved her the moment she stepped in our home we call it sanctuary.
'' She was cold and a real icequeen but after a while she started to care for us. But she was scared and ran away from it. Because of that she died. Adam and Emma came back for her but couldn't help her.
''Then I met your mother. I was going to kill myself and she stopped me. After a while we started to love eachother and got married. And then we got you.
''I wonder how Shalimar and Brennan will react when they see you. I think suprised and a little angry but they will love you. Who couldn't love you?"
He stopped seeing that it was morning. He quickly got showered and dressed. Then he washed Lexa and dressed her too. He layed her in the buggy and drove to sanctuary. It was weird to go back there again. He always thought he would never see that place anymore.
He parked the car in the garage and. took the buggy out. He walked to the living room and sat down waiting for his old friends.
After a while Shalimar came in. ''Brennan didn't want to come'' she said. '' He is afraid you leave again withouth saying anything.''
'' Shalimar I'm sorry I just couldn't live in the place she died.''
Then Shalimar saw the baby .'' Who is that?'' She asked.
''This is little Lexa.''
'' What the hell have you been doing the past three years Jess?''
'' Well after Lexa died I went to a bridge. I wanted to jump off and be with her again. But I was stopped by a telepath named Ashana. She asked me why I would brake my promise to Lexa. She said that she could read me two blocks away.''
'' What did you promise Lexa?'' Shalimar wanted to know.
'' That I would move on with my life, find a nice woman have some kids. She asked me not to stick around in the past like she did.''
''So go on what happened after that.''
''I decided to pack my stuff and leave after the funeral. Ashana helped me get over Lexa and I started to love her. We got married and she got pregnant.''
''And where is wonderwoman now?'' Shalimar asked sarcasticly.
'' She died in labor.''
Shalimar quickly got to Jesse. '' I'm sorry Jess I didn't knew. It's just... After Lexa died you left. But Adam and Emma disapeard too.''
'''it;s ok Shal''
'' So why did you called now?''
'' I need you help. I don't know how to raise a child and she needs a woman around her too. And a few days a go I got some weird Emails which I can't trace.''
'' So what you want is to storm back into our lives and just pick up where you left?'' Shalimar asked pissed off. '
' No I ask for your help as a friend but if you say no I can understand it and I will leave.'' Jesse said calm.
Shalimar sighed.'' It is ok by me but under two conditions.''
Jesse nodded'' Any''
''one Brennan needs to agree. and two you move in here again.'' Jesse nodded again. He knew this would be hard living in this place again but Shalimar was right.
'' Wait here I'll go talk to Brennan'' Shalimar said and she walked out of the room.
I want to thank my reviewers. But I have to say that this chapter is here because of bohemianbabe she gave me the ideas. I only wrote it.