Title: "Wake Me UP"

Author: scarypuffringo

Disclaimer: This story is mainly about Jesse and Emma.

Author's note: Hello everyone! I have to confess that I was surprised to find out there's still people reading this story. I thank the ones who are still hanging around to see what happens next. Before you go on, I need to warn you that I haven't watched "Mutant X" since before the last time I updated the story. I apologize for that, people. That's the main reason why I wasn't planning in keep writing the story, but after a few reviews I got, I decided to give it a shot and see if I still can write something that narrows what some call "interesting". I apologize for not updating in these past… year… or even more than that… Life has just been crazy for me. I hope you all like this one even though it's a little bit shorter than the other chapters. Thanks for everything and don't forget… your words are precious to me.

Chapter Seven

It was Thursday afternoon, Brennan was at the lab working on a COM link while Shalimar just sat there, watching him. It had been almost a moth that Jesse left Mutant X and curiously things had slowed down a lot. It seemed all the criminals out there in the world had decided to take some time out and give them some rest. Although not being at the field fighting the good fight was something they weren't quite used to, those peaceful days had done some good to them. Shalimar and Brennan were even starting to enjoy the simple kind of life they were living. As for Lexa, not having to save the world every single day wasn't that much peaceful. Things between her and Shalimar only got worse, they practically argued every time there was a mission or even when they were standing in the same room and those argues of theirs were the only verbal contact the two of them were having.

At that same afternoon Lexa was out; she went to meet one of her sources and according to her, the government was behind something nasty. Brennan was interested in what Lexa was about to find out but Shalimar just had it as another waste of time…

"Hey!" Lexa exclaimed as she walked in. Brennan saw when her car pulled over so he went in her encounter; Shalimar was right behind him.

"So? What did you find out?" Brennan inquired placing his hands over his hips.

Taking a deep breath, Lexa began to fill them in. "Well, according to my guy… the U.S government is sending a weapon supply down to South America. The weapons go to Colombia. Apparently there's a war going on between the two most powerful drug dealers in that area. They're fighting over the control of the nark-traffic. This supply goes to both of them… My source… well, he couldn't tell me who those dealers are or who they're related to here. But one thing he knows for sure… If those weapons got to their destination, Colombia or South America are not going to be the only ones to suffer the consequences… If they use those weapons… it's going to affect the entire world."

"Brennan?" Shalimar interrupted Lexa's speech. Brennan and Lexa could sense the annoyance hiding in her voice. "Would you mind asking Miss-Know-It-All here, why we have to do something about this drug dealers war? It's not like something like that never happened before. There was some damage but… the world is still going 'round."

Lexa gaped in surprise; she never imagined Shalimar could act like that, especially when people's safety were in risk. "Brennan, please tell blondie over there that there are people's lives in danger. Innocent men, women and children will die if we don't do something about it."

"Huhgh…" Brennan attempted to speak but Shalimar was faster.

"Brennan? Don't you think it's a bit odd that someone around here always get those precious information?" Shalimar sneered with disdain. Brennan had this confused look on his face. Standing between the two of them was not a very good place for him to be right then. "I wonder how-"

"Brennan, let me ask you something…" Lexa grabbed his left arm and lightly pulled him to stand by her side.

"Wait. Wait. Wait." He said slipping away from her grasp. "I can't believe you're insisting in not talking to each other. Don't you think this stupid, childish fight of your has gone too far?"

The two women just scowled at him. Lexa didn't leave space for Brennan to go on talking or Shalimar to start her teasing all over again. She put on a serious face and gave them a direct order, acting as if she was actually in charge of Mutant X. "Brennan tell your friend over there that we're leaving tomorrow morning. If she wants to come along… Good. But if she doesn't… Better."

"But I…" Brennan tried to bring common sense back to the scene but it was already too late. After Lexa's last words, she left the room and so did Shalimar, both going in opposite directions. Brennan watched them disappear in the halls of Sanctuary then snorted a sarcastic laugh. "Women!"

Jesse walked out of the cabin and his eyes started roaming around searching for Emma's face; a small smile broke on his face when he found her. He stepped down the stairs and moved towards an enormous tree then looked up. "What are you doing?"

Emma smiled back and answered. "Sight seeing!"

"Couldn't you do it down here?" He inquired in a joking tone and she laughed. "Weren't you afraid of heights?

Emma moved starting to climb down. "No! Not afraid!" Jesse stepped to the tree and helped her. Emma slipped when her foot failed to step on a root, Jesse grabbed her waist preventing her from falling, they felt something going up and down their spines when they caught each other's eyes. "Hugh… I… I wasn't afraid of heights… I wasn't comfortable… That's all." She stammered, a bit of awkwardness showing in her voice. Her eyes strayed down to see Jesse's hand still locked around her waist. Emma moved a little and he let go of her.

The two walked to the cabin and sat down on the porch. Jesse noticed how Emma was contemplating the place. "How come you still look at this place with these eyes?"

"What eyes?" She frowned a little casting a glimpse at him.

"You know… These eyes… like… like you're seeing all of this for the very first time… There's something in your eyes that…" Jesse stopped when he sensed her stare on him. He smiled widely at her. "Sorry."

"No, it's okay. You're right. I do look at the this place like it was the first time. I don't know… Being here just makes me feel good. It's like… I'm finally in peace. You know? I just like being here." She stated and suddenly Jesse's face changed. Emma noticed there was something Jesse was hiding from her. "Is something wrong?"

"No. Nothing's wrong." Jesse denied.

"Are you sure because I felt that you…" Jesse's eyes widened when she spoke; he couldn't help but fear that she once again was picking up his emotions. Emma didn't need her powers to notice the fear in his eyes. "Jesse, I'm not reading you. I just…"

"I know. I know…" Jesse interrupted her, shrugging those thoughts away.

The two fell into silence for a few moments until Emma spoke again. "So? Are you gonna tell me what's bothering you?"

"I just talked to Adam."

"Really? What did he say to you? Is everything alright?"

Jesse stood up and looked everything but her face. "Yeah! Well, Eckhart still questions him about what happened to you but…" Jesse paused before continuing, he knew what he was about to say was going to change things and deep down he didn't want that to happen, at least, not so soon. "Adam wants to know if the treatment is working."

"But it's working. You told you him, didn't you?" Emma's tone got serious too as she spoke.

"Yes, but…"

"But what?" Fear now crossed her mind. Jesse's hesitating was scaring her. "What Jesse?"

"Adam said that we can't know for sure if the treatment is working because it's just the two of us here. He said we need to come back to the real world… … He wants you out there again." He finished explaining and waited for her to say something but she remained mute instead. "Emma…" Jesse kneeled down and lightly stroke her hair. "You don't have to do anything… If you're not ready… I can wait. I'll talk…"

"What does he want me to do?" She let the words slip out of her mouth, although she wasn't certain if that was the right thing to do at that point.

"Well… There's this motel, it's not far and… hum… there's this restaurant… Adam said I need to take you there and see what happens." Jesse explained and she nodded.

"So when do we go?" She lifted her eyes to look at him.

Jesse breathed deeply and with the cutest of the smiles and kidded. "Are you hungry?"

After they talked Emma and Jesse dressed properly and left the cabin. Jesse started noticing something was going on with Emma the minute the car entered the highway. Her eyes never stopped moving and her breathing was heavy and unsteady. "Are you alright?" Emma didn't answer him, she was too busy focusing in casting away everything she was already picking up. "Em? Emma?"

"What?" She startled, looking at him now.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine. Why?" She lied and his eyes told her about his concern. "I'm… It's just… …" She lowered her eyes then closed them gathering strength to go on with the plan. "… It's just hard…"

"I know." Jesse mouthed, placing his right hand over hers. Emma focused on their hands united. "I'm here." He said almost in a whisper and removed his hand from hers. Emma smiled warmly and turned to look ahead.

Minutes later she caught sight of the place Adam talked about, she saw cars pulling over and she felt weak again. As Jesse parked the car on the drive way of the restaurant it seemed to her that the world had slowed down. It was like she could see, hear and feel everything. Emma stepped out of the car and walked side by side with Jesse, she grabbed his hand and squeezed it with all the strength she still had in her. Jesse looked at her and all he could see was terror and pain.

Emma was breathing like the air wasn't reaching her lungs, she turned to one side and there were a couple arguing, she sensed all the anger they were feeling. She shook her head a little while they kept on walking, the next thing she saw was two men talking, the things she picked up from them were something she could not describe. The sound of the restaurant door opening caught her attention, a woman came out holding a baby, the child was crying loudly and at that minute Emma couldn't hold anymore, she froze and barely managed to speak. "Jesse?"

"What?" He frowned looking at her then all around them. "What's wrong?"

"I can't do this." Emma was losing control, her eyes lowered and she let out a shriek as her hands flung to her hears, pressing them fiercely. "Hahaha…" She bowed down and Jesse held her.

"Wh- what? Emma?" Jesse didn't know what to do. He wanted to help her but she didn't say much, she just remained there. Jesse forced her to look at him. "Emma, you have to tell me what you're feeling, what's going on with you, otherwise I can't help you."

Emma cried and as her tears were falling she looked at everyone around with different eyes. Her eyes showed him that every single thing there was hurting her. "It's… it's too much. I can't bare it. I… Hahahaha…" Emma screamed loudly this time losing her senses. She fell and Jesse grabbed her in his arms. All the others around turned their attention to them and tried to help when they watched her faint.

An man in his forties ran to Emma and Jesse and offer to help. "You need help?"

"Help me get her in the car." Jesse said, motioning with his head to his car parked right behind them. The man was fast, he reached for the keys in Jesse's pockets and unlocked the car, opening the door. While Jesse placed Emma on the passenger's seat the man spoke again. "You've got to take her to a hospital. There's one a few miles from here. You take…"

"I know. Thanks for your help." Jesse quickly got into the car, dismissing the man then drove off as fast as he could.

"Hey!" The man called him. "You've got the wrong way!" The man pointed to the opposite direction but it was already too late.

Jesse drove as fast as it was possible, his eyes shifting from the road to Emma. "Emma?" He called her name several times hoping the sound of his voice would help to bring her back to her senses. An animal jumped in front of the car when Jesse took the track that led to the cabin forcing him to push the brake. "Damn it!" He hollered and instantly started the car again.

About fifteen minutes later Jesse reached the cabin; he stopped the car and took Emma in his arms. Jesse kicked the door opened and placed Emma on the couch; he lightly ran his hands over her face. "What do I do? What do I do? God!" He did not know what to do. Jesse was lost, he wanted to help Emma but felt incapable of. He pressed the back of his hands against his eyes and something hit him. "The medicine..." He whispered then ran to the freezer and got out the medicine Adam had developed to help Emma. Jesse was unsure about giving it to her since she was supposed to take it within 72 hours and it had been only 30 hours since the last time she took it. Jesse had no other choice; he reached for a syringe and filled it with the liquid. Jesse injected the medicine in her and waited…

Brennan landed the Helix inside the Sanctuary; Shalimar was the first to leave it and Lexa followed her. "Shalimar?" The brunette called in an upset tone but the blonde one pretended not to listen. "Shalimar?" Lexa ran and grabbed Shalimar's arm making her stop.

"Take your hands off of me." Shalimar ordered seriously, her eyes shooting out a warning look. Lexa didn't obey, she kept her grip to Shalimar's arm for a few seconds but let go of it assuming things could get even more complicated.

Shalimar was about to turn upon her heels and leave again but Lexa's voice stopped her. "Are you out of your mind?" After that question Brennan walked into the scene and watched everything. Shalimar didn't answer. "Oh… It was bad enough that she gone completely crazy, now she's deaf too."

Shalimar didn't count to three to make her move; her eyes turned gold and she jumped, attacking Lexa. Although Lexa was an incredible fighter she had no chance against Shalimar's feral powers, she was now down on the floor while Shalimar used her own body to immobilize Lexa's; Shalimar had her hands pressing Lexa's neck. "What did you just say?" Shalimar angrily asked, tightening her grip around Lexa's neck. Lexa tried to speak but she hadn't enough breath to do it. "You called me crazy your stupid bitch. Who are y…"

Brennan was trying not to interfere but if he didn't do it Shalimar could end up doing something she would regret later. "Shal, stop it…. Shal… You're suffocating her. Let go of Lexa… SHALIMAR!" Since Shalimar wasn't paying attention to him Brennan was forced to go to them. He locked his arms around Shalimar's body and pulled her off of Lexa. "Stop it, you two!" He ordered seriously.

"She's started it!" Shalimar pointed to Lexa, who was still on the ground.

Between her breathing Lexa accused Shalimar again. "I told you she was crazy."

"You…" Shalimar started off ready to attack Lexa one more time but Brennan held her.

"Shal, no!" Brennan had his arms around her body while she tried to get away from him.

Getting up Lexa spoke again. "See what I'm talking about? She is crazy, Brennan. She tried to killed me. For God's sake!"

"I shouldn't have only tried… I should have killed you! And I will if I have the chance!" Shalimar stopped struggling with Brennan and threatened Lexa.

"Stop the two of you!" Brennan's voice went louder this time; the two women froze with by sound of his angry voice, they only glared at each other. "I can't take this anymore… This, this… I don't even know what this is… You have to stop. Okay? We're a team. We need to work together. Don't you ever forget that."

"But…" Shalimar attempted to defend herself but Brennan was full of it all.

"No buts, Shal… You too, Lex." He pointed to the brunette not even giving her a chance to try to dispute. "Today I didn't know who we were fighting. I didn't know if I was supposed to stopped the weapons supply from getting to its destination or if I was supposed to stop you from killing each other. This is not a competition about who's right or who's wrong…" Brennan sighed and lowered his voice. "Shal, I miss him too. You gotta stop blaming yourself and accept the fact his not coming back." Shalimar strayed her eyes from his and did her best to prevent her tears from falling. "Lexa, I appreciate all you've been doing here but… you're not in charge. You're not the boss around here. Stop trying to prove that you're better than us… We're all the same… We're all important. And I'm sick of it all. I can't take this stupid fight any longer. If you don't work things out… the next one to leave this place is gonna be me." With those words Brennan walked out on them.

No other words were spoken after Brennan's; the two just lowered their eyes and left in different directions…

Emma stayed unconscious during the rest of the day, when the night came and she still hadn't woken up, Adam contacted him again…

"Jesse? Are you there?" Adam called as his face popped on the computer screen.

Jesse ran and sighed almost as in relief. "Adam! Thank God! Listen…"

"I don't have much time Jesse. Things are getting a lot more complicated and risky for me. Now tell me, how…"

"Emma is unconscious." Jesse didn't let Adam finish since he already knew the question.

Adam frown in wonder. "What? Why? What happened to her?"

"I don't know. We just… I… I followed your orders and… and… hugh…" Despite Jesse wanted to tell Adam they proceeded exactly the way he had instructed them to, all Jesse could think of was Emma's condition. "She's not ready yet, Adam."

Before Adam made his retort he took a breath and for a second thought of Jesse's words. "I know it's hard for her to go back and face everything but… Emma has to do it, Jesse. It's extremely important. Like I said, it's dangerous for me to remain here. I'm gonna need all of you to…"

"Wait a minute." Jesse made Adam stop and now he was the one wondering what was going on. "I thought you were concerned about Emma's life. But you're only thinking about yourself and your damn work." Jesse's voice became angrier and louder as he spoke to Adam. "I don't know what's with you and all these secret government people but what I do know is that I don't give a damn. All I care about is helping Emma. That's why I'm here for."

Adam understood Jesse's reaction and even wanted to be sympathetic to him but time was running and decisions were waiting to be made. "Jesse, listen to me very carefully. There are people after me. There are things… … I can't tell you now but you have to trust me. All I'm doing is taking care of you. Emma's life is my priority too. But she, you, Shalimar or any of us won't have a future if we don't act out."

"Adam, I…"

"I know it's confusing but you have to trust me. I can assure you Emma is only resting. Her powers may be too strong but I can tell you… Emma is a million times stronger. She can control them, Jesse. All she needs is confidence. You have to help her find it once again."

Jesse nodded and when he was about to tell Adam everything that happened with Emma that day the link was cut and the computer screen went black again. Jesse closed his eyes sighing then turned. "Oh my God!" Jesse startle up with the sight of Emma standing behind him. "Emma, are you okay? I was worried." He walked to her, touched her arm making her sit on the couch.

"I'm fine, Jess. Really." She smiled at him and he felt his heart lighter again. "You were talking to Adam. He wants me to try again, isn't that right?"

Jesse nodded in respond but the other words that came out of his mouth weren't about Adam's orders. "You don't have to do anything if you're not ready to. I told you that. Emma, we can wait."

"No, we can't." She replied in a low, calm and said voice. She looked straight into his eyes and pleaded with him not to lie to her. Jesse strayed his eyes from hers, not being able to stared at them any longer. "I heard what Adam said… Something bad is going on, Jesse. We have to help him… If I could I would stay in this place forever but I can't… We can't. Adam needs us. Brennan and Shalimar need us too. We have to go back no matter what."

"You saw what happened to you when we went to that restaurant. I can't risk your life…" Jesse tried to talk her out of doing it but it was useless.

"It's my life. I take the decision to do with it what I think it's best. And right now facing the world… facing my fears so I can help my friends… is what I need to do. But I can't do it alone…" Her pleading voice was enough to make him change his mind.

"You're not alone, Emma. I'm here with you." Jesse help her hand and now firmly stared into her blue eyes. "We'll do it together." She smiled shyly at him as a tear rolled down her pale cheek. Jesse pulled her into an embrace then whispered in her ears. "Everything is gonna be fine."

TBC

P.S Everybody, this wasn't supposed to be the ending for this chapter but since it was getting too long I decided it was better to leave it that way. I hope you've liked it and please review. Thanks a lot again. And if you're wondering if this is the last chapter, the answer is NO, there's going to have more… a few more and NO it's not gonna take me another year to write again…