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Chapter 3: Revelations.

"Oh hell no is this happening again!" said Shalimar."First you Adam, and then her!" pointing to Emma.

"When the hell are the lies going to end Adam?" asked Brennan.

"This is just sick." said Jesse. "Emma? How could you?"

"Yeah that what I would like to know. How could you let us think you were dead?" asked Shalimar, as she was holding back tears, that she was forbidding to fall.

"I'm sorry Shal, I never meant to hurt anyone, it just .."

"Just what? You know what I don't want to hear it." said Shalimar, "You can leave as far as I am concerned, you don't have a home here anymore." she said as she turned and left the room. Brennan and Jesse walked out after her, even though they loved Emma, and were glad to know she was alright, it hurt too much to look at her at the moment.

The others in the room were feeling pretty awkward. Dasi remembered Jesse telling her about Emma while they were on that train heading for Malaysia. Being Psionic, she could also feel the hurt it had cause just speaking her name. And because of that, she was angry at Emma also. She got up and followed the others.

Mari stood up, "Let me show you guys to your rooms, and give Adam and Emma some room here."

Emma was sitting alone at the kitchen table drinking Herbal tea when Mari came into the room, "Hey, I'm Mari. Your Emma, right?"

"Yea, nice to meet you, Mari."

"Nice to meet you too. I feel bad they way they reacted to you, but no offense, but I also can understand it."

"Yeah, I understand too. If I could just talk to them, tell them why I did what I did, maybe they would understand, that I had no other choice."

"I'm sure once they calm down a little, they will listen. But right now, they are pissed off."

"Yea, your right. So how long have you been a member of Mutant X?"

"Just a few weeks now. How long were you a member?"

"Two years."

"Look, I will go see if I can talk them into coming out here and talking to you. I know they love you, Shalimar and the guys still have your picture in their rooms, Shal's picture of you is right by her bed, Jesse's is on his dresser, and Brennan has your picture up the wall, by his TV."

"Wow, I knew they would miss me, but didn't take into account how much. I would appreciate it if you get them to talk to me. But I have a feeling it will be a hard task to accomplish."

"Never underestimate the Goldstranger!"

"The what?"

"My codename, when I was with Mutant X-1"

"Mutant X-1?"

"Yeah, you have a lot to learn don't you? Your Mutant X, was the second for Adam."

"Man, I missed alto didn't I? Well hopefully, I can find out more now that I am back."

"Yeah, hopefully. OK, let me get them."

"Thanks."

Mari walked down the hallway to Shalimar's room, she figured the guys would be in there as well, and from the sound of the voices coming from Shal's room, she was right. She knocked on the door, "It's me Mari. Can I come in?"

"Sure, come on in," yelled Shal, after Mari entered the room, she added, "That must have been weird for you."

"Not as weird as it must have been for you guys." answered Mari, sitting down on the bed next to Dasi, who was sitting next Jesse. Shal was pacing back and forth. Brennan was sitting on the window sill, looking out the window.

"Yeah, weird, doesn't begin to describe it." said Shal. "I can't believe this, I mean first Adam, and now Emma!"

"You know I almost could have expected something like this out of Adam, but never suspected it with Emma." said Jesse looking down at the floor.

Shal looked over at Jesse. She knew Jesse had been more hurt than her and Brennan when Emma died. The sadness that was in him, and now it was in his voice again. "I'm sorry Jesse. I wish I could explain why she did it, but I can't."

"There is no reason for her to do what she did!" said Brennan.

"Well, maybe there is." said Mari, earing her a look from all in the room. "Look, all I know is the Emma who you all have been telling me about the last few weeks is in the kitchen. At least let her tell you her reasons, then if they aren't good enough, I will help you kick her butt out the door."

"Good idea, I mean look at me, I was mad at Lexa for years, and then we talked and I forgave her. Maybe it is possible in this case too." said Dasi.

"Yea, guys I need to hear why she she left." said Jesse, who was still looking at the floor.

"Yea, me too!" said Shal, her voice softening. "Brennan you coming?"

"Yeah, I'm coming. I want some damn answers!"

Emma was still sitting at the kitchen table when the others came into the room. She had expected it wouldn't be too easy to just come back, and act like everything was alright. But she had hope that once they realized why she faked her death, they would forgive her.

"Hi Emma," said Shal. She still couldn't believe she was saying those words.

"Hey Shal, Jesse, Brennan, it's nice to see you guys again."

"Yeah, look Em, you know we love you," said Brennan, "But we need to know .."

"We need to know why you faked your death a year ago," said Jesse.

"Well, first off, I'm sorry I couldn't tell you before everything went down. I wanted to say goodbye. The reason I faked my death, was .. well it's long story."

"We have time." said Shal, as she, Jesse and Brennan sat at the table with her.

"Me and Dasi are going to give you guys some privacy." said Mari as she grabbed Dasi arm and they walked out of the room. Dasi wanted to stay, but knew she had to leave them alone. She knew Jesse had at one time had some kind of feelings for Emma, what she wasn't sure, but she hoped it wasn't stronger than she had managed to build up with him in the last few weeks. With one last glance at Jesse, she followed Mari down the hall.

"Not sure where to start, so I guess the beginning will work for now. Before I joined Mutant X, I was in a relationship with a guy by the name of Bryce Davis.

He was the first guy I ever let know about my abilities. I still couldn't control them, and it helped knowing I didn't have to around him. But then he turned into this person I didn't even know."

"What do you mean?" asked Shal.

"Not sure how to explain other that the fact, that once he found out about my abilities, he wanted me to use them to help him. At first it was minor things, that I didn't mind, like getting him out of a parking ticket, by making the cop forget. But then, he wanted me to use them to do things ..unspeakable things to people. I refused, and at first he was just ..."

"Emma? You alright?"

"Yeah, still hurts to talk about him. He became abusive after I refused to help him. He broke my ribs one night, and while we were at the hospital, I sneaked out while he was talking to a nurse at the front desk. But he told me before that, that if I ever tried to get away from him, that he would kill me. And that meant even if he had to search for me, he would kill me."

"I never knew about any of this, Emma. Why didn't you tell me?" asked Shal, placing her hand on Emma's.

"Cause it seemed like never the right time. Anyway, while I was with Mutant X, he never could find me. But a month before I left, he had found a friend of mine, Megan, and trashed her apartment, and I knew it was only a matter of time before he found me. So Adam helped me get away. We had a plan."

"What plan?"

"Jesse? You remember Wolf Lake?"

"Yeah."

"Well, Adam sent me there, with his son Michael."

"Yeah we just learned about Michael." said Shal. "Details are still a little fuzzy but, we know of him."

" Michael told me once we got to Wolf Lake. Well anyway, the faked death bought me some time to get a head start on Bryce. Michael and me had 2 months before Bryce found me in Wolf Lake. He came to the house where I was living, the one next to your friend, Sophia." she said to Jesse. At that point he realized that Sophia had known and hadn't said a word about Emma.

"No Jesse! She didn't know, she only knew me as the new girl in town." she said sensing what he had been thinking. "Anyway, I and Michael explained the problem to Sophia and her boyfriend Luke. So the night Bryce showed up to get me, Luke killed him."

"How?" asked Brennan.

At that point Jesse realized Brennan didn't know the secret about Wolf Lake, "Brennan, they don't call it Wolf Lake for nothing. The way Sophia explained it to me, was that there were those who could walk the balance between human and wolf, that they were called Skin-walkers, people who could change into wolves."

"Why didn't you just say the last part?" said Brennan, trying to not let them know that he as confused. But apparently the look on his face, gave him away, cause both Emma and Shal busted out laughing.

"So after Bryce was killed, why didn't you come back?" asked Jesse, after the moment of levity.

"Cause, I think I was trying to discover me again, and what I wanted. I loved being a member of Mutant X, but being in Wolf Lake, gave me a chance at another life."

"I understand that." said Shal, "But I am glad you are here now."

"Me too, there is something else you all need to know."

"What?" asked Shal.

"I got married!"

"What?! Who?" asked Jesse.

"I married Michael 6 months ago."

"Oh my God, congratulations Emma!" said Shal, giving her friend a hug. "Does Adam know?"

"No, Michael wanted to be the one to tell him."

"So when do we get to meet this guy?" asked Brennan, doing the big brother routine that she had missed the last year.

"Well, since he is a mutant, would you all mind if he joins us here?"

"Not all Em," said Shal."Can't wait to meet him."

"You guys wanna know something weird?" asked Emma,

"Sure." said Jesse, who was barely talking at all, not that they noticed. He wasn't sure want he was feeling, he had one time thought of asking her out, but it never seemed to be the right time.

"I am Adam daughter-in -law!"

"Your what?!" asked Adam, who was coming into the kitchen.

"Michael wanted to tell you, but .. we got married!"

"I have no idea what to say, I am very happy for the both of you."

"Well you can tell him, when he gets here, after I call him." she said getting up from the table, "Be right back."

Jesse walked down hall with Shalimar. He was thinking about Emma just told them, besides the fact that she got married. Which wasn't bothering as much as it first did. Then he stopped walking, forcing Shal to turn and face him."Jesse? You alright?"

"Shal, I have a question for you?"

"What?"

"Emma said it was a month before she left, that Bryce became a threat again right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Then they were planning this, during the time they thought I was dead, Shal."

"Jesse, your right! They had to be, the timing, yeah."

"You know I always wondered why Emma didn't come to Wolf Lake with you guys, I mean you and Brennan came. Hell even Adam came!"

"Jesse, I know where you are going with this, you need to calm down."

"Calm down? I mean during that time, Emma was here at Sanctuary, she was safe! She could have come .. but she didn't!"

"Yeah she did!" said Brennan coming up behind him, "She was with me in the Double Helix, Jesse."

"I didn't know."

"Jesse, you wouldn't have known, cause when we came back you were hiding for your little surprise, remember?" said Brennan.

"Oh, I had forgotten that."

"Look, cut her some slack man." said Brennan just has Haven's alarms starting going off. They all ran to the situation room, where they meet the other mutants, who were just as confused as they were. "What's going on Adam?" asked Shal.

"We have a location on one of the Dominion warehouses, and we are going to attack it tonight!"

"What is the alarms for?" asked Shal, making Adam realize they were hurting her sensitive ears. As well as Max and Rosalie. He shut off the alarm.

"It is the signal for all of us to meet in the situation room." said Adam.

"Hey Adam, maybe me and Dasi could come with another alarm, one that wouldn't be so ..." said Jesse.

"Obnoxious!" said Shal.

"OK, we can do that when you get back. But for now, we have a mission, and we need a plan." said Adam.

"Let's get started then." said Mari, who was still wearing her Pj's. Of course so were all the other new mutants, so they only noticed that Shal, Brennan, and Jesse were still wearing their street clothes.

"Adam printout the layout of the warehouse, and we go from there. Jesse, we need a map of the area," said Lexa.

"If she is running this, I ain't going!" said Max. "Last time I let her lead me into something, it took me 5 years to get free again."

"Max, I am not with Genomex or the Dominion anymore."

"Yeah," said Max. "And why am I supposed to trust you?"

"Look man, I can understand your anger and reluctance here. But Lexa isn't running the show here, we are all in it together."

"OK, but just know, if something goes wrong this time, I want one of you to kill me, cause I am not going back!" he pointed to Brennan, Dasi, Zane and Zack.

"Max, how about you stay behind this time, if we don't come back, then you know you were right, but if we come back, you have to admit Lexa is worth trusting now." said Dasimah.

"Fine, I will!" he said walking out of the room. "I'll be back, need some air."

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