Disclaimer: Still no owner of anything.

A/N: Thank for the reviews for my last chapter. Just a note, please remember Josh, is Joshene, a girl.(Thanks Imjuzakyd, for the character.)

For some reason I like hurting Jesse in my stories, not sure why, lol.

This story will be my longest to date, estimated length is 20 to 25 chapters. Hope to keep all of you all along for the long ride. And maybe gain some new readers at the same time.

Still haven't got my computer back, but my mom is the best, she loves my writing enough to let me continue using hers until I do. So here's a shout out to my mom, thanks!

On with the story ...

Chapter 5: After effects

Lulu, Shelly, Rosalie, and Dasi all ran out the front door. Just as Brennan and Mari exited the back, and Lexa and Shal exited the side. As they turned to look back at the warehouse, Shal looked around, mentally counting members.

"Where's Jesse?"

As everyone glanced around the building exploded in flames, "JESS!"

Jesse looked around. They were on the second floor, there was no way they could get out in time, unless. "Zack, I am going to have to break our deal."

"Do it!" as the ran for the end of the hallway, he grabbed their arms one last time, and phased them through the wall. Sending them falling 2 stories, down!

Shal saw it first, then Dasi and Lexa. They ran for the building, only to be caught by the others, "Hold up! It's to dangerous!" said Brennan

"But Jesse .. I saw him .." said Dasi, she said struggling to get out of Mari hold.

"Wait, let's make sure the explosions are over with, then we can all check and make sure he is alright. But right now, it's too dangerous."

"Brennan's right!" said Rosalie, "Give it five minutes, then we go, ok?"

As Emma walked back into the room where Adam stood monitoring the mission, she heard Lexa scream over the com system, "EVERYONE GET OUT!! THERE"S A BOMB! WE HAVE 30 SECONDS!!"

Everyone else at the Haven heard the words also, and they all started coming into the situation room, even though they weren't there, they were apart of the team, and that was their teammates fighting to get out .. alive.

Emma walked over to the com system, "Shal? What's going on?" her answer was silence. But what followed it was heart-wrenching, the sound of an explosion, the sound of metal breaking apart, and the sound, the sound of screaming.

"Oh my God, no .. no ." said Melodie, she said as she was hugged by Josh, both being hugged by Max, who was feeling guilty as hell for not going on this mission.

Gage sat down in the chair behind her, Zack and Zane had been her best friends, had been the only other mutants until now, to care about her, she had never told them, and now never would get the chance, if only ...

Emma sat down next to Gage, and put her arm around the young girl, Emma was a bundle of her own emotions, as well as everyone else's, she was feeling guilt, sorrow, pain, it was hard for her to figure where they were coming from, but she knew, part of it was her. She had lost them for a year, because of a lie, know she had lost them, to death. She lost her family again ..

Adam's heart felt like it would explode into a million pieces, even though the last year had driven him away from Mutant X, his heart had never left. Ever since the first day he brought the members of the Mutant X-1 here, and followed up with Mutant X-2, he had grown to love each mutant, as if they were his own kids, cause in a way, they were. He could still remember the first day, when he brought Shalimar home to Sanctuary, she was precocious even then, but her eyes really lit up, when they rescued Jesse, and they brought him home. He had hoped that after their fight with the Dominion was over, he could make up for the last year, but that could never be now...

"Adam! You there?!" said a voice over the com system.

"Shalimar! That you?" asked Emma.

"Yea, it's me. It was a trap. There was a bomb inside."

"Is everyone alright?" asked Adam.

"Yeah, we think so, we saw Jesse, Zack and Zane fall a minute ago, but we are waiting to make sure the explosion is over. We will check in when we know."

"OK, keep me posted. When you get Jesse and the twins, get on the Helix and get out of there."

"No problem, I hope .."

"Shalimar!" yelled Brennan.

"Brennan? What happened?" asked a panicked Emma.

"She kicked me! Get back here!"

Emma couldn't help but laugh, Shalimar had tricked Brennan into believing she had agreed to wait, but in fact had no intention of it. Emma then heard Brennan, tell Mari, and the other girls, to let go of Lexa and Dasi. "I'll let you know what we find Em."

As Shal got to the three bodies, she could only pray that they were alright, but they had fallen from the second floor, and the blast from the explosion, had thrown then out away from the building about 30 feet. If they were alive it was nothing short of a miracle ..

She got to Zack first, who was laying across his brother Zane. "Zack, Zane?" she knelt down, they had a pulse, but barely. The others got there about that time, "We need to get them back to Haven ..."

"They won't make it that far .." said Dasi, who was sitting on the ground next to Jesse. "I feel it, they are fading, we have no choice, we have to get them to the hospital."

"We're mutants we can just go to a hospital." said Brennan.

"Yeah we can," said Lexa. "Cause if we don't then they will die!"

"I'll use my cell phone," said Rosalie. "We will deal with whatever happens at the hospital later, but our friends are more important."

"I never said they weren't." Brennan said under his breathe. Mari walked over to him. "Hey, we understand what you mean, we are all mutants remember? But we have to do it, hey, Mutant X has been through worse and made it right?"

"So true, ok, let's do what we can till the ambulance gets here .. Hey Em?" he said into his com-ring.

"Yeah?"

"Jess and the twins are hurt pretty bad, we have called an ambulance, tell us what to do till they get here."

"First off, don't move them, and just talk to them. See if Dasi can feel for them, calm them down."

"Thanks Em!"

"No prob, let me know which hospital you go alright, I'll meet you there."

"I'll let you know when we get there."

Dasi sat on the ground next to Jesse, she placed her hand on his which was laying on the ground. Brennan had told her she needed to reach out to the guys, and calm them down. She had reached out to the twins, and could only hope it was enough to make them hold on.

She remembered the last time she tried to read Jesse, he had a wall up, something Emma had taught him. This time, she couldn't help but notice, there was no such wall. Before she knew it she was face to face with Jesse's inner self.

"Dasi? What's going on?"

"There was an explosion, you were hurt, but you will be find. We are taking you to the hospital."

"I can't go to a hospital, they might find out who I am."

"Adam is working that out. Relax!"

"Dasi .. there's something I need to tell you .. just encase ..."

"Enough of that, you will be find .." she looking away from him.

"I want to tell you something, and have to tell you now."

"Fine, go ahead, but I am telling you that you are wasting you time, cause you are going to be fine."

"Even so .. I know we haven't known each other very long .."

"Month or so ."

"Hey, whose telling this story here?"

"Sorry, go on .."

"But I understand you, and you me. We have the same life, crappy family, the yearning for more, from those we love. From the moment we talked on the train that day, I have had this feeling, one I couldn't explain, until ..."

Dasi's concentration was broken by the sound of sirens.

"You ok?" asked Shal. She remembered looks like that from Emma.

"Yeah ..no.. He was telling me something, and then I lost him."

"Is he?" Shal asked with a tear in her eye.

"No, he's alive. I'm so sorry I didn't mean to scare you. I mean I lost my connection."

"Well, after he recovers, maybe he can tell you himself."

"I hope so."

Fast forward to the hospital ...

Dasi was sitting on one of the chairs in the lobby with Shelly, Lulu, and Rosalie, while Shal was pacing back and forth, and Brennan and Mari was no where to be found. But she knew Lexa had stayed behind to take the Helix back to Haven, and inform the others of which hospital the guys had ended up.

She had noticed Shal walking over to the nurses station, no less then 7 times already to ask about the guys. And Shal was th first to notice the doctor coming toward them.

"How are they" Shal asked. All the girls got up to hear what the doctor had to say.

"First off, Zack Richards, is one lucky fellow, his brother broke his fall, and all he has is a severe concussion, we will have to keep him for a few days, just to be safe. Zane Richards on the other hand, had a cracked vertebrae in his back, and 4 broken ribs. Good news is, with rest, his back, will fuse together fine, but till then, he has to stay on his back, no more than a few weeks. He can also wear a back brace, one to support his back, so not to injure it more."

"We will make sure of that." said Shal.

"What about Jesse?" asked Dasi.

"Mr. Kilmartin, is hurt the worst of all, I'm afraid. He suffered a severe head trauma, and has been rushed into surgery to alleviate the swelling in his head."

"How do they do that?" asked Rosalie.

"Well, first they cut a hole in his scull, to give the brain more room to breathe sort of speak. They also have induced a coma, to avoid further damage cause by stress."

"Besides that ..what else is wrong?" asked Dasi, feeling there was more that the doctor was saying.

"Four broken ribs, and broken right arm, and his left ankle was broken as well." answered the doctor. "If you will excuse me, I have other patients, I will be back when I know more."

"Thanks." said Shelly as the doctor walked away.

"I have to get out of here!" said Shal. "Use the com-ring to reach me, if anything changes, I won't be far." she said exiting the lobby. They watch as she walked out of the front door.

Lulu and Shelly walked over and sat back down. Rosalie and Dasi stared at each other for a few minutes, Rosalie finally breaking the silence, "Where did Mari and Brennan run off to?"

"Have no idea," answered Dasi. They both walked over to Lulu and Shelly. "Either of you know where Brennan and Mari are?"

"No, haven't seen them. Maybe they went back to Haven with Lexa?" said Shelly.

"Maybe, but it would have been nice for them to let us know." said Dasi, as she turned to walk away. "I'm going up to the roof for a minute, to clear my head."

"Need any company?"

"No, just need to be alone." she said never stopping to look back. Tonight was just too much for her.

Lexa landed the Helix safely in the Haven, she lowered the back bay door, and slowly walked out of it. She was in more pain than she had been in, in along time.

When the explosion occurred, her and the others had been thrown to the ground, by the shear power of the explosion.

As she slowly walked into the situation room, she was greeted by the other members of Mutant X. "They were taken to Mercy." she said as she leaned over on to the counter in the kitchen, "I need some water."

"Are you ok?" asked Emma.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Everything is just peachy." she said.

"Lexa?" said Max, his eyes flickering Feral, and reaching in time to catch her as she slumped to the floor. He pulled back his hand from her back, and found it covered in blood.

"Max. Help me get her into the lab!" said Adam. "She must have been hit by debris."

"I got her," said Max. As he lifted her up into his arms. He followed Adam down the hall. The others closely behind them.

"Emma, need your help!" said Adam.

"Wait, why her?" asked Max, as he laid Lexa on the exam table.

"Cause I was a paramedic, before I joined Mutant X."

"Adam, I went through Medical School while I was with the Dominion. Let me help." said Max.

"Fine, but everyone else, out!"

The doctor's were working feverishly to save Jesse's life. When they had brought him up to the OR, he had been semi-stable, but when they started the procedure to make the hole in his skull, he had been back and forth. At first, his heart rate became erratic, then he started seizing. They were at the point, where if they didn't stop his seizures in the next minute, he would die ..

Dasi was walking down the hallway, on her way back from the roof, when the feeling hit her. It was Jesse. She mentally reached out for him. "Jesse, what's wrong?"

"Dasi, I'm sorry!"

"NO!" she screamed.

Jesse woke up. He was amazed at the fact that he was no longer in pain. He sat up, and looked around, the doctor's were all working on someone else now. From the looks of, they were losing that person. Jesse could hear the sound of the heart monitor as it flat lined.

He felt this tugging feeling, like he was being pulled toward something. He looked over at the doctor's and for the first time, saw the face of the man they were working on, and it rocked him to his core ... it was ...him!

'No, it can be. I'm right here. Oh God no!

Jesse looked around for something to alert the doctor's that he was alive. His eyes caught something on the outside of the OR, that tore his heart. Dasi!

'Dasi! Can you hear me?'

'Dasi, I'm alive, tell them!'

"Clear!" he heard one of the doctor's yell.

'Dasi ... I'm sorry!'

And he heard Dasi scream.

In the lobby, Rosalie heard the scream, as did Lulu and Shelly. They knew in theirs hearts what it meant.

And a block away, Shalimar heard the scream. She turned and ran back for the hospital. She couldn't let him go, not like this!

As she entered the hospital, she was met by Rosalie, Lulu and Shelly. Together they all went up in the elevator. As they reached the floor where the OR was, they saw Dasi sitting in the floor, with her knees to her chest, next to the wall. "Dasi?" said Shal squatting down to hug the girl.

"He .. he .." Dasi said with tears running down her face. Shelly sat down in the floor next to Dasi and Lulu kneeled front. They didn't even notice the surgeon coming out of the operation room.

"You girls here for Mr. Kilmartin?"

"Yea, we are." said Shal standing up.

"We did all we could , the damage was severe, but .."

"We know, he's gone .." said Dasi.

"No, he isn't. We almost lost him, but were able to get him back."

"What?" asked Dasi, she couldn't believe her ears.

"He's alive. He will be taken to a room in a few minutes, but for now, just one visitor at a time. But understand he's in a coma, and will be for some time yet."

"Dasi, how about you go first?" said Shal turning to help the girl get up out of the floor.

"You sure you don't mind?"

"I'm sure, I'll see him later."

Yea! He's alive, and as requested I hurt him! Hope all you sadistic people are happy! Last note, the back injury in above chapter. I know the details, cause my dad had a back injury similar to it, and had 2 back surgeries to try to fix it. This chapter is dedicated to him. Love you!

Find out how Lexa is in next chapter, and fine where Brennan and Mari ran off to.. TBC!

P.S: If anyone comes across Mari or Brennan, keep them here! I am having a hard time finding them.