Disclaimer:I do not, nor will I ever own Mutant X, now excuse me I need to go cry...

Ok, I thought it was time for another clue,

Time line note:I left Rosalie and Shalimar in the dojo fighting a few chapters ago, this takes place two nights later, so everything in between happened in that time line.

Chapter 20: Clue # 2

Rosalie and Shalimar walked out of the dojo and headed to the kitchen. Both had decided to keep their revelation about Adam a secret. No one needed to know that Adam was the young man that helped them escape from the mental institution years ago.

They rounded the corner and saw Max sitting at the computer as usual. Shal liked Max, but hated seeing anyone other than Jesse at the computers at Haven.

Looking up Max saw the girls coming, "Hey girls! Hey Shal, you got another email clue."

"How do you know?"

"Cause I logged into you AOL account."

"How the hell did you know my password?"

"Guessed it actually."

"I'm changing it ASAP."

"Good idea, now do you want to read your email?" he asked as he turned the flat screen monitor around for her to see.

Dear Shalimar,

Here is your next Clue:Bavarian castle

With a video clip so you can see how your friends are. They are alive and not very well as you can see. Click here for video!

The screen comes to life as they see Agent Burnett talking to Brennan and Mari, all of a sudden they see Mari fall to the ground on her knees, in pain. They see her force field come up, but something was off. The video abruptly closes, but not before Shal heard Brennan yell, "Stop your killing her!"

Just a note kitten, your running out of time. Somehow I thought playing with you would be more fun.

Signed,

AB

"What happened?" asked Shal, "What did the monster do to her."

"I think he turned her powers against her, which can only be done ..."

"What?"

"They put a damn governor in her!"

"Oh no, poor Mari, I hope she is alright."

"Me too."

"This is a great clue, let's use it to find them before anything worse happens to them," said Rosalie, "Do a Google search for Bavarian castles."

"Good idea," says Max as he types in the search, his face quickly falls when he sees the results :59,400

"Not great," said Rosalie. "But there must be a way to shorten that list."

"I can narrow the search. Bavarian means it's in Germany. All I have to do it look specifically at the Bavarian section of Germany," he smiles at his genius idea, and begins typing it in.

Screen pops up: Search results: 42,300

"Better." said Shal.

"There are not that many castle in Germany! I've been there, there are about 32 I think. I will work on this tonight, all night if need be. You two get a shower, please." he wrinkles his nose, "I hate being feral at times like these."

"Thanks Max," said Shal. "I hope you know how much we appreciate you here. I mean under these conditions."

"Well I am only keeping Jesse' seat warm, but thanks, and your welcome Shal."

"Good night Max," said Rosalie. "Hey Max?"

"Yea, Rosa."

"Do you by any chance have a brother?"

"Yeah, his name is Dakota why?"

"Is he a mutant?"

"Yeah, elemental though. Fire-elemental to be exact. Why are you asking?"

"Cause I noticed you looking at a photo earlier, and wondered. Why don't you call him to join our team?"

"Hey that would be a great idea, he would love it. What do you think Shal? You think the others would mind?"

"You kidding, we need all the help we can get right now.I mean hlaf our team is down hurt."

"Good, then I'll see if he has any friends he can bring."

"Cool."

"Well goodnight again Max," said Rosalie.

"Night."

"Max?" asked Shal.

"Yeah," he said with a smile, he loved the interruptions.

"Tell me this clue is going to bring them home."

"I think it will. No I know it will. With Mutant X working together, we'll bring Brennan and Mari home. Then you can hurt him." he smiled at her.

Shal laughs, "Oh I am so gonna hurt him, and Mari too if I find out she did this on purpose."

"I grew up with Mari, and it would shock me if she did that. She would never come between you and Brennan on purpose."

"We'll see." she said. "Good night Max."

"Night Shalimar."

Ok enough for now, expect updates faster, I hopefully am getting a laptop next month which will be easier on my back,lol. I hate my desk chair, and it hates my back. I have the story pre-written on paper, most already typed up, till chapter 30, so I am working I promise.