Disclaimer: The usual, I do not now nor have I ever owned any characters from Mutant X, or Roswell.
They belong to their respective owners and companies. So there.
I do however own the character known as Cody Madison.
If you have any questions feel free to email me. Let me know what you think. Though it won't stop me from writing as I please. Thank you! Enjoy…
2
The members of Mutant X (with the exception of one) were walking near the downtown area. For the past couple of weeks they had been trying to locate a new mutant that had resurfaced in the local area.
After hours of questioning the locals, and the Pscionic brunette reading a few people, they were told that the girl had been headed north towards the old warehouses. The only information they had on the young mutant was that she was an elemental, thermal in her early 20's. Not much to go on, but it had been made clear that this was a powerful mutant…
"Bren this isn't going anywhere." Shalimar Fox said her voice was in a distant tone. A feline feral in her mid twenties, Shalimar had been trying to pick up the girls sent for the last two blocks or so. But there was nothing coming. "We should try a different direction." she said.
"She's right you know." the brunette known as Emma DeLauro said, the teams pscionic had also been trying to pick up any stray emotions from the new mutant. There seemed to be an odd feel in the air as the small group stopped in their tracks. Yes there was a different feel about the air, a nasty feeling creeping inside her mind. Shuddering at the feelings Emma glanced at their third teammate.
"What is it Em?" Brennan Mulwray's dark eyes soften up, taking on concern for the girl. They were good friends, and had been apart of the team long enough to know that pained look on his partners face. Danger signs were all around, when did it get so dam quiet? Although his expression didn't show it, Brennan had wished they had come as an entire team. If things did get heavy they could use a good defense. "Something isn't right here." Emma said. Shalimar walked further up the street, her eyes grew into a feral state. "Yeah, I can feel it too."
"Is it our pyro?" Brennan asked
"No, something else." Emma replied as the two walked to catch up with Shalimar. They broke into a run as they heard the gunshots coming from somewhere between buildings. They came to a full stop. The gunshots were extremely loud. The three were at an angle on the side of the buildings were they could just make out someone crouching in the corner of what looked like a crumbled wall. The bullets were ricocheting off the walls, and floor.
"Adam…" Brennan spoke over the noise and into the COM ring. "We may have found our little pyro." he waited and got no response. "Adam…" no response. "What are we going to do?" Emma asked as they exchanged glances. "Where are shots coming from?"
"Shal…" Brennan turned towards the feral.
"There are people here, but I can't exactly see them real well."
"What?"
"She's right." Emma said her face blanching as she received the ill emotions from the alleged shooters. "There coming from straight ahead, the other end of the alley."
"Can you get a read off of her?"
"No something is blocking me."
"Maybe we can go around, surprise from behind them." Shalimar said as he taking a good look at area.
"Than what? We can't exactly see them." Brennan said glancing back down the alley. His concern was for the girl, who didn't seem to be moving at all. "It's worth a shot." Emma said eyeing the new mutant in the corner. "Lets do it than."
"I'll stay here, try and see if I can through to her." the two gave her a nod, before Brennan took off towards the left, and Shalimar to the right side. "Be careful guys." she said.
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Ok so here I was in a corner being shot at by two morons who probably couldn't spell the word cat if the letters had been placed right in front of them. So why the hell was I hiding when I had all this fire power?
I'll tell you why, because no matter how bad the person was, I've always hated to hurt them. Wait…What
is that? Glancing down to my leg I saw my cammie's were darkening with liquid. Oh no they didn't… how the fuck could they take a shot… dizzy feeling dizzy…no! Keep it together Cody.
"Come on Cody, we don have time for dis!" the short Spanish one said
Still in inferred mode I waited until the shots ceased, and slowly came out from behind the wall. My blood was rushing through out my body in the familiar rhythm. The temperature in my body rose to that inhuman level. My heart was pounding in my chest fueling the heat that was being produced. I slowly let my left arm slide up my back, until it was at my waist. My left hand throb until I pushed the heat through it, slightly panicking when I felt the flames licking my fingers. "No.. Not that…" I whispered to myself, praying, willing the flames to disperse.
~*~*~*~
Emma kept an eye on the body behind the wall. There was a slight hint of aggravation coming from her. It was all she got from the girl. There was definitely something blocking Emma from reading further, and something told her that it wasn't the girl who was doing the blocking. The other presence she felt made her sick. The feelings just weren't right. She watched as Shalimar descended from one of the windows 3 floors above, she could sense Brennan on the other side by the entrance. They signaled one another, than Emma. Something else caught her eye as the shots ceased.
"Come on Cody, we don haf time for dis!" the voice was coming from the other side. Emma made a face at the sound of the male's bad Spanish accent. That is when she saw the girl known as Cody move from behind the wall. Dressed in camouflage pants, and an old bomber jacket. Her hair was stuffed under a Yankees hat. "Oh my god… Brennan… Shalimar…" she said into the com ring.
"Yeah we see her Emma." Brennan's voice came in clear. "Stay in position we still don't know where these guys are."
"But she does."
~*~*~*~
Shalimar had run into the buildings through an exit, and was now on the third floor. Searching for an angle she heard voices clearly coming from outside. There was an open window "This is good." she said as she swiftly climbed out, and down the side. From this spot on the ledge she could clearly see Brennan on the other side of the entrance, Emma on the south side of the alley, and the new mutant behind the wall. She was completely still, but something was changing inside of the girl. Shalimar could feel it, almost see the changes happening.
"Com now Cody, we don haf time for dis!" Shalimar's eyes once again took on a yellow glow, as she tried to zero in on the bad accent. There was a strange scent on the male who spoke; he was in his mid 30's she guessed. And his intentions weren't nice at all, she growled just thinking about it. "Oh no…" she sighed inwardly, the girl had moved from her spot behind the wall and stand in the center of the alley. "What is she…" Shalimar glanced back down at Brennan who nods his head, confirming he sees what's going on.
"Oh my god… Brennan… Shalimar…" Emma's voice came out from her COM ring, fallowed by Brennan's.
"Yeah we see her Emma." Brennan's voice came in clear. "Stay in position we still don't know where these guys are."
Shalimar turned her head slightly at the girl noticing the concentration on her face. It than dawned on her what was happening. "But she does." she said into the ring.
~*~*~*~
Brennan watched the girl he had dubbed pyro, come out from behind the wall. His first thought was that she was going to get herself killed. Than he got a good look at her eyes, they were different. Unless he was mistaken they were silver, shining almost. Her demeanor was that of a criminal awaiting execution. All of a sudden her left hand shot out releasing something he couldn't quiet see. Whatever it was made the invisible mutant scream with pain. Brennan was aware that something had been dropped onto the pavement.
In that moment the shooter became slightly visible…
~*~*~*~
When I knew the flames were gone my left hand shot straight out, targeting the fat one I released the heat. Smiling as he Screamed in pain. The weapon in his hand had burned deep into his skin.
"You little bitch!" he was now squirming around. "Now you pay!" he pulled out what looked to be like a dart, and was preparing to throw it at me. At this point I would be scared because rumor had it that as dumb as they were, that was how good their aim was (In theory). But in his haste to get rid of me he… neither one of them had noticed the female up on the wall, or the male at the other end of the alley.
The female jumped down from above and knocked him down to the floor. He fought back but the female was too strong for him. His partner on the other hand had made a grab for her. With out thinking twice I released another blast at the tall one, purposely increasing the heat. He screamed and backed away. The female seemed to have shrunk back in fear. The body temperature on the male at the entrance way was going up, as he moved his arms in an intricate movement, than shot out bolts from his hands. Knocking out puberty guy. For about a second I froze in my place, it had been a long while since I had seen another person like me…
My feet sped up as I ran over to the female and the fat one; he had picked up the dart and grabbed the female's arm. "You know I've never tried this on a feral before. Don't know the effects."
"You never will." she said bringing her leg back and kicking him in the head, and flipped him over onto his back, but the other one was up again. The electro guy was momentarily disorientated. "Shal look out!"
Tall guy had knocked the female on her back. This just pissed me off even further, I drop kicked the tall one and smashed my fist into the fat ones face. Well the fat one was out… too bad I couldn't say the same for the tall one.
"Any last words freak?" he asked lifting me off the ground by my jacket collar.
Ok I could do with the attempted murder, but being called a freak? "Yeah… do I make you hot?" with my hands on his wrist I pushed the heat from my body into his. My breathing became very heavy, as I watched his body temperature rise. His screams were ear piercing. I tried to let go but his grip only tightened. I could smell his skin as it began to burn. I wanted to it to stop, really, god. You try retracting heat once released on full blast. After what seemed like an eternity somebody had grabbed me from behind, yanking me out of the guys grip. The both of us falling backwards as, he slumped to the floor.
"Are you alright?" the male asked with an extended hand. All I could do was stare at the two bodies on the ground, this wasn't what I had intended on doing when I woke up this morning. There were now three people in front of me. Two females and a male. Thanks to inferred that is all I can tell for now. I scrambled back wards, and walked back to the wall where I had left my backpack. I sat down for a moment shutting my eyes tight, trying to regain normal sight.
~*~*~*~
Emma was trying to comprehend what had just happened, she had been the one to yank the girl out of the tall mans grip. Though the force had knocked them backwards. The girl had scrambled away from the team. Not in fright, no that hadn't been it. But as hard as she tried to read the girl, Emma got nothing back.
"Are you alright?" Brennan turned to Shalimar who nods her head in response. "A near hit is all." she said as they made their way over to the wall, their retrieval for the new mutant hadn't been a bust after all. Now all that was left was to convince her to come back with them. She was crouched on the ground by the wall with her eyes shut tight. Emma felt bad for the new mutant. "Hey, it's ok." she began, but the girls eyes shot open. Where before here breathing was labored, it was now normal. As were here eyes they had been silver before, Emma was sure of it. Her eyes were dark brown full of shock and confusion, and anger. "You alright?" Emma asked her kneeling by her side. "I'm fine." she replied slinging the strap of the bag over her shoulders. "I'm Emma Delauro, this is Shalimar Fox, and Brennan Mulwray." the girl seemed to stare at Brennan with a curious look which lasted all of two seconds before something like recognition kicked in. Emma was getting at least getting some emotion from her this time, too bad it lasted as long as the recognition did.
Standing up on her feet the girl pushed passed the group. Stopping only a few feet ahead of them she turned slightly. "Thanks for the help."