Out of the blue a young, fair haired man abruptly, almost roughly took Emma by the shoulders as he proceeded to take a deep breath, phasing out.
Emma felt the most peculiar sensations go through her body as she too was phased along with her saviour, all the while a speeding black car with blacked out windows, which Emma hadn't noticed came hurtling ever closer until finally passing through the two phased bodies.
The car stopped abruptly with an emergency with an emergency stop, mere feet away from the encroaching agents. Then quite literally out of the sky, a blonde woman whom Emma was sure she recognised, dropped onto the car's roof.
Emma could only watch in utter disbelief as realisation dawned upon her, the woman who she had been in an intimate relationship with until this morning was now here kicking some serious GSA behind, consequentially saving her life. The man who had been holding her had now joined his comrade in the action, aiding the more than capable Shalimar who was still attacking the men in their suits and trench coats.
Round-house kicks and upper-cuts along with many other expertly performed moves continued to rain down on their opponents, who in fact had the advantage with their several agents in comparison with only the unknown man and Shalimar, this small fact subsequently was unimportant as before long only Shalimar and her comrade were left standing, along with a middle-aged man who just so happened to be approaching Emma.
Emma however could barely drag her eyes off of her ex-lover, unable to comprehend the enormity of what was now staring her in the face. Shalimar was also staring right back at Emma, desperately wanting to just run over and scoop her up into her powerful arms and just hold the younger woman close, never letting her go, forgetting about the events from the morning.
"Emma, you don't need to run anymore, you're among friends," the middle-aged man, who would turn out to be Adam the leader and creator of Mutant X, told her.
"How…How do you know my name?" Emma questioned feeling slightly paranoid, yet realising that Shalimar could have easily informed Adam of her identity. Although she daren't tell Adam this, as she felt certain that Adam knew nothing of the relationship she had been in with Shalimar.
"Don't worry, all will be explained in due course, but I would like you to meet Jesse and Shalimar," Adam said formally introducing Emma to each member in turn.
Jesse had stepped forward first, shaking her hand gently as if he would break her, giving her a warm smile and a quick "nice to meet you," before Shalimar stepped forward saying a small "hey," extending a hand. Emma took the proffered hand, shaking it momentarily, revelling in the strength that lie within, before she pulled the older woman into a tight embrace, feeling comforted in her strong arms. Emma whispered a small, barely audible "thank you," which Shalimar's feral ears had no trouble in picking up. Shal only hugged her tighter to herself before they parted.
"Come on, lets go," Adam said softly a warm smile playing on his lips, as he lead his team and Emma back down the road.
Emma now felt safer amongst these people, partly because she was with Shalimar. Emma desperately wanted to talk with in private with Shalimar as soon as she could.