Disclaimer: I don't own mutant x or the characters so don't sue me plz. I do own the character of Brennan's little sister Casey but feel free to use her if you like.

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Two Sides to Ever Story

Brennan's side

Brennan couldn't believe it. What was it going to take for people to see how reckless Jesse really was?

Was one of them going to have to get killed like Shal almost had?

Images flashed through his mind of Shalimar dead. He could see her lying in front of him with her blonde hair in curls around her shoulders. Her eyes are closed, like she's asleep. She'd be wearing her favourite red dress. His heart went cold as he thought of it. He shook his head, trying to get rid of the images of the woman he loves.

He was working out in the dojo, trying to get rid of the urge to electrocute the molecular.

He'd never get any respect around here, not while Jesse was still everyone's favourite. It was just like being back home. He'd always been second best there too. His stepfather had always favoured his little sister Casey, just like Adam favoured Jesse.

He remembered one time when he was 8 and Casey was 3, she'd drawn on one of the walls but when his stepfather got home it was Brennan Who'd gotten the blame and it was Brennan who got beaten for it.

He didn't blame Casey, it wasn't her fault, and she was just a little kid. He was older, he could take it. That's what big brothers are supposed to do and anyway he loved his little sister.

Things had gone on like that for a few more years with his step dad beating him black and blue whenever he felt like it.

Then the day finally came when he didn't have to take it anymore.

He'd been noticing for while that he was different from all the other kids he knew. It was like getting an electric shock at first, then it turned into sparks, then he was able to throw bolts of electricity out of his hands from one side of a room to another.

He was 16 and he had decided that he'd had enough, he was leaving. He was already packing some of his stuff when his stepfather got home.

"Where d'you think your going?"

"As far away from you as I can get"

"You always did have way too smart a mouth for your own good kid. Must get that from that loser of a father of yours."

Sparks were already starting to fly from Brennan's hands

"Don't you EVER talk about my father like that"

His stepfathers eyes widened in shock as he noticed the sparks coming from the young man's hands.

"I always new you were one of those mutant freaks that were on the news"

Before he even knew what he was doing he shot a bolt through his stepfather. He hadn't done it deliberately. He'd never used his powers against another person before. He just didn't like being called a freak.

He'd been watching proxy blue; he knew there were other people like him out there, other mutants.

After he'd run he found his new powers came in very handy, especially for "borrowing" cars, after all he did need to make a living.

All of that changed when he first met Emma in that bar and became a part of mutant x.

He was sitting on the dojo stairs. He knew he had to apologise to Jesse. He knew the molecular should have been watching Shals back but Jesse wasn't the only one who made mistakes.

And anyway he was the big brother and that's what big brothers' do.