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Chapter 5: Psyonic Assault

She couldn't move, she couldn't scream. She was being pulled further and further down and all the time the voices were still whispering around her.

"You're not good enough for them"

"You're going to fail"

"Just give in; you're never going to win anyway"

"They're all laughing at you Emma"

"They don't like you, they never did"

"He doesn't love you"

"You're still dead"

NO. She wasn't still dead, she couldn't. She wanted to shout "who's doing this to me?" but she couldn't get the words to come out.

"Adam what's happening to her?"

Brennan was looking down at Emma; he could see the pain in her face even though she was still unconscious.

"I don't know Brennan, I just don't know. Jesse, Lexa I need you in the lab now."

"Ok Adam" Jesse replied. He got up and pulled on his jeans and a shirt. Adam had sounded worried and that could only mean trouble.

Lexa was lying on her bed with her eyes closed but she wasn't asleep. She had a smile on her face and was holding something in her hands.

She spoke slowly into her com-ring "ok Adam be there in a sec." She sat up and opened her eyes. At the same moment the invisible force pulling Emma down let go of her. She woke up with a gasp as Lexa laid the picture she had been holding on her bed. It was a picture of a young woman with flame red hair and blue eyes. It was Emma. As Lexa turned to walk out of the door she grinned to herself like the Cheshire cat.

"Emma, Emma its ok, you're safe"

Adam was trying to soothe her. It seemed to be working her breathing was slowing down and she finally making some sense.

"Something was there, in my dream, it was pulling me down, dragging me deeper into the dream. It was whispering things to me."

"What was it saying Em?" Brennan asked as he moved the hair out of Emma's eyes.

"It was saying everyone was laughing at me, that I wasn't supposed to be here and that I was dead"

She started to sob as Brennan wrapped his arms around her.

Adam was studying the scans he'd been taking of Emma's brainwaves as Jesse and Lexa walked in.

"What's going on?" Jesse asked as he walked over to Emma.

"I think something or more accurately someone may be attacking Emma in her dreams"

"What?"

"Well I've been looking at these scans of your brainwaves Emma. The first was done while you were asleep and the second was done just after you woke up. It looks as though there's a separate pattern of brainwaves in the one done while you were sleeping. I believe it might be another psyonic."

"You mean another new mutant is doing this to me?"

"That's what it looks like"

"Well how do I stop it?"

Adam looked at her sadly.

"The only way may be to find the person responsible and the only way we might be able to do that is while they're in your dream with you."

"NO. Adam I cant do that again. I WON'T."

She had jumped down from the bed but she was weakened from the dreams and she swayed on the spot and went pale.

Jesse caught her just before she hit the ground and laid her back on the bed.

"Adam you can't seriously mean that? You want her to willingly open her mind up to be assaulted like that again."

Jesse couldn't believe how insensitive Adam could be sometimes.

"I know its horrible Jess, believe me the last thing I want to do is put her in danger like that but it may be our only choice."

Lexa was standing back marvelling at her own handywork. She couldn't believe it was working. It was just a pity she was only a latent psyonic, if her powers had been stronger it would have been quicker but a part of her was actually quite enjoying taking the long road and at least it was working.

She had to hide the smile that was threatening to cross her face. She couldn't believe none of them suspected it was her. She had warned Emma after all. She wasn't going to let the ghost take her place on the team. She wasn't going to let her get Jesse either. She didn't want him but she knew Emma did.

"You know what it looks like you guys have got everything under control here. I might go and try to catch some more sleep. I hardly slept at all last night."

When none of them protested she turned and headed to her room.

5 minutes later and Emma was dreaming again, she was being pulled down again. The voices were whispering again.

"They don't want you"

"You're a burden on them"

"You're worthless"

"You're nothing"

"He'll never love you"

"You're dead Emma. And I'm going to make sure you stay that way"

Lexa was lying on her bed with her eyes closed, a smile on her face and Emma's picture in her hands.