Disclaimer: I don't own mutant x but I wish I did

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Family

"What are you doing here? I told you I never wanted to see you again until you were normal."

"And I thought you'd be happy to see me."

Shalimar walked over to her fathers and sat down without being asked.

"You still haven't answered my question Shalimar. What are you doing here?"

"I need something from you."

"Oh and what do you need from me that you can't get from those freaks you live with?"

She tried to laugh the comment off but it still hurt.

"First off 'dad' we are not freaks we're new mutants and second I don't think any of them has mums address."

"What do you want your mothers address for?"

"Because I want to talk to her. Just because you'll be happier if I dropped off the face of the earth doesn't mean she would. So do you have her address or not?"

He pulled a piece of note paper in front of him and wrote down the address.

"Here" he pushed the paper roughly in the direction of his daughter.

"Now leave. I have an important meeting to attend."

"Well it's been nice seeing you too dad. We really should do this again sometime."

She walked from her father's office and headed for her bike with her mothers address in her hand.

She parked her bike a little bit down the street from her mother's house. She wasn't sure what she was going to say to her. She hadn't even seen her mother since they had thrown her into a mental hospital when she was 10 years old. She suspected that her father had more to do with that decision than her mother.

She got off her bike and walked up the street. She didn't know if her mother would even recognise her after all these years.

She knocked on the door a little louder than she normally would have. She was so nervous. The door opened and her mother stood in front of her looking the same as she always had just a little bit older. Her long blonde hair was a little lighter at her hair line and hung around her shoulders just like Shalimar's did.

"Shalimar?" her mother stepped forward and wrapped her daughter in a hug that made Shalimar feel like she was 5 years old again.

"How did you find me?" she asked as she finished hugging Shal.

"I got you're address from dad"

"You've seen your father?" her mother tried to hide the look a disgust at the mention of her ex husband but didn't quite manage it.

"I saw him earlier. We had a nice little chat" her voice was dripping sarcasm.

"You must be freezing. Come in and we can talk." Her mother stepped aside to let her daughter come into the house.

They both sat down on what Shalimar found to be a very comfortable couch.

"Shalimar I'm so sorry for everything we did to you" she had tears in her eyes as she looked at her daughter.

"I know that nothing I can say will ever make up for what was done to you. I just hope you believe that I am truly sorry."

"It's ok. I've had a pretty good life actually, after Adam found me. If it hadn't been for him and the others I don't think I would have been so lucky."

She looked away. She didn't come here to make her mother feel guilty. She came here because she needed to talk to someone who might understand what she was going through.

She told her mother about every thing that had happened in the years they'd been apart. She told her about running away from the mental hospital, being rescued by Adam, meeting Jesse, finding Emma and Brennan, Eckhart and the GSA. Then she told her about falling for Brennan and losing him and about Brennan and Emma. She also told her something that none of the others had known, not even Adam. She was pregnant with Brennan's baby. It was after this last revelation that the tears began to flow.

"Oh Shalimar sweetheart" her mother looked at her crying daughter with eyes full of sympathy.

"What are we going to do with you?" she said softly as she stroked Shalimar's hair.

"I don't know what to do. Every things so mixed up" she sobbed as her mother put an arm around her shoulders.

"Well the first thing you're going to do is stay here tonight then tomorrow you're going to go back and tell Brennan."

"No I can't; I don't ever want to see him again."

"I know you don't sweetheart but he is the baby's father and he does have a right to know. He also has a responsibility to his child."

She knew her mother was right. She also knew it wasn't going to be easy but at least she was going to have her mothers support as well as the others.

She got up early the next morning and had breakfast with her mother. It was wonderful to see her mother laughing and smiling just like she remembered when she was little. Her mother had finally accepted her for the feral that she was. At least that was one good thing to come out of all of this, well she thought as she patted her tummy two good things actually.

She exchanged phone numbers with her mother and promised to let her know what happened after she told Brennan. Then she got on her bike and headed home to sanctuary. She'd only been gone a week but it felt like months.

She walked in and there they all were. Together in the dojo.

"Shal! You're home" Jesse ran forward and hugged her so hard he almost knocked her over.

"We missed you Shal" Adam said as he smiled at her.

Emma and Brennan hung back away from the rest of them. Emma looked like a scared kitten.

"It's ok Em. I'm not mad at you. You didn't mean for this to happen. It's not your fault."

Emma smiled and hugged her friend.

"Brennan I have something to say to you" she took a deep breath

"I'm pregnant and you're the father."

There was a loud thump as Jesse fell off of the chair he was sitting on.