Disclaimer: I don't own mutant x I just borrow them for these stories

Ok guys by this point of the story Madison-Rayne Mulwray is 4 months old and everyone calls her Maddie.

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Shocks and Sandcastles

It was 4 o'clock in the morning and Maddie was awake. And when Maddie woke up she did her best to wake everyone else up.

The little one was lying in her cot kicking her tiny legs; her normally beautiful little face was red from crying. She immediately stopped crying when she heard her mother walk over to her. Shalimar picked her baby daughter up and gently cradled her in her arms.

"What's the matter Maddie?" the feral spoke softly

"Are you hungry sweetheart?"

She carried the little one up to the kitchen and put her in the bouncer chair that had been left there earlier while she took a bottle out of the fridge and put it in the microwave to heat up. She was tickling the baby's tummy when Jesse walked in. She had to try hard not to laugh. The hair on one side of the molecular's head was sticking up.

"Sorry Jess. I hoped I'd gotten her quieted down before she woke any one else up"

She smiled at him as she took the warm bottle out of the microwave and lifted the baby into her arms again.

"It's ok. I don't mind" he was making cooing sounds at his little niece while Shalimar fed her.

"I'm surprised Brennan didn't hear her too"

"He probably did but we decided that because ferals are kind of nocturnal I would handle the night feeds."

Maddie had fallen back to sleep as soon as she finished her bottle so Shal settled her back in her cot. She stood for a few minutes and watched her little girl sleep. Sometimes she just couldn't believe that this amazing little thing was hers. She had little wisps of blonde curly hair on top of her head and big brown eyes. She had little dimples when she smiled that she got from Brennan. She was already a daddy's girl; she'd smile and giggle whenever she saw Brennan and he adored her just as much back.

3 hours later and the baby was awake again. Shal got her up and dressed in little pink dungarees and a matching hat that Emma had bought her then headed out to see if anyone else was awake.

When she got there she found that everyone was awake.

"There's my little princess" Brennan said as he took his little girl from Shalimar's arms. Maddie laughed and kicked her little legs as she looked at her daddy.

"How was she last night?" Brennan asked as he bounced the baby in his arms.

"Ok. She woke up a couple of times but she wasn't too bad."

Shalimar handed Brennan the baby's bottle so he could feed her while Shal had her own breakfast.

Shalimar had been desperate to start getting back out on missions with the others so Brennan was going to stay at home with Maddie. Adam wanted to run some scans on the baby so Shal kissed her daughter on the head and Brennan took her to the lab. There were rattles and toys all over the lab to keep her occupied while Adam scanned her. They hadn't even needed the toys, Maddie had gurgled away happily enjoying all of the attention from her daddy and granddad.

When Adam let the little one grab his finger he got a surprise. She sent a little bolt of electricity up his arm.

"Ouch." It didn't really hurt much he was just a bit surprised.

"What is it? What's wrong?" the elemental instinctively picked up his daughter.

"Nothings wrong she just shocked me. Her elemental side must be kicking in."

"That's my girl" Brennan said proudly as he swung his daughter through the air and kissed her forehead. The baby squealed and giggled at her daddy.

Shalimar couldn't believe it when Brennan told her about Maddie shocking Adam. She'd thought it would be a few months yet before Maddie started using her elemental powers. Her feral powers had been evident even before she was born and her eyes would flash yellow like Shalimar's when she was throwing a tantrum.

They decided that they needed to celebrate and as it was such a nice day Adam suggested that they all got to the beach together.

They knew that there was no way they were going to be able to fit 5 adults, the baby and everything they needed onto a car so they took the Helix.

When they got to the beach the girls settled themselves on a blanket with Maddie while the guys were being mature adults and building sandcastles. Jesse was trying to bury Brennan in the sand and was succeeding as the girls laughed at them.

"Look at that Maddie, the genius under all that sand is your daddy" Shalimar was holding the baby up so she could see Brennan while Emma laughed. Adam was building a very complicated sandcastle until it got kicked over when Brennan dug himself out of the sand and chased Jesse.

They decided to head home once it started getting cold. It was getting near Maddie's bedtime and Shalimar didn't want to have her out to late. When they got back Brennan and Shalimar went to get the baby settled. Brennan sat rocking the little one in his arms until she fell asleep then Shal tucked her into her cot.

"She's so amazing" Brennan said in awe as he looked at their sleeping baby.

"Yeah she's gonna break some hearts one day" Shalimar replied as she gently stroked the little girls head.

"Adam says she's going to be really strong" Brennan said

"Of course she's going to be strong; she's a combination of us. We're just going to have to teach her how to make the most of that strength."