Disclaimer: I still don't own them
This is Adam's p.o.v. i think i'm going to add maybe 1 more chapter on to this story but i'm not sure yet how it's going to go so any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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Children
They were his children in all but blood and one of them was in pain. It broke his heart because he knew it was his fault.
'Scientific Advancement' that was how he had justified it to himself back then but that didn't work anymore. Not when he saw how much pain it was causing his youngest daughter.
Out of all of them hers was the heaviest burden to carry. Having to deal with everyone else's emotions 24/7, trying to control a mutation that was constantly evolving and handle her own emotions at the same time.
Just thinking about what his recklessness was putting her through made him sick. He'd told her when she'd joined Mutant X that she was an answered prayer and all he had done to repay her was curse her with this life, if you could even call it a life.
He told them all to make the most of their gifts but they weren't gifts, they were a death sentence and now it was looking as though Emma was going to be the first to lose the fight.
He knew she wouldn't leave them without a fight but even she wasn't strong enough to fight the force of destiny. When he was working for Genomex they'd thought that they were saving these poor children's lives but all they were doing was delaying the inevitable. They were all going to die, one by one and all he could do was watch.
He had to stop keeping secrets from them but how was he supposed to tell them? They trusted him. Emma probably already knew. Maybe not the details but she must be able to sense that he was hiding something.
But right now that didn't matter; all that mattered was that she needed him.