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Time Jump by Rosalie

Chapter Three

When they got to the dojo, the others were sparring as they had got there first. Marcus who was sparring with his mother looked over when they entered and missed a block. For that he received a punch to the head and went down. For some reason Emma ran over to see if he was all right, even as his mother leaned over him.

" Are you all right, hon?" His mother asked concerned.

Marcus opened his eyes and said, " No, I'm not. I'm seeing double." indicating to Emma who was also leaning over him. .

His mother was obviously confused but when she straightened she saw what he meant. She was looking at herself.

" What's going on?" She asked to no one in particular.

The younger Adam cleared his throat. " I've been trying to explain that but everyone wants to know what's going on but no ones listening."

The older Adam reached down and helped Marcus up. As he was doing this he said, " Why don't we all sit down and you can explain."

Everyone nodded and took a seat, the past Mutant X team in one spot and the future team in another. There was one thought on the past teams mind as they did this. " Why did Adam look basically the same?" Brennan, still in shock from the events and still oblivious his dislocated shoulder and broken arm, was the one to ask this question.

" Before you begin Adam, I got a question for the uh other you."

The older Adam who already knew what the question as he had been asked it many times before replied " I'll explain it later. It's a rather long story."

Brennan nodded and the younger Adam began to explain.
" For one it's obvious that we're in the future. The question is how far."

Marcus answered " What year is it in your time?"

" 2003." came the response from Shalimar.

" Then your 17 yrs into the future. It's the year 2020." Marcus continued. Everyone was stunned by this and was silent while Adam continued.

" The new mutant we tried to help had a connection with time. I just wasn't sure what it was but now I think it's obvious that he had the ability to move through time and he used it to get away from us."

The older Adam, all thought he didn't look that much older nodded and spoke. " It seems that it might have backfired and he sent you guys into the future instead of himself."

Everyone nodded to this and the younger Jesse spoke up. " It doesn't matter how we got here, we need to figure out how to get back."

This was agreed upon and the older Emma began to introduce the three kids but was interrupted by Brennan. " I'm sure this is really interesting but MY SHOULDER AND ARM REALLY HURT!" he said as the pain came back full blast.

The younger Mutant X team gasped and apologized to Brennan over and over again. They had forgotten about his injuries. Both Adams led Brennan to the lab and fixed his shoulder and put a brace on his wrist, which was broken and not his arm. They couldn't put a cast on it as it would put too much pressure on his shoulder which needed a day or two to get rid of the swelling and then they would cast it. They explained this to Brennan and left him in the lab to sleep as he was dozing off as they were speaking.

When they joined the others again they were going to talk and introduce the teens but it was decided that they would do that later and go and talk to Snitch now to see if he knew of any new mutants with time travel abilities in the area. They made a plan and set to work. It was agreed that the two Adams would stay behind with Brennan and the three teens. This was disputed by the teens, who wanted to go. When it was settled the group left leaving both Adams and Brennan with three very pissed off teens.

The future Adam looked over at the teens and said. " Oh come on guys. Loosen up. You can help us monitor things from here."

This did not impress the teens on bit. Marcus shot his father a really rude image which made him cringe and stormed off presumably to his bedroom. Casey growled and flashed her eyes before following him. Melody was surprisingly calm.

" Alright. If you need help I'll be in my room."

The past Adam was amazed at how maturely and calmly she was taking it but thought " Oops, spoke too soon." because as Melody left she set fire to the garbage can, which was over flowing. The future Adam grumbled as he rushed to put out the fire.

*****
In the Double Helix the past team was in awe as they looked over the helix. It was a bit bigger and could now hold more people but that's not what amazed them. What amazed them was that it was, like Sanctuary, so much more sophisticated than it was in their time. The radar was much better and could pick up on things three times as far as the other one could. The stealth shield now blocked heat signatures as well so nobody could see the helix even with night vision goggles.

" Who exactly is Snitch?" Cristy asked

The future Jesse started laughing along with the rest of the future team. " What?" Cristy asked feeling embarrassed.

The team sobered up and the future Jesse answered. " Nothing. It's just that Snitch isn't exactly what you would call a who."

" Nope, defiantly not. He's more of an it, " Future Brennan broke in still laughing.

Emma shot them both a look and then said to her past self and the others. " He's one of our informants but his mutation is aqua-feral so he looks kind of different and some people have no respect." She finished looking back at the older Brennan and Jesse.

As they landed outside of an abandoned boathouse the past team nodded. An aqua-feral was someone who had fish DNA along with being a water elemental. They were very rare, so it surprised them to hear of one.

When they exited the Helix everyone knew something was off. They were immediately surrounded by people dressed in complete black. The team members all took fighting stances and prepared for the up coming battle. The younger team members all thought the same thing as the fight began. " These people look like G.S.A agents but they can't be."

Or could they?

You're going to have to wait to find out. Muwahahah! *snickers* But don't worry it won't be too long. *smiles*.