Disclaimer: See Chapter One.

Time Jump

Chapter Eight

The Adams were in shock. They couldn't believe that they had lost Jesse. They wouldn't leave believe it. Jesse was an important member of the teams and their family; they wouldn't let him give into death. Suddenly as if being brought out of sleep by a bucket of cold water they sprang into action. The past Adam charged the paddles and passed them on.

"Clear." Future Adam said as he applied them to Jesse's chest and watched as his body was pushed off the table by the shock. They both looked up at the monitor willing it to show a rhythm but it didn't. The flat line remained. Still refusing to give up they continued this for several minutes until with great remorse they stopped. Jesse was gone and they knew that Melody would be too. The feeling of failure and grief swept over them and hung above their heads like a dark cloud.

The Adams sighed and began to shut off the monitors around Jesse. When this was finished they walked slowly toward the room the others sat in. Neither knew what was going to be said as the team undoubtedly already knew the outcome. Tears began to trace the lines of their faces as they neared the room to hear the sobs and cries coming from both the future and past teams. They entered slowly, guilt overcoming them again immediately. They had failed to save a member of their team, their family and had lost three people because of it. Both teams knew they would never be the same.

No one spoke until the emotional exhaustion and shock stopped the tears that would come again later. Everyone felt lost, nothing seemed real. "W-What do we do now?" Future Cristy asked.

"I don't know." Past Cristy replied through silent tears." We still need to get back to our time, now to...to.........."She stopped as the silent tears became sobs once again. They would have to go back to their time and bury. It was something that none of them wanted to do.

Trying to take everyone's minds off of what had happened the emotions of it past Brennan spoke. "Adam, you never did tell us why you look basically the same."

The past and future teams gave Brennan a weak smile. They all knew what he was trying to do and to be honest they were all great full for the distraction. It helped that the past team was a little curious too. The future Adam was about to explain when the two teens got up and left. Everything that had happened was a little too much for them to take in.

"I'm going to go make sure they are okay." Future Shalimar said as she left, this was the excuse she needed to be alone right now. She and Jesse had been the first and longest members of the team, she already missed her surrogate brother fiercely.

Sighing the future Adam spoke. "First off you are familiar with the differences between a mutant and a new mutant right?" Getting blank stares from the past team he explained. "A mutant is someone who is born with special abilities without any changes made to their DNA, they're natural. A new mutant is well you guys a result of changes made to save your lives."

Understanding but more than a little confused the past team nodded and waited for him to actually answer Brennan's question.

Taking a deep breath and wondering if he should actually tell them Adam spoke. "I'm not really sure how to put this but basically I'm a mutant. I had dormant mutant genes and they were activated by an accident that happened or rather will happen." He paused motioning to past Adam with his hand. "Needless to say, I can heal, myself extremely quick and I age slower than well...you get the jist, right?" He hoped they did because this conversation was making him very uncomfortable.

Nobody answered for several minutes as they tried to digest the information. Finally they all nodded. "We understand." Past Emma said.

Now that the explanation was over they were left with nothing to do or think about and were slowly dragged back into the depression among other emotions or losing Jesse. Silence was once again the popular theme in the room as memories were thought about and plans were made.

Future Shalimar had found the two teens sitting by the meditation pond lost in their own thoughts. For the first time during this whole fiasco she realized that it was Melody's birthday today. When all the time travelled stuff had begun it slipped her and probably everyone else's minds. A new pain brought itself up as she went over and sat beside Casey and Marcus.

Casey looked up at er mother with red, puffy eyes. "Why did this have to happen, mama?"

Shal sighed she had known this question would come. "I don't know sweetheart." She was going to continue but didn't when she heard a quiet cry from Marcus. "Are you okay?" As soon as the words left her mouth Shalimar could have kicked herself, it was a stupid question to ask.

Marcus looked up slowly and swallowed. "Headache. Too many emotions." Marcus had his mother's pysonic abilities but lacked her controlled. His barrier wasn't strong enough to keep out all the emotions that had been brought up.

Shalimar understood but didn't know what she could do to help so she just nodded and pulled the two of them into a giant hug. Tears were running silently down all of their faces as they all just sat together around the pond when the hug ended.

"You've still got to find a way to get the past versions of yourselves back to their time don't you?" Marcus asked after several minutes.

"Yes we do but with everything that has happened I think it best if we wait till tomorrow and get some rest today, besides it is too late to do anything anyway." Future Emma answered before future Shalimar could.

The group had left the room to find were the three had gotten to. Everyone sat around the pond agreeing with Emma. It was too late and they needed rest, none of them were able to think clearly after everything that had happened and would most likely make a mistake. The quiet running of the water in the pond reminded them all how tired and drained both physically and emotionally they really were.

Unknown to all of them something was happening in the room they had all vacated. Something that would be very good news for all. The room was just how they had left it except that two faint images of two people could be seen.

Slowly they became brighter and stronger until two very confused people stood in the room. "Uh, what's going on? Where did everyone go?" Melody asked looking over to her father.

Future Jesse just stood there. He had no explanation. "They probably just left the room. As to what's going on, I have no idea."

Melody ran a hand through her blue hair and sat down. "Not that I'm complaining about being here or anything but weren't we dead?"

"I don't think we classified as dead just never existed but....." Jesse was cut off by his daughter's groan.

"You know you could stand to be a little less technical. Let's just go find the others." Without waiting for her father to answer she left the room. Sighing Jesse followed.

A groan escaped from Jesse as a tried to move but every move sent stabbing pain throughout his body. When he finally brought himself to open his eyes he saw nothing but white. Confused and scared he panicked and flung what was covering him to the ground. Hissing at the pain the move had caused he concentrated and found that it was a sheet.

Gulping he remembered what had happened up to the point where he had lost consciousness. The sheet just confirmed what he had thought. He had died but if that was true what was going on?

Shivering he touched the spot where the bullet had entered to find nothing but smooth skin in fact the incision's the Adam's had made trying to save him were gone too. Sitting slowly he tried to make sense of everything but couldn't.

Deciding to see if he could find someone to explain what was happening he got up and made his way slowly to the door after removing the IV from his arm, they only thing the Adams hadn't removed when he had died. The one thing that had in fact helped to bring him back.

Please review and let me know what you think. Also I don't own Adam's mutantcy it is like you hadn't already guessed Wolverine's from X-Men.