Disclaimer: See Chapter One…I don't own the X-Men powers or ideas.

Note: hides It's been two years since I updated this so I don't know if anyone is actually still reading. I apologize profusely for the lack of updating…Much thanks go out to Falconwolf3 who not only lit the fire under my but that got this chapter finished but helped be fixed some of what was already done. Also to Rachael who read over the chapter...This chapter has definite ties to X-Men.

Time Jump

Chapter Nine

Melody and Jesse walked slowly around Sanctuary trying to find at least one other person but they could find none. It was as if everyone had disappeared.

Sighing future Jesse stopped walking, "We are never going to find anyone. Why don't we just use our com-links?"

Melody turned to her father, "You know I'm the one who is suppose to be complaining, not you. Grow up."

Future Jesse was about to answer when he saw himself or rather the past Jesse walking slowly and aimlessly down the hall toward them. He was pale and almost every inch of his torso was covered in blood.

Melody looked to where her father was starring and rolled her eyes, "Finally we found someone, 'bout time." As she spoke she startled past Jesse out of his daze; it was obvious that he was still weak from whatever happened.

Taking a deep breath past Jesse finished making his way toward them, "Anyone know what's going on? I mean I thought I was dead." He spoke slowly as he leaned against a wall.

Melody didn't give her father a chance to reply, "You were dead," she stated bluntly before continuing, "We don't know what's going on anymore than you do. I mean one moment we were fading away and then we were back but everyone else was gone. We were trying to find the others."

Past Jesse nodded, "Have you tried the com-link?"

Sheepishly both future people shook their heads. "We were just about to when we saw you coming down the hall," future Jesse said.

"Then what are you waiting for? Use it," past Jesse said, agitated. He wanted to find out what was going on and he was tried of waiting.

Shaking his head, future Jesse said, "Okay, okay. Relax." The only thing the comment got him was the glare he used on everyone else. Raising his com-link to his mouth future Jesse spoke into it, "Cristy, you there?"

The group had been sitting around the kitchen table for hours now, just trying to come up with a way to get things back to the way they were supposed to be; not to mention getting them back to where they belonged; their time. They truly needed rest, they weren't thinking clearly, but rest was something none of them had gotten since the mission had gone horribly wrong.

The entire group had heard the future Cristy's com-link activate and the voice come through, "Cristy, you there?" None one could believe what they were hearing.

Cristy looked over to her past self for confirmation that someone else had heard it too and she wasn't going insane. When she got confirmation she managed to stutter out, "Jesse?"

"Yeah, it's me. Where is everyone? We've been looking for a while but can't find anyone. We have no idea what is going on," future Jesse spoke unawares as to the effect he was having on the group in the kitchen.

Tears were streaming heavily down both Cristy's faces and the rest of the group looked like they weren't very far behind. Neither Cristy could reply through the sobs running through them.

Future Adam spoke calmly into the com-link, "We're in the kitchen, Jesse. If you would join us here we can figure out what's happening."

"Okay," came through the com-link and then there was silence.

Everyone held their breath as they waited; moments felt like centuries but soon both Jesses and Melody came through the door. At the sight of them the tears the rest of the group had been holding back slid down their cheeks.

Future Jesse and Melody were immediately engulfed by future Cristy while the rest of the future group hung back to give them time. Cristy kissed Jesse soundly before pulling Melody into a hug that saw no end.

Past Jesse went through much that same thing, past Cristy kissed him but she ran her hands over his still bloody torso looking for the wound or the surgical incisions.

Finding none she smacked him, lightly, upside the head, "Don't do that to me!"

Jesse only nodded and pulled her into a hug, mindless of the blood.

It took twenty minutes before everyone was satisfied enough to sit down and try and figure out what was happening.

"What's going on?" Past Jesse asked his arms around Cristy. "Not that I'm complaining or anything but I thought I was dead."

Past Adam shook his head, "You were I don't understand it." Future Adam took this moment to inspect Jesse before leaving the room, much to everyone's confusion.

Everyone stared after him for a moment, wondering what he was doing; then again it was Adam after all which meant a slim chance of ever figuring that out. Instead the groups moved toward their respective Jesses again. Marcus and Casey sat around Melody and the teens just talked, reassuring themselves that Mel was there much like the adults were doing with Jesse.

When future Adam returned the talking stopped and everyone looked expectantly at him, believing he had the explanation to what was going on. Future Adam took a deep breath and looked over the group, it was going to be a very long night.

"Do you know what's happening?" Future Shalimar asked.

Future Adam nodded, "I believe I do." He turned to the past Brennan, "You asked me earlier why I look basically the same."

Past Brennan nodded, "Yeah but what does that have to do with what happened?"

"You're going to need to let me explain. No interruptions okay?" Future Adam asked the group. Receiving nods to the affirmative he continued, "First thing you need to know are that there are two different kinds of mutants, the ones created by the research that happened at Genomex and those whose mutation is natural. I uh…"

"Had a dormant ability and something happened to activated it?"

"Yes, Shalimar," he said when past Shalimar finished the sentence he couldn't. "It's a healing ability. I went back to the infirmary and the blood we were giving Jesse was mine. I think that the healing ability was transferred temporarily through the blood into Jesse…"

He was interrupted by future Cristy, "Then why did he die. I mean Melody and Jesse disappeared."

"I suspect that there was a delayed reaction. I also checked over the heart monitor when I went back and it seems that there was a malfunction in it."

Past Jesse decided that he really didn't want to hear anymore, "Couldn't we just leave it at the fact that I'm alive by some miracle and leave it at that. This is making me uncomfortable."

The group agreed and moments later future Adam said, "You should all get cleaned up and rest. It's been a very long day."

With slow nods the group separated, each couple heading off to their own space; the future group showing the past group spare rooms they could use. The Cristy's had a firm grip of their families not wanting to let go, lest they disappear again.