"Adam?" Jesse calls to his boss as he reads a report on the computer.
"Adam? There's something happening at the Safe house on Elm. A fire I
think." Adam emerges from the Lab and calls the others to meet in the
Helix.
"What's up?" Brennen takes his seat behind Shalimar.
"Well, Jesse says that one of the mutants at the safe house tried to contact him through the computer, something about a fire. But the message was but off, like there wasn't any time to finish it." Adam explains to the group as he pulls up maps of the safe house on his computer.
"And we're going to investigate. See if it was set, or if it was just an accident." Emma starts to pull up satellite feed on her computer for the last half-hour around the safe house. "Hey, I think I found our cause." The team looks at Emma for further explanation. "Well, take a look at the feed from twelve minutes ago. There's some guy standing there, he throws something and then boom - fire frenzy."
"So, what? You think it was a bomb or something Adam?" Shalimar has almost got the Helix to the safe house and slips it to invisibility mode.
"Maybe, but we got to get this guy first. Shalimar and Brennen I want you two to follow him, he went through the woods. Jesse and Emma, I want you to organize the mutants, see if anyone is missing or still in the building, okay?"
The helix lands smoothly on top of the building beside the Safe house. The team splits up and each does their assigned jobs, trusting that the fire department will arrive shortly. When no one shows up, the team starts to get worries, they have no way of controlling this fire and can't help anyone who's inside. Emma uses her ability to search the house for fear, she finds one person. "Jesse, there's someone upstairs. We've got to help them!" Jesse puts an arm out and stops his friend from going into the building. "How?" neither one speaks because neither one knows an answer.
They stand their aimlessly trying to think up a solution, when a girl runs between them and up to the house. "Hey!" Jesse calls to her and tries to stop her, but she darts into the house, now a full out blaze and he is pushed back from the heat. "Who was that?"
"Hey, we got the guy, he was just doing a dare. What should we do?" Brennen's voice breaks out over the com link and Adam answers. "Bring him here, we'll give him to the police when they arrive." He looks up into the house, the flames engulfing everything and the smoke that is now blocking out the sun. "If they come..." Emma cuts off as the girl comes out of the building caring a young child in her arms. Jesse, Adam and Emma run over to her and Jesse takes the child. "Are you okay?" But by the time Jesse finished the sentence, she disappeared back into the building. "Emma, can you sense anyone else?" Jesse turns to Adam and gives him the child; he hurries to take her away from the smoke.
"No, there is only her. But she's not filled with fear." Emma closes her eyes to try to get a better reading. "Well I could've told you that." Jesse mumbles to himself as he turns to look at the flames. "Emma, is it just me, or are the flames getting smaller?" Jesse moves in closer and can feel the heat disappearing. Sure enough, the flames are no longer on the roof and the doorway is opened. In a matter of minutes, they don't even reach the top floor windows.
"Jesse!" Emma calls to him from a few feet back. He runs to her, "What? What's wrong?" Emma takes a breath and her eyes flicker before she answers. "It's the girl, she's in trouble!"
Without a seconds delay, Jesse runs up to the house and tries to find a way in. The doorway is charred and dangerous, and not completely void of flame. But when he walks around, he can see the girl through the window, she's lying on the floor and looking as if in a great deal of pain. He fazes through the wall and runs to her, but stops short as she reaches her hand to the wall and some kind of heat comes from it, her nails start to glow red and Jesse doesn't know if it's hurting her or if she's doing it. He looks into the hallway and notices that the fire is completely out. 'She's a mutant!' Jesse puts the pieces together and then goes to get the girl. She's lying unconscious on the floor now, unsure of her conditions, he decides it's best if her took her back to Adam.
"Who's this?" The team is onboard, all except or Shalimar and Brennen who are talking to the police, when Jesse comes on board.
"I don't know, but she's one of us. I think some kind of fire mutant - she put out the flames back there and then just collapsed." He placed her down on the bed in the back and covered her with a blanket.
"Well no wonder. The size of that fire, it must have taken her a lot of energy. I mean, you guys are good, but everyone has his or her limits. Plus she probably hasn't developed her powers as well as you guys." Adam examines her and decides that there are no immediate dangers and buckles in.
"There's something familiar about her...I can't figure it out." Emma wonders over the feelings as she sits down.
"Hey guys, time to go." Shalimar and Brennen enter the helix and sit down. "Who's that?" Brennen refers to the body against the back.
"I dunno, she put out the fire though." Jesse informs the other two as they sit down.
Once in the sanctuary and has been attended to by Adam, the Mutant X team gathers around the bed. "I wonder who she is?" Emma goes up to the mystery guest and fixes her covers.
"Faith." Brennen mumbles from the back of the room.
"You know her?" Shalimar turns around and fixes Brennen with a confused look.
"Ya, she's my sister!"
"What's up?" Brennen takes his seat behind Shalimar.
"Well, Jesse says that one of the mutants at the safe house tried to contact him through the computer, something about a fire. But the message was but off, like there wasn't any time to finish it." Adam explains to the group as he pulls up maps of the safe house on his computer.
"And we're going to investigate. See if it was set, or if it was just an accident." Emma starts to pull up satellite feed on her computer for the last half-hour around the safe house. "Hey, I think I found our cause." The team looks at Emma for further explanation. "Well, take a look at the feed from twelve minutes ago. There's some guy standing there, he throws something and then boom - fire frenzy."
"So, what? You think it was a bomb or something Adam?" Shalimar has almost got the Helix to the safe house and slips it to invisibility mode.
"Maybe, but we got to get this guy first. Shalimar and Brennen I want you two to follow him, he went through the woods. Jesse and Emma, I want you to organize the mutants, see if anyone is missing or still in the building, okay?"
The helix lands smoothly on top of the building beside the Safe house. The team splits up and each does their assigned jobs, trusting that the fire department will arrive shortly. When no one shows up, the team starts to get worries, they have no way of controlling this fire and can't help anyone who's inside. Emma uses her ability to search the house for fear, she finds one person. "Jesse, there's someone upstairs. We've got to help them!" Jesse puts an arm out and stops his friend from going into the building. "How?" neither one speaks because neither one knows an answer.
They stand their aimlessly trying to think up a solution, when a girl runs between them and up to the house. "Hey!" Jesse calls to her and tries to stop her, but she darts into the house, now a full out blaze and he is pushed back from the heat. "Who was that?"
"Hey, we got the guy, he was just doing a dare. What should we do?" Brennen's voice breaks out over the com link and Adam answers. "Bring him here, we'll give him to the police when they arrive." He looks up into the house, the flames engulfing everything and the smoke that is now blocking out the sun. "If they come..." Emma cuts off as the girl comes out of the building caring a young child in her arms. Jesse, Adam and Emma run over to her and Jesse takes the child. "Are you okay?" But by the time Jesse finished the sentence, she disappeared back into the building. "Emma, can you sense anyone else?" Jesse turns to Adam and gives him the child; he hurries to take her away from the smoke.
"No, there is only her. But she's not filled with fear." Emma closes her eyes to try to get a better reading. "Well I could've told you that." Jesse mumbles to himself as he turns to look at the flames. "Emma, is it just me, or are the flames getting smaller?" Jesse moves in closer and can feel the heat disappearing. Sure enough, the flames are no longer on the roof and the doorway is opened. In a matter of minutes, they don't even reach the top floor windows.
"Jesse!" Emma calls to him from a few feet back. He runs to her, "What? What's wrong?" Emma takes a breath and her eyes flicker before she answers. "It's the girl, she's in trouble!"
Without a seconds delay, Jesse runs up to the house and tries to find a way in. The doorway is charred and dangerous, and not completely void of flame. But when he walks around, he can see the girl through the window, she's lying on the floor and looking as if in a great deal of pain. He fazes through the wall and runs to her, but stops short as she reaches her hand to the wall and some kind of heat comes from it, her nails start to glow red and Jesse doesn't know if it's hurting her or if she's doing it. He looks into the hallway and notices that the fire is completely out. 'She's a mutant!' Jesse puts the pieces together and then goes to get the girl. She's lying unconscious on the floor now, unsure of her conditions, he decides it's best if her took her back to Adam.
"Who's this?" The team is onboard, all except or Shalimar and Brennen who are talking to the police, when Jesse comes on board.
"I don't know, but she's one of us. I think some kind of fire mutant - she put out the flames back there and then just collapsed." He placed her down on the bed in the back and covered her with a blanket.
"Well no wonder. The size of that fire, it must have taken her a lot of energy. I mean, you guys are good, but everyone has his or her limits. Plus she probably hasn't developed her powers as well as you guys." Adam examines her and decides that there are no immediate dangers and buckles in.
"There's something familiar about her...I can't figure it out." Emma wonders over the feelings as she sits down.
"Hey guys, time to go." Shalimar and Brennen enter the helix and sit down. "Who's that?" Brennen refers to the body against the back.
"I dunno, she put out the fire though." Jesse informs the other two as they sit down.
Once in the sanctuary and has been attended to by Adam, the Mutant X team gathers around the bed. "I wonder who she is?" Emma goes up to the mystery guest and fixes her covers.
"Faith." Brennen mumbles from the back of the room.
"You know her?" Shalimar turns around and fixes Brennen with a confused look.
"Ya, she's my sister!"