It had been a couple of weeks since Faith had been found, and there hadn't been any activity from Crado since the night in the club. No matter what network Jesse searched on or what name he used, this guy simply didn't exist. There was no proof he had ever existed, no jobs, no social security…nothing, and that is what worried him so much.

"A guy doesn't just disappear. I mean, come on Adam, something isn't right here. We know he worked at Dig and Magel for ten years and we know he has been married once and has a kid…you don't just erase records like that. They have to be out there somewhere!" Jesse was in the lab with Adam working on the blood sample since they hadn't been able to figure that one out either.

"That's just it Jesse, you do. If you have the right connections and the right power, you can make anything – or anyone – disappear. I'm sure you've figured that out by now."

"But why would he not want people to know he was married, or that he had a daughter out there?" Jesse tossed the notebook aside and ran his hand through his hair.

"He would if he hates mutants and his daughter was one of them. Think about the reputation he is trying to build. From the way Faith talks about him and the Brennen doesn't, I'd say there is a pretty good chance this guy feeds off of power, abuse even. If you are gathering people around that image, a wife would look weak and a daughter would be dangerous. People would look for her, a mutant daughter would be even worse." As Adam was talking he had managed to secure part of the strange connection in Faith's blood and something had caught his eye.

"Are you saying she's in danger from this sick guy's lackeys and enemies?" Jesse had glanced out the door when Faith had walked by and wasn't really paying attention to Adam anymore.

"Jesse? Hello?" Adam waved his notes in front of Jesse's face to make him snap out of the trance he went into around Faith. "Look, you're tired and there is nothing you can do here anymore. Go get some rest, or have some fun. Relax, Faith is safe here." Adam gently guided Jesse out the door and gave him a push in Faith's direction.

"If you say so Adam, you are the boss." A smile played on the corner of Jesse's lips as he walked towards Faith, only to be ambushed by Brennen and pulled into a room.

"I saw you lookin' at my sister man. What's up with that?" Brennen had his arms folded across his chest and his serious expression told Jesse he wasn't kidding. I guess this new Brennen had its downfalls too.

"Nothing Bren, just making sure she's okay is all." Jesse tried to laugh but it got caught in his throat and came out as a weak cough.

"Yo my bro. Leave the poor man alone. Shal and I are going to go shopping and were wondering if one of you would like to drive us. Helix is not really out thing." Faith had popped her head around the corner was trying to save Jesse from what she knew to be Brennen's infamous boy inspection.

"I will!" Jesse and Brennen cried at the same time, each turning to the other with a cold look.

"All right boys, lets play nice. There are enough of us girls to go around, why don't you both come. In fact, Jesse why don't you go set up the Helix and Bren and I will be along shortly." Faith gave Jesse a teasing smile and waited for him to leave the room.

"All right, I get there you're my older brother and I get that you're still into the whole protect her at all costs mode. But Hun, I'm twenty, I've had my share of guys and I can take care of myself. Jesse is a good kid and you should be happy that you know him. Better than that Johnny guy anyway, whoa was that ever a mistake." Faith let a smile flicker across her face and when she saw Brennen do the same started to relax a little.

"Shall we go shopping then?"

Brennen nodded and headed out the door with his sister, "wait, what do you mean you've had your fair share of guys?" Faith just smiled.

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"Damn!" Adam thought he had something there, but once again it lead to a dead end. "All right, focus. You know there is something different about the blood, you know you need to figure it out fast, so what are you going to do next. And why are you talking to yourself?" Adam shook his head as if shaking off that nagging feeling the back of his mind.

He had recognized something in Faith's blood when Jesse left, but now he'd lost it again. It was there, somewhere in his mind, he knew it. It was like a word stuck on the tip of his tongue that he couldn't get out.

He riffled through all the paper print outs one more time in hopes of seeing it again. He clicked through all the screens and checked all the microscopes of her old blood samples and her fresh ones, but nothing was happening. There was no click to let him know he'd found something.

Manoeuvring himself over the furthest microscope he checked it once more, and he stopped. This was it, this was what he was looking for – but what the hell was it?

He clicked the microscope lens left twice to enlarge the picture and he found it. That one white cell that he had lost, that cell that told him exactly why Faith's blood had fused with her human makeup, why her nails and eyes glowed red when she used her powers, and why her blood samples were changing so much. But now what? Tell the others, Brennen and Jesse would freak out and Faith would probably to. Plus I have no idea what to do about it, and I don't even know how long she's got…so what do I do?