The New Sanctuary-Chapter 3-"Mutant X, Meet Mutant X"-Part 2
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Mutant X characters created by Avi Arad. I do, however, "own" the characters I created out of my own odd mind (i.e. Kari Schneider, Mac Jameson, Fynn Jackson, and Beka Thompson), and the Santa Cruz Sanctuary.
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=Previously=
..."Why didn't you insist on looking for him?!" by this time, Kari had unleashed her full anger on the two mutants.
"We tried to, but it wasn't that easy, Kari!" Jesse tried to explain.
"Kari! Maybe they have a good reason for not going after Adam," Mac calmly tried to get the psionic to calm down.
Kari gave them all one last look before storming back to the Dojo to work off her anger and frustration.
"What was that about?" the younger brunette asked.
"That's what I'd like to know, Beka. Well, guys? Care to explain what has got our resident psionic in such a fury?" Mac asked.
"It's a long story, Mac," Jesse said to him.
"We've got time," was Mac's answer. =And now, back to our story...=
"Yesterday afternoon, we went into the Dominion's headquarters to save Jesse and Lexa," Brennan began, looking rather sheepishly at the direction the angry young psionic, Kari, had disappeared to. "Shouldn't you go see if she's okay?" he asked the other Mutant X.
"She'll be fine," the dark young man said to him, "Please continue your story."
"We went in looking for answers, and that's how we found out about the Creator," Lexa continued, "We found out that Adam is the clone of the Creator, who, apparently, was responsible for Adam's creating us (new mutants)."
Shalimar continued where her friend had left off, "Adam rigged the the Helix to blow, causing the Dominion's headquarters to go boom. We don't know where Adam is..."
"Which is why I suggested we come here. I know Kari has the potential to track him, but I don't know how willing she'll be, given the scolding we just got," Jesse finished.
"She's been having a hard time controlling her emotions as of late. And we've all been having trouble controlling our powers. We know they're growing, we're just not sure to what extent," Mac said.
"I guess we're going to have to help each other," Brennan said.
"That's what it's starting to look like," Beka said.
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=In the Dojo.=
Kari programmed the Dojo's hologram to a battle setting. As the program started up, a dozen bad guys started to cirlce her. Using the only part of her powers that she had inherited solely from her feral father, she made quick work of the holograms. The program then turned to a Japanese garden with calming sounds coming to her ears. She gracefully sat down and began to meditate, allowing her emotions to subside while she let the peaceful environment of the hologram to slide over her, calming her and her wild emotions. She soon began remembering her first meeting with her oldest and most trusted friend from her team, Mac Jameson.
=Flashback-5 years ago, 3 months later.=
Kari was working out in the Dojo. By working with Shalimar, it was discovered that Kari also had some feral genes, courtesy of her father who was a canine feral. Adam and Jesse come in, talking about a new mutant they were tracking.
Adam came up into the Dojo. "Kari, Shalimar, we're going after a new mutant." The two young women followed Adam down the stairs and to a set of computer consoles where two young men were talking.
"His name is Mack Jameson. From what I could get out of my contacts, he's a molecular like our Jesse," the darker of the two said as he slapped the blonde man on the shoulder.
"But he's not like me, Justin," the man said to his friend. He continued at seeing the blank looks from the two women, "He's got intangibility, invisibility, and chromatic abilities, Adam. He'll definitely make a great addition to the team."
"But that's only if he agrees to join, right?" Shalimar asked.
"That's right. Jesse, Justin, have either of you gotten a location on our new friend?"
"He's at the Boardwalk. Adam, should I come since we're both moleculars?"
"That would be my thinking," he answered. =Ten minutes later.=
"Is that Mack?" Shal asked Jesse as the group approached a young fair- haired man.
"Yep. That's Mr. Jameson," Justin answered.
The group approached the young man, when suddenly Adam stopped them and instructed Kari to go talk to him.
"Why me?"
"Because you're closer to his age..."
"And we're not?" Shalimar asked.
"And she's at the university with him," Adam finished.
"Okay, her goes nothing," Kari said as she went up to him and began to talk.
Five minutes later, there was a commotion as a dozen men in dark suits began running towards the two. "Get him out of there!" Adam said through the comlinks.
"We're on it, Adam!" Shalimar answered quickly as her eyes glowed gold and she and the guys jumped into action.
Jesse got Kari and Mack out of the way, turning hard-as-rock when the weapons were aimed at them. Not wanting to let any of the action be wasted, Kari and Mack both got ready to fight when suddenly, the men ran away.
"Huh, that was weird. Anyone care on explaining what just happened here?" Justin asked as he came towards the three.
"Let's get out of here!" Kari said as she led Mack away from the Boardwalk.
"What's going on?" Mack asked as he was led to a waiting car.
"We'll explain on the way," Jesse said. =End flashback.=
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=In the common area.=
Meanwhile, Jesse was explaining to everyone why there were two Mutant X's. "So you see, Adam thought it best for there to be a team on each side of the country. That's why there are two teams."
"Okay, so we're supposed to work together on this. What about the little spectacle we witnessed back at the door," Brennan inquired.
"She'll cool down in a while. In the meantime, I think it would be best if we all got some sleep," The dark young man, who had been introduced to them as Fynn Jackson, said.
"I agree. You guys have had it rough. Let's see what tomorrow brings," Mack said.
The group agreed. As they were all going to the rooms that had been assigned to them, Mack called Jesse back, "I don't think you should get very close to Kari at the moment, Jess. I think it would be best if you stayed away from her as much as you can. I don't want to see her get hurt," and with that said, he left for his room.
=Flashback-5 years ago, 4 weeks later.=
"Why do you guys have to go back to Stormking Mountain?" Mack asked as he, Justin, and Kari sat in the kitchen with Adam, Jesse, and Shalimar.
"I just think it would be best. The GSA is going in full force there, from what our sources have said, and I think we should be there to stop them. Besides, the three of you have been doing extremely well. I'm sure you will make a good conductor for the Underground, Justin. And you two are amazingly strong and have excelled in using your gifts. We're leaving on good terms with bad news, but if either team ever needs any help, the others will be there to help. It's up to the three of you to help mutants get to freedom and start new lives. We'll leave in the morning," and with that, Adam got up and left the kitchen for the lab.
"Well, I guess that's it then," Shal said as she began o clean up her place.
"Yeah. I guess it is," Justin said.
Before anyone else could say anything to her, Kari got up and fled to her own private Sanctuary, her room. Our room, she thought dismally as she collapsed on the bed.
"Kari!" Jesse called into the room through the closed door. He had left the kitchen right after her. "Kari! Let me in! I'll walk through the door!"
"Go away!" she called back, crying her heart out on the bed where they had first made love. The bed they had shared for almost four months.
Jesse phased through the door and came to the bed. Sitting down next to his lover, he gently rubbed her back and let her cry. Noticing the soothing motion was helping her, Jesse began to massage her back. This elicited a small moan from the psionic. Noticing this, Jesse became very much aware of his body's response to her moan. Noticing that the massage had stopped, Kari sat up and saw the bulge that was becoming much more noticable through his pants.
She suddenly became aware of her need for his body and, before Jesse knew what was happening, the young woman had unbuttoned and unzipped his pants and was slowly caressing his growing erection through the fabric of his boxers. He grabbed her hands and crushed his lips angainst hers, hungrily, wanting to taste her mouth for what might be the last time.
They hurriedly helped each other out of their clothes. Forgetting everything but each other, they made love for the last time four times that night, their genetically-advanced DNA helping the process. Satiated, they fell asleep in each other's arms for the last time.
Early the next morning, Jesse woke up and was met by the sight of Kari, asleep in his arms. He smiled and went back to sleep, a smile on his face and dreams of the woman he loved in his head. =End flashback.=
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Mutant X characters created by Avi Arad. I do, however, "own" the characters I created out of my own odd mind (i.e. Kari Schneider, Mac Jameson, Fynn Jackson, and Beka Thompson), and the Santa Cruz Sanctuary.
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=Previously=
..."Why didn't you insist on looking for him?!" by this time, Kari had unleashed her full anger on the two mutants.
"We tried to, but it wasn't that easy, Kari!" Jesse tried to explain.
"Kari! Maybe they have a good reason for not going after Adam," Mac calmly tried to get the psionic to calm down.
Kari gave them all one last look before storming back to the Dojo to work off her anger and frustration.
"What was that about?" the younger brunette asked.
"That's what I'd like to know, Beka. Well, guys? Care to explain what has got our resident psionic in such a fury?" Mac asked.
"It's a long story, Mac," Jesse said to him.
"We've got time," was Mac's answer. =And now, back to our story...=
"Yesterday afternoon, we went into the Dominion's headquarters to save Jesse and Lexa," Brennan began, looking rather sheepishly at the direction the angry young psionic, Kari, had disappeared to. "Shouldn't you go see if she's okay?" he asked the other Mutant X.
"She'll be fine," the dark young man said to him, "Please continue your story."
"We went in looking for answers, and that's how we found out about the Creator," Lexa continued, "We found out that Adam is the clone of the Creator, who, apparently, was responsible for Adam's creating us (new mutants)."
Shalimar continued where her friend had left off, "Adam rigged the the Helix to blow, causing the Dominion's headquarters to go boom. We don't know where Adam is..."
"Which is why I suggested we come here. I know Kari has the potential to track him, but I don't know how willing she'll be, given the scolding we just got," Jesse finished.
"She's been having a hard time controlling her emotions as of late. And we've all been having trouble controlling our powers. We know they're growing, we're just not sure to what extent," Mac said.
"I guess we're going to have to help each other," Brennan said.
"That's what it's starting to look like," Beka said.
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=In the Dojo.=
Kari programmed the Dojo's hologram to a battle setting. As the program started up, a dozen bad guys started to cirlce her. Using the only part of her powers that she had inherited solely from her feral father, she made quick work of the holograms. The program then turned to a Japanese garden with calming sounds coming to her ears. She gracefully sat down and began to meditate, allowing her emotions to subside while she let the peaceful environment of the hologram to slide over her, calming her and her wild emotions. She soon began remembering her first meeting with her oldest and most trusted friend from her team, Mac Jameson.
=Flashback-5 years ago, 3 months later.=
Kari was working out in the Dojo. By working with Shalimar, it was discovered that Kari also had some feral genes, courtesy of her father who was a canine feral. Adam and Jesse come in, talking about a new mutant they were tracking.
Adam came up into the Dojo. "Kari, Shalimar, we're going after a new mutant." The two young women followed Adam down the stairs and to a set of computer consoles where two young men were talking.
"His name is Mack Jameson. From what I could get out of my contacts, he's a molecular like our Jesse," the darker of the two said as he slapped the blonde man on the shoulder.
"But he's not like me, Justin," the man said to his friend. He continued at seeing the blank looks from the two women, "He's got intangibility, invisibility, and chromatic abilities, Adam. He'll definitely make a great addition to the team."
"But that's only if he agrees to join, right?" Shalimar asked.
"That's right. Jesse, Justin, have either of you gotten a location on our new friend?"
"He's at the Boardwalk. Adam, should I come since we're both moleculars?"
"That would be my thinking," he answered. =Ten minutes later.=
"Is that Mack?" Shal asked Jesse as the group approached a young fair- haired man.
"Yep. That's Mr. Jameson," Justin answered.
The group approached the young man, when suddenly Adam stopped them and instructed Kari to go talk to him.
"Why me?"
"Because you're closer to his age..."
"And we're not?" Shalimar asked.
"And she's at the university with him," Adam finished.
"Okay, her goes nothing," Kari said as she went up to him and began to talk.
Five minutes later, there was a commotion as a dozen men in dark suits began running towards the two. "Get him out of there!" Adam said through the comlinks.
"We're on it, Adam!" Shalimar answered quickly as her eyes glowed gold and she and the guys jumped into action.
Jesse got Kari and Mack out of the way, turning hard-as-rock when the weapons were aimed at them. Not wanting to let any of the action be wasted, Kari and Mack both got ready to fight when suddenly, the men ran away.
"Huh, that was weird. Anyone care on explaining what just happened here?" Justin asked as he came towards the three.
"Let's get out of here!" Kari said as she led Mack away from the Boardwalk.
"What's going on?" Mack asked as he was led to a waiting car.
"We'll explain on the way," Jesse said. =End flashback.=
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=In the common area.=
Meanwhile, Jesse was explaining to everyone why there were two Mutant X's. "So you see, Adam thought it best for there to be a team on each side of the country. That's why there are two teams."
"Okay, so we're supposed to work together on this. What about the little spectacle we witnessed back at the door," Brennan inquired.
"She'll cool down in a while. In the meantime, I think it would be best if we all got some sleep," The dark young man, who had been introduced to them as Fynn Jackson, said.
"I agree. You guys have had it rough. Let's see what tomorrow brings," Mack said.
The group agreed. As they were all going to the rooms that had been assigned to them, Mack called Jesse back, "I don't think you should get very close to Kari at the moment, Jess. I think it would be best if you stayed away from her as much as you can. I don't want to see her get hurt," and with that said, he left for his room.
=Flashback-5 years ago, 4 weeks later.=
"Why do you guys have to go back to Stormking Mountain?" Mack asked as he, Justin, and Kari sat in the kitchen with Adam, Jesse, and Shalimar.
"I just think it would be best. The GSA is going in full force there, from what our sources have said, and I think we should be there to stop them. Besides, the three of you have been doing extremely well. I'm sure you will make a good conductor for the Underground, Justin. And you two are amazingly strong and have excelled in using your gifts. We're leaving on good terms with bad news, but if either team ever needs any help, the others will be there to help. It's up to the three of you to help mutants get to freedom and start new lives. We'll leave in the morning," and with that, Adam got up and left the kitchen for the lab.
"Well, I guess that's it then," Shal said as she began o clean up her place.
"Yeah. I guess it is," Justin said.
Before anyone else could say anything to her, Kari got up and fled to her own private Sanctuary, her room. Our room, she thought dismally as she collapsed on the bed.
"Kari!" Jesse called into the room through the closed door. He had left the kitchen right after her. "Kari! Let me in! I'll walk through the door!"
"Go away!" she called back, crying her heart out on the bed where they had first made love. The bed they had shared for almost four months.
Jesse phased through the door and came to the bed. Sitting down next to his lover, he gently rubbed her back and let her cry. Noticing the soothing motion was helping her, Jesse began to massage her back. This elicited a small moan from the psionic. Noticing this, Jesse became very much aware of his body's response to her moan. Noticing that the massage had stopped, Kari sat up and saw the bulge that was becoming much more noticable through his pants.
She suddenly became aware of her need for his body and, before Jesse knew what was happening, the young woman had unbuttoned and unzipped his pants and was slowly caressing his growing erection through the fabric of his boxers. He grabbed her hands and crushed his lips angainst hers, hungrily, wanting to taste her mouth for what might be the last time.
They hurriedly helped each other out of their clothes. Forgetting everything but each other, they made love for the last time four times that night, their genetically-advanced DNA helping the process. Satiated, they fell asleep in each other's arms for the last time.
Early the next morning, Jesse woke up and was met by the sight of Kari, asleep in his arms. He smiled and went back to sleep, a smile on his face and dreams of the woman he loved in his head. =End flashback.=