The New Sanctuary-Chapter 4-The Message

Mack's Room

"Come in!" Mack called out to the person on the other side of the door.

"Hey, what'd you say to Jesse?" Kari interrogated as she came into the room.

"Nothing."

"Don't give me that BS! I want to know! Now!" Mack could feel the air getting warmer as the psionic got angrier by the minute.

"Okay! I told him to keep his distance from you. I know what will happen if you get too emotionally attached to him. You were a wreck when he left!"

"I was only a 'wreck' as you put it because you & Justin were, too! Or are you forgetting what happens when I'm around people who can't control their emotions?"

The molecular could feel the air getting warmer by the minute Remember, Mac, it's all in your head. She's just making you think it's getting hot in here. , and before Kari could do anything she might regret, he apologized. "Look, Kari, I'm sorry. Okay? But it's true. You were a wreck. We all were. I just don't want to see you get hurt."

Calming down, Kari looked at her "brother" and decided to tell her what she had sensed when she had approached the older new-mutants.

"Jesse and Shalimar are in love."

"With each other?"

"Of course with each other!" Kari said sarcastically.

"Stop playing the sarcasm card and tell me!"

"Jesse and Lexa-"

"The brunette?"

"Yeah."

"She's hot. I always did say that Jesse had good taste in women." His remark was greeted with three pillows being thrown at his head. "What?"

Kari rolled her eyes and continued, "Yes, Jesse is in love with her, and she with him, but they're being a bit stubborn."

"Jesse Kilmartin is being stubborn?"

"Yep."

"And what about Shal? Can I take a wild guess and say that she's with the other guy? What's his name? Brennen?"

"Yeah. And they're pretty serious."

"Wait, Kari, you're not thinking of playing with their emotions, are you?"

"Are you kidding me? I'm not that immature!"

"But you do admit that you are immature!" This remark was also greeted with a face full of pillows. "Hey! What was that for?"

Her glare was a good enough answer for him. "Okay, okay."

She got up from the bed and turned to leave.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"There's a message coming in."

His curious look at her was answered by Beka's "Guys, you might want to get up here."

Kari & Mac hurried out of his room & ran to the computer area. "What's up?" Fynn asked.

"I just picked up on Adam's signal."

"I thought you said it was a message," Mac said to Kari.

"It is a message," Beka answered for Kari. "I think the Creator is one that's sending out the signal."

"What do you mean?" Lexa asked.

"Adam is a clone of the Creator, right?" Lexa nodded. "Well, theoretically, that means that he might know how to send the signal." Beka started to furiously type. The group was soon greeted with a message from the Creator.

"Hello Mutant X and Mutant X." The eight adults gave each other funny looks. "Yes, I know that there are two teams. I'm just calling to tell you that you might want to stop thinking about rescuing Adam, since he won't be going anywhere in the near future." They were greeted with the sight of an unconscious Adam.

"No!"

The Creator laughed maniacally and continued, "As I said, he won't be going anywhere anytime soon. So, if I were you, I'd give up the idea. Good-bye." He ended his transmission with another maniacal laugh.

"No! Get back here!" Shalimar screamed.

"It's no use, Shal," Jesse said. "It was a recorded transmission. There's no way he would have heard or seen us."

"But we have to get him back!"

"There is no way. You heard him."

"There might just be a way," Kari said. "Lexa, how well do you know your way around the Dominion?"

"What?"

"How well do you know your way around the Dominion," she repeated.

"He's not being held in the Dominion. The Creator took him somewhere else."

"I know that. I was simply wondering if Lexa here knows her way around all of the Dominion sites."

"There are more?" Shalimar asked.

"There are hundreds. But I only know a few," she answered. "Why?"

"Didn't she already answer that?"

"I think I know where Adam is being held."

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