Chapter 4: A New Life
I looked over at the clock on the wall, "How much longer are these tests going to take?" Adam sighed and shook his head, "everything is off the charts," he rushed around the lab.
"Look, I feel fine, see? Smiling, breathing, good yeah?"
Adam finally stopped and pulled up a simulated image on the screen. He then started talking about glands and other stuff I just couldn't follow.
"What? Are you even talking English here?" I soon regretted my comment when he glared at me, then I stopped asking questions and watched the clock tick. Adam mentioned that he had talked to my parents and they agreed to let him help me.
"Ah, now I just wish they would of told me before…then I wouldn't be surprised when some man with white hair breaks into my house and chases me because I'm some dog woman," I sat up.
"Actually wolf...wait, did you say a white haired man?"
I could see the color from his face disappear.
"Yeah, he showed up at my house the day I met you. One of his guys chased after me but I got away. It was weird."
Adam cursed, "His name is Mason Eckhart; he works at a company called Genomex. It's the company I used to work for when your parents brought you in. Eckhart is not a good man, he wants to build an army of mutants and achieve who knows what."
I sighed, "What a mess, why did you do this to me…are there others like me?"
He stood up and started to remove the monitors, "it was a small price to pay for your condition and it wasn't my fault your parents never told you Valerie. Tomorrow you're going to start training, now go rest in your new room."
The place seemed so open and empty. I walked down the hall to the first room and opened the door.
"Wow..." I was amazed at what I saw.
The walls were painted in blue and black zebra print and the bed was a king size with black sheets and blue blankets.
"Damn you know how to decorate don't you?" I laughed then stripped down to my bra and underwear and thought about unpacking later.
Staring at the wall I realized how much I missed Jeremy and felt guilty for not having time to call him back. It didn't feel like a lot of time had passed when I woke up. Turning over I could smell Jeremy next to me.
"Morning," I whispered and snuggled closer to him and fall back asleep. "You better go before my mom gets home and finds us," I groaned.
Jeremy pulled me closer, "Val, we're at Sanctuary."
My eyes went wide open and my legs frantically moved to get back. "What are you doing here? How did you get here? If Adam finds you…he'll kill you and I don't even think he likes me anyways…so he'll kill both of us."
Jeremy started to laugh, "relax little pup, I live here and you're in our bed."
My brow rose, "no…you live not far from my house, right?"
He shook his head, "remember that secret I told you about before? We'll we are more alike than you thought. Adam says I'm a psionic telepath, I can read your thoughts and change them if I'd like to, can also...'speak to your mind' and alter memories. Strange isn't it? Adam brought me here last month; he had sworn me to secrecy."
I couldn't believe this, but what he described sounded familiar. Adam had given me a short course in all of the different types of these mutants, but all this time he had been living here and also that he had these strange abilities that I knew nothing about.
"You decorated this room for me didn't you? Wait…Did you know even before I told you about my abilities?"
To my relief he shook his head no, "Adam didn't tell me, but I asked him about it after you did and he said he planned on bringing you in to join the team."
I got up and started to dress, "team? What team?"
Jeremy explained to me the team that Adam called Mutant X 1.0, "There are two of us now and Adam is going to bring in another chick named Lexa or something. He wants us to fight back against Eckhart and prevent him from capturing other mutants and also to help those who don't have control of their abilities yet."
Once we finished dressing, we met Adam at the dojo, the place he said my training would start.
"I see you two have gotten all caught up. Now Miss Prescott, Jeremy here is going to help you with your first day of training. These exercises will maximize your potential as well as help you to release any tension in a controlled environment," Adam said walking over to us.
We then walked up the large set of stairs to the dojo and waited instruction.
"You two are going to fight against each other, Jeremy you know the routine...Valerie you are going to use your strength and it will take quick decisions as to how to take your enemy down before he has a chance to get to you. Now Jeremy is a psionic, in which you would need to dodge his psionic blasts with your agility. Good luck." Adam took a seat to observe.
I laughed looking at Jeremy, "I have to fight you? You've got to be joking…I could take your ass down in my sleep."
He grinned and I watched a purple glow form at the center of his forehead.
"What the hell is that?" Then it started to come at me.
After I ducked out of the way he answered, "A psionic blast."
"Oh...so that's what those look like...good to know, now then...to business I suppose."
I delivered my first punch to his gut and at the same time kicked his knee bringing him down to the ground, but of course I couldn't stop there. My eyes caught the glimpse of a scar on the left side of his chest.
"Never seen that before…"
He looked at me, 'I'll tell you later.'
I winced hearing the loud voice of his in my mind. Then he quickly rolled us over and punched me in the mouth, only making me more angered.
To retaliate I kneed him in the groin then jumped up and kicked his stomach till he hit the side of the dojo. Jeremy groaned sliding down to the ground, my eyes were flashed, I could tell because everything looked different and I could see the blood trailing on the floor.
"Get up and fight me," I growled and kicked him hard again in agitation.
"Adam… stop her!" he shouted seeing I wasn't in control.
But I turned around and set my sights on him, "yeah Adam…try and stop me, I dare you."
I laughed seeing him get into some strange fighting position, "what's that? You think you're Jackie Chan or something now?"
Then suddenly I was blinded by a bright flash that appeared, backing up I found myself a chair and sat down. With my eyes closed I started to calm down and I heard the clicking of heels come towards me. When I opened my eyes a woman with dark hair looked down at me.
"Lexa Pierce…and you must be Valerie."
Just from her tone I could already tell we wouldn't be getting along.
Afterwards I really couldn't tell you how many times I apologized to Jeremy. He said it was okay and that he was fine, but I didn't believe him. So here I was back in Adam's creepy lab, sparking once again my deep fear of the doctors and hospital like feel.
"Sorry Adam, I got carried away, I-"
He interrupted me, "don't be sorry; just be glad no one got seriously hurt. Now I'm trying to find a way to stabilize your mutation, that should give you more control, but until then you're going to need to gain the control on your own."
I got up from the chair, "How am I going to do that?"
"With simulations, training against them until you're ready to train with Jeremy or Lexa." The name caught my attention, "oh yeah, who is this Lexa? How are we supposed to know she's not one of them?"
Adam seemed a tiny bit shocked by my defenses. "Don't worry, she has a military background of sorts, but has been living on her own with brother until he took off. She's heard of me and has come to me to help others and hopes to also help her brother who is a mutant. She is an elemental molecular, the ability to create lasers as well as bursts of light, like you have already seen and can become invisible with the use of refracting light."
I nodded, "Ah, guess we'll see how that goes."
I left the lab and headed back to the room to see how Jeremy was and also to find out about that scar.
