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3 Days to change things
Shalimar walked into the computer area to find Jesse hard at work. He had begun the decoding process immediately after he and Lexa had finished talking the day before, and had only stopped working when he had to. After nearly twenty four hours, Shalimar hoped that he was nearing the end of his work.
“There.” Jesse said as he pressed a final button. The numbers on the screen disappeared and were replaced by a map.
“You broke the inscription?” Shalimar asked as she walked over to him.
“Finally. Now all we have to do is to wait for the next message.” Jesse printed off the map and then turned to face her. “I didn’t get a chance to talk to her yet, but I promise I’ll do it soon. Yesterday was too much about me and her for me to explain why you did what you did.”
“It’s ok. I understand that you needed to talk about other things. She and I will eventually reconcile.”
“We both know how badly she holds a grudge.” Jesse turned back around and turned off the computer. “I’m going to get some sleep since I hardly got any last night.”
“Just don’t let Lexa join you or you’ll never get any sleep.”
“Like I’m going to deny her of her fun if she wants it.” He smirked slightly. “I’m too tired to deal with her right now. I’ll spend some time with her later.”
“It will be nice to get you out of the lab for a while. I was beginning to think that you were going to move in there.”
“I know it always felt like Adam lived in there.” Jesse shook his head. “He sounded so confident that I could have found the cure. He knows I don’t have much medical or science training with the exception of what he taught me.”
“He taught you well. I think you had it right when you said you thought he was teaching you so you could take his place.” Shalimar looked down at the floor for a second. “I have felt very safe putting my health in your hands over the past two years.”
“You always know what to say to me. I guess that is what happens after living with a person for what, nearly fifteen years now?”
“Yeah. You know you’ll be thirty-one soon. I can’t believe how much time has past since the day you walked into Sanctuary.”
“Do we really have to make a trip down memory lane?”
“We’ll save it for my birthday.” She leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. “Go get yourself some rest.”
“Love you, Sis.”
“Love you too, Little Brother.” Shalimar smiled and watched him walk out of the room.
“So are you done telling him the newest batch of secrets you’ve gathered?” Lexa asked as she walked into the room. She sat down at the computer and turned it back on.
“Lexa, I was really only looking out for you. I did not want to do anything that would break your trust in me.”
“What you did was a good thing.” Lexa answered icily. “You reminded me why I shouldn’t trust people.”
“I guess that means you are through playing around at a relationship with Jesse?”
Lexa snapped her view up to look at the blonde woman. “What happens between me and Jesse is our business. If you have any kind of problem with us, say it to my face instead of hinting around at things.”
“I’ve got no problem with you two being together. I’m just saying that relationships are built on trust, and if you’re not going to trust people I don’t see how you are going to learn to let him love you and to love him back.”
“I think that my emotions have already been messed with enough by you. Now if you don’t mind I have got some work that I’m supposed to be doing.”
“Just remember that he is my family, and that he was my family long before he became whatever it is he is to you. If you hurt him in any way I promise you that you will regret doing it, you might even regret the day you were born.” Shalimar turned and walked out of the room.
“I already regret the day I was born.” Lexa muttered under her breath as she opened a file. She smiled slightly as she read the first line of type aloud to herself. “Lina Blair Kilmartin or Benito Willem Kilmartin.” She stared at the names for a second and then closed out the computer.
Quietly walking she made her way to Jesse’s room. She opened the door slightly and smiled as she watched him sleep. He had come in and crashed on the bed without bothering to take off anything but his shoes. She slipped into the room and picked up a blanket from the foot of his bed. Gently kissing his forehead as she leaned down over him, she covered him with the blanket and then left the room, closing the door behind her.
“So he finally managed to break the inscription?” Brennan asked when he saw Lexa leaving Jesse’s room.
“Not too long ago. He was up all night working on it. I’ll be glad when the mission is over and we have Adam back here so Jess can finally get some rest. He’s been working almost non-stop since the day we lost Sanctuary and the Helix.”
“We’re all worried about him. He pulled through this kind of work for years under Adam’s supervision so I’m pretty sure that he can handle another day or two of it.” Brennan fell silent for a minute. “Do you want to go watch a movie or something? Shal is doing some sort of spa day thing since her birthday is in two days and Jess needs the sleep.”
“I guess that could be fun. Better than worrying over the ‘what ifs’ of meeting Adam.”
“It’s not gonna be easy to bring him back here. Things have changed so much in this last year.”
“You’re right about that one. The last time I really worked in the same place as Adam he was my leader, in the last year we haven’t had a leader. It is going to take a lot of getting used to that feeling again.”
“Somehow I don’t think he’s going to come back in as our leader. I think this time around we’ll all be equals.”
“And maybe a few other things will change.” Lexa smiled slightly. “Jesse is considering going back to college.”
“Shal vaguely mentioned something about him having done a few years of school.”
“He has a degree in English literature, and had started to study some medicine before he dropped out. I think he was just about done with the majority of his pre-med classes.”
“So what when Adam comes back he’s going to go back to college and finish getting his medical degree?”
“He might. He just doesn’t want to bring up the subject around Shal since she got upset when he dropped out last time.”
“I guess that a lot more things make sense, especially the fact that he was able to take over the lab work with out too much trouble.” Brennan shook his head. “I just can’t believe he never told me about it.”
“Like I said, it’s a sore spot with your girlfriend. She wanted him to finish getting the degree, but he felt it would be better to focus on his job with the Underground. I think he intended to go back when things settled down, but things never really settle down around here.”
“So how did you find it out since he never talks about it?”
“I found the degree stashed away in a drawer when I was helping him go through the stuff that had survived the explosion. It’s a good thing the bed rooms were on the other side of Sanctuary or everything might have been destroyed.”
“I’ve thought of that every time I’ve played my guitar since that day. A lot of memories would have been lost if Adam hadn’t made that provision.”
“You’d better be careful or one of the others could see you going all soft with me.” Lexa laughed.
“We’ll just have to go watch us a real kick-butt action movie then.”
Lexa smiled as she and Brennan walked down the hallway. “So, you ready for the big night?”
“You mean the birthday party?” Brennan looked at her. “Are you still coming?”
“Yeah, mostly to make Jess happy, but I guess somewhere the little loyalty I have to all of you is pulling me to go to the party. This is why I swore I’d never have friends.”
“You know that the only reason she said anything to Jesse was because she was worried. She knows how much he cares about you, and we both care about you too. None of us want to see anything happen to you.”
“I can take care of myself. I just don’t see a point in worrying him over nothing. He’s got a lot on his shoulders and I feel bad enough about having a relationship with him right now.”
“One thing that I have learned, all relationships require people to take risks sometimes. She was worried about you, Jess, and any possible future you might have with him. I wont condone what she did, but you have to realize why she felt she had to.”
“Somehow I get the feeling that Jess was supposed to give me that talk.” she shook her head. “I’ll think about it all right?”
“Fair enough.”
That night.
Shalimar lay back in Brennan’s bed trying to get herself to fall asleep. It had been a long day, and the next couple of days would be filled with even more excitement. Tomorrow they would get their next message from Adam, and be that much closer to having a chance at a real life; and then there was her birthday. For the past few days she had heard Brennan, Jesse, and Lexa whisper about some big surprise, but she could not figure out what it was.
Closing her eyes she let her senses do a sweep of Sanctuary. Once she was certain that everything and everyone was alright she managed to fall asleep. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:28 pm |
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2 Days to change things.
The group of four sat impatiently waiting on the sofa near the computers. Lexa had been careful to position herself with both Jesse and Brennan between her and Shalimar. The two women were at an uneasy truce as they waited for the message from Adam.
When the computer finally beeped to signal that a new message had arrived the group jumped. Taking a deep breath Jesse got up and walked over to the computer. The other three followed as Jesse began to punch in the codes to play the message.
“Hopefully Jesse has decoded the coordinates that I send in the first message. I know that tomorrow is Shalimar’s birthday and I wish that I could be with her then. I hate the fact that I have to make it three years in a row that I have missed the celebration.
“With that said, the day after tomorrow is the day we will meet. You are to arrive at one p.m. and I will be joining you in fifteen minutes from that time. If Lexa is indeed still with us I want her to remain at Sanctuary while the mission is in progress. Jesse has his choice to stay home with her or come to the meeting.
“I must cut this short. I will see all of you in two days.” The message ended and Adam’s image disappeared from the screen.
“I refuse to be left at home while the rest of you go get him.” Lexa stated and crossed her arms over her chest.
Jesse, Brennan, and Shalimar exchanged glances quickly.
“We’re staying here, Lexa.” Jesse replied calmly. Reaching out he took her hand and pulled her to him. “I’m this close to getting to keep you forever and I’m not about to let you get away from me because of something this simple. Shalimar and Brennan can handle this one.”
“None of you have even considered the possibility that this is just a set up.” Lexa said as she snatched away from Jesse and began to pace back and forth in front of the others. “For all we know he’s being forced to do this so someone can lure us out to kill us. If that’s the case we are going to all need to go in.”
“We have thought about that, Lexa.” Brennan answered with an uncharacteristic calm. “If it was a trap to lure us out Adam would have never told you and Jesse to stay home. Shalimar and I will take our chances on this one.”
Lexa shot Jesse a glare and left the room.
“She’ll calm down later.” Jesse said as he turned to face the computer. “You guys can go do whatever you need to do. I’ll stay here and work on these security systems.”
“I’m going to chance and then head to the dojo for a bit of a workout.” Shalimar said as she gathered up her blonde locks into a thick pony tail.
“Bren, you want to come join me?”
“I’ll be along.” Brennan watched as the feral walked out and then turned back to Jesse. “You really think it’s going to be that easy to leave her here.”
“I’m not stupid. She’ll be fine, upset but fine.”
“So are you going to try to go back to school?”
Jesse turned to face him, his expression that of sheer surprise. “I guess I might. I mean, I regret that I dropped out back then; but going back to pre-med would be hard after nearly ten years.”
“It could be a step towards a normal life. A normal job, and maybe a wife and kids later.”
“A normal life, now there is a good joke. Lexa would never agree to it. She loves the thrill of putting her life on the lone, and I love this work just as much as she does.” Jesse typed in a few more commands on the computer. “Which one told you?”
“Lexa did and Shal mentioned something about it the other day.” Brennan took a deep breath as he thought back to the conversation with the woman. “Lexa sounded really proud of you. I’m not sure if it was the English lit degree or the start into pre-med, but she really sounded proud.”
“She nearly flipped out when she found the English Lit degree. I guess she always say you as the poetry person and thought of me as the computer geek.”
“The computer guy is the one we all know. I guess even after all these years we still have our secrets.”
“And with Adam coming back there will be even more secrets around here.” Jesse sighed. “It will be nice to know that you three aren’t going to die because of your powers, but I’m not looking forward to going back to all the secrets and the ‘need-to-know-basis’ information.”
“Then we tell him that we can’t operate like that anymore. It might take some time, but I’m pretty sure we’ll get our point across.”
“On that note I’ll get to work on a file or our recent missions so we can prove that equal power does work well.”
“Good luck, man.” Brennan said as he walked out of the room. He headed to the Dojo, thinking about things along the way. Their missions had changed a lot over the last several months, and he knew that things changed even more in the future. Now, since Adam was no longer around to tell them which missions they had to do and the Dominion was gone as well. In their newfound freedom they had begun to work on restoring the New Mutant Underground, a long tedious task.
In the future things would also be very much the same, but from the direction he had come from it was a lonely sad place. Shalimar’s death had affected him, but more so it had affected the other new mutants that he had long ago sworn to protect. He could still remember the swarms of people that had shown up at the funeral. Cheri had been there, but in the back ground where no one could ask her to do anything. It was then that she had made the promise to Brennan. The one promise that, along with another she had given long before, could change the world.
He only had to wait a year, if he was not able to start getting over the pain she would give him a chance to make things right. It had been a reluctant promise on her part, but somehow he knew that she felt it was the right thing to do. Each day it seemed that more and more new mutants went bad and tried to kill their own kind or take over the world, and with a heart-broken team it was just a little hard to stop those things from happening. It had also become impossible to protect the ones that were not corrupt.
This week in the past was both a blessing and a curse. Everything that he had missed was right there in front of him, and unlike in the dreams he had had about this, he could actually reach out and grasp them. It was not a perfect world, but he was with the woman that he loved.
Of course the pain of knowing that it would all end in just a couple of days was also hard. Even armed with the knowledge that he had there was still a chance that he could mes it up an loose her forever. There was no room for error this time around. If he missed this chance there would not be another.
He stepped into the dojo and watched Shalimar for a minute, amazed by her natural grace. “You ready to work with me?”
Shalimar stopped where she was and then reached over and turned off the holograms. “I’m ready, but are you?”
“Don’t be so sure of yourself.” Brennan stepped up on to the platform and took a defensive stance.
Shalimar dropped into a fighting stance and took a swing at Brennan. He blocked her hit and caught her wrist, pulling her to him. They stood staring into each other’s eyes for a minute an then kissed.
2 hours later.
Jesse walked down the hall and stopped in front of Lexa’s door. He had hoped that two hours was long enough for the woman to calm down, but he still heard the sound of things being thrown against the wall. Taking a moment to gather up the much needed courage, he opened the door and stepped into the room.
Lexa turned and looked at Jesse, a mix of hurt and anger in her eyes. “Don’t you even dare try to calm me down!”
“Lexa, please listen.” he reached to take her hand, but she slapped him away. “Don’t play this game. Come on and talk to me.”
“I’m not prepared to talk to you!” she turned back away from him. “You and the others went to behind my back and discussed this mission with out even getting my advise! I don’t think that this is what I wanted for a relationship with you!”
“We knew that you’d never agree to staying here.” he took a step towards her. “I’m just trying to do what is right for you, for us.”
“If you don’t watch your step there will be no more us. You can’t preach to me about being more open and then go in and pull the same stunts that you tell me not to.”
“And if you get killed or your powers completely destabilize there wont be us. I’m keeping you here because I love you. I don’t want anything to happen to you.”
“Nothing is going to happen to me.” she turned around and leaned into him. “You and I are going to be alright, but you’ll have to learn that I’m still at least partially the woman you met. If you want to stop me from doing something you are going to have to take action, make me stay away from whatever it is by physical force or trickery. You cant just tell me no and expect me to listen.”
He put his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. “I’m not used to the trickery, so you’re going to have to learn to listen to me when I say no.” he stepped back from her and took her hand, leading her over to the bed. “You’re not doing to bad at following some directions.”
“Am I the one who can follow directions or are you?” Lexa whispered and kissed him.
That evening.
The group of four crashed out in the rec room to watch a movie. Jesse and Lexa were in one of the chairs, her sitting in his lap; while Shalimar and Brennan were cuddled on the sofa.
Now that the two couples had managed to talk the day was much more relaxed. For the first time in several days there was no evil stares between Shalimar and Lexa. The two women still felt tension between themselves, but now that they were completely at peace with their men they were more relaxed with each other.
Shalimar watched as Lexa started to fidget. Even though the raven haired woman had resolved the issue with Jesse she had yet to talk to Brennan or Shalimar about her problem with the private discussion. It would never be easy for them to talk to her about their decision to exclude her. The biggest problem in their relationships would always be the choices that they had to make.
It seemed that everything that happened between them was about lies and secrets. With Adam’s return they were all prepared for the possibility of more secrets. Even with Jesse’s proof that their new system of openness and truthfulness, they were not convinced that things would stay the same. In only forty-eight hours they would get their answer |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:29 pm |
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1 day to change things.
The next day
Early Morning.
Lexa woke up slowly, trying to enjoy every second of being in Jesse’s arms. They had spent the night cuddling and talking before they fell asleep, and for once she was happy to be awake.
It was going to be a long day. She still had not forgive Shalimar, and today was going to be all about Shal. Jesse had plans to go pick up his present for his sister, and had mentioned something about going by a med school. She hoped that he was considering going back to finish his degree, it would be nice to be dating a doctor, as long as he was kept straight about who he belonged to that was.
She gently kissed him and laid her head on his chest.
Jesse woke up at the feel of Lexa’s lips against his, and put an arm around her waist. “Morning, Lex.” he whispered.
“Do you really have to go run those errands today? It would be a lot more fun for us to just stay in bed all day.” she slid closer to him so she could whisper in his ear. “I picked up the new copy of Redbook and it had some very interesting ideas in it.”
“Maybe tonight.” he kissed her forehead. “We will have the place to ourselves because Brennan has a bit of a plan for Shalimar. He‘s taking her somewhere nice after dinner.”
“Alright.” she sighed. “But do we have to get out of bed now?”
“I guess we could stay for a while longer.” He pulled her to him for a long, slow kiss. “But you have to make it worth my time.”
“Oh I can do that.” Lexa promised.
That Afternoon
Shalimar stood in front of her bathroom counter as she began to carefully style her hair. With slow motions she twisted up a section of hair around her curling iron, after a few moments she unwound the section and let it fall in a thick ringlet. One at a time she curled the sections of her hair until it was all laying in soft ringlets about her face. She pulled her hair back from her face with a set of diamond encrusted combs but let the rest of it fall loosely.
She quickly applied her make-up and then opened the zippered bag that held the burgundy dress. Very carefully she put the dress on and then her jewelry. With one final touch to her hair she was ready. On the way out the door of her room she lightly sprayed herself with her perfume and picked up her purse and shoes.
Jesse, Brennan, and Lexa were waiting in the rec room. Lexa stood in front of Jesse, straitening his tie and the collar of his shirt. Once she was satisfied that he looked right she lightly pressed her lips to his in a gentle kiss.
Brennan and Shalimar exchanged a smile as they watched the other couple. Brennan lightly kissed Shalimar and took her hand.
“You two ready to go?” Shalimar asked Jesse and Lexa.
“Yeah.” Jesse took Lexa’s arm. “Which car are we taking?”
“Two separate cars tonight.” Brennan took a nervous breath.
“Then lets get this show on the road.’ Lexa said as she started to lead Jesse out of the room.
Two hours later
The group of four sat around the table, laughing and talking. They had just finished their entrées and were waiting on dessert.
“Excuse me, Miss.” The waiter said as he stood next to Shalimar. “This was dropped off for you earlier.”
“Thank you.” Shalimar said as she took the box. Looking up at the others she toyed with he ribbon that was tied around it. “Which one of you did this?”
The other three looked at each other questioningly.
“Its not from one of us, Shal.” Jesse answered. “I guess we open it and find out.”
“Alright.” Shalimar untied the ribbon and opened the box. Lying in the box was a full length mink coat and a card. Shalimar opened the card and read what was written inside. “‘Shalimar, although I cannot celebrate with you I did manage to send this to you. Knowing how you feel about furs they are not real, but do look as if they are. Happy birthday, Shalimar. Love Adam.’”
“He sent you a birthday present.” Lexa smiled slightly. “I guess we should give you are gifts now.” She handed the blonde woman a small white box.
Shalimar opened it and smiled at the stack of gift cards from various stores.
“Thank you, Lexa. I’ll enjoy these.” She answered softly.
“I’ve got two for you.” Jesse handed her a small rectangular package and an envelope. “Open the package first.”
“Alright.” Shalimar carefully un-wrapped the wrapping paper and found a book with her name across it. Flipping thought the pages she found stories from her years with Mutant X, and pictures of her with the other team members. “It’s wonderful, Jess.”
“I had it specially made for you.’ He smiled and raked his fingers through his hair. “Open the envelope now.”
Shalimar carefully slit open the envelope and pulled out a piece of paper. She stared at it with confusion. “What is this?”
“What does it look like?” Jesse shot back, still smiling.
“A class schedule?”
“What kind of classes, Shal?” Jesse asked, trying not to laugh.
Shalimar carefully studied the courses listed. “Pre-med?” Her eyes widened as realization dawned on her. “You’re going back to school to get your med degree?”
“My classes start in two months. Are you happy?”
“Happy! I’m elated!” She got up, walked over to him, and hugged him. “You are going to make a great doctor.”
“I think one more person has a present for you, Shal.” Lexa said softly.
“Alright.” Shalimar gently kissed Jesse on the cheek and then went back to her seat.
Brennan got up, walked over to Shalimar, and knelt down on one knee as he pulled out the jewelry box. “During the last four years our lives have been insane. There have been many times when one or both of us have almost been killed, and there have been times when we have hurt each other. Each and every time that I have come close to loosing you have shown me how much I love you. So tonight I want to ask you to be my wife. Shalimar Fox, will you marry me?”
“Yes, I’ll marry you.” She leaned in and lightly kissed him.
Three hours later.
Brennan and Shalimar stood outside the door of the justice of the peace’s office.
Brennan turned to Shalimar and looked at her. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
“I’m sure. I cant wait another day to be your wife.” She smiled at him. “I’m just glad that you’re friend could swing this.”
“So am I.” Brennan gently kissed her. “After this is over we’ll go somewhere special and when we get home in the morning you can announce that we are Mr. and Mrs. Brennan Mulwray.”
“I love you, Brennan.”
“I love you too, Shal.”
Back at Sanctuary.
Lexa laid back in the bed, thoroughly exhausted from her marathon session of making love with Jesse. She closed her eyes as she waited for him to bring her the glass of water she had requested.
In the kitchen Jesse was carefully mixing a fine powder into Lexa’s water. It was not how he wanted to keep her home the next day, but it was the only chance he would have. Loosing her would kill him.
He took the water to the bed room and handed it to Lexa. He kept his fingers crossed as he watched her drink it, and only relaxed when she had swallowed the last sip.
“I love you, Lexa.” he whispered as he laid down next to her.
“I love you too, Jess.” she whispered back, snuggling into his arms.
They closed their eyes and fell to sleep. |
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Day Zero.
8:00 am.
Jesse woke up with Lexa still in his arms. He felt a twinge of guilt for having drugged her the night before, but it had been necessary. She would have found a way to sneak out on the mission, and he knew that she would have done it. He still worried that she would wake up, angry at him for drugging her and upset that she was not on the mission. He had been careful with the dosage, enough to keep her out for twelve hours, but not enough to cause her any damage. Sedatives were always tricky. He gently kissed the top of her head, and then slipped out of bed. He tucked the blankets tightly around her, dressed, and headed to the computers so he could be ready for the mission.
9:30 am.
Shalimar woke up, in Brennan’s arms as the sun streamed in through the window. Her thoughts went back to the night before. Their first night as husband and wife. Somehow, all the times they had made love over the years were shallow compared to the depth of love and passion they had reached as they had consummated their marriage.
She twisted the ring that was on her finger. She could hardly wait to go back to Sanctuary and tell Jesse and Lexa about the marriage. Then there was the fact that Adam would be back with them. Once she had worked through all of her pain and confusion she had to admit that she did love the man who had been a father figure to her for so many years. She could only hope that the others would be as willing to forgive him as she was.
11:30 am.
Shalimar and Brennan walked into the computer lab of New Sanctuary and found Jesse working at the computer.
Jesse looked up when he heard them and then briskly began to get things together. “Lexa is still asleep thanks to the sedative I gave her this last night or this morning, what ever you want to call it. I hated doing it, but didn’t want to take any chances. You guys need to hurry up and get out of here because I don’t want there to be any chance of her waking up early and slipping out with you. I’ll be monitoring things from here, but there shouldn’t be any trouble. Call me before you come back in of anything goes wrong.” He took a deep breath. “I want you guys back here with in twenty minutes of getting Adam. Lexa’s last treatment could give out by tonight so we don’t have time to delay.”
Shalimar gently hugged Jesse. “She’ll be alright. We’ll be back as quickly as we can.”
Jesse nodded and chocked back his tears. “Let’s get this over with.”
12:45 pm.
Lexa walked over to where Jesse was, half angry and half amused. “You drugged me? You drugged me!”
Jesse turned to her and pulled her into his arms. “Only way I could be sure that you wouldn’t slip out with Bren and Shal.” he cupped her face in his hands and softly kissed her. “I love you and I don’t want anything to happen to you. If we are going to get to the point where we are living a half normal life and have kids of our own to take care of I’m going to have to have you alive. Sending you out on that mission would be writing your death.”
“Alright.” Lexa agreed. “I love you, and I’m proud of you.” she sat down in his lap and began to kiss him lightly, speaking one word at a time between kisses. “I’m proud you had the nerve to drug me. You are a very bad boy, Jess.”
“You have no idea how bad.” he whispered to her and then pulled her tight against him as he gave her a long slow kiss.”
1:10 pm.
Brennan and Shalimar sat crouched behind a low brick wall as they waited. With every second that passed by they grew more anxious.”
“Someone’s coming.” Shalimar whispered. She turned to her feral senses. “It’s Adam. There are about three people a block away but I cant be sure about anything further.”
“We’ll get Adam and get out of here.” Brennan whispered back.
They stood up and called to their former leader in unison. “Adam!”
Adam turned to face them and then hurried over to them. “We need to leave now. I cannot be certain, but I think someone followed me.”
“Then let’s go.’ Brennan said and started toward the Helix. Just as they reached the door three men appeared. One was carrying a semi-automatic and opened fire.
The group rushed towards the Helix, Brennan pushed Adam in front of him and reached back to grab Shalimar’s hand. Just as his fingers brushed against hers the world stopped. All he could feel was a sense of dread that he had not been able to do enough to save Shalimar. |
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Epilogue.
Brennan woke up as the alarm clock began blaring. He slipped out of bed and made his way to the kitchen.
“Morning, Bren.” Lexa said when he walked into the room. “Blair needs to be fed and I cant find her bottles. Do you have any idea where Jess put them?”
“Blair?” Brennan questioned, and then noticed the baby sitting in her carrier at one end of the table. Things had changed for sure, but for now he had to play along until he figured out what all had happened. “I don’t have any idea what he did with them.”
“I threw them out.” Jesse said as he walked into the room. “We just got a safety recall in on that brand. I’ll pick up some on the way home from work.”
“And how am I supposed to feed our daughter with out a bottle?” Lexa put her hands on her hips and glared at Jesse.
“She’s old enough to start cereal, or you can go back to breast-feeding. The latter would be better for her anyway.” Jesse picked up a lab coat that was lying on top of the counter. “And who ever did the laundry should know better than to leave clothes on the kitchen counter. It may be more convenient for some people but it puts the clothes at risk of being ruined.”
“And it is a good way to spread diseases.” Lexa added laughing. “Jess, you know that when the baby gets me up in the morning I bring your lab coat in here so you don’t have to go looking for it. Now if you want to trade those few extra seconds with you daughter for your idealism about keeping down the spread of disease I’ll be happy to stop doing it.”
“I think we would all prefer it if you two would not get into the same argument every morning.” Adam said as he walked into the kitchen. “How is Blair today?”
Jesse picked up the baby and then started in on the cup of coffee Lexa had handed him. “She’s fine. She slept the whole night for once.”
“A couple more nights like that and I might be able to consider having another child one day.” Lexa smiled slightly and sat down. “She’s a pretty baby, but she is also a lot of trouble.”
“You’re lucky she’s pretty, Lexa.” Brennan smirked as he sat down at the table. “She could have gotten Jesse’s looks.”
“Oh, we wont go into what your kid could end up looking like.” Jesse jiggled Blair as she started fussing.
“My kid?” Brennan asked in shock.
“What did you forget that Shal’s pregnant?” Lexa’s eyes widened in fake surprise.
“Uh, no.” Brennan quickly recovered. “Just forgot the comeback I was going to use.”
“Sorry, I’m late for watching Jesse be late.” Shalimar said as she walked into the kitchen.
Brennan felt his breath catch as he saw her. Suddenly all the pain he had gone through, and all the risks he had taken to get her back were worth it.
“I fixed that problem.” Jesse leaned back in his chair and kissed the baby’s head. “I had my hours changed. I can go into work an hour later now, but still get off at the same time.”
“World’s perfect job for you isn’t it?” Shalimar sat down and kissed Brennan. “You can sit around and hold that baby for a while then go off to your nice well paid job and then it is back home for more time with the baby and then your wife while the rest of us work on the Underground.”
“Oh, now we both know that you and Toni have the Underground going well. The only thing that I’m concerned about is getting this baby raised right so she can take over my job and fix the computers when Bren messes them up.” Jesse shot back. “And besides, you have been making all of us cater to your every need since you got pregnant.”
“And now time for the other morning ritual.” Lexa rolled her eyes. “You know the sooner Jess and I move out the better.”
“Just as long as you remember to take the baby with you.” Brennan and Shalimar said at the same time.
The room froze and Brennan closed his eyes as everything in his mind fell into place.
Two months into the missing year...
Brennan was sitting at the computers working on a private file when Lexa walked into the room.
“Do you think you could spare a minute to help me figure out how to break some news to Jess?” she asked as she sat down in one of the other chairs.
“I guess I could. What’s the news.”
“He’s going to be a father.” Lexa smiled slightly, but the smile quickly faded. “I don’t know how to tell him since we both decided that it would be better to wait on starting a family until after he had finished med school and had started work.”
“Lex, he wants this, alright. I know that you two had made plans to wait, but he’s going to be thrilled to hear that there is a baby one the way.”
“Alright.” Lexa nodded. “Thank you.”
“Anytime, Lexa, anytime.”
Three months into the missing year…
Jesse and Lexa walked down a quiet path in the park, the shade of the trees protecting them from the sun.
“Let’s sit down for a minute.” Jesse whispered to her looking up at a bench just up the path from them.
“Alright.” Lexa agreed.
They walked to the bench and Lexa sat down. Jesse stood in front of her for a moment and then dropped to one knee.
“Lexa,” he began nervously. “I know that we’ve talked a lot about a future together, but we have never decided exactly what we want to do. We’ve got a baby on the way now, I’m back in med school and doing the work at double speed, and for the most part our work with Mutant X has begun to slow down any way. The only thing I can think to do right now is to ask you to just get it over with and agree to marry me.”
“I expected a better proposal than that.” Lexa answered seriously and then began to smile. “I guess I’ll have to marry you because I cant think of any girl who would accept that proposal.”
Five months into the missing year…
“I have an announcement to make.” Adam said as he stepped in front of the gathered group. “Thanks to the hard work of all of you we have managed to stabilize every new mutant in the database. There is still a chance that there are a few that we missed due to un-logged experiments and other anomalies, but we have done our job.”
Six months into the missing year…
Jesse stood on stage in front of his graduating class. Even though all of the other students graduating from his class were ten years younger than him he was still nervous. “I walked into the halls of this school for the first time over ten years ago with the ambition to be a doctor. With only a year left before I completed my degree I was forced to drop out. I had every intention to return, but day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year there were new excuses for me to stay out of school. Before I knew it ten years had passed and I was still only a year away from being a doctor.
Our oath is to ‘Do No Harm.’ It is a task which I failed ten years ago. The greatest harm that you can do is to give up on your dreams. When things got rough in my life I chose to give up on my dream, but I learned an important lesson.
A friend who I have considered to be a sister was more disappointed in me than I was, and she is the reason I came back to this school. Over the years she has managed to teach me many things, but the greatest thing that she has ever taught me was that dreams never die. I came back to school as her birthday present. My plan was to give a year of my life to doing what would make both me and her happiest, following my dream.
Because I had her and my other friends behind me I managed to achieve my dream, and I did it in half the time I had expected. I stand here today with my medical degree, and although hard work and late nights of studying are important parts of how I earned this degree there is something more that helped me. A family that consists of my surrogate father figure, my best friend, my sister, and my fiancé. They will be with me in the trials of my new job, as will the child that my fiancé and I will have soon. As long as you have family and friends behind you it is possible to do anything.” he stepped away from the podium and wiped a tear from his eye.
Nine months into the missing year.
Brennan stood with Shalimar out side the lab as they waited for news on Lexa. So far her delivery had been difficult, and they were all wondering how she would come out of it.
Suddenly the sound of a baby’s cry broke the silence. There was a scurry of noise in the lab and then silence once again. They held the breath as they waited for news.
The door opened and Jesse stepped out carrying a baby wrapped in a soft yellow blanket. “Meet Lina Blair. Lexa had he name chosen long before we knew we were pregnant.”
“How is she?” Shalimar asked in a nervous whisper.
“She’s going to be fine.” His voice broke and tears began to stream down his face. “She’s going to be fine.”
Ten months into the missing year…
Shalimar stepped into the bedroom that she and Brennan shared. Turning to her side she looked into the mirror, carefully looking over her figure.
“What are you doing?” Brennan asked as he stepped into the room.
“Wondering if Lexa’s maternity clothes would fit me.” she turned to him. “We are going to be having a baby in a few months.”
Brennan picked her up and spun her around. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Brennan opened his eyes again, the memories of Shalimar’s death and his trip back to the past were fading, but he knew that deep in his mind he would always remember what had happened. Those memories would be over shadowed by the memories of a happy life, but they would be there, and they would always remind him of how fortunate he was to have his family.
“Why do you want to move out anyway?” Brennan asked looking at Jesse and Lexa. “Just because the secret of the existence of new mutants is all but out doesn’t mean that we all have to go to normal lives. I don’t think any of us could handle that.”
“We just thought that if we moved out it would be a little easier on the kids.” Lexa answered slowly.“It is hard to register a kid for school if their home is a secret location.”
“We’ve got enough people who can tutor the kids and give them an appropriate diploma, there is no need for us to separate out.”
“Brennan has a point.” Adam broke in. “Nora, the woman I have been seeing is a teacher and I think that she could make it possible for the children to be home schooled. When it comes time for college I can pull a few strings.”
“I’m in for the idea if the rest of you are. I cant say much because of doctor patient confidentiality, but I have seen what happens to kids at public schools, and even at private schools. In the long run it would be better for the kids to be kept here.” Jesse put down his coffee cup.
“The most important thing is that we are a family, and I want it to stay that way.” Brennan added.
Adam looked over the group for a moment. “We are a family. I know that we have each lost people over the years, and that our plans have changed but we still have each other, and I couldn’t be prouder. I’ve come to think of the five of you that have made up my team as my children. I’ve lost one of you, I have seen one of you graduate from medical school and become and excellent pediatrician, I’ve seen one of my two remaining daughters become a mother, I’ve seen my other son change from a criminal into a great man, and I’m looking forward to seeing my other daughter become a mother. I could not be more proud of you four.” |
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| That is the end of the story! I should have the sequel up soon, and I am working on it a little so it is still not finished! |
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