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Title: A matter of Honor

Author/pseudonym: Nightshade

Author websites: http://www.angelfire.com/anime/makosmusings

Characters: Adam, Jesse

Rating: The ratings vary from chapter to chapter, but it�s intended to be NC-17

Pairing: Non-shipper, non-slash, involves original characters

Status: incomplete

Series/Sequel: series
Spoilers: As of yet, no spoilers

Disclaimers: All Mutant X characters are copyright to their respective owners. Honor and Claudia are my original characters and should not be taken or used without my permission.

Summary:A New Mutant�s powers start to evolve out of control and it�s up to Adam and the team to help put them back under control. An old friend of Adam�s returns to haunt him.

Send all comments to nightshade@catlover.com
Episode 06: Missing persons
Shortly after Adam joined them, Honor woke up. She blinked owlishly at them, her face all red from crying. When she realized who they were, tears leaked from the corners of her eyes. She excused herself to go into the bathroom. She washed her face and came back out, looking a little more stable as she joined them on the floor. Jesse moved over until he was beside her, placing a protective hand on her shoulder.

Adam sat down in front of her. �I know you�re grieving, but can you tell us what happened here?�

Honor shook her head. �I can�t say for sure. It was all a blur. Some people came to the door. I don�t know for sure how many as I was upstairs in Claudia�s room at the time, but we heard a lot of voices. We heard screaming and some came upstairs. They searched some of the rooms before coming in here. There was one that seemed to be in charge and he directed some of the others to take me out of the room while others were told to subdue Claudia. They took me and locked me in the bathroom. I think they were all mutants, but I don�t know anything more than that.�

�When was this?� Emma asked.

�Two days ago.�

�The day after we brought you back home,� Jesse said, guilt written all over his face.

�It�s not your fault,� Honor told him. �No one here could have seen this coming.�

�The man in charge. Can you describe him?�

Honor thought about it and nodded. �Tall, brown hair. It was wavy and roughly shoulder length. One of the men called him Ashlocke.� She looked at their shocked expressions with confusion. �What?�

�Gabriel Ashlocke was the first mutant ever created and he�s the most powerful,� Adam explained, barely keeping his rage in check.

�What would he want with Claudia?� Honor looked very confused. �She�s strong, but I can�t see what anyone as powerful as you say he is would want with her.�

�Did you happen to overhear anything else? Anything?�

She shook her head sadly. �I�m afraid not. They said that they�d come back and get me, but they never did. I can only assume that I�m of no use to them for whatever reason.�

�We�ll find her,� Emma reassured her. �I can feel your hurt.�

Honor looked up at the empath. �Thank you.� Her stomach rumbled and she blushed. �I don�t suppose you have anything to eat?�

Wordlessly, Jesse handed her a large apple. She took it and went over to a corner of the room to eat. He tried to go after her, but this time it was Emma who stopped him.

�She needs some time, Jesse.�

He cursed under his breath. �This is insane,� he muttered, leaving the room to stand out in the hallway. He took several deep breaths to try and calm down. Adam joined him.

�Jesse, are you ok?�

�No, Adam, I�m not. Every time I try and get close to her, something or someone interrupts. I don�t know how much longer I can take this.� He slammed his fist into the wall.

�Just remember that if I hadn�t suggested you come here, we wouldn�t have found out about this until it was too late. It�s because of your feelings for Honor that we learned of this. She�s still alive as a result and we might be able to find Ashlocke and get to Claudia before it�s too late for her.�

Jesse made a face. �That still doesn�t solve my problem.�

�You aren�t going to like this, but patience is your only solution at this stage. No, Jesse, hear me out,� he told him patiently as the younger man rolled his eyes, looking like he was about to storm off. �This has been a traumatic experience. I doubt very much that she�s going to get over it any time soon. She probably needs friends right now more than someone wanting a relationship with her at any rate.�

�And there go my chances,� he snarled. �Right out the window. Poof. Gone.�

�There�s no reason that you can�t be a friend for the time being.�

Glumly, he quickly outlined the events of a few days ago, leaving out a good deal of detail, but Adam got the point. �Women don�t forget that sort of thing very easily.�

�I see.� Adam looked at him calmly. �This does complicate things. Look, Jesse, you need to try. Who knows? Maybe she likes you. Maybe when this is all over with-�

�Thank for the pep talk Adam, but I don�t really think it�s a good idea for me to be around her. These feelings are driving me crazy.�

�We�ll need your help. Please stay. The sooner this is over with, the sooner you two can hopefully hook up.�

Jesse looked up, startled. Adam�s cheerful smile wasn�t helping. �Pardon?�

�I don�t know about her feelings, but that is your goal isn�t it? From what I remember of Honor, you two would get along quite well. She�s really shy, though. Remember that.�

�Adam, Jesse, mind coming back in here?� Emma�s voice called to them from inside. Jesse was grateful for the interruption. Inside, Honor was sitting quite calmly on the edge of her bed, her arms folded. She appeared to be arguing with Brennan and Shalimar about something.

�What�s up, Emma?� Jesse asked.

�She wants to bring in more mutants,� Brennan explained. �I�m saying that it�s a bad idea.�

�And if you weren�t so busy being such a jackass, you�d see why,� she continued stubbornly.

�Perhaps if you explained,� Adam suggested.

�The ones I want to call in are friends of mine from the new mutant underground,� she said calmly. �They know Claudia and one might even know where to find Ashlocke.�

�I�m not seeing a problem here.�

�The problem is that one of them is a Feral,� she said with a raised eyebrow at Shalimar. �Another is a telecyber that Brennan knows. Interesting coincidence that. The last one is a psionic, but the chance of getting a hold of her are very slight, so I might not even try.�

�Why�s that?�

�In the underground, she�s known as the Dreamwalker.� At Emma�s nod, she continued. �I see you�ve heard of her. She�s a little odd.�

�That�s putting it mildly,� Emma snorted.

�The point is, Adam, that I think that the fewer people there are involved in this, the better off we�ll be.�

�And if those fewer people have no clue what they�re dealing with or even where to start, it�s not particularly effective, now is it?� Honor countered, standing up.

�So now we�re clueless?� Brennan advanced on her.

Apparently, he got too close for comfort as he wound up flat on his back. She walked up and placed one foot on his chest. She glared. �Clueless in its strictest definition means having no clues, which you don�t. Only one name. That�s not a lot to go on. It�s not like you can just look him up in the phonebook. Unless, of course, Mutant X has him on speed dial.� She let him up and walked towards the door. She stopped and turned to look at him. �Oh, and one more thing. Don�t get that close to me again unless you want worse things than that happen to you.� With that, she left the room and was out of sight before they could figure out where she�d gone.

�I think she won that round, Brennan,� Adam chuckled.
Up in the attic, Honor collapsed onto an old couch and wrapped a blanket around herself, tears flowing freely from her eyes once more. She hoped that she�d done a good job of hiding her pain from them. No one could know what she�d endured at the hands of Ashlocke�s cohorts. No one. In the time she�d spent in the bathroom, she�d remembered something that Claudia had once told her of how she�d kept herself in control after Adam had hurt her so badly. Be cold. Become like ice. Put up walls and don�t let anyone in who would interfere with your goals.

She took several deep breaths and stopped crying. Be like ice. In her mind, she pictured the cold, frozen wastes of the Antarctic that she�d seen on television. Become like that. Find Claudia. Those were her two immediate goals and they were attainable, unlike her third.

Recover.

Would she ever recover from this? Would she ever be able to forget? How could she ever hope to have a normal life again? Images flooded her head, going between Jesse�s gentle touch and the rougher handling of the others until they blended into one, until it was impossible for her hurting mind to tell them apart.

Honor lay down on the couch, her eyes squeezed shut. Eventually, she feel back asleep. It was hours before she would wake up, her hunger and thirst driving her out of her hiding spot and back down to the main part of the house. She�d seen the stock pile of food in her room, but went to the kitchen instead, knowing where things should be. If she was going to be in this house for a while yet, she was going to eat proper food.

Grabbing some vegetables out of the fridge and a can of tuna, she made herself a nice little salad and sat on the counter, happily munching away, adding dressing when she felt like it.

Dinner finished, she gulped down a large glass of milk and picked up the phone. To hell with Mutant X. She was going to find her friend with or without them.
�I think she has a good point,� Adam was saying. Honor paused outside of her bedroom to hear what they were talking about.

�I still say this is crazy,� Brennan grumped. �We don�t know these other mutants. Can they even be trusted?�

�I think that Honor is smart enough to pick good people as her friends,� Emma pointed out. �If she didn�t think they were trustworthy, would she have even brought it up?�

Shalimar bit her lip. �As much as I don�t like having another feral hanging around, I have to agree that this is the best solution for now. Besides, I don�t recall her saying that they would be actively involved in this. She might just want information form them.�

�There was a lot that she didn�t say,� Emma pointed out. �I�m getting mixed messages from her.�

�You, too, huh?� Jesse asked. He sounded very worried. �If she�s so gentle, why did she do that to Brennan? Is there something we don�t know about here?�

�Why yes, there is,� a new voice said from the window. There was a blond woman dressed all in black perched on the window ledge.

�Who are you?� Shalimar said, instantly on guard.

�Down kitty,� the new woman said mockingly as Honor walked in. �There you are.�

�You got here quick,� Honor commented casually.

She shrugged. �I was in the neighborhood when you got a hold of me.�

Honor turned to the others. �This is Kat Grey, a friend of mine.�

�She�s a feral, isn�t she?� Adam looked at the new arrival with interest. �A feline, if I�m not mistaken.�

�Right on the nose,� she smirked, sauntering over to Honor. She leaned on the wall beside her. �So, Claudia�s vanished, huh?�

�She was taken,� Honor corrected her. �Guy named Ashlocke is responsible. Sound familiar?�

Kat whistled. �Yeah, I know of him. Rumor has it that he�s behind quite a few disappearances lately. Popular opinion in the underground is that he�s building some sort of army.�

�Disappearances?� Adam asked. �We haven�t heard of any.�

�I�m not terribly surprised, as the ones who went missing are all very low profile. You probably aren�t even aware of them.� She turned back to Honor. �In case you�re wondering, that�s where Serenity vanished to. Skyler�s been trying to find his hideout ever since.�

�She making any progress?� Honor asked hopefully.

�Sort of. We have a vague location, but it�s a large area.�

�Who are Serenity and Skyler?� Jesse asked.

�Serenity is a psionic, the one I mentioned earlier,� Honor started, but was interrupted by Brennan.
�Skyler is the telecyber she wants to bring in.�

�You know her?� Kat looked startled.

�Yeah, I know her. She was one of the nerds in high school. My friends and I used to try and take her lunch money and stuff.� He shrugged. �It took me a while to realize she was a mutant like me. I never could figure out how to use it against her, though.�

�This keeps getting stranger,� Shalimar commented. �First we learn of Adam�s old friend who hates him. Now we find a skeleton in Brennan�s closet. Is there anything else anyone would like to say here? Any other surprises that might pop up?�

�Calm down Shalimar,� Adam scolded. �We�re all entitled to a little bit of privacy.�

�So, Kat, where�s Skyler hiding this time?�

She looked uncertainly at the others. �Are they coming, too?�

�They�re the ones who pulled me out of the bathroom,� she explained. �Adam is trying to help me with that new mutation. They have a right to come.�

Kat blinked in confusion before it hit her. �Oh, right, the telempathy. How�s that working out for you?�

�It�s not. Let�s just go. I want this over with.�

�Right. Anyone got a car or something we can all fit in?�

Jesse grinned and went to the door. �Right this way, ladies.�
Kat sat uncertainly in a hastily rigged seat inside the Helix. �You know, if I was meant to fly, I would have been given wings.�

�Just relax and enjoy the ride,� Jesse told her from his seat. �Based on the location you gave me, this won�t take long.�

�Thank goodness for small miracles.� Honor tried not to smile at her friend�s dislike of flying. She pretended to be very interested in the wall.

Walls.

The walls around her new gift that Emma had helped her build slipped briefly, allowing the feelings of the others to creep into her mind. Adam�s came through the clearest with his concern and need to get to Claudia. Shalimar�s mistrust of Kat was also quite loud. Emma was, thankfully, silent. Brennan was a grab bag of feelings. Irritation that she�d flattened him so easily, annoyance at having more people involved in this, and a bit of an attraction towards Kay, which she found to be extremely amusing. In the background of all of this was Jesse. Before she managed to get her mind back under control, she thought she detected worry and an intense longing. For what she didn�t want to know. It could have been a good meal for all she knew. It didn�t matter.

The Helix lifted off and headed towards the safe house where Skyler was currently residing.
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