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Watching the portal close Brennan put his arm around Shalimar's waist and asked "what do you think he meant by your symptoms weren't the flu?"

"I don't know I guess will have to ask Adam when we get back" she replied leaning her head on his chest. Although she had a pretty good idea of what the future Brennan had meant by his cryptic statement.

"Yeah and what was all that about a message Jesse?" Emma asked in a demanding tone as she playfully hit him in the arm

"I have no idea but when I get it I guess I will know" he replied rubbing his arm. Taking a moment to change the subject, he looked around the hangar "what do we do with him?" he asked motioning toward the unconscious Briscoe

"Tie him up. Adam's contact should be here soon to clean up, we'll let them deal with him" Brennan replied as he walked out of the hangar with Shalimar at his side

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[The new future]

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Rolling over Brennan stretched his arm across the other side of his bed. Lifting his head he had this odd sensation that something had happened but he couldn't figure out what. Then he noticed the other half of the bed was empty, he was about to get up when the door to the room opened.

"Hey sleepy head I thought you were never going to wake up" Shalimar said leaning down and kissing him

"Mmm what time is it?" he asked breaking the kiss

Shalimar was about to answer when the door to the room flung open again "Daddy's awake" said the small boy as he bolted into the room, onto the bed and into Brennan's lap

"Hey kiddo you being good for your mom?" he asked

The young boy who had his mother's eyes his father's hair, enthusiastically shook his head 'yes' before jumping down to the floor "Mommy can I go play with uncle Jesse and auntie Emma?" Shalimar nodded and the boy flew out of the room almost as fast he had flown in

"He's definitely got your energy level" Brennan joked

Shalimar went to hit him in the arm but he dodged it, grabbed her arm and pulled her into bed with him. Resting her head on his chest she sighed in enjoyment of the peace and quiet. "We did ok didn't we?" she asked referring to the life they had made for themselves

"Yeah, yeah we did" he replied with a small smirk

After a moment Shalimar spoke "This is nice but we have to get up Adam wants us to pick up two new mutants today"

"Two?"

"Yeah a brother and sister, I think he said their names were Megan and Keith Hollister. Well anyway, Adam seems to think these two may have what it takes to be a part of Mutant X someday"

Hearing the two names Brennan had the same odd sensation that he had when he first woke up, he was about to mention it to Shal when something deep inside him told him not to worry about it. Not really knowing why he simply smiled at the thought and hugged Shalimar closer to him "Really?"

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The End... or is it? Stay tuned for the sequel. I love being evil! The sequel is in the works but I have run into a bit of writer's block so if anyone has any thoughts please let me know. Either leave them in the review or email me because I really want to get the sequel out as soon as possible.