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Chapter 13

"Bye Daniels" Jesse said as he briefly hugged the man.

"Goodbye Jesse"

"I'm going to miss you" Lexa said as she embraced the man they had both learnt so much from. Adam and the others were waiting by the ground entrance to sanctuary.

"I'm going to miss you to, it has been an honour to work with both of you" Daniels said as he turned around to leave, he stopped just as he opened the car door and gave them one final wave before getting in the car and driving away. Jesse and Lexa watched as both cars drove away.

They turned to the rest of Mutant X who were still waiting patiently for them.

"Welcome home" Adam said as he led the way into sanctuary.

"This is so weird" Lexa said as she unpacked her things into Jesse's room. They had slept in the same room for a month now and neither wanted to lose that now that they were back at Sanctuary.

"Yeah, I can't believe how much I'm already missing GIO"

"It took me ages to adjust to my life here in sanctuary and just when I was starting to feel like I belonged GIO showed up and took it away from me. Then when I finally started to adjust to life at GIO it's time to come back here and now I have to readjust to that" Lexa said exasperated.

"I know" Jesse said as he moved up behind her and put his arms around her waist. Lexa leaned back against him and laid her arms over his. "I don't think it'll be as hard this time though, before you know it you'll feel at home again"

"As long as you're here I don't think I'll have a problem"

They were interrupted by a knock at the door and they both turned to see Brennan standing there.

"Sorry to interrupt guys, Shalimar wants to go out to dinner to celebrate you guys being back. It's the first time Adam's willingly come out of his lab for anything other than a mission since before you guys left. So you coming?"

"Sounds great" Lexa said

"Okay we're leaving in half an hour"

"Now what to wear" Lexa said to herself as she walked out of Jesse's arms and towards her wardrobe. Jesse just smiled to himself and went back to unpacking their things.

Brennan was stood by the car waiting for the others when Jesse walked in. "Hey bro, how does it feel to be back?"

"Weird" Jesse stated "But we'll adjust"

"You're going to miss it there aren't you?"

"Yeah, we kinda got used to it"
Brennan nodded his head "So, you Lexa seem to have gotten closer"

"Well for a while we were all each other had"

"I'm glad you're back, both of you" Brennan said.

"Thanks"

Adam walked up to them looking like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. Brennan was proud of him for the way he had stood up to the creator, he knew that the end of the Dominion and the capture of the creator was what had lifted the weight from him.

"Where are the girls?" he asked.

"Still getting ready" Brennan stated.

"Jesse was it me or did Lexa come back with double the amount of stuff she left with?" Adam asked.

"Yeah" Jesse said with a smile "I think she managed to double her wardrobe"

"You talking about me" Lexa said as she walked toward them.

"What would make you think that?" Jesse said playfully as he put an arm around her.

"Oh I don't know" Lexa said.

Brennan couldn't help but smile at the two of them as Shalimar finally joined them. "We all ready to go?"

Dinner had been great, Shalimar had loved having her family back together again. They had talked, laughed and danced and it had felt really great. They had got back to Sanctuary an hour ago and everyone had been exhausted. Jesse and Lexa had gone straight to their room. Their room, that might take her a while to get used to. Adam had gone to bed a few minutes after them. Brennan and Shalimar had decided to stay up and watch a movie. They were now curled up together on the couch. Shalimar hadn't felt this content in weeks. Adam was starting to act more like himself again, Jesse and Lexa were finally safe here at Sanctuary and she was falling asleep in Brennan's arms. Her family was back together and they no longer had to worry about the Dominion. They could finally get back to looking after the other New Mutants and doing the work that Mutant X had been formed to do. This was the start of a new life and Shalimar couldn't wait to get started on it.

THE END.

Authors note: So what did you think? I feel kind of sad that the story is over but I enjoyed writing it and I hope you all enjoyed reading it. Thanks to everyone who reviewed.