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The next day Emma and Brennan show up for their first day of classes in separate vehicles. Emma in the silver Audi and Brennan in the green SUV. Adam thought that it would be best that they not show up together so as not to make the appearance to her of being ganged up on. Also so that more attention wasn't drawn to them. Brennan said into his Com-Link Ring, "Time for out first day of class, Emma."

"This is gonna be fun." Emma said as she walked up the sidewalk toward Hargrove Hall.

Brennan replied, "Yep." then he stepped out of his truck and walked a little distance behind Emma toward the building. Towering over most of the people there at a 6'4" tall, Brennan was able to see everyone at the campus pretty well. As they arrive in Dr. Deana Greenwood's class. He sees that Emma had already been talking to two other students and laughing at something a pretty red-head had said. As the professor walked into the room everyone took their seats. Emma could instantly tell what Adam had said about her, she could feel the psychic energy. She must be VERY powerful. As class progressed the two Mutant X members could tell just how intelligent that the woman was, and she knew how to hold an audience too. They too were engrossed in what the teacher was saying.

Okay class I want you to give me a ten page essay on the culture that you grew up in. I am new here and I would like to get to know all of you and your backgrounds better. That would make it easier for me to plan this years studies. See ya back here on Friday. Have a good week and don't get into any trouble that you can't get yourself out of. Everyone chuckled at that one. It was apparant that she would be liked. Everyone thought that she was a whole lot alike Professor Sandburg and everyone liked how he taught a class. Both Emma and Brennan had a schedul of where and when Dr. Greenwood would be and they both made sure that either one or the other had sight of her and Dr. Sandburg at all times while she was on campus. She didn't have a clue as to what they were doing. Over the past couple of months after joining Mutant X they had become very good at covert serveillance. Brennan was better at it because of his former criminal life. Adam was glad that he and the others had invited Brennan to join, that experience that he had was invaluable to the team. Brennan watched as Dr. Greenwood met with Dr. Sandburg and they went out to their lunch date.

"So, do you have anything against dating a fellow faculty member?" Blair asked.

"No, I can't say that I do." Deana answers.

"Great. I haven't seen the Harry Potter movie but the book is very good, would you like to go see it with me on Saturday. We can go out to eat afterward at anyplace that you want."

"Do you like pizza? I am dying to try some of that pan pizza at Marco's Pizzeria."

"Sounds good to me." Blair says with a grin on his face. Blair walks Deana to her car a black and white concept car at that. "I still can't believe that you have a Pontiac Banshee. These things are soooo cool."

"Oh, yeah, I bought the kit and put the thing together myself."

"A woman of many talents." Blair says beaming.

"And then some." she laughs.

Blair then gets into his car and heads back to the loft. There he is met by Jim. "Hey, Chief!"

"Good afternoon, Jim" Blair says with a huge smile on his face and a spring to his step.

"Let me guess, hot date tonight."

"Yep, I met a new professor yesterday and we hit it off pretty well. Jim I am telling you she is not like any of the other women that I have gone out with in the past. She is special."

Jim gives Blair a look and Blair begins to tell him the story of what had happened yesterday in typical hyperspeed. The police detective looks on is disbelief.

"Your telling me that this woman is a telekinetic, that she can move things with her mind, like Carrie?"

"Yessirie, and you know better than to question anything of the psychical nature after what you have seen and experienced the past few years. You are a sentinel remember?"

"I am still gonna do a background check on her, Chief. With your luck with women it is a necessary evil."

"Very funny Jim."

XXXXX

Genomex, a biotech firm on the outskirts of Cascade, birthplace of new mutants, was abuzz with activity today. Mason Eckhart the head of security for the GSA(Genetic Security Agency), for which Genomex was a cover corporation for, was making the rounds checking on the various training areas that used captured and suborned new mutants as agents against their own kind and the rest of humanity. Implanted with sub dermal governors, devices that control their powers and cause them pain if they do not comply. Eckhart just loved using those little round black things that were administered with a gun-like device. The initial pain that he saw when a new mutant was given one was a joy to watch, though he would never admit it to anyone.

"Mr. Thorne, happy to see that you are back from your retraining. I hope that you will do better this time around." Frank Thorne was the first lieutenant to serve Eckhart after he had had Frank kill Dr. Paul Breedlove before he could tell the world about his role in creating new mutants. He had failed in recapturing Brennan Mulwray and Emma DeLauro after Adam and Mutant X had help them and all the other new mutants that he had captured at the bookstore safe house. And much to Mason's chagrin, Miss DeLauro and Mr. Mulwray had joined Adam's Mutant X team.

"I assure you that this time I have a better plan for finding and apprehending new mutants for you."

"This better be good Mr. Thorne, what is your plan?"

"My plan is to plant GSA agents in Ranier University. They will become regular students and make friends with other students. Then when they gain the trust of those around them, hopefully we will find some new mutants in the student body. I consider this a trial plan. If this works then we begin to plant other agents into various schools and universities in order to weed out these freaks."

"I must say, Mr. Thorne, you might be on to something there. If this works, it could repair the damage that you did early on in your career as an agent. "Weither or not your retraining has gone to waste or not remains to be seen."