Adam sat quietly at his desk. He had a distraught look on his face that
Emma scented as she walked by. She stopped and turned into the room. She
didn't say anything, just looked at him. Adam looked up to see who it was
and knowing that he can't hold anything from Emma he started to speak.
"Ashlock's alive." He said only 2 words but they had so much meaning.
Emma didn't say anything but her question was sprawled all over her face.
"I don't know how. All I know is that he's alive and even more powerful then before because he's no longer mutating." He said it with such disappointment that Emma was aching with pain.
"Have you told Shal, Brennan, and Jesse yet?" she asked although she already knew the answer.
"No." It was a simple answer, which was fine. It was direct.
"You have to. Shal needs to know this. She needs to be prepared. We all do." She said as if Adam didn't know this.
" We don't even know what he wants yet. Maybe it had nothing to do with us." He knew he was being overly optimistic but it was worth a shot.
Emma turned around and walked out of the room.
"Where are you going?"
"To go tell them."
Adam went after her. He didn't want to not be there when everyone found out. Emma walked over to the sofas and found Jesse and Brennan lounging about, board out of their minds.
"Have you seen Shal? Adam needs to tell you something." Emma walked over and stood behind Jesse.
"Uhhh, I think she's in her room. She went out last night and I didn't hear her come in." Brennan said curious about the news Adam had.
"I saw her this morning. She looked pretty pooped. I'm just glad I'm not the one going to go get her." Jesse said it with his usual joking expression.
Emma walked to Shalimar's room and knocked softly. She didn't get answer so she opened the door and went in.
"Shal, Adam needs to tell us something. It's important so come on."
"Ugh" she was sitting in a chair at the back of the room and holding her head. Emma could tell that she was hung over.
She stood up slowly still holding her head and shuffled out of the room despising Adam for making her stand up. She walked over to the couches and slid into one of the big comfy lounge chairs. She got the looks of three slightly worried faces as she did so.
"Okay Adam what do you need to tell us?" Jesse said turning away from Shalimar to look at Adam.
Adam sighed and just decided because there was no easy way to say this he would just blurt it right out.
"Ashlock's alive." This got everyone's attention.
"What? But how?" Brennan acquired.
"More importantly how are we going to stop him again?" Shalimar said sounding not at all surprised. She had been quiet up to this point.
Adam shook his head. He had no idea on how to stop his just that they didn't stop him the first time, which wasn't good.
Shalimar stood up and walked back into her room.
"I'll go after her." Emma said as she stood up.
Once Shalimar was back in her room she sat back down in her chair and wrapped herself in a blanket. She didn't look up when Emma entered the room.
"Shove over." Emma went and sat down beside Shalimar.
They sat in silence for a while, until Emma broke it.
"He's back isn't he? Talking to you?
Shalimar nodded.
"Since about a week ago. Nothing big until last night. At first I woke up and he would be sitting there. He didn't say anything, just sat with a smile on the face. Then last night, he stood, watching me dance when I went out then when I left the club, he followed me and when I got hear he said the he wasn't mutating and he was going to get me back."
"Ashlock's alive." He said only 2 words but they had so much meaning.
Emma didn't say anything but her question was sprawled all over her face.
"I don't know how. All I know is that he's alive and even more powerful then before because he's no longer mutating." He said it with such disappointment that Emma was aching with pain.
"Have you told Shal, Brennan, and Jesse yet?" she asked although she already knew the answer.
"No." It was a simple answer, which was fine. It was direct.
"You have to. Shal needs to know this. She needs to be prepared. We all do." She said as if Adam didn't know this.
" We don't even know what he wants yet. Maybe it had nothing to do with us." He knew he was being overly optimistic but it was worth a shot.
Emma turned around and walked out of the room.
"Where are you going?"
"To go tell them."
Adam went after her. He didn't want to not be there when everyone found out. Emma walked over to the sofas and found Jesse and Brennan lounging about, board out of their minds.
"Have you seen Shal? Adam needs to tell you something." Emma walked over and stood behind Jesse.
"Uhhh, I think she's in her room. She went out last night and I didn't hear her come in." Brennan said curious about the news Adam had.
"I saw her this morning. She looked pretty pooped. I'm just glad I'm not the one going to go get her." Jesse said it with his usual joking expression.
Emma walked to Shalimar's room and knocked softly. She didn't get answer so she opened the door and went in.
"Shal, Adam needs to tell us something. It's important so come on."
"Ugh" she was sitting in a chair at the back of the room and holding her head. Emma could tell that she was hung over.
She stood up slowly still holding her head and shuffled out of the room despising Adam for making her stand up. She walked over to the couches and slid into one of the big comfy lounge chairs. She got the looks of three slightly worried faces as she did so.
"Okay Adam what do you need to tell us?" Jesse said turning away from Shalimar to look at Adam.
Adam sighed and just decided because there was no easy way to say this he would just blurt it right out.
"Ashlock's alive." This got everyone's attention.
"What? But how?" Brennan acquired.
"More importantly how are we going to stop him again?" Shalimar said sounding not at all surprised. She had been quiet up to this point.
Adam shook his head. He had no idea on how to stop his just that they didn't stop him the first time, which wasn't good.
Shalimar stood up and walked back into her room.
"I'll go after her." Emma said as she stood up.
Once Shalimar was back in her room she sat back down in her chair and wrapped herself in a blanket. She didn't look up when Emma entered the room.
"Shove over." Emma went and sat down beside Shalimar.
They sat in silence for a while, until Emma broke it.
"He's back isn't he? Talking to you?
Shalimar nodded.
"Since about a week ago. Nothing big until last night. At first I woke up and he would be sitting there. He didn't say anything, just sat with a smile on the face. Then last night, he stood, watching me dance when I went out then when I left the club, he followed me and when I got hear he said the he wasn't mutating and he was going to get me back."