Disclaimer: *rubbing a bottle* "I wish, I wish, I wish they were mine..." Silence... *bottle explodes* "I guess I don't own them then." :'-(

Title: Internal Affairs

Summary: After being stabbed, Brennan is admitted in to a hospital. He's in a coma and struggles to live while the others try to find the perpetrator.

Pairings: Shal/Bren... But not for lo-ong! *diabolical laughter* HAHAHAHA!!! *Demon voice* I got something better in mind. *Voice of a 5- year-old* But I'm not gonna te-ell!!

A.N.: Oh are you Shal/Bren lovers going to hate me after this! It's not that I hate either of them, no I LOVE them. I just don't like 'm together. Plus a 'hidden' pairing later on. MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Rating: PG-13? No, I'll give it an R for thingy's later on. What kind of things? Now that would be telling!

Author: DarkStar

Chapter 1: The incident.

[Brennan's POV]

Adam gave us the night off. So we decided to go clubbing, all night long. We went to the Hazard, our favorite nightclub

I drove us there. Shal was sitting next to me, holding my hand. We were dating for a solid month now. Everybody seemed thrilled, except for Jesse. He would drop little comments about not hurting her and give me certain looks all too often. I simply thought he was protective of his sister, but still, I wasn't completely comfortable with it.

When we arrived it was Jesse who went to the bar and ordered the drinks, whilst Shal, Emma and I went to the dance-floor.

When a slow song was played, Shal and I decided it was time for us to shuffle. Emma had no-one to dance with so she joined Jesse. I looked at him. There, he did it again, he shot me one of those looks again. Was he jealous?

"Shal, honey, I have to go to the men's room. I'll be back in a sec."

"Just don't stay away long." She answered, quickly putting a kiss on my lips.

I strolled to the back of the club. "Thank God, no line." I whispered to myself. After entering I figured out why that was. The room was lit by one, faint light. I did what I had to do, washed my hands and was ready to go back as I heard a voice behind me: "Brennan..." I turned around, but I couldn't see anyone.

"Hello...?" I called. But nobody answered. I pulled my shoulders and turned around once again.

"Brennan." I heard it again. I walked around but I still couldn't see anybody.

"You've made a big mistake messing with my fate, Brennan." A male voice spoke.

"Jesse?" I called but thinking he was pulling a prank on me.

"I thought you knew, I thought you knew what she means to me. You had to steal her, didn't you? You had to have her all to your little foolish self."

His low and dark voice send a shiver up my spine. That's when I saw him, he was pretty much a shadow since this place wasn't that well lit, but I could see him. I could also see he was holding something, a knife.

"Now you have to pay." I didn't even have time to react. A sharp pain rushed through me as the knife entered my stomach. Again and again.

I looked down. My hands were in front of my stomach and when I looked at them, they were covered in blood. This was bad, very bad. My body got heavy as I fell to the floor. I lay there, feeling life draining from my body. Then everything went black.

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[General POV]

A man came running out of the toilets, screaming for help. Shalimar overheard that a man was bleeding on the floor. Fearing the worst, she ran to where the man came from. Her fears came true. It was Brennan laying there, HER Brennan.

Her two teammates came up behind her.

"Oh my God Brennan!" she heard Emma say "I'll call an ambulance."

After about 5 minutes the paramedics came to pick up Brennan. As they carried him away another one stayed to explain Brennan's condition.

"He's being stabbed about 3 times, his stomach was hit twice and he's lost a lot of blood..."

"Is he going to be okay?" Shalimar asked.

"You can come with us in the ambulance if you want."

Shalimar looked at Jesse and Emma.

"Go ahead." Emma said "He needs you, we'll go and tell Adam."

~In the ambulance~

Shalimar was holding Brennan's hand. He occasionally would opened his eyes and close them. Then he signaled Shalimar to come closer.

"It..it..Jesse." Is all he could manage to get out.

"Jesse? What do you mean Brennan? Did Jesse do this to you?" But Brennan already passed out.

"Are we there yet?" Shalimar asked.

"A few more minutes Madame." One of the men said.

~In the hospital~

Brennan was rushed to a room. "Okay, what do we got here?"

"27-year-old male, he's been stabbed in his stomach two times and one time in his chest, he's lost a lot of blood."

"Right. Get him on the table. I'm sorry Miss, you'll have to wait outside the room." A female doctor said.

Shalimar walked out of the room holding back her tears and stood in front of the window, watching the doctors work on her lover.

Putting her hand on the glass, she quietly asked herself: "Who could do such a thing? What did he mean by 'Jesse'? What does he have to do with this?" Shalimar hated questions she couldn't answer. Especially if they were about situations like these.

"Don't worry, he's going to be fine." A voice behind Shalimar sounded.

"How can I NOT worry. That's Brennan in there, Emma."

A hand on her shoulder turned Shalimar around and her dear friend pulled her into an embrace, whispering that everything was going to be all right.

Shalimar looked up and saw Jesse. Brennan's words came to her mind and without thinking twice she seizes him by his collar.

"What did you do him?!" she demanded "Tell me! WHAT?!" Her eyes don't even flash, they just show fire as she thought of what happened in the club.

Jesse, shocked by the sudden accusation, could only stutter: "I...what d-do you mean. I-I didn't do a-anything." He held his hands up.

"Yes you did! Brennan told me!" "Told you what?! That I stabbed him, that it?!"

"Guys, come on. It's bad enough Brennan's here, let's not fight!" Emma spoke, trying to break the two up. "Hey, don't look at me, I didn't do anything!" "Just knock it off!"

A doctor approached the three: "Are you the relatives?" "No, we're all he's got, the next best thing." Shalimar answered.

"I see. Well my name's dr. Mike Sullivan." They shook hands. "You probably want to know how your friend is doing."

"Yes, we do." Again Shalimar was the one to reply. "Well, he's lost a lot of blood but he will be fine. I do need some information about him, like his name for instance."

"I'll come with you." Emma said "You two stay out of each other's hair." She warned Jesse and Shalimar. Their answer was a simple nod and a nasty look towards each other.

TBC...

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Well? What did you think? I threw the bottle (see top) away since it didn't work, so I decided to start praying for some review... PLEASE GIVE ME SOME! The suspense is killing me, o wait I have to be alive for the other chapters. My life lies in YOUR hands. (Bunch of bs much? :P)