Even though she tried to sleep, Emma couldn't. Every time she closed
her eyes she just saw Shalimar transfixed by the room she was in. It was so
hard to see her like that. She was usually the strong one. She would never
have let her self drift off like that in real life. After half an hour of
tossing and turning she decided she would be more useful if she were
helping so she went to find Jesse and Brennan.
When Emma walked into the room they were both engulfed by the research they were doing.
"Anything I can do to help?" she asked when Jesse looked up to see who it was.
He was about to answer but was interrupted by Brennan.
"Nope." He said plainly, "we just got a lead. Jess, go start the helix, we're taking a little trip."
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Emma had pleaded to go but Adam insisted that she stayed at head quarters. (She had been thoroughly "peed" about that.)
Once Jesse had landed the helix Brennan and him put it stealth mode and they went for a bit of a trek. They had to go through a forest to find the opening to The Strand's new hide out. They knew what direction to go in but not the exact location. That was why Emma was to stay behind: to get a feed from a satellite that used ground-penetrating radar, which found any discrepancies in densities of the ground it penetrates.
Once they had been walking for almost 2 hours, Emma's voice popped up on the comm.
"Ok, if you go 10 feet to your left the entrance should be right in front of you." She directed.
"OK. I see it. Should we go in or mark it and come back later?" Jesse acknowledged.
Emma knew that she should tell them to wait so her and Adam could go with them but she was desperate for any knowledge that could help Shalimar so instead she told them to go with out her back up.
As Jesse and Brennan descended the staircase they were surprised to see that they met none of the usual groupies that were always around the hide out. The inside was no different then what they ad expected. With the musty glow of the candles to the smell of various perfumes had mixed with an earthy aroma coming from the ground around them.
At the bottom of the tunnel they reached a small room with other tunnels heading off in different directions. It was an easy place to get lost in (good thing they had Emma).
"Em, which way do we go?" Brennan asked.
Emma was about to answer when Jesse turned to his left and started running.
"This way! What we need is down here I can feel it." He shouted back to Brennan.
"Jesse wait!" he called back but it was to late. Jesse was already half way down the grungy tunnel was wasn't listening to anything that Brennan had to say.
"Emma, is he heading the right way?" he called through the COM as he started chasing after Jesse.
"Ya he is. I don't know how he's right. About 200 meters down that way." Emma told him is a surprised voice. Brennan even thought he heard a hint of jealousy in her voice. She was the empathy after all and wouldn't be actually helping very unless they needed her at the computers so if Jesse could navigate around the tunnels she was left to stand around and wait.
Jesse was sprinting as fast as he ever had. He just kept pushing. He needed to go faster. He heard Brennan call after him but it didn't really register in his mind. All of a sudden he stopped and stared at a wall. For some reason he was drawn to it. He didn't want to look away from it; every thing around him sort of slipped away. The only thing that he saw was that wall and it's intricate detailing.
He heard his name being called and was trying to rip his mind away from what he was concentrating on but t wasn't working. He started to panic when a hand on his back pulled him out of it.
"Hey, Jesse, come on what are you doing? We need to help Shal. Not stare at some dumb wall.
Jesse blinked a few times and turned at face Brennan.
"We have to get in there. There's something in there. I need to, I need to, I need to." he trailed off.
"OK, OK we'll go, just calm down. We'll get in there. Hey, Jesse! Jesse? Look at me come on man. We're going back to base." Brennan was starting to get worried. Jesse couldn't concentrate on any thing and he was panicking.
"No, we have to go in there. We have to." He just kept repeating the same words. "We'll come back, it's OK. We'll come back" Brennan said as he grabbed Jesse's arm and pulled him away from the wall, back up the tunnel and to the Helix. Jesse was so out of it that Brennan had to fly the helix home by him self while Jesse just kept repeating "Shal, I, concentrate, it's beautiful, please, we have to, Shal where are you, please we have to, I need to go" under his breath
When they got back the HQ Emma Came running in. She saw Brennan dragging Jesse by his arm over to the med bay.
"What happened? What's wrong with Jesse?'
"I don't know. After we talked the went running and the he stopped and stood in front of a wall and didn't move and, I don't know, something happened but there's something wrong with him."
Emma was amazed. Jesse was acting sort of like how Shalimar was acting. She walked up to him and put her hand on his temple. She told him to concentrate on her, nothing else, only her. Suddenly Jesse snapped out of hat ever he was in and took a deep breath.
"Wow, what a head ache." He said
"Come here, I want to check you out. Mack sure that there was no damage done." Emma said just before she called Adam into the room and while Adam made sure Jesse was ok the three informed Adam what happened about what happened.
When Emma walked into the room they were both engulfed by the research they were doing.
"Anything I can do to help?" she asked when Jesse looked up to see who it was.
He was about to answer but was interrupted by Brennan.
"Nope." He said plainly, "we just got a lead. Jess, go start the helix, we're taking a little trip."
!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!* !*!*!*!*!*
Emma had pleaded to go but Adam insisted that she stayed at head quarters. (She had been thoroughly "peed" about that.)
Once Jesse had landed the helix Brennan and him put it stealth mode and they went for a bit of a trek. They had to go through a forest to find the opening to The Strand's new hide out. They knew what direction to go in but not the exact location. That was why Emma was to stay behind: to get a feed from a satellite that used ground-penetrating radar, which found any discrepancies in densities of the ground it penetrates.
Once they had been walking for almost 2 hours, Emma's voice popped up on the comm.
"Ok, if you go 10 feet to your left the entrance should be right in front of you." She directed.
"OK. I see it. Should we go in or mark it and come back later?" Jesse acknowledged.
Emma knew that she should tell them to wait so her and Adam could go with them but she was desperate for any knowledge that could help Shalimar so instead she told them to go with out her back up.
As Jesse and Brennan descended the staircase they were surprised to see that they met none of the usual groupies that were always around the hide out. The inside was no different then what they ad expected. With the musty glow of the candles to the smell of various perfumes had mixed with an earthy aroma coming from the ground around them.
At the bottom of the tunnel they reached a small room with other tunnels heading off in different directions. It was an easy place to get lost in (good thing they had Emma).
"Em, which way do we go?" Brennan asked.
Emma was about to answer when Jesse turned to his left and started running.
"This way! What we need is down here I can feel it." He shouted back to Brennan.
"Jesse wait!" he called back but it was to late. Jesse was already half way down the grungy tunnel was wasn't listening to anything that Brennan had to say.
"Emma, is he heading the right way?" he called through the COM as he started chasing after Jesse.
"Ya he is. I don't know how he's right. About 200 meters down that way." Emma told him is a surprised voice. Brennan even thought he heard a hint of jealousy in her voice. She was the empathy after all and wouldn't be actually helping very unless they needed her at the computers so if Jesse could navigate around the tunnels she was left to stand around and wait.
Jesse was sprinting as fast as he ever had. He just kept pushing. He needed to go faster. He heard Brennan call after him but it didn't really register in his mind. All of a sudden he stopped and stared at a wall. For some reason he was drawn to it. He didn't want to look away from it; every thing around him sort of slipped away. The only thing that he saw was that wall and it's intricate detailing.
He heard his name being called and was trying to rip his mind away from what he was concentrating on but t wasn't working. He started to panic when a hand on his back pulled him out of it.
"Hey, Jesse, come on what are you doing? We need to help Shal. Not stare at some dumb wall.
Jesse blinked a few times and turned at face Brennan.
"We have to get in there. There's something in there. I need to, I need to, I need to." he trailed off.
"OK, OK we'll go, just calm down. We'll get in there. Hey, Jesse! Jesse? Look at me come on man. We're going back to base." Brennan was starting to get worried. Jesse couldn't concentrate on any thing and he was panicking.
"No, we have to go in there. We have to." He just kept repeating the same words. "We'll come back, it's OK. We'll come back" Brennan said as he grabbed Jesse's arm and pulled him away from the wall, back up the tunnel and to the Helix. Jesse was so out of it that Brennan had to fly the helix home by him self while Jesse just kept repeating "Shal, I, concentrate, it's beautiful, please, we have to, Shal where are you, please we have to, I need to go" under his breath
When they got back the HQ Emma Came running in. She saw Brennan dragging Jesse by his arm over to the med bay.
"What happened? What's wrong with Jesse?'
"I don't know. After we talked the went running and the he stopped and stood in front of a wall and didn't move and, I don't know, something happened but there's something wrong with him."
Emma was amazed. Jesse was acting sort of like how Shalimar was acting. She walked up to him and put her hand on his temple. She told him to concentrate on her, nothing else, only her. Suddenly Jesse snapped out of hat ever he was in and took a deep breath.
"Wow, what a head ache." He said
"Come here, I want to check you out. Mack sure that there was no damage done." Emma said just before she called Adam into the room and while Adam made sure Jesse was ok the three informed Adam what happened about what happened.
