~*Chapter7 – Another Vision*~

~Next Day at the Sanctuary~

Shalimar and Emma sat on a big black couch in the rec room discussing the events of Emma's night.

"He actually did that?" Shalimar asked in surprise.

"Yea, he did. And the most surprising thing to me is that he thought Christian and me had a thing," Emma said speaking in a soft voice.

"What I can't believe is that he punched the guy. I understand that he's all jealous," Shalimar said, "But he wouldn't punch someone unless their one of Eckhart's people or if their doing something to hurt someone."

"That's what I thought," Emma said.

They were still sitting in the rec room talking when Brennan walked towards them. Emma looked up from Shalimar and saw Brennan coming towards them. She got up off from the couch and looked back down at Shalimar.

"I got to go. I have to go do something," she said quickly, "I'll talk to you later Shal."

"What's the hurry Emma?" Shalimar said looking behind her and seeing Brennan, "Oh, okay. I'll see you later."

Emma looked up from Shalimar and looked at Brennan for a few seconds, then looked away and started walking quickly past him.

"Emma!" Brennan said grabbing her arm as she walked by him.

"Let go," Emma said forcefully, "Let go now."

"No Emma. We've got to talk," Brennan said to her, "I'm sorry I did those things. I'm so sorry. Can you please just let me explain myself?"

"Not now Brennan. We can do this later," Emma said trying to break her arm free from his grasp.

"Please Emma," Brennan said softly, "Please."

"I said let go," Emma said looking him straight in the eye, "We can do this later Brennan, okay?"

"Fine," Brennan said letting go of her arm and looking at her stomp away.

"You've got to give her a little time," a voice behind him said.

"Oh Shalimar. Sorry, I forgot you were there," Brennan said as he turned around and saw his friend standing and staring at him.

"She told me all the things you did," Shalimar stated, "You've just got to give her some time. She'll come around. Why did you do it?"

"I don't know Shal, I just don't know," Brennan said quietly, "I was so happy that I found my mom. I guess when I accused Emma of trying to take that away from me, I was kind of blinded by my happiness and I didn't understand what Emma was saying. But all she was trying to do was protect me from getting hurt."

"Right. Now what about the incident with Christian?" Shalimar said urging him to go on.

"When I found out she was in the bar and I went inside, I saw Christian and Emma together. Christian was helping Emma wipe off some of her drink that she accidentally got on her face. That time I was jealous. I didn't know what I was doing," Brennan said softly, "I just punched him. I just had the urge to punch him because I was so jealous and I thought things that I shouldn't have thought."

"Then you know what you did wrong now," Shalimar said to him, "Now you should go tell Emma that you're sorry and explain why you did it to her like you did to me and maybe she'll forgive you."

"Thanks for the talk Shal," Brennan said with a small smile, "You're the a good friend."

"I know I am," Shalimar smiled, "Now go."

"Yes ma'am," Brennan said.

~Pond Section of the Sanctuary~

Emma sat on a platform at the ponds of the Sanctuary with her eyes closed trying to clear her head of all the negative things. She tried not to think of what Brennan had done last night and when he accused her of trying to take his mother away. She shook her head and tried to clear her mind of it. Emma suddenly opened her eyes. She was having another vision but it wasn't as bad as the first.

"Dad, where's mom?" a young man around his early twenties asked.

"She's upstairs Tommy," a man sitting on a couch watching television replied.

"Dad, I know that's not mom. Where is she?" Tommy asked again.

"What do you mean that's not mom son?" the man asked.

"I know you know what's going on Dad. I can tell you're up to something and I can definitely tell that that's not mom," Tommy said a bit more forcefully, "Where is she? And what happened to her?"

"I don't know what you're talking about Tommy," the man said turning his attention back to the television.

"Dad, I know that you know. And if you won't tell me then I'll find out for myself," Tommy said.

"I can't let you do that son. The man behind this is very powerful," the man said, "He could tear you apart if he wanted to."

"So you admit it. Something's wrong," Tommy said, "I can't believe you never told me."

Another image flashed into her mind, one of the fake Sara. She was on the phone talking to someone and she looked really stressed.

"I'll get it done Mr. Eckhart," she said reassuringly.

"I'm having doubts Ms. Halliway," Eckhart said, "You know exactly what will happen if you don't succeed."

"Yes, I know Mr. Eckhart," she said, "I will get to him or I get him to you."

"Good Ms. Halliway," Eckhart said nastily.

"I have a meeting with him tonight. I'll ask him to go somewhere with me and that somewhere will be Genomex," she said, "I'll get the job done. I assure you."

"You better Ms. Halliway. The consequences might be worse for you if you don't," Eckhart said.

Emma shook her head trying to stop the visions. She closed her eyes and it all disappeared. She put her hands in her head and breathed heavily. Her head started to ache. She rubbed her temples and tried to relax.

"Emma?" a voice said worriedly, "Are you okay Emma?"

She opened her eyes to see who it was and found Brennan walking towards her.

"I'm…I'm fine," she stammered, "I just had another vision. And if I tell you and you don't believe me then fine."

"Why? What did you see?" Brennan said sitting down beside her and putting his arm around her.

"I saw…I saw a man but I'm not sure what his name is and another person. His name is Tommy. He's asking about his mother. It's Sara's husband and son. Tommy knows. He knows that there's a fake Sara and his father knows too. His father admitted to knowing," Emma said, "Then I saw the fake Sara. She was talking on the phone with Eckhart. She said that she's going to get to you but if she can't she's going to bring you to Genomex. Do you…do you have a meeting with her tonight?"

"Yea, why?" Brennan asked trying to take all of the information in.

"Because tonight…she's going to do it tonight. She's going to take you to Genomex. She's going to say that she wants you to go somewhere with her but she's actually taking you to Genomex," Emma said looking him in the eyes, "You can't go. You can't."

"I'm going to go," Brennan said.

"No…no you can't," Emma pleaded, "Don't…don't go."

 "I'm going to go Emma," Brennan stated, "I'm sorry but I'm going."

"If you're going then I'm going with you," Emma said.

"No Emma. I'm going alone," Brennan said trying to get her to back off, "This is my mother and my situation that I have to deal with. I don't want anyone getting hurt in the process. Especially not you."

"If you go I go," Emma said looking him straight in the eyes, "It's as simple as that."

"I said no!" Brennan cried with the look of unhappiness in his eyes, "I don't want you to get hurt! And don't follow me or do anything. I'll handle this on my own!"

"I know that you don't want me hurt!" Emma exclaimed with the same look of unhappiness in her eyes, "But I don't want you to get hurt either. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you," she said more softly now.

"I know that Emma. But you've got to let me do this alone," Brennan said changing the volume and tone of his voice, "Just let me do this alone."

Brennan got up.

"You know that I love you," Brennan said gently, "And I just don't want to see you get hurt. I love you too much."

He looked at her for a few more seconds and left her in at the ponds sitting alone.

~*Later that night*~

~Brennan and Sara/Nicole~

"That was great," Sara/Nicole said as she and Brennan walked out of a restaurant, "The food was good wasn't it?"

"Yea, it was good," Brennan said trying to smile.

"Hey, I want to bring you somewhere. Is that okay?" Sara/Nicole asked.

This is it, he thought, she's going to bring me back to Genomex.

"Sure, why not," he replied following her towards her car.

"K…let's go," Sara/Nicole said excitedly.

~*At the real Sara's home*~

Emma walked towards the house. She looked down at an address written on a piece of paper.

"Here is it," she said quietly to herself.

Emma walked up to the door and knocked on it. The door opened after a few seconds.

"Hi…umm…are you like a saleslady or something?" a young man asked.

"No, I'm here to ask about Sara," she replied, "I know that she lives here and I was just wondering where she went tonight."

"What is it to you?" he asked.

"Please, she has someone that I really care about with her and I'm afraid he might get hurt," Emma said, "Please help me. Please Tommy."

"How…how did you know my name?" Tommy asked.

"Because I've met your mother and she's talked about you before," Emma quickly said, "Tell me where she went Tommy please."

"Tommy! Who's at the door?" a man yelled from inside the house.

"That's my dad. I want to help but I don't know if he would let me," he said.

Emma heard footsteps from inside. They were coming closer. She looked behind Tommy and saw a man. This must be her husband, she thought.

"Dad, this is umm…" Tommy didn't finish his sentence.

"Emma," she said finishing it.

"Yea, uh…this is Emma," Tommy said, "She's here to ask where Mom is."

"She's out. Now leave my house," Greg said forcefully.

"Yes, but where?" Emma asked.

"Leave now, before I call the cops," Greg said, "It's none of your business where she is. And leave my son out of it."

"Please, she has someone that I really care about with her," Emma pleaded, "Tommy said that he would help me."

"Tommy, you're not going anywhere with her," Greg said angrily.

"You know what Dad, I'm going to go help Emma," Tommy stated, "And I'm going to find out the whole truth about what's going on."

Tommy grabbed his coat off of a coat hanger by the door and walked out of the door.

"Tommy! Get back here now! You don't know what you're dealing with!" Greg yelled.

"I don't know but I'm going to find out!" he yelled back.

He put his coat on and walked with Emma towards her car.

"Thanks Tommy," Emma said smiling.

"No prob Emma. But I'm not only doing this to help you. I want to find out the truth," Tommy said.

Greg looked out the door and watched Tommy and Emma walk away from the house.

"Damn it Tommy, damn it," Greg cursed to himself and slammed the door.

~Restaurant~

Emma pulled her car up into a parking lot where the restaurant Brennan and the fake Sara went too. She parked the car and got out.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Emma asked Tommy as he got out of the car.

"Yea, I'm pretty sure. My mom my said that she was going to her favourite restaurant and this is it," Tommy replied.

"Okay then let's go," Emma said heading towards the front door of the restaurant.

They walked towards the restaurant and went inside.

"Hi, welcome to Angel's. Did you have a reserved table?" a man greeted.

"Oh…umm…no. We're here to look for someone. A man, he's tall about 6 foot, dark hair, late twenties, and he was with a woman about my height, long dark hair, around her late thirties early forties. Have you seen anybody that fits that description?" Emma asked.

"Yes, yes, I think so. They left about a half an hour ago," the man said.

"Oh, okay. Thanks for you're help," Emma smiled.

She and Tommy left the restaurant and walked back towards the car.

"Shit," Emma swore as she unlocked the car.

"What?" Tommy asked.

"She's taken him to Genomex," Emma replied, "We have to go there now before something bad happens."

Emma and Tommy got into the car. She started the car and sped off towards Genomex.

~Author's Note:  Sorry about the lateness of this chapter. I've been very busy with schoolwork. There will be only a couple more chapters. And I hope to get them done soon so that you can finish reading this story for those who are still reading.~