Spiritwalker
A/N-Here I am again, walking into a universe that I don't own. Marvel owns these guys. I'm just playing. Suing is not going to get you any money, I don't have any.
Angst-Loads of special Jesse-based Angst. Also, I didn't see the season two finale, so, if I am a bit wrong a little later, sorry.
Spirits of Light-
Clearing the lab took hours, the reset of the computer system took even longer. Jesse and Lexa spent days reconfiguring the system and rebooting the core computer. Kari had helped reset what she could, answering what questions she could about their unusual visitor, and like all of them, getting sleep when she could.
Brennan had stayed away from her, she had sensed his confusion and anger toward her, so she had done the same to him. She found herself next to him one late night when she went into the kitchen in search of cocoa. He sat there, staring at her when she walked in.
"Ok, enough," she said, sitting down, "You're pissed at me and I am sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it," Brennan replied, his voice calm, "You don't know how bad I feel."
"You feel bad? Brennan, you sent that monster back to the hell he came from," Kari stood her ground, "He used me to get to all of you. If it could have been any other way, I would have found it. Besides, having you do what you did wasn't my plan."
"Whose was it?" Brennan asked softly.
"Emma's," Jesse interrupted, coming into the room, his hair crumpled from another sleepless night. Kari looked at him. The pain in that statement reflected in his eyes. Jesse settled into a chair next to Brennan.
"She left me a file, which, explained what happened to Eckhart after she killed him. I don't know how she could have done it. She explained it all," Jesse said, his eyes turning toward the tabletop, "She's been around here, hasn't she, Kari?"
Kari waited a moment before she replied. Emma's spirit had walked the halls when she got there, she heard her comments to everything that happened, but the calmness that Emma kept to the situation, and the power she had demonstrated was astonishing. It was hard to find the words to explain to her friends that Emma wasn't resting in peace.
Brennan stared at her, the vibe coming off of him less of anger, more of frustration. Jesse was desolate. Seeing her as Emma had scared him to his very core. He was all for the mysteries of science, but when it involved a friend who passed, it shook him, badly. She slowly took his hand in hers.
The images fluttered behind her eyes, like memories that she was watching in a movie theater. Emma and Jesse laughing at a joke, him trying to save her from exposure to the disease that almost killed them both, Emma using her powers to save them many times, the horror of watching Emma kill Eckhart ran past her thoughts in heartbeats.
"Yes," she said softly, "She wanted to protect you all."
"Did she know that I was carrying..." Jesse's voice broke off. The thought that the energy that represented Eckhart was living deep in Jesse still terrified him.
His shoulders shook as he fought off the need to cry. Brennan put on hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, she knew," Kari replied after a moment, "She wanted to help you, but she had no idea how to, getting me here helped. You had no way of knowing, Jesse."
Jesse's tear-filled eyes greeted hers as he looked up at her.
"She didn't want that bastard living inside of you," she continued, "You have to remember it took a serious shock to get him out of you, and containing him, took Brennan and Lexa. Shalimar knew something was horribly wrong."
"Yep, I sure did," Shalimar emerged from the darkness of the hallway leading into the kitchen, "Couldn't put my finger on it."
"You guys couldn't have gotten rid of him alone, you did it as a team," Kari observed, "I know how badly it hurts, Jess, you should be proud, not sad."
"I just miss her," his voice cracked, a single tear rolling down his face. "As do we all," Shalimar put her hand on Jesse's other shoulder.
A/N-Here I am again, walking into a universe that I don't own. Marvel owns these guys. I'm just playing. Suing is not going to get you any money, I don't have any.
Angst-Loads of special Jesse-based Angst. Also, I didn't see the season two finale, so, if I am a bit wrong a little later, sorry.
Spirits of Light-
Clearing the lab took hours, the reset of the computer system took even longer. Jesse and Lexa spent days reconfiguring the system and rebooting the core computer. Kari had helped reset what she could, answering what questions she could about their unusual visitor, and like all of them, getting sleep when she could.
Brennan had stayed away from her, she had sensed his confusion and anger toward her, so she had done the same to him. She found herself next to him one late night when she went into the kitchen in search of cocoa. He sat there, staring at her when she walked in.
"Ok, enough," she said, sitting down, "You're pissed at me and I am sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it," Brennan replied, his voice calm, "You don't know how bad I feel."
"You feel bad? Brennan, you sent that monster back to the hell he came from," Kari stood her ground, "He used me to get to all of you. If it could have been any other way, I would have found it. Besides, having you do what you did wasn't my plan."
"Whose was it?" Brennan asked softly.
"Emma's," Jesse interrupted, coming into the room, his hair crumpled from another sleepless night. Kari looked at him. The pain in that statement reflected in his eyes. Jesse settled into a chair next to Brennan.
"She left me a file, which, explained what happened to Eckhart after she killed him. I don't know how she could have done it. She explained it all," Jesse said, his eyes turning toward the tabletop, "She's been around here, hasn't she, Kari?"
Kari waited a moment before she replied. Emma's spirit had walked the halls when she got there, she heard her comments to everything that happened, but the calmness that Emma kept to the situation, and the power she had demonstrated was astonishing. It was hard to find the words to explain to her friends that Emma wasn't resting in peace.
Brennan stared at her, the vibe coming off of him less of anger, more of frustration. Jesse was desolate. Seeing her as Emma had scared him to his very core. He was all for the mysteries of science, but when it involved a friend who passed, it shook him, badly. She slowly took his hand in hers.
The images fluttered behind her eyes, like memories that she was watching in a movie theater. Emma and Jesse laughing at a joke, him trying to save her from exposure to the disease that almost killed them both, Emma using her powers to save them many times, the horror of watching Emma kill Eckhart ran past her thoughts in heartbeats.
"Yes," she said softly, "She wanted to protect you all."
"Did she know that I was carrying..." Jesse's voice broke off. The thought that the energy that represented Eckhart was living deep in Jesse still terrified him.
His shoulders shook as he fought off the need to cry. Brennan put on hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, she knew," Kari replied after a moment, "She wanted to help you, but she had no idea how to, getting me here helped. You had no way of knowing, Jesse."
Jesse's tear-filled eyes greeted hers as he looked up at her.
"She didn't want that bastard living inside of you," she continued, "You have to remember it took a serious shock to get him out of you, and containing him, took Brennan and Lexa. Shalimar knew something was horribly wrong."
"Yep, I sure did," Shalimar emerged from the darkness of the hallway leading into the kitchen, "Couldn't put my finger on it."
"You guys couldn't have gotten rid of him alone, you did it as a team," Kari observed, "I know how badly it hurts, Jess, you should be proud, not sad."
"I just miss her," his voice cracked, a single tear rolling down his face. "As do we all," Shalimar put her hand on Jesse's other shoulder.