I know it has been absolutely forever since I have updated this fic but I have been in the world of Charlie's Angels which has taken up much of my time but my most recent two reviews and a small writers block on CA moved me back here, it's great to know people are still reading this and want to see more, thanks for that, makes me write more. Well enough babble - on with the next chapter hope you like it, let me know! Cheers, AJ5 ;-)

Chapter 14.

The night passed quietly by in Jessie's hospital room as the two Bionic women slept. Jaime woke for no real reason, rolling on to her back she looked up to the rooms ceiling. She listened to Jessie's steady breathing as she slept in her bed which lay to the side of Jaime's only a few feet away if that. The young woman still amazed Jaime; she was being put through so much and still coming out strong on the other side.

'What are you thinking about?' Jessie asked breathing in deeply as she rolled on to her back also. Jaime surprised that her young friend could wake without her noticing it.

'Did I wake you?' Jaime asked.

'With your loud thinking? no, but a person knows when they're being watched.' Jessie quipped; Jaime could almost here the smirk creeping across Jessie's mouth.

'Sorry about that.' Jaime apologised as she rolled to her side propping herself up on her elbow.

'So what are you thinking about?' Jessie asked sitting herself up slightly in bed.

'I was just wondering who would want to hurt you, do this to you?' Jaime explained being honest with Jessie she found was the best policy, Jessie now knew when was holding back telling half-truths.

'Oh Jaime, it could be anyone and for any reason, it's best not to concentrate on that alone. Let's just work on finding a way to beat who ever it is and then beat them to a pulp.' Jessie laughed a little.

'Jess…' Jaime scolded but couldn't help herself but laugh with her.

'I won't beat anyone to a pulp, at least I'll try not to.' Jessie said still with laughter in her tone.

'You promise?' Jessie held her right hand up towards Jaime.

'Bionic Woman's honor.' Jessie replied to which Jaime rolled back on to her bed sighing.

'You're impossible.' Jaime laughed.

'So I've been told.' Jessie said continuing to laugh when a nurse entered the room.

'Is everything all right in here?' The nurse asked, hearing the voices and laughter whilst on her rounds.

'Everything is fine.' Jessie replied laughter still in her tone. The nurse nodded then left the room. 'Think we're a little loud' Jessie asked, the moonlight glinted in her eyes and Jaime could see the wicked glint in them.

'You were, I wasn't.' Jaime laughed to which she received a pillow thrown at her. 'Hey!' Jaime laughed.

Then next couple of days passed without incident as Jessie recovered from the attack. Together Jaime and Jessie walked down to Rudy's department to start running frequency tests on Jessie's bionics.

'Nervous?' Jaime asked noticing Jessie had fallen silent as they neared Rudy's office.

'A little yeah, I'll take the pain that will come with this Jaime, the physical pain, but I don't want to hurt anyone else.' Jessie explained Jaime stopped walking taking hold of Jessie by her shoulders.

'Now listen to me, you are not going to hurt anyone, we'll make sure of that, I'll make sure of that. Rudy will have figured a way to do his testing without putting anyone at risk.' Jaime looked deeply at Jessie for a moment who returned the same determined look.

'Ok, let's do it before I run back and we both know you can't keep up with me.' Jessie teased.

'Watch it kid, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.' Jaime said nudging Jessie on slightly ahead of her. Entering into Rudy's laboratory they found Rudy stood in front of a machine checking numbers he had written down on his clipboard.

'Morning Rudy.' Jaime greeted as they walked through, Rudy turned to greet them with a wide smile.

'Ladies, good morning! Jessie how are you feeling?' Rudy asked as Jessie took a seat on a stool beside one of the workstations in the room.

'I'm pretty good thanks, a little nervous about all of this.' Rudy nodded as he listened.

'Well that's to expected how about your bionics, are you in any pain, discomfort?' Jessie fidgeted in her seat as she spoke.

'A little nothing unbearable.'

'On a scale of one to ten?'

'About a five maybe a four.' Jessie answered honestly.

'Ok, well I'll go through the procedure with you both before we start and then we'll get on with it.' Both Bionic women nodded to Rudy as he began to explain what the test would include, what he would be doing.

'Jessie I've had a strong room constructed, using one of the indoor sports courts I have had the walls reinforced and other precautions taken care of to make sure we are all protected, you included.' Rudy said smiling reassuringly to Jessie.

'Ok, well let's get on with it, I don't think I can sit around waiting any longer.' Rudy chuckled a little as he stood up Jessie joining him he put an arm around her waist guiding her towards where they were headed.

'It'll be ok Jess, we're all here for you.' Rudy reassured which Jaime echoed.

'Exactly, we're right here, you only have to say stop or ask for help and I'll be there in a shot.' Jaime said as she walked beside her young friend.

As they approached the sport court they would be using both Jessie and Jaime saw the extra precautions Rudy was talking about.

'Rudy isn't that kind of a heavy handed precaution?' Jaime asked indicating the armed guards dressed in black wearing body armour.

'This wasn't my doing Jaime, I just had the room set up to my spec. It should only be us Lynda and Oscar here.' Rudy explained as he rushed on ahead of them to find out what was going on when Oscar turned a corner in front of the Bionic women and joined them.

'Morning ladies, ready for this Jess?' Oscar asked resting a supportive hand on Jessie's shoulder.

'Ready for the testing Oscar yes but for the armed guards, no.' Jessie explained.

'Armed guards, what are you talking about?' Oscar looked to the young woman confused.

'Oscar, behind you Oscar.' Jaime explained turning Oscar by his shoulder and pointing towards the guards.

"What in the…wait here I'm going to get to the bottom of this.' Oscar said as he stormed off towards the guards. 'What are all you men doing here, who ordered this?' Oscar bellowed at the men who stood silent. 'Speak to me, who ordered you to be here?'

'I did.' Malcolm Dennis answered as he exited out of the squash court that had been set up for the testing.

'Malcolm, what right do you think you have taking any part in this?' Oscar demanded.

'The rights given to me by a higher power than your Oscar, there are a few of us who are more than a little concerned about your new bionic woman.' Malcolm explained as he signed a sheet one of the guards handed him. 'Now Dr. Wells, please continue.' Malcolm said turning to Rudy with a smile, which Rudy would have liked to wipe off his face. Rudy headed down to Jaime and Jessie leaving Oscar arguing with Malcolm.

'What's going on Rudy?' Jaime asked annoyance evident in her tone and concern.

'It would seem Mr. Dennis is here to ensure everyone's safety.' Rudy explained as he slicked his all ready slicked down hair.

'You mean they don't trust me.' Jessie said looking to Malcolm and his guards her jaw locking in anger. Jaime turned to her placing her hand on Jessie's arm.

'Jess, don't do anything reckless now ok, just go in, let's get this testing done and over with ok.' Jessie turned looking to Jaime then to where her hand held her arm.

'Fine, but I really don't like this, I don't trust him Jaime.' Jessie practically whispered.

'I know kid neither do I.' Jaime agreed as she and Jessie walked down to the room.

'All right Jess, it's just like I explained to you, just stand in the centre of the room, we'll be the other side here with the frequency control, and the frequency will come through.'

'And I just tell you when it hits the right point, if you can't tell that all ready.' Jessie finished for him.

'Exactly. You ready?' Rudy asked, Jessie looked around at all the people looking at her including Jaime who looked more nervous than she was.

'Yeah, let's get it over with.' Jessie stepped into court and walked to the centre of the room she heard the door shut and lock behind her, her heart rate jumped a little in speed, anxiety, a wonderful thing.

'Ok Jess, here we go.' Rudy's voice came over the small speakers set-up in the squash court. Jessie nodded and wandered around in a small circle waiting for the affects to take notice.

'Anything yet?' Rudy asked. Jessie shook her head as she answered.

'No, nothing yet Rudy.' Rudy had obviously turned up the frequency as Jessie began to feel a tingle run through her bionics, she stood still feeling the sensation running through her legs.

'Now?' Rudy asked.

'Something now, keeping going Rudy, it's not the same level as the attack yet.' Rudy nodded as he looked back to his control station.

'You sure you ok in there kid?' Jessie heard Jaime's voice, not through the speakers but by her bionic hearing. Jessie looked up to where Jaime was stood next to Oscar just behind Rudy; she smiled slightly nodding to Jaime. The frequency was getting close as Jessie began to feel pain.

'Now we're getting close Rudy.' Jessie said before having to walk to the wall to the side of her using it for support. 'Keep going.'

'You sure?' Jaime asked this time via the speakers.

'Keep going.' Jessie replied the strain in her voice obvious.

'Rudy are you sure about this, is it really the only way?' Jaime asked worried as she watched her friend be put through such pain.

'I'm sorry Jaime but it really is the only way.' Rudy explained as he dialled up the frequency, they all looked in to the room as they heard Jessie cry out in pain, they saw her down on her knees in obvious pain.

'Rudy stop.' Jaime urged.

'Jessie is that it, is that the frequency?' Rudy urgently asked, barely hearing him and finding it hard to concentrate on anything else Jessie managed to confirm the frequency.

'That's it!' Jessie shouted out through the pain.

'All right let's shut it down.' Rudy ordered look to Lynda who aided him.

'Wait.' Malcolm stepped forward putting his hand over Lynda's stopping her from discontinuing the test.

'What are you doing?' Rudy demanded as he moved forward to remove Malcolm's hand only to be moved back by an armed guard. Rudy, Jaime and Oscar watched in disbelief as Malcolm continued the frequency not switching it off, they could all hear Jessie's cries of pain and suffering. 'You'll kill her stop it now!' Rudy demanded. Malcolm stood with his hand in his pocket his hand around the small device that was concealed there, he pushed the small button adding to the frequency, he was intrigued to see what would happen if the frequency was doubled. He wasn't disappointed as Jessie cried out in pain collapsing to the floor.

'Enough!' Oscar called out; Jaime moved forward to stop what was happening being presented several barrels of guns. All of a sudden a loud crash was heard followed by showers of glass as Jessie had ripped up a block tile from the courts floor and thrown it through the window, it landing on the machine causing it spark and short out.

'Go in now, shut her down.' Malcolm ordered his men. The armed guards pulled open the door and rushed in a mistake on their part as the first few to approach Jessie were fiercely thrown back in to the walls, out cold. The others didn't fair much better.

'Call off your men Douglas.' Oscar demanded as he pushed himself forward the guard in front of him still with his gun. Malcolm ignored Oscar too interested in watching Jessie and how she responded to the men attacking her. Men came flying back through the door and window.

'That's enough.' Jaime said determined as she grabbed the barrel of the gun pointed at her with her bionic arm, with her bionic strength she pulled the gun away from the guard as he fell towards her she pushed him down to the ground.

'Jaime take this!' Rudy called out to her as she jumped over the guard who now lay in front of her. She caught the small device with a blue button on it. 'Get as close as you can to her and hit the button.' Rudy instructed without saying a word Jaime rushed through the room and watched as several men attacked Jessie using their nightsticks to try and restrain her as well as hitting her with them, which only made her angrier. Jaime ducked as Jessie threw two of the men away from her.

'Jessie!' Jaime called out trying to get her attention, to get her to focus, but nothing. 'Jess!' Jaime tried again with the same response. 'Jessica!' Jaime tried one last time, Jessie turned to Jaime enraged, Jaime didn't see her friend, she saw someone darker, someone Jaime didn't recognise, it was Jessie of course but it was like she wasn't in her own body as if she were taken over, it scared Jaime. As Jessie approached her Jaime quickly lifted the small device and hit the button, the affect was almost immediate as Jessie stopped in her tracks, she looked down to the ground shaking her head slightly she looked up to Jaime confused.

'Jaime?' Jessie reached out to Jaime walking towards her when a guard got up from the floor his handgun pulled from his holster. Jaime heard the cocking of the gun but had no chance to react as in the same instance the gun fired.

'No!' Jaime's head flicked from the shooter back to Jessie, it was all in slow motion to her as the bullet hit Jessie flipping the young woman round as the bullet hit her shoulder Jessie fell to the ground. Jaime ran across to her kneeling down beside her she scooped Jessie up in to her lap. 'Jessie?' Jaime called her friends name as blood began to spill freely from the wound; Jaime covered the wound with her hand. Jessie lay unconscious not responding, gently Jaime shook her to try to get her to wake Jaime called out her name again. 'Jessie, please come on.' Jaime turned as she felt a hand on her shoulder, turning ready to attack she stopped herself when she saw Rudy with Lynda just behind him. 'Rudy.' Jaime pleaded.

'Let me see Jaime.' Jaime gently laid Jessie on the floor removing her hand from the bullet wound. Rudy with Lynda moved in to look over Jessie.

'Pulse is weak.' Lynda noted as she pressed her first two fingers the side of Jessie's neck.

'Bullet hasn't gone all the way through.' Rudy explained in the same manor as he checked Jessie's back for an exit wound. As they continued their checks a medical team rushed in with a gurney. 'All right let's get her up and out of here, straight in to the OR.' Rudy ordered as two orderlies came round helping Rudy and Lynda pick up Jessie and place her on the gurney quickly whisking her out of the room. Jaime followed after them stopping when she heard Oscar yelling at Malcolm.

'What the hell do you think you were playing at?' Oscar demanded.

'Proving a point Oscar, that young woman isn't fit to be bionic and that test just proved it.' Malcolm said loudly leaning in towards Oscar as he pointed towards where Jessie was being wheeled.

'Why you…' Oscar moved to punch Malcolm who welcomed the pop shot he was about to receive when Jaime intervened.

'Oscar let's go come on.' Jaime wrapped her arm around Oscar's raised arm the fist of which was clenched, as he was about to punch. Turning to Jaime Oscar collected him self, straightened his glasses stood to his full height matching Malcolm's.

'Our directors shall be hearing of this.' Oscar sternly said before turning and walking away, Jaime stood for a moment staring Malcolm Dennis down before she her self rushed after Oscar and Jessie.

Rudy met Oscar and Jaime as they rushed to the OR.

'You might as well take a seat, we're going to be a little while.' Rudy explained all ready in his green scrubs.

'Is it that bad Rudy?' Oscar asked concerned for the young woman.

'Well the bullet didn't come all the way through but it's not just the bullet Oscar, I think that will be the easier job to take care of, while we have Jessie hear I'm going to make sure there is no other damage done any where, I'm going to check her bionics.' Oscar nodded as Rudy rushed into the operating room. Oscar turned to see Jaime stood behind him, hands on hips she was furious and scared, in his bionic woman that was not a good mix.

'She's going to be ok babe.' Oscar said trying to get Jaime to take a seat, which she didn't want.

'How did this happen Oscar, how did that just happen?' Jaime demanded motioning to the OR where Jessie lay about to be operated on.

'I don't know Jaime but I promise to find out, I think our mole just tipped his hand.' Oscar said looking away from Jaime as he thought through things.

'What do you mean?' Jaime asked

'I think Mr Malcolm Dennis needs a more careful eye placed upon him.' Oscar explained looking to Jaime. 'Stay here Jaime wait until Rudy's done; make sure Jessie is going to be ok.

'I will you know I will Oscar but where are you going?'

'To make a few calls, I want to see if I'm right about a few things, I'll come back to you as soon as I have.' Oscar stopped and looked at Jaime, she was covered with Jessie's blood from where she had cradled her earlier. 'You might want get yourself into some clean clothes or scrubs kiddo, don't want to scare the others any more than we all ready have now do we?' Oscar smiled, as Jaime looked down to her self, she hadn't even realised that was when the floodgates opened as Jaime burst into tears. Oscar was right there to hold her tight gently rubbing her back calming her as she cried. 'It'll be all right Jaime, I promise. Jessie is strong; she'll pull through this, you'll see.' Jaime stood straight from Oscars hold nodding her head as she ran her clean hand through her hair.

'I know she will, I'm just.'

'Scared I know, I was too but she's going to be all right, she's got you on her side. I'll be back soon.' Oscar promised as he kissed Jaime's forehead and rushed off down the corridor back towards his office. Jaime looked down to her self again and headed to the room she and Jessie were using where her clothes were. Stepping into the small en-suite that was also in their room Jaime ran a shower. Stepping in she watched as the blood that was on her skin washed away running in the water and down the drain, again Jaime began to cry.