Adam soon arrived and tried not to get emotional when seeing what he saw. He injected Shalimar with different medications and checked her pulse. "Her pulse is a little stronger. That will buy us time to get her back to sanctuary." He did the same for Brennan and felt his pulse quickening as well. He scooped Shalimar up, trying to be as gentle as possible. "I'm going to get her into the van. Can you handle getting Brennan and Emma out?"

"No problem. I'll take Brennan down and then come back up for Emma."

Adam nodded and then rushed out of the apartment with Shalimar.

He got her into the van and laid her down in the back. After pulling her shirt up a bit away from the wound, he pulled out a small computer from his pocket and punched some buttons. He scanned it over her wound and then checked the results of the scan. Then he attached two thin, colored cables to the side of it. On the opposite ends he attached syringes that contained a greenish liquid. He slid one needle into a vein in her arm and the other just above the wound. Punching more buttons, the syringes expensed the proper dosage into Shalimar's body.

Adam stroked her hair as he looked over her body. So much blood. Her hands and arms were covered with dried blood from where she had been hugging her wound. Her face was battered and bruised. "Who did this to you?" he whispered as he bent down and kissed her on the forehead.

Jesse got Brennan into the van. "I'll take Emma back in Brennan's car. You go on ahead and take care of them."

Adam nodded and climbed into the driver's seat and peeled away.

Jesse went back inside and picked Emma up, slinging her over his shoulder. He got her out to the car and buckled her up in the passenger seat. Her head slumped forward as she remained unconscious.

Adam rushed Shalimar and Brennan into the medical room. After analyzing their vitals, he determined that Shalimar needed the most immediate attention.

He got Brennan stabilized and returned his full attention to Shalimar who was lying on a steel table, her blood dripping onto the floor as it seeped out of the bandage he had applied in the van.

"Hang in there with me, Shalimar," Adam said to her as he inserted another needle into her arm. Carefully, he removed the blood stained bandage from her wound, holding his breath as he did so.

He looked upwards as a television-like machine came down. He punched some keys on it's keypad and the screen turned so it was flat and facing down towards Shalimar. Adam backed away as the machine cast a bright light around Shalimar's wound. The light soon dimmed and went out and Shalimar's wound was healed, a slight scar remained.

Adam sent the machine back up towards the ceiling and went back to her side. "You still with me?" He held her hand, giving it a slight squeeze. "Come on. Tell me you can hear me. Squeeze my hand." His hand was shaking as he waited for her to respond, but she didn't. He kissed the back of her hand and placed it gently by her side.

Satisfied that she was now out of danger, he dashed over to Brennan. He injected him with different medications and completed a scan of his body. Little by little Brennan's condition began to improve as the medications went to work on his system. Adam smiled and patted him on his leg.

Jesse entered the room with Emma slung over his shoulder. Adam helped him put her onto a table. "So what the hell happened?"

"First of all, I'd tie her down or something before she wakes up," Jesse said with concern on his face.

"What are you talking about?"

Jesse looked at Brennan and then at Shalimar, "Emma's the one that did this to them. I was almost next but I was able to stop her."

Adam didn't know what to say. He knew Jesse would never lie about something like that so it had to be true, no matter how much he didn't want to believe it. "SHE did this?"

Jesse nodded.

Adam tied Emma down and began to examine her while Jesse went over to Shalimar, taking her hand into his. "Hey, Shal. You okay? Thanks for not quitting on me." He saw that the wound was gone but the blood still remained.

Adam did a scan on Emma and the scanner began to beep. "I think I've got something," Adam exclaimed. "Behind her ear." Adam moved her head to get a good look and found a small, black disc by her ear. Grabbing a pair of tweezers, he yanked it off of her. In doing so, her eyes bolted open and she gasped as if being awakened from a nightmare.

"Emma? Do you know where you are?" Adam asked her.

Emma looked around and then at Adam. "Yeah. I'm in the medical area. Why am I in the medical area? What happened to me? Why am I tied down?" She began to tug on the ties in hopes of getting free.

"It's okay, calm down. We just need to keep you still until we figure some things out." Adam did his best to get her to relax.

Emma turned her head and saw Shalimar lying on a table next to her. Then she saw all of the blood. "Oh my God, Shalimar! Shalimar!" She turned back to Adam, "What happened to her? You have to help her, she's bleeding!"

Jesse came over to help Adam calm her down. "She's going to be okay, Adam is helping her."

She began to cry.

Adam analyzed the disc and realized what it was. Taking a laser, he destroyed it.

"What was that thing?" Jesse asked.

"Eckhart got inside Emma's head. Like a puppeteer, he controlled everything she did." Adam's anger was evident on his face.

He walked back over to Shalimar to check on her and he felt her grab his hand. Looking down he saw that she was just waking up.

"Adam," she said softly.

"Shhh. Don't do a lot of talking. Save your strength."

Jesse came over to her as well, smiling down at her. "It's about time you woke up," he joked.

She smiled at him as she tried to keep her eyes open. "Wh-what happened?" she said as her hand went to her injured side.

"You got hurt," Adam said. "You were stabbed."

Shalimar groaned as she shifted a little, "No wonder why I'm sore."

"Your spleen was punctured. You lost a lot of blood. You need to rest for a few days to build up your strength." Adam stroked her cheek and noted the bruise around her eye. "Ouch, you've got a nice shiner."

Shalimar smiled. "Great. Battle scars are so cool," she said sarcastically.

"Shalimar?" a weak voice said.

Shalimar looked to her side and saw Brennan. "Brennan!" She tried to get up but the pain in her side sent her back down.

"Ugh uh, no moving around," Adam said sternly.

She grimaced as the throbbing pain dulled down to an annoying ache. "You okay, Brennan?"

"I'll be fine," he said weakly. "What about you?"

"It's gonna take more than a little stab wound to slow me down."

"Would somebody tell me what's going on around here," Emma blurted out.

Shalimar quickly turned her head and saw Emma. "Adam! Why is she here? She's working for Eckhart!" Shalimar held onto her side as the pain kicked up again.

"It's okay, I got the disc out. She's back to her old self again."

"Old self?" Emma said. "What is going on!"

Adam untied her arms and legs. "You were implanted with some sort of mind controlling device. One of Eckhart's devices. He took over your mind and turned you against the team."

Emma gasped at the realization that she had inflicted the injuries on Shalimar and Brennan. "There has to be some mistake," she said as she covered her mouth.

"I'm afraid not," Adam said.

She slowly went over to Shalimar and extended her hand. "Shalimar, I'm so sorry."

Shalimar's body tightened as she came closer.

Emma began to cry again. "I don't know how you can forgive me. I don't even know if I can forgive myself." She touched Shalimar's arm and felt Shalimar ease up.

"It's not your fault. It wasn't you."

Emma went over to Brennan and took his hand. "I'm sorry Brennan."

Brennan smiled at her, "Like Shalimar said, it's not your fault."

Adam put his arm around Jesse and Emma, "Let's let them get some rest, shall we?"

Jesse and Emma left the room while Adam got Brennan and Shalimar as comfortable as possible. "I'll come back in a half hour to check on you. Later tonight I'll move you to your rooms."

As Adam left the room, Brennan reached out for Shalimar's hand. Shalimar reached out for his and squeezed it tightly.

THE END