When she opened her eyes she saw lots of people looking down at her. She couldn't make out what they were saying, as it was all medical terms that her brain wasn't computing.

She looked over to her left and saw a policeman standing with a doctor. He had her bear in a large, clear plastic bag.

"My--my bear," she said weakly as she reached out towards the officer.

"No, no, no. No moving around. You need to be still," one of the nurses instructed her as she grabbed Shalimar's arm and placed it back by her side, checking to make sure her I.V. needle wasn't disrupted.

"Don't--don't throw it out," Shalimar said to the nurse.

The nurse looked at her, "Shhh, be still, save your strength." She looked over at the officer and then at Shalimar, "I'll make sure they keep it with your things."

Shalimar looked at her, confused. "My things?"

"Your pocketbook, your clothes and your jewelry. We keep them in a safe place for you."

Shalimar's brow creased as her brain tried to register what the woman had just said. Then she held up her right hand and saw that her Comlink ring was missing. Panic zapped through her body and she began to try and get up.

"Woah! Oh no you don't," one of the doctors said as she eased Shalimar back down. "Nurse, can you get the," he motioned to the restraints but didn't want to say it in front of Shalimar.

The nurse began to tie her down and Shalimar freaked out. "Let me go!" she screamed through her pain. Tears flowed down her face.

Another nurse inserted a needle into her arm and Shalimar snapped her head around to see what was going on. "No! I need to get--I need to get out of..." Shalimar drifted off to sleep mid-sentence.

"Let's get her up to the O.R. stat!" the doctor yelled.

Back at the sanctuary...

Brennan walked into the rec room to find Emma hanging up a banner that read: Welcome Back.

"Wow, that's some banner," he said.

Emma put in the last tack and climbed down from the chair she was standing on. "Thanks. I was up half the night painting it. It's still a little wet."

"I'm sure she's gonna love it."

Jesse entered the room. "Is she in yet?"

"No, not yet," Brennan looked at his watch, "She should be here any minute now though."

"Brennan," Adam's voice came through his Comlink ring.

"Yeah, Adam."

"Can all of you come into the training room. I'd like to get organized before Shalimar gets here."

"You got it." Brennan turned to his teammates, "Well, you heard the man."

They all went to training room where Adam was already waiting.

"Why don't each of you have a seat." He walked up to each of them and handed them a small handheld computer. "These are your new file managers. You can hand in your old ones to the tech team and have them upload your old files to this new computer."

Emma looked hers over, "What was wrong with the other one?"

"Not secure enough. One of techs noticed a glitch in the program which left us wide open for prying eyes to view our files." Adam looked over at Shalimar's empty spot. "Anyone hear from Shalimar this morning?"

Jesse shook his head, "She's probably just running late. It is her first day back from vacation and all."

"Yeah, maybe her flight was late getting back or something," Emma said as she continued to play around with her computer.

Adam ran his hand over his chin, "You're right. She's probably stuck in traffic or something."

Adam continued with the meeting but couldn't get Shalimar off his mind.