Jeremy got back to the safehouse and brought Shalimar a sandwich. "Here ya go."

"I'll eat in a while. Still not very hungry."

"You need to regain your strength so you have to at least eat something. Promise me you will."

"I promise," she said with a small smile.

Jeremy turned on the TV. "I hear that you're a celebrity."

"Huh?"

"I went by the place you got shot and there are police and news people all over."

They watched the TV and Jeremy flipped through the stations. He finally came across a station that was covering the story so he turned up the volume.

"I'm standing outside of the McGillis Bar & Grill on Anderson Avenue which is now considered a crime scene. Early this morning a fight broke out amongst a woman and several men. Witnesses say a woman driving this motorcycle approached the men and an argument soon broke out. The woman was shot but has disappeared. A trail of blood was found in a nearby alley and dumpster. Police are now trying to use the blood samples taken at the scene to find out who was involved in the shooting. No arrests have been made.

We do have a sketch of the woman. Police are asking anyone with any information on this woman to please call them immediately. Live from Anderson Avenue I'm Dawn Gentile."

Jeremy turned the TV off and looked at Shalimar who had her eyes shut tightly. "You okay?" he asked as he got up and went over to her.

"I-I just had a flashback or something."

"What do you see?"

"It's dark. I see some men lying on the ground around me." She opened her eyes, "That's all I see."

"You're starting to remember. Seeing that newscast must have helped trigger your memories."

Shalimar struggled to remember more but couldn't. "I can't remember anything else. I want to remember!"

"You will, in time. You just have to let it happen on it's own."

Shalimar focused on the images she saw in her mind and replayed them over and over in hopes of jogging her memory.

Brennan pulled into the parking lot of the playground and turned off the ignition. "I don't see him," he said to the others.

Adam pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked out into the park, scanning the area. "Behind the tree, he's behind the tree. I can see the sun reflecting off his belt buckle."

Emma handed the suitcase of money to Brennan from the backseat. "Good luck."

"We've got your back so don't worry," Jesse assured him.

Brennan got out of the van and began walking towards the middle of the playground. The man came out from behind the tree and walked towards Brennan.

"Nice of you to make it, and on time too. I trust that you've got all of my money with you?"

"Yes," Brennan said as he stopped walking.

The man extended his hand, "Let me see it."

"Not so fast. Tell me where she is first."

The man thought about it for a moment, "Fine. She's closer than you think."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Brennan asked.

The man pointed across the street towards the bar. "She's over there."

Brennan looked over and saw the bar.

"Now give me the money."

Brennan tossed him the suitcase. He caught it and placed it on the ground, opening it up.

Brennan started to walk away when suddenly he heard the man yell at him. "What the fuck, man?"

He turned around and saw the man pull out a gun.

"Where's MY MONEY?!?" He tossed the suitcase at Brennan and phony bills began scattering around the ground.

Brennan waved his hands together and generated a bolt of electricity and then hurled it at the man. The man felt backwards onto the ground, unconscious. Brennan grabbed him and dragged him back to the van.

He tossed the man in the back and Jesse restrained him.

Brennan climbed into the driver's seat. "He says she's over there across the street." He started the van and skidded away.

They pulled up to the bar. Adam and Brennan got out and scanned the area. "Adam, look," Brennan said as he pointed to the blood stains on the pavement.

Adam looked and then noted the trail that led down the street. Both men followed it into the alley and over to the dumpster. Brennan swallowed hard and looked at Adam. Adam nodded for him to open it so he did. They both held their breath as they looked around inside it but didn't find anything but garbage and more blood.

Adam took out a plastic container with a cotton swab in it and took a sample of the blood. "I'll test this as soon as we get back."

"It's hers," a voice said from somewhere in the alley.

Brennan and Adam looked around for the source of the voice. Suddenly a small girl appeared before them. Her clothes were filthy and torn.

Adam knelt down before her, "Did you see what she looks like?"

"Pretty, long, blonde hair. She tried to help my brother."

"You saw what happened to her?" Brennan asked.

The little girl nodded.

"Can you tell us what happened to her and to your brother?" Adam asked.

"They caught my brother and started beating him up. She stopped to help him. She got the men away from him and she told him to run away. One man had a gun and he shot her. Then he slammed her head against a car window. He put her in this dumpster then he ran away. I was in my hiding place when I saw it."

"If we show you the man will you recognize him?" Brennan asked her.

The little girl nodded.

Adam and Brennan walked the little girl over to the van and opened the back door. She looked at the man who was laying in the back, unconscious.

"That's him!" she gasped. "He's a bad, bad man!"

Brennan closed the door as Adam comforted the girl. "It's okay. He's not going to hurt anyone anymore. Where did the lady with the blonde hair go?"

"I can't tell you, it's a secret."

"It's okay, you can tell us. We're here to help her," Brennan assured her.

She shook her head, "I can't. I'm not supposed to tell anyone about this place. I promised my brother that I would never tell."

"Is your brother there right now?" Adam asked.

"Yes."

"Do you know why the men were beating him up?" Brennan asked her.

She nodded and hung her head.

"Why?" Adam asked as he gently lifted her head.

"Because he's different."

"Different...how?" Brennan asked.

"I can't say."

"Can he do something like this?" Brennan put his fingers together and created small bolts of electricity.

The girl immediately smiled, "No. But he can bend metal with his mind."

Adam looked at the girl, "Please, can you tell us where to find our friend? We need to find her if she's hurt."

The girl took Adam's hand, "Okay."

They got the little girl into the van and headed off to the safehouse.

Jeremy stood in the doorway of Shalimar's room. "I have someone that wants to see you." He stepped back and the little boy that Shalimar had helped walked into her room with the aid of some crutches.

She smiled at him and he smiled at her. "Hi," he said.

"Hi."

"I just wanted to say thank you for helping me. Those men have given me and my sister trouble before but it was bad this time."

"You're the boy I helped?"

He looked at Jeremy, unsure of her confusion.

"She lost her memory and doesn't remember what happened. And she doesn't remember her name."

The boy turned back to Shalimar, "Your name is Shalimar. You told me your name before I got away."

Shalimar stared into space for a moment as she repeated the name over and over in her head. It sounded so familiar. Then she flashed on Brennan's face, hearing him saying her name.

"Shalimar? You all right?" Jeremy asked.

She snapped out of it, "Yeah. I-I just remember someone calling me by that name."

The boy sat in the chair by her bed.

"What's your name," she asked him.

"Joey."

"You said you have a sister. Where is she?" Shalimar asked.

"She's at home...well...what WE call home."

"Where are your parents?" she asked.

Jeremy left the room to let them talk.

"They were killed in a car accident a few years ago."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay. We've been okay on our own. Jeremy helps us whenever he can, too."

Shalimar shifted and winced at the pain in her shoulder.

"I saw him shoot you," Joey said softly.

"Can you tell me what happened. Maybe I can remember."

"Well, they chased me out of the bar when I went in to steal some food for me and my sister. Then they began beating me up. That's when you showed up. You fought with them and knocked them all out but the man that kept hitting me was the last one. He shot you and then smashed your head into a car window. Then he dragged you to a dumpster in an alley. I called Jeremy and he came to get us."

Shalimar went back into her haze and saw flashes of a man shooting a gun at her. Then she flashed to a vision of the boy lying on the ground, bloody. "Oh my God, I'm starting to remember bits and pieces."

Joey seemed afraid, "Do you want me to go get Jeremy?"

"No, I'm fine. This is a good thing." Shalimar tried to sit up a bit but pain charged through her body. She put it out of her mind and focused on the images she saw. Then she saw the vision of Brennan again. "Brennan."

"Huh?" he asked.

"His name is Brennan. I can see his face. I remember him calling me by my name." She began to cry.

Joey stood up, "I'm gonna go get Jeremy."

Jeremy soon returned to Shalimar's room but he wasn't alone. "Shalimar?" Brennan said quietly.

She looked across the room and saw Brennan's face. "Brennan?"

He dashed to her side and took her hand, "Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine."

Adam, Jesse and Emma entered the room slowly.

"Jeremy told us that you're having trouble remembering," Brennan said.

"A little. It's coming back to me slowly. Guess I got my head bashed in a little too hard."

"Yeah, Marissa told us all about what happened."

Shalimar looked towards the doorway and saw Marissa peeking around the corner. Shalimar gave her a slight wave and Marissa smiled at her. Joey stood close to her.

"Have you guys met Joey? He saved my life."

"You saved mine, too," he said.

Brennan looked at Shalimar who was focusing on Adam's face, trying to remember who he was. "This is..."

"Adam," she said.

Adam stepped closer to her, feeling so distant from her because she didn't know who he was. "Hi Shalimar. We're gonna take you back to the Sanctuary."

"What's the Sanctuary?"

"It's a place like this. It's your home," Adam said to her.

She smiled and then looked at Jesse and Emma who stood at the foot of her bed. "Jesse?"

Jesse's mouth grew to a huge smile as he walked over to her. "You remember me?"

"A little bit, yeah."

Emma began to cry, wondering whether Shalimar would be able to remember her.

Shalimar reached out her hand towards Emma, "Emma?"

More tears fell from Emma's eyes as she walked over and took Shalimar's hand, giving it a kiss. "Oh Shalimar. You scared all of us."

"I'm sorry you guys."

Jeremy came into the room, "I'll get her charts ready for you, Adam."

Adam shook Jeremy's hand, "Thank you so much for taking care of her. If you need anything please don't hesitate to call me." Adam looked at Marissa and Joey, "I'd like to offer you two a real home. A place where you won't have to worry about being made fun of."

Marissa looked at Joey who was already smiling.

Adam smiled back at them.

EPILOGUE - Shalimar was brought back to the Sanctuary where she eventually regained her memory.

Marissa and Joey stayed at the Sanctuary for a few days before leaving for their new home at a secret safehouse.

The man that shot Shalimar was turned over to the authorities. The true story of what happened that night was told and Shalimar was cleared of any wrong doing.

THE END