Rating: PG 13- for language/violence/romance
Genre: Action/drama/romance
Summary: Shalimar and Brennan's baby is born, but it has a strange ability that intrigues Eckhart into devising a plan to kidnap the child. Only the very protective parent won't give up their child without a fight. My suggestion is that who might want to read Who's the Daddy before you read this story.
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Story by: Quest – shadowfox_fuse@yahoo.com
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Chapter 5: Gone
Two Weeks LaterThe newlywed couple lay awake in their bed, just cuddling after their long and tiring wedding day. Adam had given them a couple of days off from work and from the twins as their honeymoon. Jesse and Emma had taking the cribs out of Shalimar and Brennan's room and put them in their own room so they could watch the kids at night, giving Brennan and Shalimar the room to themselves.
"So was today everything you hoped for?" Brennan said wrapping his arms around his wife pulling her closer to him.
"Ya." Shalimar said turning over so she could face him.
Shalimar gave him a sheepish look. "What are you think?" Brennan asked her but already knew what she was thinking.
"I think you know." Shalimar said giving Brennan a very passionate kiss. Shalimar gave a giggle as Brennan pulled the covers over their heads and gave her a passionate kiss.
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Shalimar woke up in the morning lying on Brennan's bare chest; his arm was wrapped around her shoulders to keep her close to him. She gave a low purr as she ran her fingers slowly down Brennan's chest, waking him up.
Brennan glanced down at Shalimar who was now looking up at him. "So how'd you sleep?" Brennan asked.
"Besides the fact that we only got a couple of hours of sleep, I would say pretty good." Shalimar said with smile.
"Hey it was worth it." Brennan said in reply.
Shalimar laughed. "So we have the whole day to ourselves, what do you want to do?"
"I say we go down get some food, come back up and have breakfast in bed." Brennan suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Shalimar replied sitting up and swung herself out of bed. She throws on a tank top and a pair of sweat pants as Brennan got out of bed slowly. He followed Shalimar's lead and put on a pair of sweat pants and a white T-shirt. The two walked out of their room and made their way down to the kitchen.
The door slid open to the kitchen, Emma and Jesse looked up from were they were sitting they each had one of the twins on their laps, they saw Brennan and Shalimar shuffle into the kitchen.
"Good morning." Emma said to the couple as she saw their two faces light up when they saw their two kids.
"Morning." They two replied walking over to them.
"So how did you two sleep last night?" Jesse asked.
"Sleep? There wasn't very much sleep going on, if you know what I mean." Brennan said jokingly to Jesse as the two broke out laughing.
"Men!" Shalimar huffed rolling her eyes at them. Emma laughed as Shalimar picked up Sydney from her lap. "What about you guys? Did you get any sleep or did these two keep you up all night?"
"Actually they slept very good." Emma answered.
"Good I was afraid that they were going to keep you up." Shalimar told her.
"No they went right to sleep." Emma said. "So what are you guys doing today?"
"Eating breakfast in bed and sleeping!" Brennan said walking over to the refrigerator to get some food. "What about you?"
"We were going to take the kids to the mall, if that's ok?" Emma replied.
"It fine with us, just keep them busy and you won't have any problems like two weeks ago." Shalimar answered with a laugh.
"Just make sure you take Devon to the sports shop, he loves to look at the all the sport stuff, and I promise he won't bit you if you do." Brennan explained with a laugh.
"Hey my arm is still healing from that." Jesse argued. "By the way what was it that triggered them to go postal?"
"It was the lack off activity. Adam did the test a while ago and that's what he said triggered it. It's their Feral side that makes them so restless." Shalimar explained. "They haven't learned to control their powers like we have because they're so young."
"So all we have to do is keep them busy and we won't have any problems?" Jesse asked.
"Basically." Brennan said walking over with a tray of food in his hands.
"Good I don't want any more bite marks on my arm." Jesse said sarcastically.
Both Brennan and Shalimar rolled their eyes and Shalimar gave Emma Sydney and they left the room before Jesse said anything else stupid.
"Was it something I said?" Jesse said. Emma just shook her head at her boyfriend and got up from the table and walked over to the door with Sydney. "What?"
Emma could only laugh at him, she didn't know what else to do, but laugh. "What's so funny?" Jesse asked her.
"Nothing." Emma answered. "Are you ready to go?"
"Ya." Jesse replied getting up and walking over to her with Devon in his arms.
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Jesse parked the car in the parking lot to the mall. The mall was crowded with people and Devon and Sydney seemed excited when they walked through the mall entrance. Emma had grabbed the two-seat stroller out of the back of the car and brought it into the mall with them. Jesse and Emma placed the twins in the stroller and started walking through the mall, not knowing they were being closely watched.
After two hours of walking back and forth through the mall, the four had stopped at the food court to grab something to eat. Jesse took Devon out of the stroller and looked at Emma. "I'm going to go to the sports shop with Devon. Could you get me something?"
"Sure." Emma replied giving Jesse a quick kiss on the cheek.
Jesse turned and left, leaving the two girls by them selves. Emma stood in line with her back turned away from the twelve men that pushed their way through crowd to get to Emma and Sydney. Women screamed as the men through them out of the way making a path for an older looking man walking behind them. Emma turned around when she heard the scared sounding screams coming from behind her.
Emma recognized that they were GSA agents, but she didn't know why they were there. Emma quickly pushed the stroller behind her to protect Sydney and got down getting ready for an attack from the agents. The agents didn't even get close to her; they just made a path for the man behind them.
The older man walked up closer to her, then stopped and just stared at her. "Shalimar its good to see you again." The man said.
Emma was confused at the man's statement. "But I'm not…" Emma started before the man cut her off.
"Don't start with me." The man said angrily.
"But…" Emma protested before cut off again.
"I don't want to hear it. All I want is your children and that's it." The man said.
Emma was now getting pissed off. "You're not taking this child!"
"Oh I'm afraid I am." The man said snapping his fingers, triggering the agents to move forward to Emma.
Emma prepared for the attack, she took a couple down by creating an image of them being hit by a truck. Before she could do it again to thee other man, four of them jumped at her grabbing her arms. One stood right in front of her and punched her several times in the stomach. She soon was toppled over in pain on the floor of the mall. Emma held her stomach as she saw the black dress shoe of the old man in front of her head.
Jesse came out of the sports shop and heard scream's coming from the food court. Jesse started running toward the screams with Devon in his arm.
"Shalimar, I was expecting more from you." The man said to Emma, as he grabbed Sydney from the stroller. "So where is the other child?" Emma just moaned in replied. "That's alright I only need one." The old man said with a smile. "Sleep tight my little sweet freak." The old man said with a smirk and kicked Emma in the face knocking her unconscious. The old man and the GSA agents left the mall with Sydney.
Jesse reached the food court right after the agents and the man left the mall. He found a group of people surrounding a motionless body. "Emma!" Jesse said as he pushed his way through the people. Emma lied on the floor unconscious, and Jesse knelt down to her. "Emma." Jesse screamed as her shook her body trying to wake her, but she still remained in her motionless state. Jesse looked over at the stroller it was empty. He jumped up and looked around at the people surrounding them. "Did anyone see who did this?" Jesse asked desperately, but no one answered. "Did ANYONE see ANYTHING?" Jesse asked raising his voice.
"Ya I saw." A young woman said moving out of the group towards Jesse. "These men in suits came in and beat her up, then took the child that was with her."
"Oh, crap." Jesse said, knowing it was GSA agents. "Here hold him for me." Jesse ordered the woman as he gave Devon to her. Jesse went over to Emma and picked her up and through her over his shoulder, then took Devon back in his free arm. Everyone moved quickly away from his path, as they saw the determination on his face.
Jesse went out to the car and placed Emma in the passenger seat and Devon in his car chair in the back. He climbed in and drove the car towards the Sanctuary. "Adam are you there?" Jesse asked into his comring.
"Ya Jesse what's up?" Adam's voice replied.
"GSA agents were at the mall, they beat up Emma and took Sydney!" Jesse said as panic rushed over him.
"What?" Adam asked shocked.
"They took Sydney and Emma's unconscious." Jesse explained for the second time.
'This is not good. How did Eckhart found out about them?' Adam thought to himself as Jesse screamed his name for an answer on what he should do. "Oh, bring Emma and Devon to the lab when you get here." Adam answered.
"Are you going to tell Shalimar and Brennan?" Jesse asked as he drove around 85 mph through the back roads.
"Not until you get here to explain what happened." Adam replied.
"Ok, I'll be there in a few minutes." Jesse said then the signal stopped.
Adam slumped down in his chair and put his hands in his head. 'How the hell am I going to tell them that their daughter was kidnapped by their enemy?' Adam thought, as he ran through a couple of situations in his head, before he called them down to the lab.
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Brennan woke up from his sleep, when he could feel Shalimar trying to thrash around underneath his arm. He lifted his body up to get a better look at her; she had broken out in a cold sweat and was mumbling something under her breath. He gently nudged her trying to wake her from her nightmare.
'Shalimar saw herself standing in the mall. In front of her was a least twelve GSA agents. She looked around and saw Emma but no Jesse; she didn't understand what was happening. She tried to take a couple of steps forward to see the face of the man that was standing in front of Emma but she couldn't her legs wouldn't move. Panic rushed over her body when she noticed the agents attacking Emma knocking her to the ground. Shalimar screamed out as she saw the older looking man pick up a child that was in a stroller that Emma was trying to protect.'
Brennan heard Shalimar's whimpers get louder and louder, so he shook Shalimar harder. "Shal wake up!"
'Shalimar saw the man kick Emma in the face and start walking off with the child.' "NO!" Shalimar yelled out and shot up out of her nightmare right into Brennan's arms as he hovered over her trying to wake her up.
Shalimar sobbed as Brennan held her close and stroked her hair. "Shhh, it's ok. It was only a nightmare." Brennan said in a soothing tone.
"No it was so real." Shalimar said whipping away her tears.
"It was just a dream Shal, it wasn't real." Brennan explained to her.
Shalimar wanted to believe him but the images felt so real. "I need to talk to Adam." Shalimar finally said.
"Alright I'll go with you." Brennan replied as they both got up and put on some clothes.
Shalimar and Brennan walked quickly down the hall towards the lab. Brennan's arm was wrapped around Shalimar's shoulders, to comfort her as she shivered from the horrible images that she saw during her nightmare. They entered the lab just in time to see Jesse carrying Emma over his shoulder and only Devon in his free arm.
Shalimar saw the expression on Jesse and Adam's faces, and knew that her nightmare was true. "Oh my god, this is not happening! It can't, it just can't!" Shalimar cried as her knees gave way.
Brennan grabbed her waist as she started crumbling to the ground. "What?" Brennan asked somewhat confused by the whole thing. "What's wrong with Emma?" Brennan finally asked the two men, after Shalimar gave him no reply.
"GSA agents were at the mall and they took Sydney." Jesse answered as he gave Adam Devon and laid Emma down on a lab chair.
Brennan heart sank; he almost let go of Shalimar's body as he thought of his little girl with Eckhart. Shalimar then burst out with more sobs as Jesse told her part of her nightmare to a tee. Adam looked over at her, he knew she would be upset but not this upset she could barely breathe. "What's wrong Shal?" Adam asked.
Shalimar tried to look at him but her vision was too blurry from the tears that streamed down her face. Brennan took Shalimar into his arms and hugged her close to his chest. "She had a nightmare this morning." Brennan replied for her, Shalimar looked up at Brennan and shook her head no like that wasn't the reason. "What is it then?"
Shalimar took a deep breath and tried to regain her composure. "That was my nightmare." She uttered.
"What was your nightmare?" Brennan asked her as he moved them closer to Adam and Jesse.
"That! The agents and the man knocking out Emma and taking Sydney, I saw it all." Shalimar tried to explain, but see then they heard Emma moaning from the lab chair.
All four went to Emma's side who was now starting to wake up. "Where am I?" She moaned as she tried to sit up.
Jesse was right there to push her back down on to the lab chair. "Not so fast Em."
"You might have a concision." Adam explained as he examined her closely.
Emma saw bright lights and a whole bunch of shadows around her, she tried to focus but her head hurt. Emma slowly started to remember what had happened to her and to Sydney. "OH my god SYDNEY!" She gasped as she lunged forward.
"Calm down Emma." Jesse said as she panicked. "Take deep breaths."
Emma did what he said and took a deep breath. "A man took Sydney."
"Ya Jesse told us that. What we need to know is what happened?" Adam explained to her.
Emma whipped away some of her tears that stared rolling down her face. "This man was different, he was much older than the other agents and he thought a was Shalimar."
"What?" Shalimar asked in surprise.
"He thought I was you, he said it is good to see you again." Emma started to explain.
"Was that it?" Adam asked her.
"Ya I think." Emma said rubbing her head as it throbbed. "No there was something else before he knocked me out." Emma said before pausing, they all looked at her waiting for her to finish. "He called me his little sweet freak."
Shalimar turned very pale as she heard those words, her legs got weak again. Brennan looked over at his wife and saw the look on her face, and caught her in his arms as she stumbled forward. "Sweetie what's wrong?" He asked her as everyone looked over at Shalimar.
"My d-d-dad called me that when I was young." Shalimar stammered as she realized her father was the one that took her child.
TBC
A/N: I hoped everyone likes this so far; I will have the next chapter up at the end of the week. HOPEFULLY!! I took a couple of days off from writing and know I have a bunch of ideas, so it looks like my writer's block has blown over. I want to thank everyone who helped me with ideas, especially Gabz she's been a really helpful. Please Review, I love reading them!!!