Author's Notes: Sorry for any grammar mistakes that took place in the past chapters. (I always mix up 'to' and 'too'.). I went through this chapter before putting it up so there shouldn't be any mistakes, but just in case there are I'm sorry I've just been very busy revising for my exams. Anyway I just wanted to thank everyone that's reviewed my story, I really appreciate it. Please keep those reviews coming. Thank you!!!!
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Sanctuary, Same Time…………
Jesse sat in front of the computer and typed away furiously. For the last few hours he had tried every search he could think of on the computer but had come up empty each time. He groaned, stretching his arms which were aching from doing so much typing. He looked over at the computer behind him not surprised to see that it was vacant.
Shalimar must have gone to check on Sage again, Jesse thought worriedly.
Since they had gotten back Shalimar had been unable to sit still. She'd spent the last few hours alternating between searching the GSA database and checking on Sage, whose condition had not changed.
Since Brennan had been caught Shalimar had been in a mood. She was short and defensive with all of them. When Emma had tried to talk to her, Shalimar had growled and told her to back off.
Jesse knew that Shalimar was just worried about Brennan. Those two had been getting closer over the last few weeks, and although Jesse didn't think anything had happened yet he could tell that something was building up.
Jesse looked over to the platform below where Emma was sitting with her eyes closed and her hands lax. She had been trying for a while to link with Brennan but had so far been unsuccessful.
Jesse signed and turned his attention back too the computer screen. As he had just started to type, he heard Emma scream out in pain, and looked up just in time to see Emma collapse on the platform.
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Building 24, Same Time………
Brennan sat strapped to a metal chair. His lip was bleeding and he thought that one of his ribs might be broken. In front of him Mr. Lyle stood slowly filling a syringe with a green liquid, humming to himself. The 3 agents, who now stood in one corner of the room, had spent the last 10 minutes using him as a human punching bag.
"Now Mr. Mulwray, this is where things start to get fun." Mr. Lyle said as he brought the needle to Brennan's left arm.
Brennan winced as he felt the needle enter his skin. Suddenly Brennan felt like his arm was on fire. The pain raced up his arm, making him clench his teeth together. He closed his eyes in an effort to ignore the pain but found it impossible. The pain had now spread to his chest and Brennan found it hard to breathe.
"This is a special drug we created for interrogation purposes." Mr. Lyle said smiling as he leaned on a nearby table. "It's injected into your blood supply and from there it travels through your entire body. It lasts about an hour after each injection. I'm told that the pain is unbearable."
Brennan tried to block the pain from his mind, imagining that it wasn't his body that was in pain, but couldn't concentrate. Come on, he told himself silently, what would Shalimar think if she saw you make such a scene over a little bit of pain.
He thought about Shalimar remembering all the times they had hung out together playing pool or working out, and he felt the pain slowly drift away so that it was more bearable. He knew he wouldn't give in to the pain, he couldn't. Too much was at stake. So he would just have to bear with it like he knew Shalimar would have.
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Med Lab At Sanctuary, Same Time………
Shalimar sat beside Sage's bed and watched his chest rise and fall. She had been there for about 10 minutes already. She knew she had to get back to searching the Genomex computer for any sign of Brennan but she couldn't. Searching the computer as one lead after another went nowhere was to much for Shalimar to bear.
She sensed someone enter the room and knew immediately that it was Adam. She knew that he wanted to talk to her but she couldn't. She knew that she'd just end up saying something mean and the last thing she wanted to do was upset him.
She took one last look at Sage and stood up, heading for the door.
"Shalimar." Adam spoke softly, making her pause at the doorway. "We're going to get Brennan out of there, I promise you. We just need time."
"Yeah." Shalimar said turning to stare at Adam. "Time that we may not have."
Shalimar was on the verge of tears. She turned away from Adam so he couldn't see. She stood there for a moment trying to calm down.
Adam could tell that she was crying and it hurt him that he couldn't shield her from all the pain that she was feeling. He walked up to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. She tensed for a moment and then turned. When Adam saw the tears falling down her face he just took her in his arms and held her as she cried into his jumper.
She was just getting herself under control when they heard Emma scream, and quickly separating they ran in the direction the scream had come from.
When they got to the platform they could see Jesse kneeling next to Emma who was struggling to get up.
"What happened?" Shalimar asked worriedly as she ran to her friend.
"Emma was trying to link to Brennan's mind. All of a sudden she screamed and collapsed." Jesse answered looking worriedly at Emma who holding her head in between her hands.
"Emma." Adam said it lightly, concern in his voice. She looked up at him.
"I was able to link to Brennan's mind." Emma said, shaking a little. Adam nodded his head signaling for her to go on. "His mind was so confused. But I got a clear feeling that he was in so much pain."
Shalimar and Jesse exchanged worried looks, while Adam looked at Emma.
"Could you sense where he was?" Adam asked
"No." Emma said shaking her head. "But it wasn't Genomex it was somewhere else. And there was an image of a number that went with the place but I couldn't make the number out." Emma finished a bit confused.
The other members looked at each other confused.
"Some of the GSA buildings use a number as identification, so as not to give the buildings location away if someone overhears them." Adam said thoughtfully. "Jesse and Shalimar I want you to search the Genomex computers and check for any thing to do with their different branches. Emma I want you to come to Med-Lab with me so I can check you out."
Jesse and Shalimar quickly went to get started on the computers as Adam helped Emma to Med-Lab.
