Title: Feral Abilities (Still working on a new title. Any suggestions would be great.)

Author: Sarge

E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com

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"Shalimar?" Adam called from the lab. When he didn't get a response, he tried again. "Shalimar?" But there was still no answer. Walking out of the lab, he checked the whole sanctuary to find that she wasn't there. That's when he walked into the garage to see that her motorcycle gone as well. Letting out an exasperated sigh, he walked back inside and over to one of the computers. Pressing a couple of keys, he found out that she had deactivated her comlink.

"Dammit," he muttered to himself. "Brennan?" he said over comlink.

"Yeah Adam?" Brennan replied.

"I want you and the others to come back to sanctuary."

"Why? We've only been to three of the crime scenes," Brennan asked.

Adam sighed again. "Because Shalimar has..run off and she's deactivated her comlink. I need the Double Helix to go look for her," he answered.

"Ok, we'll be there in a few minutes," Brennan declared.

***

Zane patiently waited up on the roof for his 'target' to show up. It was just then that he spotted a motorcycle coming down the street toward him. He immediately recognized the rider to be the feral he was sent to 'tranquilize'. Crouching low, he took aim and waited for her to pass by.

***

As Shalimar sped down the street toward the cafe, she could only speculate what trouble her friend was in. When she was about a mile from the cafe, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck. Reaching behind, she immediately felt something sticking out. As a sudden moment of panic passed through her, she quickly ripped the offending object out of her neck. As she brought it around to see what it was, he vision suddenly went blurry. Blinking rapidly, she attempted to clear it, but it did nothing to help. It actually made it worse. At that point, not only was her vision blurry, but she was getting extremely dizzy as well. Shalimar attempted to steer her motorcycle, but as the dizziness suddenly got worse, she could do nothing to stop herself from crashing.

Her motorcycle flipped on its side, trapping her underneath it as it began to drag her down the street. As it slammed into a lamppost, it abruptly stopped, jarring Shalimar's leg underneath it.

Shalimar laid in the street for a few minutes before deciding to try to move. By this time, she was no longer dizzy and her vision had cleared. Moaning, she slowly sat up and looked down in her hand to see that she was still holding on to the thing that she had pulled out of her neck before she had crashed. It was a tranquilizer dart. 'Someone is trying to kill me,' she immediately thought to herself as she slipped the dart into her pocket and cautiously looked around.

***

Dammit!" Zane muttered to himself. She hadn't been killed in the accident. Letting out a sigh, he picked up his tranquilizer gun and made his way to the fire scape. At least, if the new drug worked, he'd get another chance to kill her. Now all he had to do was wait.

***

Slowly, Shalimar attempted to lift her motorcycle off of her leg, but it wasn't working too well. It was too heavy and every little movement made her whole body ache. It was just then that she noticed several men in suits, led by a woman, coming toward her. As they got closer, she immediately recognized the woman to be Lana Simmons and the men that were behind her were GSA agents.

'Damn! This whole thing was a setup! I should of realized that when Lana didn't want Adam to know,' Shalimar thought to herself angrily. Realizing that she was in no shape to fight off the agents, she decided that the next best thing would be to run. So, with a sudden rush of adrenalin, she lifted the motorcycle off of her leg and gingerly stood up. Looking once more at the oncoming GSA agents, she quickly limped down an alley that she had crashed by. Every step that she took sent agonizing waves of pain throughout her body, but she kept on going. Realizing that she was really going to need some help, she took her comlink ring out of her pocket and slipped it onto her finger.

"Adam?" she said into it.

"Shalimar?! Where are you?" Adam asked in an angry tone.

"I don't have time to talk Adam, but I need your help!"

"Why? What's wrong?" he asked, his angry tone replaced with one of concern.

"Let's just say that I'm being chased by some GSA agents and I'm not in the best shape to fight them off," she replied. Suddenly, as she quickly limped down the alley, another wave of dizziness hit her. As everything began to spin, she had to stop and brace herself against the wall to keep herself from toppling over. It was then that she realized that Adam was talking to her.

"Shalimar?...SHALIMAR?!!" he called urgently.

"Yeah?" she replied weakly as she silently willed her head to stop spinning.

"Are you ok?" he asked.

"Yes Adam, I'll be fine. Just please hurry up," she said as she began to limp down the alley again, despite the dizziness.

By this time, Lana and the other GSA agents had made their way to the alley. Spotting Shalimar, Lana immediately pointed to her, saying, "Get her!"

Three of the agents that were behind Lana took off toward Shalimar and at the slow pace she was going, they quickly surrounded her.

"Shal, Shal, Shal," Lana said as she and the other two agents that were behind her approached Shalimar. "Seeing that you're injured, you really shouldn't try to fight us off. You're just going to make it worse. So, why don't you just come with us peacefully and no one will get hurt..or hurt worse."

"Like hell I will!" Shalimar exclaimed.

Lana frowned. "I had a feeling you were going to say that," she said as she let out a sigh. "But if that's the way you want it, so be it." Turning to her agents, she quickly said, "Get her!" All of the other agents took a fighting stance around Shalimar while Lana backed away to watch.

As another sudden rush of adrenalin coursed through her veins, Shalimar forgot about her injuries focused on the men around her. As each of them attacked, she managed to deflect their blows and plant a couple of her own. That was until another violent wave of dizziness hit her. As she stumbled backward, one of the agents kicked her in the stomach and as she bent over to catch her breath, he kneed her in the face, knocking her flat on her back. As she laid their grasping her face, she saw the same agent come over to her and lifted his fist into the air. Undoubtedly, he was going to attempt to knock her out, but just as he was about to bring his fist down, he was struck by a bolt of electricity.

Shalimar knew it was Brennan and most likely the rest of the team, even though she couldn't really see them through her blurred vision and dizziness. As she laid there attempting to clear her vision, she could hear the fighting going on around her. Soon the fighting stopped and all she could hear was a few soft groans from what she hoped to be the GSA agents. A few seconds later, she felt someone kneel down next to her.

"Shalimar? Are you alright?" It was Adam.

Blinking rapidly, Shalimar attempted to focus her eyes on Adam before replying, "Yeah, I'll be fine...eventually."

"What happened?" Emma asked from behind Adam.

Shalimar was silent for a moment as she thought about what to say. Realizing that Adam would probably never let her leave sanctuary again if she told him about the tranquilizer dart, she decided to leave that part out.

"I kinda crashed my motorcycle and then these guys showed up," she answered as Adam helped her sit up.

"Yeah, you can definitely see the nice road rash you got," Brennan quipped as he kneeled down beside Shalimar, opposite to Adam.

"I could of sworn I saw your old friend, Lana Simmons," Jesse said as he glanced down the alley where the woman had run off to.

"It was her. Did she get away?" Shalimar asked.

"Yeah. As soon as we showed up, she took off," Jesse replied.

"Ok, well you can tell us everything later, but right now we need to get you to sanctuary," Adam said as he and Brennan helped Shalimar stand, but as soon as she was upright, she gasped slightly and almost fell over again.

"Whoa, whoa!" Brennan exclaimed as he and Adam caught her before she collapsed.

"Are you alright?" Adam asked in concern.

"Yeah, I just stood up too fast," Shalimar replied as she took a deep breath.

"Yeah, well I don't think we should take any chances," Brennan said as he looked over at Adam who nodded in understanding. Without another word, Brennan scooped Shalimar up in his arms and began to walk back down the alley.

"Hey!" Shalimar exclaimed. "I can walk on my own."

"I'm sure you can, but you're hurt and we don't want you to injure yourself anymore," Adam said.

Letting out an exasperated sigh, Shalimar replied, "Fine!" as she let Brennan carry her.

Soon they were all in the Double Helix and on their way back to sanctuary.

TO BE CONTINUED

(A/N: I really hope you like it so far. Next up, you get to read about the real effects the drug from the tranquilizer dart has on Shalimar! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!)