GONE FOREVER

Rating: PG 13 for violence, language, and some sexual stuff (nothing major).  This story may turn R later, but for right now it's PG 13.

Genre: Action/ romance

Pairings: Shalimar/Brennan, and Shalimar/original character

(Summary, Author's Notes, and Disclaimer on Chapter 1)

Distribution: I don't mind if anyone wants to put any of my stories on their site, just email me first and tell me you would like to put it on your site! Thanks!

Notes: Italics with [ ] indicate thought. Stars indicate time change or place.

Story by: Quest – shadowfox_fuse@yahoo.com, feel free to email me on any questions or well anything!

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Chapter 8: Running Away

            Adam paced back in forth in the lab waiting for them to return with Brennan.  He was just about to use his comring when they came bursting through the door.  Shalimar and Jesse carried Brennan over to one of the medical tables.  Adam just stood there for a second just looking at Shalimar who he had not seen in a year.

            "Adam!"  Shalimar yelled from Brennan's side breaking Adam's trance.

            Adam rushed over to them, "Alright let me do a body scan."

            They all moved back from Brennan as a yellow beam came down sweeping over Brennan's body twice.  "So?"  Emma asked.

            "He has several broken ribs, a fractured cheek bone, and some internal bleeding," Adam explained with a sigh.

            "You can fix it right?"  Shalimar asked holding back her tears as she returned to Brennan's side.

            "Yes but it might take a while," Adam answered.  "Emma I need you to stay here with me, Jesse Shalimar I suggest you go get some sleep."

            "No I want to stay with him," Shalimar protested.

            Adam sighed, "Please Shalimar, you need some sleep.  We'll call you when we're finished."

            Shalimar huffed in disappointment.  "Fine."  She kissed Brennan's forehead and left with Jesse.

            Shalimar entered her room; it was just like the way she left it.  She flopped down on her bed and just cried herself to sleep.

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            Shalimar finally woke up after a long restless nap.  She jumped out of bed and headed down to the lab.  The lab was empty except for Brennan's body on the table.  She walked closer to him, and noticed Adam and Emma sleeping in chairs off at one of the computers.  Shalimar crept over and grabbed a chair and went back over to Brennan's side.  She sighed and stroked his face with her fingers; he looked so fragile and weak, but he had more color to his skin then before.  She hated to see him like this, for once see wished she had Emma's powers so she could find out what he was thinking. 

            After awhile Shalimar fell asleep with her head on the edge of the lab table.  Emma and Adam woke up an hour later; Emma couldn't help but smile seeing Shalimar had come down while they were a sleep. 

            "Adam do you think he's going to be ok?"  She asked.  They had worked on Brennan for two hours; they had controlled his internal bleeding and fixed broken bones.

            "I hope so," Adam sighed.  "Do you know what exactly happened to him?"

            Emma waited a moment, she wasn't sure if she wanted to tell him about Deacon.  "Brennan saw something that he shouldn't have," Emma replied.

            "What did he see?"  Adam knew Emma was holding back on him.

            Emma rolled her eyes, "Shalimar kissing another guy."

            "What?"  Adam was shocked that Shalimar would do something like that.

            "I know, it's not like her but she did it for Brennan's own good," Emma explained.

            "But how did he end like this?"

            "The man that Shalimar kiss beat him up after Brennan saved Shal from a ring of fire," Emma replied.  "Adam I went into his mind."

            "You did?"  Adam was surprised.

            "Ya, it's not good Adam," Emma crossed her arms and looked over at Shalimar and Brennan.  "He was in so much pain.  Brennan told me he hates her and I think he really does!"

            "Why do you say that?" Adam was confused.

            "Because he kept yelling 'I hate her' over and over again," Emma replied as Shalimar started waking up from her sleep.  "I want to go back in and try to get him to wake up."

            "Emma do you thing that's wise," Adam said as Shalimar stretched and walked over to them.

            "What's going on?"  Shalimar asked rubbing her eyes.

            Emma looked at Adam, "I want to back in and talk to him."

            "NO!"  Shalimar snapped.

            "What?" they two replied.

            Shalimar looked at Brennan, "I want to go in and talk to him."

            "Shal I don't think that's a good idea," Adam said as Jesse walking into the lab.

            "What's not a good idea?" He asked walking up to them.

            "Shal wants to go in to talk to Brennan," Emma explained.

            "Well maybe…" Jesse started before Emma elbowed him.  "It's definitely a bad idea."

            "Come on guys, please let me go in."  She begged.

            "No Shal he'll wake up soon," Adam told her.

            "Don't give me that Adam!"  Shalimar said angrily.  "I heard you and Emma taking, I am a Feral you know, you guys were talking so loud I could have heard you in my room."

            "Shal I won't connect you and Brennan," Emma replied.

            Shalimar flashed her eyes at her, "I will talk to him!"

            "Let's her talk to him, she might be able to get him to wake up," Jesse suggested.

            Adam thought about it for a minute, "Fine," he really didn't want her to do it but she could at least try.

            "Lets do it," Shalimar went over and jumped up on a table.

            "I don't think Brennan's going to like this," Emma whispered to Adam before walking over to Shalimar who had already laid down on the table.

            Emma sighed, "Shal are you sure?" She questioned before connecting the two.

            "Ya let's do it," Shalimar smiled and closed her eyes as Emma placed her a hand on each of their foreheads. 

            Within seconds Emma connected the two and took a step back to join Adam and Jesse, "I hope he listens."

            "Me too," Adam said softly.

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            Shalimar found herself surrounded by thick fog, "Brennan!"  She yelled out. 

            Brennan heard her voice yelling to him, he wasn't in the mood to see or talk to her.

            Shalimar kept yelling, "Brennan please come talk to me, I want to explain."

            "There's nothing to explain," she heard his voice yell back to her.

            "Yes there is, PLEASE come talk to me," she begged.

            She stood there for a few minutes but he didn't show, she was about to yell to him again when the fog started to lift and Brennan stepped out in front of her.

            "What do you want?"  Brennan said angrily.

            "I want to talk to you, about what happened."  Shalimar told him stepping in closer to him.

            "Shal don't," Brennan said taking a step back.

            "Brennan it wasn't what you thought," Shalimar started to explain.

            "No Shal I know what I saw.  I saw you kissing him Shal, DO you KNOW how that made me feel?"  Brennan asked her trying to hold back his feelings.

            Shalimar turned her head away from him and tears started to roll down her eyes.  "You don't understand," She started.

            Brennan's eyes widened, "Don't UNDERSTAND! I perfectly understand, I don't think you do."

            "Brennan PLEASE let me explain why?"  Shalimar begged again as the tears streamed down her face.

            Brennan won't let her, "Shal I love you and all you did was break my heart.  Everyday all I did you think about you and when you would come back.  Jesse and Emma even took me out to a club to have some fun, because I was brining them down with all my mopping."  Brennan could hold his own tears back and a few trickled down his cheek.   "You should have seen how many girls wanted to dance with me, but I told them off, saying another girl had my heart."  Brennan saw Shalimar crying softly to herself after hearing his words.  "And you know what the sad thing is?  It was true, but I'm not sure if it is now," Brennan crossed his arms. 

            "Brennan will you at least wake up, if you don't you could die," Shalimar told him.

            "You know I think I would rather die," Brennan replied.

            Shalimar hung her head, "If I left Mutant X for good would you wake up then."

            Brennan looked at her in confusion, "What do you mean?"

            "If you wake up I promise to leave Mutant X, because I would rather leave and never see any of you again and know you're alive, then stay and have you die because of me," Shalimar explained.

            Brennan thought about it for a minute, "Maybe."

            "Fine, I'll leave," With that Shalimar suddenly faded away in front of Brennan.

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            The three remaining team members watched as Shalimar came out of Brennan's mind.  Shalimar got up from the table without looking at them and left for her room, Emma looked at Adam and was about to go after her.  As soon as Shalimar left the lab, Brennan started waking up.  Brennan moaned and found three smiling faces looking down on him. 

            "How do you feel?"  Adam asked him.

            "Like shit!"  Brennan said smartly.   

            Emma whispered into Adam's ear, "I'm going to go check on Shalimar."

            He nodded and Emma left the men alone, she knew something was wrong with Shalimar.

            Shalimar was in her room packing a duffle bag of clothes when she heard a knock on the door, "GO away!"  Shalimar yelled.

            "Shal, what's wrong?"  Shalimar heard Emma's voice ask.

            "NOTHING!"  Shalimar snapped.

            "Come on Shal," Emma knew she wasn't going to tell her.

            "Just LEAVE me ALONE!"  Shalimar yelled as tears started rolling down her face once again.  She knew Emma was going to read her mind anyways.

            Emma sighed, and closed her eyes, "Ah shit," Emma turned around and ran back to the lab.  She didn't know exactly why Shalimar was leaving, but she knew it had to do something with Brennan.  Emma burst through the lab door, "Adam I need to talk to you."  She demanded striding over to the men.

            "Sure Emma," Adam stood there waiting for her to say something.

            Emma just rolled her eyes, "Alone."

            "Oh sure," Adam smiled and moved away from Jesse and Brennan.

            Emma stood off waiting for Adam to get closer to her, "So what did you want to talk about Emma?"

            Emma glanced over at Brennan, "Shalimar is leaving," she whispered.

            "What?"  Adam was confused.

            "I think something happened between Brennan and Shal while she was in his mind," Emma assumed.  "We need to do something, or Shal will leave for good."

            "We can't let that happen," Adam huffed.  He lifted his comring to his mouth, "Shal can you come down to the lab for a second?"

            There was a long pause and Adam thought she might have runaway already, "Ya I'll be right down," her voice finally snapped.

            "What are you going to do?"  Emma was curious on what plan Adam had in mind.

            "I'm going to lock them into the lab," Adam said simply.

            Emma couldn't help but smile, "But what are we suppose to do?"

            "Were going to leave them alone," Adam explained.

            "Sounds good to me," Emma turned and walked off over to Jesse, she grabbed his hand and started pulling him after her.  "Come on let's go," She ordered him.

            "Where are we going?"  Jesse asked, wondering where Emma was taking him.

            "Out," Emma replied dragging him along towards the garage.

            "Okay," Jesse said, not minding getting dragged by Emma off to some destination.

            Shalimar entered the lab soon after Adam and Jesse left.  She noticed that Brennan had woken up and was now sitting up in one to the lab chairs.  Shalimar didn't make eye contact with him, she just walked up to Adam, "So what did you want?"  She snapped.

            "Could you stay with Brennan while I go get something?"  Adam asked her.  Shalimar was going to protest, "Thanks Shalimar," With that Adam grabbed something off the table and left the lab.

            Shalimar sat down in a chair her back facing towards Brennan; she wasn't in the mood to talk to him.  Brennan just sat there looking at her, out of all everyone to watch him Adam had to ask Shalimar.

            Brennan saw Shalimar stand up; she looked at him for a second. "I'll be right back I need to get some food."

            "Fine," Brennan huffed.

            Shalimar went up to the door, but it didn't open, "What the hell."

            "What?"  Brennan got up and walked over to her.

            "The door won't open," Shalimar was angry.  "Computer open lab doors."  She ordered but the computer gave no response.  Brennan stood beside her, just his presence beside her sent shutters up her entire body, "Adam locked us in here," She turned and went back to her chair.

            "So we're stuck in here alone, just the two of us?"  Brennan said going back to his seat.

            "It looks like it," Shalimar replied smartly.

            "So what are we suppose to do until Adam gets back?"  Brennan asked her, not really sure if he wanted to ask the question.

            "We could talk," Shalimar replied turning around in her chair so she could face Brennan.

            "Shal we have nothing to talk about, we already settled this," Brennan hung his head.

            "No Brennan you settled it, I wanted to explain but you wouldn't let me," Shalimar said getting up out of the chair and making her way over to Brennan. 

            Brennan jumped off of his seat and went to her, "Shalimar don't start."

            "Oh I will start you need to know the truth," Shalimar said crossing her arms.  Brennan turned and started waking away from her.  "Don't walk away from me Brennan, please."  She begged him.

            Brennan stopped in his tracks, "Shalimar please don't do this."  He started waking off again.

            Shalimar couldn't stand it any longer.  She ran up to him and tackled him to the floor; she flipped him over and pinned him down on his back.  She applied all her weight onto his chest and used her knees to keep his arms down.  "Now it's time for the truth."

            Brennan didn't try to struggle he just lied still.  "Brennan I wasn't allowed to come in any contact with you or anyone I knew.  If I did I could have jeopardized our mission."

            "That's doesn't answer why you kissed that guy," Brennan told her.

            Shalimar looked at him straight in the eyes, tears started to form.  "Brennan I did it to protect you."

            "To protect me?  Shal you hurt me more than anything," Brennan, told her.

            "Brennan I had to think of something, maybe I kissed him because I was attracted to him a little," Shalimar admitted.  "Not in the same way as I am to you, it was more like a cute one time thing more than a sexual thing."  Brennan turned his head away from her.  "So do you forgive me?"

            Brennan was silent for a moment, "No not yet, I need sometime to think."

            "Fine I'll leave you alone for a while, so you can think about it," Shalimar said getting up off his chest.

            Brennan stood up and went off to be alone.

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            Adam soon came back with Emma and Jesse, "So did it work?"  Emma asked.

            "I don't know, they talked for awhile, but even if it didn't we still have to let them out."  Adam explained, as he unlocked the door and entered the lab.

            Shalimar stood up and ran over to them.  "FINALLY!!  I'm starving."  Shalimar said angrily then pushed past them.

            Shalimar turned to go up the stairs to her room, instead of the kitchen.  She flung her door open and grabbed the duffle bag on her bed and her jacket the back of her chair.  She ran down the stair and quietly went to the garage.   She grabbed the keys to her bike and strapped on her duffel bag onto the back.  Shalimar started it up, she looked back at the door, "Goodbye," she whispered before driving off.

TBC

A/N:  Hey guys SORRY for the long wait on the chapter but it's was homecoming week at school and sense I'm a senior I WAS REALLY BUSY!!!  I know I said this ch or the next ch was going to be the end.  But some people have given me some good idea's to keep it going.  It's going to be about a week maybe earlier if I get a lot of reviews before I start the next chapter!  SO PLEASE review tell me what you think, or what you would like to see I'm open to suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!