Author's Note: a dear friend informed me that my prologue was a wee bit
uninformative so here's prologue part deaux
Title: When She Loved Me Author: Stir Of Echoes Pairing: Eventually B/E Summary: An accident causes Brennan to leave the team.
~Prologue two~
Brennan kneeled down next to her, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Adam," he whispered into his comlink.
"Bren?" came Shalimar's voice "What's wrong?"
"Its Emma."
Adam looked at Shalimar, her eyes filled with concern.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"She's hurt.Bad." Came the breathless reply.
"We're on our way," Shalimar exclaimed.
"Hurry," Brennan replied.
Brennan wiped the tears from his eyes and bent down next to her.
"Emma?" he whispered.
Emma's eyelids flickered and slowly opened.
"Brennan?" she whispered "What did you do to me?"
"Emma? It was an accident," he said, his voice filled with desperation.
He looked at her again, her eyes had closed once more.
Jesse looked at Shalimar; her eyes matching the fear he knew were in his.
"She's going to be all right," he promised.
Shalimar's eyes flashed.
"I'm gonna kill him," she swore. "Shalimar, I need you to be calm," Adam exclaimed as he landed the Helix.
"I'm calm," she whispered.
Shalimar's heat sank to the pit of her stomach when she saw them, Brennan kneeling next to Emma's lifeless form, a defeated look in his eyes.
"Who did this too her?" asked Jesse.
Brennan looked up at him, a tear slipping down his cheek.
"I did," he whispered.
A While Later...
"How is she?" asked Shalimar.
"Well," said Adam "She's stabilized but I won't know until morning the extent of her damages."
"Can We see her?" asked Jesse.
"Yes," replied Adam.
Brennan couldn't look at her; her once pale skin had taken on a ghastly gray color and there were bruises up and down her thin arms. I did this to her, he thought and his stomach turned.
"Brennan!?" yelled Shalimar as he ran out of the Med room.
"Let him go, Shal," whispered jesse "I can't imagine what he must be feeling right now."
He wrapped an arm around Shalimar's shoulder and sighed heavily.
"Come on, Em" he whispered "Wake up!"
Sanctuary was unearthly quiet as Brennan walked to the medlab. He sat down in a chair next to the bed that Emma laid in.
"Emma? I don't know if you can hear me," he whispered "But you have to come back to us.to me."
He kissed the back of her hand and sat back in the chair.
Emma moaned a little and her delicate face twisted into a grimace of pain and fear.
"Please," she whispered "Don't touch me, Don't hurt me."
Brennan stood up fast and in his haste knocked over the chair he had been sitting in. He backed out of the room and ran back to his room.
"I'm so sorry," he whispered.
He knew what he had to do; as much as it pained him, he would have to leave them. Emma was afraid of him, he couldn't stand to see her afraid of anyone. Brennan gathered his things and walked out of his room, stopping only to scribbles a quick note and to leave his comlink behind.
"Goodbye Sanctuary," he whispered as he slid into a car "Goodbye Emma."
Title: When She Loved Me Author: Stir Of Echoes Pairing: Eventually B/E Summary: An accident causes Brennan to leave the team.
~Prologue two~
Brennan kneeled down next to her, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Adam," he whispered into his comlink.
"Bren?" came Shalimar's voice "What's wrong?"
"Its Emma."
Adam looked at Shalimar, her eyes filled with concern.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"She's hurt.Bad." Came the breathless reply.
"We're on our way," Shalimar exclaimed.
"Hurry," Brennan replied.
Brennan wiped the tears from his eyes and bent down next to her.
"Emma?" he whispered.
Emma's eyelids flickered and slowly opened.
"Brennan?" she whispered "What did you do to me?"
"Emma? It was an accident," he said, his voice filled with desperation.
He looked at her again, her eyes had closed once more.
Jesse looked at Shalimar; her eyes matching the fear he knew were in his.
"She's going to be all right," he promised.
Shalimar's eyes flashed.
"I'm gonna kill him," she swore. "Shalimar, I need you to be calm," Adam exclaimed as he landed the Helix.
"I'm calm," she whispered.
Shalimar's heat sank to the pit of her stomach when she saw them, Brennan kneeling next to Emma's lifeless form, a defeated look in his eyes.
"Who did this too her?" asked Jesse.
Brennan looked up at him, a tear slipping down his cheek.
"I did," he whispered.
A While Later...
"How is she?" asked Shalimar.
"Well," said Adam "She's stabilized but I won't know until morning the extent of her damages."
"Can We see her?" asked Jesse.
"Yes," replied Adam.
Brennan couldn't look at her; her once pale skin had taken on a ghastly gray color and there were bruises up and down her thin arms. I did this to her, he thought and his stomach turned.
"Brennan!?" yelled Shalimar as he ran out of the Med room.
"Let him go, Shal," whispered jesse "I can't imagine what he must be feeling right now."
He wrapped an arm around Shalimar's shoulder and sighed heavily.
"Come on, Em" he whispered "Wake up!"
Sanctuary was unearthly quiet as Brennan walked to the medlab. He sat down in a chair next to the bed that Emma laid in.
"Emma? I don't know if you can hear me," he whispered "But you have to come back to us.to me."
He kissed the back of her hand and sat back in the chair.
Emma moaned a little and her delicate face twisted into a grimace of pain and fear.
"Please," she whispered "Don't touch me, Don't hurt me."
Brennan stood up fast and in his haste knocked over the chair he had been sitting in. He backed out of the room and ran back to his room.
"I'm so sorry," he whispered.
He knew what he had to do; as much as it pained him, he would have to leave them. Emma was afraid of him, he couldn't stand to see her afraid of anyone. Brennan gathered his things and walked out of his room, stopping only to scribbles a quick note and to leave his comlink behind.
"Goodbye Sanctuary," he whispered as he slid into a car "Goodbye Emma."