Okay, I think this is the last chapter that I'm going to change…hope you like this newer abridged version…I just cut some parts out and changed SOME words. Not that much of a change, but nonetheless, R&R and as always…ENJOY~
***Russia***
They landed safely and quietly on the snowy ground. "Brrr…I never thought it would be this cold!" Emma said, waving her arms about trying to get some circulation going in her system. "This is perfect!" Shalimar replied. She felt quite at home in this weather. She made a snowball in her hands, she didn't have to wear mittens, and threw it at Brennan. "HEY!" And formed an unperfected snowball under his thick black gloves and threw it back at Shalimar. The aim was for her face, but she turned around just in time for the snowball to softly impact on her hair. For several minutes the only thing that you could see was snow flying everywhere. Jesse and Emma had run back on to the Helix and watched the fight from there.
"Do you think Brennan likes Shalimar?" Jesse asked Emma.
"Hell yea. And to add on to that, Shalimar doesn't have a clue."
"Bet you 50 bucks that Shalimar will find out only that she has a secret lover during these three weeks."
"Bet you 50 bucks that Brennan will TELL Shalimar that he loves her."
"Deal."
"Deal."
They quickly reached to their private cabin that they have reserved over the internet and unpacked everything. The jet lag was catching up on everybody and they quickly feel asleep. In the next morning, after they finished eating, and was relaxing in their favorite spot of the cabin, an urgent call was transmitted from the helix. Everybody rushed to there to hear it. Adam was on the screen, looking very sorry for interrupting them on their three weeks break, and was anxious to have everybody around the computer.
"I'm sorry. But I have just heard news that I think that you guys should at least go check out. This is not an assignment, but a favor that I ask you to do for me. In a village nearby there is a mutant, named Kkrsnizqqta. She is needed and wanted by the government Russia. What I want you to do is find out why the government wants and make sure that they don't get what they want. It is crucial that they don't get what they want because we don't know what they want and why…yet."
"Hey Adam, who are you doing this for?" Shalimar asked.
"A friend who is a Russian offic…and….po…goo….uc…eep…n..ch."
And the connection went down.
"Jesse, do something about it."
"I don't know. The connection just got split. It is like somebody just used a sharp knife to cut the string of the connection."
"Adam!" They tried to contact him on their commlinks, but it didn't work also.
"Great, so do we do what Adam wants us to do? Let's do this the old way. All in favor say aye!"
"Aye" the four voices rang.
"Then lets get down to that village."
***On the way towards the Village ***
Shalimar and Brennan went down to the village first while Emma and Jesse stayed behind to fix up the connection. Shalimar estimated that the walk to the village is about 10 miles long. Which will take Brennan a while; she chuckles at that thought. With him dealing all the cold in those heavy jackets and boots and the distance to travel at the same time. She laughed out loud, her voice floating in the cold fresh air. Her voice can even make flowers bloom in the winter thought Brennan. He stared at Shalimar. A beautiful snowy day with only Shalimar by my side, and me being speechless again Brennan thought. Shalimar couldn't help laughing at the thought of Brennan running or traveling fast in those bulgy heavy clothes. He would look like a black snowman wobbling around Shalimar thought. She looked up into Brennan's deep brown eyes, and smiled at the sheer beauty of them. Then as if they were like a magnet, they pulled into a light kiss. Perfect Brennan thought, and swooped down for a deeper kiss this time. They pulled apart slowly, thinking what had just happened.
When suddenly, without any warning, a cold blast of snow in a strong wave of wind slammed Shalimar and Brennan off their feet and they landed on their backs. They immediately grabbed hold of each other's hand. Great, a blizzard, when we are in the middle of nowhere, thought Brennan. "We got to go get some shelter!" Brennan yelled. Even at a hand length away, it was hard to see and hear her. He pulled her close against his chest. "We got to go get some shelter!" he repeated. He felt her nod. They took step by step towards the looming forest and sought for shelter. They were going on for some time and were getting sleepy but knowing that if they stop and sleep now, they might never wake up again and so they kept going.
***Back at the Helix/Cabin***
"Jesse, a storm is brewing, look." Emma pointed to a dark cloudy sky eating up the clear blue snowy sky…fast. "Sure hope that Brennan and Shalimar got to the village before it hits." Jesse replied, concentrating on the wires in front of him. Emma squatted next to him. "The power is on, I know because we are still in stealth mode, but why don't we have any connection?" She asked. "Well, you know if you had a cell phone and you have it all charged up but in some places, you don't have any service? I think that is what happened here. But the problem is that we don't have any connection at all to anyone. No GPS, nothing that can tell us exactly where we or anybody else is at. I think that all we have to do is to find satellites to first know our position, and then know Adam's position, then direct a signal in his position and see what happens. But if we are in No man's land, or somebody just stated clearly that this is no man's land just minutes ago, we can't get any connection, signal from anybody and we can't send any signal." Jesse said in one breath, still concentrating on the wires.
"Okay, then how do I help?"
"Make sure that the cabin is warm when I come in."
"WHAT? What do you think I am huh? Your wife? To do stuff FOR you?"
"I think of you as my girl." Jesse looked up at her. Their eyes touched for a brief moment.
"Okay, would you like some hot chocolate with that Sir?"
"Yes please, and also some taffy and a hot dog please."
"Your bill is to come with me now and make your own hot chocolate, taffy, and hot dog."
"Can I pay later?"
"No."
"Feisty." Said Jessie and followed Emma out of the Helix.
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