A/N: Hi everyone. Sorry for not writing this chapter sooner. I've been so busy the past couple of months that I didn't have anytime to finish. And I understand that Gabriel has died in the show but he's not quite dead in my story yet. =) So here is Chapter 5. Hope you all like it!
~Chapter 5 – Death of the Devil's Three~
~Sanctuary~
"How is she Adam?" Brennan asked anxiously.
"Brennan, Shalimar is going to be fine," Adam replied, "She just has a few broken ribs and a few bruises. And the cut that Emma made on her face is all cleaned and bandaged up. She'll be as good as new in time."
"Thank god," Brennan sighed.
"So what you told me is true? Emma is really under Gabriel's control?" Adam asked.
When Jesse and Brennan had came back to Sanctuary with Shalimar, they had told Adam everything that happened.
"Yes Adam. It's true," Brennan answered, "We have to find a way to get Emma back and reverse what Gabriel has done to her."
"But you told me that only Gabriel can reverse it and if what he said is true then I don't think I can reverse anything. Only Gabriel can," Adam said shaking his head slightly.
"Then we'll make Gabriel change her back to her old self," Brennan said with a look of revenge in his eyes, "We'll make him do it."
"Brennan…don't worry. We'll get Emma back," Adam reassured him, "Now, where's Jesse?"
"Uh…I think he's in his room," Brennan muttered, "He's taking this pretty hard."
"I want you to go talk to him. Make sure he's okay," Adam ordered.
"I don't think he wants to talk to me or even look at my face," he said remembering the look on his face when Emma said that she loved him instead of Jesse.
It was a look of sadness and anger. Brennan would never forget that look. He had never seen Jesse with that expression on his face.
"Go," Adam said once again.
Brennan nodded and walked off to Jesse's room.
~Jesse's Room~
Jesse punched a wall in his room intensely. He made a big hole in the wall. He sighed and sat down on the edge of his bed. He held his head in his hands and looked down at his feet. There was a sudden knock on the door. Jesse looked up and heard a voice.
"Jesse…open up," Brennan called.
"Don't want to talk right now Brennan," Jesse called back.
"Come on Jesse. Open up. If you don't I'll get Adam to override the code to unlock your door," Brennan said loudly.
The door opened and standing in front of Brennan was Jesse.
"Talk," Jesse ordered.
"Look Jesse…I know how you feel…" Brennan started.
"No you don't," Jesse interrupted angrily, "You don't know how I feel at all. You have Shalimar. She's going to be safe, she's going to be all right, she's sane, she's not under Gabriel's control. What do I have? Nothing. Emma loves you and not me. The only woman that I love is in love with my best friend. So Brennan…do you still know how I feel?"
"Okay…maybe I don't know how you feel. But you're still my friend and I would like to help," he replied.
"You can't…no one can," Jesse said, "Now can you please leave."
"Fine…I'll go," Brennan sighed and walked out of the room closing the door behind him.
Jesse sat on the corner of his bed and closed his eyes. He pictured Emma in his mind and then saw flashes of different images.
"Oh my god," he whispered to himself seeing the various pictures in his mind.
He saw Emma shooting her star-shaped energy blast at Morgan and Kelly. Her blasts killed them. Another image flashed into his mind. She was in bed with Gabriel doing what Jesse would've never thought Emma would ever do with Gabriel…have sex. All of a sudden a bright light reflecting off of something glistened in the Emma's hands. She was holding a knife and she jabbed it into the back of Gabriels' neck. The image left Jesse's mind and it was filled with a new one. He saw Emma holding a bloody knife and smirking. She was standing over Gabriels' lifeless body.
"Oh my god…" Jesse repeated in a whisper.
~Genomex~
Emma dropped the bloody knife with her quivering hand and stumbled backwards. She fell backwards onto the hard cold floor trembling. Right after she killed Gabriel, the control he had on her had dissolved. Emma now had her mind back and she couldn't believe what she had just done.
"No…no…no…no…no…" she muttered in a frightened tone shaking her head repetitively, "no…no…no…"
Tears ran down Emma's pale face. The only thing she was wearing was a white bed sheet, which was now stained with the colour red. Emma held onto the sheet tighter. She couldn't believe what she had just done. She had just killed Gabriel the most powerful mutant ever. How did she do it? How was she able to drive the knife into his neck without him fighting back? How did she do it? The same questions soared in her mind.
"How could I…how did I? He didn't fight back…he didn't do anything…I can't believe…I did…such a thing…" her stammered, "…how…?"
She shivered at the thought of what might have happened to her if she didn't successfully kill Gabriel. She stood up slowly and staggered over to the bed where her clothes lay. She quickly put them on. Emma left Genomex.
~Sanctuary~
She stumbled into Sanctuary not knowing where else to go except to her home before everything horrific had happened. She wondered if they'd treat her differently after knowing what she had done.
'What will they think of me after I tell them…what will they do to me…' she thought.
She heard voices from the lab where Adam usual worked.
"No Jesse. You're not going back," a man's voice chided.
"But Adam! She's there and she's weak. We have to get her! We have to help her. We have to get her back here!" Jesse cried.
"No Jesse…no," a woman's voice said weakly, "You can't go back there. It's not safe."
"Shalimar…if I don't go back then what's going to happen to Emma? It's not safe for her to be there either. I have to go," Jesse told her.
"Jesse…I agree with Adam and Shal. You can't go back there. You're going to get hurt," another man's voice told him.
"I have to. Don't you understand? She's calling me. I keep seeing her in my head. I keep seeing images. She's calling for me to come to her…to save her," Jesse said.
"From what you've told us, she's killed 3 people. What if she's still in a killing mood? She won't be safe to be around," Adam said, "And remember the last time she called out to you. It was a trap."
"I know Adam. But…" Jesse started but was interrupted by a noise outside, "What was that?"
"I don't know. You guys stay here. I'll go check it out," Brennan told them rushing out of the lab, "Uh! You guys better get out here! Now!!"
They rushed out of the lab and saw a lifeless body lying on the floor. It was Emma.
