~Chapter 6 – The Voice~

"Adam! I can't feel a pulse! She doesn't have a pulse Adam!" Brennan cried in a panicked tone trying to find a pulse, "There's no pulse!"

"Brennan! Calm down and bring her to the lab!" Adam cried heading towards the lab to get things up and running, "Now!"

Brennan shook his head to clear out all of the panic that clouded his mind and picked Emma up gently. He ran towards the lab with Jesse and Shalimar following behind him. A rush of love and concern for Emma flooded Brennan's mind. He looked down at Emma's pale cold face and tears formed in his eyes. He shook them away quickly. He didn't want everyone to see him cry. He didn't want to break down in front of them.

"Emma…talk to me. Wake up Em…open those beautiful eyes for me…please," he whispered into her ear, "Please Em…don't leave me…I love you…"

He kissed her on the forehead before laying her down on the lab table.

"Make sure she's all right Adam. You have to save her!" Brennan told him.

"She'll be okay Brennan," Adam reassured him, "Shalimar you stay in here and help me. Jesse, Brennan, you two wait outside. Go!"

Brennan and Jesse left the lab more worried than ever. Silence filled the room.

"You love her don't you?" Jesse finally said.

"Of course I love her. We all do," Brennan answered.

"That's not what I mean and you know it. You love her more than that don't you?" Jesse said quietly, "You love her more than just a friend. Am I right?"

Brennan sighed and nodded, "Yea…I do."

Jesse just nodded and walked away.

"I'm sorry Jesse. I really am. I can't help the way I feel about her," Brennan hollered to Jesse as he walked away from Brennan.

Jesse turned around and looked Brennan in the eye, "What about Shalimar? Who do you love more? Who's heart are you willing to break? Think about that Brennan."

Jesse walked away leaving Brennan thinking about his love life.

~Few hours later~

"There you are," Shalimar said with a small smile on her face, "I've been looking for you."

"Well, here I am Shal," Jesse replied.

He'd been sitting on the stairs leading up to the dojo for the past few hours.

"She's going to be all right Jesse," Shalimar said to him gently taking a seat beside him on the stairs, "Adam got her back. She was in shock at first but we got her back with us again. She's sleeping right now."

"That's good," Jesse simply answered, "Who's with her right now?"

"Brennan is," she replied.

Jesse nodded.

"Is everything all right Jess?" she asked worriedly putting a hand on his shoulder.

Jesse nodded again and a deep silence gathered in the dojo.

"He loves her," Jesse whispered.

"I know."

Jesse peered at Shalimar, "You know? Did he tell you?"

Shalimar took her hand off of his shoulder and looked down at her feet.

"No…he didn't tell me."

"Then how?" Jesse asked trying to look her in the eye but she kept glancing away.

"I've known for a while now. Hell…I think I've known way before he did. You could see it in his eyes every time he looks at her. You could see how much he loves her. I think when he realized that Emma could be gone forever; he finally let himself love her the way he wanted to. He seemed to have tried to hide his feelings from everyone and push away the fact that he was in love with her," Shalimar responded.

"He loves you too," Jesse said to her.

"Not as much as he loves her."

~Lab~

Brennan kept his eyes open and watched as Emma slept peacefully. Her face was still very pale and she looked weak but she was going to live and that was the only thing that Brennan thought of. He rested his chin on the medical table Emma was laying on. He held onto her hand tightly waiting for her to awake.

Jesse stared through the glass at Brennan and Emma. He was glad that Emma was alive and that she was going to recover but he felt like he was being defeated.

'When Emma wakes up, she'll surely go to Brennan,' he thought, 'She'll only think of me as a good friend and nothing more. But with Brennan…she'll be happy with him. She will…'

Jesse took one more look at them and walked away.

Brennan watched as Jesse walked away from the lab. He had heard a noise outside and saw Jesse walking away. He turned back around to Emma whose eyes instantly shot open.

"Emma! You're awake! Thank god you're okay," Brennan said happily.

"Devils' three, killed by me…" she murmured.

"Emma…what?" he said puzzled.

"Devils' three, killed by me…I did the deed, never did succeed…the devils' minion still exists…" she muttered.

"Emma…what are you talking about? Emma…" he said.

"I did the deed, never did succeed…" she whispered again.

"Adam! Shalimar! Jesse! Someone!" Brennan yelled out.

Three people rushed into the lab.

"What? What is it?" Adam asked.

"Emma…she…she woke up and started saying things. Weird things," Brennan answered worriedly.

"What…what's going on? Where am I?" Emma said in a quiet weak voice.

"Em…you're in the lab…you're at Sanctuary," Brennan replied turning his attention back to her.

"What…what happened…why do I feel so weak?" she wondered, "How did I get here?"

Adam walked over to the other side of the medical table Emma was laying on and checked her vitals.

"Nothing seems to be wrong," Adam said checking everything, "Are you sure you don't remember anything Emma?"

"I remember you all and Sanctuary and Mutant X but I don't remember how I got here. I remember us getting attacked by Morgan and Kelly outside of the nightclub," she replied, "And…and…I…I don't know…everything else after that is a blur."

"Think Emma…think. Try to remember," Adam told her.

Emma closed her eyes and tried to remember what happened after the attack. She couldn't remember but she still tried. Emma pushed her brain even harder to remember what filled the blank in her mind.

"I…I can't remember…" Emma stammered tears filling her eyes.

"Okay…okay…Shhh…it's okay," Brennan said gently, "You don't have to try to remember anything else right now. Just rest okay."

Emma nodded and closed her eyes to sleep.

"Guys…I need to talk to you outside," Brennan said to them.

Brennan exited the lab with the others following behind him. He turned and faced them.

"Emma, she was saying weird things when she woke up. I don't understand what she was talking about," Brennan told them.

"What did she say?" Adam asked inquisitively.

"Devils' three, killed by me, I did the deed, never did succeed, the devils' minion still exists," Brennan recited what she had said to them.

"Devils' three…Gabriel, Morgan, and Kelly," Jesse said, "killed by me…what I saw in my head earlier, it was real. I knew it was real. She killed them."

"Emma did kill them but she didn't succeed. The devils' minion still exists. By the devils' minion, that could mean that Gabriel still exists. He isn't dead," Shalimar said contemplating her idea.

"Then if he isn't dead then he could still have a hold on Emma," Adam told them, "She could still be dangerous."

"No, didn't you see her in there. She's not in a murderous mood. She's not going to kill anymore. She's not under Gabriel's control!" Brennan chided.

~In the lab with Emma while the others talk~

'I wonder what they're talking about. Don't you?' a hoarse but comforting voice in Emma's head asked her.

'Who are you? What do you want? Why are you in my head?' Emma opened her eyes and asked the voice without saying anything out loud.

'Never mind why I'm here or who I am. Just think about what they're talking about. Hmm…I think they're talking about you,' the voice replied amused.

'Yes, they're talking about how to get me better, how to get me to remember what happened. They're thinking of ways to help me,' Emma told the voice.

'No they're not. They're talking about what they're going to do with you, if you're still dangerous, if you're still on a killing spree,' the voice laughed.

'What? Still dangerous…what are you talking about? I didn't kill anyone,' Emma replied in panic.

What had she done? She didn't remember anything. What if this had happened?

'Oh yes you did. You killed three. Gabriel, Morgan, and Kelly. The devils' three,' the voice told her.

Emma shook her head, 'No…you're lying. It's not true. I'm not a killer!'

'Shh…Emma, I'm here to help you. The four people outside this lab you're in, they just want to get rid of you. They don't know what to do with a powerful woman like you,' the voice said in a comforting tone, 'I want to help you. Please let me help you.'

Emma didn't know what to do. She decided to let the voice in her head help her after a few minutes of consideration.

'Fine, help me,' she said, 'what should I do first?'

'Kill again,' the voice deviously told her, 'kill them. They won't do you any good. They won't help you. They want you gone for all the things you have done. Start with the feral.'

"Sure thing," Emma said out loud smirking.