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Chapter 7
Inside Sanctuary
Shalimar laid on one of the beds in the lab. Lying motionless on the table, *she looks so vulnerable* Brennan thought. Her head had been wrapped in gauze; she had a deep cut in the back of her head.
"Okay now that Shalimar is safe here, can we please go find Emma? She could be in trouble."
"We'll trace her comm link. We'll find her don't worry."
"I can't help but worry. Gabriel attacked her in her dreams. He's working with Eckhart now and could've easily kidnapped Emma. She was so frightened after she woke up; I'd told her it was a dream. I also promised her I'd never let that happen."
"You two have gotten close haven't you?"
Jesse sighed as Brennan began to trace her comm link on the computer. "Yeah. I'm in love with her. I can never get enough of her; her smiles, her wit, her laughter…"
"You got it bad bro, maybe we should find her fast, before you officially lose your mind. Hey, I found her!"
Jesse looked at the screen and his heart became heavy. "She's at the Strand. Brennan we have to get her out of there before Gabriel…"
"Let's go." Both guys jumped up and ran out of the room.
The Strand
All Emma did was step out of the helix for a quick breath of fresh air, she was still pretty hot from Jesse's kisses, but she didn't want to tell him that. She had just finished telling Brennan where they were, and now she was waiting for their arrival. Part of her wanted to approach Jesse, but instead she walked to the other side of the helix. That's when somebody grabbed her from behind and held chloroform over her nose and mouth. She fell into darkness.
When she came too, she was in the Strand. Every part of her body ached. Looking around she noticed she was in a room, with candles lit everywhere. Emma slowly sat up, and then shivered. Her clothes were gone; her body was only covered by a thin blanket. She stood up from the bed, and wrapped the blanket around her.
"I have to get out of here." Walking around the room she noticed her clothes were on a chair in the corner. Quickly putting on her clothes on she headed for the door, when she felt somebody grab her arm tightly and pulled her away from the door.
"Where do you think you're going? You are in no condition to be up and about. Come lie back down. You'll feel better soon."
"What do you want with me?"
"That's just it, I want you," he pushed her back on the bed and started to kiss her. She bit him.
"Ow! You're gonna pay. Just for that I'll make sure it hurts." Pinning her arms above her head with one hand he began to unzip her pants. She wasn't strong enough to stop him.
"No…," was all she could manage to say. Just then, a loud banging noise happened from outside the door.
"I'll be right back." He got off of her and walked out the door. Emma sighed with relief and re-zipped her pants.
"Oh my God, Emma!" Hearing that familiar voice calling her name made her feel safe.
"Jesse?" He ran into the room. "You came by yourself?"
"No, Brennan on the helix, let's go." Grabbing her arm gently he phased both of them through the wall. As soon as they stepped roof inside Brennan took off.
"Are you okay Emma? Did anything happen to you?"
Emma's face was paler than usual, "I'm fine, but thank goodness you came when you did. He was about to…" her voice trailed off.
Jesse walked over to Emma and gave her a hug. He held her that way for the entire ride back to Sanctuary.
Sanctuary
When they reached Sanctuary, Adam checked Emma with a scanner. "Well you seem to have many bruises all over you, but other than that you're fine. You also have a few cuts and scrapes but nothing I can't fix."
Adam got to work and began to fix up Emma.
"Adam, what's wrong with Shalimar?"
"We don't know. She's been like that since they were at Genomex."
Emma knew Shalimar would object, but she was unconscious, so Emma read her. Fear, hate, pain, death, no escape; those were the emotions that hit her like a fist, knocking her backwards.
"Whoa, are you alright?"
"Yeah Adam. I can wake Shal up." Sending her friend images of rain to make the fire disappear, she felt Shalimar's mind begin to relax.
Slowly opening her eyes Shalimar replied, "Where am I?"
"You're safe. Brennan and Jesse managed to get you back to Sanctuary. You've been unconscious for hours."
"He's resting in his room. Get some more rest you could see him later." Shalimar laid back down.
"I'm going to my room; I'm a little bit tired."
"Okay Emma," Adam was extremely concerned for her; she hadn't had a decent sleep for a while now. He hoped he could figure out a way to help her.
Emma's room
She opened her door and entered her room. Changing into her pajamas, she wondered if Jesse was around. *I wish he was here. I always feel safe around him. Whenever he's around I forget all about the bad stuff. Maybe is we shared our dreams, he could protect me from my dreams too. But like that's possible.*
Wishing she wasn't tired, she climbed into bed. She laid there for several minutes, and then she heard a light tap on her door.
Emma sat up. "Who is it?"
"Jesse."
She jumped up out of her bed and ran to the door. After quickly running her fingers through her, she opened the door.
"Hey what's up?"
Jesse smiled, she seemed to feel better, and he was glad.
"Can I come in?"
"Oh yeah," she stepped aside and let him enter. Then she closed the door incase of Brennan or Shalimar.
"Not that I mind, but why are you here?"
"I uh, wanted to wish you goodnight. So, goodnight." Jesse turned to leave, but Emma stopped him.
"It's not your fault that I was captured. You didn't see me leave the helix for a minute, and there was no way you could have known."
Jesse gently put his warm hands on her shoulders and said, "I know, it's just when I called and you didn't answer, I felt like I would die. I love you Emma."
At the sound of those words, she felt warm and happy, and no longer upset about earlier. The whole room seemed to disappear, and Emma was lost in his sparkling blue eyes.
"I love you too Jess," Emma put her arms around his neck, and softly brushed her lips against his. Jesse began to kiss back. Emma began to walk back towards her bed, still kissing Jesse.
She wanted him as bad as he wanted her. She needed more of him; his touch, his kisses, his warmth.
He loved her smell; passion fruit. The smell only seemed to intensify his hunger for her. Slowly they began to remove each other's clothes. When they only had underwear on, there was a knock at Emma's door.
"Emma," Shalimar called, "can I come in?"
Emma's eyes grew big and she shouted, "In a minute!"
Throwing on her clothes she threw Jesse his pants and shoved him in her closet. Emma opened the door and gave Shalimar a big smile, "What's up?"
"Adam wants to see you. He may have found a way to control your dream power. Oh, he also said to bring Jesse, but he's not in his room. Do you know where he is?"
Hearing that question made her blush, her pale skin turned bright pink.
Seeing the color of her face and how messed up her hair was, Shalimar smiled, "did I interrupt something?"
"No."
"Uh huh. Anyway I'm going to make a sandwich, Jess do you want one?"
"Oh yeah Shal, I'm starved," Jesse exclaimed as he practically jumped out of the closet. Shalimar noticed that he was wearing pants, but his shirt was on the floor.
"I knew you guys were into each other! Does Brennan know?"
"Yeah, he kind of figured when I was rambling like a maniac when we lost Emma."
All of the sudden Shalimar realized something, "Oh my God, did I almost walk in on you guys? Is that what took so long? You guys were getting dressed?"
Now both Emma and Jesse blushed and Emma said, "Come on Jess, we have to go see Adam. Bye Shalimar," Emma said as she and Jesse ran out of her room.
Holding his hand, they walked into the lab. "You wanted to see us?"
"Yes Emma as a matter of fact I did. I found a possible way for you to get some decent sleep. And my plan involves both of you. But it could be dangerous, are you up for it?"
Unsure of what to say, but extremely exhausted she said, "Sure Adam, I'll try it."
"Jesse?"
He looked at Emma and said, "Let's do it."
A/N: Stay tuned to hear Adam's plan, could it work? And how could it possibly be dangerous. Wait and find out. Read and review!