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Chapter 11
Shalimar's head was pounding. She couldn't remember what happened. One minute, she was going to get Emma, and the next she was knocked unconscious. Looking around the room, she noticed how familiar it was. "Great, Ashlock's got me." She was lying in Ashlock's bed, but he wasn't anywhere in the room. She climbed out of his bed, when she noticed she wasn't wearing the same clothes she was before. Instead she was wearing a skimpy black satin nightie. "Oh he must be kidding. I'm not waiting for him, I'm getting out of here."
She remembered the governor on her neck, so she didn't use her powers. Instead she quietly headed for the door. Her hand turned the doorknob at the exact moment the door opened.
"Hello my sweet." Gabriel stepped into the room. "I hope you're comfortable." He kept stepping closer, and Shalimar began to back away from him. Reaching out, he touched the governor on her neck. "I don't like to see you like this babe, but if I took it off you'd get away."
Shalimar swatted his hand away. "Don't touch me." She hated him so much, but she knew it was only a matter of moments before he would use his powers and control her like he did with his other links. Her only hope was with her teammates, she wished they were already here.
"You belong to me Shalimar," he said taking yet another step towards her.
Shalimar fell backwards on his bed. *I hope they hurry.*
Ashlock climbed on top of her. "Why don't you just admit that you love me? You know you do. We were made for each other."
"Like hell we were!" He leaned down to kiss her and she spit in his face. Wiping his face he said, "Still feisty. I like that." She tried to push him off, but with out her feral strength he easily overpowered her.
*I can't let him control me again. Brennan, Jesse, Emma, where are you guys?* She felt his warm hand trail up her thigh, sending shivers down her spine. He leaned in to kiss her again and she turned her head. "I mean it get off of me!" When Ashlock didn't listen to her she had it. She gave him a swift kick between his legs.
He screamed with pain and rolled off of her. Shalimar got up and pulled down the nightie. She was relieved he didn't get as far as he wanted, but even more relieved that her mind was still her own. "Like I said don't touch me." Again she headed for the door.
"You're not going anywhere." Gabriel threw a ball of energy at her. All of the sudden Jesse jumped in front of Shalimar and massed, making the ball bounce back and hit Ashlock. The blast knocked him unconscious.
"Where'd you come from? Never mind just get me out of here!"
Brennan burst through the door, knocking Shalimar on the ground. "Sorry Shal," he bent down to help her up, "we gotta go guys, or the links will find us."
They ran out of the room, towards the stairs. Shalimar was behind them, struggling to run in the short nightie. Brennan turned to her and said, "Sorry Shal, but we have to hurry." Quickly he picked her up and carried her the rest of the way.
Just as Brennan entered the helix with Shalimar, Jesse took off. The jolt of the plane made Brennan fall on top of Shalimar. "I'm sorry," he quickly helped her up. Shalimar again pulled down the nightie, her movements caught Brennan's eyes. He started to blush. "Uh…Shal are you okay?"
"Barely. Thanks," Shalimar flashed him a smile. "I can't wait to get out of this thing. Jesse how much longer until we're at Sanctuary?"
"Eight minutes."
Shalimar sat down in one of the chairs. Her neck was stiff, she desperately wanted the governor off. Brennan walked over to her, "I grabbed this on Ashlock's dresser." Looking up at him Shalimar recognized the device. It was the controller for the sub dermal governor on her neck. "Let's get that thing off of you," Brennan pressed the release button. A tiny electrical zap hit Shalimar's neck, then the governor fell off.
"Oh that feels so much better." She began to rub her neck. Brennan moved behind her and said, "Do you want a massage?"
"Please." Shalimar began to relax as she felt Brennan's hands gently rub her neck. She began to purr as he continued. *His touch is so gentle. I wonder how he kisses.* She smiled at her thought.
"We're here." Jesse landed the helix in the hanger of Sanctuary. "I'll go see Emma and Adam." He took off for the lab, leaving Brennan and Shalimar alone.
"I'm going to change. Thanks for the massage." She turned around and headed for her room.
Brennan watched her leave, and headed for the lab. He walked in and saw Emma and Jesse in a passionate lip-lock. "Can't you two keep your hands off each other? Adam's right there."
Emma quickly let go of Jesse and said, "He's sleeping right now. Besides if you and Shalimar…" she immediately stopped herself. She knew he would be acting just like her and Jesse, if they would just tell each other how they felt.
"What were you going to say?"
"It's not really my business to say. You should talk to Shalimar."
"Talk to Shalimar about what," Shalimar asked as she entered the lab.
"Jess and I will be in the rec room if you need us. Oh and Adam woke up, but I gave him something for the pain so he's sleeping again." Taking Jesse's hand they walked out of the room together.
Shalimar watched as they walked out of the room. "They're cute together, don't you think?"
"I think if he hurts her I'll kill him." Brennan was not too happy about Jesse liking Emma. She was too fragile for him to mess around with.
"Bren, he really cares for her. He makes her safe, happy and loved. They're our friends and we should be happy for them. Now what did you want to talk to me about?"
He looked form the door to Shalimar. She was wearing a pair of tight blue jeans, and a black tank top. *How on earth can I tell her?*
"Well are you going to tell me or do I have to guess?" Shalimar flashed him another one of her killer smiles.
Brennan looked at her and said, "You remember when we were in the cave? And the next day you asked me what happened?"
"Yeah," Shalimar said waiting for him to continue.
"Well uh…I just thought that it would be nice to hold you. And so I pulled you close to me."
Shalimar's face started to turn pink, she couldn't believe what he just said. *He wanted to hold me, how cute is that? Should I kiss him right now or say something?*
"Okay, so I'm going to go now and I'll talk to you later." Brennan turned to leave, but Shalimar grabbed his arm.
"Wait."
"Wait for what?"
"For this," Shalimar kissed him passionately.
Brennan was surprised but he kissed her back. They were interrupted by a squealing Emma.
"I knew you guys would figure it out! Hey maybe when Adam's feeling better we can go out and celebrate!"
"Celebrate what," Jesse asked making fun of Emma. She slapped him playfully on his shoulder.
"Well for one thing we're all okay. Ashlock doesn't have us anymore and neither does Eckhart. And we all deserve some time to relax."
"That may be true, but for the time being, I don't want any of you to leave Sanctuary." They all turned to look at Adam, who was sitting up on the bio bed. "If any of you were to be spotted by the GSA, Eckhart, or Ashlock that would put a big damper on whatever you're planning Emma."
"He's gotta point," Shalimar hated it when she was confined to Sanctuary, but anything was better than being with Ashlock.
"So why don't you find something to do around here, while I get some more rest." Adam laid back down on the bio bed , and fell asleep.
The four quietly left the lab and walked into the rec room. Emma and Jesse curled up together on the couch, and Brennan and Shalimar sat in the recliners.
"Let's watch a movie."
"Okay, but you have to put it on," Emma said sweetly.
Jesse put a movie in and sat back down. A half hour later they all drifted into sleep, relieved that everybody was safe.
A/N: Please review and let me know if I should end this soon. I can make this really long, but I don't want to do that if nobody will read it. Also, is there too much romance and not enough action? Let me know what you want and I'll try to write it. Anyway…next time on Mutant X…Eckhart isn't through with Adam. Emma's sick, and Ashlock's not done with them yet! Read, review and enjoy.