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Chapter 20
Every time Emma and Emily saw something they liked, they dragged Jesse into the store. Hours later, they left the mall with tons of bags; most of which belonged to Emma and Emily.
"Let's go home and get all dressed up before we go out to dinner. Please?" Emily wanted to make this night as memorable as possible, incase it was her last.
"Sure." Jesse drove them back to Sanctuary and the girls ran off towards Emma's room to change. Grabbing the last bag, he went to his own room to change also.
Emma's room
Clothes were thrown all over the bed and the floor; they were trying to figure out what to wear. Emily calmly said, "Can you turn around for a second? I'm going to grow one last time, and it's not a pretty sight to see."
Emma nodded and turned around. She could hear Emily's bones stretching, a few minutes later, the noise stopped.
"You can turn around now."
Turning around, Emma saw that Emily was now sixteen years old. She wasn't as pale as Emma was, and she was two inches shorter; other than that Emily looked like her.
"What are you going to wear mom?"
"I'm still deciding. I don't know if I should wear this dress or this one. What do you think?" Emma held up two dresses. One was a short black, sleeveless dress, that stopped five inches above her knees. The top part of the dress was made of a sheer black material. The other dress was a long pale blue dress with spaghetti straps, that had a slit on the side that went up to the knee.
"I think you should wear the blue one." Emily picked out a white dress that was identical to the black one. "I'll wear this one. Let's do our hair and make-up. Jesse will fall over when he sees us, especially you," she added with a knowing smile.
Forty-five minutes later they were ready to leave the room. Some of Emma's hair was pulled back and fastened with a clip; the rest of it fell freely around her shoulders. Emily had left her hair down, but Emma curled it for her.
"Let's go," Emily's eyes sparkled brightly. She couldn't wait to see the look on Jesse's face when he saw them.
The rec room
Jesse wore a black suit, with a white shirt underneath. Brennan told him to wear a tie, but Jesse thought that he would be too uncomfortable, so he wasn't wearing one. He had already called the restaurant and made reservations, now he was waiting for them to come out of Emma's room.
"Okay we're ready," Emily announced as both her and Emma walked into the room.
Jesse looked at them and said, "You guys look amazing." His eyes rested on Emma and his heart skipped a beat. *She's so beautiful.*
Emma started to blush and said, "We should get going."
"The restaurant isn't French is it," Emily asked, "because I don't want monkey brains or frogs legs for dinner."
All three of them laughed and Jesse shook his head. "It's Italian and the food is really good. Our reservation is at eight so we'd better go." Together they walked out to the car.
Two hours later
The car pulled back into the garage. Jesse climbed out of the car and opened the door for Emma and Emily.
"I should go see what Adam wants before I go to bed." Emily walked excitedly towards the lab. *Maybe Adam figured out a way to save me.*
"Let's go Em, maybe he found out how to keep her alive." Jesse put his arm around Emma and they headed towards the lab too.
The lab
"Hi Adam, we're back." Emily walked into the room.
Adam looked up and smiled, "Did you have fun?"
"Yeah. I felt like it was a family dinner. Don't tell Jesse, but I've always thought of him as my father, even after he told me he wasn't. Anyway what did you want to talk to me about?"
Just then Emma and Jesse walked into the lab.
"Good thing you guys are here. I want you all to sit down." He waited until they were sitting down then he picked up the three disks and showed it to them. "These two blue disks will take some energy from you two and transmit your energy to the black disk which will be implanted in Emily. This way when she gathers energy for her energy ball, she'll be tapping into your energy as well. Since she won't be exhausting all of hers, she shouldn't die."
"Wait, you said 'shouldn't die.' Does that mean that she still can?"
"Well Jesse, since there's no way to test these devices, I honestly can't tell you if it will work or not. I'll have to implant these devices tonight, so you'll be all ready for tomorrow. These devices need to be implanted under the skin, near your heart. I'll remove them when you make it back. Emily, I want to do you first."
Emily looked up at Adam, "Will it hurt?"
"No, you'll be sleeping. When you wake up you'll be sore but that's all."
Emily thought for a moment. "Okay Adam. I'll do it."
Adam smiled and pulled out a small box, "I have something else for you. Here, open it."
Emily took the box and opened it. Inside was a silver ring, just like everyone else's. She gave Adam a big hug, "Thank you so much Adam! Now I really feel like I'm a part of this. Whatever happens tomorrow, I just want you all to know that I loved every moment here." She slid the ring on her finger, "I'm ready to start now."
An hour later
Adam had successfully put the disks inside Emily, Jesse and Emma and sent them to their rooms (Emily was sleeping in Shalimar's room because Brennan and Shalimar went to a club). All he could do now was hope that the disks would work.
The next morning
Emily was the first one awake, she knew today was the day she was supposed to kill Ashlock, but she was scared. She went to the kitchen and grabbed a soda. * I wonder if Adam's disks are even going to work. I'd better check on the activity in the Strand. IF I'm lucky he'll send his dumb links on a stupid mission.*
Entering the lab, she sat down at one of the computers. * If I only knew how to do this. Maybe I should go wake up Jesse. He can help me.*
"What are you doing?" Jesse's voice made Emily jump.
"I was going to go get you. Can you help me check on the Strands activities? It'll be easier for me to attack Ashlock if the links are away on some mission."
Jesse sat down next to her, and set to work. "There's no links in the Strand right now. I don't know how long it'll be before they come back."
"Then I have to do it now. Help me wake up the others. We'll need them to help us get out of there."
"Okay. I'll get Brennan and Shalimar and you get Adam and your mom. Tell them it's an emergency and we have to go now."
Emily nodded and ran off towards her mom's room, hoping that the links would still be gone by the time they reached the Strand.
Forty-five minutes later
The Double helix landed on the roof of the Strand. Before they left the helix, Emily gave everybody a hug and said goodbye, just incase she might not make it.
They made their way quietly down the hall towards Ashlock's room. When suddenly Emily stopped, "Three of the links came back We have to hurry."
Everybody ran the rest of the way, worried that if Emily didn't kill Ashlock soon, they would have to deal with the rest of his links as well.
When they reached Ashlock's room, Emily entered first, then everybody else followed.
Ashlock looked up form where he was sitting on his bed. "What, you're attacking me in my home? Let's try to even this out then." HE closed his eyes and summoned some of his links.
"Keep them busy when they come, I'll make this quick," Emily said. She held her hands about one foot apart. A black energy ball began to form.
"You can't kill me. I'm invincible."
"Sorry to burst your bubble, but you're not. Don't even try to run, you can't move."
When the energy ball was about two times the size of a basketball, she discharged it from her hands. It hit Ashlock hard in the chest, sending him backwards. He hit the floor with a loud thump.
Adam ran over to Gabriel and felt for a pulse, "He's dead."
Emily fell to the ground as well, her body was also limp.
"No!" Emma screamed and ran over to Emily. Quickly she felt for a pulse. Seconds later both Emma and Jesse fell to the ground.
Adam ran over to Brennan and Shalimar, "Grab someone and let's get out of here!" Adam grabbed Jesse, Brennan grabbed Emma and Shalimar grabbed Emily. They ran to the Double helix. Adam knew they needed immediate medical attention, so they quickly headed back to Sanctuary.
A/N: Next chapter is the last one so stay tuned to find out if Emily is dead or alive. Read, review and enjoy.