'Okay, I still have a sample of Gabriel's blood but I'm going to need one from all of you. The others I can do when they get back from wherever it is that they're going but if you don't mind I'll take a sample of yours now.'

'No problem,' said Emma as she rolled up the sleeve of her top. She didn't like needles but if it would help save her life one day she figured it was worth it.

Suddenly there was a loud crash from the other room.

Adam and Emma looked at each other, concern and curiosity etched across their faces.

They ran out of the lab quickly to see what was happening.

They got to the rec. room just as Brennan went flying into the far wall. Jesse was lying in the middle of the floor, struggling to breathe. Brennan was unconscious.

Then they saw Shalimar. She was standing, eyes flashing feral at the top of the stairs to the dojo. But something was wrong. Her eyes weren't just flashing feral, they were literally sparking. Blue electricity shimmered in them.

Adam ran over to Jesse. He wasn't doing so well with his breathing and seemed to be slipping in and out of consciousness.

Seeing Adam Shalimar jumped from the dojo to the ground. Then she did something she had never been able to do before. She drew her hands together creating a ball of electricity. Just as she was about to fire it at Adam she was hit by a psionic blast from Emma. Shalimar dropped to the ground and Emma ran over to Adam to help him move Jesse to the lab.

Brennan tried to shake the blur from his eyes. He could barely remember what had happened to create the blur but as he blinked the world came back into focus. He turned his head painfully to look to his left. There was Jesse linked up to a breathing machine, and beyond him Shalimar.

Emma walked up to Brennan with a glass of water in one hand and two painkillers in the other. She sat down on the edge of the chair and handed the painkillers to him. He swallowed hoping they would take away atleast some of the achiness in his neck, head and back.

'How are you doing?'

Brennan looked at her, not even needing to answer the question.

'Do you remember what happened?' Emma asked.

'Not really.' His voice was croaky and weak. Emma looked at him with the sympathy obvious in her eyes.

'You should get some sleep,' she said gently.

'I'm not gonna argue with you.' Brennan let his head drop back onto the chair and within minutes he was asleep.

It had been five days since Shalimar had gone all crazy. Brennan had been up and about for four out of those five. Jesse had only woken up that morning. The silence in Sanctuary had been killing Adam. Normally he wouldn't have minded some peace but the reason for the quiet was worrying him. What had happened to Shalimar? Why had she suddenly gone all elemental? It didn't make any sense and he couldn't work it out.

He had been analyzing Shalimar since Emma had sent her under. But Adam didn't understand how, what he was seeing could be correct. According to his findings Shalimar's feral mutation had become stronger and she had developed the traits normally associated with elementals, psionics and moleculars. Adam groaned to himself.

'This can't be real.'