Part 4
Brennan simply stared at her sleeping form. He couldn't believe it she was home so why wasn't he relieved. As far as he could see there were no physical injuries and maybe that's what scared him the most because it meant they had done something to her that he couldn't see and force her to admit to, instead it meant that she could hide it and keep it bottled up inside.
Looking over at Adam he could see that he was deep in thought as he looked over Shalimar's test results. Rising from his seat he walked over to the others. "Adam how is she?"
"Well actually she is fine she had only been sedated. From the looks of things they have been giving her very high doses to keep her under control."
"Why would they give her such high doses? I mean I know Shal can be hard to control when mad but this" Emma merely let her sentence trail off wanting Adam to finish what he had started
"They experimented on her. I don't know all the details but I can tell that they increased her feral DNA it has almost consumed her human DNA"
"Can you reverse it?" asked Jesse
"I don't even know how they did it."
"So is that a no?" asked Brennan
"It's a I don't know Brennan. First I have to figure out what they did and how they did it then I need to see if I can reverse. It's going to take time"
"Adam does she have that time?" asked Jesse. Adam merely looked at him "let me guess you don't know?" Adam nodded
"Right now I need to get started on finding out what they did so I need all of you to leave and get some rest" Reluctantly Emma and Jesse left the room but Brennan remained behind. "Brennan I know you care about her but I need to leave so I can get to work"
"You'll call as soon as she wakes up?"
"Of course" and with that Brennan left. Adam turned to look at Shalimar and leaned in close to her and whispered "I am so sorry, I will figure this out I promise"
"How did they find us?" he was furious "How the hell could they waltz right in here take her and leave?" no one answered him "find her again and get her back here, NOW!" Everyone left the room except doctor Strohm "How close was she?"
"Very close but her human DNA was beginning to be sorely affected there is a chance she could die even if we complete the treatment"
A month had passed since Shalimar's return and the team couldn't be happier. While she seemed fine to the others Shalimar was finding it harder and harder to control her feral side. One day Jesse cracked a joke about her and she nearly lost it and it took all her energy not to lash out at him. She avoided working with anyone for fear she might hurt them so she took her anger out on holograms and even then she feel herself dangling on the edge and one time she almost didn't come back.
Adam wasn't any closer to figuring out what was wrong with Shalimar and he had begun to notice how hard the feral was fighting against whatever her captors had done to her. He also noticed how much time she was spending with Brennan, it seemed the only time she didn't have to fight to control her feral side.
"Adam I think I should leave"
"What why?" he asked dumbfounded
"I am afraid I am gonna hurt one of them and you and I both know that who ever took won't stop looking and I'll be damned if they do to them what they did to me"
"Shalimar I need you here so I can figure out what they did so I can reverse it"
"Adam can you honestly tell me that you can fix it?" he didn't reply "I'm sorry I just don't want to hurt them or you" with that she walked out of the lab.
"You can't just let her leave" yelled Brennan
"It's her decision Brennan" replied Emma
"How can you say that Em?"
"I promised Shal I wouldn't tell you but two weeks ago we were sparring and she lost control" everyone was shocked "I sent a blast her way and when she regained control she told me that she would have killed me if I hadn't did what I did. She was so afraid Adam"
"Well that is understandable"
"No she wasn't afraid of losing control she was afraid of hurting me it terrified her"
"So what we just let her go and that is it?" asked Jesse who was also afraid of losing someone he care deeply about. No one said anything and Brennan simply stormed out of the room in search of Shalimar
When he reached her room her stuff was gone and she was no where to be found. Brennan lifted his ring to him mouth "Adam Shal is gone"
Brennan simply stared at her sleeping form. He couldn't believe it she was home so why wasn't he relieved. As far as he could see there were no physical injuries and maybe that's what scared him the most because it meant they had done something to her that he couldn't see and force her to admit to, instead it meant that she could hide it and keep it bottled up inside.
Looking over at Adam he could see that he was deep in thought as he looked over Shalimar's test results. Rising from his seat he walked over to the others. "Adam how is she?"
"Well actually she is fine she had only been sedated. From the looks of things they have been giving her very high doses to keep her under control."
"Why would they give her such high doses? I mean I know Shal can be hard to control when mad but this" Emma merely let her sentence trail off wanting Adam to finish what he had started
"They experimented on her. I don't know all the details but I can tell that they increased her feral DNA it has almost consumed her human DNA"
"Can you reverse it?" asked Jesse
"I don't even know how they did it."
"So is that a no?" asked Brennan
"It's a I don't know Brennan. First I have to figure out what they did and how they did it then I need to see if I can reverse. It's going to take time"
"Adam does she have that time?" asked Jesse. Adam merely looked at him "let me guess you don't know?" Adam nodded
"Right now I need to get started on finding out what they did so I need all of you to leave and get some rest" Reluctantly Emma and Jesse left the room but Brennan remained behind. "Brennan I know you care about her but I need to leave so I can get to work"
"You'll call as soon as she wakes up?"
"Of course" and with that Brennan left. Adam turned to look at Shalimar and leaned in close to her and whispered "I am so sorry, I will figure this out I promise"
"How did they find us?" he was furious "How the hell could they waltz right in here take her and leave?" no one answered him "find her again and get her back here, NOW!" Everyone left the room except doctor Strohm "How close was she?"
"Very close but her human DNA was beginning to be sorely affected there is a chance she could die even if we complete the treatment"
A month had passed since Shalimar's return and the team couldn't be happier. While she seemed fine to the others Shalimar was finding it harder and harder to control her feral side. One day Jesse cracked a joke about her and she nearly lost it and it took all her energy not to lash out at him. She avoided working with anyone for fear she might hurt them so she took her anger out on holograms and even then she feel herself dangling on the edge and one time she almost didn't come back.
Adam wasn't any closer to figuring out what was wrong with Shalimar and he had begun to notice how hard the feral was fighting against whatever her captors had done to her. He also noticed how much time she was spending with Brennan, it seemed the only time she didn't have to fight to control her feral side.
"Adam I think I should leave"
"What why?" he asked dumbfounded
"I am afraid I am gonna hurt one of them and you and I both know that who ever took won't stop looking and I'll be damned if they do to them what they did to me"
"Shalimar I need you here so I can figure out what they did so I can reverse it"
"Adam can you honestly tell me that you can fix it?" he didn't reply "I'm sorry I just don't want to hurt them or you" with that she walked out of the lab.
"You can't just let her leave" yelled Brennan
"It's her decision Brennan" replied Emma
"How can you say that Em?"
"I promised Shal I wouldn't tell you but two weeks ago we were sparring and she lost control" everyone was shocked "I sent a blast her way and when she regained control she told me that she would have killed me if I hadn't did what I did. She was so afraid Adam"
"Well that is understandable"
"No she wasn't afraid of losing control she was afraid of hurting me it terrified her"
"So what we just let her go and that is it?" asked Jesse who was also afraid of losing someone he care deeply about. No one said anything and Brennan simply stormed out of the room in search of Shalimar
When he reached her room her stuff was gone and she was no where to be found. Brennan lifted his ring to him mouth "Adam Shal is gone"