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Adam read his letter for the hundredth time and the more he read it the more it sounded to him like Shalimar was going after those who had experimented on her and his only lead seemed to be this Dr. Strohm who helped over the last months. He didn't want to disobey her wishes but he wasn't thinking about just her, he was thinking about Hailey too and how much he wanted her and Brennan to have Shalimar in their lives.
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Brennan sat in the rec room with Hailey, Jesse and Emma. She looked so much like Shalimar and even he was surprised to see how easily he fell into the father role, it was like that night- things were just meant to be this way.
"You're really good with her" said Emma as she watched Brennan make Hailey smile
"Thanks. I still can't believe I have a daughter and that Shal went through all of it by herself"
"Well from my understanding of ferals, especially pregnant ferals, it was a good thing we weren't around" added Jesse as he grabbed the baby's hand
"What do you mean?" asked Brennan
"Adam told me that Ferals get very protective of their children born or unborn and with Shalimar already in the condition she was in..." he let his sentence trail off
"You gotta point there" agreed Brennan understanding where Jesse was going with his statement. Just then Adam walked in. "Hey Adam"
"How are you two doing?" he asked pointing at him and Hailey
"We're good. Emma and Jesse pretty much bought out the nearest baby store so we have everything we need right now" he replied motioning toward all the things Jesse and Emma had purchased.
"Adam what is it?" asked Emma sensing there was something he wasn't telling them
"Shalimar gave me a sample of her blood with a note that she left for me. So I ran some tests on it"
"What were the results?" asked Jesse
"I can't do anything for her" everyone was about to protest but Adam silenced them "I can't do anything for her by myself but Shalimar has given the name of a doctor who I believe sent me the email that led us to her"
"Are you going to contact him?" asked Emma
"Yes."
"Good. Then he can tell us where Shal is so we can help her" added Brennan who put Hailey down in her basinet.
"Shalimar said he would help with a cure but he won't know where she is"
"She is going after who ever did this to her" said Emma
"Yes and she doesn't want us involved"
"Adam we are involved. Leaving because she was afraid of what she might do to us is one thing but to take these guys on by herself is another" complained Jesse
"Jesse is right she is gonna need our help" agreed Brennan
"Brennan I know you want to help her but you have to think about Hailey too. Shalimar brought her here because she knew she would be safe and she would want all of you to be safe also. We are going help her, but first I want to hear what this Dr. Strohm has to say about her condition then we will decide how to intervene." They all reluctantly agreed and Adam left to contact Dr. Strohm
Brennan looked down at his sleeping daughter wondering where her mother was and if she was alright. ...................................
Shalimar crouched low in the shadows watching the activity in the warehouse. Strohm had left the project and she agreed to protect him as long as she kept an eye on her child's development. She had come to depend on him like she depended on Adam but it wasn't the same. When he told her that reversing what he and the other scientists did to her would be difficult she knew she would need Adam's help and whatever research she could get her hands on. As she snuck into the warehouse and readied herself to fight who ever got in her way her thoughts drifted to Hailey and she hoped that she would get the chance to see her again.
He knew she had arrived. He had been waiting for her to return for quite sometime. When Strohm disappeared from the project one day he knew the good doctor was involved in her escape all those months before. Now she had come back and he was ready to finish what they had started. ...................................
Strohm had agreed to meet Adam and Emma in an abandoned warehouse not too far from sanctuary. Brennan had wanted to go but finally agreed that Emma would be a better choice to accompany him to meet the estranged doctor.
Strohm nervously paced the small alcove he hid in as he waited for Adam and Emma. "Dr. Strohm?" asked Adam
"That's me" he replied taking note that Adam had brought Emma with him "Shalimar said you would contact me"
"This is a member of my team, Emma."
"I know who Ms. De Lauro is. I know all about mutant x" Adam and Emma merely exchanged looks
"I know you said you knew about me in the email but I had no idea you knew this much"
"The people I worked for knew everything about you and your people but Ms. Fox intrigued them the most because she was such a strong feral. I never wanted my research to be used this way, which is why I wrote you the email."
"No one is here to lynch you. Shalimar said you could help her that is why we are here" replied Emma
"You don't understand I can help her but if she has gone to get Ricks then she is as good as dead"
Adam and Emma exchanged glares "you know where she is?"
"No but that is where I suspect she went especially when she told me she was dropping off Hailey with Brennan"
"How long have you been helping Shalimar?" asked Adam
"Four months after you rescued her she tracked me down, I don't know how but she confronted me about her child and if what we did to her would have an affect on it. I wanted out so made a deal with her"
"She would protect you if you helped her" finished Emma
"Yes, I never expected this to happen. Is Hailey alright? Did you run the tests?"
"Yes and she is fine"
"Good those results will help us heal Shalimar if."
"If what?" asked Emma scared of what he was going to say
"If they haven't captured her again that is. Ricks is a patient man he knew that she would eventually return it was just a matter of time"
"Do you have any idea where their operation is?"
"When you rescued her we were forced to move that was a little over 10 months ago, but they could still be in that location"
"Did you give Shalimar this location?"
"Of course not but she found me and lately the patrols were getting closer to us so all she had to do was follow one of them"
"Alright we need to get to sanctuary so we can work on a cure and then I need you tell us everything about the new location" Strohm nodded and followed Adam and Emma out of the warehouse.
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Brennan, Hailey and Jesse were waiting for them when they arrived back at sanctuary. Adam had contacted them and informed what of what was going on and to be ready with Hailey in the lab. Brennan cradled his daughter in his arms trying not to think about what Shal could be going through right now and how much he wanted to hold like he was holding their daughter.
When Brennan came face to face with the man who played a hand in everything Shal had gone through he wanted nothing more than to beat him to a pulp but when he saw the way he looked at him and Hailey his anger slowly slipped away.
"I can see why Shalimar was so convinced she has your eyes" No one in the room moved and Adam feared Brennan would lunge at Strohm even with Hailey in his arms but everyone, Strohm included, was surprised with what Brennan said
"Thank you for helping them"
"It goes both ways. She helped me as well"
to be continued..
Adam read his letter for the hundredth time and the more he read it the more it sounded to him like Shalimar was going after those who had experimented on her and his only lead seemed to be this Dr. Strohm who helped over the last months. He didn't want to disobey her wishes but he wasn't thinking about just her, he was thinking about Hailey too and how much he wanted her and Brennan to have Shalimar in their lives.
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Brennan sat in the rec room with Hailey, Jesse and Emma. She looked so much like Shalimar and even he was surprised to see how easily he fell into the father role, it was like that night- things were just meant to be this way.
"You're really good with her" said Emma as she watched Brennan make Hailey smile
"Thanks. I still can't believe I have a daughter and that Shal went through all of it by herself"
"Well from my understanding of ferals, especially pregnant ferals, it was a good thing we weren't around" added Jesse as he grabbed the baby's hand
"What do you mean?" asked Brennan
"Adam told me that Ferals get very protective of their children born or unborn and with Shalimar already in the condition she was in..." he let his sentence trail off
"You gotta point there" agreed Brennan understanding where Jesse was going with his statement. Just then Adam walked in. "Hey Adam"
"How are you two doing?" he asked pointing at him and Hailey
"We're good. Emma and Jesse pretty much bought out the nearest baby store so we have everything we need right now" he replied motioning toward all the things Jesse and Emma had purchased.
"Adam what is it?" asked Emma sensing there was something he wasn't telling them
"Shalimar gave me a sample of her blood with a note that she left for me. So I ran some tests on it"
"What were the results?" asked Jesse
"I can't do anything for her" everyone was about to protest but Adam silenced them "I can't do anything for her by myself but Shalimar has given the name of a doctor who I believe sent me the email that led us to her"
"Are you going to contact him?" asked Emma
"Yes."
"Good. Then he can tell us where Shal is so we can help her" added Brennan who put Hailey down in her basinet.
"Shalimar said he would help with a cure but he won't know where she is"
"She is going after who ever did this to her" said Emma
"Yes and she doesn't want us involved"
"Adam we are involved. Leaving because she was afraid of what she might do to us is one thing but to take these guys on by herself is another" complained Jesse
"Jesse is right she is gonna need our help" agreed Brennan
"Brennan I know you want to help her but you have to think about Hailey too. Shalimar brought her here because she knew she would be safe and she would want all of you to be safe also. We are going help her, but first I want to hear what this Dr. Strohm has to say about her condition then we will decide how to intervene." They all reluctantly agreed and Adam left to contact Dr. Strohm
Brennan looked down at his sleeping daughter wondering where her mother was and if she was alright. ...................................
Shalimar crouched low in the shadows watching the activity in the warehouse. Strohm had left the project and she agreed to protect him as long as she kept an eye on her child's development. She had come to depend on him like she depended on Adam but it wasn't the same. When he told her that reversing what he and the other scientists did to her would be difficult she knew she would need Adam's help and whatever research she could get her hands on. As she snuck into the warehouse and readied herself to fight who ever got in her way her thoughts drifted to Hailey and she hoped that she would get the chance to see her again.
He knew she had arrived. He had been waiting for her to return for quite sometime. When Strohm disappeared from the project one day he knew the good doctor was involved in her escape all those months before. Now she had come back and he was ready to finish what they had started. ...................................
Strohm had agreed to meet Adam and Emma in an abandoned warehouse not too far from sanctuary. Brennan had wanted to go but finally agreed that Emma would be a better choice to accompany him to meet the estranged doctor.
Strohm nervously paced the small alcove he hid in as he waited for Adam and Emma. "Dr. Strohm?" asked Adam
"That's me" he replied taking note that Adam had brought Emma with him "Shalimar said you would contact me"
"This is a member of my team, Emma."
"I know who Ms. De Lauro is. I know all about mutant x" Adam and Emma merely exchanged looks
"I know you said you knew about me in the email but I had no idea you knew this much"
"The people I worked for knew everything about you and your people but Ms. Fox intrigued them the most because she was such a strong feral. I never wanted my research to be used this way, which is why I wrote you the email."
"No one is here to lynch you. Shalimar said you could help her that is why we are here" replied Emma
"You don't understand I can help her but if she has gone to get Ricks then she is as good as dead"
Adam and Emma exchanged glares "you know where she is?"
"No but that is where I suspect she went especially when she told me she was dropping off Hailey with Brennan"
"How long have you been helping Shalimar?" asked Adam
"Four months after you rescued her she tracked me down, I don't know how but she confronted me about her child and if what we did to her would have an affect on it. I wanted out so made a deal with her"
"She would protect you if you helped her" finished Emma
"Yes, I never expected this to happen. Is Hailey alright? Did you run the tests?"
"Yes and she is fine"
"Good those results will help us heal Shalimar if."
"If what?" asked Emma scared of what he was going to say
"If they haven't captured her again that is. Ricks is a patient man he knew that she would eventually return it was just a matter of time"
"Do you have any idea where their operation is?"
"When you rescued her we were forced to move that was a little over 10 months ago, but they could still be in that location"
"Did you give Shalimar this location?"
"Of course not but she found me and lately the patrols were getting closer to us so all she had to do was follow one of them"
"Alright we need to get to sanctuary so we can work on a cure and then I need you tell us everything about the new location" Strohm nodded and followed Adam and Emma out of the warehouse.
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Brennan, Hailey and Jesse were waiting for them when they arrived back at sanctuary. Adam had contacted them and informed what of what was going on and to be ready with Hailey in the lab. Brennan cradled his daughter in his arms trying not to think about what Shal could be going through right now and how much he wanted to hold like he was holding their daughter.
When Brennan came face to face with the man who played a hand in everything Shal had gone through he wanted nothing more than to beat him to a pulp but when he saw the way he looked at him and Hailey his anger slowly slipped away.
"I can see why Shalimar was so convinced she has your eyes" No one in the room moved and Adam feared Brennan would lunge at Strohm even with Hailey in his arms but everyone, Strohm included, was surprised with what Brennan said
"Thank you for helping them"
"It goes both ways. She helped me as well"
to be continued..