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Part 2: Saturday
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Shalimar checked her watch for what seemed to Jesse as the twelth time in less than fifteen minutes.
"Alright, that's it," he said. "What's bothering you?"
"It's Emma."
"Well, what about Emma?"
"It's one o'clock!"
"So? What do you mean?" Jesse was confused.
"What do I mean?" Shalimar echoed. "I'll tell you you what I mean Jesse. In case you haven't noticed Emma is normally up way before any of us, sometimes even Adam. By ten o'clock, at the very latest, she's up and away searching for another someone who needs help!"
"Come on, Shal, don't be so concerned," he told her.
"Jesse's right, Shalimar. I mean, she herself said that she was feeling tired," Brennan said.
Shalimar folded her arms. "I'd just feel better if one of us was there with her."
"Right, like some kind of big watch dog?" Jesse suggested.
Brennan laughed. "I'll go, but I won't wait there." Shalimar began to protest, but he cut her off. "No, Shal, just leave her alone. I'll go check on Emma and then come back."
Brennan walked upstairs leaving his two friends, trying very hard to pretend to himself that he didn't want to be there with her for every second.
"Emma?" Brennan called, knocking on the door. "Are you awake?" He slowly opened the door and entered into her room.
Once he was inside and had closed the door behind him, Brennan noticed that there was no one in the room. "Emma?" he called again.
He walked around slowly, and when he reached her bathroom door heard the sound of running water. "Are you in there, Emma?" he asked.
The noise stopped and soon a girl stepped outside. She was soaked to the bone and her wet hair hung around her head like a mop. Brennan tried extremly hard to ignore the fact that she wasn't wearing anything besides her towel.
"You wanted something?" she asked him.
"W-we wanted t-to know whether y-you were okay," he told her, struggling to create words, let alone an actual sentance.
"I'm fine." She smiled and stared so intently at him that he had to look away.
"Okay. I-I'll go then," at first he walked backwards, then asked himself why and turned around, preparing to run.
"Okay, drop in anytime!" she told him. He gave a slight grunt in reply and headed outside.
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"Somebody help me!" Emma shouted. She couldn't see anything and was panicking even more now that she had realised she couldn't feel her own limbs anymore. She struggled to remember the name of the man she had seen yesterday. She new it was something that started with the letter 'G.'
"George? Guy? Gavin?" She was running out of names as well as breath. "Gareth? Garfield!?" she screamed exasperatedly.
Emma heard footsteps pounding and when he arrived she could sense that someone was there even though she couldn't see him.
"It's Gary, actually," he told her.
Emma said nothing at first, only breathed - hard. At first, Emma didn't know what to say as she had tired herself out from screaming for the last five minutes and couldn't remember what she was about to ask him. But that fact ceased to matter when she heard his footsteps moving away.
"Wait!" she screamed.
"What?"
"What is going on? What's happening to me? Why can't I see? What did you do to me - her - us - before?"
"One question at a time if you don't mind?"
"Well, I do mind!" Emma exploded. "Tha-that girl - whatever her name is - attacked me, brought me here and has done some strange thing to me! Now you will tell me what is going on or -"
"Or else what, Emma? You don't even now what is going on, so you're not really in that great a position to bargain." Gary sighed. "Never mind, just give me a second."
"For what?" Emma asked. But he had already left.
"Gary!?" she shouted. "Gary?" She began to call him for a second time, but soon began to feel dizzy and then Emma passed out for the third time in less than twenty-four hours.
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Jenny/Emma smirked to herself as she climbed down the stairs to meet the others. She tried her best to sound pleasant, "Hi guys!"
"Hey Emma," Adam smiled. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine, I feel great, really."
"That's good."
"Yeah," Jesse added. "Shal was beginning to freak out with worry."
"We were all worried," Brennan said.
"Thanks, guys, but, I'm feeling way better than last night so there's no reason for you to worry about me." Adam nodded. "So what's up?"
"We were just about to check out 'Proxy Blue'," Shalimar informed Emma.
"Oh, okay," Jenny/Emma said, pretending to know what that was. "Can I see?"
Brennan moved so that she could get a better view of the screen.
All of them were watching, but before the page could even start to download, Jenny/Emma suddenly fell back and knocked onto Brennan.
"Emma, are you okay?" Jesse rushed forward as Brennan held her elbows to steady her.
"What happened?" Adam asked.
"I-I don't k-know," Jenny/Emma stammered, before clutching her head in pain and collapsing completely.
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Emma sat up with a jerk. She looked round and was momentarily relived to be able to see and in control of her body. She was in a lab on a table and wondered whether she had been dreaming and woken up in the lab. But soon, she knew she wasn't because the lab was completely different.
She swung her legs off the table and saw a man.
"I'm glad to see you're awake," he told her.
"Gary."
He gave a short laugh. "Thought you might not remember and end up calling me 'Garfield' again."
"I'm being held captive by a comedian. Great," she muttered to herself. Emma began to walk away, but was stopped by Gary catching her arm. SHe pulled it away fast. "What?"
"You can't leave, not now."
"Why not?" Emma asked.
Gary pointed to the window. Emma approached it and pulled back the curtain a little so she could just about see. And what she saw wasn't exactly welcoming.
She stormed back to Gary. "GSA Agents!?"
He nodded. "I'm not quite sure what they want. But I do know that they will take you if they see you."
"Then why did you tell me they were here?"
Gary hesitated. "I want to help you."
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Part 2: Saturday
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Shalimar checked her watch for what seemed to Jesse as the twelth time in less than fifteen minutes.
"Alright, that's it," he said. "What's bothering you?"
"It's Emma."
"Well, what about Emma?"
"It's one o'clock!"
"So? What do you mean?" Jesse was confused.
"What do I mean?" Shalimar echoed. "I'll tell you you what I mean Jesse. In case you haven't noticed Emma is normally up way before any of us, sometimes even Adam. By ten o'clock, at the very latest, she's up and away searching for another someone who needs help!"
"Come on, Shal, don't be so concerned," he told her.
"Jesse's right, Shalimar. I mean, she herself said that she was feeling tired," Brennan said.
Shalimar folded her arms. "I'd just feel better if one of us was there with her."
"Right, like some kind of big watch dog?" Jesse suggested.
Brennan laughed. "I'll go, but I won't wait there." Shalimar began to protest, but he cut her off. "No, Shal, just leave her alone. I'll go check on Emma and then come back."
Brennan walked upstairs leaving his two friends, trying very hard to pretend to himself that he didn't want to be there with her for every second.
"Emma?" Brennan called, knocking on the door. "Are you awake?" He slowly opened the door and entered into her room.
Once he was inside and had closed the door behind him, Brennan noticed that there was no one in the room. "Emma?" he called again.
He walked around slowly, and when he reached her bathroom door heard the sound of running water. "Are you in there, Emma?" he asked.
The noise stopped and soon a girl stepped outside. She was soaked to the bone and her wet hair hung around her head like a mop. Brennan tried extremly hard to ignore the fact that she wasn't wearing anything besides her towel.
"You wanted something?" she asked him.
"W-we wanted t-to know whether y-you were okay," he told her, struggling to create words, let alone an actual sentance.
"I'm fine." She smiled and stared so intently at him that he had to look away.
"Okay. I-I'll go then," at first he walked backwards, then asked himself why and turned around, preparing to run.
"Okay, drop in anytime!" she told him. He gave a slight grunt in reply and headed outside.
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"Somebody help me!" Emma shouted. She couldn't see anything and was panicking even more now that she had realised she couldn't feel her own limbs anymore. She struggled to remember the name of the man she had seen yesterday. She new it was something that started with the letter 'G.'
"George? Guy? Gavin?" She was running out of names as well as breath. "Gareth? Garfield!?" she screamed exasperatedly.
Emma heard footsteps pounding and when he arrived she could sense that someone was there even though she couldn't see him.
"It's Gary, actually," he told her.
Emma said nothing at first, only breathed - hard. At first, Emma didn't know what to say as she had tired herself out from screaming for the last five minutes and couldn't remember what she was about to ask him. But that fact ceased to matter when she heard his footsteps moving away.
"Wait!" she screamed.
"What?"
"What is going on? What's happening to me? Why can't I see? What did you do to me - her - us - before?"
"One question at a time if you don't mind?"
"Well, I do mind!" Emma exploded. "Tha-that girl - whatever her name is - attacked me, brought me here and has done some strange thing to me! Now you will tell me what is going on or -"
"Or else what, Emma? You don't even now what is going on, so you're not really in that great a position to bargain." Gary sighed. "Never mind, just give me a second."
"For what?" Emma asked. But he had already left.
"Gary!?" she shouted. "Gary?" She began to call him for a second time, but soon began to feel dizzy and then Emma passed out for the third time in less than twenty-four hours.
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Jenny/Emma smirked to herself as she climbed down the stairs to meet the others. She tried her best to sound pleasant, "Hi guys!"
"Hey Emma," Adam smiled. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine, I feel great, really."
"That's good."
"Yeah," Jesse added. "Shal was beginning to freak out with worry."
"We were all worried," Brennan said.
"Thanks, guys, but, I'm feeling way better than last night so there's no reason for you to worry about me." Adam nodded. "So what's up?"
"We were just about to check out 'Proxy Blue'," Shalimar informed Emma.
"Oh, okay," Jenny/Emma said, pretending to know what that was. "Can I see?"
Brennan moved so that she could get a better view of the screen.
All of them were watching, but before the page could even start to download, Jenny/Emma suddenly fell back and knocked onto Brennan.
"Emma, are you okay?" Jesse rushed forward as Brennan held her elbows to steady her.
"What happened?" Adam asked.
"I-I don't k-know," Jenny/Emma stammered, before clutching her head in pain and collapsing completely.
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Emma sat up with a jerk. She looked round and was momentarily relived to be able to see and in control of her body. She was in a lab on a table and wondered whether she had been dreaming and woken up in the lab. But soon, she knew she wasn't because the lab was completely different.
She swung her legs off the table and saw a man.
"I'm glad to see you're awake," he told her.
"Gary."
He gave a short laugh. "Thought you might not remember and end up calling me 'Garfield' again."
"I'm being held captive by a comedian. Great," she muttered to herself. Emma began to walk away, but was stopped by Gary catching her arm. SHe pulled it away fast. "What?"
"You can't leave, not now."
"Why not?" Emma asked.
Gary pointed to the window. Emma approached it and pulled back the curtain a little so she could just about see. And what she saw wasn't exactly welcoming.
She stormed back to Gary. "GSA Agents!?"
He nodded. "I'm not quite sure what they want. But I do know that they will take you if they see you."
"Then why did you tell me they were here?"
Gary hesitated. "I want to help you."
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