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Part 4: Monday (afternoon)
"Emma!" A loud bang accentuated Shalimar's voice from behind the door. "Coming!" Jenny/Emma called back, shutting the drawer closed. She had been searching for the ring Shalimar had mentioned the night before. So far she'd had no luck in finding it.
She pulled the door sharply open, but only just enough to put her head through - she didn't want any more comments on her hands. "Yes?" she asked. "Jesse said was going out and he said he'd take me to the mall, wanna come?" "Um...no thanks. I'd rather stay here. Don't wanna relapse in publc, you know." Jenny/Emma searched for an excuse. "Oh...okay then. Adam's out, but Brenna's here so you'll have some company," Shalimar told her. Jenny/Emma smiled. If she was remembering correctly Brennan was the hottie. "Okay. Bring me back something nice!" Jenny/Emma inwardly winced afer that, hoping that it was something Emma would have said. Luckily Shalimar just smiled at her. "I will. See you later!"
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Emma sat in the passenger seat and folded her legs. She was getting fed up of waiting for Gary to return. She was sure he'd been there for ages. Irritated, she bounced out of the car and ran up to the window. She didn't want to go inside. The guy who'd opned the door had sorta given her the creeps. Instead, she just peeked through the window. She saw Gary, talking to that man. Curious, Emma silently pushed the window open just a little bit more than it was already so she could hear them but they wouldn't notice her. "So, Gary, here are all the things you need to perform the spell," the old man said. "Thank you, Abrahm." Gary took the items from his hands. 'Ooh, scary man has a name!' Emma thought. "I think, I do not need to tell you that what you are about to do is extremly dangerous." "That's what I've been telling her, but she's not listening." "A stubborn one I see," Abrahm said. "like your sister Jenny." 'Huh?' thought Emma. 'Jenny's his siter?' "Yeah..." Gary began. It looked to Emma as if he was searching for what to say. She wanted to use her powers on him, but resisted. Abrahm put his hand on Gary's shoulder. "It is not your fault, my young friend, that Jenny has become what she is. You must go along your path and she must follow hers." Emma smiled a little. It sounded similar to something that Adam would say. Gary nodded. "Thank you, Abrahm. For everything. I hope that, for you, I will perfrom this the way it should be." He then shook his head and spoke in the lost boy's voice that described his feelings enough so that Emma didn't even need to read his mind. "I'm really scared of screwing this up, Abrahm." "You will do well Gary. I have the utmost faith in you and I'm sure wll the incantations go well. You will do everything correctly. Do not fear." "It's not that I'm afraid of. It's just, what happend after the spell..." A sly smile appeared on Abrahm's face. "You fear for her..." "Well, Jenny is my sister, after all, and we don't know what will happen to her after I perform the spell -" "That wasn't the 'her' I was referring to. I meant the girl outside..." Emma fell sharply backwards and hit her head on the ground. She picked up her legs and ran inside the car, shutting the door with a bang. She was still reeling from what she'd last heard. The words played over in her head. You fear for her... the girl outside... It was hard to believe - Emma shook her head. It was impossible. Maybe there was another girl outisde. She was about to look around when the door by the driver's seat opened and Gary got inside. He behind and put the items Abrahm had given him in the backseat and strapped himself in. He was about to start the car when Emma put her hand forward to stop him. She'd intened to grab his hand, but the moment their skin came into contact she stopped herself. "What?" he asked. "C-can we go somewhere? Anywhere? I need a break," Emma told him. She wasn't lying either. After a few moments, Gary nodded. "I know this place where -" "Don't talk. Just drive." Suprisingly, Gary smiled. "You sound like some bad kidnapping movie." Emma had to smile. "I've been watching a few lately. I've got this friend who likes horror flicks, he's -" Emma stopped as she remembered Jesse. 'Will I see him again? Will I see any of them? Brennan...' she hadn't thought about him for days. 'Does he know Jenny isn't me?' Gary didn't seem to notice she'd zoned out. As he reversed he said, "You don't find many good kidnapping movies. 'The Big Hit' is though, it's one of my favourites." Emma snapped back out of her thoughts. "You mean the one with Mark Whalberg and that guy who came in like two episodes of Charmed..."
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(...evening...)
Shalimar breezed out of the shoe shop with two bags in hand and scanned the mall for Jesse. She spotted him instantly chatting up a tall red-head. If Shalimar wasn't mistaken the girl was taller than Jesse. 'No,' she thought. 'It's just her super-high heels.' She reached him just as the red-head was leaving. "She's pretty." "Glad, you approve," Jesse said. "I've got a date with her coffee soon." "Well, Mr. Smooth Operater, you wouldn't mind carrying my bags would you?" He took them and they made their way down the escalator. Suddenly, Shalimar spotted something glistening on the floor they were leaving. It seemed so odd behind the plant. Jesse had just jumped off onto the landing and was waiting for her. "Hey!" he exclaimed. She had pulled his arm and taken him up the stairs. "Shalimar, where are we going?" She ignored him and let go of his arm when they reached the top step and ran towards the plant. She kicked it aside and saw hiddedn away behind it some shopping bags. And in front of it lay a silver ring. Cautiously, she reached forward and picked it up, holding it on her fingers. Jesse had reached her by then. "Shalimar...isn't that a comlink?" Shalimar looked at Jesse and gravely nodded. "E-Emma...she wasn't wearing hers yesterday..." Jesse leaned forward and peeked into one of the bag's. "Chinese takeout. Old, but definately there." "Oh my God...what's going on!?"
A/N: That's it for now, yes I know, no Brennan but there's lots of him in the next part, which will probably be out sooner than ths one so long as my connection doesn't do the usual (like it did this time!)
Part 4: Monday (afternoon)
"Emma!" A loud bang accentuated Shalimar's voice from behind the door. "Coming!" Jenny/Emma called back, shutting the drawer closed. She had been searching for the ring Shalimar had mentioned the night before. So far she'd had no luck in finding it.
She pulled the door sharply open, but only just enough to put her head through - she didn't want any more comments on her hands. "Yes?" she asked. "Jesse said was going out and he said he'd take me to the mall, wanna come?" "Um...no thanks. I'd rather stay here. Don't wanna relapse in publc, you know." Jenny/Emma searched for an excuse. "Oh...okay then. Adam's out, but Brenna's here so you'll have some company," Shalimar told her. Jenny/Emma smiled. If she was remembering correctly Brennan was the hottie. "Okay. Bring me back something nice!" Jenny/Emma inwardly winced afer that, hoping that it was something Emma would have said. Luckily Shalimar just smiled at her. "I will. See you later!"
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Emma sat in the passenger seat and folded her legs. She was getting fed up of waiting for Gary to return. She was sure he'd been there for ages. Irritated, she bounced out of the car and ran up to the window. She didn't want to go inside. The guy who'd opned the door had sorta given her the creeps. Instead, she just peeked through the window. She saw Gary, talking to that man. Curious, Emma silently pushed the window open just a little bit more than it was already so she could hear them but they wouldn't notice her. "So, Gary, here are all the things you need to perform the spell," the old man said. "Thank you, Abrahm." Gary took the items from his hands. 'Ooh, scary man has a name!' Emma thought. "I think, I do not need to tell you that what you are about to do is extremly dangerous." "That's what I've been telling her, but she's not listening." "A stubborn one I see," Abrahm said. "like your sister Jenny." 'Huh?' thought Emma. 'Jenny's his siter?' "Yeah..." Gary began. It looked to Emma as if he was searching for what to say. She wanted to use her powers on him, but resisted. Abrahm put his hand on Gary's shoulder. "It is not your fault, my young friend, that Jenny has become what she is. You must go along your path and she must follow hers." Emma smiled a little. It sounded similar to something that Adam would say. Gary nodded. "Thank you, Abrahm. For everything. I hope that, for you, I will perfrom this the way it should be." He then shook his head and spoke in the lost boy's voice that described his feelings enough so that Emma didn't even need to read his mind. "I'm really scared of screwing this up, Abrahm." "You will do well Gary. I have the utmost faith in you and I'm sure wll the incantations go well. You will do everything correctly. Do not fear." "It's not that I'm afraid of. It's just, what happend after the spell..." A sly smile appeared on Abrahm's face. "You fear for her..." "Well, Jenny is my sister, after all, and we don't know what will happen to her after I perform the spell -" "That wasn't the 'her' I was referring to. I meant the girl outside..." Emma fell sharply backwards and hit her head on the ground. She picked up her legs and ran inside the car, shutting the door with a bang. She was still reeling from what she'd last heard. The words played over in her head. You fear for her... the girl outside... It was hard to believe - Emma shook her head. It was impossible. Maybe there was another girl outisde. She was about to look around when the door by the driver's seat opened and Gary got inside. He behind and put the items Abrahm had given him in the backseat and strapped himself in. He was about to start the car when Emma put her hand forward to stop him. She'd intened to grab his hand, but the moment their skin came into contact she stopped herself. "What?" he asked. "C-can we go somewhere? Anywhere? I need a break," Emma told him. She wasn't lying either. After a few moments, Gary nodded. "I know this place where -" "Don't talk. Just drive." Suprisingly, Gary smiled. "You sound like some bad kidnapping movie." Emma had to smile. "I've been watching a few lately. I've got this friend who likes horror flicks, he's -" Emma stopped as she remembered Jesse. 'Will I see him again? Will I see any of them? Brennan...' she hadn't thought about him for days. 'Does he know Jenny isn't me?' Gary didn't seem to notice she'd zoned out. As he reversed he said, "You don't find many good kidnapping movies. 'The Big Hit' is though, it's one of my favourites." Emma snapped back out of her thoughts. "You mean the one with Mark Whalberg and that guy who came in like two episodes of Charmed..."
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(...evening...)
Shalimar breezed out of the shoe shop with two bags in hand and scanned the mall for Jesse. She spotted him instantly chatting up a tall red-head. If Shalimar wasn't mistaken the girl was taller than Jesse. 'No,' she thought. 'It's just her super-high heels.' She reached him just as the red-head was leaving. "She's pretty." "Glad, you approve," Jesse said. "I've got a date with her coffee soon." "Well, Mr. Smooth Operater, you wouldn't mind carrying my bags would you?" He took them and they made their way down the escalator. Suddenly, Shalimar spotted something glistening on the floor they were leaving. It seemed so odd behind the plant. Jesse had just jumped off onto the landing and was waiting for her. "Hey!" he exclaimed. She had pulled his arm and taken him up the stairs. "Shalimar, where are we going?" She ignored him and let go of his arm when they reached the top step and ran towards the plant. She kicked it aside and saw hiddedn away behind it some shopping bags. And in front of it lay a silver ring. Cautiously, she reached forward and picked it up, holding it on her fingers. Jesse had reached her by then. "Shalimar...isn't that a comlink?" Shalimar looked at Jesse and gravely nodded. "E-Emma...she wasn't wearing hers yesterday..." Jesse leaned forward and peeked into one of the bag's. "Chinese takeout. Old, but definately there." "Oh my God...what's going on!?"
A/N: That's it for now, yes I know, no Brennan but there's lots of him in the next part, which will probably be out sooner than ths one so long as my connection doesn't do the usual (like it did this time!)