Authors Note: Sorry if this chapter is so short. It was kind of late at night but I wanted to get most it up before I went to bed. I hope you guys like it so far.

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Chapter 3

Jesse and Shalimar both walked into Sanctuary. The ride over had been very quiet. They had both been worried about what might have happened.

They knew that it had to be bad for Adam not to tell them anything.

Taking off his coat Jesse placed it by the computer. "I should probably try to find Emma."

Shalimar nodded and walked up to him. "Yeah... Do you think that something happened to her?"

"I hope not." Said Jesse. 'Nothing can happen to her... She doesn't deserve anything of the things that have happened to her. She should be happy and not have to worry about anything.'

"Jesse?" Asked Shalimar.

"Uh..?"

"You okay?"

Jesse smiled. "Sure."

He started tracing Emma and after a few minutes he finally got a location. Only that something didn't seem right. She was not moving from that location. Not even an inch. It was as if she was not conscious or even alive....

They both heard the door open and saw Adam and Brennan walk in.

Shalimar ran up to them. "What happened? Where's Emma?"

"Shalimar I think that we should all sit down. This is not easy to say." Replied Adam.

Jesse went up to Adam. "I found Emma. She is in an alley close to the park where you guys were meeting. She isn't moving from there."

"Thanks Jesse. Do you think you could go get her. I need to talk to all of you about a decision that I have just made."

"Okay. I'll be back in a little while." Jesse grabbed his coat from the computer and walked out of the door taking the keys out of his pocket.

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It had started to rain while Jesse drove to get Emma. The sky lit up and thunder could be heard. In front of him the other cars slowly went by.

Traffic at the moment was a disaster. Earlier there had been an accident and that with the rain caused everything to slow down.

'What is going on here... I have never seen Adam this serious before. And Brennan looked in pain. Something terrible happened and he doesn't want to tell us. What decision was he talking about?'

The car in front of him suddenly stopped and Jesse had to press the break to stop himself from hitting the Toyota in front of him.

The rain was growing stronger and he was getting worried about Emma. She was out there in an alley... not conscious and it was raining harder than it had in weeks.

After a few minutes traffic resumed it's normal pace again. When he found the road that he needed to turn in he turned and parked his car next to the exit of one of the small shops.

He took off his jacket and left it in the car. He got out of the car and walked to the end of the alley. The water was hitting him full force and he was soaking wet by the time he reached the end of the alley.

In the corner of the alley he found Emma. She was laying on the floor and she was not moving. Panicking he ran up to her, the water puddles making it harder to move.

He checked for a pulse and was relieved to find it beating strongly under his fingers. She had only been knocked unconscious by someone.

He picked her up and quickly moved to the car. He started the heater and started the car. Opening the glove compartment he took out a small towel and dried himself off as good as possible.

Turning to face Emma he tried waking her up. "Emma... Emma wake up."

He gently shook her and softly slapped her face. Slowly her eyes started to open and she let out a soft whimper.

"Emma?" Asked Jesse relief filling his voice. "How are you feeling?"

"Like hell... I've got the biggest headache ever. What happened?" She answered.

"I don't know. Here why don't you dry yourself off and take my jacket in the back seat. You're going to get sick if you keep those wet clothes on." He handed her the towel and faced the front putting the car in drive and moving out of the alley.

Next to him Emma unbuttoned her shirt and used the towel he had given her to dry herself off. She then removed the shirt and faced the back of the car stretching to reach his jacket. Once she had it she put it on and turned to face him.

"Thanks for the jacket. But aren't you going to take of those wet clothes as well."

Jesse smiled and said, "What... You're trying to see me shirtless?"

"Maybe... But seriously you could get sick. Don't you have anything else to wear?"

"I think I might have an extra shirt in the pack from the gym." He continued driving.

"Pull over and take off your shirt. That thing is soaking wet. I'll get the one in the back." She said taking off the jacket and giving it to him while she grabbed a hold of the gym bag in the back of the car.

Opening the bag she found his gray t-shirt and a tank top. She handed him the tank top and took the shirt for herself "Here."

Once he took the shirt she had given him she put on his gray t-shirt.

"Okay... we're ready now. Let's go back home."

They were silent the rest of the way to Sanctuary. When they finally got there Jesse drove the car into the garage and they walked in.

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in the next chapter Adam has a talk with emma and jesse and shalimar find out what happened. read & review.