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After running for several blocks the two men ducked into an alley and Briscoe took the opportunity to let Gothels know how stupid he was. Grabbing him by the collar he yelled "You idiot you sent us too far back. You were supposed to send us to the day it happened not the day before"

Breaking away from his hold Gothels backed away and sat down on a nearby milk crate "Look at it this way; you get more time to warn yourself of what is going to happen" he replied lighting a cigarette and taking a puff

"Yes but so do they, now they have time to warn their past selves of what will happen and I have no way of knowing how that will change things"

"They won't contact themselves" he said between puffs "that would change the timeline even more and that is something they don't want"

"No there is one of them that would want to change the timeline no matter what" he muttered as he watched the calm young man enjoy his cigarette

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Brennan walked along the street not really sure of where he was going. All he knew was she was alive and he would give anything to see her if not to warn her then to at least see her from a distance. He began to think back to what they did on this day four years ago and then it dawned on him; he'd taken to the park for a picnic. Looking down at his watch to check the time he then looked up to note his surroundings. Moving to the street he hailed down a cab and told the driver to take him to Crandall Park.

Emerging from the alley just in time to see Brennan getting in a cab "Where is he going?" asked Keith

"I don't know?" she replied as the cab sped off

Throwing his hands up in the air in frustration as he yelled "I don't believe this, Adam brings him back after he just abandons them, then he gets us sent back in time four years and once there he just takes off"

"Will you be quiet I am trying to get a read off him" Megan yelled back at him. Concentrating on Brennan, Megan was able to get several jumbled images of a man and woman and then finally a landscape and the letter 'C'

"Well anything?" Keith asked as he paced back and forth

"A park I think that begins with 'C'" she replied while giving him an unsure look

"Great, that helps" he spat back

Rolling her eyes at him, Megan turned and stopped the nearest bystander "excuse me my brother and I are new here and are wondering if you could tell us if there are any parks in the area that begin with a 'C'?"

"Yes Crandall Park is about 7 or 8 blocks that way" the lady said pointing in the same exact direction the cab took off in

Smiling Megan looked back at the woman "thank you so much" she said before her and Keith hailed a cab and sped off after Brennan

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Brennan he entered the park and made his way to the spot where he remembered they had their picnic. He nearly lost his breathe when he spotted them sitting under a tree. Over the years a person's memory loses the small things that are inherent to those it tries to visualize and his was no different. However, as he watched her smile and move with the same grace she always had he thanked his memory for not forgetting the small things that made her the woman he loved.

Taking a seat on a nearby bench he suddenly realized the irony of the situation; Adam had found him in this same position less than 24 hours ago sulking over the woman he was now watching. However, as he did so, he felt some of the dark cloud that shrouded his heart over the years lift but as the same time his brain reminded him that by this time tomorrow she would be dead and he would be alone. His heart could do nothing to stop his brain from reliving those last moments of her life

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Brennan kicked one of his opponents out of the way as he turned to take on  another he noticed Shalimar was about to face off with Briscoe

Shalimar advanced on Briscoe but was completely taken off guard when he showed her his mutant power; a power none of them knew had. Before her feral senses had time to react she came face to face with her worst enemy; fire.

Briscoe smiled when the feral froze and began to tremble in fear. Taking satisfaction in that fear he bent over and picked up a gun one of his men had discarded in the fight and aimed it at her

Seeing Briscoe aim the gun at her Brennan yelled to Shalimar "SHAL, NO GET DOWN" as he sent a bolt of electricity at Briscoe. But he was too late. Briscoe had managed to get two shots off both hitting their mark before the electricity hit him. "NO" he yelled moving to her side. Picking her up and carrying her to the helix with Jesse and Emma following he pleaded with her to hold on "don't die on me, please"

After arriving at sanctuary Brennan immediately took the half conscious feral to the lab for treatment. "Adam help her" he yelled as he placed her on the table

"Brennan there is nothing he can do for me" hoarsely she replied grabbing onto his now blood stained jacket

Leaning back down he cried as he stroked her hair "No don't say that you are going to be fine"

Smiling she reached up and touched his cheek before speaking "I love you. Promise me you will go on with your life and not blame yourself for this"

"No Shal don't leave me please" he replied placing his hand over hers

"Just promise me please" she pleaded now crying herself

"I promise" he replied between sobs.

"Thank you" she whispered then kissed him one last time before going limp on the table

Feeling her go limp after breaking the kiss he cried uncontrollably as he held her still warm body close to his sob racked body "I love you too" he said to her as rocked back and forth in his arms

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He wasn't sure why he made the promise because after all he sure as hell wasn't living up it. That was probably because two days later Adam told him that she was pregnant and probably didn't even know it. As if his heart wasn't broken enough; he lost the woman he loved only to find out two days later that she was carrying their unborn child. Life sure had a funny of working out and to this day he still didn't understand why Adam had chosen to tell him. Although over time he figured Adam wanted him to know the truth no matter how much it may have hurt.

He would often wonder what their child would have looked like; would he/she be blond haired or dark haired? Would he/she be tall like him? Whose eyes would they have? These were the questions he asked himself the topic crossed him mind. Usually when the topic made it the forefront of his mind he would find the strongest bottle of liquor and use it to forget he even thought of it in the first place. Sometimes it worked; other times it only made things worse.

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TBC……..hey I felt bad that the other chapters were so short so I decided to post this one too. Hope you all are enjoying the story. R&R please.