Author's note: Sorry for the past cliffhanger. I hope you guys are ready for more. Enjoy this chapter. This is the last chapter but there will be an epilogue. Oh and can you guys give me some ideas for another fic? Enjoy!!!!
Adam and Emma were patiently waiting for some confirmation from Jesse that they had saved Shalimar. Adam's heart was pounding in his chest. He was nervous but didn't want to show it in front of Emma because he guessed that she was more so. Instead Adam wanted to check on Brennan's condition. The sedative that he had given Brennan would have been enough for him to recover himself from the effect that the alcohol had on him.
"Emma stay here. Look out for any message from Jesse. I am going to go check on Brennan." Adam left the lab.
Emma simply nodded. There was some thing lingering on the back of her head and she wondered if she should tell Adam. No matter what Adam or his English associates would say, Emma did not trust Amanda Mason. She felt that she was up to something when Adam called them here to find and rescue Shalimar. Her eyes and the way her lips curled when Emma projected images of Brennan and Shalimar in her mind left Emma feeling uneasy. Now all she required was a confirmation from Jesse about Shalimar being safe that would put her restless mind to peace. Emma felt a little strange. It had been over ninety minutes since Jesse left for Shalimar's location and there was still no messages from him.
Emma activated her com link to try and contact Jesse by herself.
"Jesse? Jess it's Emma. You have Shalimar with you right?" Emma asked hopefully.
But there was no answer.
"Jesse? Miss Mason?" Emma asked again. Silence greeted her back. Emma realized that her fears had turned to reality. Something had happened to them. But most of all Emma feared that the something was the work of their English associate.
"Adam? Adam come here quick." Emma screamed.
"What? What is it Emma?" Adam practically ran in and Emma was surprised to see worry spread on his features.
"Adam Jesse won't answer his com link. And neither will Amanda. God Adam something must have happened to him." Emma broke into soft sobs.
"Well if something has happened, I just hope he knows what he is doing." Adam's jaw tightened.
"What is it Adam?" Emma asked between sobs.
"It's Brennan. He isn't in his room.
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Jesse felt paralyzed. It was as if he could see and feel his surroundings but could not respond to anything happening around him. In his mind Jesse guessed that he was hit with a pretty large voltage and somehow it had affected his nervous system making his limbs immovable. He gasped in horror when he saw what was happening around him. Amanda had formed another tesla coil between her fingers and was targeting Shalimar. Within moments she would throw that at her and if she did Jesse was without a doubt that Shalimar would be dead. Jesse opened his mouth to protest but no sound came out. He tried to move but he could not. Silent tears ran down Jesse's cheeks as he waited. Waited and prayed.
Jesse closed his eyes as he heard a loud electrical blast which would mean that she had done it. Jesse opened his eyes again as he prepared himself to face his most beloved best friend in her dying moments. But what he saw only amazed him and reaffirmed his belief that there was someone watching over everybody in the world.
Instead of Shalimar it was Amanda who was lying at one side and appeared lifeless and burnt, like she had been impaled with a burning torch.
Kneeling beside a still unconscious Shalimar was Brennan. He looked like he had been through an apocalypse and back. He gently cradled Shalimar's head on his lap and sadly looked over Jesse. Jesse slightly winced when he felt the feeling of numbness dissipating from his legs and back.
"Sshhh… don't move Jesse. We're here. I am here." Jesse breathed freely hearing Emma's voice and the lights of the double helix above them which proved that Adam was also there.
Jesse tried to speak but could not, as he was overcome by unconsciousness.
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When he woke up Jesse breathed a sigh of relief to find himself in familiar surroundings. And he was equally surprised to see Emma sitting beside him with dried tears on her face.
"Emma." He spoke.
"How are you feeling?" she just smiled very feebly at him.
"I feel fine. How's Shalimar?"
"She recovered. She is in her room resting. Oh god Jesse I thought I had lost you." Emma softly cried into his chest.
"I have so much to tell you Jesse. You'll never believe what we uncovered." Emma said.
" Is Brennan alright?"
"Yeah he's okay. He has been between your room and Shalimar's room about a thousand times the last couple of hours. I think he still hasn't gotten over the fact that he killed someone. That's right Jesse. He killed Amanda. He used all of his electrical energy and formed one huge glowing ball and killed her with it. He killed someone he used to love once. For Shalimar." Emma continued.
"Well I know that he did but I still refuse to call it anything but self defense. Amanda Mason tried to kill Shalimar Emma." Jesse huffed.
"I agree with you. I just hope Brennan's conscience does too." Adam said.
"Hear this. I just contacted Gordon Drummond, my English friend and he gave me some disturbing facts. It seems like Amanda Mason was suffering from a long term mental illness and had a history of obsessive behavior. That's why she was sent here. They hoped that her change of location would rectify the situation. But once she noticed Brennan here, it all returned with more vengeance. She saw Shalimar as a threat to her and tried to kill her."
"But she should have been exposed and sent to a proper facility a long time ago. Why was she even sent here?" Emma asked.
"It's all about money Emma. Amanda was rich. Her father was very influential. He would not let anything happen to his daughter. So she was spared." Adam replied.
"But you don't think that her father might come after Brennan or us after this. Do you?" Jesse asked.
"No. I just heard that Frasier Mason died of a stroke last night after hearing of his only daughter's death." Adam said grimly.
"Too bad that had to happen. I do think that she would have been curable had she been sent to get some serious help." Emma said.
"I just hope Brennan and Shalimar can move past this." Jesse said.
"I hope so Jesse. I sure hope so." Adam sighed
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End of the story.
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