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~*~* Chapter 2 *~*~
~*~* Sanctuary *~*~
Brennan stormed into sanctuary and threw his jacket and the box with the serum down on the couch.
"Brennan what happened? Where is the Doctor?" Adam asked.
"Yeah and Shalimar?" Emma continued for him.
Brennan slammed his fist into the wall at hearing her name, before storming to his room. Jesse sighed and explained what had happened.
"So the doctor is dead and Ashlocke has Shalimar?" Adam asked with sorrow.
"Yes, I'm sorry Adam." Jesse replied.
Adam sighed. "Fine. Did you get the serum?"
"Yeah," Jesse reached over the couch and picked up the silver box. "Here." He handed it to Adam.
Adam nodded in thanks. "I want you to get to work on tracing Shal." He told Jesse.
"Sure."
Emma sat with her arms crossed thinking about all that Jesse had said. He could tell she was worried. Jesse walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "It's ok, Emma, Shalimar will be fine."
She sighed and leaned against Jesse's shoulder. "I know, but I wish we didn't have to deal with Gabriel anymore."
"We all do, Em," he said as he rubbed her shoulders and kissed her head. "We all do."
~*~* Strand hide out *~*~
Shalimar woke up and groaned as she lifted her head. It was dark, she couldn't see a thing. Her eyes flashed golden but all that did was show her she was tied to a wall in an empty basement like room.
She heard the door swing open and saw Gabriel walk in. "Hello, my beautiful feral."
"What do you want?" She snapped.
"What do you think I want?"
Shalimar narrowed her eyes and tried to lunge at him, but the thick coarse ropes held her back. She yelped in pain as they dug into her already cut skin.
Gabriel laughed. "I want Mutant X. You, my beauty, are the bait for Adam and the rest of your teammates. I plan on taking them all out one by one,,,slowly, very, very slowly."
Fear crossed Shalimar's face.
"Don't worry, my dear, you won't meet the fate they will. No, you're going to be with me."
"In your dreams," she snarled.
"That's what I was afraid you would say." He shook his head. "You know you want me. Why do you keep resisting? I love you, Shalimar, and all I want is to have you as my own."
"Ashlocke, if you even cared about me you wouldn't have me here," she yelled.
He thought for a moment before kneeling down in front of her and taking her face in his hands. "Your right," he said slowly as he brushed his thumbs over her cheeks. "This is no place for the future mother of my child." Before she even had a chance to gasp he caught her lips in his own.
Shalimar gasped for air the minute his lips left hers. "Ashlocke if you think, for even a minute that I'm going to let you do that to me your dreaming!" She brought her foot up and kicked him in the chest.
Gabriel fell back with a thump. "That was a mistake." He got up and walked over to her pulling a syringe and a small bottle out of his pocket. He filled the syringe half way and then injected Shalimar with the dark green liquid and smiled when he heard her scream.
"That should keep you in line."
"What did you do to me!?"
"I just took the feral out of you, my dear. Any time you try to use your powers your whole body is going to feel like it's on fire. Only problem with this serum, is that after it's been in your system for long enough it burns whether your using your powers or not."
Shalimar narrowed her eyes and lunged at him letting out a growl. The second she tried to use her powers the serum kicked in, just like he said it would. She fell back on the wall screaming in pain. Gabriel smiled and then took her to his room.
~*~* Sanctuary *~*~
Brennan let out a frustrated cry and slammed his fist against the wall for what must have been the umpteenth time. *I should have been there to protect her! I should have kept her safe! I can't even protect the woman I love.* He heard a knock on the door that broke his thought.
"Brennan, it's Emma," she called.
"What do you want?!"
"I want to talk to you."
"Em, I don't want to talk right now."
"Well, that's just too bad," she said as she slowly walked in.
Brennan hung his head as he leaned against the wall. "I should have been able to protect her, Emma."
"Brennan, I'm sure Shalimar will be ok. She knows what happened wasn't your fault. She'll forgive you."
"That's not the point, Em! I should have been able to get to her! I should have been able to keep her safe!" He yelled as he pushed off the wall and started pacing.
Emma just stood there for a moment and watched him. "You love her, don't you?"
Brennan stopped dead in his tracks and glared at her. "Are you reading me?"
"Brennan, I don't have to. I can hear it in your voice and it's written all over you."
He hung his head and ran his hand through his hair. "I don't know, I think I do."
"Brennan, if you love her then just tell her."
"I can't Emma. If I tell her and she doesn't feel the same it's gonna make everything really weird between us and I don't want that."
"Or, if you tell her and she does you'll both be happy. Brennan, I really think you'd be surprised, just tell her." Emma left Brennan to think about what she had just said.
~*~* Chapter 2 *~*~
~*~* Sanctuary *~*~
Brennan stormed into sanctuary and threw his jacket and the box with the serum down on the couch.
"Brennan what happened? Where is the Doctor?" Adam asked.
"Yeah and Shalimar?" Emma continued for him.
Brennan slammed his fist into the wall at hearing her name, before storming to his room. Jesse sighed and explained what had happened.
"So the doctor is dead and Ashlocke has Shalimar?" Adam asked with sorrow.
"Yes, I'm sorry Adam." Jesse replied.
Adam sighed. "Fine. Did you get the serum?"
"Yeah," Jesse reached over the couch and picked up the silver box. "Here." He handed it to Adam.
Adam nodded in thanks. "I want you to get to work on tracing Shal." He told Jesse.
"Sure."
Emma sat with her arms crossed thinking about all that Jesse had said. He could tell she was worried. Jesse walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "It's ok, Emma, Shalimar will be fine."
She sighed and leaned against Jesse's shoulder. "I know, but I wish we didn't have to deal with Gabriel anymore."
"We all do, Em," he said as he rubbed her shoulders and kissed her head. "We all do."
~*~* Strand hide out *~*~
Shalimar woke up and groaned as she lifted her head. It was dark, she couldn't see a thing. Her eyes flashed golden but all that did was show her she was tied to a wall in an empty basement like room.
She heard the door swing open and saw Gabriel walk in. "Hello, my beautiful feral."
"What do you want?" She snapped.
"What do you think I want?"
Shalimar narrowed her eyes and tried to lunge at him, but the thick coarse ropes held her back. She yelped in pain as they dug into her already cut skin.
Gabriel laughed. "I want Mutant X. You, my beauty, are the bait for Adam and the rest of your teammates. I plan on taking them all out one by one,,,slowly, very, very slowly."
Fear crossed Shalimar's face.
"Don't worry, my dear, you won't meet the fate they will. No, you're going to be with me."
"In your dreams," she snarled.
"That's what I was afraid you would say." He shook his head. "You know you want me. Why do you keep resisting? I love you, Shalimar, and all I want is to have you as my own."
"Ashlocke, if you even cared about me you wouldn't have me here," she yelled.
He thought for a moment before kneeling down in front of her and taking her face in his hands. "Your right," he said slowly as he brushed his thumbs over her cheeks. "This is no place for the future mother of my child." Before she even had a chance to gasp he caught her lips in his own.
Shalimar gasped for air the minute his lips left hers. "Ashlocke if you think, for even a minute that I'm going to let you do that to me your dreaming!" She brought her foot up and kicked him in the chest.
Gabriel fell back with a thump. "That was a mistake." He got up and walked over to her pulling a syringe and a small bottle out of his pocket. He filled the syringe half way and then injected Shalimar with the dark green liquid and smiled when he heard her scream.
"That should keep you in line."
"What did you do to me!?"
"I just took the feral out of you, my dear. Any time you try to use your powers your whole body is going to feel like it's on fire. Only problem with this serum, is that after it's been in your system for long enough it burns whether your using your powers or not."
Shalimar narrowed her eyes and lunged at him letting out a growl. The second she tried to use her powers the serum kicked in, just like he said it would. She fell back on the wall screaming in pain. Gabriel smiled and then took her to his room.
~*~* Sanctuary *~*~
Brennan let out a frustrated cry and slammed his fist against the wall for what must have been the umpteenth time. *I should have been there to protect her! I should have kept her safe! I can't even protect the woman I love.* He heard a knock on the door that broke his thought.
"Brennan, it's Emma," she called.
"What do you want?!"
"I want to talk to you."
"Em, I don't want to talk right now."
"Well, that's just too bad," she said as she slowly walked in.
Brennan hung his head as he leaned against the wall. "I should have been able to protect her, Emma."
"Brennan, I'm sure Shalimar will be ok. She knows what happened wasn't your fault. She'll forgive you."
"That's not the point, Em! I should have been able to get to her! I should have been able to keep her safe!" He yelled as he pushed off the wall and started pacing.
Emma just stood there for a moment and watched him. "You love her, don't you?"
Brennan stopped dead in his tracks and glared at her. "Are you reading me?"
"Brennan, I don't have to. I can hear it in your voice and it's written all over you."
He hung his head and ran his hand through his hair. "I don't know, I think I do."
"Brennan, if you love her then just tell her."
"I can't Emma. If I tell her and she doesn't feel the same it's gonna make everything really weird between us and I don't want that."
"Or, if you tell her and she does you'll both be happy. Brennan, I really think you'd be surprised, just tell her." Emma left Brennan to think about what she had just said.
