"Never said I was innocent…
I will burn in Hell for the things I have done to you…
never said I was anything good…"

            ---everclear

            "Adam?  Look at him…it looks like she…she bit him…" Shalimar says, pushing bandages against Brennan's bleeding neck and chest.  "He was just lying here and he started to bleed."

            Adam and Emma go to Brennan's bedside and help Shalimar. 

            "What about Britt?" Shalimar asks.

            "Jesse's with him.  I put him in containment so he can't use his powers on any of us.  Emma, this could be dangerous, but I want you to see what's going on in there…" Adam sighs, out of options.  "I don't know what else to do…"

            Emma nods.  She takes Brennan's hands and closes her eyes, trying to tap into his dreamscape.  She senses intense pain and mental anguish, but she cannot find Brennan.  She opens her eyes and shakes her head to Adam.  "He's in pain, but I don't feel anyone else in there with him…maybe he won…"

            "There has to be something we can do…" Shalimar says, frustrated. 

            Adam is quiet.  He is clearly lost in thought, staring at his fallen protégée.

            "Adam?"  Emma calls, glancing at Shalimar.

            Adam doesn't reply.

            "Adam, we really don't need this right now, you have to find a way to help him…Adam?"  Shalimar says, her voice rising in panic. 

            Adam snaps out of his slight trance and turns to the computer console.  "Well, if Brennan was strong enough to get whoever the hell is in his head out…then he's going to be pretty exhausted…"

            "What if he didn't?  What if he wasn't strong enough to do that?  That means…he's trapped in there…" Shalimar says, her voice quiet.  Emma realizes that Shalimar's eyes are feral.

            "Shal…Shal, he's fine, he won the battle, and he's going to be fine," Emma says, pulling her friend away.  "You can't help him, Shal, if you freak out," Emma says, sending her friend a calming vision. 

            Adam starts typing something into the computer.  "Shalimar, go relieve Jesse.  Tell him I need him in here."

            Shalimar starts for the door, her eyes never straying from Brennan's prone body.

            "Shalimar?  Don't hurt Britt…even after all this, he's still Brennan's brother."  Adam says, not looking up. 

            "Okay, Adam," Shalimar replies, exiting.

            "What are you going to do?"  Emma asks, as Adam continues to type.

            "I'm going to find a way to stop his mutations…he's mutating so fast that his body isn't having time to recover and adapt.  I have to figure out a way…" Adam starts to explain.

            "Stasis?"  Jesse asks, coming in.  "You're going to put Brennan into stasis?"

            "No…I haven't even considered that…there is always another way…Jess, I need you to get on that computer over there and tell me everything you see about this Chelsea woman Britt and Brennan are talking about.  If she's real, and if she's nearby, we need to see her…"

            Jesse nods, sitting down and typing furiously on the computer.

            Emma closes her eyes and squeezes Brennan's hand, trying to find him in the haze of his mind.