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Part 7

"Told you I'm still here, told you I'd never leave. Why doesn't anyone ever listen to me it would make life so much easer." All Emma could hear was that voice, the voice that gave her nightmares and made her blood turn cold.

"Go away." Her mind yelled out to the evil voice and she was greeted with laughing.

"I'll never go away, Emma, I'm always here." That's when Brennan's voice cut through the conversation she was having in her head.

"Shhh, Emma, it's going to be ok. I promise, Emma, I'll fix it. You're safe, Emma, I'm here."

"Brennan help me." Emma whispered as she looked up at him, she could feel his love for her and if made her feel safe.

"It's almost time, little girl, I'm coming." With that the voice started to fade, laughing the whole time and Emma didn't have time to think about what it's message meant.

"Adam's coming Em, hold on." Brennan told her as he scooped her up and turned towards the door just as Adam walked in. Adam took one look at the red head in Brennan arms and the scared look on her face before instructing Brennan to get her to the lab; the dark haired mutant wasted no time getting her there.

"Jesse, I need you in the lab now." Jesse didn't answer Adam instead pulling off his comm. ring and throwing it across the room.

"I saw them too, the way they click with each other." He jumped at Shalimar's voice and flicked the lights of his room on. He found her sitting in his chair and wondered how he hadn't noticed her before.

"I'm a feral, Jesse, cat like." She answered his unasked question. "Sometimes, when I see them it make me want to cry, you know, because they know each others ins and outs. The way they're so comfortable with each other; he doesn't even have to be psionic to feel her, everything about her." Shalimar's usually strong voice cracked and sounded unsure. Jesse felt for her, to be in love with someone who was so close to somebody else.

"Shal, I understand but does this little talk have a point." The last thing he wanted to be was rude or uncaring but he really hopped she was going somewhere with this.

"Yeah, Jess, I do." She growled at him and he found himself backing away from her.

"My point is, everything that I just said is the same for us. Me and you Jesse. We're best friends, we know everything about each other and that's how Brennan and Emma are. I guess what I'm trying to say is you have nothing to worry about." She smiled at him and he forced himself to smile back.

"I wouldn't be so sure, Shal, but I hope you're right."

"JESSE NOW." They heard Adam shout through the discarded ring.

"Coming, coming." With that the two headed for the lab. Jesse raced into the room when he saw Emma lying on the table, Brennan holding her hand. She looked so peaceful, her eyes closed as she lay there but the fake that she lay so still scared him.

"What happened?" Jesse shot Brennan an accusing look but felt guilty right after.

"She stared screaming and then lost consciousness." Brennan informed him as Jesse brushed a piece of red hair out of her face.

"I want to hook her up to the machine, cam you get it started Jess." He moved over to the computer and got to work as Adam attached tubes to Emma.

"Ready?" Jesse asked, he was ready whenever Adam was.

"Ready," Adam insured him but before Jesse could start it up Emma started shaking.

Well, I'm ready too." Emma's eyes snapped open and she looked around at the other.

Finally, I have enough power. Finally I can could out and play." She let out an awful laugh before swinging her legs over the edge of the table and hopping off.

"And look what I have to play with." Suddenly the voice separated from Emma and the red head fell to the ground.

"Too bad, guess she didn't wanna play, maybe she's too tired." The four people stared in shook as another Emma looked at them.

"What the hell are you?" Brennan demanded as he moved to protect Emma.

"What do I look that much different Brennan, and I though we were friends." The other Emma faked hurt as she smiled at him.

"I'm Emma."

"Cut the crap and tell us what you want." Jesse spook up as he too moved to be closer to his fallen friend.

"I'm everything Emma keeps locked up, they say keeping things locked up isn't good for you." The thing was so damn sarcastic Shalimar wanted nothing more them to kill it, but she wasn't sure if that would kill Emma too.

"And as soon as I drain her completely I'll be the only thing left of her; she'll be dead."  Adam made a move towards it but the evil thing stepped aside.

"Remember I can read your mind, Adam." She tapped her forehead before grabbing his and looking him in the eye.

"Time to see what's really going on in your head Adam." With that it zapped him.

"Stop it." Emma's weak voice cut through the room and the thing dropped Adam to look at her.

"Why can't you just die peacefully?" She moved back towards Emma who was pushing herself to her feet.

"Because that would be too easy and I don't do easy."

"Why do you think I'm here? I'm here because you never do thing the easy way, you do it the heard way. Like pushing away Brennan; it would have been so much easer if you had just told him everything from the beginning." It's eyes shot towards the person they were talking about but he was watch Emma.

"Shut up." Emma felt the energy getting sucked out of her and put two and two together.

"On second thought don't keep talking, tell them everything." The thing shook it head 'no'.

"And make it easy I don't think so."

"Fine them I will." Emma turned to Brennan.

"I loved you so damn much, more then best friends," Jesse's eyes locked with Shalimar as if tell her that she had been wrong before dropping to the floor.

"So much that when I saw you and Shalimar kissing I felt my world breaking, my heart breaking but I promised myself that I would be happy. That's why I avoided you and didn't want to see you. That's why I was out in the rain when Jesse found me." Tears fell down her face as she told him.

"Emma I." Brennan started but she stopped him.

"No, I need to finish. I promised I'd be happy for you so I shut myself up and bottled everything in and that when the voice started. She 's the part of me that keep in all inside, she'd my pain." Emma pointed to the now disappearing evil her.

"And I won't lie I still love you," Jesse could feel the tears in his eyes as he slipped out of the lap. "But I love Jesse more, I love him differently, I love him with everything I have. I love you like the best friend that you are, Brennan and nothing more. So I wish you and Shalimar all the happiness in the world but I want Jesse." She finished as the evil her screamed and hissed before disappearing.

"I love you too Emma, but not like I love Shalimar." Brennan told him best friend before hugging her.

"Where's Jessie?" Emma had just noticed he was gone.

"He was right there." Shalimar pointed to his previously occupied spot.

"Oh, god he probably didn't stay to hear the rest of what I said, I have to find him." With that Emma rushed out of the lab.

-Girlygirl