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[Genomex]

Getting into Genomex wouldn't be the problem. Getting Dr. Holland as well as themselves out alive would be. The plan was simple, phase in grab Holland and phase out. It was whatever might happen in between that made the plan not so simple.

Jesse phased himself and Emma through the back wall of section 12, one level down from where the database said Holland was being held. They found little resistance as they made their way up. Emma managed to make two guards think they were other scientists and they walked right by them.

Entering section 12 was another story. They would need a key card from either a security guard or another scientist who had the right clearance or the alarms would go off. The cameras wouldn't prove to be much of an obstacle since Jesse had set them to a continuous feedback loop.

As they approached section 12 their golden goose exposed themselves in the form of a maintenance worker bringing supplies to the lab. Never knowing what hit him the man swiped his id and allowed Jesse and Emma to follow him in.

"Ok now which way do we go?" Emma asked

"We should be coming up on the main lab and hopefully he will be in there"

"What if he is not?"

"Then we go to plan B"

"What's plan B?"

"Figure out where he is and get the hell out of here before someone sees us"

"Some plan" snorted Emma. Jesse merely shook his head and kept walking

After passing several doors they came upon the main lab. Luckily for them Holland was indeed inside working hard on the project Eckhardt had assigned him to. Deciding to make things easy Jesse simply phase the wall closest to Holland, grabbed him from behind and pulled into the hallway where Emma was waiting.

"Don't scream" whispered Jesse

"Adam sent us here to get you out" finished Emma

"Oh thank God."

"What were you working on in there?" asked Emma

"Eckhardt wanted me to modify my research so it could be used on humans"

"And did you?" Jesse asked

"I tried but so far it has been unsuccessful. The subjects die within the first half hour of undergoing the procedure"

Emma and Jesse shared a concerned look

"What? What is it?"

"Adam will explain it to you when we get to Sanctuary. Right now we need to get out of here" answered Jesse

Moving back the way they came the trio was able to get as far as the back wall they entered through before the alarm sounded. "They must be losing their touch" commented Jesse as he phased the wall allowing Emma and Holland to go through before following himself.

Upon reaching the helix, Jesse quickly took off and contacted Adam informing him they had Holland and were on their way back to Sanctuary.

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[Sanctuary]

Jesse and Emma quickly ushered the amazed Holland through the halls of Sanctuary towards the lab. The doctor was so awe struck he didn't even notice the two unconscious forms lying on the examination tables until Adam pointed them out to him

"My machine did this to them?" he asked after Adam gave him the abbreviated version of the crisis they faced

"Yes it seems to have had the opposite affect on them" replied Adam

"Their minds are intertwined?"

"Yes now somehow they are conscious of each other and have created what Emma describes as their own reality which is affecting their vitals here in our reality" described Adam "Also Brennan seems to be keeping Shalimar, who is weaker, alive through this link"

"If that is the case then he has become the dominant force, mentally and must be willing to let her mind return to her body. Me being able to reverse what has happened to them will only solve the physical aspect of the problem. Your friend needs to willingly break the mental link"

"You talk like you have seen this before" inquired Jesse

"That is because I have"

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