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"Shalimar calm down, I'm almost there!"

"Hurry Adam, hurry" Her voice trailed off as she turned her attention back towards Jesse.

Minutes, which seemed like centuries later Adam landed in Sanctuary. He ran through the hallways cautiously with Emma cradled in his arms.

"Shalimar what happened?" His eyes skimmed the body lying motionless on the medical table. The young mans face was barely recognizable because of all the bruises and blood.

"Adam-Adam! What happened to Emma? Where's Brennan?"

"Wha, Oh I'll explain later." He set Emma on the medical table next to Jesse.

"Shalimar, how did this happen?"

" We were in the dojo. He was helping me learn to phaze, so he told me to run at him and go right through him." Her voice lowered to a whisper. "I told him no, I told him-"

"Shalimar?"

She lowered her head and continued. "I stood back, took a deep breath and ran at him full speed. The next thing I knew he was flying across the room." She couldn't speak anymore. Pictures of the incident were flashing in her head.

"Shalimar it's not your fau-"

"Bull shit Adam! Don't say that, it is my fault. It's all my fault."

"This isn't the time for a guilt trip. I need you Shalimar, Jesse needs you." He put a hand on her shoulder for comfort.

"You're right." She reached up and put her hand on top of his and squeezed it.

Shalimar spent the entire night with Adam in the medical lab performing surgery on Jesse and keeping an eye on Emma. She helped him whenever he needed the help. There was no way she was going to loose another man in her life, especially this one.

The next afternoon Emma awoke to a conversation between Adam and Shalimar.

"Have you tried to contact him on his comlink?" Adam and Shalimar hadn't heard from Brennan since he left with Emma to the safe house.

"Yeah, but he's not answering. Maybe he-"

"Hey there kiddo. You had us worried for a moment there." Adam walked over to Emma and gave her smile. He was glad to have her back.

"Yeah, How you feeling?"

"Adam? Shalimar?" Shalimar could here the fear in Emma's voice.

"Emma what's wrong?"

Emma brought her hand in front of her face and moved her fingers. Adam and Shalimar shared the same look of concern and confusion.

"I-I can't see, I CANT SEE!"



Brennan woke up to find himself lying on the cement floor of a parking lot.

"Oh man." He rolled over onto his side holding his head. (How'd I get here?) He knew where he was, what he didn't know was how he got there. He slowly pulled himself up and walked over to the side door. He walked in the door and became overwhelmed with all the emotions from the people, the obnoxiously loud music, and the stroke lights. Although he felt like he was going to pass out he made his way over to a chair at the bar. There was always a kind of peacefulness to the place. He felt that this was the one place he could go to clear his mind, or if he just wanted to be alone. He knew he wasn't always alone, for this was the place were he first met Emma. The girl who was there then gone, the girl he felt that deep down he had connected with more than anyone before. He could always feel her presence there, the joy she brought into the atmosphere.

" Hey. You okay?" The bartender waved his hand in front of Brennan's face

"Huh, Oh yeah I'm fine why?"

"Well, No offense dude, but you look like crap. What can I get for you?"

"None taken. I'll have a shot of tequila on the rocks."

"This ones on me." The bartender set the glass in front of Brennan.

"Thanks." Brennan starred at the glass for a while before he gulped it down.

He turned in his chair facing the crowd when a woman approached him.

"Hey there sexy, wanna dance?"

"No thanks." He didn't want to dance, what he wanted to do was try to remember what happened the previous day.

"You're loss." The woman turned and walked away

"Brennan!" He looked around for the familiar voice.

"Emma?" His eyes frantically searched the crowd

"Brennan, It's me Emma. What's wrong?" He could hear the voice echoing, getting louder and louder.

"Emma. Where are you? Emma!" He ran into the crowd searching every inch of the dance floor. He ran out of the club and tried to contact Adam.

"Adam you there?" No response

"Come on answer. Come on."

"Brennan?"

"Shalimar?"

"Where have you been? We really could've used your help."

"I don't know, but what do you mean you could've used my help? For what?"

"FOR WHAT? For what happened to Emma and Jesse you-"

"Brennan." Adam interrupted before Shalimar tried to kill Brennan through the comlink.

"Adam what is she talking about? What happened to Emma and Jesse?"

"I'll explain when you get here. I'm going to send Shalim-" He glanced at Shalimar and saw how pissed off she was, "Stay there I'm on my way in the double helix, where are you?"

"Breckles." Brennan walked back over to the bar where he sat and waited for Adam.

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