"Okay, I'll be right back."
"Adam, don't leave me alone." Emma pleaded grabbing his arm.
"You're not alone Emma, Shalimar's here she'll take care of you until I get back."
Not releasing her grip Adam repeated, "I'll be right back." Emma slowly released his arm allowing him leave.
Adam later returned to sanctuary with Brennan. Brennan had filled him in on what happened with him and Emma while Adam was still trying to prepare Brennan for what he was about to see. Hesitating at first to get out of the double helix Brennan took a deep breath and led the way to the medical lab. Entering the lab he froze in the doorway. He felt like he had jumped out of his body and was living someone else's life. He looked to his right where he saw Jesse being assisted with breathing. On the other side of the room he saw Emma sitting on the edge of one of the medical tables starring helplessly at the ground. He began to walk towards Jesse, but was cut off by a massed Shalimar.
"Shal-"
She shook her head and unmassed her body. "DON'T touch him!"
Knowing he wasn't going to win that fight he turned and walked towards Emma, but again Shalimar cut him off.
"Come on Shal I-"
"Shalimar!" Adam walked into the lab and from the looks of it he walked in just in time.
Shalimar slowly moved out of Brennan's way. Watching his every step she allowed him to approach Emma.
"Emma." He reached out and touched her hands.
Gasping she pulled her hands back and slowly backed away from him accidentally falling off the table. He tried to help her up, but she pulled away from him again.
"It's okay Brennan, you just need to give her time and space." Adam tried to reassure him.
He looked at Emma, helpless, sightless, scared and it was all his fault. He couldn't bare to see what he had done, so he turned and walked out of the lab glancing back at his friends, his family, for the last time.
Adam and Shalimar watched Brennan walk out of the room in silence. Adam turned and looked at Shalimar with a look of disappointment.
"I know, I'm sorry Adam it's just that-I'm just-"
"I know." He said giving her hug.
"Maybe I should go apologize?"
Adam shook his head releasing her, "Yeah, I'll watch over these two."
As Adam went to check on Jesse's vital signs Shalimar left the room to find Brennan. She searched the dojo first thinking that he might want to take some things off his chest. Finding no one she searched the garden where he would sometimes sit in front of the pond and read his books. Still no luck she went to his room.
"Brennan?" she said knocking on the door
"Brennan you in there?" Getting no response she cracked his door to see a bag on his bed. She opened the door completely to find Brennan grabbing his clothes out of his closet.
"Going somewhere?"
Brennan ignored her as he brought his clothes over to his bed and stuck them in the bag.
"Brennan." No response
" Fine don't talk do what you do best, runaway, leave us here alone, we don't need you!" She began to walk out the door
"Shal, wait!" He stopped packing his clothes and sat on his bed with his head in his hands.
"I can't stay here with what I've done."
"It's not your fault. You didn't hurt Emma." She placed her hands on his.
He pulled his hands away and stood up. "Yes I did, it was me Shal. I did it, I hurt Emma and you."
Shalimar didn't know what to say at first. "I'm okay, you didn't hurt me and Adam says Emma should get her eye site back soon."
"I don't know what happened Shal. One minute I was fine then the next I was- " He couldn't finish
Shalimar placed her arm around his shoulders. "Why don't we go back down and see how Jesse and Emma are doing?"
"She doesn't want to see me-," He thought about what he had just said. Thanks to him she couldn't see.
"Come on." She pulled him out of his room and walked with him to the lab.
Meanwhile around the corner from Brennan and Shalimar
"Emma, he didn't mean to hurt you. He would never hurt you on purpose; he cares for you too much. You know that don't you. "
"Yeah." She sighed
"What?"
Just as Shalimar and Brennan were about to enter the lab Brennan stopped outside the door as Shalimar walked in.
"Come on it's okay." Shalimar said pulling at Brennan's shirt.
"Just a minute." She smiled at him then turned at continued to walk in.
"What is it?" Adam asked again
"I know it's even stupid of me to be thinking this, but do you think he tries to hurt me?"
Brennan leaned around the door out of site to hear better.
"What?" Shalimar and Adam said in unison
"It's just that he's electrocuted me two or three times and now he's blinded me-" She stopped and looked at the door towards Brennan.
"What."
"I thought I heard something. Never mind." She turned and lied down closing her eyes.
"Oh shit!"
"What."
"Brennan he was waiting right outside the door." She ran towards where she left Brennan to find an empty hallway.
"The double helix." Adam ran towards the computer. Shalimar caught up to him. "It's gone!"
"So is Brennan."
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"Adam, don't leave me alone." Emma pleaded grabbing his arm.
"You're not alone Emma, Shalimar's here she'll take care of you until I get back."
Not releasing her grip Adam repeated, "I'll be right back." Emma slowly released his arm allowing him leave.
Adam later returned to sanctuary with Brennan. Brennan had filled him in on what happened with him and Emma while Adam was still trying to prepare Brennan for what he was about to see. Hesitating at first to get out of the double helix Brennan took a deep breath and led the way to the medical lab. Entering the lab he froze in the doorway. He felt like he had jumped out of his body and was living someone else's life. He looked to his right where he saw Jesse being assisted with breathing. On the other side of the room he saw Emma sitting on the edge of one of the medical tables starring helplessly at the ground. He began to walk towards Jesse, but was cut off by a massed Shalimar.
"Shal-"
She shook her head and unmassed her body. "DON'T touch him!"
Knowing he wasn't going to win that fight he turned and walked towards Emma, but again Shalimar cut him off.
"Come on Shal I-"
"Shalimar!" Adam walked into the lab and from the looks of it he walked in just in time.
Shalimar slowly moved out of Brennan's way. Watching his every step she allowed him to approach Emma.
"Emma." He reached out and touched her hands.
Gasping she pulled her hands back and slowly backed away from him accidentally falling off the table. He tried to help her up, but she pulled away from him again.
"It's okay Brennan, you just need to give her time and space." Adam tried to reassure him.
He looked at Emma, helpless, sightless, scared and it was all his fault. He couldn't bare to see what he had done, so he turned and walked out of the lab glancing back at his friends, his family, for the last time.
Adam and Shalimar watched Brennan walk out of the room in silence. Adam turned and looked at Shalimar with a look of disappointment.
"I know, I'm sorry Adam it's just that-I'm just-"
"I know." He said giving her hug.
"Maybe I should go apologize?"
Adam shook his head releasing her, "Yeah, I'll watch over these two."
As Adam went to check on Jesse's vital signs Shalimar left the room to find Brennan. She searched the dojo first thinking that he might want to take some things off his chest. Finding no one she searched the garden where he would sometimes sit in front of the pond and read his books. Still no luck she went to his room.
"Brennan?" she said knocking on the door
"Brennan you in there?" Getting no response she cracked his door to see a bag on his bed. She opened the door completely to find Brennan grabbing his clothes out of his closet.
"Going somewhere?"
Brennan ignored her as he brought his clothes over to his bed and stuck them in the bag.
"Brennan." No response
" Fine don't talk do what you do best, runaway, leave us here alone, we don't need you!" She began to walk out the door
"Shal, wait!" He stopped packing his clothes and sat on his bed with his head in his hands.
"I can't stay here with what I've done."
"It's not your fault. You didn't hurt Emma." She placed her hands on his.
He pulled his hands away and stood up. "Yes I did, it was me Shal. I did it, I hurt Emma and you."
Shalimar didn't know what to say at first. "I'm okay, you didn't hurt me and Adam says Emma should get her eye site back soon."
"I don't know what happened Shal. One minute I was fine then the next I was- " He couldn't finish
Shalimar placed her arm around his shoulders. "Why don't we go back down and see how Jesse and Emma are doing?"
"She doesn't want to see me-," He thought about what he had just said. Thanks to him she couldn't see.
"Come on." She pulled him out of his room and walked with him to the lab.
Meanwhile around the corner from Brennan and Shalimar
"Emma, he didn't mean to hurt you. He would never hurt you on purpose; he cares for you too much. You know that don't you. "
"Yeah." She sighed
"What?"
Just as Shalimar and Brennan were about to enter the lab Brennan stopped outside the door as Shalimar walked in.
"Come on it's okay." Shalimar said pulling at Brennan's shirt.
"Just a minute." She smiled at him then turned at continued to walk in.
"What is it?" Adam asked again
"I know it's even stupid of me to be thinking this, but do you think he tries to hurt me?"
Brennan leaned around the door out of site to hear better.
"What?" Shalimar and Adam said in unison
"It's just that he's electrocuted me two or three times and now he's blinded me-" She stopped and looked at the door towards Brennan.
"What."
"I thought I heard something. Never mind." She turned and lied down closing her eyes.
"Oh shit!"
"What."
"Brennan he was waiting right outside the door." She ran towards where she left Brennan to find an empty hallway.
"The double helix." Adam ran towards the computer. Shalimar caught up to him. "It's gone!"
"So is Brennan."
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