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about them.
~*~* Chapter 2 *~*~
~*~* Next day *~*~
"OW! Shalimar, could you pull that bandage any tighter!?"
"Yes." She replied smartly as she yanked the cloth tighter around the wound on Brennan's arm.
He yelped in pain. "SHAL!"
Shalimar couldn't help but laugh as she walked over to the counter and picked up the bottle of cream. "You're such a baby."
"I am not!" He said defensively.
"You are too!" She said walking back over to him.
"Am not!"
"Are too." She smiled at how much she was aggravating him and put her hands on her hips.
"I am not!" Brennan reached out and started to tickle Shalimar, who collapsed to the floor in a tight ball.
"Ok! St-op! You're...not! You're not!"
Brennan stopped tickling her and helped her up. Shalimar fixed her hair and pushed him back down on the lab chair. She opened the cream and started to rub it on the burn that Jake had left in his shoulder.
"How does it feel?"
Brennan gave her a sly smile and raised his eyebrow.
Shalimar just rolled her eyes. "The burn, you idiot."
He laughed. "It feels like a burn."
Just then Adam walked in with Jesse and Emma. "Good, you, two, are still here. Everybody have a seat." After they were all seated Adam started, "Ok, I'm going to get right to the point. Brennan, I want you to tell us who this guy is and what he wants with you."
Brennan took a deep breath and began. "Jake was one of the guys I used to work with. He's a psionic, elemental. The story is too long to tell in full, but part of the reason he's coming after me is because he blames me for his sister's death."
"Did you kill his sister?"
"No, of course not. His sister and I were very close. I would never have hurt her."
"All right, go on."
"Jake came home drunk as all get out one night and he and Megan got into an argument. He was already upset, so when Megan started yelling at him he lost it and shot her. After I heard the shot I ran out of my room and found Meg on the floor. Jake blamed it on me I guess, because he couldn't handle the fact that he had killed his own sister."
"So he's coming after you for revenge?"
Brennan just nodded.
"Ok, well, now that we have the whole story, we can go after him."
"Whoa, whoa, we? What we? Adam, no, this is my fight. I'll handle it."
"Brennan we are a team, we handle things together. You saw what he did to you. He could kill you next time."
"Yeah, Adam, but he could also kill you guys! Better one of us dead then all."
"Brennan, Adam's right. We do things together." Emma agreed.
"No, I won't let you guys put your selves in danger because of me."
"Brennan, I've already made up my mind, we are ALL going to help bring this guy in." Adam said sternly.
Brennan jumped out of his seat and started angrily out the door.
"Brennan..." Shalimar reached out her hand, but he just ignored her.
"Give him some time. He'll cool off in, ohh I donno, three, maybe four days." Jesse said jokingly as he made his way for the door.
~*~* Warehouse *~*~
Jake paced back and forth trying to think of another way to get Brennan for what he had done. He picked up a picture of his sister and traced the outline of her face with his finger. "Megan, Brennan will pay."
Jake took his knife and threw it into the photo of Brennan that was on the wall. "I promise you that."
~*~* Sanctuary ~ 11:00 pm *~*~
Brennan sat in his room brooding. *I can't let them help me with this one. I know I can take Jake on alone. If I let them help they'll get hurt and I don't want that.* Brennan sighed. *Shal, There is no way I'm letting her go. If Jake sees her again he won't hesitate to kill her and if he decides he wants to use his powers, she'll be too frightened to do anything about it.* Brennan shook his head and got out of bed. He knew what he had to do. Peeking out of the door he went out and quietly slipped through sanctuary to the garage.
~*~*It's a short chapter, sorry, but please review anyway! =D*~*~
~*~* Chapter 2 *~*~
~*~* Next day *~*~
"OW! Shalimar, could you pull that bandage any tighter!?"
"Yes." She replied smartly as she yanked the cloth tighter around the wound on Brennan's arm.
He yelped in pain. "SHAL!"
Shalimar couldn't help but laugh as she walked over to the counter and picked up the bottle of cream. "You're such a baby."
"I am not!" He said defensively.
"You are too!" She said walking back over to him.
"Am not!"
"Are too." She smiled at how much she was aggravating him and put her hands on her hips.
"I am not!" Brennan reached out and started to tickle Shalimar, who collapsed to the floor in a tight ball.
"Ok! St-op! You're...not! You're not!"
Brennan stopped tickling her and helped her up. Shalimar fixed her hair and pushed him back down on the lab chair. She opened the cream and started to rub it on the burn that Jake had left in his shoulder.
"How does it feel?"
Brennan gave her a sly smile and raised his eyebrow.
Shalimar just rolled her eyes. "The burn, you idiot."
He laughed. "It feels like a burn."
Just then Adam walked in with Jesse and Emma. "Good, you, two, are still here. Everybody have a seat." After they were all seated Adam started, "Ok, I'm going to get right to the point. Brennan, I want you to tell us who this guy is and what he wants with you."
Brennan took a deep breath and began. "Jake was one of the guys I used to work with. He's a psionic, elemental. The story is too long to tell in full, but part of the reason he's coming after me is because he blames me for his sister's death."
"Did you kill his sister?"
"No, of course not. His sister and I were very close. I would never have hurt her."
"All right, go on."
"Jake came home drunk as all get out one night and he and Megan got into an argument. He was already upset, so when Megan started yelling at him he lost it and shot her. After I heard the shot I ran out of my room and found Meg on the floor. Jake blamed it on me I guess, because he couldn't handle the fact that he had killed his own sister."
"So he's coming after you for revenge?"
Brennan just nodded.
"Ok, well, now that we have the whole story, we can go after him."
"Whoa, whoa, we? What we? Adam, no, this is my fight. I'll handle it."
"Brennan we are a team, we handle things together. You saw what he did to you. He could kill you next time."
"Yeah, Adam, but he could also kill you guys! Better one of us dead then all."
"Brennan, Adam's right. We do things together." Emma agreed.
"No, I won't let you guys put your selves in danger because of me."
"Brennan, I've already made up my mind, we are ALL going to help bring this guy in." Adam said sternly.
Brennan jumped out of his seat and started angrily out the door.
"Brennan..." Shalimar reached out her hand, but he just ignored her.
"Give him some time. He'll cool off in, ohh I donno, three, maybe four days." Jesse said jokingly as he made his way for the door.
~*~* Warehouse *~*~
Jake paced back and forth trying to think of another way to get Brennan for what he had done. He picked up a picture of his sister and traced the outline of her face with his finger. "Megan, Brennan will pay."
Jake took his knife and threw it into the photo of Brennan that was on the wall. "I promise you that."
~*~* Sanctuary ~ 11:00 pm *~*~
Brennan sat in his room brooding. *I can't let them help me with this one. I know I can take Jake on alone. If I let them help they'll get hurt and I don't want that.* Brennan sighed. *Shal, There is no way I'm letting her go. If Jake sees her again he won't hesitate to kill her and if he decides he wants to use his powers, she'll be too frightened to do anything about it.* Brennan shook his head and got out of bed. He knew what he had to do. Peeking out of the door he went out and quietly slipped through sanctuary to the garage.
~*~*It's a short chapter, sorry, but please review anyway! =D*~*~