Thank you so much to all the people who reviewed the first chapter. I wasn't expecting that good a response so pleasantly suprised.
I'm still trying to sort out my formatting problems. Not sure what's wrong with my computer but still trying...so bare with me.
Hope y'all enjoy the second installment.
Please review.
Have a nice day.
***
Emma sat up. She had managed to get an extra couple of hours sleep but was know completely awake. She had heard a loud thump from another part of Sanctuary. Emma did not understand Shalimar sometimes. She always managed to get up so early even with the worst hangover known to man and new mutant. Emma just wanted to sleep but now there was no hope of her drifting back to her previously unconscious state.
She shoved the covers off and climbed out of her bed. She walked over to her closet and started to get some clothes out but she didn't have the motivation or the energy to decide so she dragged out a jumper and pulled it over her head as she walked out of her room and down the corridor. She walked into the rec. room and, when she couldn't see Shalimar headed into the kitchen. She poured herself a cup of coffee and then walked back into the rec. room. She dropped onto the couch and, as she inhaled the smell of the coffee looked around the room for some clue as to where Shalimar had gone. She was sure that she would be fighting holograms or something.
And then she spotted the blood.
She placed the cup on the table in front of her quickly and walked over to the wall.
'Shalimar,' Emma said frantically into her Comring. She stood up and started running to Shalimar's room. On the way she smacked straight into Jesse. He had gotten up, concerned by all the noise.
'Emma, what's wrong?'
'I don't know,' she replied, looking him straight in the eyes.
***
Brennan looked across at Shalimar in the passenger seat. She would have looked like she was sleeping if it wasn't for the dried blood coming from the corner of her mouth. A few errant strands of hair hung over her face and her head leant back against the headrest.
Brennan suddenly pulled up on the empty road. He watched as Shalimar's whole body jerked forward and a smirk flitted over his features. 'Lucky you're wearing your seatbelt, huh, honey? Wouldn't want you to get hurt now, would we?' His foot put pressure back on the accelerator and the car sped off down the highway.
After Brennan's attack on Shalimar he had picked up her unconscious body and carried her through to the garage at the back of Sanctuary. He had placed her in the passenger side of one of the Shelby Mustang GT 500 [1] and had then proceeded to drive off into the distance.
They were currently cruising along an abandoned road in between a clear blue lake and a pine forest. Just beyond the next turn in the road there was an old log cabin, completely dilapidated. It had been left to its own devices for so long that it was barely recognizable as a building. Brennan reached the cabin and came to a complete halt. He got out of the car and walked round to the passenger side to let Shalimar out.
He opened the door and received a hard kick to the head for his troubles. He stumbled backwards, tripped over a root and fell onto his ass on the ground. Within milliseconds Shalimar was out of the vehicle and pinning him down to the floor, her foot putting pressure on his throat.
'That's for jerking the car around,' she shouted in his face. She looked into his eyes. She could see the pain that she was causing but there was no semblance of the Brennan she knew left.
Suddenly she fell to the ground, a tranquilizer dart buried in her neck. She looked up at the sky through the trees. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she was unconscious again.
***
Jesse span round in the chair to face the computer monitor. He located the file which held all of the Sanctuary monitor footage. There were cameras covering all of the entrances and exits to Sanctuary, including the garage. He rewound the footage to the time when Emma said she had heard the crash and then wound it forward till he found some action. He leant forward in the seat and watched, openmouthed as Brennan carried Shalimar's body into the room and then dumped it in one of the cars.
Emma walked quietly up behind Jesse. He turned around and looked at her quizzically. She shook her head. She had found nothing in either Brennan's or Shalimar's rooms to indicate where they had gone or what had been wrong with Brennan when they had left. It looked like they had just gotten up, their beds unmade, the clothes from the night before still strewn on the floor. There was a finished DVD in the player and some cups on the table.
Jesse began a search for Shalimar's Comlink on the computer. Emma took the opportunity to check out Jesse's feelings. He loved Shalimar like a sister, that she already knew, but it wasn't so much his feelings for Shal that she was worried about. Seeing Brennan do that stuff to her must be killing him. She wasn't suprised by what she was receiving emotions wise from Jesse. Worry, fear, anxiety, anger, all of them present in his mind. She placed her hand on his shoulder and squeezed lightly, hoping that it would provide him with some comfort and at the same time knowing that it probably couldn't.
After a couple of minutes the computer came up with nothing. Brennan knew exactly what he was doing and had probably taken it off when he had taken Shalimar. The same went for his.
'I'm gonna go try and find them, okay Jesse?' came Emma's almost whispered voice.
He turned to her and smiled. It was small, barely there at all but Emma saw it and smiled back.
Jesse turned back to the computer and raised his hand to his mouth.
'Adam.'
***
[1] I love this car, had to get it in somewhere.
I'm still trying to sort out my formatting problems. Not sure what's wrong with my computer but still trying...so bare with me.
Hope y'all enjoy the second installment.
Please review.
Have a nice day.
***
Emma sat up. She had managed to get an extra couple of hours sleep but was know completely awake. She had heard a loud thump from another part of Sanctuary. Emma did not understand Shalimar sometimes. She always managed to get up so early even with the worst hangover known to man and new mutant. Emma just wanted to sleep but now there was no hope of her drifting back to her previously unconscious state.
She shoved the covers off and climbed out of her bed. She walked over to her closet and started to get some clothes out but she didn't have the motivation or the energy to decide so she dragged out a jumper and pulled it over her head as she walked out of her room and down the corridor. She walked into the rec. room and, when she couldn't see Shalimar headed into the kitchen. She poured herself a cup of coffee and then walked back into the rec. room. She dropped onto the couch and, as she inhaled the smell of the coffee looked around the room for some clue as to where Shalimar had gone. She was sure that she would be fighting holograms or something.
And then she spotted the blood.
She placed the cup on the table in front of her quickly and walked over to the wall.
'Shalimar,' Emma said frantically into her Comring. She stood up and started running to Shalimar's room. On the way she smacked straight into Jesse. He had gotten up, concerned by all the noise.
'Emma, what's wrong?'
'I don't know,' she replied, looking him straight in the eyes.
***
Brennan looked across at Shalimar in the passenger seat. She would have looked like she was sleeping if it wasn't for the dried blood coming from the corner of her mouth. A few errant strands of hair hung over her face and her head leant back against the headrest.
Brennan suddenly pulled up on the empty road. He watched as Shalimar's whole body jerked forward and a smirk flitted over his features. 'Lucky you're wearing your seatbelt, huh, honey? Wouldn't want you to get hurt now, would we?' His foot put pressure back on the accelerator and the car sped off down the highway.
After Brennan's attack on Shalimar he had picked up her unconscious body and carried her through to the garage at the back of Sanctuary. He had placed her in the passenger side of one of the Shelby Mustang GT 500 [1] and had then proceeded to drive off into the distance.
They were currently cruising along an abandoned road in between a clear blue lake and a pine forest. Just beyond the next turn in the road there was an old log cabin, completely dilapidated. It had been left to its own devices for so long that it was barely recognizable as a building. Brennan reached the cabin and came to a complete halt. He got out of the car and walked round to the passenger side to let Shalimar out.
He opened the door and received a hard kick to the head for his troubles. He stumbled backwards, tripped over a root and fell onto his ass on the ground. Within milliseconds Shalimar was out of the vehicle and pinning him down to the floor, her foot putting pressure on his throat.
'That's for jerking the car around,' she shouted in his face. She looked into his eyes. She could see the pain that she was causing but there was no semblance of the Brennan she knew left.
Suddenly she fell to the ground, a tranquilizer dart buried in her neck. She looked up at the sky through the trees. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she was unconscious again.
***
Jesse span round in the chair to face the computer monitor. He located the file which held all of the Sanctuary monitor footage. There were cameras covering all of the entrances and exits to Sanctuary, including the garage. He rewound the footage to the time when Emma said she had heard the crash and then wound it forward till he found some action. He leant forward in the seat and watched, openmouthed as Brennan carried Shalimar's body into the room and then dumped it in one of the cars.
Emma walked quietly up behind Jesse. He turned around and looked at her quizzically. She shook her head. She had found nothing in either Brennan's or Shalimar's rooms to indicate where they had gone or what had been wrong with Brennan when they had left. It looked like they had just gotten up, their beds unmade, the clothes from the night before still strewn on the floor. There was a finished DVD in the player and some cups on the table.
Jesse began a search for Shalimar's Comlink on the computer. Emma took the opportunity to check out Jesse's feelings. He loved Shalimar like a sister, that she already knew, but it wasn't so much his feelings for Shal that she was worried about. Seeing Brennan do that stuff to her must be killing him. She wasn't suprised by what she was receiving emotions wise from Jesse. Worry, fear, anxiety, anger, all of them present in his mind. She placed her hand on his shoulder and squeezed lightly, hoping that it would provide him with some comfort and at the same time knowing that it probably couldn't.
After a couple of minutes the computer came up with nothing. Brennan knew exactly what he was doing and had probably taken it off when he had taken Shalimar. The same went for his.
'I'm gonna go try and find them, okay Jesse?' came Emma's almost whispered voice.
He turned to her and smiled. It was small, barely there at all but Emma saw it and smiled back.
Jesse turned back to the computer and raised his hand to his mouth.
'Adam.'
***
[1] I love this car, had to get it in somewhere.
