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NO!!!

    Her whole body screamed. STOP THIS!!! Shalimar stared in horror at what she was doing but she couldn't control herself. Her body wasn't her own anymore She couldn't take it anymore and concentrated with every cell in her body to push the intruding presence in her mind.

    LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!

    Almost there. Please God let me do this. Let me help Jesse.

    As if someone had opened a window in a very dark room, Shalimar emerged from her trance. She looked as Jesse who was already sickly blue and immediately let go.

    Oh my God!!

   "Jesse?" Shalimar let out a sigh of relief as he shocked and his color returned.

   Lamel screeched from behind, knowing that her mental hold had been broken.

   "Play times over. I had enough with your games." Shalimar hissed through clenched teeth. She bent down towards Jesse. "I'm so sorry Jesse," she said, placing his face between her hands. "You alright?"

    He coughed and looked up. "I'm fine." He whispered. "Really." He said after reading Shalimar's skeptical look.

    "You…" She snarled at Lamel, but the clicks and loading of guns from the G.S.A only answered her.

    "I guess there's been a change of plans." Lamel answered her sardonically.

    Shalimar narrowed her eyes and swallowed hard.

    "Shal, get behind me," Jesse said from behind.

    "But, you-." She objected.

    He staggered up. "Hurry…"

    The agents took aim.

    Jesse stood ready as Shalimar positioned herself behind him. "I know this might be a bad time…but…I lied when I said I practiced massing."

   The alarms in Shalimar's head went off. "What?"

   A sudden rain of bullets cut off her words. Splinters of concrete flew in the air as the bullets impacted on it. Shalimar's hands flew up to cover her ears, trying to block out the deafening sound. She tried concentrating on something else to take her mind of the bullets but all she could think about was Jesse.

    Finally she took her hands away from her ears as the bullets stop. She inspected herself, she was fine, and than at Jesse who had just un-massed. "Now's your chance," he whispered at her, his words breathless.

    She looked at the agents. Jesse was right, they were reloading.

    Shalimar stood and faced the agents. They noticed her and quickened their pace.

    That wasn't going to help them.

    "HURRY!" Lamel screeched.

    With lighting speed, Shalimar leaped into the air. Covering the distance between them. Too late. She flashed them her golden eyes and than attacked. Without any effort, she had knocked down all agents.

     Now for the source of the pain. Shalimar could feel her still trying to get a foothold in her mind. It was no use right now. Shalimar's anger at her, no, for making her hurt Jess stronger.  One kick and she was down. Guess after this Eckhart will have another occupied pod.

     "Shalimar…?"

     She whirled behind and ran towards Jesse who was on the floor. She finally could inspect Jesse's injuries closely. He had cuts and bruises on his face. How could she have done this? "Thank God you massed in time." Than she noticed his hand on his right shoulder. Was he hurt there? But she didn't remember hurting him there. She wasn't sure.

      He winced. "Yeah…but not fast enough." He removed his hand from his shoulder and revealed a gunshot wound. Blood was soaking through his clothes and all over his hand.

      Her eyes watered and she pressed her palm on his wound, the hot blood seeping through. STUPID, STUPID Shalimar! How could you? "ADAM!!!!" She screamed into her com-link. Jesse eyes were half closed already. No, please don't…

     A hand rested on her shoulder, Shalimar turned ready to attack the agent. "Adam…?"

    The older man kneeled down next to Jesse's unconscious body. "God…" he whispered.

    Was she dreaming? "How did you…?"

    He retrieved a handkerchief from his pocket, lifted Shalimar's palm and laid it on Jesse's wound. He than replaced her palm on it. "Press hard," he instructed her.

    She did so but still stared at Adam, praying that he really was there. "Adam…?"

    "Your com transmission."

    "What?" she asked again as Adam lifted Jesse into his arms.

    "You opened a channel but didn't close it." He explained. "So I heard everything and rushed out here."

     Shalimar followed him, still pressing hard on Jesse's wound, afraid that is she let go slightly, she'll loose him.

    "I'll explain everything later. Now what's important is that we get Jesse back to Sanctuary."

    Shalimar nodded dazedly at Adam and looked at Jesse. She whispered a small prayer.

    Please God. Help him.

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Okay…here's another cliffhanger…kekeke…gosh, I love being cruel…don't worry though…the next one will be the conclusion.

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