Ch9-There and Back Again

Ok I hope you like it I'm sorry it took so long. But I'm gone tomorrow on a plane to Hawaii till next Thursday so I'll work on ch10 while I'm on the beach. Lets say this the more reviews I get the faster I go, so I could be working really slow hehe. Ok Enjoy!

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A small light shined into Shalimar's eyes.

"This wasn't it," Shalimar thought to herself, "Or was it, was this finally the end of the great Shalimar Fox of Mutant X? If so it was kind of sad……"

It was kind of ironic she thought, how could there be two of them and faster then the blink of an eye, they both managed to fade into the abyss. It was strange, how one Shalimar had manage to survive so long, and then she's split in two and the both of them survived all of 5 minutes in the real world.

Shalimar laughed silently to herself, it was kind of pathetic if she really thought about it, which was something she didn't really want to waste her energy on.

"Then go back and make it right." said a little voice in her head.

"You know hearing voices probably isn't good, but I think this time for once in my life……I'll listen…. I'm goin back."

Shalimar took a few steps back from the all consuming light. Taking herself further and further away from what she could only assume to be heaven.

"No….. I'm gonna finish what I started, even if…..even if it kills me!"

Making a tear in her surroundings, taking a leap of faith, literally, and suddenly she found herself back in a body, surprisingly enough it was her own. And just as quickly as her heart had stopped, it began it's rhythmic beating again, sounding like a symphony drawn out of complete silence. But no matter how much the feral tried to move, her body wouldn't follow her commands.

"What the hell is the matter? Why can't I move?" She thought, unable to speak, unable to do anything that would deem her alive. She was stuck…..and she was alone, with only the sound of her heartbeat to keep her company.

Over in Sanctuary, a loud beeping warned Adam Kane that something was horribly wrong. Running over from his desk to one of the computers at the far end of the room he saw something that made his blood run cold.

"Brennan, Jesse, Emma!!! Get in here NOW!"

A few seconds later they came running.

"What…What is it Adam?" Emma said, somewhat out of breath as she ran into the lab so fast she almost hit the door frame.

She skidded to a halt, causing Brennan and Jesse to crash into her. Leaving them in a heap on the floor.

"Oww! Jesse get you hand off my boob!"

"Oh sorry!"

"And! my ass!" Threatening him with a psi blast that was emanating from her forehead.

Jesse grinned mischievously, letting her know it was all in good fun.

"Why is it when you say sorry I somehow don't believe you?," standing up and brushing the dust off her black pants. Flashing Jesse a grin to let him know she wasn't mad at him.

"All of you stop it!" Adam yelled much more harshly than he intended.

"Shalimar is dead and all you three can do is play around." Somewhat shocked at his own words, Adam buried his head in his hands, doing his best to choke back his tears.

"What!" Emma screamed, agony filing her voice. Bursting into tears and burring her face in Jesses' chest as he held her.

Brennan backed away into the corner, with a look of horror on his face.

"I don't know," he sighed into his hands, "her Comm. Link just went dead."

Brennan stepped up , "so what could mean someone took it from her." This thought making him somewhat happier, but it wasn't helping Adam.

"It's not just that, when everyone one of you joined I injected a microscopic monitor into your blood stream. If something went wrong…..it….it…was designed to tell me if your heart had stopped beating."

"No…."Brennan backed away from the man in utter shock at what he was hearing. "Where is she?!? I'm going to get her!"

"Brennan you can't just…" but Adam was cut off mid sentence as another loud beep came through the monitor. This one was different than the other. There was something about it that gave them all hope.

Adam swiveled in his chair to take a look, "Oh my god!" His face brightening to a grin instantly.

"What!??!" they all screamed, wondering what was possibly good enough to put a smile on their mentor's face at this time.

"She….She's alive!"

Brennan stepped up to the computer, "Who? Shalimar?" his voice had a hint of disbelief.

"Yes!" Adam screamed with excitement.

They all let out a sigh of relief, their friend was alive.

"I don't know how, but she's back on the map."

Brennan smiled, Oh thank god, he thought.

"Where is she Adam?" Leaning over the smaller man, trying to see the screen.

"She's on……." Adam squinted at the screen a bit and typed in a few codes, " I got it! She's on the 405 freeway, her car is in a wreck along the connecting leg of Agoura and Bakersfield.

"Now Brennan, I don't want you to rush into this when we don't know all the facts, you need to be sensible…." When he turned around Brennan was gone, "Where did he go?" a bewildered look spreading across his face.

Jesse and Emma shrugged, "To get his lady love." Jesse said with a grin.

With that they started out to the garage, but Brennan was already a ways ahead of them, he had stayed just long enough to hear where Shalimar was, then took off in his red Corvette.

"Brennan?" Adam yelled into his comm. link.

"What is it Adam?" Brennan huffed, this wasn't what he needed right now.

Adam sighed knowing there was nothing he could say to dissuade the man from his plans.

"Just..be careful ok?"

"Don't worry. I'll bring her back…..I promise."

Brennan closed the comm. Channel, if Shalimar was in bad shape he didn't know what he would do. Then he got to thinking of his last words to her.

Flashback*********"What!?! What do you want me to say Shalimar, I can't change the way I feel. For one thing the Shalimar I know doesn't come on to Jesse or Emma for that matter!! And since when did you start licking people? You've been forcing yourself onto anyone within a 5 mile radius!! That's not the Shalimar I know."

"I can't help the way I am Brennan."

"But that's the way YOU are not MY Shalimar. I'm sorry but I just can't do this."

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End of flashback

Brennan couldn't help but hurt. He couldn't believe he had been such an ass.

He slowly approached the crash site, and stopped feeing sorry for himself. If he really looked he could see the white Mustang on the leg of the freeway. It was in pretty bad shape, the whole driver's side of the car was caved in, and every window was broken to pieces. It looked like a crushed tin can.

"Oh my god…" Brennan whispered to himself with dread, his heart skipping a beat.

"How the hell could anyone survive that?" he thought to himself, then a voice deep within said, "This is Shalimar we're talking about, she survived, no worries."

Brennan approached slowly, wary of what he might find.

And he was right to be wary, because what he found made his own blood run cold.

What he was looking at didn't even look like his beloved Shalimar, her whole body was drenched in blood, making her face unrecognizable.

"Oh god!" Brennan's vision began to blur as his eye's welled up with tears.

How could this happen? This has gone all wrong…all wrong.

From where he was standing, he got a good view of Shalimar, he could see that she was pinned back to the chair, with a metal rod through her shoulder, and there were glass fragments in her face and her hair.

Reluctantly he checked her bloody neck from a pulse. Finding one, but it was very weak. Brennan retracted his hand, which was now covered in the feral's blood.

"Oh God." he said out loud. "Shal? Shal honey, come on wake up for me!" Tapping her cheek gently, coming away with glass fragments stuck in his hand. But he didn't care.

Shalimar could hear him just fine, she knew he was there to help. But for some reason unbeknownst to her, she couldn't tell him that.

Brennan swiveled his head around, checking for rubbernecks or cops. Knowing the cops would be coming soon, he sped up his efforts.

Reluctantly putting, but gently put his hands on Shalimar's shoulders, sliding the pole out of her shoulder, expecting to hear her scream in agony, only to be met with silence. Gathering her up in his arms, holding her close to his chest. Even if only for his own comfort in knowing that there was nothing in the world now that could harm her if he was there.

Sliding her gently into the back seat of the car, then bringing his hand up to his mouth.

Opening a comm. Channel, "Adam, I've got her, she's alive, but just barely." Looking back at her, giving a heavy sigh.

"We're comin home."

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