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~*~*Chapter 2_Excape*~*~
~*~* 2 Days later *~*~
"Miss Eisley, may I ask why you haven't acquired my information yet or reported to me about our progress with the new serum?" Eckart asked sternly.
Jessica looked down. "I'm sorry Mr. Eckhart. Miss Fox is quite stubborn and doesn't break easily. We have tried everything. Teasers, beatings, even fire, but she won't talk."
"That isn't what I want to hear. What about the serum? Is it working correctly?"
"We are having some difficulties." She frowned.
"What kind of difficulties?"
"The serum is deleting her new mutant DNA like it's supposed to, but we have just found that it's acting like a poison. It's killing her. She won't live for more than a week."
Eckhart scowled. "Miss Eisley I had better see some positive results very soon."
"Yes, Mr. Eckhart."
He dismissed her with a wave of his hand and went back to his work.
~*~*Sanctuary*~*~
Brennan was in the rec. room with Emma recovering, while she meditated and tried to get anything from Shal. Jesse was still on one of the computers, now trying to locate exactly where Shal was, and Adam had been busy devising a plan to rescue her.
"Adam, Adam, are you there?"
"Shalimar?"
"Yes, it's me. Look, I don't know how much time I have to talk, so just listen. I'm in one of the air ducts at Genomex, and I'm on my way out, but I've got the whole place looking for me. Send somebody over with the Helix to get me, will ya?"
"Jesse will be there."
"Thank you, Adam."
Adam ran out of the lab and went to get Jesse. He found him still on the computer. "Jesse!"
"Adam, what is it?"
"I need you to go to Genomex and get Shalimar. She found her way into one of the air ducts and is on her way out now."
"What? How?"
"Jesse, don't ask questions just go get her, and take Emma with you. I don't know what condition she's in."
"Right, I'm on it." Jesse jumped out of his seat and went to get Emma, but he didn't let Brennan know what was going on.
~*~*Genomex*~*~
She was getting weaker by the minute and hotter as well. After everything she had been through the past two days she wasn't exactly in the best shape *Almost there, almost out, just gotta keep going a little farther.* she kept telling her self. Right before she got out of the air duct, she got dizzy and had to stop so she could focus. *Oh, not again.*
About five minutes later, she was around the corner from the door fighting her way through about five agents, which normally was no problem, but with bruised bones and sore, stiff muscles it was a bit harder.
Shalimar could hear the alarm and the sound of agents' footsteps coming closer. She finished off the agent next to her and decided it would be best to just try and out run the rest of them. She ran down a hall and then through another one, fought off some more GSA agents, and out the door she went, with almost all of security on her tail.
Jesse had the Helix in stealth mode and there was no way anybody could see it. Shalimar panicked. *This is not good. Where is he?!*
Just then the rest of the GSA burst through the doors out to where Shalimar was. She swung around and prepared herself for a fight, in spite of the pain she was in.
"Hey! Are you coming or not?!" she heard some one call.
Spinning around she found Jesse and the Helix right behind her. "What took you!?" She asked as Jesse and Emma helped her aboard.
"Oh, you know, we had to stop and get a couple of slices of pizza for lunch. Can't do anything on an empty stomach," Jesse joked. Shalimar just rolled her eyes.
The agents were literally at the door. Jesse jumped into the pilot's chair and took off while Shalimar, (since she was closest to the door), gathered up all her strength and kicked an agent off the Helix. If Emma hadn't grabbed her arm and pulled her back she might have fallen out too, from the dizzy spells she kept having. Emma took her over to a chair and helped her sit.
"Are you ok?" She asked concerned.
"Yeah, just a bit shaken up that's all." She replied.
Emma could tell she was lying, something else was going on, but she let it go and took a seat next to her friend.
Shalimar, feeling relieved that Emma hadn't pushed the matter, let out a breath. *If these dizzy spells keep up I'm not going to be able to hide the truth from them for long.*
~*~* Sanctuary *~*~
When Jesse and Emma got back with Shalimar they took her straight to the lab and sat her down the medical chair. Adam started running all kinds of scans on her.
"Jesse, can you go get Brennan for me?" She whispered so Adam wouldn't hear her.
"Sure." He patted her shoulder and then went to get Brennan.
"My goodness, Shalimar, what did they do to you?" Adam shook his head as he looked over the results from her scans.
"They reconstructed the serum that Richard made... with a few adjustments. Adam, please, you have to reverse it." She begged.
"Can you stop it?" Emma asked as she too looked at the scan.
"Possibly." Adam turned to face Shalimar. "Shalimar, listen, I can't promise you anything, but I can try. I'll get to work on an antidote now. Emma is going to take care of all your outer wounds. As soon as she finishes bandaging you up I want you to get some rest."
Just then Brennan burst through the door. "Shal!" He gripped her hand and then brushed his over her cheek. "Are you ok? What did they do to you?"
"I'm fine, Brennan."
"Brennan, she needs..."
"No, Adam, let him stay." Shalimar cut him off as she held Brennan's arm.
"Shalimar, you really need to let Emma work and then get some sleep."
She sighed. "Emma can bandage me up while Brennan's here and if I have to sleep, can I at least go to my room?" She asked.
"No, I don't know what this serum is going to do to you. I want you here."
"Adam, please...it's so uncomfortable." She pouted and gave him her best kitten eyes.
Adam sighed and shook his head. *Why does she always argue with me?* "Fine." He gave in. "But I want someone to stay with you, incase anything happens."
"Ok," Shalimar smiled. "Thank you."
After Emma finished, Shalimar slowly got out of the lab chair and tugged lightly on Brennan's hand so he would follow her.
~*~* Shal's room *~*~
Shalimar and Brennan entered her room and she told him to wait for her while she went to get changed. She came out of the bathroom in light tan night pants and a white tank top. Shalimar walked over to her bed and sat down in front of him.
"Come here." Brennan reached out and motioned for her to come lay in his arms.
"No. I don't want to hurt you. It looks like you took a pretty good beating." She said pointing to the cast on his arm and his wrapped ribs.
"Them! There nothing but scratches!" He smiled. "Come on."
Shalimar laughed and carefully climbed in between Brennan's legs. She leaned back and sighed as her head found a special place on his shoulder and his arms came around her.
"Shal, what exactly did they do to you at Genomex?"
She shivered at the thought of what had happened at that horrible place and explained everything.
"I'm sorry, Shalimar."
"It wasn't your fault." Shalimar cringed and her body tensed as she let out a soft whimper.
"Shal?"
"God, Brennan, it hurts so badly!" She cried. Brennan held her as close as he could without causing either of them any pain. He stroked her hair and kissed her head as she cried into his chest. A few minutes later her sobs stopped. "You ok?"
"Yeah," her voice quivered a bit.
"It'll be ok, Shal. Adam will figure something out." He assured her. Brennan kept Shalimar close and kissed her temple. "Go to sleep now, kitten, you need to rest."
Shalimar didn't argue with him, she was tired and his warm body next to hers made her feel very comfortable. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in Brennan's arms. He reached down and grabbed the blanket from the bottom of the bed and draped it over both of them. Soon he was asleep as well.
~*~* Next chapter will be up soon. Please review! *~*~
~*~*Chapter 2_Excape*~*~
~*~* 2 Days later *~*~
"Miss Eisley, may I ask why you haven't acquired my information yet or reported to me about our progress with the new serum?" Eckart asked sternly.
Jessica looked down. "I'm sorry Mr. Eckhart. Miss Fox is quite stubborn and doesn't break easily. We have tried everything. Teasers, beatings, even fire, but she won't talk."
"That isn't what I want to hear. What about the serum? Is it working correctly?"
"We are having some difficulties." She frowned.
"What kind of difficulties?"
"The serum is deleting her new mutant DNA like it's supposed to, but we have just found that it's acting like a poison. It's killing her. She won't live for more than a week."
Eckhart scowled. "Miss Eisley I had better see some positive results very soon."
"Yes, Mr. Eckhart."
He dismissed her with a wave of his hand and went back to his work.
~*~*Sanctuary*~*~
Brennan was in the rec. room with Emma recovering, while she meditated and tried to get anything from Shal. Jesse was still on one of the computers, now trying to locate exactly where Shal was, and Adam had been busy devising a plan to rescue her.
"Adam, Adam, are you there?"
"Shalimar?"
"Yes, it's me. Look, I don't know how much time I have to talk, so just listen. I'm in one of the air ducts at Genomex, and I'm on my way out, but I've got the whole place looking for me. Send somebody over with the Helix to get me, will ya?"
"Jesse will be there."
"Thank you, Adam."
Adam ran out of the lab and went to get Jesse. He found him still on the computer. "Jesse!"
"Adam, what is it?"
"I need you to go to Genomex and get Shalimar. She found her way into one of the air ducts and is on her way out now."
"What? How?"
"Jesse, don't ask questions just go get her, and take Emma with you. I don't know what condition she's in."
"Right, I'm on it." Jesse jumped out of his seat and went to get Emma, but he didn't let Brennan know what was going on.
~*~*Genomex*~*~
She was getting weaker by the minute and hotter as well. After everything she had been through the past two days she wasn't exactly in the best shape *Almost there, almost out, just gotta keep going a little farther.* she kept telling her self. Right before she got out of the air duct, she got dizzy and had to stop so she could focus. *Oh, not again.*
About five minutes later, she was around the corner from the door fighting her way through about five agents, which normally was no problem, but with bruised bones and sore, stiff muscles it was a bit harder.
Shalimar could hear the alarm and the sound of agents' footsteps coming closer. She finished off the agent next to her and decided it would be best to just try and out run the rest of them. She ran down a hall and then through another one, fought off some more GSA agents, and out the door she went, with almost all of security on her tail.
Jesse had the Helix in stealth mode and there was no way anybody could see it. Shalimar panicked. *This is not good. Where is he?!*
Just then the rest of the GSA burst through the doors out to where Shalimar was. She swung around and prepared herself for a fight, in spite of the pain she was in.
"Hey! Are you coming or not?!" she heard some one call.
Spinning around she found Jesse and the Helix right behind her. "What took you!?" She asked as Jesse and Emma helped her aboard.
"Oh, you know, we had to stop and get a couple of slices of pizza for lunch. Can't do anything on an empty stomach," Jesse joked. Shalimar just rolled her eyes.
The agents were literally at the door. Jesse jumped into the pilot's chair and took off while Shalimar, (since she was closest to the door), gathered up all her strength and kicked an agent off the Helix. If Emma hadn't grabbed her arm and pulled her back she might have fallen out too, from the dizzy spells she kept having. Emma took her over to a chair and helped her sit.
"Are you ok?" She asked concerned.
"Yeah, just a bit shaken up that's all." She replied.
Emma could tell she was lying, something else was going on, but she let it go and took a seat next to her friend.
Shalimar, feeling relieved that Emma hadn't pushed the matter, let out a breath. *If these dizzy spells keep up I'm not going to be able to hide the truth from them for long.*
~*~* Sanctuary *~*~
When Jesse and Emma got back with Shalimar they took her straight to the lab and sat her down the medical chair. Adam started running all kinds of scans on her.
"Jesse, can you go get Brennan for me?" She whispered so Adam wouldn't hear her.
"Sure." He patted her shoulder and then went to get Brennan.
"My goodness, Shalimar, what did they do to you?" Adam shook his head as he looked over the results from her scans.
"They reconstructed the serum that Richard made... with a few adjustments. Adam, please, you have to reverse it." She begged.
"Can you stop it?" Emma asked as she too looked at the scan.
"Possibly." Adam turned to face Shalimar. "Shalimar, listen, I can't promise you anything, but I can try. I'll get to work on an antidote now. Emma is going to take care of all your outer wounds. As soon as she finishes bandaging you up I want you to get some rest."
Just then Brennan burst through the door. "Shal!" He gripped her hand and then brushed his over her cheek. "Are you ok? What did they do to you?"
"I'm fine, Brennan."
"Brennan, she needs..."
"No, Adam, let him stay." Shalimar cut him off as she held Brennan's arm.
"Shalimar, you really need to let Emma work and then get some sleep."
She sighed. "Emma can bandage me up while Brennan's here and if I have to sleep, can I at least go to my room?" She asked.
"No, I don't know what this serum is going to do to you. I want you here."
"Adam, please...it's so uncomfortable." She pouted and gave him her best kitten eyes.
Adam sighed and shook his head. *Why does she always argue with me?* "Fine." He gave in. "But I want someone to stay with you, incase anything happens."
"Ok," Shalimar smiled. "Thank you."
After Emma finished, Shalimar slowly got out of the lab chair and tugged lightly on Brennan's hand so he would follow her.
~*~* Shal's room *~*~
Shalimar and Brennan entered her room and she told him to wait for her while she went to get changed. She came out of the bathroom in light tan night pants and a white tank top. Shalimar walked over to her bed and sat down in front of him.
"Come here." Brennan reached out and motioned for her to come lay in his arms.
"No. I don't want to hurt you. It looks like you took a pretty good beating." She said pointing to the cast on his arm and his wrapped ribs.
"Them! There nothing but scratches!" He smiled. "Come on."
Shalimar laughed and carefully climbed in between Brennan's legs. She leaned back and sighed as her head found a special place on his shoulder and his arms came around her.
"Shal, what exactly did they do to you at Genomex?"
She shivered at the thought of what had happened at that horrible place and explained everything.
"I'm sorry, Shalimar."
"It wasn't your fault." Shalimar cringed and her body tensed as she let out a soft whimper.
"Shal?"
"God, Brennan, it hurts so badly!" She cried. Brennan held her as close as he could without causing either of them any pain. He stroked her hair and kissed her head as she cried into his chest. A few minutes later her sobs stopped. "You ok?"
"Yeah," her voice quivered a bit.
"It'll be ok, Shal. Adam will figure something out." He assured her. Brennan kept Shalimar close and kissed her temple. "Go to sleep now, kitten, you need to rest."
Shalimar didn't argue with him, she was tired and his warm body next to hers made her feel very comfortable. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in Brennan's arms. He reached down and grabbed the blanket from the bottom of the bed and draped it over both of them. Soon he was asleep as well.
~*~* Next chapter will be up soon. Please review! *~*~