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Part Twelve: Surprises
Seeing Shalimar collapse, Brennan immediately called out to Adam. He had stayed in that night and Brennan was extremely happy about that now, "Adam! Adam! Meet me at the lab. Shalimar collapsed and she's not waking up."
Upon arriving at the lab, Adam immediately began to scan Shalimar to find out what was wrong. "What happened Brennan? She's been shocked with a massive electrical volt at the base of her spinal cord. She's only asleep now but it could have been worse. What were you thinking?"
"Adam I didn't do this." Brennan couldn't believe that Adam thought he'd do that to Shalimar, "We had a fight and she turned to leave and then collapsed."
"Alright she should be coming around in about a half and hour. While she's asleep I'll continue some more scans and see if I can find out where the electric surge came from."
Thirty minutes later Shalimar was starting to stir when she felt the pain in her abdomen and lower back. When she looked around though, she found herself in the lab with Adam and Brennan. It all came back to her suddenly and as she started to move Adam forced her back down.
"Shalimar you need to stay down for a while. You need to rest."
"Fine Adam. But get Brennan out of here now and tell him never to come back!"
"Adam can you give us a second? I really need to talk to Shalimar and I promise after that I'll do whatever she wants." Brennan looked at Adam pleadingly.
"Fine, but she can't get agitated. If I hear her vitals change, you're gone."
When Adam left the room, Brennan turned to Shalimar. When she refused to look him in the eye he gently cupped her chin and made her look at him. She was crying and upset.
"I have nothing to hear from you Brennan. You betrayed me and hurt me worse than Gabriel."
"Shalimar you never let me finish earlier. I was upset and outraged and I was taking my aggression out."
"I know, I saw that. Remember?"
"You saw but you didn't know. I was never upset at you. I know it wasn't your fault. I know it was Gabriel's sick mind that did that. I was outraged that he could do that to my beautiful Shalimar and I couldn't stop it. Shalimar I'm so sorry I wasn't able to protect you; I'm sorry you thought I was mad at you."
Shalimar looked at Brennan again and then threw her arms around his neck. She gave him a big hug and then looked him in the eyes, "I'm sorry that I thought you'd be like that. I jumped to conclusions. I love you and I don't ever want you to leave."
"I love you too." Brennan said as he leaned down to give her a kiss, "Now you should lay back down so Adam doesn't take my head."
"He's right you know, I will have his head if you don't lie back down. You just suffered a severe electrocution and you should rest. I'll come back in a few hours with the test results." Adam said as he interrupted Shalimar and Brennan.
Adam did come back later with some news that neither of them were expecting. "Brennan why don't you sit down and we can discuss these results. I know where the electricity came from Shalimar. You're pregnant."
Shalimar looked at him in complete disbelief, "What?"
"You're pregnant. The baby is highly electric and is curled tightly by your spinal cord. The hormones that flew through your body when you were upset caused it to send out a high electric charge."
"This can't be possible. How far along am I?"
"I'd say about four to six weeks along. I can't be more specific because the baby is in a constant state of change as is its mutation. This baby has electricity flowing out of it at all times and I can't even do a proper sonogram. This also means that this is going to be a very dangerous pregnancy as your body can't take these constant electrical outbursts."
"Did you say four to six weeks? Adam when can you do a paternity test?" Shalimar said crying.
"Why? I assumed this baby was Brennan's." Adam asked growing confused and concerned as Shalimar became more agitated.
"Adam, more happened at the Strand than I told you." Shalimar said before another electric burst ripped through her body. Adam immediately rushed over to help her as yet another one came. He finally sedated her and the bursts stopped.
"Brennan I'm going to have to keep her sedated until we can figure out how to stop these outbursts. Meanwhile, I need you to tell me what she was talking about."
When Brennan was done explaining the situation to Adam, he was upset as Brennan had been. "That would explain the unusually strong and early outbursts from the baby."
"Brennan I'm going to call Alex, Jesse's friend in Portland, and get him out here. We only have two options for how to proceed: 1. Keep Shalimar sedated for the next eight months, her hormones are only going to increase as are the electrical bursts if she's awake or 2. Have Alex speed up the pregnancy. He's a propulsive but he can also manipulate the growth rate of living beings to a certain extent. He can decrease the time Shalimar's pregnant to about a week. She'll still have to be sedated but for a lot shorter time period. The choice is up to you."
AN: Wanana! What do you think? Keep the reviews coming.
Part Twelve: Surprises
Seeing Shalimar collapse, Brennan immediately called out to Adam. He had stayed in that night and Brennan was extremely happy about that now, "Adam! Adam! Meet me at the lab. Shalimar collapsed and she's not waking up."
Upon arriving at the lab, Adam immediately began to scan Shalimar to find out what was wrong. "What happened Brennan? She's been shocked with a massive electrical volt at the base of her spinal cord. She's only asleep now but it could have been worse. What were you thinking?"
"Adam I didn't do this." Brennan couldn't believe that Adam thought he'd do that to Shalimar, "We had a fight and she turned to leave and then collapsed."
"Alright she should be coming around in about a half and hour. While she's asleep I'll continue some more scans and see if I can find out where the electric surge came from."
Thirty minutes later Shalimar was starting to stir when she felt the pain in her abdomen and lower back. When she looked around though, she found herself in the lab with Adam and Brennan. It all came back to her suddenly and as she started to move Adam forced her back down.
"Shalimar you need to stay down for a while. You need to rest."
"Fine Adam. But get Brennan out of here now and tell him never to come back!"
"Adam can you give us a second? I really need to talk to Shalimar and I promise after that I'll do whatever she wants." Brennan looked at Adam pleadingly.
"Fine, but she can't get agitated. If I hear her vitals change, you're gone."
When Adam left the room, Brennan turned to Shalimar. When she refused to look him in the eye he gently cupped her chin and made her look at him. She was crying and upset.
"I have nothing to hear from you Brennan. You betrayed me and hurt me worse than Gabriel."
"Shalimar you never let me finish earlier. I was upset and outraged and I was taking my aggression out."
"I know, I saw that. Remember?"
"You saw but you didn't know. I was never upset at you. I know it wasn't your fault. I know it was Gabriel's sick mind that did that. I was outraged that he could do that to my beautiful Shalimar and I couldn't stop it. Shalimar I'm so sorry I wasn't able to protect you; I'm sorry you thought I was mad at you."
Shalimar looked at Brennan again and then threw her arms around his neck. She gave him a big hug and then looked him in the eyes, "I'm sorry that I thought you'd be like that. I jumped to conclusions. I love you and I don't ever want you to leave."
"I love you too." Brennan said as he leaned down to give her a kiss, "Now you should lay back down so Adam doesn't take my head."
"He's right you know, I will have his head if you don't lie back down. You just suffered a severe electrocution and you should rest. I'll come back in a few hours with the test results." Adam said as he interrupted Shalimar and Brennan.
Adam did come back later with some news that neither of them were expecting. "Brennan why don't you sit down and we can discuss these results. I know where the electricity came from Shalimar. You're pregnant."
Shalimar looked at him in complete disbelief, "What?"
"You're pregnant. The baby is highly electric and is curled tightly by your spinal cord. The hormones that flew through your body when you were upset caused it to send out a high electric charge."
"This can't be possible. How far along am I?"
"I'd say about four to six weeks along. I can't be more specific because the baby is in a constant state of change as is its mutation. This baby has electricity flowing out of it at all times and I can't even do a proper sonogram. This also means that this is going to be a very dangerous pregnancy as your body can't take these constant electrical outbursts."
"Did you say four to six weeks? Adam when can you do a paternity test?" Shalimar said crying.
"Why? I assumed this baby was Brennan's." Adam asked growing confused and concerned as Shalimar became more agitated.
"Adam, more happened at the Strand than I told you." Shalimar said before another electric burst ripped through her body. Adam immediately rushed over to help her as yet another one came. He finally sedated her and the bursts stopped.
"Brennan I'm going to have to keep her sedated until we can figure out how to stop these outbursts. Meanwhile, I need you to tell me what she was talking about."
When Brennan was done explaining the situation to Adam, he was upset as Brennan had been. "That would explain the unusually strong and early outbursts from the baby."
"Brennan I'm going to call Alex, Jesse's friend in Portland, and get him out here. We only have two options for how to proceed: 1. Keep Shalimar sedated for the next eight months, her hormones are only going to increase as are the electrical bursts if she's awake or 2. Have Alex speed up the pregnancy. He's a propulsive but he can also manipulate the growth rate of living beings to a certain extent. He can decrease the time Shalimar's pregnant to about a week. She'll still have to be sedated but for a lot shorter time period. The choice is up to you."
AN: Wanana! What do you think? Keep the reviews coming.