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Chapter 9

(Sanctuary - That Night)

"Hey Shal you ready yet or do I have to force you to get ready?" Emma asked as she banged on Shal's door.

"Yeah I'm ready. Let's go then so you can go dance with Jesse and leave me alone with Richard." Shalimar answered as she opened her bedroom door, and walked out into the hall with Emma.

"You clean up nice." Emma joked.

"Thanks you too." Shal joked back, she knew that Emma knew that she didn't want to go out, and that she was just trying to keep herself occupied.

Shalimar, and Emma walked into the garage where Jesse, and Richard were waiting for them, just as Jesse, and Brennan had done so many times before.

"Wow," Richard, and Jesse said at the same time as Emma, and Shalimar came into sight.

Emma, and Shalimar just smiled at the guys comment.

"So what club are we going to?" Shal asked as the four new mutants got into the Escalade.

"I don't really which one we go to, I just want to relax, and have a little fun." Jesse answered.

"Umm, how about we go to Nautica then." Richard offered.

"Sounds good to me, how about you Em?" Jesse asked.

"Fine by me, Shal?"

"Whatever." Shalimar did not want to go to Nautica because that was her and Brennan's "spot". However she knew that nobody knew that, and she knew that Emma, and Jesse loved it there almost as much as she and Brennan.

(Alaska - Secret Location)

"Well Fox you ready to get the hell out of here?"

The dog gave a bark, and ran to the door. In last three months the dog had grown a lot, and Brennan figured in a few more months he would be full grown.

"Okay let's do this. All that planning better pay off. I just hope Scott comes through because I'm not sure I can take another beating without getting seriously injured."

It had turned out that Scott had no idea why Adam had hired him, and his team but after Brennan told him about he, and Shalimar Scott took it upon himself to ask Adam a few questions. Adam told him he, and Richards plan.

Scott had gotten to know Brennan, and did not approve of what was going on, so he decided to help Brennan escape. All Scott was supposed to do was drive Brennan to the cottage where, he and Shalimar stayed, and then Brennan was on his own.

(Nautical - 11:00 p.m.)

Emma, and Jesse were on the dance floor happy as could be. Shalimar was sitting at their table drinking her fourth Canadian. All she wanted to do was go back to Sanctuary, better yet Alaska, and find Brennan. However Adam had told her that he had a team of people working on it.

"Shal don't you think you've had enough to drink tonight"" Richard asked as he came back from the washroom.

"No, more like not enough." she answered hastily.

"Well they're sure having fun." Richard changed the subject, and pointed to the middle of the dance floor where Jesse, and Emma were dancing closer than humanly possible. Shal just look away as they reminded her of herself, and Brennan.

Ten minutes later Emma, and Jesse returned to the table hand in hand.

"So you guys going to be ready to go soon?" Shal asked just wanting to go home.

Emma, and Jesse just sat down because the club was so loud that they hadn't heard a word Shalimar ad just said.

"I'll drive you home Shal, and then come back." Richard answered.

"Thanks." Shalimar said as she got up. When she did she felt a little dizzy, and would have fallen if Richard hadn't caught her.

"Where are you two going?" Jesse asked.

"I'm going to drive Shalimar home, and then I'll be back." Richard responded.

"Shal you okay?" Emma asked concerned for her best friend.

"Yeah. I think I drank a little more than I should have on an empty stomach."

"Okay well try, and sleep it off." Emma said as she gave Shal a hug goodbye.

"Hope you feel better tomorrow Shal." Jess told his "older sister" figure.

"Thanks. You guys have fun tonight you deserve it."

(Sanctuary - 20 minutes later)

Richard walked Shalimar to her room since she was to dizzy, and what he assumed to be physically, and emotionally drained.

"I'm okay from here." Shalimar said as they reached her bedroom door, She opened the door, and walked in. Before closing the door she turned around, and thanked Richard for a bringing her home.

"Hey, it was no problem, that's what friend are for."

"Yeah, friends." Shal felt sorry for the guy so she gave him a hug, and then closed her door.

When Shalimar was sure Richard had left she opened her door, and snuck down the hall to Brennan's room. She opened the door to his room, and walking in.

Shal walked over to his nightstand, and picked up a picture of herself, and Brennan that was taken in "their park" about a month before the disastrous mission.

// I will find you Brennan. Even if it takes me a lifetime, I'll never stop looking. I love you, and only you forever, and always.//

Shal placed the picture back down, and turned back towards the door. Instead of opening it, and walking out she locked it. Then Shalimar walked towards Brennan's closet, she grabbed her favourite shirt of his, and then she grabbed her blue, and pink pajama bottoms, which she had left in his closet. She changed and then climbed into Brennan's bed to try, and sleep of her headache.

TBC

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