A/N: Sorry it has taken me so long to post but it's exam time, and I just didn't have the time to write. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, I'm so happy you're enjoying this fic.

Chapter 20

(Sanctuary)

Shalimar was still beating the crap out of Richard when Jesse, and Emma ran out into the main hall from the lab.

"Shalimar stop it before you kill him!" Emma screamed.

"He deserves to die after what he's done to me, to us." Shal answered back, a single tear falling down her face.

"You're right, he does deserve to pay for what he's done but if you kill him Shal you'll be as bad as him." Jesse took his turn in trying to get Shal to stop.

Shalimar however was relentless, and Richard took the split second before Shalimar hit him once more to grab a hold of her arms. She tried to pull away but didn't have much energy left in her. Richard noticed this and pulled her down on top of him, and kissed her passionately.

Shalimar pulled back as so hard that she fell off of Richard. She stood up quickly, and then bent over, and grabbed Richard's shirt collar making him stand. She held him up against a wall, and got ready to deliver one final hit.

"He'll never love you the way I do, never, and you will regret one day that you chose him over me." Richard said as he fell unconscious.

"Shalimar stop, please, for Brennan. He'll never forgive himself if you kill Richard, and you and I both know that." Emma tried one last time.

Emma's word hit Shalimar for a second but the feral in her kept telling her that she had to protect her pack, and more importantly her mate.

Just as she pulled her arm back to punch Richard one last time she felt a strong hand grab a hold of her fist just as she was two inches from Richard's face. She knew who it was, and she turned around, dropping Richard as she did so, and cried into Brennan's chest. Brennan held her so close that air couldn't pass through them.

Emma gave Jesse a hug, and a sweet kiss on the lips as Adam just stood behind them, and watched knowing that he would soon have to explain himself, and his actions. He was terrified that they would all leave even after he explained everything. He also knew that no matter what he would never be able to rebuild Mutant X. These were his four most precious children.

After a few minutes Shalimar looked at Brennan, her eyes filled with tears.

"I'm so sorry." She cried not looking him in the eye.

Brennan cupped Shalimar's face, and looked her straight in the eye.

"For what? You didn't do anything wrong Shal. I was gone for three months, and there was no way that you could have known that I was still alive for sure." Brennan told hr, a single tear of his own falling down his face.

They just stood there for a minute looking into each other's eyes. To them no one else was around at that moment.

"Brennan how did you get here so fast, not that I'm complaining or anything." Shalimar said breaking the silence that filled Sanctuary.

Brennan tore his gaze away from Shalimar, and looked at Adam.

"Adam came and got me."

TBC

A/N: A twist maybe. Please review and tell me what you think. Next up Adam explains himself.