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Chapter Two: Assassination Attempt

There was a loud knock on his door, and Bill Palance got off the couch to answer it. As he opened the door he saw a familiar face.

"Brennan!" the doctor said happily. "Hey doc." Brennan said with a smile. "Come in! Come in!" Bill insisted. "So what brings you here today?" The older man asked, allowing Brennan to come in, then shutting the door behind him.

"Well.." Brennan hesitated. Dr. Palance looked at him questionably. "Do you need something?" Bill asked his young friend. "No." Brennan answered simply. "It's just," Brennan paused for a second. "Emma had a feeling you weren't okay." Brennan finally finished. He waited for a response, but only got a laugh.

'He's insulting Emma's powers?' Brennan wondered. 'No, that's not like him.' "Emma probably just connected with me while I was choking earlier." The doctor said with another small laugh. "I'm fine Brennan."

Brennan laughed once himself. 'That's not it.' He thought. 'Something's going to happen. I have to stay here.' "Well then," Brennan said aloud. "I guess I can just visit then." The elemental suggested. "Great!" His friend agreed. "Coffee?" Bill asked. Seeing Brennan nod, the doc left him to make himself at home.

Bill went into the kitchen and opened a cupboard. He set the cups on the counter and turned around to get the coffee. When he turned around, he practically ran into something. "Brennan, you startled me." The doctor said looking up at the man.

"Who are you?" Bill asked, noticing it wasn't Brennan. The stranger didn't say anything. Instead, he pulled out a knife and raised it. The man stayed that was for a second smiling at his terrified victim. As he brought the knife down, he was knocked to the ground by an arc of electricity.

The knife dropped onto the floor, inches away from the petrified doctor. "Doc, you alright?" Brennan asked running towards his friend. "Yeah." Bill replied, staring at the knife. "Thanks."

"No problem. Next time call for me." Brennan advised. Brennan stood up and helped Dr. Palance up. As Brennan turned around, he found himself ten feet away from three other men. All of them with guns pointed at Brennan and Bill.

"Don't move!" one of them threatened. "Doc, get down." Brennan said. Dr. Palance slowly got down behind the counter. One of the guns men smirked and let off a warning shot one foot from Brennan's head.

Brennan smirked back. Brennan flexed his fingers and smirked again. Looking at his hands, Brennan charged his tesla coils and shot them at two of the three guys. They instantly went down. Brennan dodged the bullets of the third gunman, running around the counter.

Before Brennan could let of another arc, the gunman fired a direct hit. Brennan cried out in agony, and fell onto one leg. The gunman approached Brennan, gun still pointed. When Brennan was at point blank, the elemental grabbed the man's gun and twisted it around. The man still held his gun, and smacked Brennan across the face with it.

Brennan, falling onto his back, used his right leg to sweep the other man's legs from beneath him. The gunman threw his gun and fell onto the hard floor. The man was almost instantly back up though, and ran for his gun.

Just then, the door was kicked off its hinges. The blonde feral launched herself at the gunman and knocked him to the ground. She pinned him and knocked him out with a series of punches to the face.

"Way to go Shal!" Brennan said with a smile. "Shalimar?" Dr. Palance asked standing up. Shalimar looked from Dr. Palance to Brennan. She instantly was at Brennan's side. Shalimar gasped in horror at what had happened.

Seeing her face, Brennan smiled reassuringly. "I'm fine Shal, really." He lied. Shalimar hugged Brennan, almost in tears. "We have to get you back to Adam. Now." Shalimar said firmly.

"Adam." Shalimar called into her finger. "Adam?" Brennan couldn't help but laugh. "You may want to make sure it's on before you try talking through it." Brennan laughed. Shalimar looked at her bare finger and laughed at herself. The smile didn't last long.

"Do you have yours?" Shalimar asked nervous. Brennan shook his head and Shalimar sighed. "Now what?" she asked aloud, but mainly speaking to herself. 'Please let him be alright.' She prayed tears forming in her eyes.

That's Chapter two! Hope you liked it! Thanks to all you who reviewed chapter one! Sorry if this chapter wasn't that good. But please review anyway! Btw: if anyone wants to read a B/S and J/E fic, read my fic New Life. It's sequel to Joint Forces, but you don't need to read Joint Forces first. Its only one chapter, so it's really short. Anyway, if you want to, please read it. Thanks! :D (normally I wouldn't "advertise" my other fics, but I haven't had too many readers, so I'm hoping to get more!)

Amanda: thanks a lot! :D this is mainly a B/S centric story, but I'll try to put in some J/E.

K. C: you're a A/E fan eh? Well, there will probably not be any A/E, (sorry!) but please still read it!

brennan_n_shalimar_fan: thanks!!! :D you didn't exactly find out what Emma did yet, but I'm sure that will be in next chapter.

louise: thanks for the review! :D Glad you like it with Adam and Emma in it. Mutant X was better with them. Not Lexa.

Elemental Psionic: thanks a bunch!!! :D I'm glad you like my stuff! I hope you read New Life! It's got major B/S and lots of J/E.

Reveiwer: yeah I know what you mean. If you're a J/E fan, maybe you would like to read my other (new) fic New Life.

Viviana: thank you so much! :D I love B/S, don't you? Again, if you want to, check out New Life it has huge B/S as well as J/E.

Bri: thanks! You always review on my stuff! :D thanks!

Cammy~: I'll try to find Adam someone. No promises. Any suggestions? Thanks for the review!!! :D