Disclaimer: How many times must I say it? Don't you get it? I don't own it! For the sixth time!!!

I think you'll all like this chapter. Maybe. I hope so. This is the last chapter, but it's pretty long. There's B/S, J/E, and A/?. he he! Enjoy! (and review!) :D

Chapter Six: Endings

Shalimar smiled as the garage door opened. "Nice work." She said, turning around. "Brennan?" She asked seeing him lying on the ground. Shalimar ran to his side and checked his pulse. She let out a sigh of relief and looked towards Bill.

"We need to get him inside." She said. Dr. Palance pulled the car in, and Shalimar pulled Brennan into the garage. The door shut without difficulty. 'Go figure.' Shalimar thought with a frown. "Okay. Let's go." She told Bill and they picked Brennan up. "Easy on his leg." She told him as she walked backwards into Sanctuary.

"Adam!" She yelled, after getting in. "Adam!" When she didn't get an answer she looked at Bill. "This way to the lab." Shalimar said leading the way. When they got in the lab, Shalimar and Bill gently set Brennan down in the examination chair. "Be right back." Shalimar said and ran off, calling Adam's name.

"Adam!" She yelled as loud as she could. "Shalimar?" Adam answered coming around the corner. "We were worried about you." Adam said relieved. "Where's Brennan?" he asked looking around. "In the lab." Shalimar explained in a hurry. "He unconscious. Adam, we have to hurry." Shalimar said pulling his arm and returning to the lab.

"Where were you guys?" Adam asked while running next to Shalimar. She didn't answer. Adam entered the lab immediately followed by Shalimar. Adam saw Dr. Palance next to an unconscious and bloody Brennan. "What happened?" Adam asked rushing to Brennan's side.

Shalimar looked at Brennan sadly for a second before replying. "He got shot." She said quietly, fighting back tears. "Adam, help him." Shalimar begged. Adam nodded and started working. "Why don't you two get something to eat?" Adam suggested, hoping they would leave. Shalimar nodded slowly, and was torn away from Brennan by Bill.

Going into the kitchen, Shalimar and Bill saw Emma and Jesse. "Shal!" Emma said standing up. "Everything alright?" She asked looking from Shalimar to Dr. Palance. Shalimar didn't say anything. Instead, she sat down and rested her elbows on the table. Her face fell into her hands and she started to cry.

Emma paused for a second before slowly walking over to Shalimar. Crouching down next to her, she began to rub her back to comfort her. "He'll be okay." Emma whispered in Shalimar's ear. "I know it." Shalimar lifted her face and looked at Emma. "Thanks." Shalimar whispered before pulling Emma into a hug.

Trying to distract Shalimar, the foursome started a conversation about Shalimar and Jesse as kids at Sanctuary. They also included anything they could think of that would make the feral laugh. It seemed to be working, and Shalimar's mind seemed to be a bit more at peace.

After a while, Adam came in to see the bunch laughing and smiling. None of them noticed Adam yet. Adam positioned himself comfortably against the doorframe and watched them for a few minutes. He was about to leave when he heard Shalimar ask, "Are you going to come in or stand there all day?" Adam smiled looking at the back of Shalimar's head.

She turned to face him, as did the others. Adam walked further into the room, but stopped before he reached the table. "How is he?" Shalimar asked, no longer smiling. Adam sighed. Shalimar didn't know how to interpret that. 'Was it a good sigh or a bad one?' Shalimar wondered, waiting for Adam to continue.

Shalimar was about to burst with suspense when Adam said, "He's doing good." Adam couldn't help but smile. Shalimar smiled too. "He'll be on crutches for anywhere from three to six weeks, but he'll be alright." Shalimar almost laughed. "I want to see his face when you tell him that!" She said making everyone smile. "Yeah, I can't wait." Adam said sarcastically.

"When do you think he'll wake up?" Shalimar asked, wanting to talk to him. "Probably within a half an hour." Adam said, glad to see Shalimar happy. Adam sat down to join the conversation, but Shalimar left to be with Brennan when he woke up.

About fifteen minutes later, Brennan slowly opened his eyes. He blinked a few times to adjust his eyes to the light. He felt something on his hand. He looked down to see another hand holding his. Brennan smiled when he saw Shalimar looking at him.

Brennan thought for a second, remembering what happened. "It worked?" Brennan asked. Shalimar smiled again and nodded. "How are you feeling?" She asked, not able to take her eyes off him. "Alright." Brennan said. "How long was I out?" "Not long." Shalimar said. "An hour, probably."

Brennan nodded before asking, "Where's everyone else?" Shalimar thought for a second before answering. "They're all in the kitchen. I'll go get them if you want me to." She said, starting to get up. "No." Brennan said, still holding Shalimar's hand. "I like it like this." He said with a smile.

They talked for about ten minutes, until the others came in. "Hey, you're up." Adam said cheerfully. "Yup." Brennan said looking around at everyone. "What's the damage?" Brennan asked unhappily. "Well," Adam sighed. "You'll be on crutches for a few weeks, but that's all." Brennan groaned, disapproving.

Adam chuckled. "Be thankful I'm not putting you in a wheelchair." Adam said. Brennan laughed. "Yeah, I guess I'm lucky there." After a small silence, Adam asked, "So what exactly did happen?" Brennan looked at Emma but she nodded.

"Emma got a hit off Dr. Palance. She said he was going to be in trouble. So I left to see him. I got there and everything was fine. After a few minutes, there were these guys in his kitchen who tried to kill him. I took one of them out automatically. I was trying to get the others, but one got me instead. That's when Shalimar came in and took care of him for me." Brennan said smirking.

Shalimar continued the story. "Then we were driving back to Sanctuary. A cop pulled us over, a car almost caused us an accident, and the darn garage door wouldn't open." She said. "So Brennan 'fixed' it and passed out." Shalimar finished.

"Well," Adam said taking all the information. "We can move Bill to a secure location, if he wants." Adam said turning to Dr. Palance. Bill smiled. "That would be great. But I still want to keep up with my work." He explained. "No problem." Adam said. "Jesse and Emma will be on that immediately." The two nodded and got ready for a mission of their own.

"Thanks, Brennan, Shalimar." Bill said to his friends. Brennan smiled. "Anytime Doc." "Yeah, Let us know how everything works out." Shalimar said. Bill nodded. "Sure. Good bye everyone." "See you later Doc." Brennan said and Dr. Palace got himself ready to go.

In the Helix:

"What do you thing Adam will do?" Emma asked Jesse about the 'incident' earlier. "I'm not sure." Jesse said smiling. "I don't think he expected that." "Yeah." Emma agreed. There was a short silence that Jesse broke.

"So, you don't happen to have plans tonight do you?" He asked slowly. "Not yet." Emma said with a small smile. "Great." Jesse said. "Want to do something? Together?" He asked hopeful. "Of course!" Emma said. "How about dinner?" She suggested. "Alright!" Jesse said smiling brightly. Bill got on board and Jesse raised the Helix off the ground.

Sanctuary:

Adam adjusted his tie and smiled at himself in the mirror. "I can do this." He said to his reflection. Adam cleared his throat and headed out towards the rec room.

He smiled at Brennan and Shalimar sitting comfortably on the couch. Shalimar was curled up on Brennan's lap, leaning her head on his shoulder. The two were watching a movie, but neither seemed too interested in it.

Adam cleared his throat once again. Brennan and Shalimar looked over to see their leader all dressed up. "Looking good Adam." Shalimar said playfully. "Good luck on you date, not that you'll need it." Brennan said. "Scientist and scientist, how perfect is that?" he said.

Adam couldn't help but laugh. 'Yup. She was perfect.' Adam thought. 'Charlene, wow.' He couldn't wait. "Well, I'm off." Adam said grinning gleefully. "Bye." Shalimar and Brennan said in unison and returned their attention to the screen.

THE END!!!

Hope you all liked it! I had fun writing it! For those of you who happen to like my stuff (however few that may be, lol) I do plan on writing another fic soon! I have some ideas, but I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do. Anyway, thanks so much for reading! And please, please, please review! Thanks a lot! Btw: Charlene was K. C's idea.

K. C: I know it wasn't much with Adam, but at least I did something! Thanks for the suggestion, it helped a lot! :D thanks for always reviewing! Love ya! :D

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