After Jesse watched Adam leave the lab, he turned to Emma.
"Emma, what's wrong."
Emma just stared at her wrist, clenching and unclenching her hand.
"There is something else besides your powers growing. Tell me what's happening."
Emma breathed out slowly. Silent tears were dropping from her eyes and sliding down her cheeks.
"Jesse, I... I can't tell you."
"What do you mean you can't?"
"I have never told anyone before. Not even Adam."
Jesse was concerned, but he was determined to find out what was going on for Emma's sake. He could not bare seeing Emma in pain. Not from herself, not from her past, not from Brennan.
"What is happening between you and Brennan? First you jump away from him, and then this happens?"
Emma bit her lip trying to search for the words, words that would be least painful for her to say.
"Emma you have to trust me." ~* trust is the thing that always hurts me*~ Emma thought to herself. Lifting her head she let her breath seep out slowly from her mouth before she spoke again.
"Then I'll tell you..."
* Dojo
"Oh my God Brennan, how come you never told me?" Shalimar's eyes searched his face.
"What was I supposed to say Shalimar? By the way Emma, I was best friends with the guy you almost killed you."
Shalimar fell silent. This was one situation she could not relate to.
"I can't change who I was, but no matter how much I try to change now, something always pushes me back. Maybe I'm not supposed to live a good life. Maybe I'm meant to hurt the ones I love."
"Brennan, don't say that. You had no idea what he was going to do to Emma. It isn't your fault! Yes, you hurt Emma, but you're hurting her more now."
Brennan stared at the floor.
"He's out."
"What?"
"Mark, he's out of jail. He's going to come for Emma."
Shalimar's face drained of color.
"What do you mean he is coming for her?"
Brennan sighed.
"Emma is the only other person besides me who knows about his powers. From what I hear his powers have grown even more than when we used to be friends."
"He won't find Emma here. As long as she doesn't leave Sanctuary we can-"
"No, he'll find her. Whenever he used his power, people would forget who did it. But Emma hasn't. He has a special connection, and can find her...And hurt her..."
Shalimar's eyes went wide with realization. Emma could not hide from Mark, and no one could protect her.
Lab
"God Emma, why didn't you tell me?" Jesse was shocked by what he had heard. ~*I'm going to kill Mark, and Brennan*~
"I just wanted to forget Jesse. I didn't want to think about it everyday that I had gone through that." Emma had no more tears to cry, but was so emotionally torn.
Jesse took her into a tight embrace. ~*How can I protect her from a power I don't possess?*~
"Jesse, I have to leave Sanctuary, or else he will come for Brennan too." Emma whispered into Jesse's shoulder.
Jesse slowly closed his eyes.
"I know."
"Emma, what's wrong."
Emma just stared at her wrist, clenching and unclenching her hand.
"There is something else besides your powers growing. Tell me what's happening."
Emma breathed out slowly. Silent tears were dropping from her eyes and sliding down her cheeks.
"Jesse, I... I can't tell you."
"What do you mean you can't?"
"I have never told anyone before. Not even Adam."
Jesse was concerned, but he was determined to find out what was going on for Emma's sake. He could not bare seeing Emma in pain. Not from herself, not from her past, not from Brennan.
"What is happening between you and Brennan? First you jump away from him, and then this happens?"
Emma bit her lip trying to search for the words, words that would be least painful for her to say.
"Emma you have to trust me." ~* trust is the thing that always hurts me*~ Emma thought to herself. Lifting her head she let her breath seep out slowly from her mouth before she spoke again.
"Then I'll tell you..."
* Dojo
"Oh my God Brennan, how come you never told me?" Shalimar's eyes searched his face.
"What was I supposed to say Shalimar? By the way Emma, I was best friends with the guy you almost killed you."
Shalimar fell silent. This was one situation she could not relate to.
"I can't change who I was, but no matter how much I try to change now, something always pushes me back. Maybe I'm not supposed to live a good life. Maybe I'm meant to hurt the ones I love."
"Brennan, don't say that. You had no idea what he was going to do to Emma. It isn't your fault! Yes, you hurt Emma, but you're hurting her more now."
Brennan stared at the floor.
"He's out."
"What?"
"Mark, he's out of jail. He's going to come for Emma."
Shalimar's face drained of color.
"What do you mean he is coming for her?"
Brennan sighed.
"Emma is the only other person besides me who knows about his powers. From what I hear his powers have grown even more than when we used to be friends."
"He won't find Emma here. As long as she doesn't leave Sanctuary we can-"
"No, he'll find her. Whenever he used his power, people would forget who did it. But Emma hasn't. He has a special connection, and can find her...And hurt her..."
Shalimar's eyes went wide with realization. Emma could not hide from Mark, and no one could protect her.
Lab
"God Emma, why didn't you tell me?" Jesse was shocked by what he had heard. ~*I'm going to kill Mark, and Brennan*~
"I just wanted to forget Jesse. I didn't want to think about it everyday that I had gone through that." Emma had no more tears to cry, but was so emotionally torn.
Jesse took her into a tight embrace. ~*How can I protect her from a power I don't possess?*~
"Jesse, I have to leave Sanctuary, or else he will come for Brennan too." Emma whispered into Jesse's shoulder.
Jesse slowly closed his eyes.
"I know."