Spiritwalker-7
A/N-For those who have reviewed, I again thank you humbly. I was thinking of going onto bed when this thought kept gnawing at the back of my brain. Yes, there is a MAJOR cliffhanger at the end of this. For my friends who study metaphysics, well, I will get into the hows and why shortly-promise. Remember, we are playing in the supernatural here.
Chapter Seven-Spirits of Darkness
Kari swallowed, her dark eyes meeting Jesse's blue ones. He stared at her, the look of terror reflecting his inner soul. She knew that Emma was passed, but, the spirit of the girl she knew from Adam's letters wasn't with her in the moment. She slowly reached out to touch his shoulder.
Jesse shrank away from her touch. Her hand went through his shoulder as he phased. His breath returned and he said softly, "Don't."
Kari turned from him. She was still feeling weak, but, the look had said it all. He was scared of her. Shalimar's defenses were up, Jesse was the closest thing to a little brother and she ran on instinct, protecting the pack.
"Do I look like Emma?" Kari asked slowly, leaning on the edge of the counter, "I'm sorry if I scared you, Jesse."
Jesse didn't reply, just looked at the young woman who a moment ago was Emma Delauro to him.
"What is going on with me?" he thought aloud, "One moment I'm sitting with Lexa, talking about you, then I'm in here. I had this flash of Emma and the next thing I know.."
"You're sitting here," Shalimar ended his sentence for him. Jesse nodded.
Kari stared into a blank corner of the lab. She had been listening to him, but the light kept changing in the lab. She took a deep breath and let it out.
"Jesse, what was in your flash of Emma?" she asked, as the light changed again.
"What do you mean?" Jesse asked her.
"What did you see?"
"It's hard to explain, I saw Emma, her running from me, and...OW!" he closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose, not realizing that doing so caused him to phase. Shalimar jumped, the nerves running along her spine activating her feral senses.
The lights in the lab flashed and Kari stared into the one corner of the lab that caught her attention earlier. Without warning she touched Jesse's shoulder and the lights went completely out.
Shalimar watched the scene and was acting on instinct when she pulled Kari from Jesse. Jesse fell limply away from Kari, his head hitting the floor with a sickening thud. Kari screamed, causing Brennan and Lexa to run into the lab. Brennan's hand came up and with skilled practice, the energy that the elemental breathed like life relit the room. Lexa was adding a glow to the room that dimly showed them the scene.
Jesse was sprawled on the floor, unconscious. Kari was sitting in Shalimar's lap, her eyes still on the same spot in the lab. Shalimar was shaking. Lexa moved over to Shalimar and pulled her from Kari. Kari never even moved from the spot.
"Who are you?" she asked the corner, her eyes glazing and her body moving into a defensive posture.
Shalimar, coming back to reality, watched the scene. She could tell something was in the corner, and from what Kari's movements were, it was something malignant.
Brennan, after checking on Jesse, found his voice.
"What do you see?"
"Who are you?" she asked again, "My friends and I want to know. And why did you posses Jesse that way?"
"What do you see Kari?" Brennan asked again.
She looked at the corner, then up at Brennan.
"He says he's an old friend of yours, but I don't believe him," she replied, "He can't understand why I can see him and no one else can. He's a man of science, knows about electricity, and says he hid in Jesse's biochemistry when he phased during a mission."
"Does he have a name?" Lexa asked, fascinated at this mutant's ability.
Kari stopped for a second, asked the question, then turned very pale. She looked at Lexa, Brennan and Shalimar.
"He says he's Mason Eckhardt".
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A/N-For those who have reviewed, I again thank you humbly. I was thinking of going onto bed when this thought kept gnawing at the back of my brain. Yes, there is a MAJOR cliffhanger at the end of this. For my friends who study metaphysics, well, I will get into the hows and why shortly-promise. Remember, we are playing in the supernatural here.
Chapter Seven-Spirits of Darkness
Kari swallowed, her dark eyes meeting Jesse's blue ones. He stared at her, the look of terror reflecting his inner soul. She knew that Emma was passed, but, the spirit of the girl she knew from Adam's letters wasn't with her in the moment. She slowly reached out to touch his shoulder.
Jesse shrank away from her touch. Her hand went through his shoulder as he phased. His breath returned and he said softly, "Don't."
Kari turned from him. She was still feeling weak, but, the look had said it all. He was scared of her. Shalimar's defenses were up, Jesse was the closest thing to a little brother and she ran on instinct, protecting the pack.
"Do I look like Emma?" Kari asked slowly, leaning on the edge of the counter, "I'm sorry if I scared you, Jesse."
Jesse didn't reply, just looked at the young woman who a moment ago was Emma Delauro to him.
"What is going on with me?" he thought aloud, "One moment I'm sitting with Lexa, talking about you, then I'm in here. I had this flash of Emma and the next thing I know.."
"You're sitting here," Shalimar ended his sentence for him. Jesse nodded.
Kari stared into a blank corner of the lab. She had been listening to him, but the light kept changing in the lab. She took a deep breath and let it out.
"Jesse, what was in your flash of Emma?" she asked, as the light changed again.
"What do you mean?" Jesse asked her.
"What did you see?"
"It's hard to explain, I saw Emma, her running from me, and...OW!" he closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose, not realizing that doing so caused him to phase. Shalimar jumped, the nerves running along her spine activating her feral senses.
The lights in the lab flashed and Kari stared into the one corner of the lab that caught her attention earlier. Without warning she touched Jesse's shoulder and the lights went completely out.
Shalimar watched the scene and was acting on instinct when she pulled Kari from Jesse. Jesse fell limply away from Kari, his head hitting the floor with a sickening thud. Kari screamed, causing Brennan and Lexa to run into the lab. Brennan's hand came up and with skilled practice, the energy that the elemental breathed like life relit the room. Lexa was adding a glow to the room that dimly showed them the scene.
Jesse was sprawled on the floor, unconscious. Kari was sitting in Shalimar's lap, her eyes still on the same spot in the lab. Shalimar was shaking. Lexa moved over to Shalimar and pulled her from Kari. Kari never even moved from the spot.
"Who are you?" she asked the corner, her eyes glazing and her body moving into a defensive posture.
Shalimar, coming back to reality, watched the scene. She could tell something was in the corner, and from what Kari's movements were, it was something malignant.
Brennan, after checking on Jesse, found his voice.
"What do you see?"
"Who are you?" she asked again, "My friends and I want to know. And why did you posses Jesse that way?"
"What do you see Kari?" Brennan asked again.
She looked at the corner, then up at Brennan.
"He says he's an old friend of yours, but I don't believe him," she replied, "He can't understand why I can see him and no one else can. He's a man of science, knows about electricity, and says he hid in Jesse's biochemistry when he phased during a mission."
"Does he have a name?" Lexa asked, fascinated at this mutant's ability.
Kari stopped for a second, asked the question, then turned very pale. She looked at Lexa, Brennan and Shalimar.
"He says he's Mason Eckhardt".
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