Chapter 5

Shal had tried so hard to stop it from happening but her body just wouldn't move any faster. With one sharp blow to the agents neck he was out cold. She was just in time to catch Emma who fell forwards into her arms.

"Adam Emma has been stabbed I need the helix here now" Shalimar commanded into her comlink.

"Jesse and Brennan are on their way." Came the reply.

Shalimar looked down to Emma who was craddled across her lap. She pressed her hand firmly to the wound hoping to stop the bleeding.

"Your gonna be alright, just try and stay with me" Shalimar spoke to a drowsy looking Emma.

"Shal..it hurts..and...I..can't breath." Emma sobbed.

"I know sweetie, just try and take small breaths and hold on. Brennan and Jesse will be here soon." Shalimar tried to comfort her love. She saw Emma closing her eyes.

"Emma! Keep your eyes open for me, come on baby stay awake for me." The feral sobbed, she felt a tear run down her cheek but quickly wiped it away, she needed to be strong for Emma. A few moments later she heard the hum of the helix behind her and carefullly scooped Emma into her arms, her feral strenght making this no problem.

Brennan emerged from the door of the helix to see Shalimar carrying Emma towards him.

"Want me to take her" He asked jogging up to them.

"No it's ok just get in we need to get her back to sanctuary, she's lost alot of blood."

They quickly entered the helix to see Jesse sitting in the pilot seat, Brennan sat next to him and they took off into the air. They turned around to see Shalimar sitting against the side of the helix, Emma still craddled in her arms, she was talking to a very dazed Emma trying to keep her awake.

"What the hell happened" Jesse questionned.

Shalimar looked over to her co-workers.

"She was, um, fighting a GSA agent and he..he pulled out a knife, I couldn't get to her on time." She spoke out before turning her gaze back to the empath lying in her arms. Brennan and Jesse could tell from the tone in her voice that she was in shock.

They soon reached sanctuary and Shalimar carried Emma to the lab where Adam was waiting. She layed her down and Adam was quickly by their side. He turned to Shalimar.

"Shalimar I need you to wait outside, I'll come for you as soon as im finished, tell Jesse I need his help in here." She reluctanly turned away and walked out of the lab to where Jesse and Brennan were.

"Jesse Adam needs you." He quickly hurried into the lab. Shalimar started to walk away but was stopped by Brennan calling for her. She stopped and turned around to face him.

"Shal, it's not your fault, I can tell that your blaming yourself." He said to her.

"I need to get her blood off of me, I can smell it and it's making me sick." She said not taking any notice of what the elemental had just said, before making her way to her room.

After what seemed like hours trying to scrub herself clean of Emma's blood Shalimar made her way to the lab, she was just in time to see Adam stepping out. The look on his face told her nothing.

"Is she going to be ok" The feral questioned

"I don't know she's stable but I'll know more when she wakes up. She was lucky he missed all her vital organs, especially her heart it was only inches away."

"Can I see her"

"Yeah but don't expect her to wake up anytime soon."

Shalimar nodded and walked into the lab. Emma had an oxygen mask covering her face along with a drip going into her arm. Her skin looked a deathly white colour. Shalimar walked up to her, she could feel the tears streaming down her face but instead of wiping them away she let them fall. She took hold of Emma's free hand and with the other she started to brush strands of hair behind the empath's ear, she leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead before whispering in her ear "Im so sorry."

Emma woke up to the harshness of bright lights, she blinked a few times trying to adjust her vision. When she was finally able to see she saw Brennan standing beside her and Adam over at one of the computers.

"See I told you she would wake up for me." Brennan joked. Adam smiled and walked over to stand opposite Brennan.

"How do you feel Emma? Are you in pain anywhere" The older man asked.

"No, no pain but my legs are numb." The empath tried to sit up but was greeted with a sharp pain jolting through her upper body. "Oww, ok in pain now."

"Hey take it easy, don't try to move just yet. I'll need to run some more tests on you to see about your legs though." Just then Jesse walked through the door.

"Hey Em, nice to have you back in the land of the living."

"Yeah it's good to have you back." Brennan agreed. Emma smiled in appreciation.

"Ok I need to run some tests, so come on boys, out." Adam said while playfully shooing the guys from the lab.

"Bye Em" They said in unison. Adam walked over to his computer and started typing in some commands.

"Ok just try and relax Emma I need you to be as still as possible for this scan." Emma nodded and realaxed back into the chair. She lay as still a she could until Adam told her the scan was finished.

"How's Shal" Emma questionned.

"I ordered her to get some rest a few hours ago. I think she's blaming herself for what happened."

Emma nodded. She new it wasn't the ferals fault but she new that Shalimar would be blaming herself.

"I'll talk to her when I see her." Adam nodded.

"So when can I go back to my room"

"Probably after another 50 scans." Came Shalimars voice. Emma turned her head towards the door to see Shalimar walking up to her.

"I'll leave you two alone." Adam said. "After I analyse these scan results I'll let you know." He added before walking out of the lab.