Title: "Mortal Visions"
Author: ShadowFox (Shado-Fox)
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A special thanks to Garfieldlady for helping me to translate my fanfiction from French to English.
Hi! Thanks for the review! No it's not an ER fiction :) but I like writing lot of details... :)
Chapter 6
Adam: No... really I don't know... a stroke to the head can have a lot of consequences and at the present time, the only thing of we can be sure of, that there are not any fractures.
Softly, he tries to hold the compress on the temple of Shalimar while enclosing it in a bandaging that makes the tour around her skull. He makes sure not to cover the eyes of the young woman, with the strip, in order to be able to verify the state of her eye at all times.
Satisfied by his work, he moves back to contemplate his "daughter", He remains like this for some moments, the look in the vagueness, conscious that this time, luck was on their side, otherwise he could have lost two of his "children."
Adam: It is necessary to put her on a bed, she will be a lot more comfortable and I could do a san on Brennan
Jesse moves away one moment and comes back with a rolling bed that he couples to the seat in which Shalimar lies. Adam and he synchronize themselves to raise their friend for a last time and to install her in the medical bed. In two times three movements, Shalimar is spread on the bed, her face almost as pale as the sheets on which she now rests. Jesse transfers the gallows of the seat on the amount of the bed and adjusts the cover on the body of the young feline.
Adam: Emma, I am going to take care of Brennan now. I would like you to go to Shalimar's room and bring her back some personal items and especially to clean her up a little... I think that she would appreciate that it is you that does the cleaning ... I cleaned as much as possible but blood and the dust cover still a part of her body...
Emma approaches him and put her hand on his arm while signing him with the head indicating that she understood and that there was not a problem. Emma moves away quickly, leaving the two men in the laboratory, to install the bed of Shalimar aside as well as a screen to separate her of the rest of the lab.
Adam heads then towards his computer and some seconds are sufficient for him to displace the scanner over Brennan's seat. He throws the complete exam to determine the extent of the injuries of the young man, precisely. Some minutes later, a beep signals him the end of the scanner and results show off on the screen. These confirm the concussion as well as the warming- up of the shoulder due to the succession of shocks. Jesse has already taken care to of his shoulder; Adam is content with injecting a painkiller in Brennan's arm to prevent him from suffering when he will gain consciousness. He conducts a second test then with the pen, breathing of relief while perceiving that the reflexes nearly came back to their normal state. The pulse is steady and strong. The young man is still unconscious but Adam doesn't see anything abnormal.
Adam: I am going to continue to supervise him this night but I think that tomorrow he will be on his feet. With a good headache and an aching shoulder... nothing that a painkiller won't be able to calm. You can rest now Jesse. You did a good job, as much over there against the agents of the GSA as here helping me with Shalimar and Brennan...
You can hear the pride in the sound of his voice and Jesse knows how much their lives result of the heart of their chief... he considers them as his children and they render it to him well.
Jesse: This isn't really what you think! These are our friends and we will do everything that we can to help them. We went through some losses but our mission has been carried through... Anna and her sons are safe and sound and that it is important. They didn't risk their lives in vain and we didn't either. You too should take a rest... the day was hard for all of us all, but especially for you...
Adam: I am going to think it over.
Adam looks at Jesse with a gleam in his look that doesn't let any doubt that he would not do anything of it in spite of what he has just said. He feels responsible and had to look after the health of his troops, of his family.
Emma who is slipped herself to Shalimar's sides while Adam and Jesses discussed, cannot stop smiling while hearing them to speak. Armed of a humid glove, she passes softly on the naked parts of the young feline in order to get rid of the blood and remnants remaining the explosion. When she finally finishes, she covers and edge her friend. Then puts close a small teddy bear near the head of the feline that decorates her bed in normal time. The teddy bear carried her fragrance so .that the young woman feels reassured, same unconscious, by a friendly presence close to her.
She approaches Adam who seems lost in his thoughts, leaned to his office.
Emma: Adam, you should be resting ... you know I can remain here during this time and can supervise Shalimar and Brennan.
Adam: Emma. I am not tired. I am going to remain here; I have work that waits for me.
Knowing that she would not manage to change his opinion, she comes out of the special room, and withdraws in the rec room, not really astonished when entering, to find Anna, sat in a corner of the sofa, her son on her knees, sleeping.
Emma: You should lie down. The day was hard for you and your son. What's his name?
Anna: Alex. His name is Alex. He is 5 years old. He looks older but he is still a baby.
A smile spreads on her lips to her baby's evocation and tenderly she puts her hand in his hair, stroking it.
Emma: Well Anna. Do you need something in particular? I am going to bring you something so you can change clothes, I would not have anything to his size but we should find something that will work.
Anna: Thank you... thanks you for everything. I don't know where we would be if you had not arrived... I am distressed for your friends... so sorry... It is my entire fault... I hope that they are not going to die...
Emma: But no Anna, you are not responsible for anything. These are the occupational hazards and we accept them. Our role is to help people like you that are in danger because of their powers, because of what they are...
Emma's voice was supposed to be reassuring and strong and she seems to have reached her goal while seeing Anna's expression calming herself.
Anna: I don't know Who these men are not nor why they pursue us... we were so happy with my husband and then he disappeared a few days ago and these men arrived and tried to take our child!!
Emma: You don't risk anything anymore here Anna and your son either. We are going to take care of it and to place you in a safe house, secured with a new identity and a new life.
Anna: But we cannot leave without Alan! He is in danger too... he's a mutant, as we and they are surely going to try to catch him, like us, if they didn't already ...
Emma: Anna...do you know what is the goal of your husband's work within the GSA? Do you know what his role is?
Anna: He... finally... I don't know... but he has a good work and no one bothers him because of his powers. On the contrary, they seem even to appreciate them since he went up enough quickly in rank, his chiefs seem happy with him.
Emma didn't feel to question everything that this young woman believes to know or still knows ... She doesn't seem to know that if he could bring up in rank that is solely to the depend of other mutants that he has to deliver to the GSA...
Emma: We will try to see clearer tomorrow morning. You better lie down. I come back in some minutes.
She heads towards her room to find what to get for clothes to Anna and Alex. She takes one of her pyjamas, Anna has the same size as her, and this one should fit her. She crosses the hallway towards the room of Jesse to borrow something that could be pyjamas to Alex. She knows that he is there and that he doesn't sleep yet... light filters under his door. She knocks twice and waits for his friend's call to open the door. Some seconds are sufficient and the voice of Jesse reaches her through the door.
Jesse: Yes? Enter!
He took a shower and changed. Emma can see the droplets of waters clinging again to the tips of his hair before coming to collapse on the collar of his shirt. He is lengthened on the bed, legs and naked feet, the look lost at the ceiling. When she comes further in the room, the look of the young man focuses on her and he straightens himself slightly to look at her face.
Jesse: A problem?
The question comes to him directly but doesn't worry too much while rather seeing air calm of the young woman. He can see the veil of sadness that crouches in the bottom of her eyes but her attitude is not alarming.
Emma: No, no. I came to see if you would have something that I could give to Anna to dress her son. A small shirt or something of that kind.
Jesse: Everything's Ok?
Emma: Yes. It's Ok. I worry about them but they are in the best care. Adam does his best and I am sure that they are going to be back on their foot, very quickly. I am going to take care of Anna and I am going to lie down in order to be in shape to relieve Adam in the laboratory when he will be going to take a rest.
Jesse rises and approaches her. In an abrupt desire, he takes her in his arms and then hold her against his body. The fear, in the warehouse, tortured him all after noon and holding her against his body reassures him. Emma is taken by surprise by his action but let's herself goes and takes him in her arms on her turn. Relieved and happy to know he was there and in good health. They remain some minutes before lets go to head towards his cabinet. He searches for one moment and pulls a navy blue tee-shirt of his garment to offer it to her then.
Jesse: It should work. He can keep it; I'm not able to wear it more for a long time.
His juvenile smile illuminates his face.
Emma: Thank you Jesse.
She turns around and left the room while closing the door. She remains there to lean some moments before going to bring the garment to Alex.
When she enters the rec room again Alex is awake. Seated on the side of the bed, he looks at his mother to bustle then in the piece, as hearing Emma entered, his eyes change target and carry themselves to the young woman. She intercepts the look and feels like a sort of current passing between them... she blinks her eyes and already Alex returned his attention towards his mother. Emma is disturbed but she puts this sensation on the account of fatigue and the stress of the day. She puts the pyjamas down and the shirt on the file of the sofa and wishes them a good night before slipping out.
Arrived in her room, she slips herself under a very hot shower that allows her to loosen the knotted muscles of her shoulders and to clear the whole pain and the violence of the day. She remains a long time under the powerful throw, letting her mind wander quietly. Then once she evacuated the tension, she is going to lie down in her bed but doesn't find the sleep. She remained there; spread in the dark, listening to the silence of the Sanctuary and ironing herself like a movie to slow down, the events that only took place some hours before. The time passes, slowly and finally without realizing it, her heavy lids closed themselves and her mind sank in the fullness of the sleep.
Author: ShadowFox (Shado-Fox)
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A special thanks to Garfieldlady for helping me to translate my fanfiction from French to English.
Hi! Thanks for the review! No it's not an ER fiction :) but I like writing lot of details... :)
Chapter 6
Adam: No... really I don't know... a stroke to the head can have a lot of consequences and at the present time, the only thing of we can be sure of, that there are not any fractures.
Softly, he tries to hold the compress on the temple of Shalimar while enclosing it in a bandaging that makes the tour around her skull. He makes sure not to cover the eyes of the young woman, with the strip, in order to be able to verify the state of her eye at all times.
Satisfied by his work, he moves back to contemplate his "daughter", He remains like this for some moments, the look in the vagueness, conscious that this time, luck was on their side, otherwise he could have lost two of his "children."
Adam: It is necessary to put her on a bed, she will be a lot more comfortable and I could do a san on Brennan
Jesse moves away one moment and comes back with a rolling bed that he couples to the seat in which Shalimar lies. Adam and he synchronize themselves to raise their friend for a last time and to install her in the medical bed. In two times three movements, Shalimar is spread on the bed, her face almost as pale as the sheets on which she now rests. Jesse transfers the gallows of the seat on the amount of the bed and adjusts the cover on the body of the young feline.
Adam: Emma, I am going to take care of Brennan now. I would like you to go to Shalimar's room and bring her back some personal items and especially to clean her up a little... I think that she would appreciate that it is you that does the cleaning ... I cleaned as much as possible but blood and the dust cover still a part of her body...
Emma approaches him and put her hand on his arm while signing him with the head indicating that she understood and that there was not a problem. Emma moves away quickly, leaving the two men in the laboratory, to install the bed of Shalimar aside as well as a screen to separate her of the rest of the lab.
Adam heads then towards his computer and some seconds are sufficient for him to displace the scanner over Brennan's seat. He throws the complete exam to determine the extent of the injuries of the young man, precisely. Some minutes later, a beep signals him the end of the scanner and results show off on the screen. These confirm the concussion as well as the warming- up of the shoulder due to the succession of shocks. Jesse has already taken care to of his shoulder; Adam is content with injecting a painkiller in Brennan's arm to prevent him from suffering when he will gain consciousness. He conducts a second test then with the pen, breathing of relief while perceiving that the reflexes nearly came back to their normal state. The pulse is steady and strong. The young man is still unconscious but Adam doesn't see anything abnormal.
Adam: I am going to continue to supervise him this night but I think that tomorrow he will be on his feet. With a good headache and an aching shoulder... nothing that a painkiller won't be able to calm. You can rest now Jesse. You did a good job, as much over there against the agents of the GSA as here helping me with Shalimar and Brennan...
You can hear the pride in the sound of his voice and Jesse knows how much their lives result of the heart of their chief... he considers them as his children and they render it to him well.
Jesse: This isn't really what you think! These are our friends and we will do everything that we can to help them. We went through some losses but our mission has been carried through... Anna and her sons are safe and sound and that it is important. They didn't risk their lives in vain and we didn't either. You too should take a rest... the day was hard for all of us all, but especially for you...
Adam: I am going to think it over.
Adam looks at Jesse with a gleam in his look that doesn't let any doubt that he would not do anything of it in spite of what he has just said. He feels responsible and had to look after the health of his troops, of his family.
Emma who is slipped herself to Shalimar's sides while Adam and Jesses discussed, cannot stop smiling while hearing them to speak. Armed of a humid glove, she passes softly on the naked parts of the young feline in order to get rid of the blood and remnants remaining the explosion. When she finally finishes, she covers and edge her friend. Then puts close a small teddy bear near the head of the feline that decorates her bed in normal time. The teddy bear carried her fragrance so .that the young woman feels reassured, same unconscious, by a friendly presence close to her.
She approaches Adam who seems lost in his thoughts, leaned to his office.
Emma: Adam, you should be resting ... you know I can remain here during this time and can supervise Shalimar and Brennan.
Adam: Emma. I am not tired. I am going to remain here; I have work that waits for me.
Knowing that she would not manage to change his opinion, she comes out of the special room, and withdraws in the rec room, not really astonished when entering, to find Anna, sat in a corner of the sofa, her son on her knees, sleeping.
Emma: You should lie down. The day was hard for you and your son. What's his name?
Anna: Alex. His name is Alex. He is 5 years old. He looks older but he is still a baby.
A smile spreads on her lips to her baby's evocation and tenderly she puts her hand in his hair, stroking it.
Emma: Well Anna. Do you need something in particular? I am going to bring you something so you can change clothes, I would not have anything to his size but we should find something that will work.
Anna: Thank you... thanks you for everything. I don't know where we would be if you had not arrived... I am distressed for your friends... so sorry... It is my entire fault... I hope that they are not going to die...
Emma: But no Anna, you are not responsible for anything. These are the occupational hazards and we accept them. Our role is to help people like you that are in danger because of their powers, because of what they are...
Emma's voice was supposed to be reassuring and strong and she seems to have reached her goal while seeing Anna's expression calming herself.
Anna: I don't know Who these men are not nor why they pursue us... we were so happy with my husband and then he disappeared a few days ago and these men arrived and tried to take our child!!
Emma: You don't risk anything anymore here Anna and your son either. We are going to take care of it and to place you in a safe house, secured with a new identity and a new life.
Anna: But we cannot leave without Alan! He is in danger too... he's a mutant, as we and they are surely going to try to catch him, like us, if they didn't already ...
Emma: Anna...do you know what is the goal of your husband's work within the GSA? Do you know what his role is?
Anna: He... finally... I don't know... but he has a good work and no one bothers him because of his powers. On the contrary, they seem even to appreciate them since he went up enough quickly in rank, his chiefs seem happy with him.
Emma didn't feel to question everything that this young woman believes to know or still knows ... She doesn't seem to know that if he could bring up in rank that is solely to the depend of other mutants that he has to deliver to the GSA...
Emma: We will try to see clearer tomorrow morning. You better lie down. I come back in some minutes.
She heads towards her room to find what to get for clothes to Anna and Alex. She takes one of her pyjamas, Anna has the same size as her, and this one should fit her. She crosses the hallway towards the room of Jesse to borrow something that could be pyjamas to Alex. She knows that he is there and that he doesn't sleep yet... light filters under his door. She knocks twice and waits for his friend's call to open the door. Some seconds are sufficient and the voice of Jesse reaches her through the door.
Jesse: Yes? Enter!
He took a shower and changed. Emma can see the droplets of waters clinging again to the tips of his hair before coming to collapse on the collar of his shirt. He is lengthened on the bed, legs and naked feet, the look lost at the ceiling. When she comes further in the room, the look of the young man focuses on her and he straightens himself slightly to look at her face.
Jesse: A problem?
The question comes to him directly but doesn't worry too much while rather seeing air calm of the young woman. He can see the veil of sadness that crouches in the bottom of her eyes but her attitude is not alarming.
Emma: No, no. I came to see if you would have something that I could give to Anna to dress her son. A small shirt or something of that kind.
Jesse: Everything's Ok?
Emma: Yes. It's Ok. I worry about them but they are in the best care. Adam does his best and I am sure that they are going to be back on their foot, very quickly. I am going to take care of Anna and I am going to lie down in order to be in shape to relieve Adam in the laboratory when he will be going to take a rest.
Jesse rises and approaches her. In an abrupt desire, he takes her in his arms and then hold her against his body. The fear, in the warehouse, tortured him all after noon and holding her against his body reassures him. Emma is taken by surprise by his action but let's herself goes and takes him in her arms on her turn. Relieved and happy to know he was there and in good health. They remain some minutes before lets go to head towards his cabinet. He searches for one moment and pulls a navy blue tee-shirt of his garment to offer it to her then.
Jesse: It should work. He can keep it; I'm not able to wear it more for a long time.
His juvenile smile illuminates his face.
Emma: Thank you Jesse.
She turns around and left the room while closing the door. She remains there to lean some moments before going to bring the garment to Alex.
When she enters the rec room again Alex is awake. Seated on the side of the bed, he looks at his mother to bustle then in the piece, as hearing Emma entered, his eyes change target and carry themselves to the young woman. She intercepts the look and feels like a sort of current passing between them... she blinks her eyes and already Alex returned his attention towards his mother. Emma is disturbed but she puts this sensation on the account of fatigue and the stress of the day. She puts the pyjamas down and the shirt on the file of the sofa and wishes them a good night before slipping out.
Arrived in her room, she slips herself under a very hot shower that allows her to loosen the knotted muscles of her shoulders and to clear the whole pain and the violence of the day. She remains a long time under the powerful throw, letting her mind wander quietly. Then once she evacuated the tension, she is going to lie down in her bed but doesn't find the sleep. She remained there; spread in the dark, listening to the silence of the Sanctuary and ironing herself like a movie to slow down, the events that only took place some hours before. The time passes, slowly and finally without realizing it, her heavy lids closed themselves and her mind sank in the fullness of the sleep.