Feelings and a Lovely Virus

By: ShalCat-Kitty

Disclaimer: I don't own it. Duh!

Ok in the last chapter I made a really dumb mistake that I hope no one picked up on but GS agents attacked them at the abandon warehouse and this is supposed to be in the second season. The GSA is pretty well non-visible in the second season. So I went back and changed it. It won't change the story that much so if it was GS agents the first time you read it, now it has been changed to big men who were after Callie.

Until this horrible fit of writers block goes away on Robin Hood I'm gonna have to work on this one. I'm liking it so far. This chapter will be from Shalimar's point of view. I think it's going to be interesting.

Ch: 2

Jealousy

JEALOUSY, WAS I REALLY JEALOUS?

It means that you own something and you just don't think anyone else should have it. I was not being possessive, I just couldn't help but get angry when some one got close to him. I wasn't jealous. I had no reason to be. I didn't like him…

Who was I kidding? I was in love with the guy. I was in love with his chocolate puppy dog eyes, his comforting presence, and pretty much everything else about him. I saw him kiss her and it broke my heart.

I had seen them talking as I passed by. I was going to talk to him. But he kissed her. Well she kissed him, but he didn't stop her. I left. I couldn't take it. I had never told him my feelings because I was scared he didn't feel the same. Now I knew.

I was jealous, I wanted him to kiss me and run his fingers through my hair. It wasn't just my jealousy, my instincts told me that there was something wrong. Just like when Nikki had been there. I believed that Jessica had good intentions but there was still something about her that just wasn't right.

"Whoa. Slow down there girl" Jesse commented as I stomped passed him.

"I'm sorry Jess. I don't know. There's just something wrong." I shrugged and walked over to the punching bag where he was training and gave it a quick jab.

"Does this have something to do with Jessica?" His words were dead on. I looked down at my feet. He knew me too well. "Don't worry Shal. She'll be gone as soon as Adam has figured out what's going on." He put his hand on my shoulder. "You'll be ok." He reassured.

I finished my walk back to my room and flopped down on my bed. It was going to be a tough week. I felt a tear slip out of the corner of my eye. Even if something were wrong, no one would believe me. They would pass it off because of my instinctual territorial feelings.

Damn it for once I wanted to be a normal person for once and not be so uptight when another feral was around.

There was a knock on my door and as I got up to answer I quickly wiped my eyes covering my tears with a happy smile.

It was Emma. She looked at me sympathetically. "Can I come in?" she asked.

"Yeah." I motioned her in and closed the door. She watched me as I sat down on my bed.

"Shalimar are you Ok?" she questioned sweetly. I smiled at her.

"Of course Em. Why wouldn't I be?" I knew I couldn't fake her out but I thought if she saw that I wanted to be ok, she'd leave me alone.

"With what you've been broadcasting, that is impossible. Honey, I could feel it from the lab even with my shields up. Really do you want to talk about it?" she sat down beside me. I fell over into her lap and let the tears slip.

"I don't know what to do." I said quietly. She put her hand on my arm and sent me calm feelings with her mind.

"Shalimar. It will be ok. Maybe someday you should tell him how you feel." She soothed.

"But I'm scared." I whimpered sitting up again.

"In all the time I've known you. You've never been scared of anything. There's no reason to be scared now." She seemed so sure.

"But he… Jessica… I couldn't" My words didn't want to come out. "I'll just embarrass myself. He doesn't feel the same way…" I looked to her for help. "Does he?"

She gave a small laugh. "I'm sorry Shal, you know I can't tell you. But perhaps you should ask him. You might be surprised." She smiled.

"Thank you Emma. I think I'll be ok now." I wanted to say. "As long as Jessica leaves soon. " but I held my tongue. Emma stayed for a moment then left.

When I was alone again, I sat up near the head of the bed and slumped against the wall. I was still worried about Jessica. I had a bad feeling about her, something was out of place.

After a few minutes, there was another knock on my door. I tried to ignore it pretending I hadn't heard. I already knew who it was anyway. The knock came again and I begrudgingly pushed myself up to answer it.

I slowly opened the door and he was there. "Hey Shal." He fiddled with the bottom of his shirt. "Can I talk to you for a second?" He flashed me his puppy dog eyes and I couldn't say no. I was sort of mad at him but it wasn't his fault I had feelings for him. I couldn't blame him for my jealousy.

"Sure." I opened the door further to allow him access to my room.

"I wa-" he was about to say something and he doubled over. "ah" He grunted in pain.

"Brennan. What's wrong." I was worried. He fell to his knees and his hands reached for his midsection. Electricity sparked uncontrollably around him. I reached out and was shocked by a rouge bolt.

"Shal. I…" He tried to speak again. He cried out and fell the rest of the way to the floor and sparked a bit before losing consciousness.

"Adam!" I shouted through my com link. "There's something wrong with Brennan." I knelt beside him and called for the others as well. "He just fainted." I reached out and touched his forehead. It was hot with fever. They all came running and I held his head in my hands. When Adam arrived I looked up pleadingly. "Please help him. He's in pain and he's burning up"

We took him to the lab and I stood beside him holding his hand. Adam did a scan and I stood by anxiously as the twin yellow lights ran up and down his body. What was wrong with him. Maybe this had been what my bad feeling had been about. I let go of Brennan's hand and stepped back a little.

"What is it Adam? What's wrong with him? Is he going to be ok?" I rushed him with questions. He pressed some buttons on the computer.

"Well it looks like a fever but it's… I don't know" He scratched his eyebrow thinking it trough in his head.

Emma walked to the computer and looked at the results. "This is no ordinary fever." She told us.

Jesse walked over to have a look as well. Despite my anger, I felt sorry for Jessica who stood in the doorway. She must have felt as left out as I did. Emma and Jesse knew a little bit about this stuff, and Adam was a genius. The two of us, on the other hand, were in the dark about medical stuff.

"His adrenaline levels are through the roof and still he's unconscious." Adam's words didn't sound reassuring. "It's perplexing. He should be bouncing off the walls."

"His vitals are too fast." Emma exclaimed. "He could have a heart attack."

"What!" I squeaked tears in my eyes. I took a moment to breathe. "Is there anything we can do?" I asked as calmly as I could. "Emma can you calm him down?" I pleaded.

She focused for a second then looked to Brennan as she usually did when using her powers. The fast paced beeping from the computer slowed to what sounded like a normal rate.

"His heartbeat is returning to normal." Jesse announced.

"Ok. I'm going to have to run some tests to see what this is. I suggest you all get some rest. It's getting late. Brennan will be fine" Adam was always so much of a father figure that he would send us all to bed like that.

The others all left but I stayed behind a minute. "Adam. What's wrong with him. And don't pull that, I need to take more tests, Crap with me. I saw it in your eyes. You've seen it before." I picked up the elemental's hand again and looked at him, willing him to wake up, willing him to be ok.

"It looks very much like something I've seen before. But it would be impossible. The man who was working on it is dead." Adam confessed.

"Do you know how to fix it?" I could feel the tears running from the corners of my eyes. "Can you help him?"

"Not without a sample of the original virus." He shook his head. "To find it we'll need to find out who has possession of Professor Carson's research and how they obtained it."

"So who was this Professor Carson guy?" I had never heard Adam talk about him before.

"He was my Biology teacher in high school. He's also one of the reasons I decided to join Genomex in the first place." He smiled. "I really looked up to him."

Brennan mumbled something in his unconscious haze. It sounded like the name Callie. I took a deep breath and tried not to let my anger get the best of me.

"Go to bed now Shalimar. I'll be sure to notify you first if I find anything more." Adam said calmly.

I stormed of to my room. Hearing Brennan say her name, it had brought back all the pain, the anger.

AND WHO COULD FORGET THE JEALOUSY?