Chapter 8
Emma was sitting, next to Adam in the land rover.
They had another four hours to go and she felt her eyelids getting tired. She was exhausted by all the emotions she went through, having the waves of her friends and all the feelings she and Adam had. She just wanted to sleep, but she couldn't right now. She had to know if her friends, her family was all right.
She was looking out of the window and saw the scenery passing by. She leaned with her head against the window. She couldn't resist the tiredness that came over her body and surrendered to it. She felt her eyes closing and dozed away, but was waking up after ten minutes, when she felt another wave entering her mind and body.
Feelings of terror and worry flew through her and Emma recognized them as Brennan's.She sat straight up and Adam, who was far away in his own thoughts, looked at her with questioning eyes.Emma, relieved of this sign of life, said:" I felt Brennan. He is still alive!"Adam, who didn't know he was holding his breath, sighed deeply of relief and said:" I am so glad to hear that!" He looked at her again and then asked in a soft voice:" Shalimar? Jesse?" Emma shook her head and knowing, he wouldn't like what she would say, she answered:" I am sorry. I can't feel either."
Adam's face got worried again; he nodded and then concentrated on his driving again.Emma was focusing on Brennan, who she still felt, but not as intense as earlier.Something was blocking their connection and she found out, that his feelings were not focused on her, but on somebody else. She felt his worry and his fear of loosing someone grew with the second. She wondered if she should tell Adam, but she decided that he was already worried enough and that she shouldn't make it worse.
She looked at him, but he was in his own thoughts.Adam thought, the news of Brennan was great, but he couldn't be happy yet.He had to know what happened to Shalimar and Jesse.
He remembered their first meeting, which indicated, that they would be friends for life.He brought Jesse into Sanctuary and the boy then was so scared of his own powers, but little Shalimar, already in control of hers, took care of him and showed him to deal with his. They became the best friends and now Jesse had fallen in love with Emma.Jesse hadn't been his self lately, because he was injured in their last mission and was doing fighting simulations to get in great shape again.
Shalimar had lost her father, Nicholas Fox, recently.They hadn't been in contact for years, but for the few last weeks they had spoken to each other again, a couple of times, and she was starting to forgive him.Then there was the day, when he died after an explosion in his company.Shalimar couldn't handle the news and left Sanctuary for the day, with nobody knowing where she went. They had been worried and Brennan had expressed that in loosing his temper with all of them.But she came back in the evening and was apathy to everything.She didn't want anything and in their missions, she wasn't having any fun.
Before he went for the trip, he told Jesse and Brennan to look after her and keep an eye on her. Brennan and Jesse answered him that everything would be all right, when he was coming back.And he had to admit, she was looking lively, when he got back.And now, he didn't even know, where they were or if they were still alive.
Emma was tossing in her sleep.Her head went to one side to the other. She kept saying incoherent words, which he couldn't understand, but suddenly she was very clear. She started to speak loudly:"Brennan!...........Jesse!...................Shalimar! Where is Shalimar?......................Shalimar!"
The words became incoherent again and Adam was startled and his head came in contact with the ceiling of the car, when Emma suddenly started to scream.
