After a very long time I now finally updated the story.Have fun with this chapter:))

Chapter 11

They had been walking for an hour now and Jesse, Brennan and Shalimar had not said a word to each other. They were all busy with their own thoughts and were just walking, following the one in front of them, as their surroundings already became dusky.

Jesse was not feeling very well and occasionally, he was getting dizzy. He just breathed deep and the dizziness went away. His back was hurting too.He knew that, during the explosion, his back had been injured and he felt some aching, stinging pains in his lower back. But he was keeping quiet.He knew, if he told his friends, they would be worried and Brennan would probably carry him. And that would slow them up.Brennan's head injuries weren't looking great either and Shalimar was already limping, with her leg. She already lowered their speed. He sighed.

Brennan was walking in the middle and he heard the sigh.He looked behind him and saw Jesse looking at the ground, trying to keep up their speed.He didn't look very well. The sweat was dripping of his forehead and his face turned really red. In front of him was Shalimar. Shalimar had decreased their speed and her leg had to hurt. She was limping and a red stain was penetrating her jeans.He knew she wouldn't be the first to give up and Jesse wouldn't either."I need a break. I got a splitting headache." he said, just as an excuse for the others so that they could rest. But the next moment he regretted his little lie when Shalimar was looking very worried at him and asked:" Are you all right?" He nodded with his face down and he quickly turned around, so that she couldn't read his face and would notice that he was lying.

Shalimar didn't trust Brennan's answer, but her eyes were watching Jesse, who was sitting down on a big rock and was letting his head rest in his hands.Shalimar looked at Brennan again and he was looking very well for someone with a terrible headache. He leaned against a tree and kept his eyes closed.She couldn't resist a little smile, but then felt her leg hurting again.She limped to a little mound and sat on it. She let her injured leg rest on a rock and folded her jeans up. The piece of Brennan's shirt around her leg was red and she removed it very carefully. She looked at the wound and saw Brennan was right.The wound wasn't very deep and it should be healed in a couple of days.

Brennan opened his eyes and watched Shalimar removing the shirt.He walked towards her, and took another piece of his shirt, which was now only covering his upper body. He shrugged his shoulders and kneeled by Shalimar's leg.He cleaned the wound again, bonded it again with a new piece of his shirt and pulled her jeans down again.He sat next to her and asked:" Shal, how are you holding up?"Shalimar gave him a little smile and looked at Jesse."I am worried about him. He is not doing great." Brennan nodded and said:" I got the same idea. What are we going to do then? We can only try to get at Sanctuary, before those guys catch up."

Shalimar looked at him and said:" Just an hour walk, there is a lookout point.It is only visited there during the weekend, so no one is there now. But I bet there is a first aid kit and there probably will be a radio or phone to contact Adam." Brennan answered: "Great, I hope Jesse will hold on. I am going to tell him." He stood up, pulled Shalimar towards him and held her very tight in his arms for a couple of seconds. He kissed her then and said:" Everything will be all right soon." He loosened his grip, but he still didn't let her go.He pinched her hand and kissed her again, before turning around and walking towards Jesse, who was still sitting with his head in her hands. They were approaching the lookout point. Shalimar just told them they had a half hour to go before reaching it.

Jesse was relieved to hear that. He was tired and he became dizzier every minute. His back was killing him now. He knew something wasn't right inside. He knew his body and his body was feeling like it was fighting a war.Brennan was walking as third person now. He was getting worried. They were both looking very pale in their faces. He was hoping that there would be a first aid kit to help them. Maybe they could rest a while.

Shalimar was concentrated on her speed and the road.She wanted to be there as fast they could. She was tired and just wanted to sleep.She remembered the guys, who drove them into the ravine. The little man, she knew him. He had something familiar, but she didn't know where she knew him from. Maybe of Genomex, but she surely doubt that.It would come to her in time, if she just let it go for now.Shalimar looked behind her, saw Jesse and Brennan and then continued her path.