Getting all the information the school secretary could give them, Shalimar and Emma went straight to the safehouse. They asked Sam and Noah and anyone else who could help to start checking the mutant and criminal archives and database. They were instructed to look for a woman with long brown hair, brown eyes, 5'4"-5'6" and who weighed about 135lbs. As Shalimar searched herself, she started entering the information. The more she thought about it the more this woman seemed more familiar. She thought that it was such a weird coincidence. Her friend Mia fit those attributes. Thinking more and more about it, she began to wonder why Mia had left. It only took Shalimar fifteen minutes to drop the girls off. She put the thought behind her, there was no reason for Mia to take her girls. And she didn't know Emma so there was no connection there.

Emma couldn't take it anymore. She had to do something. She could do something, she was just too frightened to do it. Making up her mind she headed toward the back stairs that led to the roof. Pushing the door open she stepped outside. Emma knew Eden's telepathy had started kicking about a week ago. She could feel it, Eden was trying so hard but all Emma recieved were small waves of fear and pain. They had to be close by. Sitting down on the hard floor she prepared herself. A cloud of black enveloped Emma's eyes and she went broadband. Her mind spiraled through thousands of voices and feelings as she tried to filter out the only two that mattered.

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"Why don't you let her down? She's harmless. What harm can a nine year old do?" Carly asked. Mia looked at Wendy who in turn looked at Eden. She was still concentrating on the same spot in the floor.

"What is she doing?" Wendy asked looking to Carly for answers.

"She looks dead." Mia said walking up to her.

"She is not dead, not yet at least. Take her down, I want Emma to hear her scream before she dies." Wendy said leaving the room. Mia did as she was told and took Eden down none too gently. She left her on the floor still tied and walked out after Wendy.

"Aww man! I thought I felt her!" Eden said trying to sit up. "Why did you tell them to let me down?"

"Why don't you start working on untying yourself so that you could untie me and then we can get the hell out of here?!"

"Don't yell at me or I'll tell mom you cursed." Eden tried bringing her arms up to her face to try and pull at the rope with her teeth. They wouldn't move so she brought her head down to her wrists.

"What are you doing?"

"My arms fell asleep and now they wont move." She said starting at the rope again.

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"Honey, I think I found.....Emma? Have any of you seen Emma?" Shalimar asked standing up from the computer.

"She went through the roof access." Sam said not looking away from her screen.

"What? Why didn't you say something?" Shalimar yelled running to the stairs.

"You didn't ask!" Sam yelled after her. "And I wouldn't go up there if I were you!" She added. Shalimar ignored her and continued on. Upon opening the door a rush of emotions and feelings, swept through her, knocking her off her feet and down the stairs. She fell back head first onto the bottom step. Hearing the loud thud, Sam ran to the stairs. She helped a disoriented Shalimar onto her feet. Her nose was bleeding and blood could be seen creeping through her hair.

"What was that?" She asked cupping the back of her head.

"That was Emma. She didn't do it on purpose. She's trying to find the girls." Sam explained.

"What is she doing?" Shalimar asked still confused.

"Something very dangerous." Sam said looking up at the open door. Being a psionic herself, Sam had felt Emma's mind open up in it's entirety. It felt like a migraine times ten and Sam had to do all she could not to shut herself off from the world.

"We have to stop her." Shalimar said turning to go back up. Sam grabbed her arm and pulled her back down.

"You don't know do you?" She asked.

"Know what?"

"With everything she's broadcasting, going up there could kill you." Sam said seriously. "She's the only one that could stop it now, so let's just go and get you cleaned up." she suggested trying to pull her back.

"No, not until she comes back down." Shalimar said stubbornly. She leant against the railing putting pressure on her wound. Sam took out a tissue and wiped at her nose.

"Give me that." Shal said annoyed taking the tissue with her free hand.

"Just trying to help. So what did you find?" Sam asked only to recieve another confused glance. "What you were going to tell Emma before you fell on your ass. Don't ferals always land on their feet?" She teased.

"You try landing on your feet when it feels like you've been shot in the head. And I was going to tell Emma that I got a lead off of this Wendy character. Apparently she didn't die. Her family owns a warehouse a few miles from here, and if that's where she took the girls, then that's where we're headed."

"Anything on who took them from the school?"

"No nothing." Shalimar said slowly.

"Finally!" Sam exclaimed.

"What?"

"She's done. Let's go." They ran up the stairs in time to see Emma getting up off the floor with her hands on her head.

"Emma!" Shalimar ran to her and hugged her like she hadn't seen her in days. "You had me so worried."

"I found them." Emma said returning the hug.

"Oh you guys!" Sam smiled hugging both of them.

"Sam?"

"Yeah?"

"Hugs over." Emma said trying to breathe. "Shal, what happened?" Emma asked noticing the blood in Shalimars hair, and the dry blood around her nose.

"What this? It's nothing. Let's go get our kids. I think I know where Wendy's keeping them." Emma looked at her disbelievingly. She turned to Sam who looked up at the sky suddenly interested in a small cloud passing by.

"Fine, but when this is all over I want some answers." She said eyeing the both of them.

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Taking off the last of the rope, Eden smiled triumphantly. 'Now if only the tingling in my arm would stop' she thought.

"Great, now come untie me."

"How do you expect me to reach that high?" Eden asked putting her hands on her hips. "Do you mind hanging around a few more minutes? Mom should be here soon. I'm gonna go see if there's a way out of here."

"Are you crazy! Have you lost your mind! Incase you didn't hear those two psychos, they're after you."

"So you want me to stay here and wait for them to kill me?"

"Not necessarily, but what are you going to when they catch you? Hmm."

"My legs aren't asleep. I'll run. And if I have to I'll hide. I'm small."

"Get back here!" Carly yelled as Eden left the room.

"This is it." Shalimar said stopping the car in front of the warehouse.

"I hope so." Emma said getting out.

Surprisingly, no one was guarding the door. Eden started down a hallway rubbing her wrists and looking for any exit signs. She had heard Emma's voice before, so some of her fears had dissipated. But she was still confused, and her head hurt from trying so hard and Wendy yanking it so roughly.

She didn't have to look far. There was an exit sign at every corner. 'This is too easy.' Eden thought. She followed the signs regardless. It didn't take long before she found the front door. She paused, this was too easy. She was ready to turn around when she saw two familiar figures about fifty yards away. Her heart beat rapidly and she opened the door ran out to them.

"I told you they'd come." Wendy said coming out from behind a door.

"Mommy! Mommy!" Eden cried, running as fast as she could.

"Eden!" Shalimar yelled running.

"Where's Carly?" Emma asked running next to her.

"I don't know?" Shalimar said worriedly.

They were ten yards away from each other when a shot rang out.

"Nooooooooo!!!!!!" they both screamed in horror as they watched their little girl fall.