A/N: The fallowing came out longer than expected so I had to divide it into two to three chapters. So if it's a little confusing just drop me an email or leave it in the review. Thank you so much to those who reviewed. A big thanks to The Shadow Fox and the barrowed muse a huge thank you cause with out you guys I would still be staring at this chapter with a head ache and more confusion than dog with three t-bones! LOL.

Sanctuary…

Brennan watched the unconscious girl as she slowly breathed in an out. He wondered if it was as painful as it sound. Hell it probably was, and for some incomprehensible reason Brennan wanted to take her pain away. Make it so that she wouldn't hurt so much, she shouldn't have to suffer because of that idiot kid.

Adam had told them that with out the full bio-scan they wouldn't know the extent of the girls' injuries.

She had abrasions on the left side of her back, possibly bruised ribs. Emma had said there were a multitude of scars on her legs. Unless someone was looking up close for them they would never see them.

Up until an hour ago the guy hadn't left her side, it was as if he had been guarding her. It reminded him of the time Jesse had gotten injured during the safe house raid, Shalimar never left his side while he was recovering. Even growled at Emma who had tried to convince her to get some rest "Stare any harder and you'll burn a whole right through her." Shalimar's soft firm voice was so near that Brennan actually jumped, startled that there was anyone else in the room with him. "I was just ah… um…"

"Watching over her."

"Yeah…" he said raking a hand through his dark hair.

"Adam says' she has a small concussion, and a bruised rib. But that's all he can tell for now."

"I don't get it, the kid came with us to help her out, and yet he refuses to get a full scan on her."

"He must have reasons." Shalimar said

"Oh come on Shal, you don't actually believe that do you? Maybe you were right before, what if he is hiding something. What if he's the reason she's like this… what if…"

"What if he's just a scared kid who had no place else to go? No one else to turn to?" Shalimar interjected, Brennan's outburst had surprised her a bit as well as the protective manner he had over a girl who had just come into their lives no more that 24 hours before.

"What's with the sudden change in heart?" Brennan leaned against the counter on the opposite wall.

Shalimar shrugged her shoulders as she leaned over the unconscious elemental, there was a familiar air about her. She had felt it the minute they boarded the helix, and it had been bothering her to no end. Carefully she brushed the dark hair away from her pale face. "I don't know…."

"Shalimar this kid is dangerous, he's irrational and hot tempered and…"

"Sounds a lot like someone else I use to know." she said with a smirk.

"What? I was never…"

"I never said it was you." Shalimar said her smirk growing into a full blown grin.

"Look the kid might clean up nice, doesn't mean he is."

"You know if we thought that way about you when you first came you would have never made it past the front door. Before you go judging him why don't you find out what he's all about."

~*~*~*~

"Hey what are you doing?" Emma asked as she walked towards the dojo steps where Jesse had been sitting quietly for the past half hour. "Thinking." he replied not really looking at her but towards the laboratory. Emma climbed up towards the center of the steps and sat right beside him. "There's something about them Em… it's like…"

"You should know them?"

"You get that feeling too?" he looked at her with what seemed like hope, it made Emma smiled a bit.

"I don't know what it is, but, yeah I do."

"Emma an hour ago that guy was ready to tear you apart…"

Emma turned and faced Jesse with an astounding expression. "Jesse… you know he wasn't going to hurt me…" She knew she hadn't been the only one who saw into the younger molecular.

"I think the question is how did I know?" he retorted with much confusion. Emma sighed shrugging her shoulders, too many questions bottled inside of everyone. She leaned onto Jesse resting her head on his shoulder. "I'm not sure."

"What say we find out?" Jesse said almost cheerfully.

Emma looked up at him as if he was crazy, "I don't know Jess why don't we let him calm down first?"

"You said he wouldn't hurt us. Let's just see what he has to say, couldn't hurt."

~*~*~*~

Eddie was freaking out just about now he had almost attacked Emma, he actually did. The moment she had entered his mind he had felt betrayed. An invasion of his own mind by a woman who was suppose be apart of his family. Eddie shook his head willing himself to calm down, this was so not the time to fall apart. Besides if the year was right than he's family wouldn't start for another… "Oh for fucks sake what the hell am I doing here in the first place?" he said aloud. Lexi. Right. He had to be strong here, if not for himself at least for Lexi. Shit the kid was in a worse state than he was and he had promised Bren that nothing would happen to her. Eddie wondered if them being here was causing some kind of ripple effect.

Glancing around the garage he found at least six different cars, which brought a smirk to his face. Another memory of his past was surfacing but he shoved it back down deep inside. He didn't feel like getting lost in another piece of a past that had been long since over with. He had to get the hell out of this place and now… but that would mean leaving Lexi in the hands of… no, not strangers. They were his and Lexi's family, at least they were going to be. "God this is too weird." Eddie mumbled. "I gotta get out of here…"

Eddie let his fingers glide over the frame of his shades and press on the side, the view in the garage changed as the internal part of the shades became a transparent screen. Information streamed down, his gaze landed on the care in front of him. Schematics for the car came streaming down. He smiled placing his hand on the door of the MazdaRX8, he took a deep breathe and prepared to enter the car.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."