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Surprises All Around by Rosalie
Chapter Three
Brennan and Jesse had just about reached Dan when another group of G.S.A came out of the store. This puzzled them but they didn't pay attention to it. They grumbled and jugged the rest of the way to Dan but before they got there Dan received a kick to the gut and went down grumbling. Brennan took care of the goons while Jesse went over to Dan.
"Are you all right?" he asked concerned.
Dan groaned to make his act believable and said "Yeah, I'm fine."and then he thought "Now come a little closer. I can't wait for revenge until we get to sanctuary. I want it now!"
"Good, let's get you up so we can go." Jesse replied as he bent down to help Dan up.
"Perfect"Dan thought as he pulled a knife out of his sleeve. Aloud he said "Oh, I'm fine but your not." As Jesse gave him a quizzical look Dan grabbed him by the shoulder and shoved the knife into his gut.
Jesse gasped as he felt the metal slide into his abdomen. Jesse looked at Dan horrified and started to ask why. Dan just smiled and ripped the knife out of Jesse violently as he pushed Jesse to the ground. " That's payback for caring more about your teammates that me and mom, Adam." he thought as he did this.
Brennan had just finished off the final G.S.A agent when he heard the commotion behind him. He turned around and was shocked at the sight he saw. Dan was standing over Jesse bringing an already bloody knife into the air to stab Jesse again. Brennan gasped and quickly sent a tesa coil at Dan sending him to the ground unconscious. Brennan ran over to Jesse praying he was all right.
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Adam had sent Shalimar to go and rest but he knew that her and Emma would be sparring or talking. Adam ran a hand through his hair as the computer finished the results of Shal's last test.
" Beep Beep" came the familiar beep of the computer through the lab when the results were finished.
Adam grabbed the results from the printer and looked at them. They read positive. Shalimar was pregnant .
" Shalimar, can I have a word with you in the lab, please?" Adam called into his com-link.
Shalimar and Emma, who were talking in her room jumped at the sound of Adam's voice. They had both forgotten he was in Sanctuary. " Yeah, I'll be right there." Shalimar responded laughing along with Emma at how jumpy they were. To Emma she said " Be right back" and left.
" What's up Adam. Did you get the test results back? What was the test anyway? she asked when she got to the lab.
" Have a seat Shal." Adam said pointing to the chair. She complied although confused.
" The results are finished and your not sick."
" Then why......." Shalimar started but was cut off when Adam continued.
" It's morning sickness." Adam said as if that explained everything.
Shalimar stuttered surprised as she answered " Are you telling me I'm pregnant!"
Adam just nodded and asked her questions, which she answered automatically, not really aware of them because her mind was spinning too fast. " So much for talking with Jess about kids." she thought ironically. Adam wanted to take an ultra-sound to find out how far along she was, at least that's what she heard when she finally tuned into the conversation again. She just nodded her head in agreement.
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When Brennan reached Jesse he was shocked by what he saw. Jesse was lying in a slowly growing pool of blood holding his abdomen as tightly as he could mange with his quickly diminishing strength. Brennan could tell he was quickly losing consciousness. He knelt beside Jess and applied pressure to the wound after moving Jesse's arms away from it. Jesse's chest was rising and falling quickly and along with breathing rapidly his breath was coming out in gasps.
" Hang in there, K, buddy." he said as Jess lost consciousness completely.
Brennan looked down at the limp form in his arms and silently prayed he'd be all right. If he wasn't Shalimar would kill him for sure. Brennan sighed as he picked Jesse's inert form up and carried him over to the Helix.
As soon as Brennan layed Jesse down on the floor of the Helix with his jacket under Jess' head he called out to Adam. While he continued to apply pressure to the wound which was thankfully bleeding slower.
" Adam." he called frantically.
" Brennan? Were are you guys? I thought you'd be back by now. I wanted to talk to Dan." came Adam's voice from the lab with Shalimar. They had both been leaving when Brennan called.
Brennan laughed at the mention of Dan as he put the Helix into autopilot to Sanctuary.
"Dan's God damn G.S.A!!" Brennan yelled at the top of his lungs quite harshly.
"What do you mean?" Adam demanded not believing what he had just heard.
" It was a trap or something . Adam. The Son Of A Bitch stabbed Jesse!"
" What!!" came the response but not from Adam. " Shalimar." Brennan thought" Oh, Shit."
" Is he all right" a voice asked, which was Emma this time.
" Of course he isn't all right he was stabbed, but the bleeding has slowed down. We'll be back at Sanctuary in 15 minutes.
" Okay, make it faster if you can. We'll be ready for you guys." Adam said and ended the communication, leaving a very wiped Brennan in silence starring at Jesse, continuing to apply pressure not daring to stop in fear it would cause the wound to bleed more than it already was.
Shalimar had work herself into a frenzy by the time Brennan and Jesse arrived and ran on to the Helix as soon as it landed and the doors opened. When she saw Jesse's pale, limp form she pushed Brennan aside roughly and shook Jesse's shoulders trying to wake him. She stopped with tears streaming down her face when Emma and Brennan pulled her away so Adam could work.
Adam was extremely worried as soon as he saw Jesse and everyone knew this. Adam checked Jesse's pulse and was relieved to find one. A weak one mind you but one all the same. He checked Jesse's breathing and was worried as it was very slow and raspy. It also seem to stop every so often. Adam took a deep breath and looked at the others. He heard the gasp that escaped Shalimar and saw the tears that streamed down Emma's cheeks.
" Get the stretcher Emma." Adam said urgently as he put an IV into Jesse's left arm to start to replace the blood he had already lost. By now Shalimar's cries were subsiding as another wave of nausea hit her. Shalimar couldn't believe it, her fiancee was injured and probably dying and she was getting morning sickness. She ran from the Helix as Brennan and Adam started to leave with Jesse on the stretcher. Brennan looked at Adam and ran after her.
" I'll be more help to her anyway." he thought " Emma's the one with more experience remembering Emma had once been an E.M.T. Brennan looked into the lab as he passed by. Adam and Emma were working feverishly to save Jesse. Jesse was hooked up to a respirator, a heart monitor and had two more IV's hooked to him. Brennan prayed he'd be all right and went to find Shal to make sure she was all right. She had looked pretty sick when he had arrived .
Brennan found Shalimar in the bathroom attached to her room. Brennan was about to see if she was all right but it was then he became aware of the blood on him. He didn't want to upset her more but when he heard her puking he opened the door anyway to find Shalimar bent over the toilet.
" Are you all right, Shal." he asked as he entered to the room.
Shalimar looked up to answer but didn't get the chance as another wave hit her and she started to puke again. Brennan went over to her and held her hair out of the way.
" Yeah , I'm okay." she said looking at him when she stopped feeling nausea.
Brennan looked at her with a look that said "Yeah, sure you are." Shalimar laughed at this and decided to tell him the truth about why she had been puking because she knew he was worried because her stomach was usually stronger even when it was a teammate hurt.
" Brennan?"
" Yeah Shal."
Shalimar paused not sure how to continue. She decided to just blurt it out. She looked up at Brennan who was hugging her tightly to stop her from shaking, which was from the shock of seeing Jesse like he was. " Jesse and I are getting married."
Brennan was quiet as he looked at Shalimar. " Well , I wanted to know how close they were." he thought. " Congrats, Shal. That's great and don't worry he's going to be fine."
Shalimar smiled and said " Thanks, Brennan and I promise I won't hurt you." Making note of her comment to him earlier made them both laugh.
Brennan smiled and said " 'Preciate it. I think you should lie down you don't look so good and I want to change." Brennan said making note of his clothes. Shalimar looked down at them and noticed now that they both had Jesse's blood on them. She remained quiet and Brennan feared she was going to cry again but instead she agreed. As they were getting up she said " Brennan there was one more thing."
" Yeah, Shal." Brennan said wondering if she was going to say something about her vomiting.
Again she wasn't sure what to say. " I'm pregnant, Brennan." she blurted because she couldn't think of another way to say it.
Brennan was stunned and surprised to. This was the least thing he was expecting "Well that was a lie." he thought " I wasn't expecting them to get married either. " Congrats" he said again as he left to take a shower and change worried because they hadn't heard anything about Jesse yet. Shalimar laughed as she closed the door and started to get undressed. She suddenly knew that Jesse would be all right. After she was finished and dressed, in a pair of pants and one of Jesse's shirts, she went down to the rec-room to wait for news. She found Brennan already there reading a Walt Whitman poetry book. "Surprise." she thought sitting down next to him.
" Any news." she asked startling Brennan who must have been throughly involved with his book.
" No but we should know soon Shal. I was just down there and they had almost finished repairing the damage. Don't worry."
" Mind if I join you and read while we wait?" she asked indicating to the Walt Whitman book that she had borrowed from him earlier.
" No, be my guest." Brennan said smiling when he saw the book he'd lent her. Shal curled up further into the corner of the couch and read while Brennan picked up where he'd left off. Although neither mind was really on the books they were reading as they were too occupied in waiting for news on Jesse.
Surprises All Around by Rosalie
Chapter Three
Brennan and Jesse had just about reached Dan when another group of G.S.A came out of the store. This puzzled them but they didn't pay attention to it. They grumbled and jugged the rest of the way to Dan but before they got there Dan received a kick to the gut and went down grumbling. Brennan took care of the goons while Jesse went over to Dan.
"Are you all right?" he asked concerned.
Dan groaned to make his act believable and said "Yeah, I'm fine."and then he thought "Now come a little closer. I can't wait for revenge until we get to sanctuary. I want it now!"
"Good, let's get you up so we can go." Jesse replied as he bent down to help Dan up.
"Perfect"Dan thought as he pulled a knife out of his sleeve. Aloud he said "Oh, I'm fine but your not." As Jesse gave him a quizzical look Dan grabbed him by the shoulder and shoved the knife into his gut.
Jesse gasped as he felt the metal slide into his abdomen. Jesse looked at Dan horrified and started to ask why. Dan just smiled and ripped the knife out of Jesse violently as he pushed Jesse to the ground. " That's payback for caring more about your teammates that me and mom, Adam." he thought as he did this.
Brennan had just finished off the final G.S.A agent when he heard the commotion behind him. He turned around and was shocked at the sight he saw. Dan was standing over Jesse bringing an already bloody knife into the air to stab Jesse again. Brennan gasped and quickly sent a tesa coil at Dan sending him to the ground unconscious. Brennan ran over to Jesse praying he was all right.
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Adam had sent Shalimar to go and rest but he knew that her and Emma would be sparring or talking. Adam ran a hand through his hair as the computer finished the results of Shal's last test.
" Beep Beep" came the familiar beep of the computer through the lab when the results were finished.
Adam grabbed the results from the printer and looked at them. They read positive. Shalimar was pregnant .
" Shalimar, can I have a word with you in the lab, please?" Adam called into his com-link.
Shalimar and Emma, who were talking in her room jumped at the sound of Adam's voice. They had both forgotten he was in Sanctuary. " Yeah, I'll be right there." Shalimar responded laughing along with Emma at how jumpy they were. To Emma she said " Be right back" and left.
" What's up Adam. Did you get the test results back? What was the test anyway? she asked when she got to the lab.
" Have a seat Shal." Adam said pointing to the chair. She complied although confused.
" The results are finished and your not sick."
" Then why......." Shalimar started but was cut off when Adam continued.
" It's morning sickness." Adam said as if that explained everything.
Shalimar stuttered surprised as she answered " Are you telling me I'm pregnant!"
Adam just nodded and asked her questions, which she answered automatically, not really aware of them because her mind was spinning too fast. " So much for talking with Jess about kids." she thought ironically. Adam wanted to take an ultra-sound to find out how far along she was, at least that's what she heard when she finally tuned into the conversation again. She just nodded her head in agreement.
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When Brennan reached Jesse he was shocked by what he saw. Jesse was lying in a slowly growing pool of blood holding his abdomen as tightly as he could mange with his quickly diminishing strength. Brennan could tell he was quickly losing consciousness. He knelt beside Jess and applied pressure to the wound after moving Jesse's arms away from it. Jesse's chest was rising and falling quickly and along with breathing rapidly his breath was coming out in gasps.
" Hang in there, K, buddy." he said as Jess lost consciousness completely.
Brennan looked down at the limp form in his arms and silently prayed he'd be all right. If he wasn't Shalimar would kill him for sure. Brennan sighed as he picked Jesse's inert form up and carried him over to the Helix.
As soon as Brennan layed Jesse down on the floor of the Helix with his jacket under Jess' head he called out to Adam. While he continued to apply pressure to the wound which was thankfully bleeding slower.
" Adam." he called frantically.
" Brennan? Were are you guys? I thought you'd be back by now. I wanted to talk to Dan." came Adam's voice from the lab with Shalimar. They had both been leaving when Brennan called.
Brennan laughed at the mention of Dan as he put the Helix into autopilot to Sanctuary.
"Dan's God damn G.S.A!!" Brennan yelled at the top of his lungs quite harshly.
"What do you mean?" Adam demanded not believing what he had just heard.
" It was a trap or something . Adam. The Son Of A Bitch stabbed Jesse!"
" What!!" came the response but not from Adam. " Shalimar." Brennan thought" Oh, Shit."
" Is he all right" a voice asked, which was Emma this time.
" Of course he isn't all right he was stabbed, but the bleeding has slowed down. We'll be back at Sanctuary in 15 minutes.
" Okay, make it faster if you can. We'll be ready for you guys." Adam said and ended the communication, leaving a very wiped Brennan in silence starring at Jesse, continuing to apply pressure not daring to stop in fear it would cause the wound to bleed more than it already was.
Shalimar had work herself into a frenzy by the time Brennan and Jesse arrived and ran on to the Helix as soon as it landed and the doors opened. When she saw Jesse's pale, limp form she pushed Brennan aside roughly and shook Jesse's shoulders trying to wake him. She stopped with tears streaming down her face when Emma and Brennan pulled her away so Adam could work.
Adam was extremely worried as soon as he saw Jesse and everyone knew this. Adam checked Jesse's pulse and was relieved to find one. A weak one mind you but one all the same. He checked Jesse's breathing and was worried as it was very slow and raspy. It also seem to stop every so often. Adam took a deep breath and looked at the others. He heard the gasp that escaped Shalimar and saw the tears that streamed down Emma's cheeks.
" Get the stretcher Emma." Adam said urgently as he put an IV into Jesse's left arm to start to replace the blood he had already lost. By now Shalimar's cries were subsiding as another wave of nausea hit her. Shalimar couldn't believe it, her fiancee was injured and probably dying and she was getting morning sickness. She ran from the Helix as Brennan and Adam started to leave with Jesse on the stretcher. Brennan looked at Adam and ran after her.
" I'll be more help to her anyway." he thought " Emma's the one with more experience remembering Emma had once been an E.M.T. Brennan looked into the lab as he passed by. Adam and Emma were working feverishly to save Jesse. Jesse was hooked up to a respirator, a heart monitor and had two more IV's hooked to him. Brennan prayed he'd be all right and went to find Shal to make sure she was all right. She had looked pretty sick when he had arrived .
Brennan found Shalimar in the bathroom attached to her room. Brennan was about to see if she was all right but it was then he became aware of the blood on him. He didn't want to upset her more but when he heard her puking he opened the door anyway to find Shalimar bent over the toilet.
" Are you all right, Shal." he asked as he entered to the room.
Shalimar looked up to answer but didn't get the chance as another wave hit her and she started to puke again. Brennan went over to her and held her hair out of the way.
" Yeah , I'm okay." she said looking at him when she stopped feeling nausea.
Brennan looked at her with a look that said "Yeah, sure you are." Shalimar laughed at this and decided to tell him the truth about why she had been puking because she knew he was worried because her stomach was usually stronger even when it was a teammate hurt.
" Brennan?"
" Yeah Shal."
Shalimar paused not sure how to continue. She decided to just blurt it out. She looked up at Brennan who was hugging her tightly to stop her from shaking, which was from the shock of seeing Jesse like he was. " Jesse and I are getting married."
Brennan was quiet as he looked at Shalimar. " Well , I wanted to know how close they were." he thought. " Congrats, Shal. That's great and don't worry he's going to be fine."
Shalimar smiled and said " Thanks, Brennan and I promise I won't hurt you." Making note of her comment to him earlier made them both laugh.
Brennan smiled and said " 'Preciate it. I think you should lie down you don't look so good and I want to change." Brennan said making note of his clothes. Shalimar looked down at them and noticed now that they both had Jesse's blood on them. She remained quiet and Brennan feared she was going to cry again but instead she agreed. As they were getting up she said " Brennan there was one more thing."
" Yeah, Shal." Brennan said wondering if she was going to say something about her vomiting.
Again she wasn't sure what to say. " I'm pregnant, Brennan." she blurted because she couldn't think of another way to say it.
Brennan was stunned and surprised to. This was the least thing he was expecting "Well that was a lie." he thought " I wasn't expecting them to get married either. " Congrats" he said again as he left to take a shower and change worried because they hadn't heard anything about Jesse yet. Shalimar laughed as she closed the door and started to get undressed. She suddenly knew that Jesse would be all right. After she was finished and dressed, in a pair of pants and one of Jesse's shirts, she went down to the rec-room to wait for news. She found Brennan already there reading a Walt Whitman poetry book. "Surprise." she thought sitting down next to him.
" Any news." she asked startling Brennan who must have been throughly involved with his book.
" No but we should know soon Shal. I was just down there and they had almost finished repairing the damage. Don't worry."
" Mind if I join you and read while we wait?" she asked indicating to the Walt Whitman book that she had borrowed from him earlier.
" No, be my guest." Brennan said smiling when he saw the book he'd lent her. Shal curled up further into the corner of the couch and read while Brennan picked up where he'd left off. Although neither mind was really on the books they were reading as they were too occupied in waiting for news on Jesse.