Okay, if anybody reads this than OMG I LOVE YOU! Sorry. Anyway, after just over a year, I decided to finish this! (waits for applause) … (darn it!) Yeah, so hopefully some of you lovely MX fans decide to read (or perhaps finish?) this and review on it. For a recap of chapters one through four, look at the top of chapter five.
Chapter five was about the team, plus Keith, trying to figure out a way to save Shalimar. Or something like that. In anycase, I hope you will read and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (once more) PLEASE review! Thank you, thank you very much. (sorry, I have problems, I'll shut up soon I promise!)
Disclaimer: Well I looked on eBay, but Sanctuary isn't for sale yet, so I don't own that. Brennan, Shalimar, Jesse, and Emma weren't for sale either. Therefore, I don't own them. Keith came out of my own little messed up mind though. Why is it that I like the other characters so much more but can't have them! sobs
Anywho, on with the story…
Chapter Six: A Cure?
After almost three hours of laying down, Brennan didn't get more than twenty minutes of sleep, if that. He walked slowly from his room towards the lab. He passed by the couch were Jesse was sleeping. "At least somebody can get some sleep." He mumbled to himself, eyeing Jesse's sleep enviously. Brennan decided to let Jes sleep and go check on Emma and Keith.
Entering the lab, Emma greeted him with a warm "Did you sleep well?" Brennan laughed sarcastically. "Sorry." Emma apologized, "We're still working on it, but the way we see it, with the resources we have we can probably find Shalimar a cure." She said with a spark of hope.
"Still working, way you see it, probably?" Brennan said in a frustrated tone. Emma looked at him sympathetically and replied, "Brennan, I know you're really worried about her, but she's a very strong feral. Even if we try something and it doesn't work, she'll pull through it and we'll be able to try something else."
"How do you know Emma?" Brennan asked, obviously getting upset. "How do you know that anything will work? How do we know that what we try won't kill her, or hurt her, or… How do you know!"
"I don't." Emma said softly. "But I have faith in Shalimar, and in all of us. I think that she'll make it." Brennan nodded, "Well, I hope you're right." He said simply and walked to Shalimar's side.
"Anything?" Emma asked Keith in a whisper while looking back towards Brennan. "It's complicated." Keith told her. "Your feral friend is very strong, but she's also different than most ferals that I've treated. I can't be sure what to think. However, I do believe that your telempathy and Brennan's electricity will not help her recover." He explained. "So, what will?" Emma asked looking concerned. "I'm not sure." Keith said. "Maybe we can put together something in the lab, but I think I'm going to need Jesse's help with putting the pieces together." Emma nodded.
"I'll go wake him up." Brennan said, standing up from Shalimar's side. Keith and Emma watched as he exited the room. "How's he holding up?" Keith asked Emma. "Not good. I don't know what Brennan would do without Shal. I hope she's going to be okay. For both of them." Emma replied honestly.
"Jes." Brennan called, not to loud. "Hey Jes, wake up man." Brennan tried. "Jesse." Brennan said a little louder. "Come on Jes, I'm not putting up with this. Wake up." Brennan commanded. "Sorry about this." Brennan said, lighting his finger up and shocking Jesse on the shoulder.
"Oww! What the hell!" Jesse said waking up immediately and grabbing his shoulder. "Oh please Jes, that did not hurt that much." Brennan said, holding back a smile. "Yeah it did!" Jesse defended. "Okay, I'll go get Emma to kiss it and make it all better for you." Brennan teased. Jesse shot Brennan an evil look before standing up. "What did you wake me up for anyway?" he asked Brennan. "Oh, yeah. Your women's new lab partner asked for your help in the lab." Brennan explained. "And I suppose you volunteered to be the one to wake me up?" Jesse asked, ignoring most of Brennan's comment. Brennan shrugged before leading Jesse to the lab.
Upon entering the lab, Brennan walked towards Shalimar, and Jesse headed toward Emma and Keith. "You needed me?" Jesse asked. "Yeah," Keith replied. "I think I'm on to something, but I'm going to need your help in finding if we have what we're going to need." Jesse nodded. "No problem." The three left together leaving Brennan alone with Shalimar. "Please pull through this Shal." Brennan said softly, kissing her hand. "You have to. I need you to." He said with a tear in his eye.
"The first thing we need is a stabilizer to slow the mutation while we inject her." Keith told Jesse. "Can't we just give that to her now?" Emma asked curiously. "We could, but by the time we had the antidote ready it could have worn off and she may be immune to another stabilizer." Keith explained. Emma nodded, although she didn't fully understand. "Will this work?" Jesse asked, handing Keith something. "Looks good." Keith said taking the item from Jesse and setting it on the table next to him.
"Now to get the actual substance that will return her mutating DNA to its normal mutation speed is the tricky part, but I think we can figure something out." Keith said with hope. Jesse nodded and the two went to work. Emma returned to the lab Shalimar laid in to update Brennan.
Within the next couple of hours, Emma went back and forth between Jesse and Keith, and Brennan and Shalimar. Everyone else stayed generally idle. Until finally, Jesse and Keith came into the lab where Emma awaited next to Brennan.
"I think we got it." Jesse said with a small smile. "Great!" Emma said as she walked to Jesse's side. Brennan, being not so positive asked, "What do you mean you think?" Jesse turned to Brennan. "We found something that should work Brennan. But it's not guaranteed, nothing is." Jesse explained. "What are the chances of everything going right?" Brennan asked. "If this doesn't work, we don't know what will. Just give us a chance Brennan, this is all we've got." Jesse pleaded. Brennan looked back, but didn't say anything.
"Alright Jesse, give her the stabilizer. We don't have time to waste." Keith told Jesse. "What's that going to do?" Brennan asked, worried. "It's just going to help everything go smoothly, okay? Calm down Brennan, we know what we're doing." Jesse said, getting edgy. After Jesse stabilized Shalimar, Keith waited a minute before injecting her with the antidote. "It should just be a few moments now." Keith said quietly.
Ten minutes passed and nothing happened. Brennan was pacing around nervously, cracking his knuckles. Jesse was standing back a little, arms folded in concentration, and tapped his right index finger on his left arm. Emma stood close, but not too close, to Jesse and looked from Jesse to Brennan to Shalimar to Keith then back at Jesse. Keith stood further back than Jesse, leaning on the far wall of the lab and looking at Shalimar waiting for some sign of movement. No one said a word.
Fifteen minutes passed. Still nothing. "Why isn't it working? What did you do to her?" Brennan said, enraged. "I don't know why it hasn't worked yet, perhaps…" Keith started, but Brennan cut him off. "Not yet? You said a few minutes, how long is it going to take? Do you even know what you're doing?" Brennan asked approaching Keith. "If it doesn't work soon, we'll try something else." Keith said remaining calm.
Jesse then butted in, "What else are we going to try? And how do we know what that will do? You said this should work." Keith sighed. "It should have." "But it didn't." Emma said quietly. "What now?" Keith nodded at Jesse, and the men left the lab, followed almost immediately by Emma. "I'm sorry." Emma whispered back to Brennan as she left. Brennan looked at Emma for a second before going to Shalimar's side and holing her hand in both of his.
"We're trying." He told her. "Hang in there Shal. Please hang in there." Brennan closed his eyes and brought his hands, still holding Shalimar's, up to his forehead almost like he was praying. "Brennan?" a soft voice called. Brennan quickly looked at Shalimar.
She hadn't moved. "Brennan?" Emma called from the doorway again. Brennan turned, still holding Shalimar's hand. "Would you like some company?" Emma asked, staying in the doorway. "No thanks Emma. I'd rather you try and help Jesse." Brennan said gently. Emma gave a soft smile and turned away. Brennan turned his attention back to Shalimar.
"Shal?" He said thinking he saw her eye lids move. "Bren?" She called back faintly. "Shalimar!" Brennan cried. The feral opened her eyes slowly. "Brennan." Shalimar said with a smile. She sat up slowly assisted by the elemental. "Are you okay?" Brennan asked, concerned yet smiling. Shalimar smiled and threw her arms around Brennan. "I am now." She whispered in his ear.
The End:D
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