A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, I'm so grateful and I love all of you who did; well sorta, you know what I mean

Recap: "Shal, baby" he said in urgency, he just hoped that Em and Jess would get there fast, really fast.

Chapter 14: What Is Behind the Gate?

It had been a few hours since Brennan had last talked to Emma or Jesse, and as far as he was concerned he didn't really care. All he cared about was the woman who was lying on his lap, and was bleeding severely. She had woken up a few times only to say "I don't want to die" and "Don't let me die", of course she had know idea what she was saying but still it was as good as anything else. Brennan's shirt was covered with her blood and it was starting to dry, he just hoped it wouldn't stain the shirt that Shal loved.

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Jesse and Emma landed in front of a building that wasn't really a building anymore, it was a pile of rock, wood, ash and smoke but that's where Brennan and Shalimar were and hopefully they would be able to find them. They entered the pile of rubble and started calling Brennan's name, since Shal was apparently hurt badly so they hoped she could hold on a while longer.

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Brennan heard his name being called by someone who sounded like Jesse; he was guessing that Emma was getting the stretcher. He called to Jesse and although it took a few minutes for Jesse to find them, he did and then Emma did and they got Shalimar on the stretcher and back into the Helix. Jesse pushed autopilot to Sanctuary and Emma sat with Brennan right beside Shal.

They reached Sanctuary but when they got there the door wouldn't open, Jess thought it could be an electrical problem but he wasn't sure.

"Adam!" he asked suspiciously.

"What?" he replied obviously getting frustrated with the electrical-door.

"What happened to the door?" Emma asked looking at the door that was supposed to be opening.

"It's having technical difficulties" he explained trying to simplifying the problem.

"Well can you fix these difficulties fast, because we have a practically dead Shalimar here" he exclaimed.

"She's not going to die, over my dead body" he defended.

Brennan turned back face an unconscious Shalimar.

"Jesse, your going to have to operate some before I can get to her" Adam ordered while continuing trying to fix the problem.

"Do I have too" he whined, he had never done this alone before, he was always under Adam's purview.

"Yes, if you don't she will die" he explained.

Jesse moved toward Shalimar and made Brennan move from her side. He touched her arm that the pole was sticking through and phased her arm and pulled it out. He then stitched her side up and the cuts both above and below both of her eyes. He somehow fixed the internal bleeding and the broken ribs, and he put a large gause bandage over her abdomen. This whole procedure took a little over two hours and the Sanctuary door finally opened. "Finally" Jesse breathed, Shalimar's arm would have to wait for Adam to fix her arm. Jesse moved to the driver's seat and manually piloted the plane like vehicle inside the garage. Once parked inside the garage, Brennan gently picked up Shalimar and power walked toward the lab and placed her on top of the med bed. Adam ran toward the injured Shalimar and started working on her rapidly beating arm.

It took Adam 45 minutes to finish working on her arm and wrap it up in a large bandage. Jesse, Emma and Brennan walked into the lab and Adam praised Jesse for cleaning up the rest of Shal's wounds. Brennan wrapped his hand around hers and just sat down beside her and waited.

Three Days Later…

Brennan had stayed by Shalimar's side for 2 days straight, so the least that Emma could do was make him go to bed and take over the job of watching over her. Once Brennan finally left the room to go get some sleep Emma decided to do a little digging and figure out what was keeping her inside that head of hers.

Inside Shalimar's Mind…

It was very dark in the mind of Shalimar; the ground was covered with fog. Shalimar was far away from Emma but Shal wasn't alone, she was with a guy in a black cloak type thing. Emma walked toward Shalimar but didn't speak, she was listening to the conversation that that thing was having with her very close friend.

"No way am I going with you" Shalimar exclaimed practically yelled.

"You have too, if you don't come with me through that gate, someone else will die in your place" the dark figure explained.

"And what exactly is behind that gate?" asked Shalimar in a curious tone of voice.

"Death is behind that gate" the figure stated after a quick pause.

Shalimar gasped and backed away from the figure and could sense someone else, Emma to be more specific. Shalimar turned around and walked toward Emma and the figure's gaze followed her. Shalimar reached Emma and pulled her farther away from the figure, she didn't want Emma to be his victim if she didn't go with him.

"What are you doing?" Shalimar asked in an urgent voice.

"I'm trying to figure out why you've been in here for two days" Emma explained her actions.

"Whoa, it's been that long?" she asked herself.

"Yeah, and now I see why" she looked back at the figure.

"Look he wants me to go with him" Shal explained.

"Yeah, I heard" bitterly says Emma.

"I think I need to go with him" Shalimar guessed.

"Wait Shal, you can't" Emma stated firmly.

"Look if I don't, someone else that I'm close to dies" she explained a little more.

"There's got to be another way" Emma pleaded.

"There is" Shal stated, acting suspiciously.

"Well what is it?" Emma pleaded some more.

"Brennan needs to shock me" Shalimar questioned if Emma or the man she loved could save her life.

"Well… I'll try but I don't know if I can get him to" Emma asked herself if she could asked a guy who she considered her 'big brother' could handle this.

"Good, can you do it quickly, cause I don't know how long I can stall this guy" Shalimar reassured her that she could and that if she didn't Shal's life as she knew it was dead.

Real World…

Emma resurfaced from Shalimar's mind facing a suspicious Brennan, Jess and Adam.

"What!" Emma exclaimed, wondering why they were all staring at her.

"You've been in there all night" Jesse answered since he was watching Emma.

"Really, didn't seem that long to me" Emma wondered.

"Well what you see, and what you find out" Brennan pestered.

"Brennan you need to shock her" Emma turned her attention who loved Shalimar the most.

"What, why" Brennan asked.

"Because if you don't she will be in this state forever" Emma answered the question at hand.

"No way, I won't do it" Brennan answered as he stood up out of his chair.

"Brennan, you have to" Emma reasoned.

"No, I love her, I can't live without her, and your asking me to shock her which will probably kill her" Brennan exclaimed.

"EMMA!" Shalimar screamed inside Emma's head.

"Brennan if you don't she'll die, and then what will you live for" Emma yelled with the huge amount of urgency in her voice.

Soon Shalimar heart stopped and she started to flat line, which could only mean that the figure somehow managed to get Shal across the gate, Emma guess that the figure had to make Shal cross it against her will.

"Brennan you have to do it, if you don't we all lose someone" Emma exclaimed.

"Fine" Brennan caved; he moved to right beside Shal and placed his hand above her heart.

Brennan shocked Shal once nothing happened, second time still nothing happened. /third times a charm, right / thought Brennan. He shocked her a third time and still nothing happened, he decided to try one more time and he did.

Shalimar gasped and opened her eyes and immediately saw Brennan standing over her. She hugged him once she was able to sit up. She also mouthed thank-you to Emma.

She let Brennan help her to her room and lay on her bed. About 15 minutes later Shalimar was in different clothes and lying on her bed holding Brennan's hand tight.

"So how many wounds and cuts did I have exactly?" Shalimar asked.

"A lot" Brennan simplified.

"Brennan" she pleaded wanting to know.

"Fine, you had a wound in your arm and on your side and a few broken ribs and some internal bleeding" he summed up all her wounds in one sentence.

"What!" Shal exclaimed as she jumped to a sitting position and was soon washed with a wave of dizziness.

"Shh" he soothed as he gently laid her back down.

Brennan stood up and was about to walk out to talk to everyone else, when Shalimar pulled on his arm.

"Don't leave me" she pleaded as a tear fell down her cheed.

So he laid down beside her and wrapped his arms gently around her waist. He pressed his lips on her forehead, and kissed above her cut above her eye.

"I'll never leave you" he stated as he looked down and noticed that Shal had fallen asleep.

A/N: Did you like the extra long chapter; I've done it especially for you. I'm not done this story, there's still a few chapter's left to go, like three so keep reading until this is done please. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T REVIEW!