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Emma knew where she was going even though a person could easily get lost. She could feel him though, his anger and his sadness. Jesse was near.
"Listen to me, Jesse" knowing he could hear. "We have to contact Adam so we can find Brennan and Shalimar…they need us.
Jesse had turned his comlink off so that she couldn't lecture him. He needed time to himself, time to think clearly, time they didn't have. She had turned hers off as well not wanting Adam to hear their conversation, for fear of Jesse feeling uncomfortable. She continued walking until she spotted his silhouette in the darkness. He had his back to her and his shoulders were visibly shaking.
"Jesse" she called softly.
"They're gone Emma, I can't find them" he said with a voice full of emotion.
She approached him slowly, "Jesse listen to me, this isn't going to help them. I know how you feel, really, but you can't let your emotions take over. We have to believe that we can find them until there is no more hope."
"What if we can't?"
"We will, I promise"
"Yeah" He turned back to face wiping at his face angrily, embarrassed at the way he acted. He looked at her determinedly "Let's hurry."
Emma activated her comlink. "Adam, we have a huge problem."
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Eckhart walked into a room where Brennan lay hooked up to several machines. Two "Doctors" hovered over him.
"Mr. Eckhart" one of the doctors addressed him "The subject isn't doing well. The bullet caused major internal damage, I don't think it would have been a problem if we had him sooner, but I don't think there is anything we an do."
"If he dies, you die. Remember that" Eckhart walked out of the room leaving the two stunned doctors to get back to saving the life on the table.
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'Ok, so maybe this wasn't such a good idea' contemplated Shalimar as she lay secured to a table. Not 5 minutes after the two guards hauled Brennan out, they came for her. They had led her through a mess of hallways, subsequently they led her into a room so white it had made her eyes hurt. There was nothing in the room but a few cabinets that would have blended in with the wall perfectly if not for the little black knobs on each side. In the center of the room was a flat steel surface fastened to the ground. The guards led her over to the table and strapped her down until she was completely stationary then the they had left. She lay there considering what they were going to do to her and praying to the heavens Brennan was still alive. She was startled when she heard the door open.
"Ah, miss Fox I see you are nicely situated." Eckharts voice was emotionless.
"Bite me" she snarled.
"You still have your beautiful persona." he smiled. "Before you ask, I have some bad news for you, it seems Mr. Mulwrays injuries were far worse than we suspected. He died a little while ago. There was nothing we could do."
Tears sprung to her eyes, burning as she fought to keep them in. "No" she gasped. "No, no your...your lying" She refused to believe he was dead, he couldn't be dead.
"Oh yes he is, whether you believe it or not. You will tell me everything I want to know about the safehouses or your friends will meet the same fate. I know they will be looking for you and we will be waiting. Your session will begin soon, don't go anywhere." He walked out leaving her with her thoughts of her friends, her family.
"Brennan" his name came out as a moan, a plea. He was gone. "NO!!!!" she cried, it couldn't be true. Her head rolled to the side, tears flowing freely. He was really gone. She couldn't believe this was happening. Things could only get worse.
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Emma and Jesse were presently in Sanctuary, calling up a plan of action with Adam. Actually, Adam was pacing around the locater console, while they both looked on. With no news from any of his sources on where Shalimar and Brennan might be, he went into deep thinking mode. Adam considered his options, none of them good. After a while his mind wandered to the fact that they were so screwed.
Ok I apologize a million times over that this is late. I have completely forgotten what I was going to do with this story, hopefully I'll get my train of thought back. R&R Please!