"Lex? Jess?" Shalimar called through the Sanctuary. She'd called their names a couple of times before and there had been no answer.
"Ok, so maybe I was wrong." Brennan said quietly.
"This is not a time for jokes – Lexa and Jesse are missing." Shalimar said with urgency in her voice.
"I know. I am here, I've absorbed the fact that no ones here." Brennan said, waving his hand to draw attention to himself. Seeing Shalimar clearly upset, Brennan said. "Maybe they just went out for yoghurt or something."
"I doubt it." Shalimar said, her positive attitude rapidly degrading.
"We should try their comlink rings." He suggested.
"I totally forgot about those! They probably tried to contact us." Shalimar said, rushing to put her ring back on. "Lex? Jess? Are you there?" No reply.
"I'm worried." Shalimar said.
"There's no need to. We've been in this kinda situation a thousand times before." Brennan comforted her.
"Right, we just need to figure out what happened." Shalimar said. "Bren, if anything happened to them because of me, I…"
"It's okay, come here." Brennan held her softly in his arms. "They can take care of themselves."
Looking over Shalimar's shoulder, Brennan could see the computer still on. "Shal, look."
Shalimar turned around to see the computer with a plan of the city and two red dots on the building representing Valentino's. "They were trying to find us." Shalimar concluded.
"Yeah, it looks like they traced our comlink rings to their last activated location." Brennan said. Typing a little something into the computer, Brennan tried to trace theirs. "Lexa and Jesse's comlink rings were last recognised at Valentino's as well."
"Right, so we just need to get back there and ask if anyone if they saw anything." Shalimar said a little more brightly than she sounded before.
"I'll drive." Brennan said. They left Sanctuary and headed for the car.