Hey everyone - I'm BACK!!!
Sorry it took so long but I promise that from now on the updates are going to come quit regularly !!!! I swear!!!
So enjoy this new chapter and as always - I don't own them, I don't know them - but the idea is all mine mine mine!!!
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As soon as Shalimar hit the street she realized what a big mistake she'd made.
There was light - too much light! She felt as if it was burning a hole right through her! She could feel it on her skin - that burning sensation that she couldn't avoid.
And the people - all those people! They were all looking at her, walking around her, closing in on her. She knew that they were waiting for her, waiting for her to fall, waiting to hurt her. They were all after her!
She couldn't take it anymore and ducked into a nearby underground parking lot. The coolness of the air inside was a comfort and she leaned against the wall and sighed in relief. A moment later she heard footsteps coming in after her and realized she was being followed.
She ducked further into the parking lot and hid behind some parked cars - she extended her senses, allowing her feral senses to take control. She could smell him now - she would recognize his smell anywhere.but there was something else.
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Brennan walked further into parking lot and looked around "Shal! Come on Shal! I know you're here! I saw you coming in!" he called out "I'm not going to hurt you Shal! It's just me!"
Suddenly he was slammed to the ground from behind. Before he knew what was happening Shalimar was on to of him, pinning him to the ground and talking in his ear
"You brought them after me didn't you?" Her voice was more of an animal growl then a human's "the two of you want to hurt me don't you?"
"Shal, it's just me in here, look at me! It's me Brennan" He choked out "I don't want to hurt you!"
But she didn't listen to him. With amazing force she flipped him over on his back and started using her weight to choke him. He struggled to get a grip on her hands and managed to remove them from his neck. He used his foot for leverage and managed to throw her off of him, then jumped to his feet.
"I said I didn't want to hurt you Shal" He told her as she jumped back to her own feet with cat like speed "That doesn't mean I won't!"
The second she lunged at him he sent a small bolt of lightning right at her, trying to keep his voltage as low as possible. When she fell to the ground unconscious he ran to her side and checked for pulse. Thankfully she was still alive.
"Adam!" He said into his com link "Shalimar is out, I'm bringing her back to Sanctuary"
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SANCTUARY
Emma sat in her room and tried to relax. She just heard Brennan inform them that he was on his way back with Shalimar who was apparently also infected with what ever has taken hold over Jessie.
She would never reveal it to Adam but going into Jesse's mind has shaken her up quite a bit. There was so much fear in his head, so much pain. She wasn't sure she would be able to do that again, taking her shields down in order to go into Jesse's mind was difficult - but placing them back up again after she got out proved to be even harder. She had to concentrate in order to regain her balance - otherwise she would be exposed to everything everyone was feeling around her. And with two teammates down and no idea what was wrong with them - the worry and concern emanating from Adam (and surly Brennan too) would probably suffocate her if she wouldn't get her defenses back up.
It took 20 minutes, but finally she felt like she had enough control to go back out there and join Adam in the lab.
When she got there, Shalimar was already placed on a table beside Jesse.
"How is she?"
"I had to shock her to get her here" Brennan said, his voice laced with so much guilt Emma didn't need to be psionic to detect it
"you did the right thing Brennan" Adam tried to reassure him "She could have hurt herself or someone else the state she was in. You did the right thing!"
"What's wrong with them Adam?" Emma asked "Can you heal them?"
"I don't know Emma. I managed to isolate the virus from Jesse but I can't seem to find an antidote" He said as he fed some of Shalimar's blood into the analyzer.
"This can't be right" Emma heard him mumble a moment later "What is it Adam?" Brennan came closer and tried looking at the screen
"The virus in Shalimar's blood, it's clearly from the same family as the one in Jesse's system but it's not identical"
"What do you mean not identical?" Emma frowned "They don't have the same disease? How could that be?"
"No I didn't say that. They do have the same disease but somehow the virus mutated in Shalimar, it has a whole different structure now"
"What does it mean? I mean, for the antidote?" Brennan tried to clarify things
"If the virus does mutate every time it infects another host" Adam hesitated before going any further "There might not be an antidote"
Sorry it took so long but I promise that from now on the updates are going to come quit regularly !!!! I swear!!!
So enjoy this new chapter and as always - I don't own them, I don't know them - but the idea is all mine mine mine!!!
*******
As soon as Shalimar hit the street she realized what a big mistake she'd made.
There was light - too much light! She felt as if it was burning a hole right through her! She could feel it on her skin - that burning sensation that she couldn't avoid.
And the people - all those people! They were all looking at her, walking around her, closing in on her. She knew that they were waiting for her, waiting for her to fall, waiting to hurt her. They were all after her!
She couldn't take it anymore and ducked into a nearby underground parking lot. The coolness of the air inside was a comfort and she leaned against the wall and sighed in relief. A moment later she heard footsteps coming in after her and realized she was being followed.
She ducked further into the parking lot and hid behind some parked cars - she extended her senses, allowing her feral senses to take control. She could smell him now - she would recognize his smell anywhere.but there was something else.
*
Brennan walked further into parking lot and looked around "Shal! Come on Shal! I know you're here! I saw you coming in!" he called out "I'm not going to hurt you Shal! It's just me!"
Suddenly he was slammed to the ground from behind. Before he knew what was happening Shalimar was on to of him, pinning him to the ground and talking in his ear
"You brought them after me didn't you?" Her voice was more of an animal growl then a human's "the two of you want to hurt me don't you?"
"Shal, it's just me in here, look at me! It's me Brennan" He choked out "I don't want to hurt you!"
But she didn't listen to him. With amazing force she flipped him over on his back and started using her weight to choke him. He struggled to get a grip on her hands and managed to remove them from his neck. He used his foot for leverage and managed to throw her off of him, then jumped to his feet.
"I said I didn't want to hurt you Shal" He told her as she jumped back to her own feet with cat like speed "That doesn't mean I won't!"
The second she lunged at him he sent a small bolt of lightning right at her, trying to keep his voltage as low as possible. When she fell to the ground unconscious he ran to her side and checked for pulse. Thankfully she was still alive.
"Adam!" He said into his com link "Shalimar is out, I'm bringing her back to Sanctuary"
*
SANCTUARY
Emma sat in her room and tried to relax. She just heard Brennan inform them that he was on his way back with Shalimar who was apparently also infected with what ever has taken hold over Jessie.
She would never reveal it to Adam but going into Jesse's mind has shaken her up quite a bit. There was so much fear in his head, so much pain. She wasn't sure she would be able to do that again, taking her shields down in order to go into Jesse's mind was difficult - but placing them back up again after she got out proved to be even harder. She had to concentrate in order to regain her balance - otherwise she would be exposed to everything everyone was feeling around her. And with two teammates down and no idea what was wrong with them - the worry and concern emanating from Adam (and surly Brennan too) would probably suffocate her if she wouldn't get her defenses back up.
It took 20 minutes, but finally she felt like she had enough control to go back out there and join Adam in the lab.
When she got there, Shalimar was already placed on a table beside Jesse.
"How is she?"
"I had to shock her to get her here" Brennan said, his voice laced with so much guilt Emma didn't need to be psionic to detect it
"you did the right thing Brennan" Adam tried to reassure him "She could have hurt herself or someone else the state she was in. You did the right thing!"
"What's wrong with them Adam?" Emma asked "Can you heal them?"
"I don't know Emma. I managed to isolate the virus from Jesse but I can't seem to find an antidote" He said as he fed some of Shalimar's blood into the analyzer.
"This can't be right" Emma heard him mumble a moment later "What is it Adam?" Brennan came closer and tried looking at the screen
"The virus in Shalimar's blood, it's clearly from the same family as the one in Jesse's system but it's not identical"
"What do you mean not identical?" Emma frowned "They don't have the same disease? How could that be?"
"No I didn't say that. They do have the same disease but somehow the virus mutated in Shalimar, it has a whole different structure now"
"What does it mean? I mean, for the antidote?" Brennan tried to clarify things
"If the virus does mutate every time it infects another host" Adam hesitated before going any further "There might not be an antidote"