Part 6
Shalimar didn't know where she was or what she was doing there. She couldn't see them but she knew that there were flames somewhere around her - she could sense the heat from them on her body.
There were voices screaming around her but they were so load that she couldn't separate them, or understand what they were saying. She tried to cover her ears to keep the sound away but the voices seemed to be coming from inside her head.
I'm going insane, I'm going insane.... The mantra kept playing in her mind.
She tried to move but every step she made was painful so she stopped.
She closed her eyes and decided to concentrate on the voices, the heat was hurting her and throwing her off her focus but she forced herself to try even harder...
"You couldn't help me..."
He eyes flew open in surprise when as she understood the words, but her surprise wasn't from the words - it was because she could recognize who was saying them - it was Jesse!
And even through the fog in her mind all of the alarms in her body were suddenly screaming.
*
The alarm was still shrilling in the background when Emma and Adam rushed to the computer screen and started checking the systems.
"Brennan..." Emma tried calling over the com link "Brennan!"
"He's not going to answer" Adam said gravely and she turned around to look at the direction he was looking at.
The image on the screen was from one of the security cameras in Sanctuary. She could see Brennan lying on the floor, twitching and convulsing as electrical currants passed through him body.
"We've got to get him out of there..." she was already about to run over to the garage when Adam held her back and stopped her.
"No Emma, you can't, the whole room is metal, even the door, we have no way of knowing how many voltages are running through that metal!" He explained, restraining her as she tried to brake loose from his grip and run over to help her friend "You go in there - you could die"
"We can't just leave him..." she pleaded
"He's infected Emma, the same virus that hurting Jesse and Shalimar is the same thing that is causing this..."
"He could die Adam!"
"No, he'll black out sooner or later and that's the best thing that can happen to him right now. Even if we get him out of there right now - I can't sedate him when he's that charged" Adam said gravely. He walked over to the computer again and turned on the microphone in the garage.
"Brennan, if you can hear me... We're her. Listen to me. You have to try to overload. Just let go and let the charge knock you out, you have to trust me Brennan"
On the screen she could see Brennan tense up and then relax - suddenly there was a big blue flash and the entire electrical system in Sanctuary went dead, she was standing in total darkness, the only thing she could hear was Adam's breathing close by.
A few seconds later a pale emergency light flickered and she could see again.
"We should go move him to the lab" She said quietly
"No, there's no camera, no computer, we have no way of knowing if he's out of not. It's still too dangerous"
"I could check" Emma offered "Telepathically, if he's still in pain I should be able to sense it"
"No, I have a theory Emma, I'm not sure yet but I don't want you to lower your barricades right now" he turned even more serious as he looked her straight in the eye "Promise me! what ever happens, you're not going to lower your guard down until I tell you too ok?"
*
Camille watched them from above. She was standing in the shadows of the upper level, blending into the colors of the walls. She came in with Brennan when he brought Shalimar in and she's been there ever since - watching them, waiting.
She was there when Brennan walked into the garage. She was the one who made sure the door was closed behind him. She didn't know when the venom would attack but she could sense he was infected so she knew it would only be a matter of time.
This mission wasn't easy - she came close to being detected a few times - something she didn't expect.
Back in the garage she realized to late that the feral's heightened senses could smell her, sense her presence. Fortunately for her the young blond was already too far gone with the disease to be coherent enough to alert the others.
She almost felt pity for them - the girl and the older man that were standing down there, debating what to do. Soon the venom would attack them too and when they become infected all she had to do was send the location back to Eckhart and wait...
It was so easy... she felt slightly disappointed
Shalimar didn't know where she was or what she was doing there. She couldn't see them but she knew that there were flames somewhere around her - she could sense the heat from them on her body.
There were voices screaming around her but they were so load that she couldn't separate them, or understand what they were saying. She tried to cover her ears to keep the sound away but the voices seemed to be coming from inside her head.
I'm going insane, I'm going insane.... The mantra kept playing in her mind.
She tried to move but every step she made was painful so she stopped.
She closed her eyes and decided to concentrate on the voices, the heat was hurting her and throwing her off her focus but she forced herself to try even harder...
"You couldn't help me..."
He eyes flew open in surprise when as she understood the words, but her surprise wasn't from the words - it was because she could recognize who was saying them - it was Jesse!
And even through the fog in her mind all of the alarms in her body were suddenly screaming.
*
The alarm was still shrilling in the background when Emma and Adam rushed to the computer screen and started checking the systems.
"Brennan..." Emma tried calling over the com link "Brennan!"
"He's not going to answer" Adam said gravely and she turned around to look at the direction he was looking at.
The image on the screen was from one of the security cameras in Sanctuary. She could see Brennan lying on the floor, twitching and convulsing as electrical currants passed through him body.
"We've got to get him out of there..." she was already about to run over to the garage when Adam held her back and stopped her.
"No Emma, you can't, the whole room is metal, even the door, we have no way of knowing how many voltages are running through that metal!" He explained, restraining her as she tried to brake loose from his grip and run over to help her friend "You go in there - you could die"
"We can't just leave him..." she pleaded
"He's infected Emma, the same virus that hurting Jesse and Shalimar is the same thing that is causing this..."
"He could die Adam!"
"No, he'll black out sooner or later and that's the best thing that can happen to him right now. Even if we get him out of there right now - I can't sedate him when he's that charged" Adam said gravely. He walked over to the computer again and turned on the microphone in the garage.
"Brennan, if you can hear me... We're her. Listen to me. You have to try to overload. Just let go and let the charge knock you out, you have to trust me Brennan"
On the screen she could see Brennan tense up and then relax - suddenly there was a big blue flash and the entire electrical system in Sanctuary went dead, she was standing in total darkness, the only thing she could hear was Adam's breathing close by.
A few seconds later a pale emergency light flickered and she could see again.
"We should go move him to the lab" She said quietly
"No, there's no camera, no computer, we have no way of knowing if he's out of not. It's still too dangerous"
"I could check" Emma offered "Telepathically, if he's still in pain I should be able to sense it"
"No, I have a theory Emma, I'm not sure yet but I don't want you to lower your barricades right now" he turned even more serious as he looked her straight in the eye "Promise me! what ever happens, you're not going to lower your guard down until I tell you too ok?"
*
Camille watched them from above. She was standing in the shadows of the upper level, blending into the colors of the walls. She came in with Brennan when he brought Shalimar in and she's been there ever since - watching them, waiting.
She was there when Brennan walked into the garage. She was the one who made sure the door was closed behind him. She didn't know when the venom would attack but she could sense he was infected so she knew it would only be a matter of time.
This mission wasn't easy - she came close to being detected a few times - something she didn't expect.
Back in the garage she realized to late that the feral's heightened senses could smell her, sense her presence. Fortunately for her the young blond was already too far gone with the disease to be coherent enough to alert the others.
She almost felt pity for them - the girl and the older man that were standing down there, debating what to do. Soon the venom would attack them too and when they become infected all she had to do was send the location back to Eckhart and wait...
It was so easy... she felt slightly disappointed