Title: Lest He Becomes Part II
A/N: thanks for all reviews and ideas from everyone, I know my plea was not original but I really needed help, but I thank everyone who answered my plea with ideas.
Chapter 18: Epilogue Part One
2 days later…
Brennan had brought Shal home safe and sound 48 hours ago, and Shalimar had been sleeping since Brennan placed her on her bed. Jesse was glad that his 'sister' was home safe, Emma was glad that she could feel no one else in danger, Lexa was just happy that Shal wasn't hurt or killed, Adam was just happy that there was nothing wrong with his 'daughter' and Brennan he just thanked god she was home. Brennan had been watching Shal sleep for the past 20 minutes and it didn't really get tiring.
Shalimar smiled in her sleep, she was obviously having a good dream; soon her eyes shot open and she started staring at Brennan.
"Nice of you to join the living" Brennan commented on her sleeping habits.
"Shut up" she laughed as she threw a pillow at him.
Shal got up and walked in her bathroom and shut the door; Brennan could hear the water in the shower turn on and he smiled thinking 'she's back to normal'. Shalimar stood under the water, just thinking when should I tell him, no I'm not going too. Since she got back no one had figured out that Joey had tried to rape her, no one had seen the red marks on her upper arms to tell them that she wasn't fine, no one knew and she wanted it that way. She started rubbing the soap all over her body, trying to get clean.
Brennan walked into the living room, where everyone was sitting, chatting.
"She's up" announced Brennan.
"That's great" Emma and Lexa exclaimed in unison.
"Well, how is she?" Jesse asked.
"She seems fine, but Adam will have to do a full scan" Brennan explained.
"No way, I'm fine I don't need one" Shalimar protested from behind him.
"Now Shalimar, you need one, to make sure of your assumption" Adam told the feral.
"I said no" Shal argued.
"Shalimar" Emma said in a tone that normal people wouldn't want to mess with.
"No" Shal ordered, not afraid to challenge Emma.
"Shalimar please" Lexa pleaded.
"I said no, and that's my final answer.
Jesse just sat in admiration, looking at Shalimar; there was something different about her, something had changed, he just wasn't sure what it was. Shalimar stomped off and Brennan just fell on the couch beside him in defeat, Jesse got up and walked in her general direction. I'll find out what's different thought Jesse as he gave Emma an unmistakable glance and left the room.
Shalimar stomped in her room, she knew that one of them was going to come in and ask her what happened; she just didn't want to tell them. She could feel Jesse enter the room and sit down next to her and she didn't want to explain, she didn't know how they were going to react. She turned to face him, his blue eyes could make her break down right there, but she made herself stay calm and collected.
"What happened?" he asked, his voice full of concern.
"I don't want to tell you" she started to cry.
"Well I just get someone else then" Jesse considered.
"No, I don't want to tell anyone" she tried to stop crying but her attempts weren't working.
"Shal you need to tell someone, you can't keep it bottled inside; that will kill you" he explained.
"Fine, but I need you to promise me something" she knew he wasn't going to let go.
"What?" he asked once more.
"If I tell you, I need you to promise that you aren't going to tell anyone else" she cried softly.
"Promise" he agreed, he knew Emma would want an answer.
"Well before I killed Joey, before Brennan brought me home, he tried to rape me" Shal explained.
"Who?" Jesse asked confused.
"Joey" she stated.
"Oh my god, Shal are you okay?" he asked in grievance.
"Yeah I'm fine" she said again.
The next few minutes went by with Jesse comforting Shal, unaware that Lexa was sitting outside eavesdropping. Lexa just sat amazed, and made herself not cry, she wanted to go in and hug Shal but she didn't want to reveal what she was doing.
A/N: Okay here is my 18 instalment, this is my epilogue of the story but let me tell you that it will have at least 3 or 4 parts to it. Hope you R&R and I hope you like.