Made up my Mind
"I'm sorry Adam, I need some time off. Some time away from everything, just for now at least…until I sort some things out" I tell Adam through my com-link as I heave my large suitcase and some smaller suitcases with everything I would need in it into the passenger seat of the double helix. "Shalimar what the hell has gotten into you? This isn't like you to just take off in a middle of a mission." Adam's voice replied through the com-link.
"I know I know!" Shalimar responded as she moved to sit in the pilot seat of the Double Helix, "believe me Adam, I'm more of a danger to the team right now. I'm not thinking straight, I need some time to figure some things out-"is it about Emma" Adam interrupted as the response seemed to be more of a statement then an actual question.
"I can't talk about her right now, Adam please, just except the fact that I'm not in the right state of mind right now. I need some time." Shalimar replied as she sat in the chair before pressing the button on her right to close the door to the Double Helix as she prepared for take off when Adam's next statement made time stand still. "Shalimar, Emma's has been captured…Brennan got out in time but Emma's still trapped inside the compound"
"…What?" Shalimar responded to the news as she literally froze at the idea of Emma being captured and possible tortured. "Shalimar…she needs you" Adam replied with strong emphasis as Shalimar's mind basically shut down at the possibility of Emma being seriously hurt. "Shalimar?" Adam called out, as the silence between the two grew uncomfortably silent.
No, not Emma…anything but that Shalimar managed to think to herself as the feral rage in her began to defrost the shock of the news and began to fuel Shalimar's need to save Emma before it was to late. Not a moment later, Shalimar guided the Double Helix out of Sanctuary while plugging in the right co-ordinates to the military base that held Emma captive.
I'll be damned if I let Emma down this time…damn it! what was I thinking? I shouldn't have made Brennan go with Emma. I should have gone with her instead! I mean come on, that idiot was probably to busy showing off his body to ever consider Emma's saf- "Shalimar come back right now! We don't have time for your arrogance" came the voice of Brennan on the com-link. "What did you just say to me?" Shalimar questioned as she suddenly felt the all to familiar rise of anger as she tried to remain cool for the purpose of Emma's rescue.
"Oh never mind, just come back so that we can get a plan together and-" "there's no time for that. I can get Emma out of their no problem." Shalimar stated as she checked the co-ordinates again to find that she was only 3 minutes away from the military base, "oh what? You have a plan?" came the voice of Jesse from his com-link.
"Yeah, as a matter of fact I do have a plan" Shalimar stated as she flexed her muscles in anxiety, "Oh really. What's the plan?" Brennan asked as annoyingly as possible as Adam stood by and watched anxiously, "it's quiet simple actually, I'm shocked that non of you have figured it out yet." Shalimar replied smugly as she tried to keep her anger at bay, "well what's the plan?" Brennan asked annoyingly again, "I get her out!" Shalimar shot back before pulling the ring off of her finger then placing it securely in her jean pocket.
Just as the Double Helix landed onto the ground, farther then the previous time Shalimar had been there, Shalimar quickly got out of the Double Helix and just as quickly, pressed the magic button to hide the Double Helix from all sensors as well as eyes. She looked around her for any signs of watchmen lurking around the area; as she swiftly moved among the shadows of the object around her, being conscious of the cameras around her, Shalimar quickly found herself inside the base with out any sort of detection.
Where are you…come on! Where would they be hiding you Shalimar thought to her self as she tried to figure out where exactly Emma would be. After entering the same doors as she did the last time, an idea suddenly made its way to her, If I can get to the surveillance room, and check the camera's, I could find out where they took Emma. Or better yet…find someone who would Shalimar thought to her self as she watched the markings on the wall to find the right direction to the surveillance room.
After successfully avoiding all the cameras so far, and after being able to successfully knock out a lone solider, Shalimar, who was know wearing the lone soldiers uniform, quickly continued to find the surveillance room. After a few minutes of following the arrows and trying to act normal, Shalimar finally found the right room and entered it casually as she made sure that the door was locked as the interrogation of the two men sitting in there leather chairs, eating a donut, and sipping there coffee was about to begin.
"Hey boys...I was just wondering if you knew where a good friend of mine went? Let's see, she's tall, brown hair, blue eyes, and…beautiful…seen her around?" Shalimar asked as she moved to block the fist of the man on the right as she kicked the man on the left in the stomach before dealing a hard blow with her fist to the man on her right, leaving him unconscious on the floor.
"Well, I guess he won't be saying anything for a while" Shalimar said confidently as she punched the other man in the face before using her feral strength to pull the man up to his feet with just one hand as she slammed him, hard, against the stone wall. "You've got to the count of three to tell me what I need to know, or your not gunna see tomorrow, I promise you." Shalimar threatened as she felt the anger and the fear of losing Emma as her cat's eyes revealed a better reason for the guard to fess up.
"…O...k...ok" the guard struggled to reply as Shalimar's hand loosened her hold of his neck just a little, "your not gunna lie to me are ya?" Shalimar questioned as the man quickly shook is head from side to side as Shalimar threw the man to the ground before saying, "1…2…-" "she's in cell bloke 123 section A, down the hall and to your left…you can't miss it" replied the guard as fast as he could while Shalimar's cold expression was still fixed on him.
"Anything else?" Shalimar asked as she watched the man intently, "just that the door leading into the cell block has a combination code…the code is 3,4,2,9,6" replied the guard as Shalimar flashed him her yellow eyes as she asked once more, "anything more?" "Yes…when you get to her cell, you have to open it using this code; 1,2,4,9,1" finished the guard as he trembled in fear at the growl coming from Shalimar, "you better not be lying to me-" "no, no I'm not! I'm telling you the truth, just don't hurt me!"
Shalimar grinned at the man's cowardess as she replied coolly, "for a security guard, your quiet the coward" before finishing the final blow to the man with a closed fist that knocked the man unconscious. Emma, I'm coming for you…just hold on Shalimar thought to herself as she grabbed the unconscious man on the floor and dragged him towards the closet on the far side of the room as she practically threw him inside before returning for the second man.
When Shalimar finally got the two security guards securely imprisoned in the closet, she made sure that the closet door was locked before making her way towards the video monitors. After a few minutes of tapping through the video feed, with the help of past computer hacking lessons from Jesse, Shalimar managed to create a feedback-loop that would buy Shalimar and Emma an undetected escape. This should cover our escape Shalimar thought to her self as she typed in the last detail to the command before pressing the enter key,
Ok, time to get you out of their Emma Shalimar thought to her self as she literally jumped out of the leather chair and went through the door and out into the hallway. After following the now unconscious guards directions, Shalimar found her self in front of a large steal door with a control conceal on the right hand side of the door with the buttons numbering from 1 to 10. "Ok, time to play the memory game" Shalimar said to her self out loud as she checked that the coast was clear before punching in the correct code for the steal door to swing wide open.
As soon as Shalimar entered the room she quickly but cautiously checked every cell until the very last cell at the very end of the room, "Emma!" Shalimar called out as the form of the young brunet suddenly jerked back into reality by the call of her name. "Shal!" Emma called back as she ran to meet the joyful feral on the other side of the bars, "don't worry I'll get you out" Shalimar responded as she quickly punched in the digits into the control conceal right next to her.
Not a moment later, the doors to the cell swung open and out came Emma with a large smile on her face as she graciously hugged the off guard feral, "you came back for me…I knew you would" Emma replied as she held on to the feral who hugged her back for a moment until the reality that they were still in the military base brought them back to there senses.
"We've got to hurry" Shalimar stated as she started for the door. The pair quickly made their way out, as carefully as they could, avoiding many close calls by patrolling soldiers but with the help of Emma's Psionic abilities they made it out safely and undetected.
As Emma and Shalimar made their escape, they quickly boarded the Double Helix and took off as fast as they could, "Thanks again" Emma said as she watched Shalimar happily as Shalimar smiled awkwardly before replying, "no problem Emma…what are friends for, right?" Emma shot Shalimar a strange look as she replied coolly, "yeah, something like that".
The rest of the ride back to Sanctuary was in silence as Shalimar clutched the control stick as she struggled to keep her mind on anything but Emma's staring eyes on her. "So, your safe right? Your not hurt or anything?" Shalimar asked as she glanced back to look at Emma's emotionless face before Emma replied, "no, they didn't touch me…just well…they just threw me in a cell and left, kinda got the feeling that they really didn't know what to do with me."
Shalimar glanced at the control panel and read the co-ordinates; they were only less then 5 minutes away from the safety of sanctuary, and Shalimar couldn't wait to drop Emma off and be on her way. "Are you going somewhere?" Emma asked in a low voice, so low that Shalimar almost missed it, "…why do you ask?" Shalimar replied as she struggled to think of some sort of distraction to get Emma off if the subject.
"Because your suit-cases are here, and you won't give me a straight answer" Emma replied sadly as Shalimar suddenly felt a twinge of guilt, "Emma…" Shalimar almost finished her response but stops mid way as she prepares for landing, they are now back at sanctuary, and the boys are waiting for them just outside.
"Oh shit I forgot to put my com-link back on" Shalimar exclaimed as she dug into her jean pocket to get her com-link, once she got it she put it back on her finger as Emma watched her emotionlessly, "Where are you going Shal?" Emma asked just as Shalimar hit the button to open the doors to the Double Helix.
"…No where as of now" Shalimar finally replied just as she left the Double Helix to be greeted by Brennan, Jesse, and Adam. Before the boy's could say a word to Shalimar, she walked up to a worried Adam and stated, "I'm leaving, I don't know when I'll be back…I need to know that you understand that I'm not ready to be here right now…I'm leaving today, don't mention this to Emma." Adam looked to Shalimar sadly as he motioned for Shalimar to follow as they walked away from Emma who was being hugged by a relieved Jesse and Brennan.
"Are you sure about this Shalimar…can't you work things out-" "no Adam I can't, I tried, but I can't…I need to go, far from here, far from her-" "yeah, what's going on with you to?" Adam interrupted as he eyed Shalimar suspiciously. "…I don't know Adam, it's just heat right now, between Emma and me…she wants so much from me when I don't know if I want the same from her…she's just…she's just, trying to make up my mind up for me, and it's screwing me up...I need to think, I need to be able to sort things out, wait things out" Shalimar replied as she felt her self loose a bit of her control as she felt the frustration and confusion come back to her.
Adam just eyed her sympathetically as he asked, "and you think that by leaving her. That your problems will be over? That you'll be able to come back and expect things to be back to normal?" Adam asked as Shalimar replied, "I've made up my mind", "I know you have, just as I know that once this feral makes up her mind…nothing in this world will stop her" Adam replied as Shalimar smiled at his words.
"Adam, I mean it though…I'm leaving, I don't want her to know where I am, I don't want her to find me, I don't want to see her until I can find out what I really want. For God sake Adam she's my best friend, if I let something happen between us, only to find out that it was nothing but heat…that I hurt her because I wasn't sure of my feelings, then that's the worst thing that I could ever do. I can't play with her heart, I've hurt her enough…but I can't be with her, I can't give 'us' a chance, until I know that there will be an 'us'…you know what I mean?" Shalimar asked as she held her self in her own need for comfort as Adam replied, I respect your decision, just check in once in a while."
"I will Adam, at least once a day. Wouldn't want you to forget about me now would I?" Shalimar joked as Adam chuckled at the sudden change of seriousness of the conversation. "Will you at least say goodbye to her?" "No…I think it's best that I just go" Shalimar replied as she stopped her walking followed by Adam to look him straight in the eye. "You realize that you'll hurt her terribly if you just leave" "I know" Shalimar replied as she brought her eyes down to the ground as Adam continued.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" "I've made up my mind" Shalimar replied blankly before Adam responded with his inner most wisdom, "then go, I hope you find what your looking for…When your deciding your feelings I want you to remember this…we don't pick the ones we fall in love with, it picks us." "But I'm not-" "you don't know yet because your afraid to accept it…go now, and find your way, but don't try to run away from love Shalimar, it always finds a way."
To be Continued…