MONITORS: My understanding of the rules is that you can still post warnings/comments in a separate chapter at the beginning or end of the story, just not as individual chapters in the middle. If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. I'm trying to follow the rules here, and I don't want to be banned or have my story deleted. So if there are any problems, please tell me and I'll fix them immediately.

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TITLE: "Name of Science: Part One, The Messiah Strand"

AUTHOR: ghostwritten

E-MAIL: AliasJaneDoe

RATING: strong PG-13 (might become R later)

SUMMARY: Brennan becomes the first test subject in Eckhart's quest for immortality. Dark story, set in season 1.

CATEGORY: drama, angst, H/C

DISCLAIMER: I don't know who owns the show, but the point of this disclaimer is that it's not me. I'm not making any money off this, so please don't sue me.

ARCHIVE: not without permission

SPOILERS: Um, let's just say anything is fair game. I'm posting as I go, so I'm not sure what will come up. Probably nothing major.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: I was going to write a Jesse story next, but I'm in a really bad place right now, and life sucks, and the horrible plot I came up with really works better with an elemental. And one of my friends suggested some major Brennan whumping as a form of stress relief, and that sounded like a good idea. So anyway, be warned, I'm not in a good mood, and this story is going to be dark. Besides, if Eckhart is such a bad guy, why doesn't he ever do anything truly bad?

I didn't intend for this to be a ship story, but Bren and Emma keep doing that thing where they stare longingly at each other, so don't blame me if I'm not able to keep them apart. I was trying to switch over to be a Shal/Bren shipper, but they're determined not to let that happen. Oh well, I warned them that this story is going to be dark. It's not my fault if I break Emma's heart.

FEEDBACK: please, even flames are welcome as long you give a reason for them

WARNINGS: (scroll down to read, or skip if you're the type who doesn't like to be spoiled about a story, but please realize that there are warnings and you're skipping them at your own risk)

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strong language, very dark, extreme torture, Brennan/Emma, tiny little one- sided slash vibe (nothing at all major as I'm not a slasher myself), suicidal thoughts, most likely character death