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Jasmine &PSI PEN: Sleepless Nights
Nadia crawled past the living room trying to sneak away.

"Get back here young lady," Tseng said holding the hypospray.

Nadia stood up and started running. Tseng went after her. He caught her, just before she got to one of her hiding places.

"Now Nadia, I know you don't like these shots, but you have to have them," he carried her to her room and sat on the rocking chair. He rocked her till she was calm, then laid her across the lap and gave her the shot quickly. "See that wasn't so bad, now was it?"

"Yes it was," Nadia starts crying.

Tseng just kept rocking Nadia, till she cried herself to sleep; besides, it was bedtime.

Tseng laid Nadia on her side in the crib, covered her with a blanket and put Ted Ted in his normal position. He walked quietly out the room closing the door softely behind him.

The house seemed pretty quiet after putting Jenn to bed. Maybe Tseng will finally have a good night sleep for a change. It seems like every night, either Jenn or Nadia has a fit at night. On average when one has a fit the other has the fit five seconds later. Sound proof rooms don't seem to stop them from figuring out who's getting the attention of the adults.

Tseng went sleepily to his room. Unfornately Elena went to a seminar on psis that day so he won't see her till tomorrow. She promised to bring home the holotape of the session so Tseng learns some stuff to. But his bet is it's the same old same old. Unfornately, one of them is always required to go once every year. They take turns. Unfornately, it's Elena's turn this year.

Tseng took off his shoes and pants and shirt and put on his night shirt and night pants.

Just as Tseng started nodded off to sleep Nadia starts screaming. That good night sleep he was hoping for never seems to come.

Tseng walked over to Nadia's room with the baby monitor for Jenn's room just in case. He walked into Nadia's room to find Nadia punching teddy. As Tseng tried to hold the struggling and punching Nadia heheard Jenn threw the baby monitior. Tseng knowing he couldnt handle both girls put Nadia back in her crib and went to call Mark for help.

Tseng went to the holophone and dialed the number. "Mark I need a favor."

Mark just putting Jasmine down picked up the phone suprised to be getting a call this late "yeah what can i do?"

"I'm having trouble with Nadia and Jenn at the same time. Can you come over and help me?"

"Yeah sure i'll be right over."

"Bring Jas with you. This might take all night."

Mark hangs up picks up the sleeping Jasmine and packs her bag and heads over to Nadias house.

When Mark gets there he brings in Jasmine shes still asleep. He walks over to Tseng and says "tell me where i can put her then i'll take one of yours"

"i'm gonnia take Nadia out of her crib so you can put Jasmine there and then you can take Jenn," Tseng said.

"Ok that works" Mark follows Tseng into Nadias room.

Tseng picked up a fighting Nadia trying to calm her down.

Mark laid Jasmie down in Nadias bed and went into Jenns room. Tseng sent a look of thanks just before Mark left.

He gently picked up the crying Jenn and held her close. Mark held Jenn until she calmed down then he gently laid her down and rubbed her back.

Nadia slowly wakes up but is still traped in her dream and when she looks up she sees her first Daddy and starts fighting even more to get away until she relises it her Daddy Tseng then she holds on to him and cries.

Mark tip toes out of the room and goes back into Nadias room to see how Tseng Nadia and Jasmine are doing. Mark sees Tseng worriedly rocking nadia till she starts snoring, a good sign.

Mark goes and runs his hand threw Jasmines hair then whispers to Tseng "are you ok?"

"Tired," Tseng whispers back.

Mark whispers "Do you want me to take her?"

Tseng just hands nadia softly to Mark in response.

Mark smiles ans whispers "get some sleep" as he gently takes Nadia in his arms.

Mark walks around patting Nadia on the back.

Nadia starts crying all over again punching at Mark.

"come on hun its ok" Mark says as he holds Nadia closer to him.

"You You You," Nadia starts hyperventianting trying to finish what she said having trouble.

"nadia its Mark calm down. your safe baby take deep breaths," rubbing her back and trying to find a bag.

Nadia still trying to punch Mark not really knowing who he is.

Mark finds a bag on the floor and holds it up to Nadia. "Nadia its Mark Jasmines daddy i want you to baby breath into this."

Nadia finally breaths into the bag looking scared.

Mark keeps rubbing her back "your ok your safe no ones gonnia hurt you."

Nadia finally breaths normally but stays crying.

"SHHHHHH baby its ok. your safe i promise."

"Me scared."

Mark keeps rubbing her back but pulls her away enough so that he can see her face. "Of what babe?"

Nadia shakes head not answering.

"Ok baby you dont have to talk about if you dont want to. how about we just snuggle. does that sound ok?"

Nadia Nods a little but still looks scared.

Mark rubs her back and starts singing softly to her.

Nadia finally falls into a silent sleep.

Mark gently lays Nadia next to Jasmine. before he leaves the room he places a kiss on each girls four head. He goes and crashes on the sofa.

An Hour later He wakes up to Nadia and Jasmine Screaming.

Mark's walks in on Nadia punching Jasmine with a wild look in her eyes.

Mark grabs Jasmine trying to get here away from being punched then runs into Tsengs room. "Tseng you gotta get Nadia shes going wild"

Mark is trying to control Jasmine as she struggles to get away.

"baby calm dow its Daddy. Jasmine come on baby its ok your safe."

Tseng went into Nadia's room to find her still punching and kicking about screaming calling out her real dad.

Mark gives a confused look to Tseng as he watches Nadia and tried to get Jasmine under control

Tseng gives a confused look as well.

"Whats going on with her?" Mark said.

"I wish I knew," Tseng replied.

"What did her real father do to her?"

"She hasn't said. Can you get me the sedative?"

"yeah." Mark goes into the meds cabent and gets the sedative hypospray.

"Help me hold her down please?" Tseng says taking the hypospray.

Mark puts Jasmine down and holds Nadia for Tseng.

Tseng injects the hypospray in Nadia's bottom.

Mark holds her until Tseng is done then hands Nadia back to Tseng and picks up the now sobbing Jasmine.

"I'm sorry Jasmine about Nadia's behavior," Tseng says rocking nadia till the sedates gets nadia to sleep.

Tseng laid the sleeping nadia back in her crib.

Mark was putting Jasmine down next to Nadia when Jasmine grabed a hold of Mark and said. "Daddy i wanna stay wif you pwease." So Mark picked her up and headed to the living room.

Tseng picked up the baby monitor and left the room getting Nadia's baby monitor on the way to the living room.

Mark sits down with Jasmine and smiles at Tseng.

"Thanks for the help. I am just so worried about Nadia lately."

Mark looks down at Jasmine and then back up at Tseng "I understand."

"How's Jasmine doing lately?"

"Not so good. Dean was very busive in the time he had her. shes having trobel getting over it."

"Do you know the story with Nadias first father?"

"Only that he left her when she was two. Her real mom seems to skip over it everytime we ask."

"from what she was saying tonight he might have a b u s e d her." Mark spells it out so Jasmine wonr hear.

Jasmine crys.

"You forget they may not be able to read and write again but rejuves still know how to spell," Tseng said

"shhhhh baby daddies here. your ok" Mark says then turns to Tseng and says "my luck"

"As boring as those lectures are they seem a lot better than staying here right?"

"oh yeah. our wives our asleep right now. do you rember what sleep is?" Mark asks and laughs

"Not since last year, exactly."

Mark looks back down at Jasmine whos looking up at him sucking her thumb. "Its worth it."

"It is. I just wish Nadia would talk more. Jenn is a lot easier."

"i think nadia will talk when shes ready. shes been threw a lot."

"I hope your right. Seems she is fighting a lot more monsters than she can handle."

Jasmine starts to cry again so Mark picks up her bottel and gives it ot her.

"I know what you mean. i think its hard for these little girls to trust anyone after everything they've been threw."

"I just hope they make it."

"me to. I dont know about you but i'm beat."

"Me to. I'll take Jenn's baby monitor you keep nadia's in case you put Jasmine back ok."

"ok night"

Tseng went to bed.

Jasmine spent the rest of the night sleeping with Mark. Suprising enough there were no futher incidents for the rest of the night. But both men decied next year was DEFENTLY the womens turn to stay home.