Sanctuary: Vampir Srce Prologue 2/2
Title: Vampir Srce (Serbian: Vampire Heart)
Fandom: Sanctuary
Genre: Sci-fi, Family, Mystery, Slash (??)
Warning: Bit of gore and violence... sort of
Word Count of Prologue: 6’872 words 0.O
Characters: Will Zimmerman, Helen Magnus, John Druitt, Nikola Tesla, Kate Freelander, Henry Foss, ‘Big Guy’, Kathryn Magnasa
Summary: When Nikola Tesla gets his Vampiric powers back, he has a girl to thank for it. A girl who has a lot of ties to the Sanctuary and the Five, in so many different ways. Whilst on the trail of a dangerous abnormal they must deal with the ramifications of such ties.
A/N: Well, this is the longest prologue that I’ve EVER written for a fic and I must say that this was the most challenging one too... I’ve never really written a real Sanctuary fic before in my life so this is pretty new for me; which basically means that the characters aren’t coming to me as easily as other characters from other fandom’s do. Incredibly annoying I can assure you. Anyway, this is kind of like a set-up for an actual - current-time - hunt that they’re going to be going on as well as a review of what’s led up to these events. It’s one of those “it’s kind of got the end at the beginning kind of fics”... sort of... :/
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and please review!!
Kasey xx
Prologue: Part One: kaseykcnew.livejournal.com/15491.html
Prologue: Part Two
As Kathryn walked down the corridor she got the distinct sense that she was being followed, in fact she knew she was being followed because her senses were picking up the same scent that she herself now had - only with a slight musky tinge to it which also told her exactly as to who it was. Pretending that she hadn’t picked up on the fact that she was being followed she made her way towards the library which was, luckily enough, in the same direction that she was already heading, and made a deliberate attempt to not slip back into her predator persona. She had to look relaxed if she was to find out what they wanted - without bloodshed preferably. Her gait was deliberately relaxed in such a manner as to lull people into a false sense of security and it worked, quite efficiently in fact because she was nothing if not observant. She’d had to be observant because what others knew instinctively she’d had to learn through years of painful observation and trial-by-error. It made her ability to know people, their actions and their reasons for such actions, as good as Will’s and she was quite proud of that fact.
Her breathing was soft and gentle, almost none-existent but that wasn’t a real concern of hers as she slipped into the library and faded away into the stacks - she had to be thankful for Doctor Magnus’ love of literature; the books kept her company during the night when everyone else was slumbering away. Watching the door way intently Kathryn observed as two figures, almost unnoticeable regardless of the fact that the library was relatively well-lit, stalked into the room obviously looking for her. She would have sighed had it not been for the fact that she didn’t want to give away her position to them, she did want to hear what they had to say afterall.
“Well, that was productive!” Nikola hissed as he threw up his arms in exasperation, he was really beginning to hate this... this kid now. Everytime he followed her she always, always got away - it was like she was his metaphorical Achilles heel, his one weakness because she was indeed a very real threat to him. “She’s probably in her room cackling away at having tricked me!”
“Hardly Nikola, don’t be so dramatic.” John said softly as he looked about the room. “She’s in here; it will merely take some time for us to reveal her current hiding place.” He moved softly over towards one of the bookshelves and took down a particularly old looking tomb which looked to be a first edition. Moving over to one of the tables in the library, John sat down and flicked the book open to a random page before starting to read it, studiously ignoring Nikola gaping at him in disbelief.
“You’re reading?” Nikola asked, purely because he couldn’t figure as to why Jack the bloody Ripper was sitting there, all willy-nilly, reading a book as though he were waiting for a guest with whom to have afternoon tea with. The British! Nikola would never, never ever be able to fully understand them!
“Yes Nikola. It is quite a common thing to do when one is in a library; which is a place which contains books and other such references for information and knowledge.” John replied acerbically, turning one of the pages of the large book and seemingly absorbing what was written on it.
Nikola glared at the older man as he threw himself down into one of the chairs. “What I mean is; you’re reading a book when you had just said we should be looking for the girl. Perhaps I’m not following your unique style of irrational thought as well as you think I should be, but doesn’t ‘looking’ normally entail getting up and searching instead of sitting and reading?” Nikola raised an eyebrow pointedly as John stopped reading and looked slowly up at Nikola with a smirk.
“Yes Nikola ‘looking’ does indeed entail searching but then again, there are many different types of ‘searching’.” John smirked as Nikola glared at him and threw his hands up dramatically before leaning back in his chair to give John one of his patented glares which he’d been renowned for back in Oxford; oh how time flies when you’re immortal.
“You know, his plan is probably more efficient than any hare-brained scheme you had planned fang-face. At least with Druitt’s plan he’d have had a clear view of the entire open space here as well as the door way which is the only access point for the whole library; excluding the secret entrance but that’s only to be used in emergencies if I’m correct in assuming.” Kathryn’s voice echoed around them as she walked out into the middle of the space and over towards their table, a light smile on her face. “Though, I’m sure you’ve realised that now it’s been pointed out to you.”
Nikola hissed at Kathryn as John chuckled in amusement; he may have been weary of the girl and her... nature, but heavens it was fun to watch her mock Tesla with his own precious weapon; words. It certainly made for an interesting experience he had to admit. “Well, if someone didn’t try and play Houdini then we wouldn’t be forced to have to make a plan in the first place would we?” Nikola snarled as he glared at the girl murderously.
“Houdini? Is that some sort of game you play when you’re bored fang-face because if it is then I’ve got to warn you, make sure you have a pair of scissors that can cut through titanium-coated fabric otherwise you’ll be as much a gonner as Mr Houdini himself was... that’s if you weren’t the original Houdini and you couldn’t bear the embarrassment of being defeated by a silly length of chain and some water.” Kathryn smiled darkly as Nikola’s finger nails began to elongate as he growled deeply. “Temper, temper... you wouldn’t want to lose control now would you?”
John watched wearily as Nikola suddenly, like someone had hit a switch, bolted up from his seat and dived away towards the doors with Kathryn following behind him with the same predatory feeling that John could sense Nikola was currently feeling. He rose from his seat stealthily and moved swiftly but silently across towards the doors, reaching them just in time to reach them to see Kathryn and Nikola disappear down the corridor to the left. Briefly debating as to whether or not he should follow them or go and inform Helen of Nikola’s difficulties with his vampiric-rebirth, he was saved the trouble of deciding when he heard a shout from down the corridor followed by the sounds of hissing, snarling and general fighting between two predators.
Though it probably wasn’t the most intelligent thing that John had ever done in his one-hundred-years-plus existence, the act of throwing himself in front of Nikola to stop his old friend from tearing the young protégé’s throat out was probably not the most stupid thing he’d done either. Be that as it may though, putting yourself between a very hungry vampire and its prey is tantamount to suicide... or putting yourself between a mother bear and its young cub. You just don’t do it if you want to live. So, with that conclusion, John had to seriously question his mental health as Nikola barrelled into him with so much force that he hit the wall so hard that for a second his was momentarily dazed. A single second and that was all Nikola really needed to wrench his neck to the side and dive towards the now exposed source of blood. But the sharp pain of teeth tearing into his flesh didn’t come for John as he was suddenly aware of strong, clawed hands gripping Nikola’s arms and dragging him away from John.
The next thing he knew was that the window at the end of the corridor no longer had any glass with it and neither Nikola nor Kathryn were anywhere to be seen. The young protégé was lying on the floor, leaning against the wall opposite John clutching his arm tightly and John spied fresh blood pouring from a scratch, not a bite, mark on his lower arm. Shaking off his daze John moved over to Will and took the injured limb in his hands as he examined the wound, deftly manoeuvring the limb with a gentle touch which didn’t cause Will much discomfort, though that could have been because the boy was currently trying to get his heart beat back under control.
Sounds of snarling and hissing and essentially fighting still echoed along the corridor but John could tell that the... fight was losing momentum, almost as though they weren’t fighting for much reason anymore and were rather just staking territory. Odd in itself really since he’d never known Nikola to be possessive of anything, except Helen but the vampire needed to learn that Helen was John’s and nothing would ever change that. Nothing ever could.
As John silently helped Will to his feet both Kate and Helen came hurrying down the corridor and before he could utter a word Helen demanded. “What on earth happened? We heard a commotion over here from the other side of the Sanctuary!”
John sighed and was about to answer when something, no someone, dived through the window and hurried towards them. John stood protectively in front of Helen, Kate and Will as he watched warily as Kathryn stalked over to them, the entire right side of her face covered in fresh, sticky blood which John guessed was from a head wound that had only just healed. “Nikola needs his medication dosage increasing immediately Doctor Magnus, unless you’d much prefer your protégé becoming a vamp-snack for whenever he’s a bit peckish?”
Helen blinked and looked behind Kathryn, no doubt trying to figure out where Nikola was and openly gaped when Kathryn answered her unasked question. “Don’t worry; he can’t hurt anyone right now. He’s currently trying to remember how to swim in the pond... kind of amusing that a vampire that’s over a hundred years old can’t swim really.” Kathryn smiled at them and it looked so strange with the blood on her face that she looked more like a deranged psychopath than a polite, well-mannered young lady. “I’ll fish him out in a little while but it seems that he’s so focused on not drowning that his urge to chew someone’s throat open has currently abated. Although, I won’t be able to do this again because I’m sure he’ll know how to swim by the time I drag his fang-faced arse out of the water.”
Kate, trying her best not to laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing said. “He’s in the pond? As in you threw the super-genius, vampire in the pond right?”
“Yep. And I must say; if it doesn’t do anything to deflate his ego then I’m going to revert to using my claws next time.” Kathryn answered; quick as a whippet and she grinned as Kate laughed. “This trip of ours is going to be so much fun isn’t it?”
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Nikola finally managed to drag himself out of the pond almost four minutes after Kathryn had rather unceremoniously bodily thrown him into it during their little... battle, war, all-out-attack on each other. If he was honest with himself, he was quite surprised that he didn’t know how to swim - though perhaps it would be better of him to say that he couldn’t remember how to swim. One-hundred-and-fifty-odd years is a long time for a long-term memory to function at near top-level really, so it was no real surprise that he’d forgot how to swim really is it? Not at all... honestly, not at all. Of course, the fact that he’d forgot and then had almost drowned as a result - could a vampire actually drown though, that was a good question really wasn’t it? - was quite embarrassing for him, and when you coupled it with the fact that the fledgling had thrown him quite literally into the deep-end just made it an even more unbearable event for him than it had been beforehand.
Slowly rising to his feet and stripping off his water-saturated jacket, Nikola sighed and shook his head, dispelling some of the water stuck to his naturally spiky-hair. He needed to find Helen and get her to increase his medication, even though he hated the stuff and hadn’t really needed it for over ninety years, it seemed that the high dosages he’d required back in the first decade of his new rebirth were going to become something of a daily habit again. Damn it, but this was a price he was willing to pay for his nature; he would not give up being a vampire ever again.
As he began moving towards the side-entrance of the Sanctuary that he was currently closest to Nikola spied the outline of two figures heading towards him from said side-entrance. They looked familiar and both were female judging by their gait. Great. The little fledgling had ran to get Helen who was going to shoot him on the spot for being a threat and not wait to hear his side of the story - though it wasn’t exactly all that good a side really but that’s beside the point. He might as well dive back into the pond and sink to the bloody bottom; it would save Helen a couple dozen bullets.
Folding his suit jacket over his arm Nikola took a deep breath and began to walk purposefully towards Helen and the girl with his trademark smirk plastered on his still wet face. “Helen! You should have joined me for a swim; the water’s just lovely this time of year! Full of bacteria that can destroy an immune system and what looks to be a squid as well! Truly fantastic!”
“Nikola.” Helen said as she came to a stop just a few feet away from her friend, looking at him with a sad but wary expression. “I’m going to increase the dosage of your medication starting immediately and I think it might be a bad idea to take you along tomorrow, but I can’t leave you here free to roam about without any sort of containment.” Helen winced as Nikola looked at her with a wounded expression, he couldn’t really believe that she was considering locking him up already.
“He’ll be fine if you increase his dosage Doctor Magnus. It’d also be safer if he came with us; at least I can give him a run for his money in regards to the vampire-style fighting.” Kathryn cut in before Nikola could speak. “And then there’s also the fact that I don’t leave family behind.” Helen started violently as Nikola openly gaped at the girl, too surprised by her comment to notice Helen’s reaction to it, but the girl did and she smirked in quiet triumph. “I knew it.”
“How?” Helen breathed out softly looking for all-the-world like someone had just hit her in the solar plexus with a two-by-four. Kathryn chuckled softly, her voice carrying lightly, and Helen was suddenly reminded of Nikola’s laughter whenever he found something twisted to be amusing. It was a strange comparison of her to make but it was an apt one nonetheless.
“Easy. Ignoring the fact that I had to make a serum that would work on his DNA - which meant I had to look at my own as well - there’s also the fact that we share certain physical attributes as well as particular character traits which suggests that we’re in some way, shape or form related to one another.” Kathryn answered waving a hand in airy dismissal and once again Helen was hit with the strange feeling of déjà vu as her mind supplied her with dozens of snapshots of Nikola doing the exact same thing! “Although, that’s the whole story really is it? You wouldn’t have kept that a secret if it had only related to Nikola would you? No, of course you wouldn’t have. Therefore I’ve got to assume that there is some other element to this that I haven’t yet added into the equation but I’m sure you’ll supply it to me won’t you?”
Helen stared in shocked silence at the girl who smirked in amusement at the shocked silence she’d managed to elicit from the great Helen Magnus. They were both staring at one another so intently that they were both surprised when Nikola suddenly said, his voice quiet and filled with abject shock, surprise and even a little fear if Helen heard correctly. “Helen’s your biological mother.... and I’m your father...”
Helen froze and that was all Kathryn needed to know that Nikola was right in his deduction. The only other thing that Nikola said, that is before he collapsed from apparent shock, was. “John’s going to kill me for real this time around.”
Chapter One here:
Fandom: Sanctuary
Genre: Sci-fi, Family, Mystery, Slash (??)
Warning: Bit of gore and violence... sort of
Word Count of Prologue: 6’872 words 0.O
Characters: Will Zimmerman, Helen Magnus, John Druitt, Nikola Tesla, Kate Freelander, Henry Foss, ‘Big Guy’, Kathryn Magnasa
Summary: When Nikola Tesla gets his Vampiric powers back, he has a girl to thank for it. A girl who has a lot of ties to the Sanctuary and the Five, in so many different ways. Whilst on the trail of a dangerous abnormal they must deal with the ramifications of such ties.
A/N: Well, this is the longest prologue that I’ve EVER written for a fic and I must say that this was the most challenging one too... I’ve never really written a real Sanctuary fic before in my life so this is pretty new for me; which basically means that the characters aren’t coming to me as easily as other characters from other fandom’s do. Incredibly annoying I can assure you. Anyway, this is kind of like a set-up for an actual - current-time - hunt that they’re going to be going on as well as a review of what’s led up to these events. It’s one of those “it’s kind of got the end at the beginning kind of fics”... sort of... :/
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and please review!!
Kasey xx
Prologue: Part One: kaseykcnew.livejournal.com/15491.html
Prologue: Part Two
As Kathryn walked down the corridor she got the distinct sense that she was being followed, in fact she knew she was being followed because her senses were picking up the same scent that she herself now had - only with a slight musky tinge to it which also told her exactly as to who it was. Pretending that she hadn’t picked up on the fact that she was being followed she made her way towards the library which was, luckily enough, in the same direction that she was already heading, and made a deliberate attempt to not slip back into her predator persona. She had to look relaxed if she was to find out what they wanted - without bloodshed preferably. Her gait was deliberately relaxed in such a manner as to lull people into a false sense of security and it worked, quite efficiently in fact because she was nothing if not observant. She’d had to be observant because what others knew instinctively she’d had to learn through years of painful observation and trial-by-error. It made her ability to know people, their actions and their reasons for such actions, as good as Will’s and she was quite proud of that fact.
Her breathing was soft and gentle, almost none-existent but that wasn’t a real concern of hers as she slipped into the library and faded away into the stacks - she had to be thankful for Doctor Magnus’ love of literature; the books kept her company during the night when everyone else was slumbering away. Watching the door way intently Kathryn observed as two figures, almost unnoticeable regardless of the fact that the library was relatively well-lit, stalked into the room obviously looking for her. She would have sighed had it not been for the fact that she didn’t want to give away her position to them, she did want to hear what they had to say afterall.
“Well, that was productive!” Nikola hissed as he threw up his arms in exasperation, he was really beginning to hate this... this kid now. Everytime he followed her she always, always got away - it was like she was his metaphorical Achilles heel, his one weakness because she was indeed a very real threat to him. “She’s probably in her room cackling away at having tricked me!”
“Hardly Nikola, don’t be so dramatic.” John said softly as he looked about the room. “She’s in here; it will merely take some time for us to reveal her current hiding place.” He moved softly over towards one of the bookshelves and took down a particularly old looking tomb which looked to be a first edition. Moving over to one of the tables in the library, John sat down and flicked the book open to a random page before starting to read it, studiously ignoring Nikola gaping at him in disbelief.
“You’re reading?” Nikola asked, purely because he couldn’t figure as to why Jack the bloody Ripper was sitting there, all willy-nilly, reading a book as though he were waiting for a guest with whom to have afternoon tea with. The British! Nikola would never, never ever be able to fully understand them!
“Yes Nikola. It is quite a common thing to do when one is in a library; which is a place which contains books and other such references for information and knowledge.” John replied acerbically, turning one of the pages of the large book and seemingly absorbing what was written on it.
Nikola glared at the older man as he threw himself down into one of the chairs. “What I mean is; you’re reading a book when you had just said we should be looking for the girl. Perhaps I’m not following your unique style of irrational thought as well as you think I should be, but doesn’t ‘looking’ normally entail getting up and searching instead of sitting and reading?” Nikola raised an eyebrow pointedly as John stopped reading and looked slowly up at Nikola with a smirk.
“Yes Nikola ‘looking’ does indeed entail searching but then again, there are many different types of ‘searching’.” John smirked as Nikola glared at him and threw his hands up dramatically before leaning back in his chair to give John one of his patented glares which he’d been renowned for back in Oxford; oh how time flies when you’re immortal.
“You know, his plan is probably more efficient than any hare-brained scheme you had planned fang-face. At least with Druitt’s plan he’d have had a clear view of the entire open space here as well as the door way which is the only access point for the whole library; excluding the secret entrance but that’s only to be used in emergencies if I’m correct in assuming.” Kathryn’s voice echoed around them as she walked out into the middle of the space and over towards their table, a light smile on her face. “Though, I’m sure you’ve realised that now it’s been pointed out to you.”
Nikola hissed at Kathryn as John chuckled in amusement; he may have been weary of the girl and her... nature, but heavens it was fun to watch her mock Tesla with his own precious weapon; words. It certainly made for an interesting experience he had to admit. “Well, if someone didn’t try and play Houdini then we wouldn’t be forced to have to make a plan in the first place would we?” Nikola snarled as he glared at the girl murderously.
“Houdini? Is that some sort of game you play when you’re bored fang-face because if it is then I’ve got to warn you, make sure you have a pair of scissors that can cut through titanium-coated fabric otherwise you’ll be as much a gonner as Mr Houdini himself was... that’s if you weren’t the original Houdini and you couldn’t bear the embarrassment of being defeated by a silly length of chain and some water.” Kathryn smiled darkly as Nikola’s finger nails began to elongate as he growled deeply. “Temper, temper... you wouldn’t want to lose control now would you?”
John watched wearily as Nikola suddenly, like someone had hit a switch, bolted up from his seat and dived away towards the doors with Kathryn following behind him with the same predatory feeling that John could sense Nikola was currently feeling. He rose from his seat stealthily and moved swiftly but silently across towards the doors, reaching them just in time to reach them to see Kathryn and Nikola disappear down the corridor to the left. Briefly debating as to whether or not he should follow them or go and inform Helen of Nikola’s difficulties with his vampiric-rebirth, he was saved the trouble of deciding when he heard a shout from down the corridor followed by the sounds of hissing, snarling and general fighting between two predators.
Though it probably wasn’t the most intelligent thing that John had ever done in his one-hundred-years-plus existence, the act of throwing himself in front of Nikola to stop his old friend from tearing the young protégé’s throat out was probably not the most stupid thing he’d done either. Be that as it may though, putting yourself between a very hungry vampire and its prey is tantamount to suicide... or putting yourself between a mother bear and its young cub. You just don’t do it if you want to live. So, with that conclusion, John had to seriously question his mental health as Nikola barrelled into him with so much force that he hit the wall so hard that for a second his was momentarily dazed. A single second and that was all Nikola really needed to wrench his neck to the side and dive towards the now exposed source of blood. But the sharp pain of teeth tearing into his flesh didn’t come for John as he was suddenly aware of strong, clawed hands gripping Nikola’s arms and dragging him away from John.
The next thing he knew was that the window at the end of the corridor no longer had any glass with it and neither Nikola nor Kathryn were anywhere to be seen. The young protégé was lying on the floor, leaning against the wall opposite John clutching his arm tightly and John spied fresh blood pouring from a scratch, not a bite, mark on his lower arm. Shaking off his daze John moved over to Will and took the injured limb in his hands as he examined the wound, deftly manoeuvring the limb with a gentle touch which didn’t cause Will much discomfort, though that could have been because the boy was currently trying to get his heart beat back under control.
Sounds of snarling and hissing and essentially fighting still echoed along the corridor but John could tell that the... fight was losing momentum, almost as though they weren’t fighting for much reason anymore and were rather just staking territory. Odd in itself really since he’d never known Nikola to be possessive of anything, except Helen but the vampire needed to learn that Helen was John’s and nothing would ever change that. Nothing ever could.
As John silently helped Will to his feet both Kate and Helen came hurrying down the corridor and before he could utter a word Helen demanded. “What on earth happened? We heard a commotion over here from the other side of the Sanctuary!”
John sighed and was about to answer when something, no someone, dived through the window and hurried towards them. John stood protectively in front of Helen, Kate and Will as he watched warily as Kathryn stalked over to them, the entire right side of her face covered in fresh, sticky blood which John guessed was from a head wound that had only just healed. “Nikola needs his medication dosage increasing immediately Doctor Magnus, unless you’d much prefer your protégé becoming a vamp-snack for whenever he’s a bit peckish?”
Helen blinked and looked behind Kathryn, no doubt trying to figure out where Nikola was and openly gaped when Kathryn answered her unasked question. “Don’t worry; he can’t hurt anyone right now. He’s currently trying to remember how to swim in the pond... kind of amusing that a vampire that’s over a hundred years old can’t swim really.” Kathryn smiled at them and it looked so strange with the blood on her face that she looked more like a deranged psychopath than a polite, well-mannered young lady. “I’ll fish him out in a little while but it seems that he’s so focused on not drowning that his urge to chew someone’s throat open has currently abated. Although, I won’t be able to do this again because I’m sure he’ll know how to swim by the time I drag his fang-faced arse out of the water.”
Kate, trying her best not to laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing said. “He’s in the pond? As in you threw the super-genius, vampire in the pond right?”
“Yep. And I must say; if it doesn’t do anything to deflate his ego then I’m going to revert to using my claws next time.” Kathryn answered; quick as a whippet and she grinned as Kate laughed. “This trip of ours is going to be so much fun isn’t it?”
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Nikola finally managed to drag himself out of the pond almost four minutes after Kathryn had rather unceremoniously bodily thrown him into it during their little... battle, war, all-out-attack on each other. If he was honest with himself, he was quite surprised that he didn’t know how to swim - though perhaps it would be better of him to say that he couldn’t remember how to swim. One-hundred-and-fifty-odd years is a long time for a long-term memory to function at near top-level really, so it was no real surprise that he’d forgot how to swim really is it? Not at all... honestly, not at all. Of course, the fact that he’d forgot and then had almost drowned as a result - could a vampire actually drown though, that was a good question really wasn’t it? - was quite embarrassing for him, and when you coupled it with the fact that the fledgling had thrown him quite literally into the deep-end just made it an even more unbearable event for him than it had been beforehand.
Slowly rising to his feet and stripping off his water-saturated jacket, Nikola sighed and shook his head, dispelling some of the water stuck to his naturally spiky-hair. He needed to find Helen and get her to increase his medication, even though he hated the stuff and hadn’t really needed it for over ninety years, it seemed that the high dosages he’d required back in the first decade of his new rebirth were going to become something of a daily habit again. Damn it, but this was a price he was willing to pay for his nature; he would not give up being a vampire ever again.
As he began moving towards the side-entrance of the Sanctuary that he was currently closest to Nikola spied the outline of two figures heading towards him from said side-entrance. They looked familiar and both were female judging by their gait. Great. The little fledgling had ran to get Helen who was going to shoot him on the spot for being a threat and not wait to hear his side of the story - though it wasn’t exactly all that good a side really but that’s beside the point. He might as well dive back into the pond and sink to the bloody bottom; it would save Helen a couple dozen bullets.
Folding his suit jacket over his arm Nikola took a deep breath and began to walk purposefully towards Helen and the girl with his trademark smirk plastered on his still wet face. “Helen! You should have joined me for a swim; the water’s just lovely this time of year! Full of bacteria that can destroy an immune system and what looks to be a squid as well! Truly fantastic!”
“Nikola.” Helen said as she came to a stop just a few feet away from her friend, looking at him with a sad but wary expression. “I’m going to increase the dosage of your medication starting immediately and I think it might be a bad idea to take you along tomorrow, but I can’t leave you here free to roam about without any sort of containment.” Helen winced as Nikola looked at her with a wounded expression, he couldn’t really believe that she was considering locking him up already.
“He’ll be fine if you increase his dosage Doctor Magnus. It’d also be safer if he came with us; at least I can give him a run for his money in regards to the vampire-style fighting.” Kathryn cut in before Nikola could speak. “And then there’s also the fact that I don’t leave family behind.” Helen started violently as Nikola openly gaped at the girl, too surprised by her comment to notice Helen’s reaction to it, but the girl did and she smirked in quiet triumph. “I knew it.”
“How?” Helen breathed out softly looking for all-the-world like someone had just hit her in the solar plexus with a two-by-four. Kathryn chuckled softly, her voice carrying lightly, and Helen was suddenly reminded of Nikola’s laughter whenever he found something twisted to be amusing. It was a strange comparison of her to make but it was an apt one nonetheless.
“Easy. Ignoring the fact that I had to make a serum that would work on his DNA - which meant I had to look at my own as well - there’s also the fact that we share certain physical attributes as well as particular character traits which suggests that we’re in some way, shape or form related to one another.” Kathryn answered waving a hand in airy dismissal and once again Helen was hit with the strange feeling of déjà vu as her mind supplied her with dozens of snapshots of Nikola doing the exact same thing! “Although, that’s the whole story really is it? You wouldn’t have kept that a secret if it had only related to Nikola would you? No, of course you wouldn’t have. Therefore I’ve got to assume that there is some other element to this that I haven’t yet added into the equation but I’m sure you’ll supply it to me won’t you?”
Helen stared in shocked silence at the girl who smirked in amusement at the shocked silence she’d managed to elicit from the great Helen Magnus. They were both staring at one another so intently that they were both surprised when Nikola suddenly said, his voice quiet and filled with abject shock, surprise and even a little fear if Helen heard correctly. “Helen’s your biological mother.... and I’m your father...”
Helen froze and that was all Kathryn needed to know that Nikola was right in his deduction. The only other thing that Nikola said, that is before he collapsed from apparent shock, was. “John’s going to kill me for real this time around.”
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