"Nova Vita" - Chapter 7
Title: Nova Vita
Author: Shannon - shannyfish
Disclaimer: I do not own "Sanctuary" or its characters, Syfy and other people do. This is merely for entertainment purposes only.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Magnus, Druitt, and Tesla are captured. A group (possibly the Cabal) capture them and attempt to find a way to reproduce a super abnormal from source blood parents. Takes place after “Neutiquam Erro”.
Warning: Season 1-3 is fair for sure, if I have spoilers for 4, it’s by complete accident.
Author's Note: Reviews make me happy :D And I’ll write faster too! So, keep that in mind! Special thanks to all those who have been reviewing! You have NO idea how awesome that is! It really does motivate me to keep writing! <3
. . .
Chapter 7 - “It’s About Time!”
“She’s here!”
Helen kept still and on her side. She’d woken up when the door had opened and the light had poured in. The pain was gone…for now anyways. The voice was familiar but she still remained still. She snapped her eyes shut when the person’s hand touched her.
“Magnus? Magnus can you hear me?”
“I want to go home,” she whispered.
“We’re here to take you home.”
She knew the voice. Declan. She trusted Declan. Helen pulled in a deep breath and found it that she was being slowly rolled onto her back. She slowly opened her eyes and took in his confused face.
“You’re pregnant,” he breathed.
She blinked a bit, for some reason she was tired and her body was really insisting that she sleep. She forced her eyes to remain open though. She couldn’t sleep, not yet. Helen had to ensure that this was real and that she was really safe…that they were taking her home.
“She wasn’t THAT pregnant before,” Tesla said as he and Druitt arrived into view.
“My God… What have they done?” Druitt asked.
Declan looked up at them. “What do you mean? You’re not surprised she’s pregnant, but because of her size? You were separated-“
“No, she was with us earlier…not more than an hour ago,” Druitt explained. “We thought she was about two months pregnant. She looks much farther along now.”
“I’d say four or five,” Declan said.
“What did they do to her?” Tesla asked again.
Druitt and Tesla looked at each other. Helen thought about speaking up, but she honestly wanted to know the answers to their questions. “We should find out,” Druitt said. Before she could argue, they were gone.
“Can you walk, Magnus?” Declan asked.
It took her a moment longer than normal to process what was being said. She nodded her head. In all honesty, she didn’t know if her legs would support her weight, but she was willing to try. If not, Declan would be right there for her to grab onto.
Helen took a moment to breathe and then allowed her hand to run over her belly. It had definitely grown bigger in the short time she’d been hiding in the closet. Tears filled her eyes, but she kept them back. She started to get up on her own accord, but took Declan’s offered hand when he held it out. She was to her feet in no time. Her balance was off though; the added size wasn’t something she’d expected. She reached out and grabbed hold of Declan for support.
“You sure you can walk?” Declan asked.
“No,” she admitted. She looked up, still holding onto Declan, to find Tesla and Druitt walking back towards them. Helen was still tired, which was one of the reasons why she was still using Declan to stay upright. As they got closer, she noticed that both Tesla and Druitt were covered in blood. “What have you done?” she breathed, panic rose in her slightly to see them both in such a state. Their collars were removed, so they could use their abilities obviously. She was more shocked to see John covered in blood; it was too much like the John she thought no longer existed. The tears she’d been holding finally fell free.
“Let’s get you home,” John spoke up.
“I don’t think it’s wise to teleport Magnus while she’s with child,” Declan spoke up.
Helen grabbed tighter onto Declan and allowed her weight to shift to him. His arm wrapped around her, holding her steady. “Declan’s right,” she barely managed to get out. Her vision was darkening and she desperately needed
“We need a helicopter, Old City isn’t far,” Declan said.
Wasn’t far? She blinked as she tried to stay awake. Her vision was pooling with black. In an effort to keep herself safe, she started to sit down and found herself being caught by Declan. She blinked rapidly as she tried to stay conscious, if only a mere moment more.
“Stay with us, Magnus.”
The darkness overtook her again and this time, she didn’t try to fight it. She was safe, which was all she needed to know.
. . .
The light woke her. It was shining directly on her face and she didn’t feel the need to move to avoid it to remain asleep. She opened her eyes to find herself surprisingly someplace quite familiar. She was in her own bed in her room at her Sanctuary in Old City. She smiled as she took it all in. Maybe it had all been a dream… She reached down and ran her hand over her belly. No, it hadn’t been a dream…she was pregnant… Everything had been real, but the good news was that she was safe and she was home.
“She’s awake.”
Helen rolled her head towards the voice. Nikola and someone else were in her room. She found Nikola and John both sitting at her bedside. Last she saw them both, they’d been covered in blood. They’d obviously showered and changed since then. She supposed that she should be grateful for small favors. “I really don’t want to see either of you,” she said quietly as she slowly got herself up to a sitting position.
“I’m hurt! Why not?” Nikola asked.
“You both went after those scientists… They probably didn’t know what was happening... I’d admit, they weren’t all innocents but I believe that many of them were!” Helen told him. She turned to John. “And I thought that this would have stopped with you… The energy elemental isn’t inside of you anymore, what is your excuse this time?”
“He did something to you and our child!” John snapped, anger rising in him. “I had to find out what they’d done!”
“Believe me,” Nikola interrupted. “John was the one who was playing good cop.”
“You and the child are safe and healthy,” John told her. “You can be mad at me all you like, but my conscience is clean.”
“They accelerated your pregnancy, Helen,” Nikola said. “You didn’t see what you looked like in that closet. You looked broken… For all we knew, they’d infected you…or they did something to the baby. They promised they wouldn’t experiment in utero, but I think we can all agree that them keeping their promises wasn’t something we could exactly bank on.”
She ignored them for a moment as she ran her hands over her growing belly. “Accelerated pregnancy… It might keep the child from developing correctly,” she whispered, mainly to herself. Helen looked over at them both. “I appreciate you both protecting me, but right now…I want you to leave my house.”
“Helen,” John said slowly, pain obvious in his voice.
“I need time,” she said, looking directly at him.
“You’re kicking us out? That’s downright cruel, Helen,” Nikola started. “Not only are you making Johnny leave you and your unborn child, but also his daughter that you were trying to get him to connect with…”
She closed her eyes. She’d forgotten about Halia in that instant. Helen couldn’t think about everything right now, she was concentrating on the child inside of her. “I’m sorry, John…I wasn’t thinking…I just…I need time…”
John was to his feet before Nikola was. “I’ll tell her I have to go away for a few days again on business…” he told her.
Helen sighed as she tried to think of what would be a better solution to the problem at hand. She swung her legs over the side of the bed and got to her feet. She wanted to get dressed, though did she know where there were clothes that would fit her? She wanted to go down to the medical lab and look at the results of scans and the like that she was sure had been done when she’d been brought home.
Pain.
She collapsed to her knees and put her hands out to catch herself, to keep the baby safe. She let out a scream and tried to breathe through the pain like she’d done before, but it didn’t seem to be helping. It felt like someone was repeatedly hitting her full force in her stomach. Druitt and Tesla were around the bed and at her side in no time. Even though she was still upset at them, she couldn’t bring herself to repeat for them to get out of her house.
“I’ve got you,” John said calmly as he arranged her in his arms and then lifted her.
“Don’t teleport,” she told him and then let out another scream.
John was already hurrying out the door was her in his arms. “I remember, Darling.”
. . .
She’d been hurried down to her medical area. Declan and Bigfoot were down there. Apparently they’d been checking on her while she’d been in her room, but they were hoping that the pregnancy wouldn’t further accelerate without another injection. They were definitely wrong. Declan had the wand going and she could see on the screen that the baby was growing inside of her. Though she was in immense pain, she was thankful that the baby seemed to be still developing just as it would normally.
“I’m afraid that anything I could give you for the pain would be bad for the baby,” Declan apologized.
She cringed as the pain ebbed away. “It’s okay… I knew that… It’s going away now.” Helen breathed through it and was quite happy when she just felt large and was finally in no pain.
“Perhaps bed rest is in order,” Declan suggested.
Bigfoot grunted a bit and then vocalized. “Good luck with that…” He helped her up into a sitting position and then back to her feet. “You should have seen her when she was pregnant with Ashley. Was still running around with a gun even on her due date.”
“I was extremely careful,” she said, a little sad at the thought of Ashley. This was extremely hard for her as it was.
“Don’t you want to know the child’s gender?” Declan asked.
“No,” she said.
“Why not?” John asked.
Helen frowned and turned to see him and Nikola still there. “It’s not like we’ll have to wait long…”
“The child upsets you,” John said.
She didn’t answer him. She didn’t want to. She didn’t want to hash things out in front of everyone. “Walk me back to my room, John?” she asked. Helen knew that he wouldn’t deny her something simple like that. That would give them time to talk.
“You need to rest,” Declan said from behind her.
Helen nodded and she noticed John’s surprised look, but took his offered arm when it was presented to her. She walked with him, hoping that the others would leave them be for a while. Tesla wasn’t following, which was a good start.
“I know you’re angry with me,” John started. “I did what I needed in order to get information-“
“I was more angry to see that it seemed like you’d reverted to your old murderous tendencies.”
“I did what I thought was right.”
“I know,” she whispered and looked over at him. “But to see you and Nikola covered in blood…it scared me, John.”
“I only want to protect you…and this child.”
Helen could understand that. It was what every parent wanted to do, to protect those they loved and their offspring. She really couldn’t fault him on it, but that didn’t mean that she still hadn’t been frightened by what she’d seen. “I understand that.”
“Do you?” he asked and forced them both to stop. He turned her so she had to stare at him. “Then why do I feel like you’re going to banish me from this house? From the only things I hold dear?”
“I wasn’t thinking, John… I honestly want you to be in Halia’s life,” Helen told him.
“And our child?”
She nodded. “I do want you to be in this child’s life…” Helen looked down at her growing belly and ran her hands over it. “You have no idea how much I wish Ashley could be here to see you like this. For you two to experience life like this… But this honestly scares me,” she confessed as she looked back up at him. “To love something as deeply as a parent loves a child and then to fear that this child will be snatched away.”
“Are you afraid it’s a girl? Will that make you sad?” he asked curiously.
Helen tilted her head a bit. “Honestly, I don’t know…but I think it’ll just make me worry more…”
“I promise you, Helen, I do not intend to go on any murderous rampages…unless it’s to protect my family,” John told her. “I feared that I’d lost you and the baby when they found you in the closet earlier… You have to know I would only do that for fear of those I love… As I’m sure you would…to do anything to protect them…”
And she did understand that. When they were going after Ashley, she had been far more on edge and extreme with Kate when they’d first met her than she would have been if her daughter hadn’t been involved. It was a natural parental instinct, though. “I’m just worried.”
John took her arm again and started to continue to lead her back to her bedroom. “Tesla isn’t going to leave until after we’re sure you and the baby are safe. You don’t have to worry. We’re at the Sanctuary. You have Declan and the furry one here to be here when you go into labor… The others are all ready to defend this place should it be attacked.”
“And what of Halia? I didn’t want her to be thrown into the insanity that can be the Sanctuary and the abnormal world sometimes…”
“She and Henry are back,” John told her. “I saw her… She’s quite happy. Henry and Erika wanted to show her Oxford. I think it might be a good idea…to get her away from here for a few days…”
Helen nodded. “Plus, it would be nice for her to see a bit more of the world…”
“I’ll make sure I let Henry know then,” John said.
They entered her bedroom and she sighed. She really needed to see if she had any maternity clothes from when she had Ashley or some clothing that would stretch enough… Though, she obviously wouldn’t be pregnant for as long as was standard. She stepped out of the shoes she was in first and then made her way towards the bed. She was extremely tired and even just lying down sounded really good.
“Have you told Halia about the baby?”
“I didn’t want to scare her.”
Helen crawled into her bed and got under the covers. She lay on her side with her back to John. “I don’t want to scare her either,” Helen said. “But we’re going to have to tell her sometime.” She looked over her shoulder and then patted the empty space behind her. “Lay with me for a while?”
He didn’t say anything. John crawled into bed next to her and lay down with her as she’d requested. His arm draped over her stomach and they just lay there. It was filled with silence, but Helen was relaxed and that was mainly the point. There was something comforting about John being there.
John’s fingers ran through her hair, slowly and gently. He hummed a song, which neither of them remembered. It was enough to relax her to sleep.
. . .
TBC…
Author: Shannon - shannyfish
Disclaimer: I do not own "Sanctuary" or its characters, Syfy and other people do. This is merely for entertainment purposes only.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Magnus, Druitt, and Tesla are captured. A group (possibly the Cabal) capture them and attempt to find a way to reproduce a super abnormal from source blood parents. Takes place after “Neutiquam Erro”.
Warning: Season 1-3 is fair for sure, if I have spoilers for 4, it’s by complete accident.
Author's Note: Reviews make me happy :D And I’ll write faster too! So, keep that in mind! Special thanks to all those who have been reviewing! You have NO idea how awesome that is! It really does motivate me to keep writing! <3
. . .
Chapter 7 - “It’s About Time!”
“She’s here!”
Helen kept still and on her side. She’d woken up when the door had opened and the light had poured in. The pain was gone…for now anyways. The voice was familiar but she still remained still. She snapped her eyes shut when the person’s hand touched her.
“Magnus? Magnus can you hear me?”
“I want to go home,” she whispered.
“We’re here to take you home.”
She knew the voice. Declan. She trusted Declan. Helen pulled in a deep breath and found it that she was being slowly rolled onto her back. She slowly opened her eyes and took in his confused face.
“You’re pregnant,” he breathed.
She blinked a bit, for some reason she was tired and her body was really insisting that she sleep. She forced her eyes to remain open though. She couldn’t sleep, not yet. Helen had to ensure that this was real and that she was really safe…that they were taking her home.
“She wasn’t THAT pregnant before,” Tesla said as he and Druitt arrived into view.
“My God… What have they done?” Druitt asked.
Declan looked up at them. “What do you mean? You’re not surprised she’s pregnant, but because of her size? You were separated-“
“No, she was with us earlier…not more than an hour ago,” Druitt explained. “We thought she was about two months pregnant. She looks much farther along now.”
“I’d say four or five,” Declan said.
“What did they do to her?” Tesla asked again.
Druitt and Tesla looked at each other. Helen thought about speaking up, but she honestly wanted to know the answers to their questions. “We should find out,” Druitt said. Before she could argue, they were gone.
“Can you walk, Magnus?” Declan asked.
It took her a moment longer than normal to process what was being said. She nodded her head. In all honesty, she didn’t know if her legs would support her weight, but she was willing to try. If not, Declan would be right there for her to grab onto.
Helen took a moment to breathe and then allowed her hand to run over her belly. It had definitely grown bigger in the short time she’d been hiding in the closet. Tears filled her eyes, but she kept them back. She started to get up on her own accord, but took Declan’s offered hand when he held it out. She was to her feet in no time. Her balance was off though; the added size wasn’t something she’d expected. She reached out and grabbed hold of Declan for support.
“You sure you can walk?” Declan asked.
“No,” she admitted. She looked up, still holding onto Declan, to find Tesla and Druitt walking back towards them. Helen was still tired, which was one of the reasons why she was still using Declan to stay upright. As they got closer, she noticed that both Tesla and Druitt were covered in blood. “What have you done?” she breathed, panic rose in her slightly to see them both in such a state. Their collars were removed, so they could use their abilities obviously. She was more shocked to see John covered in blood; it was too much like the John she thought no longer existed. The tears she’d been holding finally fell free.
“Let’s get you home,” John spoke up.
“I don’t think it’s wise to teleport Magnus while she’s with child,” Declan spoke up.
Helen grabbed tighter onto Declan and allowed her weight to shift to him. His arm wrapped around her, holding her steady. “Declan’s right,” she barely managed to get out. Her vision was darkening and she desperately needed
“We need a helicopter, Old City isn’t far,” Declan said.
Wasn’t far? She blinked as she tried to stay awake. Her vision was pooling with black. In an effort to keep herself safe, she started to sit down and found herself being caught by Declan. She blinked rapidly as she tried to stay conscious, if only a mere moment more.
“Stay with us, Magnus.”
The darkness overtook her again and this time, she didn’t try to fight it. She was safe, which was all she needed to know.
. . .
The light woke her. It was shining directly on her face and she didn’t feel the need to move to avoid it to remain asleep. She opened her eyes to find herself surprisingly someplace quite familiar. She was in her own bed in her room at her Sanctuary in Old City. She smiled as she took it all in. Maybe it had all been a dream… She reached down and ran her hand over her belly. No, it hadn’t been a dream…she was pregnant… Everything had been real, but the good news was that she was safe and she was home.
“She’s awake.”
Helen rolled her head towards the voice. Nikola and someone else were in her room. She found Nikola and John both sitting at her bedside. Last she saw them both, they’d been covered in blood. They’d obviously showered and changed since then. She supposed that she should be grateful for small favors. “I really don’t want to see either of you,” she said quietly as she slowly got herself up to a sitting position.
“I’m hurt! Why not?” Nikola asked.
“You both went after those scientists… They probably didn’t know what was happening... I’d admit, they weren’t all innocents but I believe that many of them were!” Helen told him. She turned to John. “And I thought that this would have stopped with you… The energy elemental isn’t inside of you anymore, what is your excuse this time?”
“He did something to you and our child!” John snapped, anger rising in him. “I had to find out what they’d done!”
“Believe me,” Nikola interrupted. “John was the one who was playing good cop.”
“You and the child are safe and healthy,” John told her. “You can be mad at me all you like, but my conscience is clean.”
“They accelerated your pregnancy, Helen,” Nikola said. “You didn’t see what you looked like in that closet. You looked broken… For all we knew, they’d infected you…or they did something to the baby. They promised they wouldn’t experiment in utero, but I think we can all agree that them keeping their promises wasn’t something we could exactly bank on.”
She ignored them for a moment as she ran her hands over her growing belly. “Accelerated pregnancy… It might keep the child from developing correctly,” she whispered, mainly to herself. Helen looked over at them both. “I appreciate you both protecting me, but right now…I want you to leave my house.”
“Helen,” John said slowly, pain obvious in his voice.
“I need time,” she said, looking directly at him.
“You’re kicking us out? That’s downright cruel, Helen,” Nikola started. “Not only are you making Johnny leave you and your unborn child, but also his daughter that you were trying to get him to connect with…”
She closed her eyes. She’d forgotten about Halia in that instant. Helen couldn’t think about everything right now, she was concentrating on the child inside of her. “I’m sorry, John…I wasn’t thinking…I just…I need time…”
John was to his feet before Nikola was. “I’ll tell her I have to go away for a few days again on business…” he told her.
Helen sighed as she tried to think of what would be a better solution to the problem at hand. She swung her legs over the side of the bed and got to her feet. She wanted to get dressed, though did she know where there were clothes that would fit her? She wanted to go down to the medical lab and look at the results of scans and the like that she was sure had been done when she’d been brought home.
Pain.
She collapsed to her knees and put her hands out to catch herself, to keep the baby safe. She let out a scream and tried to breathe through the pain like she’d done before, but it didn’t seem to be helping. It felt like someone was repeatedly hitting her full force in her stomach. Druitt and Tesla were around the bed and at her side in no time. Even though she was still upset at them, she couldn’t bring herself to repeat for them to get out of her house.
“I’ve got you,” John said calmly as he arranged her in his arms and then lifted her.
“Don’t teleport,” she told him and then let out another scream.
John was already hurrying out the door was her in his arms. “I remember, Darling.”
. . .
She’d been hurried down to her medical area. Declan and Bigfoot were down there. Apparently they’d been checking on her while she’d been in her room, but they were hoping that the pregnancy wouldn’t further accelerate without another injection. They were definitely wrong. Declan had the wand going and she could see on the screen that the baby was growing inside of her. Though she was in immense pain, she was thankful that the baby seemed to be still developing just as it would normally.
“I’m afraid that anything I could give you for the pain would be bad for the baby,” Declan apologized.
She cringed as the pain ebbed away. “It’s okay… I knew that… It’s going away now.” Helen breathed through it and was quite happy when she just felt large and was finally in no pain.
“Perhaps bed rest is in order,” Declan suggested.
Bigfoot grunted a bit and then vocalized. “Good luck with that…” He helped her up into a sitting position and then back to her feet. “You should have seen her when she was pregnant with Ashley. Was still running around with a gun even on her due date.”
“I was extremely careful,” she said, a little sad at the thought of Ashley. This was extremely hard for her as it was.
“Don’t you want to know the child’s gender?” Declan asked.
“No,” she said.
“Why not?” John asked.
Helen frowned and turned to see him and Nikola still there. “It’s not like we’ll have to wait long…”
“The child upsets you,” John said.
She didn’t answer him. She didn’t want to. She didn’t want to hash things out in front of everyone. “Walk me back to my room, John?” she asked. Helen knew that he wouldn’t deny her something simple like that. That would give them time to talk.
“You need to rest,” Declan said from behind her.
Helen nodded and she noticed John’s surprised look, but took his offered arm when it was presented to her. She walked with him, hoping that the others would leave them be for a while. Tesla wasn’t following, which was a good start.
“I know you’re angry with me,” John started. “I did what I needed in order to get information-“
“I was more angry to see that it seemed like you’d reverted to your old murderous tendencies.”
“I did what I thought was right.”
“I know,” she whispered and looked over at him. “But to see you and Nikola covered in blood…it scared me, John.”
“I only want to protect you…and this child.”
Helen could understand that. It was what every parent wanted to do, to protect those they loved and their offspring. She really couldn’t fault him on it, but that didn’t mean that she still hadn’t been frightened by what she’d seen. “I understand that.”
“Do you?” he asked and forced them both to stop. He turned her so she had to stare at him. “Then why do I feel like you’re going to banish me from this house? From the only things I hold dear?”
“I wasn’t thinking, John… I honestly want you to be in Halia’s life,” Helen told him.
“And our child?”
She nodded. “I do want you to be in this child’s life…” Helen looked down at her growing belly and ran her hands over it. “You have no idea how much I wish Ashley could be here to see you like this. For you two to experience life like this… But this honestly scares me,” she confessed as she looked back up at him. “To love something as deeply as a parent loves a child and then to fear that this child will be snatched away.”
“Are you afraid it’s a girl? Will that make you sad?” he asked curiously.
Helen tilted her head a bit. “Honestly, I don’t know…but I think it’ll just make me worry more…”
“I promise you, Helen, I do not intend to go on any murderous rampages…unless it’s to protect my family,” John told her. “I feared that I’d lost you and the baby when they found you in the closet earlier… You have to know I would only do that for fear of those I love… As I’m sure you would…to do anything to protect them…”
And she did understand that. When they were going after Ashley, she had been far more on edge and extreme with Kate when they’d first met her than she would have been if her daughter hadn’t been involved. It was a natural parental instinct, though. “I’m just worried.”
John took her arm again and started to continue to lead her back to her bedroom. “Tesla isn’t going to leave until after we’re sure you and the baby are safe. You don’t have to worry. We’re at the Sanctuary. You have Declan and the furry one here to be here when you go into labor… The others are all ready to defend this place should it be attacked.”
“And what of Halia? I didn’t want her to be thrown into the insanity that can be the Sanctuary and the abnormal world sometimes…”
“She and Henry are back,” John told her. “I saw her… She’s quite happy. Henry and Erika wanted to show her Oxford. I think it might be a good idea…to get her away from here for a few days…”
Helen nodded. “Plus, it would be nice for her to see a bit more of the world…”
“I’ll make sure I let Henry know then,” John said.
They entered her bedroom and she sighed. She really needed to see if she had any maternity clothes from when she had Ashley or some clothing that would stretch enough… Though, she obviously wouldn’t be pregnant for as long as was standard. She stepped out of the shoes she was in first and then made her way towards the bed. She was extremely tired and even just lying down sounded really good.
“Have you told Halia about the baby?”
“I didn’t want to scare her.”
Helen crawled into her bed and got under the covers. She lay on her side with her back to John. “I don’t want to scare her either,” Helen said. “But we’re going to have to tell her sometime.” She looked over her shoulder and then patted the empty space behind her. “Lay with me for a while?”
He didn’t say anything. John crawled into bed next to her and lay down with her as she’d requested. His arm draped over her stomach and they just lay there. It was filled with silence, but Helen was relaxed and that was mainly the point. There was something comforting about John being there.
John’s fingers ran through her hair, slowly and gently. He hummed a song, which neither of them remembered. It was enough to relax her to sleep.
. . .
TBC…