Title: Time Come Round at Last
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: All Sanctuary stuff not owned by me, please don't sue or retcon me. Oh yeah, Flo (Florence) is mine, pinch her without asking and you'll regret it, grrr. (I jest ^_^, but really, it would hurt my feelings if she would be used and I got no intellectual credit for creating her, so please ask if you want to use her).

"He fought by instinct, but he could fight by head as well"

The Call of the Wild (Chp. 3) – Jack London

The aftermath of the devastation inflicted on the Sanctuary network was more and more evident for Henry every time he went to the lower levels. There was little or no room left to house abnormals from other Sanctuary bases devastated months earlier by the Cabal attacks.

They had been depending an awful lot on a hostel that had been set up for abnormals who couldn't just go about their regular routine because they looked different from others around them. But communication between the two places had been virtually non- existent in the last while. Dr. Magnus was going to talk to the two in charge to see what the problem was.

"I simply can't take any more abnormals in Dr. Magnus, I know you are stretched, but so are we" the woman informed her adding "Since my colleague disappeared, I have been left with the task of totally looking after the place, so basically it's all hands on deck"

"Your centre has been invaluable to us in the wake of what has happened, and I hope that your colleague will return soon" Dr Magnus replied.

"I hate to sound like a pessimist, but I do not think she's coming back, she and I set up this place after I left home, my foster father never much accepted me being an abnormal, I didn't want others to be in the same situation that I was in, and so we set up this place." She said adding, "It was great at the start, but we ran into problems, I was just looking over the accounts and she was in debt to an abnormal gang, I'm reckoning that's why she's long gone. I always had my doubts about whether or not she was able to handle everything; I guess I have my answer now" she said sadly.

"Well, we can try and take in a few more of your residence here, to try and free up space for you" Magnus told here. "That would be greatly appreciated, I have to admit, I don't usually deal with this side of things, and I deal more with the stuff in the background, electrics mostly" she told her.

A couple of days later Big Guy, Henry, Will and Two Faced guy came to the hostel to collect a couple of abnormals and bring them to the Sanctuary. It was total chaos in there; they found themselves tripping over abnormals to try to get to the back where the offices were. When they got there, they knocked on the door, she opened it quickly.

"Yeah" she said.

"Hi, we're here for the extra abnormals you have for us" Henry said.

"Oh, well follow me" the woman said pointing in the direction of the hall that they just came out of.

She whistled to try and get the bustling hallway to come to order, but there was no use. "Usually that's what does it" she said embarrassed adding "Usually my friend dealt with this" she told them.

"Hold on, I've something else up my sleeve which might work, although I don't like doing it all the time" she told them.

"Well, just get it done quickly" Big Guy said gruffly. She nodded, closed her eyes and turned to the bustling crowd before opening them.

"HEY" she said angrily, her voice growly, her face distorting slightly and teeth elongating before she turned back to normal again. The bustling stopped, all eyes were on them.

"Whoever volunteered to go into the Sanctuary, these guys are here to bring you to your new home" she said before quickly leaving them. "I'm going after her" Henry said adding "Just to see if she's ok, you can get these guys ready to come back with us". Big Guy watched after him as he left.

He knocked on the door. "Are you ok?" Henry asked her.

"Go away, it's not safe to come in" she told him. The door opened confirming that her warnings weren't taken.

"Get out" she told him in gruffer tone.

"Whatever you're going through, I'm sure you can get through it" he told her.

"Not this time, I thought I had more time to get to the outskirts of town to rage it out, but it seems my time has-"she stopped mid sentence, not a good sign he thought. Her scent had changed, that was defiantly a bad sign. Then he felt something grab his hand and spin him around, she had partially changed and was now bearing down on him, growling angrily.

"BIG GUY, HELP" he called out. He started to panic, in that time, he felt that side of him beginning to surface, the same as that which now stood in front of him. It was beginning to hurt him, and that was the entire trigger he needed. He partially changed growling back at her angrily. She quickly calmed down, as inhaling in she recognized the scent of one of her own kind.

"I'm sorry" he heard her say breathlessly as she changed back. . Big Guy stood behind her, watching, seconds before, he had rushed to try and help his friend. Henry slowly came back to himself.

"We're leaving" he said to Big Guy, who was standing behind her as he walked out the door.

"Thank you for your help" she said to Big Guy who was just about to leave adding "Is he going to be ok?" she asked.

"I don't know" was his reply and with that he left.

Dr. Magnus heard a knock on her door. "Dr. Magnus" she heard Henry say. "Yes" she replied. "The extra abnormals from the hostel have arrived. She nodded and he nodded back. "Is everything alright Henry?" she asked him. "Yeah" he replied gesturing "I have to go" she watched him leave.

A little later, as she was going down the hall, she met Bigfoot. "Hey" she called walking quickly over to him. "I want to talk to you about Henry" she told him adding "Did anything unusual happen at the hostel, he's been acting strange since then" she asked.

"It was that woman from the hostel" Bigfoot informed her.

"What was the problem?" Magnus enquired.

"She is the same as him" Bigfoot informed her.

She was a little stunned by this; she never at once thought that she would encounter another one like Henry; he was truly one of a kind. But now, with this woman, she wondered could any more be out there waiting to be found.

"Ok, well that could be a good thing. She could help him. Is she still at the centre? "She asked her friend.

He nodded.

"Well, we'll invite her here, I'll see if Will would mind helping out while she's gone" Magnus said.

"I'm sorry for any distress I may have caused to the member of your team; I was going through a tough time. I usually vent my anger and frustration away from here, it won't happen again" she told Magnus adding "It's just since Clara disappeared…" she said trailing off into her own thoughts.

"You worry for her" Magnus surmised.

The woman nodded.

"I have only ever had dealings with Clara, so you have to excuse me. What is your name?" Magnus asked her.

"My name is Florence Smith" the woman replied.

"That's a nice name" Magnus commented.

"Thanks, my foster mother picked it, my foster father didn't want me to stay with them, he was always distant with me" Florence replied.

"Florence, I came here to the hostel to ask you back to the Sanctuary, Will has agreed to look after the hostel during the day and leave you to close it at night, it will give you time away from it." Magnus told her adding "I would quite like to continue to have this conversation in less stressful surroundings for you"

Florence nodded. "Ok" she replied.