Hello Everyone :)

I'd like to thank my Lovely editor Dominique (Who I'm persuading to get an account!)

Next chapter will be up soon, If I get enough reviews. Concrit always welcome.

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Oh and for the purposes of this Fic, Helen didn't let Henry and Ashley go to the Cabal warehouse so Ashley is still safe and sound!

And they've just got the source blood so there currently in Bhalaslam

"I can't believe he's really gone" Helen thought, gazing out over the ruined city.

James had been her friend for over a century. The realization that he was really gone had hit her hard. She never imagined that he would go this way. She thought, he assured her, that the suit was going to last a lot longer.

Helen felt alone and scared. She had always gone to James for advice when she got lost. Back at Oxford all those years ago, she counted on him to ground her and keep her from drifting off into her dreams of her wonderful Sanctuary network.

A warm hand on her shoulder bought her back to the present.

"It's almost time we head off Helen" Nikola whispered into her ear. She didn't trust her voice to answer him, the silent tears still making there way down her porcelain cheeks.

He gently turned her around to face him. He hated to see her so upset. It was just heartbreaking.

"He was a great man Helen; he will live on forever in our hearts". Helen was a bit taken aback by the sincerity in his words, she had expected him to just say something snappy and walk away. Instead he gently wiped the tears away from her face with his thumb. Not being able to hold on any longer she collapsed into his embrace, sobbing into his chest.

"He's gone Nikola! He's gone". Her breathing hitched as he encircled her with his strong arms, holding on to her tightly.

"Shh I know Helen. He had a joyful full life. Not many men grow to reach over a century of age. His brilliant mind will be missed." Helen looked up into his eyes as the crying stopped only to find his eyes steadily looking down at her with such intensity it made her want to keep on crying. James was gone. Passed into the next life, along with so many others she has known. Friends, family, lovers, all gone. More often then not she thought of her longevity a curse rather then a gift. She was doomed to watch everybody, everything, fall and crumble around her. The only constant was Nikola. His immortality meant her best friend would be there to the very end. This was the only thought that had got her through these past few years. Even if he wasn't there with her, she wasn't alone.

"Magnus?" Will came out to the balcony they had found, to see Helen in Nikola's arms, clearly a personal moment.

"Ah I'll come back later…" He started to walk away but Helen called him back.

"No, Will what is it?" she stepped out of Nikola's embrace.

"I've finished packing the source blood and Druitt is getting Restless..."

Helen sighed heavily. The world just doesn't stop turning.
"Ok tell him to take you, Clara and the source blood back to the Sanctuary, Henry and Ashley should be waiting for you. We will be there in a minute."

"Ok, see you soon."

"Oh and Will, be careful with John and the source blood." She knew what John was capable of. He once put his own daughter in mortal danger just for a drop of Helen's blood, sometimes she wonders what she even saw in him. Sure she still loved him but on what level and why she would even consider to love such a man she didn't know. And it worried her.

"Don't worry Magnus, we put a tracking devise in the case with it. If he goes anywhere with it, we will know about it." Will couldn't help but smirk. He was one step a head of the ex-murder.

"Ok Dr. Expendable, time for you to run along now." Nikola interjected some what angrily.

"Fine" Will replies in a tone of annoyance, as he walked back to where Druitt was waiting with Clara.

Helen turned around to face Nikola again.

"Thank you, Nikola."

"For what?"

"Just being there"

"Any time".

Helen smiled weakly at him.

"No seriously Helen, Anytime. Anything"

She was glad that she would have someone to lean on.

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Of coarse something major happens in the next chapter. This is just setting the scene.

hope you liked it so far :)