Set in season 2 after Ashley's death.

I haven't posted here in almost four years, so let me know what you think. Thanks!

Chapter 1

"Emily"

Emily pulled her shower curtain back and peeked out to reveal her friend Mira. "What?" Emily said, water dripping off of her.

"Emily, Helen Magnus is asking to speak with you." Mira said folding her arms across her chest.

"Now? What's going on?" Emily asked, shutting off the water.

"Something with their computer system; something about Henry." Mira frowned, "It doesn't sound good."

Emily grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself. "Tell Rob I'll link up from here. She quickly dried herself and headed out of the bathroom.

Mira nodded and followed her out of the bathroom.

Emily grabbed some clothes and quickly put them on. "Thanks for the message Mira."

Mira gave Emily a wave and headed out the door.

Emily sat down at her computer and clicked on the active communication between her sanctuary in London and the USA sanctuary. "This is Emily."

Helen Magnus' image appeared on her screen. "Emily, we have some problems here that we may need your assistance with. When could you be ready for transport?"

"How long might I be staying?" Emily asked, as the image of her boss popped up in the corner of her screen.

"Emily, they need you more than we do right now. Pack for at least overnight." Rob said. "I'll take care of things while you are gone." He looked down at the cell phone in his hand. "I will notify Deckland that you will be leaving."

Emily looked over towards her bed, and then back to the screen. "Give me at least 45 minutes, then I should be ready."

Magnus nodded and ended the communication.

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About 45 minutes later, John Druitt appeared in a flash at the London sanctuary. Emily was waiting for him. "Wow, that's quite an entrance." Emily told John as he took her hand for transport.

He nodded, "It is, in my opinion, the best way to travel." He smiled, "No long lines or security checkpoints." He said, and they vanished.

They reappeared in the foyer of sanctuary USA. Dr. Magnus and Will were there to greet her. No Henry. Emily decided that this may be a bad thing. "What seems to be the trouble Dr. Magnus?" Emily asked readjusting the back pack on her shoulder.

"Our computer system is malfunctioning." Magnus said simply.

Emily raised an eyebrow. "Where's Henry?" Emily hadn't heard from Henry in three days. She just thought maybe he was out on an errand for Magnus. They usually talked everyday. Sometimes twice a day.

"He went to sleep three nights ago and will not wake up." Will said, sounding concerned.

Emily was suddenly very alarmed. "Not waking at all?"

Will shook his head. "We've tried everything to wake him. It's like he's in a coma of some kind."

Emily frowned. "Dr. Magnus is he still taking the treatment?"

Magnus nodded. "Yes, as far as I know. He's been trying to wean himself from them."

Emily put her fingertips to her forehead. "First, let's fix your computer problem, then we'll fix Henry."

Magnus nodded and showed Emily the way to Henry's lab.

Will turned to Magnus. "How will she fix Henry?"

Magnus bit her lip. "Emily has a lot of knowledge on Henry's abnormality."

Will's brows furrowed in confusion. Before he could ask more, they arrived at Henry's lab.

Emily headed towards Henry's computer and started running system diagnostics. Immediately she came up with results. She shook her head. "Someone's been tampering with your system; from the outside."

Magnus nodded, "Yes, we've had trouble with that lately."

Emily looked down at the screens. "It looks as if Henry was working on something to combat the problem a couple of days ago. His programming just…stops." She tapped a few keys. "I'll just restart his original program and put together something to finish up what he was working on. It may take an hour or so." She looked up at Magnus. "I will run another similar program that I have used in London to help debug that system and get you off the emergency back up." She paused, "Hopefully I will have you up and running by early morning at the latest." Emily clasped her hands together. "Henry however, might not be."

"We called you specifically because of your extensive knowledge of his abnormality." Magnus said, folding her arms across her chest.

"You mean my first hand knowledge." Emily said quietly.

Will looked between Emily and Magnus. "You mean, she's…well, that's interesting." He looked back at Emily. "Do you know what's going on with Henry?"

Emily nodded. "I do. And I know a possible way to fix him." She hesitated, "Do you notice Henry isolating himself on nights of the full moon?"

Magnus nodded. "Yes, he has done that for a while now. Especially since he has been trying to wean himself from the treatment." She paused, "He says that the treatment helps him stay more in control."

Emily nodded. "The treatment is somewhat effective. But it has been proven unsafe for use by our kind."

Will looked confused. "So is that why he is going off the treatment? Henry has gained a lot of control over himself in that past few months. I wouldn't think he wouldn't need the treatment at all."

"Not complete control yet, not on those nights." Emily said. "Male werewolves have less control over themselves; their urges on a full moon. He knows that he may not be able to control himself. It is very difficult for a male werewolf to control himself around a female werewolf on a full moon night." Emily leaned back in her chair. "It seems to be the night they mate, which we knew already. We just didn't know it was some what beyond their control."

"So you're saying that he might completely lose control when there's a female of his species around?" Will asked, folding his arms across his chest.

Emily nodded. "Correct."

Magnus looked as if she were putting the pieces of a puzzle together. She looked at Emily. "Is this something that you recently discovered?"

Emily leaned forward in the chair. "We knew some about it…but yes the information is fairly recent; within the last year or so."

"Emily, you have an infant son, correct?" Magnus asked.

Emily raised an eyebrow. It felt like Magnus was looking through her. Like she could see Emily's secret. She had figured it out. She knew.

"My son, Marshall is barely two months old. He is the product of a full moon." Emily said quietly.

The realization showed on Magnus' face.

Will again, looked confused. "So this is first hand knowledge?"

Emily nodded.

"I remember something about Henry going to London to see you months ago." Will said slowly.

Emily closed her eyes.

Will suddenly looked at Emily. "So wait," he stopped for a second. His eyes grew wide, "Is your baby Henry's baby?"

Emily wanted to run, she wanted to go home. No more questions.

Magnus looked as if she was going to hurt Will.

He ignored her. "So you and Henry were together on a full moon; was this before he was taking the treatment?"

Emily nodded. "Yes, it's the reason he started taking the treatment."

Will appeared to ponder this. "Does him taking the treatment have something to do with him sleeping now?"

Emily nodded, grateful to be moving away from the subject of her son. "The treatment has proven to have a side effect." Emily paused, "There were a two other male werewolves that came to live at the sanctuary shortly after Henry came to see me. They were brothers."

Will raised an eyebrow. "Were?"

"James became affected first. He fell asleep one night and never woke up. He died within two weeks. They kept all of us away from him, fearing that he had something contagious. But they couldn't find anything in his blood work. About a month after James died, Miles fell asleep." Emily shook her head. "Again, at first they kept us away. But finally after Miles had been asleep for a week, they let his girl friend Angela, into isolation to see him. She is also a werewolf." Emily looked up at Magnus. "Miles is still alive."

Magnus took a deep breath. "How?"

"Miles was suffering from some sort of severe chemical imbalance. They did catch it on the scans they did, but they didn't know how to fix it. Angela went to see Miles on a full moon night. Miles woke up because of the pheromones that a female werewolf gives off on a full moon. It is apparently how they find each other to mate." Emily sighed. "Miles stopped taking the treatment after waking up. He has had no ill effects from "the sleep" as we've called it." She looked from Will to Magnus. "We figured there was a correlation between the full moon and the sleep. Both James and Miles fell asleep within a week of the full moon. We think that since James 'missed' his window, he died."

"So they mated on a full moon and Miles woke up? Wow, that's an awesome cure." Will said shaking his head. He looked at Emily, "Is that how we are going to cure Henry?"

Emily's brows furrowed and she looked to her lap. She nodded, "I can help with that."

Magnus shook her head. "Emily, you don't have to. We can find another way."

Emily stood up. "Dr. Magnus, there is no other way. The full moon is tomorrow night, you won't get another chance. So unless you come up with something before tomorrow night, I am your girl."

"You think if we introduce you tomorrow night, Henry will wake up." Will said.

"That's what has worked before, we really don't have much else to go on. This is a condition that has been created by unnatural means. Maybe it is fitting that it has a natural cure." Emily said sitting back down in the chair.

"Now if you guys give me some time, I will get the system fixed."