A/N: After spending the day re-watching ever last Nikola episode of Sanctuary today my brain apparently got another fic idea. That being said I have no idea where this story is going but my plan is write it and update it as it come to me tonight. Hope you like it anyways =]

Helen let out a tired groan and slowly came to consciousness. Sitting up from where she had slumped over in her desk chair the night before she stretched out the kinks that had developed in her body from sleeping in the awkward position of half-sitting half-slumped. Looking around Helen gazed out the window and gauged by the way the sun was beaming brightly outside that it was most likely early morning, and a quick glance at the clock confirmed her suspicions as it was just about nine in the morning. Standing she smoothed out the wrinkles in her clothes and headed off to change before picking up some tea and resuming her work.

Striding to her room, she replayed the events of the prior evening over in her mind. Finally admitting defeat she had asked Will to send Nikola to her office so that she could break the news to him that she was unable to find away to revamp him. News that broke not only his heart but her own heart as well. Despite the fact, as Will put it, Nikola had been a bit of thorn in her side for the past century or so, Nikola was the kind of thorn in ones side that you could like. His arrogance aside she had always enjoyed his snarky sense of humor and respected his genius as he had respected her back when women were little more than possessions. They had been very good friends before the Five was formed, good friends even after her courtship with John had begun and she had imagined that he would be the only friend she would have for the rest of her life. But in a few short seconds that all changed. Now it seemed that she would eventually lose the one person she never thought she would lose and she would be forced to face the centuries of her life alone.

The discovery of Nikola's magnetic abilities seemed to help him a great deal, and this in turn had eased the pain that Helen was hiding so well. She knew now, that even if he had to face his mortality at least, as he had so eloquently put it, he could work with that. He could use this magnetic ability to whatever end he saw fit and thus be able to continue his quest for world domination. A smile spread across Helens face at this, nothing could crimp his ambitious nature. But still, even after he had slinked away, bottle of premier cru in hand, Helen had felt the tug of sadness at heart. Standing she had crossed to her desk and with a few strokes on the keyboard had once more brought up Nikola's research and began combing through it again. Looking at it for the billionth time she remained sadly certain in her conviction that she could not revamp Nikola with the research and the blood from Laura, but also could not shake the feeling that she was missing something vital.

Reaching her room Helen shook these thoughts from her head and swapped clothes quickly before going down to the kitchen. As she stood before the stove, waiting for her kettle of water to boil to make her tea she heard the thudding footsteps of a man approaching Helen turned towards the doorway, hoping that maybe Nikola was not going to drink wine all day and smiled broadly, only to find Will trotting in. Sleep still in his eyes he missed the smile slip slightly on Helen's face before she recovered and greeted him warmly,

"Morning Will."

"Good Morning Magnus. Any chance I get some of that tea?"

"Certainly! Just grab yourself a cup." Helen said.

Coming over to the cabinet Helen noticed a few splotches of dark red on the shirt Will was wearing.

"Uh Will what is that on your shirt?"

Confused Will paused mid-reach for a cup, lowered his arms, turned to face Helen and took a look at his shirt.

"Oh that's just my blood." He shrugged turning back to the cabinet for a cup, "I cut myself shaving this morning. Guess I didn't realize I'd got a few drops on my shirt…"

Helen's eyes grew wide as everything clicked her brain. Turning back now Will saw Helen's face and quickly asked,

"What is it Magnus? Something I said?"

"Actually, yes!" Helen replied, "Do you know where Nikola is?"

"Uhh I bumped into Henry on my way here who said he saw him heading towards the lab, wine in his hand muttering something about testing his new abilities…why what's up?"

Helen just smiled broadly and thanked Will as she backed out of the kitchen and then took off towards the elevator. Once in the elevator she pushed the down button and thought to herself that never in all her years had the elevator moved this slowly. The second the doors opened she dashed down the hallway and burst into the lab. There she found Nikola seated at the far end and a few small objects floating and rotating in the air near the door. Upon her entrance every last object clattered to the ground as Nikola rose to his feet in one fluid motion saying,

"Helen, I'm surprised to see you here." He smiled walking towards her, "Not that I mind at all. But what brings you down here?"

"A question of the utmost importance."

Nikola tilted his head slightly in confusion and intrigue.

"Ask away."

"When you were held captive by Chad and the rest of the trust-fund vamps, you said they took some of your blood yes?" Helen asked him, slightly rhetorically, and still walking towards him.

Nikola froze in his spot and an angry sneer appeared on his face.

"Yes." He almost growled.

"What did they do with it?"

"What?"

"Nikola," Helen stopped a foot from him, a grin playing on her face, "What did they do with the blood they took from you?"

Nikola's eyes darted back and forth as he mentally revisited the moments he was in the brat's apartment recalling every tiny detail that was possible.

"Well…they drained some of my blood into a bag…when that was filled Biff removed the tubing from me and took the bag into another room…" Nikola paused to look up at Helens eyes, "But other than that I don't remember seeing it again…"

"And if you had, you would remember…" Helen finished for him.

"Yes…Helen why…?"

"Because that is the answer to our problem!" Helen blurted out, "I believe the reason your DNA rejected the serum I synthesized from Laura's blood is because it was Laura's blood. Not your own."

"Since it wasn't my own blood that could cause my body to reject it, thinking it was some kind of hazardous invader, as it did with my first test subjects…" Nikola's eyes glinted bright with hope, "Meaning if we find my still vampiric blood there's a chance I could be revamped!"

"Or at the very least slow you're aging process!"

"Helen Magnus, exquisite beauty and infinite intelligence." Nikola grinned broadly causing Helen to duck her head slightly at the compliment, "So I guess its back to the brat's apartment we go?"

"Yes, I suppose so. I mean if that's what you really want…" Helen sighed in a teasing matter.

Nikola ignored Helens comment with that cheeky grin of his asked,

"Shall I inform the children, or are we going to leave them behind this time?"

"No such luck Nikola, I plan on bringing Will in case we need to attack them from a psychological perspective…."

"Very well," Nikola sighed turning to grab his jacket, "every mission needs an expendable member and the doctor is as good as Tiny Tim I suppose…"

Helen rolled her eyes,

"I'll go grab Will and you meet us at the car in ten."

As she turned to go left out of his lab, and he went right, Nikola paused and called back to her,

"Oh don't forget your gun!"

Helen stopped and turned to look at him quizzically,

"You really think that'll be necessary?"

Nikola shrugged, backing away down the hallway saying,

"No, but you look hot when you're carrying one."

Laughing at his incorrigible nature Helen stepped into the elevator to go fetch her second in command.