She reminded her of Ashley...and her heart broke everytime the unknown girk took a heave of breath as she slept. There was something about her that screamed her daughter and it hurt to think about it. Helen sighed, getting comfortable in the seat she placed beside the girl's bed. Whoever had captured her, the girl put up a hell of a fight. Lacerations across her back and front, where several brusies scatter across her skin. Her kidnappers had put her through hell and back but she had escaped. The girl was strong, Helen could see that very clearly.

"Magnus," Helen turned aroundd noticing for the first time that Henry had walked in. Smiling at her assistant, Helen got up. "I looked through every system I could think of and there was no hits on the mystery girl over there. Whoever she is, someone through a lot of trouble to make her disappear." Magnus sighed, a part of her guessing that something like this had happened.

"I thought this might happen." Magnus muttered, sitting back down in her chair. She watched as the girl's eyes moved rapidly underneath her eyelids. "Somebody has to be looking for her." Henry nodded stepping forward so he could get a better look at her. She was beautiful, with long amber curls. Her skin was so pale though, it frightened him immensely. The girl looked like she was on the brink of death.

"What if she has no one, Magnus?" Henry asked, turning to look at his boss. The woman in question sighed, rubbing her face in agitation. "If someone took that much time to erase her from the system then maybe there was a reason for it. They, whoever they are, might not want her to be found."

"This is a Sanctuary for all, there will always be a place for people in need here." Magnus muttered, her eyes catching a tear falling down the girl's face. "She will have a palce here if she wants it. Let's just hope that she will find the strength to wake up from her dreams."


"Patient #3476 isn't responding to the stimuli." Her screams pierced the air as electricity ran through her body. She bit down on her lip, ignoring the test of blood as the torture continued. "She's fighting it." Part of her wanted to smirk at that comment. They wouldn't get the response out her like they wanted to. Another wave of pain raced through her small body, her back arching in pain. She wouldn't die like this, helpless and in terror. This would be the last day...her heart leaped erratically as the torture stopped. He body now shivering from the cold air circulating around her. They had stopped, not getting the reaction out of her that they so desired.

"Riley, can you hear me?" a familiar voice murmured causing me to seize up. "Riley, I have water for you." I felt the edge of a water bottle on my lips so I raised my chin, letting the cold water flow down my throat. Relief flooded through my dry throat, causing me to gulp down more. The person sighed, pity lacing their voice. "I tried to come as soon as I could. Im being watched, they know I'm helping you."

"Why are you?" I asked as the water was taken away from me. I could feel a bit of chocolate pressed to my lips so I eat it. Savoring the taste because I knew it wouldn't come again. Why was this person helping me?

"I can't let you suffer through this alone, Riley." Pity and guilt laced through their voice, a part of me feeling saddened by this. I shook my head, ignoring the shearing pain that enveloped my skull. The solid stell latch on my forehead rubbed against my skin like knives. I felt the person's hands on my face as I tried to make my point. "Stop, don't hurt yourself."

"Let me go...please." I begged, hoping that the person would listen. I would find a way to escape, but their help could help me extremely. I couldn't stay at this place any longer, I wouldn't let them test on me again, I wouldn't survive it.

"I can't do that." the voice muttered, wiping the tear stains off her face. "They would kill me, and who would be here for you where they captured you again?" One more piece of chocolate was pressed into my lips. "Eat it, gain some strength. They are going to come back soon. Be ready."


"You need to get some sleep, Magnus." Will murmured watching his boss doze in the seat next to the girl's bed. Four days it had been, the girl lying in a coma; reliving her worst nightmares over and over again. For those four days, Magnus had made a routine of being near the mysterious girl at all times, using the opposite bed as a makeshft desk. They had tried many things to help alleviate the girl's suffering; several of the Abnormals housed at the Sanctuary offerign their telephatic abilities to search the girl's mind. Yet they always came back trembling in fear, their eyes wide and tearful. The only thing they would say was that she had went through a worse hell then their own. Magnus shook her head, taking the cup of tea that was in Will's hand before returning her attention to the girl. "Magnus this isn't healthly. Big Guy or I can watch over her, just go to bed."

"No, I need to be here." Her eyes widened as the girl's eyes flashed open, screams piercing the air as her body arched. Magnus threw the cup to the floor, running to the girl in effort to restrain her. Her eyes begun to flutter, her body arching as if hot spears was being flung onto her back. "Listen to me! Listen to me, you are safe! Can you hear me?" The girl started to whimper, her eyes fluttering back and forth. Magnus suddenly pulled away, her wands scolding hot. "Bloody hell, she's burning up!"

"Dammit, what's happening to her?" Will yelled as Magnus tried to go towards her again. "Magnus, don't!" Flames begun to form at the edge of her hands, flaring up up a she screamed one last time before disappearing. Magnus and Will watched as the convuslions disminished, one last tug before her body laid on the bed, trembling out of exhaustion. Both walked over to her slowly, anxiously watching her the girl's eyes opened fully; the mossy green of her eyes reflecting the light.

"Bloody hell..." Magnus murmured, before smiling at the girl who was still heaving as if she had been running a marathon. Grabbing the light, she shined it in her eyes; taking great care not to alarm her. Watching her pupils dilate, Magnus begun to talk. "Hello, my name is Doctor Helen Magnus. You came to us five days ago, bleeding on our doorstep. You are lucky to be alive." The girl tried to push herself up, her body trembling from the effort. "Don't move so much. You lost alot of blood and your strength will be weak." The girl growled, letting herself be put back by the Doctor's hands. "Now what is your name?"

"Riley."