OK so this chapter is coming out a lot sooner than I expected…but I don't think the others will be the same. I will do my best, though.

Oh, and just so you know, I plan this to be also a Fate fic, I will get to that point in later chapters, but it is going in that you for all your reviews, as usually. And now…enjoy!

Helen was pacing one of Sanctuary's isolation rooms, her mind worried about what had just happened. Who had sent her that letter? Why had Nikola been used as a messenger? And, most important, how many of them were infected? But now, her biggest problem was that she was locked up in that isolation room, unable to leave it, and on top of everything she was also forced to endure Nikola's bad mood.

"Nikola, would you please stop sulking and help me with this?" Helen asked annoyed. "I told you, it was just a safety measure, we don't want to infect anybody else."

"I know, I know. But taking my best suit and burning it is not a thing I do gladly. Not to mention that I ended up being dressed in this!" Nikola said, pointing to the clothes Helen had borrowed him.

"Would you please stop complaining? These were the only clothes that I had." Helen said.

"Yes but Helen I refuse to wear something that was invented after I was born."

"It's just a pair of jeans, Nikola. And it suits you anyway."

Frankly, saying that those tight jeans were suiting Nikola was clearly an understatement and Helen knew it. She had never seen Nikola in jeans before and she couldn't say that it bothered her. He wasn't facing her, so her eyes feasted with his narrow hips-he was holding one hand on one of them- and then went down a little lower, causing her to bite her lip to get her mind out of the gutter as fast as possible.

"Helen?" he called her, but she didn't answer. So Nikola turned and faced her, giving her one of his usual smirks.

"When you are done staring at me, please tell me what are you planning to do next, OK?"

"I'm not staring at you, Nikola." She almost yelled. "Please don't make this more annoying that it really is. It's bad enough that I am locked in a room with you."

His boyish grin made her realize that he hadn't realized that they were alone and locked up until she pointed this out to him. God, why couldn't she just shut up? But now it was too late…

"Well, you and I locked up is pretty interesting indeed…No children…I guess this room is phonically isolated…"

"You got us into this, Nikola! You and your stupid gift! And you are going to help me get out of this mess! I had NO intention of being locked up with you, but we are probably already infected and I didn't want to get anybody else in this state. Now we are going to focus and find a solution, alright? And yes, this room is phonically isolated. Why do you ask?"

"Well, it could be useful…I may make you scream and we don't want the children to come here and interrupt us, do we?"

"Nikola shut up and help me or I swear you will be the one who will be screaming-right before I kill you!"

"OK. So what's your plan?"

"I took blood samples from all of us. I am going to see who is infected and who is not. We don't have to keep everybody in quarantine."

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Meanwhile, Henry, Will and Kate were not doing so well either. Henry had submitted to his fate, but Will and Kate were still worried.

"Who do you think sent them the letter?"

"I have no idea. But I am worried for them."

"Well, maybe they are not infected."

"It doesn't matter too much." Henry said chuckling. "Doc and Magneto? Locked up?"

"She will probably end up killing him if we don't get them out of there fast." Kate ended his thought. "Well, it won't be much of a waste."

"Killing him, kissing him or God knows what."

"Kissing him, Henry? Don't be silly."

"Yes, you are right. A kiss won't be enough to get rid of the tension between them."

"Eww. We are talking about Magnus here; I don't think she would go that far. But then again, her love life is so damn complicated that you never know what to expect. However, I don't think she has feelings for him. He's not her type."

"Yeah… why would a girl that is used to being in control be attracted to a guy that is obsessed with computers and is practically a total geek?"

"I don't know if Tesla is so obsessed with computers." Kate said, making Henry realize that he had said a lot more than he was supposed to.

"I meant electricity, magnets, stuff like that." He said, hoping that this will settle things. Tesla annoyed him, that was for sure, but Henry could understand his love for Magnus. They were so different and yet they clearly had feelings for each other… But then again, they had known each other for over a century, which wasn't the case with him and Kate. Not to mention that Tesla wasn't a vampire anymore and he was still a werewolf…

"I just hope we will be able to get out of here." Will said.

"Well, Magnus is analyzing the blood samples she got from us so we should find out soon."

"I just wish she had given us the isolation room that had a computer in it. I can't live without my computer for more than three hours, for God's sake!" Henry said, making Kate chuckle.

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Nikola was standing right beside Helen as she was watching the microscope. He couldn't see what she was seeing, but it didn't matter too much. He was too lost in her blue gaze anyway. Seeing her like that brought him memories from the time they had been part of the Five. She hadn't changed a bit since then. She was still obsessed with her work, still not realizing that he had deep feelings for her…

"Will is clean and so are Kate and Henry." Helen said with a tint of relief in her voice. Taking a deep breath, she took Nikola's blood sample and looked at it. The sight of tiny microorganisms in his blood made her gasp. She had never seen anything like this before, except last year in the Bermuda triangle when she had been infected with that parasite. Luckily, it wasn't the same type of parasite, but it was multiplying and spreading along the blood sample like hell. Regardless of what it was, this couldn't be good for Nikola. Not saying anything, she took her blood sample and saw that it was squeaky clean.

"You are infected." She said with a desperate voice.

"Great. Just great. I knew I shouldn't have taken that stupid gift, I knew it! I'm telling you, when I find out who sent it to me I will make sure that she will suffer the most painful death possible."

"Would you please stop complaining, Nikola?" Helen said. "We'll get out of this."

"Well, it's easy for you to say, it's not like you're…" he made a pause when he saw her look.

"Yes, Watson, I'm infected too." Helen said, avoiding his gaze. She had no idea why she had lied to him, but she just couldn't let him alone.