He was watching her carefully. She was double checking everything and he was sure she wasn't going to release him. "Two weeks, Magnus." He heard her hum a response but knew she wasn't paying attention. "Two weeks I've been stuck in this room since…well since that thing, but TWO WEEKS!" He huffed a breath for emphasis.
"Yes, I know how long you've been here Will; I believe I've been down here every day, and more than once of each day."
His body started bouncing on the bed when her fingers were on the tablet inputting data. "Two weeks Magnus, it's a long time to be down here… not to mention the two weeks before that."
"Yeah, I know." She continued to input information on her pad and finally looked up at him smiling. "Well, I guess you can leave."
"Yes!" He jumped up and stood stretching his back, even though he had been walking around for days. "When can I go back to work?"
"You've been doing work."
"Yeah… paper work." His eyebrows were raised and his tone annoyingly higher pitched than usual. "When can I do real work?"
A brow was nicely and perfectly arched in response. "Real work? Do you think paper work isn't real work?"
"That's not what I meant and you know it." He pointed a finger at her and grinned at her brilliant responding smile.
"Yes, I know what you meant. There's a pick up that needs to be done at the docks. We can go together if you want."
He nodded vigorously, "When do we leave?"
The watch on her wrist spun so she could look at the time. "In an hour or so." She moved to set the tablet down on the counter and turned back around to find him in front of her, very close.
"That's good," he raised a hand and brought it down her arm to her hands where he squeezed their fingers together. "And it'll give us time to talk on the ride over there."
She wasn't looking at him when she answered. "Yeah, talk." A beat passed before she spoke again. "I have some things to do, Will. I see you in an hour." She hastily made her exit and bounded through the hallways until she reached her room. She bent over the toilet and vomited up her lunch. Her stomach had started spinning half way through that conversation and she hadn't been able to ward it off any longer. Maybe John had been right and she needed to take it easier for longer than she had. Standing back up she threw cold water on her face before drying it. Taking a deep breath she mentally checked all her facilities. She was feeling much better.
Will came into her office just over an hour later. His good mood hadn't been dimmed and he was smiling broadly at anyone who looked at him. "Ready?" He asked cheerfully. She was still subconsciously avoiding him.
"Yeah, just a second." She was no longer dressed in the skirt and heels that she'd worn earlier that day, rather she was wearing a pair of tight fitting jeans, tight shirt and black leather jacket that was left open. Her hair was pulled back into a loose pony and it slid over her shoulder as she leaned against the desk to hit a button on the computer. Blue eyes skimmed across her form and he blushed before turning away when she straightened back up. "Shall we?" She ignored the pink in his cheeks and shuffled forward toward the door.
They walked companionably through the corridors and away from the new sanctuary. Making their way through the caves and sewers that would bring them to the surface Magnus took the lead in leaving. She was talking about the abnormal that they would be picking up and how it rare it was. He was reminded instantly that the docks were hardly anything like the docks of Old City had been. He slipped behind the wheel of the van after she handed him the keys. Words had been running through his mind since they had left her office of how to start the conversation. Finally, taking a deep breath he was ready to begin what he'd been waiting two weeks to have.
When he turned to speak he watched as she opened up her phone and dialed a number resting the tiny machine against her ear. She waited for it to ring and started speaking rapid fire Japanese into the microphone. Sighing, Will looked back at the road and drove. So much for having the conversation he'd been planning on. If he didn't know better he'd think she'd done it on purpose, but it was rare that she left the Sanctuary these days and it wasn't like she could get cell service down there. She talked through the entire drive to three different people. They arrived where the helicopter was to land. He hadn't been to "the docks" since the new sanctuary had been built, but he hadn't realized just how different they were.
There was a large building with six hallways that jutted out from the center where he knew a large room was located. It was where they did initial intake of the abnormals now. He parked the van after she directed him where to go. "Apparently it arrived early. It's already left and the intake has been done. We just need to retrieve, pack up and go." Will nodded and got out of the van opening the back up so it would make for an easier transition. He followed her into the building and blinked his eyes when the door shut behind him. The entire building was dark. He bumped into her, his chest colliding with her back.
Helen didn't move. Will stopped and waited until she decided what to do next. Pulling out a flashlight and a gun from somewhere he couldn't see she shined the light down the hallway. "Stay close, Will." She walked silently, her boots making barely any noise as they traversed down the corridor. She turned the corner and came face to face with a frantic scientist who was spouting words in Spanish so fast that he couldn't understand any of what she was saying. Magnus calmed the woman down and slowly got her tell them what was going on.
Will stopped listening about half way through and started wandering around the central room. It was well equipped with just about everything that they needed. Magnus appeared over his shoulder and gave him a wan smile that he could barely make out by the emergency lighting. "It's the generator. And apparently the backup isn't working. I'm going to take a look at it, but I might need to send Henry out here later. Do you mind loading up our guest?"
He nodded his head and watched as she left and went outside. The scientist spoke much more slowly to him which he was grateful for. She led him to where the abnormal was being kept. An enclosed box with a dark sheet covering it was sitting in one of the rooms down one of the corridors. He was lost, to be honest and had no idea how to get back to the van. The woman explained that the covering was because this abnormal didn't do well with light. He smirked and smiled to himself thinking that it was a perfect abnormal to transport during the day.
Loading the box into the van wasn't as hard as he thought it might have been. It fit nicely into the back. The woman had disappeared without offering to help so he was thankful that he'd had enough energy to get the thing into the vehicle. Maybe going on a mission so soon after being released from the infirmary hadn't been the best idea. Even though it wasn't a true mission, it was definitely physically exerting. He walked around the building until he saw Magnus playing with a machine and a streak of grease smeared on her cheek. He grinned and rubbed it off.
"Thanks." She muttered before turning back. "Something chewed through a wire. I replaced it, just putting everything back together before we leave." She slipped a few wires back in place and then the cover, securing it tightly. Leaning down and sliding her hand along the machine she flicked a switch and watched it come to life. "That should do it for now. I'll give you the project of how to remedy this for the future." She stood and swayed almost falling back down to the ground. Will reached out and grasped her arms holding her upright.
It took a few seconds for her head to stop spinning and for her legs to stop feeling like jello. She straightened and stepped out of his grasp even though she wasn't feeling completely herself. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, wasn't feeling too good earlier, I think it might have been lunch."
He watched the color slowly seep back into her face and her collect her tools moving away. He let her finish up in silence, talk to the scientist one more time and then drove home. Silence was how that drive went. Silence with the few rummaging's of a waking abnormal in the back was all that was heard. They finished putting the abnormal in his new habitat and were done within an hour. The color had drained from her face about halfway through and Will was beginning to worry once again. She brushed him off and walked away. Will let out a sigh of relief when he watched her turn toward the infirmary and not towards her office.