Another set is done! I really loved writing these, but I think #19 is my favorite of this set. I'm really a John/Helen fan at heart, despite my complete adoration of Tesla. It doesn't help that they're perfect for bittersweet moments and angst... Don't forget to leave me a review!
16. Clue
"It was an energy creature?" Tesla asked again. "Seriously?" Helen gave him an annoyed look.
"That's what I told you an hour ago, Nikola" she replied. "Do I really need to tell you again?"
"No. James would have had a field day if he knew that it was an energy creature that made Johnny go Jack the Ripper on us back at Oxford. If only he had known that, maybe I wouldn't have been stuck strapped to a table for a week while Johnny was gallivanting about the city killing people," Tesla told her irately.
"Oh, don't start that again!"
17. Operation
The power was out again. And it wasn't his fault this time.
"Did you do this?" Helen demanded the instant he walked into her office with a full wine glass and a smirk on his face.
"Nope," Tesla replied, sitting down on the dimly lit couch. "I think it was the techie. Or the protégé. Probably Dr. Expendable," he told her. "I just wanted to see your lovely face."
"Get out."
"Why?"
"Because I have work to do and you're getting in my way."
"I can help, you know," Telsa reminded her.
"Not after you blew up my lab yesterday."
18. Life
It took the Five a long time to figure out exactly what power the Source Blood had given Helen. It was much less obvious. Tesla's had been easy, particularly after the first time he lost control.
John's had manifested when he had suddenly disappeared and reappeared in a cloud of colorful smoke. Then there was the day Nigel's clothing was walking around on its own and James had solved every logic puzzle they had simply because he was bored.
Her power was much more subtle. John called it elegant. Helen was not sure she liked the idea of living forever.
19. Sorry
He could never quite make up for all that he had done. He could never just say 'I'm sorry, Helen. It won't happen again' and be done with it.
"John, you don't have to do this. We can find a way-"
It haunted him constantly. With the source of the rage and homicidal intent gone, he was calm, peaceful. He was his old self again.
"I love you. Remember that. Always. For all eternity."
What he had done was unforgivable. John loved Helen Magnus with all his heart, but he knew that they could never be together in the end.
20. Risk
"That did not go as planned," Kate growled. "That thing nearly ate me!"
"You made it angry! Of course it's going to try to eat you!" Will snapped. Henry rolled his eyes at the two of them.
"Will you two pipe down?" he demanded. "I'm trying to work here and I can't do that if you two are bickering!"
Magnus shook her head as she brushed herself off. That hadn't gone well.
"You should have known that it was a bad idea to go in there in the first place!" Kate shouted at Will.
Oh, lovely. Now they were fighting.
Posted 6/14/11