Her stubborn will was going to get her killed. She refused to leave until she got the last abnormal out of the burning building.
"Go, I'll meet you back at the Sanctuary," she said as she gave Kate the last cage which held the abnormal.
Kate got in the helicopter and gave the pilot the order to leave. Helen had been running between the third floor and the roof to get the abnormals to Kate. Henry and Will were securing the last of the smugglers in the parking lot. The smoke and flames were much worse now. The fire had been started on the third floor. Once she got down a flight of stairs, it should thin out until she was in the clear.
"Bloody hell," she murmured as she saw one last abnormal that had been hiding out of sight.
Even though the creature was shy by nature, it let Helen pick it up and move it out of the smoke. She heard the building creak. Before she could look to see what was happening, a beam fell and knocked her down. Magnus landed on her back with the abnormal against her chest. She tried to leave, but couldn't with a heavy beam on her leg.
She heard someone calling her name and immediately recognized the voice. Will could get himself and the abnormal to safety
"Will, take him and get out of here," she said handing Will the creature.
He took it without comment and she heard his retreating steps. Magnus struggled to get the beam off her left leg. Despite her best efforts, it wouldn't budge. The flames were now creeping toward her. A white cloud of smoke suddenly doused some nearby flames. Helen looked up and saw Will standing with a fire extinguisher.
"I told you to leave," she yelled.
"I did leave," he said.
Will pushed her onto her back and put a wet cloth in her hand.
"Stay below the smoke, breath through the cloth" he told her, but didn't take his own advice.
"You need to get out of here, now," she said through the cloth "I'll meet you back at the van".
Helen didn't have a death wish; she just didn't know how she would get out at the moment. She looked over just in time to see Will dodge being hit by a piece of the ceiling. Her stubborn Will was going to get them both killed.
"Will, leave," she ordered again.
"That's the plan," he responded.
Helen watched as he approached the beam with…a crowbar? When did he get a crowbar? She couldn't help, but ask him that.
"Same place I got a fire extinguisher, Magnus."
Oh, that's right. The smoke must have been getting to her. She closed her eyes for a moment and opened them when she felt Will's foot pushing her shoulder.
"Get out of here," she choked out.
"If you want me to leave you have to work with me," he told her. "I'm going to lift this beam up. I need you to move out from under it."
Magnus saw the veins in Will's neck bulge as he put all his strength into lifting the beam with the crowbar. It took a few tries, but he got it off the ground enough for Helen to slide her leg out. Will took her arms and lifted her to her feet. Before she could do anything, he picked her up and got out of the building.
Helen took off her oxygen mask.
"I told you repeated times to leave," she said lightly.
He looked at her with his head still resting on the back of Henry's van. He pushed his oxygen mask down.
"I was leaving. I just wasn't leaving without you."
She put her arm around his shoulders and he relaxed into her. Magnus felt his arms starting to shake from overusing his muscles. She may have had a stubborn Will, but at least she had a strong Will to help her live.