Thank you so much for reading and staying with this story. Sorry for the delay. I am working on Chapter 7 and I thank you all again...

Much Love

Dani

Chapter 6

"Nikola, I thought you were out of the country?" Helen's soft voice played in his mind, echoing and filling him with old memories of her.

"I was." Nikola said watching her walk in front of him. "I only returned to get a few things from my old lab and to make a more permanent move." Nikola couldn't tell her the truth that he wanted to be far away from her. She hurt him more and more each time he saw her. She was like a memory frozen in time, always beautiful, always smart, and always captivating. He could not stay around her like this anymore.

Yes it had been two years since Helen found out John was the killer. And within those years he found that his love would never be returned. James was absence, which was nice. Maybe now he could tell her everything he felt. His eyes met her hers.

"James would be glad to see you." Nikola lost his will as she spoke his name.

Nikola shot up from his short lived sleep. He rubbed his head and looked at the sleeping goddess next to him. He remembered now why sleep was the enemy. He kissed her cheek going to her private bathroom. He waited till the door shut before turning on the light; he didn't want to wake her. Not now anyway. Right now he needed to clear his head; if that was possible.

He turned the water on in the nice sized shower on; he adjusted the water before getting in. He leaned into the wall as the water danced on his skin.

"Be honest, what is the worse part of your gift?" James asked the three familiar faces in the small office. It would be the last time that they would probably meet like this. Or well could be if the fire element was not contained.

"I always end up naked." Nigel stated smiling.

"Well to be honest mine is that…" Helen sighed "I will lose many friends I will make."

James' hand grasped the slender shoulder in comfort. "Sometimes I wish I didn't know all the things I did." Helen looked up at James, then to Nikola.

"Well I am happy to saw that there is no down side to being me." Nikola said in a snarky manner. He was lying, and the fact that Helen now thought Nikola had told hurt him again. He remembered the scene playing out in his head again. He would never let them know that he could remember everything.

He remembered the terror on Helen's face when his transformation proved his lineage. It took weeks before she felt safe around him alone. It hurt to think that she believed he'd hurt her.

He sighed heavily as he now started to bathe himself. She would be up soon and the children would be bouncing about and tempting his patience. Not to mention John would be around her. He felt his pulse speed up as his mind was being flooded with the pain he put her through. He wanted to hurt John; make him pay for hurting her.

Nikola wrapped the towel around his waist as he opened the door to find her still sleeping. He moved quietly to the clean clothes he brought to the room with him and got dressed. His other clothes lay in a pile by the foot of the bed. He gathered them and sat them on a small chair in front of her vanity. He took the moment to remember how the moment felt. It was more to convince himself it was real and that she loved him.

The alarm next to Helen went off and he watched as her body moved beneath the sheets. "Morning." She said as she stretched. Nikola smiled picking the clothes up again.

"Morning love." He replied walking to her side. He leaned down kissing her tenderly "I will see you soon, but before other see me leaving I should go." Nikola said sulking, "Not that I want to."

Helen smiled, "I agree." She moved to her feet Nikola smirked as he kept the sheet wrapped around her naked body. She kissed his cheek I will you at breakfast."

Nikola nodded winking at her as he left the room. There was a noise that caused Nikola to become alert. He looked behind him, then back at his directed path. John would lose the last part of his sane mind if he knew Helen let him stay with her last night. Nikola worried about that (for Helen's sake), and this crazy idea to chase the Cabal.

Nikola watched the golden hair goddess who was in her late thirties preparing the serum that. She was smiling as John approached her and whispered something to her no doubt it was a compliment of her extreme beauty.' Lucky bastard.' Nikola thought as he watched her unnoticed from the other side of the room. He forced his eyes away as Nigel came over to look at the open book by Nikola.

"Well it should be ready." Helen said.

"That is wonderful Helen." Nigel congratulated her.

James hurried by hurry to see the finished product. Helen had wanted to make sure the blood was untainted. She spent days on this and it was going to be the best thing to happen to them. Nikola stayed across the room and smiled.

"So when can we start?" Nikola asked as he watched the others.

"Tonight" Helen said, "At my house."

The five gathered at the Sanctuary; all expecting wonderful thing to come about from this experiment. Helen sat in a chair in the study; John kneeling next to her, while James and Nigel stood behind her chair. Nikola was measuring her dose.

"It's ready." Nikola said his eyes rested on her.

"You don't have to go first" Nigel stated "John or I can have a go to start." He added his concern apparent.

"He's right…no need for unnecessary heroics." James agreed. "The side effects are completely unknown." James added.

"Thank you gentlemen, but this experiment was of my design." Helen said in a soft voice. Nikola could stop the want just stare into her beautiful eyes. She was so brave, and smart. "I should be the one to prove its worth." She added after a small pause.

"Helen," Came the deep voice that belonged to John. "You are certain?" He asked

"We have risked too much to turn back now." Helen answered staring into John's eyes with love and devotion. Jealousy bubbled inside of Nikola. "We need to know" was her word that broke his thoughts. She looked up at Nikola; his heart stopped for a moment. "You may precede Nikola."

Nikola kneeled; he examined her arm till he found the most visible vein. He looked up at her; the injection would hurt and he unfortunately was the one who was causing the pain. He looked down composing himself and let the needle pierce her soft flesh. Her gasped sent a chill down his spine; then fear gripped his heart. Her hand grabbed his tightly and the pain flooded her body. Nikola was crippled by the fear of what he had just done. Her hand realized his as the short lived pain subsided.

John went next, followed by Nigel, and James. Nikola was last; he sat in the chair with a small smile on his lips. "Are you ready Nikola?" Helen asked kneeling by him with the injection.

Nikola nodded and held his arm out for her. Her touch was so soft and tender, and she demonstrated so care; he never felt the needle go in. Something wasn't right he felt it. His body began to convulse and he soon lost conscientiousness.

"Nikola….Nikola stay with me…Nikola!" Helen's voice echoed in his mind.

He was different now he could feel it in his blood, and it was apparent on Helen's face. Fear was on all their faces.

"What's wrong?" He asked but the voice was not his own. Nikola looked down at his hands that were slowly shifting back to their human form.

Nikola sat uncomfortably in the chair. Helen and John had been talking about their plan to get inside the Cabal. He felt the fear that night a hundred plus years ago, Helen never really trusted him again. Which is why when she stated that her and John would go it was no surprise. Helen had looked at Nikola who fold his arms.

"I know…" Nikola said in a snarky manner. "If anything goes wrong I save your, oh so lovely…" He stopped before completing his stated and gave a bitter smile.

Helen wasn't amused. "Please Nikola, grow up." She demanded as if he insulted her.

John was ready to make his own comment but Helen looked at him before the words left his mouth. "I assure you old boy we will be fine." He offered instead of his original thought.

Helen nodded in agreement. "For safety measures if we stay out of contact over five hours come find us."

"Okay," Will said sensing the tension between the three older people. "Do you have an idea about what you're looking for?"

"Yes." John said. "Those abnormals are very powerful and dangerous. I believe I know where they are taking them."

"You believe?" Nikola scuffed. "I believe you are walking into a death trap and bringing Helen down with you." His bitterness was noted by all.

"Nikola!" Helen demanded.

"What? I thought you discuss the dangers of going in blindly at meetings?" He said forcing himself to use a calm voice.

"We did…you however were not paying attention." John snapped, "I would never put Helen in a situation I could not get her out of." He added.

"Well" Will said loudly, "I think we are done" He turned to Helen. "When do you and John leave?"

Helen looked at her watch. "Soon, first I need to speak with Nikola…alone." John nodded and left the office followed by the Will and Henry. Helen shut the door and stared at Nikola.

"Ljubavi I am afraid I'm not in the mood for a quicky." Nikola said looking at her. Helen smiled softly and walked the small distance to him; her hand stroked his cheek.

"Nikola please trust me." She asked. "I am not going to…" Nikola's hand covered her mouth.

"This isn't about my ego Helen." His eyes searched her face. "I can live if you did go back to John but if you were to…Helen you are my life line the only reason I have to live!"

Helen cupped his face kissing him. "I promise when I get back we will have time just you and me."

Nikola held to her. "Be safe." He said letting her go. Helen had disappeared out of the door "I love you." He whispered.