I know I'm kinda late again and I apologise but I got caught up in work for Small Pebbles and some personal issues. This chapter is a tad longer than the previous one and I hope it's going to make up for the wait. I'll try to get the next one done within the next week but no promises. Also, if you like Will, here's a fair warning: Niko doesn't.

They arrived at the lab in question a couple of minutes later, precisely on time and found the whole team there, staring at the screens Henry was working on. Kate was the first to notice them and smiled brightly as she walked over to them, having Henry and Will follow her with their eyes as they, too, noticed Helen and Niko.

"I heard what happened, Doc. Told you it's still Tesla." Kate grinned and Helen chuckled, somewhat amused.

That she had indeed. Niko looked up at her, offended but he wore a smug smile on his face and Kate bursted out laughing as she scratched him gently. That man – kitten – was unbelievable. Will and Henry looked over to them, not sure what to think and Helen stepped closer.

"Henry. What's the news Will spoke of?" She asked, smiling still.

Henry snapped out of his thoughts and scooted over so she could see what he had been showing the others.

"Okay, so I think I figured out what went wrong. I checked the protocols again and you see that spike there?" He asked, pointing at the screen, "It's way too high. It should be at half of what it is and I think Tesla's electromagnetism might be the cause. It must have interfered accidentally and caused a power spike that went back to the source."

"Nikola." Helen translated, looking from the screen to the kitten in her arms as Henry nodded.

Well, that certainly would explain things. Niko went to climb on her shoulder despite her protests and the towel she had wrapped him in fell to the floor as she tried to stop him. She sighed, shaking her head and stared back at the screen, all eyes on her.

"Any idea how to solve the problem yet?"

"Working on it. Now that we know what happened I have at least a place to start from. I should be able to figure something out."

Helen turned her head to Will then, finding him eyeing her and Niko suspiciously. He clearly didn't like it and he glared briefly at the kitten when he looked at him.

"It's gonna take a while but I'll let you know as soon as I got something." Henry said.

"Thank you. Anything else you need?"

"No, no, I'm fine." Henry waved off, getting back to work and Helen turned to the other two fully, silently asking them the same question.

Kate shook her head, still grinning over Niko as Helen tried to remain steady and balanced and Will only huffed shortly. If anything, he couldn't stand Niko in his current state even worse than as a Vampire.

"Kate? I'm afraid I have to ask you to look after Niko tomorrow. I have a meeting outside of town."

Kate winced lightly.

"I'd love to but I can't, either. I'm meeting my brother in the morning, remember?"

Helen sighed. Perfect. She turned back to Will then. He was her only option left. When he noticed where this was going, he raised his hands and shook his head violently.

"Oh, no. No, Magnus. I am so not going to take care of him. He's even more annoying now because no matter what he does, you don't care. I am not doing that." He said, pointing at the kitten before Niko growled at him, "See? He doesn't want me to either! He hates me, Magnus!"

"Will. I can't let him be on his own when I'm gone. Henry has work to do and we all know what happened last time and frankly, I'd ask the BigGuy if I wouldn't know that it'd look worse than with you. Besides, what if he hurts himself? Right now, he's like a kid, he needs someone to look after him."

Niko looked down at her, poking her head with his, offended. He was no kid.

"And clean up after him…"

"Will, I'm afraid you won't have a saying in this. I'm off around 10am and he is not to be left alone. I'll bring him by your office before I go."

"Fine. Whatever."

Helen nodded briefly before she carefully picked up the towel, steadying Niko on her shoulders with one hand and straightening up again once she had grabbed the item. She quickly smiled at everyone, bidding her goodnight as she left for her room. It took her longer than usual, careful to balance Niko out as he just wouldn't leave her shoulders.

She put him down on her bed once they had arrived and she went to the bathroom quickly to throw the towel aside and change. She came back a couple of minutes later, finding Niko rolled into a little ball on his spot, asleep already. Helen smiled as she walked over to the bed and crawled under the covers before giving him a kiss on his head and falling asleep soon later herself.

Niko was still sleeping when she woke up the next morning so she got dressed before waking him up. She wasn't about to take the risk of Will simply ignoring her request, order, whatsoever from the previous night and she had said she'd be bringing Niko to him anyway. Niko meowed in protest and blinked at her a couple of times.

"I'm sorry, sweetie but I have to go and Will's waiting already."

Helen smiled and picked him up, making her way to Will's office. Niko snuggled into her arms; he'd miss her when she was gone, even if it only were a couple of hours. And having Will out of all people to look after him didn't help the matter. Quite the contrary, actually. He then decided to have some fun instead and make a bit of trouble. Apparently he was good at that.

They reached Will's office, Helen softly scratching Niko's head as he purred and Will looked up from his desk when she greeted him.

"Do I really have to?"

She gave him a brief look but smiled, nodding with a raised eyebrow.

"Put him on the mattress, please." Will asked politely, "Anything I should be aware of?"

"No. Just give him attention when he asks for it and you should be fine. He's probably going to go back to sleep for a while."

"Fantastic…" Will mumbled, watching Helen drop the kitten on the bed.

Niko looked up at her somewhat sadly and she smiled, nodding at Will again before kneeling down in front of the bed, scratching Niko once more and leaning over to place a short kiss on his head.

"I'll see you when I'm back. Behave."

"You do remember that that's still Tesla you just kissed, right?"

Helen chose not to answer that question as she got up, a brief smile on her lips before leaving. Niko looked after her and once he couldn't see her anymore, he started meowing madly, turning to Will as if asking him to do something to get her back.

He rolled his eyes. Perfect. Just great. It already started and he'd have to deal with it for probably half the day or so. Fantastic. He briefly wondered what would happen if he would shoot Tesla now but Magnus hadn't said a word about him possibly still being a vampire and he knew he wouldn't get away with it so maybe not.

"Will you please shut up? She'll be back soon enough. There's nothing I can do about that."

Niko kept meowing sadly and Will sighed.

"You're not that annoying when you're with her …Just … go back to sleep or something. I have work to do."

Niko briefly stopped, tilting his head before turning it to look at the mattress, then back to Will who was still waiting for him to do something. Niko sniffed the bed for a few seconds before jumping on it, curling into a ball and Will let out a breath of relief. Maybe this wouldn't be half as bad if Niko simply slept some more. Hopefully.

"Good kitty…"

Niko looked up at him shortly. Really? He ignored Will and went back to sleep for a couple of hours.

Once he was awake again, he jumped off of the mattress and onto Will's desk, meowing loudly.

"Come on! You got to be kidding me. Get down."

When Will tried to grab Niko, he pawed his hand away, hissing loudly.

"Get down there, Tesla! I have work to do still."

He tried his luck again, catching the kitten this time and Niko kept hissing, scratching Will's face as he could reach it until he let him down again.

"God damnit!"

Niko jumped off of the desk, clearly proud of himself, before Will could get him again. Will got up and went to check his face.

"Little bastard." He cursed when he saw the red and partly bloody streaks all over his face.

Niko surely hadn't missed him. The kitten lay on the bed once more when he got back, eyes closed and hopefully already asleep again. Will sat back down, staring and glaring at the tiny form for a while before he got back to work.

A couple of minutes later, he heard more than saw Niko scratching his desk and he jumped out of his seat, stalking towards the kitten.

"Hey! Stop that! Right now!" Will shouted, trying to reach Niko but he was faster and seemed to have a lot of fun with this whole situation.

He saw the scratches in the wood of his desk from the corner of his eyes and groaned. He was going to murder Tesla. Kitten or not.

Niko however, had noticed the new person standing in the door frame and quickly escaped towards it, meowing and purring happily when he got picked up. Will followed his movements and straightened up.

"Magnus! Thank God you're back! That little devil…"

Helen restrained herself from chuckling when she saw the injuries on Will's face and Niko's innocent expression when she looked down at him, scolding him silently.

"Just get him away from me before I shoot him." Will mumbled and Helen nodded her thanks before leaving.

"Really, Niko? Really?"

He meowed up at her, licking her hand when she sighed and started scratching him softly, making her way back to her room.

Incorrigible.