I'll apologise for this chapter beforehand, simply hecause I felt evil writing it! Especially the end! Hope you enjoy and, as always, Review!

CHAPTER SEVEN

Incomprehensible

Immediately, every nerve in Jenny's body told her to go and yank the baby from Helen. She wanted to save him. Her newly awoken maternal instinct told her that the child wasn't safe. Of course, she would have known that anyway. No-one was safe when Helen was involved, let alone a small helpless baby who couldn't defend himself against a cloud! She felt Nick tense up beside her and he took a cautious step toward Jenny when Helen glanced back down at the child. Adam was sleeping. He looked like an Angel. Voices in Jenny's head were screaming plans at her, but she knew if she did anything stupid, Helen would threaten the baby. She might even do more. A war was raging in her head. The war fear enacts in a frightened mothers head.

One: Fear of angering Helen and having her hurt the : Fear of not doing anything and having Adam hurt because of her.

She simply didn't know what to do, so she spoke.

"Helen," She said, measuring her voice, "What do you want?" She took a step towards the woman and Helen started backwards.

"Whoa," She said, a malicious smile on her face, "Wouldn't want to do that, Claudia!" Jenny's eyes narrowed, but Helen's face gave nothing away.

Oh, Jenny thought, so that's how it's going to be! She's going to make out to Nick and the others that I'm crazy and she has 'no idea who Jennifer Lewis is'. Great, just great! Not that I expected anything different.

"Helen," Nick said from beside Jenny, "Why are you here?"

"Is 'I missed you' going to work this time?" Helen asked, putting on an innocent expression. Nick tilted his head to the side, a half smile on his face. He was going to butter her up.

"It might!" He said, "If it's the truth!"

"Yeah," Helen pouted, "See, the truth never really did agree with you, did it, Nick? You always just got mad when I told you the truth. There are, however, some things that even I, the loving wife, never told you, which…Claudia might know. Right, Claudia?" She smiled, wickedly, at Jenny, who shook her head in disbelief.

"You mean you never told him about you and…?" She couldn't believe it, "Well, you'll have to now, because I wont!" She shook her head, vehemently.

"Well," Helen shrugged, "You probably won't get that much of a choice once he starts quizzing you! He can be quite…" She bit her lip, "Persuasive…when he wants to be!"

Jenny tensed. Helen was playing the 'Haha, I was his wife and you aren't' card. Everyone in the room recognized the change in atmosphere. Jenny tensed, Helen smiled and Nick put a reassuring hand on Jenny's back. They were stood shoulder to shoulder, Jenny could feel the heat radiating from Nicks body, and Helen didn't see the small motion, but Jenny felt it. She leaned into his hand, taking comfort from it. It calmed her. Infinitesimally.

"Helen," Jenny said, pleading, "Please, just give me the baby!" She held out her arms, desperately, her face a mask of pain and anguish. Helen studied her for a minute before a smile that Jenny was all to familiar. She wasn't going to give Jenny the baby. Jenny's anger boiled over the top and she clenched her hands into fist, grinding her teeth. Helen simply continued to smile.

"He is beautiful!" Helen said, looking back at him, "He has lovely eyes!" Jenny's own eyes narrowed, again, and then widened with shock when she realised what Helen was going to do.

"Helen…no! Don't you dare!" She said, taking a few steps forwards. Helen pulled a gun from her jacket and Nick grabbed Jenny's arms.

"Don't!" He whispered into her ear.

Helen studied the two of them. Jenny, with her chest heaving, her arms at her side and her eyes narrowed and filled with tears of anger. Nick, with a look of sheer disbelief and disappointment on his face, holding her to him, his eyes beseeching with Helen.

"I never had children!" Helen said, her eyes aimed at Nick, accusing. He began to say something, then gave up.

"Helen, please, don't!" Jenny tried to make her voice soft but knew it came out panicked and harsh.

Helen turned towards the window and pulled something out of her pocket. Pointing it at nothing in particular, she pressed a button and an Anomaly, it appeared, shot out of the device, filling the room with light. Jenny had to shield her eyes, it was so bright.

"Helen," Nick said, his voice rising, "Helen, DON'T!"

"I'll be in touch!" When Jenny looked up, the Anomaly was disappearing. She turned to Nick and saw her expression of horror replicated in his eyes.