This weeks set is a collection of themes from previous Ultimate Drabble Challenges - the challenge was to take one theme from all five of the previous challenges and use that. I pulled some of my favorites with a little help from my lovely beta. Now I just have to catch up on the weeks I'm behind on. Only one more to go for the next set. Don't forget to leave me a review to let me know what you think!
31. The Path and the Walker
It had taken Helen Magnus a long time to get to where she was. She was one of the most respected scientists in the world. She was the head of the Sanctuary Network. She had everything she should have wanted.
But she did not. She had lost too much that was important along the road. Nigel. James. Ashley. John. They were all gone - three to death, the other to betrayal. They had made her who she was. They had shaped her, just as her father had. Just as Nikola had. She was who she had become because of them.
32. Hope
Panic set in when they couldn't bring him back. No matter what she and Ravi did, Will was gone. He wasn't going to come back without a miracle.
The reality was starting to sink in now. He was gone. It did not seem right. It did not seem fair. Will had been their only hope to get to Kali and to calm Big Bertha. Now Kate didn't know what they were going to do.
It just wasn't fair. She had finally found a place where she belonged and now Will was dead and everyone else could die in the conflict…
33. Get Over It
"Come on, Helen, please!"
"No!"
"Oh, come on. You got me to say 'please!' I never say please!" Tesla told her. "I just want the larva! I need it!"
"No, Nikola," Magnus replied. "You do not need it. It needs to be destroyed before it matures," she told him. He made a noise a frustration.
"I cannot be normal! I should be a vampire! This is my chance to return to my true nature! Don't take that away from me!" he said. She turned and gave him a look.
"It's not going to work," she told him. "Get over it."
34. Hold Back the Darkness
There were times when Helen Magnus was grateful for her closest friend's constant scheming. Even when things were bad, Nikola Tesla was still hell-bent on world domination and vampire rule. He was still prone to idiocy despite his genius.
When everything fell apart, he was still there. When she felt like she was losing John, he was still there.
Tesla could always make her smile. Despite the fact that he had once tried to kill her, he did care about her. She was the only one who had stood by him in times of trouble. He owed her the same.
35. Time
It was not until she had chased Worth down that Helen realized that she had no way to get back. She was stranded in the past – her own past. She was from a different time. This was where she had come from. This was where she had been truly happy.
That was before the Source Blood had come into play, and it was far too late to stop that from happening. It was too late to save John. Too late for anything.
Worse, once she had calmed down and started to think, she realized what she had done to him.
Posted 7/26/11
