Round Two

Henry awoke a few hours later back in the Sanctuary. He was in the infirmary with Kate sitting at the end of his bed. "Your awake" she exclaimed and hugged him very tight. "Nice to see you too Kate but I really need to breath" he gasped.

Realising how tightly she was hugging hom she let go "Sorry" she said. "What happened " he asked "How long was I a wolf?". "A bit over a week, do you remember anything?" she asked. "I remember being trapped in my body as the wolf controled it and I remember using all my focus to stop him from attacking people" he said.

"I'll get Magnus, she wanted to be informed the second you woke up" she said. "Hey Kate how long was I out?" he asked. "4 hours" she said. "And you stayed by me the whole time" he asked. "Yeah how lame is that" she said. "Thanks" he said. She smiled and left to get Magnus.

Magnus returned and began to check Henry's vitals. Kate was standing at the door and Henry looked at her with a strange look. "What" she said. "Nothing, could you just give me and Magnus a minute alone" he asked. "Sure" Kate said and went out the door.

"Magnus, Kate has to leave the Sanctuary, she in danger" he said. "From what" Helen asked. "From me" Henry said ominiously "Or at least the Beast within me"

"What do you mean" she asked conserned. "When the wolf took over my body, it couldn't take over completely, something allowed me to retain some control, it was my memories of you and Ashley and Will and The Big Guy and Kate." he said "The Wolf, it knows that these links to my humanity are all that stand in it's way of taking full control"

"Well why is Kate danger greater then my or anyone elses" she asked "Because she's my strongest link to Humanity" he said. "That's why everytime the Wolf persona came out it would focus on attacking Kate " Helen said remembering their run in with the Beast in the forest.

"Yeah if it kills her, it would probably take full control" he said grimely. "Your in love with her" Helen said. "Yes I love her, and I'm afraid that my love for her will get her killed" he said.

"Henry, this time we'll take precautions, you will not hurt anyone" Helen said. "I could still hurt her" he said. "No you wouldn't Henry" Kate said from the door. "I know you can beat the Beast" she said.

Henry sighed and said "Nothing I say will get you to change your mind, fine but we'll take every precaution necessary".

They brought Henry down to one of the cages and chained his arms to the ceiling. "Didn't know you like kinky things Helen" Kate said as they chained Henry up. Henry laughed and Helen said sternly "You two ought to get your minds out of the gutter"

Michael and the Big Guy were outside preparing the same drink as last time. "Where's Will and Ashley?" Henry asked noticing there absence. "They've been plannig their first family vacation for a while know and after we captured you I insisted they take it now" she said.

"Why aren't you with them?" Henry asked "I'd be bored on vacation beside you need me here" she said. Henry smiled at Helen very maternal instinct. Even through they weren't related by blood, Henry felt like they were family.

Michael came in with another nice hot cup of crap. "Are you sure you want to do this again" he asked "It's my best option" Henry said. "Alright then, remember focus on the people you care about, that what will beat the Beast" he said before holding the cup up to Henry mouth.

He drank it and tried to hold back the urge to vomit. Like before the entire world began to melt away and he fell into a dark abyss before ending up in his mind.

Instead of it being empty he found his doppleganger waiting for him. "Well come back for round two have you" he said. "Are you going to go all Wolfman" Henry said as they walked towards each other. "I don't need to do that to beat a wimpy geek like you" he said

They began throwing punch. Henry was taking the worse of it. The clone managed to avoid every punch Henry throw and Henry got hit everytime. "Is that all you've got" the clone said.

"Your not going to hurt anyone i love" Henry said before spitting out a mouthful of blood. "Oh you mean that little minx, maybe I don't have to kill her, maybe she can bare me some pups" Evil Henry said with a smirk before laughing cruelly.

This pushed Henry and he throw some of the hardest punches he had ever thrown. They hit their target with a powerful force and Evil Henry was knocked back a few feet and wipped away blood from his broken nose.

Henry's morale had been restored and he began to advances on his clone. "You think a few lucky punches are going change the outcome of this match, I'm still going to win" he said before beginning to pumel Henry.

He punched him to the stomach and stopped any attempt Henry made to defend himself. He grabbed the back of his hair and began to punch him several times in the face before throwing him on the ground and kicked him in the stomach.

Henry began to sink into despair and felt like he couldn't defeat the Beast. On the outside Henry body began to seize and thick dark hair began to grow on his arm. Kate ran in to the room despite protest from the other.

In Henry mind he heard a voice echo and say "Henry I don't know if you can hear me". It was Kate. "Listen you can't give up you have to fight the Beast because I love you" she said. 'She loves me' Henry thought. He stood up and faced the Beast.

"Aww isn't that sweet, Henry's in love" The Beast said in a silly sing song voice. Henry's temper was rising. "She very spunky, I'm going to eat her " The Beast said looking very smug.

Henry lost it and began to punch the Beast with all his might and with every punch the Beast went backwards a few step .Henry noticed the open cage appear and as he was about to push the Beast in he saw it change.

It began to change and transform into a Werewolf. Before it could counter attack Henry said "Fuck you" and delivered the final blow directly on the Beast snout. It fell backwards into the cage and the door slamed shut. It began to snarl and fight to get out. The cage disappeared into the darkness and Henry felt like he was floating. He had done.

In his youth he always loved story of Brave Knight who slayed monster and married princesses. Well today that was him, he had slain the Beast and got the Girl.

He woke up but very weak. The first thing he saw was the one thing in the world he wanted the most. It was Kate's beautiful face. "I love you " he said weakly. "I love you too" she said before pulling him into a kiss.