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Helen wandered back through the hallways to where the others were still preparing to leave, Ashley and Kate were in the corner with seemingly half the armory and from what she could hear from their excited conversation, engrossed in the topic of guns despite how both looked armed to the teeth already. Under the watchful eye of Bigfoot, John was carefully holstering some guns, while she knew he wasn't a big fan of guns much preferring hand-to-hand combat, she knew he was a good marksman nonetheless. Nikola however still seemed to be searching for the right frequency as he played around with an acoustic device and the bug collected from John.
Watching them all gave her a very odd feeling, for the first time since waking up she was only truly accepting the possibility that Nick was right about none of it being real. It wasn't even the fact that Nikola and John were on the unusual side of good, or that Big Guy was clearly planning on going along or even that her deceased daughter has seemingly befriended Kate, it was the detachment she felt from everything. She felt just as determined as them to stop the Cabal and hopefully find a cure for Nick but she didn't feel like she was part of it, they were all carrying on without her, without even acknowledging her presence. It was easy to blame it on her supposed amnesia but she just didn't feel like she belonged, in this time, in this place despite it being her home.
I was probably wrong about that, forget what I said
Upon hearing her son's voice in her mind she glanced around but saw no sign of him much to her confusion.
I don't have to be right beside you to talk to you mentally. My powers are crazy at the moment
I'm still not completely used to mentally communicating
Sally does it
Only when I'm right beside her. We're going off subject! I think you might be right about the different worlds, maybe I should try dying and see what happens
Don't you think you should ask someone slightly more qualified than me before you kill yourself?
Like who?
Someone who's not me. Look I was wrong okay? This world or the one you remember could be real or neither of them could or I could just be wrong about it being another world and you're just having some kind of delusional breakdown
I don't have to be psychic to tell that neither of us believe it is just a delusional breakdown
I still don't think you should risk suicide
How about a compromise?
"Like what?" Nick questioned speaking normally and she almost jumped as saw him behind her.
"Don't do that!" she exclaimed.
"What? You said you didn't like telepathically communicating," he pointed out.
"I think I prefer it slightly to having you sneak up behind me," she protested but found herself smiling, "I'm glad you decided to help."
"It's what James wanted," he told her sadly before returning her smile, "besides its in my blood. So what's this compromise?"
"It can probably wait until we're done with the Cabal," she told him glancing back where the others were still working.
"This is important," Nick said suddenly serious, "whatever is happening to you is important, the fact your memories pan out just proves how real this is and that its becoming more frequent and that it happens while you're awake and mentally its still like you're dying which is not good either and to top it all off whatever is happening in your memories is potentially life threatening. The others don't need out help right now this second and I may not get another chance to help you with this, now or never."
"What if the others try and leave us behind?" she wondered worriedly.
"Don't worry, they're going to come and get us before they leave," Nick announced shrugging it off.
"How can you be so sure?" she asked curiously raising an eyebrow, she didn't want to miss out on this.
"Because I'm psychic, remember?" he pointed out with a very Tesla-esque smirk that made her smile despite herself.
"Very well," she told him sobering slightly, "my compromise is that I do kill myself but only temporarily, after a few minutes you can revive me. Think about it, last time when I drowned I actually woke up in the 'other' world and could interact with them rather than just hearing them. They might at the very least know something useful, something insightful to help us understand this. And then you can simply revive me and we'll plan our next move."
"You realize that sounds crazy right?" Nick pointed on dubiously in reply.
"I know but what other choice do we have?" she retorted quickly, "please Nick, I can't do this without you."
"If you would just let me finish," Nick stated giving her an accusing look, "it does sound crazy and I must be crazy too because I think it is actually a good idea."
"Excellent," she mused smiling broadly, "knew there was something I liked about you."
