Helena talked through what she did with Tyler and chose a move she didn't do with him. "Move the King's knight to E6." I took a shaky breath and moved the piece. The table made its move and checked me. I heard the axe move once and closed my eyes. Two more wrong moves and I'm dead. I trusted Helena with my life but this time I was scared. "Queen's Bishop to H4." Once again, the board checked me and the axe moved. My heart was pounding by now and I was close to tears. I just got back to the woman I loved and now I was about to die. "I don't know what else to do!" She looked at me with tears in her eyes. "Myka...I'm sorry."

"Helena…" I felt tears start to burn my eyes and roll down my cheek. "Listen to me. I am not going to die here today. You are going to take a breath and save my life." As I looked into her eyes there was something there; she was remembering something.

"Change the rules. Myka, change the rules. D3 to E8. I know that's against the game but you have to change the rules when they don't agree with you." There was something lighter about her voice. There was an assurance in it that this was indeed the right thing to do. I took one final look into her eyes saying I love you as I moved the piece. "Check mate." We heard gears move and the lock around my neck open. I jumped out of the seat as quick as possible. I wanted to hug her but she was still under Sykes' control.

The room started to shake and a strange portal opened against the wall. Sykes made Pete shoot Helena and I with the Tesla as he and Pete went through the portal. By the time we could get to our feet, the portal started to close. "They must have shut it down from the other side." I looked over to Helena and wrapped my arms around her. I hugged her tightly and she did the same. "Myka…" She let out a sigh of relief and we loosened our grips. "I'm so glad to see you again."

"You too. Especially when you're back in your body." I didn't take my hands off her but acted before I knew what I was doing. I laced my fingers in her long hair and brought her towards me to lay a hard kiss on her lips. Helena was shocked at first but kissed back a moment later. "I thought I would never see you again…" I let my forehead rest against hers.

"Same here." She kissed me again and leaned herself against the wall. Each kiss became more passionate. Our hands roamed each other's bodies and I moaned as her hands went under my shirt. Our tongued danced as her fingertips played over my bare skin. I wanted this woman badly. As I tugged at her jacket, she pulled it off the rest of the way. Helena threw it on the chair and walked us towards the table. Articles of clothing littered the floor as we craved each other's skin. Little moans escaped me as Helena left her marks on my neck and collarbones. "Myka…may I…"

"Please…"

XXX

"Myka, I'm sorry." I frowned as I helped Helena gather her clothes.

"For what?" As I finished getting dressed Helena took a seat in the chair picking up all the chess pieces. I knelt down and got the ones from the floor.

"You should've destroyed the coin when you first got it. Then I wouldn't have caused all of this." I bit my tongue but it did nothing.

"I wish you'd stop doing that." I set the pieces on the table one by one.

"Doing what?"

"You're not the bad guy okay? I believed in you and I was right. So get off your cross and help me figure out how to open that portal." Helena smiled and shook her head. It was good seeing her smile again.

"Righty ho then. Just like old times. Wells and Bering, solving puzzles saving the day." I picked up the last piece and placed it on the table.

"Bering and Wells." I shot her a smile and she rolled her eyes.

"We do need to talk though. About why you used my time machine and what happened. I know you love me Myka. I've know that for a long time now." I froze as I knelt beside the table. Helena looked down at me with those soft dark eyes. I bit my lip and looked at the floor. "Did you even think about what could've happened?" Her voice wasn't mad.

"No…I just…I wanted to see you again. You were gone and it tore me up inside. I re-read your books over and over again. Nothing was helping me and then I found out that Claudia fixed your machine and I made a split second decision."

"Myka," her voice was soft and loving, "look at me." Slowly, I tilted my head to look at her. "Thank you. Thank you for giving me my daughter. My husband and I had been trying for years and all attempts had failed. Until that night you entered my life. As I said, there was a passion in his eyes that night that I never saw again until I met you. Myka, you always saw the best in me and made me want to be a better person." She paused. "Besides that little emotional breakdown I had with the trident." I chuckled at the look on her face. "But you were there to stop me. And you still, for some reason that escapes me, love me. And I do love you as well."

"We'll figure this out. Together." We opened the portal to get back into the warehouse and got there in time to Tesla Sykes. He must have the bracelet again because he was on his feet. Artie knew it was us and told us to run after him.

"Myka!" When I turned back, Helena was being wrapped in rope. "Rope from the Mary Celest." I tried to get close but was roped in with her. "Myka no." We were both surrounded by the rope and tied together. Both of us tried to get free but the ropes just got tighter. "If you pull at them they only get tighter.

"Will you ever learn to not play with these things?" Artie gooed the ropes and they fell. Both Helena and I coughed and tried to refill out lungs. "Let's go." We followed Artie towards the portal.

"What took you guys so long?" We ran up to Pete and the portal was closed.

"I don't know. I guess we're lazy. Where's Sykes?" I still hadn't caught my breath from being strangled by the rope.

"Dead and the portal is caput. Jane has a 15 hour plane ride ahead of her. But otherwise, she's okay." Pete's eyes fell on Helena and they looked…different. When he walked up to her without a word I was scared at what he'd do. Pete shocked us all when he just wrapped Helena in a hug. "Thank you."

"Any time." Helena hugged him back but awkwardly. Pete let her ago when his Farnsworth rang.

"Hey Claud how are things over there?"

"We're okay and Marcos is dead." Her voice was flat.

"That means it's over right?" Artie looked around and the warning lights were still on. He typed on one of the nearby computers and saw that the shield was still surrounding the warehouse. Pete gave Artie his Farnsworth and Claudia gave hers to Mrs. Fredrick.

"How long should the barrier stay up after the threat is gone?"

"It should dissipate immediately." This was bad. We started to go back to where the bracelet was and found his wheelchair.

"He was planning to leave it behind. He said he'd try to kill us all but he never tried." Artie flipped the seat over and revealed a ticking bomb. Helena looked over my shoulder.

"I know that writing. It's from the House of Commons in London." The blood drained from Artie's face as he explained where the bomb came from and how bad it was. If we couldn't stop this bomb we were all dead. We took the bomb to the quarantine area and Artie set it down on the table.

"So why is the barrier keeping the bomb in if it's there to protect the warehouse?" Artie tried to open the case that the bomb was in and Pete brought over a vat of goo.

"It was initiated first and since the threat isn't gone then it stays up." He dropped the bomb into the goo and it hissed and crackled. The goo didn't help and Artie explained that yes the barrier is used to protect the warehouse but now it's shifted. Now, it's there to protect the world from an artifact. The fact that we're still in here is just collateral damage.

"There's less than two minutes left before that goes off…we need to figure something out." We were so desperate that I let Pete take fire to try and destroy it. Alas, that didn't even do any damage whatsoever. When we realized that there was no way to stop this, the pit of my stomach dropped. "Well, we did say we'd always go out together."

"We did." Pete took off his glasses and set them on the table.

"Not me. I thought I'd out live both of you idiots." I rolled my eyes at Artie's statement. He was slightly serious about that.

"And here we go." Electricity sparked above our heads and created a dome around us. I looked towards Helena and she stood there with two wires in her hands.

"Helena…what are you doing?" I moved as close as I could to the barrier and placed a hand on it. "What is this?"

"Sorry." She tossed the wires down. "It's the only way I could think of to save you."

"What have you done?" I felt a lump start to form in my throat again. I knew exactly what she had done.

"There was no other way. An anomaly in the system allowed me to form a small part of the barrier to that spot on the floor. I just hope it lasts." She took off her gloves and smiled at me. "You should be safe now." It was her nervous smile. I could tell she was trying to stay strong for both of us.

"But you're…you're out there." Helena walked towards me and placed her hand over mine.

"It had to be initiated from outside the barrier." Whatever Pete and Artie said started to drown itself out in my mind. "I love you Myka. I always have and always will. I can't thank you enough for everything you've done. Be brave my love."

"I love you too…" My voice cracked and faded. I never took my eyes off of her. Helena took a few steps away and paused.

"I smell apples." The last thing I saw before the bomb exploded was Helena smiling at me. As flames encircled us I just bowed my head and fell to my knees. I couldn't watch my home and the woman I love burn around me.