Henry sat in the tech lab behind the monitors on the table. The morning had been full of simple work for him. The EM shield was working at 100%. There were no problems with the main computer system. He was catching up on small projects he had created for himself to do.

He looked up from the comic he was enthralled in when he heard Emily knock on the wall as she walked in. "Oh hey, Emily. What can I do for you?"

"Will said you might have the time to help me. I'm trying to access my email, but just can't seem to get it working right." In her hands she held a closed laptop. Her gaze met his for only a split second.

"Sure, let's take a look." He smiled. She brought the laptop over to him and opened it. He fiddled with it a little. "hmm. Have you done a virus check lately?"

"I haven't turned it on since before I got here." She looked down at her hands. "Figured I'd better at least look at my email."

"Ok." He typed commands into the laptop. "What's this?" He questioned. There was a folder on her desktop, sitting in the middle of the screen.

"Don't know." She was as confused as he was.

He double clicked on the folder. What appeared to both of them was a man talking into a camera. Emily starred at the video.

"I know who you are." The man walked around the room, making sure to show off different articles of furniture and items on shelves within the room. "As you can see, I'm a step ahead of you. There's no where to run. I will find you." The video stopped abruptly.

Emily took a step back. Tears welled up in her eyes. There was a look of pure terror on her face. Shaking her head she backed up into the shelf behind them.

"Who was that?" Henry asked.

She couldn't answer him. She moved toward the door of the tech lab. "Thanks Henry." She said leaving the room. Her heart raced. Where could she go that was safe?

Searching the hallways of the Sanctuary, Emily wanted to find a place to go. Somewhere safe. She headed to the library. This had been her refuge since she arrived six weeks earlier. She entered the large room and headed straight for the chair by the fireplace. This was her favorite place to think. She sunk in the soft leather chair pulling her knees to her chest tears began to stream down her cheeks.

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Henry quickly closed the laptop, picked it up and left the tech lab. Heading toward Helen's office, he walked quickly. Unsure of why this video caused such fear in Emily. "Doc?" He said as he entered her office.

Helen was sitting behind her desk, reading a large leather bound book. "Yes, Henry? What can I help you with?" she said looking up from the book.

"Emily asked me to help her with her laptop. We found this video. She freaked and ran out." Henry walked to her desk to show her the video on the laptop.

After watching the video clip, Helen closed her book and stood up. "Thank you Henry." Helen left her office searching for Emily. She headed to Will's office first since it was closest. Will was working on files at his desk. It had been a quite morning in the Sanctuary. "Have you seen Emily?" Helen asked him.

"Not since breakfast. Sorry. Anything wrong?" He asked.

"I'm not sure. If you see her please let her know I'm looking for her."

"Sure." He went back to his work.

Helen walked through the corridors of the Sanctuary. It was a peaceful day. Everyone was relaxing, waiting for their next journey. They never knew when they would have time to catch up on basic paperwork.

Helen found Emily in the library. She walked to the chair next to her. "Mind if I join you?" She asked sitting in the chair.

Looking up from the fire, Emily responded with a quiet "Sure."

"Henry showed me the video on your laptop. Can you tell me about it?"

"Nothing to tell. Just someone from my past." She shrugged looking back at the fire.

"I see." Helen knew that her friend was not ready to talk about this. "How have you been sleeping lately? Has it gotten any better?"

"Yea, a little."

"I'm glad to hear that. I know when you got here you weren't sleeping well at all."

"I'm fine, Helen, really." Emily stated. "I just came in here to be alone. To think."

"I see. Would you rather I leave?"

Emily looked at Helen. She had concern in her face for her friend. "No," She answered. "That's alright."

Helen stretched her legs to face the fire better. "This has always been a wonderful place to think. I remember coming in here often to search for answers. It must be the peace of the library."

"I love it in her. Especially by the fire." Emily turned to face Helen. "Thanks Helen. For all you've done. When you first told me about the Sanctuary, I wasn't too sure about it. But this place is really amazing."

"Thank you, I'm glad you approve." Helen smiled. "That's why we think of it as home."

Emily smiled. "Yea, I can see why. I do feel that I'm freeloading though. Is there anything around here that I can help with?"

"I'm sure we can find something for you." Helen noticed that Emily was finally making eye contact during their discussion.

"Well, as you could see I'm not technically savvy like Henry." Emily smiled. "You can tell he's the geek of the house." She snickered.

Helen gave a light laugh at her comment. "Yes, Henry does a wonderful job." She paused. "How many books have you devoured in here?"

"Dunno. Maybe 7 or 8. I'm a slow reader."

"Not bad." Helen snickered. She sat upright in the chair. "I need to return to my work. I'll be in my office if you need anything." She stood and gently placed her hand on Emily's shoulder. "Will's in his office if you feel like talking to him."

"Thanks Helen. I'll be fine." Emily said touching her friend's hand back.

Will walked into Helen's office with several papers in his hands. "Magnus," he started, "Kate and I are going into New City to get some supplies. Need anything?"

Helen looked up at her young protégé. "What are you up to?" She asked him, she cocked her head slightly.

"Nothing. I just needed to get a few things." He smirked at her.

"Then, no thank you Will. I'm almost done with my research on a rare species of telepath. It's quite intriguing. The New York Sanctuary has just completed their intake files on him. I would like to go meet with him sometime soon. It seems that this abnormal had multiple genetic abnormalities."

"Well, then I'll let you finish your research." He said turning back to the door. "We'll be back in a couple hours."

"Very well."

Will and Kate headed out of the Sanctuary. Will driving into Old City. Kate wanted to stop and pick up a few things of her own.

"Coffee sounds good." Will suggested.

"Sure, whatever." Kate didn't mind getting out of the Sanctuary for a short time.

They entered a small coffee house and quickly recognized Nikki standing behind the counter. She saw them walk in as well. Walking over to the other person behind the counter, she quietly told her that she would be right back.

"Will! Kate!" She exclaimed walking around the counter. She was overjoyed to see them. They reacquainted each other with a hug.

"I didn't know this is the shop you worked at." Will said. "It's so good to see you. You look good."

"You get your coffee; I'm going over a couple stores. Back in a few." Kate stated as she turned around and left the shop. She didn't really want coffee.

After purchasing a large coffee, Will sat with Nikki at a small table. "How is everyone doing?" He asked.

"It's slowly getting better. Thanks." Nikki replied.

Will took a long drink from his coffee. "I'm glad to hear that. It's good that you're back to work."

"Yea," She said. "I'm sorry Will; I've already taken my break today. I need to get back to work. I'm glad you stopped in though. You should more often." She smiled sweetly at him.

"That's alright; it was good to see you." He stood up and gave Nikki a warm hug. She was doing much better than the last time he saw her. Dealing with what she had been through, must have been difficult.

Will left the coffee shop and headed toward the car. Placing his coffee on the roof of the vehicle, he reached into his pocket to get the keys. Kate was not back yet; he would have to wait for her to return.

As he reached down to unlock the door, a hand came from behind. It engulfed his mouth, covering it with a cloth. The smell was nauseating, however, it didn't last. His head spun as his world became black.

Kate returned to the car to see the coffee cup atop the roof. The keys dangled in the door lock. Will was no where to be seen. "Not good." She said removing the keys. She pulled her cell from her pocket and placed the bag she was carrying on the roof of the car next to Will's coffee.

"Yes, Kate?" Helen answered.

"Have you heard from Will?" Kate asked looking around the street.

"No I haven't. He's supposed to be with you, has something happened?"

"He's gone." She said blatantly. "The key was in the car door but Will's not here."