Title: Nova Vita

Author: Shannon – shannyfish

Disclaimer: I do not own "Sanctuary" or its characters, Syfy and other people do. This is merely for entertainment purposes only.

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Magnus, Druitt, and Tesla are captured. A group (possibly the Cabal) capture them and attempt to find a way to reproduce a super abnormal from source blood parents. Takes place after "Neutiquam Erro".

Warning: Season 1-3 is fair for sure, if I have spoilers for 4, it's by complete accident.

Author's Note: Reviews make me happy :D And I'll write faster too! So, keep that in mind! Special thanks to all those who have been reviewing! You have NO idea how awesome that is! It really does motivate me to keep writing! 3

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Chapter 9 – "Loss of a Child"

"She's almost asleep," John said as he stood up and made his way towards Will, who had entered the room. The other doctors had already been there and had delivered the placenta and made sure that she didn't need any minor surgery. But they'd been left alone for some time with no word about their child. "She's worried about our daughter."

"She's going to be fine," Will said.

"Her breathing," Helen said quietly. She was exhausted and was holding on to see their baby. She and John had started to discuss names, but hadn't decided yet. She had been concerned that maybe her baby's lungs weren't quite developed yet, but it was good to hear that she was okay.

"Just had something in her lungs," Will explained. "She's fine. The Big Guy and Declan are taking care of her."

"Helen hasn't gotten to hold her yet," John said. "They were going to bring her back."

"I told them not to."

"What do you mean? That's why she's been staying awake, so she can hold the baby," John said, his voice getting angrier.

"I'm afraid you're going to both have to wait to hold her," Will said. "I've sent them away. To keep the baby safe."

"You've done what?" John exploded as he pushed Will up against the wall.

Helen was shocked by Will's words, but was sure that there had to be an explanation. There had to be a good reason for him to do something so drastic. She slowly got herself to the edge of the bed in a sitting position. "John, please…let him explain…"

"He has no right!" John yelled at Will.

It only took a second. Will had reached down and then John was on the floor a few moments later. Will had sedated him. He'd come prepared. He turned to her. "I'm sorry to have to do this, Magnus… You have no idea how hard this is for me. I had hoped that you'd both take the news a bit better…" He walked towards her. Another syringe was in his hand.

"Explain it to me, Will!" she shouted. She pushed to get to her feet and found him pushing her back down to the bed. She tried to fight, but she just didn't have to strength she normally had.

"I'm sorry, Magnus," he said as he injected her. "You'll understand…I hope…just not right now…"

Her eyes felt heavy as he held her down as the sedative worked through her system. She breathed in every breath and panicked internally. What had he done to her baby? This little girl that she had barely seen, she hadn't held, and never given a name to? This was far worse than if the baby had been born in the facility…

"I did what I thought was right, Magnus…"

. . .

The inside of the SHU was familiar, but not somewhere she was used to seeing from the inside. She was John had been locked in together. Helen knew that Nikola was close; they'd heard him complaining rather loudly. At least there was no doubt that their vampire friend was injured. He was far too annoying to be anything but fine.

"At least we're together," John said quietly as they sat together.

She knew he was trying to cheer her up, but she was having a hard time keeping the heavy onset of depression pull her under. Helen gave him a small smile, though. "Thank God for small favors."

His fingers ran though her hair and eventually his fingers ran along her face. "We'll get her back, you know… We're going to get out of here."

"The EM shield is up. We're locked away in the SHU. High security. It was designed to keep abnormals in. It's not going to be as easy as wishing our way out, John," she snapped. She looked up at him and then immediately started to apologize. He was just trying to ease her worry. "I'm sorry, John…I—"

"You haven't slept since we got here," John gave her an excuse. "You're stressed and beyond worried…"

"I still shouldn't have snapped at you like that," she said gently and leaned against him and closed her eyes. For a moment, she'd thought that she'd been able to grab a few pieces of bliss from the other universe. They had Halia and they were having a baby… She had thought things were getting so much better…and then this…

Betrayal…

The worst part was that it was betrayal from the people she loved.

She didn't know what to think, honestly. She knew that Will was the ringleader. She'd not seen Kate. Helen didn't think that Henry had anything to do with it, but was thankful that he and Erika had Halia right now. But Declan and Bigfoot…they had her child… She couldn't see either of them being okay with this… To be so cruel as to take her daughter away before she was able to hold her or name her…

"Helen, get some rest…" John suggested.

"If I close my eyes, I'll just see it again," she told him.

He didn't ask her to clarify. She didn't want to. There was too much weighing her down right now. She was barely hanging onto her sanity.

She didn't know how much time had passed, she'd felt like she'd started to nod off when John nudged her awake. When she opened her eyes, she found Will on the other side of the glass. How she wished he could give them answers, answers that weren't cryptic or vague. How she wanted to hope that this wasn't some kind of coup that he'd planned.

"What do you want?" John spat as he got to his feet and walked towards the glass. Anger had filled him. Anger and hate. If she hadn't been so used to John since the energy elemental had taken hold of him, this would have surprised her. Instead, it really didn't phase her.

Will pressed the intercom button. "I want to talk to Magnus."

"Do you understand what you've done?"

"John," Helen said quietly as she got up. Her arms were crossed tightly over her chest as she approached the glass. "Give him a chance. He may have good reasons."

"I can't think of any," John said, his tone softened a bit towards her.

"Please," Helen begged as she turned to him. John was silent. She turned to Will and just stood there in silence.

"I had to do it, Magnus. I knew you wouldn't be able to make the decision. You'd been through a lot. I didn't want to bring it up and have your delivery be stressful," Will tried to explain.

"Why?" she asked quietly. "Why did you feel like you had to send her away?"

"It was too dangerous for the Sanctuary," he told her. "Those men, they were coming here to take her back… I had to send her somewhere where they wouldn't find her."

"You're lying," she called him out. "I can see it in your eyes… I would have known if there was a threat against the Sanctuary. A real threat."

"I kept it from you."

"I don't believe you," she told him.

"I'm sorry."

"And why wouldn't you send us all away?" Magnus asked.

Will shook his head. "I thought of that. The doctors were worried that you wouldn't be okay to be moved medically in time. The plan was for you to join your baby…but now…now we can't have you tracked to the location."

"So what? You're just going to leave the three of us locked away in the SHU like criminals?" Magnus demanded. "You're going to keep our daughter from us indefinitely? You have NO right!"

"Please understand, Magnus…"

"No! You made a choice…a choice that you're going to have to learn to live with, Will! You made the wrong one!" she snapped before turning and walking away from the glass and back to one of the cot-like beds.

. . .

She didn't know how much time had passed. She'd taken up residence in the bed that she'd decided was hers and hadn't moved for some time. Helen had just tried to wish the world away. It wasn't working very well. It still loomed around her.

"Helen, please," John begged.

Silence passed between them. She watched as he paced nervously. She was making this harder on him, but it was all she could do. The world was far too sad for her to participate in. She didn't want to live in this reality anymore.

"You have to eat! You have to move, Helen! Speak to me!" he yelled at her. The yelling didn't last for long. He broke down into tears and crouched down in front of her. His voice was broken. "Helen, please don't leave me here alone…"

Helen didn't know how much time had passed, but she'd been moved. She was in a sitting position; her back up against what she had to think was the small wall under the glass near the door. John had moved her for a purpose, but she didn't know why.

The yelling and screaming began in full. John and Nikola were both making the most horrid noise and pounding on the glass, Helen could only assume to get Will's attention. Why did they need it though? Will had made himself perfectly clear; he wasn't going to let them out. He knew that they were all upset. For good reason.

All of the sudden, it stopped at John's word and he backed up to the back of the cell. "Please, just take her…you've been monitoring her…you have to know that something's not right," John pleaded.

She heard the electronic sounds of the pin pad being used outside of the cell followed by the familiar sound of the door being pushed open. She found herself being dragged out of the room and set against the outer wall where she'd been set before. Will secured the door and then crouched down in front of her. He looked her over and she imagined he checked her vitals.

. . .

The beeping of medical machines would chirp in here and there. She was somewhere else now. A secured medical room. It was so much quieter and for a moment she believed that she was alone.

"Magnus, I know you don't understand now," Will spoke up.

She couldn't see him, but assumed he was in the room nearby. He was really the last voice she wanted to hear. She missed John. She even missed Tesla's irritating screaming from down the hall.

"I never wanted it to come to this. I never wanted to throw you in the SHU," Will continued on. "I had hoped that you would trust me enough to know that I wouldn't do anything to hurt you…not intentionally anyways…"

Oh how it all hurt. That's what she was surrounded by. A void of pain and sorrow and emptiness.

"You always ask us to trust you…to make leaps of faith and we do, but this time…" He stopped for a minute. "I know I'm not the one that you've known the longest. You should have reason to trust me, but you haven't known me as long as the Big Guy or Henry or even Declan… But I needed you to trust me."

She could see him now. He was closer. "She's safe you know," Will told her. "I was hoping that you'd calm down and eventually give me her name. I asked Druitt, but he said you two never agreed on one…"

"How I wish I could tell you everything right now," Will told her. She could hear sadness in his tone. "You'd understand, I'd hope. I have a feeling that even Watson would have told me this was a bad idea though…but he knew you all so much better and longer than I have or ever will… I wish I had a better connection… I wish I could convince you that I'm telling you the truth…"

Tears. She thought it was so odd, but she swore she saw tears fall from his eyes. "Damn it, Magnus! You need to wake up! I know you're in there!" he yelled at her. "I know you're mad, but we need you! You can be mad at me all you like, but we need you still!"

Silence fell around them.

The only thing that answered Will was the steady beeping from the medical equipment.

. . .

TBC…