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 are glorious!

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Chapter 12 – "I'm Not that Girl"

Home. Another home. She was back in Old City, which was what they said would happen. Slowly, she managed to bring herself to a sitting position. Helen didn't quite feel right…like she was sick. She hadn't been sick before. She looked around quickly and found that she was alone. Tears filled her eyes. Olivia was no where in sight. They took her daughter again, she knew that Abby had promised that she'd be able to see Olivia again once she'd settled, but she felt like she really couldn't believe her.

There was a knock on the door and she looked towards it but didn't say anything. The door swung open anyways. Will walked in. Was he going to pretend like nothing was wrong? Was he going to finally explain himself?

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

Helen just stared at him. She didn't want to play games. If he thought he could pretend like there was nothing wrong, he was in for a rude wake-up call. That was not how things were going to work. She wouldn't play along.

"Okay…" Will said slowly. "I'm glad you didn't resist Kate and Abby…that's good. We're not trying to hurt anyone."

"You already have," she spoke up.

"I know everything's still confusing—"

"So clear things up," Helen interrupted quickly.

Will shook his head and paced a bit. "I can't…not yet… I need a little more time first."

"Time for what?"

"I'm looking for something," he told her vaguely.

Helen pushed the blankets back and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. She was tired even though she'd been sleeping. Her head was a little fuzzy. They'd done something to her, she was sure of it. "When can I see Olivia?" she asked, trying to remain calm. She folded her hands in her lap as she watched him.

Will stopped and turned to her. "I know this is hard—"

"Hard? You ordered my child away before I could hold her or give her a name! You locked me up and forced me into a catatonic state and then you had her taken away from me again!" she snapped. Helen pushed herself to her feet. She advanced and he backed up. "Where. Is. My. Daughter?" she asked.

"She's safe, Magnus!" Will told her quickly. "You have to know I wouldn't hurt her!"

"I don't know that!" she yelled. Helen motioned around. "You've thrown me in here and done something to me! For all I know you expect me to act as if nothing's happened! You may as well have ripped my heart out yourself, Will! Why not just kill me? Doesn't look as good on your resume with the network if you can just get me declared mentally unfit?"

"Whoa!" Will yelled and pushed her back. "That's not what I want!" He moved away from her. He turned and faced her. "Did I give you something? Yes! I gave you a small dosage of sedative so you wouldn't wake up and possibly hurt yourself!" He shook his head. "I'm trying to do what I think is right, Magnus! Trust me!"

"I don't! Not anymore," she snapped. Helen glared at him and then lowered her voice. "I never will again…"

"I hope you change your mind," Will said. "I honestly do. I'm doing this all for you. I brought you back here so you could be back as head of the Old City Sanctuary and of the Sanctuary Network!"

"Why?" she asked. Helen tilted her head trying to think of possible motives he had. "Obviously you don't think I'm stable! You won't even allow my own daughter to be with me!"

"Look! I never wanted to put you in the SHU," Will told her. "That was the last thing that I wanted."

She stepped towards him. She was beyond pissed with him. "Make. Me. Understand."

"I can't," Will admitted. "Not yet."

"I want to understand!" she yelled.

"I want to tell you!"

"Then tell me!"

"It's too soon… I don't have it yet!"

Helen shook her head. "I don't believe you. If you wanted everything you say, then you'd have set up a cradle in here and have handed me my daughter."

"She's safe, Magnus."

"Is she here? Is she close?" she asked. Helen wondered if Abby had really brought her back to Old City and if she was there watching the infant.

"She's SAFE," Will repeated.

Helen shook her head and let the tears fall. "Just kill me!" she yelled at him as she opened her arms. "I don't want to fall into a catatonic state again just to be saved and then have her taken again! I can't…I can't…" She sucked in breath and then wrapped her arms around herself as she snapped her eyes closed shut. She allowed herself to sink to her knees. "I lost Ashley," she breathed. "I can't lose Olivia."

"You haven't lost her."

"You took her," she cried. "The happiest thing in my life…and you took her."

. . .

At least she had a window with a descent view. It was better than the places she'd been lately. She sat by it and just stared out. This place had once been her home, her sanctuary…now it was her prison. Her face was sore and swollen from all the crying. It was dark and the moon was high. She'd been trying to keep from pacing, it only drove her crazy.

There was a light knock at the door and then the door was opened. She turned and was shocked at who entered. "Olivia!" she practically yelled, though she'd started to lose her voice. She hurried from the window and towards Abby.

"Shh…not so loud," Abby chastised. "Will thinks this is a bad idea…but I promised…and I'm sure Olivia wanted to see her mom."

Helen took her daughter from Abby and immediately started to look her over. Smith had wanted her child, so who knew what Will wanted her for. He had to want her. Otherwise, why would he keep taking her away?

"No one's done anything to her," Abby said.

"Please tell me you're going to leave her with me," Helen said and then kissed her daughter's forehead.

"I wish I could," Abby said. "Will's sleeping…he doesn't even know I brought her here. And…I would really appreciate it if you didn't say anything to him. I'll be able to keep bringing her to visit, but he can't know."

"Why is he doing this? Why are YOU doing this?" she asked as she walked around with Olivia. Her child was sleepy, but she was just happy to have Olivia in her arms.

"He's doing what he thinks is right," Abby said.

Helen nodded. "I've heard that before."

"I'm doing this…well, he asked me to help," Abby admitted. "But I don't think it's right to keep Olivia from her mother. I don't think it's good for you or Olivia, especially since she's so young. And Will knows this."

Abby was exactly right, Will should know this. "We think he and Kate may have been infected—"

"No," Abby said. "He's doing this for a very distinct reason…and when you find out why…I really hope you won't hate us all…at least maybe you'll be able to forgive us all eventually."

Helen sighed and just walked around and stared down at her daughter. "Whatever this 'right thing' is that Will keeps going on about…does it involve Olivia?"

"No."

"Then why won't he let her stay with me?"

"He has his reasons, though I don't agree with them," Abby admitted. "That's why I'm here."

Helen turned to Abby. "If I could have Olivia with me…I would do whatever he wants. I'll even pretend like none of this happened… I could convince the others as well," she told her.

"I'll talk to him about letting Olivia stay with you," Abby said. "I don't know how much good it will do to bring it up again, but I will try." Abby smiled. "She's such a good baby…sort of makes me want to have one."

Helen smiled at her. "I'm sure you'd be an excellent mother." And she meant it. It was obvious that Abby had kept her promise and was taking care of Olivia. She was grateful for that. She looked back at Olivia, she was fast asleep. "How much time do I have?"

Abby shrugged. "A little bit longer. If Will wakes up and notices that I'm gone…this'll be the first place he looks for her."

"Promise me, no matter what…that you'll keep her safe?" Magnus asked.

"Of course," Abby said. "I promise."

Tears were pushing through the pain as she kissed Olivia's forehead again. She moved back towards Abby. "You best take her then before you're found out…" she said as her voice started to break. Helen carefully slid her back into Abby's arms.

"Are you sure? I'm sure you could have some more time," Abby said as she accepted the child.

Helen nodded. "Thank you…for bringing her and keeping your promise."

"Of course," Abby said as she headed towards the door.

"Abby?" Helen called as she walked back towards the window.

"Yes?"

Helen stared straight out into the night and allowed her tears to continue to freely fall. "I forgive you."

. . .

Helen tried to make it work. She wanted to cooperate a bit and hoped that Will would then allow her to have Olivia in her room. Her secret with Abby was kept quiet though. She wouldn't have that bit of joy be taken away. It was what she looked forward to.

"You ready?" Will asked.

This was their new routine. It was extremely odd, but she pretended like it was normal. "Ready," she told him with a smile. He would knock on her door in the morning and ask her if she was ready, they would then proceed to her office where her breakfast would be waiting for her. He'd leave her there with work to go through.

It was just the beginning of the day. He was testing her, she knew that. So, she tried to be on her best behavior. Did she plan on sticking around? No. She would knock Will out every morning if it weren't for the increased presence of guards throughout her Sanctuary. It was extremely odd, like they'd been taken over by the military. She was sure it was for her, though.

Later, he would return and then take her down and they'd walk the residential hallways and check up on the abnormals there. It was refreshing, but she also kept an eye out for her missing people. She knew that they had to be there. If Olivia was there, then she was certain that Will had brought everyone else as well. That way they were all close at hand in case they were needed.

She'd have lunch down in her lab where she'd work through slight medical problems that some of the abnormals were having.

Through all of this, she was starting to plan out each step of her escape. She had ruled out her people being held in residential and was fairly certain that Will had locked them up in the SHU like he had done with her before. It was honestly be where she'd put them, though Declan wasn't THAT much of a threat. He could have just been locked in any room. The others were all abnormals.

The SHU, she could work with. She wouldn't compromise the security as a whole, but she knew that she could figure out a way to override security in each cell. Finding Olivia, she figured would be easier, from Abby it seemed to be that Abby was staying in Will's room and in turn…so was Olivia. She'd take her daughter last and hopefully in the process they could knock out the EM shield so that John and Halia could transport them all out immediately.

This time they would run full speed and not look back. She didn't care if they had to go into hiding, she could do that. If it meant that she could have Halia and those she loved back…then she'd suffer through it.

Pretending was the hardest part. Whenever she saw an opening, it went through her mind to knock Will out and just run for it. She had to forget that urge. There was a plan. Helen had to follow the plan. She just had to wait for the right opening.

. . .

The Sanctuary's alarms went off and she hurried from her office and found Will and Kate in the hallway. "What on Earth is going on?" she asked. Normally, Henry would be the one informing her of this, as she didn't have full access to their systems.

"Sanctuary's under attack," Kate summarized.

"By whom?"

"I think it's that group that took you, Druitt, and Tesla," Will said.

"Why do you think that?" Helen asked.

Will sighed. "They buzzed in before they set off the alarms. He says his name is Smith and he wants to talk to you. He wants Olivia."

Helen just stared at Will. She honestly didn't know if he would just hand her daughter over or if he'd actually be her friend in some small way and deny Smith. "You can't give her to him," Helen told him.

"I know that," Will told her. "It wasn't even an option."

"I honestly thought that John and Nikola had killed them all…including Smith," Helen said.

"From Declan's report, that's what it sounded like," Kate agreed.

"I'm going to allow Smith to enter to negotiate," Will said. "Maybe there's some compromise we can come up with? I think we've had enough Sanctuaries under attack this week."

She'd planned on escaping during lunch, but now this. It seemed like there was going to have to be a change of plan. Helen honestly didn't know if it was for the best or the worst. All she knew was that this could be her chance to find out what exactly Smith's goals were, because she didn't feel like he had been sincere before.

. . .

TBC…