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! Final chapter of this story! Next story to follow!

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Chapter 14 – "For Good"

Helen avoided the guards…and even Kate. She managed to make it to the SHU and to make it to the point where she was pretty sure she'd narrowed down where they had to be held. It didn't make sense for Will to keep those of their friends who were abnormals anywhere else. Isolation would be easy to break out of if they wanted unless they were all sedated. Sedation would take a lot of attention and Will didn't have the time for that right now.

She still wanted Olivia, but she tried to push her focus on the others. After all, they'd make good back up. Helen knew she could use the help.

"Nikola!" she shouted when he came into view. Her face lit up as she neared the cell. He looked pissed and rightly so.

"Took you long enough!" he shouted back as he approached the glass.

Helen approached the keypad at the side of the door and entered the code. It opened immediately and she found herself being hugged. She smiled. "It's good to see you too."

"Just so you know," Tesla said after he stepped back. "Your protégé doesn't provide very good room service."

"I'm sure you can bring it up with him later," she said and looked farther down. She could see Bigfoot and John farther down at the glass at separate cells and assumed that Will had separated them all. She repeated the process on each cell and was reunited with everyone, even Declan. The only person they were missing now was Olivia. "Is everyone alright?" Helen asked them.

"Except the increased urge to pound in Will's face?" Henry asked.

"Get in line," Helen told him. She tilted her head slightly. "Henry, Erika. We need to get the EM shield down. Do you think you can manage that?"

Henry nodded. "And might I suggest we pick up some stunners?"

"Excellent idea." She turned to the others. "We have to get to Olivia."

"She could be anywhere," Nikola said.

"She's with Abby in Will's room," Helen told them. "I tried to get her before, but there were too many people there."

"Man, I can't believe Abby's involved," Henry complained.

Helen smiled over at Henry. "Never fear, though. She's been allowing me to see Olivia even though Will told her not to…so whatever's going on…she's still Abby."

"Stunners and reinforcements should be enough to get the little angel," Declan said.

Helen nodded. "There's a cache of stunners not fair from here," she said and then looked over to Henry. "Don't be long."

"We won't be," he said as he and Erika started off in the direction they needed to go.

Helen led the others and just hoped that the stunners were where they had been before and that this would be easy enough. She didn't want anything to honestly happen to any of the guards or even Will. If they were under some kind of influence then they were innocent in all of this. If nothing else, they were doing what they thought was right. She would get her daughter back though.

Once they had stunners, she felt a bit more confidant and allowed Declan to lead the way. She waited and hugged Halia when she was close enough. "Are you okay, Darling?" she asked. She'd seen the surprised look on John's face, but she hadn't forgotten the girl, she'd just been distracted.

"I'm okay," Halia whispered as she hugged Helen for a moment as well. "But I'm ready to see my little sister," she told her.

"I never wanted harm to come to you," she explained.

"I know," Halia told her. "They were worried I'd teleport us all, weren't they?"

Helen just nodded and let Halia go and then kissed her head. "You were far more dangerous than the Big Guy or myself," she told her. "At least they saw it that way."

Halia smiled. "It's going to be okay," she said confidently. "We're going to get Olivia."

"Let's go then," John said. "Declan and Tesla are going to have all the fun before we even get the elevator otherwise."

Helen wrapped an arm around Halia and the three of them hurried their pace towards where the others were. They weren't too far ahead. They could still catch up. These people who were standing with her were her family, she knew that she could trust them…and she couldn't allow Halia to think that she was forgotten or unloved.

. . .

"Please, this isn't going to help anything," Abby pleaded. She was by the window of the room with Olivia in her arms. She looked genuinely concerned and worried.

"Hand over the child," John said all too calmly as he slowly approached her.

"John," she said and he stopped. Helen handed off her stunner and headed towards Abby. "She's been allowing me to see Olivia and she's been taking care of her…we can't fault her for that… She thought she was doing what was right," Helen said. She closed the distance between her and Abby. "But now it's time to give me back my daughter," she said quietly as she held out her arms.

Abby handed over Olivia and made sure Helen had her blanket and everything. "The bag's by the door," she told her. "I just fed her and burped her…so she should be okay for a while…" Abby looked around quickly. She reached over to the cradle and pulled a stuffed bunny. "And she likes this," she said as she handed it to Helen.

"Thank you, Abby," Helen said softly. "Stay here now…so we don't have to use the stunner on you?"

Abby just nodded.

"I'm sure Will already knows that we're all on the loose, no reason for you to be running about and getting shot by accident," she said. Slowly, she moved back to the others with Olivia in her arms. She looked down and was happy to see that Olivia looked unharmed.

"Don't forget the bag," Abby said.

"I got it," Halia spoke up as she picked up the bag.

Quieter, Abby added. "It wasn't supposed to be like this…"

They headed out of the room, closing the door behind them. Helen just hoped that Abby stayed in place. She honestly didn't want to cause her any harm. She just wanted her daughter and now that she had her…they just needed to get to safety.

She paused in the hallway after a moment. Helen handed Halia the bunny and unwrapped Olivia so that she could get a better look at her. She just had to know that her baby was okay. At this point she didn't know if they were going to try to take back the Sanctuary now or if they were just going to run…and if they ran…she needed to be sure that Olivia was okay.

"Helen?" John asked.

"She's okay…I just…I needed to be sure," Helen said. "No needle marks."

"Let's get out of here then," Henry said from behind them. "EM shield is down."

"We're going to have to go in groups," John said.

"I can't go yet," Helen said.

"Magnus, you have Olivia…we have everyone Will locked up, what else do you need to do?" Declan asked.

She turned to him. "Will's up to something… He wouldn't tell me what exactly. Abby even had made mention of something they can't tell me about. I need to find out what it is," she told him. "We need to be prepared."

"So, what do that mean? You're going to track him down?" Tesla asked. "Because I volunteer to track him down…and shake him up a bit."

"I think his office will have the information," she said. "I'm sure we'll run into Will again… I don't think we need to confront him right now."

John sighed. "And I was so looking forward to it."

"Go ahead and start transporting people out, John," Helen told him. "Everyone doesn't need to go with me. I'll make it fast." After all, she had Olivia; she wasn't going to chance her daughter being taken away from her again. And if there was any other way…

"We're not leaving you," Halia spoke up.

"What she said," Henry said as he pointed a finger in Halia's direction.

"Will's office isn't far from here anyways," Declan pointed out.

Helen frowned. It would put them all in possible unneeded danger. With the increased guard force at the Sanctuary, she honestly didn't know how many they would encounter between here and there. She supposed having reinforcements helped things though. She had to admit that at this moment she felt extremely blessed with this family, she knew what would make it better…if Ashley, James, and her father were there…and if Will, Kate, and Abby hadn't seemed to have turned against her. She'd have to settle for this though…and right now that was enough.

"Let's do this quickly then," Helen said as she headed in the direction, but found herself being pushed towards the middle. Normally she wasn't the one that needed protection, but Olivia definitely needed it.

. . .

Their trek to Will's office was made quite a bit easier with the stunners. They had several guards…and Kate that they'd had to stun along the way. Having the reinforcements definitely made her feel safer and made things go much faster than it would have if she'd tried to infiltrate Will's office on her own.

"Helen, what if you don't want to know?" John asked as they approached the door.

"Better to know and be prepared," Declan spoke up.

"That's very true," Henry agreed.

She understood that they only wanted to protect her, but she'd never one that needed much protecting. She always did the things that others couldn't. She always pushed the boundaries. "I have to know," she told John. Helen turned to him and passed Olivia to him. She'd honestly trust anyone with them with her, but she was still very conscious of the fact that John hadn't been able to hold their daughter very much.

"Plus, the more people looking through the office, the faster we'll uncover whatever Will's plan is," Bigfoot said.

Helen reached out and held the doorknob for a moment. She gave herself a moment to reconsider, just in case. What if John was right? But then Declan did have a point. If they knew, then they could be prepared. She'd much rather know rather than watch her back every second. Abby had said that whatever Will was up to had nothing to do with Olivia, but she had to be sure.

She turned the doorknob and pushed the door open. Declan moved in first, stunner in hand, he scanned the room and then turned to her and gave her a nod. Helen entered a bit hesitantly. She looked around and frowned. The walls were covered with papers.

"Wow…" Henry breathed.

Biggie grunted. "I'm going to have to repaint this room… He used the wrong tape."

The walls surviving the papers being removed wasn't what she was concerned about. Helen moved to the nearest paper and started to read it. It was then that she realized it some areas were layered. There were some with text and some with maps…and some with pictures. She stared closely at one of the pictures. "It can't be," she breathed.

"What is it?" John asked.

"I'm not sure yet," she told him honestly.

"Doc…" Henry spoke up. He was standing at the far wall and was pointing at a picture in front of him. "You're going to want to see this."

Quickly, Helen crossed the room and she looked at the picture Henry had been pointing at. Her heart felt like it sped up and then came to a complete halt. "Dear God…" she breathed. Helen brought her hand up to her mouth and tried to remain calm. It couldn't be. Tears flooded her eyes and blurred her vision.

"Helen?" John asked again but she couldn't bring herself to answering him.

She pushed out everything around her and focused on the picture through her tears. Her hand gently touched the figure in the picture. It was then that she looked around and things started to make sense. This had been his project. The maps were locations, probably sightings. The pictures, he had people on the lookout.

Ashley.

Everything in that room. It had to all be about her. Helen felt a sudden weight of guilt. She'd looked for Ashley…she'd believed years ago…that Ashley wasn't dead. And then finally, she had to let her go. She'd tried to move on and live as normally as she could, but it had definitely been a struggle. And now…now to see all of this information, the pictures…Ashley had to be alive. She thought that Ashley looked different in these pictures. Subtle differences. Her hair was longer and styled differently and somehow…she looked more grown up.

But was it Ashley?

The Ashley she raised and remembered?

Or was it the Ashley that the Cabal had designed?

Either way, she would push to save her daughter. This was a shock, surely, but she wouldn't pass up this chance to bring together her family. Halia and Olivia still would have time to get to know their older sister and for that…she was sure that they could all be thankful for. And Henry…she thought. Henry would be so happy to have her back, he and Ashley had grown up together and she knew the loss had been felt just as deeply by him.

A small voice broke through her concentration. "What does this mean?" Halia asked.

"It's your sister," Helen spoke up and looked over to where Halia was touching another picture. "Ashley." She turned to John and the others. "She's alive…somewhere…" She found herself being pulled to John with his free arm as he tried to hold Olivia in the other. Helen wiped her tears against his shirt and felt so much more happiness than she thought she'd have felt.

"So…what was this all?" Declan asked.

"A distraction," Tesla spoke up. "A badly choreographed one, at that."

Was that all she'd been? A distraction? She had to agree with Nikola, if that was all it was, then there were better ways to go about things. Ways to distract (whoever needed to be distracted) without taking Olivia from her and keeping them apart. Helen still found that cruel, no matter what Will's game was. Keeping her separated from her newborn was just uncalled for on so many levels.

"But Ashley's out there?" Henry asked.

"That's what all this…" Tesla said as he motioned around the room. "This insanity seems to be telling us."

"She's alive, John," she breathed. "She's alive."

. . .

The End