Little had changed in the hours following Kate's departure except Will's temperature continued to fall. His body would probably have been shivering for the last few hours if she hadn't injected him with a muscle relaxer to prevent his seizures. She felt his forehead probably every thirty seconds or so, she couldn't help herself. He was getting colder by the minute. He started to choke suddenly, gagging against the tube that was shoved down his throat. Helen's brow wrinkled and her fingers fled to his wrist. "What on earth?" His eyes fluttered open and roamed around the room violently and it took a minute for them to connect on her face.

"Hold on, I got it." She whispered quietly to him, pressing a hand to his cheek to calm him down. "I'll take it out, just hold on." She slid the plastic out and away from him and Will was left gagging and shivering.

"C-c-cold." His voice was raspy and he could barely make out the word.

Helen's arm was curved around his head as she looked at him closely, her nose almost touching his. "I know, Will. I'm going to do something about that. Can you tell me what happened?" He looked lost, his eyes flitting from her lips to her eyes to the wall and ceiling. She touched his chin to grab his attention, "What happened, Will? I need to know."

He shook his head, "I…I…I don't know."

"Alright," she leaned in and kissed his cheek just as his teeth started to chatter uncontrollably. "I need to get you in a bath, to warm you up." He nodded and it was very jerky, his entire body finally shivering like it would have if she hadn't given him the muscle relaxer, which was puzzling. "Think you can stand?" He nodded again and braced his hands on the side of the bed swinging his legs over. She caught him when he listed forward too far. She untangled his legs from the blankets and pulled him forward until he was standing and leaning fully against her. Will rested his head on her shoulder, his face pressed against her hot neck and she wrapped an arm around his waist supporting him. "Can you walk or do you want the chair?"

"B-b-blue…" He trailed off.

Helen pulled back and tried to look at his face but she couldn't make it out. "What's blue Will?" She began to maneuver him into the chair she had waiting when he didn't answer and he sat heavily down, his weight making the wheels move slightly. She went to move back to change the IV bag over to the wheelchair but he grabbed her chin in a tight grasp. Her jaw hurt where his fingers were digging into her skin and her cheeks were pushed up. He forced her face to his, their noses brushing. Will looked into her eyes of blue seeing oceans of emotion wash over her.

She saw his pupils go wide and black with edges of red swirling like live electricity just before he crushed his lips against hers. She moaned when his left hand cupped the back of her neck pulling her into his lap. His lips felt like fire on her and she couldn't stop herself from slipping her tongue out to taste. She was seated in his lap and trekked her fingers up to his hair to pull hard when he bit her lip. The change was sudden and he was back to his shivering self once again. He pulled away suddenly and pressed his forehead against her shoulder.

"C-old."

She brushed his hair again and moved his head so she could peck his lips. "Come on then, let's get you warm." She switched the saline bag to the chair and rolled him into a room down the hall with a large tub and shower in it. Deciding that the tub would work better she locked the wheels and started to run the water. She taped over the IV port and started to take the hospital gown off that she'd placed on him earlier. She unsnapped the shoulder and slid the material completely off him so he was only in his boxer shorts.

Her hands gripped him under his arm pits as she prepared herself to lift him, but his voice stopped her. "I'm so sorry, Helen. I'm so, so sorry."

"It's ok, Will." She leaned down on her haunches and gently trailed her thumbs over his cheekbones making sure he was looking directly at her. He was lost in oceans of blue again, her eyes so deep he was falling into them. "We need to get you into the bath ok?" He nodded and helped her as best he could in lifting his body. He half fell and half slid into the slowly rising water. He was shivering so violently that his elbows rapped hard against the metal edges.

"Mmm…Helen…" He slipped further down trying to curl his body into the warmth. She made sure the fluids line wasn't kinked and then pulled off her lab coat and dressed down to her skivvies. It took Will awhile to look over and when he saw her he closed his eyes. "W-what you d-d-doing?"

"Getting you warm, Will." She slid into the water behind him and wrapped his body into hers. "Your body temperature is far too low and nothing I've done thus far has had any effect in raising it." He nodded and leaned back into her.

They were silent for many minutes, Magnus pressing a soft kiss into his shoulder as soon as he would stop shivering for a long enough period of time. The water was filled and she leaned forward to turn it off bringing him back against her chest. "I'm sorry," he whispered again.

She brought a hand up and brushed it over his face. "What are you sorry for?"

"For doing this to you." His body jerked suddenly and she wrapped her arms around his and entwined their fingers so he wouldn't be able to injure her or himself.

"This isn't your fault. I'll figure out what's wrong, Will. I will solve this."

He shook his head violently and spun around to face her with no warning; his eyes pure black with red electricity, fangs sprouting in his mouth and red webbing appearing between his fingers when he made to grab at her. Magnus lurched back as far as she could, but Will stopped short of grasping her. He pulled his hand back and stared at it, studying it. His eyes locked with hers and Magnus drew in a deep breath, bracing against what she knew was about to happen.

His hand palmed her breast and she felt fire on her skin, the burn spreading from where he was touching her. She gasped at the feeling and stared with parted lips at his face. Will leaned down and took possession of her mouth. He scraped the sharp edges of his teeth over her lip until he could taste blood. Helen moaned and dug her fingers into his sides; she couldn't stop herself from raking her nails down his chest. Will pulled her up to sit in his lap; she straddled him with her knees bent under her. She slid her tongue against his and realized the end was split into two pieces.

Their bodies separated immediately and Helen gazed at him, her chest rising heavily drawing in as much oxygen as possible. "Will."

He shook his head and sunk his teeth into the top of her breast. She let out a grunt at the sudden pain that was overwhelmed with soft tingling and heated pleasure racing through her body. He took one drink and flicked the clasp of her bra open and ripped the material away from her body. He made bites down her chest and stomach, taking only a sip of her blood before moving on. When he left there was no mark left on her skin, only the feeling of fire driving through her veins. "Will," her voice was husky and her fingers tightened in his hair as he made his way back up to her lips.

"Helen," his tongue pinched her nipple and twisted, his eyes flashing red and he held her tightly to his body. When his webbed hand covered her mound she sat back instantly, her eyes wild and her breathing erratic. Her protest was stopped by his mouth on hers again; he suckled her injured and still bleeding lip until he collapsed against her chest. "Blue water…" he whispered it.

"What?" She pushed him away and wiped a hand over her mouth, clearing the blood that was finally clotting.

"Blue water…" He was shivering again. She'd had enough of this. Pulling herself out of the tub she began to work on him. She dried him quickly and he mumbled the same two words over and over the entire time until she had him back in the bed with six heated blankets over his body. She opened his lids and checked his eyes which were back to their normal crystalline blue. Opening his mouth she saw that everything was back to normal.

"Will," he turned slowly to look at her, in a daze. "Will, what is blue water?" He had no response other that shivering and uttering the words again. Helen stood up straight and tucked him in looking around the room. Suddenly, her face whipped around to his. "Will, did you take the Source Blood Virus?" He didn't answer. "Will!" She slapped his face lightly getting his attention. "Caleb's virus, did you take it?"

He nodded, his teeth chattering. "S-s-s-sorry."

She closed her eyes and let her head fall slightly downward. "How much did you take, Will?" But he couldn't answer, his body was convulsing once again and she was struggling to keep him from injuring himself.