Author note: Due to RL stuff, I've been missing my Friday deadlines. Sorry guys. What am I saying? This thing has like... three followers (I love you guys, by the way).
Warning: Sex, pseudo-science, Henry being emotional.
Pair: William Zimmerman and Henry Foss.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sanctuary, because if I did the ending would be more of an ending, rather than just stopping like it did. Stupid cancellations...
"What the fuck!" Henry jerked awake, half transforming in shock. Will fell out of bed. The emergency alarm was wailing.
"Henry! Will! Where are you? Come in! Will! Henry!" Henry's radio was on the sideboard with Will's cell phone. The cell was ringing, and Magnus' voice shrieked from the radio. Will glanced at his partially hairy lover, and reached for the radio.
"Magnus, what's going on?" the cell quieted, proving Will's suspicion that it was his boss calling.
"Will? Can you and Henry get down here? The Abnormals are going insane, I need help."
"Yeah, let me find my jeans and get Henry back into human form, and we'll be right down." He tossed the device aside and started getting dressed. Henry was scowling as he pushed back his transformation, eyes phasing back from the fluorescent sheen of the wolf to their usual greyish green.
Will almost laughed when he saw his lover was ripping bits of fabric from his fingers, only to suddenly realise what happened. Under the shock of his change, Henry had torn into the mattress, and his claws had shredded it.
"Not funny, dude."
"A bit funny." Will corrected. "Explaining to Magnus that we need a new mattress is 'not funny'." Henry sighed.
"Let's go see what the emergency is."
The lab was in chaos. The creatures in the holding bays around the room were going crazy – even Sally was racing around her tank furiously. Magnus was busy pumping air-based sedatives into George the Lizard-Man's room. Bigfoot was in the room with Two-Face, administering a tranquilliser at the Abnormal's own request.
"Hey Doc, what's the deal?" Henry called.
"Oh, thank god." She sighed. "I need you two to help deal with every male abnormal we have here. Kate and I are dealing with the females." They nodded and parted, heading to the un-tranquillised Abnormals, Henry staying in the main lab with the more risky patients, Will heading upstairs to the residential corridors to see to the others with Kate.
"Does anyone know what actually caused this?" Helen asked later, when they all reconvened in the study.
"You covered the scent of the entire Sanctuary." Bigfoot explained. "The Sentient Abnormals are frustrated because you've basically taken away their option of communicating without sound or thought, and those who aren't Sentient are probably pissed you took away their instinctive method of finding a mate, which is a big deal for them."
"Right." Magnus sighed and dropped into an empty chair. "Is everyone affected?" Bigfoot nodded, but then checked himself, and glanced at Henry. The werewolf shrugged and turned to Will. The profiler blinked. "Have you guys talked about this yet?"
"No." Henry admitted. "Didn't have time. First thing I did this morning was transform, try and fix the bed, then start sedating Abnormals."
"Fix the bed?" Kate giggled. Will smirked.
"Well, yeah, having werewolf talons embedded in it isn't the best way to keep a bed in working order." The Indian girl went red holding her laughter back. Magnus looked uncomfortable.
"I don't really want to be hearing about your sex life." Henry chuckled.
"The alarm startled me. I changed before I was properly awake, that's all."
"So... has the chemical blanket had any effect on you two at all?" Magnus asked, mollified. "Has anything changed? Anything at all?" Henry shrugged.
"No change for me." He glanced at his lover.
"Breathing?" Will asked, smiling softly. Henry blushed. "Good. Me too." Henry shyly leant into Will's palm as the human reached out to him, only to reel as Will slammed a fist into his mouth.
"Ow! What the fu-" he was cut off as Will yanked him in for a kiss. It was frantic and bruising; blood filling their mouths from Henry's wound. "Oh my God..." Henry's knees buckled, forcing Will to catch him. Tesla wolf-whistled, distracting them. Will stepped back, and licked the blood from his lips.
"That's for doubting me."
TBC
