Thank you 69reggaetongirl for making Helena's French ...well, French :-)
Intermission
Eileen had the strangest feeling she was being watched at lunch. She took her mother and Aunt to eat at the outdoor restaurant in Rockefeller Center. Her mother and Aunt Rose could not stop talking about Helena and how nice she was.
"I was expecting Attila the Hun," her Aunt said.
"You know he was a he, right?" Kathleen said.
"No, I always think of it as a woman, cause it ends in a 'a'," Rose confessed. "Anyway, she's nothing like that. She's really stunning in person, isn't she?"
"Yes," Eileen said smiling, but wondering who would take interest in them.
"Well, I'm glad to see she values you. That's all I care about," Kathleen said eating her sandwich.
They kissed goodbye as Eileen made her way back to the office and her relatives headed to the show. "Now remember, Mom. I may stay over in the City. We're all invited to the Mayor's fundraiser tonight and I might stay at Claudia's," Eileen reminded her mother again.
"This job really has its perks," her Aunt Rose said.
Myka left Helena in her office. She needed to think clearly, something she found increasingly difficult sitting next to Helena. All she wanted to do was touch her, be with her, and kiss those lips when she heard that sexy accent. She was beginning to think Helena could read the ingredients off a cereal box and she'd get turned on. There was always tonight. Right now, she wanted to think about what was best for Pete, not herself.
What was best for her was inside deciding she had had enough with being reasonable for one day.
Myka ran into Claudia on her way back to her office.
"Everything must be okay in Wellsville because the firewall had only one attempt at a breach last night," Claudia said proudly. "And we patched it up before she got too far!"
"What do you mean?" Myka asked quickly.
"Your boss gave up – she must have just been trying to keep me on my toes," Claudia said. She knew what it was like to sit at the computer for hours playing box her out with Helena.
"Claudia, what time was the breach?" Myka asked holding onto the Teckie.
"Around 11, why?" Claudia answered.
"That wasn't Helena," Myka said urgently and pulled Claudia into her office.
"Are you sure? How do you know?"
"Remember when you asked me if I could think of anything to keep her busy?" Myka asked referring to Claudia's pleas to keep Helena occupied.
"Yeah?" Claudia said.
"Well, I found something to keep her busy," Myka confessed.
It took Claudia only a few seconds to get it. "Oooh. Helena wasn't on the computer? Are you sure cause she's kind of sneaky?" Claudia said and Myka looked at her incredulously.
"She was….. very busy," Myka said.
"Oh. So who could have done this?" Claudia said running to the computer to check the logs. "This is so weird," Claudia said tracing the footprints of the intruder.
"What?" Myka asked.
"They went into Eileen's personnel file," Claudia said tracing the route.
"That's it?" Myka asked.
"Yes and they didn't bother being creative about getting in, they just jammed a bunch of security codes in until they got through," Claudia said.
"Who could do that?" Myka asked.
"Someone with a warehouse full of computers..," Claudia said and the word struck Myka. Someone from a warehouse was already in New York.
Irene was passing through on her way up to see Helena when Myka asked her to join them. She explained to Irene about the breach and how it wasn't Helena. "I think maybe that Regent is interested in Eileen, but to what purpose? You don't think she would threaten Eileen to make sure Helena complies, do you?" Myka asked.
"I wouldn't put anything past those freezebots. They are one crazy bunch of cave people," Claudia said.
"I have to tell Helena. I'll just ask her to remain calm ….," Myka said trying to formulate her plan.
"Oh yeah, there's an original idea – Helena calm. How's that working for you?" Claudia said and quickly apologized for her being snide. "She will kill them," she spelled it out for her coworkers.
"OK, OK we need another plan," Myka said pacing again.
"Claudia, you hacked into their system out there. Could you do it again? Perhaps it would tell us what they're up to?" Irene suggested without realizing the ramifications.
"You know it would be illegal right? I mean as Chief Counsel, it's my duty to point out that hacking into a government computer brings a 10 – 30 year sentence – easily," Myka said.
"Oh now it's illegal. When we were rescuing Helena-sicle – then it was okay," Claudia pointed out.
Now the two women looked at her. This much sarcasm was even too much for Claudia.
"I'm sorry, but do you have any idea what it's like to want to do your friend because he's so fracking cute, but he's not into you?" Claudia blurted out and then couldn't backtrack fast enough. "I…have…no….idea…..where …..that…..came…..from….," she said slowly, her throat closing on her.
Myka stared at her. Oh so that's what was really bothering her? "We'll come back to that," Myka said because she didn't want to dismiss her friend. "Right now we have to decide what to do about the Regent being Pete's mother and wanting Eileen," Myka let out.
"What?" Irene and Claudia both said. Myka realized she went from the conversation with Helena right into the conversation with her coworkers and didn't compartmentalize anything.
"Pete showed me a picture of his mother and it turns out …..she is the Regent who visited Helena and who probably hacked into the system to poke around Eileen's file," Myka said. "And he doesn't know."
"So the Regent is the hacker and she's Pete's mother?" Irene asked.
"Well, we think it was her. We know it wasn't our favorite little hacker upstairs, because apparently she was pret-ty bu-sy last night," Claudia said slowing down those words.
"You have to get a grip on this, you know that right?" Myka said of her friends pent up frustration.
"I know, I know, I'm sorry," Claudia said unable to keep focused.
"How much does Helena know?" Irene asked and Myka explained what she told her.
"And you told Eileen to keep an eye on her?" Irene asked because of course you wouldn't tell Helena something like that and then leave her unattended.
"Eileen is out," Myka said and grew worried. "You don't think …she wouldn't take things into her own hands! I told her that would hurt Pete. We had to think of a plan…." Myka sputtered.
The two women looked at each other as if to say 'so naïve'. "She's probably got the woman by the throat by now," Claudia said shaking her hands around an imaginary person.
Myka didn't wait to call Helena. She rushed back upstairs. Eileen was just about to bring Helena her afternoon tea. "Is she in there?" Myka asked urgently.
"I don't know. I just came back, but she does not like her tea late," Eileen was saying when Myka pushed open the door. The office was empty. Eileen came in and put the tea down. She was wishing she had made two cups because Myka certainly seemed like she needed something to drink.
"Are you ok, Ms. Bering?" Eileen asked. There was nothing about Myka that indicated she was. She pushed her hand through her hair and walked back and forth, trying to decide that to do. It seemed to her that when it came to Helena, her cognitive skills that helped graduate Summa Cum Laude were of no help.
"Hello darling," Helena said emerging from her private room with a man in tow. "Are you okay?"
Myka was so relieved to see Helena there that she just collapsed into the chair. "Yes, yes, fine."
"Oh I am glad you're here," Helena said. "Stand up, Myka. Pierre, s'il vous plait," she said as she forced Myka to turn around. "J'ai raison n'est-ce pas? Helena said to the man and smiled when he nodded his head.
"Thank you for the tea, Eileen," Helena said. "It was lovely to meet your mother and Aunt," she added and the girl beamed.
"Eileen," Myka called her before she left. "Don't go anywhere ...alone, ok?"
"Sure Ms. Bering," the young girl replied.
"What were you right about?" Myka asked understanding her French, when they were alone.
"Your measurements," Helena said calmly.
"Why did you tell that man you knew my measurements?" Myka inquired.
"Because he needed to make alterations to your gown," Helena smiled. "You will love it!"
"My gown?" Myka asked.
"For the fundraiser tonight. It's rather formal so I took the liberty of having Pierre alter a gown for you. I didn't think you packed one," Helena said sheepishly.
"OK, no I didn't. Thank you. Helena, we need to talk about how we're going to handle this issue with Pete," Myka said relieved that Helena had not handled it on her own.
"Oh darling, I took care of that," Helena said sipping her tea.
"You …what?" Myka asked, her nervousness renewed.
"I know a thing or two about what this woman is going through. I reached out to her and told her what an injustice she was going her relationship with her son and that she should think about that and come to a decision," Helena said.
"You didn't ….," and Myka struggled with a way to say 'hurt her' without using that phrase.
"Not a finger, I promise," Helena said reading her expression.
Myka was very impressed. "You spoke to the woman who tazered you, threatened you and offered her insight into something she's probably struggling with?"
Helena thought it over. "Yes, I understand her dilemma. It's a burden to be someone's One," Helena said her voice riddled with sadness.
"You listen to me Helena G. Wells, I am your One, and it is my honor, not burden," Myka said. "My greatest honor."
Helena smiled her gratitude at Myka's kind words.
"God you are incredible, do you know that?" Myka said leaning down and kissing her lover. She cupped her jaw and pulled her in as her tongue gently pushed past Helena's lips.
Being reasonable was reaping some rewards that Helena liked a lot.
"Now how exactly did you tell this man you knew my measurements?" Myka asked squinting her eyes at Helena.
"I told him I had firsthand knowledge of your measurements because my hands had spent a great deal of time roaming over the areas in question," Helena said boldly.
"Then I am expecting a perfect fit," Myka retorted getting up to leave so she could assure Irene and Claudia all was okay.
"It will be for as long as it's on you," Helena smiled mischievously.
"Helena!" Myka said feigning surprise.
"I've been judicious all day, Counselor. You don't expect that of me tonight, do you?" Helena asked.
"I'm expecting you to be yourself," Myka tried to volley back.
Helena swatted Myka's words aside and undressed her before she could get out of the office. "Be careful what you wish for, Counselor," Helena said her expression already laden with plans.
Myka tried to play along, but playing with Helena was like inviting tigers in for a game of catch – they'd bite the ball and move onto you. Myka closed the door quickly behind her, her emotions raging and her face completely flushed.
"Are you okay, Ms. Bering?" Eileen asked as she noticed Myka leaning against the closed door smiling.
"Never better," Myka cooed. "Never better."
Then Myka remembered the second part of their problem. "Eileen, please stay with Ms. Wells ok? I mean, don't leave with anyone or go with anyone or ...," Myka said realizing she wasn't make sense.
"Sure thing, Ms. Bering," Eileen said.
Previously:
Jane Lattimer was surprised when her Farnsworth buzzed and Helena was on the other side. "How did you get this?" Jane asked and meant frequency because they didn't have numbers.
"Do me a favor when you get back to the Warehouse?" Helena asked nicely. "Pull my file and read it. The scope of my genius is covered in some detail on pages 17 through 57," Helena said dryly. She detested being under estimated. "Jane, it has come to my attention that you and I share a rather peculiar set of circumstances. I am here to give you the benefit of my experience and wisdom," Helena said.
At first Jane was taken aback that Helena would be so pompous, but as the Brit explained that she knew who she was and what she must be wrestling with, she realized Helena was being sincere.
"You are doing your son a great disservice by keeping this from him, Mrs. Lattimer," Helena said. Jane had not been called that in a very long time and she swallowed to fight back the tears.
"I don't know what to say, Agent….Ms. Wells," Jane said.
"Old habits die hard, I know," Helena said of her calling her by her old title. "Do the right thing, Jane," Helena said candidly.
"Thank you, Ms. Wells," Jane said stunned by the call.
"And Mrs. Lattimer?" Helena said leaning into the device. "If you don't do the right thing by your son, I will no longer be reasonable and I will find you and make you regret what you have done. Are we clear on that?"
Jane looked at the expression on the caller's face and withdrew. "Yes," she said and meant it.
"Did she say she was fired... twice?" Kathleen asked Rose at intermission.
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