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008. [ accidental visual / location: helen's lab ] that you'll find me, that you'll see me.

The Halloween Party had gone better than she hoped, even expected. The party ended and the events unfolded with the large green creature and retrieving Ashley. And then it was returning to work as normal. Rather, as it had been, as opposed to normal. Long hours going back and forth between her lab and her office. Hardly seeing anyone, except when Henry had found the Cabal Laboratory. Which had done little more than fan the flame.

Helen found herself up all night again. Continually testing the sample of blood that Claire had so kindly given her. Trying to learn how it worked when dealing with other samples. The results seemed to say that no matter the blood type, Claire's could bond with it and repair it. A universal donor. She then mixed a sample of Ashley's previous blood and Claire's, letting it settle before looking for the results.

Except she had fallen asleep with her forehead pressed to her hands. Having terrible sleep patterns were completely different from pure fatigue and exhaustion. Though her dreams were hardly ones that would lighten her mood, it took her a few moments to realize she had dozen off. And that it was now morning, given the sunlight coming in from the glass roof above.

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Adam had isolated himself from everyone. Kensei had been a talkative and open individual, but in such a setting where he hadn't been able to get a footing in anything, Kensei had closed himself up in the bar that was apparently where he was living and drank. He'd been rather unfortunately disappointed to find that alcohol, the one solace that he had had in a life that had had no direction, wasn't there to comfort his confusion this time. It had simply left him with a burn on his tongue and less alcohol to show for it.

Adam had been grateful when he had woken up as himself, just the memory of his conversation with Peter and the pathetic behavior that his old self had lapsed into stuck in his mind, but other than that, no embarrassment to show for the situation. He had hidden from the potential embarrassment for a day or two more before he had felt himself prompted by the image that flashed on his tablet to say something.

"Rise and shine, sunshine," Adam trilled into the tablet, propping his head up on her corner of the bar as he grinned at the groggy picture he was presented with. "All work and no play makes Jill a dull girl."

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Her first reaction was to say 'Oh, shut up.' Perhaps not in a rude tone, but certainly one that didn't have as much playful wittiness to her as she usually did. Instead she gave a bit of a sigh and her eyes moved to the tablet. She rolled her eyes and shook her head at where Adam had decided to sleep.

"And, I wonder what would happen if I spent my days playing about like you do, Mr. Monroe." That had the playful banter she was known for. Even if her expression said she was less than impressed with the statement.

After Peter had told Ashley about how her mother had worked she'd wanted to talk to her mom about it - her mom might have been working non stop for her but she wouldn't be able to help if she worked herself completely into the ground. Ashley had waited until after Halloween and all events following had ended, choosing her moment and words carefully.

Her mom's lab was Ashley's first point of call rather than one on the way like it used to be. Ashley didn't speak straight away after entering the room, not wanting to make her do something wrong. This time however Ashley didn't speak at all, she simply left just to cone back a few minutes later with a blanket to wrap around her mother's shoulders.

The gentle motion of the blanket was enough to wake her from her slight slumber, turning her head up to look at Ashley. Helen made a very small smile at first. Her hand went up over her daughter's as she tried to find the best way to start the conversation.

"You're up rather early this morning. Feeling better?"

Ashley gave her mother a smile back before shaking her head slightly. "I haven't slept that much since I became..." Maybe she didn't need to as much, for the moment anyway. "You on the other hand." Her expression became one that was a lot more serious. Her mom might argue her reasons for a lack of sleep but Ashley would refuse to budge on it: someone needed to look after her if she wasn't right now.

A gentle nod. Helen could understand. After the night they had all injected themselves, the Five hardly slept. Or perhaps that was just her. She still gave her daughter a gentle squeeze. At least Nikola was not here to try and change Ashley's mind.

"I believe I'm ready to try the first genetic therapy. If you're ready."

That was a lot quicker than Ashley had expected - either she'd had some help or there'd been a lot more nights like this.

"After you've slept." Something about this was sending a little feeling of hesitation through her. Ashley wanted this but to try it and it not work? That might hurt.

She rolled her eyes slightly. "I'm fine, Ashley. I'd rather see if I need to do more tests and then sleep, than not and toss and turn in the bed."

"What if something went wrong because you hadn't slept?" It was doubtful but still possible and something that she definitely wanted to rule out.

That merely made her raise her eyebrows at the suggestion. "I hardly doubt that Claire's blood will leave for errors, Ashley."

Wasn't that a familiar situation? Mohinder would be doing the same thing, if he was actually sleeping. He wondered what Dr. Magnus was working so diligently on. He'd produced newer equipment through the aid of a hatch, but he hadn't really had anything to work on yet. Just tons of files to sort through- information about his own transformation, and the box of files about Coyote Sands. Not that it was

"You might be more comfortable in a bed," Mohinder said gently. He didn't want to wake her if she was in a deep sleep, but- it was merely the truth. Plus, he was curious about what she was working so hard on.

"No rest for the weary, I'm afraid." She raised her head and smiled at the tablet gently. It seemed like she had a like minded fellow. It was a bit obvious that Mohinder was rather diligent in his own research. "Finding yourself well this morning, Dr. Suresh?"

"Well enough," he replied, with a tired smile. "This is, honestly, as idle as I've ever been- I guess that's true of most people in this city."

He knit his fingers together and rested them on the desk as he watched Helen. "May I ask what it is you're testing? No need to tell me if you'd rather not, but- I have to admit, I'm curious."

[ooc: Grrr, apologies for the random sentence fragment up there. ]

"Claire's blood." She answered. According to Claire, Mohinder already knew about Claire and her healing. There was no real reason to keep it secret between the two of them. "I'm hoping that by mixing it with my daughter's previous blood, it'll create a sort of gene therapy of some sorts. I've been working on it for about a week now."

His eyes widened when he heard about that. But that was what it almost always came down to, wasn't it? Claire's blood. He was also surprised to hear about Helen's daughter, because she had told him she'd lost her. But in this place, other times could be accessed and perhaps Helen had more than one daughter, anyway. He wasn't about to ask.

"Well, regenerative blood does seem to be exceedingly effective in a number of situations. I'd say you have a very good chance of success." He smiled. "I'm missing a great deal of my notes, but I do have a few things related to that subject- I could certainly share them, if you think it would help. What is it you're trying to manipulate, if I might ask?"

Helen folded her hands in front of her as she turned her eyes back to the tablet. This was going to be rather complicated to explain. Especially to someone who had no idea what everything was from her world. After small sigh she shook her head.

"Ashley's DNA has been manipulated by a group called the Cabal. They used what is known as the Source Blood to change her. Not only did they unlock her dormant ability, but than they exploited and further manipulated her into becoming a hybrid between a vampiric creature and a human. I'm hoping that if I can create enough of a therapy using her old blood, it can over write what the Cabal have done."

He took in this information with a narrowing of eyes as he thought about it, and a slight nod. "I am terribly sorry about your daughter," he said quietly, looking up to meet Helen's eyes. He'd brought out his own power, forcibly. There had been so many side effects, but at least he'd known he'd done that to himself. Ashley hadn't even had that.

After a moment, he continued. "That- I think you may have a really good chance there. Obviously, I have no experience with vampiric creatures. However, regenerative blood seems to try and reset everything to it's original state. As long as you can convince it that the original state is your daughter's original DNA, you can set her back to 'normal' with it." The convincing was the hard part, though, and he knew that was why she wasn't sleeping. "I know it might take me a bit to catch up, but- could you use any help? I'm quite good at centrifuging, I'm told." He smiled rather brightly at that. If he had someone he could actually help, he'd feel a lot better here.

The offer took her by surprise, and she couldn't help but smile back at his own. She honestly could use the help. Mohinder's, Tesla's, really anyone at the moment. She just did not feel like it was her place to ask for it. Than again, Helen was so stubborn she never did. Which led to Ashley and Gabriel both staring at her and insisting she get some sort of sleep.

"If you would like." She answered in her polite way. "I know you are rather busy with Gabriel, and wouldn't want to take your time from that."

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