taxonomites | 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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Ashley nodded again, changing her gaze between her mother and the syringe. There was hope, fear and more hope. She wanted this to work, needed it to.

Helen offered her a small smile, placing the needle against her arm and slowly pushing it into the vein. Her thumb pressed against the back of the syringe, watching as the liquid left it's container and went into Ashley.

That smile would have been comforting had what was currently happening being close to her only hope. If it didn't work it could be refined and tried again but what if that didn't work either?

Unknowingly Ashley held her breath in waiting, watching the liquid from the syringe and just waiting. After what seemed like an hour or two, though was probably only a few minutes she lifted her head back up to her mom.

"I don't feel different."

Helen's face fell. "Try to bring out the more vampiric things."

That was not something that Ashley wanted to do but regardless she did, just not to the full extent where she completely changed. Feeling the rush, what would come she stopped and shook her head.

"It didn't work."

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

[ location: helen's lab ]

[ location: helen's lab ]

[ location: helen's lab ]

[ location: helen's lab ]

[ location: helen's lab ]