Henry was cleaning up the research lab just as she had requested. Apparently it was what Magnus deemed a "pig sty" and needed his touch. Henry wasn't one to usually leave a mess but the past month had been a rage of emergencies and copped jerry-rigged jobs. In the past weeks Will had been blown up, people had died, and there was a raging vampire on the loose having PMS issues. He honestly hadn't known what had come over them. Will had talked to Caroline or, he supposed it was Emma now, and she had somehow convinced him that she wasn't a serial murderer who had popped into the Sanctuary to kill them all.
Two weeks had passed since then and nothing major had happened. Will had finally been released to his room and a great sigh of thanks had gone out to all those who had listened to his whining from the "jail cell" as he called it. Garthaw had taken a massive liking to Emma and had not left her side. She had taken him under her wing and began to teach him about the surface, even with her limited knowledge about Hollow Earth. That and she wasn't that bad at video games, which was something he had noticed himself. Even though two weeks had passed, he still hadn't been down in the research lab much, more emergencies had arisen that needed to be dealt with. All in all, he couldn't disagree with her assessment that the lab needed to be put back in order. He started to shove items into boxes and label them, just like she would ask him to, until he came across an item that was in the center of the mass of wires and metal pieces.
He picked up what looked like a round circle of sheer metal. Turning it in his hands he looked at the machine curiously. It was not one that he had seen, not something he had created so all he could think was that it was something Tesla had created on his last visit. Henry's fingers slid in a circle over the metal that was warming in his palms. He felt a sudden jolt of electricity run through his body and he dropped the machine back onto the table as it stung his hands. That was weird. Figuring he better go tell the Doc about it he began to walk to her office.
The elevator doors were closing but he managed to squeeze in. Two-face Chuck was standing in the corner having an animated conversation with himself. Henry decided to completely ignore the man and faced the front of the doors. Luckily he was heading to the right floor and Henry did nothing except fold his hands behind his back and wait for the tedious ride to be over. He walked into the Doc's study and waited quietly for her to get off the phone before moving closer to her desk. She ignored him completely, her face turned to the papers before her, not glancing at his presence at all.
"Magnus…Magnus!" He called out when she didn't answer the first time. He went to set a hand on her wrist. She must be really tired if she didn't even notice him in the room. When he leaned over the desk and placed his fingers on her hand, they went right through her body. "What the hell?" He tried it again and this time almost fell completely forward and into his wayward boss. "Magnus!" She had picked up her phone when it rang and smiled at it before reading the text message. She bit her lip and blushed. She was blushing? Henry paused at that before trying to lean over and look at the phone. She snapped it shut too quickly for him to make out anything and stood arranging her files precisely on the desk before leaving the room.
Henry followed her, talking to her the entire time. "Doc, I don't know what's happened but honestly, something's wrong. I picked up a damn machine the lab because I was cleaning like you asked me to and I really was this time I wasn't just messing around. And I picked it up and then something happened, I don't know what, but something happened and now you can't see me and oh god, what am I supposed to do?" He brushed his fingers over his cheeks and hair messing it and staring at her. "Doc, come on here, you can see me right?" Again he reached out to brush fingers over her arm. She turned for a second and looked at where he was standing but didn't make eye contact.
She brushed her arm to ward off the chill that crept up her spine. Henry watched the movement carefully, well that was a good sign that he wasn't dead. A ghost. Maybe he was ghost, that would imply that he was dead though. That was no better than just being plain dead. "I'm not dead right?" He asked her earnestly, waiting for a quick reply that he was acting absurd. Anything actually and he would have been satisfied.
The tune that passed her lips as they vibrated caught his attention and he turned to face her suddenly. She was humming? "Doc?" He reached out to touch her arm again but she walked forward when the doors opened to the basement of the Sanctuary. He followed her curiously until she shut the door in his face. She was going down to the catacombs and he couldn't follow her any further. Then he remembered what had happened in her office.
Ever so carefully he reached forward and pressed a hand into the door. When his body didn't stop he held his breath and walked through it. He let the air rush out of his lungs when he entered the dimly lit hallway. Racing ahead to catch up with her he found another door blocking his path. Taking another long breath he walked through with more ease this time. She was smiling at the man who greeted her, her lips locked on his. Henry turned his head quickly hiding his eyes from the view before him. This was so not what he thought he was going to find.
He could hear their lips sucking at each other and the moans she was making in response to whatever it was the man was doing. He had only ever caught Magnus doing this once before and he had been scarred for life. This would most certainly scar him in whatever the hell this was. Decided to take a peek he opened a crack between his fingers to see who exactly it was that she was with. Even though he didn't want to see that, he wanted to be sure that whoever she was with was worthy of her.
There was bare skin of her leg exposed as her skirt was pushed up to her hip joint and her leg curled around his body. Their mouths locked in a passionate embrace, her fingers carding through his hair and down his chest to unbutton his shirt. He could see her back as she undulated hips into the man, her body seductively moving in a timeless rhythm. He was going to scratch his eyes out for this that was for sure. He waited, seeing pale hands traipse over her backside and up to her shoulders before lifting her higher and effectively turning her body into the wall.
Now all Henry could see was the form of Emma, her delicious curves that he had admired from afar more than a few times. He covered his eyes again when he heard the growl and lowered voice. He shuddered and began to run from the room, accidentally going through the wall instead of the door, but what did it matter to him? He could walk through both. Sighing heavily when he realized he was finally out of sight of them, but that he could still hear and smell them he decided he need to go on a very long walk that would take him very far away from that specific room.
Emma turned suddenly when she felt a chill up her spine. Helen kissed her cheek, "What is it?"
"I thought I felt something."
"No one's down here."
That still didn't stop the woman from looking around. "I'm not so sure about that." She morphed back into her human form, but before she could move away and check out the area Magnus had pulled her back their lips colliding once again. Helen's hand slid down her front and tweaked a nipple causing Emma to squeak. She giggled and pulled back. "I'm certain someone was in here, just let me look."
Helen sighed and let her go. "I have work that needs to be done anyway. See you at dinner?"
"Um…yeah…" She responded absently already distracted by her search.