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"I must get to my laboratory." He said weakly, still gasping for breath
as he struggled to free himself of Helena's grasp. She watched as he struggled,
so confused by his determined outburst, but at the same time perfectly
aware of what he was upset about, what he now _knew_...her secret was out.
"Henry, please...you're in pain, _stop_..."
"Nothing could possibly be worse then the pain I feel in here, Helena!"
he shouted, pointing furiously at his heart. His cheeks were wet with tears,
but
she suspected they were from sadness, not pain.
"Henry, I...please, you know that this experiment is my life as well as yours, give me a chance to expla-"
"I've tried for _months_ to shield you from this and you let him TOUCH
you!!!" He screamed again, directly in her face. After a moment, though,
he
realized his harshness and began to slowly move away from her, leaning
against the wall for support. Helena stared after him in shock...never
having
known he could be so furious... "Helena...you're my colleague...and
more importantly, you're my _friend_...how could you let him touch you?"
His
voice was soft, and he turned away from her, pausing in the doorway
to his room, leaning precariously against the doorjamb.
"Henry..." He refused to look at her.
"All this time, you've been playing his game..."
"That's just it, Henry...a _game! _ Nothing more, he's offering all our answers if I take the chance to listen!"
"Well, this is a dangerous game! When I started this work, I had serious
doubts as to whether I could...one moment, please...I need to sit...down..."
His voice trailed off, his body sliding down the wall. With Helena's
help he was able to remain upright long enough to get to his bed, where
he sat,
lying against Helena, for several minutes. She was clueless as to what
he was doing, but when she touched his cheek he simply flinched away and
whispered: "Leave me be..." She watched with baited breath as he sat
limply beside her. He appeared to be sleeping, his eyes, however, remained
wide open and his breaths grew continually shallow. After nearly five
minutes she could not bear to see him like this a moment longer.
"Henry? Can you hear me?"
"Shhhh...leave us alone..."
"Us? Henry, are you feeling alright?"
"I can see..." he feebly reached a hand out directly in front of him, as though he was on the cusp of reaching something.
"Henry, what can you see?"
"You...lying on a bed...its Hyde..." She would have stood to face him
if he were not already relying on her for her sideways support. Instead
she
turned to face him, resting her hands on his shoulders to hold him
upright, but instead of snapping out of it as she hoped he would, he just
stared
blankly at her, or beyond her. "Helena?"
"I'm here, Henry, I'm right in front of you..."
"He's showing me..."
"What, Henry, what is Hyde showing you?"
"His...memories...his...visions..."
"Henry, don't listen to him, don't see what he wants you to see...please,
believe me, it's part of his plan." As she spoke she eased him back onto
the
mattress, his head not quite far enough to reach the pillows, but it
didn't seem to bother him.
"He kissed you? You let him kiss you?!?" He said, eyes not straying
from that far away point for a moment, though he spoke to her with clear
angst in
his voice. "I thought you had let him persuade you, but I never...but...oh
God, he's touching you..." he closed his eyes quickly, shaking his head
marginally from back and forth...
"Henry, I'm telling you these things you see...Hyde's trying to tric-"
"HOW DARE YOU!?! Helena...how could you allow him to..." He rolled over, pressing his face against the mattress, his tears starting up again.
"Henry, what? What is it doctor?" She said, reaching to stoke his hair. He jerked away violently, however, not allowing her to touch him.
"You..._gave_ him your _body_...how could you do that to me? How can I live with what I've..."
"Henry, no! No, you sweet thing, I never made love to him!!! This is all what he want's you to see...this is his _imagination!_"
"Oh God, Helena...stop it...find a way to stop this...I can't stand
it, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE!!!" he said, gripping his hair and pressing
his face deep into the down blanket covering the mattress.
"Henry, relax...I'm telling you, I never let him touch me like that, I-"
"HE'S KILLING YOU...oh God, he's...he's..." Suddenly his body began
to shake, not as severe as a convulsion, but Helena leapt from the bed
in
fright.
"Henry! What's happening, I cannot help you if you won't tell me what is going on!"
"Helena, go! Now...uhhhhh...GO, he's coming...he's...breaking _through_
...and... _AHHH!!! _ Oh, Lord Jesus Christ, HELP ME... HELENA,
GO..." he began to thrash more pronouncedly, clutching his stomach
in pain, Hyde's brutal method's of control more agonizing then ever.
"Henry, no! I won't leave you...I'll find the formula, maybe if I inject you with the formula it will stop him..."
"Oh... God...Please, I can't...stand this much longer...I can't...stop
him...Helena...if you do not leave this room _RIGHT NOW_...he will kill
you...please, I watched him do it...don't make me...watch it _again!_"
He barely got his words out before he lurched violently to his side, Helena
frozen in terror before springing to action. She had saved his life
before, Goddamnit, and Lord strike her dead if she was going to lose her
own before
she had the chance to do it again! She ran to the night table, grabbing
a syringe and plunging the needle into the bottle, withdrawing
one...two..._three_ times the normal dosage. There was not time to
worry about the outcome, if she wanted to live to see it. "Henry, I have
the
formula, I'm going to inject you now..."
"QUICKLY.... Uhhh..." he moaned. "Then GO.... Please...go...don't...let
me hurt you...it all ends...right here if I...hurt...you..." She didn't
have
time to register his comment, only to take the air bubbles out of the
syringe and plunge it into Henry's hip, the closest injectable area. The
pain of the
jabbing needle was minimal compared to all his other throes, and soon
his body wound down to a stop.
"Henry? Henry, can you hear me? Henry, I gave you three times the amount
of your regular dose...I'm unsure of the side effects it will produce,
but I
promise you, I'll do my best to relieve any you might have. She pause
a moment, as if waiting for a response, and she received nothing but a
weak
moan and a cough... "Henry? Oh God, I'm sorry...I didn't have time
to think...Dear Lord, what if I gave you to much?" She spoke to herself,
sitting
next to him, watching his huddled form worriedly.
"You stupid _bitch_, you've killed us both..."