The Muse Manor

She wasn't supposed to be there. Helen knew she needed to stay as far away from Old City as she could, especially now. If any of her staff saw her -- if Ashley saw her -- she couldn't guarantee what would happen. The way her actions here might tug at the timeline... It was a risk she shouldn't be taking.

And yet, there she was, tracking a particularly difficult Abnormal, one that had been captured while she was off in a Sanctuary meeting. She'd never really been told who had captured it, but as long as the creature had been captured alive and well, she hadn't particularly cared back then. She'd just assumed Ashley had done it. Now that she was here again, and on the other side of it, she was beginning to wonder if the future Helen Magnus of her time had been the one to do it.

If so, that meant she had to do it this time. Which was entirely why she was there now, tracking it. She'd already spent time steeling herself against the possibility of seeing Ashley. She'd stolen glimpses of her daughter's life once before, from a long way off, but she hadn't risked anything closer and that had been difficult enough. Now, she was risking running into her daughter head-on and Helen had no idea what that might to do her.

At least she'd had the presence of mind to dye her hair red again before she made her way to start this mission. Hopefully if she did run into Ashley, she could pretend to be Helen Bancroft a little easier.

Taking a deep breath and making sure her gun was fully loaded with tranq rounds, Helen headed into the warehouse, crossing her gun over her flashlight and pointing both in front of her. With luck, she could get this done and over without incident.