In an attempt to snag Jack the Ripper's Lantern, Helena went undercover, as it were, using Harriet Tubman's Thimble to change her appearance and catch the culprit off-guard. The man chased her down alleys until she came to a barred gate she couldn't get past. At which point she put on a pair of sunglasses, took the Thimble off, revealing her true form, and took the culprit down, using her Tesla on him to render him unconscious so she and Caturanga could take the Lantern back to Warehouse 12. She snagged the Lantern in her first month as an Agent. Caturanga said the older Agents would become jealous, to which she said they already were. Caturanga noted that she'd taken very quickly and very well to the Warehouse. She said it was because she'd found a place were her other talents could be used for the good of the Empire. She'd found a new home of her own where she could freely be the person she truly was without restraint.
Canon update:
After the incident with the Artifact, and Myka and Pete had both given Helena encouragement to fight for Nate, Helena went back inside to do that. However, things did not go well at all. Helena got as far as telling him her real name, Helena Wells, and upon being questioned why she hadn't just said so from the beginning, she brought up that she worked for a secret organization. It was at that point that Nate decided he didn't want to hear anymore. They broke up, and once again Helena found herself needing to start over.
Later on, Helena returned to the Warehouse to help with an Artifact that was endangering Artie. She'd built a Shrink Ray that allowed her to shrink Claudia and Steve and send them inside Artie to find the Artifact there that was endangering him. However, during the course, Helena lost communication with the three Agents and grew exceedingly worried. Upon finally making contact with Claudia again, she urged them to hurry up, that her Shrink Ray only allowed for one to be shrunk for three hours before it reversed. If they didn't hurry, the ray would reverse and they would explode out of Artie's body, effectively killing him. Claudia said they'd found the Artifact and that they could get to it before time ran out. The clock Artifact was lodged in Artie's heart. Steve found the Artifact and took it out, saving Artie. They safely got out of Artie's body before the shrink ray reversed itself, so the day was saved.
Even in retirement, Helena would still return to lend her aid when needed. But by and large, she was integrating herself into the modern world, expanding the amount of people she knew beyond only that of the Warehouse staff. After her break up with Nate, she was a bit more jaded in the way of romantic relationships, but she'd also taken a lesson from it. She dropped her Emily Lake alias, save for on official documents, and would use her real name when introducing herself. She didn't want the lies to get in the way of anything she could potentially have with someone. Besides, if someone could handle the knowledge she was actually H.G. Wells, chances were they could handle the rest of her story and knowledge of the Warehouse.
So in a nutshell in this canon update, Helena will get closure to her relationship with Nate instead of sitting here theorizing and worrying about it as she has been doing in game. While it normally would serve to jade her further, given her and Zoey have admitted feelings for each other in game, that won't play much of a role when her memories of Zoey return to her. This closure with Nate is also serving to help stabilize her a little bit, to give her one less issue weighing on her. It won't help with the whole moving from place to place in-game thing, but it will give her a better understanding of herself and to help her move forward in the relationship department.
Canon Update: 5x06 - Endless (series finale)
London 1889
In an attempt to snag Jack the Ripper's Lantern, Helena went undercover, as it were, using Harriet Tubman's Thimble to change her appearance and catch the culprit off-guard. The man chased her down alleys until she came to a barred gate she couldn't get past. At which point she put on a pair of sunglasses, took the Thimble off, revealing her true form, and took the culprit down, using her Tesla on him to render him unconscious so she and Caturanga could take the Lantern back to Warehouse 12. She snagged the Lantern in her first month as an Agent. Caturanga said the older Agents would become jealous, to which she said they already were. Caturanga noted that she'd taken very quickly and very well to the Warehouse. She said it was because she'd found a place were her other talents could be used for the good of the Empire. She'd found a new home of her own where she could freely be the person she truly was without restraint.
Canon update:
After the incident with the Artifact, and Myka and Pete had both given Helena encouragement to fight for Nate, Helena went back inside to do that. However, things did not go well at all. Helena got as far as telling him her real name, Helena Wells, and upon being questioned why she hadn't just said so from the beginning, she brought up that she worked for a secret organization. It was at that point that Nate decided he didn't want to hear anymore. They broke up, and once again Helena found herself needing to start over.
Later on, Helena returned to the Warehouse to help with an Artifact that was endangering Artie. She'd built a Shrink Ray that allowed her to shrink Claudia and Steve and send them inside Artie to find the Artifact there that was endangering him. However, during the course, Helena lost communication with the three Agents and grew exceedingly worried. Upon finally making contact with Claudia again, she urged them to hurry up, that her Shrink Ray only allowed for one to be shrunk for three hours before it reversed. If they didn't hurry, the ray would reverse and they would explode out of Artie's body, effectively killing him. Claudia said they'd found the Artifact and that they could get to it before time ran out. The clock Artifact was lodged in Artie's heart. Steve found the Artifact and took it out, saving Artie. They safely got out of Artie's body before the shrink ray reversed itself, so the day was saved.
Even in retirement, Helena would still return to lend her aid when needed. But by and large, she was integrating herself into the modern world, expanding the amount of people she knew beyond only that of the Warehouse staff. After her break up with Nate, she was a bit more jaded in the way of romantic relationships, but she'd also taken a lesson from it. She dropped her Emily Lake alias, save for on official documents, and would use her real name when introducing herself. She didn't want the lies to get in the way of anything she could potentially have with someone. Besides, if someone could handle the knowledge she was actually H.G. Wells, chances were they could handle the rest of her story and knowledge of the Warehouse.
So in a nutshell in this canon update, Helena will get closure to her relationship with Nate instead of sitting here theorizing and worrying about it as she has been doing in game. While it normally would serve to jade her further, given her and Zoey have admitted feelings for each other in game, that won't play much of a role when her memories of Zoey return to her. This closure with Nate is also serving to help stabilize her a little bit, to give her one less issue weighing on her. It won't help with the whole moving from place to place in-game thing, but it will give her a better understanding of herself and to help her move forward in the relationship department.