Hi guys! This story is a translation from my french story. My written English is not very good. Until now I only wrote email or chat with my friends. So I hope you could figure out this chapter. Your comments will say me if I can go on to translate my following chapters or if it is better that I stop there. ;)

Chapter 1

Dyson was safe due to her. But her… was she? She was the enemy public number one now, for the Fae of dark and light. And as if that wasn't enough the only person she loved had to hate her! However, everything she had said and done had to be used to keep Bo alive and away from this psychopath.

The face tears, Lauren ran through the aisles of the complex, hoping to find an exit to escape from this place of torture in which she had lost everything.

Her escape until the outcomes so much hope her recalled her days in Afghanistan. The mutilated bodies of the guardians strewed here and there. The Faes had made their own justice. And her!? Would her suffer the same fate? She really did not have the answer to this question. She arrived at a door. She closed her eyes hoping to discover a release outwards and towards freedom, as if that word could still have a meaning to her… a fugitive!

Finally out!

She didn't really know where to go nor how. She saw no vehicle nearby. So, she had to walk. She began to run wanting to put as much distance as possible between the complex and any prosecutors that they are faes or humans. Breathless, she eventually joined a road.

"Lord! Made that a car passes" prayed Lauren, peering into the bitumen as far as her eyes permit. But she had to go to the evidence, she was in the middle of nowhere, and Taft had to carefully choose a place very isolated and infrequent to complete his filthy experiments.

It was well to do one hour that she walked on the road. She was starved and her legs ached. While trying to maintain a certain rhythm to her escape, she remembered the last weeks and what pushed her away this mythological world and especially away from Bo. Bo, that she had loved above all and she loved yet… always failed to exercise her of her being.

The requested break was more a breakup. After her aggression, she had felt weak, powerless, helpless and alone. She, who was always concerned by the well-being of those whom she regarded as her family, had in her turn need their support and their presence. But nobody was there. Nelson had shown her, her solitude in a brutal way.

Bo had granted only little bit time to their relationship from the beginning of her preparation for the "Dawning". Lauren had hoped after that they would have a chance to get together. But it was not! Bo, had even preferred to play the "wonder woman" with Dyson and Kenzi. Feeling tears come, Lauren began quickly mode war doctor. "Stop to stir up the past and advance soldier" said herself with the most possible conviction.

Her feet hurt and the clarity had fallen. She had to find a refuge for the night in the middle of nowhere. "Come on Lauren! Think a little… it should not be so complicated to survive one night under the stars for someone who had been campaigning in Afghanistan!"

Smoke! She clearly saw smoke hundred of meters in front of her. Hope of finding soul living in this hell gave her sufficient energy to move forward and make her forget the pain and fatigue.

But when she was close to the place, the hope of finding someone was low. Smoke was still there but she didn't see house. Where could it come?

A pickup! The smoke came from the vehicle down the road. The accident was recent. She did not how to react. As a doctor she had to rescue victims who were perhaps taken under the car. But she was a fugitive for all of the worlds of the universe, human and Fae… So she took some risks for her freedom and even for her life. Her heart and dedication as doctor won the battle where her neurons were engaged.

She ran down the steep slope, to skinning her face, her arms, to finally reach her target. "Is someone hears me? she asked, while the day decreased more and more. She continued to call moving forward cautiously. Suddenly she heard a groan and a voice: "here." She approached the driver's side. "Tamsin!"

"Can you move?"

"I think", she answered quickly. A cry of pain escaping from her mouth.

"Ok! Tell me where you are hurt?"

"I believe that my leg is broken and I am hurt in the abdomen, not to mention my head."

The front windshield was broken. Tamsin hit it but had not been ejected. She was still in the car that was on the roof.

"I have to get out of it if I want to have a chance to examine you. I'll take it easy, ok?"

"All right. Do fast, I feel that I'm starting to turn of the eye."

Lauren did fast. Tamsin had to be awake. Quickly and gently she managed to pull out her of the vehicle. Her state was concerned Lauren. As a Valkyrie she had several lives, but her regeneration was oddly slow.

She did not know much about Tamsin except she hated her because of she have done to Bo, without forgetting that famous kiss that she had launched her Lauren's face like a victory.

She quickly forgot her animosity to focus on injuries to Tamsin. She was internal bleeding and Lauren had nothing to stop it.

"It is not beautiful, huh!"

"Just try to stay with me. Why your cells are unable to regenerate? You should not even need me."

"Too many wars, too many lives left on battlefields and elsewhere", said Tamsin easily releasing a lock of hair from her head.

"I can't do much for you here. I would have to return to the complex to search assistance and equipment."

Not that this perspective to jump in to the lion's den was awesome for Lauren, but it was the only way to save the Valkyrie.

"See Lauren, you can't do that. And besides why would you? You hate me and I don't blame you. I didn't do anything to deserve your kindness" grimaced Tamsin under pain.

"I am a doctor that's all. Said Lauren leaving a smile emerging on her lips.

"Look in the pocket of my jacket"

Lauren fumbled with caution the cloth. She pulled out a syringe.

"What is this?" questioned Lauren.

"My Red Bull staff Doc", accompanying her response with a wink.

The injection was effective. In short time Tamsin had found colors and she managed to sit tucked away to the vehicle to retrieve a bit of energy. While Lauren was healed external wounds, Tamsin let out a cry:

"Dyson!"

"What Dyson?"

"He was with me in the car! You have not seen him?"

"No, I have not. Oh my god! He was probably ejected during the fall and the cowling."

"We have to go looking for him", said Tamsin trying to stand. But her legs did not responded to her wishes.

"You are too weak. And furthermore, the night is falling. Do you have a lamp in the car?"

"Yes. In the glove box."

Lauren took the lamp. Around the truck there was nothing. No wolf. She had to go back to the road. She squats to face with Tamsin.

"Listen! I'll go looking for him. I want you stay here. Don't move. Your wounds begin to consolidate but it is still very slow."

"Anyway, my members do not seem to want to listen to me. So I don't really have choice."

When Lauren got up to leave, a steady hand grabbed her arm.

"Lauren… promise me to be carful!" The Valkyrie set the Doc. On her face one could read the gratitude, sadness and especially a huge concern about Lauren.

Lauren sent her a smile while put her hand on the shoulder of the injured.

"Don't worry for me. But thanks you worry about my health"., joked Lauren in a last burst to give the courage she needed at this time.

"We will see soon… ok!?"

"Ok!"

Lauren was exhausted. Definitely, this day was endless. The night was quite dark. In her misfortune she was saying herself she was lucky because it was a full moon and the sky was clear. This would facilitate her research.

She did not dare call for fear of being picked up by the wrong people. She wanted to help but she wanted to avoid getting killed at the same time. After about two hours, her researches were always unsuccessful. She began to say that Dyson had gone to seek rescue for Tamsin and that finally the accident does had not caused him serious injuries. So, she decided to turn back to the car where the Valkyrie was waiting. Advancing to the glow of the moon and her flashlight she never saw the man approached her. He seized the doctor with one firm hand so she could not wrestle or escape. In the attack Lauren had dropped the lamp. Her back was against the chest of her assailant. She felt his breath on her neck.

"Who are you? Where am I and where are my companions?"

"Dyson" thought Lauren. She had recognized the voice of the wolf. She tried to say a word but the embrace of the man crushed her trachea. She could barely breathe. As if he had read in the thought of the young woman, he freed the Doc. She turned to face him. Trying to recover her voice Lauren managed to say a few words in a sigh.

"Dyson. It's me Lauren."

"How do you know my name? And where are we? Speaks!" shouted he.

Lauren was afraid by the attitude of the man she had saved a few hours earlier.

Although he appeared not physically injured, the accident had caused a resulting concussion with a memory loss. What worried even more Lauren, was that his current memory seemed to match his years of battle in Scotland… it meant a few hundred years back.

"Ok, Dyson. I'll try to explain but please calm down. I'm here to help you as I have done several times before today. Remember… Bo, Kenzi, Tamsin…"

"Stop! I don't know whom you are talking about. I don't understand anything. My head… my head hurts."

"I'm a doctor or healer if you prefer. Let me examine you."

"Me… do touch by a human! Never!"

Lauren began to be exasperated by the vindictive tone of the wolf which reminded her that for the Faes she was a pet or at best a slave used for her scientific knowledges. But they were both far from this world. They were alone, at night, and obviously she was the only person who could help him, and he should understand.

"Ok, wolf! You do as you want. I can let you die here in ignorance of the current world that surrounds you, or I can help you to recover your memory. What do you decide?" She let her anger explode.

Dyson was surprised that a human dares to stand up in this way. He was persuaded while remaining on guard.

Both began their descent towards Tamsin.

Voices were heard. Only few hundred meters separated them from Tamsin. Lauren forced Dyson in hiding, to find out who were these nocturnal visitors, She managed to figure out a discussion between two of them.

"How is she?"

"In shock but she seems ok."

"Did she see the human fugitive?"

"Apparently not. The Valkyrie was able to escape from the complex and in a panic she missed the turn to find herself at the bottom of the pit. Since she is waiting."

"And about Dyson?"

"No news. She only knows that he managed to escape like the most of faes kept captive."

"All right. Evacuate Tamsin and drive her to the Dome to allow her to be examinated by our doctors. Then tell the men to continue their research towards the complex of this Dr. Taft. We must know where he is and what are the genetic manipulation that have been made on our people in his lab."

Tamsin was safe. To the questions had asked her she remained vague. She sincerely hoped that Lauren would succeed to escape as far as possible from the Ash and the Morrigan. It was thanks to her if she was still alive and she would be eternally grateful. This human was real and sincere. She understood why Bo loved her so much, and she felt guilty for having made both suffer.