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Lauren could hear her phone ringing from its place on the counter without

"Dr. Lewis." The standard greeting left her mouth before she could even thinking about it, it was a habit so ingrained into her by years of slavery and years of residency before that.

"Lauren?" She could feel a shiver run down her spin. The voice on the other end sounded so familiar, one that she had been aching to hear for.

"Bo?!" She asked she needed to be sure that it was her, she needed to be sure that it was her and not someone who was trying to impersonate her.

She could see Dyson and Kenzi looking up at her, questions in their eyes. Just as she was about to reply she could hear that Bo was talking to her again.

"Yeah Lauren it's me. Look I have to make this quick, but I think something's wrong with me, like majorly wrong with me." Lauren could feel her heart clench at the thought. She needed to get Bo here, she needed to examine her, hopefully she would be able to reassure her. But Bo was right, something was more then likely wrong with her.

"Something feels off and it has for a long time, but please I need to get out of here where are you guys?" Bo told her, there was an increasing sound of panic in her voice. Lauren took a breath, she needed to remain calm, there was no need to alarm Bo. As much as she wanted to drive over there and drag her back her herself.

"Dyson's place." She could see Dyson and Kenzi looking at her with a curious expression on their faces, she mouthed to them Bo. She could see the look on their faces go from confusion to delight to worry in a matter of seconds.

For a few moments the other end of the phone was quiet. She lay the phone down on the counter in front of her and gesture to Dyson and Kenzi to come over. For a little while longer she waited for Bo to reply to her, waiting for her to reply, telling them that she was coming over.

"Bo? Bo are you still there?" Lauren called out as more time passed. She was beginning to worry when she got no response. She could practically feel the agitation radiating off of Dyson and the worry coming from Kenzi.

Finally she heard Bo mutter something into the phone, it sounded suspiciously like Rainer. She heard Bo repeat that name a few more times before she began to worry. Bo's voice sounded distant, almost dreamy.

Rainer had brainwashed her. She had been right. Shit. What could she do? Was there anything she could try? What if…

Lauren stopped herself and took a deep breath. Talk, just talk to her. That should be enough to break it, she seemed to be more likely lost in through, or whatever Rainer had done to Bo was starting to wear off. Maybe it just needed a little help along the way.

Quickly she brought the phone close to her. "Honey come back. Whatever is happening come back to us." She added looking around at Dyson and Kenzi who were smiling at her slightly. She nodded to them silently. "Come on Bo." She muttered into the phone.

She looked around at Dyson and Kenzi, she was wracking her brain to try and find a memory to use if she needed it, but Bo hadn't lost control she was brainwashed. Maybe hearing Dyson's voice or Kenzi's…

"Lo? Thanks." She heard Bo say into the phone, her voice sounding more distant. She could feel something in her breaking slightly at the use of Bo's nickname for her, one that she had only used for a little while towards the end. God what she wanted to do to Rainer for causing all of this… Lauren sighed and shook her head.

"What's going on?" She heard Kenzi ask her. Lauren looked up at her and shrugged. She brought her hand out and covered the microphone.

"So where do we go from here?" Dyson. He sounded calm, better then the frantic Kenzi. When Lauren look up at him she could see that there was a look of relief in his eyes. He shifted gazed back and forth between her and Kenzi. "What?"

Lauren sighed before she shook her head smiling. "The first thing to do would be for me to examine her, see if there is anything wrong with her physically. Afterwards draw some blood and run a battery of other tests, we figure out what he did to her and with luck how to break it."

"She seems to be doing fine on her own."

Lauren sighed before she rolled her eyes. "I just had to yell at her to bring her back Dyson, again."

She could see Dyson look at her before he grumbled slightly. "Why is it that when you do it, she comes back? When I do it I nearly get punched in the face." Lauren chuckled a little at the memory of Dyson yelling at Bo to come back to them when he saw her and Rainer.

Bo had nearly punched him before she started yelling at all of them. Lauren smiled a little sadly at that part of her memory, Bo had refused to listen to them, insisting that Rainer was a good man and that they needed to let her go.

Eventually Bo and Rainer had just walked away, refusing to talk to them ever since. This phone call was the first time in three days that they had heard from her.

"She's not saying anything. Do you think something is wrong? Should we go get her?" She could see Kenzi looking up at them, worry plain in her eyes.

"We have to trust Bo Kenz, she can take care of herself." Dyson told her back. Lauren sighed and was about to say something when she heard Bo speak again.

"Lauren? Am I on speaker?" She could hear something in Bo's voice, something had changed, there was a hardness that had not been there before. She sounded… resolute as if she had made her mind up about something. But at the same time there was a tremble in her voice, a sadness.

She couldn't help but wonder what was happening on the other end. Shaking her head she quickly responded "Yes."

She could hear Dyson and Kenzi call out greetings to Bo. But it would seem that she had not heard them and few moments later Lauren could hear Bo's voice on the phone.

"I love you all and I'm so sorry." Lauren could feel her heart clench at Bo's words. Did this mean that she was leaving them? That she was going with Rainer? Had he taken control of her again? She had been talking about coming to see them a few moments earlier.

"Lauren you be you, smart and sciency okay, and I am so proud of the person you're becoming. You deserve to be free, and I'm sorry I forgot that. Nobody own you, nobody ever has and nobody ever will." She could feel tears springing into her eyes as Bo began to speak to her.

I owe some of who I've become to you, for showing me that I was free, believing that I was when no one else did.

Bo what are you going to do?

"And be happy okay, live your life however you chose, but make sure you stay happy okay. Thank-you for being my anchor and my light, for always being there to bring me back."

Anchor? Light? What?

"I love you so much and I'm so sorry I'm such an idiot for not realizing it soon." Bo was telling her that she loved her, telling her that she loved only her. She knew that this must mean.

"Bo why…?" slipped out without her even realizing it. Her brain was still trying to process what she was hearing, what she had been told. Bo loved her and was apologizing for being an idiot.

Oh no.

Oh god.

This did not sound like an 'I will see you again' or an 'I'm leaving'. This sounded like goodbye.

Oh god. No.

Bo what are you doing? What are you going to do?

She could feel the tears starting to spring into her eyes, as she chocked them back. She looked at Kenzi who had a hand to her mouth, tears shinning in her eyes as if she knew what was happening.

"Dyson you take care of Kenzi for me okay?"

You're still going to be around to do that please don't… please don't sound like you're about to die for some stupid reason that you think is noble.

"I know that you're training her to be… something. So keep doing that. And please try and find a way to move on, you deserve to be happy. I'm sorry that I used you and that I did what I did to you. You're the best wolf friend a succubus could ask for." Bo's voice sounded sad, resolute, but also at peace.

Friend.

Dyson was Bo's friend? Since when? What?

Oh god. I love you and I'm an idiot.

Bo. Now? Of all times now?

You… now?

Of all times now?

Baby why? Why baby? You stupid...! Stupid.

She had never… she needed to tell Bo… but she had been afraid.

Oh god stupid woman!

Now of all times? Oh Bo, you've never been good at making decisions until you have to huh? You never have. Always so slow. Now of all times you tell me? Of course baby of course you stupid selfish woman.

She glanced over at Dyson who seemed to be blinking quite rapidly and often. She knew the signs, he was trying to fight the tears building up in his eyes. She could feel the tears starting to run down her cheeks and when she glanced over at Kenzi she could see the young woman's make-up was running.

She wondered if they were thinking the same thing that she was, that this was a goodbye. She handed her phone to Kenzi as she began to run around the room trying to gather the supplies to put into her kit. It had been taken out and scattered around a relatively small area, but because the phone was on speaker she could still hear the conversation as it kept going on.

She knew that Bo was about to do something noble, or something that she thought was noble and that would get her hurt. Except this time she thought she was going to die.

She was going to be damned if she let this woman die without telling her the truth.

She was damned if she was going to lose Bo before she got to yell at her for being an idiot.

She was not going to lose the woman she loved to her own stupid selflessness. Why of all times did she choose now to become selfless again?

She felt her hand drift absently to her abdomen for a moment before she shook her head.

Bo please let whatever you're doing not be stupid please don't let it be noble and self-sacrificing.

Please don't do something stupid before I can get there to patch you up.

Please Bo don't die.

"Kenzi?" She could hear the sound of Bo's voice cracking slightly on the other end, if you didn't know her you would never be able to tell but when she looked over at Kenzi she knew that the younger woman could tell. The tears in Kenzi's eyes had started to run down her cheeks, smearing her make-up, it was the first time she had ever seen Kenzi cry.

"Right here Bo." She could see Dyson walking over to stand next to Kenzi, pulling her into his side, draping an arm over her shoulder. Lauren quickly finished gathering the supplies she needed before she walked over to Kenzi and let a hand rest on her shoulder for a moment squeezing it as they listed to Bo talk.

"You be the Kenziest Kenzi ever okay? You were the sister I never knew I wanted and the best friend I could ask for. I'm so glad I saved you that day and I'm so thankful that you've been with me for all of this. Thank-you for being there for me through the break-ups the heartbreaks, the everything, and you take care of yourself okay? I love you so much little sister" Without saying anything Lauren pulled Kenzi into her a hug for a few moments as she felt the younger woman tremble against her. She took a deep breath chocking back her own tears.

She knew. If Bo was telling Kenzi this then it was goodbye as in I will never see you again. As in I'm going to die.

When she looked up at Dyson she could see a few tears leaking out of his eyes despite the fact he looked like he was trying to remain stoic. She picked up her kit in one head and reached out to tap Dyson on the shoulder with the other.

She tilted her head towards the door hoping that Dyson would get the message. She could see him look at her for a few moments before his eyes widened and he nodded. She turned around reached her hand out for the phone, she saw Kenzi hesitate for a few moments before she nodded and handed it to Lauren.

She saw Dyson mouth to her 'We'll be right behind you Doc. Go get her okay?'

The Crack shack was across the town but hopefully, hopefully she would be able to make it in time. She took off out of Dyson's gym/apartment and ran down to where her car was parked.

She knew that if she looked up she would see Dyson and Kenzi following behind her, no doubt taking Dyson's motorcycle.

Without even thinking she began to pull out of the drive way and head towards Bo's house. The place she had been a thousand times before.

"Tell Trick I loved him okay and that I'm sorry I couldn't listen to his warning? And if you ever see Aife and she is sane enough please tell her that I would have loved to get to know her better and that I wish I could know her as my mother and as a fellow succubus. But despite it all I love her because she's still my mother in a way." She could hear Bo's voice cracking on the other end as she no doubt fought to suppress tears. She could feel the wetness traveling down her own cheeks for a few seconds before she took a deep breath.

She had to ignore the feeling of her heart constricting, the lump forming at the back of her throat as she chocked back a sob that so desperately wanted to escape.

She pressed her foot a little harder on the gas. Each second she wasted was a second that Bo could get injured or worse. Every second she didn't hear Bo speak on the other end of the line was agony.

Every second she wasted was a moment she would never get back.

Every heartbeat that echoed in her ears was a countdown, to what she didn't know.

Every breath was another one wasted apart.

"Tell Tamsin that I never hated her and that this is not her fault." Lauren blinked back tears as she continued to stare ahead at the road, the longer Bo kept talking the more of a chance they had of getting there in time. "I made my own choice and I chose my own destiny right until the very end. I never hated her, and I hope that she finds herself. And tell her that her wings are beautiful; she'll understand what I mean. Tell her to be happy and to take care of herself."

Lauren felt her heart clench at the idea of having to communicate this to Tamsin, but at the same time if she didn't… if she couldn't…

I will get there in time. She could not lose Bo. Not to this, not because of her lover's own stupid selflessness.

She kept driving, she ignored most traffic laws, and she was not sure how many lights she speed through, she was only focusing on getting there in time, on stopping whatever Bo was about to do.

"Dyson, Lauren?" She heard Bo murmur, her voice sounded rough, used, tired, resigned.

No.

Drive faster. You have to drive faster.

"We're here Bo." A lie. She tried so desperately to keep her voice even, but she could hear the quiver, she could hear the tremble as she chocked back the rising sobs as she realized what was happening.

She shook her head.

Keep her on the line for as long as possible, keep her talking and you might get there in time. Every second she talks is another one she doesn't do something and someone doesn't do something to her.

"Make sure you threaten Hale for me please, I never got to fulfill my responsibility as best friend and big sister okay? Take care of Kenzi and yourselves." Lauren chocked back the sob that so desperately wanted to escape.

Bo you will get to do that, you will be there to threaten Hale to take care of Kenzi. You will be there for everything in her life. You will be around to make sure she is taken care of just like we will make sure to take care of you stupid.

Baby… please don't. She wanted to say so many things, tell Bo so many things.

But when she tried to speak, she couldn't find her voice. The only thing that came out was a half suppressed sob.

It was getting hard to see the road in front of her.

She knew she should pull over, that she was a danger to herself and to other right now. But she couldn't stop, she could not stop and she could never stop.

She never would stop, not if it meant saving Bo. Not if it meant saving her stupid idiotic lover.

"I love you all and I will never forget what you've done for me. I love you and I'm so sorry that this is goodbye." The dial tone.

No.

No. No.

You're last words do not get to be those same words you spoke to me before the battle with the Garuda.

You don't get to apologize. You do not get to say goodbye!

You are not gong to die today. She turned onto the street that contained Crack Shack.

Bo had better be there, she had better be there or else…

Stupid lover.

Her stupid girl.

Lauren laughed bitterly to herself at her own thoughts, even after all of this time, all of this heartbreak and all of the pain she still thought of Bo that way.

She speed up a little more, taking a deep breath and blinking back her tears.

She couldn't cry. She couldn't cry…

This was why doctors never treated family.

Lauren laughed at her own thoughts.

She pulled up outside of Bo's house, scrambled out of the car barely remembering to turn off the ignition and grab the keys.

She ran for the door only to find it was locked.

She kicked at it, and when the door open she ran in.

When she looked around the main floor she couldn't see anything. Had she been wrong?

No.

She stood still for a moment listening.

A groan. She could hear a familiar groan coming from one of the upper levels.

She ran towards the stairs, climbing up them as quickly as she could, her kit bumping against her hip as she ran upstairs.

If Bo was still making pained noises then it wasn't to late.

It hopefully wasn't to late.

Dyson and Kenzi were right behind her.

Hopefully she could…

She knew it was hopeless. She could see the blood trail on the floor coming form the upper level.

"I love you Lauren and I'm so sorry I'm such an idiot." She heard a voice murmur.

She heard something drop to the floor as she ran.

She ran towards the sound of the familiar voice.

The voice she loved so much.

The one that had whispered I love you in her ear when it's owner thought she was asleep.

The one that cried out her name with abandon in her most vulnerable moments.

The one that had lulled her to sleep after nightmares.

She ran into Bo's bedroom.

The moment she saw Bo she knew that it was hopeless.

She could feel the damn bursting as the tears started to spill down her cheeks a sob escaping as she ran forward.

She could see Bo curled up on her bed, on what used to be her side of the bed.

She could see Bo curled in on herself slightly, a small smile on her face.

"Bo please! Hang on please, Bo!" She could hear a voice crying those things out but she barely recongnized it.

She ran forward to the bed.

She could see a sword stuck through Bo, how it was still in she had no idea.

Without even thinking she sat down on the bed and lifted Bo into her lap.

"Please baby. Please just hang on." Lauren murmured as she frantically pressed her fingers to Bo's throat, she could feel her hands shaking when she mad contact with Bo's skin.

It was cold.

She couldn't find the pulse.

No!

No!

Bo had… oh god.

She buried her face in Bo's hair a she started to sob.

She had been to late.

Of course she had been to late.

They had always been star-crossed lovers.

Just like all star-crossed lovers they were doomed from the start.

One of them had died.

The other left to live on.

She pressed one hand to her abdomen and whispered. "I'm so sorry Charlotte, but I couldn't reach mama in time."