A/N: Glad you guys are liking it. I'm in the middle of writing a version for ep 7 which will be chapter 7 in this and I have never had a more complex challenge in my entire life. This season was so bad. And i have tortured myself by having to rewatch it.


Chapter 4: Everybody's Changing

Bo's Bedroom

About forty minutes into her nap, Bo awoke in a sweat. She just couldn't drift off without seeing flashes of something that felt like a memory. Only, it was blurry. She saw a figure of what appeared to be a man, but he had no face. In fact, he was just a dark silhouette.

She laid on her side, facing the wall with her hand grasping the handle of a dagger under her pillow. In a second, she felt a presence behind and her without wondering who it was; she rolled over and was prepared to strike. But she dropped the dagger when she saw who it was.

"Lauren? I'm so sorry!" She pushed the weapon away from her, "I didn't mean to, I just—" she felt terrible.

"Bo, it's okay" Lauren shushed her. "Hey? Look at me—" she held both sides of her face, leaning into her. "Breathe. Everything's fine. I'm here, just breathe with me" she inhaled with her, and then watched her exhale seconds after. "That's it. In and out. You're okay"

Bo's breathing returned to normal, "I don't know what's wrong with me" she sighed, going in for a hug. This felt right. She felt safe. "I'm so happy to be back, I just feel weird. Not knowing what happened to me is eating me up inside"

"No one said this was going to be easy" Lauren pulled back, and placed a lock of hair behind her ear with a smile. "Honestly, it's gonna take time. What you've been through—it'll take more than one night to move passed. But you will" she told her. "It'll get better"

"I hope so, because I hate feeling like this—so powerless" Bo had never felt more scared in her entire life. "I want you to know I'd never willingly attack you" she apologised again about the dagger. "If I'd hurt you—actually, I don't even wanna picture that. I'm sorry Lauren"

Smiling, Lauren waved a hand. "It's fine. And it's my fault, I startled you. The main thing is, we're both okay"

"I think maybe I need to work out these frustrations" Bo said, reaching to the nightstand to find her phone but it wasn't there. Because she didn't have a phone at the moment. "Mind if I use your phone to call Dyson?"

"For what?" Lauren asked.

"I just figured he could get me into that gym he goes to. Maybe I could hit the heavy bag for an hour or two. It might help me work out the chaos in my brain—" Bo noticed the look on Lauren's face. "Unless, you don't want me to call him? Did something happen between you guys while I was gone?"

Lauren laughed it off, "It's not important" she tried to stand up from the bed.

But Bo stopped her from leaving. "It is, if it has something to do with me. Lauren, you and Dyson were acting weird the second I stepped into the house. Tell me what happened" she had a right to know.

Over the course of the next ten minutes, Lauren told Bo what happened in the hours before she found her at the Jenkins' house. She told her how Dyson was always trying to play his Fae card. And that when it finally came time to cross the dimensions, he actually revealed a horrible truth.

That when she and Bo were dating last year, he had to hold himself back from physically hurting her. All because of his territorial Wolf nature. She finished by repeating what he said about her not being useful because of her Humanity.

Bo was sickened. She physically felt sick. She knew Dyson was a douche at times but this really took the cake. "I don't know what to say" she was speechless.

"I'm over it" Lauren said.

"You shouldn't have to be over something like that" Bo replied. "I can't believe he would say those things to you. He has no right" she was so angry.

This was why Lauren didn't want to bring it up. Getting Bo worked up after what she'd been through wasn't healthy. "It doesn't matter to me. You know what does?" She gave her a kiss. "This. You and me. How about we forget about Dyson?"

Smiling into the next kiss, Bo kept it going. "Forgotten" she deepened the kiss. Suddenly, she felt the pangs of hunger start to resurface. She hadn't fed properly since she'd been back. Fearing that she'd hurt Lauren, she pulled away. "Sorry" she closed her eyes, pushing the hunger down.

Like she'd done so many times before.

"It's okay" Lauren needed a second to recover from that kiss. "But you can't keep starving yourself. Why don't you go find someone to feed from?"

Sighing, Bo turned back to her. "Won't that put us in the same boat we were in a few months ago? With you sharing me with others when you shouldn't have to? I don't wanna put you through that again" it killed her enough the first time.

But this time was different. "You're not putting me through anything. Besides, your Dawning was the reason for your big appetite back then. That's not an issue anymore. So, maybe you won't need to feed as much" Lauren was theorising it but it could've been possible.

"I guess" Bo wasn't sure, but it sounded plausible. "Okay, I'll go and be back within the hour. It's not like I need to heal or anything, so it'll just be chi. Do you wanna wait here?"

Lauren didn't have a choice unfortunately. "I kinda have to. Kenzi's gone to the Dal to meet Hale, and reborn or not—someone has to stay with Tamsin. Besides, it's safer if I'm here. Bounty Hunters are everywhere" she was better off staying.

That was another thing Bo had to deal with. "I won't let any of them get you, I promise" she kissed her. "I'm back now. And as long as I'm around, the Una Mens won't harm a hair on your head"

"If you say so" Lauren just smiled. Bo hadn't met them yet, so she didn't know just how powerful they were. Or what they were capable of. "Just go, and be careful"

Bo jumped off the bed, "I will" she slipped into some jeans and boots before leaving the house.

After she left, Lauren found herself falling asleep. It had been such a long morning. And she didn't get much sleep last night. She was unsure of how long she'd been napping, but immediately shot up when she heard a scream.

She ran for the stairs.

Downstairs

When she got there, she saw that all the furniture was gone. And Tamsin was left in the living room, only she wasn't a little girl anymore. "Albert Einstein" she gasped at her sight. Tamsin had suffered some kind of growth spurt. And her hair had taken the brunt of it. "Oh wow"

"I'm hideous!" Tamsin shrieked.

"Hideous?" Lauren frowned. "No, you're not. You're—" she didn't have an answer. "It's just a normal part of growing up. I guess Valkyries age faster than other Fae. Did you see what happened to the furniture?" She looked around at the empty house.

Tamsin covered herself up with a blanket, the clothes she had on had shrunk. "I woke up and these two guys were taking everything. They looked at my face and ran, probably because I'm so ugly! And then, this happened" she looked down at herself.

Lauren walked over to her and gave her a hug. "Okay, don't worry. Everything's gonna be fine"

"Umm" Bo entered the house along with Kenzi who was just getting back from the Dal. "What the hell happened? And where's all of our stuff?" She looked at the person Lauren was hugging. Feeling a little jealous. "Who's she?" Her Girlfriend mouthed to her that it was Tamsin. "Oh, how'd that happen?"

Shrugging, Lauren was as confused as she was. "No idea"

Kenzi looked at Tamsin. "Oh my god, the hair!" She whispered in disbelief. That was a lot of curls. "We've been robbed! What the hell are we gonna do?!" All her stuff—her precious belongings, were all gone.

"Okay, everyone calm down!" Bo said. "We're gonna find out who did this. Lauren? Go get Tamsin dressed in something less—snug" She noticed her pulling her shirt down all the tome.

Lauren began to walk Tamsin towards the stairs, "What're you gonna do?" She asked Bo.

"I am going to the Police station to see Dyson, maybe he can get a lead on the robbers. And before you say anything—no, I won't mention what we talked about earlier. That'll come later. One problem at a time. Right now, I want my stuff back"

Kenzi was all for that. "I'll go with you" She wasn't letting her go alone. "I just don't get it though. I set up that ignis rim Trick gave me. No malicious Fae should've been allowed to enter. So, how did these jack-holes get in?"

"That's assuming they're Fae" Lauren said. "If they're Human, they could enter without being restricted by the rim. Tamsin said they were dressed head to toe in black, and even had masks on. It's not much to go on but—"

"We've started with less before" Bo replied. She gave Lauren a kiss goodbye and hen dragged Kenzi out the door. After feeding she was feeling a lot stronger. And as she said earlier, she didn't sleep with anyone. Just took their chi. It was a clean way of feeding.

That, and she didn't want to end up with the same problem as before. With her and Lauren on the rocks because of her stupid hunger.

"Okay, come on" Lauren pushed Tamsin towards the stairs. "Let's get you into some new clothes. And find a brush or an iron, for that hair" triple heart surgery was probably a walk in the park compared to tackling that hair.

39th Division - Later

After hearing what happened, Dyson began making a list of things that were missing from the house. "So, they got the furniture, throw pillows, the TV, some tables, tiki lights, all of your erotic novels, and other things. Sound about right?"

"And Geraldine!" Kenzi told him to write it down. "I feel naked without her" she admitted sadly.

"Could this be the Una Mens?" Bo asked him. It was hard for her not to jump down his throat after what Lauren told her. But right now, she had to find the assholes who robbed her home. He told her that this wasn't their thing, they weren't interested in material objects. "So who could it be then?"

He tapped his pen on his pad. "Could've been just a random robbery. I mean, it's not like you live in a safe neighbourhood. And even with the ignis rim, Humans could still enter" that didn't really give them much to go on.

Kenzi suddenly got a message on her phone, she was trying to get in contact with Massimo so she could get more of his sparkle cream. "I gotta take a call, one of my idiot cousins. You know how it is" she slipped out of the room and went to the exit.

"How're you feeling?" Dyson asked Bo. He hadn't really had a chance to talk to her yet.

Bo just smiled, "Fine. Little on edge, but otherwise okay"

He reached over and placed his hand on hers. "Well, I can help with that. You must be hungry after being away so long"

Jesus.

He was a literal dog with a bone.

She looked at his hand, and just laughed as she pulled hers away. "I was, but I fed earlier. I told Lauren I would let it go for now, but you know what?" she stood from her chair. "I can't. She told me what you said to her. About how you told her you're basically better than her in every way because you're Fae and she's just a human. Did I miss anything?"

"Bo, I—"

"You what?" She folded her arms. "You're sorry? I'm not the one you insulted. And how dare you say those awful things to her. But the one thing I'm really having trouble with, is the part about you wanting to rip her away from me" she quoted his words. "Is that actually true?"

There was no going back now.

"Yes" He said.

Bo stared at him. "And you don't think there's anything wrong with that?"

"Of course I do" he got up and walked to the end of the room. "But I can't help it. It's my Wolf. To me, you're my mate. It's my nature to be territorial. There's nothing I can do" he felt stupid saying these things too.

"Well you better figure something out" Bo told him. "Because Lauren's not going anywhere. I love her, and I won't apologise for that. You're my friend Dyson, and I do love you. But that's as far as it's gonna go for us" it was harsh, but she had to listen to her heart.

He felt his heart break, she'd made it clear. "Did you always know?" He's been wondering this whole time. "That your feelings for Lauren were greater? I mean, was even your first choice?"

It was time for the brutal truth. A few months ago, Bo would've been too scared of hurting his feelings, but after what she'd been through—she realised that there was no time to waste.

"No" she answered. "It was always her, even when I didn't want it to be" she remembered how betrayed she felt when Lauren told her the Ash sent her as distraction that night four years ago. But that betrayal was nothing compared to how heartbroken she was at the fact that the person she'd fallen in love with, turned out to be a liar.

Fours years was a long time.

And in one year of that, they'd gotten together and Bo realised that everything she thought about Lauren back then—about her being the right choice for her heart, was true. Lauren was the one, and nothing would change that.

Not a Wolf.

Not a Loki.

Not even a new tall handsome stranger.

"I see" he bowed his head, trying to recover from the pain in his heart. "Then I guess everything worked out huh?" He forced a smile.

And Bo could feel the pain behind it. It hurt her to know she caused it, but why should she feel guilty for following her heart? "I wish things could've been easier. I do. But this is my choice. And you really need to respect it" she went for the door, but stopped and turned back. "And apologise to Lauren. She saved your life at Taft's, you owe her" she left and slammed the door behind her.

He knew she was right. Whatever their differences in the past, Lauren was a good person. She made it possible for him to survive Taft's experiment. And gave him the means to avenge every Fae he hunted.

His feelings for Bo would never go away, but that was something he had to deal with. Before, he never imagined he would get his love back. But Kenzi made that a reality. He couldn't expect Bo to wait for him. He knew for a fact he wouldn't have if the situation were reversed.

And now that he'd had time, he realised that his words to Lauren were horrible. And an apology was something he should give her, but he didn't know if he could face her just yet.

He needed time.

Clubhouse

In the time Bo and Kenzi had been gone, Lauren had been getting somewhere with Tamsin. She was acting more polite, she paid attention when Lauren said something, and she followed orders. Though, that could've been the Valkyrie in her. As a race they were soldiers, and they liked having a purpose.

After a long time, and lot of hair product; Lauren was able to untangle Tamsin's curls again. Her hair was shiny, straight, and lustful. And not a single hair got trapped in the brush. She was forced to use one from Bo's room because the robbers took Kenzi's. "Not a single strand, it's incredible" she was amazed by it.

"Can I have cheese puffs now?" Tamsin asked it with a tone. And immediately saw Lauren's face. She needed to do that again. "I mean, may I please have some cheese puffs now?"

"You may, they're on the counter" Lauren smiled, she'd pulled off a miracle with this. Tamsin was a nightmare before. Now, she was still a nightmare; but a polite nightmare with manners.

Tamsin beamed happily. "Thank you!" She ran off to get the bag of delicious corn snacks.

Lauren was just cleaning up in the kitchen. When the robbers came and went they left a mess. She was just sweeping up when she heard the door open. "You've been gone a while. Everything go okay at the station?"

Bo frowned, "How'd you know it was me?" She hadn't uttered a peep as she entered. And Lauren had her back turned. Why didn't she think she was another intruder?

Spinning around, Lauren just shrugged. "Just a feeling. Are you guys okay?" She noticed Kenzi was a little shaken.

"Define okay" Bo was still a little pissed.

After leaving the station, she noticed some guys throwing a hood over Kenzi's head as they tried to abduct her. She saved her in time, but Kenzi told her why they were after her and also, that she knew who robbed their house.

"You need to tell us everything Kenzi. Who robbed us? You said you owe someone money, right?" She got that much out of her before they got home. "How much, and to who?"

Kenzi pulled them away from Tamsin, she didn't want her hearing this. "A little over five grand" she saw them widen their eyes. "And it's Massimo"

Bo knew that name. "Druid, Massimo?"

"You know him?" Lauren asked.

"Yeah, I do" Bo told her. "And he sucks" she told them how Massimo was the one who helped Tamsin try to kill her. But whatever potion he gave her didn't work. "How the hell have you been paying him off?"

That was something Kenzi was disgusted to admit. "I've kinda been stealing from Trick" Bo got angry. "Only little things that he wouldn't miss. Turns out all the nick nacks in his lair are valuable. I'm totally gonna pay him back, honest"

Lauren told Bo she'd be right back, and ran upstairs to get her duffle. When she came back she dropped it on the floor and dug around inside it. "Five grand, right?" She counted the bills in her hand. "Here" she gave the cash to her Girlfriend. "Go get your stuff back"

"What?" Bo looked at the cash in her hands. She'd never held this much money before. "Lauren, no. This isn't your job. You're not our cash cow. Bailing us out isn't your problem. We can't take this" she placed the money back in her hands.

"How else are you gonna get your stuff back?" Lauren asked. Cash was easier sometimes. If you had it. Luckily, she did.

Bo loved her for offering, but this wasn't how she did things. "My way" she told her to keep the money, and she'd find out a way to get the stuff back herself. "Come on, we're gonna pay the Druid a visit" she told Kenzi. "Are you okay to stay here?" She turned back to Lauren.

She just smiled. "Not like I have anywhere else to be. Just—"

"Be careful" Bo kissed her. "I know" she took Kenzi's arm and dragged her out the house.

Tamsin skipped over to Lauren. "Cheesy?" She offered the bag to her with a smile.

"No thanks" Lauren appreciated her thinking of someone else. It showed the discipline was paying off. "Come on. I saw a game of monopoly in Bo's closet. Let's play"

"Awesome!" Tamsin followed her upstairs, full of excitement.

Massimo's Lair – Later

As they entered his dwelling, Bo and Kenzi saw all of their furniture plus their belongings. And not only that, but he was burning things a little at a time. He congratulated Bo on her homecoming while he mixed something in his bubbling crock pot.

"What'd you care anyway?" Bo asked. "You were the one who gave Tamsin that potion to kill me. Which by the way, ended up being a dud" she was proud to say that.

Massimo tasted his mixture, "Did it?" He turned to her. "No one said it was meant to kill you. The potion was meant to mark you—allow you move through the dimensions. Someone paid a high price to make that happen"

"Who?" Bo approached him, wanting to know more. "Who paid you?!"

He smirked. "Wouldn't you like to know?" He wasn't telling her anything. "But that's not what you came to talk about, is it? No. You're here, because Kenzi racked up a bill she can't pay. Taking your stuff was a mercy, half of it's junk anyway"

"Geraldine!" Kenzi picked up her precious katana. "I'm gonna get you the money, okay. I just need a little more time"

He shook his head. "Sorry, but you're out of that. But you know what? I'm gonna give you a chance to clear your debt in a few hours. I need a rare herb, native to Japan. Your blonde medical kit might know where to find it. How's she been? I hear a lot of people are looking for her"

Bo's eyes flashed blue. "She's not your concern"

"Ooh, big bad Succubus defending her lady's honour" he chuckled at the sight. "Must be love, huh? Just get me the herb, and Kenzi's debt will be forgotten"

"What about our stuff?" Kenzi asked.

He looked around, there wasn't much left. "Once I get the herb, you'll get back what I haven't burned. Trust me, I did you a favour. Those throw pillows?" He made a face. "Yikes" they were awful.

"I'll get the herb" Bo said. "But if you ever mess with Kenzi again?" She leaned forward, stopping just before his face. "I'll kill you" she smiled.

Turning around, she left with Kenzi.

Lauren's Old Apartment – Later

After picking up Lauren, Kenzi and Bo took her over to her old apartment. It was risky to be in the open, but Lauren told them that unless she went with them they wouldn't know what plant it was or where to find it. Tamsin was fine taking a nap in Kenzi's room. No one was going to break in again.

They were sure about that.

Luckily, the Light Fae hadn't changed the locks in the months she'd been away. Lauren's key got them in, and as she stood there; she felt very weird.

Bo turned to her, watching her look around. "You okay?"

Nodding, Lauren smiled. "Yeah, just a little strange being here after everything. You know?"

"I do" Bo held her hand. "Come on, let's find this plant" she brought her further inside. They both stood before the living green wall, she always wondered why Lauren had this here. "How the hell can you tell these weeds apart?"

Lauren chuckled at her face; she was so confused. "Don't feel too badly. It took me years. I think I kept a book of all the plants and what they looked like, it should be around here somewhere" she let go of her hand and went in search of the book.

Bo went to the living room, and saw Kenzi sitting on the couch with her feet up. "Plan on helping at all Kenz?" She kicked her leg off the coffee table. "Because this is your mess we're trying to clean up here"

"How many times do I have to say I'm sorry?" Kenzi knew she was still mad about the stealing. "I told you, I'm gonna come clean with Trick. As soon as his Troll dies of natural causes" she didn't want him setting it loose on her.

"Jesus Kenzi, when're you gonna take responsibility for your actions?" Bo was sick of this. "You could've told me what was happening once I got back, but you lied to me. We're sisters Kenz, we don't have secrets"

Glancing at Lauren, Kenzi had the same thought after hearing Bo's words. It was time to spill. "I kissed Dyson!" She blurted out.

Bo stared at her, blankly.

Kenzi felt good for getting it out, but also bad for doing it in the first place. "It was while we were suffering from the memory glitch. I had no idea who you were, and it just kinda happened—"

"I don't care" Bo said.

They kind of caught Kenzi off guard. "You don't?"

Bo shook her head, "Why would I? What we had was a long time ago, and I'm happy with Lauren. It doesn't bother me, and I'm not mad. A little surprised though. I figured if you'd get with anyone it would be Hale" she always sensed a vibe from them.

To hear that Bo didn't feel anything knowing Kenzi kissed Dyson, made Lauren smile. It meant she wasn't paranoid. Bo really did love her.

"That's the thing, I think I only want to kiss Hale. I might like—love him, I don't know" Kenzi sighed. She was confused. Hale was her best friend. And now she felt something more for him. "How do you know when you're sure?"

What if it ended badly?

Bo turned her head, looking at Lauren who was climbing on a step ladder to reach the herb on the wall. She'd never been more sure of loving her. "When you know, you know. Trust me" she looked at Kenzi with a smile.

"Got it!" Lauren yelled from where she stood. Of course, the herb they needed was all the way up the top of the wall. She climbed down the ladder, and waved it in her hand. "Let's go!" She waved them towards the door.

As the three of them tried to leave, the threshold of the door lit up with blue flames. "What the frack?" Kenzi almost got singed.

"Did you rim the door?" Bo asked her friend, she told her no. "It must've been Massimo. He knew we'd be here. But why? He said he needed the herb"

"Unless it was a diversion?" Lauren said. "Get us to come here, and trap us in while we looked for what he wanted. He probably doesn't even need it" she threw the herb onto the couch.

To figure out why he did this, Bo asked what Kenzi saw in Massimo's lair that was theirs. She listed a few things, and also her hairbrush. She knew that Lauren used that hairbrush on Tamsin, and also knew that Massimo was obsessed with her. And that the robbers must've told him they'd seen a blonde girl in the house.

"Tamsin is who he's been after all this time?" Lauren was a little worried about her. In the short time she'd been watching her, she'd developed a little attachment to her. What if he hurt her?

"Valkyrie hair is mad valuable" Bo said. "We need to get to her, how do we disable the rim?" Then it came to her. "Wait! Humans can pass through without restriction. You're up babe" she tapped Lauren's arm.

She was the only one who could leave. Kenzi's sparkle cream made the rim think she was Fae so she couldn't pass the rim.

"Uh, I don't think I can" Lauren stuttered.

Bo led her to the door, "Lauren, it's fine. It won't burn you. You'll be okay, don't be scared"

"That's not what I'm worried about actually" Lauren stepped towards the door, and reached her hand out. The rim lit up, and blocked her exit. "That's what I thought"

"It only blocks out Fae" Kenzi said. "Why isn't it letting you leave?"

Lauren looked at them with a bashful smile. "Probably because I'm not Human anymore. Well, not entirely anyway" She revealed her herself. Showing them her yellow eyes. "I wanted to tell you"

"I uh—" Bo was lost for words. "What the—what did you do?"

Explaining, Lauren told them all about her last day at Taft's observatory. After Dyson's surgery, she swiped a few samples from the lab and ran. About three weeks on the run, she noticed she was being followed. And on a few occasions, she was attacked. She was lucky to escape with her life, and knew that it was only the beginning.

They'd keep coming.

And there was nothing she could do to fight them because she was Human. She had to be more. She remade herself in the same way she made Taft. She didn't even check the label on the sample, and injected herself with the bone marrow. She went to sleep, and when she woke up she had heightened senses unlike anything she'd ever experienced.

Speed.

Strength.

Agility.

Healing.

Everything she'd ever wanted.

She thought she'd stuck herself with a syringe full of Dyson's DNA, and when she thought that she immediately kicked herself. But it turned out that wasn't the sample she used.

"So, what are you?" Kenzi asked. Why was everyone Fae but her?

"Half Human" Lauren said. "Half Wendigo. At first I thought—oh god, I'm gonna transform into a monster. But then two months passed, and nothing happened. I think my Human side stops me from turning. I still have all the abilities, just minus the hairy parts" it was really neat.

Wendigos weren't the most attractive creatures. So the fact that she never had to turn, was music to her ears.

Bo then realised something. "That's how you could sense me earlier. You smelled my scent?" She got a nod from her.

"Are you mad?" Lauren asked, stepping towards her.

"Mad?" Bo laughed. "Why would I be mad? This is what we've always wanted right? Forever. And now we can have it. Assuming you age as slowly as I do?" She wasn't sure.

Lauren confirmed it with a nod. "I broke into a free clinic and used their lab about a week after I injected myself. Did some tests, and found that my cells have slowed right down. Meaning, I age at the same rate you do"

The one thing that held them back.

Gone.

With a simple injection.

Kenzi watched them embrace. "Uh, hello?!" She pointed to the door. "This doesn't solve our problem. I know how to disable the rim, but we can't get out of here to get the stuff we need" Trick showed her how.

"How do we make you stop sparking?" Bo asked. If Kenzi was back to her Human self, she could cross the rim without getting burned.

"I don't know" Kenzi shrugged. "It just kind of runs out. I guess I could wash it off with a shower, I just really don't feel like getting my hair wet. But you know it has been a while, I should wash it" she sat on a chair.

Bo looked at Lauren, pointing to an ice bucket by the sink. She silently told her to fill it up with water. She had an idea. Kenzi continued to ramble on, asking Lauren what her conditioner was like. With the bucket full, Bo poured it over her friend.

Kenzi spat out some water after getting over the shock. "That's one way to do it" she got up from the chair. "Okay, I'll be back as soon as I can" she crossed the threshold of the door without getting burned.

Leaving Lauren and Bo by themselves.

"You know, I think I might have something that'll disable the rim. Take a look around for a small jar of rock salt. It's potent, it might be able to spoil the balance of the rim mixture and render it powerless" Lauren went off in search of it.

Bo smiled, her Girlfriend always had a theory. She loved how her big brain worked. While Lauren looked around in the kitchen, Bo went to her desk. She sat on the chair as she searched the drawers, but stopped when she found a gift box in the middle one. The little red card had her name on it.

"What's this?"

Lauren turned around, and saw what she was holding. Damn, she forgot all about that. "Umm, I meant to give that to you after your Dawning. But then everything happened, and we broke up" she walked over to the desk. "Open it"

Getting gifts wasn't something Bo was used to. And she hated that she didn't get anything for her. She pulled the ribbon, and picked up the card to read the contents. "For giving me the freedom to love, and I do" she opened the box, and saw the most beautiful necklace. "I can't believe you did this"

"It was nothing" Lauren smiled, thinking nothing of it.

But Bo didn't have the same thought. "No, it's everything" she got up and stood next to her. "You know, I wasn't sure what real love felt like until I met you. What I had with Kyle was teenage infatuation. But with you, it's real. I love this" she held the necklace in her hands. "And I love you"

Lauren welcomed a kiss from her, "And the whole Wendigo thing? Are you sure you're okay with that?"

"I don't care what you are Lauren" Bo rand a hand down her face lovingly. "I love you, for who are as a person. Nothing else matters to me" she honestly didn't care. As long as Lauren remained the kind, selfless person she was then Bo would love her regardless.

Being newly turned, Lauren's emotions were all over the place right now. Which was why she convinced Bo to feed off someone else earlier. She wanted to be with her completely, but wasn't sure if she could control this primal instinct. What if she ended up hurting her?

After Bo's declaration, she almost cried. Her emotions were extremely heightened. Instead, she took the necklace from Bo's hands, "May I?" She offered to put it on and waited for Bo to turned around. She placed it over her chest, and secured the clasp around her neck. "Perfect"

Looking down, Bo touched the pendant. "I don't know what I'd do if you weren't here" she turned to her.

"You don't have to worry about that, ever again" Lauren have her a hug. "I'm not going anywhere" she spoke in her ear.

Suddenly, the lights in the apartment went out. They broke apart but remained close to each other. In a few seconds, the light returned. "What the hell was that?" Her heart raced. "Could this be the Wanderer?"

Lauren held her hand, she could smell Bo's fear. One of her new skills as a Wendigo. "I don't think so" she felt something behind her, so she turned her head. Nothing was there. "Wait here" she went to inspect it.

Bo stood there, and found herself in darkness again. "Lauren?" She felt like a wuss, but who could blame her? She was still suffering from Wanderer PTSD. Just as the lights returned again, Bo felt a sharp pain in her hand. "Ow!" She saw a gaping wound on her wrist.

"Jesus!" Lauren ran over, the smell of blood was intense. But she could push it back. "Is that a bite mark?" She frowned at it.

Just then, Bo noticed a statue sitting on Lauren's kitchen counter. "I think it is. And it came from that!" She pointed with her good hand.

They both looked at it, it was a Gargoyle. It smiled as it had Bo's blood dripping from its mouth. Then with a flash of light it disappeared.

"I'm here!" Kenzi called out, and scrambled the rim with her special device. "One rimless door, as requested. What happened?" She saw Bo's bleeding arm as Lauren was tending to it. "Were you guys attacked?"

Lauren grabbed some gauze from her desk, she always kept extra in there. "Yeah, by a Gargoyle!" She wrapped the gauze with a bandage.

"Massimo has Gargoyles doing his dirty work now?" Kenzi wondered. What more could he throw at them?

"No" Lauren said. "Gargoyles serve a higher calling. They follow the orders of their masters. Council members and High Elders. He didn't send it, someone else did" she knew from experience.

Bo guessed who it was. "Someone like, the Una Mens?" Her Girlfriend gave a nod. "Okay, first thing's first—we check on Tamsin, then we get our stuff back from that asshole. Let's go!" She took Lauren's hand as Kenzi followed them out of the apartment.

Massimo's Lair – Later

Today had been a whirlwind.

Bo was meant to be taking it easy now that she was back but problems kept arising. They managed to get Tamsin back from Massimo, but she had suffered another growth spurt in the meantime and was back to her adult self, minus the brain development. She still acted very child like, and was still very attached to Lauren, much to Bo's annoyance.

Massimo wanted to take her hair, and make it into some kind of revitalising Druid mixture to please his Mother—whoever she was.

But Bo stopped him, thankfully. She got Tamsin out and Lauren took her home after they saw her sprout wings. Lauren said that a Valkyrie only shows her wings on her last life. Which meant that Tamsin was no longer able to be reborn after death.

Bo didn't want Massimo to get what he wanted, so she tossed the hair he'd taken from Tamsin into his pit of lava. When she tried to make good on her promise of killing him for going after her roommates, she tasted in his chi that he was Human. That's how he was able to get into their house, without getting restricted by the rim.

Why would the Dark Fae have a Human Druid?

The Light had Lauren because she was brilliant, but Massimo was nothing compared to her. And the Dark hated Humans. They treated them like pets. It confused her.

Massimo reverted to a child like state after being confronted by Bo. "Why are you doing this for Kenzi? You're Fae, she's just a Human—"

"No!" Bo yelled. "Kenzi, is family. Go after her again, I dare you" she wasn't playing around anymore. Her family was the only thing that mattered to her in this messed up world.

And no one was taking them from her.

She turned to leave, when Massimo suddenly jumped into the lava pit to retrieve Tamsin's hair. She felt a little bad for making him kill himself. But she also smiled, because why should she care? All he did was try and hurt them?

Sparing the bad guy wasn't always necessary.

Clubhouse – Kenzi's Room

In all the years she'd been in and out of this house, Lauren had never once seen where Kenzi slept. She honestly thought she slept on the couch, or in the bathtub. But she had a bedroom, full of her precious wigs, and covered in twinkly lights. And she had two beds, so Tamsin could sleep too.

Lauren was just in the middle of telling Tamsin a story, she asked for one so she could sleep. It was a little funny. Telling an adult a bedtime story. But Tamsin's brain was still developing. She was just coming to end of the story when Tamsin began to fall asleep. "And they all lived, happily ever after" she pulled the covers over her.

"You're really good at that" Kenzi whispered as she climbed the stairs. "I can totally see you being a kick ass Mom one day"

Laughing quietly, Lauren took a seat on Kenzi's bed. "That's the last thing on my mind right now. How're you feeling about going cold turkey?" She knew that Kenzi didn't have her sparkle magic anymore.

And with Massimo's debt clear, she wasn't intending to order more. It just wasn't worth it.

"Not so good" Kenzi sighed. "But I'm glad I'm not on the hook with Massimo anymore. I just, wanted to be more than what I was. What about your new Faeness?" She turned to her. "Is there any way you can replicate that on me?"

Lauren knew this question was coming. "Honestly, I didn't even know it would work on me. But at the time, I was desperate. I was being hunted, and thought this was the only option I had to survive. It could've killed me"

"But, it didn't. So, could you do it again? Only this time, I'll be the one who gets shot up" Kenzi was willing to try anything. "How big of a needle are we talking here?" That was important.

"Pretty big" Lauren demonstrates with her fingers. She watched Kenzi shiver at the thought. "But a patient is always put to sleep before it's performed. I however, didn't have that luxury"

Kenzi realised what she meant. "You mean you went through it without drugs? How painful was it?"

Lauren still felt the twinge in her hip from where she injected herself. "Too painful to describe. Regardless of all that, are you sure that's what you really want? We'd have to get the bone marrow from a Fae creature for it to work. I don't have any laying around unfortunately" she only swiped that one sample.

"What about Bo?" Kenzi wondered. If she could be injected with Bo's DNA, then that would make them sisters. For real.

"One day at a time Kenzi" Lauren didn't know if putting Bo through a horrible procedure was what she needed right now. "We can talk about it in the morning. But ultimately—without a lab, I'm useless"

No lab, meant no equipment, no equipment meant to research, and no research meant a very unemployed Dr. Lewis.

"That, you ain't Doc" Kenzi nudged her arm with a smile. Lauren was always a helper, even when she had no reason to be.

Putting her Wendigo senses to use, Lauren heard Bo return home from downstairs. "Bo's home. I'm gonna go see if she's okay. Are you good here?"

"Yeah, I think I might take a nap myself. It's been a long day" Kenzi laid on her bed, taking a page out of Tamsin's book.

Lauren left her in peace as she made her way down the stairs.

Bo's Bedroom

Bo was in the middle of getting changed, black was always best when trying to strike fear into someone. So she opted for an all black outfit. She was just zipping up the fly on her leather pants when she saw Lauren come in. "How's Tamsin?"

"Out like a light" Lauren smiled, "Thank god. Are you going somewhere?" She noticed her Girlfriend was wearing her 'I mean business' boots.

Nodding, Bo grabbed a black blazer from her closet. "I'm gonna pay the Una Mens a visit, and tell them what they can and cannot do while they're in my town" she pulled her hair out of the back of her jacket.

"I'm going with you" Lauren said.

"No" Bo shook her head, turning to her. "You're at the top of their hit list. I don't want you anywhere near them. Just stay here, it's not like they can do anything to me anyway. I'm Unaligned. I'd feel much better knowing you're here, where it's safe" she didn't want to worry about her.

But safe was a loose term right now. Especially in Lauren's case. She was a wanted woman everywhere. "Okay, then I guess I'll stay. Just be careful, they're not like any other Elder you've faced. For one thing, they don't have feelings. So if you're hoping to put the fear of God in them, you're wasting your time"

"Then I guess the fear of Bo will have to do" Bo gave her a kiss on the lips. "Don't wait up for me babe" she winked at her before jetting off out the door.

She was starting to feel like her old self again.

The Una Mens' Chamber – Later

The level of creepiness in this place was off the charts.

It was dark, damp, and smelled like shit.

Bo made her way through to where the Una Mens all stood in a group. "Seriously guys, a dehumidifier would change your life" it was way too moist in here. She noticed the Gargoyle on her way in, it still had her blood over its mouth.

"We did not summon you" The Keeper said.

Addressing her, Bo stepped forward. "Yeah, that's the thing. I'm not much for being summoned. I go where I want, when I want. And if someone comes after me, I deal with them. I will never follow your rules, so if you want to kill me for that—" she stepped closer to her. "Go ahead and try"

"We are not interested in your proposition. We intended to eliminate the Unaligned Succubus" The Keeper heard her say that was who she was. "Not according to our Gargoyle. It read your blood, and knows what side you've chosen"

Bo froze. What? A side? She didn't choose sides, that's why she was Unaligned. "What side?"

The Keeper stared at her. "You are Dark"

And just like that, Bo's world came tumbling down once more.