A/N: Next one!

Chapter 4: Kamikaze

The Clinic

This was a nightmare.

Ethan, Shay and Patrick continued to bleed out from the scars on their chests. Bo and Lauren were powerless to help them, Charlie too. But as Bella watched on, she could feel something strange in the air. Something linked to magic. She bent down next to Ethan, who was being held by Lauren. They were trying to stop the bleeding, but it was no use.

Bella placed the palm of her hand on his wound, pressing down hard and closing her eyes. There it was, she could feel it. "It's a curse!" Her eyes shot open. "They're cursed! That's why they're bleeding!"

"What're you talking about? What kind of curse?" Bo continued to placed towels over Shay's wounds as she held her, not that it was helping.

This was so hard to explain to other people, Bella found it so frustrating sometimes. Her family were muggles compared to herself. "Ronan's dagger! It's a sacrificial blade, but it's also cursed! He's doing this to them!" How much simpler could she make it?

Charlie had Patrick's blood all over her, "So, how'd we stop it?" She couldn't keep watching her siblings die over and over again.

Bella had to think quick. "I can't break the curse, but I might be able to cut off his reach to them. Salt! I need salt!" She looked at anyone who was listening.

"This's a lab, not a kitchen!" Lauren was having trouble concentrating due to the blood pouring through her fingers as she was pressing down on her son's wound. Then she remembered, "There's some Black Lava Salt in the cupboard!" She pointed to it with her free hand.

Running to get it, Bella grabbed the medium sized jar. She poured a circle of salt around her three siblings and told her Parents and Charlie to step outside. "Mind if I draw from you?" She turned to her sister, holding out her hand. The more power she had the better.

Grabbing it, Charlie held it tight. "Draw away baby girl!" She just held on, watching Bella do her thing. The lights in the room began to flicker on and off as she began to recite words in some ancient language.

Charlie was loving the fact that she was a just a Blood Sage. Bella had so much to remember.

When Bella was done, she opened her eyes. And saw that Ethan, Shay and Patrick weren't screaming in pain anymore, and they'd stopped bleeding.

It worked.

She also saw Bo begin to walk forward to check on them. "NO!" She stopped her, "You can't break the circle! It's the only thing protecting them from Ronan's reach"

"How did you know to use salt?" Charlie had to ask.

"Salt is known in Sorcery for purifying things, I figured it'd be a good way to keep Ronan from hurting them. But, that's white salt. Black salt, is way better!" Bella was glad that her Mother had it.

Lauren was lost, and she didn't normally get confused. "Why?"

"Black salt holds more properties, it's more potent than any other kind of Salt. And it's often used in rituals to represent protection. That's what it's doing…" Bella pointed to her three injured siblings. "… It's protecting them from Ronan"

Bo looked at her three children inside the circle, they were starting to get up. "How long until they can come out?"

"Until I find a way to break the curse…" Bella sighed, "… But without Ronan's blade, that's gonna be difficult. The important thing right now, is he can't hurt them anymore. Not as long as they stay in the circle. I'm sorry Mom, that's the best I can do"

Shaking her head, Bo pulled her into a hug. She didn't mean to make her think it wasn't good enough. Because it was. In fact, she was impressed. "No baby, it's okay. You were amazing just now, taking charge and finding a fix. I'm so proud of you" she kissed her head.

"What about your blood?" Patrick asked Charlie. Surely, she of all people could end this.

But alas, Charlie had already tried that. "Been there and done that little bro. I dunno why, but whenever I try and hurt Ronan by writing in my blood; it doesn't work. He must've found a way to protect himself from my power" she wanted to help, but she couldn't.

Ethan looked down at his scar, and it'd stopped bleeding but it hadn't healed this time. "I'd really love it, if that didn't happen again. I feel like I've been backed over by a bus a hundred times" he stretched his muscles, feeling so sore.

"Yeah, I thought it'd end quick. We'd bleed out, and that'd be it but; it just kept going. It was endless…" Shay mumbled to herself, touching her open wound. "… I never thought I'd miss dying so much. Are we out of the woods?" She didn't want it happening again.

Lauren nodded, "According to Bella, yeah. But it doesn't fix the problem, we need that dagger if we're gonna try and break this curse. I've never even heard of something like this before" she'd been in the Fae world a long time, she used to be the sole expert.

But now, she was at a loss.

Charlie noticed her little sister was looking a bit out of sorts. "Bell?" She touched her arm, and as her sister turned her head, She saw her nose was bleeding. "Whoa, you're bleeding!"

Bella wiped under her nose, coming away with blood on her finger. "Huh?" She chuckled, in a daze. "Can't say that's ever happened before…" she fell into her sister, who asked if she was okay. "… Yeah, I'm good. Guess that boundary took a lot out of me. I just need to sit down for minute"

Bo helped her, "I got you, come on. You've more than earned the rest" she took her to and empty gurney and sat her down.

"So, what happens now?" Patrick asked, "We're just supposed to sit in here forever?" He was bored already. "Can someone at least get me my iPod?" There was no way he could sit here in silence.

After putting Bella on the bed to take a breather, Bo got some words of advice from her daughter to relay to the rest of her children. "Sorry, Bella says no one's allowed in or out of the circle. Which means I can't give you anything" she came to stand next to Lauren.

"This sucks!" Patrick sat on the floor, folding his arms in a pout.

"You can't leave me in here with him!" Shay pointed to her little brother, she loved him but he was such a handful. "It's gonna be like this the entire time! What I would give to get my hands around Ronan's neck right now" she turned away in anger.

He was the reason they were stuck like this.

Charlie got a message on her phone, so she checked it. "Mom?" She turned to Lauren. "Grandpa's awake" she made one of the nurses check in with her if there was a change to his condition.

"Oh, okay. Why don't you head over to his room? I'll be right behind you" Lauren waited for her daughter to leave. "Are you gonna be okay here?" She asked Bo.

"Yeah I think so, I mean; they can't do anything. They have to stay in the circle. If they don't then Ronan can hurt them again. And don't worry about Bella, I'll keep an eye on her…" Bo gave her a kiss goodbye, then went to checked on her youngest again. "… Hey kiddo, how're you feeling?" She sat beside her.

Bella felt like she had enough of a break. "A little better. I should've known sealing three powerful Hybrids in a circle would've weakened me. Even with Charlie's power, it was still a lot. I should get back to work" she sat up, but felt dizzy again.

So, Bo told her to sit down again. "It can wait, your life is worth more than breaking some curse. Besides, you said you need the dagger before you can even attempt to undo it. I don't think Ronan's just gonna hand it over"

"True…" Bella agreed. "… That just begs the question; how are we gonna get the dagger away from him?"

That wasn't something Bo knew the answer to. "I'm not sure yet. But you let me worry about it, okay?" She moved some hair out of her face. "Why don't you go in Mom's office and lay down on the couch? There's nothing anyone can do right now" without the dagger they couldn't break the curse, so that meant the circle had to remain unbroken.

Bella nodded, getting up and began walking to her Mother's office.

"Hey Bell?" Shay called to her from inside the circle, waiting for her little sister to face her. "You did good. We all owe you" she was impressed with the power her little sister had, it was way more than what she and Ethan had.

In fact, Shay had a feeling that Bella would be the strongest of them all one day.

"You'd do the same for me" Bella gave her a wink, then walked away.

Bo walked back to the circle, she couldn't believe they had to stay inside that small ring of salt until they found a way out this. "Gotta say, I wish things were a lot simpler around here. What're the chances of us ever having a normal day?" she laughed tiredly.

Ethan stood next to her in the circle. "What's the fun in that?" He didn't mind that their family was a little odd. It made life interesting. "We're gonna find a way outta this. We always do"

But she wasn't so hopeful. "What if we don't this time?" She'd never come up against anything like Ronan. Clearly he was smart, cunning, and powerful. And not only that, but he had a weapon at his disposal that was lethal to herself and her children.

"E's right…" Shay said. "… We're Dennis', it's gonna take a lot more than some stupid curse to take us down. You and Mom taught us that" she gave her Mother a smirk.

Their entire motto, was that as long as they stood together, then nothing could ever destroy them. Family came first before everything.

"Yeah, I guess we did…" That little pep talk inspired Bo to do something. "… You guys gonna be okay here for a while? There's something I gotta do"

Ethan nodded, "I can hold down the fort until you get back. It's not like I've got anywhere else to be right now" he chuckled, looking down at the salt that sealed him in this circle.

With one last goodbye, Bo grabbed her jacket and left the lab. The errand she had to run wasn't something Lauren was going to like, or her children. But she had to try and make things right, this was all to do with a mistake she'd made. Everything that ever happened was always a consequence of her past actions.

It was time for her to make up for it.

Even if it meant sacrificing herself.

Trick's Room

With the news that her Grandfather was awake, Charlie couldn't wait to get over to make sure he was okay. When they got there Trick looked better, but was still visibly weak. "You had us scared there Gramps" she gave him a hug.

"Well I do hope you can forgive me for that…" Trick welcomed the hug from her. "… Where're the others?" He didn't see anyone else come in behind Lauren.

Who, didn't want to make Trick worse by giving him bad news. So she decided to bend the truth a little. "They're in my lab, researching Ronan's magical dagger. You know, same old same old" she smiled, so not to worry him.

"Any luck?" He wondered.

Lauren shook her head, "None so far. But we're pretty sure his dagger can do more than just kill a Hybrid. We actually believe it might be a cursed relic" she wasn't going to tell him what happened back at the lab, just the other stuff.

She knew if she told him they were sealed in the lab, he'd want to get up and go and see them. In his condition that wasn't an option. It was better for him to think that they were fine.

"What leads you to believe that?" He asked.

And that's why Trick was smart, Lauren couldn't answer that question without telling him the truth. Luckily, her daughter swooped in to save the day before she let something slip.

"Bella can sense the curse in the others…" Charlie just made it up. Although, it might've been true. "… Through their wounds. You missed a lot while you were sleeping" she forgot to mention about the fact that her siblings were half dead.

"So it would seem" Trick had gotten used to it.

Suddenly, Lauren felt her phone start to vibrate in her pocket. "Excuse me…" she walked out of the room, it was Bo when she glanced at the screen. "… Hey, how's everything going over there?"

"Uh, everything's fine. Bella's taking a nap to recharge herself and the others are quietly entertaining themselves in the circle. How's Trick?" Bo asked.

"He's still a tad weak, but other than that he's doing fine. I'd say he's gonna be out of here by tomorrow morning at the latest. Is that really what you called for though?" Lauren felt like something was up. She was usually right about these things.

And this was where Bo wanted to come clean, but she couldn't. Because then that'd make what she was trying to do even harder. "Yeah, why else would I be calling?"

Lauren shrugged, holding the phone to her ear. "You tell me. You sound a little, off. Bo, are you sure everything's okay?"

"Everything's great…" Bo dodged it. "… Listen, I gotta go. Shay and Patrick are fighting over something. But, I'll see you back here in a bit. I love you Lauren" it was better for Lauren to think she was still in the lab.

Okay, something was definitely wrong. "I love you too" she didn't have a chance to reply more than that because Bo cut her off. Why would she say that? It was as if she was saying 'I love you' for the last time.

What was she up to?

Sasha's Apartment

In order to save her kids, Bo knew the only thing she could do was to face Ronan herself. It was because of her that he was doing this. So, she hoped giving herself over to him would make him stop the attacks on her children. No, it wasn't the best plan but she had to do something. Which was why she had to call Lauren one last time.

She knew if she asked Ethan where to find Ronan, he'd never tell her. But she was betting that Sasha would know. So, she knocked on her door and waited for an answer. When she answered, she was surprised to see Bo there. "Mind if I come in for a sec?"

Sasha nodded, "Sure…" she let her in, closing the door after her. "… Does this have something to do with Trick? Shay said he'd woken up, that's why she left in such a hurry earlier"

Bo had no idea what she was talking about, but clearly Shay had told Sasha a lie after she found out she was still dead. "Uh, no it's nothing to do with that. Trick's fine, he's on the mend. I wanted to ask you some questions actually"

"Shoot" Sasha didn't mind helping.

"I need to know where I can find Ronan. If I ask Ethan he'll just tell me it's not safe. He's always the protector, he gets that from Lauren. But, you can tell me" Bo said.

Sasha folded her arms, laughing nervously. "Why would you think he's told me?"

This was where Bo had her, "I don't. But I can guarantee Shay has. That girl is incapable of keeping a secret, especially when it comes to you. Sasha, please. I need to find him; if I don't he's gonna kill them" she was desperate.

Which led Sasha to believe that something was wrong, "Is Shay okay?" She thought the worst.

"For now, yes" Bo replied.

Sasha didn't need to hear the rest to know that Bo was being serious. And even though she wanted to evade the initial question, clearly Bo knew that Shay would've told her. "I've never seen Ronan myself. But, Shay told me Ethan followed him back to his place once…" she scribbled down his address on a piece of paper. "… This's where you'll find him"

"Thank you" Bo was grateful.

"They don't know you're going over there, do they?" Sasha could tell. "You really shouldn't go over there alone. If that dagger can take down a Hybrid, then imagine what it can do to you. I don't mean to be disrespectful, I'm just giving you a warning" she didn't want her Girlfriend's Mother to end up dead.

Bo smiled, that was Dyson's influence on her. "You've got a lot of your Dad in you Sasha. He's given me similar advice before. And while I appreciate it; this's something I have to do. If I don't, my family will be destroyed. This's my mess. It's about time I cleaned it up" she thanked her again for the information, then left.

After she left, Sasha tried calling Shay but she got no answer. Typical. "Why can't you ever answer the phone when I need you?!" She hated when Shay did this.

The Clinic – Lauren's Lab

Shay heard her phone ringing from the counter, but because of the boundary around her she couldn't get to it. "It's Sasha, I know it is! As if I don't have enough to make up for already! She's gonna be so pissed at me!" She wanted so badly to cross the line of salt, but she was told she couldn't.

"I think she'll understand once you tell her what happened—" Ethan stopped talking when he heard his own phone ring. That was weird. But it wasn't Sasha, it was Lauren. "Hey Mom, how's Grandpa doing?" He was wondering.

"He's good, a little tired but good. Listen, I just got off the phone with your Mom and she seemed a little strange. Is she okay?" Lauren asked.

Ethan frowned, "Uh, she seemed okay when she left earlier…" his Mother asked him what he meant by that. "… She told us she had something to take care of, so she left. Bella's still sleeping, and we're still stuck in the circle. She didn't tell you?"

"No, she didn't…" Lauren sighed. "… I have a really bad feeling about this"

Suddenly, Ethan heard a beep on his phone. "Hang on Mom, I've got another call…" he opened the line to Sasha, "… Hey Sasha, Shay can't get to her phone right now. We've kinda got a situation going on over here. She'll call you when she can-"

"It doesn't matter! Listen, Bo came by a few minutes ago. She wanted to know where Ronan lived. Don't get mad, but I told her. Shay told me you followed him home a few weeks ago. I'm sorry Ethan. I think Bo's gonna give herself over to him. And as long as he has that dagger, it won't end well" Sasha was so glad she got through to someone.

Ethan glanced at Shay, who was wondering why he was giving her a death glare right now. "Thanks for telling me, I'll take care of it…" he kept as calm as he could. And that meant not worrying his Mother on the other line.

They just didn't need it.

He switched the call back. "… Hey Mom, sorry about that. That was actually her on the other line, she's just picking up the research books Kayla and I were looking at. Nothing to worry about" he smiled into the phone.

Hearing his Mother breathe relief on her end meant he did the right thing, "Okay, thanks sweetie. Charlie and I will be back soon, I'll tell your Grandpa you're thinking of him" she said goodbye.

Shay waited for him to put the phone down. "I know that look…" she pointed at his face. "… You're gonna hit me, aren't you?" She closed her eyes, "Just make it quick. I'm sure I deserve it" she always did.

Ethan kept his cool. "Oh, you do. But I don't have time for this right now!" He made a judgment call, and stepped out of the circle, both Shay and Patrick started yelling at him. Telling him to get back inside. "I can't! Mom went to Ronan! She got his address from Sasha, because you didn't keep your trap shut!"

After hearing that, Shay definitely knew she deserved that slap. "Oh, that. What'd you want me to say? She's my Girlfriend. I don't like lying to her"

"Whatever, it doesn't matter now. I need to get over there before Ronan kills her!" Ethan went for the door, but Shay stopped him as she also stepped out of the circle. "Shay, don't argue with me! Stay here with Bella and Patrick"

Shay shook her head, "Hell no! I'm not letting you go alone. It's better if we both go. But you're not!" She turned to Patrick, "Stay in the circle, when Mom and Charlie get back explain what's going on. I mean it Patrick!" She was serious.

"You guys never trust me!" Patrick was starting to feel left out. They always kept him out of the loop on things. He was part of this family too.

Ethan sighed, he didn't have time for one of his tantrums. "We do trust you, it's just we've got more experience in this stuff than you do. Besides, someone has to stay with Bella. Mind the fort, keep her safe. Think you're up for the challenge?"

Patrick wasn't happy, but he knew he had to stay. "Sure. Just, make sure Mom's okay" that was the most important thing in all this.

"You got it little bro…" Shay winked at him, "… Let's go!" she tapped Ethan's arm as the two of them ran for the door. They would've liked to have changed out of their bloody shirts, but time was of the essence. Weapons could come later too, they had extras in their cars.

Ronan's Apartment

The south side of the city was where the more elite of their civilisation, lived. It was all Porches, Aston Martins and Jaguars on the road. Which was why Bo's Camaro stuck out like a sore thumb. She'd had it restored in the last few years, but it still looked out of place in this neighbourhood. So, she parked it in an alley across the street from Ronan's apartment building.

She looked down at Sasha's note again, it stated that Ronan lived on the top floor of his building. Like Mother, like Son. She seemed to recall Zee had high standards too. "Time to settle this!" she took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself for what was to come.

She loved her kids, and her Wife. That love would follow her to her grave.

Bo ran across the street, and into the apartment building. She quickly took the elevator to the top floor. When it opened, she was met with the same young face she saw in Bella's mind. He was surprised to see her.

"You must be Ronan"

Ronan couldn't believe his eyes, she actually had to nerve to come here. "Well, this's just fantastic!" he laughed. "My Mother said you were dumb, but I didn't think she meant it literally. Why would you come here?" he asked, lifting his special dagger from his waistband. "Especially since, I have this" he waved it about.

"You don't scare me Junior…" Bo was unimpressed, he was just like his Mother. "… Being cocky will only get you so far. I mean, it didn't exactly work out well for your Mommy, did it?"

He grabbed the collar of her jacket, and pulled her out of the elevator, slamming her into the opposite wall. "Insults?!" he brought the dagger to her throat. "You really think that's the way to go? Unless, you're trying to provoke a response outta me…" he felt a vibe. "… Do you want me to kill you?"

"I just want you to leave my kids alone…" she replied. "… Your anger is with me, not them. I was the one who banished your Mom, and killed your Dad. You wanna make me suffer, not my kids" she didn't care what would happen to her.

Her kids meant more than anything.

"Don't you get it?" he chuckled, "Hurting your precious children, does make you suffer. Otherwise you wouldn't be here right now, trying to make a deal. Thing is, my reason for going for your kids isn't just out of revenge. I've got big plans for them"

Bo listened closely, "Hmm, okay. And what kinds of plans would those be?"

He tutted, shaking his head. "Naughty! Don't spoil it!" he continued to laugh. "Don't worry, cousin; you'll find out soon. But, since I've got you; mind if I ask you a few questions?" he grabbed her arm, and took her into his apartment. "What did my Dad ever do to you? Why'd you kill him?" he'd wanted to know for so long.

She figured he'd ask sooner or later. "What does it matter? Whatever answer I give you, won't be good enough. Besides, I'm betting Zee probably twisted the truth when she told you. She was always a bit of a drama queen" she became disgusted thinking of her Aunt.

Zee was evil incarnate.

"She told me you hated them because of what your Father did to you…" Ronan said. "… Once you got rid of him, you decided you wanted to get rid of all the ancients. Including my Mom and Dad" that's what he'd been told.

Bo laughed, shaking her head. "She lied to you Ronan…" she didn't expect anything less from Zee. "… That's not even close to what really happened. Everything I've ever done; I've done to protect myself, or my family"

"Everything's always about family with you, isn't it?" Ronan hated the sentiment. He was better off alone. "I'm Family, aren't I?" he got a nod from her. "Okay, so then why don't you tell me your side of it?" he stood with his dagger in hand, showing her that he was the one calling the shots. "I want the truth"

She nodded, "My Father was the God of the Underworld, and a monster. He had plans to steal my kids and raise them as his own, so he could turn them into weapons he could use. I stopped him before he had the chance" she left out the time travelling part of the story, no one knew about that but her and Lauren.

Not even Shay and Ethan.

"What's that gotta do with my Parents?" he asked.

But, she was getting to that. "A few years after Shay was born, your Parents ascended from Myth. They figured the Human world was a good enough place to start over. At first, I thought they wanted peace. But, that quickly turned around. Your Mom and Dad tried to claim the Earth, they wanted to be its rulers. I couldn't let that happen"

"So you just decided to kill them?" he figured.

Bo shook her head, "No. I might be Hades' daughter, but I am nothing like him. I offered your Parents a deal. To leave, and go back to Myth. If they didn't, then I'd make their lives miserable. Your Dad, Hera; didn't like my offer. He attacked me. Killing him wasn't my intention, it was self-defence"

Ronan scoffed, "You expect me to believe that?" anyone would say that.

"That's up to you. But believe it or not Ronan, I'm not the villain in your story…" Bo could see there was a glimmer of goodness in him. There had to be. No one was born evil. "… I'm just a Succubus trying to protect her family. That could include you too, if you want?"

He was conflicted. No one had ever offered him something like this before. Then he looked down at his dagger, snapping out of those reservations. He made his Mother a promise. "I don't play well with others. Besides, I've got a plan. And I intend to see it through"

"What plan?!" Bo asked again.

"It's a secret. I don't really need to stab you with this blade…" he glanced at it again as he approached her. "… Sacrificing four Hybrids already juiced it up enough. And those sacrifices will serve me greatly, later. But what the hell? What's a little more energy?" he went to strike her with the dagger when suddenly, he was grabbed by the back of his head.

Ethan got to him just in time, "Your stabbing days are over, psycho!" he threw him into the far wall with an impressive amount of strength. As he kicked the dagger away from him, he lifted him up by his throat. "This's what happens when you mess with our Family" his eyes shined blue.

"End it" Shay grabbed the dagger and stood next to her Mother. It was time for Ronan to go to hell.

Holding him, Ethan pulled Ronan to the big bay windows that looked over the city. Twelve stories was a long way to fall. "Nice view you got here…" he smiled, glancing at the sky. "… I hear it looks even better on the way down. Make sure you take it all in. Goodbye Ronan" with one push, he threw him through the window.

Pieces of glass followed Ronan as he began to drop down the twelve-story building.

"Try electrifying your way outta that one, bitch!" Shay looked out the window, they were so high up that she couldn't see the street below.

They were in for a sight when they finally got to the lobby.

A/N: Oh, is it over? Or just beginning? Let me know your thoughts.