Chapter 7

Part 1

Marie stood in the shadow of a impressive olive tree whilst observing attentively the interaction between the good doctor and her crazy friend. She didn't know what to expect at first, it was true that Nadia and her weren't that close but they shared blood, so caution had been a compulsory act.

The Capricornus could easily see why Nadia had fallen for the Doc, not only did she have beauty and brains, but the young fae senses something else…something pertaining to the magical side of the Universe. She played with the idea of telling the blonde about her bloodline and about a certain goddess -Atargatis of Assyria, but "all in good time", she decided. The information would be a little too much to handle, and right now there were other things that needed to be fixed.

When Lauren Lewis first arrived there had been a wave of sadness that washed over the young fae, but she could see that Nadia's premature death had only been a small part of that. There was something else deep inside the Doc that needed to be mended, and Marie was sure it had something to do with a certain Succubus.

And then there was Kenzi. The fae could see right through the feeble walls that the young woman had feverishly built throughout the years. It had been fairy certain that her life hadn't been roses and pina coladas all the time, but for now she seemed happy… and probably for the first time stable.

"She's here, madam. The succubus has landed" a raspy voice broke the Ash's contemplating state.

"And Houston…we do have a problem" the brunette chuckled as her servant left in a hurry mumbling something about heat stroke and dehydration. He clearly didn't get the joke

Part2

Bo had barely made out of the airport, when she suddenly found herself sandwiched and dragged towards the parking lot by two colorful, short men. She didn't know how to react at first, so after a minute of self gathering she reckoned amiable would be the best choice, going all succubus on their assed in a crowded area was still a big NO-NO.

"hey, where's the third powepuff ? " she asked half serious.

"Oh,that must be miss kenzi" Lefty chuckled. "but where are my manners…Hello, I'm Ianis" he continued. "And this is Georgios" he chirped and winked towards Righty.

"Hi, I'm…do you know kenzi? where is she?"

"Isabeau Dennis. And yes, we met miss Kenzi and miss Lauren .They are currently housed in one of the Ash's properties." Righty explained.

"Okay" the succubus sighed, relatively content with the explanations.

"Lead the way!" she finished, hoping she'd get to see Lauren as soon as possible

The car ride had been interesting, both men had been singing their lungs out on,what she found out later to be, the best heartbreak song-

Kokkinou Elli-De Ginetai. Bo managed to understand from their tones and choked singing that the two had some kind of history together and that this song pretty much hit home for them.

She smiled inwardly at the two men sharing a kiss,after all that life that thrown at them,they were still able to come together in the end...and that gave her hope for her own " Agapi".It was finally time to stop running from what scared her and thrilled her the most, Lauren and her were the perfect examples that opposites attract,they were minus and plus infinity and they were bound to be together inspite of all that happened, happens, will ever happen.

Part 3

Lauren paced around the tent-lab trying to put the pieces together the blood for all the self loving stroke fae had come out normal , no virus, no parasite , no autoimmune reaction nothing out of the ordinary, despite the fact that two of them actually started to kiss and declare their undying love for their hands.

Things were sliding towards chaos and the blonde knew she had to do something fast,or else this thing was going to explode soon. She decided that sedating them was the way to go, by doing this she'd be able to feed them intravenously and also study their brain activity, electroencephalography be blessed!

The blonde sighed inwardly, it was only half past two and she already felt tired as hell.

She grabbed a bottle of water and headed towards the chief of the medical staff, her plan to sedate the fae wasn't as welcome as she'd hoped, but it was all she could do momentarily. This affliction wasn't of the ordinary kind, and the doc knew that some research would come in great handy…but later, now she just wanted a little break.

She plopped herself on a lounge, next to a sleeping Kenzi. It seems that ouzo combined with the heat had tired the little Russian,so now she was snoring softly on her back, one coconut acting glass in each hand. The blonde smirked knowing that if Kenzi didn't wake up soon, she'd get some wicked " Mickey Mouse shaped ears"-tan marks on her belly, and that would be simply hilarious. Not feeling even a bit tad guilty, she decided to let nature take its course , some revenge for the bath incident was needed.

Lauren closed her eyes and started thinking about the last time she'd been in Greece, junior year- high school. She didn't particularly like herself in that period, she was…how to mildly put it, on the heavy side. Her social life was nil,zero,nada because she was afraid to let people in,or let herself out of the box…being a closeted lesbian surely didn't help her self esteem. But that all changed the day she finally realized that it was all in her power, she stopped blaming her mom for all the mistakes, she even stopped blaming herself for all the past mishaps ,it was a clean start and finally she'd freed herself from all the fears,it was a rebirth she so desperately needed.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" a shrieking voice startled her making her jump on her feet.

A very angry looking Kenzi was currently inspecting her beet reed abdomen which had two white patches, from where the coconuts had shaded the skin.

"Erm…hey Kenzi,whacha doing there?" the blonde asked innocently.

"I…why didn't you wake me up?"an almost sobbing Kenzi shouted." I fucking look like Minnie Mouse now! Are you fucking insane?" she continued her rant.

"I guess payback's a bitch" Lauren responded, dashing quickly from the enraged woman. She knew that Kenzi wasn't going to let that slide, so keeping some distance was in order.

Being in the military had taught her some wicked tactics, which came in great handy while dealing with an enraged Russian chick. She even drew her phone out zooming on the girl's Disney suitable abdomen, that was going to be a perfect Halloween Card.

After 20 minutes of chasing in the sand, it had become clear that Kenzi had the speed of a snail and the stamina of a 80 year old, so Lauren decided it was time to stop the game. She headed towards the shaking form of the Russian girl, knowing that the sun burnt skin was giving her hell. Lauren gently took Kenzi's hand and guided her towards the tent, to apply some much needed aloe cream.

Seeing Kenzi like this reminded her of the little fragile kid that Kenzi had been hiding behind those invisible,hard,self imposed walls. She knew that few people had the privilege of seeing the young woman like this,and the blonde was glad their bond had become so strong...they were sisters.