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Pairings: Bo/Lauren set directly after Episode 2:21 'Into the Dark'

Rating: M (Contains scenes of violence, sexuality and mild nudity)

Faethful : Chapter Seven by The Rainbowwriters

The mood in the clubhouse continued to be high strung and tense, the long wait for news Kenzi had come to realize was unbearable. More than a few times she had found her mind wandering to the liquor cabinet, knowing that a stiff drink of something might steady the shake in her hands but ultimately wouldn't bring Bo and the team back any quicker. Time was the thing she had been left to fight, and so far it was winning as her patience waned.

The mighty Blood King for his part had remained quiet and contemplative. Making only the barest of interactions with Kenzi despite a number of attempts on her part. Finally he'd asked her ever so quietly for a glass of juice, explaining his blood sugar was slightly low after his expenditure.

For this reason, with her head stuck into the fridge trying to find something quick and easy to nibble on to momentarily satiate her impatience, Kenzi was left in shock when the door to the club house swung open under the boot of a mighty kick. Without letting the door swing back, two muscular body guards stepped in and looked around before they stepped off to the sides and parted for their boss to enter.

"Yoo hoo darling." The Morrigan sashayed her way into the main area looking around, her eyes first falling on Trick who was struggling to sit up on the couch. She gave him a sneer of a smile before she turned her eyes to Kenzi, making a slight motion with her hand that the young woman should close her mouth. Kenzi collected herself instantly, and came around the corner brandishing a bottle of orange juice. "Oh good I caught you in."

"Really, we are having an apocalypse." Kenzi gripped the bottle in her hand tighter as she looked at the leader of the dark fae.

"Isn't that over already? I thought you had the champion or something." The dark haired beauty strode over more centrally to the room, almost seeming to act as if she'd strutted down a short catwalk and then done the important end turn around to be looking at Kenzi again.

"Morrigan, what is it that you require?" Trick asked the more direct question in a polite tone.

"Well you see I've been thinking, and I didn't like what I came up with, so I thought of you." The Morrigan gave Kenzi a beaming smile. "Now granted I didn't expect the barkeep to be here, but that doesn't matter too much I don't think." She pointed at Trick as if sizing him up against the bodyguards that accompanied her and frowned briefly almost disappointed before turning to look back at Kenzi.

"What is it you want?" Kenzi just stared back at her.

"Well you see last time I checked little human, pet, accessory..." She walked in a small circle as if deciding the best description. "Whatever you are, you owe me a favour."

"Kenzi, what is she talking about?" Trick looked at the younger woman, his face ashen as his complicated mind thought up a dozen possibly horrible scenarios.

"I had to promise her a favour or she was going to sign Nate to her label and suck his brains out with his creativity." Kenzi's frown was permanent as she realized 'the moment' was here. From those first few seconds, when she'd been forced to make the promise in the first place, she'd known at some point she'd be here at the Morrigan's mercy and that was the only thing that had ever scared her.

Trick's head dropped and he closed his eyes, realizing now easily how Kenzi had come to find herself indebted to the Morrigan.

"Kenzi?" Lauren's voice suddenly spoke in a soft but confident tone, enquiring as to what the disturbance was a moment too late to see the Morrigan as she reached the last steps. With a sudden bright smile, the dark fae's eyes tracked over to the stairs landing on the doctor.

"Oh now wait." The Morrigan raised her finger and made a soft contemplative noise, her eyes tracking over the blonde's form in a way that made not only Lauren but everyone else in the room uncomfortable. "You know Kenzi you really are a very, very lucky human." She stepped closer to Kenzi and reached out, trailing her manicured red nail tip lightly along Kenzi's chin. "I'm calling in my favour, are you ready to hear it?"

"Sure, it's a great day for this. Bo is out trying to save us all from the Garuda and you want to call in an IOU. What next I'm going to be in a white bronco being trailed around the city by four cop cars and a helicopter?" Kenzi took a deep breath, her sarcasm acutely sharp in reflection of her panic.

"Turn around and close your eyes." The older woman used her hands to guide the smaller human to turn around. "And what ever you do don't move, not even one muscle, do you understand?" She outlined, gripping her nails into Kenzi's shoulder to prove her fae power was capable of causing more damage then she could imagine. Of course Kenzi had already heard Bo's accounts of how the Morrigan could melt people and she had to work hard to resist the urge to pull away.

"I know I owe you, but I can't let you hurt either of them." Kenzi's head tried to turn but a press of sharp nails into her neck made her still the motion.

"Please, do I look like a neanderthal thug? I'm hurt." The Morrigan pouted slightly, finally stepping away from Kenzi. "Boys." She clicked her fingers loudly at the side of her head and the two body guards snapped to alert attention. "Take the blonde." She pointed at the stairs, keeping herself close to Kenzi almost hoping the human would give her a reason to have some fun.

"Morrigan." It was Trick who finally pushed up off the couch and scowled at her. "What are you doing?"

"Was I talking to you? Did I order my kidnapping with a side of martinis?" The powerful fae blinked at him. "So just sit down and shut up, before one of my boys breaks you accidentally." She looked at Lauren. "Now Doctor, my boys are trained to hurt people, but only if they have to. I know you're used to doing as you're told, so just be a good girl and go with them." She made a soft wave to the body guards.

"Does this mean that Kenzi's debt to you is paid?" Lauren had taken a few steps down and put her hand on the shorter brunette's shoulder willing her to stay in place.

"Well you see I had been going to take her, until I saw your pretty face. You suit my needs much better." The Morrigan stepped back pleased when Kenzi still hadn't moved. "But to answer your question, yes. She stands there like a good girl, tells her owner how she just stood there and let me take the Champion's most precious doctor. Oh and passes on my message of simple trade." She stood a little taller, acting as if this trade was reasonable and fair. "Vex for you and then all debts are paid." Her face held a satisfied sneer. "Everything is neat and tidy, leaving Kenzi to deal with a very pissed off succubus."

"Tell Bo of the deal Kenzi." Lauren gave Kenzi's shoulder another squeeze. "Make her understand how this must work Trick." She met eyes with the older man who nodded and then she voluntarily followed the guards out to the Morrigan's limo.

"Before I go..." The Morrigan paused in the doorway and Kenzi finally turned her head enough to see the woman give a serious shake of her head. "You really should get a doctor to look at that before it gets out of hand, oh wait," She held the younger woman's confused eyes for a long moment, "I just made that a little difficult didn't I?" her smile widened as she sashayed out.

"I know she is the leader of the dark fae but that woman is such a bitch." Kenzi stamped her foot a few times trying to vent her anger. "I have to phone Bo." She pulled the slim electronic from her pocket.

"No." Trick had crossed the room quickly and reached out to stop her. "Not now." He shook his head. "She needs to focus right now, this can wait." He breathed out tightly. "Why did you make a deal with the Morrigan?" He asked of her his voice serious.

"Because Bo's wonderful sleaze of a boy toy Loci set Nate up with an agent, who of course was Evony. I had to promise her a favour to get her to not sign him and drain out his brain." Kenzi filled in for him the details of the encounter. "Bo knows about it, it's why the first time she promised me she had given up Ryan I was so hurt. After what he tried to do to Nate, and made me do to cover up, I knew he was bad for Bo."

"What else have you done that I should know about?" He asked with a sigh shaking his head not actually expecting an answer, after all how much more trouble could Kenzi really have gotten into.

"What makes you ask that?" Kenzi feigned innocence as she tried to turn away from him and find something else to focus on.

"Kenzi please I am older than you can imagine." Trick shook his head with a sigh, "Now what more have you done?"

"Well I guess there's the thing with the Norn. She wouldn't give Dyson back his mojo, so I went back to her with a chainsaw and cut her tree until she gave it to me." Kenzi gave a sad frown, tilting her head to the side almost like a child.

"You did what?" Trick's head came up, his face paler than before. "Kenzi, have you any idea what you have done." He didn't wait for her to re-cap what she had clearly done.

"Figured out the nuances?" Kenzi remembered the words Dyson had used. "She did seem shocked I'd do what I did, but then again apparently I was the first human filth near her tree." She blinked and looked at Trick remembering the old crone's words. "There was one other thing, another jar dropped and broke, I got some on my hand. The norn gave this weird laugh and said I'd been given a gift." She watched his expression carefully having been honestly afraid to share these facts with anyone.

"What was in the jar Kenzi, think carefully." Trick looked agitated.

"Black tar like goo, it bubbled and smoked on the floor." Kenzi did think carefully, examining the memory in her head. "It was only a few drops of splatter."

"We will talk about this later." He scowled at her, somehow sure no matter what he said she would not understand the gravity of the situation. This was another complication they didn't need. "I have to get back to the Dal."

"What do I do? Wait here for Bo? She told me to keep you two safe. I've lost one of you and now you're leaving?" Kenzi looked at him slightly panicked. "Really?" The barkeep was about to answer when Kenzi's cell phone burst into life. "Bo? Bowsie?" She immediately put it up to her ear.

"Put the champagne on ice babe, we're coming home." Bo exclaimed down the cellphone line.

"You killed it? Trick, they killed it." Kenzi couldn't stop herself from doing a little dance.

"The Garuda is Garudead." Bo confirmed to her best friend.

"Awesome... is Vex still with you?" Kenzi asked the question non-nonchalantly.

"Missing him already?" Bo laughed and then gave a muffled instruction to Dyson. "Is Lauren there I want to talk to her."

"Bo... I don't want to squash the parade but... " Kenzi was fully prepared to explain what was going on when somehow the small man next to her was up and had the phone out of her hand before even the pickpocket realized she'd lost it.

"Lauren is resting." Trick answered softly. "Get home, I'm so proud of you Isabo."

"We'll be there really soon, tell Kenzi to go wake her up, really carefully." Bo enthused feeling a swell of pride from hearing her grandfather's words of approval. "It's over Trick, we won." She bubbled.

"We did, because you believed. Get home as soon as you can." He spoke gently to her and then ended the call.

"What the hell was that?" Kenzi stared at him, her hand out demanding her phone back.

"While I am sure that Bo will understand the circumstances of what the Morrigan has just done, and deal accordingly with bringing Vex back to her. You won't be able to refocus her on the phone." He tried to explain his reasons. "She'll have many questions."

"I just hope one of them isn't why did I wait so long to tell her." Kenzi shook her head and snatched the phone out of Trick's hand when it was offered back to her.

-x-

It was little over fifteen minutes later that Bo came through the clubhouse door carrying the sword of the dead Garuda. Her exuberance over their success had made her miss the fact the front door didn't sit quite right in the frame anymore.

"Undefeated and still world champion fae." Kenzi raced over to her. "Killer of the Garuda, the biggest cleavage of them all, Bo the unaligned Succubus."

"Thank you, thank you." Bo gave a little bow before she hugged Kenzi tightly, pleased to see her best friend was safe. "The boys have gone to find food and beverages for us to celebrate, they won't be long." She explained pulling Kenzi in for another huge hug. "The world's not over Kenzi." She enthused softly.

"It's not." Kenzi tried to act excited and play it cool for the first few moments as Trick had instructed but she couldn't. "Bo..." She pulled back in the brunette's grip to hold brown eyes. "The Morrigan came and kidnapped Lauren, she will only release her when you deliver her Vex." She said the whole sentence like one big word.

"Kenz," Bo dropped down from off her tip toes where she had been hugging Kenzi, onto the balls of her feet. "Trick..." She took a step back from her best friend, her eyes travelling to look at the Blood King, who wouldn't even make eye contact with her. "You just let the Morrigan walk in here and take Lauren?" She felt her throat tighten as her feet backed up more almost of their own accord.

"Not let, not let." Kenzi pointed out immediately. "Not let... but she did call in her favour. That I had to let it happen and tell you her message, I wanted to swing at her I swear."

"Bo, I know this is upsetting but the Morrigan has no intention of harming Lauren, she just wanted insurance that she would have Vex returned to her." Trick finally tried to help the situation. "The two golem fae she had with her were just for effect."

"Which in turn would be fine if I hadn't let Vex go free as a thank you." Bo pushed her hands up into her hair then slammed them down onto the counter top.

"He's a crazy Mesmer, he's going to want to celebrate his victory over the Garuda, the Red Caps and the Morrigan, there can only be so many places he would go to party." Kenzi tried to stay positive. "We round him up, put him in a gunny sack and get Lauren back."

"Are you forgetting why I wanted him in the first place Kenz?" Bo dropped her head forward until it rested on the counter top. "He's one of the only fae that I'm really not sure I can take in a fight." She breathed out hard and pushed herself upright, turning to look at her best friend. "This isn't you fault." She said ensuring she held eye contact with the young woman, truly meaning her words. Trick was right, the Morrigan was just using the situation to her advantage.

"Yes, it is." Kenzi moved to sit on the stool, her body slumped in obvious pain and regret. "I should have stopped her." She couldn't meet Bo's eyes. "Made her take me, told her to shove her favour."

"Appealing to Evony's generous side is a waste of time so I have to think of another way around this." Bo tipped her head back her mind going a million miles an hour. This wasn't how it was supposed to be right now. Right now was supposed to be party time, she'd killed the Garuda, it was relax and rehab time. Not when she should be separated from Lauren by the leader of the dark fae, who wanted her to return a dangerous foe in exchange. "What can I do?" She looked at Trick, hoping he could offer some help.

"Let's wait until Dyson and Hale get back, then we can start a proper search for Vex and weigh our options." Trick tried to assure her, seeing how all of the wind had been sucked from Bo's sails.

"I have to go to the little girl's room." Kenzi got up and headed up the stairs, purposely avoided the bathroom and went straight to her room.

She closed the door quietly behind her, surveying the usual chaos. Quickly Kenzi stuffed a few of the weapons she had hidden in her room into her 'sidekick' purse. She looked back at her bedroom door, knowing there was no chance of attempting to get by Bo, the Succubus wasn't about to just let her go anywhere.

With a finger in the air as Kenzi congratulated herself for a prior idea, she moved to behind the dresser and pulled out the crowbar she had hidden there. Moving back to one of the windows, she worked out the two nails keeping the 'weak' board in place.

First Kenzi's knapsack, then slowly her body slid out the small hole to the treacherous veranda. She almost was sure she'd been caught when her boot slipped on a loose rotted shingle, and it slid out from under her skidding down off the incline.

"I'm sorry Bo but this is my fault and I'm going to fix it." Kenzi said quietly as she jumped down to the ground, and then began jogging away.

-x-

When the two officers had arrived back at the clubhouse, their manly arms laden with food and drink for a proper celebration they had expected a much more excited greeting then they received. Bo was pacing the kitchen while the Blood King stood in the living room clearly deep in thought.

Hale had been the first to ask about Kenzi, when despite having a bottle of her favourite wine he wasn't finding himself instantly accosted by the young woman. He had always been amazed at how the human could get excited about a fourteen dollar bottle like it was a rare vintage from his father's extensive collection. Her great explanation one night about how it tasted the best made him laugh, not even pointing out to her that there were literally thousands of wines she'd never had, the statement was just something he considered 'Kenzi'.

The simple question about her best friend had unleashed Bo's pent up frustration, the two officers just standing there stunned as the Succubus gave them a run down of what had happened. Finally when Bo had looked at them for some sort of assistance in what they were going to do next, Dyson had gone closer to try and calm her down. Hale had immediately decided to go check on Kenzi who was still 'up in the bathroom' according to Bo.

"I know you said little momma was feeling guilty but do you think she was also feeling like pulling a jail break runaway I'll sort this one out Bo suicide mission?" He jogged back down the stairs after he had painfully discovered the vibrant woman wasn't anywhere upstairs. "Because unless you have a hidden room I don't know about, she's gone."

"What? No, she..." Bo stopped and ran up the stairs two at a time, she ran straight into Kenzi's room and stood staring at the open hole in the boards of the window. Dyson was hot on her heels and moved to fill the doorway as Bo moved to look out the escape route. Her brain wondering how anyone but Kenzi could have even fit through it. As she just stared, the cool night air blew into her hair and chilled the skin of her cheeks. She jumped slightly when Dyson's hand gripped her shoulder softly.

"She won't do anything stupid." The wolf said his voice low.

"What?" Bo turned to look at him. "Of course she will." The succubus contradicted, "She thinks this is her fault stupid is probably her first option then she'll try reckless, impulsive and dangerous as a backup plan."

"What do you want Hale and I to do? We can start looking for her or for Vex?" He made the offer softly. "You know Vex, he's still be around, he won't have run far."

"Then you focus on finding him." Bo stood taller putting her hand on her hips as she centred herself on the plan. "If I know Kenzi she has an idea where he's gone, they did spend a lot of alone time this morning and we both know Vex can't keep his trap shut." She looked to where in the mirror nearby a picture of her and Kenzi hugging and mugging for the camera and sighed. "I just... I don't want to think about what Vex will do if she does find him. I don't have a leash on him anymore and he has about as much loyalty as a hyena." She looked down at the untidy bed and the room that was just filled with Kenzi-isms and sighed hard. "Not both of you." She whispered softly. "I can't lose both of you."