Chapter 7
Dyson/ Kenzi
"Hey slowly now Kenzi, take your time."
"I'm okay D-Man just help me up would ya?"
As Kenzi wobbled up onto unsteady legs, she allowed Dyson to lead her to the couch,before flopping down onto it wearily. The shaken girl leans back and closes her eyes, taking in a few large breathes to clear her still swimming head.
"What the hell happened Kenzi?" the shifter asks going into cop mode. The girl puts up a hand indicating she needs a few more moments to clear her head and gather her thoughts. Dyson starts to pace like an animal in a cage. He is agitated that Bo just left without saying a word. "What the hell is going on with her?"he thinks to himself. Something isn't right with Bo, he can feel it in his gut, first the woman last night, now attacking her best friend. "She's completely lost her shit," he mumbles to himself as he continues to walk the length of the room and back. Kenzi's phones beeps from the coffee table. With still slightly shaky hands the goth picks up her phone and calls her voice mail. Kenzi can't ignore Dr. Freezes message and the near panic in the voice giving it.
"Dyson did Lauren call you to come get me?" She looks over the couch to see him nod his head in reply. "Well we better go see what Dr. Hot Pants has to say, by the panicked message on my phone, something is obviously going on. Bo would never attack me ever, she looked so …. I don't know …. what's the word I'm searching for... ummm... feral. Yeah that's it she looked predatory but not in that sexy way that she usually looks. All hunger no passion, just need. We have to go now, come on my knight in wolfy armour, lets go." As the petite girl stands a rush of dizziness hits her making her stumble, Dyson is by her side in seconds steadying her as they head out the door.
"Wow, greedy little succubus had herself a feast, I bet I taste awesome,"she mumbles to the wolf, watching as his jaw twitches with a slight smile.
"Only you could make a joke at a time like this Kenzi," the shifter says shaking his head.
Kenzi/ Dyson/ Lauren
Lauren starts from a restless sleep at the sound of Dyson's deep voice resonating in the now quiet empty lab. Raising her head from the desk, Lauren wipes absently at some drool that has escaped the corner of her mouth and plucks a stray paper clip that had managed to adhere itself to her cheek.
"Doc, where you at?
Lauren rise from her chair, heading out of her office into the lab. The first thing the doctor notices is a pale looking Kenzi being supported by Dyson. Lauren rushes forward concern etched on her features as she looks into the sad eyes of Bo's best friend.
"What happened? Kenzi are you alright?" the blonde questions an unusually silent Kenzi. The goth girl isn't given time to say a word, it's Dyson who answers Lauren's enquiry.
"Bo was feeding from her, doc. If I had got there any later she would have sucked her dry." Dyson growled at her the muscles in his jaw clenching.
"No," Kenzi says in a small subdued voice. "Bo was pulling away, Dyson. I felt her stopping before you threw her off me." Dyson makes a sound of disbelief, not believing her.
"That's not what it looked like to me Kenzi," the wolf responds gruffly.
"She was pulling away Lauren, I felt the flow of chi stopping, I swear on my babushka's grave she was pulling back. She would not have killed me," Kenzi said emphatically imploring the doctor to believe her.
"I believe you Kenzi,"Lauren replies, taking her hand and leading her to a chair. Dyson just snorts at the two women as if they have both taken the same drugs making them both delusional. Lauren casts a glowering look at Dyson before crossing the expanse of the lab to the staff fridge. The doctor grabs a bottle of orange juice and a couple of power bars from her secret food stash before heading back over to the pale girl.
"Here eat, get your strength back, doctor's orders,"Lauren says to a grateful Kenzi.
"What the hell is going on Lauren? I walk into the crack shack and see Bo making a meal of Kenzi. I throw Bo off her and she disappears without a word, nothing, she just leaves." Dyson is pacing back and forth, very agitated.
"Some things wrong with her Dyson, I'll load up the surveillance tape from when Bo came by. Lets use the wall monitor in my office." Without another word Lauren makes her way back to her office, her two companions following quietly behind.
Kenzi feeling a little better after the power bars and orange juice strides into Lauren's office like she owns it, sitting in the comfy executive chair and putting her feet up on the desk. Lauren smiles at the thief, relief spreading though her that Kenzi is starting to act like her lovably annoying self.
The blonde loads up the surveillance footage and plays the events from earlier that day, thankful that the compound has the best equipment money can buy. The three of them stare at the screen in silence watching and listening intently as the days events unfold on the monitor before them. Lauren scrutinises the final part where Bo tricks Dave into approaching her, unaware of the danger the succubus poses. The Doctor flinches at the sight of Bo carelessly dumping the unconscious intern to the floor and stepping over him a look of immense satisfaction plastered on her face as she strides confidently out the door, without looking back.
"Jeeeessuss,"Kenzi says penetrating the silence and summing it up in one word.
Dyson strides over to the monitor and starts the footage again, an unreadable expression playing across his features. Lauren waits for Dyson to process everything, unsure on what his reaction will be.
"See Dyson, I knew Bo Bo wouldn't hurt me on purpose," Kenzi says, as always pointing out a positive from the countless negatives.
Dyson ignoring Kenzi, turns his gaze to Lauren giving her a penetrating stare. "Why was Bo saying it could have been you she killed Lauren? What happened last night? Did Bo attack you? Where did it happen? In your living quarters?" says Dyson pummelling the doctor with questions.
Lauren shifts uncomfortably under his gaze, knowing where this is going. Getting no response from the doctor, the wolf continues. "Your home is fitted with surveillance as well right? I want to see that as well."
There is no way in hell Lauren was going to show Dyson the footage from her living quarters, she refused to have him see her in that way, as a victim. She felt humiliated and ashamed just thinking about it. Dyson already viewed her as weak and inferior, she refused to give him more ammunition to fuel his dislike of her.
"No,"Lauren says, this one word dripping with finality daring him to press her further.
"Lauren," he starts.
"NO," she says again, louder, more forceful.
Dyson continues to stare at the doctor, his jaw set.
Lauren lets out a defeated sigh. "Kenzi," the blonde says slowly, looking up from the floor into questioning powder blue eyes. "I will show you the footage, if you are okay with that?"
Dyson starts to protest but is silenced by a death glare from Lauren, that penetrates him like a laser beam.
Kenzi stands up from her position behind the desk, taking several steps towards Lauren, sensing her discomfort and feeling compelled to ease it. "Okay doc, lead the way," Kenzi says with a gentle understanding that only another woman could comprehend.
"What the hell am I supposed to do then?" Dyson asks incredulously. It is Kenzi that answers. "Go pick up Hale and head over to the Dal, start looking through Trick's books, find anything relating to Fae that can wield darkness by infusing it into others." With a grumbled "Fine,"Dyson heads out of the lab, into the night beyond.
Author's Note: Ok sooo I hope you enjoyed this installment. Please please please take the time to review and let me know your thoughts. It is the force that keeps me going and updating quickly. Thank you to the faithful few who continue to support my efforts, it really means a lot.