LG - Chapter 8
Ty had been hunched over the desk in Trick's office for the last couple hours. She was determined to find some kind of information within the photos of the patients and victims. Each individual looked as though they had been killed in a different way, which lead Ty to believe that it couldn't have been Bo. Ty was searching through an old textbook of Trick's when someone cleared their throat behind her. She nearly jumped out of her skin as she whirled around to see who it was.
"I'm sorry," said Lauren softly, standing at the door with her hands up, "I didn't mean to scare you, I tried calling and when you didn't answer, I got a little worried."
Ty was trying to catch her breath as she started laughing.
"I'm sorry, I'd have to admit that's what happens when you've been staring at dead people for hours."
Lauren walked over to look at the photos. While she was taking in the images, Ty checked her phone, two missed calls and five missed messages.
"Sorry, I missed your calls. I must have been lost in my thoughts," said Ty.
Lauren had a worried look on her face as she went through the photographs.
"Bo couldn't have done this," she said, finally looking up at Ty, "right?"
Ty looked back at her with a sympathetic look.
"The evidence and markings suggest that it wasn't her, but considering her edginess and hunger in the past couple weeks, it's possible that she fits the criteria," admitted Ty, just above a whisper, not wanting it to be true. They stood there a moment longer.
"I think you could use a break from this," suggested Lauren, "how about a little resistance research instead?"
Ty smiled, "as long as it comes with food."
Kenzi had been following Bo around for two days straight. Everywhere the succubus went, Kenz was right behind her. Trying to find some time alone, Bo called Lauren.
"Hey, want to grab some take out and maybe a hot bath?" she asked into the receiver.
"Sorry babe, I'm running over some research with Ty. Maybe tomorrow?" replied Lauren.
"Yeah, tomorrow. Tell Ty I say hi," Bo said, hanging up the phone and looking at Kenzi.
"Hey bestie, what do you want to do? Wine and pillow fight? Beer and bongos?"
Bo looked at her.
"Are you feeling okay?"
"Oh yeah, I feel amazing! I've just missed you! You know, since you and Lauren got together and Ty showed up. I just want to catch up, like old times," said Kenz.
"Awe Kenz, you know I always have time for you. Are you feeling okay," Bo asked, giving Kenzi a funny look.
"Great! So, ice cream?"
Before Bo could answer Tamsin and Dyson came barging through the door.
"You're under arrest, cuff her Dyson," said Tamsin, not taking her eyes off Bo.
"What the hell is going on?" Bo asked Dyson.
"We have reason to believe that you're the fae attacking and killing other fae. We're putting you under arrest," he answered.
"You can't be serious! This is insane!"
Dyson led her out cuffed, with Kenzi following.
"Bobo? Bobo! I'll get you out! I promise! I promise," she shouted from behind the detectives.
"Wait!" called Ty from the couch, where she was lying with her feet up. She put down her pizza and sat up.
"Lauren! Look at this," Ty said, bringing a textbook over to the counter that Lauren was sitting at.
"If you were to combine this anti-resistance strain with Bo's DNA, wouldn't it-"
"Yes! Yes it would! It would totally work!" shouted Lauren excitedly! She turned to Ty and hugging her.
"Um, I'm sorry," she said immediately. Ty smiled, "um, don't worry about it. It's exciting!"
They both took a small step from each other to give them space, then smiled at one another.
"I can't believe it. That's crazy," said Lauren, "how did you think of that?"
"I was thinking about you, I mean, your theory, you were telling me about when we started and then it all came to together when I came across that specific strain."
Ty's phone rang and she was thankful for the interruption so she could tone her heartbeat down.
"Trick? What's up?" she asked, putting her phone on speaker.
"Bo's been arrested for those murders, we have to go down there. Are you with Lauren?"
"Yes, I'm here," she said, somewhat frantic.
"We're going to need you to run some tests," said Trick.
"We'll be right there," she said, as they were already leaving the apartment.
"Something is up with Kenzi! Let me help her and I'll come right back. I have nothing to hide," Bo was shouting as Lauren entered the holding area.
"Lauren, let me out of here! I have to help Kenzi, something is wrong with her!"
Lauren pulled out her tools and didn't know how to go about her job.
"Bo, I need to take some samples, so I can help you," she said quietly.
"What? Just let me out of here."
"I can't."
"Lauren!" Bo said, banging her handcuffs on the bars and startling the doctor.
"Lauren, what the hell? Are you scared of me?"
"I just want to help you and this is the only way I know how," said Lauren, holding up the swabs.
"You do believe that I'm innocent right?"
Lauren hesitated.
"You've got to be kidding me. Lauren, what the hell?"
The doctor moved closer to take the swabs and Bo slapped them out of her hand as Ty walked in.
"Bo! What's wrong with you? We're here to help you!" she asked, hearing the slap. Ty moved to Lauren, protectively moving between the bars and the Doc.
"Ty! Please, you know I didn't do this. Kenzi needs help. Something is up with her. Let me out so I can help her."
"Bo, we can't let you out. Do you not think we would if we could?" asked Ty.
"No, I'm not so sure you would," answered Bo, looking at Lauren. Lauren grabbed her bag and stormed out.
"Lauren!" Ty called after her.
"Bo! Seriously? I'm sure seeing her girlfriend behind bars isn't easy."
"I know, but, look, please go find Kenzi. Whatever that is walking around, it isn't her."
"Okay, I'll go look for her. In the meantime, can you please just cooperate so we can get you out of here?"
Ty didn't wait for an answer.
Ty went back to Bo's loft to look for clues as to where the real Kenzi may be. As she was looking around the loft, the fake Kenzi walked in.
"Ty? What are you doing here?"
Ty was taken off guard and didn't have a story ready.
"Uh, hey, Kenz. I'm glad you're back. I was trying to find stuff for Bo, but you know her so much better. Can you help?" Ty thought quickly.
"She is my bestie. I'll make her a care package, my poor Bobo," she cooed.
"Mhmm, poor Bo...Bo," said Ty, sarcastically, "I'm going to go bug Dyson to get her out of there. Thanks Kenz." Ty left shaking her head.
As Ty was heading back to the Dal, Tamsin's truck rolled up beside her.
"Hey," said Tams, looking a little sheepish.
"Hey," said Ty.
"Are you mad?"
"We all have jobs. Yours is just a pain in the ass right now," said Ty.
Tamsin smiled leaning out of her window.
"Would it be completely out of the question to ask for your help right now then?"
"You're something," said Ty, shaking her head.
"Something special?" asked Tamsin.
"I'm not sure yet," smiled Ty, walking around to get inside the truck, "we need to stop at the Dal though and figure this Kenzi situation out first."
"Yeah, that bitch definitely isn't Kenz," noticed Tamsin.
They headed to pick up Lauren, knowing whatever was happening, she'd be the best one to help.
"Are you okay?" Ty asked her, before getting back in the truck.
"I doubted her. She would have never questioned me. You didn't for a second and you're just getting to know her," Lauren admitted with tears in her eyes.
"I had my doubts, I just needed her to calm down so I told her what she wanted to hear." Lauren held Ty's gaze for a moment before piling herself into the truck.
"Where are we going?" asked Ty.
"I think I know where Kenzi is," offered Tamsin, "because whatever that obsessed thing is running around, it's not her. I think it has something to do with that Kitsune the girls found while they were working that sorority."
"The cave in the woods," said Lauren, quietly.
"What?" asked Ty.
"Bo told me about the cave in the woods. I bet that's where they're hiding her."
Tamsin spun the truck around.
Bo was sitting in the cell when the fake Kenzi came back into the room.
"How's my best friend?" she sang.
"Where is she? Tell me where you have her!" shouted Bo.
"Bobo, I'm right here."
"When I get out of here, I'm going to hunt you down for sure. Then they can throw me in here," snarled Bo. The Kitsune attacked the bars next to Bo showing her teeth.
"All I wanted was you to be my friend," she growled.
Tamsin, Ty and Lauren had finally discovered the cave.
"What if she's not in there and she's actually just been PMSing all week?" asked Tamsin.
"She has to be in there," stated Ty, locating the dark fae attached to a leash guarding the entrance.
"How are we going to get inside?" asked Lauren.
"You guys create a distraction and I'll slip inside and check it out," suggested Ty.
"You can't go by yourself," said Lauren.
"We won't all be able to sneak in," counter Tamsin, "she can heal the fasted should anything happen."
"She right," agreed Ty, looking at Lauren.
"C'mon Doc," said Tams, heading to the opposite side of the mouth of the cave. Ty knelt down so she wouldn't be seen, she didn't have to wait long before she heard an absurd sound. The fae darted to that side and Ty made her move. She was inside the dark cave in seconds.
"Kenzi!" she whispered loudly, "Kenz."
It was hard to see but it seemed to be growing slightly lighter towards the back.
"Ty?" she heard from the back.
Ty took a few more steps forward when she saw her. She took off running to Kenz.
"Kenzi! Are you okay?" Ty asked, taking her face in her hands. She was dirty and looked severely dehydrated.
"How did you know?" mumbled Kenz.
"Bo noticed first, then I saw that thing do the dishes and I knew it couldn't be you," smiled Ty.
"You're lucky you're cute," she said weakly.
Ty bent down to pick the lock of the cuffs securing Kenzi to the cave. She was almost through the second when she heard screams from the entrance. It was too late by the time she turned around, the dark fae had grabbed her and thrown her against the side of the hollow rock, scratching her back in the process. Tamsin ran at the fae giving it a solid punch to the throat. It fell to the ground and Lauren ran to Kenzi to help her with the last of the lock. The fae rounded on Tamsin picking her up by the throat, her feet left the ground and she couldn't breath. Ty sat up and saw the scared look on Tamsin's face and immediately grabbed the knife from her pocket and stabbed the creature in its back. It dropped Tamsin right away, falling to its knees before lying still on its back.
Ty rushed to Tamsin's side, holding her still while she looked her over. She was bleeding from her neck.
"It looks like it punctured your neck. You're going to be okay," said Ty, her hand over the bleeding hole and the other on her cheek.
"Lauren!" shouted Ty. Lauren and Kenzi knelt down beside Tamsin. Ty moved her hand so Lauren could inspect the wound. Ty recognized the defeated look on Lauren's face.
"No," she whispered, clasping her hand back over the wound.
"We don't have any supplies, they're all miles away. She won't make the hike back," confirmed Lauren.
Ty's hands started shaking, she looked down at Tamsin who had loss consciousness.
"Tams! Hey! Come back!" pleaded Ty, her eyes unexpectedly filling with tears. Lauren covered Ty's hand with hers.
"Ty, we have to get Kenzi back. She needs help too," she said gently.
"I'm not leaving her, she was the one that found Kenzi! She's not going to die here."
They all turned when they heard the dark fae behind them stir, Ty got up right away and went to it. She grabbed it by its shoulders and began to suck its chi, which it was holding on to survive. When she finished, she slowly moved back over to Tamsin, gently opening her mouth, filling her with the chi. They all were holding their breaths to see if it would work and after a moment, Tamsin took a deep breath.
Lauren and Kenzi smiled at one another, while Ty tried to catch her own breath.
"Have you ever done that before? That was amazing," said Lauren.
"Just once, I haven't been able to do it since," admitted Ty, still breathless.
"Let's get the hell outta here," said Tamsin, sitting up and rubbing her neck. Ty felt weak after the exchange. Everyone began to stumble out of the cave leaving Ty in the back. Lauren hung back.
"Feed off me," she said, stopping Ty.
"I can't, you'll need your energy to help Kenzi back," argued Ty.
"Tamsin is too weak and we don't have time to argue," with the others already outside the mouth of the cave, Lauren shoved Ty against the wall and kissed her. She didn't want to take the doctors chi and was trying to fight it.
"Just take it," murmured Lauren against her lips. Ty kissed her back. She was feeling dizzy but wasn't sure if it was from the exhaustion or the doctors body pressed against hers. She drank in Lauren's chi, which tasted sweet. She only took a little not wanting to hurt her.
"You need more," whispered Lauren.
"No, I'm good," said Ty resting her forehead on Lauren's shoulder.
She looked up and found herself staring into the warmest brown eyes.
"Thank you," said Ty.
"I thought next time you were going to ask?" smiled Lauren.
