Sacrifice

At five in the morning a clashing sound disturbed everyone's sleep. Bo and Lauren got dressed rapidly and joined the others outside the tent.

"What was that," Bo asked quickly.

"I don't know but Dyson's gone," Hale replied as he packed the bag that contained weapons. "Get your stuff we need to move fast."

"Gone where?" the doctor asked.

"We don't know. He might have been kidnapped," Tamsin answered as she put her daggers in their sheath around her waist.

Everyone packed their stuff in a hurry, taking only the essential and leaving the tents behind. They started walking north again, calling out Dyson's name until they noticed smoke in the distance.

"Wait," Hale shouted raising his hand in the air. "I think this is it. That's the river that pours into Oswego Lake," he explained, pointing the river next to them.

Bo stepped in front of everyone "What's with all that smoke?"

"It could be the old wood factory that closed years ago," Hale suggested.

"Doesn't look closed to me," Kenzi commented.

"Let's find out," the sirens said.

"Wait a second," Bo stopped. She was concerned that no one seemed to be scared about this. "This could be the place were the boy is kept and Dyson too even. It could be dangerous and Crystal, Kenzi and Lauren—"

"Can perfectly defend themselves," Kenzi finished. "Am I am right Doc?"

"Sure, I'll needle them all to death," Lauren quipped and shrugged at Bo.

"And I'll be fine," Crystal added. "Tamsin gave me a knife and I'll stay by her side all the way through. Plus my leg barely hurts anymore."

That wasn't convincing enough for Bo. She regretted having brought three humans in here, especially Lauren who wasn't as experience with fighting as Kenzi were. "Okay then," she said reluctantly.

Lauren could sense Bo's worry. She caressed her arm. "We'll all be fine Bo, I promise."

"Yup we're all going out of here alive," the human thief seconded.

Lauren entangled her hand with Bo's. "C'mon baby, we have to find Dyson," she reminded her girlfriend with a soft smile.

The group walked closer to the lake, never lowering their guard, approaching what they thought to be the last end of their adventure. Oswego Lake covered the majority of the area, except where was built a big, abandoned wood factory. Tags, moss and broken bricks covered the walls of the building like it hadn't been occupied for years. Only the smoke and the sound of heavy machinery betrayed that idea. There was inevitably life in there.

The entrance door was unlocked, which meant that whoever was hiding in there didn't mind to be found. As Bo stepped inside, a sudden pain in her chest made her stumble on her knees. The succubus shrieked, her hand pressing on her chest, trying to understand where the source of agony came from.

Lauren kneeled next to her lover, pressing a hand on her back. "What's happening Bo?" Lauren worried as she watched the succubus squirm in pain.

"Something strong… dark. Too powerful for me to handle please make it stop," Bo pleaded and felt her whole body wanting to explode.

Hale rushed to her side. "Here take this," he said, handing her the twig of Zamora. "It should protect you."

Bo took the object and held it tight in her palm. The pain went away in an instant.

"Are you okay Bo?" Lauren asked as she wiped the sweat on Bo's forehead.

"Yeah it's better now," the succubus said and stood up with the help of Lauren. "What the hell was that?" She put the twig inside of her pocket and looked around her, looking for an answer.

"Something bad," the Valkyrie asserted and made her forward through the hall on the right side of the main entrance. "Let's keep moving," She drew out the daggers from their sheath.

Just as the group turned the corner, three male lumberjacks appeared in front of them. Demonic red eyes, burned faces and clothes ripped apart; these things were not human. They might have been at some point, but something or someone had transformed them into something horrible. One of them even had an axe plunged deep his neck and it didn't seem to bother him.

One of the men charged forward, grabbed Lauren and stepped back, holding the human doctor with one arm. With his free hand he withdrew the axe from his neck and pressed it on the blonde's neck, hard enough to make it uncomfortable for the doctor. She swallowed hard and felt the blade on her skin as she did.

Bo immediately regretted that she hadn't been enough attention to her girlfriend.

"You dare cross the king's lair?" the man holding Lauren spoke. "With filthy humans?" He sniffed Lauren's neck all the way through her face and hair. Bo felt her blood boil inside her and stepped closer to them. The two others lumberjacks moved in front of their friend.

"The king's 'lair'?" Kenzi repeated, lifting a brow as she looked around the crumbling building. "Why don't you sign up your king to Extreme Makeover: Lair Edition." One of them shot a growl at the shorter woman.

"Remove. The axe. From the pretty girl's face." Bo stammered as her eyes flashed blue.

"Onh is she your girlfriend?" The man laughed before licking the length of Lauren's face. It took everything for the blonde not to gag as his disgusting tongue touched her face.

Bo's eyes no longer flashed blue; they stayed blue. Her voice became deep as she spoke and dark blue veins appeared on her neck and chest. "NO ONE MUST LAY A FINGER ON THE QUEEN'S LOVER. YOU SHALL DIE FOR YOUR FAULT YOU PATHETIC, LIFELESS FOOL." The succubus threw her head back as three streams of chi entered her mouth. The lumberjacks fell on the floor and crumbled into dust, leaving behind small particles of wood on the ground.

Lauren dashed to Bo, but stopped midway as she realized the succubus was still on her rampage mode.

"Move out of my way," the brunette growled at Lauren as she walked toward her slowly.

"Bo, you're okay. It's me." Lauren put a careful hand on her shoulder when Bo was close enough. "Come back baby. Remember what I said to you yesterday in the tent, I'm losing myself without you. I need you," she told her with a smile and vibrant eyes, ignoring the audience around them.

Bo tilted her head as her face softened at Lauren's words. Her eyes became brown again and she felt her body temperature regulate. "Lauren…" she said stumbling into the blonde's arms.

Lauren wrapped her arms protectively around her girlfriend and the brunette buried her head in her neck. "Bo it's okay. I've got you," she whispered softly running her fingers through the brown locks.

"I'm sorry to interrupt this moment, but we've got bigger issues," Tamsin announced. Everyone turned to the Valkyrie who was bent next to the residues of the corpses. She held a tarot card in her hand.

"The Wanderer?" Bo said leaving Lauren's arms. She took the card from Tamsin's hand and examined it. "How is that possible?"

"Bo, the Wanderer has the power of foresight," Tamsin explained, feeling a bit guilty that she had kept that information from Bo.

"And?" Bo asked, trying to connect the dots, but nothing made sense to her.

"He knew that by kidnapping the kid we'd come here," the Valkyrie added.

"But why Crystal's brother? Why not one of us? We would have come much faster," Bo questioned and looked at the card again.

"I don't know Bo, but this Wanderer don't mess around. If that's the way he chose to bring us here then there must be a reason."

"I don't like this," Bo said shaking her head.

"We have to hurry, Dyson might be in danger," Hale reminded them and made his way forward. He looked around. "This area looks clear. There are stairs down the hall that seems to lead to the basement. We should check it out."

Bo nodded. "Stay close to me Lauren, here take this," she said and handed her a small dagger. Lauren nodded back and they made their way down the hall with the rest of the group.

"Well well, took you long enough," said a male voice when the gang crossed the double doors that led to the basement. They looked around in the dim lit room where were stores thousands barrels and crates, searching for the man who had just spoke. Bo pushed Lauren behind her back protectively, but this time Lauren was having none of it. The doctor stepped next to Bo, dagger and needle and hands, ready to defend herself for once. Bo shot her a worried look, but understood. The succubus made sure to keep both eyes on her anyways.

They continue to walk forward in the room, turned the corner of a pile of barrels that went up to the ceiling and froze as they met their opponents on the other side. There were many of them, a dozen maybe, and one of them stood out amidst the rest- probably the one who had spoken. His figure was too familiar; a long black cloak, curly brown hair like the painting on the infamous tarot card.

The Wanderer.

His lips curved into a vile smile at their sight. The men standing by his side were lumberjacks like the others they had just encounter, all of them looked as cruel and brutal as the rest. Next to them were two cages; one that held an injured, shirtless Dyson, and the other a young blond haired child.

"Jack!" Crystal shouted when she saw her brother and was about to run to him, but the Valkyrie grabbed her arm and tugged her arm until she stood behind the group.

Bo stepped in front of her friends and stood in front of the tall man with the wand. "Kidnapping me once and strip of my memory wasn't enough?" the succubus spoke with anger. "And now you put innocent people in danger too?" Bo placed the edge of her sword on his jugular. "What do you want?"

The Wanderer laughed. "You're putting= too much blame on the wrong person, Succubus," he said with amusement. "I mean yeah the kidnapping was all me. But I'm not the one who made you come down here." He shrugged. "At least not directly."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Bo pressed the sword on his neck, making the man's servants jolt to the succubus, but he stopped them with a gesture of his hand.

He smiled and his gaze jumped on the shorthaired blonde. "Her," he said almost in growl.

The gang turned to look at Crystal, their eyes filled with confusion, anger and betrayal.

"That's not what you think…" Crystal started shaking her head. Tears began to slide down her face.

"You fucking piece of shit, I trusted you!" Tamsin yelled.

"He made me!" Crystal replied quickly.

"That's right, I did. Humans are so easy to manipulate," the Wanderer said. "I was sure the emotional gang wouldn't refuse to save a poor little boy and they'd came running right into my lair."

Bo looked at the boy. He looked terrified. "But he tried to reach me, not you?" she said in confusion. All this time she thought the child had been trying to contact her to help him get save from someone that didn't want to be found. She had been so wrong about all this.

The Wanderer burst into laughter. "Do you really think a 6 year old would throw a Succubus in the air and make her hallucinate voices? And here I thought the former unaligned succubus was smarter then that. It was all me darling."

"You were the one who kidnapped me weren't you? Lauren said as it all came clear in her mind. "In the car with Crystal on my way to home. You brought me to the Morrigan. But why?"

"Oh c'mon what's the fun into spilling out all my secrets?"

"Let Dyson go," Bo ordered.

"Dyson?" The Wanderer said. "Is that the dog? I caught him wandering in my forest on his dirty four paws. He should have known; no one wanders in my forest except me."

Bo had enough; she pulled her sword backward and slammed it toward the man, but before she had time to realize what was going on he had her unarmed and held her sword under her neck. Bo's friend all dashed toward him, but they were all stopped and held back by his servants.

"Oh darling, you keep disappointing me. And yet I should know, I have the power of foresight don't I," he laughed. Bo had no chance to defeat him if he kept anticipating her every move. The only chance they had to get out of here was to give him what he wanted, whatever that was.

"You wouldn't want to kill your daughter would you Wanderer?" Bo said sputtered as she tried to squirm.

The man laughed again, louder this time. "What? You think I'm your father. That's funny," he giggled. "Nice try."

Bo frowned in confusion. Was he lying to protect himself or was he really not her father? "One last time, what do you want?"

"See, you beloved grandfather put a damn curse on me a century ago, one that's killing me as we speak." He explained. "The only way I can lift it is by drinking the blood of someone who heart is pure and loving to the one they love," he said faking a gag at the idea of love "So I figured, I'll kill the old man, but his wife dead. Bummer. Daughter is nowhere to be found. So then I remembered, the granddaughter he loves and protects so dearly is known to have many lovers, right? Why not find one of them and make the blood king regret his biggest mistake."

"Don't you dare touch them!" Bo said, trying desperately to get out of his grip, but he was too strong for her. "Take me, my heart is pure and loving. I'm his granddaughter. There's your payback. Now let them go." Bo was practically begging. She blamed herself for bringing them here and she was ready to pay the price. The look Lauren gave her after she had given herself up had broken her heart, but if that were what it took to save her and the other she would do it.

"Nah, see, I can't kill the succubus. Too many people would come after me. Ain't got time for that." He said then pressed his face on the Succubus' cheek. "So who will it be? The human Doctor? The wolf? The Valkyrie? Oh wait… the best friend…"

Bo shrieked. "No!"

"Take me," said a voice that hadn't been heard in a long time. Dyson stood up in his cage. "Take me," he repeated. "My love is pure to the woman you are holding. I offer myself as sacrifice. Take me and let them go."

"Dyson no!" Bo yelled at the top of her lung. "Don't do this we can find an other way…"

"There's no other way Bo," the wolf gave her a soft smile. "All this time I wondered what was the use of loving you so much if I couldn't have you… but I know now. It was for this." Bo was shaking her head in denial, trembling in fear, with her eyes full of tears. "It's okay Bo. Let me do this for you" he told her.

"Ugh so much drama," The Wanderer groaned. He motion to three lumberjacks to come restrain Bo. She squirmed violently when she was restrained again, but no matter how hard she tried she was unable to do anything. Why wasn't she becoming her evil self like she did when they held Lauren earlier? She hated that she hadn't learned to control how to suck multiple chi at the same time. Her anger was so strong inside of her, just not enough to trigger it.

The Wanderer walked toward the cage, took the key from his pocket, and when he reached Dyson, he stopped and looked back at the wolf's companions. He took ever bit of pleasure watching them suffer in pain.

Kenzi was crying violently as she about to lose one of her best friend. Tamsin and Hale looked away, unable to bear losing their partner and friend. Lauren was also crying; even if she and Dyson hadn't been very close, he had become a good friend. She was crying for Bo too; she knew how much he meant to her and how painful that loss was going to be to her girlfriend. Crystal was weeping too, but for different reason. She was relived that all was over and that her brother would finally be safe, but she felt extremely guilty. She was one of the reason after all that all these people were losing someone they loved dearly.

Finally, the Wanderer looked at Bo, the woman was screaming in pain and so perfectly powerless; he had never felt so much satisfaction. The evil man faced Dyson, the wolf looked one last time at Bo with a smile and a nod, trying desperately to hold back his tears, and before he knew the Wanderer had opened the cage and a sword went through his body.

"No! Dyson! No!" Bo sobbed, heavy tears pouring down her cheek. She had lost a lover, a friend, an ally and maybe even a part of herself.

It was all her fault.

A/N: Here's another heavy chapter, like the last episode wasn't heavy enough. :/ Please keep sending me reviews, they make my day. How do you think his death will affect Bo and Lauren's relationship?