Hello everyone! It's been a while.. I have no excuse other than losing all motivation to write anything for a long while.. Unfortunately happens with me sometimes. :/
Hope you all haven't given up yet, and enjoy this chapter.
Thank you!
"Get in there!" Darrel barked shoving the succubus into the tiny cell. Her knees colliding into the cold hard floor as she lost her footing.
That would leave a bruise.
"Where's Lauren?!" Bo demanded, gathering back to her feet as the man slammed the steel door closed.
"Don't you worry your pretty little head about her. The Doctor is in good hands now, far better than she was with the entourage she called her security team. It's pathetic how easy it was to take you five down. Aren't ya'll supposed to be far more superior to us humans?" He taunts holding a grin from ear to ear.
"I swear if you lay one finger on her I'll be sure to make your death slow and painful." Bo spat flaring her eyes at the man.
Darrel seemed unfazed by her threat as he continued to smile. "I give you my word that she will remain untouched…" he spoke slowly inching forward "as long as she is still needed."
Bo's blood was boiling at those words, the rage inside her succubus was at a level she had never felt before. An unstable level. In the blink of an eye, Bo had the guard by the throat squeezing with all her might. Darrel's cries were muffled due to his windpipe being crushed. One of the other guards leaped forward tasering the succubus in her side.
Releasing her grip, Bo stumbled back as the man fell to the floor coughing and dry heaving as he held his throat. 'You got lucky this time.' Bo thought as she held her side, glaring at the young boy with the taser. "I'm shocked you even know how to use that. You're what sixteen, seventeen?" she asked, sizing the kid up who puffs his chest at the question. It made her even more angry that Taft would recruit young adults into this dangerous role. Brainwashed no doubt, and more than likely promised the world.
"That's none of your damn business freak, you're lucky I haven't come in there to show you what pain really feels like!" the auburn boy spat, squaring his shoulders.
Bo couldn't help but chuckle at the arrogance rolling off the kid. "Quite the bark you have there. What would your parents think about you putting yourself in danger like this, huh?"
"Shut your mouth! My parents are dead because of you monsters, so you don't get to pass judgement." The boy's breezy blue eyes began to brim with tears. Must still be a fresh wound, the thought of this poor young man's parents being killed by Fae broke her heart, not to mention the fact that he believed his only way of surviving was under the command of a crazed man.
"I am so unbelievably sorry for your heartache…" she paused, glancing at the name printed across the boy's uniform, "Thomas. I can't even imagine what you must feel every day, and though this will never be a good enough reason, not all Fae are bad. In fact, there are many of us out there that fight to protect the equal rights between Humans and Fae. I was raised by a human mom and dad. Our most important scientist is human." She spoke, watching the kids feature soften. "What Taft is doing is wrong, and I don't have to be a genius to see that you are bright enough to know right from wrong and good from…"
"Alright, that's enough of today's political bullshit debate. You Fae are and will always be cold blooded killers. Don't let her fool you, Thomas." Darrel cut in, his voice raspy from before. "There's a snack in your cage if you want it." He finished before turning to leave. Signaling for the other men to follow.
Bo's eyes followed Thomas as the men were leaving, before reaching the door he stopped and turned back towards Bo. It was evident in his eyes that he wasn't like Darrel or the other men, he didn't want to live this kind of life, but what do you do when you have no one to take care of you. They stared for a moment longer before Darrel shouted for him to get his ass moving.
A low groan caught her attention, she quickly turned to meet the sound. There in the far corner of the cell laid a figure on their side, facing away from the brunette. As she got closer, certain features became familiar as to who was lying there.
"Dyson." She whispered, quickly running to his side, cradling him into her arms. The shifter cried out in pain as Bo's cold hands hit deep bruises and lacerations.
"I-I'm sorry, Dy. Here lay your head on this." Bo quickly removed her leather jacket, rolling it into a makeshift pillow as she placed it behind his head. Bo couldn't explain how relived she was to see him, "Man are you a sight for sore eyes. I thought you were…. Taft said that…"
"I'm okay, Bo. They just took some bone marrow and blood samples then beat me around a bit. That's all." He interrupted, grunting and groaning as he tried to sit up.
"Easy, Dyson. Just lay down, it's not like we can go anywhere right now." Bo spoke, pressing against the shifter. Dyson was too weak to put up any bit of a fight, so he laid back down. "Do you know where they took Tamsin, and the other two agents?"
"Your guess is as good as mine. I ended up passing out from all the pain and when I woke up, I was here." He replied. "They might have taken her next…. Where's the Doctor?"
Bo immediately looked away as guilt coursed through her body having let her superior down. "Taft has her. He needs her for some experiment. The Fae Elders didn't send us here, Dyson, we were tricked." She finished meeting his gaze with piercing blue eyes, heated anger in her tone.
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"I-I don't understand. How?" Lauren questioned, her face completely drained of color as she stared at the person before her. Nausea violently tugging at her insides. She didn't want to believe that this kind of betrayal was true.
"How?" The person mocks, slowly circling the blonde, "Easy, I just had to get you at your most vulnerable. You should never mix drugs and alcohol, Lauren." The figure winked, running a finger along her jawline. "Though I will admit it was a lot harder than I originally thought it to be, constantly tracking you down, our little game of cat and mouse. I didn't expect it to take me three years to finally gain your trust back. I must say I am a bit hurt over that."
"Why? How could you do this? After everything we've been through." Lauren challenged, crossing her arms across her chest as she took a few steps back. Taft stood behind the scenes watching everything unfold, all that he was missing was a bag of popcorn and cherry coke. Though having already wrote and read this script over and over, he knew the ending all too well.
"That's exactly it, Lauren! After everything we went through, no… What those FREAKS put us through. They ruined us. We were so happy before you stumbled into that village. The Fae tore us apart, Lauren and now I'm getting my revenge."
"You checked out long before the Fae ever came around, Nadia, so don't you dare place the blame on them. This has always been about you and me, no one else. You just couldn't stand the fact that my life had some other meaning besides being your perfect house wife!" The blonde spat, pressing her finger into the brunette's chest.
Off to the side, Taft looked just as shocked as Nadia did at the blonde's response, he didn't remember writing that in, nevertheless the grand finale would still be the same. Taft would soon be the most powerful hybrid to ever roam the earth. All will bow down to him, Fae and human alike.
"Is that what you really think? That I gave up on us long before?" Nadia questioned, a softness in her voice.
"It's the only thing that makes sense, we were together for four years, built a life together; had everything planned out. That doesn't just go away over night because the plans derail a little. Someone who's madly in love doesn't just walk away from a four-year relationship."
"You were gone all the time, Lauren! Always in that stupid lab, working on god knows what for a bunch of freaks! How was I supposed to act?!" Nadia replied, a hint of anger back in her tone. "Five months. Five very lonely months I fought with you, fought for us. I dropped hint after hint before blatantly coming out and telling you how I felt,"
"Yes, and I TOLD you I would cut back my hours!"
"Let me finish," she interrupted, raising a hand. Both women's eyes were brimming with tears. They've never truly talked about everything that had happened between them, an unspoken understanding to just leave it be. "That night you came home to find all my things packed, I had accidently stumbled across a letter from the… those things. Explaining your new role as Regional Head Director, and how it would require you to fly all over the world taking care of all kinds of Fae and I lost it. All I could think about was Congo, and how much I hated it there. The life we had built and dreamed of consisted of that tiny little Victorian house down Grover St, with a white picket fence and a decent sized yard for all the furry babies and human babies we would have, together. Not living on a jet, or in a medical institution until we died. I knew that was something that you would be ok with, but I wouldn't have been."
"Why didn't you talk to me about this? We could have figured something out, or I would have declined. That's what couples do, Nadia, you talk through things and make compromises."
"Lauren, you live breathe and dream about that life. I couldn't be the one to take that away from you. You would have grown to resent me, and I couldn't live with that, but that also doesn't change the fact that I am still angry that we were even put in that position. I'm sorry for drugging you, and slipping that file into your bag to get you here, but I want to the Fae gone as much as Taft does. I'm sorry." Nadia finished, lowering her gaze to the floor. She couldn't stand to see the hurt and betrayal in the blondes eyes. Maybe this was a shitty way of going about things, but she was already roped in to far to not see this through.
Lauren stared at the woman, anger coursing through her blood as every event leading up to this day replayed in her mind. The ultimate betrayal and stab to her back. She didn't recognize her anymore. This wasn't the Nadia she fell in love with back in their college days.
"You are a disgrace to mankind, both of you." Lauren spat meeting Issac's eyes, before turning her attention back to the brunette. He could careless what she or anyone else thought of him, that was child's play and he had no time for that.
Nadia on the other hand looked like she just had her heart mercilessly ripped from her chest.
"Alright, I've enjoyed enough of this reunion. Escort the Doctor to her quarters so she may get settled, and I want two men stationed outside her door at all times." He ordered the two guards while walking to a small fridge across the room.
"You won't be able to keep this up forever Taft, sooner or later the Fae will come looking for us." Lauren threatened as the men came beside her.
Taft laughed at her words, turning to face the blonde, "That's exactly what I am hoping for, Doctor." And with that, the men grabbed Lauren by her arms leading her out of the room.
Nadia watched as the disappeared, she felt so low inside. Was this who she really was, did the Fae change her into this monster?!
The sound of bottle caps hitting the table drew her attention back in as Issac approached with two beers in hand, "We're not having second thoughts are we?" He questioned handing the cool beverage to Nadia.
She stood for a moment before shaking her head, "No sir, just her words hit me hard that's all. Doesn't change how I feel about the Fae though." She responded, cheering her drink to him.
"Good, now we have much to discuss."
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It's been five days since Bo had seen the blonde, she was pacing back in fourth in the tiny cell, imagining what she would do when she got her hands on those slimy scumbags. Especially Taft.. She also couldn't believe the betrayal of Nadia that landed them all there. She should of been more aware that night, her gut was telling her something was wrong, but she washed that down to jealousy. 'If only I had stopped her then we'
"Bo, you're going to pace a hole into the floor if you don't quit. Come lay down, you need to rest." Dyson ordered, startling the brunette from her thoughts.
"Might be the only thing that will get us out of this cage." She stopped at looked at her companion. He was still very weak from the beating and the bone marrow transfusion, "I need to make sure she's okay, Dy. I'm literally going out of my mind. What if she's hurt, I can't be there to protect her because I'm stuck here in this stupid fucking cell!" She spoke in frustration, yelling the last part.
"Hey, give it a rest Succubus! You're driving me nuts over here!"
"Sorry Tam." Bo spoke, leaning against the wall as she slide down, covering her face in her hands. She was at her wits end, she couldn't stop the flow of bad imagines of Lauren being seriously hurt, or scared. 'What if they are doing tests on her like they did Tamsin and Dyson?!'
Just then the doors swung open and a guard came through heading the straight for her cage. "Succubus, to your feet now and come with me. Peacefully." A voice spoke, seemed familiar but was muffled by the mask he wore.
Climbing to her feet Bo glanced at Dyson, catching his nervous eyes before following the man out. As soon as the left the room, the guard turned to Bo and removed his mask, "It's me, Thomas. I don't have long but the Doctor wanted to see you, and so I've been given orders to have you checked out before they run tests on you."
Bo couldn't believe this boy was helping her, but most of all she was grateful for being able to see Lauren. Giving then boy a nod, he replaced his mask before heading down the long white hall.
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As soon as they entered the clinic, Bo spotted Lauren by an exam table, setting up utensils. Thomas let the two be as he closed the door, as soon as the door clicked Lauren turned to the brunette, inhaling deeply at the sight of Bo.
Bo couldn't help but have the same reaction as she took quick steps towards the blonde, Lauren meeting her halfway as the wrapped their arms around the other in a longing embrace.
Bo's body shook as the Doctor held her, her soul and spirit missed the blonde so much, "I was so worried about you, Lo. Did Taft doing anything to you? Did he hurt you? Touch you? I swear to god I'll kill him Lauren."
"Bo, baby, calm down. I'm fine. He hasn't down anything to me. I've been trying to fly under the radar and do what is asked until I can find away to get you guys out. Bo, you've been on my mind twenty four seven. Are you okay?" Lauren spoke, wiping tears from the succubus cheeks. Bo just nodded as she took the blonde in, "Dyson's okay by the way, just thought you should know."
A sign of relief fell over the Doctor, she had later inquired about the Wolf but was never given a straight answer. "I'm so glad to hear that. Listen, Bo, Taft wants tests run on you now, and he wants me to perform the procedure... and I told him I would. I'll have better control on how much... how much pain you feel." She choked, looking away from the brunette.
"Hey, look at me Lo. It's okay. I trust you." Bo spoke in a low tone, reassuring the Doctor. "When will these tests take place?"
"Today, after I examine you." Lauren replied, looking to the ground. Bo placed her finger under the blondes chin lifting her face, "I love you, Lauren Lewis. There is nothing that could change that. I'll endure all the pain in the world if it meant you were safe. We're going to get through this, all of us."
"Feed from me." Lauren blurted out, catching the brunette off guard. "Feed from me, Bo. You need all the strength you can get."
Bo looked to the door and then around the empty room before returning her gaze to the Doctor. "How much time do we have?!"
Lauren catching the hidden meaning in the brunettes question smiled, pulling the succubus close. "Enough." She husked before capturing her lips. Bo collided with the Doctor as she quickly discarded her jacket, picking the blonde up, she carried her to the exam table, sitting the Doctor down.
As Bo began her onslaught against her neck, "Wait.. Bo hold on for a second." Lauren began to push the succubus back, halting their movements. Bo looked at the Doctor with confused worried eyes.
Lauren just stared at the brunette, taking in the beautiful creature before her. This woman held Lauren's heart, and she wanted it known. "I love you, Bo Dennis. You are truly the best thing to ever walk into my life, and WHEN we get out of here I want us to be together, like together together. I want the world to know.." she finishes, grinning from ear to ear as tears threatened to fall.
Bo stared at the woman, fighting to keep her heart in her chest. She's never felt this way towards anyone, and she can't believe the feelings are returned in full. Letting out a low sigh, Bo leaned in pressing the softest of kisses against the blondes lips, relishing the electric current passing between the two.
Burning passion took over as the previously fueled fire resumed between the two.
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Thomas stood outside the door, trying his best not to listen to the sounds coming from in the room, but with no luck as both women didn't seem to be holding back.
