A/N: Sorry for this one being a little late, but even in my recovery I am still finding myself busy. I've been applying for Apprenticeships all week and time just got away from me. But they are all done now so, back to the writing.
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Chapter 11: Dead Woman Walking
Light Fae Compound (Dr. Knox' Office)
Curtis Knox was not very liked among his staff. He was arrogant, selfish, and no one ever lived up to his self-righteous standards. But Lauren was about to change all of that, on the ride over the blonde thought over the whole raiding thing that she had been helping Peyton with in this last year. The research labs were refitted with state of the art security when she was Chief Medical Officer. And she had only know realised, that they never took the lab down by force.
They had guns sure, but they only used them as a scaring tactic. Peyton was the only one who would actually use hers. But they never blew up the doors, or the windows. Which meant that Peyton must have had someone on the inside who gave her the access codes. Lauren knew Curtis better than anyone, and she also knew that he wouldn't be above betraying his kind for something as materialistic as a payoff.
Before they headed into the clinic, Lauren and Bo called Dyson to check out Curtis' bank account. And it turned out that he was getting some hefty payments from Revolution Inc. Lauren knew that it was Peyton, that was the name of her club and she had used it to pay for some other thing that they needed. Curtis had been working for Peyton the entire time. The question was, what was he letting her steal?
As they entered the clinic, all eyes were on Lauren as they were shocked to see the Human doctor alive and walking through their hospital. Bo actually found it funny, no one said a word as they made their way down the corridor. As they rounded the corner, Lauren saw him. Curtis was currently on the phone to someone in her old office. And judging by the way he looked, he was getting an ear full. She wondered if it was Peyton.
"How do you want to do this?" Bo asked.
"I don't know… But it won't be subtle" the blonde gave her a wink as she made her way to the office. Opening the door and stepping into the room. Curtis spun around in his chair ready to tell whoever it was to get lost. When he saw it was Lauren, he dropped his phone on the floor. Not knowing if he was seeing a ghost or not. The blonde walked forward, bending down to pick up the phone.
She saw that she was right. The name on the caller I.D. read Revolution Inc. Peyton was on the other line. Curtis had yet to utter a word. He was in too much shock. Lauren brought the handset to her ear, hearing Peyton's voice. "Damn it Knox! Answer me!" she yelled from the other end.
"He's a bit indisposed at the moment. Can I take a message?" Lauren smirked into the microphone. Bo followed her girlfriend into the office, closing the door behind her and locking it. Then made a move to shut the blinds to give them some privacy.
"Lauren…. Looks like the succubus found her own way then. I was wondering why she hadn't called to tell me her decision. Guess it doesn't matter now huh?" Peyton said. She wondered how Bo brought her back, when the blonde was seconds away from breathing her last breath.
"No, it doesn't… And by the way, I remember everything. You took everything from me! Used me! Stuck me with that poison at least a dozen times! And I also know that Isaac is alive, so whatever you need me for. You can shove it! I will never, ever help you again!" the blonde yelled into the phone. Bo approached her and put a hand on her girlfriend's arm to calm her.
"You won't have a choice Lauren" Peyton laughed into the phone.
"And why is that?" the blonde asked.
"You see that small scar on your forehead? I bet you do, I told you that while we were on a job that you got knocked out and hit your head. When actually, that wasn't the truth…" Peyton cackled into the phone. Lauren looked to Bo as she listened to what her ex friend had said. The succubus could tell that something was wrong.
"What did you do?" Lauren asked steeling her jaw. What else could possibly happen to her?
"… See at that time, you were starting to remember things about your old life. If I hadn't have injected you with the memory loss drug, you would've remembered everything sooner or later and ran off in search of your friends and I couldn't have that. So I took out a little insurance policy, that even if you did remember and leave… You would always end up coming back to me" the soldier said.
Lauren could practically hear her smirk. And it made her so angry. "What did you do Peyton?!" she repeated again, this time louder.
"I inserted a small explosive device into your frontal lobe. If you don't do as I say, I will hit the kill switch. Then Bo will lose you all over again, only this time your death is going to stick. And I wouldn't bother trying to get it removed, if you try and touch it before it's disarmed… KABOOM!" She laughed.
Lauren closed her eyes and sighed into the phone, "You are such an evil bitch" she let out.
"You should have known that I had a plan B. I will always win Lauren, I actually judge you for not expecting this sooner. I do hope you and Bo had a good time reconnecting, but you've had your fun so why don't you head on home to me. I would avoid any more defiance or the next thing your precious girlfriend will see is you gorgeous head, splattering all over the walls. I'll be waiting…" the soldier said as she hung up the phone.
The blonde took a sharp breath, she then threw the phone across the room. Watching it hit the wall and smashing into a dozen pieces. "What is it?" Bo asked worriedly, she didn't know why the blonde was acting like this. Lauren didn't want to tell her, at least not yet. For all she knew, Peyton could be lying. She might think that Lauren would take her word after seeing how evil she could be.
Lauren was done tip toeing around this now, she reached behind her and pulled out Tamsin's gun from earlier. She still had a full clip left. She brought it up and aimed it at Curtis' head, he instantly held his hands up. "Lauren please! Don't shoot!" he said fearing for his life.
"I bet you just couldn't wait to take my place could you? You never liked me! Well guess what, I never liked you either!" she said clicking back the hammer.
"Lauren, calm down. We still need him" the succubus said coming to stand behind the blonde.
"Tell me what Peyton has been stealing! TELL ME!" The blonde yelled moving closer to him, the tip of the gun was no pressed against his sweaty forehead.
"I can't! If I tell you, she'll kill me!" he said, he didn't want to die for this.
"If you don't tell me… I'll kill you! You gave her the access codes to the labs, I want to know what research was being done there and what she took" the blonde said. She wasn't doing this, she wasn't dying again. Now that she and Bo were mated, she couldn't stomach the thought of leaving her.
"Look pal, she's not really in the best of moods right now. So if you know something, I suggest you tell us" Bo said, trying to defuse the situation. Curtis exhaled and nodded, it wasn't worth dying over.
"After word got out about what happened at Dr. Taft's compound. The elders of both the Light and the Dark, wanted us to try and mimic your procedure. Because if we figured out how to turn human's into Fae, then we could also figure out how to reverse it. We had extracted the bone marrow, of various species'. Ones that were very powerful and very rare…" Curtis paused to take a breath.
"… We tried and tried, no matter how many times we performed the procedure. It never stuck, the results were always inconclusive. We couldn't perfect it the way that you did, the Elders were furious with me. They said that I was nothing compared to you, and that if I didn't figure out a way to do it then they would fire me and cut me off from the Fae community. Making me nothing but a rat better left in the sewers" he said.
"That was when Peyton offered you a deal right?" Lauren said.
Curtis nodded, "She reached out to me. I didn't know how she found me, but she said that she would give me the details on the procedure you performed. If I had the method then I could take it to the Elders. But she wanted things in return" he said.
"Like the stuff that was in the research labs?" Bo said.
He nodded again. "I gave her the access codes, but she still had to make it look like a break in" he said. He felt awful for what he had done, but he just didn't want to be cast out like he was nothing.
"What was she stealing?" the blonde asked.
"All of the Fae bone marrow samples that we had gathered. She wanted the rarest and powerful ones, so I let her have them" he said shamefully.
"That's why she wants me, she wants me to perform the procedure again" the blonde said lowering her gun. She couldn't believe that Peyton would be this evil and vindictive. "On who? You already injected Isaac with Cabbit DNA, what more could she possibly want?" Bo asked, she didn't understand this either.
Lauren shrugged, "I have no idea…" she turned back to Curtis. "… You are going to go to the Elders, and you are going to tell them exactly what you did" she said. He needed to pay for his crimes.
"I can't do that! They will have me executed for treason!" The man said, when it came to treason the elders were anything but gentle with their punishment. They made sure that you knew how big of a mistake you had made
"I don't care. You have two options, you can do the right thing and tell them yourself. Maybe die with a little dignity, or… you can try and run. But we happen to know two detectives who would just love to get into the elder's good books. Take it from me Curtis, you can run. But they will always find you… Let's see how far you get" the blonde said with a smirk.
Lauren walked out of the office and headed for her old lab, Bo was running behind her. She didn't know what Peyton had said to her, but she could tell that whatever it was had shaken Lauren to her core.
Lauren walked into the lab, going straight for the x-ray machine. "I need you to wait outside" she said turning to her girlfriend.
Bo shook her head, "No, Lauren? What's going on? What did that bitch say to you to make you act like this? You're scaring me" the succubus said softly. Lauren smiled grabbing her girlfriend's hand and holding it tight.
"I know, and I'm sorry. Please, just wait outside for a second. And then once I'm done, I'll tell you what she said. Okay?" the blonde said. "Alright. Call me when you're done…" The succubus said kissing her girlfriend on the head before leaving the doctor to her secrecy. Lauren exhaled loudly, she hoped that Peyton was bluffing but she had to be sure before she told Bo anything.
The blonde took her jacket off, and prepared the machine. Turning it on and calibrating it to her needs. She positioned the camera onto her forehead, just above her scar. She then pressed the capture button, hearing the sound for a couple of seconds before it went off. Once she was done, she turned the equipment off and checked the films.
There it was, as clear as day. A little pill shaped explosive embedded in her frontal lobe. Not even the best neurosurgeon in the world could take it out without it exploding. Now she had to tell Bo, she could already picture the look on her girlfriend's face. And it wasn't a pretty picture.
Lauren walked over to the door, opening it and seeing Bo standing there with her back against the wall. "Everything okay?" the brunette asked pushing herself off the wall and walking up to her.
"Not really. We need to talk…" the blonde said stepping aside to let the succubus in. Bo frowned and walked in, she felt like she was being called into the principal's office. And for some reason, she had a bad feeling about this conversation.
Lauren closed the door behind her and followed her girlfriend into the middle of the room, the blonde moved over to the x-ray machine. The blonde turned the backlight on with her head scan was placed. The light highlighting the film. Bo looked to the image, she wasn't a doctor but she could tell that it was someone's head. She noticed the little object that was wedged into the person's brain. "Who's is brain is that?" she asked.
"Mine" Lauren said.
The succubus snapped her head around in shock, it was hers? How was that possible? Trick said that her chi would heal Lauren of any wound. "What's going on Lauren?" she asked.
"Peyton injected an explosive into my brain without me knowing. She said if I don't go back to her, she'll hit the detonator and I'll be dead within seconds" the blonde said sadly. Bo shook her head and approached her girlfriend, grabbing her hands. This was not happening, not now, not ever.
"There has to be a way that you can remove it right? Please tell me that you can fix it" the brunette said. Almost begging her.
Lauren shook her head, tears brimming in her eyes. "If it's tampered with before it's disarmed, it will explode. There is nothing I can do Bo. I'm a dead woman walking" she whimpered.
"No, this isn't how it ends. It's you and me, forever. I'm not letting it slip away. We deserve this, we deserve to be happy for once. Look at me…" the succubus cupped both of her girlfriend's cheeks. "… I am going to fix this. Even if I have to rip that bitch's head off. I will save you, okay? I will" Bo said staring into her eyes and then leaning in for a soft yet passionate kiss. She wasn't losing her again.
They hugged each other for the next five minutes. They just needed this moment to try and process the information. "I have to go back to her" Lauren said quietly.
The succubus shook her head, "No! No way Lauren. You can't be anywhere near her" she said. She didn't want evil skank anywhere near her girlfriend.
"I have to Bo. If I don't go she's going to kill me anyway, you don't know her like I do. She doesn't bluff when it comes to threats. If she says she will hit the switch, then she'll hit the switch. If I go I can try and make a deal with her" the blonde said.
"What kind of deal?" Bo asked. Where was she going with this?
"She wanted me to perform the procedure again right? So all I have to do, is do what she wants. But only if she disarms this piece of crap in my brain" The blonde said. It could work, Peyton obviously need her for her own plan. And if Lauren died, she wouldn't get what she wanted.
"What if she doesn't accept it? What if she hits the switch anyway?" The succubus asked worriedly, that was a risk Lauren was willing to take. But she would make sure that Peyton died along with her.
"Then I will make sure I take her down with me" the blonde said.
"This can't be the only way…" Bo let out with a shake of her head, she didn't want this to be the end. "… I just got you back. I can't lose you again, I won't survive it this time" the brunette whimpered. She couldn't do this, she couldn't watch the love of her life walk away from her. Not again. Lauren smiled, stroking the brunette's cheek softly.
"I don't want to do this either babe, but I don't have any other choice. Let's go home, we can talk it over with the others. Maybe we can come up with a plan" the blonde offered. She was grasping onto the smidgen on hope she had left. And she wasn't letting go yet.
"And if we can't?" Bo asked realistically.
"Sometimes you just have to take a leap. That's what we're going to do, come on…" the blonde held her girlfriend's hand and led her out of the lab.
Unknown Location (1 Hour Later)
Peyton walked into her brother's hospital room, smiling at her success of her phone call with Lauren. She didn't want to plant that explosive, but she was always taught to have a backup. So that's what she did, of course her methods were anything but pleasant. But she had no time for games at the moment. The brunette saw the doctors and nurses at work on her brother, he was fading fast. With a wave of her hand, they nodded and left the room.
She approached her brother's bedside. He didn't look good, he still had the chuck missing out of his neck. No matter how many times they patched it up in the last year. It kept reopening. And it was getting badly infected. Isaac was as white as a sheet, his forehead was clammy, and his eyes were bloodshot. "Where is she?" he croaked.
Peyton knew that he was referring to Lauren, "I ran into a little hiccup, but she will be here soon enough. I can be very persuasive" she smiled.
"No, you can be diabolical. But that is what you're good at. I can feel my insides rotting, if she doesn't fix me soon I will die for good" he let out.
"You're not dying! You saved me, and now I am saving you. Whatever it takes, you will be well again brother. I give you my word" Peyton said holding his hand tight. She didn't know how he did it, but when she got shot he saved her. She was stronger, faster, she didn't feel pain like she did before. She didn't know how long it would last, but she would use it for as long as she could if it meant saving her brother's life.
"Your word…" Isaac smiled, focusing his strained eyes on his little sister. "… You are an impeccable soldier Peyton, Mom and Dad would be proud of you" he said.
"And of you. If they knew that you found William's killer, they would be proud of you. And of the work you are doing to save other human's from those disgusting monsters" she said. They both felt the loss of their brother William, who was ripped apart by a Wendigo.
"Even if it meant becoming one of those so called monsters?" he asked.
"You know what they say, if you want to stop a bully you need the power to stand up to them. That's all you're doing, you taking their power so you can use it against them. I have killed thousands of them, and I will kill a thousand more if that's what it takes to stop them for good…" Peyton paused as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She checked the caller I.D. It was Lauren.
"… Speak of the Doctor. I was just talking about you. To what do I owe the phone call?" she asked with a smirk.
"I want to make a deal" Lauren said.
"A deal huh? And what kind of deal would that be?" Peyton asked walking away from her brother's bed.
"I will do whatever it is you want me do, as long as you disarm the device in my brain. Then we are even, I don't want to see you, I don't want to hear you voice. I want you to leave me alone for good, do we understand each other?" the blonde asked.
Peyton could tell by her voice that she was serious. Although, she had no intention of ever letting Lauren leave her side. She needed her for more things than just saving her brother. But if that was what it took to get her here, then she could put on an act. "We do" she said.
"I want your word as a soldier" Lauren said, Peyton laughed into the phone. The blonde was clever, she knew how much Peyton loved being a soldier. She honoured her fallen comrades, she followed orders and saw them out with force. But she wasn't a soldier anymore, so giving her word would mean nothing to her now. Back when she was enlisted, it would have meant everything to her. But now? Not so much.
Lauren didn't have to know that yet though.
"I give you my solemn vow, as a soldier… I'll be by to pick you up in twenty, I assume you are with Bo?" she asked.
"I am" Lauren said.
"You might want to say your goodbyes. It might be a while before you see her again. See you soon babe" Peyton knew that using that term would make Lauren's skin crawl. Although, she didn't know why. They were friends once, and ended up having a lot of fun. The brunette ended the call, walking over to her brother and touching his arm.
"I'll be back in a bit. I'm off to collect some property…" she said kissing her brother on his head before leaving the room.
Clubhouse (20 Minutes Later)
After they had caught their friends up with what was going on, Lauren decided to call Peyton and get the whole deal thing over and done with. And to her surprise, the soldier accepted it and even gave the blonde her word as a soldier. Lauren knew that Peyton had to stick by it. Now all that remained was to say goodbye to her friends again. And she wasn't looking forward to that.
Lauren had already said a quick goodbye to Dyson, Tamsin, Kenzi and Trick. Also Hale had turned up in the meantime, not knowing that Lauren was even alive. He was always the last to know everything. But he was glad that she was back, and he had missed her. Unlike Dyson, he had gotten along with her from the start. But as soon as he was seeing her, he was saying goodbye again.
It wasn't fair.
Once they were done, all that was left was Bo. Who was looking away with her arms folded, she didn't want to say goodbye. Because goodbye meant that they weren't going to see each other again. And she wasn't having that. "Bo? So what? You're not going to talk to me now?" Lauren asked coming to stand behind her.
"If that's what it takes for you to stay then you bet" the brunette said.
The blonde turned her around, seeing her red eyes which was had been caused by crying. "I don't want to do this, but if going means that I can live a little longer then that's what I'm going to do. Because the longer I live, the longer I have with you. I gotta do this babe…" she said holding her girlfriend's face in her hands.
"I know… It's just sucks" the brunette breathed out.
Lauren chuckled, "… It sure does" she said.
"How touching…" Everyone turned to see Peyton standing in the doorway.
"We have got to start locking that damn door!" Kenzi said from where she was standing. She couldn't remember a time, where someone didn't barge into their home.
"… Aw look, it's everybody" Peyton laughed walking into the house and seeing everyone huddled around together. Dyson didn't like her one bit, and he couldn't help the snarl that escaped his throat. "Watch your growls there Kujo, we're all friends here… Who am I kidding? We're more like frenemies" she smiled to herself.
Bo held onto Lauren's hand as they looked at the cause of their problems. "No backup?" Bo asked. She wondered why Peyton had no lackeys behind her with guns. Peyton shook her head, "What for? I'm not worried for my safety, after all if you kill me then Lauren's beautiful mind goes…" the soldier acted out an explosion with her hands.
The succubus was about to walk forward in anger, only to be stopped by her girlfriend. "You ready babe?" Peyton asked looking to Lauren. That just made Bo even angrier. She was the only one who got to call Lauren that. Bo's eyes flashed blue without her even realising, her inner succubus wanted to defend her mate. But it was pointless, Lauren had to do this.
"You don't get to call me that anymore…" Lauren said with a scowl before turning to Bo, bringing the brunette in for an intimate kiss. She left it last a little longer than usual. Given the situation they found themselves in, it seemed appropriate. "… I love you" she whispered.
"I love you" Bo replied.
"This isn't where it ends babe. I found my way back to you once, I can do it again" Lauren winked at her.
"Sort of dying of boredom here!" Peyton called out, she didn't have time for this love sick crap. Lauren huffed, nodding to the succubus once last time before turning away from her and approaching her former mentor. "Thank god for that, for a second there I thought I was going to have to drag you out of here" Peyton smiled.
"Let's get this over with" Lauren said.
Kenzi had stood by her best friend, hugging her from the side. She couldn't imagine how the succubus felt right now. Peyton gestured to the door, telling Lauren to go first. Then she looked to Bo with an evil smirk. "How does it feel to lose her twice?" she goaded her.
Bo was ready to lunge at her, Dyson stopped her with a hand on her arm. "She's just goading you, don't let her win" he whispered in his friend's ear.
"Don't you get it dog boy? I have already won… See you around" Peyton laughed with a wave. Everyone watched as she left the house. Bo wiggled out of Dyson and Kenzi's arms, and without a word she walked upstairs. She just wanted to be alone.
"What do we do know?" Kenzi asked.
Dyson gave a small shrug. "I have no idea Kenz. We just got to trust Lauren…" he sighed scratching his beard.
All they could do was wait.
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A/N: Oooh, poor Bo. God that Peyton is a real bitch huh? I think I might have created a monster. LOL. Haha. Let me know what you guys think. Much Love xoxo
