A/N: Okay, here were go people. This one is going to get wild now, hopefully. Remember to leave me tons of reviews, love to hear from you all.
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Chapter 14: Expect The Unexpected
Clubhouse
Since she had told Dyson to leave before revealing herself to Ethan, Future Bo knew that she had time before they got back to the Clubhouse. And even though she had failed one of the things her Father had sent her do, it didn't matter if she brought Shay home.
And that was her next job.
She couldn't risk anyone else noticing her now that they knew of her presence, so she strapped cloaking bracelet on her wrist, activating it. She looked at her reflection in a car window, seeing that she was invisible.
Perfect.
Walking into the house, she noticed that Lauren and Kenzi were sitting on the couch reading a bunch of books. It had been over two decades since she'd seen her Wife's face. She should've been sad, but thanks to her Father's hold she didn't feel emotions anymore.
But seeing Lauren was affecting her, she couldn't deny that. Bo walked close to her, reaching her hand out to touch her, then realising that she couldn't. Half way there, she stopped and pulled her hand back.
And when she did, Lauren turned her head. Looking directly at her, only she didn't know. Bo backed up slowly, careful not to make any noise.
Kenzi noticed Lauren staring at the wall, "Something wrong?" she asked.
Lauren could've sworn that she felt something, or a sense at least. But there was nothing in front of her, maybe she'd reading these books for too long. She was getting a little stir crazy. "No, nothing…" she shook her head, turning back to Kenzi with a smile. "… Must be losing my mind" she chuckled.
"How about I make us some coffee?" Kenzi put her book down, standing on her feet. "We could both use some caffeine" she walked over to the kitchen, starting the coffee maker.
"Sounds good" Lauren agreed.
Once she was in the clear, Bo saw that the basement door was open. She was being draw to it, which meant that Shay was down there. It was only open few inches, so she had to be extra quiet when opening it a bit more, everything in this house creaked.
Basement
She made her way down the stairs, seeing the open casket situated on the far left. Walking up to it, she looked down at her unconscious daughter. "I never thought he'd be the one to put a knife in your heart…" she referred to Ethan, he didn't have that in him. "… Don't worry, you'll get him back for it" she smiled.
Bo wrapped her hand around the handle of the dagger, she recognised it as one of her own. Dyson gave it to her for her birthday decades ago. Sadly, she didn't have time to be nostalgic. She tugged on it, finding it hard to remove.
She pulled a couple more times, until finally it slid from Shay's skin. Bo watched as the colour started to return to her daughter's face, slowly her chest began to rise and fall. Her heart was beating again, then Shay rose gasping for air.
But Bo placed a hand over her mouth, she couldn't have her give away their position. She uncloaked herself, revealing her face. Shay widened her eyes, knowing that it was her Mother and now the past version of herself.
"You need to keep quiet, otherwise they'll here you" Bo whispered, pointing a finger up at the ceiling to gesture to the living room upstairs.
Shay nodded, breathing more slowly and quietly. She got out of the coffin, feeling very weak. She didn't know how long that dagger had been in, but she needed to feed. She could barely hold herself up. "I need to feed" she told her.
Bo held her up, placing a cloaking bracelet around her daughter's wrist. They were going to get out of the house the same way she came in. By walking out the front door. "You will, but first we need to leave" she activated both devices, taking her upstairs.
Upstairs
Getting into the living room, she could see only Kenzi in the kitchen. Lauren must've been in the bathroom. The only problem was; she was in view of the front door. She would see it open and shut from there.
Shay had an idea, so she grabbed a pen from the side table next to the couch and threw it over by the back door. When she heard the noise, Kenzi went to inspect. And once she did, they walked straight out of the house.
Kenzi saw the pen on the floor, knowing that it wasn't there a few minutes ago. Because she was using it, that was weird. She picked it up, placing it on the computer desk on her way back to the kitchen.
A few minutes later, Lauren came back downstairs and as she did the door burst wide open. Bo, Ethan and Dyson came running in, "Whoa! Where's the fire?" she asked, not knowing what was happening.
"Have you checked on Shay?" Ethan asked her in a panic.
"Uh, no. Not for an hour why?" Lauren answered, she didn't know what was going on. Was she missing something? But she did notice a blood stain on his shirt.
Ethan sighed, leaving her hanging as he ran downstairs.
Lauren turned to Bo, "What's going on? What's with all the hype? And why does he have blood all over him?" she had so many questions.
"My future self, attacked while we were in the hospital. She tried to kill him, she ran away before we could do anything more. Ethan thinks my Father sent her for Shay" Bo was still trying to wrap her mind around the fact that there was now two of her in this time.
Before Lauren could even ask another question, everyone turned around when they saw Ethan emerge from the basement. His face said everything the needed to know. Ethan sighed sadly, "She's gone" he held up Bo's blood stained dagger that he found inside the coffin.
Downtown (Later)
When she got her further enough away, Bo stopped outside of a sleazy bar. It was on the wrong side of town, so she knew that no one would miss the inhabitants inside. And even if they did, she didn't care. Her daughter needed to eat, and being a Mother came first.
Shay was weak, but she could still gather enough energy to feed. The bar wasn't big, just enough people to get her strength up. She compelled the two large men at the door to stand guard, anyone who tried to leave would have their legs broken.
Bo volunteered to cover the back exit, anyone coming her way would get a gentler treatment that what Shay was about to give the rest of them. Watching her daughter create carnage made her proud, one by one she watched Shay drain the humans dry, then snap their necks.
That wasn't her own style, but at least her daughter had flare.
Shay grabbed the last man she saw, bringing her foot down and shattering his shin. Hearing him scream, just made her laugh at him. "Oh I'm sorry, did that hurt?" she bent down, her blue eyes blazing.
"What are you?" he'd just watched all of his friend's die by this girl's hands, if he was next then he had the right to know.
She pulled him by the collar of his jacket, "I'm the Devil…" she laughed at him. "… Have fun in hell" she leaned in, taking every last drop of his chi. When she saw his eyes roll back into his head, she threw him back onto the floor as she stood.
"Now that, was incredible…" She smiled, licking her lips. "… But if you think that saving me is going to stop me from hating you then you're more stupid than I thought, Mom" she looked at her Mother.
"You don't have to like me Shay, I was sent to bring you home. So let's go" Bo got ready to activate her portal opener, but Shay snatched it from her hands before she could.
Shay shook her head, "And let Ethan get away with what he did to me? No, he's gonna pay for what he did…" she didn't remember anything from before he daggered her, but she did know that he was the enemy. "… He can't beat the two of us if we team up"
Bo raised an eyebrow, "Team up huh? I thought you hated me?" she folded her arms over her chest.
Things were starting to come back to her from the moments before Ethan daggered her, and one thing she did remember was him telling her that it wasn't really Bo who killed Lauren when she was three years old.
It didn't change much though; Shay couldn't just stop hating her. She'd been doing it all her life; it wasn't like a switch she could just turn off. "I do, but we both serve him. We can get things done faster if we work together" she said.
"Jack wants me to kill Ethan, and not just put him down; he wants me to cut his heart out. And even though you have embraced this new darkness of yours, I don't think that's something you'd be willing to do" Bo had no problem handling it herself.
Shay stepped closer to her, "He put a dagger in my heart…" she reminded her. "… We promised each other that we'd never do that to one another. He broke that promise to me, I think it's only fair that I return the favour" she didn't care if she'd tried to kill him, he'd broken his promise.
That didn't sit well with her.
"That means we'll have to go back, and this time they'll be expecting us" Bo said.
Shay just shrugged, "Sometimes, it's when they expect us that they're most vulnerable. I know my Brother better anyone, and I know the way his mind works. His first priority will be to keep Lauren and your past self, safe. He probably won't leave their side" she thought it over.
Bo understood that, since she and Lauren were the ones who made them. Anything that happened to their past selves would ensure that Shay and Ethan would never exist. "That doesn't explain how we're gonna get him to come out in the open"
"We won't have to…" Shay said, "… Trick wasn't in the house when you came to get me. Which means that he's probably at his beloved bar. If we grab him, then Ethan will come to us. He loves Trick, if I threaten to hurt him, he'll come running" she was sure of it.
"You better be right about this" Bo told her.
Hearing that tone, almost made Shay rip her head off. "Let's get one thing straight, Mom! You wouldn't stand a chance against them without me! So just sit back and enjoy the ride" she was the one in charge here, no one else.
This darkness inside of her, was bringing out the evil dictator inside of her. And she loved it.
"Whatever you say, shall we go then? Time is short" Bo walked passed her, walking out of the bar.
Shay looked around, seeing the remnants of her handy work. The dead bodies were all laying there, she knew that it wouldn't be long before Dyson and Tamsin were put on this murder. So she decided to have some fun.
Using the blood from one of the dead men, she wrote on the far wall in big capital letters; 'SHAY WAS HERE'. She washed her hands quickly, then made her way out of the bar.
It was good to be bad.
Clubhouse
After wondering how Bo's future self, got into the house to retrieve Shay from the basement; Lauren asked Ethan how that was possible. And he told her that they have gadgets in the future, that if worn they can cloak you using holographic mirroring.
But Lauren couldn't help but realise that maybe that's what she felt earlier, she knew that someone was near her when Kenzi asked her what was wrong. It must've been Bo's Future Self. It would've been cool, if it wasn't also really creepy.
"So, she's probably taken her back to the Future right?" Bo figured, if that's what her future self came for then it was obvious.
Ethan laughed, Bo had a lot to learn about her own daughter. "Shay won't leave, not until she gets even with me for putting a dagger in her heart" he looked around the kitchen, he needed a drink. But he couldn't find anything, this was Bo and Kenzi's house right?
"But it was her idea" Lauren recalled when Shay suggested that Ethan put her down while they figured all of this mess out.
He finally found a bottle of vodka in the cabinet, so he poured himself a glass. "Doesn't matter, in her state she'll dismiss that fact. She'll focus on the fact that I caused her pain, that and I broke my promise" he knocked it back.
"What promise?" Kenzi asked, stepped closer to the kitchen.
"After the last time that Jack daggered her, I promised that I would never be the one to stick a knife in her heart. I mean, we've killed each other tons of times. But never used a dagger" he felt bad, but like Lauren said; it was her idea.
Lauren understood all of that, and she felt for Shay for feeling a little betrayed. But at the end of the day, he didn't do it to be mean. He did it, because she asked him to and because it was the only way to stop her.
But now they had bigger problems, "Out of everyone here, you know Shay the best. What will she do know that she's free?" she asked.
Ethan shrugged, "That's the thing, Shay's unpredictable. She'll do the thing that I'll least expect, which as of now; I have no clue what that something is. But I can't risk that she won't come after you guys, so we all need to stay here and wait it out" he said.
"And then what? Removing Shay from the playing field was the only advantage we had against Jack, and no we don't even have that" Bo sighed, things just kept getting worse.
"I don't know okay! I'm doing the best I can!" Ethan didn't mean to raise his voice, but he was getting it from every direction. He couldn't keep anyone happy. And that made him pissed.
Lauren approached him, touching his arm. "We know you are…" she said, she didn't want them to argue. There was no time for that. "… And we're not saying that you're doing a bad job, quite the opposite. We just want to know how we can help"
Ethan took a breath, "I'm not sure you can…" he mumbled, then turned to Bo. "… I'm sorry for yelling" Despite his powerful status, he wasn't a violent person. And disrespecting people wasn't something he was fond of.
Bo waved a hand at him. "Don't sweat it, we're all a little on edge right now. It's bound to cause some tension" as she finished her sentence, Dyson walked back through the front door. He'd been outside taking a call for the last ten minutes.
"Why the long face D-man?" Kenzi saw his tortured look.
Dyson wished he had better news, "That was Tamsin, she was put on a multiple homicide at the last minute. Biker bar downtown, all patrons dead…" he explained, walking forward. "… White in colour, some with snapped necks, shattered legs-"
"And you think it's Shay?" Ethan finished for him.
That was the moment that Dyson looked him in the eyes, "You tell me…" he pulled up a picture on his phone that Tamsin sent him, showing the young Hybrid. He watched Ethan read Shay's calling card. "… Is that proof enough for you?"
Ethan ran a hand through his hair, this was ridiculous. "Not an hour out of her box and already she's committed mass murder. This big brother gig will be the death of me" he exhaled.
"Why would she kill a bar full of people?" Lauren didn't see the point.
But Ethan did, he knew all too well the effects of having a dagger in the heart for more than an hour. "She was probably weak from being dead, so she needed to feed. Crushing bones, is just one of her techniques. Although the message isn't subtle, but it was meant for us" he was sure of that.
To make matters worse, Dyson had something else to tell them. He wasn't just here to tell them what happened. "That's not all I'm afraid" he said.
Bo just laughed, "Of course, why wouldn't there be more bad news? Lay it on us" she was getting used to expecting things like this now.
"The bar had one camera behind the bar, and it caught everything. So not only do they have Shay's on tape killing all of those men, but they also have you at the scene too" Dyson turned to Bo.
"Me?" Bo gasped, then she realised it was her Future Self. "Great, so now I'm a wanted fugitive? Can't you tell them it was my twin or something?" she hated this.
Dyson sighed, "It's not that easy Bo, but they won't know where to look for you as long as you lay low. Which means that you'll have to stay here, at least until we figure something out" he couldn't have his people arrest her for something she didn't do.
Before Bo could even protest, Lauren grabbed her hand to calm her. "That's fine Dyson, thank you for the heads up" she didn't need Bo losing her mind now.
Suddenly, everyone heard a beeping noise coming from Ethan. Grabbing his phone, he saw that it was Shay. "Here we go…" he hit the answer button, bringing it to his ear. "… You know, if you'd stuck around you could talk to me in person" he told her.
"You're right, I could've. But if I was there right now, there would be no talking involved because I would've ripped out your insides…" Shay laughed into the phone. "… I never thought you'd be the one to break the promise, if I had to put money on anyone it'd be myself"
Ethan sighed, placing the handset on speakerphone and setting it down on the kitchen counter so everyone could hear. "So would I, but it doesn't change the fact that you asked me to do it" he reminded her.
"I know, but I wasn't in my right mind then. Like all the times before, you used sentimental words to pull at my heart strings. So I can forgive myself for slipping, but I can't forgive you" she said.
He expected to hear all of this from her, it wasn't a surprise. "And you want to come here and kill me, I get it. So, when can we expect you?" he got right to it. But when all his sister did was laugh, he knew there was something more.
"Do you really think I'd be that predictable? As a matter of fact, I won't be bending over backwards for you. No, you are going to come to me, and surrender" She told him.
"Why would I want to do that?" Ethan looked at Bo and Lauren who were just as scared as he was, not knowing what she had up her sleeve.
"Because I have Trick…" she said, "… And seeing as you've already pissed me off enough this week, I wouldn't try it again. Get yourself over here within the hour, or Trick will be the next person to have a knife through his heart" she hung up the phone.
Ethan couldn't control his anger, he brought his hand up, then back down with an impressive force. The weight and strength of his hand was enough to break the corner of the counter off, he saw that his hand was cut but it healed shortly after.
He didn't mean to do that, but he just lost it. "I'm sorry" he kept his head bowing down, breathing through his rage.
Bo had made Lauren stand next to her just in case, all she saw was the big chunk missing from her table. "No it's okay, I've been meaning to get a new one…" She was lying, she rather liked that table. "… Forget about it"
"There's no way that Shay will hurt Trick though, right?" Lauren asked Ethan, "He's her Family, please tell me that she wouldn't" she was begging him.
Ethan rubbed his eyes, "It's that thing inside of her! It's making everything bad seem like a good thing to her. Yes, she's difficult without the darkness but she would never intentionally hurt someone she loved. And she loves Trick, I know she does"
"You didn't answer her question…" Bo spoke up. "… Will she kill Trick if you don't show?" She was still mad at Trick for his lie, but she would never be too mad to want him dead. He was her Grandfather.
This was personal.
Basing the answer on what he knew about this darkness, and how Shay's mind worked; he answered her, "Yes, she will…" He watched them all look scared. "… But it won't come to that, because I'm gonna surrender myself" he loved Trick like a Father, and he didn't want him to die.
But that wasn't the only reason why he had to save him. Because if Shay killed Trick then he would never have taken them in after they fled from Jack. Which also meant that they wouldn't have met Sasha or Kayla, their future would be lost.
"But then you're just giving her what she wants, then how're we supposed to fix the future?" Dyson didn't like this.
Ethan turned to him, "If Trick dies, there won't be any future to fix…" He walked to the living room, grabbing his jacket. "… I'm going alone, they only want me" he pulled it on, then walked to the door.
Bo shook her head, "No way! I'm not letting you go alone…" Before he could even stop her she held her hand up to him. "… Listen to me! You are my son! This's my Family, and I'm not letting anyone ruin us! Not my Father, not Shay, and definitely not myself. Got it?" She raised an eyebrow at him.
Ethan was about to call her 'Mom', but he figured that it was too soon. Even though she was already calling him her son. "Yes Ma'am…" he nodded, "… After you" he gestured to the front door.
Now it was Lauren's turn to jump on, "I'm coming too…" She stopped Bo from protesting. "… No, you just said that this is our Family. I'm not about let us go down either, I'm going. You can't stop me" she was making it clear.
Bo just smiled, "Have I told you how much I love you today?" She asked.
"Nope, but there's always later" Lauren winked, kissing her cheek and then following them both out of the house.
Kenzi and Dyson just looked at each other, it was as if they didn't even notice they were still in the room. "So, I guess we'll just hang back then?" She tuned to Dyson who just shrugged, "I was tired from reading those dusty books anyway" she went back to the couch, jumping down.
The Dal
Trick was sitting in the bar, held hostage by his two Granddaughters. He knew that this Bo wasn't the normal Bo, she was colder, darker, and she didn't care about anything. Shay was basically the same, just with no filter. Before they showed up, he had acquired the Amethusto Dagger that Lauren wanted.
They rushed in before he could hide it, so he tucked it into the back of his belt without them seeing. "What do you hope to gain from this?" He asked them.
"I want revenge, and she wants to finish a job…" Shay pointed at her Mother. "... This way, we both get what we want. I know our methods may seem a little unfair, but a girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do. You understand right?" She played with the dagger in her hands.
He just shook his head, "Not really, no…" He replied, then shifted his gaze to Bo's future self. "… You're suspiciously quiet. That's not normally your style" he pointed out.
Bo approached him. "People change when they grow up, Trick…" She smiled at him, "… You know, I thought that when I left you to watch over Lauren and Shay, that you'd follow through and keep them safe like you promised. But it true Trick fashion, you failed"
"What're you talking about?" He asked.
Shay frowned at her also, "Yeah, what are you talking about?" She knew that she was supposed to be this evil being now, but she had to step in to defend Trick on this one. "Trick didn't fail us…" She said, shaking her head. "… It wasn't his job to protect us, it was yours! You're the one who failed!"
She wasn't supposed to be feeling this anger for her anymore, since they working together. But she felt something trying to break through to her, "You know, for the first time in my life; I'm glad, that Mom's dead! If she could see you like this, she'd probably wish to die all over again"
That was when Bo lost her cool, and slapped Shay across her face, "Watch your mouth! And remember who it is that you're talking to!" She warned her.
If it was one thing that Shay hated more than anything, it was being told what to do. She didn't take orders from anyone, "Or what?" She challenged her. "What're you gonna do?"
"Careful Shay…" Bo said. "… I brought you into this world, I could very easily take you out of it too" she told her.
"And how'd you plan on doing that Mother?! In case you've forgotten, I can't be killed. But you can..." Shay grabbed her throat, lifting her up high. "… You may be my Mother, but I do not take orders from you! You got me?" She waited for her to nod, then dropped her onto the floor.
Bo coughed, rubbing her throat. "You can pretend that we're not alike as much as you want, but you're exactly like me Shay, right down to the stink eye-" she didn't get to finish her sentence, because Shay just ended up punching her.
Shay looked back, seeing that her Mother was unconscious. "And you're annoying, and I like you so much better when you're not talking…" She turned back to Trick with a sigh, "… I'm so sorry about that, good help is hard to find these days. You know how it is" she smiled.
"There is a way out of this for you Shay…" Trick began to slip the dagger from behind his back, he didn't want to hurt her but she wasn't making this easy. "… We found a way to free you from Jack's control, isn't that what you want?" He asked.
That was appealing to her, but there was a loud voice in the back of her telling her that it was all a Trick. No pun intended. She'd never found anything to help with this affliction. She highly doubted that they'd found something already. "I did, but not so much anymore"
"Why not? Why would you want to continue to walk this path?" He didn't understand her. She came to the Past to stop Jack, now she wanted to serve him.
Shay sighed, "Because it's fun!" She exclaimed. "I killed a bar full of guys before I came here, and I realised something…" She moved closer to him. "… I love killing; I love the thrill of taking someone's life from them. That's who I am, I am the daughter of Hades" she kept smiling proudly.
"You don't have to be…" Trick said. "… Think about it. You could save yourself from this life, from loving such a disgusting pleasure. You have the power to change this Shay, for yourself" he waited for her to get close to him.
"Why? I'm better like this, it's freeing" she smiled.
Trick pulled the dagger from behind him, giving no time for Shay to react as he jammed it into her chest. As soon as she stumbled backwards, he got up and ran behind the bar.
Shay groaned, feeling the blade sticking out of her. "You missed my heart…" She looked at him, "… Looks like your old age is catching up to your eyesight. Did you really think that a dagger would stop me?" She pulled on the handle, removing it from her skin.
As soon as it left her, she started to feel something tearing at her insides. She dropped the dagger, then fell to her knees. Her mark was glowing, but it was flickering like a damaged lightbulb. The wound wasn't healing either, "What've you done to me?" She couldn't breathe.
"I've freed you" Trick replied, he had no idea what would happen if he stabbed her with it. Since it was only supposed to work with one cut, but it seemed to do the job.
Shay couldn't take the pain anymore, she fell onto her back and into unconsciousness. Her fight was over.
Suddenly, Bo, Lauren and Ethan came running through the door. Shocked at what they saw. Shay was put cold in the floor, with a stab wound on her chest. Then there was Bo's future self, who was faced down and also out for the count. And lastly, there was Trick. Who was just standing there unharmed.
"And here we thought that you needed rescuing, but it looks like you've taken care of the problem all by yourself…" Bo applauded him, it was impressive. "… Well done Trick" she praised him.
Ethan didn't understand this, not that he didn't think his Grandfather was powerful. But there was no way that he could take down a Hybrid and a Succubus by himself. "What'd you do?" He bent down next to his sister, seeing the small slit on her chest start to heal.
"I stabbed her with the Dagger, as we predicted it had a unique effect on her. Her mark began to glow, only it was different. She started to feel pain, then she collapsed" Trick explained.
"Does that mean it worked?" Lauren asked.
Ethan shrugged, "I don't know…" He got up, turning to see his unconscious Mother faced down on the floor a few inches away. "… What happened to her?" He wondered.
"She and Shay had a heated discussion, harsh words were exchanged before Shay punched her and knocked her out. I don't imagine she'll wake anytime soon" Trick could tell when Shay punched her, that it was a hard one.
Bo hissed, automatically feeling it. "Ouch, maybe we should separate them. But I don't think I should be anywhere near her…" She paused, "… Or me? Urghh! Let's just lock them both up" she clapped her hands, wanting it over and done with.
This was all too confusing.
"I'll put the other you, in the holding cell downstairs. You guys tie her up…" Ethan pointed to his sister, "… If I'm not mistaken you have a pair of steel shackles in your lair?" He looked at Trick.
"You'd be correct, I'll go get them" Trick smiled, then left the room.
Ethan lifted his Mother up, taking her downstairs and locking her in the cage. He didn't know when she would wake up, or what he was going to do with her. But for now, they'd won this round. He just hoped that Shay would be back to her normal self when she came to.
A/N: YAAASSS! Go Trick! And just when you think Shay's out of the game she jumps back in, and comes back even more fierce. Some growing moments for Bo in next chapter, and Future Bo is going to come face to face with Lauren.
Catch you on the flip side. Leave me your thoughts, Much love xoxo
