Disclaimer: Lost Girl is in no way my creation, I am merely toying with the possibilities of a storyline that bit me while out to dinner. No monetary gain was brought from this writing.

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Kenzi was slouched over in her seat when Bo wrapped an arm around her, squeezing her spritely human companion, "Think it's time we go, Kenz."

Dyson's bore a wolfish smile, "Sleep is for the weak."

Kenzi stuck her tongue out at the man, a halfhearted little groan escaping her lips, "Alright, but I'm not going 'cause you said." Rolling her shoulders, she reached up to run her fingers through her hair, "I have to make sure you don't go noshing on anyone on the way."

Bo bumped her hip into her friend's, arm moving around her waist as she gave the both the detectives and Ni and slight wave, "See you at home."

Nodding, Ni watched the two turn for the door, glancing back at Dyson once they disappeared, "Guess it had to happen sometime."

Hale sat back in his seat, unbuttoning the top of his shirt, "A last round for this conversation?"

Dyson nodded, Ni shrugging in passivity letting the Siren collect at the bar. The two remaining stared at one another before the girl propped her elbows on the table, "So what exactly are you fishing for?"

Dyson's fingers tapped rhythmically on the old wood, "I want names, locations," the Scot leaned forward, his posture matching hers, "I need to know for sure what a certain few have been up to and what, if any, precautions we should be taking as our Ash returns to his position."

Ni tensed, the first sign of something akin to panic flitting over her features, "I had not realized…"

Dyson tilted his head, pushing for the trap, "Why would you, unless you had looked into our district before?"

Moving a hand off the table, Ni crossed one leg over the other, attempting to physically steal herself, "I wasn't oblivious to the district I was stepping into. The Garuda had a lot more than just this place set off balance." Looking away she ran her hand over the top of her thigh, nails dragging lines into her pants, the trails quickly fading, "I waited until I thought both the Garuda and Naga were gone." Ni's gaze met Dyson's once again, "The Ash remains?"

Hale's smile was a broad one as he returned to the table with drinks, entering the conversation with only the last bit of information provided, "Please, takes more than a bit of fire to put that man out. He'll be back to his old ways shortly."

Studying Ni, Dyson let her assumption about Lachlan remain. If her concern over the deceased was so important, it only raised his suspicions back to their previous level. Giving her a moment, he let the fair skinned woman take a moment before beginning to question her.

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Trick had been waiting for nearly three hours when he felt the shifter enter the room behind him, "Well?"

The shifter leaned against the frame of the door, "Hale is taking her home."

The elder fae turned in his seat, hands stippling, "Did you get what you wanted?"

The Blood King's friend wore a grin that would have made him uncomfortable in younger years, now he simply resigned himself to a sense of foreboding, "What? What is it?"

Dyson moved to sit on the couch, elbows on his knees, hands hanging in the air between them, "I heard her the night we brought her in. She knew about you, Ni knew you were here. That's not all," Trick's gaze narrowed but did not interrupt, "she knows of the issue with the Garuda, says his coming was predicted in several states, that they were gathering…"

The wolf sighed, "But she also knew Lachlan would be here. She was not worried about what was going to happen," one of his hands clenched into a fist, thumb running over the knuckles of the other hand, "She was worried that they would recognize her if she showed up too soon."

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Closing the front door quietly, Ni passed the couch and headed up the stairs, making a right at the top of the stairs for the bathroom instead of a left that would lead to Bo's room. If the Naga is here, I can't stay. I'll have to- "Kenzi!"

Freezing mid removal of her shirt, Kenzi frantically yanked it back up but Ni could not un-see the veins that tattooed themselves in black, blue and red up one of the human's arms and faded along the skin of her shoulder blade. Turning Ni yelled across the hall, "Bo!"

Kenzi rushed forward, grabbing Ni's arm, "No, Ni she's out – stop!"

Ni turned back, gaze falling on the still visible skin of Kenzi's collar, tugging the shirt's neck farther to the side to better see, "What happened to you?"

Kenzi attempted to swipe Ni's hand away, earning instead a forced seat on the toilet and explanation of all that had occurred in the time Kenzi had obtained the marking.

Kenzi's troubled eyes were as bright a blue as any sky Ni had ever seen, wet with her plea, "You cannot tell Bo."