Prophecy of Power

Chapter 25

"Lauren?" Bo enters the room shoving past the guard, eyes locked on the still, pale blonde, laying in the hospital bed. She halts several steps away from Lauren, when she notice's The Ash sitting in a chair, beside the bed. His face is neutral as he takes in Bo's frantic, worried appearance. The dark skinned fae shifts his eyes to Bo's human, "Close the door please, little human." Kenzi does as the intimidating fae asks, before moving into the room, resting an arm reassuringly on her tense friends shoulder.

"Ash," Bo says in greeting, voice as neutral as she can muster, holding his gaze, daring him to ask her to leave.

"Hello Bo," he replies, with a slight tug at the side of his mouth. He can feel how anxious the succubus is to go to the doctors side, after a few more seconds he motions with his hand indicating that she may approach the bed. Bo wastes no time, rushing to the other side of the bed, across from where The Ash is sitting. She takes Lauren's hand in hers, worried about how cold the blondes hand feels. She begins to rub it between her own hands hoping to warm the icy skin.

"Is she going to be okay? Is there something I can do?" Bo asks the formidable man, who is just staring between Bo and Lauren, his face an emotionless mask.

"I think you have already done plenty to Dr. Lewis, wouldn't you agree," The Ash responds tonelessly. Kenzi places her hand on Bo's back as she reacts the the fae's words.

"And what do you mean by that?" the succubus responds, her hands gripping Lauren's tightly as she tries to keep her rising anger in check.

"What I mean by that, child, is that Lauren seems to have picked up a few new skills to go along with the skill set she already has," He replies, with a slight shift of an eyebrow. When Bo doesn't respond, he continues, looking at his ward with genuine affection crossing his features. "Lauren saved my life today, she lifted me off the ground and threw me through a window to safety, all without laying a finger on me."

The Ash watches as the succubus looks down at the doctor, frowning slightly as she brushes a stray lock of blonde hair, off of Lauren's face. "Also the fact that, as I have been sitting here, I have witnessed a dozen or so little scratches and grazes on the doctors face heal before my very eyes. Interesting that you are being unusually quiet, Bo, you are usually much more...chatty."

Bo looks at The Ash, "What do you want me to say?"

"Lauren is my ward, doctor to my people, she is very important to The Light. She has rallied for you since the very beginning. Her belief in you, is the only reason you are not dead right now. She believes that you are special and that you are important to the well being of the fae. I allowed her to help you, which she thought she was doing without my knowledge. Do you have any idea, the risks she has taken for you?"

"I..." Bo was at a loss for words, she didn't know what this man was trying to do, was he trying to make her angry, or was he trying to get her to admit to something that he would be able to use against her later. She didn't know, so she kept silent.

The dark fae sighs in frustration. "Is her faith in you unfounded, young succubus? Do you know how Dr. Lewis came to be with the light?"

Bo shakes her head before replying softly, "No I don't know the specifics, she's a very private person. It seemed to pain her talking about the past, so I didn't want to push her."

"Listen to everything I have to tell you, before making any decisions. You are not to tell her that you know, understand. Lauren was in the Congo on a research grant, with her girlfriend Nadia." He shook his head, when Bo went to open her mouth to say something, he waited for her to close her mouth resolutely before continuing. "Dr. Lewis came across a sick village and threw herself into finding a cure for the illness sweeping through the population. She realised that the people in the village weren't people at all, but fae. Lauren is a brilliant scientist and doctor, she engineered a cure for a disease that had been killing our kind for centuries. However during this time Nadia also fell ill, but the cure did not work on her, and she fell into a coma. I approached Lauren and offered her all of our resources to find a cure for Nadia, in exchange for her continued service to The Light. She loved Nadia very much, and felt guilty that her work had made her girlfriend sick. So she signed the contract and came back to the compound with us. That was five years ago, over the years, though Lauren never stopped trying to find a cure for Nadia, her feelings for her diminished. Nadia became more of a patient, a puzzle to solve, rather than a sick lover. And then she met you, and any feelings that the doctor had clung to vanished, the closer and more involved she got with you. You see, Dr. Lewis is loyal to a fault, she resisted what she was feeling towards you, but your optimism and charm and your affection towards humans, made her feel something that she thought she would never feel again, hope. She will give you everything she has, to keep you safe. And I am trying to keep her safe from the fae who are stuck in the old ways and refusing to move with the times. I need to know that you are genuine in your feelings and intentions for the doctor. You have a connection with her; I can sense it, which means others will be able to sense it also. Her loyalties are divided now and I need to know that you will protect her from those that would wish her harm, I need to be able to trust you. Nadia's pod was crushed in the explosion in the lab; she did not make it. Lauren will grieve her loss, though I do not know if she will share this with you or not. I needed you to know, so that you will watch over her when I cannot. Think about everything that I have said and come find me in a few days, there are other things I would like to discuss with you. Will you come to me?"

The succubus nods her head in acceptance, as her mind swirls with everything The Ash has told her.

"Okay until then I will bid you farewell," The fae says. As he rises from his seat, he squeezes the doctors hand gently, before exiting the room.

Kenzi grabs a chair and places it next to Bo, before motioning that she should sit down. The goth girl moves across the room taking the chair The Ash had been occupying and moves it closer to the bed before sitting down herself. "Holy shit Bo Bo, that was huge. Are you alright?" Kenzi reaches out and takes Lauren's other hand while she waits for her friend to tell her how she is feeling.

Bo leans closer to the bed resting her elbow's on the firm mattress, still clutching the blondes hand as she brings that hand to her lips and kisses it gently. "I don't know how I feel. I can't be mad at her for wanting to save her comatose girlfriend, can I? I mean at least I know now why she was so reluctant to talk about her past and why it seemed to be so painful to her. I just wish she would have opened up to me and let me in. I love her, what I know now doesn't change that, but I hope that one day she will completely let down her barriers and tell me everything. We all have a past, it's what molds us into the people we are today, I wish she wouldn't hide so much about herself, I want to get to know all of her, the good and the bad."

"You hear that Hot Pants, huh, your girl is completely whipped," Kenzi says conversationally to the sleeping doctor.

"Oh shut up, Kenzi, I am not," Bo responds playfully, not caring at all if she is.

"Hmm." The sound comes from Lauren, causing Bo to get to her feet, and placing a hand on the blondes cheek.

"Lauren, can you hear me."

"Wakey, Wakey, Hot Pants," Kenzi says, also getting to her feet.

Lauren's eyelids flutter a few times before finally opening, she blinks a few more times, before her vision finally clears and she looks up at the two grinning faces looking down at her. "Water," the doctor whispers. Kenzi pours some water into a cup from a small table in the corner of the room. The blonde sips at the water slowly, swirling it around her mouth, before swallowing. "Hmm, thank you."

"Hi," Bo says kissing Lauren gently on the mouth.

"Hi," the doctors says back, "I had the weirdest dream that The Ash was here."

"He was here, Lauren. He told us how you saved his life, but don't worry about that now, just get some rest," Bo says.

"Will you stay with me," Lauren asks, voice still scratchy and raw. Kenzi hands the cup of water back to the blonde so that she can have another drink.

"Of course I'll stay with you; I'm not going anywhere," The succubus replies, giving her another kiss.

"See whipped," Kenzi says with a chuckle. Bo just glares at her friend, but Lauren laughs, causing her to cough. "Oops sorry Doc, I'll try to keep the jokes to a minimum for a while. Get some rest, we will both be here when you wake up." The blonde nods and closes her eyes, it doesn't take long for her to fall into a deep restful sleep.