Z
"Stupid succubus". Z rolled her eyes and walked away. She walked out of the room and went to find Heratio. As usual, he was flirting with a woman. "Cut the shit, I need you". She didn't wait long for the man to respond before she dragged him away.
"What's the problem now? I thought our party was going rather well". Heratio rubbed his chin.
"Idiot. Iris somehow touched the doctor and the succubus joined her in bed, now they are both wasting away. No big loss regarding the blonde, but I need Bo back. Let's get Iris and put her in this box". Z tapped on the thing.
"I don't know where she is". Heratio looked around. He really didn't know.
"She's probably gone to that girl's house. Hurry, the sooner we get her in here, the sooner I can work on plan C". Z waited for Heratio to open his car door before climbing inside. He raced to that swanky neighborhood. Obviously they aren't just dealing with Iris. It's possible she didn't kill her host like they did theirs.
Dyson and Trick
"Damn it!". Dyson growled. Half of Bo's body was in complete darkness. She and Lauren were both almost nothing.
"Mark and Dyson, shift and guard the bed with your lives". Trick turned to Tamsin and eye ordered her to come with him.
"Trick! Where are you going at a time like this?!". Dyson screamed.
"We need all the Fae help we can get, I need my blood. Not my book but my blood". Trick turned back and made sure they were doing as instructed.
"No! Not her!". Dyson growled.
"Yes, her. She's the only one that knows what to do. Besides, she's the only one here that Bo would come out of there for". Trick turned around and walked off with Tamsin close on his heels.
"Who is Dyson talking about? What her? It can't be your wife. It can't be Kenzi. She's not your blood." Tamsin looked down at the man. When he looked up at her, she knew. "Fuck. Her."
Trick walked as quickly as his legs could carry him. "It would be quicker if you flew us there."
"Sure, sure, I want to fly to my own death". Tamsin popped her wings out and picked Trick up. "Just tell me when to drop." Of course, of course that evil bitch is not dead and the good King knows this.
Bo and Lauren
"Easy, babe. This will work. Just hold on a little longer. If what my aunt Zeus said is true, dad will be coming. But he does not know who he's fucking with. That bastard will be a dead man walking if he comes for you". Bo gently rubbed Lauren's good shoulder. The men had their backs turned to them, so they couldn't hear or see them. Besides, Bo was using her eyes to talk to Lauren. She looked at her like that time she found out Lauren had been put in her bed by the Ash. She looked at her like that time she bent over to kiss a sleeping Lauren in that same bed. She looked at her like that time she was about to enter her Dawning. All love.
Lauren, ever the genius, knew what Bo was doing and it was helping. It was helping the pain of knowing she was half a body away from death. She almost kicked herself for coming to this party in the first place. It's not a date, but they are having a still dance in that big bed. They are dancing with their eyes. She almost hated Bo for doing this to herself. She could have let the woman go. Let her die. If her life would save thousands, Lauren could die knowing that. If it saves Bo's life, she could die with that comfort. "Hold on". Bo's eyes spoke again.
Zee and Heratio
"Are you sure this is the place?". Zee asked. The house looked beyond nice. They could have stayed there and not that penthouse had she known such luxuries existed.
"Iris kept a small diary under her bed, she mentioned Cecilia Lawrence many times. It is probably why she's been so hesitant and disobedient. If she's half Iris and half Cecilia, we may be able to appeal to the human side of her." Heratio replied.
"You just might be useful after all." Zee climbed out of the car and looked around. Their neighbors didn't look like they were at home. That could be a good thing should she need to use her powers. But even if they are home, under the chance that Hades really will arrive soon, she doesn't care what they see because she could be saving their miserable lives too. "Enter from that side, I will enter here". She pointed and Heratio ran to the left of the house. Zee looked at the bracelet and back at the house. She has to be quick and thorough if Iris touches her without that on, she could be in some shit.
"I see her, she's in the kitchen". Heratio spoke into his phone.
"Good boy". Zee smiled and opened the door. She ran at full speed and lunged for Iris. She missed her arm but managed to wrap the watch around her ankle. Not a tight fit, but it would have to do. "Now!." Zee screamed as Heratio slammed the box over Iris' head. She screamed and kicked until the darkness faded from her body and into the box. "You're lucky I'm in a hurry kid, otherwise, I would kill you". Zee spoke bitterly and left Cecilia stunned but at home. Her real one. "Mom!?". She screamed and ran upstairs.
"Do you think he's here already?". Heratio asked.
"Hades? Hell yes. Now drive!". Zee pointed in front of her. "Pull over to the courthouse".
"What? Why?". Heratio asked.
"Just do it!". Zee screamed. "Hephaestus, come to me, now". She spoke and the building shook before a man appeared before her. "Zeus?". His head turned sideways.
"Yes, it's me, look I don't have time to explain. I need you to make this into two swords. Be quick about it!" Zee threw a shield at him. Hephaestus bowed and immediately got to work.
"We should have left it as it was. He could be here and Bo could be dead by now". Heratio shook his head as he watched Hephaestus work faster than anyone he has ever seen before.
"Idiot. He's not going to kill Bo right off. He is going to be pissed off thinking she's already dead or go after the doctor. She's Bo's truth. Remember?". Zee rolled her eyes and pushed Hephaestus to work faster. Before she knew it, he was almost done. "Let them cool for exactly one second and we'll be ready to go".
Trick and Tamsin.
"Stay here". Trick pushed Tamsin out the door before she could get all the way in.
"Fine. It was nice knowing you". Tamsin half laughed knowing Trick was probably walking to his death.
Trick didn't have to do or say much to get access to the patient he had come to see numerous times over the last few months. He gently opened the door and sighed when she was still strapped in her bed. "Aife. Hades is coming for Bo". Was all that he said when the restraints moved violently. "Cut me loose!". She screamed.
Trick nodded and the orderly and a nurse removed them. He turned his head when she drained them and dropped them to the floor. "That's nothing compared to what I will do to you when this is all over". She seethed and ran out. She never changed clothes but jumped into the nearest truck. She didn't wait for Trick and Tamsin to climb in. That bitch can fly, so let her fly. The old succubus however, can't wait. She can't doddle. She has to get to Bo. When she sees her car, she will know or wait for the Valkyrie to drop down and she will follow them. She swerved in and out of traffic in a daze. Hades. Her daughter. Hell no, it cannot be.
Bo and Lauren
Bo panted and closed her eyes. As much as she feared her succubus, she was keeping them both alive. It makes sense really, her incessant need to protect Lauren. The Lich. The sex club. Nobody and she means nobody touches Lauren and lives. Nelson was lucky he was a human. That was the only way Bo was able to keep her nature from killing him on the spot.
Local Gentlemen's club
An older gentleman had gone to the men's room. After relieving himself, he felt a cold shiver run up and down his spine. "You are handsome enough for me". A voice called out and soon the last thing he saw was darkness.
Dyson and Mark
The wolf sniffed and shifted. "Aife's here".
"What? Who? How do you know?". Mark waited to shift. He didn't know who Dyson was talking about, so he could be dining on a stranger soon.
"Forget it, Mark, we can't eat her. Shift to your human form and dress, quickly". Dyson shook his head.
Bo's ears perked up. "Aife? Here? Well fuck." She closed those emotions off and returned to thinking of the woman beneath her. She wished they could stay that way forever but under different circumstances.
"Why?". Mark asked.
"Aife is Bo's mother and Trick's daughter. That's all you need to know besides keep your distance and mouth shut. She's like a Dark Bo.". Dyson explained.
"But Bo's not Dark anymore". Mark scratched his head.
Dyson rolled his eyes. "She'd be a picture next to the word evil in the human dictionary. Does that explain it better?".
"Got ya". Mark shrugged and stood beside the wolf.
"You found her huh?". Dyson looked to Trick as he walked into the room and looked at the bed again. "Smell her, do you?" Trick asked.
"Where is she?". Dyson looked around and pushed Mark in front of him.
"Taking a quick shower. Now, focus on Bo, Dyson." Trick raised his voice a tad but not so much as to upset the bed occupants. "Her father is Hades." He whispered.
"How do you know that?". Dyson's eyes went wide in horror.
"Bo told me last night. She was born in Hel and Hades is her father". Trick sighed. Out of all the women that bastard could sleep with. How and why did it have to be Aife? Her mother would be devastated if she weren't already dead.
"How? Why didn't Bo tell me?". Dyson looked stunned in Bo's direction.
"She told me, if that makes you feel better". Tamsin leaned against Dyson mockingly.
Dyson's face went pale. He had mated with her. Tried to give the Norn his wolf to help Bo fight Aife. He had gone into her Dawning and died for her. Pledged fealty to her after Rainer died. How, how could she not trust him with the news about Hades? Tamsin internally laughed watching the wolf in his head and emotions. Now he feels like she did walking in on Bo and Lauren last night. He would always be last, just like everyone else that wants Bo exclusively for themselves.
"Could you two piss on the wall later? My granddaughter needs us". Trick gestured towards the bed with both hands and arms.
"Of course". Dyson put his hand on Trick's shoulder. He had given his fealty to the wrong Fae and still felt like shit about it. He felt that moment when he told Bo he wouldn't help her if Rainer turned out to be bad. Has she been the wrong one? He shook his head when he heard heels coming
"Get the fuck away from my daughter, you raggedy bitches". Aife walked up and yanked the three of them away from the bed. "Isabeau". She closed her eyes. She can't. She can't bear to see another Succubus dead before her. Not her blood. Not again.
"Fuck, mom is here". Bo rolled her eyes but never moved. She can't. To move or make any moves on Aife would take her focus off of Lauren. She left her in danger to fuck Dyson. She can't do that again, ever. They still need to talk with their lips. "Hold on. The gang is almost all here". She spoke to Lauren with her eyes, again.
"Who did this bullshit?!". Aife screamed. She knows this darkness. She has seen this darkness.
"Somehow Lauren was touched or bumped into Iris. Then Bo touched Lauren and here we are." Trick explained.
"Who the fuck is Lauren?". Aife spun around.
"Oh, there's something, wolf, she never met Bo's mother. We have that in common". Tamsin smiled.
Bo closed her eyes in shame. Tamsin is right. Lauren never met Aife. She met Dyson through a horrible condition but Bo literally introduced Tamsin to her. She rolled her tongue in her mouth and felt a shift. Lauren had yanked her hand away from Bo's. The brunette knows that feeling. She's seen it in Lauren's eyes. She opened her own eyes and discovered the doctor had closed her own. Shit, Bo thought. She's probably pissed enough to die. To know she means nothing to Bo. She's going to give up and go. If Hades really sent Tamsin for Bo, the woman has met both of her parents and Lauren never met one, yet.
That's it. That's why Lauren deferred to wine when Bo mentioned them laying forever like this last night. She knows she doesn't mean anything but a one night fling to the woman above her. If Bo could move, she would. She would flip on her back to give Lauren the space her eyes have told her that she needs. But she can't. She won't. She hasn't given up on the blonde under her because the blonde behind her is nothing but a friend. If she can even call her that after their own talk the night before.
"Lauren is Bo's ex and the woman she loves". Dyson replied and winked at Tamsin.
"Bastard". Tamsin replied.
"Enough!". Trick screamed as he paced back and forth.
"Well, I've missed a lot". Aife eyed Trick and Dyson. "But, I can't wait to officially meet the woman that could make a succubus do this to herself".
"What?!". Dyson and Tamsin screamed.
"Did you offer to help Lauren? Did you jump into the bed with her? No, my succubus did". Aife pointed towards the bed. "That is someone worth meeting."
"Can we focus?". Trick asked.
"Hades is her father". Aife spoke up.
"We already know that. How do we fight him?". Trick asked.
"Well, fuck. You don't know, Trick? The great Blood King doesn't know how to fight Hades?". Tamsin asked. Trick turned around to her and she didn't say anything else.
"The biggest weapon we have against Hades is in that bed. Isabeau has his blood. She has his powers." Aife replied out loud.
"Shit, I'm leaving". Tamsin walked away while spreading her wings.
"Punkass". Aife spoke over her shoulder.
"That's right". Tamsin replied.
"Any ideas, Trick?". Mark asked.
"Who the hell did this!?". A voice screamed from behind him.
"How does a body like that have such a deep voice?". Mark asked.
"Get back, Mark!". Dyson pushed him to the floor.
"Hades, you never looked that handsome before". Aife mocked.
"I know this wasn't your doing, you aren't capable!". Hades turned to Trick but then to the bed behind them. "Rise". He spoke. Then nothing happened. Nothing that he could see.
"Why, daddy, I thought you'd never come!". Bo laughed as she pulled up and off of the bed.
"Dumb move, Isabeau. You left the doctor unprotected." Hades laughed.
"Did I?". Bo asked. "Try to touch her. I dare you."
"Silly child, I have no use for the doctor. She's all but dead. You on the other hand and your pack of lovers have a vested interest in whether she lives or dies." Hades turned and pointed between Dyson and Mark.
"What? What is he talking about, Bo?". Dyson scoffed when Mark bowed his head and Bo wasn't answering.
"Get this dumbfuck out of here". Aife pushed Trick into Dyson's direction.
"Let's go, Dyson. You can't focus for shit today". Trick rolled his eyes and pulled him away with Mark's help.
"Did I burn your little black book down, Isabeau? I'm sorry". Hades walked towards Bo.
"I want you to come to me". Bo winked.
"Easy baby, he's a bastard. A thousand times worse than Trick". Aife stood far away from Hades but close enough to make a move when she needed to. She doesn't know what Bo has planned but trusts she has a good one.
"Can aunt Z join the party?". Zee appeared behind Aife.
"Damn, he brought the whole family". Aife turned to change her angle but never took her eyes off of Bo.
"Bo!". Zee screamed and threw a sword to the woman.
"Turning on your own brother? You will pay for that Zeus!". Hades snapped.
"I don't have time for this shit!". Bo lunged and put the blade into Hades' chest. But he laughed. He pulled it out and bent it in half. Bo took the handle and placed it on the bed. "That won't help her". Hades laughed.
Bo lunged at him again and they pushed and pulled at each other. "I thought you would be stronger than this. My daughter shouldn't be weak. She shouldn't be soft. But you're softer than the baby's bottom that I changed so long ago in Hel". Hades laughed.
"It's a mind game, Isabeau. He will talk all kinds of shit to throw you off your game!". Aife watched them bump into table after table and wall after wall.
"We still have the other sword." Heratio replied into Zee's ear.
"Gargle when you get a chance but you're right, we do." Zee tapped her back.
"The doctor? Bo?". Heratio asked.
"Bo. Sneak it to her". Zee flinched when Heratio pulled the sword from her dress and put it down his pants leg.
"This is embarrassing brother. You're letting that baby beat your ass. You aren't worthy of being related to us. The only thing you are worthy of is running empty, emotionless Tartarus". Zee spoke from behind Hades.
"Shut up, Zeus. I'm only playing with her. You know I'm stronger than this. Bo is weak because she was raised by humans. Had she not been she would have been a cold blooded bitch like her daddy". Hades grabbed Bo again. "All I want is your succubus, Isabeau. Where is the old girl?". Hades laughed and turned his back on Zee and Aife. "Oh, the doctor". He smiled and pushed away from Bo.
"No!". Bo screamed.
Hades jumped in the bed and the group watched as Lauren and Hades fought in a dark cloud.
"Mom?!". Bo begged the succubus for answers.
"I'm just a succubus." Aife replied.
"Zee?". Bo turned and didn't get an answer.
"Watch the bed". Zee finally answered.
"Watch it do what? Lauren is dying in there!". Bo screamed and raised her arms.
"No, Bo! If you suck the black smoke, you could kill the doctor instantly". Aife slapped one of Bo's arms down. "Besides that's what he wants you to do, start to feed and never stop. He wanted me to do that, but I wasn't strong enough. So, he raped me to create you in his cold, dark image". The woman gritted her teeth at those thoughts.
"Dark? Okay. I can do dark". Bo jumped on the bed and used a small chi suck to find Lauren in the darkness. She took the sword Lauren was holding and gently pushed her off of the bed and into Aife's arms. "Get her out of here!". Bo screamed from the smoke.
"There's a clinic nearby, I will take her there!". Aife screamed.
"How!?". Mark asked.
"Don't ask questions! Take her to the clinic!". Aife pushed him out and turned back to help Bo.
"We're closed!". Evony screamed.
"It's Doctor Lewis. You can't help her?". Mark asked.
"Oh shit! Get every doctor that's living here now!". Evony screamed as she opened the doors again.
"He fights like me, Isabeau! If you can best me, you can best him!". Aife screamed.
Bo had hit her target a few times but not enough to be deadly. She went round and round with Hades. Trick, Aife, Zee and Heratio stood watch. If Bo wins, it's over. If she doesn't, it's over.
"Excuse me!". Lauren pushed past them.
"Lauren! No!". Trick screamed.
"Bo needs her succubus, and I'm it!". Lauren jumped into the black smoke and the room jumped when it lit up, went dark and lit up again.
"Well, that was fun". Lauren smiled as she held a panting Bo in her arms.
"That's our cue to get the hell out of here". Zee smiled knowing Hades had been banished again.
"We're going to make sure of it, this time". Heratio said as he took the woman's hand and they disappeared.
"Thank goodness". Aife wiped her brow.
"What's that?". Trick asked.
"It's Iris' watch. The whole time I was in bed, I went over why they would need Iris to wear a watch. If she wore it, the darkness wouldn't surface. When she took it off, it did. Heratio gave it to me earlier. I put it on while I was being treated. Just a little dehydrated but other than that, I'm fine. Now, help me get my patient out of here". Lauren waited for Mark to help with Bo. Dyson helped get the dead human bodies out of the penthouse and then he would go check on Bo.
The Clinic
Bo had been in bed for thirty minutes before Lauren had came around again. She had gone to check her own vitals again, a drink and on a few other patients.
"How are you doing?". The blonde asked when she returned.
"Lauren, you know this wasn't necessary". Bo spoke quietly.
"I know, but I wasn't sure. You've never had to fight Hades before". Lauren pulled a seat over. "Is there anything you need?".
"For now, I just need you". Bo pulled the blonde to her.
TBC