Alrighty guys, you have been WARNED and just know this and the next chapter contain VIOLENCE. Without further ado, here is The Joy in Dying.
As always, all characters belong to Lost Girl, only the scenarios and story are my own.
Joy In Dying
Chapter 10:
She washed my body adoringly and stole kisses here and there that almost made me want to take her again, almost... I was so exhausted I couldn't help but let her pamper me. We had made love all night and she ravished my body, mind and soul. I woke up exhausted but reinvigorated by her mere presence. She dried me off gently as she caringly lavished my body with kisses. I took her lips with mine and made sure she knew this was my favourite thing in the world. I loved getting lost in her.
Bo like the perfect lady she was pulled away and threw a robe on me and herself. We had little time to get on the road. Alex and Piper had to take the car back so we had a schedule to follow. However even if we did have time I was completely spent and Bo didn't take that lightly.
After we got dressed and gathered our belongings we loaded the car. Between a fit of giggles and kisses we got settled and ready for the trip. She grabbed my hand and brushed her thumb over my knuckles before kissing it. I smiled and stared at her beautiful face. I got lost in the sound of her voice and before I knew it I was waking up as we entered the city.
I was confused at first, I didn't have a sense of what time it was and it seemed like we were in Canada but I didn't remember passing by the border. Bo noticed as I arose and chuckled silently to herself. She brushed a stray hair back from my face with a gentle look as she turned onto my street. She glanced at the time as we passed by her red motorbike and nodded to herself.
"Right on time." She sighed and I chuckled.
"Aren't you always?" I teased.
"There was a long time that I simply wasn't." she explained with a mischievous smile.
"Were you a bad girl?" I joked and she chuckled.
"You and a couple of Fae can say that, yes." She joked back as her eyes flickered to blue momentarily and effectively sent a thrill down my stomach.
When we walked into the apartment Alex and Piper were in the kitchen all covered in flour. They weren't the cleanest bakers but when they baked it was always delicious. Alex's black rimmed glasses and dark hair had white flour spots all over, her white complexion looking a lot darker in comparison as she cleaned her palms on her apron looking up to greet us. Piper's blonde hair was tied in a ponytail, her smile shone with happiness as her blue eyes settled on us and her laughter reached my ears as they finished up the previous conversation.
"Hello you two!" Piper offered and Bo gave them a wave as she pulled our things inside.
"Oh what's on the menu!?" I wondered as I skipped towards them smelling the infused butter.
"Brownies and fudge." Alex nodded with excitement in her eyes.
"That sounds like it'll be splendid!" Bo commented from behind me wrapping her arms around my waist.
"How was the trip, I can tell Lauren converted you." Piper teased as she pointed to the 'Malkin' jersey Bo was wearing.
"Actually, I got this one myself." She grinned excitedly, I had a feeling I'd hear this story over and over again. "This fucking Russian bear just came out of nowhere, dangled the D and spin-o-rama, top of the net goal! Next shift buddy starts instigating him and what does he do!?"
"What?" Alex was genuinely interested.
"Drops the gloves, goes fisticuffs and with four hits destroyed the other guy! It was unbelievable. I wouldn't be impressed to find out he's part ogre." She grinned and Piper laughed wholeheartedly.
"Of course she buys THAT jersey" Piper smiled.
"It was the best game, thank you so much guys for helping Bo make it happen." I blushed as they waved it off and offered us a hit from a big blunt they had just lit.
Bo shrugged and took a hit as we offered to help out. The next hours we spent helping them bake and just generally goofing off and talking. I was exhausted from the trip. The car ride nap had reenergized me but not much. Keeping Bo healthy was almost a full time job but I enjoyed every minute of it. Her face flashed with concern as I yawned and the girl's announced they were running off to a party which is why they had baked.
After leaving us with a good stash of goodies and some wine they took off. Bo insisted in tidying up the kitchen while I laid on the couch and relaxed. I was reluctant of course but she wanted to so much that I couldn't deny her. I served her a wine glass along with mine as she kissed my cheek and took me into the living room settling me into the couch with the wine and a medical journal I had picked up on the evolutionary chain of Mesmers. After a kiss and a quick giggle she was off to clean Alex's and Piper's mess.
I could hear her whistling in the kitchen and I found it extremely endearing. I closed my eyes remembering how my father would whistle as he worked on his cars when I was just a child. A smile spread across my lips as I realized I knew the tune. I took a si of my wine carefully as I let out a content sigh. As much as I wanted to read my heart was much too happy for anything that passive. Hearing Bo walk around the kitchen as I sipped on my wine and tried to read was relaxing and warming my soul. My mind ran away with possibilities and I blushed at my thoughts.
I looked up from my thoughts as I saw Bo come into the living room. Her jersey had been discarded at the back of the couch and I reached for her like a child. She smiled but shook her head offering me her hand.
"Come on Lau, you need a nap and then some. I'm difficult to keep up with." She chuckled embarrassedly.
"I love trying though." I admit with a chuckle of my own as I grabbed her hand and followed her to my room.
"With regular naps the world is our oyster." She winked and I giggled.
"I can't sleep much though, I have to meet with Isaac later." I warned as she hummed and nodded.
"No worries, I have to run to the bar tonight. I have the interior designer coming in for a look. Dyson has the night shift so I have to make it before he has to go play cop. I'll wake you up I promise." She explained as she threw herself on my bed opening her arms for me to crawl into.
"mmm I love when you hold me." I admitted as I burrowed into her.
"I'm glad, being your girlfriend and all" she admitted jokingly as I swatted at her.
"You know, I never would've thought I'd date a Succubus." I mused with heavy lids as she played with my hair.
"We don't have the best reputations, hence why I try to keep my nose clean now-a-days." She explained.
"Nadia cheated on me with a Succubus." I explained as silence filled the room. "She was different after they got together. It was a nightmare, she'd do things she would've never done otherwise. That's how she got on my father's old bike after I tried an intervention. Her need to get back to the Succubus was so great she crashed along the highway. I tried…" I mumbled as a tear ran down my face.
"Wow, she was enthralled." Bo whistled as I nodded.
"I became aware of the term later on." I admitted.
"I would never-"she started as I shook my head.
"I know… but that was my last secret, and now it's out and you have all of me." Silence filled us once more but after a few minutes she whispered before kissing my head.
"I love you Lauren."
She clicked the remote to the wall mounted TV and settled on a documentary. I had rubbed off on her in my TV selection, just as she had livened my house with all kinds of art. I concentrated on the rise and fall of her chest before my eyes drooped and I was fast asleep.
I woke up a while later, Bo was fast asleep with a peaceful look on her face. I glanced at my clock and realized that I'd be late. Isaac and I were going to meet up in the coffee shop not far from my apartment. I got dressed quietly scribbling a quick note to Bo. I put it close to her kissing her forehead and setting an alarm for her to get going for the bar. I was excited to see what the future held for us. I knew that deep down I wanted to find out what life with Bo was all about because so far I had been loving every second of her.
As I got out of the apartment letting the evening air caress my face I passed by a familiar red Ducati, I smiled thinking of my baby back home sound asleep and sighed looking towards the bright red paint and skimming my fingers atop it while I passed ready for my stroll. Upon my arrival I noticed Isaac was disheveled and deeply troubled, as soon as I reached the table he stood and pulled me into a crushing hug, with what seemed to be relief, flowing from his stance.
"Lauren, it's so good to see you...I have so much to tell you" he said sitting with shaking hands.
"Isaac you look so disheveled, what's wrong?" I asked genuinely worried about him.
"I can't take this anymore Lauren, Zee has gone off her rocker big time... I don't know what it is, but all of the sudden she went yesterday to protest the progress of project 49…" he rambled.
"Isaac what?" I interrupted him taken aback "Zee pushed for it all that time."
"I know and now she's going on and on about how we're abominations and extermination." He mumbled more to himself.
"Wait, what?" I asked dumfounded.
"I know, she's crazy!" he said seemingly too caught up with what he was talking about to notice.
"Isaac, I'm going to ask you something and I need you to set aside the fae-phobic image you have of me, and answer truthfully" I instructed as he nodded "Isaac, are you Fae?"
"What, why would you ask that?!" he asked appalled, but now I could see, it was not hate but fear.
"Isaac" I said holding his hand across the table reassuringly "Please, be honest with me, are you Fae?"
"I..." he looked across the table, our eyes met and I knew the truth before his lips muttered such "I am" he said as he looked down to the table defeated "I'm sorry"
"There's no need to be sorry, I just don't understand!" I exclaimed dumfounded.
"I… project 49 succeeded, I'm the first subject. I was finally able to recreate Fae biology in humans." He said feeling accomplished.
"What…" I was stumped scientifically stumped.
"I have been Fae for a year now, I've been my own guinea pig, I will show you. I don't trust anybody else to know, I want to be sure it's safe." he explained.
As tears brimmed his eyes I stood and hugged him tightly "I thought you would hate me, like you hate us all"
"I could never hate you Isaac, I love you, you're my brother from another mother, I could never ever hate you" I said cradling him in my arms a few tears running down my cheeks as well.
That's when I realized all the pain and suffering he had to endure, because of me and people like me, because of people that didn't understand that Isaac was human natured underneath being Fae. That Bo was amazing even if she did have to feed, that I, Lauren Lewis couldn't help but falling for a Fae woman, that it just happened and it didn't make...us...less, we were the same as any other human being.
How many people had been denied of chances for who they were, how could I have been so blind to not see the Isaac in those people, to see the Bo in them, to not accept them as they were. I stood frozen in my spot at the revelation I had just had and wondered how long it would've taken me to realize who I really was if Bo hadn't come into my life. I held Isaac at arms length and wiped his tears away smiling at him.
"Isaac I want you to meet a very important person in my life, someone that has opened my eyes to so many things and so many truths" I finished as he sniffled his eyes drying as he smiled at me happy for me
"Bo is really lucky" he said and I laughed.
"No, I'm the lucky one...she is just perfect. A perfect Succubus woman." I said thinking about my girlfriend.
"..." his jaw hit the floor, I could see how he desperately searched my eyes to see if this was a cruel joke on him, but he only found the truth behind my words "Lauren, are you telling me you're in love with a Succubus?"
"I..I am" and as the words left my mouth a sense of pride filled me only matched by the feeling of being able to call Bo mine.
I felt so free and detached from what I had made myself live like for so many years, preventing me from seeing the real me, the true me.
"Wow, I didn't know..." he said still in shock "don't get me wrong I am so happy for you, it's just such a surprise with the incident and all." He mused as I nodded.
"I know, but the more I get to know Bo the more I realize that who Nadia encountered was probably someone more bloodlust and power hungry than Bo." I concluded as he pondered.
"... wait a minute! Did you talk to Zee about Bo when you came in to drop over the papers?" suddenly I was scared, his face held the worry previous from our conversation and I could feel my heart drop.
"Yes, but Zee didn't know her, she just knew what I had talked about her...right?" I asked as he grimaced with my confirmation.
"You don't understand Lauren, Zee had been talking about knowing Bo's family for a long time. She was borderline obsessive since you spoke her name to her." Isaac rushed.
I felt my body grow cold remembering the stories about Bo's family.
"I need to know if she's up to something, or whatever it is, I can't let anything happen to Bo" I said trying to fight the lump in my throat as we threw some money on the table ready to spring into action.
"We need to notify the police Lauren, if we think some kind of danger might come to Bo. She kept mumbling about putting things back in their place." all my thoughts were on Bo, I was afraid for her.
"She'll do something I just, I can feel it." He warned.
"How...how do you know this?" I asked trying to gather my reeling thoughts.
"She kept mentioning she had an appointment to take care of. When I talked to her assistant nothing was booked. I just have a bad feeling about it. I haven't honed it but I'm some kind of telepath so it's like I got glimpses at her intent but not her thoughts." he said now desperately pacing along the sidewalk while I quickly pulled the phone from my bag and dialed Bo's number "I should have stopped her"
"You wouldn't be able to. If Zee is who I believe it is, you-my unexperienced friend- dodged a bullet." I said desperately knowing the rings on Bo's phone were slowly edging towards her voice mail "Damn it Bo!"
"She ain't picking up?" he asked his face full of worry as I shook my head and dialed a different number
"Hello? Tamsin? It's Lauren, oh...hi Cassie...no it's ok, I just wanted to know if you guys have heard from Bo, I left her sleeping and came to meet up with a friend nearby, but now I can't reach her" I explained as Cassie took in the information "You'd do that for me? How long? Alright, I'll call you in ten minutes" and with that I hung up.
"What?" Isaac demanded worried.
"Cassie, Tamsin's girlfriend is going to go over to the bar and see if she's there, Tamsin is Bo's best friend" I explained.
"Come on, let's go over to the police and tell them of our suspicions and what we've tied together." he suggested but I felt I couldn't move without knowing about Bo first.
"I'll wait for Cassie's answer and decide what to do then. In the mean time do me a solid go to precinct 247 and ask to speak to detective Thornwood." at his desperate look I quickly added "I'll call you once I know, alright?"
"Lauren, please be careful, Zee is off he rocker." He pleaded.
"I will. I love you Isaac, thank you" I said as I kissed his cheek.
"Don't worry about it. I love you too Lauren, you have been my sister since Nadia and I want you to be happy." He assured me before taking his leave.
Seconds after his departure my phone rang, it read Tamsin, I sighed relieved and picked up hurriedly.
"Bo?" I asked hopeful.
"No, it's Cassie, Bo isn't here she isn't anywhere near your apartment, I sent Cassie there. The Dal is empty I've looked and looked, called her mobile and nothing" she said apologetically as my heart sank "Is something wrong Lauren?"
"I...I think Bo's in danger Tamsin." I whimpered and she let out s grunt.
"Calm down Lauren, why are you thinking she's in trouble?" Tamsin enquired.
"It's a co-worker of my brother, I think she has beef with Bo's parents…" I couldn't finish the rest of my thoughts.
"Ok, if this is true then I gotta go talk to Aife and Jack. I think I know what you're talking about and it's not good. Jack won't be happy." Tamsin grumbled and I groaned.
"What do I do until then?" I wondered in panic.
"Take a deep breath, stay by the phone, be alert and notify me if anything changes. Cassie will steak out the bar in case Bo comes back." She offered and I agreed before hanging up.
Just then another call came through scaring the life out of me, it was Bo, I sighed relieved and picked up mid-ring.
"Baby, where are you, I left you in bed and now I couldn't find you, I was so scared... I think I scared Tamsin too,"
"You should be" ice ran cold in my veins as I heard Zee's voice on the other line.
"What have you done with Bo, I swear you do something to her…" I threatened in anger into the phone getting looks from bystanders walking down the street.
"There's no time for threats from a petty human Dr. Lewis. Even a brilliant scientist as yourself is no match for a God." she assured as I heard Bo's muffled sobs in the background.
"What do you want Zee? Why get her involved?" I asked gritting my teeth.
"What do I want?" she screamed enraged "I want things to go back to their natural order! I want Hades in the underworld where he belongs! I want his children and wife dead so he feels the need to escape no longer Doctor." I looked around in a panic, where was she? Where did she have Bo?
"Listen to me Zee, let her go and things will go back to normal, we will talk to Jack, convince him of a truce." I tried desperately.
"Bullshit Lewis, I can see right through you, I can hear the desperation in your voice, you'd say anything for this bitch to be safe." she said and I heard Bo's muffled screams in the back, tears ran down my face, I was helpless. "I will see how benevolent I feel within the next 15 minutes and then call you back, we'll see if she's still breathing" and with that the line went dead.
Without noticing I was now standing next to Bo's red Ducati, tears ran freely down my cheeks in desperation. My phone rang and I saw a text message
Lauren, I almost forgot, Bo's phone has a tracking system in case it's stolen the reference number is 221623.
-Tamsin
If I could've jumped through the phone and kiss the woman I would've. I rapidly inputted the number and waited for it to give me the location. What if Bo was dead already? NO STOP! SHE ISN'T DEAD. I saw Isaac was calling and I picked up rapidly trying to gush out what happened as quickly as I could.
"Damn it Lauren, are you sure?" he asked desperately.
"Yes, it's what she told me, I'm tracking Bo's phone and see where she is, please tell me you found Dyson" I begged as the phone beeped signaling I had a text, I read quickly and hope filled my heart.
"Isaac she's not far from her house around three blocks from it, I forwarded the address to you, Dyson needs to get there in 15 minutes or she will kill her, I have no doubt in my mind she will!" I stressed.
"Dyson is not in the precinct. He was out on a call and he's far. They told him he was needed back here ASAP." My heart sank.
"No! Isaac we need to figure this out, she can't be taken from me!" I exclaimed staggering backwards and almost toppling over tripping on a large object behind me.
I turned and saw it, I felt the spare keys in my pocket entangled with my own. I wiped my tears away determined.
"If you won't get to her on time I will." I said hanging up and unlocking the helmet she kept strapped to the back of the bike, I placed it on my head and straddled the sleek metal monster.
My mind reverted to when I was 17, my mother had tried giving me classes on how to safely ride a motorcycle to see if it would quell my fears. It did no such thing, in fact I was even more scared after she made me get on one, but now in this very second I thanked the heavens for my mother's insistence over the fucking classes. I looked at this one and noticed it wasn't so different from the one my mother acquired for my classes I turned the key and felt the motor come to life. I knew by the way it had started it was way more powerful than the one I had been on.
I quickly turned the left hand handle towards me and floored my left foot setting it in first, I pulled the right hand handle and sped forwards, in no time I was speeding through the sidewalks and swerving between cars, desperate to get to the address embedded in my head, praying that Bo was still safe. My phone rang in my pocket undoubtedly Bo's ringtone, yet I could not for the life of me let go of the handle to answer, I was petrified. However the fear of losing Bo over the fear of crashing her bike were incomparable.
The phone insisted twice but I was just a few houses away from the location the phone had given me, just one more intersection and I was there. I floored the gas trying to sprint the last remaining distance when a loud sound came from my left. As I turned, all I saw was a flash of white lights. I felt myself fly off the bike and it seemed like seconds and years as I fell into the pavement, when my body finally collided with the asphalt everything hurt. I felt something warm tickling the side of my face and assumed it was blood, I could taste it in my mouth as well.
My tears fell freely as a deep sleep threatened to take over me. I knew I was dying, my body was telling me that much, but all I could think was about her, and if she was still alive. It hurt to cry and I desperately tried to cling to my life as it faded slowly from focus. I couldn't rest without knowing if Bo was safe, but my anatomy wasn't as strong as theirs. I felt my eyes droop as confusion set in my mind from fighting my injuries. The pain in my leg and hip was incredibly intense and my body was trying to shut down to cope with it. As medicine journals and annotations went through my brain it felt like sludge as I tried to hold on. I could hear voices of bystanders trying to help and keep me conscious. I could feel myself ebb away as I scrambled my brain.
"What the fuck is going on in this street!? First that dark haired woman getting out of that crack house all shot up a few minutes ago and now this?" I heard a man counter as he applied pressure to my wounds.
I tried to speak but he shushed me hurriedly.
"Hold on, help is on the way ma'am" he reasured me.
"Is she alive?" I finally managed to gasp out with pain racking through my body threathning to take my consciousness before I got the answer I needed. "Is that woman alive?"
"Yes, she's on her way to the hospital." the man assured me as he tried to comfort me.
My bloody lips opened in a smile before the darkness consumed me completely, the sounds of sirens too far from my conscious mind to hold on to. I was dying and I knew it, but Bo was alive and she would recover, she was a Succubus after all. For her I would die a thousand times over.