Title: Iron Sanctum [2/?]
Rating: PG I think...there might be swearing.
Warnings: Flirting, lack-of-action, swearing, alcohol, kissing, umm mentions of shoving swords down throats?
Fandom: Legend of the Seeker/Sword of Truth/Lost Girl
Characters: Bo, Kenzi, Cara, Denna, Berdine, Raina, Trick and Lauren
Summary: Bo and Cara have a drink, phone call, somehow Bo goes to Lauren's.
The bar was somewhat full, not stuffy but enough that Bo had to speak above usual tone to be heard. "So do you usually go around to warehouses?"
Cara's jaw twitch as she placed the glass down, "I owned the warehouse."
"Owned?" Bo urged. Cara's shoulders tightened in the leather jacket, noticing, Bo backed down and relaxed into the lounge. Remembering to save the question for later, possibly when the woman was more drunk and less defensive. "So...do you live around here?"
"In a matter of speaking." Bo tilted her head, pinching her eyebrows as she placed her own glass down on the coffee table. Cara had lounged herself beside Bo and had placed her crossed feet onto the table. It'd be hard not to notice Trick glaring in the direction, but somehow Bo believed that he wouldn't actually comment on Cara's state.
"In a matter of speaking? Do you have more the one home?"
"I like to be on the move." Bo licked her lips at the undertone of the words. Cara's feet dropped off the table as her eyes darted from Bo's to her lips. "Would you like to see where I'm currently staying?" Bo nodded and lent in. Quickly she took a breath before leaned her body forward, closing her eyes. Her lips briefly grazed Cara's, feeling the woman tease as she did. She parted her lips to take the kiss further but a buzz on the couch caused her eyes to fly open.
Cara groaned, reached into the pocket of her jacket and slid the phone unlock before shouting, "What?" She paused. "No." Another pause. "I said a week- No, don't." Cara licked her lips and stood up, her eyes flicked to Bo's before anger pinched her eyebrows, "Who gave you right? No I don't think-" Crossing an arm over the one hold the phone, she gritted her teeth, "Well he can shove it up his-" Cara went still and relaxed. "If he's asking me to save another freaking kitten from another fucking tree I swear to the creator I will pick up his sword and shove it down his throat."
Bo stood up nervously and walked over to the bar. "So ah...the woman?" She prompted Trick. At his stare and silence, she tried a more blunt approach. "Know anything about her?"
Trick clenched his jaw and resisted the urge to fling a series of words at the woman, "She has many enemies," was all he said before giving Bo a glass, "do what you will but don't become one of them, she has as many allies in high places as she has enemies in low."
"She ah, said she came here to drop something off?" Bo prompted as she took a swig, "Know anything?"
"Yes, but I can't tell you Bo, trust me when I say that you want to keep clear of any mess that woman is in." Bo skeptically looked him over before giving a tight nod and turning back to where Cara stood, phone in grip, glaring at the screen.
"Everything ok?" Bo asked.
Cara looked up and tucked the phone in her jacket. "I need to post-pone."
Bo sighed, "Shame," she muttered. The blonde nodded and pulled out a set of keys. "Do you have a ride?"
"I can call Kenzi- or grab a taxi."
Cara shook her head, "I'll take you home."
"It's probably totally out of your way, I can find my own way back, obviously you have something to do." Cara's jaw tightened.
"It's complicated." Bo nodded.
"Exactly, look, how about we meet up again later, some other day." She walked a few steps over and smiled as she reached into Cara's pocket. The woman raised an eyebrow but didn't protest to Bo pulling out her phone and sliding it unlock before punching her number into it. "There, that's my number, so...when your free, call me." She allowed her tongue to flick before handing back the phone.
Cara smirked, nodding as she slid the phone back into her pocket. Quickly she grabbed the woman and kissed her on the lips. Bo grinned when the woman pulled away.
"So um, see you later." Bo watched Cara's hips sway out the door before she licked her lips and turned back to the bar. Pushing her arms onto the table, she stretched before relaxing onto an arm. "Know anything about child-snatching fae?"
"You didn't find the child?"
"We did, but then Barbossa tried to kill me and Cara burt him to a crisp."
"Barbossa?" Trick shook his head.
"Yeah, some slimy, squid like thing, had a giant yellow eye-"
"Oh, burnt it eh?" He paused and shook his head, "That'd probably be a mnyiri mnyama, literally 'Tentacle beast' not very original for a name." Trick shrugged, "burning is a good method, a knife in the eye would have worked."
Bo sighed, "A dagger went into it but it kind of...absorbed it...or maybe it ate it. Do the mn...would the thing have ate it?"
Trick shrugged. "They're mostly used as like...guard dogs really. They're really not very smart but tell them 'kill anything that comes past' and they'll do it."
"So...any fae could basically use it?"
"Well, they're kind of like dogs in that people generally 'raise' them and teach them to guard, dogs are usually more intelligent though."
"People...raise those things?" Bo shivered at the thought, "Do they eat children?"
"They can, they eat anything really, kind of like goats." Bo shook her head, poking her tongue at the thought of the creature. There wasn't enough hot water in the word to wash off the memory of the tentacle wrapping around her. "Look, if you want to find who took the child I'd suggest going to visit Lauren and asking if she knows any fae who raises mnyiri mnyama."
Bo blinked and smiled at the idea of seeing Lauren, "Could you write that things name down for me?" Trick laughed at her.
Within the hour, she had Kenzi pick her up from the front of the bar and take her to Lauren's house. Post-teasing of visiting Lauren, after (apparently) being rejected by Cara, they arrived at the front of the building.
"You go visit Doctor Hot-Pants, I need me some chicken!" Kenzi said as she took the keys from Bo and slid into the driver's seat. Bo, when Kenzi arrived, took the keys and kicked her into shot gun. She loved Kenzi with all her heart, but she couldn't handle not being in control of the car. Once that day was enough for a week.
"Pick me up-" Kenzi sighed and nodded, already knowing Bo's order from the shop. "And don't do anything stupid." Rolling her eyes, she grinned up at Bo.
"Oh please, oh please let me rob the shop with undies on my head." Bo shook her head and climbed out the car. "I'll see you within the hour. So be quick and be safe!" Bo shut the door and watched Kenzi drive off before turning around and entering the building.
She remembered which of the apartments was Lauren, it was hard to forget. She grinned as she looked at the number on the door and knocked. When the door opened she grinned, "Lau-" she paused, the woman looked flustered and as if she'd been expecting someone else. "Am I intruding on something?"
"Bo. Hey, ah...no, you're not at all. Come in." Lauren shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Sorry for the mess." Bo almost laughed as she looked over the almost completely pristine house, excluding a single coffee mug, a bra on the armchair and some half folded laundry on a table by the window.
"If this is what you call a mess, don't come visit anytime soon." Lauren frowned before smiling. "So um, is everything ok? You look..."
Lauren shook her head, "The Ash..." she sighed. "It's a mess right now, don't worry about." She turned around, picked the bra off the armchair and walked towards the kitchen, "Can I get you a drink of anything?"
"I'll just have a glass of water." The succubus searched the room with sharp eyes, if there was any evidence of The Ash hurting her, Bo was going to bring Hell on him. Lauren was no one's property, least of all, his.
Slowly, she sat herself down on the couch and picked up one of the magazines on the table. "Hey Lauren, to fae have their own magazines?"
"Not really, a lot of fae write articles in magazines, some of which have information if you look close enough, same for newspapers and the media in general." Walking back into the room, she placed a glass of water, with ice, onto a coaster before sitting down beside Bo. "Why do you ask?"
Bo placed the magazine back on the table, "Just curious." Her eyes flicker to Lauren's. There was definitely something in them. Fear maybe? She wasn't quite sure. "Is The Ash hurting you?" She blurted out.
Lauren froze before her shoulders dropped, "No, it's not that."
Placing a hand on her arm, Bo tilted her head, "Lauren, if anything's happening...if I can help in anyway or if you need a place to stay." Lauren smiled.
"I'm ok Bo, and I'm sure that's not why you came here."
"No, it's not. I just want you to be happy and I don't think this new Ash is making you happy, in face I think he needs his butt kicked."
Lauren place her glass on the table and flicked her hair behind her shoulders. "Bo, everything will be ok, I just have a job to deal with a fae that I'm not exactly comfortable dealing with."
"Why?"
She sighed, "They're difficult. Hard, snarky and have a knack for bringing more trouble with them than help. I'm just meant to...act as a bridge I guess. Figure out what they want, do whatever they need done and hopefully move them on their way."
"Is it Science-y stuff?"
Lauren looked down and smiled, "Yeah."
"You know, you look all cute when your brain starts turning the Doctor cogwheels in your mind," Bo said before she bit her lip. "So um, are they coming tonight? The fae?"
"No, but it could change without any warning. They're not exactly the type of people who really 'call before arriving'. We really only know they're here because of word-of-mouth. They're not exactly subtle." She let out a half laugh before smiling up at Bo, "I'm glad that you're here."
"Why?"
Lauren shrugged, "is it wrong to like your company?" Bo's lips curved into a wide grin. Laying her upon the spine of the couch she flicked her eyes between Lauren's eyes and her lips.
"It's not." Bo went to move forward when Lauren's eyes wend wide and flew to the door. Falling back, Bo heard the knocks. "Are you kidding me?" She hissed under her breath. Slipping down, she watched Lauren hesitantly stand up and walk over to the door. She slid the lock and slowly pulled the door open.
"Doctor Lauren Lewis," the woman standing said with a surprise. "You're much prettier then I expected."
"Berdine!" Someone hit the woman in the brown leather jacket.
"What, she is pretty- don't look at me like that, it's not my fault I notice other people. Hey, you notice people too and you know I'd never do anything." The woman besides Berdine rolled her eyes and folded her arms. Turning back to Lauren she placed a hand on her hip. "Going to invite us in?"
Flustered, Lauren jumped out the way and opened the door wider for the two, extremely tall women, to step into her house. "We would have met under The Ash's presence," the second woman began, "But Denna doesn't trust him." She rolled her eyes at Denna's reason. "I'm Raina and this is my partner Berdine, we'll be 'the delivery service' if you will." Her eyes then flicked to Bo's and followed Bo's protective stance and eyes to Lauren, "did we interrupt something?"