"Hey Trickster, what up?" Kenzi shouts, as she struts into the Dal with Bo at her side. Trick was currently on the phone and by the look on his face, he wasn't reminiscing with old friend and it certainly wasn't good news he was hearing either. He turned around and gave them a nod acknowledging them and continued with his conversation. Instead, they walked over to a table and sat down across from each other, with Kenzi, as per usual, propping her boots on the tabletop.
Looking Bo square in the eye Kenzi breaks the silence "How you holding up chica? " It was by far the definition of a loaded question, and Bo could tell by the look on Kenzi's face that she knew it, as it was her intention. Bo knew what she meant: How are you since Dyson took off? Did you have 'the talk' with Lauren yet? Are you sure you're okay with the whole Aoife thing?There really was no point in lying to her best friend, after all, that spunky little Russian girl knew how to read her.
"Honestly Kenz, my head is a mess with everything that is going on. I mean…I thought after taking on my mother things would get better and that I'd be able to settle some…personal things, not spiral into the seventh layer of hell."
"Babe, the woman was bat shit crazy. She blew in like a hurricane and initiated Rag-mom-rock." She gave a lopsided smile and patted Bo's hand. "And by personal things you mean a certain lone wolf man as it were."
"I told Dyson that when all this was over I'd see where we stand. I was kind of hoping that we'd be able to…" she gave a defeated sigh, "I don't know."
"D-man just needs to cool off and make sure he won't do something or say something stupid when you finally work it out. Now, I know that isn't what really has your thong in bunch." Bo merely smirked in response, of course she would know.
It's true, Bo knew she would forgive Dyson in time for what he did but it wasn't the root of her current problem. What was nagging Bo was the last time she saw Lauren and everything she did to help her, but what she thought of most was that kiss. The kiss itself was soft but it spoke of the desperation she felt that may well truly be the last time she would see Bo. It wasn't until she was given the key for the Koushang and kissed like it was her last night on Earth that she truly forgave Lauren and finally understood. Lauren never wanted to see her get or hurt, never wanted to lose her and would do whatever she could, as a human in the fae world to keep her safe. It was this world that not only ruined what they may have had but also made her see what could be. She could only hope that Lauren would forgive her for the things she said; the things she had no right to say.
"We have a problem. Several, actually." The girls looked over at Trick to see him put new pins in the board and got up to take a look. He put a yellow pin on top of a pawnshop at the edge of town near the park that had numerous white pins. Next, he put three blue pins on the abandoned factory, now full of squatters, in the other side of town, which had about two acres of land running behind it.
"Apparently in the last four days three people have suddenly gone missing, simply vanished without a trace near the factory; hence the blue pins." He then moved his hand to point to the yellow pin. "This is our first casualty." There was a collective silence, presumably to mourn, before Trick continued. "Hale most likely won't be able to help us as he'll be pulling double duty; following leads as part of standard police procedure and to make sure the humans don't get involved any of this."
"Shit. That's a lot of ground to cover even if he was able to help us. What do you think we should do first?" Bo was at a loss; should they look into the missing people or the person who died first? On one hand there was the small likelihood that they could still find those three people alive, but on the other hand, whatever killed that person could kill more during their search.
"I'd suggest you go see Lauren first. She should be finished with the autopsy and might be able to give you some insight as to what you may be looking for. I call Hale ask him to handle the missing persons case and send whatever he finds later."
Bo nodded, took out her phone and took a picture of the map before heading out the door with Kenzi. She definitely needed to see Lauren and she had a lot of things to say to her. As she put her phone back in her pocket she felt the Koushang amulet that she left in there. She meant to give it back but with all the running around she had been doing, she never got the chance. Now whenever she felt it, she would constantly think back to that kiss and smile on the inside. Perhaps she could still repair things with Lauren after all.
"So tell me, oh fearless leader, how do you plan to go about this? Whatever it is we're looking for is probably in that park and the park is huge! Last time I checked we don't have a super sniffer, that, and my feet will never forgive me if we walk around for hours only to find nothing."
"I don't know Kenzi, hopefully whatever Lauren finds will be able to help us." Bo walked up to her car, or The Beast, as she liked to call it, and got in. Kenzi quickly followed suit.
"I don't do dead bodies so I'll wait in the car while you handle her." It was no secret Kenzi didn't like Lauren and Bo knew nothing she said could change that, it would have to happen on it's own. That and the snarky woman probably didn't ever want to set foot in the lab again after the foot soup incident. So, with that Bo took off for the lab with high hopes: hope that Lauren could point them in the right direction and hope that she could make things right with Lauren.