Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews and everyone who decided to follow this story! I finished the second chapter a lot sooner than I expected so... surprise! Hopefully I'll have the third chapter posted by Sunday. Keep the reviews and comments coming!
Faenonymous: Chapter 2
Bo
"Alright Kenz, what's up with this Nadia chick? When was the last time her mom talked to her? Did she have a job? Where did she live? We need something to go off of," Bo said while walking down the stairs to the kitchen wearing tight leather pants, tall black boots, and a plunging black v-neck shirt.
"Finally! What were you doing up there? I'm already on my third bowl of cereal," Kenzi said while throwing another spoonful in her mouth, looking at Bo eagerly. "You shouldn't make a sista wait like that, it's not nice."
"You seem to have kept yourself entertained..." Bo said as she threw an empty box of cereal into the trash. "C'mon Kenz, you must have something for us in that file."
"You're damn straight I do," Kenzi chimed between spoonfuls of cereal. "According to her mom, this isn't this first time Nadia has gone MIA. A few years ago she went with her girlfriend to the Congo in order to do some medical research. When they came back to Canada, her mom said she only received letters from Nadia for five years, but never saw her. Randomly Nadia and her girlfriend showed up at her mother's house and stayed for an entire week. After that the mother received phone calls and emails once every few weeks from Nadia, then everything stopped completely about 3-4 years ago."
"At least we have an obvious starting point," Bo said while grabbing a cup of coffee and walking around the counter to take a seat on the stool next to Kenzi. "We got a name for this mysterious girlfriend?"
"Umm..." Kenzi hummed while flipping through the file to the last page. "Dr. Lauren Lewis," she said while taking her index finger and pointing to the blonde in an old picture of the couple together.
Bo took another sip of her coffee before following Kenzi's finger to the picture. She stared intently at the woman's face. Something about this thin, curly haired blonde woman called out to her. Bo knew she hadn't met this person recently, if she did she definitely would have remembered. The longer she held the woman's gaze in the picture, the more her heart began to race. Her body started heating up and the ache and longing in her stomach coursed through her entire body until her eyes flashed an uncontrollable blue.
Kenzi looked over at her best friend intently, noticing the flare of electric blue in Bo's eyes. "Whoa there killer, we just got you pizza last night, and by 'pizza' I mean sexy delivery man," Kenzi said smiling to herself. Her smile quickly faded when she realized Bo's facial expression had not changed. If anything, Bo's expression became more predatory.
"Bo..." Kenzi said softly while placing her hand on Bo's arm. At the exact moment Kenzi's hand connected with her arm, Bo's grip on her coffee mug tightened, crushing the mug into pieces and spilling its contents onto the floor.
"What the shit Bo! We only have like three coffee mugs in this love shack, now we're down to two!" Kenzi said while placing her cereal bowl on the counter and quickly getting up from her stool.
Bo glared at her friend with blazing blue eyes. Before Kenzi could walk the distance to the paper towels, Bo grabbed her by the throat and pinned her against the far wooden beam supporting the shack.
"Bo…" Kenzi weakly mouthed, straining under Bo's abnormally strong grip. "It's me…Kenzi…your best friend. Please…stop."
After holding Kenzi's gaze for a long moment, Bo's eyes began to fade back into their original deep brown color. Horrified by the realization of her hand having a death grip on Kenzi's throat, Bo dropped her arm immediately. Unshed tears began to pool in her eyes as she slowly back peddled away from Kenzi.
"Kenzi, I'm so sorry! I don't… I don't know what happened. I don't even remember how we got over here. Why is my hand bleeding?" Bo asked frantically as she glanced down to her torn up palm trying to make sense of what just happened.
"You smashed your coffee mug into pieces. I have no idea what happened. One minute you're asking about Nadia's girlfriend and the next you turn into the Hulk," Kenzie croaked out while trying to get air back into her lungs. "What the hell happened, Bo?"
"I don't know! I don't understand anything that just happened. I've felt hunger before, but nothing like that. When I saw her…saw this Lauren woman, I felt this incredible longing. I couldn't control it, all of my 'inhuman' instincts flared up like I was starving or something," Bo said while walking back to the counter and plopping herself onto the stool.
"I think… I think maybe my 'inhuman' side took over completely and that's why I can't remember anything. I've never lost control before, what if this keeps happening? I don't want to become more of a monster than I already am," Bo whimpered out while burying her face into the palm her hands.
Kenzi walked over to her best friend and sat down next to her, scooting her stool as close as she could get. "Bo, you're not a monster. You've always been in control and you're constantly helping people and putting everyone else before yourself. You just slipped up, mistakes happen," she said while putting an arm around Bo. "This could be a positive thing, maybe you have some connection to this blonde. I know how you lurve yourself the ladies, but maybe this is a link to your past, our past."
"Well if this woman does have some connection to me, I definitely shouldn't meet her," Bo huffed while finally removing her face from her hands. "I became a monster and almost killed my best friend just by looking at a picture of her, imagine what I could do if I met her in real life."
"Again, you're not a monster," Kenzi reminded her while getting up from the stool and walking over to grab her coat. "You're not going to lose control again, and even if you do, you know your bestie has your back. I'll even pack some beer bottles to smack across your head just incase things get real."
"Kenzi… not funny," Bo said even though a small smile began to creep across her face. "Why are you grabbing your coat? Where are we going?" she asked confused.
"Nadia's mom never knew the hospital Lauren worked at, but she did know her apartment address", Kenzi said quickly while grabbing Bo's jacket and throwing it at her. "Get you're ass up so we can scope out Dr. Hotpants' place.
"Dr. Hotpants?" Bo asked grinning.
"Well, she definitely got your pants hot," Kenzi said while grabbing the car keys and heading outside.