Authors Note: I'll be traveling this weekend so I won't be able to post a new chapter until Sunday or Monday. Because of that, I made this chapter longer. Enjoy and please review!
Chapter 5
Lauren
Lauren paced back and forth across the white marble and stone covered lab. She knew she had to review the CT scans and MRI's she did on Bo and Kenzi, but she couldn't stop her mind from replaying the events that took place this afternoon. She kept asking herself why these two individuals showed up at her apartment, how they got past security, why Bo attacked Kenzi and not her, why Bo said she "missed" her, and more importantly- why Bo claimed they were bonded. She began to get pissed off by the fact that she could not answer a single one of these questions, so she walked across the lab and took a seat at her desk, hoping that she could at least review Bo and Kenzi's results properly.
She opened each file and scanned them carefully. Based on the CT scans and MRI, it was obvious that both Kenzi and Bo had suffered grade 3 concussions. These results didn't come as a shock to Lauren considering they were both knocked unconscious. The sedatives she gave them while running the tests would wear off within the next half hour. Once awake she would have to run a few coordination and reflex tests, as well as evaluating their memory and concentration skills before notifying the Morrigan. The only tests she was still waiting on were the blood tests. She knew Bo was a succubus, but she had no idea what species of Fae Kenzi was. She was also hoping to see if any contagion or virus had infected Bo's system that would explain the incident in her apartment.
Unable to calm her nerves or draw any significant conclusions until the blood tests came back, Lauren found herself wandering mindlessly toward Bo's hospital bed. Standing in the middle of Kenzi and Bo's bed, she plopped herself down on the chair and looked at Bo's unconscious body. Lauren's eyes traced over Bo's entire body, which was barely covered by a thin white sheet. She couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was. Her long brown hair fell perfectly around her face and shoulders. Her long eyelashes and full, luscious lips complimented her sharp and angular bone structure. Lauren knew based on her research that succubae were a perfect biological specimen of their kind, but knowing that did not prepare her for how beautiful Bo was. Her eyes trailed down from Bo's face to her neck until finally resting on her soft, full breasts that were not completely covered by the top of the white sheet. As she stared, she began to remember the feeling of Bo's body pressed firmly against her own. She recalled the heat and warmth that Bo's body resonated onto hers and how Bo's warm hands felt on her bare stomach. Instinctively, Lauren reached out to touch her hand when she was suddenly interrupted.
"Sorry to bother you Dr. Lewis, but the blood tests have been completed." A young physician's assistant said as she crossed the lab towards Lauren.
"You weren't interrupting anything, Kate." Lauren said as she stood from the chair. "What did you find?"
"Both of the tests came back perfectly normal." Kate said matter-of-factly. "Well normal for a human and a succubus."
"Kenzi is a human?" She repeated.
"Yes, definitely." Kate confirmed. "If you review the results you'll find that we ran several tests just to be accurate."
"I'll review these now, thank you Kate." Lauren said as she looked down at the tests in her hand.
"You're welcome, Dr. Lewis. I'm also here to inform you that there is a Detective Thornwood here to speak with you. Would you like me to direct him here?"
"Yes, that would be fine." Lauren responded as she took the blood results and walked back to her desk.
As Kate exited the room, Lauren sat behind her desk reviewing the tests carefully. Not only did their tests not give her any leeway in making a proper hypothesis for Bo's actions today, but now she has to figure out why a succubus, who she had never met before, was hanging out with a human who had no affiliation with the Fae world.
"Dr. Lewis." Lauren heard a voice say, knocking her from her current state of confusion.
"Detective Thornwood." She said as she stood from her chair. "I can't thank you enough for what you did earlier today."
"No need to thank me, I wish I could have been there sooner." Dyson responded as he walked up to Lauren's desk.
"Please, take a seat." She said, gesturing to the empty chair in front of her desk. "How can I help you?"
Dyson took a seat across from Lauren and placed a notebook on her desk. "I need to ask you a few questions about the incident that occurred at your apartment today."
"Sure." Lauren said, nodding her compliance.
"I've already reviewed the security tapes several times, so I have a pretty good idea of what happened." He said as he opened his notebook and clicked his pen. "I need to know if you know these two individuals, why they came to your apartment, if any words were exchanged between you three and if the test results came back with any viable information that would help with this investigation."
"As you already know, I have no idea who either of them are or why they came to my apartment. Based on the test results, Bo is a succubus and Kenzi is a human. Both have grade 3 concussions and the blood results came back normal. I gave them sedatives while running the tests hours ago, but they should be completely warn off by now. They should be awake within the next few minutes, so please hurry with the questions." Lauren said as she glanced over at the two occupied hospital beds.
"Neither of them said anything to you during the incident?"
"When Bo had Kenzi pinned against the floor, she kept referring to me as 'hers' and mentioned something about our 'bond'." She answered, folding her arms across her chest. "We both know that's impossible seeing as I've never met her. I really don't understand how I'm going to explain any of this to the Morrigan."
Dyson sat back in his seat, trying not to completely wolf out in the middle of the lab. If what Lauren was saying is true, then Trick's hypothesis about the souldbond is true too. His breathing became deep and heavy and his hands clenched into fists as he tried to control his increasing anger. Unanswered questions began to flood his brain until his pen snapped in his hand.
"Detective, are you alright?" Lauren asked worriedly.
"Yes, sorry it's been a stressful day." He said as he straightened himself in his chair. "I think it would be in our best interest if you waited to tell the Morrigan about all of this."
"What? We can't do that, she already knows they're here. This is her lab and she…owns me. It would be against Fae laws for us to keep this from her."
"I'm not saying that we'll never tell her, I'm just saying we should wait." Dyson said, staring at her intently. "This situation looks bad for both of us. A succubus has entered our territory without my knowledge, infiltrated a highly secured building with a human and attacked the Morrigan's head doctor. Based on the security cameras, it looks like you have relations with this succubus and to top it all off, there's no test proving that anything is wrong with either of them. Do you realize the severity of this situation?"
Lauren held his gaze, eyes wide. He was right, they both were in terrible positions right now and neither of them had any answers. To make matters worse, Lauren is human and a slave to the Morrigan. If she couldn't explain any of this to her, she would be punished or imprisoned for days, if not weeks.
"What do you suggest we do then?" She asked, breaking eye contact to stare blankly at her desk.
"We should wait until they wake up and speak with them first. The more information we know before the Morrigan, the better." Dyson whispered across the table. "I also think I should speak to them alone. Bo seeing you today obviously triggered something, we can't risk her losing control in the Morrigan's lab."
"…..Dude…. I'm so hung over…my head is killin' me." A small voice whimpered from across the room.
"They're awake!" Lauren said as she ran over to stand between Kenzi and Bo's bed.
"Kenzi, its Dr. Lewis… How are you feeling?"
"Umm… where the shit am I?" She asked, opening her eyes while attempting to sit up.
"You're at our lab with Bo. You were both knocked unconscious at my apartment, so we brought you here to tend to you."
"Dr. Lewis, Bo is starting to wake up too." Dyson said as he walked up from behind her.
"Kenzi…" Bo moaned from her hospital bed.
"I'm right her Bo-bo." Kenzi said as she laid back down and put her hand on her head. "Looks like you lost your shit again and now we are in some creepy science lab getting poked and probed."
"WHAT?" Bo yelled as she jumped from her bed, not bothering to cover herself with her sheet.
"Bo, please lay back down. You're suffering from a concussion and you need to rest." Dyson said, gesturing to the empty bed.
"Who are you?" Bo frantically asked as she scanned the laboratory looking for signs of an exit. "Kenzi get up, we're leaving."
"I'm Detective Thornwood, you can call me Dyson though. I came here to ask you about the incident that happened at Lauren's apartment earlier today."
"…Lauren…" Bo repeated looking past Dyson and making eye contact with the slender, blonde doctor standing next to Kenzi's bed.
Bo's eyes flashed an uncontrollable blue as she stared at the doctor. Bracing herself on the bed in front of her, Bo tried to reel in the beast that was begging to come out. Clenching the white sheets in her fists, she bowed her head down and tried to steady her breathing.
"Why is this happening?" Bo asked in ragged breaths, refusing to make eye contact in a hopeless attempt to stay in control. "Why do I want her so much? Everything about her draws me in. Her scent, her hair, her body…I need it. All of it."
Everyone stared in silence at Bo, unable to comprehend or process anything she was saying. Lauren stood frozen by Kenzi's bed feeling helpless. Part of her naturally wanted to help Bo calm down, but part of her also wanted to run out of the lab and forget any of this ever happened. How did her life change so drastically in a matter of hours? Why did she feel such a pull towards this mysterious woman and why did this succubus lose control around her?
"Bo… I think you should lie back down." Kenzi said reassuringly, trying to prevent another raging succubus episode from happening.
"I agree." Dyson said, stepping beside Bo and placing a hand on her shoulder.
Bo whipped around, grabbed Dyson's hand on her shoulder and pinned him to the wall behind them.
"Do NOT touch me. I am NOT yours." Bo growled out, eyes blazing a radiant blue.
"Shit… Bo is about to freak the fuck out!" Kenzi mumbled quickly as she wrapped her sheet around her and bounced out of the bed, making a move towards her best friend.
"Bo, I can't breathe… I'm just… trying to help you." Dyson whispered between breaths.
Suddenly Bo felt warm hands wrap themselves around her waist, and a familiar voice whisper into her ear from behind her.
"Bo, I'm right here." Lauren said softly as she slid one of her hands up Bo's side and wrapped it around Bo's extended arm. "Please calm down and let Dyson go. He's just trying to help."
Bo immediately released her grip on Dyson, letting him collapse to the floor. She spun around swiftly, grabbing Lauren by the hips and picking her up effortlessly. She placed her on the empty bed in front of her so that Lauren's legs straddled each side of her.
"Not to be a cock block or anything Bo-bo, but we're kind of in the middle a lab right now… and you're sexy ass is obviously not alone." Kenzi said, resting both hands on either side of her hip. "If you're going to get your sex on in front of me, you BEST be paying for my therapy."
Kenzi's remarks went unnoticed as Bo buried her head into Lauren's neck and began devouring her with hungry kisses.
"I need you. Now." Bo whispered into Lauren's ear as she removed her white lab coat and continued to pepper her neck with kisses.
Unable to respond or form any coherent thought, Lauren let her lab coat slide down her arms and fall off of her body. Instinctively she wrapped her legs tighter around Bo's waist as she buried her hands into Bo's long locks, bringing her face away from her neck and crashing their lips together.
"Lauren, you need to stop." Dyson said as he stood up from the ground. "There are security cameras everywhere; this won't look good if the Morrigan sees you like this with Bo."
At these words, Lauren immediately stopped what she was doing and removed her lips from Bo's. She proceeded to untangle her legs from Bo's waist and gently pushed her away from her body. Bo stared at her in disbelief. Her eyes still blazing bright blue, she stepped back between Lauren's legs and placed her hand on either side of Lauren in self protest.
"Bo…Dyson is right. We need to stop." Lauren said soothingly, trying not to upset the clearly aroused succubus. "We don't know each other and I don't understand what happened today or what is happening now. We need to talk about all of this before the Morrigan is notified."
Instead of responding, Bo placed a firm hand on Lauren's thigh and pulsed energy into her. Lauren moaned in response, collapsing her head helplessly on Bo's bare chest. Without speaking a word, Bo picked up Lauren and casually walked past Dyson and Kenzi, not bothering to look at either of them. She kicked opened the door to the nearest vacant office, walked in and slammed the door shut behind her.
"What…the fuck…was that?!" Kenzi yelled, tossing one hand in the air while looking at Dyson.
"Give me a minute… I need to make a phone call." Dyson said as he turned and walked away from Kenzi, pulling his cell phone out of his pocket.
"Trick, it's Dyson. You're right about the bond." He grumbled into the phone. "Bo is currently trying to re-claim Lauren in one of lab offices…."