By the time Lauren and Vex reached the succubus, she was in rough shape. Lauren was thankful Vex was with her, since he was able to use his Mesmer powers and stop their attack before they killed her. Unfortunately, Kenzi had shown up a minute after they had, and her scream of terror over what was happening to her best friend startled Vex and his concentration, and the lycanthropes escaped. Running to the succubus and kneeling down next to her, Lauren took her pulse and assessed her injuries. Her arm was bent sideways and her breathing was labored, and one eye was already swollen shut. She had lost some blood, but not enough to be fatal. Lauren moved her hands around her chest, confirming her initial thought of broken ribs.

Kenzi stood next to her, crying. "Bo! Oh god, you need to help her! What are you doing, call an ambulance. I am going to call Dyson!"

At the sound of the shifters name, Lauren jumped up and rounded on the small goth. "DO NOT call that dog. I will take her to the Dark fae compound and get her the care she needs."

"What? She is not Dark fae, take her to Light's compound," Kenzi demanded. She didn't trust the blonde and didn't want Bo to go anywhere near the Dark.

"She isn't Light either. Look, I know you are worried about your friend, and I give you my word she will not be in any sort of danger, nor will she owe any sort of debt to the Dark. But we need to move her now before she loses any more blood, or worse, the lycanthropes come back with reinforcements to finish the job."

Kenzi studied the woman silently for a few seconds. She knew Bo needed help and quickly. She also had no love for Lachlan, he was a total asshole and probably would demand something in return for helping Bo. Plus, she knew what Bo really needed to get better, and she didn't think she would mind getting that kind of doctoring from the Morrigan. "Fine, but I am coming with you."

Lauren looked over at Vex who was trying hard not to laugh at the spunky little human. Looking back at Kenzi, she nodded. "Vex, have the car brought around."

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Lauren had Bo brought to her penthouse suite, where she immediately went to work on the things she could fix quickly on Bo, working under Kenzi's suspicious eye. After cleaning and bandaging the cuts, and setting Bo's arm back in place, she motioned to Kenzi to follow her out of the room.

They made their way back in to the living room as soon as Kenzi was convinced that Bo was safe and had been cared for. Vex was still in the room, sitting on the couch on his head and trying to balance a cigarette on his outstretched hand. Seeing the two women rejoin him, he flipped back over and flashed his trademark smirk. "The succubus is resting comfortably I assume?"

Lauren nodded and wondered how she was going to broach the next topic with the petite human. She didn't want her to freak out and cause a scene, but she also knew how protective she was of Bo and that she wasn't really fond of her.

Fortunately, the goth brought it up herself, suspecting Lauren's intentions. "So, Doc, I know you know how a succubus heals," she started. Lauren nodded in reply.

"And what do you intend to do about that?"

Lauren looked at her intently. She wanted the woman's approval, but she would not detour from her plan if she didn't get it. Her feelings for Bo were stronger than she wanted to admit and while these weren't the circumstances she wanted their first time to be around, she could not deny the pull she felt towards her, how much she wanted to be back in her bedroom right now, wrapped tightly in the succubus' embrace.

"Whatever she wants me to," she answered honestly.

Kenzi eyed her for a few moments, and Lauren was almost convinced she was trying to look in to her soul. Kenzi would much have preferred Dyson healing Bo, but she knew that there was no way in hell Lauren would call him. Bo really did need to heal, and Lauren had saved her life, so she wasn't really worried about her hurting Bo. She was intuitive though and she knew there was something more going on between Bo and Lauren.

Finally Kenzi nodded, walking up to stand toe to toe with Lauren. "Let's just get one thing straight. I don't care who or what you are, if you hurt Bo, I will find you and make sure that future archaeologists won't ever be able to piece your body parts back together."

Behind them, Lauren could hear Vex cough, but she kept her eyes on Kenzi, breaking into a slight smile at the balls the little human had. "Understood," she said.

Kenzi nodded and turned around to walk out. "Come on Vex, I don't want any more reasons to need therapy. There must be some place to get some alcohol in this compound."

Vex looked up at Lauren who nodded that it was okay to leave, and he jumped quickly to follow the little goth he had to admit amused him to a high degree. "Stick with me luv, I know how to show a girl a good time." Lauren rolled her eyes at Vex and watched as they left and shut the door behind them. The silence was suddenly unnerving to Lauren, who felt butterflies in her stomach as she thought about the unconscious woman lying in her bed.

She turned and looked at the door to her room. Was she ready for this? Would she even remember what to do after seven years? What if Bo rejected her? Bo was a succubus, had probably slept with hundreds of people, what if she was horrible? My god, she was turning into a girl! She needed to stop thinking!

Taking a deep breath, she strode quickly to the door and opened it, stepping quietly in to the dim room and shutting the door behind her. She watched Bo from a distance, her breath catching at how beautiful she was, even with all the bruises she had. Lauren had to admit that this woman had some sort of hold on her heart and it wasn't because she was a succubus. It was the woman herself who had captured her – she was strong and loyal and wore her heart on her sleeve. Sure she was impetuous and naive, but that only made her more alluring. And oh god was she alluring. Lauren did not think she had ever met a more beautiful creature before in her life.

Moving to the bed, she gingerly sat down on the edge, close enough that she could reach down and run her fingers down Bo's cheek, whispering her name to wake her up. It pained her to see her like this - her left eye swollen shut and the flesh starting to discolor around the eye socket, her lips cut and cracked and still bleeding a bit. She knew that there was just as much bruising being hidden by the blanket – at least one cracked rib, a deep thigh hematoma, and a broken arm mixed in with various small cuts and bruises. She was thankful that the Lycanthropes who did this were young and untrained, as a full grown adult would have ripped her throat out before they had gotten to her. These two, thankfully, had wanted to play with their food first. She vowed silently that she would find them and kill them, with her own hands if need be.

But first she needed to get Bo healthy again, and her heart continued to pound over what that meant. Stroking her cheek with a little more pressure this time, she leaned in a little closer as she continued to whisper her name. Finally she felt Bo stirring, her eyelids fluttering for a few seconds before her good eye opened, a little unfocused and dilated. Lauren watched as it began to focus, settling on her. "Hi," she said gently, wanting to make Bo feel at ease since she probably didn't have a good grasp on what had happened yet.

Bo tried to sit up and speak, but her throat was dry and everything hurt and all she ended up doing was coughing. Lauren reached over to the nightstand next to the bed and grabbed a cup of water with a straw, moving it over and placing the straw between Bo's lips, encouraging her to drink. "Slow down, give yourself a second to wake up, the water will help."

Bo nodded and took a few sips of the water before pulling her head back and resting it deeper in to the pillow. She watched Lauren carefully for a few minutes before she closed her eye and tried to piece together her memory of how she ended up here, wherever that was, and why she was in so much pain. She remembered being at the Dal, getting in to it again with Dyson and leaving. She remembers Lauren was there too, that is why she and Dyson were fighting. She didn't have any memories after that though and that frightened her. Opening her eye back up, she saw Lauren was still gazing at her tenderly. She seemed nervous and her aura was higher than usual, even for her, but she didn't seem worried and that settled at least a few of Bo's fears. Finally getting the energy to speak, she whispered out "what happened?"

"You were attacked by two Lycanthropes when you left the Dal. Vex and I left a few minutes after you, thankfully, and were able to stop them before they killed you. You are pretty banged up though, which is why you are in so much pain. Your arm and some ribs are broken, your eye socket may be fractured and you have a pretty nasty bruise on your thigh. I cleaned and set as much as I could as a doctor…." Lauren spoke, letting the last few words taper off. Setting her resolve, she looked at Bo before finishing. "You need to heal the rest."

Bo's eyes got wide at Lauren's words, and her blinding aura suddenly made sense. Her throat suddenly became very dry again and she let out a light cough. Was she nervous? She was a succubus, why would she be nervous at the thought of having sex, especially when she really needed to heal? Ah, who was she kidding. She was terrified.

"Lauren…" she whispered.

Lauren stopped her from speaking any further by placing her fingers on Bo's lips. "Shhh," she said, wondering at how soft her lips were and aching to kiss them. Leaning forward, she moved to bring her lips to Bo's, but felt her pull back slightly. Bo was watching her, a mix of fear and desire crossing her face. "What are you doing?" she asked, though she knew the answer. Lauren smiled, "Healing you. Just let me," before leaning down again and bringing their lips together.

The kiss started slow, but it only took a few minutes for it to become hot and heated. Lauren felt Bo wince a little, so she pulled back in concern, "I don't want to hurt you." Bo smiled and lifted her arm to capture the back of Lauren's head and bring her back down to her lips. "You won't. I trust you."

Lauren smiled down at Bo and let go of any reservations she had, kissing the woman with a passion she never had felt for anyone before. As Bo opened her mouth to allow Lauren's tongue entry, she felt the shift in the woman's aura, which was now completely off the charts, and she let the last of her defenses down as well. If Lauren deemed her worthy enough to give herself to her so completely, she wasn't going to hold anything back either.