Author's Note: I have my charger! and my laptop is amazing *snuggles* so I will be updating all others but still working on this because, omg, this was originaly meant to be crack not angst and my heart aches as well as the fact that I feel emotionally drained after writing this. So enjoy...or not and hate me, I swear I'm trying to put it on track but the characters get written, with a mind of their own, and it's so damn juicy! Hopefully the chapter will be longer next time, but adding to it, I think, would take away from it.
Slowly, Bo awoke. Reaching out a hand, she noticed that the bed was damp and cold. Lifting her head up, she looked around the empty room. "Lauren?" At no answer she threw the covers off, "Damn it." Quickly, she threw on her clothes and ran fingers through her hair messed hair as she walked into the hall. "Lauren?"
In the lounge room, Lauren was hanging upside down on what appeared to be one of the beams that ran from one wall to another.
"Woah, hey there batgirl, I don't think that's exactly safe."
Lauren stared at her and swung down, hanging from her hands as she swung her feet. "You fell asleep."
"Yes, we agreed on the sleeping, remember?" Lauren shook her head furiously.
"No, no, no. You feel asleep." Dropping onto the ground she grabbed Bo's head and pressed her forehead against hers, "asleep, you feel asleep, you're not awake." Bo struggled in her grasp. At the struggle, Lauren's squeezed tighter, pleading for Bo to realize. "Bo, run."
"You're hurting me."
"You're not awake!" Bo pulled away, hurt as she stared at Lauren.
"What the hell is wrong with you!" She rubbed her head, "You don't attack people, Lauren, you..." she swayed on the spot and grabbed her neck, pulling out the syringe. "What the hell," she breathed looking at it.
"You're not awake. Run, you were supposed to...not stay..." Lauren whispered turning around as she tapped her fingers on her crossed arms, "awake. You need to be awake. No not awake, what's the word..." She shook her head and stared at Bo. "I forgot the word. Not awake...you're..." Bo collapsed onto her knees dizzily. Reaching out, she grabbed the couch's arm.
Slowly, Lauren walked over and cupped her face, kissing her forehead. Her lips murmured something as she pulled her face away, looking at Bo's eyes. Unable to hear, Bo's eyes rolled back.
Muttering a series of chemical elements and their atomic structures, Lauren struggled away and walked around, hitting the palms of her hands together before hitting her head.
Sitting down besides the collapsed Bo, she struggled to find Bo's phone before pulling it out and dialing a number. Finished dialing, she bit her tongue, walked around and grabbed a notepad and pen, scribbling on it. "You're not supposed to be here!" She bursted out before going back to quiet.
Frustrated, unable to get the right picture, she threw the pen away and grabbed a pencil. Lauren bit the end of the pencil off and spat it out before drawing on the piece of paper again. "26, 8, 4, D," she muttered walking around. Breathing out a sigh, she walked around and went into the cupboard, laughing as she pulled out a new syringe, filling it with an odd substance and crawling over to Bo.
Stretching her arm out, she tapped at a vein, "knock, knock," she whispered. She tapped it twice again, "Who's there?" Then twice more, "Little Pig, little pig, let me come in." Immediately she stuck the syringe in. Her eyes rolled back and a deep moaned filled her lungs and released before she looked down at the unconscious Bo.
"Awake, you're not awake," she whispered. In her eyes, Lauren calmed down a moment, her sanity hazing over her eyes, before panic flickered in the. "Oh god Bo, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." She pulled out the needle from her arm and threw it away. Terror shaking her limbs, she pulled Bo's head into her lap. "Bo, you have to wake up," she murmured, brushing the brown hair away. "Bo!" She shouted. Placing her head back down, Lauren placed her ear to Bo's heart.
The heartbeat wasn't there to her hear. Panicking, Lauren turned around, desperately looking for an answer before she took a deep breath. Her mind reverted to her early days, when she was drilled the first aid course into her mind like it was the alphabet.
Gently, she lifted Bo's chin with one hand and tilted the forehead back. In all the calm she could gather, she gave two short breaths into Bo's mouth before beginning chest compressions. Panic slid inside of her dangerously as she began repeating the cycle again. Briefly she pulled away and slapped Bo's face. "Come on Bo," she begged, "please. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Bo remained silent and still on the floor. Sobbing, Lauren grabbed her in hysteria. "Bo, you have to wake up!" She demanded, "I can't...I can't do this without you!" She slammed a hand down on the chest and felt her body crumble. "Bo, I can't remain sane for long, the drug will wear off. I need you to wake up, I need you wake up!" She hit her again, desperation clawing inside of her. "Bo!" She gave two more breaths of air before pulling away, shuddering, unable to function properly.
Her hands shook as she tried to do the compressions before she gave up and curled in on herself.
Bo gasped, throwing Lauren backwards in fright before relief flooded through her. Waking, Bo arched her body in pain. Involuntarily feeling her eyes open as she coughed at the oxygen and rolled over, clutching her body.
Crying, Lauren looked down as she wiped at her face, "Bo, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I can't. It's wearing off, Bo, Bo listen to me, listen! You have to leave, I'm not safe. I'm not...they're inside of me, inside my head and I can't hear, I can't think."
Confused, sore, and breathing in air, Bo sat up and stared at the crying Lauren. Grabbing her face she looked at her, "what...?" she asked tiredly.
"They...they're...inside my head," Lauren sobbed. "I can hear them, Bo." She grabbed Bo's wrists, twisting her hands around them, "Bo, kill me, please." Tears streaming down her face. Immediately Bo pulled away. Shaking her head defiantly, Lauren watched as Bo's face twisted, rejecting her words. "No!" she shrieked hysterically, "you have to kill me, they want me to...Bo, I can't stop it, I can't. It's getting worse."
"You're-"
"No, it's not just the sanity, look at me, look!" She held Bo's head, forcing her to look directly into her eyes. "Look at me," licking her lips nervously, Lauren's closed her eyes as her hands began to shake. "I was attacked in the lab, I can't...speak," she spat out. Her eyes open and she stared at Bo. "I remember Dyson coming and I remember...Bo I can't think, there are things in my head, and all I can feel is emotions, I can't see, I'm blind. I just, I hear you and I then I can see and..." she trailed off, shutting her eyes as the voices began to grow louder in hear head.
Terrified, Bo watched as sweat dampened Lauren's head, "Lauren, what do I do?"
"I'm scared Bo, I'm scared. They want me to..." her lips struggled as she internally fought for the words. Panting for breath she gave up. Uncertain about what to do, Bo pulled Lauren into her arms. Feeling her shake in her grasp. "Moire," she whispered, shaking her head.
"Lauren-"
"No, Bo, please, please." She grabbed Bo's head and kissed her lips. "Please, kill me."
"Lauren, you're not in the right mind!" She said, "You're crazy and you're scaring me." Furiously Lauren struggled in her grasp and pulled away, standing up. "Lauren!" The doctor stumbled, and looked around the room as she clutched her stomach.
"Seven..." she whispered. "Seven, seven..." She stumbled and grabbed something.
Bo, on the ground, struggled to get up and follow Lauren. Body drained, and hungry, she watched Lauren on her hands and knees digging through things on the ground. Crawling, she pushed all her energy into getting over to Lauren as fear clouded her thoughts. "Lauren," she called again.
"Go away!" Lauren barked. Eyes wide and unblinking she glared at Bo, all sanity lost again. Bo dragged herself over, focusing her energy carefully into each movement, fumbling to hold herself up. Collapsing near Lauren, she grabbed the glass object and with all her strength, smashed it. "You can't, can't, can't do that!" Lauren screamed at her.
Exhausted, Bo grabbed Lauren and pulled weakly at her. "You have to..." she whispered, her eyes fluttering shut.
"No, no, I can hear..."
Near her, she heard Lauren's door kicked open and people burst in. Someone pulled her away as she meekly begged. In her ears, she could hear Lauren screaming furiously as she was lifted. "Bo," someone whispered. Her eyes refused to open, but she clawed at her voice to speak.
"Save her," Bo replied, before giving into the darkness.
Lauren screamed, escaping the person's grip as she clawed at them. Dropped to the ground as the person groaned, she ran for the door before Dyson grabbed her. Hale, realizing what was happening, whistled and watched as Lauren went still and relaxed.
"What the happened to the Doc?" Hale asked as the doctor is question, swayed on her feet.
"Erinyes scratch," Dyson replied. "The Fates have a lot to answer for."