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One Week Later

Lauren was in the shower, when a knock sounded on the door. Expecting it to be take out Kenzi thought nothing of it as she opened the door. Not looking up she asked " How much do I owe you?"

"An explanation would be nice."

"Bo? Uh..hi..I'm surprised to see you not in a bad way or anything, but uh..."

"Kenzi, breathe." Bo laughed as she interrupted the younger girl's nervous rambling.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped aside to motion her friend inside.

"Can I get you anything to drink? Would you like to sit down?" She tried to get her nerves under control, but to no avail. Here she was with her best friend before her as her girlfriend was upstairs, had this been a year ago the roles would have been reversed.

Noticing the discomfort, Bo reached out to place her hand on Kenzi's arm. "Relax, please. I'm not here to take back my okay or anything. I saw what happened last week at the Dal."

Breathing a sigh of relief. "Oh, that..wait I didn't see you?"

"Babe?" Lauren called as she descended down the stairs. "Is the food here yet? I am starving...uh..Bo what a surprise."

Bo couldn't help but to flinch internally somewhat over the term of endearment, and close her eyes to contain the flash of blue with Lauren's choice of attire. She could always rock an undershirt along with the incredibly short boy shorts. The couple recognized the look so instead of making it anymore awkward Lauren mentioned checking the bathroom light before reemerging in a sweatshirt and pajama bottoms.

"Bo was just telling me that she saw what happened in the Dal." Kenzi said quietly.

"Oh.."

"Yeah, oh. So what was in that vial and what are you up to? Before you tell me it's none of my business, I'm not going to having you do something that can result in either of you being hurt or worse."

Lauren motioned for Bo to take a seat so that they could talk as Kenzi went to the kitchen to retrieve some much needed wine.

"New furniture? It's nice." She said as way to make small talk. Her eyes swept over it all catching the irregularity in the coffee table. Her eyes narrowed and looked at the blonde with a questioning look. She noticed the blush and aura spike so she decided that she didn't want to know.

Sitting in the arm chair adjacent to the couch, Lauren thought best on how to approach the matter. She wanted to be honest but was still cautious at the same time.

Setting the three wine glasses down, Kenzi sat beside Bo as she filled them smiling as she did so. Kenzi was still Kenzi, but there was something different to her. More of a calm and grounded presence than she had never seen before in her.

"About what you saw, Bo.." This time the knock on the door was the food delivery.

"You know what? I should probably go. I didn't mean to interrupt dinner." Before she could stand though, Kenzi placed her hand on Bo.

"Stay, please? Besides it's just pizza." Kenzi had missed Bo but aside from a few run ins at the crack shack to change out clothes, she hadn't seen much of her.

Seeing her ex's hesitation, Lauren spoke up. "She's right. Stay. That way I have time to explain."

Kenzi shot Lauren a grateful smile as she answered the door.

"I'm sure Tamsin's display may have left you asking a few questions." She said as she placed the pizza box on the table.

"No, that was...okay yeah that was surprising. I want to know what she gave you. I'm surprised that she even agreed to help you in anyway."

"I didn't give her much of a choice and with her having access to the dark fae labs, it was really my only option. Plus, she'll benefit from this as well."

Okay, that was an answer that Bo didn't expect. Setting her glass down, she could only look questionably at Lauren.

"By removing Evony from power." Lauren said evenly.

They both watched as her eyes grew big with surprise. "Shit! You're not serious! Lauren, that's something.."

"It's something that I'm fully capable of doing, and nothing or no one will stop me. Her reign of feeling like she can continue to fuck with my life and those I love is over."

"And then what? Some other fae will just take her place? How do you know that whoever it is won't be worse?"

"It's a chance I'm willing to take."

The silence was charged for a few moments. Bo couldn't believe Lauren's attitude concerning it all but at the same time she supposed she could believe it after all that the fae put her through.

Looking back at the blonde. "So in your plan you live, right? This isn't some martyr bullshit."

She caught the exchange between them causing her eyes to narrow.

"Yes," she said her eyes locked on Kenzi to reaffirm the sentiment.

"Lauren?" Bo asked worriedly.

"Yes, Bo." Looking in her direction once again. "I will make sure that whatever happens will be untraceable to me. As far as the vial, it is a sample of Evony's blood. I assumed that the dark fae labs similar to the light keep samples of the Elders as well as other high ranking members. I will create a formula that will work to unlock her DNA structure, and take away her powers."

Kenzi nodded in understanding. "How will you get it to her though? It's not as though she would trust you to give her an injection."

"That I am still working on.."

"Why now instead of anytime before this?" Bo asked.

"Because she'll never allow me to have a moment's happiness, not since..."

"Since what, babe?" Kenzi asked softly seeing Lauren's internal struggle.

Draining the rest of her wine glass before she began. "After Nadia woke up, it became more obvious that whatever we once had was gone. I tried to get past it but" shaking her head "anyways, I was doing research at the Dal on my own. I wasn't paying attention on my way home when I was grabbed and forced into a limo...the Morrigan's limo."

"What? Why didn't you tell me or hell even Lachlan?" Bo asked irritated that she was now only finding out about it.

"Are you kidding me?" Lauren scoffed "And get risked getting tossed in the dungeons again? No thanks. He already threatened to kill me if I went anywhere near her." Seeing their confused looks she explained "I told him that if he continued to refuse to help me with Nadia that I would take my services to the dark."

"Wow, I'm impressed." Kenzi said smiling at her. "So she put you in the limo to what?"

"To offer me a deal. If I left the Light, she would help me with Nadia by giving her a fresh start. Of course I wanted that for her, the guilt was becoming too much, but I wasn't going to leave. At least with the Light, I knew the perimeters of my cage. No telling what the Dark would have me do. Plus, the Light would have seen it as a betrayal and ordered me killed on sight."

Even though Lauren was done speaking, Kenzi knew that there was more to the story. The blonde met her gaze and gave a soft shake of her head as discreetly as possible. She nodded in return before glancing back over at Bo who had thankfully missed it. She was lost in her own thoughts painting new colors over the past with this information.

"Did she ever try anything else?" Bo finally coming to attention once again.

"No, after the battle with Garuda I would see her from time to time. Either parked outside of the Dal or if I was out in public."

"Why didn't you ever say anything? I would've..."

"There was nothing that you could have done, Bo. It's not a crime to park, it was just her way of letting me know that she was watching. Classic textbook of intimidation to make me feel less safe."

Standing up to pace as she was growing increasingly frustrated. Not only with the information but herself too. How did she not notice? Then again, there was a lot of things that she didn't pay attention to even when it was right in front of her.

"I don't get why she has to be this way. I mean what's the point?" She asked raising her hands.

"Because she can..." Kenzi whispered.

"What?!" Bo and Lauren exclaimed in unison. They both knew it wasn't an observation but something she herself had experienced.

"When you went to Taft's, it was at that time that Evony had called for a war on claimed humans. I was taken to the back and tied up, where she attempted to give me some laser treatment a la a tazer gun but it failed. She wasn't able to harm me because Hale had slipped the twig of Zamora into my pocket."

Angry at what she heard her attention caught on the last part. "Do you still have it?"

"Not unless you have my outfit from that day." She laughed.

"In that case, we're in luck." Seeing her girlfriend's amused expression. "I..uh..thought you might want it back when I put my request in with Hale."

"Mmhmm...sure you did" Kenzi said with a wink.

Chuckling lightly at having been caught she looked up to catch the look in Bo's eyes. It was a mixture of longing from memories past, but the acceptance of how it is now shone through the most.

"I know you don't owe me anything, but I want in on this too. It wasn't until tonight that I realized the other counties I've been to, the dark there merely keep to their side of things. Evony seems to make everything regarding us personal." Breathing in for a moment. "You two deserve to live the rest of your lives with as much happiness as possible. I love you both enough to see that it happens. I will do my best to fight for you two always. So please, keep me in the loop." Her arms were soon filled by a tiny brunette hugging her fiercely.

Touched by her words, Lauren could only nod before speaking. "Absolutely, Bo. In the meantime though..."

"I know. No one needs to know. Well, I should really get going now. Thanks for the food and great company." She smiled at them both sincerely.

"I'll walk you out Bobo" The girl said stepping back from her to loop their arms together.

Lauren busied herself with tidying up, preoccupied in her thoughts of tests to run. She was also processing her emotions over Bo's visit. Hearing the door close, she turned to find Kenzi walking towards her.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah." She smiled as she wrapped her arms around her. "Better than okay actually. Dinner with my girl and my bestie even if it was a bit awkward. I know that it won't always be that way. I've been feeling a bit guilty over me being with you. I hadn't realized that I've been avoiding her because of it. She reassured me though that I didn't need to. We have plans to do dinner and have a movie night tomorrow."

"I think that's great! It will give me a chance to get some work done too." She said before leaning down to give a now slightly offended Kenzi a kiss.

"Say what now?" Slapping her girlfriend lightly on the arm now.

Laughing lightly in response "I wasn't complaining, it's just that when you're here it's hard for me to concentrate on anything else. Besides, why would I want to?"

"Oh check you being all smooth doctor." She teased a bit before the night's earlier conversation replayed in her mind. "Lauren, earlier when you said that Evony had you in her limo, it just wasn't your..."

"No, it wasn't but..."

"That scar you have on your wrist?" She asked before caressing it lightly with her thumb "It's from her, isn't it?"

Lauren wanted nothing more than to jerk her hand away due to the memories it stirred up. She understood the importance of not hiding, especially since she was with someone who's love acted as balm for the troubled parts of her soul. "Yeah, I refused her advances. Lets say that she didn't take rejection well. If my help hadn't been needed with the Garuda who knows? I couldn't tell Bo."

"She would have gone full blue eyed succubus on her." The brunette's eyes flashed in anger, but she kept it in check as now was not the time. If someone comes to you with part of themselves to bare, then they were to be treated gently. Anger had no place in this moment. "You realize though that this makes me want to kill her?" She asked softly.

"I know the feeling but I think there are far worse things in a fae's existence than death. They live for so long that they lose their fear of it."

"True, they act as though death is a far better fate than dare I say it human?" Kenzi mocked with feigned disgust, hand over her chest." Seeing Lauren pause she studied her for a moment watching as her mind worked as though she finally arrived at an answer. "What?" She asked noticing the wicked smile that now adorned her features.

"You just gave me a brilliant idea, Ms. Malikov."

"Well, I don't know what I said exactly but if you're looking for a way to say thank you, then I saw these great pair of boots the other day."

"Oh, is that all? If," she asked with a look "I get you these boots you'll model them for me?"

"Of course, my dear doctor." Catching onto her lover's look "oh you mean just the boots don't you?" Her eyes growing wider with realization.

She replied in a tone that left no doubt. "That's exactly what I'm saying."

"In that case," she said as she backed away "I can give you a show now." Stripping her shirt off and throwing it at her "but you'll have to catch me first." With that she took off running towards the stairs.

Stunned momentarily, Lauren turned before taking the stairs two at a time. She quickly decided that her research could easily wait another day.