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Kenzi walked towards the Dal happily swinging her new purchases beside her. Lauren felt slightly mortified over her words and actions to her girlfriend a few nights ago that she gave Kenzi her card to buy whatever she wanted. She told her that it wasn't necessary, that all was forgiven but she gladly took what was offered. The brunette was preoccupied in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed the hurried footsteps behind her until she was shoved in the alley behind the bar.
"Hey!" She shouted spinning around to take in the brute in front of her. She swallowed nervously at his size but was more irritated than anything. "What is your deal?" After receiving no response, she sighed to herself then moved to get around him. He was seriously creeping her out.
"Not so fast!" He growled as he pushed her against the wall with such force that it caused her to drop her bags.
Enraged at this point she moved towards him attempting to shove him back, but he only laughed until the heel of her boot caught him in a rather sensitive area.
"I don't know what your problem is, but when I tell-"
Her words were soon cut off by him as he straightened and grabbed her by the throat. He lifted her in the air, laughing as her feet dangled above the ground, and her hands attempted to pry the large one that started to cut off her flow of oxygen.
"I'm not scared of the succubus or anyone else. I'm here to return a favor from the Morrigan. She said you had it coming human."
Her eyes widened in fear as she clawed even more frantically at the hand that held her captive. The last thing she sees is a fist coming towards her, then nothing.
"Come on, come one." Bo said tapping her foot impatiently on the floor. Kenzi was supposed to meet her 15 minutes ago. Granted her friend wasn't the most punctual person, but she knew her well enough that she would have at least called by now.
"Bo." Dyson greeted her warmly with Tamsin close behind. He looked around in confusion. "Where's Kenzi? I thought I caught her scent a few blocks away."
"Dude," Tamsin said rolling her eyes "so gross."
"Not like that, Tamsin. Are you ever going to grow up?" He asked irritated with her lack of maturity.
"Wouldn't count on it."
"Wait!" Bo interrupted "I've been waiting for her and she always calls if she's running late. She's not here so then where is she?" She asked unable to keep the panic out of her voice.
Not waiting another moment, Dyson hurried back outside the Dal, her smell still strong when he found her in the alley with the other two not far behind.
"Kenzi?" Bo asked before rushing to her friend's side.
"Wait, Bo!" He warned "Don't move her in case anything is broken."
"Then check, Dyson! I'm not leaving her to lay in this filth a second longer!"
"Hang on succubus, I'll check." Tamsin knelt grimacing as she did so at the large bruise that seemed to be forming on half of the human's face. Thankful for her experience as a soldier allowed her to ascertain any damages quickly. "There doesn't seem to be any harm in moving her, but we won't know more until the doc checks her out."
"Whoever did this will pay!" Bo promised with a flash of blue before scooping her friend up gently. "I'm going to take her to Trick's spare room. One of you get her stuff, and the other go pick up Lauren."
The detectives nodded at each other as Dyson left for the compound and Tamsin collected the goth's belongings. Running down the stairs she arrived just as Bo was placing Kenzi down on the bed as gently as possible.
"I don't get it! Why would-"
"Bo, not another word." Tricked warned before looking over to Tamsin.
It took the dark fae a moment to understand. Gingerly she removed Kenzi's jacket before searching it. She found a small bug which she quickly deposited in the glass of water Trick held out to her.
"How did you know?" Bo asked knowing it was safe to speak again.
"I'm old, remember?" He joked before turning serious. "Anything you said would have been used against you. I'm sure we all know who was behind this attack. Why she took these measures is beyond me." He said as he cast a sympathetic gaze towards the young girl.
"Payback." Muttered Tamsin under her breath putting it all together.
"Explain." Trick said in a voice that served him well in the past.
"In Montreal, Kenzi punched Evony at the diner before she had her memories returned. Impressive actually."
Tossing the keys to Tamsin he instructed her to close the bar after Dyson and Lauren arrived. "It's only for a few hours but I don't want any other fae here reporting back to her. It will also give me a chance to notify Hale of today's events."
She went back upstairs in hopes of finding the good shit while he was distracted. "Alright, everybody out. It'll be reopened in a few hours." Satisfied that she found it she noticed no one had made any attempts to leave. "Are you fucking deaf?! OUT! NOW!" Smirking to herself as they rushed towards the door, she noticed the ones she was waiting for arrive.
"Tamsin? What's going on?" Lauren asked with concern. She had been studying the results when Dyson arrived to say that there was a situation that required her immediate attention. She grabbed her bag but the light fae detective gave no indication on the way there.
She sighed in aggravation "Really, Dyson?" She set the bottle back down and threw the keys at him with such force that he winced when he caught them. "Trick said to lock up for a bit."
"Will someone please tell me why I'm here? I'm suppose to meet Kenzi for dinner in a few hours, I don't want to be late."
"Follow me, doc." She said softly knowing what awaited her downstairs.
If Lauren wasn't alarmed before, she was now. She knew that Kenzi was meeting Bo here for lunch, but had assumed that they might have gone elsewhere. Needless to say, she was surprised to find Bo sitting on the bed holding someone's hand. Her heart stopped for a moment when she realized who it belonged to.
"Kenzi?" She let out in a choked whisper, dropping her medical bag as she rushed to the other side. She turned on the bedside lamp to get a better look, but wasn't ready for what she saw. "What happened?"
Tamsin quickly relayed the events of what happened including the bug that was found too.
Bo still not having moved finally asked "She's going to be okay, right?"
Taking a shaky breath "I don't know. She's been unconscious for a while. I need to be able to rule out a concussion, her jaw may be dislocated. We need to wake her up, I won't" her voice breaking as tears escaped from her eyes. She wasn't able to slip behind her mask, clenching her jaw to reign in her emotions, but to no avail. "I won't know more until I get her home, and then it will be awhile to know if there is any permanent damage." Lauren wanted nothing more than to hold her girlfriend, but was afraid of causing her anymore pain.
The room became engulfed with a tension that only continued to grow. Bo couldn't stand seeing her friend like this, and then to see Lauren who looked like she would fall apart at any moment. Tamsin opted for action and after grabbing the smelling salts headed towards the other blonde. Before she could walk over though, Bo stood up blocking her path.
"I can't exactly walk through you." She then caught the flash of blue in her eyes before she felt her chi being extracted. Pushing her away, Tamsin then watched as the succubus breathed chi into Kenzi. They all watched as the injuries seemed to disappear quickly with the younger girl's eyes flying open.
"Like what you see?" She mused after seeing all three women watching her. "Please tell me that I still have my clothes on."
Relieved Lauren pulled Kenzi to her, kissing her hard. "Don't do that again, okay?" She whispered resting her head against hers.
"I don't know who you are, lady, but feel free to kiss me like that again." She chuckled but stopped when she saw her girlfriend's expression drop. "Kidding, I'm only kidding babe."
As much as the doctor wanted to be upset at the teasing, she knew Kenzi joked as her way of coping. Her only concern was getting her home at this point.
"And you..." She said looking towards Bo "...did you set this whole thing up just to breathe some chi into me? Have you no shame?"
Laughing lightly "None whatsoever. I'm just glad that it worked." She said before leaning forward to hug her. "You're my heart, Kenz. I don't know what-"
"You won't be finding out anytime soon." She reassured her. "Why are we in a bar without drinks in our hands?"
"Finally, someone who gets it." Tamsin said half past ready for her drink.
Turning towards the valkyrie, Bo was sorry that she took without asking. "Tamsin, I'm sorry about earlier."
"We'll meet you both upstairs." Lauren said with a wink at Tamsin on her way out.
Rolling her eyes at the gesture. "It's okay. I get why you did it, but ask next time. Just don't go all succubus on the dark just yet." She finished before finally making eye contact with Bo, who had an unreadable expression on her face. Before she could question it though, she found herself being pressed against the wall.
"You really are one of the good ones." Then grabbed her face with both hands before kissing her passionately. Her hands moving to her waist before beginning to undo the blonde's belt.
After kissing her back for a few moments, she placed her hands over hers to still her movements. "Bo, what are you doing?"
"Tell me you don't want this, and I'll walk away like nothing happened here. You have my word."
Tamsin wasn't worried about what Lauren would think, or anyone else for that matter. But there was a fact that she was dying and knew Bo tended to form attachments quickly.
"I do but there's something you need to know."
"Can it wait? Until you know after?"
Nodding her head, she leaned in kissing her back before moving to the bed.
An hour later as they made their way upstairs, they found Dyson and Trick talking among themselves at the bar.
"Where did they go?" Bo asked after seeing no sign of the couple.
Finally looking up, Dyson said "I drove them home and it looks like I owe them $50."
Her nose wrinkled in confusion "What, why?"
"It would have been $75 had you two been any longer." He said with a laugh as they both looked away.
"Fucking smartass." Tamsin huffed under her breath.
"In light of today's events, " Trick stated before their conversation made him any more uncomfortable" it would be best if Lauren and Kenzi do not travel alone outside of the compound. I've notified Hale. Bo, with Kenzi being your claimed human you can file a formal complaint against the dark."
"File a complaint? Are you serious?"
"There's no proof, Bo. It's no secret how Evony feels about you, and it could be argued that a subject loyal to her carried this out on their own." Dyson explained.
"Trick, please tell me there is something! How does she continue to get away with everything? She can kidnap them, alter their memories, and now have Kenzi hurt?"
"Oh, I do hope your little pathetic excuse of a human will make it." Evony smirked as she sauntered into the Dal.
"You bitch!" Bo said lunging for her but was restrained by Tamsin.
"It's touch and go at this point. The damage was quite extensive." Tamsin relayed to see what Evony knew at this point.
"Aww...now that's a shame." She tsked. "Don't worry succubitch, humans are a dime a dozen. Just crawl through the sewers to find another one like her."
"Why are you here, Evony?" Trick demanded.
"To offer my sincerest apologies of course. And to let you know that I have found the fae responsible for this offense, or service to humanity. Depends on how you look at it." She offered with a shrug of her shoulders.
Still fuming but not allowing herself to be egged on any further. "Good, where is this fae? I'd like to be able to see him."
"I'm afraid that's not possible. It seems there was a problem when he was being transported to the dungeons. The poor fool didn't make it. At least on the bright side, it saves you from having to file a useless complaint. See? Everybody wins."
"Except for Kenzi." Bo stated with a low voice.
"Yeah, well whatever. Ta darlings." And with that she was gone as quickly as she arrived.
"Nice save, valkyrie. We just need to keep her thinking that way. You might be worth having as a partner after all."
"Ha, ha wolf boy. I'm surprised that she didn't see them walk out."
Trick smirked at them "I had them sneak out the back in an ambulance. Never know who might be watching."
"No matter what, when all is said and done that bitch is going down." That was a promise Bo intended to keep.