Warning: This is another piece from Truly Black Blood, and yes it may still be dreadful but gosh darn it I wanted to write another. Enjoy you beautiful people.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Lost Girl, if I did that would be awesome, apart from Alyx who is my OC.

Note: I am sorry about all the bear references later in this chapter, I don't know what came over me, but I just kept imagining bears… so they'll have to do!

"Listen Hale, it's not what you think okay, she looked back to normal… And it's not like I slip up all the time. Okay I should have handled the situation with a little more delicacy, but where were you?"

"Where did Kenzi go?"

"I don't know okay. Since when do I know anything? It's not like I'm in the loop anymore."

"Well get yourself back in the loop."

A short silence passed between Hale and Trick, a longing silence filled with a thousand questions and words. So many questions all the time, why was that all that was happening at the moment?

And there it is, another question.

Hale inhaled shortly and continued,

"I'm sorry man, that was cruel of me… I've just never seen Kenzi like this before, it's scary you know? It's like she's a completely different self-centered person. I… I just don't know what to do."

"Do I need to remind you, that you are the Ash. It's up to you what is happening here. Find her, figure out what the hell is going on."

"Listen, I've already talked to Dyson… But I know he won't have let Tamsin in on what's happening, you think I might have some luck there?"

"Good idea, see if the dark have any clue, I'm still hoping that Bo may come this way and I'll have better luck talking with her."

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"Hello?"

"Kenzi, I've been trying to get hold of you all day. Why haven't you been picking up your phone?"

"It was on silent. And anyway I though you had more important things to be getting on with. Away from all of us."

"Kenzi… Please don't be like this, you know things have changed for me now I'm the Ash. I have different responsibilities and not a lot of free time."

"Quit selling me the bullshit okay, how do you think Bo and I feel.."

"That's why I'm calling you. I want to know. Tell me, please."

"Well to be perfectly honest with you I don't know, I haven't been home in a few days and I haven't seen Bo. I think she's been talking to Dyson though."

"Yeah Dyson saw yesterday, he didn't get much information from her though, not that I thought he would. He's still hooked. MAN! He's got it bad, I wish he would just tell her he's got his love back."

A long silence held over the phone, and Hale sat on the couch of Bo and Kenzi's and sighed. To him it had seemed like an eternity that had passed since things had been normal and he had been able to just stop.

"Hale…"

"Yes?"

"I've really missed this you know? I need someone to need to talk to me, and now Bo's caught up in whatever she's doing I feel like no one needs me. Like hey guys it's just plain old Kenzi here with no magical powers. You know man. It feels like 'who needs Kenzi'."

"Hey now baby girl, I don't want to be hearing this madness, we need you. Honestly it feels like you're the only one that can bring Bo back down to planet Earth. Who know where she is now, or what she's doing, or who she's with. Everything has gone into complete pandemonium and…"

'Hold up there 'Mr. Ash' did you just say pandemonium? Who you been hanging out with Mr. Fancy Pants to hear that monster of a word?"

"Haha, I picked it up whilst reading one of the old scrolls about Valkyries. Honestly babe, I hope we don't come across any of them in a while, they're nasty."

"Damn, like dayummm this is crazy. You. Reading. I can't even believe I missed that!"

"Honestly, talking to you is a trip, you only ever pick up on the most unimportant things! Listen, come back and I'll prove to you I can read."

"Well… you do argue a compelling argument. See what I did there, bet you didn't even know I knew a word as big as compelling, well BAM. I do."

Kenzi smirked to herself, this was just like it use to be she mused. I guess with Hale there things wouldn't be so bad.

"Alright, alright you've got me, I guess I can be back at my place in two hours or so…"

"TWO HOURS?! Where are you? I can come and pick you up if you like… What have you been doing, and who with?!"

"Slow down there papa bear, baby bear isn't so much a baby anymore and can look after herself" she smirked again, "See you in a bit."

Damn that girl, Hale thought to himself, she's so damn confusing. He crinkled his brown as he looked at the new vase sitting on the coffee table… He knew straight away that is was new and that Kenzi would never let Bo buy it, it was too… bright. Too cheerful. I guess Bo had been branching out now she had the place to herself.

He flicked off his boots, covered in mud, blood and no doubt other grim substances and began to stretch out along the leather couch, which groaned mirroring Hale as he cracked his back.

"A little bit of TV never hurt anyone, and it's been a long time since..." he grumbled to himself before beginning to fall into a light doze.

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"HALE! HALE! WAKE UP YOU LAZY BAG OF BONES", this was infuriating, not even that, way beyond that. Of course it would be Kenzi's luck that Sirens slept with amazing depth. It was like he was in a mini-coma.

Lips slightly parted, letting in and out the rhythmic lifeline, perfectly matched to meet every rise and fall of his broad shoulders and wide chest.

"Oh Hale, you little beauty", Kenzi exasperated. She slowly placed her hand against his cheek, looking as pale as ice against his dark complexion, then like a fly, knowing that the light could kill them but wanting it so bad that parting with the one thing that could possibly make them happy hurts so damn much, she raised it away slowly and slapped his cheek rather roughly.

"There. If that doesn't do it I'm fu…"

"OW! WHAT SON OF A B…"

"Good morning!" Kenzi chimed rather smugly.

"Y… your back? How long was I out for?"

"Well Mr. Smarty Pants if you hadn't already realized I wasn't here when you fell asleep therefore have NO BLOODY CLUE HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN PASSED OUT ON MY COUCH FOR."

"Well, hello Miss Sarcasm. You're sounding more and more like the old Kenzi everyone has missed ever so much."

"Now who's being sarcastic." She hissed back, with a glint in her eye.

Hale jumped over the back of the couch, embracing Kenzi in the biggest bear hug known to mankind. Flexing his biceps around her back and enclosing her within him he buried his nose in the top of her hair.

"I've missed you Kenz" he mumbled softly, letting each word ripple through her. "It's been torture, I've missed you so much. I… I, just don't... Oh God."

"I hope you're not going soft on me," Kenzi joked, deflecting any sign of feeling. She could let that happen, not after what had last time. No, she wasn't going to think of that.

Pushing Hale away she took a deep breath, and shuddered. What the hell was that hideous, no, revolting, no repulsive vase doing on her coffee table?

"Please don't tell me you bought that as a welcome home present for me? Because you know how much I love you baby, but I'm going to chuck it straight in the trash. Seriously. Putting it into the nicest words I can find, that think is vile."

Chuckling Hale replied, "Who? Me? God no! I hope you weren't expecting anything, but I think Bo bought that while you weren't here."

"Damn, I'm actually quite hurt that you didn't even bother to get me a 'Welcome Home' present," she retorted, slapping him a little more lightly this time across the chest. "And when did you get so tall anyway? I don't like knowing that at any moment your bicep could take me out."

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