She stood her legs unsteady, trembling as they bore her weight, the fear that was coursing through her body combined with adrenaline causing her to shake as she rose. She could see that Bo was struggling, and she had to wonder how much longer she would be able to hold.

She could see Massimo charge up another blast of the Siren's whistle before he charged at Bo with what looked like claws coming out of his hands. Tearing her eyes away from the battle for a moment she looked around trying desperately to find something that she could use as a weapon.

Anything.

But all around her the only things that she could see were pieces of mosaic, and the glowing green tubes around her, the only source of light in the room. As her eyes continued to dart around the room all she began to feel the helplessness creep in at the thought that she would be unable to help Bo, that she was alone in the fight against this person.

She heard the piercing sound of the whistle once again as she watched Massimo fire it at Bo. Quickly she looked around trying to find something, anything that could be of use to them.

But nothing was broken off, nothing was cracked or broken, nothing that would be of any use to them as a weapon. And she was not carrying any poisons or diseases with her at the moment, she only had the empty vial of the serum she had used on the Morrigan.

That was useless. It was to small and light to cause any kind of damage beyond a small amount of annoyance. She looked up again and what she saw caused her blood to run cold.

Bo was on the ground, a boot resting against her chest as she was pinned in place by Massimo's body, and he looked like he was gathering power, as if he was about to call forth that same whistle once again.

"Argh!"

Whatever that thing was it was only using Massimo, it was not him and Bo didn't know that he had swallowed the origin seed that he had all the powers of the Una Mens combined as well as apparently access to the powers of various Fae. She could see Bo finally landing at hit with her sword, a side swipe of the handle against his stomach before she saw Bo knee him in the stomach, causing Massimo and whatever was possessing him to drop to the ground.

"This is for Kenzi, and what you did to her. For making her suffer so much, for killing the man that she loved!" She saw Bo pull back the sword before she reached out and thrust it through Massimo's chest. She could see him struggling against her for a few more moments for her began to cough, blood beginning to dribble from his mouth as he began to bleed.

"You won't win succubus." She heard him say as he smirked for a moment before he coughed up more blood.

She could see Bo smirk her eyes glowing blue as she pulled the sword out of him, causing him to drop onto the ground, a hand pressed to his chest as he began to flop about like a fish. She saw Bo kick him in the stomach as she spat at him. "You don't deserve to live for the pain that you caused Kenzi, for daring to hurt Lauren."

Silently she watched for a few more seconds as Massimo's body flopped around before his movements stilled. She could see him looking up at them with wide glassy, unseeing eyes.

She could hear the clang of a sword falling to the ground before she felt a warm body press against her own, puling her into an impossibly tight embrace. For a few moments the only thing that escaped from her was a chocked moan of pain before she felt one of the arms around her waist move into her hair, pressing her as close to Bo as humanly possible.

"I'm safe Bo. It's okay." She murmured into the woman's ear trying to get her to loosen the embrace and soothe her at the same time. She couldn't imagine what was going through Bo's mind at the fact that the person who had murdered Hale had also attempted to murder her was finally dead.

Although she had to doubt that he stay dead for to long, given that last time when she had stabbed him in the thigh he had burned away, only to come back just now and attack Bo and herself. She brought her hands around Bo's waist, and simply pulled her closer for a few moments, simply relishing in the embrace.

A few moments later she felt the hand in her hair slip back down to rest against her neck, and she pulled her close, smashing their lips together again. Reaching up she allowed her hand to rest against Bo's wrist, pressing and holding the hand there, reassuring both of them that she was okay, that she was alive, and that Massimo had not harmed her more.

She could feel Bo pull her closer for a little while as she added more pressure to the kiss and Lauren responded in turn. When she pulled back she glanced over at Massimo only to see him coming up behind Bo and just as she was about to shout out she saw Bo fall backwards before Massimo's possessed body approached her a sick smile on his face.

She could feel the air around her begin to vibrate at increasingly high frequencies as she fell on her knees as her ear drums began to send waves of pain into her head, the frequency causing the edges of her vision begin to fade. The last thing she saw was Bo yelling what looked like her name from her place on the ground.

She could feel something or someone pick her up just before everything went black.

The clashing sounds of metal against metal are the noises that she awoke to. The clang of one sword against another, or at least that is what she had to assume based upon the racket that she was overhearing. She couldn't help but wonder what would happen if she opened her eyes, if she gazed upon the battle that was no doubt unfolding in front of her.

Would she see Bo? Or would she simply see everyone attempting to take on Massimo and whatever possessed him. If she gave away that she was conscious and aware it could cause issues in the longer term, strategic error, giving away the element of surprise.

But at the same time she could feel that sense of creeping fear and dread magnify by tenfold, an involuntary shudder running down her spin as a result.

The sound of metal clashing against metal, the brief echo of gunfire, followed by a very feminine and very familiar scream.

Bo.

She could feel her eyes shoot open as she realized whom the sound had emanated from and what it could mean. The sight that greeted her was strange and nauseating at the same time. Dozens upon dozens of women and men locked in combat with one another, some dressed in armour that invoked the image of a horse, and others dressed in garb she had only seen in the history books.

She tried to stand up, to get a better vantage point, only to realize very quickly that she could not stand, her arms bound behind her back and preventing her from rising to her feet by something exerting an outward pull on them. She began to struggle against the bindings, trying to break free from whatever was holding her in place, she needed to get a better look at what was happening, at what kind of danger they were all in.

"Doc…" She heard an all to familiar voice call out softly from somewhere near her. When she turned her head she could see Kenzi kneeling on the ground next to her, vines growing from the ground lashing her hand together behind her back.

"Kenzi… what's going on?"

"The final battle, the apocalypse if you like." She heard Kenzi mutter. When Lauren glanced back onto the battle field she could see Bo standing at the centre of it, her arms spread wide in an all to familiar pose, her head tilted backward and her veins pulsing that reddish-orange light as they had so long ago.

The darker side of her powers, but hadn't Bo…

"She's channeling the Pyripus, or her father if I understand right."

The Pyripus was Bo's father? She wanted to ask so many questions, wondering how that was even possible, but at the same time it made sense. Bo was so much more powerful then any of the Fae she had ever encountered, and her father being such a powerful being would make sense.

But there was one other question that was nagging at her as hse looked over at the younger woman beside her.

"What are you even doing here Kenzi?"

"I couldn't leave Bo, no matter how much I'm grieving, no matter how much I want revenge and no matter how much I miss Hale, am depressed and making bad choices, if my bestie needs me I will come back. And a certain wolf called and told me that they needed me, so I came back." She saw Kenzi say with a shrug.

"What about…"

"Possessed by some creature called Hel."

"And the Pyripus?"

"Channeling his energy through both Bo and Hel through the portal to his cell." She saw Kenzi tilt her head towards the blue door.

And suddenly it all made sense, the images that had been carved into the floor, the reason for the blue door next to the two figures made absolute sense, the blue door made absolute sense. The idea of a sacrifice made sense.

They needed someone to close the portal, and it required one of the two of them to do it. Probably because of their emotional connection to Bo, the feelings they have for her, the unconditional love and friendship they both feel for her, even if she didn't want to feel that way sometimes.

When she heard a crash she immediately ripped her gaze away from Kenzi and back to the battlefield. She could see Massimo attacking the same small group over and over again, the crashing thuds as one person after another dressed in armour fell to the ground. She could see Bo tilt her head back towards them, her eyes glowing a brighter blue then she had ever seen them in all the time that she had known Bo, even when she was in the super succubus state.

She could also see her stumble at times, as if she was unbalanced, and at others she could see the devious smile on her face, and if she strained she could hear the familiar multi-toned voice echo through the hall.

She could see Massimo had the upper hand, the superior numbers, he had every advantage that she could think of, and she was helpless, forced to stand down as she watched over lover slowly and methodically get beaten back by knights of superior strength and superior numbers.

She knew that the darker part of Bo's powers were more powerful, but at the same time, they also seemed to leave her more vulnerable. She could see that Bo was struggling, her eyes flickering back in forth in colour at times, the little she could hear had Bo's tone bounce back and forth between her normal voice and the one that echoed with power. She watched as Bo fell once again, knocked down by Hel-Massimo's whistle.

"Come back Bo! Just come back!" She tried to yell, only to find that her voice was caught in her throat, chocking back the tears of pain and fear as she watched the battle in front of her unfold Bo stumbling over once again as her veins pulse brightly for a few moments. The soldiers falling one by one as they were stabbed or drained of Chi, Bo seemingly fighting for control of her own body. There seemed to few people who belonged to Bo under Rainer's command left, fighting against the Hel possessed Massimo and his massive army.

And they were loosing badly.

She silently cursed as she watched another swordsman fall under the power of the female knights Hel had under his control. They had to find a way out of this, they had to find a way to break the energy supply to both Bo and Hel or else they might lose Bo forever.

She could see Bo's eyes glowing blue as thy pulsed with power gained from being so close to the Pyripus, to the place where it would very well emerge from. They needed to close the portal, and they needed to find a way to banish Hel…

The one of dual eyes shall chose the fate of the world, through courage and sacrifice she shall save us or through defeat we all shall fall

This was what the prophecy had been talking about wasn't it? This was when Bo had to chose, by cutting of the power supply from the portal and the gateway through which the Pyripus to return they would be able to save the world. To prevent him from channeling his power it the world and feeding it to Massimo, and risking taking control of Bo. But if the supply could be cut off and Bo could absorb that extra power, then she would have enough to defeat the thing that was essentially a god.

And it required her to chose one of them, more then likely to walk into that portal, offer themselves as a sacrifice to it in order to close it. She looked over at Kenzi

"If we can cut off the supply of energy from the portal to the crazy possessed druid then we should be able to stop him right?" She glanced over at Kenzi as she whispered next to her, standing, held in place by the veins which had more then likely been placed there under Massimo's control.

"Yes." She paused for a moment. "But Kenzi… closing the portal? It requires a sacrifice, it requires Bo to chose which of use dies and which one lives."

She could see Kenzi beginning to struggle against the vines, fighting to stand up. "She won't chose, we both know she would never be able to make that choice. So I'm going to make it for her and for you." She heard Kenzi mumble as she stood up, using a concealed knife she saw Kenzi cut through the vines and begin to walk she saw Kenzi pause for a brief moment and look back at her.

"Take care of her Lauren or else I will come back from the grave and find a way to kick your ass with my transparent foot for hurting my best friend." She could see Kenzi smile at her for a single brief moment. "She loves you Doc, so much more then she knows how to say, when you broke up with her she was convinced that it was a break and that you just needed time. She wants you and she chose you so take care of her and make sure you take better care of her heart this time m'kay? Even if that means you have to hurt her in at the start, she'll understand in the end."

She watched as Kenzi started to walk towards the glowing portal. She could feel the panic beginning to rise as she watched the younger woman slowly begin to approach to portal. She glanced over at Bo, and she could see that she was about to run forward, more then likely to try and stop Kenzi, but she could see Dyson come up behind her and hold her back.

She glanced over at Kenzi again; she was getting closer to the portal. What was she…?

Oh no.

No.

If Bo lost Kenzi…

If she lost Kenzi there would be no more Bo that they knew and loved. They would lose her, they would lose the succubus because without Kenzi there was no Bo, and not the Bo they knew and loved so much.

She could feel strength surging through her as she stood up, fighting for a brief moment against the vines before they snapped, the loose plant matter falling off of her wrists in a matter of moments. Taking a breath she forced her shaking legs to bear her weight, pressing one hand into her side when it throbbed in protest at her movements. She was aching all over, her entire body sending echoes of pain as she forced her muscles to work, straining them once again despite her injuries.

She had to stop this.

She had to stop Kenzi.

Bo would be able to survive without her but she would not be able to survive without Kenzi.

Without her sister, her best friend, and so much more.

Dyson would lose himself without Kenzi, without that little human's influence he would become what he had been before. The sullen despondent wolf without a sense of humour, without an ounce of warmth or kindness, without any sense of the humanity he had started to develop.

Without Kenzi their entire little group would start to fall apart.

But nobody would miss her. They would mourn yes, but eventually they would move on and recover.

She took a breath as she realized what she had to do, what was about to happen to her.

So much for get out of this one alive.

But her first priority for a long time been and would be until Bo's health and well-being. And keeping Bo alive here meant keeping Kenzi from sacrificing herself to close the portal because they both knew that Bo would never be able to choose between them.

So Kenzi had made the choice for her.

And now she was about to make a choice for them all.

She removed her hand from where it was pressed against her wounded side. There was little point in attempting to support or stem the flow of blood to the wound that would not kill her.

She took a breath as she glanced over at Bo and smiled.

I'm sorry.

I love you.

But you'll be able to live on without me. We all know that you won't survive without Kenzi.

Goodbye my queen.

Goodbye my love.

She glanced over at Bo one last time, who was struggling in Dyson's arms desperate to try and break free in order to save her best friend. She could see the necklace still fastened around her neck, swinging as she struggled against Dyson's larger frame and superior strength.

She smiled a little bit at the sight of it swinging around. At least Bo would have that much, at least that present she had been holding onto for so long had finally made it to the person it was meant for.

At least there would be something of her that would survive in the form of that necklace, something that would be able to remind Bo of how much she had done for her, how much she had shown her and how much she had taught her. Those words that she had written so long ago and just how much she had meant them.

For giving me the freedom to love.

And I do.

Forever.

She closer her eyes and took a breath, taking a moment to gather her strength, as she would push her body to the limit one last time. When she opened her eyes again she focused her gaze on the portal in front of her and Kenzi.

And then she took off. Slowly for the first few steps before she began to push harder. pushing herself to the limit as the world around her began to blur, her gaze singularly focused on Kenzi and the portal.

She dodged passed the soldiers and what looked like priests on second standing around, their weapons drawn but lowered, and in front of her as they watched the tiny human, the fighting seemingly having ceased the moment Kenzi broke her vines, approach the portal.

Everything was aching as she pushed her beaten and bloody body to its limit, the wound on her side was sending out waves of pain. But still she pushed on. She had to get there in time, she needed to save Kenzi even if it was the last thing that she did, even if it was the last thing that she could do.

She could see Kenzi getting closer and closer to the portal, that hellish blue light that was so similar to Bo's blue eyes when she used her power.

As she got closer everything began to slow down as the adrenaline surged through her.

She could see Kenzi was beginning to get closer to the portal, ready to push her body through it, and close the portal with her sacrifice.

She reached out and shoved Kenzi to the side, she could see the younger woman's eyes widen as she fell to the side out of the way of the portal. She could feel her own momentum carrying her directly into the portal.

As she fell in she could feel the pain surge through as she turned around, she smiled at Bo weakly one last time. She could see Bo's mouth was open, calling out something, but she couldn't hear it. She couldn't hear anything.

All she could feel was the pain surging through her body, the absolute excruciating pain that passed through her as the portal took her offer of herself as a sacrifice. She could feel something pushing against her from one end as something tried to crush her from the other.

She wished that she could scream.

She wished that she could escape from this mind-numbing pain as it felt like she was getting run over, her every bone crushed, her blood boiling and freezing at the same time. What felt like lightning crossing across her skin as her muscles began to spasm. She could hear her heart beating erratically in her ear as her body was torn apart from the inside out as the portal sapped her energy looking or whatever it needed to close the portal.

Finally, Finally everything began to fade, the light around her starting to grow dim as her eyes started to droop. She could feel the thing pushing against her back getting weaker and weaker as the portal started to seal itself once again.

A moment later she felt a strong push as she fell backward, her head hitting the ground as she fell backward.

She could feel herself fading rapidly and she could feel the little pain that she was feeling fading, her brain releasing massive amounts of chemicals as it began to shut down.

She smiled slightly, at least it was over, at least everyone was safe, Kenzi would live and by extension Bo would eventually be able to recover.

She nearly gasped when she felt something shifting her, lifting her up. She tried to blink open her eyes only to be met with blurry colours and blobs, she could not tell anything apart.

"Lauren?" She heard a voice whisper softly, and in turn she smiled slightly at the familiar voice, it was soft and distant, worried, but familiar and filled her will love and warmth.

"Bo." She breathed out as she felt her head being shifted to rest against Bo's chest, her strong heartbeat filling one of her ears and she smiled slightly at the warmth against her cold skin.

She felt cold, so cold.

"I'm right here Lauren… I'm right here."

"Be strong." She told Bo. And for a brief moment she thought that she could feel something wet hit her cheeks.

"Lauren please." She smiled slightly and for a moment she could have sworn she felt a tear escape from her own eyes.

For a few more moments she treasured the warmth she felt seeping off of Bo's skin and into her own before those sensations began to fade.

Her body was beginning to shut down as her senses began to fade one by one.

If she opened her eyes it would only lead to black.

She could no longer feel Bo's skin against her own

She was struggling to take any breaths.

She could literally feel her heartbeat beginning to slow.

She needed to tell Bo, she needed to tell her that she loved her one last time.

There was so much more she wanted to say and so much more that she wanted to tell Bo, but she couldn't.

There was no coming back from this and she hoped that Bo understood that. She needed to chose the world, not her.

"I lo-" She started to wheeze, unable to catch her breathe enough to speak. She wasn't even sure if she was talking anymore or not.

She was so tired, she just wanted to give in to the tugging at the edges of her consciousness.

I'm sorry. She thought as fuzziness settled into her brain.

I love you so much Bo, and I'm so sorry that we wasted so much precious time, so much precious time and energy.

For a brief moment she saw a flash of what she had once hoped their future would look like. Bo holding a little brown haired girl, who looked so much like the woman holding her, on her hip, a pair of rings on her finger, and a huge brilliant smile on her face.

She could see both of them smiling at her and she almost felt herself smile back.

If only.

If only they would have had this chance.

Everything faded to black.

"Lauren?" Bo whispered as she felt Lauren go limp in her arms. Gently lifting her a little more so that she was resting against her chest she brought her free hand up to tap Lauren on the cheek lightly trying to get her to wake up.

"Come on Lauren. This isn't funny." She murmured as she touched Lauren's cheek again trying to wake her up.

"Lauren please wake up. Please just fight for a little longer." She whispered as she hugged Lauren closer to her tears starting to leak out of her eyes at the sight of Lauren's beaten and bloody form.

"Lauren please." She called out a little louder, lightly slapping Lauren's cheek, trying to get a reaction out of her, any reaction out of her.

She could not lose Lauren, not here and not now.

"Lauren!" She yelled as she lay her back down on the ground, quickly shedding her jacket to support Lauren's head. She reached out and slapped her cheek again, but it only caused her head to lull to the side.

"Lauren!" She yelled as she shook her on the ground. "Come on!"

"Bo." She heard a low voice call out softly.

"BoBo." She heard another higher voice call out.

"No!" She yelled looking up at Dyson and Kenzi. Before she turned her attention back to Lauren, shaking her, slapping her cheek lightly, trying to wake her up, trying to get her to take a breath.

"I'm sorry Bo." She heard Kenzi say as she felt an arm come to wrap around her shoulder, pulling her closer to her best friend. She could feel another arm wrap around her shoulder as she knelt next to Lauren in the rubble of the ruined temple.

She shrugged off the arms around her shoulders and leaned down to press a kiss to Lauren's cheek whispering. "Come on Lauren please just wake up, just take a breath, do something so I know that you're alive. Please." She whispered as she pressed her forehead against Lauren's. "If I lose you… I won't…"

"Her heart's not beating Bo." She heard Dyson say and when she turned back to look at him she could see his own eyes were misted over. She looked over at Kenzi who had tears running down her cheeks as she looked on.

"She's not… she can't be… she can't…" Bo murmured shaking her head rapidly. She had to do something, she had to try and bring Lauren back… but… there was still…

She looked down at Lauren, other then the cut on her forehead she looked like she was asleep.

Like all those nights they had spent curled together in their beds.

But Lauren weren't going to open her eyes again.

She leaned down and pressed her forehead against Lauren's as she began to cry, calling out and begging Lauren to breath in between sobs.