Chapter 16

Her head was throbbing and hurt like hell when she gained conciousness. She gently rubbed her head. At least it wasn't bleeding. A groan escaped her lips when she sat up on the couch. She felt dizzy and a little queasy. Tricks study.. How did she get here? She only remembered Dyson entering the Dal and... that he said he killed Lauren. Her muscles tensed. After that? Black out."Ugh... How much did I drink?"

"Not nearly enough..."

„Who the hell knocked me out?"

„Anna... Got to admit that girl has a mean right hook. Remind me to not piss her off in the future." Kenzi joked but her tone turned gentle soon after. „How are you?"

„My head feels like I ran full speed against a wall and my stomach is making some weird turns. Slight concussion I guess."

„Want me to fetch you someone to feed?"

„No... I'm soooo not in the mood for that." She pushed herself into a sitting position, feet on the ground and elbows on her knees. Nervously the succubus played with her fingers, avoiding Kenzis look all the time. „So...how... how's Dyson?"

„You mean after you almost made wolf chop suey out of him? He is stable but still unconscious. They are still operating, the man has more metal in his torso than..."

Bo looked at her expectantly waiting for a funny comparison that never came. Instead the younger woman sighed loudly. „Sorry I... I just can't make fun of the D-man while he fights for his life..."

„Where is he?"

„Light Fae compound. Hale organised a secret transport without blowing our cover. They can't find us humans here or we'll be Fae food..."

„I'm... I'm sorry Kenz I didn't..." Bo's apology was interrupted by Trick entering the study.

„I've heard voices coming from here and assumed you are awake. How are you feeling?"

„Physically I think I have a slight concussion and emotionally? Drained... tired... angry?"

„Well... Maybe I can help with the first..." He came closer and just now Bo saw the steaming mug in her grandfathers hands. „Here, drink this. That should help against the headache and nausea."

Carefully accepting the ceramic pot she enjoyed the warm feeling in her hand. „Wow... this smells good... Why do I have to drink the disgusting things all the time while she gets the good stuff?" Kenzi whined.

She slowly took a sip from the hot beverage. „Well... it doesn't taste as good as it smells.. It's a little... musty."

„please just drink... It's made out of different kinds of roots who have a calming and soothing effect. We need your head clear, don't let your anger overwhelm you..."

She wanted to conter and felt the anger rising in her again, but it was gone as fast as it had come. The tea must have been stronger than she thought. With every sip she felt more and more relaxed it was like some of her burdens were taken of her shoulders.

„How long...?"

„6 maybe 7 hours?"

„Fuck... We don't have time for this Trick. Any leads? Please tell me you know where she is..." Trick just shook his head sadly.

„You think that... that she is still alive after what Dyson said?"

„I don't think, I KNOW that she is still alive. Call me crazy, but I can... I can kinda feel it.." Bo fumbled in her pocket, pulling out the photograph of Lauren and her she found in the envelope back at Ivys place. The picture was soothing her nerves. It was pulsating in her hands in a steady beat like an actual heartbeat.

„Really Bo? An OTP Soulbond? I want to believe you. Really, but..." Kenzi started but was interrupted by Trick.

„Bo? Where did you get this?" he pointed at the picture in his granddaughters hands.

"Fine... don't let the sidekick finish... Like anyone even cared..." mumbled Kenzi-

„Lauren had sent it to her sister. She showed it to me and I... well I've snatched it."

„You shouldn't be having this."

„Why? What is this thing and what does your writing at the back mean? Oh and why is that freaking thing pulsating in my hands?" Bo couldn't keep her questions not inside of her anymore.

Trick gasped and his eyes widened. „It is pulsating? Oh no... It shouldn't be doing this unless...But that...that can't, that shouldn't..."

Bo grew worried. „Is Lauren OK? Why shouldn't it be doing that? Talk to me trick"

„I can't tell you" he flatly stated.

„You gotta be kidding... Dude your secrecy policy sucks. This is some serious shit Trickster. Don't you think after this secret-mongering Bo deserves to hear the truth?" Kenzi had enough of all the half truths, the guessing, the wondering. Bo had hurt enough because of his lies.

„I really can't. I'm sorry. Even if I wanted to tell you, I can't. I swore an bloodoath..."

„Even IF? Really? God I've had enough of this... I will find her and I will find out what that picture means no matter if you're going to help me or not." Really pissed Bo stormed out of the study back to the bar area.

„Kenzi I..." Trick started.

„No Trickster... You totally fucked up and don't think a pony for christmas will make this right again. You need to start to trust her. She's not so helpless like you may believe... So if you'll excuse me, I saw a bottle of Buckthorn with the name Kenzi on it at the cabinet."

When Bo reached upstairs she couldn't believe her eyes. In one of the booth sat Ivy with an exposed arm while the brunette stranger who dragged Dyson here was about to inject something. Determined she rushed to the booth, fixing her eyes on the stranger. „What the hell do you think you are doing?"

„Bo? You are up? thank god. Everything is fine. Calm down, she's just helping me with my... problem. She knows what she is doing and I know her."

„How? And who is she?"

„How... nice... You know I'm sitting right here, you can actually talk to me" The stranger snarled. „Let me help her first then we can talk."

„What's in there?" Bo pointed at the syringe.

„A treatment, just developed. Should help to stabilize her heart, minimizing the chance of an attack"

„I warn you... If you are messing with her I'm going to..."

„What? Go glowy eyes on me?"

„You..." Bo growled about to grab the other woman when she felt Ivys hand on her forearm.

„Could you stop it? Both of you? You're acting like two kindergarten children argueing who is next to be playing with the new Barbie doll."

The two women just huffed. Bo took hold of a chair at the next table and placed it with the backside facing Ivy and the stranger infront of the booth. Sitting down she put her forearms on the backrest nonchalantly, waiting for an explanation. „So... ready to tell me your name and why you are here?"

„Miranda... When you are nice you can even call me Miri" the brunette grinned.

„And you two know eachother because...?"

„Miri used to... come over for quite some time. Lori just had started her residency and... they spend a lot of time with eachother." Ivy blushed.

„Me and Karen were colleagues and what Ivy probably wanted to say is that we dated for a while." Bo felt a lump in her throat. That woman had touched HER girl? Dated her? Now she knew why she didn't like her from first sight.

„Well... but we weren't really dating, before you get a knit in your panties. I thought we did, but...turned out I was just a convenient fuck buddy. When she found another pretty girl she dumped me and she was going on and on and on... heartless bitch. " Miranda spat. „Sorry Ivy" Bo was about to punch Miranda, she hold back only because of Ivy.

„She is sorry for what she did Miri. And never call her heartless again. She never let anybody get near because she was afraid to fall in love, afraid to lose, afraid of the pain. In her mind everybody she ever had loved had left us. First Dad then Mom and at last grandma. And when she finally had tried, her first girlfriend cheated on her. I know that it's no excuse for the way she treated you and the other girls. Just know that she regrets it... And now I'll leave you two alone to sort your stuff out. No killing eachother, kay?"

Now sitting infront of eachother the mood was tense. Bo was almost ready to lash out and punch that filthy, flirty smirk out of the others face.

„My my... aren't you a little tense darling?"

„I'm not your darling, honey" Bo hissed.

„Maybe... we can... you know... change that?" Her tone was flirty when she covered Bos hand with her own, sending a slight pulse through her palm. „How about we go somewhere more... private?" Her smile was sensual.

Bo just smirked at the other woman. „Nice, but really weak try. That should seduce me into hopping in bed with you? I'm a succubus and those tricks won't work on me. Even if I were human your attempts are laughable, you wouldn't even get an ugly nymphomanic in bed with that..."

At first Miranda looked shocked but quickly pulled herself together smirking again.„Oh... really? When my powers are so weak then It must have been my natural charms that seduced her."

Bo's smile faltered. „What do you mean?" her heart was beating quicker.

„Oh just that I didn't have to persuade her as much as I thought. It's really satisfying to think about it. Seeing her sitting on her knees like a good girl, eagerly working to please me... I have to say... She had always been a goddess in bed but her tongue work has gotten even better over the years... When she bucked into my fingers, my waiting mouth, begging for release, for me to fuck her like a gooood slave...I can still taste her...yummy" Miranda licked her lips moaning a little.

Bo recovered from her first shock and her anger, her wrath was reaching a high she never experienced before. The first punch came quick and broke Mirandas nose the second dislocated her jaw. „YOU FUCKING BITCH" she grabbed the other by her collar dragging her over the table just to press her against the wall. Her trusty dagger was at the throat of the brunette, slightly cutting into the soft tissue. A small line of blood was trickling down the neck. The succubus eyes were glowing in a deep blue, her voice turning into a strange tone. „Noone is allowed to claim what belongs to us. Nobody touches her except us!"

„Oh shit... not again..." Kenzi mumbled jumping from the barstool she occupied.

While everyone was trying to diffuse the heavy situation, nobody paid attention to the ringing phone.

A/N: Yeah I kinda have a sick pleasure in cliff hangers. Dunno why, but they just happen. So yeah some of you guessed right, it was Miranda with Dyson. So who is on the phone? Will Bo kill Miranda? Will Bo even return back to normal Bo? And what the hell is Lauren up to? Will she be strong enough to cross Tafts evil scheme? Stay tuned.