Bo and Kenzi sat on the Dal with their drinks in their hands. Sunken in her sadness Bo did not say a word for hours. She felt empty. Her very soul and heart... was broken. Kenzi watched her from time to time. She gave up to cheer her up, well not exactly cheering her up but... lighten her mood. It did not work. This time it was much worser than with Dysons break up. The little human sighed.
"Hey Bo" the succubus lifted her head, to face the man beside her.
"Dyson." she whispered und forced herself to a halfhearted smile.
"I heard what happened. I am sorry, I know you liked her."
"Yeah, and you didn't..."
"I am probably not her greatest fan...that's true, but I respected her, for what she did and for what she went through." Bo met his eyes. "Besides. I knew what you felt for her. I saw it in your eyes during the fight against the Garuda and even when you think I am glad she is gone, I don't. Because I see how this affects you. Friends, remember?" His words causing a little smile on Bo's face.
"Thanks, I appreciate that."
"You are welcome. Wanna tell me what happened?" Actually Bo wasn't in the mood to went through all the events of past days but in the other hand...she breathed in, took a sip of her drink and began. "I got a message to meet someone on a place out in the woods. As I found out, it was Lauren."
"She wrote you a lettre?"
"No, I don't think so. Someone arranged this meeting."
"Why you think that."
"I don't know …because …. when she left me, she … simply vanished."
"How?"
"I don't know" she repeated unnerved. "as if someone pulled her in the fog I think she wasn't alone."
"Fog?" Trick asked.
"Yeah.." Bo was distracted by the ring of her phone. "I am sorry." She excused herself.
Trick shared a look with Dyson and showed him with a small nod to step aside from Bo. "What do you think?"
"I am not sure yet, but the last days were … strange." Dyson answered.
"I was suspecting something when I read the note." Trick explained and handed him the sheet of paper. The shape shifter shortly glaced on it and agreed. "Fog and shadows...?" he repeated the underlined words. Trick hummed. "I thought they were dead. Are you sure?" The cop said with a glance on Bo.
"It seems they are not." The blood king put the paper away in his pocket covering it by cleaning the counter.
"But they've been vanished for about four hundred years. Where have they been?"
"This isn't the matter, Dyson, the fact is, they are back. And if they are as powerful as they were before they vanished, we are in big trouble." they talked conspiratorially.
"Do you think they start their reign again?"
"I am pretty sure they will try it. And if this will happen, no one is safe." Another glance to Bo. "No one can protect us. No Ash, no Morrigan … not even Bo." the wolf watched looked around if anyone could have overheard the conversation. "You think they took Lauren to..."
"I don't know! But what I do know about the Black Wolf is, that he is a kind of a sneaky bastard. Who ever is on his list will die." Dysons was downcast. "Great. And I thought the Garuda was the great enemy."
"Hello?"
"Ms. Dennis?"
"Yes?"
"We are sorry to inform you, that your fiancée was hurt in an accident. Her state is unstable. If you want …"
"Wait ...what? Who?"
"Your fiancée...Ms. Lewis. Listen, I know this must be hard for you. She is in the Central Hospital. If you..."
"Yeah, yeah...of course … be there...any...minute."
Bo jumped from her seat at the counter. "Woah, Bo... where are you going?"
"Central Hospital." The succubus told her when she passed her by.
"Why?"
"Lauren is there."
"What? I come with you..." Kenzi jumped from her seat and followed the fae woman.
"Kenz.."
"No, not this time. I am coming with you!"
"There is no place to resist such an eager Kenzi-Kenz." Bo gave her a smile.
"Want me to come with you?" Dyson asked.
"No. I can handle this. Thanks."
The woman finished the dial and handed the smart phone to the hooded man. "She is on her way." The man nodded.
"There is nothing more we can do for her. Not at the moment at least." When he looked around he counted just a few pack members. "How many." he asked the bearded man.
"Twenty left."
The hooded man closed his eyes. He lost about hundred people of his own pack. The phone in his hand shattered and hit the ground in several pieces. His nostrils trembled by his effort to keep collected and calm.
"Well, it seems someone was very efficient. I want a list of all members and any hint of abilities related to chemistry and biology." Even though the bearded man didn't understand he followed the orders, opening the notebook and start an analysis. To the woman. "We need a new place. Find one and … make sure we are close the the city." The woman bowed and left him. Patiently he clasped his hands behind his back. The creature in his chest roared. It took his whole strength to kept it inside. "Not now, but soon!"
When Bo entered the emergency she suppressed a retch.
"Miss?" a nurse behind the counter addressed her. "Can I help you?"
"I am …I was called. My fiancée ….she was taken to this hospital..." "A moment please…" The nurse turned to a workstation.
"Fiancée?" Kenzi mumbled surprised in her hand, so just Bo could hear her. "That's what they said…" Bo smiled back. "not my idea!"
"What's her name?"
"Lauren...Lauren Lewis." Another run. The nurse frowned and shook her head finally.
"No. Can't find her name in here...are you sure she was taken in this hospital?"
"You called me. You said she had an accident..."
"I? no I haven't called you, lady. Look around. I don't even have the time to eat..."
"Bo!" Kenzi called out and pointed to a room.
"That's her. That's Lauren..." Bo whispered. Tears falling down her face the moment she recognized her blond hair. Her feet moved automatically to the wall which kept her out. "Lauren." She pressed her hands against the small window. "Lauren!" she whispered her name over and over again in disbelief. "I need to go in there."
"Bo you can't!" Kenzi told her and hold her back.
"I need to...I … she..." Bo stuttered staring at the numb body on the table. She head to the entrance but a nurse tried to stop her. "I need to go in there - let me through...She is my...Lauren..." Bo pushed the woman aside.
"What does this woman do in here."
"I am Bo, her... let me .." she started, still unable to form complete sentences. All these people. All the machines. The noise, their voices and all the beeping and blinking...
"Bo! Watch your... inner self!" she heard Kenzis voice. And indeed. She felt the powerful glim in her body. The wish to protect the woman on the table was immense. "You won't help her. Like this." the human girl next to her implored. Kenzi was right. She needed to calm down. "Can I please ….stay here..." she sounded so weak. Felt so helpless. Seeing her lover laying there. Pale. Terribly covered with wounds.
"Flatline..." a man announced.
"Lauren, no!" Bo screamed not even aware doing it.
Kenzi gripped her arm. "Bo...come on...let's go out of here. Let them do their job."
"Kenzi, she is dying..." but Kenzi just pushed her gently out of the room.
Bo couldn't hear anything, just felt the pain in her heart. Her soul cried out for Lauren. Tears wetting her cheeks. She watched the actions in the room. Lost in the time. Seconds, minutes, hours - eternity. Still flatline. No beep. No blink. No peak. "Lauren." her name on Bo's lips.
Then the monitor was switched off.
"No!" the succubus breathed.
It was Kenzi who caught her attention. "Bo?"
"What?"
"The doctor...speaks to you." A man in a green coat looked at her pityingly.
"Miss? I am sorry. We've done everything we could but...her injuries.."
"I need to be with her..." Bo whispered cutting him off.
Hesitatingly he agreed. "Of course."
There was just silence after the door closed.
She saw the bare chest with the necklace of the Ash. The tubes. The drip. Blood all over the floor and on Laurens body. The covers drenched in red. Carefully she walked to her, as if she didn't want to wake her.
"Oh Lauren..." she cried when she saw her face. Her beautiful face, defaced by a angry gaping wound, bandages drenched.
One hand covered her forehead and the other caressed her chin. No one should see a beloved one like this. She touched the collar bone and smiled sadly in memory of how it tasted. Her beautiful human doctor. With her fingertips, Bo lined her exquisite jaw line. How could she ended up like this? Alone. Wounded. They said they would be together in this. She promised her.
Bo needed to blink to clear her sight. "What happened? Why you haven't told me?" She asked her but Lauran didn't answer.
Then she lowered her lips. Kissed her soft skin, placed another on the edge of her lips. She wanted her back so desperately. She needed her. For her own good.
When Bo started to breath heavily she suddenly noticed the blue energy flow out of her mouth entering Laurens pale body. Even though she felt her own strength disappear she focused on the transfer.
Then a deep breath. Coughing.
Brown eyes opened to look confused into Bo's. "Don't you dare to die …" The succubus whispered against her skin, feeling slightly exhausted.
"She is breathing.." Kenzi shout outside the room. The succubus smiled and Lauren frowned before she passed out again.
Unnoticed a hooded man left the emergency. His steps led him in the night where he melted in the dark.
"How is she?"
"As you expected, the succubus did well. She is alive."
"Very well. Now, spread the word and tell the pack, that she will finish her work soon." the hooded man said in a dangerous tone.
"But..."
"Do as you were told. In the meanwhile, we wait."
"As you wish."