"Revered Elder is there anything I can get you or help you with?" Trick asked the Ancient Fae, who had taken up his offer of a place to stay. Unlike most fae, he knew exactly what the Sisters of Life were capable of and what it could mean for one to be around here.
"Please call me Gaia, Blood King," Gaia told the barkeep sincerely. "There is no need for titles with me, I prefer Gaia.
"As you wish, Gaia. However, please keep the Blood King in the past that is not me anymore and I don't wish him to return. Now I am just Trick, simple barkeep and keeper of this waystation."
"In my time asleep, the world has changed so much I am afraid I have become lost in its growth. And I think I could you use assistance in my search. However, if you decide to help me I need your assurance for your complete assistance even if it means putting you in an awkard postion with the factions the fae have decided to adhere to." Gaia looked at the diminutive fae.
"I see. Before I agree to your conditions, does this have anything to do with the curse?" Knowing that if a Sister was here then more than likely it had to do with something involving it."
"Yes it has everything to do with it."
"I offer my assistance then with your quest. What are you looking for and how can help." Trick stated, knowing no matter how this played out he had to see this through.
"You should know then, that I did not put myself into a slumber it was forced on me. I was in a weakened state due to deliver a perfect child."
"You gave birth? You mentioned it had almost been four hundred years past correct? I do not know of any new Underfae being found in that time."
"Please, I know of the curse's effects on my sister and I children. This one is different though, this is the one that was promised to us. The one that will end our suffering and let us go back to healing the lands as we did before the curse."
"How do you know this is the one? Forgive my saying this but haven't all births the Sister have had thought to be the ones? " Trick asked delicately not wanting to upset his guest. "What makes this one so different?"
"Before I answer that, please tell me what you know of our children." Gaia asked needing to know how much the elder fae knew.
"That before the Sisters were cursed they gave birth to most of the Fae species. That they gave birth to the Fae to help keep the lands strong and alive, even though some of those species turned from that path and wanted to find their own paths to follow. That when the Fae encountered humans there was some kind of miscommunication and conflicts arose between the two races. Some Fae wanted the Sisters to put an end to the humans, but they refused. Leading some foolish fae to try and bind them using blood magic, but they were stopped but the curse happened. Dooming the Sisters to give birth to horrible creatures that we call Underfae." Trick explained what he knew of the curse from what little he knew. "But something that some don't know is that when the children were born they seemed perfect, until some time had passed for them and then their true nature came out twisting them into their true form. Most lost their rational thinking and came beast. Some just became twisted versions of what they were before the change.
"You know quite a lot it would seem, but not everything it would seem." Gaia replied gazing aloft as in thought. "What you don't know it would seem is that after the curse was thrust on us, we only gave birth to male children. We have not given birth to a girl in over three thousand years. That is why I know this child is different. That is why I must find my daughter, only she can end our curse."
Thinking about what he had just heard, Trick took deep breaths to take in what he just found it. "How can this child, I mean this woman that she would be now be able to break the curse?"
"I don't know exactly. I just know that she is suppose to be able to break it somehow and it is important that I find her."
"What kind of fae is she, that would be the best place to start then. We can ask the different clans if they had taken in any foundlings about that time. Perhaps that would lead to something."
"We must not let anyone know who she is until it is safe. For now she is safe in that only three people have this knowledge of who she really is. Unfortunately, I don't know what she is exactly. I only saw her for a few moments before she was taken from me for her safety."
"You said there are three people who know who she is? Who took your child to safety, perhaps they could help us." Trick asked now feeling excited for the first time in along time. The chance to bring some good back into the world, to redeem his past actions that lead to war and death.
"Yes my loyal friend and companion, accompanied me into those tunnels. After the child was born, I gave him my daughter and made sure he made it out of the tunnels. He knew that it was his last journey with me though, he could feel the final death coming on, he was old even then almost two thousands years he was my friend and companion."
"Still maybe if we can find where he went it would give us a clue." Trick suggested "Who was he?"
"Edwik Strovehan was his name, do you think you find his last whereabouts? Gaia asked the hope of finding her daughter now seemed like it was within reach.
"It is a place to start at least, I can make some discreet inquiries about it. Hopefully he is known by someone."
As Trick and Gaia talked and planned their course of action, Bo was sitting outside in her car dialing Lauren's phone number. Not wanting to wait before talking to the blonde doctor that had captured her heart.
"Hello you have reached Dr. Lauren Lewis, I am unable to reach my phone at this time but if you leave your name, number, and a brief message. I will get back with you as soon as I can.
As Lauren's voicemail sounded, Bo decided to go ahead and leave a message of at least she called.
"Hey Lauren, I just wanted to call you and apologize for all the things I said at the Dal. I wanted to do this in person, but you had already left when I showed up this morning. Please call me." Bo decided not to say more, at least not until she was face to face. Turning her car into the street to head for home, she knew that this would be the longest week ever. Maybe she could see if Gaia needed any help, there was something about that Ancient Fae that reminded of her adopted mother warm and caring.
As she was pullling up to the clubhouse she heard her phone ring indicating that she had a text message.
"Bo, sorry I missed your call I was finishing up a surgery. Look I know you are mad at me and you have every right to be mad, but that hurt more than you could possibly know. And I know that I deserved it, but when I get back I would like to at least tell you my side. Please, I got to run it seems the Elder Council is needing my status report on my surgery. I will see you 2 days, I am coming back then.
As Bo, looked at the text she had a smile come over her face. At least there was a chance to apologize in person now. And finally listen to Lauren's side, even though she knew alot of it due to the vision she had. Walking up to the door to the clubhouse, she heard her phone buzz again.
"Oh and please be careful around the Sister of Life there, they are very powerful and can very dangerous if provoked. I would hate to hear that you got on their bad side before I got a chance to talk to you."
Bo just texted back, "Not my fault that I am a trouble magnet...I think it is the boobs myself." Deciding to flirt a little with the doctor.
"Well they are... oh nevermind. I got to go."
Feeling better about how things looked to be going, Bo opened the door to the Clubhouse to see a just waking Kenzi entering the kitchen.
"Bo-bo what are you doing up this early?"
"Went to see Lauren at the compound, but she was called to go to the Old Country to do a surgery it seems. She will be back in two days, so I will have two whole days to come up with some proper groveling for what I said to her." Bo smiled at her best friend.
"Yeah about that, so you going to tell me what the complete turnaround is now? Cuz you yelled at me Succubum, me your bestest friend in the whole world."
"Yeah I guess I do owe you that, pull up a seat and grab a coffee cuz you will need it." As Bo sit beside her friend and related everything that she had seen, heard and did in her vision that she saw. And how the Baron said that those actions where the most likely outcome if Lauren had decided to go through her first plan of action instead of chickening out and go with what she did.
"Holy shit, that is ...well I don't know what to say about that. I mean I really didn't see Dr Hotpants going to your bed on the orders of anyone, except maybe yours and then it wouldn't be an order from you." Kenzi said after thinking a moment to collect her own thoughts. "But who is this Nadia chick anyway? And what are you going to do about that?"
"I don't know, but you can't say anything about that, Okay Kenzi. Lauren should be the one to tell me in her own time." Bo replied, wanting to rebuild the trust between herself and Lauren and thinking this would be the way to go. Let Lauren come to terms in her own time frame.
"So then what are going to do today, Bo-bo?" Kenzi asked now fully awake from having her morning coffee.
"Who knows, I was thinking of going over to the Dal and seeing if Gaia needed any help. I ran into her this morning, she was a little lost in the city. I think maybe she needs some help other than Trick's. There is something about her that reminds me of something I just can't put my finger on it at the moment.