As Kenzi followed Trick into the back office, she looked around for Gaia. She was nervous about how this could effect everything. She watched as Trick poured two glasses of something from a private stash he kept in his desk, handing one to Kenzi and taking one for himself. He had recognized the serious look on his young friend's face.
"Here drink this it will calm you. I heard you went to the Ash's compound, is everyone alright." Trick asked, he had heard about the attack on the compound but he knew the Ash had survived the attack.
"No, nothing is alright. Bo's crazy mom decided to blow the place up and try and kill the Ash. She failed to kill him but she did almost kill Lauren. And now Bo, is on the warpath."
"What happened? How did Lauren get injured?" Trick had not heard of this, and was just as shocked.
"She was with the Ash when Aife's goon came into the room. She threw herself in front of the Ash and tackled him right before the explosion. She saved the Ash, but took the full force of the blast. If Bo, had not given her some of her chi this morning, Lauren would have been dead."
"Where is Bo now?" Trick had to ask although he could probably guess and that would not turn out good he feared. Bo was not ready to take on Aife, he feared the outcome. He knew what he may have to do but was hoping he would not have to. "But I sense that is not what has you troubled, is it?"
Kenzi looked at the barkeeper for a long a moment. Deciding the best course of action here, and deciding that a direct approach was necessary. After all, she could be mistaken and it was just all a coincidence. "I think I found the person that Gaia is looking for." Thinking about the story that Gaia had shared with her about her friend's daughter.
Trick had just taken a drink from his glass when Kenzi had blurted that out. Both spitting out and choking on the drink that he had just taken, his eyes going towards the wig clad young human. "You found her daughter? How? Where? You need to tell me everything, Kenzi and I mean everything." The seriousness in his voice, giving the shocked and confused young woman a pause.
"Daughter? What are you talking about? I mean her friend Edwick, the one she was saying was her companion for like two thousand years or so." Kenzi replied she did know anything about a daughter. Then the light bulb went off in her head. "OH MY GOD, Gaia is not looking for her friend she is looking for a child."
Trick realized that he had inadvertently just told the young woman Gaia true search. He feared what this could mean, he had given a Blood Oath to the Sister to keep her search a secret. But how did the young human know this information. "Please Kenzi, this is important what do you know?"
Kenzi could see the concerned look on Trick. "When we were in the Ash's compound there was this Fae there named Eddie. He was suffering from the fae version of Alzheimer, but there was something that he said that made me think of Gaia's friend Edwick. She told me a story about his daughter and how he always called her Little Snowflake. This guy at the compound called me that and said that I had changed my hair. I don't know if this is the same guy, but I thought that Gaia might want to come and check it out just in case."
"I don't know if it could be him, he was old when they last saw each other. Gaia said that he knew he was not long for the final death. I don't know, but your right we need to follow up with it." Trick answered the human, he knew it was a long shot but it had to be looked into personally.
"Now you tell me what is this about a daughter?" Kenzi missed nothing, and she could tell it was big to get Trick concerned about. "I have already told Gaia that I was not going to say anything about her searching for someone. I mean yeah I thought she was looking for her friend, not her daughter. But still her secret is safe with me.
Trick realized that his oath was still intact since Kenzi was already in on the search just a different part of it. "Did you give an oath to Gaia?" Worried about his young charge and the binding of an oath to a Sister.
"No I was about to but she stopped me from giving it, she warned me of giving an oath. But I told her I would still keep it a secret." Kenzi answered, fearing that she may have giving an oath unknowingly. "So what now? Do you think we should tell Gaia or should we look into more?"
"Honestly I don't know really. I don't know enough about Edwick to recognize him if I saw him. And with him have such memory loss conditions, I don't think we could ask him either. I think the only thing we can do is to get Gaia to come to the compound and see him herself."
Neither of them noticed the Sister walking into the room until she was sitting at the desk beside them. "So why all the serious faces you both have on your faces." Gaia asked them both, seeing the startled expressions on their faces.
"Revered Elder, I did not see you come in forgive me." As Trick stood to offer her something to drink. When she had taken the offered drink, he sat back down and poured him and Kenzi another one. "I must ask your forgiveness, Gaia. I seem to have inadvertently have told Kenzi, you were looking for your daughter." As he noticed the angered look on the Ancient Fae, seeing the hint of anger and something a little dangerous in her eyes.
"Explain NOW." As the Ancient stood up, the air seeming to shimmering with a power that scared both Trick and Kenzi alike.
"It was not his fault, G. I barged in saying that I found who you were looking for, and he thought I meant your daughter. It was not his fault it was an accident. Please don't do anything to him." As Kenzi pleaded and tried to explain the misunderstanding.
"Kenzi, please. This was my fault, it is my responsibility." Turning to Gaia, he spoke directly and looked at her with all the dignity of being the Blood King. "I accept the punishment for breaking the oath, I only ask that you spare my granddaughter she is innocent in this." Hoping that at least that Bo would be spared his mistake. He had left instructions and information with trusted friends should he pass before he could talk to Bo.
"I think I found Edwick." Kenzi blurted out, hoping to persuade the Ancient the honest mistake. "That is who I thought you were looking forward not your daughter."
"I see then, and you think you have found dear Edwick?" Gaia looked at Kenzi and saw the raw honest in her eyes. Perhaps this was a simple misunderstanding. Turning to Trick, "I will overlook this transgression, if she truly found Edwick."
"I understand Revered Elder, We will need to go to the Ash's compound to see this man." Trick explained, hoping for all thier sakes this paid off.
"Now dear where is your friend Bo? I think it best if she was there as well." Asking Kenzi, but keeping her eyes on Trick. Trick knew what she meant, his oath was still binding and his plea for his granddaughter was still up in the air.
"She had to some business she had to take care, she is not really available at the moment." Kenzi replied not really wanting to get Bo involved in this until she had finished her business with her mother.
"Well I really must insist. You two will go to this Ash's compound immediately. I shall be there shortly, I expect you both to be there when I get there is that understood?" The full force of the seriousness in her voice that left it clear there was to be no arguments. Looking again at the barkeeper she began speaking in a language that no human or fae had ever spoken before. As Trick felt a sudden tightness on his entire body. "To make sure you don't do anything more foolish, I have bound your gift. Now I will see you shortly." And as she turned, she simply disappeared.
"Well I think we need to head for the Ash's compound and hope that this guy is who we think he is." Trick turned to the frightened young human, tears clearly wanting to escape her eyes.
"I am so sorry Trick, this is all my fault. I should not have blurted that out and gotten you in trouble." Kenzi stated, clearly upset at herself. She knew that she should stop and think before she just blurted things out.
"It is not your fault, Kenzi. It was my error in assuming that you had found her daughter. Come we do not want to be late." Looking around the Dal, as they walked out fearing this might be the last time he saw it.
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Bo stormed into the house that Aife was using for her base. She had already taken out two of the human guards that Aife had enthralled, leaving them on the doorstep when she had barged in. They were still alive, but they would have a nasty headache in the morning.
"Oh mom, I am here to finish this." Bo yelled out in the seemingly empty house. "What no mother daughter bonding now."
"Hello dear, come to join me in bringing down the Fae." Aife answered a little madness in her voice.
"This has got to stop, mom. You are going to start a war and a lot of innocent people are going to die." Bo tried to plead with her mother to stop this before it got out of hand. "I don't want to have to stop you, but I can't let you hurt more innocent people."
"Bo, you don't understand, your young we are meant to rule not be subjected to their rules. If you knew who you were you would understand more. Join me and I will tell you everything."
"You are hurting the people I have come to like and love. You need to stop." Bo moved closer to her mother, the Kershoung necklace around her neck under her shirt.
"Are you talking about the human doctor? Please Bo she is merely food to kept as a pet until you decide to throw her away. You will get over her, she is a human. I did what I did to help you realize that don't you see."
Understanding came quickly to Bo. Aife did not send her second thrall to kill any survivors, she sent him into the medical labs to kill Lauren. "You tried to kill her, she is mine and no one will ever hurt her again." As Bo's eyes went from brown to pale blue to neon blue, the air seeming to blow her hair of its own accord. Bo looked at her mother and saw something enter her eyes, and she realized it was fear.
"Bo? What are you doing? I did it for you, she will die long before you have even started a life. I had to save you from that." Aife realized that she had not known about the power her daughter had, if only she could get Bo to join her. "Join me Bo, and I will give you hundred humans to replace her. We can unite the Fae to worship at our feet. There will be others." As Aife was now within reach of Bo, she grabbed her daughter and tried to draw chi out of Bo to weaken her. As the chi flowed from Bo, it suddenly turned to taste like ash in her mouth. She had tasted that before, and knew her daughter had a Kershoung necklace on her. But she was still a better fighter than her daughter, centuries of fighting had not left her defenseless. As she punched Bo in the face, breaking the aura that had enveloped her daughter breaking her build up of power.
"If you won't come nicely then I will have to force you to come." Aife stated, as she reared up again to push her daughter. However, Bo caught on quickly and was pushing her back.
"Please mom, I don't want to hurt you. Just stop this madness, before it gets to far out of hand."
As Aife lunged forward to again try and the necklace off Bo, her daughter moved quickly out of the way and Aife went over the railing. Bo quickly grabbed her hand before she could plunge to her death. Aife realized that she had lost, that her daughter was right but she would not be place back into a prison. She would rather die first.
"Let me go, Bo. If you don't I will not stop. I will bring down the Light and Dark Fae, I will never stop." Bo could clearly see the madness that was in her mother's eyes. But she could not let her go, this was who she had been looking ever since she found she was a fae.
"Please come back with me, we can work this out. I don't want to lose you again." Bo pleaded with her mother, struggling to keep her grip on her mother. As Aife slipped further down, burying her nails into Bo's wrist trying to get her to release her.
"Please sweetheart, just let me go." Aife replied, she knew she was beaten. And then she felt Bo's hand loosening as she tried to get a better grip on her and she drove her nails into her daughter's hand making Bo release her grip. Bo watched as her mother fell and just as she about to hit the bottom she disappeared, only to reappear next to her on the ground. Bo looked up to see Gaia standing there next to her. Bo quickly moved to her mother to check her, and found that she was asleep but alive. Looking up to Gaia with a questioning look.
"She is alive, just sleeping for a bit. I have business with your friends that require you to be there. I felt that you might be more agreeable if I helped you save your friend here." The Ancient fae stated, no signs of her earlier anger in her voice or eyes. Reaching down to place her hand on Aife's head, she looked up to Bo. "Her mind seems to be fractured which is causing madness."
"Can you help her? If you can I will do anything you want. A favor for a favor, isn't that what the Fae like." Bo pleaded to the Ancient Fae, if Aife could be cured maybe things could work out. Then she would help Gaia with whatever she was needing. "I will even swear one of those Blood Oaths to you."
"No need for that childe. But I am afraid, I have no ability when it comes to the mind. Even Sisters have their limits with things. However I may know someone who can help her, but getting his help may be difficult but I will see what can be done. But first we have business to attend to at the Ash's compound that I am afraid involves your friend Trick and Kenzi." Seeing the succubus go on instant alert and eying the Sister trying to figure out if she even stood a chance against her. "It would seem they both broke oaths given to a Sister and I am hoping the consequences can be avoided."
"What did they do?" Bo asked, not really sure why both of her friends would break oaths given, since they both knew the consequences. "What are you going to do to them? I won't let you hurt them, I may not be able to fight you but I will do whatever I have to do stop you."
"Oh childe, you misunderstand, I am hoping to avoid that as well. This is why I try and stop people from making oaths in front of us. I am hoping their is someone at the Ash's compound that can help with this matter. Now let us head that way."
"What about my mom? I can't just leave her here and I am certainly not taking her back to the Ash or the Morrigan for that matter."
"Don't worry about that, now let us go." As Aife disappeared from the house, Gaia turned to Bo to see a questioning look in her eyes. "She is safe, I merely sent her to one of the lower rooms in the Dal Riatta. I think she can sleep there until we finish this business."
"Okay, lets go my car is right outside." As Bo turned to head out, she felt an arm on her shoulder and glanced to see Gaia's hand there. And then she blinked and she was standing in front of the medical labs of the Ash's compound where she could see Trick and Kenzi talking to the Ash.
"What did I tell you about getting into trouble?" Bo asked Kenzi, looking straight at her best friend. Seeing the look on her face she turned back to see that Gaia no longer had that motherly look on her face.
"Bo-bo, I am so sorry I got you into this mess. It was my fault not Trick's." Kenzi blurted out, before Bo could say anything else.
"Let us go inside and get this resolved now."
Gaia demanded gesturing to the door to the medical labs. As everyone followed her inside, including the Ash. Bo noticed the looks on Trick's face as something she had never seen on the barkeep before, the look of fear in his eyes told her exactly how dangerous the situation was. Stopping just inside the doors, Bo looked towards the curtained off area where Lauren was and wanting to go over there. But she knew she could not at this moment.
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