Author's note: So thought I would give you an update, before I went out of town again for work. I hope you like it, not quite as action oriented as the last. Hope you enjoy it, and please feel free to review.
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The loud crash of a door, brought Bo instantly awake. Looking down she saw the blonde hair of her girlfriend who had somehow changed back when she had fallen asleep. Seeing her girlfriend nude instantly brought some improper thoughts to the succubus, as she took off her jacket and placed it over the the doctor.
"Hey babe, wake up. I miss your smile." Bo coaxed as she gently shook Lauren's shoulder trying to wake her up. "Lauren we need to get up."
"Bo? What happened? Oh god where are my clothes?" Lauren slowly woke up and clutched the jacket around her as she realized she was nude.
"I think you destroyed your clothes when you shifted. You feel alright?" Bo asked as she placed a reassuring kiss on top of the blondes head as she stood up pulling Lauren with her. "I will see if Trick has anything you can wear. Wait here okay." Giving her girlfriend a very passionate kiss, before she turned to move into the bar proper where she could hear voices.
Lauren's PoV:
Lauren was still a little disoriented from the events that had taken place not more than hour ago as she looked at the clock hanging crooked on the remaining part of the wall. Fragments of the nights events were coming back to her now. 'Was she really a Dragon and the daughter of a Sister of Life.' She thought what would this mean now.
"So I see you are awake." Aife spoke as she came up from the stairs leading further down in the Dal. To rooms that Trick kept for guests that needed a place to stay. "That is good, I am Aife. Bo's mother, though I have no right to call myself that. You are the one that Dyson said my daughter thinks she is in love with, although he said you were a human. I must apologize for trying to kill you, or although I think that was the Garuda inside...I hope it was him though, I don't know where some of my memories and its memories seperate."
"Yes, I am Lauren. Doctor to the Light Fae and Bo's girlfriend. I have read some stuff about the Garuda but not much so I can't really say one way or the other. But I do know that Bo needs you and has been looking for you since she learned she was a Fae." Lauren replied wanting to give her girlfriend's mother the benefit of the doubt, she had read of some on the Garuda and have heard Gaia and Thomas speak of its ability to possess. "How are you feeling though, is there anything I can do for you?"
"I feel fine, a little disoriented by everything. Mainly a little hungry though," As her eyes turned a shade of blue that Lauren was all too familiar with as the Aife took a step forward. "Sorry, I don't know what it is but your chi is calling me. I need to leave, sorry." As Aife rushed out of the room.
Lauren took a seat at a table that had somehow survived the blast of power that Thomas had unleashed. As she grabbed her bag that was laying nearby, she pulled an old worn out journal and checked to make sure it was still intact. She did not know why she had brought her adopted mothers journal, she had found it on one of her digs she had said. But could not decypher the text within, Lauren had kept this after her parents death hoping to one day find the time to complete what her adopted mother could not. As she opened up the journal, she was shocked that she could read the text as if it were written in english. As she began to read the journal, she concluded it was a diary of a man named Marcus Atrious. He had many of his adventures and trials, it mentioned many ideas he had of leading his county in peace. Lauren became so absorbed in this journal she never heard the approach of Gaia.
"Hello my angel, it is good to see you back to yourself." Gaia spoke softly, as if afraid that her daughter would just disappear again. She gestured towards one of the broken chairs, and Lauren was amazed as the chair repaired itself and flew over to where the Ancient was at so she could take a seat. "Do mind if seat with you for a moment?" Lauren could hear the hope in the tone of her voice.
"Of course." Lauren answered not sure where to begin exactly. "I found a way to lift the curse from you, it won't take me but a little time to get it made up once I have all the items to mix."
"We have time, dear one. I just want to tell you I am very proud of you. What you did earlier may seem strange right now, but you did a very good thing. And even though it may not seem like it, your grandfather Thomas is also very proud of you as well. He is usually very in control of himself, but he has been under some stress with finding out you exist."
"I see, so what am I exactly? Am I Fae? What is so different about me. Aife, Bo's mom, said that my chi was calling her, she had to rush out before she did something she would surely regret I think." Lauren blurted out, still not sure what to make of everything.
"Your a Dragon. I would like to say that your only half but that is not how we Sister's birth is. You are your father's daughter through and through. And he was Dragon." Gaia started to explain.
"But that is impossible, there would have to be some part of you that is in any children you have as well. It is biologically impossible for only one bloodline be instill in any offspring no matter the strength of one over the other." Lauren stated using her knowledge of science and biology to understand the Ancient. "Would you mind if I took some of your blood to study it? There are so many things that it could explain my research of the Fae. Plus I could compare it to my own blood and see what changes have happened to me as well."
The excitement on lauren's face, clearly brought out the pride in the Ancients face. Yes this was definetly Marcus's daughter, she had his same excitement when he learned new things. He would spend days or even weeks researching this or that and the look he got on face was the exact same one that Lauren had on her face right now. "Of course my angel I would more than happy to help you in anything. But later, now lets talk about you. I want to hear everything about you. The good, the bad, and everything in between, but first I want to hear all about Bo. I take it you two are together?" The smile on Gaia face was one of pure love towards her daughter, she didn't care about anything else at the moment only about learning about her daughter's life.
"Where to start with Bo. You ever meet someone and the first time you see them your breath is taken away? For me that is Bo. She is the kindest, sexiest, most lovable person you will ever meet. She will do anything for anyone no matter what it may cost her, and the fact that she sees something special in me is mind blowing. She can have anyone she wants, but she chose me a geeky, socially awkward doctor who gets so tongue twisted around her I can barely speak. But everytime I am around her, she takes my breath away. And I love her with everything that I am." Lauren answered honestly, Bo was everything to her. Just sitting here with just Bo's jacket on made her feel safer than she usually did. The smell of her girlfriend giving her a sense of peace and love, she really could not explain it. Lauren's smile had grown twice as much as it was before, she never saw that Bo had entered the room with some clothes when she had started to tell Gaia her thoughts of her.
As Bo crossed the room with a tear in her eye, she hugged the blonde from behind that nearly took all the air out the doctor's lungs. "Just so you know, you take my breath away everytime. And I love you...even when you are a scaley dragon." As Bo kissed the doctor's cheek with a teasing smile and a wide grin. "I brought you some clothes, they should fit. Trick had them in a closet, I am not going to ask why just so you know." Giving the blonde another kiss on the cheek. As she turned to head back to the front to give the two sometime to bond. "I am going to go talk to Aife, she seemed upset. I will talk to you later, babe. Gaia, Thomas wanted me to tell you that a Tia is coming soon. Not sure who or what that is, but he wanted me to tell you before left with Matt and the others."
"Oh, well that is going to be interesting. Tia is Thomas' wife, Lauren's grandmother. Thank you for letting me know." Gaia answered, honestly not really surprised that Tia would be coming to meet Lauren. But getting up from her seat, she grabbed the succubus and gave her a hug that Bo would later say felt like a million hugs from your grandmother. And whispered into the succubus' ear for her ears alone. "Thank you for bringing me to my daughter. I owe you everything, but don't hurt her." As she kissed the succubus' forehead and winking at the look on the succubus' face. She turned to sit back down, noticing that Lauren had changed clothes but was still barefoot from lack of shoes.
"You don't owe me anything, loving your daughter is a gift alone. And don't worry, I would never hurt her. I love the geeky beautiful doctor." Smiling at the Ancient and then turning to give Lauren that smiled that only the doctor could bring to her face. "Now you two bond some more, oh and Trick wanted me to tell you babe, that he has all of the items but two. The tears of a dragon, which I think we can find now, giving the doctor that teasing smirk and my own breath of the succubus which I could be persuaded to give, although I may have to charge you privately for it, flirting with the doctor so openly. Bo did not care Lauren's mother was in the room, she loved the doctor and was not going to apologize for it.
"Yes, I will make sure you are well compensated for your contribution." Lauren actually flirted back, she usually was very in control but Bo made her different. "But later, and thank Trick for the clothes. I don't suppose you have any shoes to go with these?"
"I will see what I can do. Kenzi is running to the crack shack, I will have her bring the pair of shoes that you left over there one day." Bo answered as she headed out the door.
"Yes, I see what you mean dear. You are in deep with that one. But I must say she is in just as deep, I think. You are very lucky, my angel." Gaia spoke to her daughter, she could see the love in both women's eyes for each other. And she was more than happy with her daughter's choice, if it brought her this much happiness. "Now tell you say you are a doctor? I want to hear everything about your childhood? Was it good? Were you loved? I want to know everything the good and the bad, including how you became involved with the Fae. And why exactly you present yourself as a slave.? I want to know everything."
"That is a long story." Lauren stated as she started to relate her life starting with her adopted parents.
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Bo's Pov
As Bo left the backroom from where she saw that Lauren had closed the jacket that Bo had given her she was not prepared for what she saw. The entire room looked like tornado had swept through the room, chairs and tables were overturned. Glasses were scattered and shattered all over the place, she saw that Trick was already sweeping up the debris and trying to clean everything up. Thomas who looked contrite about everything, had a broom in his hand as well as he swept up the glass as well. Kenzi and Hale were even picking up chairs and tables and setting them upright, when Kenzi noticed her friend.
"Bobo, how is Doc-croc. She back to be normal? Well as normal as she ever was anyway?" Bo could still hear the slight slur of her best friends words.
"She is back to herself, although she seems to have destroyed the clothes she was wearing. She was wondering if you might have anything she could wear, Trick?" Turning towards the waykeeper who had stopped when Bo's appearance was announced.
"I think I may actually have something that will fit her. Let me check." As the waykeeper moved towards a closet that was near the bar, where Bo had seen Dyson and Hale place their coats once upon a time. "How is she taking everything?"
"She is a little out of it and still in shock. But I could hear a little excitement in her voice also, so I think she will be fine once she gets settled." Just thinking of her girlfriends' tendency to get excited about anything that was new got the succubus to smiling. She remembered the glimpses inside her girlfriend's mind while she was a dragon. And she realized no one really knew the doctor that well. Her ability to control her emotions were nothing compared to all the facts and knowledge that was just underneath that wall of control. She had been able to take a glimpse inside her mind and what she saw amazed her even still. Sure Lauren was geeky and got excited about science and researching but underneath that she was woman that looked at the world with need to learn everything. The fact that Bo had felt her girlfriend's deep love for her was an added bonus, she had worried briefly that she would never be able to understand Lauren and they would have nothing in common. But seeing the love from the doctor had taught her that underneath all the geekness there was a woman that liked the simple things of just enjoying the company of friends or sitting at home watching a movie holding the succubus or being held.
"That is good to hear then, ahhh here we go." Trick replied from the closet as he pulled out a set of clothes that would fit Lauren perfectly. As he handed them toward Bo, the door to the front slammed open. Rushing in came Dyson and a half dozen Light Fae security officers.
"We heard there was a disturbance and we responded." Dyson stated flatly, looking at Trick. "Everyone alright? Bo?" His voice dropping a little, the tone in his voice indicating his feeling for the succubus still.
"Were good, nothing to bring the calvary." Bo gave him a smile, she knew they were going to have to talk and get this settled. She chose Lauren, and the wolf was just going to have to accept it. As she watched him turn to the security force and relieve them to return back to the compound. Bo was about to go talk to the shifter when she saw her mother rush out of the back room, her eyes blue indicating her hunger. Bo immediately worried about Lauren, before she noticed that Aife had indicated with her head that she had not fed from the blonde. And asked for Bo to come over.
"I didn't feed from her, her chi is like a magnet it is so strong. I see why you chose her, even if she was a human. I had to get out of there, before I did not something I would have regretted." Aife stated, not sure still why the blonde's chi had such a strong pull. "You need to mark her as yours, it will drive other chi eaters away from her."
"She is her own self, she is not mine. She is my girlfriend, not a food source." Bo stated defensively, Lauren was no ones to own. And the sooner people realized that the better. "And if anyone tries to take something from her without her permission, then I will personnally kill them."
"I am sorry again. I just meant that she will draw chi eaters to her, it is strong. I just thought it would make things easier for you. Even now I can feel the pull of her chi, I need to leave and go take care of my hunger. I promise I won't kill anyone, that is not what I want. I want to be here and get to know my daughter. But I have to leave for awhile before I do something we will be regret." As Aife moved to leave, letting Trick know that she was leaving for awhile.
"Bo, could you come over here for moment." Thomas called out to her.
As Bo moved to head over there, as she saw her mom leave the Dal. Kenzi approached her from the other direction. "Bobo I am going to head to the crack shack, and pick up some stuff that Trick needed. You want to go?"
"No, I am going to stick around here for awhile with Lauren, make sure there is nothing else she needs. You could check my room and get the shoes that Lauren left there when we were going to hang out but something came up. She had brought a complete change of clothes since we were going out, but got sidetracked. The clothes and shoes should be in the closet, they are in one of those clothes bags."
"Sure thing succubum." As Kenzi gave her a quick hug before turning towards the Siren that was walking up. "Your driving, I am still a little drunk. And don't think I am drunk enough for you to get in my pants. I would still need a few more bottle for that." As she winked at the Siren.
"Your too much a slush for me to get my freak on, lil' mama." Hale only winked back, the flirt in these two making Bo roll her eyes.
As Bo walked over towards Thomas and Matt, she noticed that all of them had a golden aura around them. She knew that all of them were Dragons, and that she would need to learn more later. First she wanted to head back towards Lauren. As she looked around towards Gaia, who had been sitting with Thomas when she came out.
Seeing the look on Bo's face, Thomas stated simply, "Gaia went to check on Lauren to make sure she was alright. And I am sure to learn everything she can about her."
"Ahh I see. Look about earlier, I don't take well to people threatening those I love. Especially Lauren, so if its going to be a problem we might as well get it over with now. And for the record no owns Lauren, no matter what they may think." Bo stated clearly and wearily.
"I understand. It is not you, it is my own issues with the Fae for what they did to my kind. But right now that is for later, I need to leave with Matt. This Garuda that seems to think he can possess me needs to be taken care of and they have fought them before and will have a clearer head to deal with it. Will you tell Gaia, that Tia is coming soon and that she looking forward to meeting Lauren?"
"Sure, I can do that. Is there anything I can do to help?" Bo asked, this was Lauren's grandfather so that made him important to her as well and if he needed help then she would do what she could to help.
"No, it will be safer this way if it is taken care away from here. Away from my granddaughter and others that have too much anger and fear in them. But if you want to do something for me then take care of my grandchild. I entrust her care to you." Thomas asked, the seriousness in his tone told Bo how much he was trusting her.
"You don't have to worry about that. I won't let anyone or anything come to harm her." Bo stated flatly, she was not lying when she told Aife she would kill to protect her girlfriend. "I love her more than my own life, so you can rest assured they will have to go over my dead body to get to her. But I don't plan on dying anytime soon."
"Good, then take care of yourself as well and we will talk more when I return." As Thomas stood up with Matt and the other two, Thomas reached out with his hand extended to shake. As Bo took the hand offered and shook it. "I misjudged you Bo, you are a better protector than I was. Take care of her, just make sure you don't hurt her. There is nothing like the full fury of a Dragon, should you hurt my granddaughter." And with that he turned and disappeared, leaving Bo shocked.
Bo decided that she needed to get away from the the crazy, and see someone that made the world stop spinning. She needed to see her girlfriend, and just relax with her. As Bo headed towards the back, she saw that Gaia was indeed sitting with Lauren whose back was to her. She heard Lauren tell Gaia of her feelings for the succubus. And Bo nearly cried when she heard all the loving things her girlfriend was telling her mother about her. The sense of belonging and wanted overwhelmed the succubus who could only move towards the doctor. She heard Lauren state she did not know what Bo saw her, and that Bo could not understand. So she leaned down and grabbed the doctor in a hug that was full of passion and love, "Just so you know, you take my breath away everytime. And I love you...even when you are a scaley dragon." As she gave the doctor a kiss on the cheek. Yes she loved this geeky, beautiful doctor and she was going to make sure the doctor knew that everyday until she saw in herself like the succubus already saw in her.