Disclaimer: Lost Girl belongs to Showcase or SYFY and I am only playing in their universe.
A/N: Huge thank you to all the readers, reviewers, and followers. Your support is greatly appreciated. To answer a few questions: the Wanderer in my story is not Bo's father, just a general bad guy and Lauren's story is up next. Happy reading now off to battle the Wanderer….
"Hale's concubine?" said Kenzi through clenched teeth ready to let the young Ash know just how she felt about that comment but Dyson bumped her to shut her up. They walked down a long hallway. When they were reaching the end of the walk way the door to the outside slammed shut with a crash. They were swallowed by complete darkness. Clicking and ticking noises surrounded the trio as things rushed their position from all directions. Dyson growled loudly and pulled an object from his pocket. Snapping the small tube, he held it in front of his body. There was a yellowish glow in his hand. The wolf spun quickly to let the light fill the space. Shrieks came from all around the small group. Kenzi felt scraping down her shoulder and slapped her hand up only to pull it away with a small smear of blood.
"Forgive my children, they forget themselves." said a smooth voice. Electric light filled the room and Dyson, Hale and Kenzi found they had been moved by the attack into a large entry way. A man in perfect formal dress stood before them. He looked to be thirty or so and his eyes were like black onyx. He nodded his head towards Hale. "Don't look so concerned sir, I will hold to the treaty young Ash. I have no wish to damage the peace. But I really do question your claim on an unaligned fae." He waved his hand, "It will be a stimulating discussion. Please join me for drinks in the study for the opening of battle terms."
The Wanderer's eyes flashed with anticipation and the group moved forward. "Young Ash with your bold champion if you will follow me. Kenzi, my dear, you need to go and see your friend Bo." He laughed, a rich deep sound, at the surprised look on the trio's faces. "Come now you really didn't think I would recognize the essence of one that has been under my control for three months?" he made a tsking sound that just pissed Kenzi off. "My condolences on your pseudo-lover Massimo," Kenzi made to dive at the creature but Dyson held her back. "Oh so, so feisty, I know why the druid was so easily led to you." He chuckled deeply as he walked off.
Two vampires arrived at the side of Kenzi. Hale said quickly, "The Blood King has taken an interest in my concubine's safety. I would not push his tolerance and break the bargain we struck before we entered your domain." The vampires in the room shivered at the mention of the blood king. It was fear and lust for power all rolled up in one fae. To drink his blood would be paradise and then a grueling death as before a vampire could kill the blood sage, the fae would call to the bodily fluid to do its worst to the attacker. Hale's mention of Trick's title was a warning to the swarm that he had powerful friends in his corner.
The Wanderer smiled at the thought of Bo and his feasting sessions with the succubus. He could not imagine what pure blood sage must be like. He had found the next best thing and relished the wonderful effect her blood was having every time he sated himself. This stupid young Ash had just brought the thing he needed to control the succubus to his doorstep. Bo's blood could now be tapped with no threats to his health. The arrogance of the fae never failed to amaze him. The fact that the young Ash was name-dropping made the inexperience of this man all the more evident.
"Of course, young Ash, my assurances that dear Kenzi will remain unmolested by my swarm until due time." he smiled a sickly smile that never reached his eyes. "But I do believe you would like for her to spend some time with her best friend. It would be cruel not to let them have some small reunion before we place your… concubine… with my thrall." The Wanderer had to chuckle at the blatant, childish lie.
"Please, do let them see one another," said Hale trying to sound like the all-powerful Ash he was training to be. He could not find the trap but knew there was one somewhere he just hoped Kenzi could work her way out of it. The master vampire smiled and led the fae men away and the two vampires at Kenzi's side motioned her in the other direction. Once the master was out of sight, they grabbed Kenzi and threw her against the wall, she bounced off hard but they caught her and gave her a brutal pat down. Hands raked across her body. She kicked and fought to their delight.
Dragging a hand up her thigh, one found the knife and tossed it away. The second one patted down her back. "This is it," Kenzi thought, they would have her sword in no time and then she would be dead. The hands moved all over the sword and sheath but they detected nothing. Spinning her around, they grabbed for her shirt groping at her body. Kenzi screamed and then so did the vampires as her necklace began to glow under her shirt. They jumped back and Kenzi jerked the heavy metal jewelry up and thrust it at the two. It was brilliant white. "A saint huh?" she thought smugly. The metal flickered and dimmed. Kenzi stopped thinking and was just thankful for whoever just stepped in to save her. The glow returned as strong as before.
Her escort fell to the ground as she dropped the cross to her chest still emitting a slight glow. "Take me to Bo and then to the thrall as agreed by your master or so help me God, I will press this cross into your flesh until it burns through to the other side of your body." The vampires stood and moved out well in front of her casting haunted looks back. Kenzi smiled, if she would have known her jewelry would act as weapons she would rethought her outfit.
They moved deep into the cavern and Kenzi itched to pull her sword. The lights were on but if any one turned them off she would be in total darkness unless her cross would begin to glow again. Finally they entered a hallway and stopped in front of a thick door. "Open it." Kenzi commanded. The door was unlocked and she followed her escort into the cell. She pulled in a fast breath and held it as a single light was switched on and she saw the body of her best friend chained to a wall. The anger that pulsed through the girl was like nothing she had ever felt before.
Tamping down the strong emotions as to not give anything of value to the vampires, Kenzi remained passive on the outside. The violent emotion must have carried some energy though because Bo's head moved and she looked up, squinting as her eyes adjusted to the light. "Well Crap," was all the succubus said. Kenzi almost burst into tears at the comment. If Bo's reaction had been overly emotional or sentimental Kenzi would have been worried but the sarcastic words from Bo let her know that the succubus had recognized her friend and was somewhat ready for whatever was coming next.
"Nice to see you too," said Kenzi with a smile and the smug sound of the perfect con man hiding the wave of emotions she was fighting. She had to come up with something fast. If her escort locked them in they would have a hard time fighting their way out. Bo was badly hurt, Kenzi could tell as the succubus hung almost lifeless in the chains. "Think damn it," Kenzi screamed to herself and then had it. With a strong voice she said, "I see you have been well care for and treated with the respect befitting the blood king's granddaughter." The two vampires in the room stiffened and then turned towards Bo. Kenzi gave a sly smile, "Bingo!" she thought. With mock sincerity she said, "Oh damn, sorry Bo guess the Wanderer didn't share that bit of information with his swarm. Feeding off the next best thing to blood paradise must be something for masters only."
Bo started to laugh, it was dry and full of coughs and hacks but it was a true laugh, when she finally spoke it was raspy but all in all the pissed off succubus Kenzi knew and loved, "These two couldn't bite me if they tried. The Wanderer has them all by the short hairs." The two vampires hissed as they approached the chained woman. Bo's eyes flashed bright blue as they moved towards their newly discovered prize, forgetting all about Kenzi.
"You two even nibble on a toe and the Wanderer will rip you limb from limb for sampling his special blood." snapped Bo. The eyes of the vampires rolled back with the idea of tasting the same power as their master. Bo had their entire attention and she really hoped her one woman rescue party had some type of plan.
Kenzi reached around and pulled her blade. There was no sound she flexed her hand on the grip and then whispered, "Sol," as she brought the blade to her lips. The dim room brightened and the two vampires turned. Kenzi spun and sliced with technique that was as graceful as it was deadly. The two bodies hit the floor and Kenzi slapped the glowing flat of the blade down each body. They burst into a flash of flame. She did the same to the heads that lay apart from the rest and soon she was looking at four piles of ash. "Luna," the blade's glow ebbed and then was totally gone. Kenzi kicked through the piles of ash until she found the keys but as expected there were no keys to fit the chains holding Bo. The good old Wanderer would have the only set.
Kenzi sighed and pulled the Goth cross from her chest and then popped out the lock picking tools that were part of the design. She rolled her eyes hoping that little detail would not tick off whatever power had stepped in earlier. Kenzi would have used the blade but they were a long way from safe, if she broke the blade they would be in deep trouble. In about ten minutes, Bo was free of her chains. As Bo fell forward, Kenzi grabbed her and they held each other. Laughing and crying as Bo regained some feeling to her limbs. Kenzi bit her lip as she tried not to react to the scarring on Bo's body. Bo tried not to react to the way Kenzi was acting, something was different and it bothered her. "We need to get you out of here. Any ideas?" asked Kenzi finally.
"I need to feed. Can you help me get to the thralls? They have already agreed to help me." said Bo. There was a look on the succubus's face that said she wouldn't be asking if she wasn't in real trouble. Kenzi was going to offer her chi but Bo smiled, "We will cross that line only when absolutely necessary my friend. Friends are not food." She giggled. It had been a standing joke since they had spent a drunk night watching Finding Nemo. Kenzi felt her heart clinch with emotion. In as bad a shape as she was Bo still tried to hold that boundary they set so long ago.
"I don't know where the thralls are," said Kenzi but Bo just smiled pointed down the corridor. The succubus could somehow feel the energy source that had been feeding her. It disturbed Bo that she could detect her food for lack of a better word. Had the vampire bites changed something in her? The two friends took off after they closed the cell and relocked it. It was a few minutes until they were standing just outside a lounge. There were only two vampires inside with the women. Kenzi figured the rest were watching the goings on with Dyson and Hale.
The two friends didn't even have to discuss the plan, Bo just held up four fingers and Kenzi smiled. Plan four it was, with a quick flip of her hair and a few tucks of clothing, Kenzi looked very much the sexy young woman the vampires had been thralling. She walked into the room and soon was walking out hand in hand with two women. "I just need help with one thing and then I will show you that new eyeliner technique I was talking about." Bo rolled her eyes, the power of Kenzi's knowledge of makeup was a force never to be questioned.
The girls round the corner and then smiled, "Oh, Hi you," they said with warm recognition, "Do you need us to attend you again?" Kenzi raised an eyebrow and mouthed the word "again?"
Bo smiled, ignoring her friend, "Yes and then could you bring two more friends out to help me?" The girls grinned nodding their heads a vigorous yes. Kenzi turned as Bo fed. It was eight girls down before Bo was finished. The line-up of smiling dazed sated women was a bit embarrassing even for Bo. Kenzi had to admit the succubus had color and looked to be refreshed but the scarring and open wounds on her neck were still visible. Her friend had not even come close to a full feed on any of the thralls.
Kenzi let a soft gasp slip out as Bo raised her shirt up and the scarring from the bite marks continued down her body to her stomach. The succubus ran a hand down the old wounds and shuttered. Kenzi reached out and touched her friend but Bo stepped back quickly. There was a haunted look that crossed Bo's face but she shook it off quickly. It also appeared that Bo's healthy appearance was slipping fast. Bo smiled weakly, "I try not to take too much from them. They can't spare much energy and still recover from the vampire feeds. I try to be careful with them."
Smoothing her shirt as she made sure it was back in place, Bo gave Kenzi a weak grin and said, "We need to find Hale and Dyson and get out of here. I am little help with vampires as they don't have chi. I can sort of pull on any chi from fresh blood they have consumed, but it is not strong enough to stop them.
Kenzi held up a hand, "We go in a minute." She pulled her sword. This time Bo raised an eyebrow. Kenzi pushed the succubus towards the doorway of the thrall's lounge. Bo shook her head then yelled into the room, "Hey boys, yep you two vampires come here for a minute." There was a hissing as the two blood suckers flew at the succubus. She stepped back and Kenzi's glowing blade ended the attackers in seconds. Kenzi stepped inside. In a clear voice she said forcefully, "You do not have to be here." The sharp yell caught the whole room's attention. "You have homes and families you need to go to. The vampires you have been with are holding you against your will. They no longer control you."
At first the women just looked at one another. There were a few comments of disbelief then as with her, Tamsin and Massimo the reality started to set in. There were soft screams and crying sounds as the women, most pausing only to grab small belongings, started running for the door. The realization that they had been held against their will was all too real now.
Kenzi's anger was written across her face as she saw again just how easily the master's thrall was to break. Just the power of a few truthful words and the victim was freed, left to deal with the painful memories, but still free. If no one was there to say the words you needed to hear, one could be held under the Wanderer's control forever. Kenzi shivered at the thought of how complete the Wanderer's control had been. She and Bo watched as the women helped one another. No one was left behind as the group ran for it.
"You want to tell me what you just did?" asked Bo as the two women followed along behind the group of fleeing slaves. Kenzi would have answered but the commotion of the mass escape had the attention of the few vampires in the hallways and she was all of a sudden too busy fighting to answer.
Bo could not pull chi but she could use her strength to cause damage. Kenzi was burning her way through anything that poised a threat. Reaching the entry way to the lair, Kenzi recognized it as the location where she had met the Wanderer when they first entered the lair and she stopped. The thralls were running down the hallway towards the exit. There were no members of the swarm following them. Sadly, Kenzi reasoned that thralls were all too easy to come by. She turned to follow the path that Dyson and Hale had been directed to instead of following the women out the door.
"Hale and Dyson are this way. If you don't want to come Bo I understand. The door to the outside and our van is that way." Kenzi pointed as she talked but Bo just grabbed her friends arm and started running towards the muffled sounds of laughter they heard in the distance. It did not take long before they burst into a large ball room.
"How nice of you to join us, ladies," cooed the Wanderer as they burst into the huge room. The bloodied and battered bodies of Hale and Dyson were in a heap on the far end of the space. There were five vampires beside the master. They all showed evidence of battle but nothing near the damage of the two fae men. Seeing Kenzi count, the Wanderer said, "Like I was just going to let them kill me. Don't frown little human, the rules were acknowledged both leaders were part of the battle." The vampire master snorted a laughed. "Bo, my dear, you and your friend Kenzi, are now my property. You both will be here until I drink you dry and it is all legal thanks to this little stunt your Ash pulled. As you can see I have won our little battle and as a prize I claim you and the little human fair and square. You don't do exactly as I wish now, your friend Kenzi dies a more painful death than is already planned for her. She is just a little leverage to tame your interest in the blood calling tactics of your grandfather."
"Legal huh? Fair and Square?" said Kenzi as she rolled the sword in a lazy circle. The master vampire looked at the weapon but dismissed it. What was a sword to him? Kenzi smiled at the weapon in her hand. It truly was meant to kill vampires. They couldn't detect it in the sheath on her back and when they could see weapon it was dismissed as nothing. She focused on the vamp in front of her, "Thought the rules the fae and vamps set said it was a one on one battle and no one else gets hurt?" She motioned at Dyson who was fighting to stand up. He was bruised and bleeding freely from bite marks. He collapsed to one knee and went still as if stuck in the position.
"Oh the fae here is a champion. He fights for the Ash. We can hurt him but not kill him." answered one of the five vampires behind the master. The Wanderer acknowledged him as you would a faithful pet.
"So the fact that the Ash is in just as bad shape, tells me that…" said Kenzi. Hale had rolled to his side. Thick bruising was blossoming around both eyes. They had broken his nose. Kenzi watched as he spit out some blood on the floor and then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"It tells you human, that the Ash is young and stupid. It tells you that the fae elders have forgotten how dangerous vampire can be and they left this young fae sorely unprepared to deal with our kind. It tells you the fae council write words on paper and just expect others to live by their rules no matter what." The Wanderer was speaking to the women before him but also to the swarm that listened in. For the first time Kenzi realized that the room was lined with shadowy beings to numerous to count.
Reacting to the Wanderer's little speech, "Amen to that!" yelled Kenzi and Bo together and they clapped in approval, Kenzi stopped clapping to whistle, then clapped again. The vampire and his swarm didn't know what to think about their reaction. When the women stopped their show of agreement, Bo added, "Oh, not the part about Hale, we like him, but the rest, brother you are preaching to the choir." There was a rumble in the area as the swarm buzzed. Kenzi said in a mock whisper, "Oh don't use religious idioms, vampires don't like them."
"Idioms?" asked Bo with a smirk.
"Crossword puzzles," said Kenzi with a return grin.
"Enough!" shouted the Wanderer, "You don't seem to realize the danger you are in. Foolish succubus, I have tasted the power of your grandfather in your blood. It has made me strong…."
"Ya, ya, ya, my grandfather is a powerful guy. He is also a smart one. Guess my blood didn't pass any power to your old brain cells now did it?" said Bo. The smile on her face took on a hint of cruelty. "See Trick wouldn't have broken a siren's nose, nope he would have broken his jaw." She nodded at Kenzi and the two separated a few steps so the sword at Kenzi's side could be used to its full advantage. Bo kept talking, "And Trick, you see he would have wondered why did that shifter not use his powers and shift for battle. Maybe he wasn't as hurt as he let on. But he's the blood king and you're not, you are just a dirty soulless, evil shell of something that used to be alive. Such a coward you had to kidnap me and chain me to a wall instead of face me in a fight. Making your attacks on me like a jackal after scraps, you are pathetic and weak."
There was a growling noise and the vampires in the room shifted to look at the two men who were so utterly defeated only moments ago. Hale was still in bad shape but he was standing. The Ash's champion was a changed man, "Bo, Kenzi," Dyson said in a deep voice. The powerful looking fae rolled his neck and then called his man beast form.
"Dyson," Bo looked to Kenzi then back to the wolf and answered the silent question in his eyes. "Agreed, it's time to kill him."
There was a hiss and the master vampire and his five champions attacked. The motion was so fast it was barely detectable. If Kenzi had not tapped her sword's glow early she would have been ripped apart. The light energy of the blade made it so the two vampires moving her way could not get close and instead shrunk from it. Their direction of retreat lead them straight into the arms of the pissed off succubus. What Kenzi didn't burn, Bo broke with her borrowed strength. The fight in the succubus did not last long, a vicious strike by the Wanderer had him ripping at her throat. Bo used her remaining strength to throw him off her. Kenzi jumped to stand over Bo and protect her as she was now too weak to continue.
Hale like Bo was in a bad spot but he started to whistle as zone of protection around himself. Any vampire that got near was disoriented by the frequency of the sound he was producing. He wasn't going to help with the fight but he would not be getting hurt any worse than he already was.
Dyson, in his man beast form, was a match for the speed of the four vampires that now focused on him. The surprise on their faces as he met their attacks blow for blow showed how much he must have been holding back before the women had arrived. His claws did as much damage as their teeth had. He refused to bite the creatures as they tasted like rotting meat to him. Instead he damaged their bodies so badly that they could not move and then focused on the next.
All in all the battle was done in a matter of minutes. The only vampire left standing was the Wanderer, the five support vampires had been destroyed or incapacitated so they were not a threat. The swarm members watching from the edges were in a frenzy around the battle but they did not enter the fray. Kenzi assumed that there had been some arrangement made to keep them out, but their control was slipping.
The Wanderer hissed and jumped around the room at high speed avoiding his competition. Kenzi yelled in frustration but he would never come close enough for Dyson or her to have a chance to catch him. Finally after several minutes of this game the Wanderer called out, "Ash, I admit my wrongs and offer my allegiance to you and the fae. I do this in exchange for my life and freedom for my swarm. We stop now and set the terms of my surrender."
Hale straightened and Dyson dropped the broken vampire he had been using as a shield and returned to his human form. Kenzi stared at the two men, she bumped Bo for support but the succubus was out cold. "What the hell are you doing?" yelled Kenzi. "He does not get to play nice and say I'm sorry, it shouldn't work that way." The two men looked to their friend with eyes that said this is the way things were going to be. It was out of their control.
"You will need to be generous for the harm done to my people." said Hale in full on Ash mode.
"Agreed, for the blood king's granddaughter and the other fae, I agree it will have to be something worthwhile." said the Wanderer with a lowered head. Kenzi glared at him, the Wanderer noticed and he turned his head to smile and wink at her.
"Dyson," Kenzi snapped. She was shaking with rage, "Three months under his control, he took things from me. He killed Massimo." She growled the words out and Dyson knew she was talking to his experience with the norn. "We can't just let him get away with what he has done." She was pleading now. She dropped to her knee and pulled Bo to her. The succubus was clammy, her energy so drained that she would be lucky to recover. "If not for me than do something to make him pay for taking Bo." Kenzi tried. Dyson looked torn but said nothing as he turned back to Hale and the Wanderer.
"It is not his place as champion to speak to this matter. This is fae business Kenzi," said Hale softly, "Thank you for all your help. As always it was invaluable but… but this is now a matter of leader to leader negotiation." Hale turned back to the Wanderer who quickly bowed his head again in mock disgrace.
Kenzi felt the hot tears begin to roll down her face. This man, no this thing, had tortured her best friend, entranced who knew how many people into his servitude and they were going to let him talk his way out of any retribution. He had taken her heart and Massimo's heart and played with them. Twisting their feelings and emotions so profoundly, he broke something inside both of them and then had Massimo killed.
This thing destroyed their love, Kenzi finally admitted it to herself, it was love because that was exactly what it felt like, love. With a few simple words from this man's underlings that warm safe feeling was wrenched from her leaving a dull nothingness that just plain hurt. Now the Wanderer was going to get away with it by playing politics. No way in hell was she going to let that happen.
Kenzi gently lowered Bo back to the ground. Bo would have been on her side but she was too hurt to help. Squaring her shoulders, Kenzi tilted her head to the side. She squeezed the grip of the sword and there was a hum to the hilt. She glanced down and saw that it was glowing without her even saying a word. Her cross joined in for good measure. "Hey Hale." said Kenzi just loud enough to catch the siren's attention. When the Ash turned, everyone else turned as well, their eyes went wide when they looked at her. It was as if for the first time the vampires and her friends saw Kenzi for the threat she was.
Kenzi's voice was deadly serious, "I'm not fae. I'm human and I don't have to play by your fucking rules." She heaved the sword, sending it spinning in a blurring horizontal motion. The blade struck the Wanderer in the midsection and burned through the vampire like he was made of butter. The blade imbedded itself in the far wall. There was total silence as the human walked forward and kicked the walking corpse over.
He hit the ground in two pieces. The Wanderer hissed in pain and both halves of the body flailed on the ground. Continuing her path, Kenzi retrieved the sword and then placed the flat of the blade to the vampire's bottom half. "This is for messing with my best friend." She let the glow of the blade touch his flesh and the top half screamed as the flames took his legs. Kicking the head and torso over, she grabbed the hair of the master's head and started dragging the thrashing remains of the Wanderer across the room, "Dyson grab Bo and follow me. Hale play politics or follow us. Either way I am leaving."
Dyson ran to Bo and placing her over a shoulder. Using his other hand, he pulled out another few super charged glow sticks and snapped them. Hale was cussing a blue streak but he ran to move in front of Kenzi and began whistling a frequency to clear their path. The swarm was doing its best to attack but the corpse of their master was still wriggling in the grasp of the human and his battle agreements still held them in check. Those that did manage to get too close met with Kenzi's glowing blade that seemed to always be in the right place at the right time. The foursome made it to the entry way and then slowly moved down to the narrow path to the door way.
The level of anger from the swarm was palatable. Waves of the swarm's emotions were hitting the group like buckets of ice water. Pushing the doorway open the sunlight streamed in and drove back the master's followers, they hissed and screamed in frustration. The torso of the Wanderer began to smoke and it twitched in Kenzi's strong grip. Motioning Dyson through, she said "Get Bo safe but check the van with your glow stick thingies we don't need any vamp hitchhikers catching a ride home with us." Dyson hesitated and then ran for the car. Hale stayed behind, Kenzi said dryly, "As the Ash you don't want to be here." The hurt from his betrayal was heavy in her voice.
"Damn it, Kenzi I can't let you do this. He called for a deal, master to Ash. It can't just be ignored." The siren cussed and then began to whistle. He was going to save the situation somehow.
Fighting Hale's attack, Kenzi made a silent plead to the sword in her hand. As she started to lose conciseness she leaned over the vampire's torso dropping the flat of the glowing blade on the Wanderer's chest. There was a shriek of pain from the body held in her hand as flames erupted in a bright flash, incinerating the last of the Wanderer. The dwelling they had just escaped squealed with fury. Falling to her knees in the hot ashes of the former master, Kenzi felt strong hands on her arms pulling her forward. Burning arms of the swarm members had reached out to grab her and pull her back inside. All agreements now void with the death of their master. Kenzi could not fight back thanks to Hale's attack. A massive pull yanked her backwards, and she was in Dyson's arms moving away from the house at high speed. She watched the door slam shut and she dropped off into blackness.
Pain and darkness was what Kenzi woke up to. "Crap, crap, crap," she whispered and grabbed her head, "Another reason to hate Hale right now." She finally got her bearings and found that she was in a cell. It wasn't just any cell it was the holding area of the light fae compound. Giving herself a quick once over she found she was still in her own clothing. That meant she couldn't be in that much trouble. Could she? Kenzi was usually helping Bo place people inside these cells. It wasn't near as fun on this side of the door. Trying to stand she staggered a few times before she got her balance. Once steady she moved to the door. Grabbing her necklace and wedging it into the side of the slide window, she was able to pry it open and look out.
A guard was sleeping in a chair across from her cell. Kenzi rolled her eyes, she just took out a master vampire, one might think she deserved a better caliber of guard. Someone else thought so too, "Hey buddy, you might want to wake up. My friend in there is a kick ass vampire hunter and not paying attention might be detrimental to your health." The guard jumped as Bo's voice woke him up. The surprised look on his face was priceless.
"She is only human ma'am," stammered the man. It was the wrong thing to say. Bo pulled his chi so fast it was scary. Only Kenzi's yelling at her stopped Bo from taking things too far. "Sorry, I have a few control issues right now." She dropped the man to the ground with a thud. There was the jangle of keys and the cell door opened. Kenzi squinted as she walked out and saw the two duffel bags at her friend's feet.
"We going somewhere?" ask Kenzi with a smile. The expression faltered as Bo looked really sad.
"You, mighty hunter, need to make yourself scarce for a while. Whatever you did to save my ass has Hale and the elders in a twist," there was pride in the succubus's face and voice as she smiled at Kenzi. "I am still under the weather from my time in the Wanderer's care. Something about his vampire nature and me trying to pull chi from the blood he took has heightened my feeding needs. Anyway Trick is working on it, but it is not safe for me to leave now." Seeing the look on Kenzi's face, Bo pulled her best friend into a tight hug, "No matter how much I want to go with you. Thanks for coming to my rescue and the rescue of all those thralls…just thanks for everything. I was getting a little scared down there."
Kenzi stiffened as her body reacted to the rush of emotions she was feeling. She twisted in Bo's arms and carefully moved away from the embrace. Bo looked at her and Kenzi sighed and said, "I'll tell you about it one day okay." The succubus nodded and turned to the bags. She placed them on the chair that had been occupied by the sleeping guard. Kenzi opened them to find that she was set with clothes in one and weapons in the other. She smiled as the vampire blade was in it's sheath on the top of the rest of the equipment.
Seeing Kenzi's grin, Bo gave a laugh and said, "Trick is pretty pissed. The blade won't let anyone pick it up for more than a second before it burns the shit out of their hands. Seems you and the blade have bonded after this little adventure." Kenzi nodded and zipped the bags up. She heard the sound of keys and looked up in time to catch the metal ring that Bo tossed. "Dyson said you would want your van. Since when do you have a van?" There was a sound down the hallway. "Damn," whispered Bo. "You've got to go."
Grabbing Kenzi's hand Bo lead her around and out of the compound. No one was really keen to talk to Bo right now and they cleared a path. It made Kenzi wonder just how bad off Bo was. Reaching the van, Kenzi jumped in and rolled down a window. Bo tossed her a cell phone. "Call me. Everyday okay, Everyday. I want you to come home as soon as it is safe. I know you and I can see you are up to something. I don't want to…. Let me know that you are safe. Please." The women looked at each other but didn't say what they were thinking. Was this good-by?
With a sad smile Kenzi tried be positive, "I will see you again, I promise." There was shouting and Bo turned then waved Kenzi off. She watched as Bo stalled the five guards running into the courtyard as she drove away.