A/N: I swear I have the best readers out there. Thanks to all of you for reading this story, following it, adding it to your favorites and for the heartfelt reviews. And yes I will thank you all in every chapter in all my stories for it is my readers that keep the stories going. I love how I get you guys so wrapped up into the story that you feel each of the characters emotions. It is a huge accomplishment as a writer. I cannot wait to read reviews on this chapter I am giddy with anticipation. As usual I am going to pull the rug from under everyone so I apologize for that in advance. What kind of writer would I be if I didn't write the unexpected? It is my writing style to twist, turn and flip my stories on their heads leaving my readers feeling so many emotions. Enjoy…
Lauren could feel her heart rate increasing as Isaac was speaking to her. She was looking around the room trying to see if there was anything she could use to kill this idiotic scientist. But he knew, he knew the fae she was so there was nothing in the room but files and books. Unless she had a way to give him paper cuts to death there was nothing she could do. She was so aggravated it was hard to concentrate on his words. "I don't know if my DNA will merge with yours since I wasn't born fae Isaac." It was true it's not like these were the cells she was born with like Tamsin said she was equivalent Alice from Resident Evil. Even though he had his own way of doing a DNA transfer hers wasn't this way from birth.
Taft didn't seem to care, "You will find a way to make it work because I know that you wouldn't want me to hurt either of these lovely ladies." He stood behind her moving her hair to the one side of her neck so he could whisper in her ear, "I know you have been doing research on the dead bodies I left behind do you really want the blonde or brunette to be in one of those ditches?"
She cringed as he touched her and closed her eyes trying to calm herself down when he was whispering in her ear. "I will see what I can do." It was the only answer she could think of to buy herself time. She felt Isaac's hands slip into her pants pocket she spun around to hit him but was shot three times falling backwards. She was now on her ass on the floor as the three bullet holes healed. One went through her shoulder the other through her stomach and the last one nicked her neck. Good thing she was Apollon. This shirt was officially done blood stains and holes all over.
Isaac went over to the guard that shot the doctor and slammed him upside the head. "That was rude and uncalled for." He was back by Lauren giving a smile like they were long time buddies and his friend just spilled coffee on her. "I apologize for that Dr. Lewis they are trigger happy," he held his hand out to her to help the Apollon to her feet. She wanted to slap his hand away but really didn't feel like becoming swiss cheese again even if she did heal it still didn't tickle. She put her hand in his as he pulled her up. "Now where was I oh yeah sorry about this," he threw her cell phone to the floor as he stomped his heel into the phone crushing it. "Don't want you trying to make any calls." He grabbed her arm tightly as he walked out of his office keeping her firmly by his side. His guards followed a few steps behind them keeping their rifles on the Apollon.
They went down the hallway making a left he opened another door by punching a code into the keypad. It was where the science labs were as they passed rooms filled with chemicals. He shoved her into a room with four guards already in there. He pushed her into a stool as he walked passed her opening a fridge pulling out tubes with blood in them. "Here is my blood and if you'd be so kind to roll up your sleeve so I can draw some of your blood. Wouldn't want to leave you with a needle and after you can find a way to make your DNA merge with mine. These gentlemen will stay in here with you making sure you don't try anything foolish. One move that even looks suspicious and they will fire at your heart. That would be hard to heal from. Thanks for your time Dr. Lewis." He slammed the door shut when he left.
The Apollon doctor glanced around the room there was a microscope and slides. Even droppers but nothing sharp certainly nothing she could use as a weapon. This man was an official lunatic. She swirled in the stool as she looked over his blood and hers. Now all she had to do was figure out a way to try and poison him with her blood if it was at all possible. Thankfully the guards in the room with her looked like they knew shit about science which was her only advantage.
CRACK SHACK
An hour passed since Lauren was supposed to be there. Bo, Kenzi, Tamsin and Dyson had started working while they waited. When the first fifteen minutes went by no one said anything but since then chaos started. "Did you try her again," the succubus used her annoyed tone with the Valkyrie.
"Maybe she ran since you keep showing up unexpectedly like a bad rash." The dark fae was getting ready to knock the brunette out.
"Fine I will just try calling her," Bo dialed Lauren's number again it had to be the eighth time she called.
"Right because this is the time she will pick up unlike the other forty times you called. This must be the magical number," Tamsin was getting closer to the succubus. Dyson and Kenzi stayed quiet for majority of this. They tried to calm the two in the beginning but they both got ignored relatively fast since then they just watched the two bicker.
Bo hung up the phone getting closer to the Valkyrie as well. "At least I am doing something," she was ready to rumble. It hit the succubus like a fly ball. She put her hand out to the oncoming dark fae, "Wait, I just remembered something. After we talked to Hale she got a phone call from an Isaac," she looked over at Tamsin to see if the name rang a bell.
The facial recognition at the sound of the man's name spoke volumes to the group. "Isaac, that frigging moron Isaac Taft you didn't think to maybe mention that sooner?" The blonde dark fae stood with her arms crossed glaring at Bo giving the evil eye a new meaning.
The succubus was getting tired of her comments and her dirty looks. "Again still more than you did."
Dyson stood up getting between the two. He put his attention on his partner, "Who is he?"
"This goofy scientist that was flirting with Lauren shamelessly in front of me he was trying to get her to work for him. Said something about curing illnesses in humans," Tamsin had her one hand on her forehead trying to remember the details of that day. It was awhile ago and so much has happened since then with Lauren becoming fae that it became a distant memory.
"That might have been good information from the start something like crazy scientist stalking Lauren," now it was the brunette who was getting irritated with the older fae.
"You have yourself to thank if you made your, at the time girlfriend's award, then she wouldn't have went out for drinks with the lunatic. Just like you to hand deliver trouble to someone, was that always your talent or did you pick it up along the way?"
Dyson whirled around in time to wrap his arms around Bo as she launched at the Valkyrie. He held her back waiting for her to calm down before slowly releasing his grip on her. "Ladies can we get a hold of ourselves because this isn't doing Lauren any favors. It does not matter how she met him. What is important is if this man is dangerous or not." He hesitantly took his eyes off of the brunette to speak with Tamsin, "What did you find out about him? He seemed to like Lauren is there a reason that he would want to harm her?"
Kenzi was sitting silently at the counter listening to them fighting. When Dyson had to interfere the wheels in her head kept turning. She finally spoke up addressing the Valkyrie, "Wait you said he was crazy scientist stalker. Scientist as in doing experiments on fae kind of scientist," they just spent so much time going over cases of fae that were dead from humans experimenting. This guy pursued Lauren and now she was missing it was too much of a coincidence for the goth. It got their attention as everyone shut up and was now staring at the small human. "What I got skills," she saw their shocked expressions and was a little aggravated that she still wasn't getting credit for her insight in this group.
The truce was short-lived as Tamsin glared at Bo, "Nice job succubus." She was still blaming her for missing the award ceremony.
"Take a good hard look in the mirror in case you forgot I was with you when I missed that award. Looks like you aren't any better," she was pissed that the Valkyrie was putting the blame on her. The last thing she would do was hurt Lauren again.
Dyson closed his eyes before opening them and speaking again. He needed to try and clear his head from the two. "I know you both love her but this will not save her."
"WHAT," the Valkyrie was staring at her partner.
The shifter smiled at her as he put his hand on her shoulder, "You probably think of her when you aren't with her. Maybe think of something she said that you found charming or funny. I bet there is times when you are sitting there trying to concentrate on work but her face just pops into your head for no apparent reason. There can be times you just think of her smile and it makes your whole day. I bet there is even times you stare at the clock trying to see how much more time before you get to see her or hold her again. Think of new ways to make her happy to show her how much she is appreciated." He watched Tamsin's facial expressions when he was talking to her as it was registering with the Valkyrie. The wolf knew that this was different for her. The type of fae she was really wasn't known for loving someone.
"Shit," was all the dark fae could mumble out. She didn't have time to go over when she started to love the doctor because if they didn't haul ass there would be no doctor to love. "We got to go to the station and look this guy up so I can kill him slowly." Dyson nodded in agreement as they went to leave the brunette's house.
"Um, hello, I'm coming, like you said we love her. No way am I going to just sit here and wait doing nothing," Bo was grabbing her jacket since she wasn't asking. Kenzi was already at her side feeling guilty as it was for getting Dyson's love back. The little goth couldn't help but feel if she didn't do that Bo wouldn't have felt obligated to go back to him and maybe Lauren wouldn't be trapped with some crazy human.
"Look who wants to be her hero," the dark fae wasn't impressed with her run into the battle attitude.
The succubus gave a spiteful smile, "It's a habit try and catch up."
The two headed outside together leaving Dyson with Kenzi, "This is going to be impossible." The shifter didn't know how he was going to deal with their constant banter it made concentrating difficult.
POLICE STATION
Tamsin slammed her desk before getting up and going into an interrogation room. She shut the door but you could hear the kicking, throwing, cursing and screaming. She was venting and letting out her frustration. The three were gazing over towards the door. Bo was the one to break the silence, "She is charming now I see what Lauren sees in her. It's clearly her warmth."
Dyson understood his partner's frustration. They typed in Taft's name and nothing bad came up. He was a model citizen but what was worse was they couldn't get an address for Taft Industries. That meant either he lied about the company or the name of it. Again it was the succubus that helped out, "Her cell, trace the last known location of her cell," she was thinking the whole time there was no way she wasn't going to save the Apollon. The wolf pounded her number into the locator pulling up the last place it was before it lost signal. He jumped up to get the dark fae that was currently destroying the room she was in. When he came back he looked at Kenzi, "You shouldn't come Hale would kill me if something happens to you."
The goth's eyes widened, "Excuse me?" She started looking over her sides, "Nope I don't see it anywhere on me. Nowhere does it say property of the Ash. Don't be a douche bag I'm so coming on the sure to end in death rescue mission."
Tamsin grinned at the human least she was finally seeing why the succubus surrounded herself with them. Not that Lauren was human anymore although right now the Valkyrie was wishing she was. If she was just a human doctor then she wouldn't have to worry about her body being found in the fae mass graves. The thought made her nauseous. She sped ahead of them hoping that the doctor was still alive.
TAFT INDUSTRIES
They got close to the building but stayed out of sight. They took two different cars and all got out approaching each other. Dyson pointed to the top of the building, "He has snipers."
Kenzi glanced up, "Because all scientists' need trained killers to watch the perimeter." Her sarcasm was only to point out the obvious that they had the right person that was responsible for massive fae deaths.
The succubus started to head towards the facility it was the dark fae who pulled her back, "Do you not use your brain or do not have one? Marching into there with no plan can get us killed or Lauren."
Bo grinded her teeth, "My plan is to kill whoever gets in my way till I get to Lauren including you."
The wolf grabbed the brunette's arm pulling her to him. "Tamsin is right we are outnumbered and you two cannot even have a conversation together. We need to come up with a plan to get inside there and get to Lauren. Otherwise we will all be corpses."
"Fine," she gave up knowing she wasn't going to win this one.
"I am going to shift and take a look around the area see if I can catch Lauren's scent. Stay here and try not to kill each other till I get back." The shifter went behind a tree as they watched his clothes fall next to it. The wolf emerged and took off running into the woods around the facility.
Kenzi was watching the two of them, "Either of you misbehave I will open a can of whoop ass on you." Both fae gave her the yeah sure look.
"So you love her? I am not going to stop trying to get her back," the brunette for the first time in hours didn't have an edge to her voice. There was nothing there but pure sincerity.
Tamsin met her gaze, "I would think you were an idiot if you stopped."
"It's my own fault. I gift wrapped her up and delivered her to you. I was an idiot but I will never stop loving her and I will never stop trying to make it up to her." It hurt the succubus to think of how long the doctor was going to live for now that she was completely fae. That wasn't the part that was killing her the part where she lives thousands of years with Tamsin was. Finally Lauren became enough for her all she needed was the Apollon to heal she could be faithful in a loving monogamous relationship. But now she was with the Valkyrie. There was only herself to blame. The succubus knew Kenzi felt responsible but the truth was she was her own worst enemy. Her loyalty to her friends blinded her to the biggest mistake she made in her life. In a twist of irony the doctor now became all she needed when they weren't together. At this point the brunette didn't care if she had to suffer hundreds of years watching Lauren and Tamsin as long as it meant the blonde was still alive to watch.
They saw a wolf run behind a tree and knew it was Dyson before they watched his arm stretch out to grab his clothes. He emerged almost completely dressed still missing his shirt. "Dude get over yourself you're not the bodybuilder of the year," Tamsin rolled her eyes at the shirtless shifter.
He knew she was anxious about the doctor so he let it go without commenting. "There are hundreds of guards. They all have weapons and protective gear. Lauren is in there I could smell her new scent as I was passing around the place. I don't know what room she is in but the good news is that her scent is fresh which means she hasn't been here that long."
"We separate, I will cause a distraction and you guys sneak in when I do," the succubus was willing to put her life on the line for the doctor. It didn't matter to her she would rather be dead then live in a world where Lauren was in the arms of someone else. If this had to be the brunette's last act then she would do it with a smile on her face knowing she gave her life to protect the one person that meant everything to Bo.
Dyson was already running towards the facility as he called back to the brunette, "Good idea." He knew it had to be him. He still loved Bo and she loved Lauren. He was a jerk for the way he used to treat the doctor when she was human. Now he had an opportunity to atone for his behavior and he was going to take full advantage of it hoping that the two fae ladies wouldn't kill each other.
Guards saw the shifter running towards the facility and told him to stop. Dyson slowed down throwing his hands up, "Hey guys what you doing in black army gear?" He just acted dumb as they approached his eyes turned yellow while his claws grew. The shifter started to attack the guards he took out two of them easily lifting a third one and throwing him at another two. So far he was actually proud of how much ass he was kicking. There were ten guards around him and now there were two and they were stepping backwards away from the shifter as his canines grew. Another twenty came out surrounding him but it didn't stop the wolf from his continued assault. He saw the three girls sneak around into the building while all eyes were on him.
Inside the facility Taft's bodyguards told him about the trouble outside. Isaac was already on his way to the doctor. He threw open the door as he watched her working. He sat down next to her smiling wide. "I think a friend of yours has come here. Tall guy skinny with some muscle definition messy curly brown hair right now his eyes are yellow. Sound familiar?"
Lauren kept looking in the microscope at the slide that was currently under it. "Nope never heard of him but he does sound dangerous your men should be careful." She never thought she would be so happy to hear that Dyson was there. The Apollon also knew if he was there Bo and Tamsin would be too but Taft didn't mention them which meant he was the distraction. Now she had to save his life.
Isaac slammed his hand next to the microscope causing the doctor to jump. "Any luck with this?"
"Still working on it, I didn't have a lot of time." She still avoided looking at him since right now all she wanted to do was tackle him.
He pulled Lauren from the stool. "Don't mind if I take a peak do you. And since you don't know the guy outside or wolf would be more accurate." He faced the guards in the room, "Tell them to kill him."
The blonde cursed to herself, "Don't," she didn't yell it but it wasn't a whisper neither.
The scientist swirled in the stool bending his head down, "Sorry what was that?"
"Don't kill him," now she was looking at Isaac giving him a warning look.
The mad scientist found this fun he smiled and chuckled at the sudden change in the doctor's attitude. "And who is he, I have seen him with your girlfriend before, well both ladies technically," he had a mocking tone knowing he had the control and the upper hand.
"His name is Dyson and he is going to kill a shit load of your guards," Lauren returned the smile at the scientist knowing the shifter wouldn't get killed.
Isaac got up and grabbed a walkie talkie from one of the guards. He pushed the button and spoke into it, "Alpha Team give an update please," he waited for a response. It didn't take long before the static was cut, "Alpha Leader reporting. It took ten tranquilizer shots to bring down the intruder. I am waiting on your orders, sir."
The scientist stood in front of the blonde. "What do you think Lauren? I will leave this up to you. He can be put in a cell or I can kill him. It all depends on you if you can make me an Apollon in the next half hour he can live, as a prisoner but bright side he will be alive. If you can't I'm afraid I will have to put the dog down."
"I will be ready," she never wanted to hurt someone as much as she did now. Actually Lauren rarely had violent thoughts but right now she was an R rated action movie. She knew it was the Hunter in her wanting to rip this man apart and she couldn't agree with that side more.
The walkie talkie crackled back to life, "Sir, there are three women in the facility. A blonde, a brunette and one with black hair," the radio went back to static waiting on Isaac's reply.
Lauren closed her eyes wanting to just scream. Taft on the other hand was thoroughly enjoying this. He lifted up the walkie to his mouth, "Lead them to the doctor it is who they are coming for." He gave the piece of equipment back to the guard as he giggled next to the Apollon, "I just love rescue missions they are so exciting. Who will live who will die? So many options completely unpredictable, I can't wait to meet them."
That was all the Apollon could take the inner hunter in her took over she stood up whaling Isaac with the microscope booking it out of the room before the guards had a chance to grab her. She was running faster then she thought was possible. The doctor had no idea where her rescue team was or what direction to go in but she wasn't going to slow down. She rounded another corner and hid in a room while she saw guards jogging down the hall. The Apollon waited almost knowing when the coast would be clear before opening the door and running making a quick left followed by an immediate right and almost knocking down Bo.
The three were wandering the halls looking in doors trying to figure out where the hell Lauren was. Turning a corner Bo stumbled backwards as someone ran into hard. She got her footing and smiled when she saw the person that bashed into her was Lauren. "Hey," she never felt so much happiness in relief in her entire life. Seeing the blonde there alive and breathing was the best feeling in the world.
The Apollon was flooded with relief she managed to run into them before Isaac. "We have to move I knocked out Isaac but didn't kill him. They have Dyson." She pulled herself away from Bo throwing her arms around Tamsin kissing her quickly before grabbing her hand guiding her as she started down another hall. Kenzi held onto the brunette seeing her face after Lauren jumped into the Valkyrie's arms. The sadness in her eyes was almost too painful for the goth to even look at. She would do all she could to help Bo win the doctor back after they were out of here and saved Dyson. Lauren turned back to the dark fae, "Do you happen to have a bow and arrow?"
"Oh yeah I normally carry that with me," Tamsin was smiling when she answered the Apollon's question. She couldn't help but find it adorable.
They turned a corner and Isaac was standing there with five guards. There was blood dripping down the side of his face. He had a large gash in his forehead the blood was forcing his one eye to squint. "Now this was completely uncalled for. I thought we were all getting along and then you had to hit me. That was not very lady like Dr. Lewis."
Bo stood in front of Lauren, "Your lucky I wasn't in there I would have sucked the chi out of you till that smile of yours was permanently on your face."
Taft fell forward a little as he was laughing, "I like her I hope this one is the who you love doctor."
The Apollon sensed the danger she turned her head slightly looking at the guards that were behind them. She said in a low voice to her friends, "We are surrounded." The doctor stepped in front of her friends as Bo's eyes turned blue and Tamsin was showing her true face.
"Guess I have no choice," Isaac signaled to his men to open fire and they did.
Bo and Tamsin weren't prepared for what was going to happen they heard the shots being fired and could even feel the wind of the bullets whistling past them. Yet they didn't get hit. It wasn't until the shots being fired fell silent that they were able to check out what happened. The bullets were never meant for them only the Apollon who was lying on her back. Both Bo and Tamsin fell to their knees at her side. The succubus was on her right and Tamsin was at her left side. Kenzi was not moving, "She healed right." They saw the bullet that pierced the heart the Apollon couldn't heal from that. The other bullet holes were already closed but this one was open and the blood was flowing. Lauren went to open her mouth and the blood came gurgling out causing the two next to her to start crying. "I love you," the doctor managed to gargle out before her body went limp her eyes wide open as the blood pooled around her. Neither knowing which one she said it too.
Lauren sprang up in bed putting her hand over her heart as she almost fell out of the bed. She took a deep breath when she realized there was no hole in her heart. It was the ringing of her phone that woke her up. She saw Bo's number and was completely confused. "Hey," she was trying not to sound like she was hyperventilating.
"Hey you hope I didn't wake you up I just wanted to make sure you were going to be at my Dawning today. And after Lauren everything is going to be about you. I have a lot to talk to you about I just want you to know how much I love you and appreciate all you've sacrificed for me," the succubus said into the phone.
The doctor felt her forehead no fever, "Yeah I will be there." She hung up the phone looking at the date on the calendar. It was the day of Bo's Dawning. This is impossible what the hell is going on? She raced over to the bag that contained her injections she made and opened them up. Lauren ran her fingers over the needles all of them were there not one was missing.
When Bo hung up the phone she had tears in her eyes. Her thoughts mirrored the ones that Lauren was currently having, was that just a dream or a premonition?
The End…
A/N: OMG I know so cruel the whole story from the beginning was it all a dream or just a premonition? Bet none of you saw that coming I know I am evil. Which also means Bo never left Lauren for Dyson and never had all of those excuses, lol. Review guys!
