Chapter Four
The trip back to Storybrooke was quiet, worry heavy on our minds. I drove my car in silence, Lauren sitting next to me. She would look out the window, occasionally reaching over and placing a comforting hand on my thigh, squeezing to let me know she was there, that this was real. I couldn't believe what was happening to my fae community.
I recalled the moment it happened, Lauren and I sitting on the sofas in the Dal, sipping on beer and talking about the most recent scandal. Lauren was just freed from the ash and reunited with her girlfriend, Nadia, who had tried to kill her. Suddenly Trick scuttled out from behind his bar and over to us. He pulled something out of his pocket, a liquid in a brown, corked vial. He seemed anxious and rushed.
"Drink this." He pleaded, handing the vial to me.
"Trick, what is this?" Confused by his straightforwardness, though this wasn't completely out of character.
"We don't have time, drink now explain later." He nearly shoved the vial in my mouth, forcing me to drink it.
It tasted absolutely horrific, it was think and brown, it got caught in my throat and I held back a cough. He moved on to Lauren, making the same request.
"What's happening Trick, is Bo in danger?" She asked after she swallowed the substance.
"We're all in danger, we have only but minutes until we all lose hope." He urged, desperately shaking his head.
"Oh come on Trick, nothing can beat the unaligned succubus and you know that. I don't let anyone tell me what to do. " I proudly exclaimed, throwing a wink Lauren's way.
"You don't understand, hundreds of years ago I lost an important book, in it told the story of another world, a world filled with magic and fairytale creatures." He sighed, hopelessness rising in his eyes. "In the book, a curse is mentioned. A curse that send all of the people of the Enchanted Forest to a town called Storybrooke, where they lived trapped, frozen in a daze, suffering in a world without magic or fae or anything but the mundane, but humans. I suspect the Morrigan has found a way to make a portal to that world and has retrieved the curse, before it was invoked and has brought it into our world. I believe she is banishing all fae to Storybrooke, where we will forget ourselves and our lives frozen in a daze until someone saves us. Kenzie will find you, she will help you beat the Morrigan."
"How will we find her I we forget all about this world?" Lauren asked, worried.
"Forget that, I'm going to go see Evony and give her one hell of an ass kicking, she needs to get off her high horse." I spat, aggravated.
"We don't have time! Bo, all it takes to break your curse is to feed. If you leave Storybrooke, you should get your abilities back. Lauren, if Bo kisses you, your curse should be lifted. The only power greater than anything in the enchanted forest is true love. Do you understand Bo?"
"Alright, I get it. Fairytales are just as real as mythical creatures. Surprise, surprise." I sighed, annoyed at how my world has been turned upside down yet again.
"True love Bo! Leave Storybrooke, make Lauren fall in love with you again and wait for Kenzie!"
"How are the three of us not going to be affected by this?" Asked Lauren, her scientific mind trying to adapt to the ideology of magic.
"You will fall into a temporary, induced coma. It will weaken the curse's affect on you, but it will not stop it from erasing all you memories." He explained, patiently.
"And how is Kenzie going to save the world?" I wondered, slightly proud of my bestie and slightly concerned.
"Well she was the first one here when I found out of the Morrigan's plans, you know how she is, drinking my bar away. I explained to her what she needed to know. I gave her the key to breaking the curse, and taught her how to use it. I gave her three times what you drank, a way to escape being affected by the curse altogether. I showed her how to find us, she will."
"How long do we have, Trick?" Lauren inquired.
"Not long."
I didn't hear his answer as the floor fell from underneath me and I felt my body spinning. I slipped in unconciousness only to wake up in a hospital in an entirely different town, as an entirely different Bo Dennis.
I was pulled out of my memories by Lauren's soft, anxious voice.
"What if she doesn't find us, Bo?" She asked in a worried tone. She bit her lip and I could tell she was torn by our predicament.
"She will, it's Kenzie. She's badass. She'll find us, she has too." I assured her. Her facial expression did not soften by my reassuring words. "Tell you what, when we get to Storybrooke, we'll find Trick's book, about the Enchanted Forest. With my private investigator skills, I shouldn't have a problem." I grinned, glad to finally have a structured idea of how to deal with this horrible mess.
"That sounds like a good place to start, but Bo? Won't Evony know that something is wrong?"
"I have you go back to Hale, my husband, or else it will arise suspicion. And you need to go back to what ever life you left back there."
She let out a desperate laugh, looking over at me and bursting into giggles again.
"You're married to Hale? No wonder you lied to me about it." She couldn't contain the nervous laughter, it was refreshing to see a smile on her face.
"Yes, the curse married me to Hale." I sighed, reaching into my pocket to put my ring back in my finger.
"What will you tell him?" She asked when she finally stopped her ridiculous giggle fit.
"That went for a hike, and got lost. Dropped my cell phone in the well." I stated, repeating my excuse in my head, making myself believe it.
I turned to Lauren, suddenly curious about her fake life and what it was like.
"What about you, Lauren, what mess did you leave behind?"
"Well, other than my patients in the hospital and the casual, recurrent hookups, not much." She stated.
"Hookups?" I barked in surprise.
"Yeah, I was seeing Tamsin, you know, the sheriff? And well... Madame the Mayor herself." She said casually, wincing in anticipation of my response.
"Evony?! That's perfect, we've got someone on the inside... Literally!" I laughed, making her red out of embarrassment.
"Not funny... Though you're right, it is quite beneficial."
"Well then, looks like your first mission is to get a hold of that book."
I noticed the "Welcome to Storybrooke" sign pass by on my right, a wave of nausea flooding my stomach. I pulled th car over and asked Lauren to get out. I back my car up at an angle and pressed the gas pedal to the floor, sending my car into the forest. The landed in the middle of two trees, disabling the doors from being used. Lauren yelled my name behind me, as I crawled into the back seat. I smashed the back window and climbed my way out of the now totaled vehicle.
I could feel a sprain in my wrist and scrapes all over my body. I stumbled across the ditch and onto the pavement, falling on my knees in front of a frantic Lauren.
"Bo what the hell were you thinking!" She knelt beside me, taking her top off, dabbing at my cut cheeks. I leaned in closer, gently pressing my lips to her mouth. Her breathing increased in frequency and she moaned as she parted her lips for me, she knew what I needed. Her hands wrapped around my head and neck as she let small whimpers escape while I took what felt like a deep breath, absorbing her life force. I felt her body shake as I was reached her limit, but I didn't want to stop. I wanted to keep going, but I knew that even if I could give her more chi and bring her still body back to life, I would hurt her. She let out one loud whimper and I stopped myself instantaneously.
"I'm sorry I took too much." Feeling guilty, I took her face into my almost healed hands and kissed her softly.
"It's alright Bo, you needed too." She let out a groan as she got up to her feet. "I'll be just fine." She turned towards the vehicle, pointing in its direction. "What do we do with that?"
"We cover it with branches then walk the rest of the way. No one comes into or leaves town, anyway." I trekked through the bushes, ripping branches and placing them on top of the car.
Once covered, we headed back into town, going our separate ways, back to our fake lives. I opened the front door of my home, only to find it locked. I knocked, waiting anxiously for Hale to open the door.
"Bo? What the hell happened to you Bo?!" He cried, holding me in his arms. He held me at arms length sizing uo my scrapes and bruises, a confused look shadowing his broad features.
I lifted my hand to his cheek, petting his hair, comforting him.
"I'm back, I'm safe and that's all that counts." I felt my energy pulsating through my veins, across his skin.
"That's all that counts." He sighed, as he leaned in and pressed his thick lips against mine, enveloping me in a kiss. He moaned softly as I lifted my hand off his cheek, cutting the connection, removing him from my spell.
"You'll go to the hospital tomorrow and get fixed up." He stated, picking me up and carrying me off to bed.