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Chapter 3
"Daughter of Hades, bro, I don't need a coin to ride this ship."
Bo flashed her blue glowing eyes at Charon, who had no choice but to give up and float away. He knew better than to mess with anything that belonged to Hades, especially his kids. Lauren shoved her hands in her back pockets as they watched the boat float away and turned to the mouth of the cave. "What exactly is the plan here, Bo?"
Bo cocked her head and clicked her tongue. "Plan? I thought you had the plan."
Lauren dropped her arms to her sides like dead weight. "Are you telling me I just followed you into the underworld, and you don't have a plan?!"
"Of course I have a plan," Bo lied, her voice high pitched and whining. She ignored Lauren who she saw out of the corner of her eyes cross her arms, waiting for the plan. "We go, find whoever opened the portal, and...figure out why and...stop them. Close the portal. Easy peasy." She knew how ridiculous it sounded and that Lauren wasn't buying any of it. But she cleared her throat and led Lauren into the cave.
"Uh huh. Great plan," Lauren said under her breath as she followed Bo into the darkness of the cave.
It was nearly pitch black, the glow of Bo's eyes the only thing lighting their path. Lauren clutched onto Bo's hand as she led them through the narrow pathway, stumbling over a rock. She crashed into Bo's body which had come to an abrupt halt. She saw the blue orbs narrow at her, and a finger come up to the lips telling her to shush. Lauren shrugged her shoulders as suddenly they heard a shuffle of something up ahead. They inched forward silently, and thanks to a light up ahead, saw there was a turn in the cave a little ways further. Bo let go of Lauren's hand and quietly as she could, unsheathed her dagger.
Lauren took a deep breath and put her hand on the hilt of her sword, but didn't draw it. She watched as Bo inched closer to the turn up ahead. Bo could sense that there was someone or something around the bend, and she quietly as she could approached the cave wall. She positioned herself against the rock just as she saw the point of an arrow come into view. Whoever it was hadn't seen her yet, so she waited for them to get closer. The bow slowly came into view, revealing the strong grip of a man clutching it. As soon as enough arm came into view, Bo lunged out from the rock, seizing the man's arm and twisting it. The bow and arrow flew from the man's grip and he grunted in pain as she twisted his arm behind him, bringing the dagger up firmly to his throat.
The action had brought her out into the open, and she turned with the struggling man to see the rest of the group he was apparently in.
"Woah," Emma exclaimed as she turned at hearing the scuffle, only to find Robin being held at knife point by a mysterious stranger. The rest of the group had been unaware as well that Robin had heard something from around the corner, and suddenly two swords and a gun were pointed at his captor.
Lauren scurried out from around the corner when she saw Bo struggling and froze momentarily as she saw the group of strangers before her. It took her a moment to register this strange band of people in front of her, two pointing swords and one a gun at both her and Bo. Lauren scooted behind Bo and clumsily drew her sword out of its sheath.
"Let him go," Regina barked.
"I don't think so, lady. Not until you tell me just what the hell you all think you're doing here," Bo husked back. Robin was struggling slightly, but he knew this tall, strong woman had gotten the best of him.
"Who the hell are you?"
Bo looked over at the blonde who was pointing a gun at her. "I'll be asking the questions here. Like who the hell do you think you are, opening a portal to the underworld? Do you have any idea the damage you could do?"
Emma was losing her patience. "Look, lady, I don't know who you are, but we aren't here to let loose the hellhounds or anything. We're just here to rescue someone that shouldn't be here."
Bo furrowed her eyebrows. "Someone was dragged to the underworld without dying?"
Emma blinked slowly. "Well, no he died, technically, but he shouldn't...look, it's hard to explain. Just...let him go and we'll tell you all about it."
When Bo hesitated, Lauren put her hand on the woman's arm. "Bo," she said quietly. "Do it. We're not going to get anywhere pointing weapons at each other.
Bo thought for a moment, and when she saw the blonde re holster her gun and put her hands up, Bo relented. "Fine," she said as she removed the dagger and pushed the man away from her. "But one false move and I'll suck the life out of all of you."
"What?" Snow exclaimed in shock. Lauren cleared her throat and glanced at Bo. They knew nothing about these people, and if they weren't Fae, Bo shouldn't be revealing her powers to them. She looked back up as the pixie haired woman went off. "No one is sucking anything out of anybody. Now tell us who you are and what you want!"
Lauren creeped up next to Bo carefully and grabbed Bo's dagger hand, forcing her to lower it. "Fine. Okay? Fine, first lets all just," Lauren pulled the dagger out of Bo's hand who shot her a dirty look. Lauren looked at her sheepishly as Bo snatched it back and reluctantly sheathed it. Lauren looked on nervously as the short haired woman and the sandy haired man both sheathed their swords. "Good, good." Lauren looked around as the group looked on menacingly at her. The one who really bothered her was the brunette with the red lips. She was breathtakingly gorgeous, but judging by the look on her face was two seconds away from frying Lauren to a crisp. "Okay. Well, lets just start with you telling us just how exactly you were able to open a portal to the underworld."
"Well, how did you two get here? Why don't we first start with that?" Gold quipped. He ignored the daggers Emma shot at him from her eyes. She put her arm up to try and silence him.
"Gold, let me handle this," Emma glared.
"Right, because you've done such a smashing job of leading us thus far," Gold spat back.
Emma's anger raged to the surface."The only reason we are even HERE is because of you."
"Oh, really, Miss Swan. As I recall I'm not the one who-"
"STOP IT, both of you!" Regina wisely stopped this conversation before they gave up any more information than they should.
Bo and Lauren looked at each other in shock, utterly confused at this rag tag group before them.
Emma regained her composure and looked at the two women, who were looking on in wonder. She shook her head, trying to figure out how best to explain. "Look, it's really hard to explain, okay?"
Bo stood with her arms crossed. "Try us."
Emma dropped her shoulders and decided to just go with it. "Alright fine. Just bear with me, okay? This is going to be...hard to believe. My name is Emma Swan."
Regina couldn't believe that Emma was about to tell these strangers everything. "You're not going to trust them are you? Look at them, they look like vampire hunters! You can't just go and tell them, they could be working for him!"
Bo chuckled at that one. "Oh, trust me, we do not work for him."
"Really." Regina dead panned. "Because that's just what someone who works for him would say."
"Are we even talking about the same him?" Emma interrupted. "Look, Regina, we don't have to trust them. But it's clear we all know more than we are letting on about this, so it seems best to pool our information and work together rather than against each other, don't you think?"
Regina knew she should trust Emma. She just wasn't sure if they should tell these strange women about everything, including their ability to use magic. "I know you want to find Hook." Bo and Lauren looked at each other. "But do you really want to tell them everything?" She accentuated the last word, hoping Emma would get what she was telling her.
Emma glanced at the two women and picked up her arm, motioning toward the tall dark haired one. "Well, she just threatened to suck the life out of us, so something tells me she just might understand."
Bo had to bite back a smile and looked at her feet. She liked these two. It was clear who were the leaders of this group. Not to mention the banter between the two of them reminded her of her and Lauren. She looked back up as Emma began talking again.
"My name is Emma Swan and these," she motioned to Snow and David. "are my parents."
"Your parents," Lauren questioned. "Wow, you look good for your age."
"We were...cursed for 28 years. Frozen in time," Snow answered.
Bo glared at the long haired brunette. "By her."
Regina shifted uncomfortably and crossed her arms. She paused for a moment before glancing at Snow. "They deserved it." Regina quirked a smile at Snow who just shook her head and chuckled. It wasn't lost on any of them how amazing it was they could joke about this now.
"How did you know that?" Emma asked.
Bo let her eyes fall on each member of the group again, just now noticing the shy teenage boy in the back. He was eyeing her suspiciously. Her eyes went back to Regina. "I saw you in a vision. Shooting purple sparks or something from your hands. You're Fae, aren't you?"
Regina's arms shot to her sides. "I beg your pardon? What did you just call me?"
Bo's eyes shifted again as she noticed none of them knew the word Fae. "You have abilities. You're not human."
"I most certainly am human you pleather clad hussy," Regina spewed.
Lauren couldn't help the snort that accompanied her uncontrolled giggle, and her hand shot up over her mouth in a hurry. She smirked when Bo shot her a dirty look and blushed. This woman certainly was a spitfire.
"Regina," Emma chided. She looked apologetically at the dangerous looking woman who was ready to pounce. She cleared her throat as she tried to keep her eyes off the generous amount of cleavage the woman was offering, and knew it was exactly why Regina had called her a hussy. Emma hadn't seen that much boob since she met the Evil Queen during the shattered sight spell. Seems Regina had some competition. "Look, you're right. Regina can use magic. So can I, and so can he," she said as she pointed toward Gold.
Bo was confused. "Magic."
Emma nodded. "And...there's more."
Snow shook her head. "Emma, just don't, it's too much."
"No, no. Please continue," Lauren said, her face expressionless. She had to hear this.
"My parents...are...Snow White and Prince Charming," Emma said slowly, face blushing.
David smiled, realizing how ridiculous it sounded. "You can call me David."
Bo and Lauren stood frozen, taking it in. "I see," Bo said slowly. She looked over at the brunette who looked thoroughly unamused. "So that makes you the Evil Queen."
Regina narrowed her eyes. "FORMER Evil Queen. I'm reformed. Sort of."
Lauren was yet to blink.
"Ah huh," Bo said. "And the rest of you?"
Robin took a step forward and bowed slightly. "Robin of Locksley."
"Bow and arrow, right. Robin Hood. Okay," Bo smiled politely and looked over at the impish man Emma had called Gold. "Gold. Let me guess, King Midas?"
Gold took a step forward, and Bo suddenly noticed the large scabbard handing off his belt. Something about this man didn't sit right with her. The man also bowed, but more dramatically and sarcastically. "Rumplestiltskin, at your service."
Lauren groaned and turned in a circle, rubbing her temple.
Bo looked over at the young boy and nodded. "And who are you, Mickey Mouse?"
"My name's Henry. I'm their son." His thumbs pointed in either direction, and Bo looked back and forth between Emma and the Evil Queen.
Emma suddenly took a short step forward. "I'm his biological mother. Regina is his adoptive mother." Bo and Lauren lifted their eyebrows and nodded in understanding. After a short awkward moment Emma blurted, "It's complicated."
"No, no, makes perfect sense to me," Bo said as she smiled at Lauren. So, Snow White's daughter was involved with the Evil Queen. And she thought her life was complicated.
Emma ignored the implications of her explanation and how she could tell this conversation had gotten awkward quickly and continued. "We are here to save my boyfriend, Killian-"
"Boyfriend?" Bo was really confused now.
"Y-Yes. What?" Emma asked.
Bo looked back and forth between Emma and Regina. "Nothing I just thought-nevermind."
"Hook," said Lauren as she remembered the earlier conversation. "As in...Captain Hook?"
The group nodded slowly and Emma couldn't help but blush again. It wasn't too long ago that she herself would have found all this crazy. "Look, I know it's hard to believe, but there it is. Now it's your turn."
"Wait, wait, you're serious?" Bo asked incredulously. "that's seriously the story you're going with?" When she got no response, she scoffed. "Okay, so how exactly did you get to the underworld?"
Emma looked sheepishly around at her travel mates, knowing this was just getting more and more ridiculous as it continued. She looked up at the woman and blushed. "Would you believe...Excalibur?"
Bo let out a single laugh from her smiling face and moved her head in a circle before finally deciding on a nod. "Yes. Yes I would, because... why not." She and Lauren shared looks and shook their heads. Bo thought for a moment and then threw up her arms. "You know what? Lets just go with it. Your story may sound strange to us, but no doubt ours will sound odd to you as well." She took a few steps forward, lessening the gap between herself and Lauren and the group. "My name is Bo Dennis. This is Lauren Lewis. And I...am not human. I'm what's called a Fae."
"Fae?" Regina asked. This was certainly not something she was familiar with.
Bo took a deep breath before continuing. "Fae are humanoid creatures who poses certain...powers. We're an ancient race that has lived amongst humans for centuries, feeding off them. "
"Feeding off? As in you eat people?" Regina asked.
Bo nodded. "There are many different kinds of Fae, and we all feed differently. But yes, humans are our food source."
Emma was almost afraid to ask. "So...what kind of Fae are you?"
"I am a succubus," Bo explained.
Emma's eyes shot up. "A suck-you-what now?" Snow reached over and covered Henry's ears, which he swatted away.
Lauren shifted, understanding just how uncomfortable this conversation was about to become.
Bo half smiled. "A succubus. I feed off the sexual energy, or the chi of humans."
Snow shifted uncomfortably and turned red.
Regina scoffed. "You're a sex fairy?" She noticed Robin smiling and glared at him. Robin quickly squashed the smile and cleared his throat.
Bo rolled her eyes. "Not exactly. I just...feed off of the energy."
David laughed lightly. "Brings new meaning to the words 'killer in the sack'!" He laughed until he saw the look his wife shot him. His smile quickly faded as well.
Bo was unamused but smiled anyway. "Yes. I see where they got the charming part from. I don't actually kill people. At least, not unless I have to. Thanks to Lauren and other Fae friends, I've learned how to tame my powers, use them to feed without killing anyone."
Regina looked the blonde up and down. "What about you?"
Lauren threw her hands up in defense. "No! No, not Fae here! Just, regular old person here. No magic wielding, human eating person here, juuuuust...human Doctor Laura here. No-just, human woman," she slightly pulled up on the hilt of her sword. "Just, a normal, sword wielding human, following my succubus girlfriend around, fighting evil."
Snow's eyebrows shot up. "She's your girlfriend?!"
Regina scoffed. "What are you, a massochist?!"
Lauren laughed nervously as she felt Bo bristle.
Emma felt the tension and decided to try and squash it while she could. She couldn't very well save Killian if Regina got them in a succubus battle just by being...well by being Regina. "Okay, okay, look. Now that we have the...odd origin stories out of the way, let's get on to the saving Hook thing. How did you know we were here, and can you help us?"
"Oh yeah," Bo remembered. "There's one more important detail I forgot to mention. Hades? The King of the Underworld? I'm his daughter."
