AUTHOR'S NOTE: There's a wee bit of salty language in this part, just to let you know.
CHAPTER NINE
Lauren pounded on the steering wheel as traffic ground to a halt. She looked at her watch. She should be at Bo's by now. "What the Hell is going on?"
Jacob leaned out the passenger side window. "I think there may have been an accident up ahead," he told her.
Lauren was relieved to have Jacob with her; she had no idea what to expect when they finally reached the Shack, and Bo.
"Come on, come on…" Lauren growled in frustration as she pulled ahead seemingly a few inches only to stop again.
Any other time, Lauren would have been concerned about those involved and potentially injured in an accident. She would have offered her help until emergency response crews arrived on scene.
This time, however, all she wanted to do was throttle the person who caused the accident in the first place; they were keeping her from Bo.
"Oh... fuck this!" Lauren yelled as she put the car in park, ignoring the blast of car horns coming from behind her. "Jacob, I can't wait any longer," she explained as she grabbed her medical bag from the back seat. "Just go up three blocks and make a left, if and when traffic starts moving again. You'll see a bright yellow car in front of a dilapidated building. That's where I'll be. I've got to go," she said before running down the block, leaving the driver's door ajar.
Jacob could only watch as Lauren's quick and long strides quickly took her past the accident and around the corner.
When Lauren disappeared out of sight, Jacob shimmied across to the driver's seat, closed the door and started the engine then eased the car forward a few feet.
'Where is she?' Kenzi thought as Bo groaned. "Oh shit!" she cried out and jumped back as Bo got sick vomited again. "Dude! Your shit is yellow... why is it yellow?" she gulped.
"It's... bile. She has... nothing left... in her stomach," Lauren choked out as she arrived in time to hear Kenzi's comments.
"Geez... give a bestie a little warning why don't you!"
"Bo... sweetheart," Lauren said catching her breath. She gasped when Bo leaned back in the car; the skin around her eyes and nose were blistered and raw. "Kenzi, what the Hell happened?" she asked as she opened her medical bag. She reached in and brought out a vial of Ativan. Drawing the correct dosage into a syringe, Lauren then prepped a patch of skin on Bo's arm with an alcohol swab and injected the needle. "This will help with the nausea."
"Bo and I were working on a case."
"What kind?" she asked as moved Bo slightly to flush her face with saline solution.
"You know," Kenzi began explaining. "The guy is cheating on the wife, we get some candid picture; simple stuff."
"This does not remotely look like the outcome of a simple case."
"I know, I know," she answered, throwing her arms up in disgust.
"Bo, honey, can you hear me?"
"Lauren," she whimpered. She wanted to see her girlfriend's face so badly, but she knew if she opened her eyes, she would get sick again.
"Hey," she said softly. "I gave you an injection that should help with the nausea, but it may make you sleepy."
"Yeah," Bo mumbled.
"Bo... I know you won't like this, but you need to feed from me right now. It will speed up the healing process," Lauren explained.
"Don't want to," Bo stubbornly refused.
"Baby, please, you're hurt and unless you want to feed from Kenzi," Lauren shot Kenzi a look.
She nodded. "You know you want it BoBo," Kenzi said.
Lauren mouthed a quick, 'Thank you.'
"I love you Kenz... but swapping spit is as far as I go..."
Lauren's eyebrows rose.
"You so loved it Succuho," Kenzi quipped as she thought back to the time she slipped Bo a contact lens in a deep kiss at Hecuba prison.
"Ohhh… don't make me laugh."
"Sorry Bo."
Lauren looked at Kenzi who simply shrugged. "Bo..."
"Okay, okay. But you're going to have to come closer. I don't think it's safe for me to move too much yet."
"Of course," Lauren agreed. She leaned into the car and gently took Bo's head in her hands. "I'm ready."
"I love you Lauren," Bo whispered, hating that she had to use Lauren this way, but knowing deep down it was necessary.
"I do too," Lauren replied. She felt her eyes close and moaned.
Bo's eyes snapped open and flashed blue. She reached up, took control and held Lauren's head steady as she partook of Lauren's chi.
Kenzi was watching them, not in a pervy way, but to keep Lauren safe.
Bo would want her to.
There were times when Bo had been injured that she sometimes got to the point of no return and lost all self-control when feeding; Kenzi was aware of the warning signs and was watching for them.
Lauren's arms went slack as Bo continued to take more chi.
"Oh crud balls," Kenzi cried out when she saw Lauren's arms drop to her sides. "Okay Bo, back off..." she said as she grabbed Lauren by the waist and pulled.