Lauren

Lauren returned to her hotel and the front desk. Once she checked out, she walked over to the elevator, entered it, and pushed the button to go up. Once the other guests arrived on their respective floors, she finally arrived on her floor. She walked into her room. Looked around it, and snapped her fingers. The next thing she felt was her foot on her gas pedal. She looked off into Bo's direction, and then sped away in the opposite direction.

She drove all night until she finally picked another hotel. Far away from Grimley and Toronto. Nobody would know her here, she will have plenty of privacy. Privacy. A foreign word to someone that has never known that for years. Not even during her relationship. She's a doctor. She's used to confidentiality. Privacy. But her recent love life was never private. She almost felt like a stripper. Naked body for all of the Fae, and the other human to see. To point at and laugh. Kenzi knew about them. Dyson knew about them. Trick knew about them. Tamsin knew about them. Bo would talk to everyone about their relationship, but Lauren.

So what truly gives her the right to want to break Lauren's confidentiality about her past? To try and force her to tell a complete stranger.

She checked in, put her bags down in her new room, and popped open a champagne bottle. Walking out to the patio, she took a seat. The morning view was beautiful.

When her breakfast arrived, she ate, and went back out there. She stretched her arms and returned to her seat.

Privacy. Where was the privacy when the Fae invaded her personal space, and eventually her body? Unlike Bo, Lauren never feared Hades powers. He was a bastard, but a smart one. He could've invaded Dyson's body. He could've invaded Tamsin's, but that wouldn't have worked because Bo had reconciled her relationships with them. Everyone but Lauren. On, and in the arms of Rainer, Lauren was nothing to her.

She was close to returning to the compound and sleeping with Evony to free herself. At first it was to protect Bo, but after their talk, Bo was going to be left to fend for herself. The Succubus had all the answers. A life none of them was ever going to be good for, until Rainer had been exposed and disposed of.

Lauren was going to stay where she is. Nobody will be able to find her. If she was honest with herself, that's a good thing.

Bo

Bo had returned to Sam's, showered and went to bed. It took her a few hours to finally fall asleep. The extremely hot water in her face didn't calm her mind at all. Her constant tears washed down the drain with the water.

She mentally kicked herself. Had she worked harder on her relationship, or made sure that Lauren understood that she was her priority, maybe the Doctor would've told her, she was also a military doctor too. So much in a short life, that Bo knew little about.

Trusted her with Nadia, she would've known about her sooner too. Truth is, on more than one occasion, Bo didn't really want to know. One hint of a lie or betrayal, and Bo kept her distance or cut off contact. She ran off after their first time. She left after their break. Without asking why Lauren was so unhappy that she wanted a break from Bo. But weren't they already on a break?

Bo wouldn't sit still for shit unless it was to listen to Dyson's latest case proposal. She'd listen to Dyson, but never Lauren. She'd even listened to him about Aife. Slept with him the same day. Promised Lauren a talk that didn't happen because she wanted to make it work with Dyson. Lauren didn't know that for sure, but she must have suspected it, when Bo didn't live up to her promise. How humiliating the doctor must've felt and feel now.

Morning had arrived, and Bo was awake again. The world looked different. The sun looked different. It didn't have the same shine as yesterday. She looked at the clock and knew Sam had been up for hours. Lauren too. Wherever she is. Bo had a feeling that the doctor didn't stay in town. But she did, and she is going to make the most of her time with the only father she's ever known completely. She showered again, and dressed.

Vex, Tamsin and Kenzi

The Mesmer was growing tired of his wards. The constant nagging and complaining about everything. Not enough cereal when he'd come to their hideout with ten boxes. The TV was too small, and the reception sucked. He wasn't about to splurge on a satellite or cable service. Nor was he going to make arrangements for free cable. If they wanted it, they were going to have to find jobs.

He is determined to get his clubs up and running again. Especially now that he had use of his hands again. He was determined to stay away from the the local Succubi and doctor too. He kind of felt bad for what happened to Tamsin, but she had gone behind his back to the Morrigan too many times, for his sympathy to last more than a second. He'd already caught them trying to break into one of his clubs. They never saw him hiding in the shadows when they tried to break in through the backdoor entrance. Using his Mesmer, he threw them on their asses and they jumped into a car Tamsin had swiped and sped back to the hideout.

Which is where they are now. To keep from drawing attention to the hideout, Vex had moved the car to an abandoned warehouse and screamed at them for trying to cause him grief.

"So how are we going to get a new TV now? Kenzi groaned as she ate her stale cereal.

"Either we get jobs and actually buy one or we won't get one. That bitch Aife wiped out the Fae compounds so there's nothing in those." Tamsin replied. She'd rather starve than eat shit cereal again.

"I'm never going to get a job with my real name, so we need to get some fake IDs if we're actually going to work now." Ken said throwing her bowl into the disposal side of the sink. If you could call that rusty thing a sink. This joint is worse than the clubhouse. Kenzi longed to live there again. But the Fae she's pissed off over the years, would pounce on her without Bo's claim. Which is far more luxurious than Vex's claim on her.

Tamsin scratched her head. She was starting to get as bored as Kenzi. Gone were the days she could punch a Fae for kicks, then cast doubt on them, so they'd forget about it. Trick, Dyson and Evony are gone, so she can't bust their balls either. She had never been claimed before and she already didn't like it. She still wanted to find out what Aife did to her. It pissed her off and nearly made her gag thinking the only doctor that she knows of, hates her in any form. Vex is her only contact in the Fae world and that sucked because he's an asshole. She had lost contact with Acacia and the woman wasn't all that happy with her. But she had to try and find her. "Let's go Kenz, I have an idea".

Kenzi didn't care what Tamsin was up to, at least they would be doing something.

Aife and Mason

Mason stood just behind the bar. The Succubus had entered and hadn't said more than give me a bottle. She was sitting at the farthest table, reading something that he couldn't quite make out. When he noticed her bottle was almost empty, he nodded for Lou Ann to take her another one. The woman bowed and quickly moved away from the table. If she was snippy with Lou Ann, she would be snippy with him too. Something is clearly troubling her, and he had to know what. They were dear friends and this Aife isn't Aife.

"Aife? Do you need anything? The shifter asked as he cleared his throat. He was fresh from a shower, so she couldn't be appalled by his funk.

The Succubus snapped her head up, and sighed.

"You wanted to kill her, didn't you? You wanted to kill Lauren.'' Mason said calmly. His shifter was detecting anger within the Succubus.

"If it weren't for Isabeau, she would've died. Hades was a bastard, but I know all of his tricks. Dr. Lewis is dealing with a lot, so I can let it go". Aife said quietly.

"I can go find her, if you wish". Mason offered.

"No. Leave her be. I don't want any of our people interfering with her either". Aife said as she slammed her latest bottle of wine. Wiping her mouth with a linen napkin, she stood up and walked behind the bar.

"How are Isabeau and Sam? She asked lifting her head.

"Our best people are providing them with whatever they need. Which apparently is a lot of quiet." Mason said watching Lou Ann preparing to open for business.

"Bring me Vex". Aife said waving the shifter out.

"Yes ma'am". Mason bowed and shifted.

Bo and Sam

The duo pulled over and laughed. Bo was getting really good at motorcycle riding. Sam had called a few bikers over to join them. After a few miles, they left Bo and Sam to ride alone.

Bo looked around. The view was beautiful. She set her helmet down and climbed off. She walked around the small open and took a seat. Sam followed her over and took a seat too.

"She just needs time". Sam said quietly.

"I know. I know. I just wanted to rest a bit". Bo said waving off Sam's concern. She would be lying to herself, if she couldn't admit she was thinking of Lauren. She was always thinking of her. Wanting to right every wrong the Fae had done to the Doctor, including Bo. To fix the broken pieces of her. But most of Lauren's scars are human inflicted too.

The Succubus wished she could've stopped every bomb. Every body part from falling off. Take each of Lauren's physical wounds away. Mend her mental wounds too. But she wasn't there. She didn't know Lauren then. She sat there wishing she had. She would've taken Lauren away from it all. But on the other hand, Lauren is a doctor. Born to help. The Fae had taken advantage of that and her. Nadia didn't know. Bo wasn't sure if Nadia was really Nadia. Her aura had been all over the place. Bo likened it to confusion from waking up from her coma. But she could've been the Garuda the whole time. The Succubus wasn't with them, so she couldn't confirm her suspicions then, or now.

Then Nadia died at Bo's hands. She couldn't stay there. She couldn't see Lauren break down over something Bo had done. The Succubus sat in her car staring at nothing until she started it, and drove home. Then she found Kenzi in her bed.

Clearing her throat, she looked around. This was a waste of time. They were past all this. They are a couple again. Bo sulking down memory lane was not going to help anything. If she wanted to help Lauren, she needs to help herself, and that meant spending some good productive time with Sam.

"Ready to ride again? Bo asked. She jumped up when Sam nodded. That's something else she needed to learn too. How to make him and Aife priorities, just as Lauren is. And the thing Lauren needs most is time alone, and Bo is going to give her that.

Lauren

The Doctor grinned as she paced back and forth. This is going to be fun. Something she wasn't in any position to do for years. She paced. Stopped. Then paced again.

"Why are you here? A voice asked quietly.

"You came for me. Now I've come for you". Lauren said seriously.

"Have you come to return them? If so they would be used wisely". The voice laughed.

"No. You gave them to me, and I will never give them back. You should've chosen an idiot as your host. I don't fall into that category". Lauren smiled.

"Why are you here! The voice screamed.

"Because I have some things to get off my chest. For over five years I was fucked over by the Fae. The cowardly Fae. The Fae that hid behind thrones, wolves, behind bottles of liquor like they were only a bartender. Behind titles like the Ash, and Morrigan. Behind curses that were placed on me and Nadia. Of course I wasn't in a pod, but I may as well have been because I was trapped…. chained to it. Behind dungeon doors because the little human Doctor had been disobedient. Behind a necklace, symbolizing my enslavement."

Lauren cleared her throat and started again. "Behind a desk that held the contract on my life. A life I didn't own outright anymore. Nothing was mine, but the air in my lungs. Which had been slapped out of me too. I'm here because you took my last breath. The very last one. Your actions made you as cowardly as the Fae, that I just described. I'm here because you really need to die. The evil that was in you, is also inside of me. Of course some of my wounds are human inflicted, but I signed up for those. Not the bullshit you put in me. I can honestly see why Bo's always feared her Succubus. Just another piece of herself that she couldn't trust. Until we met. Until she drained the Lich. Until she saved Dyson." Lauren cleared her throat again, and stopped to take some deep breaths.

"Unlike Bo. I know where you stop, and I begin. That's how I know as long as I allow the evil to breathe, I will never be free of you, Hades. So yes. I'm going to keep your powers. They are going to come in handy for years. But your evil stops here. You will not come for me. You will not come for Bo. You will not come for our family. Your dungeons, your chains, your necklaces and handprints, are gone, as of now! Lauren snapped as she removed Hades handprint from her chest.

The man screamed and wailed, watching the doctor come for him. He couldn't do anything. He was nothing but a spirit without his own powers now. The doctor took one long breath and blew his own handprint at him as it caught fire.

He screamed at her as the fire consumed his body. "She doesn't love you. Something or someone will always come first. My daughter is me. Her Succubus is mine. My creation. A perfect machine. She has no feelings. I will always control her. You will see me again! When I come for my grandchildren. Succubus after Succubus. I will control them. You are nothing! Nothing without me! He mumbled as the fire reached his mouth.

Lauren stood and watched until the fires burned the once powerful being down to nothing. She knew he was wrong. He was never going to hurt or haunt anyone else again. She felt better once she removed his handprint. Because some of her anger and darkness had been lifted. She left his realm and found an empty field to test every power still in her arsenal. She even discovered a few new ones. Once she did, it was fun to test them out too.

Once she had her fun, she turned serious. She still had demons that need to be dealt with. They won't be as easy as pulling someone's hand off of her.

Bo and Sam

"We don't have to be here, if you don't want to be. You don't have to be here, if you don't want to be." Sam said softly as he set his fork down on his plate.

"I'm okay. I'm just trying to think of what we can do next". Bo smiled softly.

Sam smiled. He knew Bo wasn't being completely truthful. But he wasn't going to push her. "Why don't we grab a cooler and sit outside. You always liked the night air. We could hit up a few pool halls. Or you can go home. I know your mind is already there".

"I just wanted Lauren to be here. So we could be doing things together. So that you could get to know her better. She's important to me, like you are. She's already close to mom. I just want all of us together. Like a family." Bo said digging into her plate.

"Bo we are a family. I know we're not all together. But I know how she feels about me. That's an extension of her feelings for you. I can go home with you, when you're ready. When you're both ready." Sam said quietly.

"I don't know when Lauren's going to be ready. I don't know when I'll be ready. She's in so much pain dad. I love her. I don't know what she really needs. I don't know if she even needs me anymore. I tried to help her, and it wasn't enough. Lauren shuts down when she's hurting. She gets cold and distant. But now she gets angry too. She was never like that before."

Bo stood up and walked to the nearest window.

"I know that you don't know all about my life. But I'm not a human. Lauren was, before my world took that from her. Before my real father took that from her. Lauren and I had fallen in love and had been a couple. Then I hurt her enough for her to leave me. I found different people to sleep with, and to throw in her face. She came to see me one afternoon. Spouting a lot of what I thought was bullshit about a guy that I had been dating. We fought, and that would be the last time that I saw Lauren as a human. Me and this guy left my old house to go and do some business, and I found Lauren's body in a field. Then she wasn't dead anymore. He had taken over her body and killed Rainer. He left Lauren's body, and she ran off. We've been hot and cold ever since. I'm not ready. When I see Lauren again, I need to be ready. But first I have to get myself right. Before I do something wrong again". Bo explained as tears slowly rolled down her face.

Sam kept the small distance between them. "Bo. I've known for years that you were never human. But even though you're not human, you will still make mistakes. I don't know every detail of your life with her. But looking at you now. I see your life with her. You know how to love. That's something most never learn how to do. You're giving her space. Something your curious and impatient mind has never been known for. She loves you. It's in your growth. It's in your soul. I wish I could live another hundred years to find a love like that. You're not going to be able to fix or protect her from everything that's happened to her or has yet to happen to her. Just love and listen to her as much as you can. It's when you stop listening, that should worry you. You have to be away from her now, and that's okay, because when she comes back to you, you'll both be better".

"Thanks Dad". Bo sobbed as she walked to hug the man.

"It'll be okay sweetie. Remember you thought of her when you were a wee little thing. Trust in that and her". Sam said rubbing Bo's back.

Once they freshened up, they headed out to find a pool hall. One to take Bo's mind off of everything, and two, Sam wanted to show her off again.

Aife, Mason and Vex

The Succubus angrily stood staring at Vex. "Before I rip your balls off, and stuff them in your eye sockets, tell me what you were doing at the clinic, Vex."

"Since you, the baby Succubus and Dr. Lewis, put me in charge of the human, and whatever Tamsin is now. They've needed, feminine things". Vex replied.

"You were going to steal tampons? Boy you better try another lie, and be quick about it". Aife said as Mason paced around the Mesmer in his panther form.

"I can't go to a drug or grocery store to get them! It's beneath me, and embarrassing". Vex groaned.

Aife rolled her eyes and walked over to him. Touching his face, she asked him again. When he told the same story, she thralled him to stay away from Lauren's clinic. He would also go and get his own shit from now on. She wanted to kill him, but that would make Tamsin and Kenzi hers. Screw that.

"Bring me Tamsin". Aife said and laughed as Vex ran off to get her.

Mason shifted and quickly dressed. "What now?

"Find me a competent Fae scientist. I want to know what Tamsin is." Aife said.

Mason nodded and pulled his phone out.

TBC