Bo and Hale
"Bo you have got to be kidding me! Hale sighed.
"I am not kidding, and you know this. Now put this on, we don't have much time". Bo said throwing a suit at Hale.
"But Bo..". Hale sighed again.
"Had you freed her when she asked, she wouldn't have been in this position. Now get dressed or I'll make sure you stay in this suit, forever". Bo pushed Hale into the men's room and took a seat just outside of it. If she left, Hale would likely try and run off. Bo was tired of running. Tired of being in search of someone that was so close to her only a matter of days ago.
She shivered as goosebumps formed all over her body. Someone knows something, but nobody was talking. Not to her anyway. Who would want Lauren to forget Bo? She had only been in the Fae world a few years, and it still reeked of secrets. Had she been too sloppy with her feelings for the Doctor? Had some outsider found her weakness and took her away?
The Norn? No, she's not exactly an enemy of Bo's. She shook her head. Maybe it's an enemy of theirs. But who? Who had they pissed off, and lived to do something about it? She grabbed her head and shook it again.
"Happy now? Hale groaned as he stood in front of Bo.
"Good enough". Bo said as she stood and dragged him out of the house.
They pulled up to an old looking house. "You know what to do". Bo said quietly.
Hale shook his head and climbed out of Bo's Hummer. How the hell she got one so quickly was shocking to Hale.
He climbed the stairs and knocked on the door. After a few minutes, an older gentleman opened the door.
"Hi. I'm a friend of your daughter's. Is she home? Hale asked sheepishly.
"Karen hasn't been here in a long time. Her mother and I assumed she died long ago". The older gentleman said.
Karen? Who the hell is Karen? Hale thought. He pulled a picture out and asked the man if the woman is this Karen he spoke of.
"Yes, that's our daughter. Our only daughter, she's not here. Please call me if you find her. You look like a cop but more like an undertaker". The old man spoke softly.
"I will find Karen for you. I promise". Hale tipped his hat and hurried out of the house, and down the stairs.
"Well? Bo asked.
"They haven't seen her. Bo there's something you should know". Hale slammed the door shut.
"What is it? Bo asked.
"Her name isn't Lauren. It's Karen. Unless Karen's her middle name. The old man that answered the door is her father. He said they haven't heard from her in so long, they assume she's dead". Hale replied.
"I don't care what her name is. My fireplace is full of fake names. Lauren's not dead. I would know it. I would feel it". Bo's eyes flashed blue and back to brown.
She sped Hale home and he hopped out. She didn't wait for the passenger door to close before she took off again. She had another idea and this idea could not wait. Lauren can't wait. Bo can't wait. The Doctor is a human. Not that the Succubus cares about that, but she doesn't have as long to live as Bo does. The less they're apart, the lesser Lauren has left to live.
She pulled up and jumped out. She stormed into the building and screamed. "Kenzi! Get down here! Now!
She stood in place until she heard feet sounding like they were tripping down the stairs.
"Bo?! Kenzi ran down half naked.
"I don't care about that. Sit down, we need to talk". Bo said coldly pointing at the couch.
Kenzi grabbed a blanket and draped it over her shoulders. She sat far from Bo. The Succubus was not far from her mind either. The woman was worse than Aife. She had been kicking Trick's ass for hours as they sat on the couch. Well she sat, Bo was still standing and didn't look like she was going to sit.
"You said when you didn't remember me, you had a compass, when you fiddled with it, you finally remembered me. What happened to the compass? Bo asked angrily.
Kenzi lifted her head at the tone in Bo's voice. It was cold and unfeeling. Everything Bo is not.
"I…I threw it away". Kenzi shyly moved to the other end of the couch away from Bo.
"Where? Bo asked.
"On the outskirts of town. In an abandoned area." Kenzi had yet to make eye contact, but Bo stepping towards her made her look up.
"Then get dressed in two seconds". Bo said as she threw an old t-shirt at Kenzi.
Kenzi pulled the oversized thing over her head and grabbed her boots.
Bo waited in the Hummer. She stared that old clubhouse and wondered why she ever lived there. She had seen Lauren's childhood home and it looked better. Her father is an old man and he was dressed better. What could someone as poor in wealth as Bo offer a Doctor? She shook those thoughts off once Kenzi jumped inside. She punched the address Kenzi gave her into her GPS and followed it.
A little over an hour later, they arrived. Bo jumped out and looked around. If there was once a building there, it was gone. There was no trashcan to be found either.
"You really shouldn't lie to me, again Kenzi". Bo turned and stomped towards her vehicle.
"It was here. Bo I swear it was". Kenzi put her hands up to stop the woman from getting closer.
Bo shook her head and pulled a flashlight from her glove compartment. She walked around the Hummer and turned it on. There is plenty of grass for it be hidden in. After two hours, she threw the flashlight in anger. She had reached another dead-end. She drove Kenzi home and didn't stay for pleasantries.
She drove a mile before she pulled over again. Think Bo think she thought. The Light Fae wouldn't harm Lauren unless she'd been openly defiant. But she wasn't exactly harmed either. She looked well. She didn't look like she'd had anything done to her. Hell, she looked happier than Bo had ever seen her. Lauren is free, and Bo is imprisoned with a love that only rings true to her. She started her Hummer and drove off.
Lauren and Crystal.
Lauren rolled her tongue in her mouth and spoke. "I am so sorry we had to up and leave again. I just got a weird feeling".
"There will never be a need for you to apologize. I am not going to hold anything against you or throw it in your face. And what a beautiful face it is". Crystal kissed Lauren's hand. She didn't like that the Doctor looked so rattled, but if it meant they're freedom. They're true freedom, it will be a price they will have to pay. The woman would do anything for the Doctor, without ever expecting anything in return.
"Crystal." The Doctor sighed. "Are you sure you don't want to go home? Or is there somewhere that I can drop you? They will never stop coming for me. I am sure that Succubus is still looking for me. They are the more powerful Fae. Which means they have a lot of ways to get information out of anyone. I can't trust her not to take your life. You're a stranger to her".
"I would never rest with you on the run Lauren. I am here because I want to be. Not because I need to be, because I want to be. There is no way I am leaving you behind to fight these people alone. If you say they are coming, that's good enough for me. Besides I have contacts too. We can hide for as much and as far away from here as we want to go or be". Crystal spoke softly.
Lauren sighed, and Crystal squeezed her hand even harder. She didn't deserve the woman in front of her. At least with Nadia, she didn't ever have to know about the Fae. But Crystal does and accepts the danger willingly. Like Lauren gave up her freedom willingly to save the woman she loved.
"I don't deserve you Crystal. You deserve to be free of the mess I created a long time ago. You know Nadia died in this world too. We are humans but we aren't even safe in our own world". Lauren said softly.
"Come on. Let's go out and get some air." Crystal pulled Lauren off the couch and walked out of the door and up a flight of stairs.
"What is this? Lauren smiled.
"We have the night air. We have the stars, and you my dear Scientist, can use this telescope to look at them". Crystal walked around to the other side of the telescope and ran her hand up and down it.
Lauren smiled as she looked down. This is exactly where she needed to be. Crystal must have done all of this when Lauren napped earlier. They had wine, snacks, and the sounds of nature for Lauren to look at the stars. She had them all memorized down to the location.
She stepped to the telescope, kissed Crystal and stood behind it.
"I'll pour some wine". Crystal nodded and walked over to it. She handed Lauren a glass and flopped onto a leather loveseat. She looked up at the stars with her bare eyes. They looked so far away. As far away as Lauren had been all those years ago. She never thought she would find a love like this. One that is worth everything she is sacrificing for.
When the Doctor tired of looking at the stars through the telescope, she eased onto Crystal's lap and they both stared at them.
"We can stay up here for as long as you like". Crystal whispered.
Lauren nodded and gently pushed back into Crystal's arms. This is nice. Peaceful. Quiet. Every good word to describe the comfort she was feeling at the moment. They are safe here.
No Fae had ever taken any interest in the stars. Plus, they were on the roof of a private suite under fake names. Lauren has so many new and old wigs. She even used socks to make herself look like a man. They were being as careful as the Doctor had ever been.
She needed to be smarter, and she was. They booked their suite for a week or less. But had plenty of supplies and food to keep them fed, comfortable, and never needing a reason to leave their room.
The Dal
"So, what is your candy ass hiding from Isabeau? Did you wipe out Lauren's memory of Bo with your blood? Aife stood over Trick. She twisted this tie from right to left.
"Of course not. You know there is always some horrid aftermath once I write in my blood". Trick stepped backwards.
"That better be true because you will choke on your own blood if you did this to Lauren". Bo said from behind them.
"Bo! I didn't". Trick rounded behind the bar.
"I need to find a memory Fae. I know you know of one". Bo seethed.
"I don't know of any Fae that want Lauren's memories of you wiped out". Trick said honestly.
"But he knows of a future Fae don't you daddy? Aife snapped. The man had been sweating since she arrived earlier that afternoon.
"I'm sorry a what? Bo asked.
"Rainer. He has foresight. He could tell you if Lauren is ever going to come back to you". Aife explained.
"No. That would be too painful to hear. I just want her to remember me. Remember us". Bo said.
"Your Succubus still refusing? Aife asked.
"I haven't gotten close enough to Lauren to try". Bo lunged forward, and involuntarily slammed her head on the top of the bar.
"Well she warned you again didn't she? Aife laughed.
"Mom please". Bo sighed. Trick handed her a towel for her bloody nose. She found a stranger and quickly healed.
"You learned to do that without sex? Trick scoffed.
"I have known how to do that for weeks". Bo groaned.
"So, what next then? Aife asked.
"I'm out of ideas. I tried to find the compass Kenzi and Dyson used to remember me. But the trash can Kenzi threw it away in, wasn't where she said it was". Bo sighed. "It has to be Evony. She was seen around the diner just before Lauren left".
"Then let's go ask her." Aife laughed as she pulled Bo from her barstool.
"She won't tell us anything. I can't use my Succubus. Not even to pulse anyone. I think she thinks I'm warming up to try and pulse Lauren again". Bo said as they walked out.
"But I can use mine". Aife laughed as she jumped into Bo's car.
They pulled right up to the Dark Fae compound doors. Bo jumped out and punched a few guards to get out of her way.
"Who the hell let you in? They will be fired as soon as you leave". Evony rolled her eyes. One Succubus was a pain in the ass. Two are a pain in the puss.
"I don't want to be here any longer than we have to be". Bo turned to Aife.
"Okay. But I wanted to taunt her for a bit". Aife laughed as she chased the Morrigan around her desk. Bo grabbed her, and Aife pulsed her.
"Who wiped out Lauren's memory of Bo? Aife pulsed the woman so hard, her whole head turned red.
Kenzi
Kenzi ran up the stairs, locked her bedroom door and pulled her phone out. "Tell me you are close to finding Lauren".
"Kenzi. I told you. I am not looking for Lauren. Bo's on a path, I am staying off of". Dyson laughed.
"Dude. You have to find her. Bo is only looking for her to help her remember her. You know what will happen if and when she does". Kenzi settled on her bed.
"I am not going to look for Lauren, Kenzi. I can't. It would push Bo further and further away from me. She doesn't want me involved". Dyson said.
"Dyson. I didn't get your love back for you to give up on Bo like this. She and Lauren are broken up. She hadn't made a choice yet. Let her make one. Go find Lauren. You deserve to know either way". Kenzi said.
"She chose Lauren Kenzi. She told me after her Dawning. We are just friends". Dyson replied.
"You don't sound too convincing." Kenzi slammed a shot.
"She told me she loves her Kenzi. Bo has never said those words to me. I'm out of the running". Dyson groaned. While his wolf was salivating to sleep with Bo again, he knew the Succubus in her would snap his balls in two.
"But you see the way she looks at you. Her eyes practically scream it". Kenzi noted.
"No. That's not the same. I want all of Bo, or none of her". Dyson slumped on his bed.
"She will need to feed. You know she will come to you for that". Kenzi said.
"And I will deny her. For the second time in my life, I need to go against my nature and leave Bo be". Dyson turned his beer bottle up and swallowed it all in one gulp.
Kenzi sighed. She thought about that gooey shit she had gotten on her arm from dealing with the Norn. Inari had kidnapped her. Something good needed to come out of her sacrifices. There is nothing wrong with her wanting Dyson to get back together with Bo. The woman is single. The man is single. They need to get together and mingle. Bo needs it more than Dyson does. She has worked for almost twenty-four hours a day looking for Lauren. She needs some relief.
Bo, Aife and Evony
"Hey bitch! Wake up. I didn't pulse you to put your ass to sleep. Answer Bo's question". Aife laughed as she slapped the woman.
Evony's eyes rolled around in her head. She was seeing the Succubus, but she wasn't really seeing her. The room was spinning. She thought she was seeing three people as fast as her head was spinning.
"Well? Bo asked.
"Okay. Okay. I will talk. Let me go". Evony mumbled.
"Not a chance. I let you go, and your skinny ass would run out of here. I am not going to chase you in my new heels". Aife laughed. She pulsed the woman again, and the Morrigan shivered at the touch.
"Better answer me before my Succubus takes over. She won't let you breathe one more second". Bo gritted her teeth. Being without Lauren was stirring her insides. There is a deep, and hollow gap in her life, that only Lauren can fill.
"Lauren. She's the reason she can't remember you". Evony coughed out.
"Bullshit! There is no way Lauren would make herself forget me! Bo snapped as her eyes turned blue.
"Taft's". Aife said softly.
"What about him? Bo asked angrily.
"His compound was littered with everything Fae. She was his doctor. If she found something, she might have used it". Aife answered.
Bo felt sick. She left the room and the building. Once she was outside she threw up. Why would Lauren want to forget her on purpose? Had she said too much in front of Taft? Had she said too little? Did she see Bo again before she left? Did she see her walk out with Tamsin? The woman she loves must not want her to do this to herself. She knew for sure it had worked because Lauren's aura was pure truth. She threw up again at the thought.
"Isabeau". Aife said softly.
"Can you drive? I can't stop crying". Bo sobbed into her hands and pulled her keys from her jacket pocket.
"Okay". Aife said softly as she took Bo's keys from her. The women climbed into the Hummer and didn't say much to each other for the first few miles.
"You know what this means". Aife said.
"I know. If Lauren did this to herself, she won't remember she did it. She's the only one that can reverse whatever she's done. The bigger question is, should I let her go? She doesn't remember me. I'm nothing to her. She's happy with Crystal. But I'm miserable without her". Bo said.
"Only you can decide that sweetie". Aife said softly.
Bo burst into tears again as Aife turned down another road. She gritted her teeth and wiped her tears away. "Take me back to that diner. It's closed and should be ripe for a break-in. There has to be something there that would give us a clue as to what Lauren did to herself". Bo said.
"Taft's compound is empty too. Maybe she's been there while you were looking for her." Aife responded.
"Then go there! Bo snapped. She felt like she was hyperventilating. Her Succubus had stopped stirring. They both know this is going to be one hell of a fight. Lauren, what have you done? She whispered.
TBC.