The Party
Aife was busy walking around speaking to Fae that she knew, and their dates. She licked her lips, some of them looked scrumptious enough to drain right in the spots where they stood. She winced when she bent down to shake one Fae's hand. He was a little shorter than Trick, but far kinder than the Blood King ever was. Damn it, she thought as she stood back up. She had forgotten about Charlotte jumping on her back, paws first.
She laughed as she excused herself, and pulled a few random Fae into the next room to feed. She wasn't sure how deep the cuts were, but knew it was enough to annoy her. An hour had passed and the fuckers are still alive. The Succubus could not figure it out. She has never lost her touch. Never. She could drain anyone on command practically.
"What kind of Fae are you? Don't you have Chi inside of you?! The Succubus asked angrily.
"I don't know. I've never been fed from by a Succubus before". Arnold laughed.
"Oh so you're a dud. Fine. Get back to the party". Aife said pushing the man out of the room.
The other two turned back to the Succubus horrified that they were about to meet their untimely death after living for thousands of years. This is how it was going to end? In the home of the unaligned Succubus, her mate and kids. Well this is going to be embarrassing.
"Now! Aife screamed pointing towards the ground.
"You go first Charles. You look stronger than I am". A woman said pushing him towards Aife.
"No. No. I insist. Ladies first Robin". Charles said pushing her to Aife.
"I don't have time for this bullshit. I will drain the both of you at once". Aife said gripping both Fae by their necks and tried to pull their Chi.
"Nothing. Damn it! Aife screamed as she dropped both Fae to the floor and stormed out of the room.
"What did she mean by nothing? Pretty sure I'll have fingernail polish in my blood stream as tightly as she was squeezing my neck". Charles groaned.
"Lets get the fuck out of here before that crazy bitch comes back". Robin said.
"Leave? Did you see the spread? Food for days". Charles laughed licking his lips.
"Either you stay and eat the food, or we will be food". Robin replied pulling him out the room.
"At least let me grab a plate to go". Charles groaned.
"Always thinking with your stomach and not with your brain". Robin laughed as she left the man to the party. She however was getting the fuck out of dodge. She was sure her hosts wouldn't miss her, as she had never met them before. Only heard about them. The rumors were true. The Succubus and her mate are beautiful. Their kids are the spitting image of the both of them. But still she wanted no part of this party, and quietly took her leave.
"What do you want to eat huh Charly? Bo cooed holding her daughter in her arms, as they overlooked the long table filled with every food imaginable.
Charlotte was unimpressed and looked around the room. Bo bounced her in her arms as they walked towards the end of the table, taking bites from just about every plate and tray.
Charlotte roared when Aife plucked her from Bo's arms. Ethan and Dillon ran over after hearing their sister, and roared at Aife's heels as she carried the young shifter into the next room.
"Mom?! What the fuck? Bo screamed following them.
"What's going on? Lauren asked running over.
"She just took Charlotte from me with no warning. Obviously she was content where she was, finally". Bo said. She was slowly gaining Charlotte's trust again. Now she had been literally stripped from her own arms. She wondered if Charlotte would be holding that against her too now.
"Ok, Nana's little badass. Remove it". Aife said putting Charlotte down on the nearest table.
Bo winced when she heard Charlotte's paws scratching the surface. She knew she was about to launch herself at Aife.
"No Charlotte! Lauren screamed.
"Mom seriously. We have guests, so what the hell is going on? Bo asked now rubbing Charlotte's back. Trying to calm her.
"I can't feed, and Nana's little shit is going to remove her thrall". Aife laughed. She shook her head. She had taken the one thing Aife valued most from her, her delicious power to kill.
"What? Mom she doesn't know how to stop a Succubus from feeding". Bo laughed.
"You need an example? Stay right here". Aife stormed out and grabbed the nearest Fae.
"Mom..don"t. Bo said with her eyes widening.
"I won't because I can't". Aife said after her demonstration was over.
"What the actual hell? Bo gasped.
"Now. Like I said Charlotte, reverse it". Aife laughed again. What the fuck? Seriously.
"All she did was jump on your back Mom. There is no way she thralled you or took your Succubus away". Bo gasped again. She swallowed hard, thinking she is a Succubus too. She thought about all of those times, she pulsed Charlotte, and she pulsed her back. She was currently pulsing her now and immediately removed her hand.
Lauren stood in disbelief. Even though she knew anything was possible with the Fae and their kids, she didn't know they could thrall a Succubus as powerful as Aife.
Bo walked over to Lauren and kissed her dead on the mouth. Lauren opened her mouth and after a few minutes, she pulled back, immediately knowing what Bo was up to.
"Whew. Ok. She didn't thrall me". Bo laughed.
"Now Charlotte Nakedra Dennis Lewis, reverse it". Aife laughed again standing directly in front of the shifter. Ethan and Dillon hopped on to the table with Charlotte, standing on either side of their sister respectively.
"Charlotte what did you do? Lauren asked. She nearly stopped in her tracks when she looked at her funny.
"Nothing". Charlotte answered flatly.
"How the hell does she even know what nothing means? Bo laughed.
"It's probably her Succubus and you know they are well advanced for their age". Lauren answered as she walked over to the table.
Charlotte roared when Lauren pulled a light out from her pocket, and pointed it into her eyes.
"What's that about Lauren? Bo asked.
"Just checking her pupils". Lauren answered.
"And? Bo asked.
"They look completely normal. Well as normal as a shifter/Succubus and everything nice mixed in can look". Lauren replied picking Charlotte up. The shifter was protesting but Lauren's shifter would not allow her to jump out of her arms.
Ethan and Dillon jumped down and followed Lauren. The Doctor sat in the nearest chair and they stopped just in front of it.
"Charlotte. Your grandmother needs to feed. She will die, if she doesn't. So whatever you have done to her, you need to reverse it". Lauren said gently. She knew their daughter understood every word she was saying. If she already knew how to thrall, she knew how to reverse it.
"Careful Lauren. She might thrall you too". Bo said worriedly. This was a dangerous power for Charlotte to have especially at such a young age. She thought back to all the little animals she played with as a child. Did she thrall them too? She shook her head. None of that was going to help her mother or her daughter right now.
"Charlotte. Reverse it". Lauren said in a mixture of her Succubus and shifter voice.
Charlotte roared and jumped into Aife's arms. Taking both paws, she squeezed Aife's neck, reversed chi sucked her and pulsed her with her eyes shining blue.
Aife felt it all. Her strength coming back. Charlotte's shifter and Succubus roaring and growling at the same time. She watched as her eyes went from blue to golden brown a few times, and then Charlotte jumped down and ran out of the room with her brothers following her.
"That's. That's going to be a problem". Aife laughed.
"No it's not. We will just have to teach her not to do that unless it is absolutely necessary". Bo said checking on Aife.
"We will go and send someone back in, so that you can feed". Lauren said.
"No need to Dr. Lewis. I think mini Dr. Lewis healed me". Aife laughed bending over and back up.
"Are you sure? Bo laughed shaking her head.
"I'm easy like Sunday morning". Aife winked as she walked off.
Bo and Lauren walked out behind the Succubus holding hands. Both trying to comprehend what the hell they just watched. What they had been seeing since the kids were born. Bo had obviously seen more with Charlotte, but still all of this was still new to her.
Lauren roamed her mind trying to understand or find something that would explain their growing kids and their mastery of their powers. Does Charlotte stay up at night practicing when she is supposed to be sleeping? Lauren grinned already knowing that answer. Or course she does. She does it too, when Bo has fallen asleep that is.
She can't do that now. She can't fall back into her Scientist mind. Their children need her. All of her. Her mind. Her shifter. Her Succubus. Her. Bo needs her too. It still hurt and remains embarrassing that she didn't know she was pregnant with Charlotte. Leaving Bo to raise her alone. Imagining Bo curled up on a floor somewhere lost and confused on how to help their daughter. Now it was up to the both of them.
"We will help them Bo. Together this time". Lauren said squeezing Bo's hand.
"Where did that come from? Bo whispered.
"I just know it wasn't easy for you to raise Charlotte that first year. Having so many questions and being alone with those questions". Lauren sighed.
"Lauren. I'm ok. We are ok. They will be ok. Besides it was better for Charlotte to have one parent than neither of us right? It wasn't that bad. Yes I was lonely, but I never left your room or your side long enough to feel like I was alone. Charlotte was a good baby. She made it a lot easier than it looked". Bo explained as she held the door for Lauren.
"Ok". Lauren smiled kissing Bo's hand.
The women walked out and looked around. The party was still in full swing. People were mingling or eating. Aife was the center of attention, and she looked so serious.
"She's probably asking about the Una Mens". Bo said.
"Probably. Soaking every word for word up". Lauren laughed as she noticed Kenzi and Hale walking over to them.
"Hey when did you guys get here? Bo asked.
"Just now, and we need to talk". Hale said.
"What's going on? Lauren asked.
"This party, you don't need it. I have your answers right here". Hale said holding up a dusty, and old looking book.
"What is that? Bo asked.
"An old Una Mens log. They kept track of everyone that they killed. Everyone". Hale explained.
"Shit. Then we need to get all of these people out of our house, so we can look it over". Lauren said.
"Everybody out! Out! Out! Out! Those of you that are eating, take your plate to go! Bo screamed as she walked over pushing everyone towards the door.
"Isabeau. Mama's playing". Aife laughed.
"Yeah well, this mother is not playing. Everybody out! Bo screamed as she watched people run at the sound of her voice.
Aife laughed as people scurried past her and out the door. She was just starting to get some answers, but assumed by Bo's tone of voice, that she had found some too.
"Where are the kids? Lauren asked.
"In the backyard. I just saw them". Kenzi said.
"I'd better go and get them". Lauren said.
"No let me. Aunt K has been away, and I missed my niece and nephews". Kenzi said with glee.
Lauren nodded and turned her attention back to Hale. Bo and Aife walked over to them.
"What you got dog? Aife asked.
"I was able to get in contact with an old friend. When I mean old, I mean older than Trick. She assured me this was the last remaining copy, and that she had held on to it as security so the Una Mens wouldn't try and start shit with her". Hale said setting the book down on the table.
Kenzi and the kids
"Dilly Dilly, Ethan, and Charlotte. Aunt Kenzi is here to take you inside". Kenzi said clapping her hands and froze when she didn't see them where she had spotted them earlier.
"Hey! I'm too old for hide and seek! Kenzi laughed and froze again when she heard something or someone growling behind her.
She slowly turned around in a half circle. "Who the fuck are you?! Kenzi asked.
"I'm hers". The man said holding Charlotte.
"Bullshit and I suggest your ass put her down". Kenzi said."
She froze yet again when she heard another growl. Shit. Shit. It's time to retreat Kenzi. You're only human and the kids seemed to have done something you can't get them out of.
Bo, Lauren, Aife and Hale.
"So what do you think Lauren? Bo asked looking at the Doctor who had already sped her way through a few chapters of the book.
"It's pretty much A to Z in the Fae they've killed, errr we've killed". Lauren said.
"You aren't that old sweetie. They killed a lot of people". Bo said softly rubbing Lauren's shoulder.
"That's not just it Bo, we should all have these powers. Me, Charlotte, Ethan and Dillon. How the hell are we going to train them on things we don't know of or never heard of? Lauren asked.
"We train. We train you and them. We will get through this Lauren. You will see". Bo answered.
"Umm gals and my guy, we have a problem. Like big ones". Kenzi said running into the room.
"Kenzi where are our kids? Lauren asked slowly.
"They are in the backyard like I said, and they all have company". Kenzi said.
"What? And you left them there?! Bo screamed as she stormed off.
"You don't understand Bo, but you will when you see them". Kenzi sighed running behind deuce Succubus, shifter and siren.
"Charlotte, Ethan and Dillon, come to mama! Bo screamed as she crossed the threshold.
"Over there Bo". Kenzi whispered as she pointed in their direction.
"Awww what the fuck now?! Bo screamed.
"Do your thing Doc! Kenzi urged Lauren on.
Lauren shifted and roared towards the group. "Put them down! She said gritting her teeth.
There before the group stood a sun bear, a wolf, and a cheetah.
"It's ok mama. They are ours". Charlotte said patting the bear on the top of his head.
"Charlotte! You didn't! Bo screamed. The Succubus nearly fainted seeing their sons play with the wolf and cheetah.
Bo and Lauren stood side by side.
"Lauren I have an idea". Bo said with her eyes fully blue now.
"Lets try it". Lauren said as they slowly stalked towards the trio holding their baby shifters.
"Ready? Bo asked.
"Go! Lauren said as both women touched Charlotte's and Dillon's thralls, pulsing them at the the same time.
"Put them down". Bo said using her Succubus voice.
"Now I could have told you that wasn't going to work. Only the thraller can remove the thrall". Aife said seriously.
"Not like that mamas, like this". Charlotte said as she turned and removed her thrall.
"Easy Charlotte! Aife screamed.
Dillon and Ethan followed their sister's lead and removed their thralls.
"Get them! Bo screamed as Hale, Aife and Kenzi ran to scoop the kids up.
"I haven't snacked in awhile. Who wants to be my next one? Lauren roared.
"Get out of here and never touch my kids again! Bo screamed as she pulsed the animals, watched them shift back into human form and run off.
Bo collapsed in Lauren's arms. As big and as powerful as Bo is, she was still so sensitive when it came to threats on the children, even when they weren't actually in danger.
"Lets go inside". Lauren said quietly as she rubbed Bo's back.
"Mikayla's family is still out there too. There will always be threats". Kenzi said quietly as they all took a seat at the dining room table.
"I took care of that Kenzi". Aife laughed.
"Lauren I can read half the book, and you can read the other half, that way we will all be up to speed on the kids powers". Hale offered.
"No. I will read the other half. I'm their mother too. But thanks Hale". Bo said holding Charlotte. She wanted to curse and scream. This was her fault. Her kids had likely thousands of powers, and didn't know it yet, because Bo had left Lauren at Taft's. Everyone had been her priority, but the woman she loved. She wouldn't have left Kenzi like that, so why did she think it was ok to leave Lauren like that? She ordered Dyson to kill Taft, that's when she should have brought her mother and lover home. She fucked up and now they were all dealing with the aftermath.
She wasn't saying she was pissed off because they had kids, she would never think that, she was just pissed off that her kids were hurting and she couldn't do anything to protect them. So yeah. She would be reading the log Hale found. She would make loads of coffee and be caught up by morning if she had to be.
"It's getting late, you guys are welcome to stay". Bo offered.
"No thanks Bo. We have new clients to meet with in the morning". Hale said stretching.
"That we do". Kenzi smiled.
"Well thank you for bringing this by Hale". Lauren said holding the log up.
"No problem, I'm glad to help. Call if you ladies need anything else". Hale said drinking the last of his beer.
The trio watched them leave.
"Lets get the house cleaned up, and then we can bathe the kids". Bo said.
"Clean". Charlotte mumbled.
"You know what clean means Charly? Bo cooed. She smiled when the shifter nodded against her chin.
The Succubus and shifter sat still when they suddenly saw trash bags open up and every plate on the tables were emptied into them.
"What the fuck?! Aife laughed as she stood up.
"Mom language! Bo screamed.
"Clean house". Charlotte cooed again.
"That's right baby, we need to clean the house". Lauren cooed.
"No. No Charlotte no! Bo screamed watching her mother run to dishes about to fall to the floor.
"Screw it". Lauren said as she stood and grabbed every breakable plate off of the tables with Aife's help, and took them into the kitchen.
"Be good babies ok". Bo cooed as the three young shifters sat on the floor.
Once Bo rounded the corner they all ran over and ate crumbs that had fallen to the floor. Bo returned with a broom and dust pan watching them eat most of the crumbs up, before they noticed her and ran off.
Bo laughed as she quickly got to work sweeping up the hardwood floors. Two hours passed. The house and kids had been cleaned. Leaving them in their playroom, Bo and Lauren retired to the living room and sat near the fireplace.
Lauren fell back into Bo's arms as they went through the book together. Two hours has passed again and they had passed quite a few names that Lauren had recognized some genius shifters, and other powerful Fae.
"Add those powers and brains with yours and holy crap if we don't have a few Geniuses of our own". Bo cooed kissing the back of Lauren's head.
Both women jumped when they heard a bear growling.
"Shit! Bo said as Lauren climbed up off of her and ran to the playroom. Aife was already there and in hysterics.
"What the hell is going on? Bo asked as they neared the room
"It appears the Una Mens killed a few shape shifters too". Aife laughed. They all watched as Charlotte, Ethan and Dillon morphed into a sun bear, a wolf, and a cheetah.
"Shit". Bo said again.
"We've got work to do". Lauren said softly.
"Like pulling an all nighter with that log for starters". Bo nodded.
TBC