Lauren
Lauren and Bo had an excellent time out. By the time the night was over, Bo was a pro at slow dancing and the two step. They had returned to their hotel suite, watched one movie before Bo had to wake Lauren up for bed. Which is where the Doctor was when she heard a banging at the door.
Crawling out of bed, and pulling on her robe, she stumbled to the door still groggy from her sleep. She noticed Bo's room door was closed, but that didn't mean she was still there. Clearing her throat she asked who it was. Normally she would not do that, but it was nearly 3 in the morning.
Shaking her head, she started to wonder where the Succubus was after noting the time. Clearing her mind, she opened the door and gasped.
"Aiden? Bo? What the hell is going on? Lauren asked as she took Bo's right side while she leaned on Aiden.
"I know you are shocked to see me, I am just as shocked to see you, but...
"You know Bo? What happened to her?! Lauren screamed as they gently set the Succubus down on the couch.
"She found me a couple of days ago, I guess it was when the two of you checked in, I have been her regular feed. But tonight, she couldn't feed from me. She kept mumbling your name and I convinced the front desk to tell me the room number". Aiden explained.
"She can't or she won't? Lauren asked looking at the blue eyed Succubus. Bo hadn't even said a word yet.
"I don't know Doc. She's been like this ever since she first kissed me tonight". Aiden explained.
Lauren knew Aiden from her time with the Light Fae. He had been brought in by Hale late one night and she treated him and Hale took him away for his own protection. He was Dark Fae and Hale was aligned with the Light. Helping a Dark Fae could have doomed both the Detective and the Doctor. Aiden had fled to keep Hale safe and Dyson had started snooping around. Knowing how much Dyson was a stickler to LF rules and laws, he had to go.
Aiden's an Incubus, and he was a ladies man in every sense of the word. He was also a cop on the Toronto squad until he retired suddenly, never to be seen again, until now.
"Bo?! Bo? Can you hear me? Lauren asked holding Bo's head in her hands. Bo just stared straight ahead. All Lauren could hear was her slow breaths.
"Aiden would you mind if? Lauren asked.
"Way ahead of you Doctor. Here's a tube of my blood. I drew it once I realized what Bo was. Everything you should need is in this medical bag.
Lauren wanted to ask if he ever finished Medical School. He had been dabbing into it just before he retired. She found him to be one of the most brilliant, Fae she had ever met. He didn't mind that she was human, she helped him and that is all that mattered. As curious as she was, she needed to focus on Bo first.
When Bo didn't answer any of Lauren's questions, she gently laid her down on the couch. Aiden bid them both good-bye knowing what Lauren was about to and needed to do. She needed to make the serum she once treated the both of them with. She didn't need as much blood as he had supplied, but was grateful for it, in case something went wrong with the first batch.
She and Aiden had both played around with his blood when he was brought to her for help. Lauren won the contest in the brains department when she thought of the serum before he did. His curious mind wanted to know what she had done and she explained it all to him down to the last detail.
Bo was a different story. He had never treated a Succubus before and the way Bo fed from him told him, she wasn't your average Succubus. He knew if anyone could help Bo, it was Lauren. He lucked out when he found her name on a piece of paper in Bo's pocket as her emergency contact.
Once Lauren was set up, she went to work as quickly as she could while keeping an eye on Bo.
Later that morning.
Kenzi
Kenzi was fed up not knowing where Bo was. What was the use of being a Fae's claimed human if you didn't see the Fae for weeks? Sure she could go to the Dal and hangout but when Trick got busy, she lost her shoulder to cry on, so to speak. He often looked annoyed that she wanted to talk to him like he was a girlfriend. Trick didn't have many friends. Didn't need them being the Blood King and basically being the higher authority above all of the Fae.
Dyson wasn't answering her calls. She didn't understand that at all either. He had promised her on her death bed that he would take care of Bo once Kenzi died. Well Kenzi was dying now. Dying of boredom. Dying of starvation. Trick was feeding her, but his portions became less and less.
She'd gotten so bored, she had scrubbed the clubhouse from top to bottom with the radio volume turned all the way up. Sighing, she bowed her head and headed to the Dal. She was completely out of liquor and needed something to take the edge off of the possibility that Bo may never return off.
Dyson
After Kenzi left him, Dyson had been on the phone calling every shifter he knew, at least those that were still talking to him. Hale had even gone silent, and wasn't returning any of his calls. He didn't want to go into the station. Bo was his only case right now.
But if he was honest with himself, how was he going to find Bo and not find Aife at the same time? He just needed to get the young Succubus alone to talk. She always saw reason when he explained things. Look at Aife, he never told her that he suspected her mother was coming for her. Like the day of that country club case when who Bo thought was Saskia had stopped by. Aife was so close and Dyson didn't know it. Trick had showed him pictures of his daughter late one night when they were walking about Bo and her being the last of Trick's bloodline. Dyson knew the minute Aife stood in front of him at the precinct who she really was. He just didn't know she was that powerful. He never believed she was that crazy but as he understood it now, everything she did centered around Bo. Killing the Dark Fae Elder and then the Albaster, an arch enemy of all Succubi. Aife had done her worst on him, Dyson learned that once Bo called him to come and take the body away.
That's why he needs to find Bo. She's still so young and naive in the Fae world. She didn't even know what to do with a dead body other than leaving them in her bed.
He could have taught her how to control her feeding. But she was relying on Lauren for help too. He didn't like that. He had never once seen Lauren do anything for anyone that wasn't about the Ash. She had no sense of loyalty to anyone. She didn't even have lovers as far as he knew because he could never smell anything other than the stench of various dead bodies on her clothes and gloves.
What could she offer Bo that he can't? He can offer Bo longevity in a lover that Lauren simply cannot. He can offer her protection from the Fae that Lauren's little needles cannot. He can sustain her for hours and hours in bed when Lauren's little body cannot. He shook his head wondering why someone so powerful as Bo was wasting her time on a woman that had limited time. Thinking of Lauren's scent, he got an idea and headed out.
Aife and Sasha
"How did it go? Aife asked into her phone.
"She has been screaming and crying for hours. They put her in a cell with two huge women. I can't tell if she enjoyed herself or wanted out of there. But either way, she looked fucked up when last I saw her". Sasha explained.
"And now? Aife asked.
"She has asked to see her lawyer". Sasha replied.
"No lawyer is going to get her out of this. She will stand the full humiliating trial that she so deserves. There will be no appeal, nor a deal". Aife snapped.
"I am going to make my move tonight when she thinks she's in a better cell. In the meantime, what is it that you want me to do? Sasha asked.
"See if you can get in on that meeting or at listen in on it. I have matters on this end to attend to". Aife laughed.
"Yes ma'am". Sasha hanging up.
Aife didn't mind watching that situation unfold in Bo and Lauren's absence. Nothing pissed the Succubus off more than someone harming a child. Sure Aife had drained plenty adults in her lifetime but none of them ever had children at home. She knew what it must have been like for Bo not having her birth mother around. She wouldn't do that to another child, if she could avoid it. She had pulsed her feeds to tell her about their home life before she took their Chi.
Humans would probably think the Fae are all monsters and most of them are, but to kill an innocent child because you have issues with the mother is bullshit. Bo's father likely still wants Aife dead, but she would never abandon Bo for him again.
"Do you have it? Aife asked.
"Yes ma'am". Spencer answered.
"How much of it do you have? Aife asked.
"A lot. It took a bit of doing but everything has been set up nicely". Spencer said.
"All over? Aife asked.
"I went in just about every direction but yes ma'am, all over". Spencer answered.
Spencer was a jack of all trades Fae. He could and would do anything for money or in fear. Aife scared him more than anyone he had met in his thousand years of life.
"Now go". Aife said as she took a call.
"Yes ma'am". Spencer said and all but sprinted away.
"Ummm ma'am. We have a serious problem". Sasha said nearly panting in nervousness.
"I'm listening". Aife said stopping in her tracks.
"That stupid bitch wants Lauren to testify as a character witness". Sasha said and waited.
"What the actual fuck of all fucks are you talking about?! Aife asked angrily.
"She told her lawyer to summon Lauren. They want her to testify in Nadia's defense". Sasha said. Even over the phone, Aife was terrifying.
"Has Lauren been contacted yet? Aife asked angrily.
"No ma'am but they have already issued the subpoena". Sasha said.
"Damn and Lauren has to go. Shit". Aife sighed.
"I know. The nerve of that bitch. There is no way around this". Sasha said.
"I will call and alert Lauren. I have to be quick about it too. If Bo finds out we knew, before we tell them, it won't be good". Aife said angrily.
"I'm off to her cell. If she thinks she's in trouble, wait until I'm done". Sasha snapped.
"Sasha I have taught you well. Now go". Aife said hanging up.
Lauren and Bo
Lauren was finally finished with her serum. She had to rush on it and had freaked out a bit when Bo's eyes turned a different shade. But she had to focus. She is Bo's doctor after all.
She heard Bo's breathing slow way down. "I...I don't need a serum Lauren. I just can't feed. Aiden and I tried...well we almost...". Bo panted.
"Bo when was the last time you fed? Lauren asked.
"What day is it? Bo asked.
"It is the next morning". Lauren answered.
"Yesterday morning, I think". Bo panted.
Lauren was touched that their night out had taken a toll on Bo as if she had been in a fight. The Doctor shot up when an idea came to her. It was bold and brave but times like these called for the guts it would take to pull this off.
Lauren heard her phone ringing, and when it kept ringing she had no choice but to answer it.
"Aife now is really not a good time". Lauren sighed.
"Lauren we need to talk". Aife said.
"Well I am with a very important patient right now". Lauren said.
"Isabeau? What's wrong? Aife asked worriedly.
"Just tell me why you called and I think I can fix this". Lauren said.
"Well I wish I could fix what I am about to say, but Nadia has asked that you be summoned to testify on her behalf". Aife explained quickly.
"Damn it. I do not have time for this". Lauren said rubbing Bo's back.
"It's ok, we have a couple of days, I just didn't want you to find out from someone else". Aife said.
"Well my patient comes first, I will deal with that other matter later". Lauren said looking down at Bo.
"You don't want Bo to know yet, I gotcha. Now what's wrong with Isabeau? Aife asked again.
"She needs to feed but her Succubus won't allow her to. She tried with an Incubus, but he couldn't get her to feed either". Lauren explained.
"Lauren that could be really dangerous. When was the last time she fed? Aife asked.
"She said yesterday morning, but she didn't sound too sure. I haven't been privy to her feeds so I really can't know for sure. Bo is really weak and I have an idea that might work but as far as the other matter, I will call you once we are settled here". Lauren said. This pissed her off, but she knew it would piss Bo off even more. She didn't need to be angry, she needed to feed.
"Well hang up your phone and I will wait for your call. I will pick my own brain in the meantime". Aife said worriedly. This was bad. She had never heard of a Succubus not be able to feed. Even if Bo could feed now, she likely would drain the next person or persons all at once.
Lauren didn't waste time with goodbyes. She stood up and crouched near Bo. Taking Bo's head in her hands, she lifted it.
"Bo I need to inject you and then we are going to try something ok? Lauren said.
"Try...I've been trying". Bo mumbled.
"I know sweetie but this will be different, I promise". Lauren said.
Bo closed her eyes and Lauren noticed tears falling. She wiped them away with her thumbs and called out to Bo again, when Bo didn't answer, she used all of her might and strength to pull Bo upright.
"I...I don't think she wants to anymore". Bo mumbled through more tears.
Lauren wanted to cry too. Bo was fading and she needed to act now and she did. As she leaned the Succubus against the end of the couch, she took her needle and jammed it into Bo's arm. It was a precautionary measure since Bo confessed that she couldn't feed, not that she wasn't trying to feed. Lauren didn't know how much if any other Fae were around, but she assumed Aiden would have told her if there was.
Lauren waited and heard a sound she had never heard come from the brunette. She watched Bo nearly shake as her eyes opened again and were fully blue. Closing her own eyes for a few seconds, Lauren slowly counted before she lunged at Bo. She kissed her with everything she had, and more. She expected the kiss to be violent and new, but it held the same passion Bo had always kissed her with. She allowed the Succubus to lead it and as she pulled back, Lauren saw a steady blue line coming out of her mouth and going into Bo's. After almost 5 minutes, Bo's brown eyes had returned and she collapsed on the couch.
Lauren sighed in relief and threw a blanket over her, as she grabbed another one and made herself comfortable on the small loveseat. She would not be leaving her patient. Not until the Bo she knew woke up.
Bo was in a deep sleep. It started off ligt then turned dark, and then they appeared. All of them. Every body she had left in her wake, were alive again, and fell to their deaths as soon as she touched them with her hands. Her hands. She hadn't even fed from them and they died again. Just from her touch. She was a walking, breathing death machine, with a killer touch and kiss.
Lauren laid back and thought of what Aife had told her. Nadia really expected her to testify for her? What could Lauren tell them about her character? No. This day would not be about Nadia, Bo needed her now. After an hour or so of trying to stay awake, Lauren had nodded off holding a fresh cup of coffee in her hand.
Lauren woke up after two hours when she heard someone crying. She dropped the coffee cup and ran to her room to quickly dress in sweatpants and a tank top. She noticed Bo's boots were neatly lined up under the coffee table. So she had to be there somewhere. Lauren checked every room and the patio. Resolved to Bo's room, she gently knocked. When she didn't get an answer, she tried opening it and found it locked.
"Bo? Are you ok? Lauren asked softly.
"Go away Lauren. Run again. I won't chase you this time. It will be ok". Bo said with no emotion.
"Bo? Can you open the door? Lauren asked gently. She didn't like the tone in Bo's voice. It sounded flat. Nothing like Bo at all.
"Lauren please go. If you leave now, nobody will know where you have gone". Bo said as she stared at nothing at all.
Lauren shook her head and ran to the kitchen to grab a knife. When she went back to Bo's room, she immediately tried to jam the knife to unlock the door.
"Lauren please". Bo said sadly.
"Bo if you don't open the door, I will be forced to break it down. Please don't make me do it". Lauren said.
Bo looked around. She had almost forgotten that they were in an expensive hotel. The door probably cost more than either of them could afford. Wiping her eyes, she walked over and opened the door. Once it was open she turned her back and walked towards her bed.
Lauren walked in and took a deep breath. What she saw broke her heart immediately. Bo was in the middle of her bed with Kleenex all over the bed and floors. She cursed herself for sleeping on Bo. Had she stayed awake, she probably could have prevented Bo from reaching this state.
"Can...can I sit down? Lauren asked gently.
Bo nodded and pushed some of the Kleenex on the bed on to the floor, but she hadn't looked at the Doctor yet.
"Can you tell me what happened? Lauren asked softly while keeping some distance between Bo and herself.
Bo sat with chin on her knees and her arms wrapped her legs. "I'm a monster Lauren. I will never be good enough for you".
"Bo you are not a monster...". Lauren started.
"Its true Lauren. You saw what happened. She happened". Bo said looking down at her toes.
"Bo that injection was not to meant to fix your hunger it was to protect me in a way, I think she did the rest". Lauren said softly as she stared at Bo. She was trying to get a read on her. Bo had always been so confident. So sure of herself, even after she found out she was a Succubus.
"Lauren please go. She will come back someday. I don't want to hurt you, not like that..not again". Bo sobbed into her knees.
"Bo I'm fine and I know what you are doing. It is not going to work. You are trying to push me away because you think you will hurt me. I am not leaving here, not without you". Lauren whispered.
"I know that you think you aren't enough for me Lauren. But look at me. I'm a Succubus. A Succubus that needs Chi from other people to survive. How fucked up is that? How can you not be good enough for me when I'm not even good enough for myself? Bo sobbed as she turned her wet face away from Lauren's sight.
Lauren stared at Bo for the longest time. Everything about every scene in her life since the Succubus arrived played out in her head. Her life had been nothing. Nothing but research after research. Arrogant Fae after arrogant Fae. She probably looked like a robot when she was among humans while the Fae guards drove and pushed her around doing their bidding. She had spent years looking at and talking to people that she found interesting or attractive, even with Nadia in her pod, she remained faithful to her. Then Bo happened. She can't really describe what Bo did the minute she touched her. The look in her eyes was so innocent yet caring. So brave yet fearful. For the longest time, Lauren thought Bo would never leave her lab. It was as if she was afraid to go out into public again. To be around anyone that she could drain, and then move on to the next body.
Then that moment came with Bo stepped to her. Before Bo ever pulsed her, Lauren knew what was about to happen. She wanted Lauren to leave with her, so that she wouldn't be leaving alone and would have someone that knew what she was and how to treat her with her. Even after learning she was part of the group that handcuffed her to interrogate her, Bo still wanted backup. A Doctor. A friend. Then boom, Dyson was at the door and that jig was up.
Lauren had watched them walk down that long hall, and just before they turned to walk down another, Bo had looked back for Lauren one last time. She saw the same look in her eyes, that she saw the first time they made eye contact. Bo was about to be alone again in a world, she still did not understand, and didn't know how to control her hunger yet.
Lauren lifted her head and saw Bo's tears sliding down her legs.
"You can go Lauren. I will tell them that I lost you again. I won't come looking for you again, I promise". Bo said softly as she trapped her hands under her feet.
Lauren slightly snapped her head to the side. Bo was pushing her away so she could die in this world alone. She was planning an attack just so the Fae would kill her and the pain would stop. No. That will not be. Lauren wasn't just her Doctor, she was her friend too. Bo would not be in this world alone if her Doctor friend had any say in it.
Brushing her face with her hands, Lauren stood up and reached out. "Come with me".
"No Lauren. Just go". Bo said still staring at her feet.
Lauren walked over and pulled at Bo's hand until the Succubus grabbed hers. Leaning back, Lauren pulled until Bo had finally stood up. Walking into the bathroom, Lauren turned on the shower and waited for the water to turn hot. Once she had the temperature just right, she pushed a naked Bo inside and stripped. Stepping inside, she took the shower nozzle and pointed it directly at Bo. Gently lifting Bo's chin, she sprayed the water in her face, and waited until she was completely soaked.
Turning Bo around, Lauren used the nozzle to spray her back and legs. She washed her hair and her body while Bo continued to cry. She hadn't said a word to Lauren since they left the bedroom. Lauren was ok with that. She didn't need to tell the Doctor what she could clearly see and diagnose for herself.
Once Bo was cleaned, Lauren gently wrapped her in a robe and pushed her into the nearest seat. Lauren washed and cleansed her own body before she stepped out of the shower.
When she returned to Bo, the Succubus was bent over with her head in her hands. Lauren pulled at one of them again and waited for Bo to stand under her own power. Pulling Bo into her bedroom, Lauren pulled the robe off of Bo, and dressed her in nothing but soft pajamas. She could have left her naked, but this wasn't about that. After sitting her down on her own bed, Bo returned to the previous position she was sitting in. Lauren dressed to match Bo and pulled the covers back, and pulled at Bo to stand again.
Using one hand, Bo wiped her tears as Lauren pulled on her other hand.
"Get in". Lauren said as she waited for Bo to finally do as she asked. It broke her heart more when Bo climbed in like a child as tears were still falling.
Lauren followed Bo into the bed and spooned the Succubus from behind. Brushing Bo's hair down with her fingers, Lauren leaned over her shoulder and choked up when she felt Bo shaking in sobs.
"Bo. I know what you are trying to do. What you want me to do. You want me to go away so nobody will see what I see. I see you are afraid. I see that you are scared of what you will do. You feel like you deserve to be alone. Deserve to be punished for something that is completely not your fault. Like I told you before, you are the first Succubus that I ever studied up close, but I will not leave you. I am not only your Doctor, I am your friend. I am not leaving you, not now, not ever". Lauren said biting her lips to contain her own tears.
"But Lauren...". Bo whispered.
"No buts. Go to sleep Succubus. I will be here when you wake up". Lauren said pulling Bo even closer to her.
Bo took a lot of deep breaths before she closed her eyes and waited for Lauren's warmth and confidence in her to put her to sleep.
Lauren blew her deep breaths into the air, and closed her eyes. This is where she is needed, and the way Bo's hands clung to hers, where she was wanted.
Dyson
Dyson had returned to Lauren's loft and had searched for anything that had her scent on it. He growled once he discovered it had been completely scrubbed clean. There was nothing there. No lab coat, no microscope with her fingerprints on it. Nothing.
Running off to the woods in human form, he stopped when he detected something. He knew that scent. He had smelled her cheap perfume every time he had to go to the lab to ask her about a case on the Ash's orders. He didn't care too much for the Ash. He was too soft on Lauren. They are Fae. They never have to be nice to humans, although Dyson does have a growing soft spot for Kenzi.
This is not about that human, it's about the human Doctor. If he found her, he would find Bo. Following the scent he picked up on, he wound up in a large open space. He turned around and around, the scent was leading in all directions.
Finally deciding to follow one, he shifted and raced off. He was running for almost thirty minutes before he stopped. "No. It can't be! He screamed as he quickly shifted back to human form".
"Tsk tsk...
"No! This can't be! How did you get her?! Dyson growled in anger.
"The question isn't how did I get her, the question is what am I going to do with her...hmm lemme think". Aife laughed tapping her chin with her finger.
"How did you do this? Dyson asked. He was sure he was on Lauren's trail.
"I knew you were looking for Lauren, and had Spencer put her scent everywhere. A bit out of the way but still amusing to see your reaction now. The woman has been doused in Lauren's perfume". Aife laughed as she stared at the woman.
"I'm warning you Aife! Dyson growled again.
"I got it! I will take her to see Isabeau. Wolves mate for life right?! Aife laughed and winked at the wolf and then the Fairy.
"Isabeau? The King's wife? Ciara asked.
"Ciara listen to me, it's now what you think, who you think". Dyson said.
"Then tell me who Isabeau is". Ciara said.
"You will learn soon enough. Grab her and lets go! Aife laughed clapping her hands.
TBC
Bo and Lauren talk again before they return home.
Nadia has a few rough moments in her cell.
Dyson tries to stop Aife from telling Bo the truth.