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I mean, really, is there anything as sweet as melty, melty cheese?
Do we have plans?
- Do I have time to get changed? - I have plans.
I have a doctor's appointment.
In a push-up bra and sexy boots at this hour?
News flash: I don't think they're a real doctor.
- It is with Lauren. - Of course it is.
I'm taking a test. What do you think of this?
Not low enough. You need more booboola. Let the girls breathe.
So, what kind of a test is this? Like a sex test?
She gonna grade you on your luscious curves?
Actually, it's pretty important. Sort of like a Succubus midterm.
Lauren's taking me out for a night on the town.
She wants to see if I've learned full control.
- What's with the fashion panic? - I wanna look nice.
For the test or for Lauren? Because I'm sensing some date jitters.
- And I know you like the ladies, so ... -it is definitely, definitely not a date.
I just f ricking hate tests.
Better with multiple orgasm than multiple choice.
But you're right. I just need to chill.
There'll be no disasters on the menu tonight.
Just drinks, maybe dinner.
What could possibly go wrong with that?
Life is hard when you don't know who you are.
It's harder when you don't know what you are.
My love carries a death sentence.
I was lost for years, searching while hiding...
...only to find I belong to a world hidden from humans.
I won't hide any more.
I will live the life I choose.
The beauty of your kind is how elegantly they've evolved.
Sometimes things that seem so fantastic are actually quite simple.
Did you just call me simple?
- You know what I mean. - Yeah.
I wouldn't call my whole 10-year killing spree simple.
We're working on that. You're able to control yourself well in the lab now.
So now it's time for a test drive in the real world.
Well, you certainly picked a good spot.
The sexual energy in this room is off the charts tonight.
- How do we do this? - Tell me something first.
Like an aura?
Kind of.
It's like the more aroused someone is, the hotter they burn.
Take them for example, okay?
See, he is average. She is way more into him.
- You can tell all that? - Yeah.
Okay, so on a scale of one to 10.
He's a four. She's a seven.
Okay. What about me, right now?
What about keeping this professional?
- Well, call it scientific curiosity. - Okay.
Well, you are definitely curious.
I'm not so sure it's entirely scientific.
- We need another drink. - Yeah, we do.
Could we get two more?
If I have one more lime, I'm not gonna be able to feel my lips.
I like you like this. I love after-hours Lauren.
You need to work on not being in control.
No. We're here to work on you gaining control.
Come on.
Okay.
- Ready for this? - Hit me.
You feel that?
Yeah.
Now focus on what you're feeling.
Hungry.
This is crazy.
I can't do this. Once I start feeding, I can't stop.
Yes, you can. You just have to start believing it.
You're ready, Bo.
- Some other time. - Okay. We'll keep working on it.
It might help if you stop fighting your nature.
The Fae aren't monsters, Bo, and neither are you.
Sleep on it. We'll talk in the morning.
How much longer is this gonna take?
- Got somewhere to be? - I'm starving.
Plus, this place gives me the creeps. It's so Lauren.
Would you just give her a chance?
She's more interesting than you think.
Only because you wanna see her naked bits.
- You break it, you bought it. - Wouldn't be surprised.
Doctors are bigger con artists than I am.
Will you just dial it down, Kenzi? She's really helping me.
I'm happy these treatments are working for you...
...but nothing in this world is free. - So?
Ever asked yourself what she's getting out of this arrangement?
- Sorry I'm late. - Busy morning?
It just got busier. Can we reschedule? I have to get to an appointment.
- Anything wrong? -It's just business.
As in none of my business.
And here I thought we made progress last night.
You could tag along.
What is it, Take a Fae to Work Day?
You wanna know about my work with other Fae.
You'd get to meet one from one of the oldest Fae orders.
We'd love to.
We're off to visit a sick patient at home.
Sick? Nobody mentioned sick.
Where's Halima? The Ash sent me.
- Are you coming? - I'll take a pass.
Fae cooties. I'm not big on sick peeps.
Fine. Just wait here. Just try not to break anything.
"Just try not to break anything."
Jeez.
Oh, thank you for coming.
I so hate to cause a fuss.
Don't be silly. We take care of our own.
The Ash sends his best.
Actually, you're my first Aswang patient.
I'm not surprised. We rarely need to see a doctor.
- Sorry. Aswang? - Oh, my assistant.
She's new to all this.
Aswang are one of the older Fae orders.
Humans enjoy a very symbiotic relationship with them.
- How so? - Oh, we eat human corpses.
- Say again? - She is new.
Oh, we would never take a human life.
We just use their dead bodies for our nourishment.
Score.
Yummy.
Aswang help keep contagions out of the human population...
...by eating their diseased dead. So both sides benefit.
It's bad, isn't it?
I'm not liking what I'm seeing. Could it be due to someone you ate?
I really don't see how this could be food-related.
I've eaten everything: cancer, Black Death, Ebola.
- With no past side effects? - Just the occasional case of heartburn.
But I know my body, and something is definitely wrong.
I'm dying, aren't I?
- Let's not get ahead of ourselves. - I'm sure that Lauren can help you.
Look, first, I need to isolate the cause. And I'll have to check your food.
What have you eaten in the last 24 hours?
What? What did I do?
So not only does this Aswang have a very unfortunate name...
...but it also eats dead people? Nobody thought to mention this to me?
Like, "Hey, Kenzi, watch out for body parts."
Or, you know, "By the way, foot soup."
- Please keep it down. - I need a second opinion...
...because that is the worst advice ever.
- Kenzi, just relax. it's gonna be fine. - Yeah.
It is, right?
We don't know if the soup made Halima sick. It could be unrelated.
If it was the soup, it doesn't mean Kenzi will be affected.
Human physiology is different from Fae.
Anybody have any mints?
- What do we do? - I'll check out the soup.
I should know more in a few hours.
Halima gets her food from Pelway Funeral Homes.
Just find out what you can about the foot.
Are you okay?
I'm fantastic, yeah.
Worst-case scenario, I just ate toxic soup.
Best-case scenario, I am a toe-sucking cannibal.
Kenzi, we're gonna figure this out, okay? it's gonna be fine.
I'm always putting my foot in my mouth, but it's always my foot.
Drinks on you tonight.
- Now, that's one fine ale. - You should know.
- You order it every time. - What can I say?
I take comfort in routine.
So did you bring it?
In all these years, have I ever failed to deliver?
I've been craving a giant dish of colcannon...
...and this is the secret ingredient. - How does the old song go?
Were those not the happy days When troubles we had not?
Our mothers would make colcannon In a little skillet pot
Yes. I'll drink to that.
So, what do you want for it?
How about that?
The Gleipnir? Out of the question.
You used to have a better sense of humor. Come on. Show it to me.
Hard to believe it once held the Fenris wolf.
Forged by Dwarves Stronger than any other chain
The more Fenris struggled The stronger it became
it's a beauty.
- If ever you wanna trade it-- - Never gonna happen.
Never say "never," old friend.
Poor Halima. That's terrible.
She's been a customer of ours for years.
How exactly does that work?
Well, on the surface, we operate as a typical funeral home...
...and offer excellent service for our human clients.
And on the side, you do business by feeding Grandma to the Fae?
She's not feeling very well. Please continue.
We have very tight regulations for our food appropriation stream.
- Only suitable candidates are selected. - Define "suitable."
There's a checklist.
No immediate family, and factors such as cause of death...
...age, ethnicity, all helps to assign the bodies...
...to the appropriate outlet. - That's so recycley of you.
Why let something go to waste if someone else needs it, right?
Precisely.
We need to know about your last shipment to Halima.
Let's see.
Yes, right here. James Sibley, 43. He was the victim of a hit-and-run.
I didn't like the look of him.
- I had him marked, "Aswang only." - Why Aswang only?
We provide for many carrion-feeding Fae...
...but very few have the constitution of an Aswang.
They can eat anything.
So we sent the entire shipment to Halima.
- And Sibley's address? - Right there.
Are you sure you're okay? You look a bit flushed.
- Do you want me to carry that bag? - I'm fine.
- I'll need it in a second. - What for?
Decent neighbourhood, decent building, you do the math.
We agreed no stealing on jobs.
Can't steal from a dead guy. Seriously, it's a thing. Ask museums.
Somebody was definitely looking for something.
What a mess.
- You're not the maid. - Shut up, whore.
Oh, mouth! There are ladies present.
Hey, hey!
What, are you kidding, little girl?
- Kenzi! Kenzi, are you hit? - No.
But, suddenly, I don't feel so good.
Shit.
You are nasty, aren't you?
- What happened? - She collapsed.
Damn it. Over here.
Just calm down. It's just a little eye blood, okay?
- Who hasn't had a little eye blood? - Can you help her?
I just sneezed too hard. I just need to go home.
- Can we go, please? - No.
I did develop a treatment.
- See? I told you I'd be fine. Okay? - So give it to her.
Come here.
A treatment isn't a cure. If she is bleeding internally...
...I can give her a platelet transfusion, try to slow it down.
But it won't last long?
What are we dealing with here?
It's a hemorrhagic fever from some sort of thread virus.
- Where the hell did it come from? - The foot.
I found a chemical substance in the tissue I can't identify.
Foot guy died from a simple hit-and-run, not some plague.
That may have been the official COD, but he was definitely sick before that.
You should know that Halima's getting worse.
- Her family's bringing her in. - How do we fix this?
If we find the original source of infection...
...theoretically, I can use a sample to create an antitoxin.
I'll dig into Sibley's life and see what I can find out.
- Hey. I'll be back soon, okay? - Hey.
You are in good hands.
You take care of her.
Anything yet?
Looks like this guy couldn't hold down a job.
And then eight months ago, right here, steady stream of money...
...started flowing into his account from Taberman & Associates.
Maybe they know something. Can you get an address?
- No. Doesn't exist. it's a front. - Damn it.
The guy tossing Sibley's apartment, you remember anything about him?
He's a white guy, maybe 5'10". He seemed like a pro.
- He had a tattoo on his arm. - What'd it look like?
- I'll run it through the database. - There was a skull and these horns...
...and a wheel or some kind of tire. - A motorcycle wheel?
- Yeah. - I don't need to look that up.
It's the Iron Chains. Local biker gang.
Come on. I know where they hang out.
Hello, boys.
There he is.
Maury, how the hell did she get in here?
Back off. I got nothing to say to you.
Friendly place.
Anyone else wanna be stupid? We're just here for some information.
- Feel like talking now, huh? - All right.
What were you doing in that apartment?
- Guy paid me to clean it out. - What guy?
I didn't get a name.
I followed him. I wanted to know where he was in case he tried to stiff me.
He went into this building on the corner of Dunkirk and University.
Baron Chemical.
We got a break in the case.
- What can I do? - You can rest.
I can handle this one solo.
Just hang in there till I get back. Deal?
Deal.
- You'll stay with me, though, right? - You bet.
- I'm not going anywhere. - Promise?
- Promise. - Good.
I'm not scared or anything.
I'm just bored, and you amuse me.
You think Baron Chemical's involved?
That's what everything is pointing to. Maybe Sibley's some kind of lab rat.
That would explain the chemicals in his system.
-It's not an approved trial. - How do you know?
We track clinically approved trials...
...make sure none are problematic for the Fae.
None of the drugs they're testing would cause this.
Whatever is killing Kenzi is somewhere in that place.
- I'm breaking in, and I need your help. - Me? What can I do?
You can come with me.
I need your expertise. I don't know what I am looking for.
It's crazy. it's too dangerous.
So, what, I should just let Kenzi die?
Of course not.
Besides, I work for The Ash. I can't pursue things unapproved.
This thing kills Fae. How is helping me find it...
...not in The Ash's best interest?
We're in luck. Baron Chemical's been cited for errors in its labs.
It's struggling to calm stockholder jitters.
How is that lucky?
They're bringing in quality-control inspectors. I could pose as this one.
She's flying into town tonight. You think you can detain her?
We've got someone placed at Customs. He owes me a favour.
He could possibly hold her for 24 hours or so. Let me check.
Call me when Kenzi wakes up.
What do I do?
Well, Baron's chief of operations is a legendary letch, so ...
He's had a revolving door of assistants over the past year.
I'm sure you can convince him to take you on, so to speak.
I am here to see the director of operations.
That's me.
- Hi. - What can I do you for?
I'm Cindy. I heard that you could use a new assistant.
- Walk with me. - Okay.
I'm telling you, I am a doctor.
- I am not a drug mule. - So you keep saying.
Okay, look, can we just please talk about this?
I'm sure there is some logical explanation.
I'm sure the judge is interested. Get me a 1059.
This is ludicrous. Call Baron Chemical.
They flew me in to start a new contract.
With a drug company. How convenient.
I have no idea how that stuff got in my bag.
- The drugs or the pipe bomb? - Bomb?
- I need to sit down. - Be my guest.
You're gonna be here a while, so please get comfortable.
Hey, can you watch her while I take this down to Evidence?
Hey.
- Here's the Baron ID. - So, what happens to the real Karina?
Legally, I can hold her for 24 hours. Then she'll be released. No charges.
Thank you for this.
- I'm surprised The Ash is condoning it. - He wasn't going to. I talked him into it.
Well, for Kenzi's sake, I hope you know what you're doing.
Dyson?
Anyone?
She's unresponsive.
Get two large IVS started.
BP's dropping. We're losing her.
No. No. Please, somebody, help her.
- Get the human out of here. - Help her.
No. Let me go. Let me go. No.
No! No! No! Stop!
What took you so long? I have been waiting in rat city for the last half-hour.
- They're starting to judge me. - I couldn't get away.
They were giving me the grand tour. Any problems with Kouyoumijian?
- No. I'm in. - What we're looking for...
...is probably in Sector 6. I'm not cleared for access to it.
- What about Security? - Three on every floor. Two posts.
- I can handle it. Let's go. - You're not thinking clearly.
I don't want to think. I wanna do something.
Our chances of saving Kenzi go up if we're not caught first.
I know you're impulsive, but we need a plan.
- That's how I work. - Fine. We'll play it your way.
- What is your plan? - Sector 6 is a restricted zone...
...so we need a key pass and a voice cue.
- You need to get both from your boss. - I'll Succubus him.
Again, use your head.
If you start leaving bodies, it's just gonna bring more attention.
If I can't Succubus him, how am I to pull this off?
You have more than enough charms all on your own.
Listen, our odds go up if we try this after-hours.
So at 7:00, I'm gonna create a diversion in the lab that'll disable the guards.
- That's your cue. - If we screw this up...
...how long does Kenzi have? - Let's make sure that doesn't happen.
Didn't you already take my blood?
If this is some weird blood-donor thing, cookies are usually provided.
What do you have to be so high and mighty about, huh?
It's not like you saved that Aswang.
That's right.
You couldn't save her.
So how hard are you gonna try to save a dirty human, huh?
Unless you wanna get stuck with a contaminated needle...
...I need you to help me get out of this hellhole.
- What do you want? - Strip.
- You let her leave? Where did she go? - No idea.
Can't be far, though. She's deteriorating too fast.
- How long does she have? - She's human, so it's hard to know.
But I'd say less than 12 hours.
- Is she contagious? - Not unless you plan on eating her.
Which would serve her right.
We have to keep this quiet. No one can know.
Not Lauren, not Bo, no one. Got it?
I called your references. You come highly recommended.
Well, that's me. Satisfaction guaranteed.
You know, I don't want you to get the wrong idea about me, though.
See, I'm a good girl. I'm very, very good.
- I can see that. - Yeah.
But I do have one small confession to make...
...and it's embarrassing.
- Oh, your secrets are safe with me. - I don't know...
...how to pronounce your name. - Is that all?
Oh, don't be embarrassed. It happens a lot.
It's Mkhitar Kouyoumijian.
- Kouyou ... - Not bad.
So strange. I don't usually have trouble wrapping my mouth around things.
Mkhitar Kouyoumijian.
Such a sexy, sexy name.
-It's 5:00. I'll see you tomorrow. - What?
Oh, you little tease.
Big ups for finding me.
It's a rather morbid choice of resting place.
I came here a lot when I was a kid.
Sometimes you just need a place to think, you know?
You promised you wouldn't leave.
I'm sorry about that.
Bo needed help. Came back as soon as I could.
I'm not going back to that place, period.
It's way too Cuckoo's Nest.
I'd rather die in a ditch.
Kenzi, you're not gonna die.
But I'll take you somewhere else, somewhere safe.
Okay.
But can we stay here a bit longer? It's nice.
Unless you have somewhere to be.
No, I'm good.
Hey. Those quality-control geeks allowed to be here unsupervised?
Clint, be advised, clearing out a bogey on Floor 5.
Dr. Hansen?
Sorry. You'll sleep it off.
Bo? You're good to go.
Thanks for closing early.
The fewer who know about this, the better.
You know...
...they're gonna be expecting her back at the lab.
The Ash could come after you for insubordination.
I don't always take orders from The Ash.
True, but he's not supposed to know that.
- Can you do anything for her? - I can buy her some time.
But the rest is up to Bo and Lauren.
Did I just wake up in Narnia?
Or is that the fever talking?
Rest.
You know what?
- You really fill that out. - You aren't cleared to be here, ma'am.
I know, but I just love a man in uniform.
Honey, that makes two of us.
Oh, shit. Succubus it is.
- I really shouldn't be enjoying this. - Focus.
Oh, no. No.
No, no, no.
Shit. Come on.
That was a treat.
I did it. I did it.
Check me out.
Okay.
Not so fast.
- What the hell did you do to me? - Apparently, not enough.
So this is what I get for playing nice.
I don't know what you're playing, but it's--
- Look at you, saving my ass, huh? - I know.
It was incredible.
But he'll be okay once it wears off.
But I am officially out of my element.
-It's time we play it your way. - Good. Let's do this. Come on.
Wait, wait, wait.
- Did you, you know, with him? - Yeah.
- But he's alive. - Yeah. I stopped myself.
Come on.
I was beginning to think you weren't gonna show.
You requested a rare commodity.
- And did you get it? - With difficulty.
I had to trade some of my prized possessions:
My last phoenix skin, a rare tusk, the first edition of--
Yeah, let me see it.
-It's perfect. -It's expensive.
You think you can afford it?
- Gleipnir. You sure? - I'm sure.
And a further future trade.
- We have a deal, my friend. - Excellent.
Take care.
Don't.
Sorry.
What is it?
Something I no longer use.
Come. Have some tea.
This should improve your strength, slow the bleeding for a little while.
I had to guess the human dosage.
For a cranky old bartender, you do pretty good with the nurturing.
I've had experience.
There you go.
What is it?
- Eye of newt? - Something like that.
-It's Abath horn. - Thanks.
And thanks for letting me crash here. I'm feeling better already.
I think this is just one of those, like, 24-hour plagues, you know?
So our work is paying off.
You can control it. You know what this means?
Means I have a lot to thank you for. But first, we gotta save Kenzi.
Mkhitar Kouyoumijian.
Okay, eyes open. We need to find core samples, genetic materials--
You think it's whatever's in the giant f ricking tank?
Here, fishy, fishy.
- That is not a fish. That is a snake. - That's no snake. That's a basilisk.
- Is that bad? -It's just bizarre.
It's an extremely rare Under Fae with incredibly toxic skin.
I'm amazed they even got it in here.
Poor thing. They have it on life support.
I'm f ricking freezing, dude.
Can you, like, wolf out and lie on my feet?
Maybe later.
Hey. Bo's gonna come through.
She always does.
Then why do you all look so freaked out, huh?
It's not polite to lie to the dying girl, you know.
It's bad juju.
Just lay back.
Look, I need you to...
...full-up deathbed-promise me something.
Kenzi.
I see more than anyone thinks. That's because no one's watching me.
Everyone's always watching Bo.
And what I see is you helping her, even though it hurts you.
- So? - So how can you protect her...
...if being with her makes you weak?
- I'm working on that. - Look...
...what I'm asking is...
...if I'm not here someday...
...can I count on you to have her back...
...even if it means cutting her loose?
Will you just please drink your tea?
- What are you doing? - I need a tissue sample.
Here. I'll do it. Go get his attention.
- Okay, where? - Okay. To your right.
- Where? - Okay, right here.
To your left a little bit.
Careful. All right, almost.
- Where? Where? Where? - One more time. Right there.
Now!
- What else do we need? - Just this.
- I'll use it to make an antitoxin. - Good. Let's go.
- What's wrong? - We can't leave it. it's dangerous.
We're not gonna take it with us.
Look, it's no good to them if it's dead. Help me.
- Okay, on my "go," you pull that plug. - Okay.
Go.
They're onto us.
We don't have much time. The lab's gonna be on automatic lockdown.
She's burning up. How long is this supposed to take?
Should be working by now.
- Bo. - Hey. Hey.
I'm right here. I'm right here. Hey.
I'm hungry.
- Any special requests? - Yeah. No more feet.
Healing will be slow. She's gonna need to take it easy for a while.
Yeah, good luck convincing her of that.
Hey, Lauren.
Thank you...
...for everything.
I should be thanking you. It was ...
It was really nice to get out of my shell for a little while.
- Lauren, listen. I-- -it's okay.
I know we're not undercover any more. This is the real world.
I'm happy Kenzi's gonna be okay. I should go.
Meaty goodness.
Come to Mama.
- Everything all good? -It's great, actually.
Kenzi's on the mend.
I scored points with The Ash for helping solve this.
And my sex life is no longer on the critical list.
- Oh, yeah? How so? - My training is working.
I can probably have sex with humans now. No casualties.
That's a good thing.
I guess we have the good doctor to thank for that.
- She gonna be your first test subject? - Would that be a problem?
What you do with other people is your business.
So you wouldn't mind if I started seeing other people, then?
- Hypothetically. - Not at all.
Good to know.
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