A/N: So the general consensus was to continue this fic, so here we go with part 2. I'll do my best to keep this below an M rating so more of you can read it. It's a pretty long chapter; it just didn't want to come to a natural end. Read, review (let me know what you think, what you like and don't like. I'm open to suggestions) and enjoy.
Chapter Two
As Bo made her way downstairs she heard the television and laughing. She saw Tamsin sitting on the sofa, covered in a blanket watching some crappy outtake TV show, while drinking vodka. She stood there for a few moments just watching her, thinking Tamsin didn't know she was there, but Tamsin could sense the Succubus behind her. She knew it had to be Bo; Kenzi could never be that quiet.
"Hey…" Bo said, eventually.
"Hey," Tamsin replied, turning to her with a smile, "I didn't wake you did I?"
"No," Bo said, "needed a drink, you okay?"
"Yeah," Tamsin said, "just couldn't sleep."
"So you thought the best thing to do was watch crappy TV and get drunk?" Bo asked.
"Do not judge me Succubus." Tamsin said, laughing, "And for the record, there isn't enough alcohol in this house to get me drunk."
"Good point." Bo replied with a laugh of her own.
She walked through to the kitchen area and got a bottle of water out of the fridge before walking over to the couch and sitting next to Tamsin.
She couldn't help but smile as on the TV a guy on a skateboard hit the curb and went flying head first into a bush, causing Tamsin to laugh again.
"So this show is basically about people hurting themselves?" Bo asked, looking at Tamsin with a smirk on her face.
"Oh come on," Tamsin said with a laugh, "if the idiot was stupid enough not to jump the board at the curb he deserved to go in the bush."
Bo laughed again.
"You wanna watch something else?" Tamsin asked, "Think there's some crappy romance movie on if you want to watch that."
"But you hate romance movies." Bo said.
"That's why I said if you want to watch it." Tamsin replied, "With any luck it might actually send me to sleep."
"It's okay," Bo said, "we can watch this."
"Good," Tamsin said with a smirk, "cause it's so funny."
The sound of Tamsin actually laughing made Bo's heart do that funny little hopping thing.
"Kenzi mentioned that you're having trouble sleeping." Bo said.
"Did she now?" Tamsin asked, pouring herself another drink, "what else did Kenzi just happen to mention?"
"It wasn't like that T…" Bo replied, "she's just worried about you, she nearly lost her mind when you went off on your little trip without telling any of us where you were going."
"I didn't realise I had to." Tamsin said.
Oh this is not going well Bo thought to herself.
"That's not what I meant." Bo said, mentally kicking herself for making the Valkyrie put her guard back up, "I thought we were getting somewhere with this talking shit, after the Yule party… We were all worried about you when you left, some of us may not have shown it as much as others, but we were all worried. But that isn't the point. I just want to know if there's anything I can do to help you sleep."
"You can stop asking stupid questions." Tamsin replied.
Bo nodded a little and turned her attention back to the TV.
"I thought we were getting somewhere with a lot of other stuff after the party," Tamsin said quietly, "but that really isn't the point either, is it…"
"Tamsin…" Bo said, turning to look at her.
Tamsin's eyes were trained firmly on her drink, as she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat.
"I've just had a lot on my mind Bo," Tamsin said, "and for some reason it doesn't stop when I sleep, it gets worse. Ever since I told you about the bounty and the Wanderer… it's like I can hear his voice in my head, telling me I failed… almost mocking me, reminding me how I once was the best at what I do, but I failed. When I close my eyes to go to sleep it's like he's actually there in my head… Telling me how, even though I failed, he would still get what he wants."
"And what is it that he wants?" Bo asked.
"You." Tamsin replied.
Tamsin looked back from her drink to Bo. Bo could see the guilt Tamsin was feeling in her eyes. Even when she was the bitchy, cold, standoffish Tamsin that she had been in her previous life, even when she buried her emotions so deeply that you'd need a nuclear explosion to get to them, Bo could still see the Valkyrie's deepest emotions in her eyes. The guilt was mixed with something else. Fear. Tamsin was scared. It was the same emotion that Bo had seen in Tamsin's eyes once before. That day at Taft Industries when Bo had convinced her to fight. When Tamsin had told Bo that she was unlike anyone she'd ever met, in any of her many lifetimes.
"Tamsin, we've been through this already," Bo said, a soft smile on her lips, "I forgive you. This isn't your fault."
"Yes it is," Tamsin said, looking back down at her drink, running her index finger around the rim as a way of distracting herself from what she was feeling, "and the stupid thing is, even with all my misplaced arrogance and pig-headed self-assuredness… I don't even know if that's even a word…"
Bo laughed a little.
"Even with the confidence I have in my abilities…" Tamsin continued, trying to explain herself the best way she knew how.
"You mean the way you'd have to take the roof off this place sometimes just to let your ego out?" Bo asked with a laugh.
Tamsin laughed a little.
"Yeah that," Tamsin said, "even with that, I don't think I can stop him. I don't think I can protect you."
"You don't have to. Tamsin, you don't have to protect me, we'll face whatever is coming like we do best, together…" Bo said, realising what she had said, she quickly continued, "as a group. All of us together can stop anything. Why are you still beating yourself up about this, I forgive you Tamsin."
Tamsin looked at her again.
"But I don't forgive myself." She said.
x-x
Bo was woken up when she heard movement upstairs. Kenzi was awake. It took Bo a few moments to realise where she was. She felt an arm around her and lifted her head slightly to see Tamsin sleeping peacefully. She smiled a little as she breathed in the Valkyrie's scent, vanilla and freshly fallen snow. A scent that automatically made her feel safe. Protected. As she softly moved some hair from Tamsin's face the Valkyrie moved slightly in her sleep. It was one of the cutest things Bo had ever seen. She didn't want to, but she gently untangled herself from Tamsin just as Kenzi made her way down the stairs. The human threw her a disapproving look.
"It isn't what it looks like." Bo said, as she followed Kenzi into the kitchen area, keeping her voice down so not to wake Tamsin.
"I don't remember saying anything." Kenzi said, as she poured herself a cup of coffee, not even looking at Bo.
"We talked Kenz," Bo said, "that's all."
Bo was questioning why she felt the need to explain herself to Kenzi, and then she remembered. Human or not, if you hurt someone Kenzi loved then you'd pay for it, more often than not on the end of a stolen power tool.
"Talked as in talked," Kenzi said, "or talked as in Succubus code for…"
"Talked," Bo said, interrupting the human, "as in talked, with words and shit."
"Must have been some fun talking for you to wake up draped over her." Kenzi said.
Bo grabbed a cup and poured herself some coffee.
"I just wanted to see if I could find out why she hasn't been sleeping," Bo said, "I figured there might be something more to it than nearly being turned into candy."
"And is there?" Kenzi asked.
"Yes," Bo replied, "she keeps hearing the Wanderer's voice in her head…"
"Like she's going batshit crazy?" Kenzi asked.
"No, I'm thinking that once she accepted the bounty he had some mental connection with her," Bo said, "at least I hope she's not going batshit crazy, I wouldn't want to be in that room when it kicked off."
"I'm not going crazy…" Tamsin said, sitting up on the sofa, "at least not from his voice in my head…"
She stood up, picking the blanket up, yawning as she did so.
"But I think I might be going crazy from listening to you two blabber on about shit at the ass-crack of dawn…" Tamsin continued, "Its way too early for this shit."
She made her way up the stairs and collapsed on the bed.
Kenzi and Bo couldn't help but laugh a little. The Valkyrie never was a morning person.
"So how do we get his voice out of her head?" Kenzi asked.
"I don't know, we need to go and talk to Trick." Bo said.
"No can do Succubabe." Kenzi said with a smile, looking at the time on her phone, "my man is taking me shopping."
"Oh come on Kenz," Bo said, "you cannot leave me to do this on my own."
"You've got this BoBo," Kenzi said, "and I've got my eye on a pair of very expensive, extremely sexy shoes. Later sister."
With that Kenzi kissed Bo on the head and started to walk out of the front door.
"And if Tamsin's life was in danger?" Bo shouted after her.
"Then the shoes could wait." Kenzi called back.
x-x
A few hours later, Bo's attention was drawn from the tub of ice cream and romantic movie she was watching, by Tamsin coming down the stairs in a tight fitting vest top and a pair of sweat pants, her hair tied back in a messy bun. Even when she wasn't trying Bo still found the Valkyrie captivating. She felt her eyes start to go blue, so she closed her eyes and shook her head a little. She hoped that Tamsin hadn't noticed, but from the look on the Valkyrie's face she could tell that she had.
"Sorry," Tamsin said, blushing slightly, "I didn't know you were still here…"
"Its fine," Bo said with a smile, "is that how you usually dress when no-one else is home?"
"I'm going for a run." Tamsin said, "Wanna join me?"
"I think I'll pass." Bo replied holding up the tub of ice cream and motioning to the TV.
Tamsin laughed a little.
"Probably for the best," she said, "I'd only leave you behind anyway."
"Oh it is on Valkyrie." Bo said, putting the ice cream on the table and standing up, "give me five to go and change."
"You mean you actually have an outfit for running?" Tamsin asked, "Is it made of leather?"
Bo laughed to herself as she ran up the stairs to get changed.
x-x
20 minutes later Bo was standing with her hands on her knees trying to catch her breath. Tamsin meanwhile was leaning against a nearby wall, smirking away to herself.
"I thought you were going to leave me behind." Bo said.
"I'm not that mean," Tamsin said with a laugh, "plus it's quite amusing, it's like you've ran a marathon not two blocks."
"It's been more than two blocks." Bo said, standing up straight again.
"Not much more." Tamsin said, laughing at Bo.
"How much further?" Bo asked.
"You're throwing in the towel already?" Tamsin asked, "I expected more from you Succubus."
"How have you not even broken a sweat?" Bo asked Tamsin in disbelief.
"Valkyrie," Tamsin said, pointing to herself, before pointing at Bo, "Succubus. Superior genetics."
"And a massive ego apparently." Bo said, with a laugh, "How are you this fit… I mean physically, when you basically live on a vodka diet."
"Ego aside, it is all about genetics." Tamsin said, "My kind are created to fight, yours… not so much… your… talents… lie elsewhere."
Bo laughed.
"And that sounded a lot dirtier coming out of my mouth than it did in my head." Tamsin replied, with a little roll of the eyes and a shake of the head, "sorry… I didn't mean to imply that…"
Bo thought it was extremely cute watching Tamsin stumble over her words.
"It's okay T," Bo said, "really. You actually kind of have a point. A marathon in bed is easier for me than an actual marathon where you run."
Tamsin laughed.
"Does that mean that Valkyrie's are rubbish between the sheets then?" Bo asked, "because if they are that is going to be a huge let down."
"You have any particular Valkyrie in mind for your little experiment Succubus?" Tamsin asked with a grin.
Bo mentally kicked herself. She just couldn't help herself when it came to Tamsin. Tamsin laughed as she watched Bo's facial expressions change. Before Bo had to answer the question her phone beeped. She took it out from where she kept it when she had no pockets, her cleavage. Tamsin laughed to herself, she always found it very amusing that Bo had her own phone carrier, then her mind wandered to whether Bo ever just left the phone on vibrate.
"Your mind taking you to the dirty place again Tamsin?" Bo asked, not looking up from the phone, she didn't have to look to know that Tamsin was blushing, "message from Trick, apparently he has an idea about how to stop the voices you're hearing. He wants us to go to the Dal."
"Race you home," Tamsin said, "Whoever is last has to take a cold shower."
With that Tamsin ran off, back in the direction of the Clubhouse.
"She is going to be the death of me." Bo said to herself, before taking off in the direction that Tamsin had run.
x-x
When she finally arrived back at the Clubhouse she was met by Tamsin at the door. The Valkyrie, now wearing the tight jeans she loved, a form hugging black top which really showed off her perfect abs, with her hair loose around her shoulders, handed Bo a bottle of water and a towel.
"So I really do have to take a cold shower?" Bo asked opening the water.
"No," Tamsin said with a laugh, "I showered quickly. Now get that sexy ass of yours upstairs. We've got to go and see Trick."
x-x
As Bo stood under the hot water she felt all the tension start to leave her body. The more time she spent with Tamsin the more time she wanted to spend with her. She was bitchy, snarky, the queen of one-liners, yet she was also kind, caring and considerate, all wrapped up in the stunning package of blonde hair and ice green eyes. Eyes, which sometimes seemed to Bo, to burn with a passion for life that she had never seen before. It was probably a Valkyrie thing. Living your life for battles and wars you never really know when your time might be up. Bo hoped it was more of a Tamsin thing, along with the facial expressions, and slight dimples when she really smiled.
"I am in so much trouble…" Bo said to herself as she got out of the shower, "Kenzi is going to run me through with a chainsaw…"
x-x
As Tamsin was listening intently to what Trick was saying Bo couldn't stop her mind from wandering back to the night of the Yule party. Tamsin was wearing the leather jacket that she had picked up somewhere on her travels. Bo loved the way it looked on the Valkyrie, an idea she loved more was how it would look on her bedroom floor.
She was hungry. She had no idea if she was actually hungry or if it was Tamsin who was unintentionally bringing it out of her. She'd fed the night before, which should have been enough to hold her over for a few days. Ever since she had returned from the train ride from hell, which she still couldn't remember all of; she'd noticed that her hunger was returning a lot quicker than usual.
She knew she'd have to go and talk to Lauren about that. She also knew that seeing Lauren as just a patient wouldn't be as hard as it had been when the human worked for the Ash. Now she worked for the Dark, Bo had a legitimate reason for seeing her. Deep down Bo knew that Lauren working for the Dark wasn't going to end well. Lauren had always pretty much despised Dark Fae. But Bo also knew that Lauren wasn't owned by the Morrigan or the Dark Fae, she was an employee, an asset if you will, rather than a possession. She was free to a certain extent, which is what she had wanted, and Bo was happy for her.
"So, Bo, I'm going to need you to stay here, just in case it has an adverse effect on Tamsin." Trick said.
"Sorry, what?" Bo asked.
"Have you even listened to a single word I said?" Trick asked.
Tamsin had to really fight to keep the laugh inside her as Bo looked like a young child who had just been caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
"I was just saying, this cocktail will sever any emotional or mental links that anyone has to Tamsin," Trick said, "It will stop the voices. But I can't guarantee that it won't adversely affect her, it make cause a power spike that she can't control, so I'm going to need you here to calm her with your… Succubus gifts if that happens."
"I can't do that on her…" Bo said, "what if I use too much…"
"I trust you Bo." Tamsin said looking at her.
From the look in her eyes Bo could tell that Tamsin meant every word. She really did trust her.
"Okay…" Bo replied with a nod, "Let's do it."
x-x
Tamsin took a quick smell of the liquid that Trick had handed her.
"Smells like something died in this glass Blood King." She said, scrunching her nose up.
"It's not supposed to smell nice," Trick said, smiling a little, "but it will do the job."
"I hope you're right dude," Tamsin replied, "because this asshole needs to get out of my head."
"It's probably best to drink it quickly." Trick said reassuringly.
Tamsin nodded, took a deep breath and looked at Bo.
"You ready with that calming shit you do so well?" Tamsin asked.
Bo took her hand and smiled at her a little.
"I'm always ready." She said.
Tamsin laughed a little.
"Here goes nothing…" she said, downing the foul smelling liquid.
At first nothing happened, she felt no different.
"Oh that tastes disgusting…" Tamsin said, feeling like she was going to vomit.
Suddenly the pain hit her. It felt like someone had cut her head open with a very sharp sword and was prodding around in her brain.
"Now Bo." Trick said.
Bo started to run her thumb over the back of Tamsin's hand, sending waves of calming pleasure through the Valkyrie. It did nothing to lessen the pain.
Well played Valkyrie Tamsin heard in her head but she is my vessel on that plane, your job has been completed even with your failings. You cannot save her from me.
After one final searing jolt of pain there was silence in Tamsin's mind.
"Is it over?" Bo asked.
Tamsin nodded.
"Someone get me a bottle of vodka," Tamsin said, "I feel like I've just gone 10 rounds with Talos."
"Who?" Bo asked Trick.
"A giant made of bronze, around in ancient Greece." Trick said.
"I keep forgetting just how old you really are." Bo said to Tamsin with a laugh.
"Less of the old, Succubus." Tamsin said with a little smile.
Trick handed her another glass.
"For the pain." He said with a smile.
"If this makes me vomit…" Tamsin said, before drinking it, "wow…"
Tamsin rested her head against the back of the sofa, closing her eyes.
"What the hell was in that?" Bo asked.
"It's an opiate based pain killer that only works on the Fae," Trick said, "as Tamsin was complaining about pain it must have been a lot worse than she was letting on, Valkyrie's are trained to show now sign of pain, as pain is seen as a weakness on the battle field. She'll be floating on a cloud for a few hours."
Bo looked at Tamsin, a small smile playing on the Valkyrie's lips. Bo softly ran her thumb across the back of her hand again, determined to stay exactly where she was until Tamsin came back down to earth.
Trick smiled a little as he walked back up the stairs to the bar. His granddaughter always seemed to have a thing for saving troubled souls, and they didn't come much more troubled than Tamsin's. But something within him was telling him that maybe this time around someone else was going to save Bo. Maybe Tamsin was the one that would balance his granddaughter out. He'd watched her go through the pain of falling in love with a human, knowing that it could never last, he'd been there as her relationship with Dyson came to an end. He was on the list of people who had lied to Bo to try and save her. Tamsin was the only one who told Bo the truth, no matter how hard it was to say or hear. For all her faults the Valkyrie was noble to a fault. Trick knew from his own personal experience that if Bo could rely on anyone it would be Tamsin. Once a Valkyrie falls in love, it's forever. They don't need nor expect the love to be reciprocated. Very few people, human or Fae, are seen as being worthy of a Valkyrie's love. He just hoped that his granddaughter realised just what lay in front of her before she forced Tamsin away with her own fears.
