Characters aren't mine. I've taken the liberties I wanted for the storyline, but the characters belong to Showcase and Lost Girl.
Set post season 3 but not necessarily a re-write of season 4. Just a fun story about the gang that isn't directly related to the show. Hopefully presenting as S1-3 Kenzi, S3/4 Vex and Lauren and S2 Bo. I'm not sure which season I'm pulling Dyson from yet but it will get there. Rated T for now but will most likely be M. Not decided yet on which pairing is the central pairing, but for now Bo/Lauren will develop but I am also considering Lauren/Morrigan and Kenzi/Hale apparently more like Lauren/Morrigan or Lauren/Tamsin. Sorry…the Kenzi/Hale thing is just uninspired due to S4.
So I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this Tamsin, but it's still a work in progress. I also realize I have allowed the story to get sucked into the "triangle" but I am hoping it resolves itself. We'll see where it goes from here, but I am still figuring it out.
R&R appreciated.
Chapter 4
"So what's the deal with you and the Sunshine gang?" Lauren rolled her eyes and stared out the window of Tamsin's truck. The pair were on their way to the clubhouse to meet with Bo and the rest of the crew about Operation Save Dyson. "Leave it will you Tamsin?" Tamsin huffed and turned on the radio to fill the awkward silence. Not that she really minded not talking, but for some strange reason she felt like she needed to do something to pass the time in the drive across town.
"I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around; I'm never in one place, I roam from town to town…"
Tamsin quickly switched off the radio with a slightly worried look on her face. Lauren looked over at her curiously. "Something wrong?" Tamsin shook her head. "Just don't really like that song that's all. Bad memories. Anyway, where exactly are we going again?" Lauren paused as she studied the obviously shaken girl but decided to let it go for now. "Okay, well um we're meeting up with Bo and everyone to figure out what we're going to do to get Dyson back." Tamsin nodded. "And what exactly is the plan so far? Storm the fort and save the Wolf? How do you even know where he is?"
"Well we don't but that's what we're trying to figure out. Oh turn off up here. The clubhouse is right over there." Tamsin rolled her eyes. Little did Lauren know she'd been following her ever since that night at Tafts, at the behest of the Morrigan of course. Tamsin knew exactly where the clubhouse was and all the other spots the Doc frequented. She always stayed out of the way though so she was positive Lauren had never seen her following her, ever. Tamsin parked the truck and the pair jumped out and headed into the residence. They were quickly greeted by a seemingly enthusiastic Kenzi.
"What up Hotpants! Who's the stray?" Kenzi peered at the Valkyrie with a questionable gaze but didn't move from her spot sitting on the countertop. Tamsin folded her arms over her chest as Lauren stepped between the two hoping she wouldn't have to play referee at all today. "Kenzi this is Tamsin, she's a um…friend if you will. Kenzi is Bo's best friend and roommate." Kenzi made a mock bow from her perch and Tamsin just rolled her eyes. At that moment Bo came down the stairs and Tamsin's gaze went to her immediately. "You must be Bo."
At the sound of an unrecognizable voice Bo's head snapped up. She took a step toward Tamsin with a slightly aggressive stance. "Yeah and who the hell are you?" Kenzi jumped down from the countertop and moved over to the couch while addressing Bo's question. "She's the stray the Doc picked up en route over." Bo and Tamsin stared at each other both seeming to size up the other like prize fighters squaring off before a fight. Bo's gaze faltered to Lauren who looked a little unsure of the encounter not having much familiarity with what appeared to be two alpha females engaged in a standoff. She cleared her throat. "Bo, Tamsin is the person I told you about yesterday, she'll be helping us."
"You, I'm here to help you." Bo stared at Tamsin when she'd addressed the Doctor and gave Lauren a slightly confused look as Lauren appeared to be slightly flustered. Lauren cleared her throat. "Um yeah, well in any event, Tamsin in here to help. Where are we with everything?" Bo took a step toward Tamsin. "Hold on, what do you mean you're here to help Lauren? Who are you?" Tamsin turned to Bo with a smirk. "You heard the lady, just here to help. Calm your pretty little head down will ya?" Bo threw another glare at Tamsin as she walked over to Lauren and grabbed her arm pulling her to the side.
"What the hell is going on here? Who is she?" Lauren gave Bo an annoyed look. "Look Bo, like I told you before, she's here to help, courtesy of the Morrigan. So let's just focus on Dyson okay?" Bo looked at Lauren with a bewildered look. "Courtesy of the Morrigan? And I'm supposed to just believe she's willing to help us?" Lauren sighed. "Yes. Ok now can we just focus on the task at hand?" Lauren brushed past Bo back to where the other two were sitting just as Hale and Vex walked through the door.
"Well now isn't this lovely…the gang's back together." The Mesmer smirked at the group as he walked in like he owned the joint and took a seat on the couch. He propped his feet up on the table and winked at Kenzi who rolled her eyes at him. "Um yeah, it's the freakin Brady Bunch up in here. So does anyone have an actual plan?" Hale cleared his throat as he stepped forward towards Tamsin. "Uh hi, I'm –" Bo rolled her eyes as she cut him off. "Hale this is Tamsin, a 'friend' of Lauren's. Tamsin this is Hale, Dyson's old partner and one of us." Bo stood with her hands on her hips as she glared at Tamsin. For some reason the Succubus didn't trust the newest addition to the group and it was more than her spider sense tingling about Tamsin and Lauren's so called friendship.
"Yeahhh okay. So, now that the awkward introductions are out of the way does anyone have anything that resembles a plan or are we just going to sit around and stare at each other all day?" Tamsin looked bored as she took a seat at the countertop near where Lauren was standing. Lauren looked at Tamsin and then at Bo. "I did some research last night and figured out a couple of places he could have gone based on the known whereabouts of the Originals. If we are assuming he went after one of them then we should probably start there."
Hale cleared his throat again. "The Originals? Are you sure about this? This is some hard core stuff here." Kenzi pipped up. "So we've heard. Care to share in the bedtime story or is this one of those make your own adventure type scenarios?" Hale went to answer but Tamsin beat him to it. "The Originals are things nightmares are made of little girl. Old, crazy and gross, trust me." Hale looked at Tamsin quizzically. "Yeah they are an old sect. There's not a lot known about them because no one lives to tell the tale."
Bo started pacing. "So they're bad asses. Got it. First question is how do we find them? How do we figure out if Dyson went after them?" Hale laughed. "Yo Dyson is nuts but he's not that crazy. Come on now…why…what?" Everyone was looking at Hale as he was the only one laughing. Vex sat up with an amused look on his face. "Didn't you hear? Wolf boy went MIA and now its full panic alert." Hale looked around confused but ultimately sat down at another one of the stools near the countertop trying to figure out what happened to Dyson.
"What did your research figure out about where the Originals might be?" Lauren looked up at Bo's question. "There are a few places that appear multiple times in some of the text, but even with the Dark archives I don't have a clear picture of exactly where. Problem is, they're all over France, and I don't know where to begin." Lauren sighed as she pulled out some notes from her bag. She passed them to Bo who looked at them and back at Lauren. "So we research all of the places and try to figure out which is the most likely I guess?" Bo looked back down at the notes as if they were in another language.
"Um boring. Look you all have fun with that I'll be waiting outside. I did not sign up for research." Tamsin went to leave the clubhouse but Lauren reached out and put a hand on her shoulder to stop her. Bo watched the exchange with extreme curiosity but didn't say anything as Lauren spoke quietly to Tamsin. Bo noted that Tamsin looked almost like a child who was being made to do something they didn't want to do when Lauren spoke to her. "Tamsin we could really use an extra set of eyes on this stuff. You've been around a while and any knowledge you have would be a great help." Tamsin huffed and turned around returning to her seat at the countertop.
Bo raised an eyebrow but again remained silent as Kenzi moved from the couch to stand next to her BFF. "Wow, that didn't take long did it?" Bo glared at her. "Excuse me?" Kenzi smiled. "Oh please, you don't think that 'friendship' is purely platonic do you? The only time I've seen anyone sit and stay like that is when Dyson was drooling all over you. Sorry." Kenzi looked at Bo with sympathy. She knew Bo was still upset over the 'break' or 'breakup' or whatever it was that happened with them and she knew the two hadn't had a chance to really talk about it. Since the Taft incident Lauren had been back in their lives almost full time but she knew Bo hadn't broached the subject with her most likely out of fear of rejection. Bo ruffled a bit but kept her composure. "Well the more the merrier or whatever. The main thing here is to figure out what happened to Dyson. The rest I'll deal with later."
The group spent a few hours going through the various locations Lauren had found in her research and surprisingly Vex provided some good information about old Europe and helped narrow down the possible location of the Originals to four different areas throughout France. Bo and Tamsin spent most of the time glaring at each other over Lauren's head, both women flanking her sides in effort to one up the other. Kenzi eventually fell asleep reading as she probably looked through about fifty journals or so trying to figure out anything about the Originals. Hale and Lauren spent most of the time on a computer with Hale at Kenzi's desk and Lauren on her laptop. After hours of research Lauren looked up at Hale with a smile. "I think I have something. Do you know a woman named Flora?" Hale shook his head as he didn't know who Lauren was talking about. "Dammit!" Lauren ran her hand through her hair with exasperation.
"Did you say Flora? The singer? What does she have to do with this?" Vex popped up from his seat on the couch and walked over to the Doctor. Lauren gave Vex a guarded look. "Well according to some of the old journals it looks like Dyson might have known her. She went missing around the time of one of the last documented kills by one of the Originals. Maybe there's a connection there?" Lauren looked hopeful but she knew she was grasping at straws at best. Vex scoffed. "What do you think he went for a two for one special in avenging the death of his old girlfriend while at the same time lifting his curse?" Vex laughed while looking at Bo. "Wouldn't that be the shit storm of the season? The one man you love might die avenging his lost love from days past. Oh brilliant is what it is!"
"Ok we need to take a break." Bo stood up from her seat and stretched her back. Lauren watched the movement perhaps a little too closely and had to shake her head a little bit to clear the thoughts out of her head. She needed to get some fresh air. "I agree. Why don't I go grab us some food? Looks like this will be a long night." Kenzi woke up at the mention of food and grabbed her jacket. "I'll go with Doc. Make sure you don't try and buy stuff that's too healthy or anything." Kenzi was out the door before Lauren could object so she shrugged her shoulders and slipped her jacket on.
Tamsin stood with her but once again was stopped before leaving. "Can I borrow your truck? We won't be long." She held out her hand for the keys but Tamsin just stared at her with an incredulous look. "Um I am not staying here alone. Besides my truck I'll drive." Lauren sighed. "Ok you take Kenzi and I'll stay here. Tamsin you only have two seats in your truck so only two of us can go. I think there's a pizza place down the road." Tamsin looked at Lauren then Bo and at the door where Kenzi was hollering to hurry up because she was starving. She threw the keys at Lauren. "It sticks in second gear." Lauren smirked a little. "I thought you didn't want to stay here alone?" Tamsin rolled her eyes. "Yeah but I don't want to be in a confined space with that half pint either. Good luck with that."
Lauren laughed a little as she walked out the door leaving Bo, Tamsin, Vex and Hale in the clubhouse. Hale, sensing the tension, promptly excused himself to the bathroom and Vex went outside for a smoke leaving the Succubus and Valkyrie alone in the living room. For a while neither woman spoke when finally Tamsin broke the silence. "So what's new Succubus?" Bo ignored the question as she once again sized up the tall blonde before her. "So what's your deal anyway with Lauren. You guys like BFF's now or something?" Tamsin smirked and stalked towards Bo like a predator closing in on its prey. "Why? Bother you much?" Bo backed up a step but her gaze didn't falter. "It doesn't bother me, she just never mentioned you until yesterday that's all." Tamsin stood at her full length in front of Bo easily towering over the petite brunette. "Gee you know for someone who says they're not bothered about it I'm picking up all kinds of jealous vibes from you. So what's your deal anyway? You love him…you love her…you love him? If I didn't know any better I'd say-"
Bo stepped into Tamsin's face. "You'd better not say and just keep you opinions to yourself okay? What happens between Lauren and I doesn't concern you." Tamsin laughed. "See that's where you're mistaken. What happens to the Doc does concern me so if you happen to be involved then I am very interested. And from what I see, you're doing a bang up job of trying to mark your territory here but the question is…why?" Bo opened her mouth but nothing came out. Tamsin had struck a nerve but she didn't want to admit it. Instead Bo turned to walk to the kitchen and clear off some of the papers from the counter. "Look all I care about is that Lauren is safe and happy." Tamsin had to laugh at Bo's attempt to end the discussion and not admit that she had some sort of feelings for the good Doctor. Tamsin just couldn't help herself. "Don't worry Bo. I can assure you Laure is both very safe and very very happy." With that Tamsin walked out of the clubhouse to join Vex in a smoke and wait for the food to return. Bo was fuming as she watched Tamsin walk out and she only had one thought in her head as she wiped down the countertop perhaps a bit too roughly.
'Game on bitch…game on'
So hopefully it lived up to expectations. I'm not totally sure if I am goin down a Bo/Lauren or Tamsin/Lauren storyline but it's fun playing with them both. Also I realize I'm dragging out the "what happened to Dyson" thing but hey, it gives me something to write against so please bear with me. And I don't know a thing about France so when we get to those chapters I'm sure Google and Wikipedia will be my best friends. Also, I'll try to update regularly, but honestly during the week I'll be lucky to do one update if I'm lucky…unfortunately most of the updates may be on the weekends. Thanks for reading!