A/N: As I'm feeling generous tonight, and the last part wasn't that long, have another. Read, review and enjoy!

Chapter Eleven

While Bo was having a drink at the bar Tamsin excused herself to make a couple of phone calls.

"Yeah." Came the reply on the first call.

"Frankie." Tamsin said.

"Tamsin?" Frankie asked, "Heard you were dead."

"I was," Tamsin said, "now not so much."

"What can I do for you?" Frankie asked, laughing at Tamsin's flippant attitude to being dead.

"Have you still got that back room set up the way I set it up before?" Tamsin asked.

"Yeah," Frankie replied, "a couple of my guys find it useful so I left it, added a couple of weapons to the ones in there though."

"I'm going to need to use that room tomorrow." Tamsin said.

"Getting yourself ready for a fight Valkyrie?" Frankie asked.

"Not getting myself ready, no…" Tamsin said, her eyes drifting over to Bo, "anyway, we'll be there about 7:30 in the morning."

"Right at the time I open," Frankie replied, "you need it all day?"

"I think so yeah," Tamsin said, "probably way past closing too."

"You're lucky it's you." He said.

"See you tomorrow Frankie." Tamsin replied, hanging up the phone.

Tamsin took a deep breath and called the other number she had to call.

"This better be important." The reply said.

"Can you get to the city?" Tamsin asked.

"Why?" the woman replied.

"I need your help with something." Tamsin said honestly.

"Little Miss 'I'll never ask you for your help again' is… asking me for help, again." The woman said.

"Please Acacia," Tamsin said, "this is really important."

"I'll be there." Acacia replied.

Tamsin sighed and hung up the phone. She stood there for a while looking at her phone. She hated what had happened to her relationship with Acacia. The two had always been close, Acacia being Tamsin's mentor, the woman who trained her, the one who had put Tamsin back together every time she had fallen apart. To say that Tamsin owed her, her life, would be an understatement. She owed her it many times over. But even with all that, she had still risked Acacia's life to save Bo. Acacia had taken the job of basically reminding Tamsin of her bounty, and cleaning up the mess if she failed. She reminded Tamsin, gave her what she needed, and the mess that needed cleaning up was all of Tamsin's own making. She rebelled, she kicked out. Acacia suffered for her actions. Her feelings, and the need she felt to save Bo, cost the woman who had taught her everything, a lot. And now she was again going to be asking Acacia to help her, again with Bo, and again with a possible cost.

x-x

Bo was fast asleep when Acacia called Tamsin telling her she needed picking up from the bus station and she needed somewhere to stay. So Tamsin went to pick her up, drove her back to the condo and she passed out on the sofa. When Tamsin and Bo made their way downstairs at 7 the following morning Acacia was already up.

"Oh you have got to be shitting me Tams," Acacia said, "really? You're still tied to that tree like a good little puppy?"

"And you are?" Bo asked.

"Bo, Acacia," Tamsin said, "Acacia, Bo."

"Oh I'm aware of who she is," Acacia said, "the part I'm not too clear on is why she's here. You said you wanted help with something, if that something is her, I'm out of here."

"Bo can you give us a minute?" Tamsin asked, looking at Bo.

"Sure." Bo replied.

Bo looked at Acacia and gave her a look that screamed 'who the fuck do you think you are' and then turned and headed back upstairs.

"She's got balls I'll give her that." Acacia said.

"She's… different." Tamsin said.

"And you really are in love with her," Acacia said, "kid, you really are a sucker for punishment, you now that'll never work out. His plans don't involve you and you know it."

"I know…" Tamsin said, "Which is why I need you to help me to teach her how to fight."

"Tamsin, I've seen you fight, you don't need me to help you teach her," Acacia said, "why am I really here?"

"Because I don't trust myself to teach her," Tamsin replied, "not alone. Look, you taught me everything I know, teach her. I can't, because I won't be able to push her in the way she needs to be pushed, you will. So please, for me, one last time for old times' sake, will you help me?"

"When do we start?" Acacia asked with a sigh of defeat.

x-x

"I need to rest," Bo said, "5 minutes."

Tamsin was standing with her back resting against the wall, arms around her own waist, one foot propped on the wall behind her, watching things unfold. Bo was lying flat on her back on the training mat, again, for the fifth time and it wasn't even 9am yet.

"You think he's going to let you lay there for 5 minutes to get your breath?" Acacia asked, standing over Bo, "don't think so Succubus, get up."

"Tamsin," Bo grumbled as she stood up, "explain to me again how this is a good idea."

"It'll help you survive Bo…" Tamsin said.

"When you said you were going to train me to fight I wasn't expecting it to be this difficult." Bo said.

"Just stick with it Bo," Tamsin said, "Please… it'll get easier."

"Getting my ass kicked will get easier?" Bo asked, turning to face Acacia, "oh let's go bitch, bring it on."

Bo's eyes flashed blue and Acacia smiled.

x-x

Tamsin picked up one of the swords and started swinging it idly in her hands. To her it was the most natural thing in the world, she didn't even realise that she was doing it until she heard Acacia talking to her.

"You want to show her how it's done Tams?" Acacia asked.

"Last time we sparred I kicked your ass." Tamsin said with a smile.

"That was in another life for you sweet cheeks," Acacia said, "let's see if you've still got it."

"Oh I've still got it." Tamsin said, swinging the sword overhand in her hand, while walking closer to Acacia, "Bo, you might want to move, but don't get too comfortable, this won't take long."

Acacia laughed as Bo walked over and stood by the wall. Tamsin smiled, rolled her neck and looked at Acacia.

"You ready to go old woman?" Tamsin asked with a smirk.

"You remember what happened the last time you called me that." Acacia said with a little laugh.

"Yeah," Tamsin said with a laugh of her own, "I've still got the scar on my chest to prove it."

x-x

Bo looked on as the two Valkyrie's sparred. Metal clashing against metal. They had been at it for nearly 5 minutes straight, neither of them able to get the upper hand. Even the guys working out in the rest of the gym came to watch, crowding in the doorway. A couple of guys let out a gasp as Tamsin rolled to avoid a hit from Acacia, bringing her sword up to stop Acacia's sword which was making a bee-line for Tamsin's head.

"Closer," Tamsin said, forcing Acacia's sword up and standing up herself, "but still not close enough."

"You've lost some of your spark Tamsin," Acacia said, "always said you were going soft."

Tamsin saw her opening, she wrong stepped Acacia, stepping to the left and behind her, rather than to the right, which is the direction her sword was going in. She brought her foot up, hitting Acacia in the knee, making her collapse to the mat. Tamsin brought her sword round and brought it down from above her head so it was mere millimetres from Acacia's neck.

"I'd say I've still got it." Tamsin said, lifting her sword, and walking towards the wall, "Bo, you're up."

Bo had to admit, watching Tamsin spar, seeing the Valkyrie in what would count as her natural element was fascinating for her. She'd never really seen Tamsin seem as free as she did with that sword in her hand. If Bo was being honest she also found it really hot. She was pretty sure that's why the guys from the gym had come in to watch. Tamsin was hot at the best of times, her sparring with a sword wearing a tight sports top which stopped just above her perfect abs and sweatpants that seemed to hug her hips and flair out slightly at the bottom, was something else. Bo could feel her hunger building as she had watched the blonde Valkyrie.

As Bo walked past Tamsin she couldn't help but admire the view.

"If you're planning on doing that again," Bo said, "I'm going to need a snack break…"

Tamsin smiled a little as she walked to the wall.

"You get a break for something to eat at noon Succubus." Acacia said.

"She wasn't talking about that kind of snack break." Tamsin called over her shoulder to Acacia, resting the sword against the wall and walking out of the door to get a bottle of water, knowing full well that Bo's blue eyes were following her every move.