Bo sat there in the street, watching the two sisters embrace, with the roar of ambulances approaching.
"Guys, let's go," Bo said, encouraging them to move inside the Dal.
Talulah and Bo assisted Tamsin in getting to her feet, as they walked to the sidewalk.
"Guess your plan worked," Lauren whispered to Bo as they went inside.
"Let's hope so."
"Tamsin, are you okay. I'm so sorry," Talulah said. "How could this be possible? I mean I – I've lost this whole gap." She sat Tamsin down at a booth and slid in opposite of her.
"What's the last thing you remember?" Tamsin asked, trying to get her strength back after Talulah's power suck.
"I – I mean – the, the last thing I remember is the last night you and I were at home, the night mom and dad never returned from battle. The night you told me you and Kina were leaving, and that you wanted me to come with you. I was so angry at you, for leaving me with the burden of burying our parents so that you could go play protector with your human that I just never wanted to see you again," she put her head down. "I remember going to sleep that night. And then, that's it. After that nothing, until I took your chi, after that, its like it was yesterday that I saw you."
"I've been following you your whole life. Making sure you were safe, even though you couldn't even remember who I was. I watched you for centuries, taking residence wherever you resided. I just had to make sure, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I hadn't. I remember that last night as well. I told you I was going away with Kina, on the run. I explained what I had done. You were very angry at me. Angry, because you thought I had chosen some human over our family, our bloodline, but that wasn't true at all."
"Because you had! It was always about Kina. First about taking her away from Kronan, then about keeping her away from Kronan, then about how you were falling in love with her. And I warned you that nothing good would come of this love. That she was only human and could therefore never have your heart, but you just wouldn't listen."
"That was centuries ago, Talulah, I know it may feel like yesterday for you, but it wasn't for me. I don't want to sit here and bring up old news. I can't."
"Well I wanna know what happened to me! I wanna know why for over a hundred years i've been walking this earth with no memory of anything but my name."
"I don't know, Talulah, and we may never know. We needed you to get your memory back so that you could help us," Tamsin said, looking over at Bo, who was standing by the bar. Lauren and Dyson by her side.
"Why, what's going on?"
"Well," Tamsin sighed, not wanting to tell her sister of the horrors she had probably saw, but couldn't remember. "You were kidnapped with a bunch of other Fae. There were five of you. The other boy, Mark, went home to his family, but the others, the twins, Kia and Jasmine, and a boy, Dex are killers. We have been trying to find them, thinking if maybe you could get your memory back somehow that it would help us find them, but I can see now that was not the case, that we need to start somewhere else."
"I lived with murders! Oh my god. Is there anything else I should know?"
"Not that I know of. I mean we could really use your help to track down these kids."
"Of course I will. As long as you're not chasing after any more human lovers."
"No," Tamsin laughed. "I'm chasing after anyone."
"Really? Because i've had my memory back for five minutes and i've seen the way you've looked at that girl over there," she said motioning towards Bo.
"Ha," she laughed. "No, Bo is just a friend. A really annoying, but loyal friend."
"Uh huh," Talulah said skeptically. "Well, don't we have a case to solve here?"
"Talulah, you just got hit by a car, and got your memory back after over a milenium. Don't you wanna, I don't know, take a breather, see what this planet is now?"
"Hey," she said reaching out for Tamsin's hands a grabbing them tightly. "My big sister is sitting across from me after looking out for my ass for my entire lifetime. And now, she's asking me for my help, and i'm going to do everything I can to make sure I do help her. We can catch up after that."
"Alright, let's do it then," Tamsin smiled. "I'll call Bo over and she can catch you up."
Tamsin left the table and went over to the love triangle.
"Hey, can you catch, Talulah up on the details of what's been happening so far? She's eager to go hunting."
"Wow, you guys really are sisters," Bo smiled.
"I'm going to help too," Dyson said, getting up, wincing.
"No, you're not," Lauren said. "You need to go home, get some rest, before you get hurt even more. We can handle this, Dyson.'
"I'm not letting them chase these psychos alone. They need me."
"Dyson, I'll go. Come on its two succubus' a Valkyrie, and a superhuman nerd. What could go wrong?"
"You're not going, Lauren. No way."
"Dyson. We'll protect her," Tamsin cut in.
"She's human," Dyson said, grabbing his ribs.
"You – you know, i'm so tired of that. So what, i'm human, doesn't make me any worse off than you are. So I don't have super Fae powers like that rest of you? What I lack in physical strength, I make up for in smarts," she said her peace and walked out of the Dal.
"Thanks a lot," Bo said, chasing after her.
Dyson poured himself a shot and drank it.
"You know how Lauren is," Tamsin said, reassuring him that he didn't do anything wrong and that Lauren was just oversensitive.
She walked backed over to Talulah.
"What the hell was all of that?" she asked.
"Oh that," Tamsin said. "Well its a long story."
"Well its not like we don't have time right now right?"
"Right," Tamsin said sitting down. "Well the curly haired ginger over there is Dyson. The wolf. He fell in love with Bo hard and fast. Ended up giving her all his doggie love. Bo ended up finding her mother, who turned out to be a super psycho succubus who tried to kill her when Bo wouldn't comply with her demands to get rid of the Ash and the Morrigan and all the Fae elders. Dyson went to see the Norn, who took his love away, in exchange for giving his strength to Bo in the battle with her mother."
"Well if he knew he was giving his love away why did he do it? Bo seems like the kind of girl that can take care of herself."
"Well she can, clearly, but I guess he wanted to be sure. He thought the Norn was going to take his wolf, the very essence of who he is. But she had to take what was most important to him, which was his love for Bo, not his wolf. She tricked him."
"Wow," Talulah said, looking over to Dyson. "That's actually terrible, I couldn't imagine."
"Yeah, and then he disappeared for weeks, and when he got back, right when Bo thought she was in a good place with Dyson, he drops the bomb on her that his love for her is gone. That he stills remembers everything they had together, but cannot feel a damn thing for her anymore, which left Bo devastated. Then, she started to drift closer and closer to Lauren. Which I guess she always had been close with Lauren, but her relationship with Dyson, and Lauren's relationship with the Ash complicated things for them. But, Bo's best friend, Kenzi went to the Norn with a chainsaw and threatened to cut down her tree, which is an extension of herself, if she did not give Dyson his love back. And after some convincing, she gave Kenzi a vial containing Dyson's love, which she returned to him immediately. When he got it back he was back to feeling like himself again. But then, before he got the chance to tell her, she had committed to a relationship with Lauren. So ever since then, it's been a secret battle between the two of them, for Bo's love and affection. Dyson's just too nice to be the kind of guy that takes what he wants. He just wants Bo to be happy, even though he's miserable without her. And he refuses to interfere in her relationship."
"So this is what i've missed out on. Damn, your friends are like, the best drama ever, Tamsin."
"Yeah, I guess they are," she laughed. "Once you get to know them more, you'll understand their personalities. They're all good people, the only people you'd want to have your back. I didn't sign up to be a part of this family, but I sure glad I am now."
"Tamsin," Bo said, coming back inside. "I need to talk to you."
"Okay, uh, i'll be right back, Talulah," Tamsin said walking over to Bo.
"Listen, there's been an incident over at the first continental bank. There's been hostages taken. The assailants are two females."
"Those are our girls," Tamsin said.
"Maybe, but we have to go now, Lauren is in the car, you wanna grab, Talulah?"
"You think she's ready?"
"I think if she's anything like you, we'll need her."
