Characters aren't mine. I've taken the liberties I wanted for the storyline, but the characters belong to Showcase and Lost Girl.

Gotta love Google Translate. And I don't know why but I see Cassandra as being British…so I'm going with it.

R&R appreciated.

Chapter 10

The next morning Lauren awoke to find the spot next to her empty and sheets cool to the touch which signaled the fact that Tamsin had been gone for a while. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was nearly 9:00am meaning she royally overslept, something she hasn't done since undergrad at Yale. Lauren quickly jumped out of bed and spent a few minutes getting ready before heading downstairs hoping she wouldn't be the last one at the table. To her surprise the only person seated at the large table was Cassandra, who appeared to be having tea with her morning paper. Lauren cleared her throat upon entering the large dining area.

"Good morning."

Cassandra looked up from her paper and smiled at the Doctor. "Good morning to you. I trust you slept well?"

"Yeah. Too well. Time zone changes must have really caught up with me."

Lauren gave a sheepish smile as she sat down at the table. Spread out on the table was quite the breakfast selection including waffles, pancakes, muffins, bagels with lox, fresh fruit, eggs, bacon and ham with tea, coffee and orange juice to drink. Lauren poured herself a cup of coffee and looked around the quiet house for signs of the others.

"So um is everyone else awake or…?"

"Yes, they've all eaten breakfast and Ryan took them into town to retrieve some files from the library. I elected to stay here and I thought you and I should have a little chat this morning."

Lauren studied the raven haired woman trying to figure out what her play was. Lauren figured both she and Ryan were Dark but without knowing what kind of Fae they were, Lauren was clueless as to what to expect. Cassandra could feel the curiosity rolling off of Lauren in waves so she set her paper to the side and sat back in her chair.

"Tell me Doctor, do you know why you're here?"

Lauren shrugged. "Well we're looking for Dyson. Research based on his case files and notes he'd left behind as well as accessing the Morrigan's archives indicate that this was an area he is most likely interested in."

"And why is that?"

Lauren sat up straighter. Something about the way Cassandra was questioning her didn't sit right. Lauren proceeded cautiously. "Being one of the oldest, if not the oldest, city in France, this is most likely a location that would connect to the Rougaru."

"Come now Doctor. Don't have to be shy. You are here seeking out the Originals are you not?"

"And if we were?" Lauren squinted a bit as she tried to gauge the woman's reaction. Cassandra didn't miss a step though as she nonchalantly waived off the notion.

"Then you would be fools. However, I believe there is more to this story than either you or I know of."

"Meaning?"

"Meaning the Originals have existed for thousands of years without a trace for a reason. No, I believe we are here for something greater than that. Tell me, the Succubus, Bo is it? What do you know of her?"

Lauren had to laugh almost sarcastically. "Well, what would you like to know?"

Just as Cassandra was going to ask her next question the front door opened and the remaining four inhabitants of the estate returned with armfuls of books and journals. They set the reading material down on the empty space at the far end of the table and Ryan turned to the pair with a smile.

"Good morning ladies. And how are we this morning?"

"Fine. What is all that?" Lauren pointed to the books with raised eyebrows.

"Enough reading to keep us entertained from now til forever. So this is what hell is like…" Kenzi grumbled a little as she sat down at the table and reached for a pancake and a cup of coffee. She proceeded to dunk the pancake in the coffee and ate in silence as everyone stared at her.

"What?"

"Eww. Ok anyway, so what's the plan? More reading?" Tamsin sulked as she sat down across from Kenzi and reached for a bagel to chew on.

Everyone seemed to look at Lauren and Bo who shared an 'I don't know' look before Bo spoke up.

"Well yeah I suppose for now. When are we meeting up with your contact again?"

Ryan glanced at his watch. "Well she should be here soon actually. So why don't we just relax and finish breakfast and we'll pick up later today?"

The group moved the reading materials off to the side and proceeded to eat through the delicious meal quickly. Lauren was sitting on one end next to Bo who was sitting next to Tamsin. Kenzi sat across from them with Ryan and Cassandra to her left. Everyone ate in silence for a bit before Bo's curiosity got the better of her.

"So what kind of Fae are you guys? I mean you know what kind I am but what about you?"

Ryan and Cassandra shared a look and a smile as he answered for them. "I'm a Loki and Cassandra here is a Simurgh."

"I thought Loki were extinct?" Lauren looked confused.

"Almost." Ryan smiled and winked at her.

"What's a Sim…what are you?"

Cassandra smiled at the small Goth human. "Simurgh. We're a clan of very old and very knowledgeable creatures."

Lauren nodded and looked over at Kenzi. "The Simurgh are known for their wisdom and their benevolence. What little is known about them suggests they are similar to the Phoenix but are much older and have been around almost since the beginning of time."

Cassandra gave the Doctor an impressed smile. "Very good. So in short, I take Ryan on his little excursions and provide resources and backup to him while keeping him safe."

Ryan laughed at her statement. "Or something like that. Oh that must be Katya."

The doorbell had rung and one of the large men that greeted the group yesterday opened it. A lithe fiery haired woman entered the room. She was dressed in an expensive power suit but her hair was done in a casual manner and she gracefully entered the room as if she owned the place. She lowered her sunglasses and greeted the group with a charming smile.

"Ladies, Ryan. How can I be of service?" Expecting her to have some sort of accent the group seemed surprised that she spoke with a clearly American draw to her words. Tamsin looked up and upon seeing the woman's face she sat back in her chair with a smirk on her face.

"Well I'll be damned. Last time I saw you, you were blonde."

"Mmm. And last time I saw you, you were dead. Or so I thought."

"You wish. Couldn't kill me if you tried honey."

"Oh but I believe I did. And I did."

Everyone, including Ryan and Cassandra, were looking at the pair with confused faces. Tamsin rolled her eyes and waived at the newcomer.

"Angel this is everyone. Everyone, Angel."

"Actually I go by Katya now. Angel was so…trite."

The group introduced themselves to Katya and she took a seat at the table with them. Turns out Tamsin knew her a lifetime ago during WWI when she was stationed in France. At the time she was a German solider and Katya – Angel back then – had been someone she knew, a friend who even gave her refuge at times and gave her a place to hide. Apparently though, Angel had tried to kill Tamsin once as she believed Tamsin had stolen goods and supplies from her family, which at the time was a major offense. Turns out the Nazi's did it and Tamsin "died" before Katya could make amends. Katya explained to the four travelers that her family has been around literally since the beginning of time. A descendant of the oldest Gryphon clan her heritage is mixed Fae and human and her particular bloodline is one of the few hybrid lines that is held on high by all the Fae as her human side is said to be a descendant of supernatural beings. She herself was born during the Roman empire and she'd been in various parts of Europe and Asia her entire existence.

"So is that why you used the name Angel?"

Kenzi was intrigued by the story Katya was telling. She was a bit skeptical because anything dealing with religion was bunk in her book, but the fact that this woman's family was of mixed Fae/human descent was something she was interested in. Katya smiled at the petite human and gave her a wink.

"Sorry darlin, that was coincidence."

"Bull. But ok I'll believe you for now."

Kenzi laughed and moved down the table to grab more food as she was seemingly always hungry. For such a small human that girl could put away enough food to out eat three large men. Ryan excused himself to tend to a phone call leaving Lauren, Bo, Tamsin and Cassandra with Katya.

"So did Ryan tell you why we were here?"

Katya looked at Bo and nodded. She pulled a few large folders out of her bag and set them on the table.

"He told me you wanted information on the Originals as well as any information about a Light Fae shape shifter that might be in the area. These files contain all of our known whereabouts of any Light Fae in the country as well as some personal archives about the Originals. Are you sure you want to get involved with them though? They are a very powerful group and don't take kindly to those outside of their circle having anything to do with them."

Bo nodded. "We think that either Dyson went after them or they may know where he is and why he is here."

Katya looked concerned. "IF you decide to go after them you need to be sure. You go after them half cocked and you'll end up dead. Also, be very careful when traveling between Light and Dark territory. The two are extremely territorial and will kill or imprison any of the opposite fealty they discover on their land. If you need access to Light territory you let me know."
"Oh BoBo doesn't have to worry about that."

Katya turned to Kenzi with a puzzled expression. "And that would be because?"

"Unaligned. Won't pick a side. Yada yada. It's kind of my brand." Bo huffed out.

At this piece of information Katya looked up at Cassandra with a raised eyebrow. She didn't say anything and just nodded. Lauren noticed the exchange but didn't say anything as she wasn't sure why that piece of information would cause Katya to look slightly alarmed.

"Okay then. Well I think you all have what you need from me. Give me a call if you need anything else."

Katya gathered her things and headed out the door. Just outside she saw Ryan talking animatedly on his cell phone. Katya marched up to him and grabbed the phone away from him and hung it up with an angry look on her face. Ryan looked at her in surprise.

"Woah hey. I was using that you know."

"You didn't tell me SHE was the one who needed help."

"Does it matter?"

Katya glared at him and took a step back. She straightened out her jacket and adjusted her sunglasses.

"Fine. Well you better know what you're doing."

"And the wolf?"

"Think he's taken up residence down by the docks. He's been waiting on a package from his Ash to confirm suspicion."

Ryan nodded and Katya turned to leave. Ryan watched her walk away before heading back into the house to find the dining area empty save for Cassandra who was looking through the journals he'd retrieved from the library.

"Where is everyone?"

"Bo and her human went to walk the grounds and Lauren and Tamsin went back upstairs."
"Oh well good for them…" Ryan leered a little bit and Cassandra rolled her eyes. He took a seat next to her at the table.

"Does she know anything?"

"No. She knows of the Originals but not the rest. I see you failed to inform Katya of her either?"

"She didn't need to know."

"Well she knows now."

Ryan nodded and sighed. With Katya gaining this information his job just got a little bit tougher. However, his discovery of Tamsin and Katya's past might be the advantage he needs to ensure everything stays as planned.

Meanwhile our on the estate grounds

"So this is really something huh?"

"Do you think he's here Kenz?"

Kenzi and Bo were walking the grounds doing surveillance or at least their version of it. They'd walked down the north side and were headed along the west wall which would lead them back to the main house.

"Sure. I mean who wouldn't want to take a trip to this fabulous country?"

Kenzi waived her arms dramatically as she walked alongside Bo who laughed at her antics.

"Well a little heads up would have been nice."

"Oh you mean like - hey Bo I'm totally just gonna skip town actually no, skip the country for a few so don't wait up?"

"Or something like that."

"Come on Bo. It's Dyson we're talking about. I mean, don't get me wrong…this is the best field trip ever but don't you think we kinda jumped the gun here?"

Bo stopped walking and looked at Kenzi disbelievingly.

"I would do the same for you. Any of you."

Kenzi gave Bo a sympathetic smile as she put her arm around Bo's shoulders.

"I know honeybuns. Look why don't we go back inside, relax, do a little light reading, and maybe we'll figure something out?"

Bo laughed at Kenzi's comment and nodded her head. They spent the remainder of the short walk back to the main house discussing possible reasons Dyson may be in the country and by the time they settled down with some of the files they'd retrieved from the library both women passed out from exhaustion.

And upstairs let's check in on the two blonde's

Lauren had taken up residency on the bed leaning back against the headboard as she had maneuvered herself between the piles of paper that Katya brought over. Thinking about the look she saw on Katya's face when she found out Bo was unaligned, Lauren was sure there was something in the files she'd brought over that would give them useful information. She'd spread the papers out on the bed and was pouring over them with newfound earnest. Tamsin was sitting out on the balcony with some of the texts from their excursion earlier but truth be told she wasn't really reading. She was mostly relaxing and had accidently fallen asleep some point between pages 2 and 3 of what she was reading.

After a few hours Lauren looked up from the papers and stretched her back a little and tried to get out the kinks. She looked around and noticed Tamsin was still on the balcony so she got off the bed and padded out to check up on her. Finding the Valkyrie asleep with the book in hand she smiled to herself. She reached down and gently removed the book from Tamsin's hand and set it on the edge of the lounge chair Tamsin was asleep on. Feeling the loss of contact with the book Tamsin reached up and grabbed Lauren's arm as her eyes shot open. Her eyes went wide when she realized Lauren was sitting right in front of her and that she had a death grip on the Doctor's arm. She let go quickly and mumbled an apology. Lauren rubbed the sore spot on her arm where Tamsin had been and gave her a small smile.

"Sorry. Note to self. Don't startle you awake."

"Sorry about that."

"It's fine. So…how's the reading going?"

"Uh…great."

Tamsin gave Lauren a cheeky smile which caused Lauren to laugh. Tamsin smirked at Lauren a bit and sat up a little. She nodded towards the room.

"So find anything interesting?"

"I think I may have found something but I don't recognize the language and can't translate it."

"Hmm. Okay maybe Cassandra or Ryan can figure it out."

Lauren nodded and looked down at her hands. She fidgeted with her fingers a bit as she looked up at Tamsin.

"So…"

"So…what's up Doc?"

"Yesterday? What was that?"

"What?"

Tamsin looked at Lauren as if she were trying to read her mind. Lauren had never had the Valkyrie look at her so intensely and it was kind of unnerving. Lauren cleared her throat.

"Um. I mean. Well uh…it was um. Nice?"

Tamsin laughed heartily. "Nice? Jeez way to give a girl a complex."

"What I mean is. Well, why did you do that?"

Tamsin looked at Lauren with a noncommittal stare. She shrugged.

"Look do we need to talk about it? It happened, can't change it right? So don't sweat it."

"Okay. Um. Okay."

Lauren looked a little upset but nodded and went to stand up. Tamsin sighed to herself and before she knew it she'd reached out and grabbed Lauren's hand stopping her from leaving.

"Wait. Look, I'm really not good at this shit okay?"

Lauren gave Tamsin a tight smile.

"It's fine. Look like you said it happened. Can't change it right?"

Tamsin felt like crap and was trying to figure out what to say in this moment. She had a feeling it was one of those moments that should mean something but living multiple lifetimes as a warrior didn't leave her a lot of time to develop her relationship skills. She knew Lauren wasn't going to be a one-time-thing kind of girl and since she was assigned to protecting her she knew she really shouldn't get invested. Tamsin reached for Lauren's hand.

"I didn't mean it like that. I meant it like it happened but it was one kiss. Why do we have to talk about it?"

'SO not making it better' thought Tamsin as she saw Lauren's face harden slightly. Tamsin tried again.

"I mean you're right. It was nice."

Tamsin tried to smile at Lauren who gave her a weary look. Lauren cleared her throat.

"So we agree it was nice. That's…nice."

Tamsin held Lauren's gaze for a second before both women started laughing. Tamsin felt as if a weight was lifted from her slightly and she reached up and put her hand around Lauren's neck. She pulled down slightly causing Lauren to lean down towards her.

"Yes it was nice. So nice let's try it again. Maybe we'll come up with a better word to describe it."

Lauren smiled into the kiss as she leaned down and enjoyed the feel of Tamsin's lips softly brushing over hers. The kiss started off slow again with short, chaste kisses but soon Tamsin got impatient and her tongue found its way running along Lauren's bottom lip demanding entrance. Lauren marveled at how strong yet gentle Tamsin felt and she moaned as Tamsin's tongue met hers in a tentative dance that Tamsin let Lauren lead. After a short make out period Tamsin pulled back with a knowing smirk.

"So?"

"Mmmm…nice." Lauren teased with her eyes still closed. Tamsin scoffed and Lauren laughed as she sat up and looked down at the taller woman.

"Okay maybe more than nice."

"Better."

Lauren stood up and extended her hand to the Valkyrie who accepted it and got to her feet. She knew Lauren wanted to talk about what was happening but for now she was just going to enjoy this moment. The pair walked back into the room and over to the piles that Lauren had. She reached out and picked up the last file she was looking at and showed Tamsin.

"This is what I found but I don't recognize the language. It was among some of the other notes on the Originals from Katya's personal journals."

Tamsin looked at the hand written note on the worn paper:

olhos tanto azul e marrom
pele clara como escura cabelo dia como a noite
virtuosa e humilde
linhagens nobres que possuirão

Tamsin sighed as she set the paper down.

"Don't know. Maybe we should go show the others and see if anyone can translate?"

Lauren nodded and turned to head downstairs. Tamsin took another look at the paper and the handwriting brought back memories of a time a long long time ago. As she read the translation she only had one thought: Oh balls.

Not completely happy with how this turned out but I did my best to move along the "what happened to Dyson" storyline. And yes, I used Google translate because I don't speak any language but English ;) Reviews/Feedback/Criticism or whatever always appreciated. Thanks for reading and enjoy!

Translation for the thing Lauren found (not from anywhere in particular except for the one line from the show. Just something I made up…I think):

eyes both blue and brown

skin light as day hair dark as night

virtuous and humble

noble bloodlines they shall possess