Chapter 25 - The Queen Herself Said So
5:30 am - Bo's Place
"Now go, before your pet sees us." Tamsin said to Bo, as she pulled over to the side of the road.
"No way she's gonna see us. We're too far away for her to see us from the window and she never gets up before noon."
"Oh really? So we can..." Tamsin whispered to Bo, pressing her lips on her ear.
The brunette chuckled, "I'd really love to, detective, but, I do have a lot of packing to do so we can go to your Valkyrie thing later. I'll see you in an hour?"
"Well, that totally depends on how fast you can pack your stuff and what excuse you tell your little thief friend about your absence for the next five days." Tamsin chuckled, kissing Bo on her lips.
"I'm gonna tell her that you and I are in a relationship, and that I'm leaving for several days to be with you." Bo said.
"Ok." Tamsin smiled.
- Meanwhile - Inside the Shack
"Ha, Gotcha!" Kenzi murmured as she looked through her telescope behind the window. She was chewing on some cereal when she noticed that a truck had pulled over in the distance and she saw Bo get out of it. She had been spying on Bo for days now. When Dyson kept playing his 'busy-at-work' card to dodge her, even after agreeing to help her find out who Bo was seeing just a week ago, Kenzi knew something was not right.
Bo was not home again last night, yet her car was parked in front of their place. Kenzi knew someone had to drop her off sooner or later, so she had waited up for her for the entire night, because she noticed that sometimes Bo would come home really early in the morning and pretend she had been at home the whole night.
Now she had finally caught Bo trying to sneak in after being out all night. Kenzi frowned. The truck looked kinda familiar, but, she couldn't remember where she had seen it before, and she couldn't see who the driver was from here either. She cursed.
Just as she was about to put down her telescope and go back to her breakfast she saw the door on the driver's side open and Tamsin get out.
"Damn." Kenzi murmured in disappointment, thinking that Bo was helping the police on some case again, until she saw the detective walk over to Bo, grab her by her waist and lay a kiss on her lips.
"Holy mamma!" Kenzi exclaimed, almost dropping the telescope into her cereal bowl. At first she thought she was dreaming again, but, then she knew she wasn't because she banged her head on the window frame and it hurt like hell.
"Oh my God oh my God oh my God...!" Kenzi yelled, when she saw Bo kissing Tamsin back. She had to put down the telescope to breathe. Then she immediately picked it back up because she really wanted to be sure about what she saw. She tried to convince herself that they had just gotten close, like friends, and that this was just Bo's way of saying goodbye... with a kiss. But, the thing that happened next crushed her feeble hope. She saw Bo pin Tamsin against the door of her truck and kiss her hard. Then watched Tamsin grab Bo's waist, spin her around, and take the lead. Kenzi knew if that counted for a friendly kiss, all lovers in the world were just doing nothing but friendly kissing every day. She put down the telescope again, because she thought she might go blind just by looking at them. But, she just couldn't believe her eyes, so she picked it up again. She did that putting-down-and-picking-up thing a few more times before she finally screamed.
"Bo-Bo and detective bitchiness?! Why am I not fainting, why am I not fainting right now?" She yelled, "Oh, this is...this is just..." Suddenly she didn't know which word she should use. But, things just started making sense now. The nightmare she thought she had involving them making out almost a year ago, why Bo never told her about her date, why Bo never brought strangers home anymore, why she found the cop uniform tie clip in their place...
Before she could fully process this huge explosive news, she heard Bo coming towards the door, her key turning in the lock. The first thing that came to Kenzi's mind was to hide the telescope. She tucked it under the cushion of the couch, and then sat down at the dining table pretending that she was just having her breakfast.
"Kenzi!" Bo exclaimed when she saw Kenzi eating cereal. She was surprised that Kenzi was up this early. She immediately organized her hair a little, just to make sure it didn't look messy.
"Sup bestie?" Kenzi smiled at her, as she continued to chew the cereal in her mouth.
"Why are you up so early?" Bo asked, frowning, "And why are you eating your cereal with a pair of chopsticks...?"
"Huh?" Kenzi looked down at her hand, "Oh, just... to pick out all the goodies from the milk."
"Ok..." Bo said, carefully examining the look on Kenzi's face, "Are you alright?"
"Too much drink last night. I mean, like, way too much." Kenzi said.
"Hey, Kenz." Bo said, biting her lips. Then she sat down beside the Russian girl and began, "Listen, I-"
"I... I need to go." Kenzi proclaimed, suddenly jumping up. She didn't know how to face Bo right now. She just found out the biggest secret about her best friend and she was not sure if she should talk to her about it, since clearly Bo hadn't told her yet. "Family business, you know, can't wait. Urgent. Ass on fire urgent!"
"Ok...?" Bo frowned when she watched Kenzi storm out. What's up with that chick? She asked herself, but she didn't have time to put much thought into it, because she knew she needed to pack her stuff and go meet Tamsin. She didn't want Tamsin to be late for her big event.
6:30 am - Tamsin's Apartment
"How did your pet respond to your honesty?" Tamsin asked Bo, as she opened the door for her.
"More like, she didn't give me a chance to be honest." Bo said, "She stormed out before I could say anything... "
"Even your pet is abandoning you now?" Tamsin teased her, pulling her closer. "Do you want to wait for her to come home so you can drop the bomb on her before we go?"
"No... Who knows when she's gonna be back." Bo said, "I'll just tell her when we come back."
"Ok. Then let's go." Tamsin said.
"Where are we going exactly?"
"Asgard, the realm of the Gods. And, to answer your next question, we're getting there by taking a ride on a Fae warp station."
- Meanwhile - The Dal
Dyson watched Kenzi storm in like a fireball, burning up with anger and in a flaming red dress. "Kenzi?" He said, surprised to see her in the Dal this early in the morning.
"Dyson!" Kenzi said, "How long have you known Bo was banging Tamsin, and by Tamsin, I mean your partner, detective bitchiness, the bottle blonde, the Valkyrie, the-"
"I know who Tamsin is and I know who you are referring to, Kenzi." Dyson interrupted her, "Bo told you?"
"Emm... more like, I saw them canoodling right in front of our place 'told' me!" Kenzi said, staring at Dyson, "So, you do know! Did Bo tell you? Or did your dear partner tell you?"
"Actually, neither..." Dyson said, "I just found out myself a few days ago."
"And you didn't even bother to inform me?" Kenzi slammed her hand on the counter, and then in pain, started cussing in Russian as she waved her wounded hand in the air. "Dude! I thought we were friends!" She exclaimed.
"Look, Kenzi." Dyson grabbed her by her arms, "I don't think it's my place to tell you something that you should hear from Bo."
Kenzi rolled her eyes at Dyson. "Ok, I forgive you. But, you are going to buy me drinks for a month."
"Deal." Dyson laughed.
"Why does he have to buy you drinks?" Trick asked as he came out from his den.
"'Cause, Detective Moonfang, here..." Kenzi said as she pointed at Dyson, "Failed to tell me that Bo is banging Tamsin."
"First of all... I would really appreciate if you would quit using words like banging in front of me, when it is about something that involves my granddaughter." Trick said, "And second of all... they are actually dating, not just... doing it."
"Banging, dating, doing it… splitting hairs much?" Kenzi said, rolling her eyes. Then she realized something, "You knew about this?! You knew about this too?!"
"Actually, yes." Trick said, "For a while."
"And you didn't tell me?!" Both Kenzi and Dyson exclaimed together, and then they looked at each other frowning.
"I considered it Bo's business, not mine." Trick said, shrugging, "Never thought those two would be together though. One minute they are slapping each other on the face-"
"The next, on each other's ass. I know." Kenzi said, ignoring Trick and Dyson's stare. "Damn I should have realized this… I saw them kiss like a year ago. I just thought it was a nightmare, 'cause you know, it's like the sun suddenly rising in the west..."
"A year ago?!" Both Dyson and Trick yelled in pure surprise, "And you didn't tell us about it?!"
"Well..." Kenzi said, playing with a lock of her hair in her hands, "At least now we are even." Then she turned to Dyson. "And you! You, are, still, gonna, buy, me, drinks!" She said, punctuating each word in her sentence by poking Dyson on his chest with her index finger.
8:00 am - Asgard
"So...instead of cars, we use horses as transportation here..." Bo murmured as she watched Tamsin take a beautiful white horse out from the stable, located right next to the warping station where they arrived.
"Cars are for savages, sweetheart." Tamsin smirked at her.
"I'm not quite good at riding horses..." Bo said, "Any chance you could… teach me or something?"
"Well, nothing would make me happier than watching your cute little ass fall from the back of a horse, but, not today." Tamsin said as she mounted the horse. She lowered her body, grabbing Bo's waist to lift her up and put her onto the saddle in front of her. Embracing the brunette in her arms, she held the reins and urged the horse to walk.
Tamsin pulled Bo closer with her right arm, and held her tightly to her. Other Valkyries were staring at them when they rode past.
"Why are they staring?" Bo whispered, frowning.
"'Cause I have a hot chick and they don't?" Tamsin chuckled.
"Where are we going?"
"We'll go through the forest in front of us, and then we'll be right outside Valhalla." Tamsin said.
"But everyone else is going across the grass field..."
"Well, do you want to be stared at the whole time?" Tamsin asked.
8:20 am - In the Forest
"This place feels like... it's extremely quiet..." Bo said as she sat down beside a tree in the forest. Tamsin led the horse to the stream beside them and the horse started to drink water and chew grass.
"Yeah, this is Asgard. Unlike most of the places in the mortal world, this place is totally under populated. Sometimes it's so quiet that you want to kill yourself..." Tamsin said, sitting down beside Bo.
Bo smiled to her, holding her hand in hers. "Is that why brought me with you, detective? So you wouldn't kill yourself?"
"More like, I brought you because I know you'd be yelling how hungry you are after only a few hours without me..." Tamsin said, kissing Bo on her lips
They stayed quiet for a while, just tucking themselves closer to the other person and watching the horse resting. For a moment, both of them felt like this was a vacation, and it just felt so peaceful that they wished this moment could last forever.
9:00 am - Outside Valhalla
"Wow!" Bo exclaimed when they came out from the forest. She saw a massive building in front of her. It was constructed with wood and rocks and it looked rough, as if the builders didn't care whether it looked good or not. She didn't know if she should call it a castle, or a fortress.
"The building there… is Valhalla." Tamsin said to Bo.
"Care to tell me more about this event, so I don't do anything stupid?"
Tamsin smirked. "You? Not do anything stupid? I don't think I can stop you from that..."
Bo rolled her eyes, as she got down from the horse after Tamsin.
"I'm gonna go talk to the Queen for a bit, then I'm gonna go pick a number..." Tamsin said.
"Pick a number?"
"...to determine which group I am in for the competition."
"What's the competition? Valkyries fight each other?"
"Well... sort of." Tamsin said, "We have to find a lock of Freyja's hair in the forest. Whoever finds it first wins the game."
"Sounds... so simple." Bo frowned.
"Yeah, except that there are wolves, bears and mountain Trolls in the forest." Tamsin said, "Come on, let's go inside."
9:15 am - Valhalla
Bored, Bo stood in the hall of Valhalla, as she waited for Tamsin to pick her number in a room that was only accessible by Valkyries. She had never seen this many blondes together in a same place before. The big hall was filled with Valkyries. Most of them seemed cold and indifferent. A few younger ones looked at Bo curiously and whispered to each other. Bo winked at them, and they just turned away blushing.
"Hey, gorgeous!" A voice came from behind and Bo turned around. To her surprise, she saw, Ryan Lambert standing in front of her with two very hot dates.
"Ryan?" Bo frowned, "What are you doing here?"
Ryan furrowed his eyebrows, as if he couldn't believe Bo just asked him that. "I'm a Loki, of course I need to be here for Freyja's birthday." He took a sip from his cocktail and continued, "Besides, with all the beautiful ladies, cold drinks and a fancy party, why wouldn't I be here?" Then he frowned a little and looked at Bo, "Why are you here, cutie pie?"
"I came as someone's plus one?" Bo said.
Ryan nodded as he took another sip. "Ah, I see. Who's the lucky one?"
"Emmm... remember the blonde you thought I had a thing for?"
Ryan opened his eyes wide and let out a sigh. "I'm afraid that you'll need to refresh my memory a little."
"Some mineral ore suppliers of yours disappeared, and it turned out to be some mind washing bird? The one you paid me a load of cash for? She was with me on that one?"
"Oh, yeah, her! Yeah, I remember her." Ryan said as he frowned at Bo, "I thought you'd be way over her by now, sweetheart."
"Just can't get enough of her." Bo said.
"Well, I will always be happy to be the third, if you know what I mean..."
Bo looked at Ryan's dates and said, "Don't you think you already have a handful now?"
Ryan looked at the two girls beside him and shrugged. Both girls winked at Bo, as if they were very interested in that idea.
Bo wanted to say something but before she did, Tamsin hugged her from behind. She put her arms around Bo's waist and pulled her back a little. "I know it's probably pretty hard for you to contain yourself right now, because of all the hot blonde chicks standing in front of you." The Valkyrie whispered to her ear, "But, try not to charm anyone's pants off inside Valhalla, Ok?" Then she lowered her voice even more, "By the way, I saw you winking at those innocent young Valkyries behind my back. You are gonna get punished tonight..."
Bo chuckled, and raised her head to give the blonde a kiss.
"Wow, looks like you two are really serious." Ryan said, frowning but raising his glass.
"Got a problem with someone being serious with your ex-wife?" Tamsin retorted.
"No, no, absolutely not." Ryan said, "But if you two ever need a third..."
"Go away!" Both Bo and Tamsin yelled at him together.
9:30 am - Valhalla
"You got your number?" Bo asked Tamsin after Ryan disappeared with his dates.
"Yeah, on an average team." Tamsin said as she pulled Bo close, "And Freyja wants to see you."
"What? Why?"
"Maybe the Queen wants a bite of the succubus?" Tamsin said, tilting her head to one side and smirking.
An ice-cold, mid-aged, beautiful yet intimidating woman figure immediately popped into Bo's head when she heard the word Queen. But as they entered the throne room, she was surprised to see a young girl sitting on the throne. She looked just like a teenager. Her long, golden hair was as shiny as the purest sunlight. Half of it was tied up with a thin, silver chain, the other half just fell on one shoulder loosely. There were two identical ruby pendants at both ends of the chain, dangling when the girl moved. She was in a delicate white dress, but surprisingly, she was barefoot. One of her shoes was under her throne, the other was somewhere far away. She had an unhappy look on her face, and played with her crown, her head lowered.
"That's Freyja?" Bo whispered, "How old is she, 12? Is she even allowed to drink?"
"She can definitely drink. She's just young, as a Fae." Tamsin whispered back.
Freyja raised her head when she heard them talking. She cleared her throat and stared at Bo. "So, you are the succubus I've heard an earful of." She said. Her voice was clear, but rather cold. It sounded like she was trying very hard to appear as a powerful Queen, but her age just gave her away. Before Bo said anything, she turned to Tamsin and continued, "I don't like her. She's weak."
"Well, she's not for you to like. She's all mine." Tamsin said, grabbing Bo by her waist to hold her in her arms. Bo frowned. She was not expecting Tamsin talking to Freyja like this. She thought the Valkyrie should respect her or at least act like it, but instead, Tamsin sounded like an elder sister bickering with a younger sibling.
"If you want a weak one, at least pick someone prettier." Freyja said as she took a glance at the Succubus. Bo could swear that she saw the young girl give her a cold sneer.
"How do you find a prettier one, when you have the prettiest?" Tamsin retorted, kissing Bo on her cheek.
9:50 am – Valhalla
"What was that about?" Bo asked, Tamsin, when they left Freyja's throne room. She couldn't figure out why the young Queen was so hostile towards her.
Tamsin rolled her eyes. "Bitch just doesn't like you." She said.
"Why? Cause I'm not a Valkyrie?" Bo asked.
Tamsin laughed. "No, it's not about that."
Bo frowned. Then suddenly something occurred to her, "Well, it looks to me like the kid has a huge crush on you..."
Tamsin rolled her eyes and didn't bother to comment on the crush part. "I was her trainer for a long time. One day I dragged her ass out from a pack of wolves and bitch's been kinda attached to me since." She said.
"You trained her? I thought she was a God."
"Nope. Just Fae. Spoiled and from a royal bloodline, blah blah blah. Like the Loki you married, well, almost married." Tamsin said, "As Freyja, she is supposed to be the Queen and the leader of all the Valkyries, slaying enemies with us, throwing the first spear at the opponent, all that kinda shit. So, she needs battle training and stuff too. Unfortunately, I was her trainer when she was growing up... had enough of her princess attitude..."
"So, if she's so young, wouldn't that make Odin a pedophile?"
"No. The current Odin is even younger than her. They are not married, not yet. But, they may in the future, or they'll just stay as the King and the Queen but not fuck each other..." Tamsin said as she waved her hands, like she didn't want to stay in this topic any longer. "Help me get dressed, will you?" She asked Bo.
"Wow, I thought you'd never ask."
10:10 am – Changing Room
"What... is... this... shit!" Bo exclaimed as she dragged the shield to Tamsin, which was a lot heavier than she imagined, "I thought I signed up for a strip show, not heavy lifting. Seriously, how do you wear this shit and fight? By throwing yourself at other people and crushing them to death?"
"Well, not suitable for weak succubi apparently..." Tamsin said, chuckling. Then she turned around and faced Bo, "How do I look?" She asked, with a smile on her face.
Bo took a deep breath. Seeing the Valkyrie fully armored, with a shield in her left hand and a sword in her right hand, her hair tied up in a bun, Bo suddenly found the blonde took her breath away. Her blue eyes were the same color as the sapphires on the hilt of her sword, and her hair was as shiny as the gold embellishment on her shield. The silver color of the full armor set made her skin look so fair.
"You look...so divine..." Was all Bo could come up with. She felt a little bit stupid using such a word, but that was all she could think of in her mind.
Tamsin smiled, leaning over to give Bo a kiss. Then she said, "Come on, the competition is about to start."
Bo followed her outside. Tamsin jumped on a horse along with the other Valkyries. Before she took off, she bent down and kissed Bo in front of all the people. Then she winked, before she urged her horse to run. Like a silver arrow she leaped away from her group. Bo could see her smiling at her, before she disappeared into the woods.
4:00 pm – Outside Valhalla
Bo anxiously waited, with the cheerful crowd, for Tamsin's return. She was just starting to get worried, when she saw a group of Valkyries coming back from the woods. Tamsin was in the lead. She winked at her and raised her hand. A lock of gold hair shimmered under the bright afternoon sunlight. The crowd cheered crazily as Tamsin rode right towards her.
"I may need a little patching up, succulette." She whispered to her, as she got off the horse.
"You're injured?"
"Few scratches." Tamsin smirked, "A little of your succubus charm should do the trick..." She chuckled and laid her lips on Bo's.
4:30 pm – Guest Room
"You call this a few scratches?!" Bo exclaimed as she stared at the claw wounds on Tamsin's lower back.
"You're still bleeding!"
"Relax. Pour some vodka on it and it will stop in a minute." Tamsin said, lying on the bed. As painful as the wound looked, she seemed totally fine. "From the mountain trolls. We killed like six of them. One equipped with blade talons got away..."
"Well, you can't sleep on your back tonight then." Bo said as she tended Tamsin's injuries.
"So, you're saying I get to be on top tonight, right?" Tamsin said playfully, her eyebrows rising. "Which is not very surprising, 'cause I'm pretty much always on top..."
"Oh you did not just say that.." Bo said, "And, I thought you need some rest..."
"Being with you naked is resting..." Tamsin smirked, peeling Bo's clothes off.
8:00 pm – Guest Room
A loud siren woke both of them up. Bo looked at Tamsin with her sleepy eyes. "Frost Giants are coming or something?" She murmured.
"No." Tamsin almost laughed at Bo's question, "They went extinct a long time ago… But, something's up. Stay here." She quickly grabbed a robe to cover herself. Bo watched her run out only to stop in the hallway to talk to some Valkyries. Then the blonde came back and said, "Shit, the fucking Queen is missing."
"What?!" Bo exclaimed, "What do you mean by missing?!"
"She sneaked out or something. I don't know." Tamsin said, "They can't find her anywhere. They are putting a search team together, and I must join them."
"Want me to come with you?" Bo asked as she started to get dressed.
"I don't see why not, but, are you sure?" Tamsin asked, pulling Bo close, "It's dark outside... and we'll be traveling on horses… might be a little too rough for a delicate flower like you, sweetheart..."
"Well, lucky for me, I do have a Valkyrie who can protect me..." Bo said as she kissed the blonde on her lips.
9:30 pm – In the Woods
"I am seriously gonna give her a piece of my fist when I find her." Tamsin said as she hopped off her horse. She tied the reins on the tree beside her.
"We're going on foot now?"
"Yeah, horses draw too much attention in the woods at night." Tamsin said as she held Bo's hand in hers, "Come on, let's go find the kid so I can kick her fucking, sorry ass."
9:45 pm – In the Woods
"This is weird." Tamsin murmured as she followed the trail, possibly left by Freyja, "Why would she go into the Troll's territory at this time of the night… alone?"
"You sure it's her? Maybe this trail was left by one of the Valkyries during the day." Bo said.
"No, it's definitely not a Valkyrie, because we were all on horses, and I don't see hoof prints..." Tamsin said as she crouched down to check the bush beside her, "...and this..." She picked something up and showed it to Bo. It was a thin, long silver chain, broken in half. It shined bright in the moonlight, as if it itself was made from pure moonlight. Two ruby pendants hung, one on each end of the broken chain.
"Shit, it's hers..." Bo said. She remembered that when she saw Freyja today, the young girl had her hair tied up with it.
"Fucking dumbass kid..." Tamsin murmured, "Hope she hasn't been captured by the Trolls..."
"I thought you said she was the leader of the Valkyries in battles. She should be pretty badass, right?"
"I said she was supposed to be, which means she's just a little brat who can barely hold a sword..."
Bo smiled. She took the silver chain from Tamsin's hand and put it in her pocket. "Maybe she's secretly seeing someone here?"
"I doubt it..." Tamsin said, her eyebrows furrowed, "Her maid says that her battle armor and her spear are gone, which means she wore those when she left… If she's seeing some dumbass kid here, why would she wear those?"
"Hey, people have fetishes, Ok?" Bo said, "Do you have any idea how hot you look in your armor? Or your police uniform?"
Tamsin rolled her eyes at Bo. "Succubus talk later, Ok? We got a stupid kid to find."
10:00pm – In the Woods
Following Tamsin, Bo murmured, "Maybe we should turn around and-"
"Shhhhhh!" Tamsin cut her off. She pulled Bo close and covered her mouth.
Bo stared at her with her eyes wide open.
Listen. Tamsin said to her silently, her fingers pointing to her ears.
To what? Bo mouthed back, confused.
Tamsin didn't answer her. Instead she pointed at a tree not too far away from them. Some light noises were coming from it, like something was scratching at the bark of the tree. The noise was too loud to be a bird or a squirrel, but, not something as huge as a Troll.
Tamsin nodded to Bo, after she picked up a rock from the ground. She threw the rock at the tree, and they both heard someone yell, "Ouch." Then something fell on the ground.
At first Bo didn't recognize who it was, because the person was covered under something white and soft. Tamsin shielded her, and then she pulled off the cover.
"Ou!" Ryan yelled as he rubbed the back of his head, "Next time some warning please."
"Ryan Lambert? Why the hell am I not surprised" Tamsin said in anger, "You are in the tree at this time of the night, because you are dating an owl or something?"
"I thought I might make myself useful, helping to look for the Queen." Ryan stood up from the ground. Instead of his nice suit and dress shoes, he was wearing a full body spandex suit, and it had brackets on the back, which seemed to be connected to the white cover on the ground.
"So, you decided to stay in the trees?" Bo asked.
"No." Ryan said as he reorganized the white cover. He carefully folded it back into the brackets, and now it looked like a pair of wings. "I recently invented this flying device, thought it might be nice to look for someone from above, but I think I made some minor error in the calculation or something..."
"Yeah, yeah." Tamsin held up her right hand to stop him from talking, "Funny 'cause I never pictured you as the helping hand type."
"Well, you got me." Ryan said, "Mostly I was trying to impress my dates..."
"And when you fell, they just ran away screaming?" Bo said, with her eyebrows raised.
"No." Ryan said, "I didn't invite them here. Just thought I could make a dramatic entrance as I swoop in carrying the little girl into her castle..."
"Yeah, I would say probably a cherry stem or two would have worked better." Bo said.
11:00pm – In the Woods
"Why the fuck are you following us, Ryan?" Tamsin asked him, frowning.
"Well, two ladies in the woods at night, even as a Loki, I do sometimes have a chivalrous heart."
Tamsin rolled her eyes. "As long as I don't have to drag your ass out from some fucking trap, I am-"
She didn't get to finish her sentence, because with a loud noise and a loud scream, Ryan fell into some sort of trap.
"Oh, great!" Tamsin exclaimed, "Just when I thought tonight couldn't get any worse..."
Bo tried hard not to laugh. She glanced down and saw Ryan sitting down there. He waved his hand, smiling embarrassed. "I'm Ok. I'm good." He said, "I think my new outfit absorbed some of the impact..."
"By any chance it can absorb some of your stupidity?" Tamsin retorted, taking out a rope from her bag. She threw one end down into the trap and tied the other end to a tree.
Ryan slowly climbed up. He was covered in mud and dirt, and had a few scratches on him, but he looked fine.
"Let's keep going, shall we?" He said.
11:45pm - In the Woods
"I think I should invent some device which can track people's scent and tri-locate it for me..."
"Yeah, we already have that. It's called a Dyson." Tamsin smirked. Then she stopped. Bo dragged Ryan back before he stepped any further.
"What is it?" Bo asked.
"Another trap." Tamsin said as she pointed to the ground in front of her, "But, it was disabled already and the camouflage on it has already been removed."
"Which means...?" Ryan said.
"Probably someone fell in, and was taken by the Troll who set up the trap..." Tamsin explained, "Let's go down and check. And you-" She pointed at Ryan, "– keep a lookout for us." She took the rope out again and tied it on a tree. Then she grabbed Bo's waist in her right arm, her left hand holding the rope. She dropped both of them down slowly.
Bo put both her arms around Tamsin's neck and held onto the blonde tight. She knew that they were on a rescue mission right now, but, she just enjoyed being with the Valkyrie like this. She laid a kiss on Tamsin's lips right after they hit the bottom of the trap.
"Hungry?" Tamsin asked her, not letting go of her hold on Bo's waist.
"A little." Bo whispered to her, "But, I figure we have way too big an audience right now."
"I didn't picture you as the shy type..." Tamsin teased her. Then her face went all serious, when she saw a half buried short sword in the corner. "Damn it! She was in here… It's hers." She showed it to Bo, "Fuck, fuck. She might have been taken by a Troll, or worse, a group of them..."
"Hey, we'll find her." Bo said, "She'll be fine."
"Oh, believe me. If the Troll doesn't kill her, I will."
12:30am – In the Woods
"This is where the Trolls live?" Bo asked Tamsin. They were hiding behind a rock half way up the mountains, right outside a village. All the huts were very big with a fire pit set in the middle.
"Yeah. It's their territory. We don't usually go this far." Tamsin whispered.
"Fascinating!" Ryan said in a low voice, "I've never known Trolls to build things like this… I thought they lived in caves."
"See, another dumbass fooled by legends." Tamsin said to Bo as she pointed at Ryan.
"What do we do now? Just run in, grab her, and run out?" Bo asked.
"Pretty much." Tamsin said, "Sneak in, find her, get her out and run."
"Ok, let's do this." Bo pulled her dagger out.
12:50am – Troll Village
"Tamsin!" Was the first thing Freyja said when she saw them. She was locked in a crude cage behind one of the huts. They could hear the Troll snoring inside, like thunder rumbling across the sky.
"Shhhh!" Tamsin shushed her, "Do you want to wake up the whole army?!" She picked the lock and let her out. The young girl held in her sobs, rubbing her eyes to stop her tears.
"Let's go." Bo whispered to them. They quietly walked past a few drunk Trolls sleeping on the ground next to the fire pit.
"You better have a fucking fantastic excuse, lady." Tamsin whispered to Freyja, pulling her by grabbing the back of her collar. They were almost outside the village, waiting for Ryan and Bo to catch up. Because one Troll rolled over in his sleep and blocked the way, they had to take a different route to avoid waking him up.
"I heard some Troll injured you, so..." Freyja murmured, "I was… just… I was thinking… I thought, maybe I could kill him for you..."
"Are you fucking out of your mind?!" Tamsin almost yelled at her. She stared at her and lowered her voice, "Do you fucking know how much trouble you've caused tonight? The whole sisterhood is out looking for you! I don't expect you to slay enemies with us, just stay on your fucking throne and smile, Ok?"
Freyja couldn't hold her tears anymore. She just stood there and cried silently. Tamsin sighed, "It's Ok, princess. We'll soon be back to your palace." She said as she took a glance at Bo and Ryan, who were still slowly walking among the Trolls.
Then Ryan tripped. He reached his arm out and grabbed the first thing he touched to hold himself up. It was a roped tied to a pole.
"NO!" Tamsin gasped. She wanted to stop him, but she was too far away. Ryan had already pulled the rope, and it triggered some mechanism, which eventually lead to a loud ringing bell. It was so loud, that their ears began ringing too.
" Fuck!" Tamsin said, as she signaled the other Valkyries their location, "This is just so great!" She shoved Freyja away and yelled to her, "Run! My horse is about five miles north east. Run!"
1:10am – Troll Village
It only took less than a minute for those Trolls to get up and surround them.
"Ooops, I guess it's their alarm system.." Ryan murmured, with a smile of embarrassment on his face, "Any chance we can buy our way out?"
"Nice try, Loki." Tamsin said, "Maybe after you pay, you can take a couple home and have a threesome."
"Any trick to beat them?" Bo asked, staring at those growling giants. They were about 10-12 feet tall, unbelievably strong, with big axes and mauls in their hands. But, that was not the worst of it, the worst was they were all pissed.
"No. I doubt we can take down all of them." Tamsin said, "Our best chance would be hold them off till the other Valkyries arrive."
"And how long would that be?"
"Twenty minutes maybe?" Tamsin said.
"Damn, I was hoping you were gonna say any second now..." Bo said, "How the hell are we gonna hold them off?"
"Find somewhere narrow, so they can't rush us all at once..." Tamsin said.
1:15am – Troll Village
"By that you mean inside a Troll's house." Bo said, "I don't think it's gonna hold for long!"
"I think you are right." Ryan said as he pointed up. Bo and Tamsin raised their heads, and saw the angry Trolls were already starting to tear off the roof.
Tamsin shot Ryan a cold stare, "It's all your fucking fault!" She exclaimed, "If we die here, it's gonna be all on you!"
"Sorry..." Ryan said with a lot of guilt, "It's kinda fascinating mechanism though..."
"Yeah, maybe next time you could just sit home and watch it on the fucking Discovery channel." Tamsin retorted. A Troll reached down for them, and she swung her sword at his arm. The Troll let out a loud growl and pulled his bleeding arm back. Then he started to shake the hut furiously.
"Ah, I think you just pissed him off." Ryan said.
"Wow, I didn't know you were this smart!" Tamsin replied sarcastically.
Another Troll tried to get in and Bo thrust her dagger into his arm. The Troll stepped back, and then he crashed into the hut, hitting it with his entire weight. The hut shook, then it shook again.
"I don't think this hut is designed to bare this much load..." Ryan said.
"Ryan!" Bo exclaimed, "If you can't help, just shut up!"
"Oh, help, that's right!" Ryan said, "I think I might have just the gadget to deal with this type of situation..." He said as he took a ring off from his pinky finger.
"I don't think you proposing will help much." Tamsin rolled her eyes at Ryan.
"No, No! It's a physical strength enhancer." Ryan said as he handed it to Bo.
"How does this damn thing work?" Bo asked.
"Really simple, first, just put it on." Ryan said.
"Ok." Bo tried every finger of hers, but it only fit her thumb, "Now what?"
"Now press down on the emerald..."
"Done. And?"
"Now you just punch someone." Ryan said.
"Hmm." Bo murmured, fisting her hand to punch Ryan. She didn't expect to suddenly have an extremely powerful flow of energy build up in her arm and then the next thing she knew, Ryan was flying out from the broken hut.
"What do you know? It actually works." Bo said, raising her eyebrows, "Now it's time for these Trolls to pay the toll!"
"All yours, honey." Tamsin said.
1:20am – Troll Village
"Wooo, that musta hurt..." Ryan murmured frowning, when Bo punched the stomach of a Troll, and watched that Troll as it just flew over the edge of the cliff.
"Ouch" He exclaimed when he saw Bo throw another one towards a group of Trolls, knocking them all down to the ground.
Two Trolls ran towards Bo. She punched one on the chin and knocked him out. Then she kicked the other's stomach, thinking that she would kick him off the cliff. But the Troll didn't move a bit and she felt like she had just kicked a hard rock. She punched him and that didn't work either.
"Oh, no..." Ryan said, "I forgot that thing has a battery problem. Probably out of power," he yelled to, Bo.
"What a fucking useful device!" Tamsin cursed as she charged the Troll, slashing her sword at him. The Troll waved his arm and knocked her to the ground. He punched the ground and roared before he approached Tamsin with an angry look on his face.
"Shit!" Tamsin cursed, seeing her sword on the ground, but, she just couldn't reach it. She thought the Troll was about to maul her, right before she heard a loud growl burst from his chest and he fell back.
An arrow had pierced his eye, all the way through his skull. He spun around a few times, and then dropped on the ground dead.
Freyja was on the back of Tamsin's horse, holding a crossbow. She was shaking hard, and had tears on her face.
"Nice shot." Tamsin said, getting up, "Thought you'd be listening to a bedtime story by now."
"The Sisterhood never leaves one another behind, right?" Freyja said. She tried as hard as she could to be calm, but, her voice was still shaking. She got off the horse, and almost fell to the ground.
"Wow, good to know you remember the first lesson I taught you." Tamsin said. She took the crossbow away from her and held her hand, "Come on, let's get you home."
"Emmm..." Bo said as she gave Ryan the ring back, "Sorry to interrupt but… do you guys hear something?"
Tamsin paused, then she cursed, "Shit! It's the other Troll villagers coming for us!"
By the time she finished her sentence, Bo saw groups of Trolls running towards them from the mountains, roaring with their weapons waving in their hands. "What now?" She asked.
"Run!"
1:50 am – In the Woods
"How come we are surrounded again..." Bo asked Tamsin. They had managed to get rid of most of the Trolls, but a small group of them now surrounded them before they could get away. They were hiding behind a few rocks, but all possible escape routes were covered by Trolls. They were mumbling something, searching for them.
"Because your ex-husband here..." Tamsin said as she shot a cold stare at Ryan, "Decided that instead of running away from the Trolls, he needed to run towards them."
"Sorry…" Ryan said, "I guess I just panicked when I saw a group of them..."
"I thought you said the other Valkyries were supposed to be here by now." Bo said.
"They're probably stuck with the larger group right now... Let's just fight our way out of here. If we catch up with the other Valkyries, we'll be safe." Then she turned to Freyja and said, "You. Get on the horse and go as fast as you can when you get the chance. Trolls are much slower than horses. You should be Ok."
"No." Freyja shook her head, "I am not leaving. If you stay, I stay."
Tamsin stared at her for a few seconds before she said, "Alright then, sister." Then she dashed to one of the Trolls. Waving her shield at one of them, she smashed the left side of his face with it when he got close and then again from the other direction. The Troll fell back, crouching down. Tamsin smashed her shield on the back of his head, and knocked him out. Other Trolls come running towards them, and Tamsin waved at Bo, telling them to get ready.
"Go!" Tamsin said as she shoved them out of the surrounding circle made by the Trolls. Before she could get away, the Trolls got to her. She had to fight against them alone.
"You take the kid back." Bo said as she pulled her dagger out after she shoved Freyja to Ryan. "And, please, don't fuck up this time!"
"I am not leaving!" Freyja yelled at her.
"Then fight!" Bo yelled back, "Pick up your crossbow, and start fucking shooting the Trolls!"
"I-I can't-" Freyja stammered. It was then Bo noticed that she was shaking like she was about to fall. "I have never faced this many Trolls before...I can't...I can barely hold the crossbow..."
"Well, you have now." Bo stuffed the crossbow into her hand, "Focus!"
"But my hands are shaking...what if I shoot Tamsin?"
"Then aim! You are the leader of the Valkyries! How are you supposed to throw the first spear at the Frost Giants army, if you can't shoot some Trolls?!"
"Frost Giants aren't real..."
"Oh now is really not the time!" Bo said, grabbing her hand, sending her charms to the girl to calm her down, "Listen, we could really use your help right now. Just focus and aim. You can do this. You are the Queen, remember?" She wanted to give the girl more pep talks, but, she saw Tamsin being surrounded by the Trolls, and she knew she had to jump in.
Bo dashed to them, and stabbed the one who was about to hit Tamsin with his fists. That Troll fell back, growling. Then he charged Bo and Tamsin hit him with her shield.
"Damn when you asked me to be your plus one, I really didn't know there would be Trolls involved." Bo said to Tamsin as she dodge one Troll's axe. Instead of hitting her, the axe sunk into a tree trunk. While the Troll was trying to pull it out, Tamsin jumped on him and slit his throat.
The other three Troll roared in fury. They charged Tamsin together. Tamsin took one of them with her sword, but, she couldn't stop the other two. They knocked her down to the ground. The one who she just injured looked pissed off, and he prepared to maul her, before an arrow pierced right through his throat. He fell back and dropped on the ground.
Bo took one of the two Trolls. There was not enough time to think, before she started to pull the Troll's Chi out. She didn't even know she could feed off Trolls like this before. It tasted horrible, like something that had gone bad. When she finished feeding, she almost threw up. The Troll fell unconscious.
The last Troll ran towards Ryan and Freyja. Freyja shot at him, but she missed. The Troll reached them before she could reload. Ryan grabbed Freyja with his left hand and reached out his right hand instinctively, like he was trying to hit the Troll. He did hit the Troll, and the Troll flew away in the air.
"Hmmm." Ryan frowned, looking at the ring on his pinky finger, "Maybe it's just a poor contact problem..."
3:00am – The Valhalla
"Alright, bedtime, princess." Tamsin said to Freyja after they all got back safely, "And if you sneak out again, I swear to all the Gods, I am gonna seriously kick your fucking ass, and I don't care if you are the Queen..."
Freyja nodded, her armor was half torn off, and her hair all messy. Her face and hands were covered in dirt, dried tears, and blood. Seeing all those, Tamsin sighed, "You did well today, although, technically, you started all this... No next time, Ok?"
Freyja nodded again, then she left with her maid.
3:50am – Guest Room
Bo laid a gentle kiss on Tamsin's lips after she finished patching the Valkyrie up. Then she tucked herself under the blanket with her.
"You know, I've never seen anyone hotter than you today, when you were kicking those Trolls' asses..." Tamsin whispered to Bo. She was exhausted from the fights and the best place for her to rest was in Bo's arms.
"Yeah, I still think I can taste something disgusting in my mouth..." Bo said, "I'll never feed off a Troll ever again."
"Well then, why don't I let you have something nice..." Tamsin said, winking at her. She rolled on top of Bo and straddled her.
"I thought you were injured." Bo said, caressing her waistline.
"Yeah, but I can still take care of one little succulette of mine." Tamsin smirked, lowering her head.
"You need some rest-" Bo was caught off guard by the Valkyrie's tongue licking on her neck, and she stopped talking.
9:00 am – Valhalla
"Alright, we are leaving. See you next time." Tamsin said to Freyja. Bo and she were about to leave and Freyja came to see them off.
"Next time I will have became the strongest Valkyrie in Valhalla." Freyja said.
"Yeah, yeah, as long as I don't have to save your ass again, I'm happy." Tamsin rolled her eyes.
Freyja titled her head and looked at Bo. Bo frowned, and then something occurred to her. She took out the broken silver chain of Freyja's and gave it back to her.
Freyja shook her head, "It's broken." She said.
"Well, think on the bright side, now you have two." Bo said as she braided Freyja's hair into two equal braids, then she tied each up with the two pieces of the broken chain, "See, I think it works just fine."
Freyja clenched her lips, then she grabbed Bo's hands with her own and said, "You are coming next time too."
"Am I coming next time too?" Bo turned to Tamsin, her tone full of teasing.
"Well, I guess I better bring you, since the Queen herself said so."