Chapter Thirty-Six: Overcoming Obstacles
"Holy hellz bells Tam Tam… This is insane! I'm freaking flying with a Valkyrie!" Kenzi yelled as Tamsin rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Yeah yeah just stop moving around so much before I drop your ass" the blonde said with a laugh.
"This is amazing! I am totally traveling by Valkyrie from now on!" Kenzi said as her eyes searched all over the city at the buildings that surrounded them.
"Don't get use to it short stuff… But I figured that we could take a break from training and I mean you did raise me from a bratty little fae so I thought you deserved a flying lesson" Tamsin said as she lowered their bodies to the ground in the park where they sat on a bench by the pond.
Kenzi smiled and sat down beside the Valkyrie.
"So Tammers, how's bonded life? Decide to tie the knot yet?" Kenzi asked as she nudged the blonde.
"No, not yet… I'm leaving that whole 'bonding ceremony officially signing my heart over' commitment shit for Bo to decide. It's a big deal. Hell, it's bigger than a wedding. I'm a Valkyrie so I am prepared for this, this is what I have been meant to do but for Bo, this is all new to her and for her to decide to take the next step to go through the official ceremony is a huge deal. It'll take some planning and we have to get all the right stuff. There's also a chance I could die if the love isn't true.." Tamsin said as she looked out at the water.
"Damn.. So this is like a serious ass situation.. Like a deadly wedding.. You love her right?" Kenzi asked as she glanced over.
"With all that I am Kenz.." Tamsin replied with a smile.
"I can tell.. Hell we can all tell.. I think it's pretty great of you to let Bo Bo decide the date and all that. She's going through so much but you're what keeps her grounded. You're definitely not like Dyson or Lauren.. They always rushed things, they tried to decide things for Bo but you just sit back and let our little succu-skank take the wheel. I never saw that coming from you Tammers.." Kenzi said with a grin.
"Psh YOU never saw it coming from me? I never expected it. I'm not the romantic, soft, sweet, affectionate kind.. I'm not the type to let the other person take control but with Bo, even without her sex demon charms… I melt into her. That girl could literally kill the Pope and I'd look at her with these pathetic puppy eyes" Tamsin said with a grin.
"Dude you gots it bad for the succu-babe! She totally turns you into a sap! I love it! Who knew miss big, hateful, bad ass warrior that's like a million years old would have a soft side!" Kenzi said with a laugh.
"Yeah yeah well if we're gonna be calling me out on the way Bo breaks me down, why don't we have a little chit chat about you turning the bitchy fire fae into ash last night.." Tamsin said as she raised an eye brow and grin.
"Shit.. I figured that was gonna come up…" Kenzi said as she widened her eyes and turned red.
"Not bad Alex.. Not bad at all.." Evony said with a grin as she walked over to Trick.
"I'm impressed they did so well the first try.." Trick said as he crossed his arms and smirked.
"Yeah, we will have to see how they do when we up the training though. You know when we put Alex and Tamsin together it's going to be a blow out.. One of them will probably die. Not that I'm hoping for it but we do need to have a fae first aid kit ready Blood King. When Tamsin and Kenzi get back we need to go ahead and get Alex to test Tamsin.." Evony said as she glanced over to the Blood King and nodded.
"After we do that do you think we should give them the potion we discussed.." Trick asked in a hushed tone.
"Maybe. Let's see how the Valkyrie and Ember do. If they struggle we need to hold off on it.. If they do as well as the four of them did then we'll proceed.." Evony said with a nod. Trick turned to Bo and Alex who were still standing there hand in hand both bodies engulfed in blue flames as they laughed and were looking at each other.
"Evony and I are going to go get things set up for the next test. You two can take a break until Tamsin and Kenzi return" Trick said as he and the Morrigan turned to go back inside.
"Alex this is awesome! I didn't know you could project your flames on to someone and not burn them!" Bo said as she continued to look all over her body at the flames.
"I didn't either! I was just trying to focus on not scolding your hand and then as soon as we touched I tried to remember it was YOU and that I needed to be careful and then BAM you went up in blue flames! How's it feel?" Alex said with a laugh.
"It's weird.. It's like I thought I was going to burn but when the flames came over my body I felt like it was warm and safe.. It's so weird but in a good way" Bo said as she was still shocked at what her body looked like.
Alex laughed and slowly let go of Bo's hands as their bodies returned to normal. Alex walked over to the side of the Dal and grabbed the two water bottles that were sitting on the ground and tossed one to Bo.
"Drink up Succubus or you'll feel light headed" Alex said with a grin.
"Do you always feel like this after you use your powers? I feel like I'm on a beach in the Bahamas roasting in the sun" Bo said as she plopped down beside the blonde.
"Eh.. It's different for me, my body temp runs about 150 all the time so for me I don't feel overheated like you.. Usually I'm just thirsty" Alex said as she shrugged.
"That was intense though.. Like that could really come in handy for future fights.. If you can project like that and catch me on fire or Tamsin and even Kenzi.. We'll be ten times stronger and more protected" Bo said as she chugged her water.
"Yeah I just have to work out the kinks. If we're fighting and I'm trying to focus on an attacker AND on who not to burn shit is gonna get hard to control.." Alex said as she glanced over to Bo.
"We'll work on it.. But not too shabby for a trial run if I do say so myself" Bo said as she nudged the blonde and smiled. "So you said you wanted to talk about Kenzi?"
"Yeah well I did.. I don't know. Like is she mad or think I took advantage of her?" Alex said as she looked to the ground.
"Took advantage of her?" Bo said as she raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah.. I mean I heard her say when ya'll came in she was blackout drunk.. And if that's the case I feel like a douche for what happened.. I know she's your bestie and whatever and T's 'momz' but I just wanted to apologize to you.. If I knew she was that drunk nothing would have happened, I swear" Alex said as she frowned and looked at the ground.
Bo was taken back by the sincerity in Alex's voice and she felt bad for the blonde. Bo leaned over and put her hand on Alex's shaking leg.
"Alex.. I love you to death girl.. But Kenzi wasn't blackout drunk. She freaked when we found you two all cuddled up and didn't know what else to say.." Bo said as she watched the blonde.
"I figured that was another option.." Alex said as she sighed and put her head back against the wall, "Like I know she's freaked out and confused but so am I.. At least I was gonna be upfront about it and try to deal with these feelings or whatever you people call them.."
Bo chuckled lightly and smiled, "Oh you're definitely a little Tamsin.. The whole feelings thing is just like her to say. Kenzi told me everything that happened. How you were sweet, cute and gentle and pretty much melted her heart. But Alex.. you're BOTH in a rough situation with your feelings and having boyfriends you both care about and now with the bond and everything it's just complicating whatever is between you two. Kenzi, although I adore her, is not the best at stress situations. She reacted like that because she's scared to accept the fact that she may actually have feelings for you ya know? You're just more of a…"
"Bitch?" Alex said with a grin.
"I was going to say more of a BLUNT person but bitchy can work too" Bo said with a laugh, "You've been around for hundreds of years, you were raised in Vahalla by the strongest Valkyrie in history, you have a strong dark bloodline that's feared and respected.. You handle things better than her. You've fought wars, battles, made huge choices like saving a village.. You were tortured for years.. You are just more confident in your decisions.. Kenzi isn't. Her mind is all over the place and usually it's a good thing but with someone like this she doesn't know how to handle this. Kenzi's a mess but if you really care about her or think there could be something between you, you have to accept her imperfections along with the cuteness"
Alex couldn't help but chuckle, "she really is a hot mess isn't she?"
"You have no idea.." Bo said laughing back, "So we talked about Kenzi with all this but what's going on in your head?"
"I don't know Bo.. I'm so mind fucked by this. I like her and care about her and I guess being Tamsin's sister I've been forced into this crazy family but I just.. I don't know. I mean all of these confusing feelings could be from the bond and when you and Tamsin make it official it'll all go away.. Or it could be something real. Hell I don't even know what to do about Vex.. He's always been my go to.. My safe comfort blanket.. But I don't know.. I've never been so confused. I mean part of me thinks it's my feelings and signals being jammed from the bond. Like Kenzi will sit there and I'll be so annoyed or pissy and she smiles or grabs my hand and it's like I lose all capability to filter my actions and words and go all sweet and sappy. It's so infuriating." Alex said as she rolled her eyes causing Bo to laugh. "Now that we have talked about ME.. Let's talk about you and Tamsin! I heard about the ballin' bonded sex! Soooo.. When are you two gonna make it official?"
Bo was taken back by the question.. She felt herself turning red and grinned as she looked over to the blonde.
"So black out drunk huh momz.. that's the best you could come up with?" Tamsin said with a chuckle.
"I panicked ass hat! Like we went from having this amazing make out session all night to you creepers walked in and scared the piss out of me! I didn't know what to say! I was caught red handed cuddled with the pyro!" Kenzi said frantically.
"Ah.. So you DO remember everything?" Tamsin said as she raised an eyebrow.
"Of course I do! I sobered up after the first kiss test run shizzzz.. but this.. I'm just confused Tammers.. Like I love Hale, we spent years flirting until he finally grew a pair and made a move and now that I have him things are amazing then your little fire fae sister shows up, we get love drugged and bang like rabbits, then I kiss her in a lab when I think the little shit is dead, and then we kiss last night to 'figure out if the connection is real' and I seriously THOUGHT there wasn't going to be any feelings there.. I thought it would be a tipsy kiss where we laughed and started to joke about how stupid it was we kissed.. But it wasn't. I thought it would be easy to kiss her and not feel anything.. I mean I know her and how she usually is and she's a bit.. Wild? Like the way she was last night was the first time I have seen her be so loving and gentle.." Kenzi said as she sighed.
"I'm gonna be honest with you about my little shit of a sister.. She is old as hell. She's hundreds of years old and hello, I raised her so she's definitely a dark snarky bitch. She's been around for a long time and she adopted my ways of.. well.. socializing to say the least. We both are obviously women with needs but we don't like feelings… Catch my drift?" Tamsin said with a sly grin.
"So pretty much you and Alex are heartless whores who traveled around during your lives banging anything with two legs?" Kenzi asked with a chuckle.
"Yup" Tamsin said as she laughed.
"I figured as much. When we were under the Cupid spell Alex was all kinds of a dominatrix set addict and I mean I know I wasn't exactly a classy lady but she definitely knows how to use that hot body to get what she wants. I bet it doesn't take people long to drop their pants when she kisses them." Kenzi said as she shook her head.
"Ew.. Gross but true. She's a fire fae.. She's hot. She might as well be a fire Succubus or some shit. She's usually sleazy and a bit out of control but she told me that things were different with you.. That she knew she had to be respectful and treat you right and she didn't want to treat you like an 'ordinary bang' that she wanted to be affectionate with you and she didn't know why. She said that you have this human witchcraft over her and she feels like a pile of goo when you're around and she doesn't know why. Granted all of these feelings could be some kind of run off from my Bo bond but.. If you ask me.. There's no harm in you two taking things SLOW and seeing if there's anything there ya know? Why miss out on a good thing because you're scared it might be real.. If there's one thing I've learned it's that you have to force yourself to open up, have a heart, have feelings. It's terrifying but if things go right the rewards are greater than you can imagine.." Tamsin said as she threw her arm around the human.
"Alex said that.." Kenzi asked as she felt her heart flutter.
"Yeah she told me EVERYTHING that happened. At first I thought I was going to have to kick her ass for treating my momz like a whore cake but she told me she tried to be respectful and treat you sweet and gentle. She's a wild one Kenz.. But if you can tame her she'll be the best thing that'll ever happen to you. I know you're scared about confronting your feelings.. But I talked to her this morning.. And she's just as terrified as you. She's worried and confused and kinda hurt. She actually feels guilty that you were 'blackout' drunk and she thinks she took advantage of you. She's a mess Kenz.. I love you but you HAVE to talk to her.." Tamsin said with a soft smile.
"I know and I will.. I feel bad that she feels bad.. I didn't mean to freak and fib and hurt her feelings.." Kenzi said with a frown.
"I know momz. It's okay. Just figure out your shit and talk to her.. She's a hard shell to get past, and she builds up walls quickly when she's burned so it's not gonna be easy.. But she cares. You just have to remember that she's like me.. An ass, sarcastic, bitchy, hateful.. But she has feelings that can be fragile.." Tamsin said with a smile.
"Can I ask you something Lil' T?" Kenzi said looking at the Valkyrie.
"Always.." the blonde replied with a grin.
"When you realized you cared about Bo.. Was it hard to accept the fact you liked a girl? Like was it hard to label yourself as something other than straight?" Kenzi asked softly.
"Well I've been around for years so I've actually hooked up with a few girls but with Bo.. Realizing that my life with Bo was real and the first time I was EVER settling down was with a WOMAN was a bit of a shock and I mean I'm not an openly affectionate person anyway.. So dating a Succubus is a challenge but at the end of the day it's Bo who has my heart. I fell for the person, not the gender. Maybe that's how you need to think of this. Don't label yourself as gay or whatever. Just think about the PERSON.. not their gender" Tamsin said as she smiled.
"You always know what to say Tammers" Kenzi grinned as she hugged the blonde. "Now that we've talked lets get back to the Dal so we can continue this training shit and get some booze"
"Yes ma'am! No touching the wings meat bag.. Just stand back and hold on!" The Valkyrie said with a smirk as she stood up and opened her wings and grabbed Kenzi.
"I don't know.. I mean Tamsin and I talked about everything and she said this is a huge commitment and it's gotta be this like big ceremony and I should take some time to think about it before I say yes and tell her a date. She said that this is forever we're talking about so she wants me to take time to myself and think about everything.." Bo said as she glanced to the blonde.
"T's right Bo.. This is a big ass step to take. Bonding your hearts is the beginning but making it official.. Shit is bigger and more sacred than a wedding. It's pretty cool she's waiting for you to decide when though ya know?" Alex said as she smirked "Do you WANT to make it official?"
"Of course I do.. I just don't know when. Like I don't want to rush this.. I want it to be perfect like I want it to be the right time and right place and everything perfect. I know what a big deal this is for Tamsin.. It happens ONCE in a Valkyrie's life.. It has to be perfect for her.." Bo said as she sighed.
"…You really love her, don't you…" Alex said with a soft expression.
"More than I ever thought was possible…" Bo said as she looked over to the blonde.
"Tamsin's a lucky girl to have you.. She thinks the world of you Bo. When I first got here and saw how love struck that fool was for you I was worried because Tamsin has never opened up to anyone ever.. I didn't want her getting hurt.. Now that I've gotten to know you.. It's totally different. You truly love that girl, and she's crazy about you.. You two are perfect together"
"Thanks Alex.. That means a lot to me.. Tamsin sacrificed everything for me.. She gave up her life and everything just to protect me. Before her rebirth she was an ass but still protective then after she grew up with Kenzi it's like a whole new her who is okay with opening up. I care about her more than anyone in this world.. It took me by surprise and I tried to fight it but she's just so different.. She makes me feel like Bo, a human who CAN have nice things and that story book romance.. Not a Succubus who needs sex and lust.. She's just Tamsin.. She's more than I could ever expected and hope for.. I just want her to be happier than ever.."
"She is happier than ever Bo.. She has you and that's what matters most. You'll figure out when you want to bond with her. The only thing that she'll need for it to be perfect is you" Alex said as she smirked. Bo leaned over and put her head on Alex's shoulder.
"I'm gonna like having you as a sister-in-law.." Bo said as she felt Alex chuckle.
The Ember rolled her eyes, "Yeah yeah.. It'll be nice to have you as a succu-slut sister too"
Tamsin and Kenzi came crashing back in as Alex and Bo laughed and stood up.
Kenzi shook her head, "Damn Tam Tam that landing was shit"
The Valkyrie laughed and rolled her eyes "Yeah well I told you to stop moving so much!"
Bo walked up and immediately threw her arms around the blonde's neck and Tamsin grabbed Bo's hips and pulled her in.
"Taking Kenzi flying huh? And here I thought I was special" Bo said with a teasing grin.
"I didn't let her touch them so you've still got the upper hand Succulette" Tamsin said with a smile as she pulled Bo in and kissed her lips.
"Wait Bo got to TOUCH them! So not fair! I raised you ass wad!" Kenzi said as she rolled her eyes.
Bo and Tamsin stood there continuing to hold on to one another and pull each other in to deepen the kiss. Bo slowly slid her tongue into Tamsin's mouth as she moaned when she felt the blonde's tongue against her own.
"Those two are impossible.." Alex said as she shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"I know right. They can't keep their hands off each other" Kenzi said as she giggled. "Alex.. Can we talk later.. Please"
"Eh I don't know. I'll have to check my schedule. I may have somewhere better to be that involves me getting black out drunk.." Alex said as she scrunched her nose.
Tamsin wasn't kidding. Alex put those walls right back up. Great. I totally fucked this up. Kenzi thought as she sighed.
"I know you're mad that I lied and freaked.. But can we please talk later.. Please.." Kenzi asked as she tried to give her best puppy eyes.
"Yeah sure. Whatever. We can have a talk" Alex said as she shrugged.
Trick and Evony walked back outside.
"Alright love birds remove your tongues from each other's throats" Evony said as she rolled her eyes.
Bo smiled into the kiss. As she pulled back slightly and kept her mouth inches from the Valkyrie's Bo flashed her eyes blue.
"Hmm.. I think my little warrior is hungry.." Tamsin said with a smirk. Bo shrugged and raised her eyebrows as she grinned. "Well Succulette.. Have a snack" Tamsin responded as she leaned down and kissed Bo's lips gently. Bo made sure to kiss the blonde for a moment before she slightly pulled back pulling chi from her girlfriend. Bo didn't take much but stopped quickly.
"Mmm I can totally get use to this bonded super chi from heaven" Bo said with a smile.
"Good because I have tons of chi that's all yours hot pants.." Tamsin smirked as she scrunched her nose.
"Right WELL now that Bo Bo has her sexy juice what's the game plan now coaches?" Kenzi asked as the four women turned and looked at the Blood King and Morrigan.
"Now we take the training up a notch. You four did far better than we thought earlier. But now we need to intensify everything" Evony said as she walked over and grabbed Tamsin and Alex's hands.
"Bo you and Kenzi come over here. Bo I want you to go stand about five feet off to the side of Tamsin. Kenzi do the same to Alex" Trick said as he motioned for the girls to take their place.
Evony had put Alex and Tamsin facing each other about forty feet away.
"Alright darlings it's time to show your powers and stop this mushy holding back crap. You two are strong, your sisters, but what if something happens with the Wanderer and you're forced to turn on one another. Tamsin you know the things he can do. What if he overtakes Alex and she tries to kill Bo.. What are you going to do? Alex same thing, what if Tamsin falls under a spell.. How are you going to defend yourself. You two are big players in this. You know each others strengths and weaknesses so you're easy targets to try to alter. You need to be able to fight one another and not baby your powers. I don't want you to kill each other obviously.. But right now I'm putting you to the test. Fight. Defend yourselves. Hurt the other if you need to but you have to focus on this. Disarm the other at all costs." Evony said as she walked back to Trick.
"What?! You want them to fight and actually TRY to hurt each other?!" Bo asked as she scowled.
"Yes Bo. They need to be able to fight one another and disarm the other if the situation ever rises. Their sister link makes them a target for things like mind control. That's why you and Kenzi are standing near them. If they start to fall and it becomes too much then it's your jobs to step in and stop them before they kill each other. You're their anchors.." Trick said as he looked at the women.
"It's alright guys.. Trick and Evony are right.. We have to prepare and this could be something we face.." Tamsin said as she looked to her sister.
"Let's heat things up sis.." Alex said as her eyes flashed that fire red.
"Let's see what you got kid" Tamsin said as she grinned and darkened her eyes.
"Ohhhh shit is so gonna get real.." Kenzi said in a worried tone as she looked back and forth between the two sisters.