A/N: Sorry it took a while for the update. School stuff kinda caught up with me.

Chapter 52

" Oh my God...Oh my God!" Was the first thing Bo and Tamsin heard from Kenzi when they showed up at the Dal. The Russian girl threw herself at Bo, and hugged her tight. Then she yelled Oh-my-God for the third time, but it was only because she knocked a small statue on the counter off onto the floor and broke it.

" Oh no! Trick's gonna kill me!" Kenzi exclaimed as she picked up parts of the statuette she just broke, " Yesterday I accidentally burnt his whatever scroll, and now this statue of this...whatever woman."

" That would be the Goddess Ishtar, and that statuette is a few thousand years old." Acacia said, trying hard not to laugh at Kenzi. She was carrying a big box in her hands, when she saw Bo and Tamsin. She put it down and grabbed both of them in her arms. " You bitches made it!" She said, " Oh, I knew you would! Damn! Now I can finally get my money back!"

" Money?" Bo frowned. Then she turned to Tamsin, " You borrowed money from her or something?"

Tamsin rolled her eyes. Before she could say anything, Dyson came up from Trick's den and answered Bo's question. "The money we bet on whether you two would be able to complete Tamsin's Rebirth Trial." He put down the stuff in his arm, and gave Bo a big hug. He grabbed her waist and lifted her up, spinning her around for a few seconds. Putting her down, he said, "Welcome back. It's nice to see you alive and well." Then he turned to Tamsin. They punched each other on the shoulder and nodded, neither bothering to say anything.

" What? You guys bet money on us?" Bo said, " All of you?"

" Actually, almost all of the Fae and some humans." Dyson said, " Don't know how, but word got around about a bonded Valkyrie going up against the Impossible Rebirth Trial with her succubus warrior. Only a few thought you two would make it though. And now, thanks to you two, I have my retirement fund secured." Dyson continued with a big grin on his face.

" Can you believe this? We were fighting for our lives, and they were securing their retirement funds?!" Bo asked Tamsin. The Valkyrie shrugged, as if it didn't surprise her at all.

Bo rolled her eyes at her, then she turned around. It was then she realized that Trick was not here, and the Dal was a mess. His collections were all over the place. Books, statues, boxes, artifacts.

" What happened? Where's Trick? Someone attacked us?" Bo asked Dyson as she carefully maneuvered herself through all the things, trying not to break anything.

" Hey, relax." Dyson said, " We had an incident with some drunk water Fae, not a big deal, just need to put the things out to dry. Trick went to discuss the insurance details or something." He explained.

" Well, glad you are back, Bo-Bo." Kenzi said, turning her eyes to Tamsin, "And...you too...detective. Any chance one of you know how to repair this statue thing?"

" Maybe we can glue it back together or something..." Bo took the broken pieces in her hand. It was a curvy woman figure, with wings. Her head was off, and so were her arms and wings.

" Just throw it away." Acacia said, " I was kidding. It's a replica. Worth less than shit."

" Oh Kenzi luuuuuurves replicas!" Kenzi cheered, " Replicas are the best!" Then she turned to Bo and dragged her to the bar, " Enough of that then. Storytime, bestie?"

Bo smiled. She sat down beside Kenzi and then turned to Tamsin, silently asking her to join them. Tamsin rolled her eyes, but, she did sit down beside Bo, and managed to grab a bottle of vodka behind the counter as if she owned the place. Bo moved her shot glass away from her hand and the Valkyrie shot her a stare. The brunette ignored that, holding her hand in hers and pulling it to her chest. She lowered her head and laid a kiss on Tamsin's fingers. Tamsin froze for a second or two before she interlocked her fingers with Bo's in front of everyone.

Kenzi coughed, almost choking on her drink. She gave them a I-fucking-knew-it look, with her chin resting on her hand, and her eyelashes fluttering.

Dyson just had this warm but mocking smile on his face." Domestic much, partner?" He teased Tamsin.

Tamsin shot a cold stare at him, but she didn't let go of Bo's hand.

Acacia rolled her eyes at them, shaking her head.

The next few hours, Bo couldn't stop talking, because Kenzi and Dyson kept asking her questions. Acacia just sat there drinking silently, but, when Bo mentioned, Gyra, the elder Valkyrie got a sorrowful look on her face and turned away.

Tamsin was quiet too, but, she did add a few missing details for Bo. She didn't talk much about the part where she was turned to the drought monster and lost her consciousness. Bo put her arm around Tamsin's waist and pulled her closer because she knew it was not a pleasant memory for her. She couldn't care less about those knowing smiles on Dyson or Kenzi's face. She just wanted to comfort the blonde.

After Bo finished her story, Dyson started to talk about the cases they had, while Kenzi and Acacia went back to organizing the Dal.

" So basically, no progress." Bo said after Dyson finished talking.

" Not entirely true. The tech team did confirm that the feather we found at the warehouse crime scene and the one from your shack came from the same type of bird..."

" Yeah, yeah, some owl that only inhabits the Mediterranean region... " Bo said, " By any chance are there any records that might indicate who imported any of these birds, or where they are sold , or who might have bought them?"

" I tried. You know with all the Fae warp stations and stuff, it's impossible to track a single bird, but I'm not giving up just yet. I don't think you should put too much hope on it though."

" Wasn't planning on it..." Bo said, " But at least now we know that whoever broke into my place is probably connected to the warehouse murder, right?"

" Connected or not, without further clues, we can't do shit." Tamsin murmured, " By the way, figured that whoever broke into her place, is probably the one who did it."

" I thought the same thing, when I dropped Kenzi off the other day, because those junkies and criminals there wouldn't report anything to the cops." Dyson said, " Traced back the call to a pay phone not too far away from your place, and the tech team is still searching for clues from the camera footage around that area."

" What about the Kitsune killer?" Bo said, " Nothing at all?"

" Never happened again. The killer just vanished. No further clues that could ID him. We probably spooked him or something..."

" This doesn't feel right..." Bo said, " If he's looking for information from those Kitsune prophets, why did he suddenly stop?"

" Well, two reasons." Tamsin said," Either he doesn't need the information anymore, or..."

" He has already gotten what he wanted." Bo completed her sentence.

Tamsin nodded. " Maybe we can go over the case tomorrow, see if we missed anything..."

" That'll be great..." Dyson said, " But don't you want a couple of days off? You know, get some rest or something."

" Oh believe me, wolfboy, I'm dying to kick some villain's ass right now." Tamsin smirked at him, downing her drink.

They all stayed quiet for a little while, before Bo said," Where the fuck did those two fox bitches go? Aren't they supposed to be here 24/7?"

" You would think." Kenzi said as she laid a stack of books on the floor, " Bitches partying all day long, fucking dudes all around the town. I think STD might kill them before the killer does. And now with the water damage, the Dal is closed, bitches probably crashing at some stranger's place, drinking other people's booze."

" Damn..." Bo said, "They do know that the killer is still out there, right?"

" Emmm...have you met them yet? Do you really think they would give up parties, dudes, or alcohol for some maybe killer out to hunt them down?" Kenzi said.

" There's only so much you can do, sweetheart." Tamsin said to Bo with a teasing tone.

" Woooo, sweetheart..." Kenzi said, pretending to shiver, like she just couldn't stand the fact that such a word had come out of Tamsin's mouth. Then she left before Tamsin got the chance to retort.


" God, I missed my bed..." Bo murmured as she threw herself onto her bed when she and Tamsin got home. Then she pulled the Valkyrie down on top of her, tucking both of them under the blanket. She held Tamsin in her arms and laid a light kiss on her forehead. Tamsin pulled herself closer to Bo, melting in the succubus' embrace.

" You were shaking when you talked about being inside the monster..." Bo whispered to her, " Is everything Ok?"

Tamsin didn't say anything at first. She was enjoying Bo's gentle touch on her arm. It was not something pleasant to remember and she wasn't sure if she could talk about it. She was never comfortable talking about her fears and her weaknesses in front of someone else.

Bo held her tighter, trying to warm her up. She knew the Valkyrie was too proud to talk about things that scared her, so she didn't push further. Instead, she caressed her face and laid a lot of soft kisses on her. She watched the blonde close her eyes and sigh.

" I'm fine." Tamsin finally replied, " When I was in that damn thing, I was just so scared that I might eventually lose my lucid mind forever, and that I might lose...you." She almost couldn't get the word you out of her mouth. As much as she loved Bo, she was still not used to expressing her feelings directly to the brunette like this.

Bo felt warmed by Tamsin's words, because she knew that exact feeling. That feeling of terror every time she thought she was about to lose the blonde. She held Tamsin's hand in hers and intertwined their fingers together.

" Everything's fine now. We made it through." She said as she kissed her fingers.

" Yeah, except that some other shit will fall on us soon..." Tamsin said. She watched the brunette kiss her fingers and then her palm. All while her warm, brown eyes stared at her the entire time with a hint of smile on her face. Then the succubus moved closer and kissed her. Nothing could beat this, Bo's warm embrace, her soft kisses, and her gentle touch. Not even the strongest alcohol could comfort Tamsin like this. She softened in Bo's arms, closing her eyes.

Tamsin's phone rang, right before Bo unbuttoned her shirt.

" Ahhhhhh!" Bo cursed, " We've got to tell those fuckers not to call us when we are together!"

" It's Dyson..." Tamsin glanced at the caller ID.

" Wow, news flash!" Bo rolled her eyes as she watched Tamsin answer the call. The Valkyrie caressed her hand as she talked to Dyson on the phone. Then she hung up and said, " I got to go. It's the precinct. It's an armed robbery with a hostage situation."

" Maybe I can help? You know I'm good at persuading people."

" Yeah, the problem is, you need to get to the suspect before the bullets get you." Tamsin smirked, " Unless...you promise to stay in the car the whole time..."

" Of course, detective, cross my heart." Bo said as she raised her fingers up to swear. Then they both chuckled and kissed again.

Bo's phone beeped while she was changing. " If it's Dyson, tell him that I'm on my way." She said to Tamsin.

" I think it's your human pet." Tamsin said as she read the text, " Apparently Acacia overestimated how much liquor your pet could hold, and she needs you to drag her ass back from the Dal."

" Oh great!" Bo said, " I guess I can't go with you..."

" You just can't handle a single night without me, can you?" Tamsin smirked.

Bo rolled her eyes at the blonde. " I guess you can come over when the situation is resolved."

" Well, maybe I'll just go for some drinks with Dyson,\ and then pick up some hot chicks in the bar." Tamsin said as winked at Bo.

" Well, in that case, bring her home..."

" Then your all your dreams will finally come true?" Tamsin said, lowering her head to give Bo a kiss before she walked out.


Dragging Kenzi's back from the Dal was not an easy job yet a very familiar one to Bo. She put the Russian girl on the couch and covered her with a throw. Kenzi rolled over, pulling Bo into her arms to kiss her cheek. She muttered something, with a smile on her face, before she fell asleep.

Bo let out a deep breath and sat beside her on the couch. She missed her normal life, even though she knew nothing about it was normal. It was always hunting things down or being hunted, dealing with assholes and bitches, but, she missed this, more than anything. She missed everyone in her life. Kenzi, Dyson, Trick, , Hale, and Lauren. She even missed people like the Morrigan's assassins, or the robe stealing Mesmer, Vex. They were annoying, but, they were part of her normal life. She never wanted anything to change, especially now that she had Tamsin. She loved the Valkyrie and the Valkyrie loved her. They were bonded for life. Just this simple thought gave her a warm feeling that passed through her heart making her happy.

Bo smiled when she thought about the blonde. She never realized that she could be with someone she felt so attached to, but, at the same time, felt so free with. With Tamsin by her side she felt like she could do anything! And, anything she did, she knew the Valkyrie would be there, watching her back, holding her hands.

Feeling relaxed, Bo slowly drifted off to sleep on the couch beside Kenzi. After a short time of dark fuzziness, she found herself in a dream, someone else's dream.

How did I even do this shit? Bo asked herself, I wasn't even trying!

She was in the Dal, but everything looked a little bit different than she remembered. The lights looked awfully dim, yet the liquor cabinet looked shiny bright, especially the top shelves where Trick kept all his good stuff. It looked like the bright lights were emanating from the inside. The music was louder than she remembered and the space looked bigger.

But, what really caught Bo's attention, were the customers in the bar. Rather than a bunch of people, they were a bunch of animals, monsters, and weirdoes, in a cute, funny way. Bo almost laughed when she saw Trick behind the counter. The Blood King looked like a king from a deck of playing cards, with the crown and everything, but, with a very serious look on his face, like he was going to tell someone his loved one had just died. Every customer in the bar was either fluffy, furry or blobby. She recognized Dyson, who was a wolf with a police badge hanging in front of his chest near the pool table. She also recognized a few other regulars, who were also in their true Fae form, like a bird, a lion or something else. She saw a pale, gothic looking man with fangs and a cape. She knew it must be a vampire, although real vampires didn't necessarily look like that.

Is this Kenzi's dream? Bo asked herself, because everything seemed a little out of order and gothic, just like the Russian girl. Then she saw a hydra burst into flames in the middle of the Dal and blacken everyone around him. But, instead of dying as they would have in reality, everyone continued talking and laughing as if nothing had happened.

Bo smiled. She found it interesting to be in Kenzi's dream. Sometimes she did wonder what exactly was going on in Kenzi's head, and now, she had a much better idea. She walked around the bar and saw a lot of other odd creatures, like Goblins fighting over gold coins, Basilisks hissing at each other, or a Thunderbird charging a lightbulb in her hand. When she walked out of the bar, she immediately entered it again from the back door. However, this time the Dal was filled with water, like a huge aquarium, and everyone was swimming in it like fishes. Then she saw two foxes swimming in the water. They had pretty flashy eye shadow on, and matching nail polish. She immediately realized that they were Casey and Amanda. Both foxes swam to the exit and disappeared. Bo guessed this was a reference to the bar flooding incident and she was amused by it, because it was really funny to watch all the Fae swimming around her.

Bo watched the Fae there for a while. Then she saw the pair of Kitsunes coming back in the water again, but this time, with someone else.

Bo frowned, because the man they were with was the only human looking being inside the bar. He was an attractive guy, but, in a pale and gloomy way. However, It was hilarious watching him sitting on a chair with a drink in his hand and the two foxes on his lap in the water. Bo tilted her head and stared at him. She couldn't tell what caught her attention, but, she just felt something was off there. She swam towards the man, in order to get a closer look, but as the water level began to drop, everyone just slowly faded away, dissolving into the water. Bo got washed out of a window, but, found herself right back in the bar again.

She was standing at the entrance and someone walked past her. Bo could tell it was Casey because the woman was no longer completely a fox, but a blend of the two forms. She still had her fox ears and tail, and was wearing extremely glittery make up. Her face still seemed to resemble a fox though. A man was right behind her. It was the guy she and Amanda were with in the water. That attractive, but, gloomy one. It looked like they were on some sort date and they were leaving the Dal.

Bo frowned. There was something off about this man, but she couldn't tell what it was. As the man walked through the entrance, Bo noticed his pendant. It was a cylindrical pendant, made from some sort of opaque gemstone about the size of her thumb. Some very delicate carvings were on it. Bo recognized some animals on it, like lions, or leopards, and also, a full figured woman with wings. She thought for sure she had seen that somewhere before, but she just couldn't remember where.

When they were both gone, Bo shook her head, and turned to face the inside of the bar. It looked like the flooding had never happened there. Everyone was just laughing, drinking and playing pool. Trick was polishing something behind the counter, not the glasses, but his statue collections. They all looked shiny.

Gee, Kenzi must have really been worried about that broken statue...Bo thought to herself. Then something occurred to her mind. She remembered that Kenzi broke a statuette when she and Tamsin came back, and how worried she was about breaking it. It was a statue of some Goddess named Ishtar, or Ishkar. A woman with big breasts and hips, and wings spreading behind her back, just like the one she saw on that man's pendant.

Something hit Bo. At first it was like a spark in her brain, gone in a split second. She knew it was something really important, so she tried hard to grasp it. She knew something she saw in this dream must have triggered her memory, so she tried to recall every detail she saw here. When her mind came to the Kitsunes, she suddenly remembered something from the Kitsune serial killer case. Cylindrical Duchess, or Cylindrical Goddess. It was what Tamsin heard from one of the victims right after the Valkyrie gained the power of hearing things from the dead as a result of their bond. They never figured out what it meant. Now that Bo had seen a cylindrical pendant with the figure carved on it, she finally realized what the victims might have been talking about.

Cylindrical Goddess. Bo murmured. Somehow she felt that it was urgent for her to wake up right now. Forcing herself out from Kenzi's dream, she jerked up from the couch, gasping. Then she immediately turned to Kenzi and shook the petite girl, who was still in a deep sleep.

" Kenzi! Wake up! Wake up!"

" What?! What happened?! Are we under attack?!" Kenzi yelled as she hopped up from the couch, dashing into the kitchen to grab a frying pan.

" You know, we actually have daggers stuffed under our couch, Kenz. And no, we are not under attack." Bo dragged her back to the couch and said, " I need to ask you a few questions, Kenzi."

" ...If it's about those pizza slices that disappeared from the fridge, I confess. I ate them..." Kenzi said, putting the pan down. She was half confused, half drunk.

" Forget about the pizza. You can have as much as you want of that. When was the last time you saw those two fox bitches?"

" Huh? Casey and Amanda?" Kenzi murmured, like she couldn't believe Bo needed to ask her about them right now. She thought for a moment before she continued, "Two days ago maybe? I knew they were in the bar when it was flooded. Then they left, with some guy..."

" Ok, good. Now, this guy, what did he look like?"

" I don't know. Good looking? But kind of an ass, you know, like those frat jerks. "

" Tall, brown hair, charming, with a special pendent on him?"

" Yeah, yeah. I remember the pendent... How do you know about that?" Kenzi frowned.

" I- let's not focus on that part right now. Listen, I think that guy might be the Kitsune killer." Bo said.

" What?! Are you for real, sister?" Kenzi said. She had finally sobered up when she heard the shocking news. She quickly pulled her phone out and called Casey and Amanda, but no one answered.

" Not answering, huh?" Bo said. She could already tell from Kenzi's face.

" Hey, you know them. Maybe they're just passed out on some random dude's couch..." Kenzi tried to rationalize.

" Or the killer might already have them." Bo said, " I've got to go find them. Do you have any idea where they might have gone? Or where they might be?"

" Actually, better." Kenzi said, " Don't tell them this, but...Dyson secretly put GPS trackers in their shoes..." She turned on her laptop and opened an application, " We've been tracking their activities for a week or two, but the killer never showed up again. We thought he was gone, poof, vanished, gone with the wind or something..."

Bo quickly wrote down the address that appeared on the screen. She tried to call Dyson and Tamsin, but neither of them answered.

" Ughhhhh! There just had to be a fucking asshole robbing some place with guns right now!" Bo exclaimed as she packed her weapons.

Kenzi went to grab her sword, but, she almost tripped. Bo dragged her back to the couch and said, " You, stay home and lock the door. Keep calling them and let me know as soon as someone answers their phone."

" Maybe you should wait for...emmm...detective Snarkybabe to go with you, Bo-Bo."

" No, if they are in fact in danger, I have to go now." Bo said before she stormed out, " I hope I am wrong about this!"

" Me too!" Kenzi yelled right before Bo closed the door behind her.