A/N: Thanks for all the supports on both of my stories. I am thinking about writing a new valkubus story which follows the TV show plot, post 3x13, but I am still trying to figure out what I want to write. So, right now probably I'll only do updates on Trivial Days for a while :) But I will write a new story for sure.
Chapter 11 - You Have a Thing for Blondes
7:00 pm - The Dal
Bo was sitting with Dyson and Tamsin at the bar, pretending she was looking through their case files. Instead of thinking about how to find the suspect, she was thinking about how to deal with the Valkyrie, who was sitting right beside her. The day Bo almost got killed by the Kelpie, Tamsin initiated a kiss and a hug, in the hot shower that they took together. She also asked her to stay overnight, for the first time. Then she pulled herself away from Bo the next morning, as she always did after any intimate moments between them. This time, Bo felt something different. The Valkyrie teased her less, but frowned more.
Bo sighed. She wanted to ask for another drink from Trick, but as she raised her head, she saw the look on Trick's face, as if he had seen a ghost.
Then she saw the same look on Dyson's face. Both men were staring at the entrance of the Dal. Bo frowned and looked at Tamsin, who was staring at the same direction as Dyson and Trick. The blonde was frowning too.
Finally Bo turned her head back. Now it was her turn to put the just-seen-a-ghost expression on her face.
" Ryan?" Bo said in a very uncertain voice. She was staring at the man in front of her.
" Hey, beautiful! Nice to see you again." Ryan smiled at her, ignoring the other people's stares at him.
" Emmm... last time I checked, we agreed we would never see each other ever again." Bo said.
" You also agreed to wear the bracelet I gave you...everyday." Ryan laid his eyes on Bo's bare right wrist. Then he moved back to stare at Bo.
" Care to introduce us?" Tamsin smirked.
" Tamsin, meet Ryan Lambert, the man I almost married." Bo said.
" Wow, I thought you could do better." Tamsin scrunched her nose at Bo and said. Then she looked at Ryan. " So what happened? Ring too small? Said the wrong name?"
" Long story. I'll tell you later." Bo rolled her eyes at Tamsin.
" Whatever. I'm out of here tonight." Tamsin smirked as she gathered all the case files on the counter. She finished her drink and left.
Bo watched her walking out. She sighed and turned to Ryan. " Well, what do you want?" asked Bo.
" I need your help." Ryan said in a very sincere voice. The smiled on his face had disappeared. He sat down beside Bo and ordered a drink. Trick was very reluctant to give him one, but he finally did.
" Ok...? " Bo frowned as she drank from her glass.
" I have...a supplier. He went missing a couple days ago. I really need the stuff from him for one of my projects."
" Care to tell me what the stuff is?"
" It's...some type of ore, rare...and...not that legal..." Ryan lowered her voice and leaned closer, " I can't call the cops. I can't trust any other private investigator either. That's why I came to you."
" Well, lucky for you, I have a lot of free time. You are paying cash, right?"
" I'll pay you anything you want, as long as you find this supplier for me." Ryan said. He stood up and took out a thumb drive from his suit pocket. " Here is everything I know about him. Call me if you have any questions. Do you still have my number?"
" Nope." Bo shook her head, as if it was the most ridiculous question she had ever heard.
" Ahhh, hurtful." Ryan said as he put his hand on his chest, like his heart was aching. He took his cell phone out and dialed Bo's number, " I still have yours." He smiled.
9:00 pm - Tamsin's Apartment
" Aren't you supposed to be drinking with you ex-husband or something?" Tamsin stared at the succubus who stood in her front of her door.
" Well I left before he put another ring on my finger." Bo said.
" Whatever. What do you want?"
" Thought maybe you could help me with Ryan's stuff?" Bo waved the thumb drive in her hand.
" And why would I do that?" Tamsin raised her eyebrows, staring at Bo.
" Come on, Tamsin. It's about a missing person. I could really use the help from a cop now."
" How about the wolf who would do anything for you?"
" How about you?" Bo teased her.
" Fine. Come in." Tamsin sighed and let Bo in.
9:30 pm - Tamsin's Apartment
" So, are you going to tell me about your previous marriage now, sweetheart?" Tamsin asked Bo after she sat down.
" Sure, since you asked." Bo shrugged, " I met him when I was doing a job for the old Ash. Well, we ended up banging together..."
" How come I'm not surprised?" Tamsin said, with her eyes narrowed.
" Anyway, it didn't work out. Then somehow I got my blood into his system, and he became obsessed with me."
" He almost married you because of your blood."
" Not just that, but that's why he was obsessed. That was also why I told you to be careful the other day."
" Well, how did he convince you to get married? Persuasive skills in bed?"
"Haha, very funny. I was brain washed by an Addonc. Couldn't even remember who I was."
" Yeah, you see, maybe your marriage would be perfect, brain washed and brain washed."
" Anyway..." Bo rolled her eyes at Tamsin, " He told me we were in a relationship and we should get married, and I agreed...Trick and Kenzi stopped us before the marriage got finalized..."
" How? They gagged you two and tied you up until the brain washing phase was over?"
" Well, I took an antidote. Trick performed some sort of unbound ritual for Ryan."
" What a shame...and whatever." Tamsin rested her head on Bo's lap again. " I thought you wanted my help." Tamsin said.
" Yeah. He said one of his suppliers is missing, and it's not exactly something he can call the cops about..."
" Hello?" Tamsin flashed her badge to Bo, " Have we met?"
" Well, I don't suppose you are going to file any paperwork about this, right?"
" Ok, ok. Where do you want to start?"
" We'll start...with the thumb drive he gave me..."
10:15 pm - Tamsin's Apartment
" So, what do you think?" Bo asked Tamsin, after they finished reading and watching everything on the thumb drive.
" Should be easy. I'll check in the system, track his cell..." Tamsin said, "Why did you even agree to do this for him anyway?"
" He'll pay cash, or anything I want, according to what he said."
" I could use some cash." Tamsin smiled, " My liquor collection needs to be expanded."
" Anything but that..."
2:00 pm - Mountain Area
" Why is there hiking every time!" Bo complained when she stopped for some air. Tamsin took her to the mountain area, at the location where she traced the missing supplier's cell phone.
" Ok... his cell phone should be close...around this area..." Tamsin searched around but she couldn't find anything.
" Or...it could be under this area." Bo said. She pointed down to the cliff as she stood on the edge.
Tamsin ran to Bo. She looked down under the cliff and saw someone lying there. She could tell it was a male, but she couldn't tell if he was already dead. She yelled at him, but he was not responding.
" I guess we'll have to go down there." Tamsin frowned.
3:00 pm - Under the Cliff
" You ok over there?" Tamsin asked Bo after they walked down.
" A little too much of a work out for me today, but I'm ok."
" Well, working out will make your ass cuter." Tamsin smiled. She put her gloves on as she approached the man. She checked his pulse, and shook her head to Bo.
" Probably dead for a while. He's already cold." Tamsin flipped the guy so she could see his face. " I think it's our guy. Now we know why he was missing."
" Well, mission accomplished." Bo said, " An unbelievably easy one. I'll call Ryan."
" I'll call the precinct."
4:40 pm - Under the Cliff
Cops showed up after Bo had already secured the ore Ryan wanted. They moved the body away, and revealed something no one was expecting to see.
There were bones under the body.
" Looks like human bones to me, and judging by the numbers of the leg bones here, I would say we are looking at two other deaths." Tamsin said as she watched the CSU processing the scene.
" I get someone carelessly fell off the cliff and died, but three of them in the exact same location? I smell fae..." Bo said.
7:00 pm - The Dal
" So, here's the thing you wanted. Sorry your supplier is dead." Bo handed the ore to Ryan, as they were sitting at the bar next to each other.
" I don't know how to thank you..." Ryan bowed down and kissed her hand lightly.
" Cash will do." Bo smiled to him.
" Ahhhh, so hurtful. I thought you'd at least ask for a fancy dinner date with me." Ryan said, with a smile on his face.
Bo huffed out a light laugh, but she didn't say anything else. She sipped her drink for a while, then she said, " Well, your shit is done, but we found two other bodies at the same location with your supplier. Any chance it's a gangster body dumping site or something like that?"
" He was just a quiet, motivated miner. He looked for rare ores and sold them. He had been my supplier for a long time, I've never heard he had any enemies of any kind."
" Anyway, I'll look into it, and let you know if anything pops up."
" Great." Ryan stood up and said, " Are you going home? I can give you a ride."
" No. I think I'm gonna stay here for a while longer."
9:00 pm - Tamsin's Apartment
" Just thought you'd leave me alone for at least one night!" Tamsin sighed as she opened the door.
" Relax, I come bearing gifts." Bo threw an envelope of cash to her. Tamsin opened it and said, " Wow, you sure you haven't provided any other services to him?"
Bo rolled her eyes at her. The she said, " Told you, we make a good team."
" Yeah, yeah. What do you really want?"
" Just want to check on the progress of the bodies we found under the cliff." Bo said.
" Nothing much. You can read the files yourself." Tamsin threw the envelope on the side table. She picked up the case files and handed them to Bo. " They've been able to ID all three victims. All of them were some sort of miners, all charged by some minor misbehavior or illegal trading. No one put a hit on any of them. No known mutual enemy. In fact, no known connections between them what so ever."
" Ok. Then the only connection between them is they are all miners." Bo said, " Maybe they found something that was worth a fortune, and someone else killed them for it."
" Possible, but not likely. We found some pretty rare stuff in their inventory over there. If the killer had killed them for money, why didn't he take those with him? And why did he have to kill them at that exact same location?"
" No idea. Maybe we should go there again tomorrow and search for clues around the area." Bo said, " Now can we have some ice cream?"
" I'm out of ice cream." Tamsin smirked, " And you, need to leave."
Bo wanted to stay longer, but when she saw the look on Tamsin's face she felt that the Valkyrie meant what she said. She had been with her long enough to realize that the blonde was still in the pulling-away mode.
" Ok." Bo smiled, " I'll leave you alone then."
Tamsin nodded. She moved her eyes back to the case files in her hand. Hearing the door close, she let out a deep breath and closed her eyes. Leaning back against the couch, she felt like she had never been this irritated before. Her feelings for the succubus were so strong, that they scared her. She instinctively wanted to run away, telling herself not to look back.
6:45 pm - Mountain Area
" I didn't know we were coming here this late." Bo said.
" Unlike you, I have an actual job to do." Tamsin said, " Although this is my case, I still have other dead bodies to take care of."
" Ok. So what are we looking for?"
" Something that leads us to where they had been before they died?" Tamsin smirked as she turned on her flashlight.
7:30 pm - Mountain Area
" I don't see anything, other than pebbles and boulders." Bo said.
" Too many different trails here. Can't tell if it's from our victims..." Tamsin said. She paused for a while, as if she was trying to say something else, but instead she laid her hand on Bo's mouth. " Shhh... I heard something..." Tamsin whispered.
Bo raised her eyebrows. She noticed some noises too. It sounded like some small, cracking thing powered by clockwork of some kind.
Tamsin pulled Bo behind a rock in front of a cave. They both hid behind it, looking at the direction where the noise came.
At first they saw a dim light, as if something was shimmering in the dusk. Then a bird flew by them. It was the size of a parrot, and had very colorful wings. Its wings looked like they were made of some sort of metal, smooth, shiny and beautiful. It also had unusually large, glittering eyes. It was turning its head around when flying, as if it was scouting for possible threats.
" Follow it." Tamsin said to Bo quietly. Bo nodded. They followed the bird.
" I guess I'll text Trick, see if he knows what it is. Maybe it's our killer's pet or something." Bo took her cell phone out.
7:50 pm - Mountain Area
" Where did it go?" Bo asked.
" In one of those caves." Tamsin pulled her gun out. She approached the cave slowly and quietly. Bo followed her. They both hid behind a rock at the entrance of the cave, trying to take a look inside before they went in.
The cave looked like some abandoned mine. It was pure dark, but they could see the dim light emitted from the bird. The bird just flew around inside, slowly with a lot of noises coming from its wings.
" Ok. Trick thinks it's an Alicanto. If a miner sees it without its noticing, he can find precious ores by following it. But if an Alicanto sees the miner first, it will kill him by alluring him to the edge of a cliff and make them fall..."
" Sounds like we are on the right track them. How am I supposed to arrest a bird?" Tamsin said.
" Maybe it's time for us to call fae animal control?"
" I'll see what I can do." Tamsin took out her phone, but suddenly her phone rang before she dialed the number. The loud ringing tone startled them both. The bird heard it too. It dashed out the cave, flying right towards them.
" And Trick also said not to look into its eyes. It's how they brain wash the victims into cliff fall..." Bo kept reading the text from Trick. Then she noticed something was not right.
She saw Tamsin following the bird. Her eyes looked hollow, as if her soul was absent.
" No! Don't follow it!" Bo ran to her and grabbed her wrist, but Tamsin struggled herself free and started to run after the bird. Bo had to run after her to catch her. She tried a few times, but Tamsin dodged her. Bo wanted to throw her dagger to the bird to kill it, but she couldn't aim when running.
The bird was leading them to the cliff, where they had found all the bodies.
" Oh no." Bo said. She threw herself at Tamsin, tackled her to the ground. Tamsin threw her off and stood up, walking towards the edge of the cliff.
Bo grabbed her waist and jerked her back. Tamsin freed herself from Bo's arms and stood up. " God I wish you were less feisty sometimes, Tamsin." Bo said.
Bo wanted to grab her again, but the bird turned its head around to stare at Bo. Bo had to close her eyes. Then she stood up and grabbed Tamsin for the third time. Tamsin was struggling hard, and Bo knew she couldn't hold her like this forever. She had to kill the bird, but, Tamsin could go off the cliff at anytime.
" Ok. I'm gonna do this my way!" Bo topped Tamsin, pinning both of her hands on the ground. She kissed the blonde. It was not for affection of any kind, but to suck the Chi out of the Valkyrie to knock her out.
Tamsin struggled hard, for a while. Then she crashed with her eyes closed. Bo laid her on the ground.
The bird turned back again, because it sensed something was not right. It looked pissed. Bo covered her eyes to shield herself from the glittering eyes. She took her dagger out in her hand with her eyes closed. She could hear the bird flying around her, making very loud noises.
" Oh, this is just Brazenwood all over again!" Bo said. She finally threw out her dagger. With a loud, squeaking noise, she could tell the dagger hit something, as if it clashed with some metal object.
Bo peaked through her hand. She saw the bird on the ground, not moving. Her dagger pierced through it.
" Well I guess no need to call animal control after all." Bo sighed with a relief. She sat on the ground and let Tamsin rest on her lap.
A while later, Tamsin woke up. At first she seemed confused, but from the look on her face, Bo knew she had just realized what happened.
" Oh, that fucking brain washing bird!" Tamsin cursed as she straightened herself up.
" It's ok. I killed it." Bo said.
" Wow, guess it's your turn to save my ass once in a while." Tamsin said as she scrunched her nose.
" Well, consider we are even now."
" Oh we are far more than fucking even a long time ago." Tamsin stood up, " Come on, let's go. I could really use a drink right now."
9:00 pm - The Dal
" So I've heard. You found the killer." Ryan said to Bo at the bar, right after he walked in and ordered a drink.
" You're really connected." Bo said, " Anyway, a pretty dumb case. And what brings you here today?"
" You?" Ryan smiled.
" What about me?" Bo raised her eyebrows.
" Well, few nights ago, I was doing my inventory, and I found the Genie lamp we used before... Then I realized that I really had a lot fun with you..."
" And?"
" I was wondering, maybe we should hang out some time. Go for a dinner date or something?"
Hearing that, the Valkyrie who was sitting beside Bo frowned and stared at the Loki. Then she stood up and walked to the pool table area.
" Well, not that I want to turn you down." Bo said, " But there was a reason that we agreed on not seeing each other again, remember?"
Ryan straightened himself up and sighed. Then he smiled and said, " Can't blame a guy for trying. " He stood up and kissed Bo's hand. " Then I need to go. Got a date with a hot blonde. You have a thing for blondes, right? Wanna join us?"
" No, thank you." Bo laughed.
Ryan smiled. " I'll see you around."
" Sure." Bo said. She took a glance across the room, checking out the Valkyrie.
" See, I knew you have a thing for blondes." Ryan said, " I think that blonde has a thing for you too."
" Really?" Bo asked. She didn't know she had a smile on her face.
" Actually, I'm not that so sure, but now I'm pretty sure you have a thing for her." Ryan laughed, " By any chance if you need a third, call me anytime..."
" Get out." Bo rolled her eyes at him.
" Bye, beautiful." Ryan nodded to her and left.
Bo rested her chin on the counter. What am I gonna do with her? She asked herself, frustrated.
