"Darnit Bo, come on. You can fix this!" Kenzi shouted slapping her face. However, she was still unconscious. She refused to face the results of her actions Kenzi surmised. She was ashamed.
Tamsin was already giving mouth to mouth to Arin, but she was getting more, and more desperate as the seconds passed. With each breath, she came to the realization that Bo probably killed Arin on purpose, albeit her alter ego.
She was already ragingly upset with Bo for shattering her heart to say the least, but now this made Bo her mortal enemy.
Tamsin was furious.
Try as Tamsin might, Arin wasn't breathing on her own. Bo may have sucked all of her life force away.
"FUCK, Arin breathe dammit! Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeath!" Tamsin screeched over her tears.
Kenzi knew that Bo was at least ok for now, but Arin needed a doctor, since Bo wasn't available.
LAUREN.
Kenzi set Bo down, and sprinted over doing a swan dive to wind up next to the still unconscious Lauren.
Kenzi lightly tapped her slightly bloodied face, and desperately commanded, "Lauren… Doc hottie! Wake up! It's raining turd balls right now!"
Lauren finally groaned, "Huh? Helium's atomic weight is 2. The covalent bond of…."
"That's it Doc! Get up! Arin's not breathing!" Kenzi shook Lauren, while she batted her eyes to focus herself.
Lauren, with the help of Kenzi, sat up, and realized a shooting pain in her right hand, and her nose, also throbbing in pain. 'Frack Arin broke my hand and nose. That fracking bitch,' was her first thought, but Kenzi knelt down in front of Lauren, and slapped her hands on both of her shoulders within inches of her face, and got directly to the point.
"Doc! Bo is unconscious but ok. She won't take anyone's chi right now. Help Arin, Bo sucked the life force out of her. You gotta do something, NOW!" Kenzi demanded.
"Ummm Ummm," Lauren stammered out still getting her bearings, "Kenzi, get my medical bag down stairs….."
Lauren looked over to Bo first, seeing she was breathing as if in a peaceful slumber. Kenzi was right, but her attention moved to Arin, with Tamsin in tears, giving her sister CPR. If Bo did suck all her chi, no amount of conventional medical treatment would help. That was all she had on her at the moment.
Kenzi was running to the stairs when Lauren yelled, tossing her the car keys with her left hand, "And my defibrillator from the trunk of my car."
Tamsin shot up, and bolted over to Laruen, hearing her give orders to Kenzi. Tamsin pulled her to her feet, and almost threw her in front of Arin.
Lauren yelped, since Tamsin was a little rough with her.
Tamsin scampered, and knelt next to Arin, directly across from Laruen, and clamped her hands together in pleading, as she addressed the doctor in desperation.
"PLEASE DOC! Do something! Save her! She's all I've got left," Tamsin begged in a high pitched whine, wiping her tears away.
A part of her felt sick to her stomach. The doctor she loathed for stabbing her in the back, and sleeping with Bo, was now her only hope to save her sister.
Lauren nodded, and absentmindedly felt for a pulse on Arin's neck with her right hand, and immediately crying out in excruciating pain, due to Arin fracturing several of her bones in the same hand.
"Tell me what to do doc," Tamsin rushed out, knowing that Lauren's hand was almost unusable, "Please."
Even through the pain, Lauren felt for a pulse on Arin's neck, now with her left hand, and felt none. "Tamsin, keep the compressions going until Kenzi gets here with the AED. One compression per second."
Tamsin followed as instructed, and murmured to Arin, "Come on sis, it's just a scratch. Come on…."
Kenzi ran up the steps, out of breath, and put 2 bags down next to Lauren.
"Kenzi, open up the AED bag, take it out, and open the lid to let it charge," Lauren ordered, to which Kenzi immediately started doing.
Lauren fished her stethoscope out of her other bag, and put it around her neck; and the defibrillator display lit up ready to use.
"Kenzi," Lauren requested, pointing to a pocket of the AED pouch, "Use the scissors to cut her top open, so I can adhere these pads to her. Quickly!"
Kenzi did as she was told, and noted the scrawl of pain riddled on Tamsin's face. This was really bad. She never saw Tamsin so broken.
Lauren did her best, using her teeth, to remove the film, to expose the stick adhesive from both pads. She in turn pasted them on Arin's chest, one to the upper right, and the other to the lower left.
Lauren punched in parameters to compensate for a Valkyrie, instead of for a human, and hit the auto button.
The unit came to life and counted down, "5... 4… 3… 2… 1… STAND CLEAR!"
Tamsin stopped doing compressions, and everyone backed up hastily.
Arin's body convulsed, as the unit delivered a strong shock.
The unit chirped again, and stated, "CHARGING, Continue compressions."
"CRAP," Kenzi exclaimed.
"Kenzi," Lauren stated handing her a portable breathing apparatus, "Give Arin 2 breaths each shock."
"Come on Arin," Tamsin grunted, giving Arin compressions again.
Lauren monitored the vitals on the digital display, which didn't look good at all, but noticed the unit was, as expected, increasing the strength of the shock.
The unit chirped and counted down again announcing, "5... 4... 3... 2… 1... STAND CLEAR!"
Arin's body convulsed again sharply, like she was possessed.
The unit chirped again, and stated, "CHARGING, Continue compressions."
No dice. Still no response.
Kenzi put the mask over Arin's mouth and nose, then squeezed the bulb delivering 2 quick breaths. Tamsin immediately went back to compressions.
Lauren continued to monitor the vitals on the digital display, and noticed the unit was again increasing the strength of the shock, but this time, it was set to its maximum. She hoped, this time it will work.
Lauren also adroitly injected Arin with a dose of epinephrine.
The unit chirped, and counted down once again announcing, "5… 4… 3… 2… 1... STAND CLEAR!"
Arin's body, again, jerked violently with Kenzi, and Tamsin looking on expectantly; everyone hoping that Arin would pull through.
Lauren grimaced at the vitals unit, and quickly overrode the unit, and re-programmed in a higher shock value, one that was bordering doing more harm than good.
"Tamsin, this next shock, is higher than what I can safely give a Valkyrie. Any higher, and it will cause permanent damage," Lauren informed. Lauren stated in such a way that meant, if this didn't work, the only thing left to do, was to announce her time of death.
Kenzi and Tamsin did what they could with the compression, and breathing, as the unit charged up for its last time.
"Please sis, come back to me," Tamsin pleaded in tears again.
"Crap, come on Arin," Kenzi murmured.
Lauren looked over at Bo. She was still in a deep sleep; and mumbled, "Bo, we really need you."
Finally the AED counted down once again announcing, "5… 4… 3… 2… 1... STAND CLEAR!"
Arin convulsed fiercely once again.
Lauren shook her head, ever so slightly, upon reading the vitals on the unit. Kenzi then stopped administering assisted breathing for Arin.
Kenzi's jaw hung down slightly, not knowing what to do, glancing between Lauren, and Tamsin.
"SHIT! Come one Arin. GET UP! Get up now!" Tamsin worked on compressions at a more feverous, and desperate rate.
Lauren gingerly put her hand on Tamsin's shoulder, and said, "Tamsin, I'm sorry."
"Noooo!" Tamsin shouted in pain, refusing to believe her sister was really gone. "Do something doc!"
"I… I can't... she's not responding to treatment," Laruen factually stuttered.
"No! Don't you DARE give me that BS doc! If this was Bo lying here, you'd do MORE you effing a-hole," Tamsin spat back, still doing compressions.
"If this were Bo, I'd make the same assessment," Lauren replied, as calmly as she could. She knew that Tamsin was really hurting, and buried her feelings as best she could.
Tamsin shouted, pushing Lauren away, "Kenzi! Give her some air."
Kenzi did just that, half-heartedly, still unsure on whether to continue.
Tamsin spat out with distain, and rage, starting compressions once more addressing Lauren, "You're doing this to get BACK at me and Arin! You took an oath!"
"To do no HARM," Lauren emphasized, "I can't give her any more epinephrine, or deliver a higher shock….."
"She's fracking almost dead already!" Tamsin yelled pointing to her sister's lifeless body. "You can't CAUSE any more harm."
Lauren was upset that someone was questioning her ethics, and forcefully stated, "She could be a VEGETABLE if I give her ANY MORE, and that's assuming she recovers!"
Tamsin knew she was going down the wrong path to appeal to Lauren, but finally in desperation grabbed Lauren's right hand, and pleaded, "Just do it! I'll do ANYTHING to get her back. Pleaseeeeeee! Just name it."
Lauren gurgled out in agony, as her injured hand was compressed. Thinking that it was done on purpose; due to the sheer fact, that she was already upset at her, aggressively degreed yanking her hand back. "Owwww Crap! Fucking STAY AWAY from me …. and Bo, you immoral, drunk, pathetic, harpy!"
Tamsin shrieked back, yelling into her face, "Dooooooooooooooooooooone! You can have that crazy, messed up, succubus, and may she chi suck you dry! You have my word now, *DO* *YOUR* *JOB*!"
Tamsin could not believe what she just uttered. She not only caved to Bo's request for fealty, but she just conceded to Lauren, her arch nemesis, for better or for worse.
Was the price too steep?
How much more did she have to bleed for her sister?
One thing was for certain, Bo wasn't in the equation right now.
Kenzi was shocked, Tamsin agreed to something she normally wouldn't have. Lauren, I guess twisted her arm hard enough. One never twists the arm of a Valkyrie, especially her Tamsin; the one she raised from a child. There would be repercussions Kenzi knew, but didn't know in what form. All Kenzi knew, was this situation was spiraling out of control, and she couldn't do anything about it.
Lauren was stunned. She didn't mean to get Tamsin's compliance to her whims as a condition to treating Arin, but it was rather convenient. Bo would be hers after all, and the bond she had with Tamsin would sooner, rather than later fade.
Lauren already warned Tamsin about the consequences, and frowned, inputting a new shock value much higher than could safely be given to a Valkyrie, but warned, "I can't, in good conscience, go higher than this Tamsin."
"Charging," The unit responded, all the while Lauren injected Arin with another dose of epinephrine.
Kenzi unconsciously hugged Tamsin from the side, hoping with her fingers and toes crossed, it would work.
Tamsin was so emotionally distressed, that she put her arm around Kenzi, and held her tight.
Finally the AED counted down once again announcing, "5… 4… 3… 2… 1... STAND CLEAR!"
Arin convulsed violently, but this time, went into a fit of coughing, turning on her side.
Kenzi let Tamsin go, amazed that Lauren was able to pull it off after all.
Tamsin pulled Arin into her, and held her sister tightly, even in her fit of coughing.
Lauren scanned Arin's vitals, and all of them looked like they were returning to normal. This was great. At least everyone was still alive, but she still needed to attend to Bo. She also realized that Tamsin owed her, and she was also bound to stay clear of her, and Bo. She felt a tinge of guilt, but the impromptu side deal worked out in her favor.
Arin finally opened her eyes, and smiled at her sister, but it transitioned to one of concern, when she weakly said to Tamsin, "I told you not give Bo your fealty. She… she doesn't deserve you."
Tamsin huffed out a laugh, and clarified, "No one does. Rest sis. I need to get you back to Valhalla and talk to Freya"
Arin used the link, 'She'll be pissed, and will probably send a large contingent of Valkyries to kill Bo, and her friends.'
'I know.'
'But … but you swore fealty to her.'
'I… I know….. I'll figure something out.'
Tamsin glanced at Kenzi, and Lauren with Bo, but snapped her attention to Arin, and grabbed her into a tight hug.
'Don't LEAVE me sis. I lost you once by decree of Freya, never again,' Arin thought quickly to Tamsin, hugging her.
Tamsin couldn't believe it, in the span of a couple minutes alone, Arin, Bo, and Lauren were demanding things from her, and they were all pulling her in different directions. All because of a crazy ass succubus that stormed into her life.
Tamsin didn't respond, and just hugged her back. This was one request she could no longer fulfill. Freya might banish her again, and might even kill her for swearing fealty to Bo.
Lauren removed the pads from Arin's torso, as the Valkyrie's hugged, and looked like they were talking telepathically.
Kenzi had already put Bo in bed, covered her up to make her more decent, and sat with her.
Lauren packed her gear, and moved to Bo's bedside getting dressed. Tamsin was taken care of, but now she needed to know why Bo won't pull chi to regain consciousness.
Tamsin was about to help her sister up, and leave, when she realized that only Bo could allow her to leave her side.
'This really sucks like a crap sandwich,' Tamsin thought to herself. Bo wasn't available right now, but she just resigned herself to informing Lauren and Kenzi.
"Come on, let's get you back home, sis," Tamsin stated helping Arin up who was still a little wobbly.
"Hey Lauren? Kenzi? Can you hold the fort for a couple hours while I get Arin back to Valhalla?" Tamsin queried.
"Sure," Lauren mentioned, not even looking over at Tamsin. She was using her stethoscope listening to Bo's heartbeat.
"Yep," Kenzi replied, smiling at Tamsin in earnest, "We'll hold down the Alamo, Tammers."
Tamsin got her another shirt, and flew to the nearest gate, to Valhalla.
Bo shot up from bed, and said one word, "Tamsin!"
Lauren smirked with a poker face, and said, "Easy Bo, you've been out for over an hour. Everyone is OK. Glad you're back, but lie back down, and let me run some tests to make sure you're ok."
"I'm fine Lauren, just a little hun…. weak. Where's Arin, and Kenzi?" Bo asked, refusing to lie back down.
"Kenzi's in her room getting some weapons, and she'll be back in a minute; and Tamsin took Arin to Valhalla to recover. Tamsin should be back in an hour," Lauren rattled off, using her left hand on her stethoscope, instead of her bandaged right, to listen to Bo's heart.
Bo recognized this, and knew she still had yet to get it looked at. Bo immediately touched Lauren's wrist on her injured hand, and siphoned her charms into it. She was still hungry, but she needed to fix her hand.
Lauren loved that fact that her girlfriend could heal her so quickly; since it beat the conventional method; also in the process, it made her feel like she was on cloud 9.
"Thanks," Lauren formally mentioned, moving her stethoscope lower, to the point where Bo's sheet, effortlessly slid down off her person, to reveal her nude torso.
"Hey, I need to get to Tamsin, and make things right. Also to apologize to Arin," Bo murmured, trying to get out of bed, but was too weak to do so; and Lauren easily held her down.
Bo knew she needed to fix this, and fast. She also needed to talk to Kenzi, to get the big picture.
"NOT until I run more test on you Bo," Lauren professionally decreed, trying not to scan Bo's nude form. "OK, Bo, I need to listen to your lungs. Can you take big breasts please?"
Bo, ALMOST laughed at that comment, knowing full well what was on Lauren's mind. If it was not for the fact that this situation was so serious, she might have teased her more.
Lauren saw a broad grin appear on Bo's face, but didn't know why, and just added moving the stethoscope to a new location, "Bigger."
Finally Bo jeered, "Lauren? Are my breasts big enough for you now?"
"Ummm, Excuses me?" Lauren looked at her confused.
"You told me to take 'Big Breasts', and now you want them 'bigger'", Bo flared her brows with a coy grin.
Lauren's cheeks turned bright red, realizing that she did in fact say that, and stammered out, "I'm… I'm sorry Bo."
"Hey," Bo commented, signaling a change in topic, "I'm FINE Lauren. I need to go. See you later?"
Lauren realized, there was no holding Bo back from returning to Tamsin, and needed to fight for her, even though Tamsin agreed to stay clear of them.
It was then, that a mischievous thought came to her mind.
'Use Bo's weakness against her, to not only delay her, but to keep Bo in her court,' Lauren concluded quickly.
"Oh. OK Bo. Take a couple more, DEEP BREATHS for me, and you can go," Lauren let out in a professional tone.
Bo did as she was told, planning how to get into Valhalla undetected, since she was really an uninvited guest.
Lauren moved her stethoscope lower on Bo's far left side of her lungs, and pretended to lean in on Bo's right side to listen more intently, while she was deeply breathing.
She kept up the act, and during one of Bo's deep inhales, she extended her tongue, and flicked it out like a snake, to meet one of Bo's pointy assets.
Bo immediately lost concentration, but wanted more; that, and she needed to feed, especially if she was going to Valhalla.
"No Lauren, Not now," Bo whispered softly. Her uneven voice, and body, responded denoting otherwise.
"Mmmmmmmmmmm"
'BINGO,' Lauren knew she got Bo once she squeaked out in pleasure, leaning into her more. 'It looks like the tried, and true method of spy banging works more than once on Bo,' Lauren noted proudly of herself.
Kenzi came up, and entered Bo's room, reading her smart phone, with a short samurai sword in her other hand, when she almost dropped everything in total disbelief.
Bo was locked in a deep kiss with Lauren, as both women desperately tried to peel the doctor's clothes off. It only got worse, with all of Lauren's stubborn buttons on her blouse.
Kenzi shook her head, and strode out quickly in disappointment. She expected more from Bo. The last thing she heard, was the sound of a tearing piece of cloth.
Kenzi sat downstairs in deep thought. She was her sister, and as such, was always team Bo, but Bo was getting all of her priorities wrong. She didn't mind which relationship Bo was in, but it was the way she was going about it, that made it all wrong.
Tamsin was her daughter, and Bo had no right to hurt, and dismiss her the way she did. On top of that, Bo just forced Tamsin's arm into fealty, which is normally given, of one's free will, and now Bo was doing the horizontal Tango with the doctor, without getting her house in order first.
Unbelievable.
Kenzi would have to talk with Bo, and if that didn't work, then she'd really have to consider if their relationship as sister is worth it.
It was that bad.
The sounds of sex filled the air, as Kenzi was glued to the couch, with both hands cupping her ears.
Tamsin had already put Arin in her room, and not a moment sooner, Arin fell asleep. She needed to heal, and that was the only way.
Tamsin kissed her forehead, and left to see Freya.
Tamsin found her making arrangements for a party in the dining hall, and filled her in.
To say that Freya was upset was putting it lightly. Freya looked like she was going to slaughter Bo, and her entire family.
"No one EVER makes a Valkyrie swear fealty to anyone other than ME!" Freya bellowed as all the Valkyries surrounding her backed up, and stopped what they were doing.
"I… I know… I'm sorry. It was the only way to save Arin," Tamsin meekly offered again, now kneeling before her, begging for mercy.
"Who is this presumptuous HUMAN doctor, who also made you obey her under duress?!" Freya demanded.
"Doctor Lauren Lewis, with the dark for my region," Tamsin bowed ever further.
"Stacey!" Freya shouted, turning to the side.
Stacey ran up, and bowed, knowing full well, not bowing at this moment in time would be bad for her health.
"Yes Freya?"
"To save Arin's life, Tamsin's arm was twisted, and she was coerced into not harming Bo, the unaligned succubus, and a lowly human doctor! Bo also made Tamsin swear fealty to her. HOW underhanded, wrenched, and repulsive!" Freya announced to all, steaming mad.
Freya paused, and raised her voice for everyone to hear, "NO ONE, I mean NO ONE, is allowed to do that to one of the sisterhood! And to think Tamsin, you LOVE Bo, the unaligned street walker! NOW do you still?"
Tamsin bit her lip, still bowing; her head inches from the floor. She had no idea how to answer that question.
"I'M WAITING!" Freya yelled, even louder to Tamsin.
"I… I don't know!" Tamsin looked up, pain scrawled on her face.
"She did all this to you, and DID manage to kill your sister Arin! The gods were kind, but this act is reprehensible! Is that LOVE Tamsin?" Freya demanded.
Tamsin found that love was just hurting her, ever since she made her confession to Bo concerning how she really felt. The more that time passed, the deeper it cut.
Tamsin finally looked to the floor, as her own tears were dropping onto it, and confessed, "I thought to myself when I left Bo, and came to you; 'Now that you're gone, I can fly.'"
Tamsin paused, as her voice became uneven with more tears hitting the ground at a steady pace. "I…. I …. Didn't know that LOVE could cut deeper than any blade out there. That it … it could torture me LONG after an event. I… I …. Had misconceptions about love. Forgive me pleaseeeeeeee!"
Tamsin was at a loss for words.
"That's NOT love Tamsin, neither is USING you. That's called being a leech!" Freya spat on the floor.
"STACEY! Send a LARGE team of Valkyries to pay both BO, and this Lauren a visit AT THE SAME TIME, preferably when they are each alone. Torture, and KILL THEM! Chop them up into pieces, and bury them with Jimmy Hoffa! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!" Freya snarled with distain, turning to Stacey.
Stacey bowed even lower, and said, "Yes Freya. What about their friends, like the Blood King?"
"If they get in the way, KILL THEM TOO! I want their heads in a fort night! EXECUTE NOW!" Freya commanded, by stomping her feet.
All of a sudden, Stacy ran off snapping her fingers, to get several of the Valkyries present to go with her.
"Tamsin! You swore fealty to Bo, and in a way to that lowly human doctor. You are bound by your word, to stop us from harming them. Do you wish to STOP us?" Freya ordered, signaling a Valkyrie for her long sword.
Tamsin was a miserable wreck crying, because maybe she wasn't wise beyond all her life times. She was wrong, and now she had to protect Bo, whether she wanted to or not.
"I….I… DON'T Knoooooooooow" Tamsin cried out. "I've… I've been living a lie…"
The Valkyrie, Hrist returned, and gave Freya her sword. Freya quickly drew it leaving the sheath with Hrist.
Tamsin heard this, and did nothing. There was no way she could stop a whole army of Valkyries from killing Bo, and Lauren, but at this point, did she even want to?
Freya took a couple deep breaths, putting the point of the sword to the ground, resting her hands on the top of the hilt.
Freya shook her head, and calmly offered, "You can die honorably by my sword, or by Stacey's. Arin will remember you in any case as a hero. My sword however, will keep both your word to the sisterhood since there will be no losses on our side, as a result of your fighting us, and Bo's at the same time. You can't be expected to keep your fealty to Bo if you pass into the next life."
Tamsin was still crying, with her eyes clamped tightly shut.
"Does Bo love you? Is she worth fighting for?" Freya stated sternly, pressuring her.
Finally after a minute, Tamsin fixed her bun to expose her neck, and crawled into place in front of Freya. She finally had her answers, and they were both no. How had it come to this?
The thoroughly broken Valkyrie exchanged no words, and all she wanted to do was get this painful ordeal over with.
Arin of the light would carry her memory forward now.
Tamsin's soul was already bleeding out profusely. She was dying, and needed a tourniquet from the one person that betrayed her. Bo. However, at this juncture, all Bo offered her was a life of suffering, and servitude. Freya's solution however, would allow her to stop feeling, and enduring the pain of love permanently.
Freya nodded respecting Tamsin's decision, and brought her sword up high over her head and …
A/N: Huge thank you to my Beta, Tsmithers23!
Anyone 'dying' to know that happens next? Stay tuned.
