Tamsin's muscles relaxed for a moment like a professional ready to kill and then she heard movement in back of her behind a curtain separator. It was someone getting up groggily and swinging her boot clad legs over the bed.
The boots that Tamsin saw dangling were distinctly Kenzi's and before she could think about executing, Kenzi's voice punctuated the air.
"TamTam? *MY* Tammy?" Kenzi asked rubbing her eyes. The boots she could see below the curtain on her side belonged to Tamsin. She knew Tamsin's wardrobe and by the fact that she was silently hovering over Bo confirmed it even further.
Then it hit Kenzi. LAUREN was sleeping with Bo. That is why she closed her curtain to give them a little privacy. Also, how did Tamsin get in here?
Kenzi just burst into action and parted the curtain to try diffuse the situation.
'Crap BUSTED,' Tamsin rolled her eyes thinking to herself. She scolded herself for having tunnel vision and not checking the entire room. That is what happens when she was transfixed on the frail doctor.
She had to make a decision and quickly.
Lauren, still in a sleepy state, mumbled hugging Bo bringing her in closer to her with an annoyed expression on her face like she was bothered, "Hexavalent bonds don't exist except in hypervalency."
Tamsin was torn. Her mom knew she was here and what would her mom think if she just slit Lauren's throat and left? Kenzi was always in her corner. On the other hand, justice was just a throat slit away.
When Kenzi hopped off the bed quickly, as a reflex, Tamsin holstered her dagger but turned back to the sleep couple searing in contempt: Lauren, for moving in on her turf and even Bo for breaking her heart in the first place. SLEEPING with someone equaled a relationship after all for Tamsin. Tamsin at least somewhat forgave Bo since she had enough guts to apologize to her face and admit she was wrong.
Kenzi parted the curtains and saw Tamsin staring down her enemies ready to kill. This wasn't good at all.
Rather than startle the armed Valkyrie or Lauren, she crept up silently to the bed next to Tamsin and leaned over a little to see Tamsin eye to eye.
Tamsin ignored Kenzi and just kept staring at the couple. 'Odd, and to think I still want Bo,' Tamsin stewed. The doc had some guts.
Lauren, Tamsin brooded, knew she was coming and could not even keep her libido in check for a coupe hours. How dare she slap her in the face like this? 'Freaking back stabber.'
Kenzi knew it was best to calm her down and without a word latched onto Tamsin's hand.
Tamsin still stayed stone faced watching the 2 people who hurt her the most sleep blissfully together. How this hurt her to see.
Kenzi thought quickly and whispered looking over Bo and Lauren now as well, "Thanks for coming Tamsin. I'm sorry T-sam, I wanted to respect your voluntary exile from the gang but Bo's my sister and we are doing everything to save her. The crap-ola not only hit the fan, it looks like it broke it."
Tamsin paused and whispered back honestly, "Mom, I would have never come back if you didn't ask. WHY am I here? I just feel the blade of love twist the knife deeper in my heart, cutting through my soul, worse than if I had been away. You know Lauren isn't safe around me."
Kenzi just bought up Tamsin hand and kissed it and solemnly mentioned, "I know how you feel about Lauren. Please don't hurt her. She's been working tirelessly for weeks trying to get Bo out of her almost vegetative state. All of us, Trick, Dyson, Mark, even Aife have been doing everything we can."
Tamsin just raised her voice agitated and bellowed not caring about Lauren and her need for rest, "Of course Lauren is moving heaven and earth to save Bo. She duped ALL of you to helping out! Bo is her GIRLFRIEND for god sake!"
Lauren jolted awake at an argument ensuing just next to her and to her surprise, it was Tamsin giving her the stare of death. She had no idea how Tamsin got in here. If looks could kill, this was it. It didn't help that she was sleeping with Bo.
Kenzi butt in to prevent tensions from escalating, "NO Tammy! She is an integral part of our family. Dysfunctional like Lilo and Stitch, but still!"
Lauren quickly got out of the bed straightening her clothes out and noticed that Tamsin went toe to toe with her.
Lauren was about to back up when Tamsin barked, "DON'T back up COWARD! Grow some bitch and face me!"
Lauren held her ground in fear but backed up slightly put her hands up, "Look Tamsin, we all care about Bo and I know you do too…"
"You CARE about her so much that you have to get your mojo on in BED with her! So you plan to romance her to death," Tamsin yelled into Lauren's face.
Tamsin, Lauren found out, didn't need to use her Valkyrie powers of doubt and fear. Tamsin had plenty of that now in her normal state. "Tamsin, this isn't what…"
Lauren tied back up again but Tamsin, like a cat, grabbed at hold of her blouse and held her there growling, "GROW SOME BITCH. I want to see how effing tough you are without holding my sister's life hostage. COWARD!"
Kenzi tried to split them apart, and Tamsin gently pushed her back. Kenzi quickly hit speed dial on her phone knowing that someone was going to end up dead and it probably wasn't Bo just yet.
"You grabbed my hand that was fractured in several places and I said it because I was in pain," Lauren rebutted a little more forcefully. "I'm sorry Tamsin that I broke my Hippocratic oath to provide care and do no harm"
"FINALLY you just didn't slink away," Tamsin huffed out with a faux smirk. "Just one tiny thing. I have learned that what people say in the heat of the argument, drunk on in extreme pain is the TRUTH…"
"No Tamsin…. I … I…. Just calm down…. We are here for Bo…." Lauren stammered out still in death's grip.
"Your GIRLFRIEND!" Tamsin spat out with heated distain.
"No.. no Tamsin, she's not."
"You FUCKING liar! Now that Trick's Fae magic and your fucking science can't save her NOW you call me! BAD MOVE BITCH!" Tamsin growled.
"Look Tamsin. I thought you came here to save Bo. I ACTUALLY thought you cared," Lauren aggressively removed herself from Tamsin's grip.
"Yep and so did I until I saw you two shacking up" Tamsin clicked but her face transformed to one of a cold hearted killer. "Then I changed my mind. I came here to dispatch you bitch but it just so happened Kenzi gets faint when she sees blood. What don't have the balls to take me out? Back Stabbing whore! Terrorist coward!"
Lauren was incensed by those comments and before Lauren knew what she was doing her left fist delivered a solid hook to Tamsin's jaw and before Tamsin could recover, an extremely strong right hook.
Tamsin almost landed face first into the bed. She liked the pain as she just straighten up wiping blood trickling down from the left side of her mouth. She just kept her death stare on Lauren.
"OH crap!" Kenzi got in between them. "You two! Get into your corners until I call the next round!"
Lauren knew she was in trouble but she wanted to settle this.
Both Lauren and Tamsin pushed Kenzi back with little effort.
Tamsin's anger began to surface as she just questioned Lauren, "Not gonna run this time?"
"I'm NOT afraid anymore and I DO have the OVARIES to stand my ground you evil sadistic harpy! Now if you're not here to help. GET THE FUCK OUT!" Lauren barked pointing to the door.
Tamsin bowed her head slightly looking up to Lauren with a forebodingly evil smirk, "Good, I hate chasing after prey. I have been in constant PAIN from Bo for the past months all thanks to you. Your girly punches don't even register but…. "
No sooner had she completed the sentence Tamsin swung at Lauren with a hard slap. Lauren blocked it but Tamsin's momentum was able to get through it.
Lauren was in a world of pain, dizzy and was almost knocked unconscious planting her face into the bed.
Tamsin just grabbed Lauren's blouse with her left hand and held her close to her and growled, "THAT was for holding my sister's life as a condition of my compliance to a WEAK pathetic human!"
Lauren slammed an elbow which contracted Tamsin's cheek bone, but Tamsin didn't flinch or release her grip. She then executed a skillful and harder left elbow but Tamsin backed up enough to avoid it.
Tamsin was bleeding a little but just with scorching hatred spat out, "Now this, if for ripping Bo away from me and causing me life time's worth of pain." Tamsin slowly raised her right fist and cocked it far behind her.
Lauren knew that she was in deep trouble. A punch from Tamsin at her enhanced strength will kill her.
FEAR is all Lauren felt trying to squirm in a hapless attempt to get out of death's hold.
Tamsin chucked manically and sadistically as she raised her fist ready to kill.
"STOP EVERYONE! STOP PLEASE!" Kenzi yelled trying to split them up. "Tammy PLEASE as my daughter don't DO IT!"
Lauren tried to break the hold putting both of her hand on Tamsin's. Death was here.
All of a sudden they were pried apart with Dyson putting his hand on top of Lauren's wedging successfully between them as he growled out of breath from running, "ENOUGH! ENOUGH!"
Tamsin still had strength and pulled Lauren into Dyson and hence into her to get 1 clear shot.
Dyson was fuming looking at both bloodied women forcing them apart but Tamsin was strong. He was about to turn into his wolf to rip them part but grunted in warning, "Bo loves both of you! She wouldn't want this! Not now, NOT EVER! Break it up!"
After that everyone just erupted into a cacophony of hate.
"SLUT!"
"Evil ice queen!"
"I HATE YOU Lauren!"
"DITTO to you!"
"STOP IT! Break it up!" Dyson shouted pushing them both apart.
"ALL OF YOU. COOL IT!" Kenzi yelled at the top of her lungs but nothing changed.
All of a sudden out of nowhere a hand slapped firmly on top of Dyson's and everyone on queue fell silent in disbelief.
Everyone craned their heads to look at the owner of that hand.
Bo.
She was awake and weakly stated in a throaty tone with a look is disappointment scrawled on her face, "You are all supposed to be fighting with me. Now I see you fighting over me. No. We fought off the ancients to prevent this world from falling to pieces, but I see that the ancients don't need to even try when we are doing a good enough job ourselves."
Tamsin tried to release her hand and so did everyone else laughing it off but Bo used her other hand to hold them all other together, albeit a little uncomfortably for Lauren and Tamsin.
"Yea, it was nothing… a minor disagreement," Tamsin stated with a faux smirk huffing out a laugh.
"I…I …Ummm Yes Bo it was … well Tamsin and I had a slight difference of opinion," Lauren felt her cheeks get hot through the smile.
"Good to have you back Bo," Dyson nodded solemnly.
Kenzi went to the other side of the bed and hugged Bo.
Bo just kept them there and asked, "We are a family, united, in good times and the bad, we need to have each other's back. Hey Kenzi, can I have a moment with everyone else?"
"Sure thing Bo bear! Good to have you back," Kenzi skipped out of the room and then yelled back, "I'll call the Trickster and mom to let them know!"
Bo just let them simmer there for a moment and finally looked at each of them, "You all gave me your hearts at one time or another and for that I am eternally grateful. I owe you a debt I can't repay. I am blessed to know what love is like as a succubus….. However…. I am cursed because I can't return it in kind. I love all of you but will end up with none. I'm a succubus … and as much as I wanna be that ordinary gal, I can't deny what I am. Love from a succubus is impossible."
"Don't say that Bo," Dyson responded to try to comfort a teary eyed Bo.
"You love just fine Bo," Lauren soothed.
Tamsin just broke the rhythm and aloofly stated, "What took you so long to figure that out succubus?"
Bo ignored that comment her eyes rested on Dyson and asked solemnly, "I love you. Do you love me Dyson?"
"Of course," Dyson answered strongly without hesitation.
Bo smiled, "Then please stay with me by my side. Can you wait for me outside?"
Dyson nodded and removed his hand from the deck. Now Bo's hands encompassed both of Lauren's hands and Tamsin's left hand.
After Dyson left the room and the door closed behind him, Bo turned to face the blonde doctor and asked, "I love you Lauren. Do you love me too?"
"Yes, of course Bo. With all my heart," Lauren answered exuding confidence.
Bo smiled back and replied, "Then please stay with me by my side. Can you wait for me outside?"
Lauren nodded and removed her hands from the deck. "I'll be right outside if you need me," Lauren mentioned before she shut door behind her.
Bo gazed at a mortified Valkyrie although she did her best to cover it up. It was odd to see Tamsin scared and oddly enough so was she.
Bo was scared to ask Tamsin for fear of being rejected. This was probably one of the hardest things she had to do but inhaled deeply to gather her courage.
She needed to ask, 'I love you Tamsin, more than anyone or anything else in this world. Do you love me too?'
A/N: Want more? OK, hit the next chapter, but post a review before you go!