Tamsin felt terrible. She ached all over, felt light headed, weak and confused. It was a struggle to even open her eyes, but slowly with considerable effort they did. 'Where the heck am I?' 'What happened?' 'This has to be the succubus's fault one way or another all the troubles she had led back to her.'
She looked around trying to focus. She was in a hospital, and probably the light Fae compound as she could see an unconscious Hydra in the bed next to her and was well aquainted with the Dark Fae compound and this was not it.
She slowly turned her head to other side of the bed and noticed Dyson was in a chair bandaged up a little but sleeping with his head propped up against the wall. She was always a loner but all of a sudden she felt empty and alone. Shaking her head, she started to get up, but to her dismay, she just let out a yelp of pain as her body rebelled against her. That was odd, she normally heals quickly in her sleep. Then the events came flooding back to her, she drove off a cliff with Dyson to try to get rid of her boss, had an accident and then Odin took her powers away. 'Isn't this a shit sandwich that eats like a buffet' she thought.
"Hey, take it easy there T-sam." Dyson said as he got up from his chair a little groggy. "You took quite a beating." He mentioned with concern in his voice. He now stood by the side of her bed.
"Hey don't make me get up and give you one too." She mocked as she adjusted herself to make it less likely to be in pain. "Where is Bo …. And everyone else?" She asked adding the last part when she realized her error.
"I was only able to contact with Hale. He is waiting for things go calm down after the stunt the Morrigan Evony pulled but don't worry, Vex has her under wraps for now. Trick is staying low in Scotland. Everyone else is MIA at this moment." He rattled off. He found it odd that the first person Tamsin asked about was Bo.
"Shit that means Odin must have her now in Valhalla." Tamsin quickly deduced. "We gotta find a way to get her out of there." Without even assessing her injuries, she struggled, got up from her bed and swung her feet over the side. She suppressed all the pain she was feeling at that moment. She was determined to save Bo, with or without her powers and with or without the aid of anyone else.
Dyson reached over helping her up and steadied her. "Hey, the doc said you should be on bed rest for at least 3 to 4 days. I am pretty sure he did not mean it in minutes especially now that …. in your current condition" He stated with concern.
"Condition?" Tamsin questioned with an eye roll "What did the doc say?" She already knew that she was probably stuck being a human, but just in case, it was better to get a second opinion.
Dyson paused and looked down briefly to compose a palatable reply. "Doctor Connor said that you are recovering remarkable well and should be able to be discharged in a couple of days. He ran several tests on you and all your cells in your body seem to be human. He needs to run more tests to see if this condition can be reversed. You just need to have a little more patience." Dyson knew that Tamsin would not be happy, but he hoped that Trick or the doctors could do something about it. He missed Dr. Laruen Lewis, if she could make a human Fae, she could probably give Tamsin back her powers too.
'Human' that word again Tamsin thought. How she loathed to think about it. It meant that she now only had a quarter of the strength at best, healed in days instead if hours, had no way to intimidate her foes, and worst off, she was nearing the end of her current life cycle and as a human there is no way to be reborn. "Shocking" She huffed out sarcastically. "Not a word to anyone else ok?" She pointed her finger at Dyson, " And most of all not to that unaligned succubus. If that stupid girl knew, not only will she try to fix it and put everyone else's life in jeopardy, she'd get all clingy on me and try to fawn over me like her human pet." She let out with a face of total disgust.
"OK, but I think sooner or later your secret will come out." Dyson said in a factual manner. He respected her decision and could see where she was coming from, but Bo being as stubborn as she was would move heaven and earth to make things right for her friends. Bo and Tamsin friends he thought. Who would have thought especially since they hated each other's guts when they first met.
Not wanting to hang on to this sentimental moment too long, Tamsin focused her mind elsewhere. "Well it's time to go cus a Valkyrie gots to take care of some Fae if you get my drift" Tamsin said with a smirk while bringing up her right hand to make a symbol of a gun with it and pretending to fire it in the air. It took a moment, but she also realized that she was not really a Valkyrie either, but what the hell, she'll pull through. She always does.
"You forgot to add sound effects again." He said amused "Hey you aren't going there alone ok. We need to stick together partner." He stated genuinely. Last thing he needed was for his friend to go on a suicide mission especially in her condition. 'She is stronger than I thought because if I were human, I might handle things differently.' He noted internally.
"You're not going. I did this, I have to finish it. Wait, aren't you supposed to be angry at me or something? Not that I care but I became part of the 39th precinct with a primary mission in mind to find and bring in Odin's mark which I found out later was Bo, on top of that the Morrigan wanted me to get Bo to pay for feeding off one of the Dark, spy on the light and …. Oh basically just lie to you that I gave a shit about justice and doing the right thing." She confessed scrunching up her face on the justice part waiting for signs that Dyson might actually get mad and try to kill her right there. She knew however she needed to get everything out on the table since she needed to him to know what he was getting in to. Going against a god was almost impossible as a Fae, not to mention as a human.
His demeanor never changed. "Well then you must suck at doing your duties because since I have known you, you did not bring Bo in to Odin as you tried to run over your boss, you actually kept Bo out of the Morrigan's prison, you became an asset to the light, and finally you do give a shit about doing the right thing on all the cases we worked on together. So we are still a team right?" He concluded rhetorically with a smile. Dyson was glad that Tamsin was opening up to him. Granted she had ulterior motives he did not know of in the beginning, but he realized that Tamsin, although she was dark was capable of having a conscience. He kind of knew that in the end, she would uphold the Valkyrie core tenants.
"Hey well there is still time for me to fix my track record." She smirked. She reached over and turned off the monitors and proceeded to take out the IV and leads quickly. "Get me my clothes will you?" as she realized she was in the standard hospital gown.
Dyson brought her clothes over and set them on her bed. "Don't you think we need a plan first before we attempt this suicide mission?"
"Yep, that is why," pulling off her gown deep in thought "we need to hit the Dal and do a little research in Trick's Library. And a little liquid refreshment doesn't hurt" She reached out for Dyson to give her a hand to stand up, which he did. "So you got a way to get there since I kind of dented my beloved truck" she assessed as she put on her underwear and bra.
"Yea, while you were out, I got my car." He said while trying to not look at his partner in her current state but he had to admit, beyond that badass exterior and injuries she was stunning. He smiled knowing that he was very lucky to have been paired up with her. It probably made the other cops jealous. And if that was not enough, he just had to get Bo to come over and that would seal the deal.
"OK, so how long have I been out?" Tamsin asked putting on her jeans not even knowing or caring that Dyson was trying not to glance at her. She had a bigger mission to accomplish. Get Bo back and then kick Odin's ass or vise versa.
"About 5 to 6 hours." He looked up and did a quick calculation and in his peripheral vision he noted that Tamsin put on her shirt.
"We also will need to stop by the precinct later, I need to get… some hardware" Tamsin said putting her boots on. She tried to avoid the words 'body armor' and 'firearms' as Valkyrie normally don't use either, but in all her life times, she did but they were not her first choice. Hand to hand combat gave her the most satisfaction. She tried her hardest not to think that she was human. It was too depressing but she knew one thing for sure, short of being dead, she always succeeded in her missions. That is what made Odin choose her in the first place. That would be Odin's mistake by leaving her alive Tamsin thought to herself with an evil smirk.
"You got i…" was all Dyson could say as the curtains surrounding the perimeter of the room opened abruptly. At the same time, Tamsin reached inside her boot and was about to pull out a throwing knife.
"Bo?" Dyson and Tamsin said at the same time as they stared at the brunette at the curtain entrance.
"Dyson, Tamsin!" Bo sang out happily. She immediately headed straight for Tamsin and although Tamsin was trying to back up, Bo got her in a strong hug.
Tamsin just glared at Dyson with the 'I told you so' look referring to the Bo clingy statement. And Dyson put his hand up to cover up a snicker as he found this situation hilarious.
"OW! A little air succubus." Tamsin yelped out as Bo almost picked her up off the ground while hugging her. It did warm her heart a little knowing that Bo felt for her on some level.
"Shit, I'm sorry Tammy." As Bo backed off of her quickly ignoring Tamsin's small scowl at Bo's usage of 'Tammy'. "Hey you." She said as she turned to Dyson and hugged him firmly as well. She was so glad they were all right. They were part of her family and she wanted to know they were safe.
"I was talking to Hale and he told me were you guys here. I was worried after Arin told me that you were in a car accident. But I'm so glad you guys are ok." Bo stated backing off to look at both of them.
"Arin?" Tamsin immediately pick up. Questions quickly filled her head. 'What the heck was Arin doing working with Odin of all people? Did Bo pull her in to doing stuff for her? What the fuck happened up there?'
Bo looked at Tamsin like she was on another planet and rolled her eyes. "You know your TWIN sister? 15th Division .. ummm" Bo looked up to try remember…..
"15th Order 12th Division 3rd Unit." Arin stated proudly walking to view of everyone just outside the curtains.
Needless to say Dyson in shock. Not only did Tamsin have a sister, but her sister looked and smelled almost exactly the same.
Before Bo could get out the introductions. Arin and Tamsin briskly closed the gap between each other. They held each other shoulders at arm's length and put their foreheads together. They began to push forcefully on each other for dominance.
Bo was about to break it up when Dyson held Bo's arm and murmured, "Bo, that is the standard Valkyrie greeting amongst the sisterhood."
Bo relaxed and watched them but then whispered to Dyson "If this is how they greet one another, I wonder what would happen if they were at war?" she said in a sarcastic tone.
After a few moments, Arin got the upper hand and not realizing her strength firmly pinned Tamsin on one of the walls. "Oh fuck, I'm sorry sister. You must still be recovering." Arin quickly apologized releasing her.
"I just let you have that one, but I won't be as gracious next time." Tamsin pointed at her. Tamsin was actually happy to see another Valkyrie let alone her sister. It made her transition more bearable she reasoned.
Arin and Tamsin just busted out into loud laughter and they could not stop laughing and Bo and Dyson were just looking at each other still trying to get a handle on the fact that a Tamsin can actually laugh.
Just then they heard a happy and chippy voice from outside their area "Behold! I, the great and awesome Kenzi has arrived." She stated walking in with her arms in the air "you may now bow. Thank you. Thank Y…." She said stopping mid-sentence gawking at the blonds now just sitting on the bed staring at her. She blinked a couple of times to try to make sure she was not seeing things but the 2 blonds were still there. "Holy cow dung!" she remarked off handedly. She jerked her head to look over to Bo with accusing glance "Dude, Bo-bo, what did you do this time?! Out of all the people to clone, you chose to clone detective snarky pants over here. Cus let me tell you, double your Tamsin is NOT double the fun. I repeat, NOT with a capital N, double the fun. When are you going to fix this?" she questioned her putting her hands crisply on her hips in her usual energetic manner.
Bo just reciprocated with and eye roll but she did love the Kenzi's witty but totally incorrect assertions. "Me!" Bo let out quickly to take control of the situation. She walked over to Arin scooting Kenzi along with her. "Arin this is my human circus act Kenzi, Kenzi, this is Arin, Tamsin's TWIN sister." Bo felt better now that she was redeemed.
Arin smirked slightly embarrassed remembering the circus act statement was hers that she blurted out all flustered to describe Kenzi earlier. Tamsin after all never really used Kenzi's name specifically on the link but a handful of times as she just referred to her as a pain in the ass or other descriptive terms like human pet. At first glance, the Goth looked like she had a weird style about the way she dressed. She had a mix of the Goth black but also accessorized like crazy with items from multiple eras. Unique would be the best term she thought. When Kenzi extended her hand, Arin looked at it briefly with her arms crossed about her same as Tamsin's. Arin at first gave a suspicious look at Kenzi before shaking her hand firmly. "Good to put a face to the name."
"You can call me Ms. Awesome, but Kenzi will do fine." She stated proudly then turning to face Tamsin, "Wow, at least she's cordial Tam Tam. And I bet she kicks ass too. She may be Tammy 2 point oh!" Kenzi remarked.
"It's TAMSIN to you human pet," Tamsin shot back with a scowl on her face. "Besides, Arin is in the 15th order and the lower the order, the more 'awesome' someone is. I am in the 4th order. Can't get much better than that." She said pretending whisk the imaginary dust off her shoulder casting a glance at Kenzi and then Arin who just did an eye roll. Tamsin loved to one up the crew, it kind of made her time with the happy sunshine gang actually tolerable. Seeing Arin do the eye roll she interjected "Well I am older and wiser you know."
"By like 2 minutes, big freaking deal and we've lived for how long?" Arin just snapped back. "I'll kick your ass right now if you weren't human!" That earned an 'I hate you' look from Tamsin.
"What?" Kenzi questioned in disbelief as Dyson now stood next to her taking in her scent.
"Kenzi, since when did you become Fae?" Dyson interjected. He took her scent several times already, and it was unmistakable. She was Fae. He did not know how or why but he was concerned about all this sudden a twist of events on everyone lives. He still needed to know what happened to Bo and her father.
Kenzi bit her bottom lip and looked down and just murmured "Busted by the blood hound gang."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa" Bo interrupted and put herself in the middle of everyone putting up her hands up as if there was an information overload. So may new developments but this was standing room only and she needed a more private place to talk to everyone. "Hey, I have Trick's spare key to the Dal. I know we all have questions but let's table it til we get there. Beside I owe Arin a couple of drinks. Tamsin, you are coming with me. Kenz, do you need a ride?" She asked as she took Tamsin's hand and tugged her unwillingly but she followed glaring at Dyson again who was visibly amused at her predicament giving him that 'I told you so and I'll kick your puppy ass later' look.
Arin took a note of how embarrassed Tamsin was, but she did willingly follow Bo without any succubus tricks. What were they to each other? Were they more than just best friends? Tamsin does not have friends in the first place so this was really odd. She follows under no ones authority but her own, however it seemed like she will follow Bo. It peaked her curiosity to say the least.
"Nope, the Kenzi machine has a new sports car, compliments of the Morrigan. It even came with my own security guard! Come on. I'll introduce you all to Bruce, he is waiting outside and trust me 'no body bother him either'." She stated doing some pseudo martial arts moves and then skipping away. Dyson nodded to Arin to follow him and she just nodded back and walked out with him to get a ride.
On their way out, Tamsin was stopped by Dr. Connor who tried to keep her in the compound but Bo took care of that with her charms. Being with a succubus did have it privileges Tamsin thought with a smile.
They were silent on the way over to Bo's Camaro. Bo was thinking about what to say Tamsin who risked her life for hers and Tamsin was thinking about what not to say to Bo to keep her safe from Odin. They had an odd chemistry. One always wanted to talk more and the other wanted to talk less but they still managed to work well together.
After getting into the car, Bo started the car and headed toward the Dal. For Bo the silence uncomfortable so she decided to speak first. "I did not know you had an identical twin sister. I mistook her for you in Valhalla."
"You never asked succubus." She said keep her stare fixed out the window but then she turn her head toward Bo "I hope you didn't pull any of your succubus tricks on her while you were there because I am VERY protective of her since she IS my younger sister." Tamsin said asking open ended questions to get Bo to spill out any crucial details before they all met at the Dal.
"No! But I may have hugged her thinking it was you." Bo confessed a little embarrassed feeling her face getting hot.
"Really?" Tamsin questioned and with an evil grin she continued "And I hope you found out who Arin was BEFORE you attempted to rip off her clothes and ravage her?" She mocked.
"She identified herself right after we hugged. Besides she was about to kill me for a simple hug. Also I'd never do that to her." Bo rushed out a little insulted but she felt her hunger spike a little at the thought of doing that to Tamsin. She also noticed that Tamsin's aura was actually getter a little hotter, but chose to ignore it. She pushed that thought out of her head as fast as possible as she was not the type of take advantage to someone who was down.
"Well she was probably ready to kill you especially if she thought I was dead because of something that involved you." She said amusingly but her words were true never the less. Tamsin now knew why Arin greeted Bo even though she reported to Freya and not Odin. 'She was going to kill her since she could not hear me anymore. Good girl. I knew she had it in her' Tamsin thought with a mischievous grin. But what changed Arin's mind? This thought alone brought her back to reality as she scrunched her face deep in thought. Was it a succubus trick or did Arin find out Tamsin had feelings for Bo? 'Damn feelings. My feelings for Bo probably clouded Arin judgment. Shit' was one of the conclusions she came to. She needed to talk to Arin first before she made any moves going forward she thought.
"The odd part was she actually backed me up when I had a run in with my father. If it were not for her fast action, I would have been speared several times by the guards." Bo still concentrating on the road but glancing at Tamsin every now and then.
"Tamsin." Bo stated changing the subject "We'll fix this. I promise. I know you made a huge sacrifice for me and I'd hate for you be punished for something that I asked you to do." Bo reached out and held Tamsin's hand reflexively.
Bo had no idea that Tamsin was falling slowly for the succubus as Tamsin did not even get rigid any more, she just let Bo hold on to her hand. Tamsin for her part just did not want to feel alone, so she just allowed it.
'Wow, now I know how her ex's feel when they are with Bo' Tamsin thought glibly but erased that thought out of her head as fast as it came.
"Bo, don't you know by now, I'm indestructible. So no need to worry about me. I can handle myself" Tamsin oozed with confidence. "I can still to pay Odin a visit after this and kick his lame ass. But since he is your father, I'll put a hold on my hit ok?" She clarified. Since Bo was not in any real danger right now, there was no sense in going up against a god that can will you dead just out of meer thought.
"Well we got people waiting. So let's open up the bar." Bo said as she park the car at the Dal.
"Alcohol on the house? No THAT gets me hot." Tamsin chipped up and they both exited the car walked into the Dal with the rest of the gang.