Demons Inside

by not4u2no2

Valkubus. H/C, OC. - Occurs after 3x13 Tamsin is punished for her insubordination to deliver Bo to the Wanderer/Odin. How will this affect her relationships with the happy sunshine gang? More importantly, how does this affect her relationship with Bo? Rated M in later chapters (after chapter 4) for a reason. Slow burn Valkubus.

46. Owl Totem

A/N: Minor smut in this chap.

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Kendra emerged into the back room as flashes of lights from cameras and the cacophony of questions for her just kept coming from reporters. Some queries where directed towards her, others to Tamsin and Bo.

She held the door for Bo, who was in a wheelchair and Tamsin who was pushing her. They walked down the hospital hall together.

Tamsin just huffed out a laugh and broke the silence soon after the door shut, "Uggggg, I HATE audiences. Thank the gods that's over with."

"Well Bo you did good and congratulations on becoming the country's hero. Jane may get all the credit for spear heading this effort, but you are the special agent that took a bullet to safe guard all of the bystanders. That in itself is pretty amazing stuff Bo. Most people run away from people with guns," Kendra clarified with a big exhale relieved that was over. "Now I know why I let my commander do all the talking. I dislike being in the spotlight. I guess he thought it was a good idea to let me do it."

Bo just responded sincerely and mentioned, "You deserve to be in the limelight Kendra. You and your team took down dangerous felons. As for the press conference, you did just fine Kendra. Besides Jane and Maura are out there talking to them now, and I think Jane looks kind of nervous too."

"Too bad I stutter a little when I get nervous," Kendra mumbled walking next to Bo.

The three approached Alex and Drake who sat next to each other most of the way down the hall still in their full tactical gear. They weren't really on duty to guard the hall but the hall was already clear since the local PD at 71 secured the perimeter.

At this moment , Kendra, Bo and even Tamsin recognized that Drake and Alex's body language and how they carried on and laughed which screamed not only a strong friendship but also, it was developing into something more.

"Total yuck," Tamsin mumbled low so that Drake and Alex could not hear, "Where is cupid so I can shoot him with my arrow. Besides he's dangerous with his bow. He MISSES a lot more than you know."

Bo just turned around and admonished, "Let them be Tammy. We had our same innocent beginnings too."

Tamsin just huffed out a laugh, "It was ANYTHING but innocent Bo." Tamsin then turned her attention to Kendra, "So Kendra, I didn't know you were so good at match making. I think it's better than SOMEONE I know."

Bo just chose not to retort and quickly rolled her eyes.

"I didn't put them together for that Tamsin. I actually thought that Drake had the hots for another girl," Kendra mumbled.

Bo just chimed in, "What?"

All of a sudden everyone was at a dead stop. Even Tamsin looked at Kendra expectantly.

Kendra then clarified, "Drake worships this city girl from another SWAT team at precinct 101. She served on the armed forces, and is the current MMA middle weight champion although heavily contested. He has a literal shrine set aside in his room for her."

Tamsin just looked up and deduced who it was and before she could blurt out her name, Bo beat her to the punch.

"Mia Tate? Like the person that graced Athletic Illustrated, MMA Sport with all her gear and without any anything on a beach?" Bo inquired but noted that Kendra seemed a little wound up over her as if she had something personal against her.

"Yup," Kendra stated with little emotion.

Tamsin just huffed out a laugh again and scrunched her face, "Yea, he has better luck getting a date with Lady CaCa."

Kendra just exhaled and filled the rest of the blanks in, "You'd be surprised. Drake saved her ass as well as her team in Afghanistan when her convoy strayed through a red zone inadvertently. He was a private security contractor for DarkWater Industries at the time."

"Yea read that story," Tamsin added, "that was a re-supply convoy that was supposed to skirt the red zone but the CO of that convoy, I think Corporal Jackson, took a wrong turn since roads weren't really marked and were hence ambushed. I heard a rumor that another unit in the area assisted but it was never disclosed who they were."

"That was Drake and his small team of 3. Drake flanked the enemy even though they were out gunned almost 4 to 1 and well, the outcome was favorable. PFC Mia at the time was with that resupply team. She did ok, but had Drake and team not flanked the enemy, they would have all been gonners," Kendra droned out but wanted to change topics.

"Wait," Bo said confused and raised a brow, "I read that she almost single handedly took out the enemy when her CO was shot."

Kendra just laughed incredulously, "Media spin Bo. Mia Tate is just a poser that has above average abilities at most and cracks under pressure. The country needed a hero to rally to in a foreign war that was losing public opinion and support. She was it," Kendra stated factually.

Kendra really hated to talk about Mia Tate but they met several times at conferences. Mia was also a highly decorated sniper more so than Kendra, but her awards were more for competition shooting in a sterile controlled environment. However, the world worshiped her for those achievements and looks. For many that followed, it was normally in reverse order. Could Kendra beat her on skill? Probably, but she didn't know for sure. Kendra's awards were given to her in more realistic simulated scenarios and others were given as a result of real standoffs. Did she even care about looks department? Not really. Kendra had better things to do than to stand in front of a mirror for hours each day before work. Besides, Dyson absolutely worshiped her even with her scars she had on her person. Kendra did find it amiss that now she was spending a little more time in the mirror than before. Granted, it was not an egregious amount but she was subconsciously doing it for someone else special in her life now.

Bo observed Kendra and knew by her aura alone, she didn't like to talk about Mia and just didn't follow up but Tamsin did.

"So sis, you just became the inadvertent match maker it seems. Observing at all the veiled PDA there, they aren't walking, but sprinting to first base," Tamsin mentioned with a click.

"Well the reason why I assigned Alex to Drake, was to train her tactically for the wedding since Drake teaches from experience and common sense in which his moves are simplistic but they work. You don't have to be wary about the person that knows 1000 moves pretty well, you have to beware of the person that knows 100 moves and does them all perfectly. Our moves, well, we feel like they are simple, but it took a long time to master them and maybe simple to us but hard to grasp for a newer person like Alex. Drake seems to distil the important moves and Alex has been doing a whole lot better from a tactical perspective," Kendra defended herself even though she didn't need to.

Kendra then thought of something and in an even lower tone still holding a relaxed stance asked, "Bo, you can read auras right?"

Bo just simply nodded.

"How do they match up?... ummmm .. if you don't mind?" Kendra asked meekly.

Tamsin just shook her head and pretended to barf behind her back.

Bo was flattered that Kendra was asking for her opinion and did take a close look at Alex and Drake. Alex was propped up against Drake and telling him a hilarious story and Drake played off her well. From that alone they were a match, but looking at their auras, they wanted each other badly. They were just acting timid or maybe wanted to take it slow before acting on it.

"No problem. They really like each other. They seem to match up. Almost perfectly from what I can tell," Bo smiled.

"Thanks. OK before the ice cream cake melt let's join the rest of the team," Kendra ushered and they resumed their walk down the long hall.

As normal, upon approaching the couple, Alex straightened up and saluted Kendra formally and opened the door, while Drake got the door on the other side and nodded informally to the ladies as they entered the cafeteria.

There was no alcohol but Tamsin did manage to have an OK time. She passed the time by being her normal tough self with flip and at times snide sarcastic remarks.

Bo felt special and loved unconditionally now that Tamsin was different only around her showing lots of PDA. She finally gave up the ghost and act of not caring about her in a public setting since she made sure to hang all over Bo when they were together at the party and sometimes even exchanging small quick kisses. Tamsin no longer needed to hide their relationship since they were now bonded, Bo deduced. Bo observed that Tamsin made sure to make conversation with others however and Bo grinned that she managed to change Tamsin for the better.

Tamsin now had a family and support system and that also gave her peace. What she lost with not being able to work with or communicate with her sisters, she had managed to forge new relationships with humans of all people. She felt and now related to humans much better all thanks to a succubus who literally stormed into her world. It further confirmed what she originally thought which was that sometimes one has to let go of what they have in order to grab onto something better. Was this better? Heck yea.

Tamsin now not only had a life, she was living it. Odin had managed to give her a gift for once and that was ironically to heal like a human. Granted she wanted more time with Bo too, but it's not the quantity of time in one's life that mattered, it's how you made use of it. By Odin taking away her infinite life spans, she was forced to no longer procrastinate on living it. Odin did the right thing for the wrong reasons.

Bo was glad that Tamsin didn't mind that they would be staying at Lauren's place for their honey moon of sorts, but couldn't help but to second guess herself if that was the thrall talking, but it didn't seem like it since Bo asked her opinion several times. By Tamsin now willingly communicating her feelings and thoughts to Bo and not holding anything beck, that made all the difference in the world.

Bo and Tamsin were bonded partners and it was only getting better.

Bo still brooded what she still needed to do since the ball was in her court now to fix up some loose ends.

First Bo had to make amends to Tamsin by showing that her heart only belonged to her Valkyrie. That meant that Bo had to talk to Lauren and distance herself from her while still keeping her a friend.

The second was to free Tamsin of the full thrall effect but in order to do that and not have Tamsin kill Lauren in a jealous rage, she had to show and demonstrate to Tamsin, that not only was her heart Tamsin's but what a great person and friend Lauren was. In essence, Bo knew she had to have Lauren hang out with Tamsin more often so that Tamsin would be able to get to know Lauren on a personal level so that by the time the thrall was lifted, the feelings of extreme jealousy would have long since gone. The trick, or course, was when.

Kendra just sat down with her team and just laughed and made small talk. She liked the fact that she got to 'breathe' and just relax and enjoy the moment. Killing shifters and avenging Eric's death could come another day.

What could make this moment better? Kendra asked herself.

It came as an odd thought. 'Dyson.'

She wanted Dyson to be with her and share in this simple place in time. Oddly enough by Dyson consistently stepping back from having a relationship based on sex, and making their relationship first before even that, it strengthened their bond tremendously. She yearned to be held by him now since he totally swept her off her feet when they walked together on the beach.

She knew that sometimes life happens in the simple moments and Dyson was kind and thoughtful enough to give that back to her. By him doing that, she came to the realization that she was no longer consumed solely by her prerogative which was to take down of shifter kind.

BUT Dyson WAS a shifter and he loved her.

Kendra, while she adored internally all the love and attention she was showered with, now felt undeserving of his affection. He not only did he profess his love to her but he also was bold enough to claim her front and center as his life mate.

She however, couldn't return his advances in kind. She felt like a self-absorbed leech.

A part of her felt that Dyson was absolutely insane for taking on a human with a short life span. He after all would be alone the rest of his life when she left this world. Even if she were to live a full life, she would be only in his for what would seem like a single day out of his whole life time.

She loved Dyson. She also loved Eric. She made promises to Eric but was it right to follow through if the originally mission didn't make sense anymore? Even then, again, what of JUSTICE?

Kendra grimaced a little detached from the banter of her team when she felt selfish for what she was doing to Dyson. It was unfair. What she told Alex in her exasperated monologue, in addition to being selfish was that she was broken and no one could fix her.

The Fae world had managed to shatter her entire life.

Dyson, Kendra realized, was doing his best to help her pick up the pieces of her once blissful life and put the Kendra he knew back together slowly. That was admirable and chivalrous of him.

Was he however wasting his time?

Kendra hated it when her mind spun in circles, but that thought was interrupted thankfully when Talan took a seat next to her.

"Congratulations on the successful operation, Captain," Talan said formally taking a drink of water.

"Just call me Kendra and thanks for being a medic on the team. It seems that ambulances are slow to respond only when someone on my team gets hurt," Kendra chucked lightly leaning back in her chair.

"You don't need to thank me, Doctor Isles, did most of the work stabilizing Bo Dennis. I also assume that Tamsin had a hand in healing her as well," Talan mentioned nudging his head toward Tamsin who was talking to Kenzi.

"So I hear Dr. Lewis went back home. When is 'DHS' set to depart now that your task at hand has been accomplished," Kendra inquired looking over to Talan.

Talan just nonchalantly replied, "Well, now that Doctor Lewis put in the paperwork for Bo to be discharged into Tamsin's care, Drake is aiming to depart late tonight."

"Oh yea?" Kendra responded curiously, "Is that for all of the DHS team?" Kendra just needed to know if Kenzi would remain around since Bo would most likely stay with Tamsin and she was leaving with Bo tomorrow late afternoon.

"Well, Yes. Kenzi parked her car at our compound, so she will probably ride back with us. Alex has to report for duty at her site, and as for Drake and myself we need to resume our assignments as well," Talan said formally, but looked over to Kendra and hesitated asking but finally after Kendra looked over to him, he continued.

"Kendra, I don't mean to pry, but do you have a Native American bloodline?"

This took Kendra as a surprise. No one had ever asked her that question so she just answered with another question to find out where that came from.

Kendra just played with her ponytail and stretched, "Why do you say that?"

Talan hesitated once more but then said, "I sense you have an extremely strong animal guide. Your totem is a great white owl from what I can see."

Kendra just lightly laughed, "An OWL. I don't know about that but yes Talan, my father's blood line is said to have a very small part of him that is Inuk but that was so many generations ago that it is almost a rumor."

Talen smiled and nodded, "The great white owl or snowy owl animal guide can perceive what is hidden to others. That is how you discovered the Fae. The owl can also see and predict better than most. That is also how I think you became an excellent sniper even when you used rail sights (i.e. no scope)."

"And how do you know that?" Kendra asked. She didn't inform Talan or anyone about her history.

"Oh, Alex couldn't stop talking about your achievements in the car ride over here. Also the white in an owl represents purity and goodness," Talan smiled.

"That is where you get it wrong. Purity and goodness? I don't think so. You need to look elsewhere for those qualities Talan. Also I did miss when it counted the most. I shot and killed one of my own team members," Kendra blurted out seriously. Granted she didn't kill Eric by grazing his arm, but she still felt at least partially responsible.

Talan paused, "Kendra, TRUST your owl spirit guide. Your gut. You do it all the time or else how did you get all those awards on your wall at the precinct? Those awards not only show an outstanding sharp shooter and your detective skills look second to none. The owl also has the gift of foresight which enabled you to predict events before they happened."

"You seem so sure that I have this owl spirit. I'm just a regular human. How would you know," Kendra asked still unsure.

"Because," Talen responded confidently, "I am an elder in the Cree nation and the OWL is also my animal spirit. I see what is hidden to others too and it also takes one to know one."

Kendra was unsure how to process this and leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees looking at the tile floor. He seemed about right but then WHY did she miss? She WAS using her gut instinct to cover Eric's escape since there was no time to aim. It was just another puzzle to solve. Was she in that bad of a shape to where she did miss?

Forgiveness from others was a blessing and deep down she knew that Eric forgave her, but it was useless if Kendra was unable to forgive herself. Granted Dyson helped her along in the process but it still remained that Kendra was her own harshest critic.

Talen then reached into his vest pocket and pulled out a small ornately hand carved wood totem. It was that of a majestic owl sitting on think branch with small gems which gave it piercing eyes.

"Here Kendra, take this. It will help you in your quest to discover yourself and also strengthen your connection with your animal guide."

Kendra sat up and looked over to the item and brought up her hands and shook her head, "It's beautiful, but I can't accept that. Besides, isn't that yours?"

"No. For some crazy reason, a week before you stormed our compound, I made another. It was when I met you and saw you in action both at Lauren's and here did I realize why," Talan smiled.

"I… I don't know," Kendra said hesitantly. She was not good at accepting gifts either.

Talan just smiled and stood up. He set the small totem on his former seat next to Kendra and nodded before he left to join the others.

Kendra timidly picked it and up put in into her vest pocket before responding to Gilligan's question to all.

"Soooo T-Sam, Bo-ba-licious tells me that YOU are hitched to her now," Kenzi mentioned

Tamsin just took a drink of 7-down and just paused but then just replied, "Yup."

"Wow T-Sam, don't flood me with the details. Slow down girl!" Kenzi replied with sarcasm.

There was another pause as Tamsin let the conversation drop again and Kenzi spoke up since only the 2 of them were together.

"Well jeee, I've seen this before. Now that you got the prize, MY BoBo, you just don't feel the need to work on it and maybe be nice to her sister, the fastest Kitsune in the UNIVERSE, QUEEN of the light Fae in YOUR REGION, and uncontested ruler of speed huh. KENZI! Wiping through things in a frenzy!?" Kenzi prodded.

"Whatever," Tamsin replied with a crinkled face expression, "If your sooo uncontested, then WHY do you even have to make that statement. The Queen of the Light in our region? Please, gimme a break. First Ashes have about the same life span of an under-watered house plant. Second, I'm dark, and once you party with the dark side, the light just wanna scurry away and hide."

Kenzi just laughed, "OK Rhyminator, WHEN will Aunt Kenzi get to see baby Valkyries who will charm their way into everyone's life?" She quickly slapped her hands on the table and leaned forward demanding answers.

Tamsin just huffed out a laugh and didn't respond and looked away.

"Awww come on Tammy Fae! I know you sleep with my Succuc-sweets and don't you want CUTE adorable AND not to mention cute adorable, baby succ-er-ries. Dare I say CUTE and Adorable?" Kenzi stated frowning.

"Gods you're more annoying that Bo. It's a wonder you two don't get on each other nerves," Tamsin huffed out a little annoyed.

"Details….. Spill," Kendra planted her elbows on the table resting her head in her hands waiting with baited breath.

Tamsin just exhaled with a defeated expression and finally slowly postured forward on the table to get closer to Kenzi and mumbled, "In the spirit of sharing. Valkyries are created and not born like feeble humans do where they wait 9 months while they get fat and useless to only to have an excruciating painful delivery waiting at the end. ALSO Valkyries are like run on sentences, we don't have monthly cycles. So therefore we, ourselves don't get pregnant."

Kenzi's mouth just dropped open and leaned further in, "Oh SHIT, does that mean, like you don't get chocolate cravings at monthly intervals too?"

"Wow Goth Pet, you just get RIGHT to the most important details don't you," Tamsin scrunched her face with a grin.

"So Tammers, if Valkyries are created and you can't carry the football into the end zone, does that mean that MY Bo-Bi-Nator has to make the interception and subsequent touchdown? She'll like be a Succu-Bun In-The-Oven so to speak?" Kenzi whispered glancing to the left and the right to make sure no one was around top overhear.

Tamsin huffed out a laugh, "Well there's no 'seed' so that's not possible, but I hear ancient text referring to a way where 2 can create a new life by a ritual next to the re-birth chamber. That's all I know, since HIldr was not allowed to pursue it since Odin didn't allow it and by the time she could, Yu Fei was already in the hall."

"Awwwww," Kenzi said with frustration, "You gotta know MORE than that! Haven't you done research by now?"

Tamsin just huffed out a laugh, "First that's really TMI Fae Pet. SECOND, HELLO? Bo somehow was able to trick me into fully bonding with her with just WORDS. She is too damn sneaky. And finally give me a break, Ms. Voice of freedom for Mother Russia, it just happened a day ago. Like I had oddles of time to look this crap up. I'm BARELY getting sleep as is."

"OMG. TMI Tammy Fae. TMI," Kenzi stated shacking her index finger in front of her.

"Hey you should be interrogating your BFF, she'll give you ALL the details you want. Besides, She told me that she would change over to team DARK all for ME," Tamsin grinned mischievously trying to get rid of the annoying Kitsune.

"Tammer, It's not gonna work. Bo would never go dark," Kenzi mentioned with zeal.

"Did you even ASK her?" Tamsin grinned knowing that Kenzi was in for a shock. Not that it would happen, but the look on Kenzi's face would be priceless.

"I will but you KNOW more missy about this Valkubaby stuff yer not tellin' me and I ain't leavin without it," Kenzi frowned adamant in her position crossing her arms across her chest.

Tamsin needed a way out of this and it was true she didn't know anymore. Living from day to day was a challenge in itself so she gave no thought on kids of her own.

Did she want a kid that was a combination of a Valkyrie, Succubus, Blood King, and god? She didn't know. One thing was for sure, it'll be a troublemaker like Bo and it will need more than 2 people to keep the kid out of harm's way.

Tamsin snapped back to the present and knew that if Kenzi was not going to let the topic go, she needed to be craftier.

Finally, Tamsin then leaned in and whispered, "Well the ritual is kind of interesting, if you want to hear about it."

"Oh yea?" Kenzi leaned in more to get all the juicy details.

Tamsin looked about her in faux wariness, "Well Bo and I would enter the circular marbled floored chamber with large red silk sheets in the center floor. Other Valkyries will stand on the outer perimeter. We'd go into the center of the room where all of us will be nude."

Tamsin paused and saw Kenzi flinch a little but held her resolve and just listened.

Tamsin then continued, "I'd kiss, lick and nip Bo ALL over making sure to taste her and she'll do the same to me."

"Next!" Kenzi blurted out looking a little sick.

"Next? It would be spooning with heavy petting, into a 99 which would end of on the floor into a 69. Add a toy, now we would go Cow Girl, Reverse Cowgirl, Missionary, doggy…" Tamsin grinned knowing it was working.

"EWWWW! TMI! TMI! NNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXTTTTTT!" Kenzi backed up with a face of disgust.

Tamsin then added the finishing touch, "Then your BFF's favorite, threesome! 69 with 9 on the side going into a kneeling triangle. Then Bo's next favorite, Foursome starting out with a 69 by 2 then moving into a square on the ground where NO ONE gets left out. Add more people into for an ALL out orgy…"

"OK Tammers STOP! TMI! TMI! EWWWWWW!" Kenzi yelped then jumped up like a cat ejecting out of her chair backing up which got the attention of most people on the room.

Tamsin just stood up walking calmly towards Kenzi, "What? Not enough detail?"

Kenzi just ran behind Bo who was talking to Jane repeating, "Eww Eww Ewww Ewwwww. Save me BoBo from Miss potty mouth Tam Tam bang bang!"

Tamsin knew she had her on the run and then just said one more thing as she announced it of the room, "Circle."

Bo looked at her weird and no one seemed to get the joke as Kenzi held her ears and ran out of the room.

Jane took seat next to Bo since Tamsin left.

She holstered her phone and just offhandedly mentioned, "Jeez, we leave for a couple of days and the BPD seems to be falling to pieces. Frost and Korsak keep asking when we are coming back."

Bo smiled back and asked, "So when are you going to return. Boston needs their heroes back."

"Humf. I'm no hero. Yea well if I were a real hero, I could have somehow stopped all this from happening in the first place. I should have seen the signs before the first heist," Jane grimaced.

"Jane, don't be too hard on yourself. You stopped it today and no one other than one of the suspects got killed," Bo offered with a tight smile.

"You were the hero today Bo. Don't you see the headlines on the news not to mention the reporters were falling all over themselves to ask you questions," Jane clarified.

"I'm not a hero either. I just focused on what had to be done at that moment in time," Bo humbly mentioned. "Why don't you stay and relax for a couple days, just you and Maura. Maybe assist the precincts here that are shorthanded?"

"Yea I wish we could but we leave early tomorrow, Captain's orders. Maura is diving and I know I will never hear the end of how your vest had magical properties that defy physics and science somehow. Knowing her she will probably stop at all the Coachman stores on the way to find one to replace yours. She probably also memorized your size," Jane chuckled.

Bo just chuckled as well, "I just got lucky. So I bet Casey would be happy you're back, safe and sound."

Jane hesitated but then changed topics and she put her hand on Bo's arm, "Bo. Thank you for taking the bullet and saving my best friend's life. I wouldn't know what I do without Maura. She… she means a lot to me."

Bo observed that Jane glanced over to Maura who was talking to another person with a precinct 75th designation number on her shoulder patch with the last name Patel. She had a long rifle strapped across on her back. She also had what looked like acid burns covering most of her face which had long since healed but she was permanently disfigured.

Bo looked to Jane again and she could see how much she cared about her friend, Maura. It was also odd that Jane didn't answer her question about Casey but Maura seemed to take precedence even over him.

"She's family I take it," Bo asked curiously to gauge Jane.

"Yes, she is practically family. She became part of ours quite quickly. Heh, my mom even stays in her guest house. And as for Maura and I, we support each other on and off the job. I guess that's a dysfunctional family at the very least," Jane grinned taking a drink of soda.

Bo just lightly laughed aware that she had better not laugh loudly or Maura would get suspicious, "Tell me about it. Tamsin and I are opposites for the most part but we move heaven and earth to make it work. Ya know?"

"Yea," Jane replied with a smile and a nod, "I don't know how you 2 can manage being on the job in the same field being total opposites of each other though. Maura and I compliment each other since she's got the science and I have my detective skills."

"Tamsin and I agree to disagree," Bo stated quickly but also smirked and added, "It's important to us as partners in a relationship to also be brutally honest while still respecting each other. Our love for one another is also something we vowed we'd never take off the table at a whim. It's an unconditional love which Tamsin taught me and something I am learning."

"I'm really happy for the both of you," Jane leaned back in her chair to take in the rest of the party.

Bo then reached over put her hand onto of Jane's forearm to which Jane looked over curiously to what Bo had to say.

"Jane, No matter what happens in your life, change of jobs, moving to another area, or whatever gets in between you two, do what it takes to keep Maura in your life. Be that bridge to get over the gaps of geography and lifestyle that try to separate you. Maura is important to you and who knows how much time we do have to spend it with the people that are pivotal in our lives," Bo concluded in a dead serious tone.

Bo observed that Jane was thinking about this more than superficially, but with a pokerfaced expression, she just nodded.

Kendra looked at her phone and the text read, 'Saw you on the news today. Congrats. –Dyson'

'Thnx. So how many times did u mentally undress me while I was sputtering out cmplte nonsense.'

'I thought you did great. 12 times… wait now 13 – Got TIVO ;) – D'

'Thnx. H8 audiences. Lucky Det. Jane R. took most of the q's. Can't believe your imagination can still do that. I feel gross. I need to go hm n take a long hot shower then pass out.'

'Shwr and tub is avail at my place 2. Hlp u wash off all that dirt. Up side is dat I no longer hv to use imagination. –D"

Kendra just chuckled at that comment. The party was beginning to wind down and she did miss Dyson too. His place however was just too far away and she was tired.

'Hey, 2 far to go 2 yer place. We can go half way. Meet at my place 2nite?'

'K. On way now. TTYL. – Love Big Bad Wolf'

'Don't make me take you down 2 4 being bad. ;) C U There. –K'

Kendra really didn't know how to respond to Dyson texting 'love' as usual. Last time she said that, it was with Eric. It had been a long time indeed but Kendra tried her hardest to love Dyson the best she could.

She was deep in thought and her left hand unconsciously picked up a deck of cards that the hospital had lying around. She adroitly started to shuffle them with one hand, increasing with speed with each succession.

Kendra use to do this a lot when she needed to pass time with Eric when they were in a sit and wait mode, sometimes even when she was trying to solve a case. It also helped her think in a way. By her working the cards, it brought her back to when she was Private Kendra 'Cerberus' Shaw. Ever since Eric passed, she never picked up another deck of cards again until now. It seemed that Dyson was bringing the old Kendra back slowly. The Kendra he knew when they first met when she was still a rookie.

"Can you deal us in Kendra?" Bo asked with a coy smile being wheeled up to the table by Tamsin.

"So what's the game?" Drake asked who was sitting almost opposite of Kendra.

Kenzi finally walked back into the room and scoffed jokingly at Tamsin mumbling, "My virgin ears are still ringing, Tammy Fae." She also ended up at the tale standing next to Bo.

Without answering any questions, she kept shuffling and turned her attention to Drake.

"So Drake, how many queens are in a complete deck of cards?" Kendra inquired.

"4," Drake answered wondering where this was going.

"Yup the queen of diamonds," Kendra dealt the top card which was the queen of diamonds without even looking.

"The queen of spades," Kendra nonchalantly mentioned while flicking out that appropriate card between shuffles.

"The queen of clubs."

"And last but not least, the queen of hearts," Kendra dealt the corresponding card magically so that all four cards were next to each other spaced about a foot apart.

Kendra then went back to shuffling one handed and continued, "Every card in the deck wants to be matched up to a queen. But there are only 4 queens and 48 other cards that want to be with them. You'd assume that it would be an even split of cards going for each queen but each queen has a different quality that matches their suit."

Kendra pointed to the queen of spades, "Spades. Could care less about you and will bury you the first chance she gets 6 feet under because all she wants is a sugar daddy and a paid retirement. Everyone therefore ignores her and even runs away from her."

"Clubs. She is the domineering type and will beat you into submitting to her every desire. She just wants a servant that may also pay the bills as a plus. Yes, everyone is smart enough to avoid her too."

"Now the queen of diamonds is a fox in sheep's clothing. She is extremely narcissistic, has all the bling, social skills, beauty and grace to get people to flock to her. She is also a tease that adores attention and wants to be showered with expensive gifts too. She needs to be worshiped and will do what it takes to setup that façade to get people to fall for her. Do They? Yes."

Kendra then quickly flung all the cards to lands near the queen of diamonds but one.

"EVERYONE falls under her spell and goes to her in droves but she will never choose or commit to someone. It is her large fan base she adores and loves above all else. She will just string them as long as she can until they are of no use to her. She is essentially a poser that uses people period. Just like a highly decorated sniper at the 101st precinct I know personally."

Kendra then showed Drake the last card, an ace of hearts.

"But YOU have an Ace up your sleeve. While everyone is falling all over themselves to get their prize, the queen of diamonds which they will never obtain, you can then court the queen of hearts who is often times ignored as much as the other 2," Kendra stated and slapped the ace on top of the queen of hearts.

Kendra continued, "Why? Because she plays hard to get. You see, the queen of diamonds does the same thing, but gives a little to her fans to keep their hopes up and maintain their pursuit. Hearts? She just says no to all her suitors out right but will never say yes verbally either. She just wants to be loved and yearns to love someone back and it has to be right. For hearts, this is a one shot deal and there are no do overs. She therefore has no other agenda items like the other 3. Hard to get. Yes. Worth it? Yes, more than the other 3 since her intentions and goals are pure."

Drake was getting the gist of what she was saying and how it applied to him and he had a feeling where this conversation was going.

"Riiiight," Drake mumbled back.

Kendra scooped in all the cards and went back to shuffling them again and well for her, she finished what she had to say, but then Alex walked up the table just smiling brightly.

"The cake was GREAT. Too bad you need to keep it in the freezer to prevent it from melting. Hey so Drake, my mo… Major Flanders wants me to report back into my unit soon. It seems that she wants an update on today's events and I need to brief her immediately," Alex stated more formally toward the end of her sentence.

Her statement was easily translated by everyone at the table to mean more succinctly to say "Mom wants me back home before curfew."

Kendra then had one more trick up her sleeve.

She dealt 2 cards faced down. One for Drake and she put one down in front of Alex.

Kendra then slyly smiled and asked Drake, "Look at your card and don't tell anyone but I want you to GUESS what card Alex has in front of her."

Alex just looked on curiously since she also saw how fast Kendra was shuffling the deck of cards with just one hand.

Drake just didn't even pick up the card and told Kendra and everyone at the table, "I have the ace of hearts. Alex has the queen of hearts."

Kendra just smirked and put down the queen of diamonds, clubs, spades next to one another and then slapped down the rest of the remaining deck face down on the queen of diamonds.

Alex was the first to turn the card over in front of her and she was amazed. It was the queen of hearts.

Drake also seems to have some skill too since he flicked his card right next to Alex's but it also flipped open midway to reveal the ace of hearts.

Bo just winked at Kendra and Tamsin just held a poker face.

Kenzi however spoke up, "You DEFINITLY need a manager Kendra. Can you count cards to? I know a profitable business venture we can undertake that will make a TON of money. A TON!"

Everyone just exhaled and grunted in frustration and walked away to clean up and get out of there.

Tamsin wheeled Bo into her apartment and closed the door. Before Tamsin could even lock it, Bo immediately jumped out of her seat and kissed Tamsin deeply.

Tamsin returned the kiss and there they stood for 5 minutes just exchanging nonverbal 'I love yous'.

They finally broke and Bo was the first to speak a little out of breath with blue eyes flickering, "I would love for you to show me your place Tamsin."

"I would love to show you my bedroom to, BUT Jane and Maura are next door. So before I do that, can we just, emmmmm, be, emmmm NICE to one another. Slow with no one taking the upper hand?" Tamsin asked meekly not know really how to phrase it. This talk of love was not her forte.

Bo smiled broadly at that comment, and took her by the hand to Tamsin's room and kissed her again and then clarified immensely flattered, "You want to take it slow and show me your love and you want me to do the same in return correct? You want to make love, not sex or lust."

Tamsin just nodded as her cheeks turned a slight hue to red.

Bo kissed her once more and at the same time, smoothly took off all her clothing.

Tamsin didn't realize that Bo could be that smooth. Practice she guessed, but Bo was absolutely stunning.

Bo then let Tamsin take her all in, "Tammy, you just said the magic words to get all my cloths magically fall off. God are you sure you don't have succubus powers?"

Tamsin just laughed that Bo could break the tension in the air as always and her hardware and cloths followed into a messy pile on the floor as well.

They fell into bed with one another, feeling, caressing and kissing one another all over gently. They didn't enter one another since they took in one another's spirit in order to become one.

They did so silently and exchanged no words. But the silence was broken when they heard from the other side of their bed room wall a muffled yell, "GOD Maura! In a little more! GOD you're good! Right there! Oh yea! Harder! Deeper. YES YES YES!."

Bo and Tamsin just giggled but Tamsin spoke first, "Yer a bad bad Succubus. I still have to punish you. Don't deny it, I saw you pull a small wisp of Jane's chi when you two hugged. Not enough for her to detect, but enough to taste. And now you are playing match maker again? Now what? Don't tell me you want to join Rizzoli and Isles in a 4 foursome?"

"AHHHHH Yeeeeeeeeeeessss!" emanated from the wall with a screech which also had matching multiple thudding noises from someone hitting their fist on the wall or hard surface nearby.

Bo knew her cover was blown but clarified in her defense, "No foursome. Hey and I didn't set them up. I only told Jane to keep Maura close no matter the circumstance. But … Jane did taste good. Is my Valkyrie jealous 'cus succubus had to feed?"

"Will you hold still Jane while I'm on top of you?!" Maura could be heard through the wall yelling back.

"Bo. I am in a very very giving mood today which is RARE. So, no, I am not jealous, but you know you can't feed from humans, especially in a human only district," Tamsin admonished

"But can't I be bad like a Valkyrie I know of?" Bo questioned with an evil grin.

Tamsin toppled and mounted Bo in a flash and put her hand on her mouth and her other hand started to dance it way to her core as the growled, "No. You NEVER EVER compromise you ethics! Understand?"

Tamsin applied more force so Bo knew she was serious to which she just nodded ever though what she said was partly a joke.

"Good. Because I like it when you are oh so ethical," Tamsin huffed out with a light laugh as her index finger reached her bell tower and ring it. "Because I freaking look up to you dammit and…."

"AHHHHHH!" Bo muffed as a single intruder entered her.

"AHHHHHHHHH! " The wall could her heard as well with more beating sounds.

"And it's more fun for me to be EVIL and topple you in bed on your own turf," Tamsin then did a sneak attack as more entered into her succubus.

"FUUUUCK!" Bo whimpered through Tamsin's hand.

"Now it's ok to admit I am a better lover than you because you are now going to crest for me succutits," Tamsin ordered.

Bo shook her head and looked away. She was not going to give Tamsin the honor to fall into the trap of being a one track minded succubus. Besides, she was anything but 'easy'.

A devilish grin spread across Tamsin's face as she seductively said, "GODS Bo, I love it when you get all spunky on me." Tamsin relished the fact that she could use Bo words from earlier against her.

Bo kept her gaze away from Tamsin to calm down but she knew she was dead when Tamsin started to whisper into her ear.

"Bo. No need to look at me," Tamsin just licked Bo's lobe as she pulled back, "just listen ok?"

"I love nursery rhymes and do me a favor, just make sure to keep your mouth shut or Maura will be over here in a jiffy after she is done owning Jane," Tamsin asserted in a husky voice.

Bo felt Tamsin's ministrations on her outer door and she was already turned on but held out.

"This little piggy went to the market," Tamsin cooed and slid one of her 'piggy's' into Bo.

Bo muffled as Jane could be heard through the wall "YES! There! Craapppp!"

"Jane! My techniques require exact pressure so STOP squirming!" Maura exclaimed.

There was a pause to let the situation she was in and their neighbor's conversation to sink in and bring the succubus to new heights of pleasure.

"And THIS little pig stayed HOME," Tamsin murmured and slid another of her 'piggy's' into Bo.

"This little piggy had roast beef," Tamsin whispered and slid another of her 'piggy's' into Bo as she heard Jane Grunt "UuuuuuuuuuuuuuG!"

"This little piggy had none," Tamsin whispered and slid her fourth 'piggy's' into Bo as Bo was mewing for release but still holding back. How the mighty will fall Tamsin thought.

Bo was so mind wiped but wanted to prove the Tamsin that she just didn't give in that easily.

"AND then the big bad wolf came. So these little piggys ALL went…" Tamsin new exactly how to make Bo crest at the end of her story and Jane and Maura were helping a good measure."

"Weeeee"

Bo let out a muffled yelp.

Jane let out a grunt.

"Weeeee"

Bo let out a muffled shrill.

Jane grunted even louder and stated "HARDER! Allllmost!"

"Weeeee"

Bo was at edge as she used the last of her strength to stop from cresting.

"Keep still Jane!"

"Shhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" Jane exclaimed

"All the way home," Tamsin increased her pace and then removed her hand from Bo's mouth and kissed her deeply.

Bo crested viciously at the sounds of Jane and Maura, Tamsin's ministration and worst of all, the freaking story.

Bo rode it out yelling to her lover's mouth to muffle her noise. She also pulled chi initially as a reflex but cut it off to enjoy just being with Tamsin. She hated it to be all about a feed.

By Bo holding out on Tamsin, she crested harder and was totally spent as she went limp on the bed.

Out of breath Bo then just weakly said, "T… Tamsin….You… you bitch… …. I… I hate you. You are totally, unequivocally, unadulterated, pure evil."

Tamsin just looked up and huffed out a laugh in a conceited manner, "Ohhhhh. I knnnnnoooow."

Maura then yelled in a scolding manner, "Now Jane, you wouldn't be in this much pain during my massage if you followed your PT's advice and did your prescribed stretching techniques for your arm and upper back!"

"God this is could make me give up sex." Jane could be heard faintly.

Bo and Tamsin just giggled quickly resuming the loving caresses once more.

Tamsin stroked her partners face and just solemnly said, "I love you Bo."

Bo beamed broadly at Tamsin's bold statement and just returned, "I love you too Tamtam."

Bo was still exhausted on the bed lying on her back, while Tamsin transferred to her side propping her head up with her arm to look at Bo and admire her work.

"So how'd she taste," Tamsin asked.

Bo started to pulled a very small wisp of Chi from Tamsin as the barely detectable blue glowing chi traveled slowly to the mouth of the succubus.

"Ummmm who?" Bo acted innocently still pulling chi.

"You know who. Jane," Tamsin clarified rolling her eyes.

"Jane who? But I can tell you I know a Valkyrie that tastes really good right now. Chi wise and nectar wise," Bo stated coyly.

"Right Bo. You'd better answer or else I'll put you on a no Valkyrie chi AND nectar diet," Tamsin grinned tracing her hands along her breasts. She also turned away from Bo stopping the Chi flow.

"Oh Tammy," Bo helplessly squeaked out playing Tamsin, "you wouldn't do that to the goddess of the new order."

"Well I COULD," Tamsin murmured taking her left hand from her core and letting Bo seductively lick from it, "but I have my ways to make you TALK."

Tamsin then quickly pull her hand away and Bo just pouted.

"EVIL! Jane tasted good for a human. Strong like an ox but also has a soft gentleness laced in there like the wind's touch," Bo exclaimed quickly.

"So Bo, wanna hang out with them now that the grueling massage session is over so that you can also pull both of their chi too?" Tamsin teased but was also half serious since Bo did need to feed from more than just her.

Bo smirked, "YOU would help me feed and possibly get entangled into a foursome? What about the not feeding in a human only region rule?"

"Screw that Fae rule. Like I care," Tamsin rolled her eyes and snorted. "So long as you hold to the 2 rules where your heart is MINE and JANE better not dominate you, we will be copasetic. Ya just never know, she might over power you."

Bo just rolled her eyes in response, "Well you better watch it. Maura may dominate you."

Tamsin huffed out a laugh and blurted out, "Yea by talking my ass to death with all her scientific hypotheses. That frail doctor can barely make a straw bend to her will."

"Ya just never know, she might," Bo warned with a smirk but continued when she brought Tamsin into a hug, "God Tammy. You spoil me way too much. A succubus could get use to this and I might suffer from withdraw if you take it away."

"That's what being bonded is about. I'll spoil you do DEATH." Tamsin scrunched her face. "Just make sure not to not take too much from the frail doctor and also thrall her and make her forget about all the 'odd' things she noted about you. Maybe the same for Jane too. You KNOW Maura is keenly observant by the sheer fact that she knew I popped the question on you."

"Yea," Bo giggled pecking her cute Valkyrie on the lips, "but I don't want to get in between Jane and Maura's dynamics with each other. Besides, can I just love you tonight?"

Tamsin just melted at Bo's request and kissed Bo back deeply.

"Sure thing my goddess."

The bonded Succubus and Valkyrie moved as one through the night. It was love not sex this time. Their caring caresses spoke volumes and neither of them peaked. They just concentrated on the here and now while the world and their problems all faded away at least for now.

They fell into each other's embrace and drifted off into a blissful state where dreams and reality were one.

Kendra stepped out of the shower and was drying off when her doorbell rang. She looked over to her surveillance monitor in her bedroom and just saw Dyson at the door. She quickly toweled off and threw her wet towels aside and grabbed a new one and put it around her going down the stairs. She still had yet to locate her robe and had been too busy to buy one.

Upon opening the door, she was greeted by Dyson's warm smile and 2 dozen roses.

Kendra was about to say something smart, but missing Dyson so much that she circumvented the roses then hugged and kissed him passionately. She was on auto pilot as was Dyson who hungrily took her in.

There they were a couple just kissing on her front stoop and after a couple minutes, Kendra finally broke the kiss. She knew she was falling for Dyson slowly, but didn't know just how much her soul wanted him. On one side, her soul was saying one thing, but her obligations and loyalties to Eric said the total opposite. Was she a traitor to her fiancé by falling in love with the enemy? She was human after all and did she belong in a Fae world? Was she a traitor to human kind for that matter? This constant conflict kept plaguing her from going with her new love. It would have to be addressed sooner, not later, but for now, baby steps were in order.

Dyson was raptured by her scent and was lost in her loving kiss. It was a kiss of love. Did he want Kendra to say that she loved him too? That would be nice, but in the here and now, Kendra showed her love.

She pushed him back and took a couple deep breaths and looked away to compose herself. 'What am I doing?' she questioned herself. She was just confused. At the very least, Dyson was a good friend and partner on the job. That she had no issues with.

"Dyson. Love the roses. 2 dozen from the looks of it. Are you trying to score BIG with me?" Kendra slyly requested looking into Dyson's deep brown eyes.

"No but they do help me keep count," Dyson replied with a grin as well.

"hmmmmmm. I'm afraid to ask," Kendra seductively bit her nail on her index finger.

"One for each position we try tonight," Dyson replied almost laughing.

"Nice one D-man. You know I don't put out like a succubus but I can't fault you for dreaming," Kendra shot back snickering.

Dyson looked at Kendra up and down and then asked, "So are you part of the BPD now?"

Dyson then reached out and held onto an end of Kendra's towel which had a BPD crest on it.

"Don't get too excited Dyson. Jane and Maura were giving them out post operation, so I accepted. Also I just got out of the shower and I don't want to get my favorite shaggy doggy all wet," Kendra explained ruffing up Dyson's hair like a pet.

Kendra just took his hand and led him into the foyer. Upon closing the door, Kendra was taken into another deep caring kiss. She let it happen and finally they broke.

Dyson just smiled warmly at his life mate and Kendra returned it in kind. Dyson did see on the foyer table something that did catch his attention. It was a totem of sorts.

Kendra observed this and just replied, "Talan, the medic in Lauren's team gave that too me. He said that my great white owl spirit allowed me to see that which is hidden from others and allowed become a great detective but a sniper as well. He insisted it was the Inuk side of me."

Dyson mused on this point, "Didn't know you were part American Indian. Well from your accomplishments alone, he is right. Either that or you are Fae after all."

Kendra just looked away, "It can't either be Dyson. I'm human and you know that. And as much as I would like to believe I have this owl spirit and trust it like the force, I still shot Eric when it mattered the most."

Dyson quickly brought Kendra into a hug and then told her soothingly what he just confirmed, "Kendra, STOP blaming yourself you DIDN'T MISS. OK?"

Kendra just pushed back on Dyson and scurried back a few paces upset, "Dammit, I'm not going to talk about this again. Sure I grazed his arm, but it should have NEVER happened. My fiancé counted on me to have his back and I failed him. End of story."

Dyson brought up his hands and pleaded, "Please Kendra. Hear me out this one time ok?"

"No!" Kendra screeched backing up more in fear. It was too painful for her to relive.

She kept on muttering no until Dyson yelled, "Your bullet ricocheted off the attacking shifter's breast plate! THAT is why the coroner's reports said that the bullet was TUMBLING as it went through Eric's upper arm!"

"Noooooooooo! I was FUCKING there Dyson. I know what I did!" Kendra yelled back now with tears streaming down her face. "GET out!" She roared commanding Dyson, her only friend to leave. If she relived that moment again, she didn't know its repercussions. The first time she pointed a gun at herself The second she felt better that 'Eric' knew, but at the same time, she refused to forgive herself because she admitted it was her fault. This time though, Dyson was so close to her that this would hurt and there was no telling what she might do. This could at the very least put a rift in their relationship permanently. The worst would be Kendra facing down the barrel of her own gun again.

Dyson knew how painful this was for her to face again but that is why he needed her to listen. He suspected but never had the proof until now after countless hours of research at the precinct and even at the Dire Wolf Archives.

Dyson pinned an angry livid Kendra to the wall and pulled out his phone and forced her to look at it. It was a reconstructed scene from the time Kendra fired that fateful shot. It was taken from records of her account as well as her teams account in addition.

Kendra look away, but Dyson hated to do this, but rotated her to face it making her look at it.

"Is this what it looked like when you fired that round which hurt Eric!" Dyson demanded forcefully even as Kendra was nearly kicking and scream to be let go.

"Yessssssssssss!" Kendra stopped struggling and broke into manic wails of sorrow and regret.

Dyson then pointed to a shifter that was about to reach Eric's open and dead side which he had no offensive attacks or weapons to counter it.

"THIS shifter here. DID you fire upon him."

"IIIIII missed Dyson… I missed!" Kendra collapsed into the floor sobbing uncontrollably.

"Just ANSWER the question," Dyson roared. It really hurt him inside that he was doing this to his life mate, but Kendra was running from this ghost far too long that she refused to face it.

"YYYYYYYEeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss!" Kendra yelled trying to escape again, but Dyson held her.

"Was he wearing small armor plates like these as you and your team described which is common for some shifters to wear on raids," Dyson demanded again.

"LET me go!" Kendra kicked but to no avail, but said, "YES you asshole!"

Kendra was close to her breaking point. She was reliving it and it hurt her now more than ever since it was her most trusted person in her life now interrogating and hurting her emotionally.

Dyson pinned Kendra back to the wall and then yelled, "Final question. Did you do a BODY shot and NOT a head shot on this shifter!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Kendra yelled out and convulsed as her PTSD symptoms slammed into her with vicious unrelenting force. Since she was with Dyson she stopped taking her PTSD medication but it didn't means she was full cured. She just was able to normally push through to overcome and avoid a break down all together. She didn't want to face it again, but there she was, reliving in vivid detail the most painful event in her life center stage.

"Shit," Dyson muttered knowing that she was suffering a flashback and he pushed her there. He hugged her and held her close, keeping her safe until she rode it out.

Five shifters were closing fast on Eric, 3 were down a warehouse isle. Two stayed behind to feast on Pile Driver, the last member of his team in a hapless attempt to cover their escape.

Eric was now running backwards for his life and just kept spraying them with his MP5 to slow them down enough to rejoin Kendra's team who was also under fire but finding a way to escape.

Kendra cycled her Barrett .50 Caliber sniper rifle and fired a round quickly taking out a lead shifter.

She was really dizzy and wiped her eye as blood ran into it.

Then she heard a noise to her immediate left.

"SHIT! Enemy on top of us sergeant!" came from Brutis on her left as well rapidly firing his shotgun.

"Flanking us!" Skipper exclaimed form her right also firing his MP5.

Kendra had split her team up and she took a small detachment to help cover Eric and team's escape. The remaining team were hunkered down behind her under heavy cover 100 meters away ready to blast a hole into the wall for escape. She gave orders not to blast the hole just yet since who knew what was out there waiting for them. Backup need to come one sight first and for some odd reason their radios didn't work going out to the precinct and their radio which worked locally amongst the team had heavy static but managed to make them work switching to a nonstandard channel.

Kendra had issues concentrating, and lined up for the next shot and reflexively pulled the trigger. That took down a second shifter.

Eric disabled the third but Kendra knew more were coming for him. He just needed to make it 100 more meters to get to her.

A rattling from above her could be heard and Kendra rolled on her back knowing that a shifter was coming for her.

She tried to point her rifle up to the sound but a shifter already pounced on her and mounted her. Her head slammed into the floor since the shifter landed on her with all his weight.

Kendra almost passed out as she used her rifle which was across her chest to push him back.

He roared and snarled at her and charged his head forward above her rifle to bite at her.

Kendra barely had any space but managed to duck left and the shifter barely missed as she felt is breath and slobber to her right.

She had no way to draw her other weapons and even then, she was using all her force just trying to keep the shifter on top of her making her a meal.

He sat up and roared but it was enough space to swing the butt of her rifle into his face.

Upon contact, the shifter grunted and ripped the rifle from Kendra's hands and slapped her harshly several times. Even with a riot helmet without the face shield it hurt.

"Fucking cunt! You will live and make you my fuck toy!" he spat back between his attacks.

She had no idea what defense she was doing against this but managed to trap his hand against her helmet after another jarring slap. She trap his same side leg and bucked her hips hard which sent them rolling and with her on now on top before she dropped several elbows into his face breaking and shattering bones with each hit. She needed to get rid of him fast though and he had some sort of armor on so she grabbed her combat knife which was mounted just below her shoulder on her vest and slit his throat sending blood everywhere.

He bucked fiercely drowning in his own blood, but Kendra was already rolling toward her rifle.

She was bleeding out badly and now had several concussions. She could no longer stand due to vertigo from the hard slaps. Her team was yelling at her requesting to fall back, but she ignored them.

She was extremely dizzy when she picked up her rifle again and assessed the situation with horror. Eric was about 50 meters away and he just threw a shifter off of him and was already cut up badly from the former attacked. 4 more were coming in and one was running in quickly, faster than the rest and Eric didn't see him.

*STAY AWAKE* she told herself as her vision start to get foggy.

The room was spinning.

*AIM*

Her hand was quivering, but at 50 meters, the shot didn't have to be that accurate, however, the speed which the shifter ran was unhuman and it was hard to compensate for it.

She blacked out for a millisecond with blood running into her left eye, but she was aiming with the right.

She woke and reacquired the target but blacked out again. Eric only had a second left.

Kendra jolted awake, barely reacquiring the target through all the dizziness, blurry vision, and her body just losing too much blood.

*FIRE NOW!*

*BANG!*

Eric winced in pain and ordered on the radio, "Bravo team, FALL BACK NOW and egress immediately! Cerberus, DO IT! I love you!"

Kendra's heart sank when she missed, the shifter fell down on front of Eric but grabbed his leg bringing him to the floor as the other 3 started to rip him to shreds.

"Noooooooooooo!" Kendra yelled but she couldn't see Eric anymore. The 4 shifters overwhelmed her vision.

She aimed for one of the ones on top and briefly Eric bloodied face came into view screaming in agony and there was only one humane thing she could do. As painful as it was, she aimed for her lover and cycled her rifle, however the bolt didn't slide back forward.

Kendra's rifle was now empty.

She blacked out again, but awoke seconds later to see what they had done to him. A shifter was eating his heart and she could do nothing about it.

Helpless and hopeless, there was one more thing she could do as she heard shots and cursing to the left and right of her. They were about to be overrun too from the sound of it.

She needed to ensure the safety of the team but Eric already gave them orders.

"Fall back and egress NOW. I'll cover your escape." She radioed barely conscious clumsily reloading her rifle in tears. "Brutis and Skipper. GO Dammit."

They looked at her with concern but hesitantly obeyed.

Once out of view, she clumsily threw a smoke grenade to the lower level and turned on her thermal imaging on her scope.

*STAY AWAKE*

"I love you too Eric. I'll see you soon," she mentioned to herself barely cracking a smile. Her tears dried up and now her face was emotionless filled now with contempt and hate for those who just took away her love.

*stay awake*

*BANG*

Headshot

*BANG*

Headshot

*BANG*

Headshot

*BANG, BANG, BANG*

3 more were dead.

A shifter then slammed into her and picked her up. It then threw her over the railing sending her flying one level lower only 25 meters from Eric. She broke several bones in the fall and partially dislocated her right arm.

Death was coming as 4 shifters came into view. She could not draw her Glock with her right arm efficiently, but her backup weapon was chambered and ready on her left.

Nothing could take these things down Kendra thought aside from a headshot, and Eric, her lover was gone and she could only see a barely recognizable blood covered carcass left.

At this point she painfully sat up leaning against a pole and found that she had no more choices or time and therefore executed without hesitation.

She wanted all of the loss and pain to end and this would do it.

She pulled out her backup weapon and locked it under her chin and waited as long as she could but when she brought her gaze to Eric's body, she felt her heart constrict in agony at her failure to protect Eric in addition to the loss of her one true love that she pulled the trigger early.

There was no fucking way these things would take her alive.

CLICK!

Bad round.

Someone then reached from behind her and grabbed her and mounted her over his shoulder. It was Skipper.

"Cover fire NOW! Fall back. MOVE MOVE MOVE!" Carrot Top ordered plugging a shifter with his desert eagle like it was as natural as breathing.

"Nooooo!" Kendra spat out kicking as the team open fired with everything they had and dropped the 4 quickly.

She passed out again and regained consciousness still being hurriedly carried but exclaimed with renewed zeal, "ERIC! I swear I will come back and kill all these fuckers. They will be EXTINCT at my hands before I breathe my least breath on this earth!"

Kendra was still coming down from her flashback when Dyson asked her as calmly as he could, "Did you do a BODY shot and NOT a head shot on that shifter."

Kendra was a mess and just sat there sobbing in Dyson's arms but finally very weakly hissed out, "Yes. It was… was supposed to be a body shot. He was moving too fast and… and I….. I was so badly battered and was about to pass out. That was the best I thought I could do for my fiancé."

Dyson then hit play on his phone showing in slow motion the bullet trajectory coming out of her rifle going straight for where the shifter's heart would be assuming his constant trajectory toward Eric. But a strange thing happened. As the shifter came into range, he was running in at such a fast speed and angle that the bullet did ricochet since that shifter had on a small breast plate. From there the bullet went into a tumble and grazed Eric's arm. In this simulation the shifter was actually redirected slightly since the force of a 50 caliber round did that to anything it hit and as fate had it, she did remember that shifter ended up falling down beside Eric missing him totally. Kendra just always assumed that the shifter tripped.

The video played over and over on repeat and it did make sense finally. Now she could explain why she FELT like she was on target but ended up grazing Eric's arm.

Dyson just held out his phone for minutes while Kendra just stared at it. He knew Kendra was trying to fit this reality and match it up to her reality.

Kendra finally got it. All this time she was blaming herself for missing but now, not so much. She was on target and maybe Talan was right about the owl spirit she did possess.

Kendra finally looked down to the floor and spoke calmly, "Enough Dyson. Please."

Dyson put his phone away and helped Kendra to sit down on the stairs. Where does he go from here? He just forced Kendra to do something she wasn't ready to face. On top of that, he just assaulted her too in a way.

"I'm really sorry for doing that Kendra," Dyson apologized turning his back to her. She was naked after all since the towel on her was long gone once she started to kick.

Kendra had no idea what to say. On one hand she needed to thank Dyson for helping her see the truth. On the other, he forced his will onto her and she never allowed anyone to do that. Even Eric found other ways to reach her, but Dyson took a direct route today. Kendra did have to admit however, that had Dyson tried other less direct tactics, it probably may not have worked.

Kendra saw a dejected Dyson. He always played it cool, but now, she could see how much he regretted doing this but she came to the conclusion that it had to be done and the longer this awkwardness was in the air, the worse it got for both of them.

She finally recovered and threw caution to the wind. Dyson was an integral part of her life and this event shouldn't ruin it.

Kendra finally perked up the best she could and just cleverly jeered, "If you wanted me to drop my towel to see your life mate and human naked, you could have just asked instead."

Dyson gave a throaty exhale and just added, "Well 2 dozen roses didn't seem to do the trick."

"Stay Dyson. Please. I know I can be hard to deal with, but we can work this out. I... I really care deeply about you and I like where we are headed," Kendra admitted meekly walking up to Dyson and turning him to face her.

Dyson was still recovering when Kendra kissed him passionately, but this time she didn't resist or break it. It was through this Dyson knew that he was not only forgiven but more so, he made it closer to her heart. The hardened and jaded Kendra 'widow maker' Shaw did love after all and actions spoke louder than words.

They ended up falling into bed with one another not to have sex, but for once reconnect and get closer to one another on a psychological and emotional level. They may have been adversaries before, but now they were rapidly becoming one.

Kendra was now more at peace since among other things, the bullet that grazed Eric was ironically the same bullet the shattered her entire life. It was paradoxical that shifters ruined her life, but it was a shifter that was giving it back to her.

'Tamsin. You there?' Kara's voice whispered in Tamsin's head very early in the morning.

'Huh?' Tamsin opened her eye's groggily wondering if she was hearing things. She was having a sound sleep after all. Not only that, Tamsin realized that she was entangled with Bo in bed.

'Wake up. I need to speak with you ALONE. I'm just outside of your apartment door,' Kara said in a normal voice.

'This better NOT be a freaking trick Kara. What do you want,' Tamsin grumbled snuggling with Bo once more.

'I have Arin with me,' Kara stated after some time passed.

"What!" Tamsin popped up wide awake and stated out loud to which Bo just mumbled.

Tamsin composed herself and then thought back, 'I told you no tricks. Arin is NOT due to be reborn for a year and then some, so don't you pull this shit on me.'

'OOOOkkkkkk. Communicate to Arin right now and since she can't really use the link at this age, she'll tell me what you said. FAIR?'

Tamsin did feel a little more whole in sprit, but wanted to make sure, so she did her best to lock onto Arin and requested, 'Hey Arin, it's Tamsin, pinch Kara for me."

'OW! You bitch, you told Arin to pinch me? Uggg. OK you opening the door or what? We gotta talk this thing through and I want to stay off the link,' Kara relayed back.

'FINE. Give me a minute and I'll be down," Tamsin communicated back rolling her eyes.

She hated to leave Bo but never the less, she untangled herself and put on a t-shirt and loose shorts. She also grabbed destiny just in case. Kara was in Bo's order, but Tamsin still had reasons to distrust her.

Tamsin made it to the door and listened but heard a little girl's voice, "Is she coming! When do I get to see Tamsin and Bo! You made me get all dressed up for this."

Right then and there, she knew it was Arin so she opened the door and Kara just smiled smugly as Arin burst in and leapt into Tamsin's arms.

"SISTER!" squealed out in joy.

Tamsin felt relieved that she got to see Arin again and knew that if Arin was reborn now, she probably remembered lots of thing with their emotional attachments. That was good and bad.

It was good since Arin would be less likely to have a change in personality depending on who her assigned mother was and looking at this, it was Kara. Not really at the top of the list and in this case Kara was near the bottom.

"Arin! Gods it's good to see you again," Tamsin said with a large grin carrying her in twirling her around playfully.

Kara shut the door and just took a seat at the small bar and looked around for some liquid refreshment.

"The Twin Sisters for LIGHT and DARK are BACK! … aaaanddd…. 'We gonna run this town tonight!'" Arin exclaimed but sang a line in near perfect pitch from an older Jay Z song.

'Ummm before this reunion gets out of hand I need to talk to you and keep it down, this concerns Bo,' Kara communicated seriously.

"Shhhhhhh" Tamsin said putting het index finger on Arin's lips. "Keep it down, Bo is sleeping."

Tamsin loved the fact that Arin was back and kissed her on the forehead. Oddly enough, that wasn't like Tamsin from months back, but now she felt so it made her a radically different person.

"BO. The goddess of the new order is here!" Arin whispered looking around to make sure no one else heard.

"Yea, can you give us a couple minutes and then I will take you to meet her. Ok?" Tamsin requested and Arin nodded vigorously in an anxious fashion.

Tamsin put her down on the couch and pulled out her phone and put a game of rabid birds on. "Hey play this game for a bit and see if you can beat my high score."

Arin just nodded and started to play.

She did get bored after a time however and Kara and Tamsin were engrossed in talking about something serious in whispery tones at the bar. So she took matters into her own hands and snuck off to Tamsin's bed room.

Bo was still sleeping and was woken by a light scampering sound on the other side of the bed. It did stop however.

She thought she was dreaming but opened her eyes and looked about the room and reached out for Tamsin. Instead she just grabbed sheets. Where did she go? Bo decided to look for her Valkyrie and hence looked over the bed to see a small little blonde girl about 6 or 7 years of age bowing prostrate before her. She was fidgeting and quivering with impatience not looking up as if afraid to do so.

Bo furrowed her brows trying to process this and just requested, "Hi and who are you?" in a friendly manner. Bo was also reaching for destiny but didn't find it. She did however find Tamsin's backup dagger. The little girl seemed harmless, but you never knew.

The girl leapt up but was still on her knees. This surprised Bo at her energy alone but knew by the virtue of being with Kenzi, she was about to let loose a bunch of words.

Arin saw a womanly form sleeping and concluded in her gut this was Bo. She wanted to make a good impression but had no idea how to address her and even what to ask. All she knew was that she wanted to be part of her click. The woman woke up and Arin was afraid she did something wrong so like a good Valkyrie soldier, she fell prostrated quickly.

Arin dared not to budge until her goddess of the new order addressed her and when the woman asked who she was she finally spoke quickly and anxiously.

"I am Arin, daughter of Freya apprentice to Odin in the 3rd order, 4th division, 8th unit. Command me goddess of the new order. I am yours should you accept me into your group. I am better than my sister in 4, 1, 8 after all. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! With sugar on top, cherry and whipped cream and.. and .. and extra rainbow colored sprinkles!" Arin blurted out putting her hands together begging towards the end.

Bo was impressed and a weight lifted off her shoulders. ARIN. She was reborn like Tamsin said she would and was really a cute little dynamo. She had on black boots, dark grey jeans and a nondescript shirt but wore a small light blue leather jacket. It looked like Tamsin's but junior size. And to think Tamsin was like this too.

Bo smiled warmly with a wave of joy and Arin's jaw dropped like she remembered something and dropped back to her prostrate position and let out a small squeak in doing so. She was trying to impress her and Bo was flattered but knew she should give orders like a goddess so make Arin feel more at home.

First thing was first, she was naked under the sheets and rolled over to the other side of the bed to get cloths but all she found was one of Tamsin's tops and it would have to do for now. All her clothes were on the other side of the room. She turned around pulled the top offer her head.

Arin heard movement and curiosity got the best of her and looked up briefly to see Bo putting on her shirt with most of her back turned away but quickly put her head back down.

Bo then flung her hair over her shoulder and sat as stoically as possible in bed and looked on at Arin and just gently commanded, "Arin of 3, 4, 8. Approach and sit with me." Bo patted the side of the bed.

Arin immediately hopped into the bed facing toward Bo with her leg dangling off the side

Bo just reached out and hugged her tight and she felt Arin was stiff as expected but loosened up a little and Arin returned the hug.

Arin deduced for some odd reason, Bo was atypical of a god or goddess. She seemed less formal and what really took her off guard was when Bo just hugged her. She had no idea what to do at first since she wasn't trained to have emotions in all her life times, but she was remembering bits and pieces and they were coming to her loaded with feelings. That helped her immensely. She knew she could trust Bo and finally hugged her back.

Arin then briefly remembered hugging Bo for the first time. Bo was crying and she comforted her for an unknown reason. She didn't know why she did that, but she finally whispered into Bo's ear hugging her back, "Everything will be fine Succubus. I've got you now."

Bo melted and knew what Arin just said meant that she did have some memories after all.

They broke the hug and Arin then stammered out, "Gods, I'm sorry my goddess of the… I mean Bo…. Miss Dennis… CRAP! I'm sorry I called you by your species. Please don't kick me out of the super friends club… K?"

Bo just lightly laughed and rested her hand on Arin's shoulder and just said in a soothing voice, "Call me Bo, but I will accept succubus. Tamsin must have rubbed off on you. By the way, where is Tamsin?"

"Oh, talking with Kara in the kitchen. I was soo awesome I beat Tamsin's score in rabid birds on the second try. Too easy so … Booya! Then I got bored so here I am," Arin clarified as she scrunched her face.

Bo found that expression beyond cute and wanted to squeeze Arin's cheeks but resisted. Arin's mannerisms were dead on.

"Arin, how much do you remember of your most recent past life?" Bo asked with curiosity.

"Bits and pieces but it should all come back to me in a couple months to a year, but Bo, I am still SUPER DUPER awesome and don't you forget it! I invented awesome and then you take that out to infinity, times 2 plus 1. Tamsin my sister, she's just infinitely awesome but no times 2 plus 1," Arin animatedly reassured huffing out a laugh.

Arin then swapped topics, "So so so…. Am I in your group!"

"Well" Bo looked up rubbing her chin in faux deep thought, "First, Tamsin would have to be ok with it…"

"Yea yea yea…." Arin stated hopping up and down on the bed anxiously.

"And second ….. you'd have to pass my test right now." Bo smirked.

"Oh oh oh… what is it… Slay a dragon…. Kick some ass… what!" Arin popped up on her knees on the bed and kept bouncing taking Bo hands and impatiently shaking them as well.

"The test is," Bo grinned, "can you do Miss Mary Mac flawlessly with me?"

"Oh oh oh….. I OWN that! Bring it!" Arin squealed in delight clapping her hands excitedly at a fast pace.

Lauren was sipping coffee at her desk in the lab since she just completed a near flawless report on how Bo was able to sustain much less damage than Maura anticipated.

She just concluded in her report that both rounds from the shotgun had lower powder amounts since they were, she argued, custom loads. Lauren ensured that the lower powdered rounds still matched the spray pattern on the vest.

She had already done all the paper work for the hospital and also sent a copy to Doctor Maura Isles.

She still needed to send a report to Hale, the Ash, but that could wait a couple days since she had no time to talk to him and Bo probably didn't inform him that she was found.

She played with the idea of just picking up the phone and calling herself, but was jolted out of that thought when Kyle in the room with her yelled still in a dreamy but near lucid state, "Ang mga aswang! Nandito na!"

Lauren immediately told Talan to keep an eye on his vitals while she dialed Kendra.

Kendra did answer sleepily and just said, "Shaw."

"Kendra, it's Lauren. Kyle just yelled something different just now that you may want to hear," Lauren quickly mentioned.

"OK. Was it recorded?" Kendra asked.

"Yes, let me play that clip again," Lauren stated in a rush typing away at her laptop.

"Ang mga aswang! Nandito na!" the system replayed.

Kendra then quickly responded to Lauren in a serious tone, "Mahabaging Diyos! Lauren, keep your security teams INSIDE tonight. We might have several Aswangs we need to deal with out there."

Lauren almost dropped the phone, "MORE than one Aswang? Oh my lord no!"

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A/N: This was a long chapter (almost 2 of my normal ones combined and is the longest by far) since I wanted to get to the scene with Arin. Also wanted to get to circle back to Lauren's patient (Kyle)

I think all of you now have the whole back story for Kendra and Eric in the warehouse right?

Also updates have been done to the archive of our own story too (see link on my profile page).

Yes, please bear with my grammatical errors. Will correct them soon.

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