A/N: Happy new year! Thanks to all for your comments! Valkubus Smut in this chapter. Don't feel like marking it. If you made it this far, I don't really need to mark it, do I?
*** EARLIER ***
It was a couple hours drive to Lauren's place and Dyson and Mia were already well on their way. Dyson was still mulling over what just happened while Mia played music softly as she drove.
His kind hated him. It wasn't just a small section like he originally thought but a large contingent.
He at least thought he would have more sympathizers but it only got worse as soon as he requested the council to declare Kendra as his life mate instead of Bo.
Normally he didn't care since he really wasn't in touch with the goings on at the Shifter HQ, but he felt the same pressure Kendra felt when she alienated her family. He just assumed his kind would always back him up.
Not anymore.
How could this be? He followed his heart and to want to be with a human would not be a problem although it was extremely rare and looked down upon, but Grizzal was right. How could the council make a ruling to allow someone who just committed the heinous act of genocide into their inner circle?
Dyson mused that Kendra had her reasons for doing what she did although only explaining a couple.
She did it for her brother, Tim.
She did it for her fiancé, Eric.
She did it for her team members who were killed in the initial failed raid against Los Lobos.
She did it for her team members who were still in therapy for the horrors they witnessed that day.
She did it ultimately for the entire human race, because HUMANS were NOT to be treated like worthless pests. Kendra fought that battle quite unexpectedly because she was really doing this for the people close to her.
Due to her accomplishments, the Fae world now noticed who Kendra was and for once, she was feared but she was a HUMAN. Dyson saw the way patrons at the Dal now nodded to her out of respect when she passed and still some just did it out of fear. Sometimes it was a combination of both. She got the same treatment if not better treatment than the most powerful of Fae. Oddly enough, it wasn't out of Kendra requiring or demanding it. She didn't ask for it either but her reputation now preceded her.
To humans who were Fae pets, she was an inspiration and revered. They willing gave her services at no cost out of the kindness of their hearts whether it was to help her understand a Fae specie better or even get her a drink at the bar. Kendra never let it get to her head and treated them with equal respect for she knew she was human too and technically she too was his human pet as of now until the council ruled in his favor.
To those that followed her into battle, she was their undeniable leader. Their Rock. She amassed a loyal following because when she started to ease up on her grip of killing every shifter that moved, the Kendra 'Cerberus' Shaw showed through. The one that was passionate about justice and doing what was right just like Bo. She took down drug cartels because it was what she was good at and because of her background in law, she knew when she was in the right or wrong by the law and it also helped her relate to people and Fae.
To the Fae, she was akin to Bo, a loose cannon never to be trifled with even if you had an army because, she had one too. Several of them actually. Word got out that Kendra now commanded the Fae army of the Burning Cypress Clan. Couple that with her SWAT team, and maybe even Lauren's security team, it wasn't really Kendra you had to worry about if you did manage to kill her, it would be her army that would track you down and kill you, your family and maybe even your pets no matter where you hid. Simply put, the Fae, in addition to his kind, wanted her dead. Kendra didn't care but always took precautions.
She shared many of Bo's redeeming qualities once you got to know her.
Rules? Dyson huffed out a laugh. Kendra professed rules but knew when and how much to break them to win. She was sly and cunning.
Bo may be a powerful Fae and Tamsin too, but Kendra for being human used what she had to the max and as such was able to outwit many that dared to stand up against her. Dyson saw her avert fights by buying them a drink, he saw her talking her way out of fights, he saw her hang out with them to diffuse the situation and of course, she knew how to take them down. All that reading in Trick's library made her the nerdiest book worms around that kicked some serious ass since she had street smarts.
Dyson use to be over protective of her, but she held her own just fine no matter the situation. He just enjoyed watching her knowing at the very end of the day, she was all his in a way.
It did trouble Dyson that he told Kendra in no uncertain terms that he loved her but Kendra could never say it back and he acutely knew why.
Deep down he was a shifter and her enemy and Dyson was out of ideas on how to get their relationship to the next level.
Dyson rubbed his chin, deep in thought, when Mia spoke up probably knowing who he was thinking about.
"Mr. Wolf… Dyson, I really do respect what you are doing for Kendra. You must really love her to not only treat her like your equal, but to also claim her as your life mate."
Dyson broke out of his trace and just replied nonchalantly, "Well all this may back fire Mia, only time will tell if the council rules in my favor."
Mia hesitated glancing at him, "Who cares what the council decrees. All that matters is that she loves you too and from what I see, there's no question that she does."
"Oh?" Dyson raised and eye brow curiously, "You and Kendra are close?"
Dyson needed to know how she was able to make that assessment since Kendra didn't seem to have any relationship with Mia.
"Uh that would be a negative," Mia said seriously looking forward, "As a matter of fact Kendra and I .. well … we don't care for each other's company."
"Really?" Dyson acted surprised to get more info on it. "You at least work with each other when the precincts get together annually."
"Yes but we do nothing more than exchange courtesies and other than, that we just do email if we need to," Mia reported formally.
"So HOW do you know Kendra is in love then?" Dyson challenged.
"You're not dead yet and you sleep with her all the time from what I hear. If I know Kendra and her reputation, she'd kill you the first chance she got," Mia stated as fact.
"How do you know she hasn't already tried?" Dyson challenged looking over to her.
Mia thought about it looking up briefly and took another route, "Dyson, do you know intimately both Kendra's smell and what she looks like and feels like when she is in bed with you?"
"Of course," Dyson replied, "but that doesn't equate…."
"Does she come to bed …. the way wolves do in which they require total contact with one another?" Mia stammered in an obvious attempt to not say 'naked'.
Dyson smirked and Mia obliged.
"Yes, she sleeps with me the way Adam and Eve once did," Dyson responded nicely.
Mia piped up shooting him a quick glance, "THAT is what I mean. Kendra wears what she wears to PREVENT the Mia Tate syndrome from occurring in her career."
Dyson was confused and had to ask, "The Mia Tate syndrome?"
Mia paused as she analyzed what to say, "I posed for several magazines. Some of which were more entertainment focused and I did it to keep my division funded."
"Oh really," Dyson replied but no sooner had he said it, he remembered a couple of her spreads in skimpy clothing. Mia was pretty, but once you added all the professional makeup, she looked like a swim suit model.
Mia's face turned a slight hue red but then quickly added, "Kendra thinks I tarnish working women in predominantly male fields by using my …. Features. And that because she assumes that my looks alone got me to the rank of Captain. She resents it even though I vehemently disagree. In any case, Kendra would not EVER fall into that trap. Not for anyone, but she stays with you in her most primitive of states like she IS your life mate."
"Never really thought of it what way. She has yet to return my sonnets in kind," Dyson smirked also euphemizing his words. It was odd that Mia was talking to him in a formal manner but it was out of respect. That and they just met.
Mia turned to him and just replied coolly, "Some people want to belong and to be wanted, but they can't have any of it. No words, actions, or deeds can help them since they are trapped to being solo and when they do find another, they poison that relationship like a cancer only to end up worse off than before. They are the cursed in that they can't have what others around them have no matter how much they try."
Dyson felt that Mia knew what she was talking about but how did that apply to him but then Mia spoke again facing forward while changing lanes.
"You have her actions and deeds which point directly to how she feels about you and how you fit into her life. At that point, does she really have to say the words which will eventually follow?" Mia finally mentioned rhetorically.
'This is new,' Dyson mused to himself. He always looked at it from what he didn't have but forgot to count his blessings on what he DID have.
'No, Kendra doesn't need to say that she loves me. She shows me every day in ordinary events,' was Dyson's final thought gazing out the window. Granted Dyson wanted to be more intimate with her, but in due time it would happen.
Dyson when noticed something odd about the sun and the moon. It looked like a full eclipse was going to occur.
"Oh my god!" Dyson jumped up and grabbed his phone. "Mia, how long until we get to Lauren's place?"
"Ummm… Ummmm 10 minutes? What's wrong?" Mia asked worried.
"Step on it! She in the surrounding woods and could come in contact with Aswangs. They can shift during an eclipse!"
Mia turned on her police sirens and sped up almost dangerously fast and informed, "Wow. Aswangs… As in PLURAL?"
Dyson put the phone to his ear and just kept mumbling, "Come on…. Pick up… pick up…."
After a couple moments more, he yanked it off his ear and just let out exasperated, "SHIT, cell reception is bad there I hear, especially in the woods."
"She may have her cell on silent or off if she is in the middle of an op. If she has it on, we can try to triangulate her last position," Mia offered over passing several cars on this 2 lane road.
He thought quickly and then dialed Tamsin since she seemed to always be stuck with Kendra when she wasn't with him. He just hoped that Tamsin had her cell phone on.
"So Bo, I see you decided to defile Kara again even though Lauren's injection suppressed your appetite," Tamsin said driving to Lauren's with Lauren following closely behind them in the next car. "I hope she's not becoming MORE than a feed or fling."
Bo chuckled leaning over to kiss Tamin on the cheek, "No my angel, Kara was always so formal with me and really uptight at times. I needed to get an honest straight up answer on how she was doing following the old creed. So I used some tricks I learned in Trick's stairwell with you and sha-zam, I got to the truth. Don't tell me you are getting jealous? I know she didn't move my heart."
Tamsin loved Bo and her witty comebacks because she can just send them right back and she did glancing over to her, "Ohhhhh Bo, I don't get jealous, I just get even. Ask Lauren, she knows after she made some comment about sloppy seconds about you and sneak attacks on my sister, she paid dearly and submitted to my will."
"Oh really," Bo put her hand on her heart and acted shocked, "what will you do with me now that I tasted her nectar, sampled her peaks and valleys, produced flash flood conditions, and most of all caused her to proclaim and worship her god SEVERAL times. That's ME by the way."
Tamsin glanced over again to Bo and growled playfully and warned, "Booooo. You know how I love to punish you for being a BAD slutty succubus."
Bo then put on her signature innocent expression and pouted knowing how to diffuse the situation, "But I'm a GOOD succubus and I need to feed from a diverse pool of Fae and humans to stay healthy." Bo then tracked her finger up Tamsin's leg lazily. "I'm not bad, just misunderstood."
Tamsin huffed out a laugh, "Oh Succubus, I understand you JUST fine. You've just gotta sample everyone's chi don't you. You were even BAD enough to snack on Detective Jane Rizzoli who I might add has NO IDEA that Fae kind even exists and what a naughty girl you are. I bet you even mentally undressed her."
"I haven't fed off of Kendra or mentally undressed her," Bo leaned over the console between them and cradled her head in her hand.
"Uh huh," Tamsin smirked tightly unconvinced.
"I'm just a good girl TRYING to fit in," Bo mentioned innocuously prowling back into her chair leaning it back a little.
Tamsin gave her a weird glance and knew something was up.
"It's ALL true my angel of the dark. I'm always trying my very best to FIT IN…. to my outfits that is. Kendra believes me when I showed her, why don't you," Bo maniacally grinned and started to unzip her bodice painfully slow.
Tamsin's mouth when a gape as she glanced at Bo unzipping her really tight bodice with nothing but luscious skin underneath. She wanted to gaze at her more but because she was driving, she couldn't.
Bo's zipper reached the bottom and the zipper came undone as both side of her bodice opened up but still covered her tips. "Awwwww this is on toooo tight and sometimes I just need to let the twins breathe a little."
"You… you evil…." Tamsin stammered knowing that stopping the car would cause Lauren to wonder why and come over.
"Oh god, this is tight too," Bo undid her belt and a loud pop could be heard when she unsnapped the top of her leather pants. "I'm a good girl TamTam. Can't a good girl ADJUST her clothing?"
"You…. you… you will PAY for this Bo!" Tamsin stammered out exasperated just in time to hear Bo unzip her pants all the way but not showing her anything since she had yet to work her pants down.
"Ahhhh, sooo much better," Bo pretended to relax in her seat and make a big exhale. How she loved to torture her Valkyrie. "What was that?" Bo asked naively, "Pay? I don't think so BECAUSE I'm YOUR goddess and bonded partner. But most of all I can ask you ANYTHING and you'll answer me truthfully because you LOVE your Angelic Succubus and IF not, the thrall will help things along."
"You wouldn't DARE use the thrall against me bitch! WE agreed," Tamsin spat out somewhat angrily but oddly she was also getting aroused.
"Oh yes we did," Bo adjusted herself to reveal more cleavage, "BUT you will give me the truth WILLINGLY regardless. I don't need the thrall, but I will get VERY VERY close to it my Valkyrie."
Tamsin hated this situation but was caught off guard when Bo asked, "Do you like what you see Tamsin?"
"Yes," was Tamsin's immediate answer she hissed out meekly, but she had no idea if it was the thrall or if she was just giving it up to Bo willingly.
"Do you want to see more of your angel of a succubus?" Bo cooed out playing with the edges of her bodice barely covering her breasts.
"Fuck Yea!" Tamsin replied getting riled up trying to drive and not get too turned on. Tamsin could only feel the thrall effect if she wanted to lie or hold it in. She didn't think it was the thrall at work but Bo was DAMN close to using it against her.
Bo just peeled open a little more of her bodice and opened up the V in her pants wider but gave nothing really up.
"Take it ALL off Bo," Tamsin clarified being caught in a hellish situation. She wanted to RAVAGE Bo now but she couldn't.
"Oh OK," Bo purred, "ANYTHING for you my Valkyrie. Just PAY attention to the ROAD Tammy."
Bo slowly wiggled her way out of her bodice, pants, and boots in a stripper type fashion knowing full well that it would make Tamsin even more frustrated.
Tamsin just kept having to peel her gaze away from her bonded mate and it was driving her mad all while she was still trying to keep the truck steady.
Bo was in her birthday suit now and leaned the chair back more so she would face Tamsin on her side, "How do you like view Tammy?"
Tamsin was awe struck, she loved it but didn't respond fast enough.
"EH HEM! THE VIEW?" Bo insisted knowing full well that Tamsin just forgot to talk.
"Love it. Stay that way." Tamsin smirked with a click but pouted when she had to turn back to the road.
"Sure," Bo cooed but crawled over to Tamsin and started to untuck her Raging Bitch T-shirt.
"What are you DOING Bo! While this is nice and all, HELLO, I'm driving!" Tamsin said annoyed trying to wiggle away but it was too late, Bo already worked her shirt up over her bra kissing her tummy.
Between kisses Bo asked, "Tamsin? BEING my willing thrall, a fucking hot one at that, I could ask you, COULD mind you."
Then Bo reached down into Tamsin's boot to pull out her small dagger and let Tamsin feel the blade tip very subtly and traced up from her belly button slowly to her bra between her cups.
Tamsin was doing her hardest to not get aroused but Bo knew just how to work her. Bo then began to saw away to the thin piece of fabric keeping her cups together and mentioned, "TamTam, cruise control would be good about now."
As soon as Tamsin turned it on her cups flew open exposing her soft mounds which rushed forth from beneath.
"Booooo," Tamsin growled, "STO … Oh gods! Ahhhh!" She has no time to complete her sentence as Bo's lips and tongue engulfed her tip on one while her hand played with the other.
Bo stopped abruptly however and then stated innocently, "I COULD ask you what REALLY happened between you and Lauren at your place. But then I might execute the thrall and my Valkyrie may become MAD at me."
Bo while talking unbuttoned Tamsin's jeans and yanked it apart as the zipper grinded and groaned in compliance to open up.
"What are you talking about!" Tamsin asked just in time for Bo's hand to plunge into her opened V.
"Hmmm nevermind," Bo whispered with her lips rubbing on Tamsin's ear and her hand feeling her sex through her underwear. "Boy Tammy, all this wetness for me?"
"Ahhhhhh! Damn youuuuuuuuuuuuu! FUCK!" Tamsin jerked her truck back on the road.
"You know it's funny, after all the rough grudge sex you two had," Bo whispered again kissing Tamsin down her cheek and neck. Her hands yanked Tamsin shoulder straps of her bra taunt then cutting them with a quick flick of the wrist using Tamsin's boot knife.
"Before I healed both of you, you and Lauren showed very few minor cuts and hickeys," Bo kissed then yanked Tamsin's bra off hard and tossed it on the dash to remind Tamsin how naked she was, "But for all the spanking you did to each other…"
Bo moved her hand to Tamsin's waistband of her underwear and cut through the feeble fabric on one side of her hip.
"Damit Bo!" Tamsin snapped out of her trance to just keep the car on the 2 lane road. Lucky for her no one was in front or her. "Please my goddess not here."
"Oh yes here," Bo insisted cutting the other side of her waist band and wiggling the garment out from under her but it was stuck since Tamsin was sitting on it.
"Tamsinnnnnnm," Bo warned, "Would you please lift that hot ass up a little or else I am need to make more drastic cuts," Bo seductively licked the blade of the knife in warning.
Tamsin just complied yielding to Bo since she was just too aroused.
Bo finally fished it out and also tossed it on top of the dash in full display. Tamsin looked helpless and Bo reached down and quickly pulled off Tamsin's boots and left them on the floor. It was all too easy since Tamsin was on cruise control on a clear 2 lane road to Lauren's.
"As I was saying," Bo murmured shimming Tamsin's jeans down even with Tamsin mewing out and pleading soft 'nos' to her, but off her ass her jeans went and down her thighs. Then off her muscular calf and to the floor they rested.
Bo finally yanked them off and then on top of the dash as well with Bo admiring her handy work. Tamsin only had a T-shirt hiked up over her breasts.
Tamsin knew she was in trouble, Bo somehow knew Lauren and her faked it and this was not good.
"You will PAY for this succuslut!" Tamsin barked angrily even though it was hopeless since she knew her aura was burning hot for Bo.
"Maybe later, but not now," Bo purred sucking on her girlfriends tips and wagging her finger across her Valkyrie's entrance to her tunnel.
"Where was I? Oh the spanking you did on each of other like so (SLAP)" Bo said slapping Tamsin thigh to which she yelped and almost went into the next lane.
It hurt for a moment until Bo's fingers suddenly invaded her temple at the same time.
Tamsin could barely concentrate.
"SPANKING leaves red marks like that one. And…(SLAP!)…soon to be this one, " Bo slapped her other thigh working Tamsin's moist core more.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Tamsin yelped in both pain and pleasure fighting her hardest to keep the car straight.
Bo just looked up pretending to think while assaulting Tamsin's spot deep inside her cave but not enough to send her over, "It just doesn't add up, ya know? (SLAP) Nevermind, "Bo concluded attacking her core each time, "Maybe you can help me solve this mystery (SLAP), since you are a detective too (SLAP)."
"AHHHHH!" Tamsin mewed out. Apparently, Bo knew how to use pain and pleasure to bring her to new heights of ecstasy.
Tamsin was mind wiped and they still had lots of time left for the journey.
Bo said nothing as Tamsin couldn't make any words as Bo continued her pain and pleasure assault on her.
Finally Tamsin just begged, "Let me come … NO… Stop please!... No… FUCK!"
Bo knew that Tamsin couldn't take much more. Tamsin was in a place where stopping meant being unfulfilled with all the pent to desire built up now in her lions. Cresting would make her possibly lose control of the truck but Bo had a solution and kept her at peak.
This went on for 10 more minutes.
"GODS Bo! Uggg! Alright! I slapped the rules down about how to treat you and Arin with Lauren and I called her a traitor and she got pissed off and tried to inject me with a tranq syringe meant for you, but it would kill me at that dose! FUCK FUCK FUCK! I tried to cut her head off in self-defense but we ended to in a TRUCE after we exchanged heated, brutally honest words since we are BOTH pivotal in your life Bo. Lauren is MY SISTER now, just like Kendra so long as she does not betray Arin or you! Happy?" Tamsin rush out flustered in defeat.
Bo slowed her ministrations down a little and smiled. They made up in a roundabout way, just not the ideal way she preferred.
"Then…. Then since Lauren had a gash from my dagger on her neck and I had her needle puncture site that looked like a hickey, we FAKED having rough sex so that… that…." Tamsin hesitated.
Bo knew the rest and kissed Tamsin on the cheek, "So that I won't be upset that the two of you were so close to killing one another."
"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssss!" Tamsin proclaimed giving up the ghost. "You're so fucking goodie two shoes that we didn't want to fall short of your expectations."
Bo then felt guilty. Her original assessment was that Tamsin coerced Lauren into submitting to her rules but they both made mistakes but still ended up being better than friends. They committed to working things out together. Tamsin didn't force her rules onto Lauren and that was comforting. They compromised.
Was the fact that Tamsin and Lauren were going to hide it matter anymore? Not really but Bo needed to talk to Tamsin after she crested.
Bo smiled genuinely and said, "It's ok Tamsin. I love you and you guys worked it out in the end. I am actually relieved that you didn't just force your edicts on Lauren without giving her anything in return. She is family after all."
Bo then took the wheel with one hand while still working Tamsin with the other, "I can keep it steady and you need to release."
Tamsin didn't argue and let her own hands roam her body and with Bo now suddenly increasing the pace in her tunnel, she was all too ready.
"Don't you dare hold ANYTHING back my THRALL. Your bonded partner and your goddess of the new order commands it!" Bo asserted knowing that no thrall was needed. Tamsin would do it because she wanted to but the reminder of the threat of the thrall looming over her enslaved her and took away her choice. It made Tamsin in this rare instance submit to Bo even thought she would gladly follow without it.
That just made Tamsin fly off the rails and yell at the top of her lungs cresting viciously at the hands of her lover and goddess. It took most of the minute to come back down to earth, but finally Tamsin ended up slouching in the driver's seat and was a little hoarse from yelling with beads of sweat all over her body.
Tamsin was out of breath and just huffed out weakly, "I can't believe you did that Bo. I HATE you succubus."
"Anytime, anywhere," Bo said in a husky voice finally slowly pulling back her members from out of her lover's tunnel with a pop.
"Hey, can you take the wheel? We're getting close to Lauren's place and I can help you get dressed," Bo asked gently.
"Fine," Tamsin mentioned a little miffed but slinked back upright into her seat and grasped the wheel again shaking the cob webs out of her head.
There wasn't much to get dressed in, for Bo had ruined all of Tamsin's under garments. It was a slow process as Bo shimmied Tamsin's jeans back on her followed by her boots.
Tamsin was about to pull down her shirt when Bo stopped her and just clarified, "NO. Not yet. Please. I like you this way, JUST a little longer. Besides, I still have yet to dress."
Tamsin just obliged taking the truck off cruise control but noticed that Bo went to hang her tattered bra on the rear view mirror in full display.
"Boooo," Tamsin warned, "what are you doing with my bra?"
Bo just smirked and requsested, "Keep it there my angel as a reminder how I held you hostage to a thrall that never even executed."
Tamsin huffed out a laugh and just challenged, "How do you know? A thrall forces me to answer your questions Bo. Granted, I will never lie to you but I think it's still unfair."
"I know and trust me. YOU already know the feeling of the thrall effect when you fought with Lauren," Bo rebutted.
Bo thought about what Tamsin just said where she was still forced to answer even when she was not prepared to and she was stuck but verbalized her concern gently bringing down Tamsin's shirt to finally look proper.
"Tamsin, I know you would have eventually volunteered this information about your fight with Lauren, but," Bo put her index finger against her lips in thought and just declared, "A lie of omission is a lie never the less and I don't like it. I'm a BIG girl. Shit happens and I understand it all too well. I am, by no means perfect, but Tamsin, if I EVER become unreasonable, just freaking tell me bluntly like you are now. OK?"
Tamsin thought about it and she knew she got herself and Lauren into the situation by not trusting that Bo could be understanding. It was yet another case of underestimating Bo.
"OK. I'm sorry Bo, please forgive me and Lauren," Tamsin solemnly stated then added in the same tone but with a double meaning, "You ARE a BIG girl after all." Tamsin made sure that her eye's darted to Bo's still nude chest briefly.
Bo smiled widely and just laughed beaming with happiness, "OK. I forgive you my ONE TRACK MINDED angel." She just leaned over and pecked Tamsin on the lips. "LAUREN however, while it was really bold of you to POINT OUT and put your extremely firm endorsements forward for both of you. I still may need to take care of some business with her to work this event out. I may have to strip it down to bare facts. Who knows about all the titillating details I may come up with?" Bo mentioned with a devious smirk.
Tamsin huffed out a laugh, "Make sure to strip her and cuff her to her lab table and torture her like you just did me. It was her idea about faking it after all."
"Deal."
"Take pictures succubus," Tamsin sang out.
"Done my angel."
"Ohhhh Bo," Tamsin batted her eyes pretending to shiver, "*I* would *LOVE* for *YOU* to show me those pictures afterwards."
"You still have yet to ask for the videos of me in the evidence and cold case room when I was thinking hard about you my Valkyrie," Bo cooed.
"Emmmmmmm About that," Tamsin grinned maliciously, "You used a weak form of encryption and authentication on your phone, so I broke into your phone remotely and already downloaded the 32 minutes segment. Gods, I'm surprised you didn't melt the polar ice caps when you filmed it."
Bo knew she would do this and it didn't surprise her but coyly asked, "So what was my password to decrypt it?"
Tamsin saw the trap but the thrall started to take effect because she didn't want to answer, but Bo acted fast and just said ,"If you want to tell me."
Bo knew she also had to adjust he thrall a little so she clarified, "Tamsin, if you EVER aren't ready to answer my questions, I accept and respect you enough to allow you to remain silent or just say so. OK?"
Tamsin felt better but then just giggled and answered the former question, "It was I believe, 'I heart being dominated by Bo exclamation point.'"
"Is it TRUE?" Bo followed up taking Tamsin's free hand and moving it up her chest.
Tamsin knew Bo was using her human wiles on her a little, but didn't need to hide anything from her lover and just said, "Yes. Only for you Bo."
Bo brought Tamsin's hand to her cheek and kissed it, "DITTO my angel."
Tamsin was flattered that Bo kept calling her 'angel' but it was making her feel uncomfortable. What if she called her that in public?
Finally Tamsin changed gears and softly asked, "Bo, why do you keep calling me your angel?"
Bo never let go of Tamsin's hand, still holding it to her cheek to reply matter of fact, "Because you are."
"I… I ", Tamsin looked away and confessed again softly, lamenting her past, "I deserve no such title. You deserve it more than me."
Bo then proclaimed boldly, "You ARE my angel because to me, you are PERFECT. So STOP selling yourself short TamTam."
"Oh…. Ok" Tamsin replied weakly with her cheeks glowing red but added, "Just don't call me that in mixed company ok? Please?"
This hit Bo like a ton of bricks. In a normal situation Tamsin's standard response was 'I know' and took no qualms in boosting her own ego up to gigantic proportions with any and every compliment, but now THIS was different.
Bo realized that Tamsin was being HUMBLE. It was yet another very human emotion that Tamsin somehow learned. Now more so because of this, Bo knew that 'angel' was the correct and fitting term for her Valkyrie because nothing less would suffice.
"OK Tamsin, I'll only call you that when just the 2 of us are together, all right?" Bo reassured her and finally let go of Tamsin's hand.
"Thanks." Tamsin replied but then interjected, "Besides, if you keep calling me your angel, I might not be able to do all these things for you like setup lascivious and depraved trysts. Threesome, CHECK. Foursome DEFINITE check. Need I say more?"
Bo chuckled, "Tamsin, you are still my angel for all the things you do for me but I didn't say you weren't evil because I love my evil angel the most."
Tamsin had to admit that Bo sure had a way with words and took it all in hungrily but was interrupted when her phone rang.
Tamsin fished it out of the back pocket of her jeans and looked at the caller ID.
It was Dyson.
Tamsin just put her phone on speaker and answered, "Yea Wolf Boy, What's up?"
"Tamsin are you with Kendra?" Dyson hurriedly expressed.
"No, she's on a recon mission…" Tamsin mentioned but Dyson cut in.
"She's in danger and her cell isn't on. An eclipse is going to occur in the next couple of minutes and if she runs into Aswangs, they will be able to shift on her!" Dyson blurted out.
Bo looked worried and knew it was time to get dressed as she yanked on her bodice.
"We are 15 minutes away from Lauren's and Lauren is following behind us. Let me call Talan who can get her by radio," Tamsin said thinking quickly on her feet.
"Do it fast. I'm with less than 10 minutes away and Mia has triangulated her most recent position, sending it to you," Dyson rushed out.
"Got it, we'll see you there soon."
Tamsin hung up and dialed Talan but told Bo while her cell was connecting, "Dress later Bo, dial Lauren and let her know what is going on and follow us CLOSELY since it's siren time!"
"Hey Talan, I need you to radio Kendra to get out of the WOODS NOW. Eclipse is coming any SECOND now. Got it? OK. See you there in less than 15 with Lauren."
"Lauren! Kendra may be in trouble, keep up and follow us ok? Yea, it's the coming eclipse. I hope she didn't run into any Aswangs too. OK. Bye."
Bo pulled the phone off her ear and quickly got dressed pulling up her pants as Tamsin sped up and with her police flashers on.
"Change into something more appropriate special agent," Tamsin sternly noted reaching over to Bo's zipper of her bodice and deftly undoing it so that it almost literally slid effortlessly off Bo's body leaving her topless again. "This is gonna get dirtayyyyyy." Tamsin just loved her succubus Barbie after all since only she got to undress Bo like that and get away with it.
Bo turned around and rummaged through the back seat duffle bags.
Tamsin wanted so much to just spank Bo right now since her leather clad ass was on full display next to her face. "Get us both weapons too. Big fucking ones since we don't have holy water or other crap."
"I *AM* a weapon," Bo replied confidently digging deeper into the duffel bags.
The temptation was just too great after that comment and Tamsin did spank Bo once with a hard slap.
"TAMSIN!" Bo admonished her.
"Sorry," Tamsin said in her normal snarky manner scrunching her face, "My hand slipped. Would you DOUBT the sincerity of your angel?"
Bo just exhaled sharply pulling out her vest and sports shirt and just said sarcastically, "The thought never crossed my mind."
*** Present Time ***
Kendra was confused and an emotional wreck because when she gave up her hate of all shifter kind, her actions were less decisive.
She was being buffeted harshly by emotions that she hadn't had in a long time but that also didn't mean that her old self just disappeared.
With her semiauto locked against the dire wolf's head she began to pull the trigger. She would kill another low life shifter and add another kill to her roster, but this was also Dyson, her life mate and true love.
She just surrendered to a shifter but how could she not after what they have been through? Dyson had been loyally by her side without fault these past couple months and come to think of it even the years she was with the force. Shifters however, were responsible for the death of Eric, her team and indirectly her brother Tim. She would NEVER surrender to a race that took so much from her but Dyson gave it all back to her and more.
In her haste the get justice she managed to stereotype a whole specie as inherently immoral and corrupt. It was just the easy thing to do to reassure herself and therefore justify her lashing out at the world for all the pain she received and endured.
It was just wicked and WRONG. She was in the wrong for switching JUSTICE with VENGENCE. Dyson and even Jessica never told her this directly but oddly enough, some lessons in life could only be LEARNED by living through it rather than being told.
What truth did Kendra realize as her hand shook applying more pressure to the trigger?
Love your enemy.
LOVE your ENEMY.
Kendra's heart cold heart cracked wide open when she came to the agonizing realization that it turned out that it was Dyson that had her heart all along. By Kendra sharing more of herself to Dyson with her crazy theories and dreams, she WAS his even before Eric made his move. Then how could she then give her heart to someone else when she shared her dreams and aspirations with Dyson?
Cerberus still had a heart after all but for how long?
Dyson kept her at a distance however only because he was Fae. Despite all this, Kendra had subconsciously still kept a part of her heart for him and hence could still love him.
Kendra now just wanted to be with Dyson, but how could she? She read about shifters being injured in battle against other shifters and what Dyson told her was true. It sometimes took hundreds of years for them to be able to shift back into their more human forms. They did this to heal and clear their bodies of this foreign blood.
It was then the Dire Wolf below her stopped breathing and Kendra's heart sank.
She felt the rush of pain, guilt, and regret all at once and she transitioned from kneeling to falling over clumsily to her side to sit on the ground.
Kendra's tears stopped and her expression on her face turned cold. She knew what she had to do as the wiped her face.
When she pulled the gun off Dyson, her ear piece came to life, 'Drake to Kendra, We are up against a couple brown bears. Still pushing to your location ASAP.'
Kendra forgot her mic turned on automatically when she spoke since she was the team lead while everyone else's had to be activated with a switch so she just ordered as calmly as she could,
"All teams fall back. I REPEAT, FALL BACK. Dyson is dead. Execute recovery operations for us with Jessica's team."
If the Aswangs turned into Brown Bears this go around, which was possible, their ammunition was useless. It simply didn't have enough penetration. Only Bo had full powers at this point to make a difference.
Tamsin was at diminished capacity because of the thrall. Drake read minds and was half human, and Alex was out of the picture and the other fire sprites would not be able to cause enough damage with their Fae abilities and weapons at this moment. They needed a Tree Elder to ensnarl the bears which they didn't have.
Kendra could no longer take any more chances and turned off her radio. Saving her wasn't necessary locking her backup weapon under her chin again.
This time she wouldn't make the same mistake twice. She swapped bullet manufacturers a long time ago because of her 'dud' round experience and she knew this round WILL fire.
"Bear in coming!" Drake spat out ejecting a couple rounds out of his AR only to be slammed into hard as the Bear grazed him and went for Tamsin. Drake few in the air and hit the ground rolling several meters away.
Tamsin leapt then rolled to the side at the last moment casting what doubt when she could. It worked to a degree since it slowed down like it was rethinking its approach. If only she had more power as it passed her and went to Bo who was now glowing bright blue with destiny in hand.
Tamsin had a shotgun with all slug rounds so she fired from kneeling position into the bear's backside.
The bear howled in pain but it slowed it down and was now hopping to Bo.
Bo saw the bear charge her quickly and tried to pull its Chi but it was not in range and by the time it would be, she wouldn't be able to drain it fast enough before it rammed or worse yet took a swing at her, but as luck had it, Tamsin slowed it down.
Bo pulled Chi from it and as she did, it went from a trot, to a slow limping walk, to just standing less than 4 feet from her and then finally collapsing to the ground dead.
"BEAR!" Drake said pointing to another yet larger one but this time Drake was ready as he ejected all remaining rounds in his 30 round magazine and Tamsin fired a Slug round smacking it right between its eyes.
The bear rolled down the embankment dead.
They heard another bear closing.
Drake got up and transmitted to Kendra 'Drake to Kendra, we are up against a couple brown bears. Still pushing to your location ASAP.'
He reloaded as fast as he could.
Anjali just yelled, "Another one rear." When Jack and Max started to throw fireballs at it.
Drake and everyone heard Kendra loud and clear since Drake didn't have an ear piece on him since it ran out of battery. He just used his vest mic which doubled as a speaker.
"All teams fall back. I REPEAT, FALL BACK. Dyson is dead. Execute recovery operations for us with Jessica's team."
Bo knew what that meant for Kendra and just yelled at the top of her lungs, "Kendra Nooooooooooooooooo!"
A single round was heard in the distance and Kendra's radio went eerily silent.
"SHIT!" Tamsin stammered out, "Cover fire! MOVE MOVE MOVE! We've got to get to Kendra NOW!"
Bo sprinted ahead of everyone and Tamsin tried her best to keep up.
The bear took a swing at her going over a hill and she ducked right on time and used the tree to block it pulling its chi.
The bear did manage to work around the tree take another swing at Bo who deftly ducked but swung Destiny as well to slice off the bear's swinging paw.
The bear howled and turned away in retreat, but with only 3 legs it hobbled.
With Bo taking its Chi this whole time, it just finally stood there, and then finally slumped to the ground.
Another bear was dead, but Tamsin still shot it in its heart to hasten its demise.
Anjali, Max and Jack were running backwards as best they could since they were in dense wood holding 2 Brown Bears at bay. At least these Brown Bears were afraid of fire but Anjali didn't know how long that would last.
Kendra squeezed the trigger of her gun which was locked under her chin but out of nowhere she was hit by what seemed like a tree trunk and it hurt beyond words as she flew in the air and hit a tree with a loud thud.
Although her backup gun did fire, it missed its intended target, Kendra.
She weakly struggled to open her eyes and yelped since she had broken ribs and her back hurt like hell. Kendra also realized that she had lost her backup gun with Dyson.
It was a large Brown Bear and another was not so far away looking on. If it was not for her body armor she would be dead by now, but the bear was sniffing Dyson. It reared up on it hind legs and roared ready to slaughter her lover but instead it turned to her and began to prowl towards her baring it teeth.
Kendra knew she still had a couple seconds left and didn't want to give the Aswang now in Bear form the pleasure.
She pulled out her Glock and winced in pain pointing it to the bear, but really, it was for her. This Glock only had but a couple rounds in it left and it was ineffective unless she shot the bear under its chin. Even then it was questionable if it would work.
The bear roared and changed.
Kendra quickly locked her Glock under her chin once more as she whispered to herself, "Dyson, I love you."
The bear would be in range in:
4
3
(BANG!)
(BOOM!)
The bear charging gurgled in pain as it hind legs and hip separated from the rest of its body and blood was flying everywhere.
It was still trying to crawl to her utilizing its front legs and still kill her when she heard it again.
(BANG!)
(BOOM!)
The bear's head just exploded dousing Kendra in blood and the other one charged quickly and would reach her in:
10
9
(BANG!)
Twigs and branches flew everywhere. The bear just kept going.
MISS
8
7
6
(BANG!)
The ground in front of the bear made a big dust cloud but the bear was unscathed.
MISS
5
4
3
2
(BANG!)
MISS
The bear was still on target.
Kendra knew she had no time left tightening the barrel under her chin.
1
'NOW!' She told herself but waited a moment, 'Where was the aftermath of THAT round?'
IMPACT.
(BOOM!)
The headless bear trotted a couple more steps when and just fell forward dead pinning Kendra's legs showering her in even more blood.
Kendra's view was block by the large bear literally almost on top of her, she was also in immense pain from her broken ribs and possibly back.
She knew one thing however, these were rifle rounds that seemed to be explosive tipped.
Although she was kind of thankful for her life, she had to wonder who this was since NONE of her team and even her extended team had this ordinance. Neither was this ordinance used in the Burning Cypress clan. Kendra only read about it as experimental high velocity, anti-armored light vehicle rounds. They were, in addition, not approved at all for use within the country since there was no practical use for it, hunting, self-defense, or otherwise.
Whoever it was, was someone foreign and she also didn't know if they were friend of foe. For all she knew maybe this person was associated with the Aswags and wanted to kill her personally.
Kendra did manage to pull her legs out from under the headless bear.
Maybe it was a shifter that had a vendattta against her.
Her list of enemies was long and her list of friends was short. It didn't looked good when she heard a woman's voice call her, "Captain SHAW!"
She was approaching opposite from where her team was coming from running quickly. This person had some skill since they were able to take a bear out at a distance and through trees.
This voice was almost familiar but had no idea who it was but she felt like she was neither friend nor foe.
In any case, she pointed her Glock to the approaching woman as she appeared rounding the headless bear.
It took moment since the woman was clad in thin class 3 body armor, a high tech AR and a holstered custom Glock.
Kendra knew by the uniform, helmet and darkened face shield it was someone from precinct 101.
But Kendra didn't have to wonder anymore when she saw her shoulder badge denoting the rank of Captain with Tate under it.
Mia rushed over to her and pulled up her face shield up to access Kendra, "Are you ok?!"
Kendra was still a little out of it and was still putting the pieces together but obliged and just mumbed out putting down her weapon, "Internal bleeding you can't do anything for me in the field Mia. Team will be here soon."
"Where's Dyson!" Mia asked urgently.
Kendra just pointed weakly to the downed Grey Dire Wolf.
"SHIT!" Mia stated running over to the Grey Wolf taking it's pulse.
"He's gone Mia," Kendra informed weakly.
"NO! I swore my God Father I'd keep him safe," Mia yanked off her pack and pulled out a small box that looked like as portable defibrillator, or AED.
Kendra just let her since there was no harm in trying.
She opened up the unit and it turned on giving her instructions verbally but Mia was already ahead of the game shaving and putting electrodes on the dire wolf.
This pack also had bandages with what looked like a hemostatic agent to allow for better clotting.
Mia was putting them on and quickly pulled her hands away when the unit chirped and stated that it will deliver a shock in 3 seconds.
3
2
1
The Dyson convulsed but nothing as the unit said it was charging again to deliver another shock.
Kendra wished she could help but even breathing was a problem now with her cracked ribs.
Mia just kept busy putting on more bandages but also delivering a quick in injection.
The unit chirped again.
3
2
1
Dyson convulsed again but nothing as the unit changed again.
Things didn't look good for Dyson but Mia didn't give up and started to do chest compressions in addition.
Kendra knew Mia was jaded but there was no harm in trying. It was a good thing the unit talked Mia though this in a way or she might have frozen by now.
The reality of the situation sank in. Her lover was gone and she was left all alone again. Just like when Eric left her. Several tears streaked down her face as she cried once more through her hitched breathing.
She loved him and didn't want to live without him. However, the time to kill herself had passed.
She didn't want Mia's efforts to be in vain and she knew Tamsin would come for her anyway since she just heard a shotgun round go off not too far away.
The unit chirped again and Mia stopped her compressions.
3
2
1
The wolf convulsed, but this time Dyson, the dire wolf, coughed and began to breath again.
'Holy crap. Mia did it,' Kendra thought to herself relieved with a slight smile wiping away her trails of tears.
The unit was kept on and looking at its display from far away it was monitoring Dyson's vitals.
It could possibly hold Dyson long enough for her team to get here and they were close since she saw flash not far away. It looked like a succubus feed.
Mia was sharp and ran back to Kendra and searched for her radio on her vest or belt and had a confused expression on her face turning the unit back on. But it didn't turn on.
"Crap, it must have been damaged from your fall. Gimme your frequency and encryption code. We need to contact your team," Mia demanded.
"They are right over there," Kendra pointed to where she saw the flash, "they'll find us."
Mia forcefully asked once more, "We need to make sure they are not looking for us somewhere ELSE and putting up flares now would give away our position to enemies if any."
Kendra furrowed her brows and then repeated back, "Channel Fifty five. Encryption Eight Six Seven Five Three Oh Nine"
It took a moment but Mia entered it into her slim radio and then transmitted, "This is Captain Tate with the one oh one. Do you read?"
Kendra didn't hear a response since her ear piece was integrated into her helmet but Mia smiled broadly and then replied, "I have eyes on your direction, lock on my signal. Kendra and Dyson are hurt but stable for now. Vitals are dropping for Dyson. They need immediate evac and medical assistance, Commander."
Even through all this pain, Kendra just had to ask with hurt scrawled on her face, "Who are you talking to?"
"Oh, Drake," Mia replied, "Hey sit tight, I need to check Dyson."
Mia scampered off to check Dyson's vitals on the portable unit.
Kendra then saw Bo sprinting to them followed up Tamsin. Mia signaled and Bo went straight to Dyson first.
Tamsin skid to a halt in front of Kendra but Kendra nudged her head towards Dyson who needed more help than her. Tamsin then skittered off after a nod.
Drake slammed into Kendra's tree with his shoulder out of breath and doubled over to which Kendra just asked sarcastically raising a brow, "Tired COMMANDER Cruz?"
Drake was too winded to laugh but just barely got out as the rest of the team made it forming a perimeter defense, "You…. PANT… try being … PANT … live bait … for 2 ….PANT PANT…. BEARS."
Bo ran to Dyson and he looked like he was in bad shape, so she acted fast sliding in front of him on her knees and just held his snout and transferred her Chi to him immediately.
The dire wolf's wounds sealed in seconds as the wolf sat up and shook its head.
Mia was busy removing all the electrodes just in time for the Dire Wolf to stand up and access the situation.
Bo asked, "Hey, why isn't he changing back?"
Tamsin clued her in. It was a tough break for Dyson.
"He can't. When the Aswangs bit him, he reverted back to his dire wolf state and may be that way for a time," Tamsin softly mentioned putting her hand on Bo's should. She didn't want Bo to carry this guilt too. She avoided giving Bo an estimate of time since it would only make it worse. She hoped that Lauren had something up her sleeve to fix this.
Dyson shook his whole body and looked at everyone and licked his snout.
His gaze however locked on and became fixed on Kendra.
Kendra smiled weakly as Dyson gracefully made his way around the headless bear to her.
The wolf whined and nudged her shoulder to which she suppressed a squeak of pain, "Hey Dyson, I'm ok."
Even with that, the Wolf still whined pacing. His eyes looked exactly like Dyson's and by the way the wolf looked worried about her, she knew he was in there somewhere.
Bo pulled Chi from Tamsin and then briskly made it to Kendra.
Kendra was about to push Bo away, but she had a wolf that was worried about her, so she turned to Bo and kissed her on the lips so that when Bo transferred her Chi, it would be in the most efficient way possible. She just didn't want Bo to pass out of have to pull Chi from more people.
Bo wasn't expecting this since she could do it from a distance, but also knew that there was some chi loss the greater the distance one was from one another.
The side effect of this, which Kendra realized mid kiss as Bo was healing her, was that she started to feel attracted to Bo. She didn't play on that field, but getting a small dose of what Bo could do was amazing.
Kendra felt much better and broke the kiss even before she was completely healed to prevent herself from 'engaging' Bo. Now that would be embarrassing, she mused.
Mia helped Kendra to up her feet and Dyson pranced about and then jumped on her.
Kendra just petted the wolf and whispered, "I'm ok Dyson. Let's go home."
Kendra never had a pet before and this was all new to her. She just hoped that Lauren would be able to find a way to reverse Dyson's condition and soon.
A/N: OK, everyone can breath now. Well sort of. Gotta figure out if D-man will remain a Dire Wolf. Was that enough suspense, action and 'action' for all of you?
OK on to my thoughts on S05E04? Skip below to avoid spoilers.
In a word, it was nice. I am still slightly pessimistic about the promising direction Bo and Tamsin are moving in. NOT that I don't want it to happen but LG always tended to disappoint me on the Valkubus front, HENCE the reason WHY I wrote this fic.
Loved Tamsin kissing Bo in front of Lauren scenes (both of them). Bo seemed to be really addicted to Tamsin's chi. Come on Bo. Admit it!
Look forward to E05!
Emmmmm just saw E05... and... HOLY SHIZZLE! 'Happy Birthday to me!'