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A Warrior's Bond – Chapter 5

"You have got to be kidding me…"

Bo and Kenzi pull up to a trailer parked at the edge of a tree line off the dirt road they had been traveling. The trailer itself is modern enough, but decorated as a living gypsy stereotype. Complete with hanging lights, totems lining the area, and a large double thumbed palm with an all seeing eye in the center as the main focus of the swirls and designs painted in reds, blacks, and gold along the barriers of the mobile home.

Just in front of the home, a young woman with wild brunette waves, piercing green eyes, dressed in a tank top and intricately decorated wrapped skirt about her hips slowly circles an oil drum fire, her eyes concentrated on the flames before her, not taking any notice to her visitors.

"You said she was the real deal…not some circus attraction." Bo grumbled as she slammed the door of her Camaro.

"She totally is the real deal, I swear! She's a sweetheart too, I seriously should visit her more often." Kenzi states, leading the way slowly to approach her cousin.

As the two girls approach, the young gypsy tunes into their approach with a slight quirk of her head. She reaches into a small pouch tied to the belt at her waist and pulls out a few herbal cloves which she quickly flicks into the drum, causing the flames to spring brighter in a rush of heat, forcing Bo and Kenzi to shrink back and cover their faces. When they regain their composure and turn their attention back to the girl, they simply watch in shock as she spins around with a menacing stare to face them. She lifts her hand slowly and whips it across the flames, letting them tickle her skin without harm. As her palm emerges from the oil drum fire, flames flicker off of her fingers, trialing down to cover the rest of her hand, completely under her control. Bo pulls a knife from her boot while taking a step in front of Kenzi to protect her as the young woman speaks.

"Cum îndrăznești săcorupăpământul meusacru?!" she states calmly with venom in her tone.

"Kenz...what the hell did she just say!" Bo hollars, starting to take a few steps back as the gypsy girl approaches them, the flames on her hand a clear victory over Bo's dagger.

"Relax BoBo, she just thinks we're messin' with her feng sui," Kenzi replies confidently with a pat to Bo's shoulder as she walks around the Succubus to face her cousin, "Lemnfuratardemai binepentru a fifurate." The Russian girl addresses with a smile at seeing her statement stop the young woman's approach, "Come on, Vi! Don't tell me you forgot our secret password?" The girl seems to do a double take, her emerald eyes studying Kenzi before her jaw drops. The flames on her hand fizzle out into the air as her lips curl into a bright smile.

"Kenzi!" She shouts as she runs forward, engulfing the Russian girl in a hug as the two laugh and smile at their reunion. "God, it's been ages! Look at you, all grown up." She finishes as she pulls back from the hug to give Kenzi a playful pinch to her cheeks.

"Hey! Watch it lady!" Kenzi teases as she smacks her cousin's hands away. Both turn to face Bo, still standing with a confused expression and her dagger pointing up in defense. "Put down the stabbing device BoBo, time to meet one of my lesser shady cousins."

"She's less shady?" the brunette teases as she returns the knife to her boot skeptically, "She just held us up with freaky magic fire powers!"

"Don't worry, that's mostly just for intimidation. I'd have to throw it at you and I'm not the best shot…I should probably work on that actually." The gypsy girl responds before getting back on track and holding out her hand to Bo with a friendly smile. "I'm Violca. And I assume you have a lot of questions before you ask what you really came here to ask about."

Bo couldn't help but be extremely intrigued by Violca as she slowly shook her hand. She was obviously extremely powerful in her own right, but Bo had never seen humans with that sort of ability. If she didn't know any better, she'd think that the girl was Fae.

"Lets start with that fire trick..." Bo starts slowly, "Any other strange powers I should be concerned with?"

"You shouldn't underestimate a Gypsy Sorceress young Succubus," Bo's eyes go wide in shock as Violca smiles sweetly with a wink, "There's a lot of things about how the powers of the world work that you don't yet know. But yes, there are a few other tricks up my sleeve. May I?" She asks holding up her hand. Bo shakes away her shock and nods through her daze.

Violca reaches forward and gently lays her hand on Bo's cheek, running her thumb across her cheekbone. A warm, soft glow emits from the gypsy girl's hand, causing Bo to sigh and shut her eyes at the feeling as the power washes through her.

"You carry so much with you. A burden for being uniquely gifted, and a burden of loving more then most do. Both are what brought you here today…someone you care for is hurt, no?" Bo opens her eyes to show a slight shine of tears lining them as she swallows the lump in her throat, "You poor thing, you think it's your fault don't you?" Violca finishes sympathetically as she lowers her hand.

"And you thought she was a side show headliner." Kenzi teases with a small smile

"It is my fault! That hitman was after me, not her…and now she's poisoned and I—" Bo is cut off as the guilt breaks through her voice, eating at her words. Kenzi turns and pulls Bo into her arms to comfort the girl. It's official, that huge heart that Violca was talking about officially welcomed Tamsin into its clutches. Kenzi knew just how far Bo would be willing to go to save the Valkyrie, she only hoped it didn't cost her bestie her life. Gypsy magic can be dark stuff, especially the kind of poison they're dealing with. As far as the Russian girl knew, Violca was a very powerful Gypsy Sorceress, but she was also one that tried to avoid the darker side of her heritage.

"We need your help Vi, our friend got shanked with a knife. Like BoBo said, it was covered in poison." Kenzi clarified. Violca nodded her head with furrowed eyebrows showing her confusion.

"I apologize for that and I hope she recovers…but I'm not sure what I can do unless—" she stops, seeing Bo and Kenzi's expressions. The young gypsy's eyes go wide with realization at why they sake her out for this. "—Please tell me it's not a mystical poison. I wouldn't wish those upon my greatest enemies let alone give them to an assassin to use willy-nilly."

"Yeah…Its not pretty. We're pretty sure it's the…rolling bless you?" Bo states, not remembering the proper word for it. When she saw the color drain from Violca's face she knew that she was close enough.

"Eroului Blestem? What the hell kind of enemies do you two have!?"

"The kind that we need your help with. Please Violca, someone very important to me is suffering right now! I promised her that I'd save her. If I need to get to Romania and shake down some evil gypsy I will, just point me in the right direction." Bo was nowhere past begging, and the desperation showed.

Violca pondered for a moment. The feat that they were asking included calling upon some very dark and powerful spirits. She could do it…she was confident in that fact. The real question was…what would happen after she received the power and would she be able to control it? It went against what she was trying to prove for herself. The most powerful Sorceresses of her kind were corrupted by the darkness they invoked; it takes much effort and experience to call upon such power and bend it to your will. At the same time…if the Sorceress who cursed the toxin was more powerful then her…she didn't want to think of that outcome.

"Your friend…she is powerful? I mean, we have time, correct?"

"She's a Valkyrie." Bo states with a sad smile that broke through her emotions, showing the pride she had for Tamsin and her heritage now that she knew more about it. Little did she know that the best was still a mystery.

Violca nodded and turned back to her homemade cauldron. She took a breath and closed her eyes as she waved her hands slowly across the flames, moving them around in a flickering dance. The young gypsy starts mumbling to herself in an ancient Romani chant. A wind kicks up around her as she tosses her arms up, taking the flames up into the air in a powerful explosion. Bo and Kenzi flinch at the show of power before them. The flames dissipate into flickering sparks that spread about around Violca as she reaches down into the now extinguished oil drum. She pulls a crystal pendant tied with a leather string. The stone is sparkling and clear, but swirls with sparkling burnt orange energy as it lies in Violca's hands.

"This is a charmed crystal, it reads the aura and powers of whoever is nearest to it." She hands it to Bo to show an example of its power. The stone flashes bright blue as the Succubus rolls it between her fingers. "We're going to need that to see what kind of hex is placed upon your Valkyrie friend."

"Badass!" Kenzi shouts as she snatches the crystal to admire its obvious value. As the Russian girl admires the stone, it starts to emit a deep purple glow, shocking Violca. "Sorry…me and shiny things, ya know?" she jokes as she tosses the stone back to Bo, paying little attention to the reaction she earned from the stone. The Succubus takes notice to Violca's studying expression aimed at Kenzi as she slips the aura crystal into the pocket of her jacket.

"What's with the face, Violca?" Bo questions in a defensive tone. If that purple glow meant something was wrong with Kenzi, she wanted to know right up front.

"Nothing…I just thought I was the only one with magic in her veins in our family." The gypsy girl answers with a happy smile.

"Are you serious?" Bo fights to keep the squeal from her reply as a smile breaks across her cheeks. Kenzi's reaction was much less enthusiastic.

"…Excuse me?" Kenzi states with a shake of her head, "Your pretty little rock's got it wrong Cuz. Ain't nothing special about this Con-Woman."

"If you say so…just know that I'm here for you if you want to do anything about it." Violca lays a hand on Kenzi's shoulder and gives a gentle squeeze, "But we need to get going, the sooner we figure out how powerful this poison is the better."

"Agreed." Bo states, leading the way back to her Camaro as she thinks to herself.

Hang in there Tamsin…I swear, even if I have to go to hell and back I'm going to figure out how to save you.


As consciousness began to pull at Tamsin from her not so restful state, she fell into a hazy dreamscape—obviously affected by the magic toxin slowly spreading through her veins.

She bumbled around a dark foggy landscape, her chest heaving in panic as she fought to figure out where she was and how she may have gotten there.

"Hello!?" she yelled with a crack in her voice as she whipped her head in either direction, hoping for some sort of response.

"Is anybody there!?" she screamed again, getting a low, echoing growl in response. The blonde twisted towards the direction of the sickening response with wide, panicked eyes as she slowly started to back away. Through the darkness and fog, she saw three pairs of sickly yellow eyes with a glowing glare set upon her.

"Not again—" she was cut off as one of the wolf mutts leapt at her, saliva dripping off its yellowed teeth as it aimed to pierce her jugular. Tamsin was able to duck in time to avoid anything fatal, however she yelped as she felt one of its claws tear across her shoulder through her leather jacket. "—shit!"

She stumbled into a sprint as the other beasts started to take swipes at her, only to fail at her Valkyrie speed. She assumed running in any direction was futile, as nothing seemed to exist in this dreamscape except for her, and the monsters that chased her through that Romani forest so many years ago. But, of course, fate has a different plan to plague the cursed Valkyrie's nightmares.

She heard a fourth snarl just to her left before she was tackled face first to the ground, the fog swirling around her, even as the snarl seemed to move past her in the opposite direction, she could still feel a presence holding her down. She clenched her eyes shut, preparing to feel another mutt's jaw clench around her throat in victory. Her eyes shot open in surprise when she felt a soft kiss on her neck and a gentle caress soothe the tension in her shoulders.

"Hey, don't scare me like that." Tamsin turned quickly and started to sit up to see Bo leaning over her with a soft, concerned expression, stopping her from getting too far. "Are you alright?" She continued, inspecting the Valkyrie for injuries. "You're hurt!"

"Uh…yeah don't worry about it. Just a scratch." The shock was apparent in the blonde's tone as Bo ran the back of her fingers gently across her cheek. Tamsin shut her eyes and sighed at the feeling as Bo leaned down to whisper gently in her ear.

"Let me help you."

A shiver shook down Tamsin's spine as Bo's warm breath tickled her ear. The Succubus turned her head, only inches away from the blonde's as she opened her eyes to gaze into the deep pools of brown that explored her fantasies. Bo leaned forward, gently caressing their lips together until Tamsin responded quickly. Bo cupped the blonde's cheeks as she deepened the kiss, earning a soft sigh of contentment.

Tamsin was on cloud nine. Bo had just saved her life…this wasn't how her nightmares usually went. It was no surprise of the beasts' involvement; their sickly eyes are something that always gave the blonde the shivers at the thought of them. But the Succubus was a new touch that she wouldn't complain about.

Just when she assumed that the sparks behind Bo's kiss couldn't get any more satisfying, a wave of warmth and passion seemed to pass into her. With a deep gasp, Tamsin opened her eyes slowly to see an extremely seductive expression on Bo's face as she breathed a line of deep pink sparkling chi into her mouth. Tamsin could feel the power rushing through her body as Bo's energy shot to her shoulder to seal the wounds inflicted by the wolf mutt before pulsing through the rest of her body.

Bo ended the breath of chi with a smirk at the reaction it drew from the blonde. Tamsin's eyes were wild and fierce as she panted through parted lips in pleasure at the sensations rushing through her veins.

"Easy there tiger," Bo teases, "All good things come to those who wait." Tamsin's eyes fall deep into the brunette's, lost in their depths as Bo helps her to her feet.

"You're making it extremely difficult for me to not fall into bed with you, Succu-bunny." Tamsin huffs out, trying to catch her breath with a chuckle to give Bo the chance to steal it away again. Bo's expression softens as she raises her hand to run it along the blonde's cheek. Tamsin gasps as her eyes flutter shut at the brunette's loving gesture.

"And you're making it extremely difficult for me to fall in love with you." Tamsin freezes in terror as Bo quirks her head in burning curiosity, "Why do you keep pushing me away?" Tamsin turns and takes a step away, giving herself some space to breathe without the feelings Bo awakens while so close to her. She swallows the lump forming in her throat before speaking.

"Trust me Bo, I'm not worth it."

"Shouldn't that be my choice to make?" Bo states frustrated as she turns Tamsin back around to face her, "I'm sick of everyone trying to tell me how I should feel and what I should do!"

"You have no idea what you're dealing with here Bo! I'm trying to protect you damn it!" Tamsin yells back in frustration.

"Who said I needed protecting? I can take care of myself, I think I've proven that by now and—" She's cut off in surprise as Tamsin lunges forward, crushing their lips together in a heated exchange. Bo quickly gives in as she sighs at the passions running through her limbs as she curls her fingers into Tamsin's golden locks. Their lips move in a rhythmic harmony as though they were made to do this for the rest of eternity. After what seems like an endless moment, Tamsin pulls back for air, leaning her forehead against the brunette's, not wanting to lose contact with her.

"You stupid Succubus…" Tamsin huffs out as Bo places sweet butterfly kisses across her cheeks.

"If this is what I get…then I don't want to be wise." Bo responds in a heated whisper as she reconnects their lips.

Tamsin tries to resist, only to quickly come to terms with the fact that this was a dream, so she may as well enjoy it. The blonde had to do something about that damn curse. Her dreams always meant something, and this one may be just the drive she needs to work on getting that mark on her ribs extinguished.

"Tamsin?" The blonde hears her name faintly whispered through the fog only to ignore it as she wraps her arms around Bo's body to pull her as tight against her front as possible.

"Tamsin!" The voice becomes louder as the dreamscape around the couple begins to ripple. Tamsin breaks the kiss, realizing that she recognizes the voice.

"Bo?" She states quietly, looking around only to feel Bo wrap her arms around her from behind and place gentle kisses down her neck.

"I'm right here babe." She whispers into the blonde's ear, sending shivers of pleasure down her spine at the touch.

"No, I thought I—"

"TAMSIN!" The voice echoes loudly one last time making the dreamscape flash brightly then tear itself apart as Tamsin falls back into consciousness.


Tamsin sits up violently in a cold sweat gasping for air as she takes in her surroundings. She's still in Trick's study under the Dal, and according to the sharp pain shooting from her abdomen, she's still very much poisoned. Her eyes clench shut as she begins to groan and shake at the intense pain until a soft hand begins to caress her cheek. The blonde opens her pain-laced eyes to see Bo looking at her with a worried expression while using her powers to replace Tamsin's pain with pleasure.

"T-Thanks." The blonde groans out before swallowing to wet her throat.

"Are you okay? You were groaning in your sleep." Tamsin couldn't help but send up a silent prayer that her fever made her flushed enough to hide the blush that would have formed, "Nightmare?"

"Uh…something like that. Any luck?" Tamsin changed the subject quickly away from the very inappropriate direction her dream was turning.

"Yeah, Kenzi's cousin is a pretty powerful Gypsy Sorceress. Like, controlling fire powerful." Bo stated as she moves from pulsing Tamsin with her power to simply lightly holding the blonde's hand, moving her thumb over her shaking knuckles.

"Fire manipulation is actually a pretty common Gypsy practice. You know how powerful she is by how well she could command it." Tamsin states with a slight wince as she sits up on the couch.

"She's right, actually," Violca states with a smile as her and Kenzi both step into the study with Trick, "Our power comes from the spirits of those around us, and it takes a level mind to properly manipulate that energy." Violca twists her hands about in front of her, pulling wisps of burnt orange energy from the ether around her, allowing it to swirl about her arms, putting both Kenzi and Bo in awe at the display before them. "They aren't forces to play with, and it can be dangerous to pull those powers into our realm. That's why a lot of my kind become corrupted by the forces they attempt to play with." She flicks her wrist, causing the energy to dissipate in a fizzle. "Meditating while stretching our hold on the energies of this world is much safer and keeps me grounded for if and when I need to tap into that spiritual energy."

Tamsin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in surprise. This girl, despite her obviously young age, was wise well beyond her years. Perhaps she still had a chance to get this toxin pulled out of her system.

"So, what would energies of our world be, Vi?" Kenzi asks with genuine curiosity. If she wanted to be honest, the whole energy crystal sparkling in her hand had her a little intrigued.

"Fire, water, wind, earth, the elements that power everything around us basically. Obviously pulling power from the spirit realm that exists with ours is stronger, but as I said it can be dangerous and draining if you don't meditate and stretch your abilities."

"Much like that of an athlete, Kenzi." Trick states with a smile, impressed by Violca's humbled view of the power she has such easy access to—something he can relate to, "it takes a lot of training and preparation to keep yourself in shape. It's the same for being able to manipulate energies. It's actually the common practice behind what remains of humans with mystical roots."

"You make it sound like any Joe Schmoe could wake up and decide to be a superhero." The Russian girl states, trying not to get her hopes up that she may just be able to be of more use to her friends when they get stuck in their ever so common sticky situations.

"If this 'Joe' had magical roots, it's entirely possible. Although it's not sanctioned, humans and Fae have bred offspring together. Granted, those children don't have access to the usual type of abilities of a full-blooded Fae, but they do have heightened skills. Many Olympians, scientific geniuses, artists, and even military warriors have traces of the Fae in their blood. It's diluted and undetectable within their DNA, but still there." Trick finished.

"But wait…we had that one guy that was pissed at his fairy dad after I just figured out about all of this shit. He was mad that he was ignored for so long just because he wasn't special." Bo questioned. That kid was her first real case and it really shook her up, seeing that the Fae truly disregarded humans, even their own children. Although…she couldn't help but love the huge ego boost that came with kicking the headless samurais' asses.

"They may have heightened abilities, but it still takes a lot of discipline and determination to awaken those abilities." Violca states with a small smile in Kenzi's direction, although the only one to catch the gesture was Bo as the Russian girl was obviously zoning out of the conversation while trying to think of what kind of Fae Michael Phelps is related to.

The room was brought from their conversation as Tamsin's body went rigid as she clenched her teeth together in a futile attempt to fight off a yelp of pain at what felt like fire shooting through her veins. Bo shot her hand forward to give the blonde something to grip while running rushes of pleasure through their connected hands. It seems to dull Tamsin's pain however the blonde was obviously still in agony. The creases and harsh despair written across her color-drained complexion sent a shiver down Bo's spine. She could almost feel the agony that Tamsin was suffering.

"Shit, I don't think it's helping anymore!" Bo wailed as she tried to turn her power up to eleven in an attempt to dull the blonde's pain.

"It may be disgusting for me to say, but we're lucky that Tamsin is a trained and powerful Valkyrie, Bo. If you're feeling guilt at her simply cringing to the agony she's trained and experienced in pushing away I can't imagine what you would be doing if say, Kenzi or Dyson had been hit." Trick stated.

"Hey!" Kenzi whines while crossing her arms in a pout.

"I mean no offense, simply that you are very vocal and Bo feels bad enough as it is, Dyson's wolf could have also broken free at what Tamsin is no doubt experiencing right now." Trick continued as the wave of pain Tamsin was riding appeared to dull, letting her catch her breath as Bo wiped a cold cloth across her forehead.

"I think that's my cue then." Violca stated as she pulled a small bottle from the pouch over her shoulder. She flicked off the stopper with a pop and dropped three single drips of a clear, oily liquid into the palms of her hands while chanting under her breath in an ancient tongue. The gypsy girl rubbed her hands together, cleansing them for the magics she knew she would soon have to summon. She turned her gaze to Bo, holding her hands out much as a sterile surgeon would. "I need you to tie that crystal I gave you around her neck."

Bo nods as she searches her pockets for the energy reading crystal. When she finally gets a grip on it, bright blue sparkles emit from the stone. Bo pushes Tamsin's hair back over her shoulders as she reaches behind her neck to tie the leather strings in place. The blonde's eyes flutter open with a wince at the feeling of Bo's hands on her neck. She looks down, seeing the stone laying on her chest starting to glow a sparkling gold. Bo smiles, seeing Tamsin's power for the first time like that raised her spirits, until the gold was engulfed by a sickly deep darkened yellow color. The usual bright color of the Tamsin's energy was now murky, and dark until the entire stone had become black as tar. The blonde was afraid of that.

"That's impossible!" Violca said with a dropped jaw at the appearance of the crystal.

"What do you mean impossible." Bo said harshly, not liking the gypsy's reaction one bit.

"I just…that crystal shows the bearers aura, their life force behind their power. Like how mine is orange for the types of spirits that lend me their energy and yours is blue as the color of the chi you live off of. Even dark gypsies' power has some kind of color in its signature…but never pitch black…unless…"

"Unless what!? Come on spit it out Vi!" Kenzi was starting to fall into the dramatics of the situation. It was like the soap operas she watches when Bo isn't around for fear of being mocked by her favorite Succubus.

"I've only ever heard of a pitch black power signature in myth and legend…but there was one Sorceress a little over a century ago that was said to have been engulfed by the darkness. Everyone felt when she would pull power from the ether, it sent shivers of despair down their spines as she called upon the darkest of the damned to power her magics." Violca stated in shock and awe, knowing exactly what she was facing now was horribly intimidating and frightened her.

Thankfully the room was too trained on Violca's horror to notice Tamsin's wide eyes as her theory was confirmed. Emilina was still alive somehow, somewhere.

"Well you can still save her, right?" Bo asked frantically.

"I…I don't know."

"Well you gotta try! Just because this bitches magic is black doesn't mean it is unstoppable! You said you'd help." Bo's rant was replaced by a crack in her voice as she held back a sob and the tears that began to line her eyes.

"Well…ain't that a shit sandwich that eats like a meal…" Tamsin choked out with a roll of her eyes before turning to Violca, "Hope you got some skills kid." She turns back to Bo, "Look. She's gonna do all she can to save me. It's not too far gone yet and I'm a badass. Don't worry, okay?" The blonde stated, trying to comfort the Succubus. Bo nodded jaggedly, trying to convince herself as well that everything was going to be okay.

"Here, drink this." Violca states as she hands Tamsin what's left of the bottle she used to cleanse her hands, "It isn't pleasant, but it'll make it easier for me to pull the toxin out of you." Tamsin nodded as she lifted the bottle to her lips with a shaky hand, gulping down the oily liquid, cringing at the taste.

"Eck! Nasty ass…the hell is this? You know what….don't tell me. You're buying me a drink after this though to make up for that."

"I'll buy you two as long as you forgive the pain I'm going to put you through." Violca states as Tamsin's eyelids start to droop, pulling her into unconsciousness just as she had planned. The gypsy girl turns to Bo, "It's obvious you care a lot for her, and she's gonna need you to get through this. That oil knocked her out for now but as soon as I get a grip on the toxin and start to pull she's going to wake up in a worse pain then you can imagine. Your powers can dull it enough to keep her conscious, if she falls into that coma before I can pull the entire toxin out then there's nothing I can do. Pulling it out speeds up the process, so we need to keep her awake at all costs, okay?"

"Yeah, I understand." Bo says as she leans Tamsin forward to sit behind her on the couch so that she is out of Violca's way and can give her as much of an escape from the pain as possible.

"Wait…I thought that the toxin could be cured simply with an antidote, why do you have to pull it out, that's going to—" Trick is cut off by Violca, knowing she needs to move quickly before its too late.

"If it was a weaker Sorceress who created the poison then yeah, I'd be able to. But like I said…this is incredibly dark stuff. I simply don't have the experience to overpower it, the best I can do is pull it out and release it back into the ether. If this is from who I think it really is, then Tamsin has some very powerful enemies she needs to watch out for," She turns her attention to both Kenzi and Trick as she continues, "Once I start, I can't be stopped or else Tamsin is a goner. She's going to try anything to get me to stop, screaming, begging and even possibly using her Valkyrie powers. I need to trust you two to not look into her eyes and give into her sway. Thankfully she's already weakened but she is still powerful enough to mess with your minds, make you doubt that I'm doing the right thing." They both nod, however Bo's head quirks in confusion.

"Why didn't you warn me of that too?" she asks with genuine confusion. She was literally right behind Tamsin, and an easy target for the blonde to potentially use her powers. Violca simply smiles and shakes her head to herself.

"I get the feeling that Tamsin wouldn't do anything to hurt you…even in a pain and insanity induced frenzy. Ready?"

Violca doesn't wait for a response, instead she simply reaches forward and swirls her hands around to pull trails of bright orange sparkling wisps of energy from the ether around her. She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath before slowly moving her hand out to push the bright orange energy into Tamsin's wound. The blonde gasps at the feeling of the energy entering the wound in her abdomen.

"Now, Bo." Violca states as she starts to turn her wrist clockwise, twisting the energy with it as Bo begins to pulse Tamsin with her powers. Tamsin's body arches up as she gasps in pleasure from the combined feelings of the energy running through her veins and Bo's added passion jolting her nerves.

"Woah!" Kenzi hollers as she turns quickly, shielding her eyes. "Sorry but there's things that a girl just doesn't need to see!"

"Agreed" Trick states as he also averts his eyes, obviously uncomfortable by the sounds Tamsin is creating.

The three on the couch however remain oblivious to the comments. Violca focuses on Tamsin's wound as she continues to weave her energy through the infected veins around it, attempting to get a grip on all the toxin that has spread from the puncture. As Tamsin continues writhe in pleasure, Bo's expression seems to become slightly dazed. She tries to shake off the all too familiar feeling for Tamsin's sake but she couldn't stop her eyes from flashing bright blue. Kenzi took notice of her surrogate sister's predicament as she peaked between her fingers.

"Shit! Bo you just fed earlier after the crazy hitman!" the Russian girl exclaims in shock as the hunger continues to plague Bo's expression.

"I know, but Tamsin is—"

"For the love of what's left of my innocence please don't finish that sentence!" Kenzi squeals covering her ears.

"Shit…I forgot she's your Valkyrie." Violca mumbles under her breath as she grits her teeth trying to work faster before Bo loses it, "How much control do you have when it comes to her?"

Violca pushes the energy harder with another twist of her hand causing Tamsin to let loose a loud moan as her body continues to writhe in the pleasures running through it. Bo shifts her grip to lay one arm across Tamsin's chest, with the other gripping the blonde's upper arm as she feels the hunger in her attempt to break the surface and take what it wants from the aroused blonde being held against her chest. Bo shifts her shining blue gaze to the gypsy girl.

"What do you mean, 'my Valkyrie'?" Bo questions between gasps as she fights to keep her control.

Violca finally looks up from working her energy into Tamsin to meet Bo's seductive, hungry stare with a confused one of her own, "You mean…you don't know?"

Tamsin shifts her head into the crook of Bo's neck as she lets out another gasp of pleasure, tickling the Succubus' sensitized skin and drawing a moan from her as her eye lids droop over her still bright blue eyes.

"I don't know a hell of a lot right now except how bad I want to flip Tamsin over and have my way with her, people in the room be damned." Bo states with a smirk gracing her lips as the Succubus in her starts to take over.

"Well yeah, that's because—" Violca starts before Trick cuts her off frantically. Knowing Tamsin wouldn't be happy with Bo finding out that way.

"—Hey! Not to be the overbearing elder here, but you both need to focus. Pardon the crudeness, but keep it in your pants Bo! Tamsin needs you right now."

Bo squeezes her eyes shut with a wince and nod as she reels in her hunger. Violca shakes her head and focuses back on Tamsin's wound. The green-eyed gypsy pauses one final time and pushes one last wave of energy into Tamsin causing the blonde's body to tighten as she shakes in pleasure with a final scream of ecstasy.

"Oh my god!" Bo grunts out of clenched teeth as her eyes shine bright enough to blind anyone daring enough to look into them. Kenzi's jaw drops as her eyes widen in horror as she looks upon the scene before her in utter shock. Tamsin continues to writhe slightly as she continues to breathe heavily into Bo's neck, not making it any easier on the Succubus who obviously looks like she was about to spontaneously combust.

"Did she just…" Kenzi trails her sentence off in shock as Bo slowly cranes her neck to look at her.

"Stop. If you finish that sentence I might explode and suck the chi from everyone in the room." Bo states with a dark tone—the Succubus in her clearly angry that she wasn't the source of Tamsin's release of pleasure. She turns her glare to Violca who is taking a moment to collect herself before the next step, "You failed to mention anything about that particular effect."

"I was afraid that if I told you what was going to happen you wouldn't be able to control it. It was better if you just knew that you needed to hold her. Don't worry, you won't be in the mood anymore as soon as I start to pull this shit out. You need to hold her arms down. Don't worry about hurting her…trust me she won't feel what you do." Violca states as she shifts her position to kneeling in front of Tamsin and Bo on the floor by the couch as she takes another deep breath, her nerves beginning to get the better of her.

"Come on Vi, you can do this." Kenzi encouraged, giving her cousin that last push to continue.

"Alright...here goes."

Violca stretches out her hand, and the line of orange energy flexes along with her, much like puppet strings emitting from each of her fingertips. Once she is satisfied with the positioning of the energy, she flicks her wrist and her hand becomes stiff. Tamsin's body flinches and her muscles tighten at the action causing Bo to tighten her grip around her torso to hold her down. The Gypsy girl looks up one last time to Bo, earning a nod to keep going before looking back to Tamsin's wound. She starts to slowly pull her hand back, drawing the bright orange energy back from Tamsin's body.

"Aaarraagggghhhhhh!" Tamsin screams in agony as her eyes shoot open. Bo winces at the sound, tightening her grip around her to keep her steady as both Trick and Kenzi wince.

"What the hell are you doing to me?!" she screams as she looks down with wild eyes to see Violca ripping the energy out of the wound on her abdomen. The bright orange of Violca's spiritual power appears to have a pitch-black sludge hanging from its wisps as they slowly are pulled out of Tamsin's body.

Bo continues to pulse her power into Tamsin in an attempt to lighten the agony that Tamsin was vocalizing through her clenched teeth as she began to writhe in pain. The Succubus's expression was turning sorrowful at how much the blonde was going through, all because she pushed Bo out of the way to save her.

"Ugh, God! Bo…It hurts!" Tamsin yells, the veins in her neck popping out as she strains against the pain. Bo simply lays a kiss to the side of her head.

"I know, I know. I promise it'll be over soon, Tamsin. Just hold on…for me." Bo states, trying to calm the blonde down. However, her screams only become louder as Violca strains herself to pull the toxin out of her body cleanly. Beads of sweat start to accumulate on her forehead as she lifts her other hand to aid in the manipulation of the energy to pull the black magic from the Valkyrie.

"What's going on!?" Dyson bursts through the door, a worried expression on his face as he is frozen in the doorway at the scene before him as Tamsin's screams send a shiver down his spine. He's pretty positive that if he were in his wolf form, his tail would easily be between his legs at the sound.

"Oh hey Wolfman. That's my cousin Vi, she's a Gypsy big wig apparently." Kenzi states with a panicked calmness in her tone as she literally shakes in fear at the possible outcome of pulling the poison from the Valkyrie.

"Shit, Lauren said this might happen." He muttered as he darts over to Tamsin's side opposite Bo to help in holding her down to give Violca a more stable patient to work on.

"Gee, glad you could make it, Dyson." Tamsin comments sarcastically between moans of pain as she tries to reel in her screams.

"Just hold on Tamsin." He rasps out as she continues to grunt and gasp at the pain. She is a trained and dangerous Valkyrie damn it, no way was she going to start crying like a baby at getting some poison sucked out of her. However…Violca took her holding back her screams of pain as a go ahead to pull a little bit harder on the poison, doubling the burning sensation caused by the sludge of the black magic being torn away from the walls of her veins.

"Aaaahhhggraahhh!" The blonde yells with her head thrown back at the torment the Gypsy is laying upon her. She feels the control of her instincts disappear as black shadows begin to line the planes of her cheeks, her inner Valkyrie awakening in an attempt to quell her torture. She looks down to Violca, not able to meet her eyes with the concentration the green-eyed Sorceress holds on her wound. "Come on Gypsy bitch. Are you sure you can handle that? Maybe you should just quit while you're ahead." She grunts out through gritted teeth to no avail.

"It's not going to work Tamsin, just let her do this. She's almost there." Bo states, trying to break through the stubborn Valkyrie's powers.

The strands of poison coated energy floating between Violca's hand and Tamsin's wound was becoming increasingly larger, more so than the Sorceress had intended. This power was pure darkness in its entire essence and extremely difficult to control. The muscle in her furrowed brow quivered as sweat began to bead on her forehead in exertion. She knew this process would take a lot out of her, but it was still better then enchanting an antidote and having to call upon some incredibly dark spirits. However…she got the short end of the stick when it came to what to do with what she was pulling out of Tamsin. Releasing it would be both deadly and dangerous, but she wasn't sure if she had the energy to contain it. That is unless…

"Kenzi!" She snaps out, her breath shallow as she quickly becomes drained, "Get over here, I need your help."

"What the hell am I supposed to do?" she questioned quickly in a panic at her cousin's request.

"Just put your hands on my damn shoulders! I'll do the rest, but you can't fight it. Just keep your head as clear as possible and don't let go, understand?"

Kenzi swallows the lump in her throat and nods slowly as she walks up to stand behind her cousin, careful not to look in Tamsin's direction in fear that she was still attempting to channel her powers of doubt. She slowly lifts up her hands, and pauses when she sees the light orange sparkle appearing to swirl around her cousin's shoulder. She gulps one last time and clenches her eyes shut before quickly laying her grip directly over the sparkle.

As soon as Kenzi's hands make contact with Violca's body, a loud crack of energy can be heard around them as a burst of air flies through the room, gently lifting the girls' hair and shifting their clothes. Kenzi's eyes fly open to see ribbons of a sheer purple glowing light curling down her forearms and trailing through Violca, adding to her nearly depleted strength.

"Holy shitballs!" The Russian girl squeaks at the feeling.

"Relax! And don't let go!" Violca hollers as she raises her left hand, taking the purple ribbons into the air and manipulating them around the pulled free black magic to keep it at bay as she continues to tear the rest of it from Tamsin—her screams never fading.

"What the hell…" Dyson's voice trials off in shock at the waves of power coming from the two women as the air cracks and rushes about the room from the spike in energy.

"You can say that again." Bo's tone matches his own as Tamsin's body convulses one final time with an ear splitting howl in reaction to Violca taking grip of the last of the toxin and swiftly yanking it free. Both her and Kenzi fall backward at the force as Tamsin's body slumps backwards into Bo with drooped eyes as she gasps to collect her breath.

"Is….is it all…" The blonde struggles between gasps in a raspy voice, her throat over worked from screaming in agony.

Violca and Kenzi both slowly sit up, the Gypsy holding up a purple and orange swirling orb containing the murky black magic.

"I…Yeah." A smile cracks its way onto Violca's lips, "I think that's all of it! Look," She gestures to the crystal still hanging around Tamsin's neck. The stone was now slowly lighting up in golden rays of light, the murky cloud completely dissipated, "It's not showing up in the crystal anymore."

"Thank the Gods." Trick sighs out as he carries a wooden box over to Violca. Its surface was engraved in intricate carvings of an ancient, no doubt dead, language. He slides open the lid and holds it out to the young Sorceress, "You have quite the future ahead of you, my friend." She smiles as a slight blush crosses her cheeks while she slowly drops the contained energy into the box. Trick slides the lid closed and the symbols all flash brightly before fading. "This container is enchanted. I didn't see any good in releasing that black energy into the world. I'll keep it safe, you have my word."

Vi nods as she starts to get to he feet, only to stumble and nearly fall over. Kenzi grabs hold of her shoulders in support.

"Easy there, Vi. You gotta rest a bit after that. Speaking of that…what the hell just happened!"

"I told you…there's magic in your blood Kenzi. All I did was help awaken and channel it." Vi says with a lazy smile, drained from the effort it took to withdraw the black toxin. She stumbles over to the empty chair and flops herself down tiredly, "Now if no one minds…I'm going to take a nap."

"Well deserved." Dyson states with a nod in her direction in appreciation. He never was much of a fan of Sorceresses after his sting with the Norn. They tended to play dirty and only wanted their hands on more power, but something about this one read as humbled to him. As though she truly felt she was blessed with the responsibility of the power she held. Seeing Kenzi tap into that power was also a shock, but after so long as the only powerless one in their group, he could see Kenzi easily taking on that same humbled outlook on the future she has with the power that Violca had awakened in her.

"Tamsin?" Bo states softly with a hand on the blonde's cheek in an attempt to get her attention, "Come on, babe. Gimme a sign or something that you're okay." The blonde fidgeted, trying to get comfortable as she held back the grin that threatened to burst across her face at Bo calling her 'babe'.

"Yeah…I'm alright. Someone better watch that Gypsy's back though." Tamsin rasps out as she rests to collect her strength.

"Uh huh…whatever. Just rest up Valkyrie, you got your Succubus all worked up when I was trying to get a grip on the toxin and she's gonna need some lovin' soon." Violca responds with a lazy wave of her hand from her comfortable position slouched into the chair. However, her comment makes both Tamsin and Bo turn to look at her, the brunette in confusion and curiosity and the blonde with a harsh glare. Bo was the first to speak.

"You keep saying 'your' and 'mine'…like we're each other's property or something."

"Wait," Violca sits up with a furrowed brow, "You mean that you seriously don't—" She's cut off by Tamsin's blackened stare.

"You sure you wanna continue this conversation?" the blonde questions ominously with a quirk of her head as the planes of her face become shadowed. Violca tries to shake off the effects, but she has no hope of willing herself to look away from Tamsin's stare for too long.

"Tamsin! What the hell are you doing, she just saved your life!" Bo yells in shock while shaking the blonde's shoulders. The blonde gasps as she falls back into Bo's body, the shadows dissipating from her cheekbones and eyes. Violca puts a hand to her head, feeling like she has a monster hangover, but thankfully Tamsin wasn't able to use her full powers on her. As for why…that was a mystery to her. She understood the Valkyrie being exhausted from the pain she endured, but her nature should allow her to use the extent of her power in defense no matter what right now. The green-eyed girl looks down to the necklace still lying in the base of Tamsin's neck. It still emitted a brilliant golden light, as expected. However, at a closer glance she saw small shadows of black occasionally shading the light from escaping the stone as they swirled about.

"But…that's impossible." Violca whispered to herself as she sat forward slowly, reaching for the bottom of Tamsin's shirt. The blonde begins to fidget as she feels the fabric being raised.

"What the hell are you doing!?" She shouts, terrified that she may be catching on to her second Gypsy issue.

"The crystal still has traces of black magic swirling in it," She inspects the wound, seeing that it is totally clean, "But…that's impossible. I got all of the—" her words are caught in her throat as she notices a darkened mark on the side of Tamsin's ribs. The blonde sees the girl's reaction and knows exactly what she saw. She begins struggling more to no avail; Dyson and Bo both have a strong grip on her arms still.

"Get the hell away from me! No!" She shouts one final time as Violca lifts the side of her tank top to reveal the veined curse mark marring her skin. Tamsin continues to struggle and hold back her tears at the thought of Bo finding out like this. It wasn't right.

"By the Gods…" Violca states in awe and fear as she slowly backs away from Tamsin. Trick sighs and looks to the floor, knowing this is going to get messy.

"Ew! Nasty tat' TamTam. Seriously, who gets some creepy bruised ink like that?" Kenzi states with a scrunched nose in displeasure at the sight.

"It's not a tattoo, Kenzi," Dyson states with a solemn tone as he looks up slowly, "It's a curse mark."

Anger flashed behind Bo's eyes as everyone's attention turned to Tamsin. The blonde continued to struggle in Bo and Dyson's grip as fear flashed behind her eyes. She had to get out of here…but she was stuck. She had to figure out a lie…but there were no words. All she could think was one simple word as her world came spiraling down around her all at once.

Fuck…


Ouch...I was skeeving myself out writing Tamsin in that much pain. Sorry fellow TamTam lovers! But I was curious...

Would anyone be firmly against me using some of the lines from the famed 'tub' scene? Of course it's no problem to come up with something different, but it was just so perfect and beautiful and our number one hope that Valkubus was about to be on. Lemme know! I aim to please :)