Now I just feel bad lol Sorry! But the inspiration came back like legit hardcore. Not to mention the new season is back along with my Valkubus feels. Hope this lives up! We're getting up to my first big confrontation in here so I hope it's okay! Let me know either in a review or hit me up on Tumblr.

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A Warrior's Bond – Chapter 11

"Do you think BoBo's gonna be mad that we crashed her date night?" Kenzi questions sadly as she peels at the label of her beer bottle from her spot at the island of the crack shack's kitchen.

"Mad? Nah I don't think she could ever really be mad at you. I wouldn't worry about it too much." Violca states as she hops up to sit on the island next to Kenzi with her own bottle in her hand. She looks next to her to see the opened bottle of finely aged wine that was left on the counter by Bo and Tamsin earlier in the night with a smirk on her face. "Now…if you want to chance finishing off this stuff I think you'd hit a nerve or five."

"Shit! That's the high-class stuff Trickster got her for her B-day last year! Awwweeee!" She started cooing while fanning herself at the sentiment, "She pulled out the fancy Fae wine for her! Be still my heart, it must be love!"

"They definitely keep each other on their toes. Tamsin's about as snarky as you and as whipped as a puppy dog. I just wish I could do something to get rid of that curse." Vi looks down, frustrated that with all the power and knowledge she and Kenzi possess there is virtually nothing they can do to stop the black magic that pollutes their friend's bond.

"Well there has to be some way, there always is with magic." Kenzi states.

"Well…the only way to indefinitely destroy someone else's spells is to kill the caster. But it wouldn't surprise me if Emilina has some sort of totem to fuel it and keep the spell going in case she was ever to pass on to wherever the hell her soul ends up. That's about as far as my research has taken me after the reads I've done on Tamsin."

"So…we gotta," Kenzi makes a slashing motion across her throat along with a sickly sound effect that causes Violca to flinch, "Emilina, but find where she is hiding her totem first and bust that shit up and then they can finally live happily ever after?"

"In theory…yes. Honestly your friends are some of the most powerful beings I've ever encountered, finding a way to defeat Emilina is the easy part…getting her to talk is a whole different story." Violca states while rubbing the back of her neck in frustration. Kenzi, however, only smiled lightly only picking up on something from the beginning of the green-eyed gypsy's words.

"They're your friends now too, Vi. Consider yourself officially part of the Scooby Gang!" Kenzi smiles widely and proudly, glad to have someone she can relate closer to in the group. Yes, Bo is her sister by all meaning of the word but blood, however she's still a super powerful Fae—often leaving little human Kenzi feeling slightly inferior. But not anymore, now she's a badass sorceress and can really be there for her bestie.

"You've been watching Buffy again…haven't you?" Vi scoffs with a roll of her eyes as Kenzi simply shrugs an takes a drink from her bottle.

"Lauren's Netflix password was just too easy to guess. Couldn't resist."

Their light conversation continued on around their beers as they relaxed from their journey through the woods. Both sorceress' had been meditating and communing with the spirits to find a solution on healing Tamsin of the penance curse. Today was meant to unwind and rest their energies before going back at it tomorrow. However…their relaxation was broken by the sound of screeching tires outside.

"What the balls?" Kenzi muttered as both sorceresses stood to move towards the boarded window to see what the commotion was. They were stopped by the door being kicked open and cracking the already battered wall behind it.

Vi spins around, a fluid flick of her wrist pulling a stream of water from the kitchen sink into a floating whip, ready to snap at the intruder. Kenzi pulls a Zippo lighter from her back pocket, flicking it open and lighting it in one practiced motion to allow the flames to engulf her fingers before pulling her arm back ready to toss a magical flare towards the door.

The girls' defensive positions fall into shock as they see Bo carrying an unconscious Tamsin to the couch with ease. At the sight of blood coating Tamsin's once white shirt, they release the energy of the elements back to their own free wills and run to their aid.

"What's going on?" Vi questions quickly as she checks Tamsin's pulse, letting a relieved sigh when she feels a faint, but still beating heart beat. Kenzi too had charged to the Valkyrie's aid, but froze at catching the bright blue glow in Bo's eyes. She hadn't seen this since the Succubus' Dawning and assumed that they were rid of this particular effect of Bo's power. She steels her expression and clenches her hand into a fist, bright purple ribbons of spirit energy wrapping around them as she commands similar strands of power to wrap around Bo's wrists and pin them to the floor in front of her, connected at the wrist to the split floorboards.

"Kenzi! What the hell?!" Violca shouts at seeing Bo pinned to the floor, until a shiver falls down her spine as the Succubus raises her head with a dark glare at the icy eyed girl. "Oh my…"

"Bo…I don't know what's gotten into you again but, you gotta snap out of it. Going all crazy Succubus isn't going to help Tamsin right now." Kenzi spoke in an even tone, worried for her friend.

"Look, Sorceress. She wanted me to do all that I can to help Tamsin, and I intend to do just that." The Succubus' tone was even, but still echoed and pulsed with the power she had unleashed. Kenzi raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"She?" the Russian girl was confused by the way Bo was acting. She had to admit this was different then any other time she had heard or seen her go all super-angry-raging-succubus. The brunette seemed more controlled, but still hella scary and powerful.

"Bo."


Bo stumbled forward out of a thick mist in an empty, dark landscape with nothing but the flowing fog in any direction the eye could imagine. She gasps to collect her breath as she runs her hands across her limbs to be sure she's in one piece as she checks her environment.

"Hello!?" she shouts into the echoing fog to get no answer.

She's shocked out of her panic by a bright light spreading in the fog as she begins to see images form out of the wisps. They take the form of three figures and several pieces of furniture that she recognizes as the shack.

"Ahh!"she yelps out as she is forced to her knees in front of the foggy form of their couch, her wrists bound to the sightless ground below her by the standing figure. She looks up to see details in the figure settle until she's looking into a very concerned Kenzi. She hears the whispers of a conversation, only picking up on the last few words.

"…need to snap out of it!" Bo shakes her head at the echo tone of Kenzi's voice before hearing her own in a deeper register reply to her bestie.

"Look, Sorceress. She wanted me to do all that I can to help her, and I intend to do just that." Bo cranes her neck in all directions, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from. She looks back up to the visage of Kenzi to see the girl confused.

"She?"

Bo stops to take a breath and collect herself. She's obviously not in control right now and honestly she couldn't care less. All she wants is to figure out what in the hell was happening. The last thing she remembers was seeing Tamsin being attacked and—

Her eyes light up in realization as she gasps, falling backwards onto her back in shock. By the time she collects herself enough to sit up, she comes face to face with another ghostly form of herself, still pinned in her previous position to the floor by Kenzi. The only difference is the waves of power she feels emanating from her clone's form and the piercing light coming from her eyes as she watches her reply to Kenzi.

"Bo."

Motherfucker! I let the Succubus loose!


"You mean I'm supposed to trust that you, Bo's dark side, just takes her over and wants to save Tamsin's life and not cause any trouble?" Kenzi snarks sarcastically as she tightens her fist, earning a groan of frustration from the Succubus as the bonds around her wrists tighten.

"Believe what you wish of me," she snarls out in a deeper register, "But I'm here until she is safe."

"Well she's safe with us, so bring us Bo back." Kenzi threatens, tightening the bonds again earning another growl from the Succubus who tries her best to reel in her anger.

"You're lucky she cares for you so much…else you would be very high on my list, little one." The Succubus grits out.

"Why do you keep talking in the third person like that?" Violca asks the Succubus, wanting a straight answer for what she believes is happening. She is met by the frustrated Succubus' gaze lifting to her own.

"I am merely the power that lives within her. I've been waiting for her to become strong enough to handle letting me free without it corrupting her. That's what you've seen of me in the past but—"

"So…when Bo talked about the Succubus being like another side of her…" Kenzi's eyes went wide as her concentration weakened. The Succubus could feel the fading of the bonds holding her to the floor, but she needed to gain Kenzi's trust, both for now and the future. With the situations Bo gets herself in, she just may have to save the Russian girl's life one day.

"She wasn't exactly wrong. You shouldn't lose focus like that, I could break free if I wished to," The Succubus stated, now calmer that her situation was brought closer to the light. Kenzi cleared her head and refocused her holds on Bo's apparent alter ego, "Please, I am only doing what she wished. They were attacked by the Dark One's beasts, I frightened them off but only after they surprised Tamsin and injured her. She said to run but we couldn't leave her."

The Succubus turns her steely gaze to Tamsin's still unconscious form, her expression softening at the sight of the hurt blonde, "Please, I cannot give her the strength she needs to heal until the black magic left by the beasts is taken from her wounds, it's blocking my chi."

Violca had turned to Tamsin during the conversation, focusing her energies over the blonde's wounds. She sensed the leftover darkness left in the wounds. It was no stronger then a basic spell, nowhere near as bad as the last time she had to pull the Erouli Blestem from the Valkyrie's stomach. Thin, sparkling trails of wispy lines rolled from around her fingertips into all of the bite marks and slashes that marred Tamsin's body.

Tamsin's eyes shot open as she gasped in pain as the green-eyed gypsy started to pull the thin trails of darkness from her wounds. The Succubus sat up straighter, wishing she could be holding Tamsin as she fought through the pain of Violca, yet again, pulling black magic from her veins. The process was much faster this time as Violca turned to Kenzi as she pulled the last of the darkness from the blonde.

"Kenzi, she was telling the truth. This would have slowed down Tamsin's healing." Violca said, causing Kenzi's eyebrow to quiver with the choice she had to make. She turns to look to the Succubus, her attention solely on Tamsin as the blonde's eyes flutter as she clears the fog caused by the pain she was no doubt in. The Russian girl lowers her hand to free the Succubus from her bonds, earning a small smile and nod to her before she darts to the blonde's side.

The Succubus lifts a hand to Tamsin's cheek, gently pulsing her with a wave of her powers to calm her down. The Valkyrie lets out a sigh of relief as she lifts her frantic gaze to the bright blue of the Succubus' as she cracks a gentle smile, seeing that Tamsin would be okay.

"You…y-you saved my life." She states softly, lost in the bright blue eyes of her Warrior's power.

"To make up for the many times you saved ours." The Succubus leans forward slowly, so as not to spook Tamsin. The blonde remains still as the Succubus softly connects their lips, causing the injured woman's eyes to flutter shut. The brunette leans back from the kiss to breathe a line of bright orange chi into Tamsin. Her eyes go wide and flash with a sparkling gold rim around her pupils at the energy boost given to her by the Succubus. When the trail is cut off, Tamsin gasps and sits up with a wince at the strain caused on her wounds that she could slowly feel closing.

"I can't fully heal you yet, but that should help. Please, be safer? And never tell us to leave you to your death, the answer will always be no." The Succubus remarks with a smile to Tamsin, earning a dazed nod as she processes everything that just happened. "And…please don't hurt her? I'm not sure if we could survive it." Tamsin's eyes sparkled in shock at the heartfelt request. Despite how much power she felt pulsing off of the Succubus, she was still just as gentle as Bo at the core much as Bo is just as strong as the Succubus.

Just when she was about to write everything off as a hallucination caused by the pain or some kind of spell put on her by Emilina, the Succubus' eyes fade back to a dazed brown before her eyes fall shut and she leans into Tamsin's embrace as she passes out. The blonde pulls Bo close, feeling her gentle breathing and heartbeat as well as her power levels return to normal as she no longer feels the overbearing wave of intimidation and seduction put out by what can only be explained as Bo's power creating an alternate ego within her.

"What…in the hell just happened…" Kenzi states confused with a scratch to her head.

"We need to get everyone to the Dal…now." Violca states, earning her company's attention, "Whatever just happened to Bo, we can figure out later. She seems alright for now after she recovers from her powers unleashing like that. What's more important is that Emilina isn't just hiring assassins anymore…she's sending her conjured monsters to try and kill you." Tamsin simply nods as she shifts Bo's form to carry her towards the door.

"Come on, I'll drive. Kenzi, call everyone to meet at the Dal."

The entire drive to the gang's sanctuary, Tamsin's mind is overturned with thoughts of what this all means. She knew that being exposed to their bond, as well as having her Dawning so early, was going to have serious effects on Bo's powers. Fae whose powers take alternate forms and identities often take decades, if not centuries, to reach their full potential, not to mention learning to control them. If Bo's powers are coming to her this quickly, she can't help but worry about what's over the horizon for them, and not just their inevitable showdown with Emilina…but something far worse.


Bo watches as the illusion of Tamsin's truck speeds off with her unconscious form, the fog and mist swirls around her tossing her into a daze until it finally slows down to reveal a more solid form appearing from it's cover.

"She cares deeply for you…" Bo recognizes the voice as her own, only with a deeper, more refined tone as she sees a clone of herself walk towards her in the mist—the only difference being the piercing blue glow of her eyes and the calm across her expression verses the panic in her own brown irises as the calmer Succubus continues, "Tamsin…She's waited centuries to find you. We have to help her." Bo swallows the lump in her throat as she works through her confusion.

"Believe me, I care just as much for her." The Succubus nods in agreement to Bo's statement before the brunette continues, "Any suggestions? Or explanations as to who you are?"

"I think you know the answer to that question already…you're just afraid for it to be true." The Succubus replies with a small, knowing smile. Bo takes a moment to collect all of her thoughts before softly replying.

"So…you really are my inner-Succubus? I mean I always felt like a separate personality when my hunger got bad but this is just making me feel insane."

"You can look at it that way. Think of it similar to how Dyson controls his wolf only…well obviously I'm not an animal per say." The Succubus replies while gesturing to herself, "And don't worry, I'm here to help you remain sane."

"Seriously…" Bo deadpans, "I'm literally inside my own head talking to my split personality and you're saying I'm not the least bit wacked out?"

"You've been blessed with immense power and a huge weight to bear upon your shoulders. The things you've been thrust into in the last few years most Fae don't encounter in centuries of their existence. You have sped along your own evolution to the point where you conquered the Dawning at a fraction of the age most Fae are tossed into it. But the road ahead is still long—"

"Let me guess…this is going to be a whole new fight to figure out how to control all this great and amazing power I have and to be ready for the fights I have to come, right?" The Succubus simply chuckles and nods in response, causing Bo to sigh sadly as she continues. "God! I didn't choose any of this, all I wanted was to be normal. Live life, fall in love…be happy. Just…why me?" Bo had slouched in exhaustion of the weight she bore crashing down with the new stress of this revelation.

"Tell me this, Bo. Would you be happy if your soul had not encountered the other souls that you have since your time in the Fae world began?" The Succubus asks with a quirk of her head.

Bo freezes at the Succubus' words as they send her mind racing. She would never have met and saved Kenzi that night at the hotel bar. She would have missed out on getting to know Trick as a grandfather and mentor. Despite them not ending well, her relationships with Lauren and Dyson would have not existed along with their friendship. Hell, she'd probably be in the pretty farm town and married to her high school sweetheart in a content lifestyle—aka: boring lifestyle. All of the fantastic people she had met on her cases, all the great allies she had made over the years would be simply a figment of her imagination. All these ideas spun in her mind before her eyes go wide at what was possibly the worst of them all.

She would have never gotten to fall in love with Tamsin…

"No…no I wouldn't be happy." Bo replies with a sad smile. The Succubus responds with another smile, giving Bo time to collect her thoughts. "So, step one is for me to get back to everyone right? What is this place anyway?"

"This is your subconscious, basically the unused part of your brain. I've lived here dormant for years as simply energy trying to break free. As I said…all of the events that have happened as of late turned me into a conscious entity." The Succubus wisely explained.

"So…are you going to like, take over control of my body?" Bo asked with a wince, hoping to not have to live a two faced lifestyle.

"That's not what I exist for. I am a manifestation of your power, not a second being that wishes to take over your life and live it. Essentially…I'm already you, or at least what you've had inside of you. Before, when your power was not unlocked, it would release itself in times of great stress as a fail safe. That can still happen until you learn to control what you can do, only instead of surviving off instinct and urges like a beast—"

"You step in?"

"Exactly. You should ask the wolf for help training yourself on how to control this. It's a matter of tapping into your power without using 100% of it all the time. I can aid you as well, for that you will need either Tamsin or one of the sorceresses to teach you deep meditation to enter your subconscious and speak with me."

"Why do you do that?" Bo cuts in, changing the subject. The Succubus stops and raises an eyebrow in confusion. She didn't have much time left before Bo had to return to consciousness or else her friends may start to worry.

"Do what?"

"Whenever you talk about my—our…friends you call them the wolf, the sorceress. All of them except for Tamsin, why?" The Succubus stops to ponder the question Bo had tossed her way. She hadn't even realized she was doing it really, she figured calling them all by their names might freak Bo out so she decided to be indirect. She didn't realize she was speaking directly of the Valkyrie though.

"I…I guess…I don't really know." She was lost for an answer and just started rambling to give herself one, "I mean…she's the reason I exist. Your bond with her—"

"—Our bond with her." Bo cuts the Succubus off to correct her, earning a blank look from her blue-eyed self as she can see the wheels turning in the Succubus' mind. "You said it yourself, you're my power which means your me. Tamsin keeps you strong, she keeps you happy and that's how we are going to figure out how to control…this." Bo finishes waving her hand between the two.

The Succubus smiles sincerely and nods as an echoing slam is heard in the misty abyss around them. The fog twists to begin to take the rough shape of what appears to be the Dal as the forms of Kenzi, Violca, and Tamsin carrying Bo's unconscious form charge in and towards Trick's lair. Two more forms shape out of the mist with sickly yellow glowing eyes as they stand on all fours baring their teeth at the three girls.

"Whoever the hell is here yet, get out here now!" Tamsin's form shouts as she carefully leans Bo's body against a wall to try and rouse her. "Come on, stud. I don't know what's going on in that head of yours but we could use you right about now."

The fog shifts and swirls around Bo and the Succubus, kicking their hair up about them.

"You need to go, now before something happens to everyone. More of Emilina's beasts will continue to tail you, get the Sorceresses to seal the door once everyone arrives. Until then you're going to have to fight." The Succubus rushes to inform Bo as the fog continues to spin around her body as it begins to glow and fade.

"Wait! Shouldn't you be the one that goes back out there?" Bo shouts frantically.

"Your body can't sustain me alone controlling it for too long. That's how you actually do go mad. All I am is power, Bo, I'm here inside you, so use me."

Bo steels her gaze and nods as the fog completely engulfs her, returning her to consciousness.


"Kenzi, look out!" Tamsin shouts as she dives forward to tackle the mutt that had begun charging for the younger girl. She pulls it into a headlock, using its sickly and jagged body to break her fall with the hard wood floor of the Dal. Screw looking nice next time…she's not leaving the house unarmed again.

"What the fuck is happeni—" Acacia yells as her and Trick both climb the stairs from his lair, quickly cutting off her sentence to step in front of Trick and draw one of her curved throwing blades and send it sailing through the air before piercing the beast at its rib cage just behind it's front legs. The mutt yelps before falling limp in Tamsin's arms as the blonde flips her hair out of her face and takes a breath from wrestling with it.

"And where the hell are your weapons? Did you bleed all over them or something?" Acacia mutters to Tamsin while reaching a hand out to help her up. Tamsin groans as she takes Acacia's scarred hand to be pulled to her feet. The Succubus may have juiced her, but she was beginning to feel her other wounds settle in.

"I had a date…" Tamsin mumbles out while rolling her shoulder to loosen the muscles there.

"I don't care if you had a meeting with Mother Theresa for world peace! I taught you to always be armed," she turns her gaze to Bo's still unconscious form before turning back to Tamsin, "and what the hell happened to her?"

"Long story."

"Well would ya shorten it and give a sister a hand!?" Kenzi shouts from her spot throwing flares at the second mutt. The animal pounces around to dodge the balls of flame that explode into sparks on contact with the chairs, tables, and floor leaving little scorch marks in their wake. Violca runs forward, swirling her hand about her and taking hold of tendrils of air. She leaps forward, surprising the beast and gaining it's attention as she bears down on the top of it's head with a brutal and concentrated gust of air surrounding her fist like a glove, slamming it's muzzle into the ground with a sickening snap of it's skull. The wavy haired girl stands from in front of the mutt's lifeless body shaking out her hand as though it had received the repercussions of throwing a punch to the wall.

"Ow…gods that always happens when I do that." Vi mumbles with a wince at the backlash of her attack, however smiles when Kenzi gives her a massive high five for the assistance.

"Worth it for that puppy to not mess up this money maker." The icy-eyed girl replies with a dramatic motion to her face. "B-t-dubs…you are soooo showing me that awesome air bending move!"

A deep growl echoes from just outside the Dal gaining everyone's attention. A scuffle is heard and continues to become louder until the door bursts open with Dyson being tackled into the bar. He lands rough on his back with another wolf mutt making attempts to lock its jaw down on the man's throat. Dyson's fangs have appeared as he growls back with his hands holding the beast back by the scruff around its neck. Yasmin charges in moments later with a sneer across her face highlighted by her whited out eyes as she grabs hold of the beast by the back of its neck to pull its eyes to her own.

The mutt's frantic movements freeze to a slight struggle as its eyes begin to turn white. Thin streams of grey smoke begin to escape its mouth before the Jinn releases her grip on the beast and Dyson swiftly jabs it in the chest with his claws. The mutt yelps in pain and is tossed aside by the wolf.

"What did you see?" Dyson asks.

"It's Tamsin they want." She turns to the blonde who has position on her knees in front of Bo's form still unconscious against the wall. "I trust these are the creations of the Dark One?"

"Yeah, they're the things that have haunted my nightmares for the last century or so." Tamsin mutters out as she runs her hand lightly across Bo's cheek. "Come on, babe. Time to wake up."

An echoing howl is heard from outside the Dal, quickly springing Dyson into action as he charges to the door to slam it closed, "Well there's more where that came from unless we do something!"

Yasmin stands swiftly to join Dyson in barring the door as barking and growling is heard from the other side while Emilina's mutts attempt to force their way into the Dal and to their target. Just as everyone steels themselves for another fight, Bo sits forward with wide eyes and a harsh gasp of air.

"Bo! You're ok!" Tamsin yelps as she smiles widely. Bo refocuses her gaze onto the blonde as a small smile cracks across her lips.

"Still to be determined but I think so. Kenzi, Vi you guys need to seal the door from those things." Bo remarks as she turns her gaze to the cousins.

"I can't focus my energy for that long though yet…it'll exhaust me and eventually fade." Kenzi replies in a worried tone.

"We need something more long term like an incantation…the chant to repel, remember?" Vi perks up with her idea as she makes it over to the door that Dyson and Yasmin are both struggling to keep barred.

"Well yeah…but I've never actually used a chant in an actual 'if you screw up were all screwed' situation yet." Kenzi anxiously stumbled out as she followed Violca to the door. The two crouch down and each place a hand on the door while the two Fae above them continue to hold it closed higher up the door.

"You'll be fine Kenzi, just remember to focus and stay calm." Violca comforts the icy-eyed girl with her tone, giving Kenzi that last push she needs to join her cousin in an ancient Romani chant. The duo both close their eyes and take a deep breath before muttering under their breath in an ancient tongue that had come second nature to them. They prayed to the spirits around them to keep their Sanctuary safe and push away the spirits and working of the Darkness that was after them.

The girls' hands began to glow bright white, soon the light spread across the door and out around the walls around them before fading away. The struggle on the door ended as they heard yelps, as though something pushed back at the attacking beasts. Dyson and Yasmin both slowly release the pressure on the door, assuming the coast is clear for the time being as Bo speaks up as she slowly rises to her feet with Tamsin's help.

"So, we're safe here for now?"

"So long as this is the only entrance in here, no dark forces may enter this bar. I figure we're safe because Emilina wouldn't send anyone after you without some kind of a power boost from her magics so yeah, we're good."

"There is one other entrance but it's well hidden and protected. We'll have to use that one in the event we need to leave for whatever reason but I have plenty of supplies here to last us a while." Trick affirms with a nod of his head.

"Good. Now I want an explanation of what in the hell is happening here and why you had to carry the Succubus in here, unconscious with a bunch of gypsy bitch dogs following you." Acacia deadpanned with a glare at Tamsin who simply steeled a glare in return to her mentor.

"Her name is Bo…not 'Succubus'. And we were attacked outside of town. Emilina is finally making her move. If I don't let the curse kick in, she'll just kill me instead so I can't be with Bo anymore. I found a loophole that's been working for now and she doesn't like it."

"It's okay Tamsin, Acacia is just worried like the rest of us." Bo says in a comforting tone to her Valkyrie earning a gruff nod from Acacia as the elder Valkyrie averts her eyes.

"Well forgive my brashness, but I think it's obvious what needs to be done," Yasmin begins, "These attacks are becoming a danger to us all and we need to snuff them out at the source. This could solve all of your problems, both with the curse and the assassins in one swing."

"Not necessarily." Kenzi breaks the conversation, "Vi thinks that Emilina most likely has an anchor totem for Tamsin's curse."

"Oh…I hadn't thought of that…" Trick mumbles curiously with frustration, "Although it makes sense. She may age slower with her power but she doesn't have a nearly immortal lifespan like the Fae do. If she wanted her spell to hold, she would either need Kenzi's way of channeling her power, or to create an anchor to fuel it"

"So what would we be looking for?" Dyson asks in a flat tone

"That's the problem, it could literally be anywhere or anything. But to seal a curse like that one it would pulse with darkness, probably even give off excess energy as it cycles it with the spirit world." Violca explains with a sigh.

"That's all?" Acacia smirks at the task they are about to set out on, earning a cold glare from Tamsin.

"That's all? Seriously? We're talking the Sorceress that cursed me, that found a way to break one of the most unbreakable trusts and powers to exist between warriors on this plane of existence!"

"No she didn't….she may have put a little penalty on it but she didn't prevent your bond. Look at you two! You're sickeningly adorable and already stronger from beginning to bond and I think that's one thing we can count on her not expecting." The warrior woman replied as she crossed her arms over her chest confidently. The blonde's eyes softened at the idea as Bo spoke up.

"You really think we can do this?"

"The two of you aren't even ceremonially bonded yet and what you have is stronger then what I had with Darius at its peak. The Fates are working on something with the two of you and I think its time we lay the course for it to get going already."

"Guess we're going to Romania." Dyson states with a slight curl to his lips.

"Okay…I don't know about you guys but I'm fairly certain that Bo's baby isn't gonna survive the road trip across an ocean…not to mention we aren't gonna fit in the Sex-U-Bus." Kenzi piped up with a good point. Obviously it's quite the journey and any sort of public transportation was out as they didn't want to danger the public with Emilina's beasts after them.

"We could use Lachlan's old travel agent…but we'd have to get to her." Bo offered as a suggestion.

"No, I think I have a solution. Come on." He turns about and leads the gang towards his Lair. The group gathers in a circle as the Blood King pulls back a tile from his fireplace to reveal a moderately sized drawstring pouch, "Back in my time of power I had a castle in Romania. It's still standing today in the forests and valleys of the countryside protected by magic to shield it from harm. We can use that as a base of sorts." Trick reaches into the pouch to reveal a handful of sparkling black powder. He sprinkles it in a circle on the floorboards causing the ground to melt away and reveal a glowing, firey light in it's place causing most of the group to jump back in instinct.

"What the balls!?" Kenzi exclaims as she jumps behind Violca in shock and fear.

"It's a space rift, Kenzi. Linked directly to my castle. We will be safe there and it will bring us that much closer to Emilina for when we decide to strike."

"You said this castle is protected? So we even have the element of surprise?" Yasmin pipes up while studying the rift, determining its safety.

"This many of us arriving at once will probably create a magical pulse that will alert Emilina that we've at least moved into her area, but if the castle itself is cloaked then she won't be able to track us, assuming the mighty Blood King had some powerful connections back in the day." Acacia ends in a teasing tone with a wink at her old friend, earning an eye roll in response.

"No…I plan to lead us all to our doom at a Black Sorceress' hands."

"You've done stranger things Trickster. Like giving me an open tab…" Kenzi replies, peaking over Violca's shoulder at the portal. "You seriously don't expect us to jump into that thing, right?"

"Don't worry, it's absolutely safe—" Trick is cut off as a loud crack emanates from the portal as energy explodes from it in a bright flash, causing everyone to flinch and cover their eyes. "—I think…"

"I'll go first." Bo volunteers as she takes a step forward only to be held back by Tamsin.

"You've lost your mind if you think I'm going to let you jump into a death hole through the universe like that." The blonde's eyes shot like daggers at her warrior.

"I figured you'd say that." Bo replied with a sly smirk as she held her hand out to the blonde. Tamsin replied with a smirk of her own as she grasped Bo's hand before they both took the leap into the portal causing it to flash brightly.


A loud crack bursts in the air of the silent and cold gothic stone castle nestled within Romania a few leagues from the edge of Emilina's dark forest. The crack is followed by a burst of light and energy as Bo and Tamsin come tumbling out of the preserved cobblestone wall with a yelp of surprise. In midair, Tamsin pulls Bo into her arms and twists to take the brunt of the fall.

"Ow! Dammit Trick, a softer landing woulda been nice." Bo mumbled as she turned her head to peak around the castle for signs of danger.

"You!? Imagine how I feel taking the fall for both of us?" Tamsin chuckled with a quirked eyebrow earning a smile from the Succubus and a kiss to take her breath away.

"Probably a little painful but I love you for it. Thank you." Bo replied. The couple remained on the floor, Tamsin's arms keeping Bo protected from whatever dangers may lurk around the corner. But in that moment, lost in one another's eyes it didn't matter if they were about to be forced into the hardest battle of their lives, they knew they couldn't live without one another.

"I love you too." Tamsin replies softly with a small pained smile, knowing she can't have Bo completely until they succeed in defeating Emilina.

The moment was broken by the portal cracking again and the rest of their gang bustling through it was about as much grace as they had while Acacia simply walks through as though it was no big deal, earning a glare from everyone while Tamsin simply chuckled.

"I don't know what you pansies are glaring at. I'm a Valkyrie, I've jumped through portals all my life. Get on my level fools or you're not gonna survive against the Bitch Sorceress."

"I thought she was the 'Black Sorceress'?" Violca mumbled as she rubbed the back of her neck to release the kink in it.

"Same thing. Come on we need some rest and bright and early in the morning I expect everyone to meet me in the courtyard so I can see what we're working with." Acacia mumbles with a wave of her hand and a smirk before leading herself out in search of a room for the night. Everyone continued gathering themselves from their adventure through space and time while Tamsin's eyes widened at her mentor's words.

"Shit...We're in for hell tomorrow."


The gang gathered in the sunny courtyard found in the center of the castle and still within the confines of the protective charms concealing them from Emilina's wrath. Trick supervised while thumbing through an old text from the library. Kenzi and Vi warm up with a quick meditation and stretching with each of the elements with one another. Dyson and Yasmin partner up for a hand-to-hand sparring match. The wolf, of course, had shed his shirt and shoes leaving just a pair of jeans while the Jinn complied leaving herself in ripped jeans and a sports bra showing her tanned, trimmed torso with a set of abs that Bo couldn't help but drool at. Tamsin looked up from her position stretching out her legs to see Bo's eyebrows raised and her eyes glazed over in both desire and curiosity at the green-eyed girl. The Valkyrie smirked to herself while standing to move behind the Succubus.

"You know," Bo jumped at the blonde's low voice, "A girl could get jealous seeing you gawk at another woman's abs." Bo spun around to face her Valkyrie, her cheeks tinged with a slight blush. "Not to mention Dyson….pretty sure human's have to avoid all possible carbs to look like that, shirtless." The blonde finished in a slight teasing tone that was lost on Bo.

"I—I wasn't…um…." She trailed off shaking her head and looking down, suddenly feeling guilty. In her relationships she tried to be nothing but faithful…but she's still a Succubus for crying out loud. She feeds off passion and sexual energy, seeing it in others woke up her hunger, it was just a side effect of her kind.

She'd never run into this kind of situation with Tamsin before though. Knowing how the blonde is, Bo feared for the jealous and angry reaction to Bo's lingering stares. There was no point in lying and Tamsin would have a right to be a bit upset by it but what they had went deeper then that. Tamsin saw the flash of guilt and worry in her warrior's eyes and was quick to lift a hand to her cheek to lift her gaze up to her own so deep brown eyes met her own pale gaze.

"Hey, I was only teasing, babe. Don't look guilty for things that are in your nature to do." Bo's eyes softened and a small smile cracked at the corner of her lips as the blonde continued. "You're a Succubus, love. I understand that and I don't want you to feel bad about it because it's what makes you strong and what brought me to you. You can drool over their bodies all you want, but I know that my body is the one you dream about." She finishes with a smirk and a sarcastic teasing crinkle of her nose and eyebrows earning a chuckle from Bo as the brunette lifts her arms to rest around her Valkyrie's shoulders.

"You called me 'babe' and 'love' in the same breath just now." Bo mumbled, her eyes roaming Tamsin's expression as a blonde eyebrow raised up at her comment.

"Is that really all you got out of that?" Tamsin's tone was flat as Bo smirked and chuckled in response before connecting their lips together in a quick but energy-sparking kiss.

"Thank you for being understanding, I've never had anyone who was. My…tendencies…even though I never acted on them aside if I was dying were always what caused trouble for me in the past. So just…thank you." Bo finished with a slight tremble in her voice. Tamsin lifted her hands again to cradle Bo's cheeks, keeping a serious face to be sure Bo heard her out.

"Bo, listen to me. I'm here to be whatever you need me to be. When this is all over I hope you'll accept my eternal oath to forever be whatever that may be for you. A friend, a guardian, a lover, whatever it is you need for me to be I'll always understand your power and you. When we're connected, we'll be able to read one another's emotions and see our intentions. If you do choose to keep me as your sexy Valkyrie lover," Tamsin winked slightly at this before turning serious again, "and for whatever reason, if you're hurt and need to heal and I'm not there, I'll understand. I won't lie, I'll probably get a little possessive and make you mine again—" at that Bo shut her eyes and swallowed a moan before it had the chance to escape at that thought, "—but I will understand. Because I'll see that you meant no harm to me by it."

"I don't understand how I got so lucky." Bo mumbled as a tear sparkled in her eye. Tamsin smiled in return and leaned forward to kiss the brunette's forehead and pull her into an embrace.

"Alright!" Acacia's loud booming voice was accentuated by the slamming open of the rickety wooden door leading to the courtyard. Her entrance caused Kenzi to yelp in shock. The Valkyrie strutted her way to the center of the courtyard carrying two quarter staffs while wearing a pair of jeans and loose fit tank top, showing her toned arms for the first time to the group, making her look even more menacing—as if that was possible. "Enough lollygagging and cuddly time…who's first?"

"I'll take the honor." Everyone's attention turned to Yasmin as the green-eyed girl stepped forward with confidence in her stance.

"How brave."

Acacia tossed one of the staffs to the Jinn before holding her own out in front of her with a smirk. Tamsin simply shook her head as she watched the Jinn girl swing around the staff, getting used to the weight and showing off in the process. This girl had no clue what she was about to get into.

Yasmin charged forward in a flurry of sharp attacks, only for Acacia to parry and dodge each and every one with an amused chuckle.

"Come on now Smoke and Mirrors…I expected better." The Valkyrie teases before jumping back from a harsh swipe down from the girl's staff. She took advantage of Yasmin leaving herself open, swiping her own staff down to pull the girl's feet out from under her, pinning her by the throat with the shaft of her weapon. The Jinn huffs out in frustration as Acacia leans down to whisper in her ear so no one else hears, "Good news is…you lasted longer then your father did the first time I sparred with him." She backs up holding a hand out to help the girl up as she speaks out for the rest of the group to hear, "Alright, lesson number one. What did she do wrong?"

"Picked a fight with a super warrior bitch?" Kenzi pipes up.

"I'll take that along with a follow up. Tamsin?" Acacia answers with a chuckle before turning to her pupil.

"She let her emotions take over, leaving her vulnerable. While it's true having something to fight for gives you strength, it should fuel you and not take you over." The blonde replied in a rehearsed manner as though she was reciting basic Valkyrie etiquette.

"Good. Curse or not you're still the smartest little jack ass I ever helped train." The elder Valkyrie responded while using the tip of her boot to kick Yasmin's fallen staff up in her direction, "Now, try it again but tune me out from your head, but feel my words with your powers. You read desires, so you should be able to tell when your target's wishing for you to let your guard down so that they can get the upper hand. That's when their own guard will be down, and when you strike."

Yasmin nodded and the two returned to their match. Time passed and everyone took their turn, Acacia switching training methods for each of them. Dyson she faced hand to hand, knowing a wolf's best weapon was his claws. She focused on his speed, noticing the magical agility of Emilina's mutts and knowing it would be the best advantage for him to gain. She gathered everyone together to throw stones at Kenzi and Violca randomly, forcing them to defend themselves from the onslaught with their powers practicing both the defense they would need against Emilina as well as honing their accuracy.

Two dulled training swords were used for her session with Bo. Acacia couldn't help but have flashbacks to her times with Isabeau deep within the European Forests they traveled through all those centuries ago. Similar to her grandmother, Bo fought with passion fueling her every move. That said, both her and Tamsin gave the brunette some technique tips of more proper sword handling, of course leading to several jokes from Kenzi about how Bo handled plenty of 'swords' in her lifetime. By the end of their session, Bo even managed to lay an elbow into Acacia's abdomen, winding her momentarily shocking everyone. Bo's eyes went wide as Acacia started chuckling under her breath and moving on to tell them a tale about how the same exact move was always her downfall when she used to spar with Isabeau.

Last to go was Tamsin, the blonde was itching for her turn each time Acacia called one of their friends before her. It had been decades since she'd trained with her mentor and her body shook in anticipation of it. Both Valkyries held two incredibly deadly looking knives in their hands as they circled one another swiping forward every so often trying to find an opening. Before long, it was an all out clash, sparks flying up from the Valhallan blades running along each other after every parry and slash.

"Fools!" a deep booming voice sounded along with a bright burst of flames shooting in the battling Valkyries' direction forcing them apart as well as causing the group to jump back before following the trail of flames to it's source.

"Kenzi?" Bo was the first to speak in a confused tone as she took a step towards her friend only to see her lift her head revealing a dark smirk and blacked out eyes.

"Not quite Succubus," 'Kenzi' steps forward, studying Bo head to toe before turning to Tamsin, "So…this is her, isn't it? The eternal warrior of a murderer."

Tamsin's eyes steeled as she growled under her breath while running to stand behind Bo in a defensive stance, "I don't know how you managed this, Emilina, but if you do anything to the Sorceress you're speaking through so help me Odin I'll—"

"Relax. That one burst was all I had in this body, it's not easy to control another's magic. And she is still fresh to the craft, she doesn't know how to protect herself to things like this yet. Although," the possessed sorceress turns to scan her eyes over Violca, "I assume that will be the next thing her little master teaches her."

"You can't harm us, you have no power, and you're surrounded." Dyson mumbles with a glare at the dark Sorceress before continuing with a raise of his eyebrows. "I suggest telling us what you came here for already."

"Very well, wolf. I came to gloat mostly. Tamsin finally found her warrior, after a little nudge by my own hand of course but still."

"I knew it. You sent me that card!" Bo had to wrap her arms around Tamsin's waist to stop her from charging at Emilina, after all it was still Kenzi's body that would take the wrath of the attack. The brunette whispered softly into the Valkyrie's ear to calm her down earning a dark laugh from the Sorceress.

"Oh that's so precious! Don't worry. If she can know what you need like this already it's only a matter of time before you can't help yourself and offer your Oath and spear to her." Emilina goaded the Valkyrie as she took short steps in her direction with a dark glare, "Then she has to either break your heart and tell you no to save her soul, or say yes and make you the happiest Valkyrie of the worlds—until I kill her and send her into an eternity wandering the planes alone as a restless soul. Enjoy your time together while you can. Because soon…I'm going to rip your happiness away just like you did to me." The black of Kenzi's eyes fade away before the girl falls backwards out cold into Violca's arms knocking both of them to the ground.

Silence enveloped the courtyard. Tamsin was shaking in rage and sorrow within her warrior's arms as what Emilina said filtered through her mind. She had already come to terms with the fact that the gypsy more then likely was behind sending her here to Bo. She had also come to terms with the fact that coming here to bring the fight to her doorstep was playing right into the bitch's hands. However…the true thing eating at her now was just how hopeless their situation was. At the same time, what choice do they have?

Living now with Bo was comfortable, but it wasn't real. It wouldn't be until Tamsin could give into her nature and offer her life, her spear, and her soul to Bo the way she so desperately wanted to already. Eventually, it will come to the point where she won't be able to stand it anymore, it will literally become painful to her until she offers her Oath. It would be difficult but comfortable until the trouble comes with them both having…needs. Then obviously there was the issue of the Curse and how when Bo eventually makes it to Valhalla and Tamsin will never see her again. Of course there was also the third alternative of giving Bo her oath, the succubus accepting and then living as a restless soul throughout eternity—again not able to be together in any form. They had no choice, there was no alternative, there is no life for her unless they succeed in this battle against Emilina.

A newfound passion ignited behind the blonde's eyes. Bo sensed the shift in Tamsin and slowly released her hold around the woman's waist. She turned her pale gaze to everyone, seeing Kenzi still passed out and everyone looking to her as if awaiting instruction. It seemed strange…usually they only gave this sort of attention to Bo, this sort of loyalty. Today it was her fight that they were joining in and she couldn't help but wonder why. Bo was quick to mutter an answer to the blonde.

"You're one of us Tamsin, we fight for each other and take care of our own." Tamsin meets Bo's soft gaze and gives the brunette a nod before swallowing the lump in her throat and speaking to the group.

"Emilina doesn't know who she's messing with. But she sure as hell is gonna find out. She took away from me what I held dear, the hope for one day meeting a valiant warrior and fighting by their side, keeping them strong and true until the end of their days where I would have the great honor of escorting them to Valhalla. All because she saw me as the villain who took her lover away from her instead of the Valkyrie that carried him to his paradise. But now…."

She turns to Bo, her eyes sparkling with the power behind her words. The Succubus smiled with pride at her Valkyrie, stepping forward and lifting a hand to tuck a stray strand of her blonde locks behind her ear. Tamsin's eyes fluttered closed with a sigh as she lifted her hand to caress up Bo's arm and eventually hold onto her hand pulling it to cradle her cheek. If Kenzi was conscious, she surely would have gagged on the mush fest going on.

"Now we're taking back what's rightfully yours. Together."


Bam! Girly's back! lol

I can't promise when a new update comes but with the end of the semester I need writing this to center me and keep me sane! Hopefully soon!

Question of the day...Obviously Bo is a Succubus and has needs as well as our sexy beast Tamsin. Obviously the curse is huge but I've made it pretty clear it's now or nothing...so...Valku-Sexytimes...yay or nay? I made the comment that I may be willing to up the rating but if we wanna keep this fic pg-13 I will. Lemme know!