Lost Girl: Redux
Chapter 3: Oh Kappa, My Kappa
Pairing: Bo & Tamsin | Valkubus
Specs: AU, Femslash, Slightly OC Tamsin
Rating: M for Sexual Content and Language
That night after Tamsin left, Bo, while she was healed, was still feeing hungry from her encounter with the Valkyrie. Tamsin always left her wanting more, but since the blonde was unavailable to her at the moment, she had to look elsewhere. Bo, not knowing where else to go, picked up her cell phone and called Dyson. She gave him the abridged version that did not include Tamsin and he agreed to be right over. The pair spent the night in Bo's bed, but during their encounter, Bo couldn't help but imagine the blonde Valkyrie was in her bed, not the yellow eyed wolf. She knew it wasn't fair to Dyson that she was using him in such a way, but despite her feelings on the matter, she knew that her preferred food choice was currently out of stock so to speak.
Her feelings for Tamsin had quickly escalated after that night. Tamsin almost seemed genuinely concerned for Bo, going as far to drag herself out of whatever she was doing to come and help her heal. Bo knew Tamsin didn't owe her anything, so the gesture was surprised, but appreciated. Bo didn't know if it was lust or something deeper she felt for the Valkyrie, but she knew it wouldn't be easy to get a feel for Tamsin's feelings since the Valkyrie had a master level control over her emotions.
Dyson, on the other hand, Bo could feel a budding admiration for the wolf that had took her under his wing, but she felt no deeper feelings than the innate need to feed from the wolf. He was fae, one of the only ones she felt comfortable around, so she went to him for her needs.
So the next morning when Bo awoke, her face broke out into a panicked look, and quickly turning over saw Dyson lying next to her.
"It's impolite to stare." Bo laughed, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry, this is just so incredibly weird for me, you have no idea." For he had no idea, Bo's secret wish that it was Tamsin in bed with her. The more Bo thought about it, the more she didn't understand her immediate pull towards to blonde, but she wasn't exactly complaining. Dyson's partner was certainly easy on the eyes.
"Why weird?"
"Because, you're the only person I've ever woken up next to that isn't dead." That was certainly part of it, this was different for Bo, but she also wasn't waking up to the one she wanted to.
"If it's any consolation, I can officially say they died with a smile on their face." Bo grimaced. Dyson noticed her discomfort. "Sorry, I shouldn't joke about that." He said as he sat up. "Are you okay?"
"It's hard to say. My hunger is sated because of you." Bo paused. She knew she couldn't tell Dyson about her encounter with Tamsin, but another thought popped into her mind. "Hey, would sex with any fae give me this big of a hit?" Dyson laughed and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Well, I'd like to think I bring a little something special to the table." That really wasn't the answer she was after. "Why, you going to find out?" Bo smirked behind his back, if only he knew.
"Not anytime soon." Tamsin wasn't going to just jump in bed with her, Bo knew that she wanted to bed the blonde Valkyrie, but that would take time, if it happened at all. For all she knew Tamsin only helped her so she could rub it in her face later. "Forget me, how are you feeling?"
Dyson sighed. "I just feel like I've ran a very long, very dirty marathon, you certainly leave a mark on a man."
"Well I never said that I would be gentle."
"Neither did I as I recall." Bo laughed.
"Well my hunger is gone, mission accomplished. So I guess you should go home or something."
"I guess I could go get some sleep." Bo nodded. Dyson grabbed his shirt, put his pants on, and quietly snuck out of Bo's room so Kenzi didn't hear him, leaving Bo to her thoughts and feelings of the shitstorm that was her relationships right now.
Falling to the forest floor, a young girl flipped onto her back, trying to crawl away from whatever was chasing her. Quickly getting to her feet, she turned and ran. Running through the dark and the trees, she glanced behind her several times to see if she was still being perused. Running as fast as she could, she suddenly stopped, coming upon a huge put in the ground, an unnatural pit. Her pursuer took advantage of her inaction and crept up behind her. As she turned around, she screamed.
Sitting on the counter of their kitchen, Kenzi gave Bo a knowing look. She cleared her throat to capture Bo's attention. Bo just glanced at her and continued to spread peanut butter on her toast. She, then turned around to face Kenzi. "What?"
"Looks like someone had an overnight guest, hmm?" Bo's face blanched. She didn't need Kenzi knowing that Dyson had been over. Not that she cared, but that meant Kenzi had either heard them the night before, or caught him on the way out. She really hoped it was the second one. "A gentleman caller, if you will?"
"Will you relax? You know he was just here to curve my hunger." Kenzi giggled.
"Apparently the Valkyrie wasn't enough, and he 'fed' you all night long." Kenzi struck a nerve bringing up Tamsin in the same sentence with Dyson and sex.
"Will you try to just grow up for a second here, okay? And not make such a big deal out of it." Kenzi stuck her hands up in defeat.
"Totally. But if I was going to make a big deal, like how big are we talking?" Bo laughed. She grabbed the bowl of cereal out of Kenzi's hands and put the bowl in the sink. She noticed some pamphlets sticking out of her bag and picked one up. They read 'Bo's private investigation services.'
"Kenzi, what the hell?"
"Right, about that.." Bo read off the pamphlet, reading that she apparently had 10 years experiences, police references, the whole nine yards. "Kenzi, you can't just lie about this shit."
"In my defense, truth is for pussies."
"Do you have any idea what kind of crackpots we're going to get with this?"
The two continued to argue about the pamphlets. Kenzi tried to convince Bo that this was the best option for the pair, as they weren't exactly normal when it came to trying to get day jobs. She finally got Bo to agree to met with one person before her condemned the plan.
The two had met a woman at a local café, and she showed them pictures of a young girl. "I can't afford to pay you very much." She trailed off. "All my money goes into Gina's education."
"Define all." Bo kicked Kenzi under the table.
"Our rates are negotiable, let's just focus on finding out what happened to Gina."
"If you can find her, she hasn't been gone long enough for the cops to take me seriously. She's over 18, so the college is acting like I'm some smothering parent."
"Well no offence, but how do we know you're not? Are there any signs of foul play?" Gina's mother sighed.
"She just disappeared, in the middle of the night. She hasn't been to her room, she hasn't answered her cell phone, she missed an exam this morning, and yesterday was my birthday and she never called. None of that is like my daughter," Bo examined the photos as she was thinking.
"But it is like a teenager." Bo didn't want to be sent on some wild goose chase for a teenager who was just enjoying their college freedom.
"Gina has wanted to be in a sorority ever since she was a little girl." Her mother said, holding up a picture. "Initiation is in two days and last we talked, she was counting down the minutes, she never would have left before this."
"Mrs. Ames, this doesn't really prove anything.."
"Look, a mother knows when her child is in trouble, please help me find her." Gina's mother looked distraught.
After the meeting, Bo asked Kenzi, "What do you think?"
"I don't know, I started running away when I was 10, some people just don't want to be found."
"Well, it doesn't sound like Gina had much to run from."
"Says her mom. This girl could be pregnant, flunking out, or on drugs. I know I'd have to be tripping to join a sorority.
"Still I know how shitty it feels looking for family that nobody will help you find. Can't hurt to look into it. We can start with what the cops know."
"Anyone cop in particular.." Bo laughed.
"Why are you being so weird about this? We had sex, it doesn't have to mean anything more."
"Oh BoBo, it's not just the wolf man, it's the blondie you had over before him. C'mon, using a girl to heal, and then using her partner to feed off of? There's ample amounts of shit to be weirded out over." Bo smirked. "So you go grill your lovers and I'll go see what I can find on my own."
"So little miss succu-bitch is a PI now huh?" Bo glared at Tamsin and Tamsin just smirked back.
"Yeah, it's part of Kenzi's grand plan to cement my freakhood." Bo said, mostly to Dyson.
"That girl worries me."
"It's not the worst idea though. Taking freelance work."
"Well you wouldn't have to, if you pledged yourself to the fae." Tamsin snorted at that statement. She knew full well Bo would probably never do that and Dyson was a fool for trying. "The Ash would put you in a line of work that is in your own self interest.. We could help you."
"Hello Dyson, I am standing right here you know? The Light isn't the only place to go, the Dark take care of their own just fine."
"Each has their privileges don't they?"
Both Dyson and Tamsin answered at the same time, "Yeah"
"Yeah, well so does freedom."
The three of them walked into the case files room which was packed with boxes. "So no missing persons was filed by the campus police. I did a quick check of the cold files, but nothing helpful here either." Tamsin said to Bo.
"What about your spooky files?" Both Tamsin and Dyson smirked. "My what?"
"You know, fae crimes that you guys have covered up? I mean that is pretty much the point of your day job isn't it? Making sure that none of the fae stuff gets into these records." Bo looked at Tamsin.
"I don't know what you're talking about succubus." Dyson pulled out a case file.
"You did not get this from us Bo. It's all we could find about the college."
"This is 10 years old." Bo opened the file. "Yeah it's before my time here, Tamsin was here though, maybe she can help you more than I can. If you'll excuse me, I'll leave you ladies alone." Dyson walked out, leaving Tamsin balling her fists at the wolf. He did this on purpose. He could see the feelings she was developing for the succubus. They had been partners for a while and he knew her better than almost anyone. She knew he only was doing what he thought was good for the pair of them, but this is not what she had in mind.
"The file was a dead end. A freshman girl disappeared winter semester. The body was found during campus construction, it was hollow." Bo stared at Tamsin.
"You mean she was disemboweled?"
"No, I mean she was hollow." Tamsin flipped to a page with the picture of the girl. "I remember it, she was just bones and skin, no internal organs, no muscle, and there were no incisions either. Her insides were sucked out." Bo raised her eyebrows. "Gross. So definitely a fae kill then?"
"Well whoever the killer was either left or got better at hiding his kills. We never caught the guy, and it was the only body we found."
"No other missing students over the years?" Tamsin thought about that.
"No more than usual. Look colleges are weird like that, if you target the right person, where's a chance no one will ever report them missing." Tamsin hated that it was like that, but there was little she could do to stop it.
"Well, I can't find out anything more from here. I'll have to get on the inside, which is why I will need just one more favor." Bo slinked up to Tamsin, placing a hand on her shoulder. Tamsin smirked at the succubus' attempt to seduce her, but her subconscious was telling her it was working.
"And how to you suppose we start paying off this favor? You already owe me succubus."
Bo ran a finger down Tamsin's arm, "I think we can figure it out."
Walking in the front door, Bo found Kenzi playing with a hula hoop and talking on a headset. Dropping her bags on the couch Bo sat down next to Kenzi and waited for her to get off the phone.
"Hey chica."
"Yo."
"What's the word?"
"Well, I'm starting to think there may be more to this missing persons case."
"Oh yeah? Why's that?"
"Got her mom's permission to check her financials, and she is not just ignoring her mom. No action on her debit or credit, ditto on her data and cell plans since Monday."
"So no shopping, no texting, no talking in 48 hours." Kenzi nodded her head.
"Which makes her either dead or over 40."
"Well let's hope for something in between." Bo handed one of her bags to Kenzi.
"What's all that shit?"
"We are going undercover at Gina's school. Tamsin got me into campus security."
"We do?"
"Sort of." Kenzi looked in the bag Bo had handed her and pulled out a pink jacket, with a look of disgust on her face.
"Wait, what kind of security guard wears pink?" Bo just gave her a look. Finally it dawned on Kenzi and her mouth dropped. "Oh no."
"I hate you long time." Kenzi and Bo were walking the paths of Gina's school, Kenzi dressed all in pink and a blonde wig. "Are you really going to make me do this?"
"Like you haven't done worse? What is the problem?"
"I can handle scary monsters, okay but privilege creeps me out."
"Well this is the gig so suck it up."
"I'd better get danger pay, this is bad for my soul."
"Kappa Theta Psi, according to her mom Gina spend her final days here. You need to get in there and find out what they know. You sure you worked a solid cover?"
"Please, I think I can con a few muffies." Kenzi handed Bo an ID card. On it, it said Locksley College, Kenzi Sommersby, Student ID: 2850 5417. "If I must."
"Oh you must. And look on the bright side, maybe you were right the first time, maybe Gina's just playing hooky and this whole thing may be over soon."
Underground, an unconscious Gina slowly awoke to unfamiliar surroundings. Wincing as she sat up, she called out. "Hello?"
Chains rattling, connected to something swimming in the water. Judging by the chains it was swimming over to her, and Gina slowly scooted away from the pool. Suddenly that something leaped out of the water and grabbed her ankles, trying to pull her into the depths with it. Screaming she kicked it and quickly scooted away. The thing crawled out of the water after her, but just as Gina was about in arm's length, the chain connected to it pulled it back, stopping it from reaching her. Seeing its fight was futile, it back itself back into the water, sinking below the surface.
Panicked, Gina screamed for help.
"You have much security work under your belt?"
"Some mostly private." When in truth Bo really didn't have any, but he didn't need to know that.
"Yeah, I worked that angle for a bit. Good money, but this is a whole new world. Never gets stale."
"So how long have you been here?"
"Ah, longer than I care to remember, that's for sure. I can you anything you wanted to know about this place."
"Great, any gossip on the latest crimes? What kind of action am I looking at?"
"Plenty, if you ask me. Something about higher education attracted a certain kind of person. Spoiled brats, commies, and wise asses."
"They don't look so scary."
"Take it from me, don't let the pretty people fool you. It can be a pretty dangerous gig. If you run into any trouble, don't forget your holy trinity, your Tazer, your pepper spray, your flashlight; together they'll get you out of just about anything." The guy she was talking to ripped a missing poster of Gina off the bulleten. "Hey why are you taking that down?"
"Policy. Until the police tell us otherwise, the school doesn't want us to raise panic every time a student misses a class."
"You're kidding?"
"It's pretty tough, eh? Feel for the parents though. Fortunately almost all of those kids show up in a week or so after some bender. No worse for ware."
"Still, shouldn't we be putting together a detail or questioning students?"
"Ask Dean Peretti, 90 percent of this job is keeping her happy." Bo watched as Peretti gave a press speech, telling them that she was looking forward to years of Lockley's future success.
"So, why are you starting classes so late?"
"My folks just got transferred and I wanted to be closer to them." Kenzi was internally barfing at the words coming out of her mouth.
"Well I can't tell you how perfect your timing is. We have a sudden opening in our pledge class, so we're always thrilled to meet a Kappa legacy." The girl Kenzi was talking to had such a fake smile of her face, it was hard for Kenzi to not just slap it off of her.
"So when was your mom a Kappa?"
"Grandmother actually, long time ago, Mema had five boys and her dying wish was that I continue the Kappa tradition."
"Aww, sweet. Then I'm sure you must know the Legacy handshake." Kenzi's face smiled, but her brain was going into "Oh shit" Mode.
"Oh course." The girl stuck out her hand. Kenzi just did some random shit to the girl's hand, slapping it, knuckling it and the like. The girls just laughed. "You West Coast girls are hilarious. Now, you understand that we only take girls of the highest caliber and who've been vetted through rush." Kenzi gulped. "But, given recent circumstances and your pedigree, let's all welcome our newest pledge." The girl wrapped her arms around Kenzi in a big bear hug while the others cheered. "Oh, nice hugging." Kenzi felt slightly disgusted but she knew she had to play the part.
Meanwhile in the Dean's office, Bo walked into Peretti's office for a chat. "I'm the newest member of your security team, just thought I'd introduce myself." Bo stuck out her hand to shake. Peretti just ignored it.
"Really? Why?"
"I hear there could be a missing student. I'm volunteering to set up an investigation."
"Wow, I'd admire your ambition, but not its direction. Until I hear otherwise from the police, it's wasted resources."
"Your student's safety is wasted resources?"
"May I be frank? Professional to Professional." Bo nodded. "Your job isn't just protecting students. It's protecting the school's reputation, it's hard enough squeezing out donations in this economy without toxic rumors frightening them off. My lips are already chapped from all the behind I've had to kiss."
"Well.." Bo sat forward towards the Dean and placed her hand on Peretti's thigh, sending waves of pleasure through her. Peretti moaned slightly. "What if I gave you something better to kiss?" Bo stood up, running her hand farther up Pertti's leg, kissing her neck. "Would you have any secrets to share?"
"Like what?"
"Like anything on that missing student?"
"I can't say." Bo nibbled on her neck. "Except some drunken frat boy said he saw, he said she took off running towards the woods that night."
"Anything else? Don't let out on me now." A teacher suddenly burst in on the two women, asking the Dean a question. Bo jumped back from Peretti. "Knock damn it!" The man nodded and quickly left. Peretti started to button up her jacket staring at Bo. Bo on the other hand started towards the door. "No, no not you." Bo turned.
"Some other time." Bo turned and walked out the door. As she left, Peretti rang her secretary. "Get me human resources."
"I don't want to brag, but we basically have the best house on campus." As the blonde girl led Kenzi up the stairs.
"What's with the Hall of Fame?"
"Our founding sisters have gone on to better things and they're super generous. Wait until you try our chef's food."
"Chef, we have a chef?" The girl opened the door to a room, revealing a very girly, very pink room. Much against Kenzi's tastes, that was for sure.
"Ta-Da! You like?"
"I love."
"I know right?" She pointed towards the beds in the room. "This one's Tasha's, this one's Remi's, and you can have this bed. The last girl that stayed her didn't seem to want it." On the bed, sat a box with Gina's name on it.
"You know, I'm not the type to gossip, but I just heard she ran off one night. Are you worried about her?"
"Try livid. You know lots of kids flake out first year, but we lost top girls to other houses holding a spot for Gina. If she wasn't committed to Kappa, she never should have rushed, but we wish her well and now here you are, our silver lining."
"That's me." Kenzi plastered a very wide, fake smile of her face.
"Let me at least get her crap out of the way so you can start fresh." Kenzi quickly stopped her.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Let me take that to security, it is the very least I can do to thank me new sisters." Kenzi led her towards the door.
"See helpful, you're totally Kappa material."
"Thanks." The girl walked out of the room and Kenzi shut the door behind her.
Walking through the woods, Bo observed her surroundings. She saw a broken tree branch and followed the trail. Slow walking, she found a large pit in the ground. Bending down, observing it, her cell phone rang. "Hey, what's up?"
"Good news is I'm still alive. Bad news is bitches be crazy."
"Oh yeah, why's that?"
"First of all, nobody not so evil could be so chipper. Second, these girls do not take rejection well. You'd think Gina stood them up for prom instead of going missing."
"So I take it your 'in' then?"
"So far so good. I even have a box of Gina's old stuff that she left behind. Nothing earth shattering yet, just a bunch of homework and hair products."
"Okay, well keep looking, can you get a peek at the rest of the house?"
"Mm, not without the muffy mafia seeing me. Maybe later tonight, we're having this lame girl's night in deal." Bo laughed. "I can sneak out.."
"No, tell me there'll be pillow fights, please tell me there will be pillow fights."
"Gross, you perv. How's your end coming?"
"Not sure yet, something kinky about the Dean maybe? I'm going to take a look around her office tonight, so good luck, and Kenzi.."
"Mhm?"
"Stop stealing shit."
"Now that just plain hurts." Kenzi hung up the phone.
As Bo hung up as well, she noticed something on the ground. She picked up a silver heart necklace. She quickly pulled out the missing poster of Gina, and saw that she was wearing the same necklace in the photo.
"Chug, chug, chug, chug." All the girl's cheered for the sister, screaming and clapping. Kenzi noticed two of the girls walking inot the house with sacks full of stuff, going into a part of the house labeled, 'Keep out.' She committed that to memory for later. When the girl finished drinking the entire house screamed. "Alright, whose next bitches?" Kenzi responded.
"I'm up, yeah!" As she was chugging the beer, the girls walked out with empty sacks and into the room. Kenzi flipped her hair and her wig was crooked. One of the brunette girls said, "Is that a wig? Why are you wearing a wig?" Kenzi straightened it and came up with some excuse.
"God Zera, insensitive much?" The girl looked down. "My turn!"
Kenzi got out of the way. "I'm going to go adjust myself and such." Then walked out of the room. While the rest of the girls were occupied, Kenzi snuck over to where she had seen Zera and her friend enter with those sacks.
Bo quietly snuck into the Dean's office. Walking over to the desk, she turned her flashlight on, examining papers and files. Noticing a locked drawer, she forced it open and rilfled through the contents.
Kenzi crept down the stairs. Looking through rooms, she found nothing. As she tried the last door, it was locked, but a voice spoke from behind her. "What are you doing down here?" Kenzi turned to see the blonde that had welcomed her and a few other girls standing on the stairs, arms folded.
"I.. looking for the bathroom. I have a bashful bladder." The girls just stared at her.
"Basement's off limits, actives only, you know that." Kenzi smiled uncomfortably. "So get your cute butt back up here and party with us!" The girls screamed and went back up the stairs. Kenzi made a mental note that she needed to find out what was behind that door.
Bo shinned her flashlight on the papers she was examining. Not finding what she was looking for when she heard someone approaching the office. She quickly hid behind the door and the knob slowly turned. Kenzi peeked inside the office. "Geez." Bo quickly pulled Kenz inside and shut the door.
"What are you doing here? Are you drunk?"
"I will have you know I'm in character. Also tipsy."
"Yeah well it looks like your campaigning for the young conservatives." Kenzi laughed.
"Please tell me you found something so we can ditch this gig and head home, the all day smiling the killing me."
"Nothing yet, but I don't really know what I'm looking for. Anything with the Kappas?"
"They defiantly have something locked in their basement, they lock it up whenever they aren't there." Kenzi picked up a picture of the Dean. "I know with chippy."
"Peretti? Yeah, she's the Dean."
"She's also a Kappa. Or was, they have her picture up at the house." Kenzi set the photo down, almost dropping it.
"You're sure?"
"Yeah." Bo could see a flashlight behind the door. "Shit, patrols are early, c'mon, hide." Kenzi bolted over to Bo and Bo pushed them both under the desk. The guard entered the room, shinning his flashlight. Under the desk, Kenzi peeked around the side. She saw the guard sniff a pink scarf hanging up on the pole. "Eww." She whispered. Bo pulled her back under the desk. The guard looked one last time then walked out of the office. Kenzi stood up. "Well this was pointless." Bo had noticed something under the desk.
"Maybe not." A manila envelop was stuck to the bottom of the desk. Bo grabbed it and stood up. She pulled the contents out, which was just a piece of college stationary with numbers of it. She showed it to Kenzi. "What is it, some kind of code?"
"Hang on." Kenzi pulled her ID card out. "This isn't code, that is student number ID's."
"Can you use those numbers to get me their names?"
"I can try. Still don't get why she would tape it under her desk."
"Well I don't know, but if it's worth hiding, it's worth finding out."
The next morning Bo was roaming the campus, examining some papers. The other security guard, Wayne approached her.
"Hey, what you got there?"
"Hey, Wayne."
"A little early for your shift aren't you?"
"Yeah, I was just reviewing some of the school resources, personal stuff." Wayne nodded.
"So you want to hear some gossip? Someone tried breaking into the Dean's office last night, busted a drawer and everything."
"They know who?"
"No, but we're doubling our sweeps and logging extra shifts, so enjoy your personal time while you've got it." Bo smiled and walked away. "Told you this place was exciting." Bo turned and smiled again, then turned to walk away. Wayne smiled as she left, Peretti walked up, behind Wayne. As he turned he caught her eye. "We need to talk." Wayne nodded. "Yes ma'am."
Back at their place, Kenzi walked in the door, hair all ruffled and looking tired. "You look like hell."
"I look like college. Preppys, those girls can hang. Turns out 'Girl's night' was code for drink until your lips fall off and you start over sharing, I think I touched a boob." Bo smiled.
"Hey, you crack those student numbers for me?"
"Yeah, had to bribe some kid at the regista- what's with the paperwork?"
"Oh, I played a hunch. Check this out, I've been wondering about all the construction repairs on campus and that sinkhole I found. It turns out there are a bunch of caves from an underground stream right under the school."
"Go on."
"Looks like some of the old tunnels lead right to a few of the buildings, including Kappa house. I'm just not sure how it all ties together yet."
"We may not have to figure it all out, it's Kappa initiation tonight, right in our basement. Dude, if they're doing something nasty down there, I'm heading smack for it." Bo considered that, thinking, when her phone rang.
"Tamsin. I'll have her trace the names, hopefully I can get her to do that for me, she's probably not exactly thrilled right now. Look, find out what you can about tonight and we'll make a final plan."
"Mhm."
"Be careful."
At the Dal, Bo met with Tamsin.
"So succubitch, did you compromise your cover?"
"I don't think so, why?"
"Peretti did a background check on your references today. We handled it, but it could have gone very badly for you Bo."
"I must be pushing her buttons. Good, anything on those names?"
"All past students at Locksley, all unaccounted for."
"Well why didn't we know about them earlier?"
"Because none of the disappearances were linked to Locksley. They either left a suicide note or their cars were found far from the campus."
"Like someone was trying to cover their tracks." Bo pulled out her maps of the campus. "Well, if Peretti did take them, I have a pretty good guess where."
"Oh, so you've got a theory now." Bo glared at Tamsin. Why did it have to be the blonde she worked with? In the back of her mind, a voice said because she was intrigued by her and wanted to get to know her, but Bo shrugged it off.
"There are old tunnels, underneath the campus, one of them leads directly to Kappa house."
"Kappa house?"
"Yeah, why?"
"It's probably nothing, it's just a thought." A waitress walked over to the pair handing Tamsin a beer. "My name is Kayla by the way, I'm new here." Bo looked up at her. Tamsin signed.
"Pleasure." Kayla smiled and flipped her hair.
"Would you give us a moment please?" Kayla glared at Bo, gave Tamsin sex eyes and walked way. Tamsin grimaced.
"Ah, so that's your fae power eh? Chick magnet? I didn't peg you to be that way Tamsin." Tamsin glared at Bo. "Seriously what kind of fae are you anyways? Or can't I ask?" Tamsin thought about that for a second. A part of her wanted to tell Bo, but she knew she couldn't.
"You don't just ask that question Bo, it's a pretty intimate question in our culture, lets the other person know your specific weaknesses."
"Well I already know that spot on your neck." Tamsin rolled her eyes and laughed. "I should get back." Bo stood up.
"Well, it does look like there may be a fae connection here."
"Well, is this the part where you tell me to drop it?" Tamsin wished she could, but she also know it was futile to try to stop Bo.
"No, but since I set up your cover, I'd appreciate if you checked in with me tonight. Just to let me know you haven't fucked this up." Bo smiled and nodded.
"I can do that."
"Good, then there is one more thing I can do for you." Tamsin took Bo's hand. Both women could feel the sparks between them, but neither said anything. Tamsin pulled Bo closer to her and Bo reached her hand to stroke Tamsin's face. Tamsin's mind was reeling. Did she really want to do this? She couldn't let herself get attached to the succubus, but she needed to be at her strongest, and this was the only way.
Their lips met, Tamsin pushed up against the wall as Bo fed from her, the light blue chi streaming between them. Tamsin could feel Bo against her body, her lips against Tamsin's. Nothing existed in this moment besides Bo. Tamsin had allowed Bo to feed off of her before, but she was weak then, unlike now. Bo was strong now, and just topping herself off. The sensations were different, more potent to Tamsin.
When the two separated Bo laughed. "Mmm.. Headrush." Trick looked over at the two women and noticed what had been going on.
"If you're going solo, the last I can do is give you a top off." Tamsin tried to rationalize this in her mind by thinking that if she did enough favors for Bo that she might consider choosing the Dark.
"Damn, you do not suck at that." Tamsin smirked. "I'll call you tonight, to check in." Bo gave Tamsin a look and walked away.
"Before 8 please, I have a life." Bo smiled and walked away, and Trick wandered over to the blonde, carrying a box. "Give me a hand with these." Walking down to Trick's study, she walked over to the barkeeper. "Look Trickster, I know what you're going to say, it's not a problem."
"Then you don't know what I'm going to say, I think this is great."
"Really?" Trick turned to face her.
"Of course not, what are you thinking?" Tamsin's heart dropped.
"She needed healing Trick, that's all."
"That's not what I saw. You're my eyes Tamsin, I need you to stay objective." How the hell could she do that? Not with Bo being who she was.
"I am Trick."
"Then keep your guard up Tamsin. We don't know if we can trust her yet."
"How many tests does she have to pass then eh? We know more about her than she does, you know that."
"Then how do you think she'll act to that betrayal? When she finds out the girl she's interested in is lying to her, about more than a few things." Tamsin's face dropped. Trick couldn't know about her mark could he? "Especially if you let her develop feelings for you by then."
"Let her? Are we talking about the same succubus here?"
"Tamsin, it could be enough to turn her from us."
"Us? Do you forget I'm Dark fae myself Trick?"
"I didn't mean it that way Tamsin." Trick tried to back pedal. Sometimes he forgot that the Valkyrie standing in front of him wasn't of the same allegiance.
"I can see it in your eyes Trick you did. Not that I would want her to join the Light, I'd be all for joining the Dark with me, but I can't see that happening. She's too independent, too stubborn."
"Like a certain Valkyrie standing in front of me?" Tamsin cracked a small smile.
"Yes."
"Look, I'm sorry Tamsin, I honestly didn't mean it that way, I just forget sometimes that you're Dark fae. I took you in when you started working with Dyson and Hale, like my own. Sometimes it's hard to think past that, but things are complicated enough as it is. You know the stakes. For Bo's sake, as much as ours, we need her to trust us Tamsin. All of us." Trick started to walk away.
"Assuming I agree with you, what would you have me do?" Trick turned.
"Whatever it takes, just end it." Trick left, leaving Tamsin to her thoughts.
She knew that Trick had helped her through a difficult time in her life, even though he owed her nothing, it was just the way he was. But Tamsin didn't think she could stop herself from developing feelings for the succubus, even though that would make her job, to Bo father as well as her grandfather, much more difficult.
She noticed a book on a table and walked over to it, picking it up and flipping through the pages.
In the forest Bo and Kenzi were examining the construction map. "Well there's an entrance near these running paths, near the old sink hole that I found? I'll go in from there and we'll pinch this thing from both sides."
"You from underground, me from above." Bo nodded. "Got it."
"Do not go into that basement until you get the signal that I'm there okay? We don't know what they have planned." Kenzi gripped Bo's arms.
"Trust me, I'm no hero." The pair high fived and walked their separate ways. From the trees, Peretti witnessed the girls talked and slowly walked away from the scene.
Sitting at a table at the Dal, Tamsin flipping through the book she found in Trick's study. Kayla walked over to her, setting a beer down by her. "This one's on me." Tamsin looked up at the girl.
"Thanks."
"You look like you're hard at work."
"Yeah."
"Okay." Kayla looked a little put out and walked away. Tamsin watched the girl and before she was out of earshot called out to her.
"Uh, hey? What did you say your name was again?"
"It's Kayla." Tamsin blinked. If Trick wanted her to stay away from Bo, she's at least make an attempt, not that it would work.
"Hi, Kayla."
Roaming the forest, Bo walked to the place where the map marked an entrance to the tunnels. When she found the place, she saw it was covered in vines, framed by slabs of stone. It was gated and locked tight. She tested the lock by pulling on it with no luck. Stepping back from the door she contemplated how she would get through.
At the Kappa house, all the girls, led by the blond that held a single lit candle, slowly descended to the basement, chanting. They were all wearing long hooded red robes. Standing in front of the locked door, the blonde turned to face the girls. "It's time, this doorway is a portal you stand here a pledges and enter and become Kappas." Kenzi franticly checked her phone, whispering her to herself. "C'mon Bo." Bo hadn't given her the signal and she was running out of time. The blonde spoke to Kenzi. "Pledge, you may enter." Kenzi looked around.
"What, me now?" She slowly walked forward, towards the door. "I'm not ready yet."
"Open the door."
"I changed my mind, I mean I'm really more of a Theta." Kenzi slowly backed up. She backed into a girl who pushed her towards the door. The blonde opened it to let Kenzi through. As she tripped into the room, the lights turned on and she was greeted by many screaming girls with balloons and lights. "Congratulations, you're now fully fledged Kappas" The girls in the room ran towards the pledges, pulling them into hugs. Kenzi looked confused. "When does the killing start?"
In the forest, Bo's cell phone rang. "Kenzi."
"Bo, we screwed up somewhere, it's not the Kappas."
"Well I don't know what the hell is going on but I'm heading back to interrogate the Dean, you're okay though." Suddenly Wayne appeared, blocking Bo's path, shooting her with a tazer.
"Bo? Bo are you there? Bo?"
On the ground, Bo laid moaning. "I hope you're not dead girly. 'Cause he likes them with some fight." Wayne pulled Bo off, leaving her phone the ground, Kenzi calling out for Bo.
Back at the Dal, Kayla looked over at Tamsin, who was hard at work, studying those books. Flipping through pages, frustrated that she couldn't find what she wanted. Looking at the time, it was 25 past eight, past when Bo was supposed to call her. She was getting a little concerned, but brushed it off. Bo was a succubus after all, she was probably out with some college kid, neglecting her duties. As she stood up, her phone rang.
"You're late succu-bitch. I almost started to worry about you." Kenzi spilled the whole story, very quickly. "Kenzi, slow down." She had to get to the campus.
After meeting up with Kenzi, both girls headed towards the Dean's office. "Last I heard, Bo was heading here." Tamsin wish Dyson was here right about now, he could track Bo's scent. Tamsin had been a bounty hunter, so she would have to rely on those skills to find Bo. Tamsin opened the door and saw Peretti, with a knife sticking out of her neck.
"Shit." Tamsin wasn't in a very good mood. She sensed the death in the room, although she didn't sense fear, so the Dean hadn't died scared.
"Well, now how are we supposed to find Bo? Those tunnels run for miles."
"New plan human, c'mon." Tamsin ran off and Kenzi followed.
Slowly coming to, Bo woke up in a large stone cave to the sound of dripping water. Her arms chained behind a rock, her struggled to get up, but she couldn't. Wayne stepped in front of her. "I didn't want to underestimate you." He said, bending down to Bo's level. "Professional courtesy and all."
"Thanks, I'm touched." Bo's voice dripping with animosity. She heard a sob and looked over to see Gina sitting on the opposite side of the pool, curled up in a ball. "Gina, Gina are you okay?"
"She's fine, she's fine. Yeah, maybe a little dehydrated, but that's the way he likes them. He likes to get out all the good stuff." Wayne made a weird noise, like he was eating. "But you'll learn about the soon enough."
"He who? Someone else coming huh? You're not man enough to fight me yourself?"
"I'm not the violent type, no. Unlike my hungry friend down there." He gestured to the pool. 'Me? Well I just like to watch."
"So what, you hunt these girls down and feel them to your swampy little friend, is that it?" Wayne picked up a metal rod with a cup at the end.
"Pretty much, I've got no complaint." He dipped the cup in the water, scooping up some.
"Why, what's in it for you?"
"Vitality? All the freshness he drains from the girls ends up in this water." He took a drink. "I've barely aged a day since I found him starving down here in '42. You know, you want to know the truth, the god's honest truth? I haven't even told my therapist this." He walked over to Gina, touching her arm and hair. "But I would do it, just to see these privileged bitches scream." Gina shied away from this touch.
"Don't you touch her." Venom spitting from Bo's lips. "And I'm not exactly privileged genius."
"No but you are a snoop. Like Peretti. Peretti started putting the pieces together, thought that you would to. Thought that you would blab and thought you would ruin the school's precious reputation." Wayne unlocked the chain, holding the Kappa in the water. "She actually ordered that these caves were to be sealed! Just in case." Wayne laughed. "Well that didn't end to well for her did it?" Bo struggled to get out of her bonds as Wayne picked up a rod and hit a large metal gong. "Dinner time. Well, I really wish I could stay here and watch, I really do, but I've got another mess to clean up."
Running through the forest, Kenzi struggled to keep up with Tamsin. "Bo' still not answering her phone. How to we even know where we're going?"
"Wait, let me focus." Tamsin tried to sense the fear coming out of the forest floor. She knew where ever Bo was; she would probably be feeling some level of it. As she sensed a spike, she ran in that direction. "Where are you going?"
"Listen, if this thing is fae, I think I know what kind. We've got to tell Bo that the thing is going to have a head like a teapot, tell her to knock to top off."
"Why can't you tell her?"
"I have something else I have to take care of."
Tamsin increased her running speed; Valkyries were gifted with heightened levels of strength and speed, leaving Kenzi in the dust. Tamsin was all but a blur to Kenzi's vision. "Holy shitballs, that was awesome!"
The Kappa crawled out of the water, going after Gina. She screamed, backing up against the stone wall. Bo finally managed to free herself from her bonds and run over to help Gina. She kicked it in the stomach, and threw it back into the water. She bent down to Gina. "Your mom sent me to get you. We're going to get out of here, but we need to move fast, can you walk?"
"I think so." The Kappa crawled back out of the water and approached the girls, Bo turned, trying to think of how to deal with this.
Wayne was wandering through the forest, making his way back towards the campus. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a blur to his left.
After running after Tamsin, she tried calling out to the blonde, but no avail.
Wayne heard rustling of the leaves and he searched for the source of the noise. All of the sudden, Tamsin appeared out of nowhere in front of him. She grabbed him by the collar and lifted him off the ground. "So, you're the one behind this. You're going to wish you hadn't been."
Kenzi heard a man scream in the distance. She smiled and ran off in that direction.
Bo fell to the floor, the Kappa advancing on her. She kicked it in the chest, knocking it backwards. It stumbled, then came at her again. She hit it with a couple of well placed punches and grabbed it by the arms, struggling to subdue it. It managed to back her against the wall. She reached for her belt and pulled out her tazer, shooting it in the neck. The Kappa backed up, but the effects didn't last long. It came at her, grabbing her by the throat, about to feed from her.
Suddenly, Tamsin appeared in a blur, knocking it the ground, its head cap falling off. Kenzi was close behind the Valkyrie. Bo looked at Tamsin, grasping her throat. "Is he dead?" Tamsin prodded the body.
"Yeah, it's dead." Over in the corner, Gina lay still on the ground. Bo ran over to her. "Gina!" She bent down to give Gina a hug.
"Thank you so, so much."
"It's okay, let's get you home." Bo limped with Gina over to Tamsin. Gina struggled to walk but managed to make her way out of the tunnels. Bo on the other hand relied heavily on Tamsin to help her walk.
Bo was relaxing in the bathtub, glass of wine on the table next to her when Kenzi knocked. "Bo." Bo opened her eyes.
"Nobody's home." Kenzi still walked in and showed Bo a drawing of the Kappa. "Check it."
"Face I never want to see again. Turn." Bo got up and reached for her kimino.
"Tamsin sent it, it's called a Kappa. Some kind of Japanese fae, poetic huh?"
"Not up close, what about Wayne and Gina?"
"Tamsin said that they'll put everything on Wayne and use some sort of fae voodoo to convince Gina that he was working alone. Now can we talk about the elephant in the room, and by that I mean very bitchy blonde." Bo laughed.
"What about her?"
"Well, one she just saved your life, and two, she did it because she wanted to. Not because she had to. From what I've seen from the blonde babe, she doesn't do anything for anyone."
"Why is she such a big deal?"
"I'm just happy for you, even though she's cold, and bitchy, and whatever else, she still has your back. I think she's one of the good ones, despite everything."
"Yeah, she's okay." Bo knew her feeling went deeper, but she wasn't ready to admit that to anyone, even herself yet.
Bo walked into the Dal. She asked somebody if Tamsin was there, and she was told Tamsin was in the back. She opened the door and peered around some barrels to see Tamsin kissing Kayla, pretty intimately. She turned around to walk out, but the two stopped kissing long enough to see Bo leave. Tamsin watched her leave, feeling guilty; she followed, leaving Kayla there. "Bo wait."
When she caught up to Bo she grabbed her by the arm, turning her to face the blonde. "Hang on, are you okay?"
"Yeah, great. I was just thinking that maybe we could hang out tonight, or something. I could thank you properly. Guess you're busy." Bo was dejected; she didn't want to see Tamsin involved with someone else, even if Bo hadn't even slept with the Valkyrie yet. Hell, she had barely even kissed her, only to feed. Bo didn't know why she was feeling so jealous over the blonde.
"About the other night, I'll be there when you need to be healed, but that's all I can be. I'm sorry, I thought we were clear." Tamsin didn't want that to be all, but she promised Trick she would try to stay away from Bo.
"I think you know we weren't. But its fine, we're crystal clear now." Bo turned and stormed out of the Dal.
A/N: Okay, so sorry this took so long. I've been busy with school lately. I have AP tests next week so I've been studying my ass off lately, and of course I have senior presentations soon as well, so I'll be busy for the next couple weeks, so updates may be a tad slow. After that, updates should speed up though.
So I know I'm mirroring Tamsin and Dyson right now, but trust me, as the story progresses, that will stop. I just want Tamsin to attempt to stay away from Bo right now, but it won't last too long. I sort of altered the Valkyrie powers, but I think it's realistic for Tamsin to have them.
So anyways, I hope you enjoyed the update!
A Charmed Vampire