Lost Girl: Redux | Altered Scenes

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.

"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."

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.

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."

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.

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!"

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.

BREAK

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!

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