I'd like to take the time to thank everyone who is reading, Special thanks to those who have been kind enough to review and encourage the growth of the story. As I mentioned at the start of this I am a very novice writer, but I hope that as each chaptergrows so does the quality of the writing. The chapters are getting longer and now that I have a better feel of the characters and a fair idea of where it's heading I hope to develop the characters and the connections. It's a challenge to balance them all sometimes but I enjoy trying. I'd also like to state that Lauren is a favourite of mine so I want to keep her character respected and happy, but ultimatley this is a Valkubus story. Any reviews or constructive opinions are welcomed. End rant and begin chapter 6 :)
Struggling against the strong hands around her neck Tamsin figured this day couldn't get much worse, from the moment she had opened her eyes it was just one big shit sandwich after the next. Dyson had come to Dahl to meet the others and Tamsin had just gotten to the part of the story (for the third time that day) where Bo was her mark . "I'm warning you wolf, get your paws off me or you're gonna be doubting yourself so hard you'll think you're a kitten." Dyson had her pinned against the wall, hands gripped firmly around her neck, his wolfish eyes glowing yellow, canine teeth on display, he let a low growl rumble through his throat.
"Get off her Dyson!" Bo forcefully grabbed him by the shoulder pulling him back, she shoved him hard slapping her palms to his solid chest, knocking him back a few steps she stood protectively between the two fae.
"How can you defend her? She betrayed you! I trusted you Valkyrie." He spoke with venom eyes never leaving Tamsin. She flinched a little internally as his words hit hard at her already guilt ridden soul, not allowing him the satisfaction of seeing her emotions she stood tall and shot him a smirk.
"Settle down pup, I'm not taking her in. We don't have time for your chivalry. We have one week before they come for her, less if Odin finds out. So cut the alpha male bullshit before I get you neutered" She pushed passed him heading back towards the bar. He followed her with his eyes but but didn't move.
Becoming tired of the pointless squabbling in front of him Trick decided it was time to get back to business, "Dyson, she's right, now isn't the time for this. Lets all just..." he didn't get very far when they heard a loud crash , the front door shot open and a figure came bursting in, reminiscent of the grimm reaper it's black cloak billowed around as it seemingly floated above the floor towards them. Dyson ran forward and lunged at the intruder but came up short. Vanishing into a smokey mist before reappearing right in front of Bo. It's face hidden in shadow under the hood of it's gown, eyes glowing red, it stuck out one of its deathly pale hands, uncurling slender fingers flames shot up from its palm before dwindling away to reveal a short metallic dagger, curling its fingers around the handle it took aim and thrust forwards. "Look out!" Tamsin yelled jumping in front of Bo, the dagger penetrated through the fabric of her white, button up blouse and into her side. Throwing her off balance for a moment Tamsin instinctively grasped at the site of her injury, a sharp pain shoothing through her torso. "You did not just ruin my favourite shirt!" she growled straightening herself back up she cocked her head, her face morphing into a skeletal shadow "Tell your owner better luck next time, but right now, you don't want to fight, you want to take your arse back to the hell hole you came from." The intruding fae backed up, the sound eminating from its mouth was deep and other worldly "This is your final warning." Then as quickly as it came the ghostly figure exploded into a flock of ravens before disippating into a cloud of black smoke. Suddenly feeling completely drained partially from the amount of blood she was losing and partialy from the energy it took to use her powers Tamsin felt her legs give out, falling backwards, a pair of strong arms catching her by the shoulders, she slumped into the person holding her. They felt warm and inviting, a familiar scent surrounding her, Bo she whispered before giving in to unconsciousness.
Batting away the last reminants of the smokey air with her hands Kenzi ran over to Bo . "What in the Fae was that?!" she exclaimed. Bo was kneeling on the floor in the position she had landed after catching the Valkyrie mid fall. Tamsin's head craddled in her lap, a hand putting pressure on the bleeding wound, crimson blood beginning to seep its way between her fingers.
"Tamsin, Tamsin, come on wake up babe." Bo pleaded tapping her on the cheek with her free hand. "You stupid girl, what have you done?"
"Bo we need to get her help, we don't know how badly she's hurt." Dyson's voice was laced with concern realising that maybe he had jugded the Valkyrie too harshly.
Bo leaned over opening her mouth inches away from Tamsins. She began to push a steady stream of golden chi out towards the Valkyrie, stopping just before it entered its destination it cycled back round forcing it's way back into it's original origin. Bo jerked up sucking in a deep breath she coughed at the sudden feeling of having her chi pushed back into her. The look of shock and confusion was unanimous between Bo and the 3 onlookers. "What's happening? Why isn't this working? This should be working!?" Bo cried out in exasperation, she brushed back a few stray strands of blonde hair that clung to the Valkyries forehead, aiming to get a better view of her face."I swear Tamsin, I'll kill you if you don't wake up!"
"Uh not to be miss obvious Succulicious, but wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose?" Quipped the small goth. Bo looked at her in disbelief, Kenzi being Kenzi just shrugged "Just tryin'a be helpful." She pouted.
Taking the lead Trick threw out some orders "We need Lauren. Dyson, help Bo get Tamsin down to the backroom, I'll call the lab." pointing to the small archway behind the bar that held a stairway leading to the spare room, before grabbing the phone and quicky punching in the number to the light Fae compound.
"I came as fast as I could." Lauren said as she rushed through the door of the Dahl travel kit in hand, spotting Dyson and Kenzi at the bar she called out. "Dyson, Kenzi, what's going on, where's Tamsin?"
Kenzi was first to respond. "Oh hey, Doc, so glad you're here! There is some seriously, messed up shit going on right now. Tamsin was like super badass, you should of seen her! She was like some kind of fae-ninja-superhero. Bo tried to heal her, but her chi it just... " The little goth excitedly rambled trying to demonstrate the scenario with her hands.
"Kenzi." She calmly interuppted the girl, running a hand through her blonde hair sighing in frustration. "Tamsin, where is she? I need to see her."
"Right, follow me Doc, they're just down in one of Trick's back rooms, we thought it might me more comfortable." bouncing off the bar stool she led the way.
Scanning the dimly lit room it was simple, windowless brick walls were bare apart from an old painting too faded and covered in dust to know what exactly was on it, a large wooden bed sat centre of the room Tamsin lying atop of its red and gold trimmed doona, 2 matching side tables and a chair to which Bo had taken up residence close to the bed, hand now pressed firmly on a towel covering the injury staring intently at the wounded Fae. Spoting Lauren, Trick took leave back up to Dyson. Kenzi glanced over to the Valkrie and then back to Bo, blue eyes meeting brown words not needing to be exchanged, she gave her friend a reassuring nod then turned to leave but not before patting Lauren lightly on the shoulder accompanying it with a sympathetic smile before disappearing through the doorway. Lauren's heart dropped at the sight of the brunette, thinking back to their last encounter she had never intended to hurt her, but the trip back home made her realise how tired this world made her. It was one battle after the next and then Tamsin told her about the kiss. At the time she was furious but now she almost wanted to thank the Valkyrie for helping her to realise that she just wasn't happy, she couldn't pretend like she was ok with Bo being with other people anymore and as much as she loved her maybe they just weren't meant to be together. It was time that Lauren started thinking about her own needs for a change, to find some normalcy in her life again, well at least that's what Nadia had told her. Normalcy, Huh, does that even exist anymore? Shaking off her thoughts she took a deep breath and walked over to the two women.
Lauren spoke softly with concern, the doctor in her taking over. "Bo, how is she doing?"
"Hey, Lauren. She seems to be ok the bleeding has slowed, she hasn't woken up yet though. Is that normal?" Bo looked at her with worried brown eyes.
Lauren opened her kit up on the small beside table next to Bo. Slipping on a pair of blue gloves she moved over to inspect the damage. Standing up to get out of the way Bo placed herself at the opposite side of the bed chewing nervously on her bottom lip. "Is she gonna be ok?" Lauren didn't respond, already too focused on assessing Tamsin's condition. She checked her breathing and her pulse before gently lifting the towel, letting out a sigh of relief noting that the bleeding had infact slowed. Unbottoning Tamsin's blood stained blouse and parting it to the side she inspected the puncture site, her face creased in concentration. After a bit of poking and proding the Doctor concluded. "No vital organs were hit and she hasn't severed any major vessels. Its gone through a bit of muscle but luckily its not too deep, it'll hurt for a while, but she will make a full recovery. Valkyries are fast healers, with a few sutures, rest and pain relief, she'll be back to normal in no time." Giving Bo a comforting smile she continued to fumble around in her kit. Pulling out the equiptment needed to complete the procedure, she held up a small syringe priming it to remove any air bubbles before injecting the local anesthetic around the wound, she commenced cleaning. Bo watched the Doc as she worked, she was quick and precise. Never faultering she had the wound sown together and dressed with a gauze bandage in record time. She pulled off her gloves and began to clean up her workspace.
Letting out a breath Bo thanked her sincerely.
"Anytime Bo, you know that right? Just because things have...changed between us doesn't mean I don't care about you. I'll always be here if you need me."
Bo moved closer to where Lauren stood, looking her in the eyes she spoke intently. "I know, you always have, I really do mean it, thank you. Lauren, I'm ok with this, with us... how things turned out. Freinds?" It hurt to say, but she was ready to accept it. If she could make freinds work with Dyson she could make it work with Lauren too. There was no way she would lose the Doctor from her life completely.
"Freinds." Hiding the look of surprise she nodded and gave a small appreciative smile before pulling away to finish packing up her kit. Holding it in one hand she reached into her coat pocket with the other handing Bo a bottle of pain killers. "No over exerting herself, she needs to rest, the anesthetic will wear off in a couple of hours, she needs to take one of these when she wakes then every 4 hours with food, it'll stop the pain. Any signs of infection call me and i'll come back and look at it, stitches come out in 7 days, oh and no alcohol."
"Sure thing Doc." she smiled, although slightly confused with the overload of instructions she had been given, she watched as the doctor walked out the door. Turning her attention back to Tamsin, Bo couldn't help but to trace her eyes over the Valkryie's shirtless body to her perfecty toned abs and soft pale skin, she looked so peaceful resting, it was a rare sight to see the Valkryie so vulnerable. Her eyes momentarily flashed blue as she felt her hunger spike. When was the last time she fed?
"See something you like, Succubus? If I didn't know any better i'd think you were checking me out." Teased a groggy voice.
Quickly averting her eyes from Tamsin's stomach to look her in the face, she felt a blush rush up her cheeks, "You're awake?! I uh, I was admiring Lauren's handywork." It was a poor excuse but she hoped the Valkyrie bought it.
Cringing a little with guilt at the mention of the Doctors name she looked down to inspect the damage, a suspicious grin formed on her face noting that the 'handywork' was covered. "I hear she's good with her hands." She winked. Bo shot her a glare in return. "Well im glad you're back to your old self." she hissed.
"Woooh, Don't get your knickers in a knot, no need for jealousy Succu-lover, Docs all yours. She's hot an all but she's not really my type." she quipped scrunching up her nose, assuming the glare was from her little innuendo.
"Well you'll be out of luck there, I don't wear any, and she's not mine, she's Nadia's." Bo stated matter of factly.
Tamsin raised an inquisitive brow stopping her mind from going to visions of a panty-less Bo she cleared her throat. "Good to know. Wait, whose Nadia and where the hell am I?" Looking around the foreign room she went to sit up, but was quickly pushed back down.
"You're in one of the backrooms of the Dahl, you need to rest and I don't wanna talk about it right now, we've got bigger things to worry about." Tamsin resigned, after the day she's had she didn't have the strength to argue. she sighed licking her lips she realised how dry her mouth was. Bo having noticed reminded herself of Lauren's instructions, she reached over to the little bedside table grabbing a glass of water and the bottle of pills, taking one out she handed it to the blonde. "Here take this, Lauren said it will make you feel better."
"Whatever the good Doc says." she took the pill and swallowed it down with a few extra mouthfulls of water than nessessary, easing the burn in her throat.
Bo studied the blonde for a moment, if she was to be truthful, she was a little jealous, but it wasn't that she was jealous over Lauren. No, it was that she was jealous over Tamsin. For some reason the thought of anyone taking Tamsin's fancy hit a nerve, was it possible that she had stonger feelings for the Valkyrie than she thought?
Shifting uncomfortably in her chair Bo began her questioning. "What was that thing out there and why did you jump in front of me? You could have been killed."
"Well we all gotta die someday."
"I can handle myself you know, keep this up and i'll have to start calling you Dyson." she teased.
Tamsin shot her a disgusted look at the reference, comparing her to the broody wolf. "Do and it'll be the last word that leaves your mouth, Succubus. That thing was one of Hel's minions, they are messengers from the underworld, sent to give a final warning. Odin must be gathering himself an army..." She scrunched up her face in thought. Bo couldn't help but admire her, strangely she adored that face, "and I don't know why I jumped in front, reflex I guess?" She shrugged, deep down she knew the reason why. "Besides, it's the last time I do anything nice for you, I certainly won't be making a habit out of saving your arse, no matter how hot it is." Another lie. What has she gotten herself into?
Bo flashed her one of her trade mark smiles, "It seems you already have, made it a habit that is. That's 3 times now, if you don't be careful i'd be inclinded to say you actually care." A brief look of panic took over the Valkyries face, Bo laughed and stood up. "Now stay put, I've got to get back upstairs and check on the others."
"Whatever you say boss." Tamsin saluted two fingers to her forehead before shifting in the bed to a more comfortable position. Bo playfully rolled her eyes and proceeded out the door and up the stairs. Leaving Tamsin alone with nothing but her thoughts to keep her company. Fuck this she concluded, "I need a drink."