Characters aren't mine. I've taken the liberties I wanted for the storyline, but the characters belong to Showcase and Lost Girl.

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Chapter 17

KNOCK KNOCK

Bo opened the door to the clubhouse to find Tamsin standing on the other side with a not so pleased look on her face. It had been three day since Bo's craziness at the Dahl and Tamsin finally got tired of waiting around for Bo to do something so she decided to pay her a visit. Bo stood there blocking the doorway and glaring at the taller woman slightly.

"What do you want?"

"Gee you greet all your guests like this?"

Bo rolled her eyes. "You're not exactly a guest Tamsin."

Tamsin smirked. "I know, now let me in we need to talk."

Bo sighed and dropped her arm that was blocking the doorway as she turned and went back into the kitchen where she was drinking her coffee. It was early in the morning and she was honestly too tired to care why Tamsin was making a house call.

Tamsin shut and locked the door behind her and followed Bo into the house taking a seat across the counter from her. She peered at the Succubus who, honestly, kind of looked like shit and she raised an eyebrow wondering why Bo looked so out of it.

Bo watched her for a bit before finally huffing out, "So what brings you here Tamsin?"

Tamsin gave her a calm look in return. "Why are you being such a bitch right now?"

Bo scoffed. "Excuse me?"

Tamsin nodded. "You heard me. That little stunt at the Dahl was cute but it's not you. So what's with the crazy act?"

Bo raised an eyebrow. "And how do you know that's not me?"

Tamsin rolled her eyes. "Because if that really were you, no one would have cared. You're supposed to be some magnanimous person who's gonna save the world. Not the bat shit crazy 'I'm on crack' version of you we saw the other night. So what gives?"

Bo crossed her arms over her chest. "Maybe I'm just tired of everyone keeping things from me."

Tamsin laughed. "Oh please, don't do the high and mighty routine because that one you've seriously overplayed."

Bo rolled her eyes. "What?"

Tamsin gave her a pointed look. "You say you're tired of people hiding shit from you, but it's not like you're totally innocent either Succubus. You hide your own secrets and I think they're finally starting to get to you."

Bo tensed slightly. "Meaning?"

Tamsin rolled her eyes again. "Well for starters, your obvious love triangle thing you got going on, it's ridiculous. Really. I mean why put yourself in that position and string them both along for so long anyway? What need that satisfy for you?"

Bo gave her a pointed look. "Well as I recall it's no longer a triangle seeing as how you and Lauren…"

Tamsin laughed. "See, that's what I'm talking about. You carry around this persona of guilt and heavy decisions when really, it just boils down to you being stupid and scared and not having the balls to make a decision for once in your life."

Bo huffed. "What do you know?"

Tamsin smirked as she leaned forward and dropped her voice an octave or two. "I know you keep things inside until they're ready to consume you and then you don't know how to handle it. I know you feel the darkness from within and its horrible and its evil and you kind of like it. I know the decisions you make aren't because you care and want to protect everyone, they're because you're trying to control that darkness and keep it from consuming you entirely."

Bo sat there silently for a second before reaching across the counter and grabbing Tamsin by the throat as her eyes blazed blue. "I know I'm getting tired of your little games Tamsin."

Tamsin smiled down at the girl who had a death grip on her throat. "There's our girl. Now tell me you don't love that feeling, the anger, the power. It's what drives you. You thrive off of it and it will eventually drive you insane."

Bo stared up at her as her eyes shone brightly and she tightened her grip on the Valkyrie's throat. Tamsin never flinched and instead just stared back at Bo with a knowing look that implied she understood the torment the Succubus was going through and that she understood where the pain came from. After a bit Bo loosened her grip on Tamsin's throat and she sat back as she felt her eyes change back to brown.

Bo looked horrified as she sat there and thought about what Tamsin said. "What is happening to me Tamsin?"

Tamsin sighed. "Like I said, it's the power, it's like a drug and it's fucking dangerous. You need to learn to control it, or you're going to destroy everyone you care about. Including yourself."

Bo looked up at her with a helpless looks. "How?"

Tamsin shook her head and shrugged. "Don't know, been trying to figure that one out for years."

Tamsin stood up and walked towards the exit but she stopped and looked back at Bo who looked as if she'd seen a ghost. "Oh and Bo…"

Bo looked up at her slowly with a concerned look on her face. "Yeah?"

Tamsin gave her an unreadable look. "You're right about one thing though."

Bo looked confused. "What?"

Tamsin held her gaze and nodded slightly. "Be careful of who you trust. Nothing is ever as it seems."

Bo sat there unmoving for a second before nodding slowly as Tamsin made her way to the exit. Bo sighed and called out, "Hey Tamsin…"

Tamsin stopped but didn't turn around and she rolled her eyes and huffed a little. "What?"

Bo gave her a small smile that went unseen by the Valkyrie. "Nothing…thanks."

Tamsin nodded. "That all?"

Bo looked down. "No…uh I don't really know how to say this but…"

Tamsin waited but still didn't turn around. She was not a big fan of the mushy emotional crap and she had a pretty good idea of how unstable Bo's emotions were right about now. After a few seconds Bo finally continued. "I need to know that you'll protect her, keep her safe."

Tamsin nodded but still remained silent. The simple acknowledgement was enough for Bo who nodded and smiled sadly. "Okay…well thanks."

Tamsin finally turned and nodded to Bo before walking out of the clubhouse. Bo sat there at the island for a while longer thinking about what Tamsin said. Some of it was true, she had been feeling the changes lately inside and it was confusing for her, and she breathed a sigh of relief knowing at least one person was on her side, even if they ended up killing each other.

At the Dahl

"Lauren, can we talk?"

Dyson had approached the blonde who was waiting to have breakfast with Tamsin that morning. Lauren looked at Dyson's serious face and nodded as she followed him down into Trick's study and folded her arms around herself in a semi-defensive stance.

"What's going on Dyson?"

Dyson sighed. He had spent the last three days trying to figure out what to do about the situation and he hadn't come up with a reasonable solution. "I need you to stop whatever research you're doing to help Bo."

Lauren looked confused. "Why?"

Dyson ran his rand through his hair in frustration. "Because things are getting dangerous, and there is too much at stake for all of us if you continue on."

Lauren raised an eyebrow. "Dyson, what are you talking about? Since when has my research ever been a threat to the Fae?"

Dyson looked over at her coldly. "Don't sound so surprised Doctor. Or did you forget what you were able to do at Taft's science lab?"

Lauren looked confused again and she looked back at Dyson cautiously. "What?"

Dyson stood up straight and towered over her. "The Fae don't want or need you or anyone else to figure out how to do certain things. Like combine human and Fae DNA for example…"

Lauren's eyes went wide. So much has happened recently that she'd forgotten about her successful trial of being able to implant Fae DNA intoTaft thereby making him a hybrid. She backed up a step slowly. "Dyson that was different, I didn't have a choice."

Dyson glared at her. "You had a choice, you could have refused."

Lauren gave him a disbelieving look. "And then you all would have been dead. What was I supposed to do Dyson?"

The wolf sighed. This conversation was quickly derailing and he needed to get his point across to her. "Nothing. You're right. Look, the point is, you need to stop. Now. Before someone gets hurt."

Lauren went back to being confused. "Dyson you're not making any sense. I'm not even working with Bo's DNA. I'm using…"

Dyson nodded and Lauren looked panicked. "I thought she was on our side?"

Dyson sighed. "She is. But she's also very powerful, and there are a lot of people that would rather you not learn any more about her."

Lauren paused and stared him down as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You mean like the Blood King?"

Dyson growled and grabbed her arm roughly as he stared down at her. "I don't want to have to hurt you doc, because honestly I kind of got used to you being around. But make no mistake about it, I have a job to do just like you do and if our paths cross in doing so, I will see to it that my job gets done."

Lauren stared up at him with fear and anger in her eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by the third voice in the room.

"And how are you going to do that with two broken arms? Let her go Dyson."

The wolf turned to see Tamsin standing there with her arms crossed and her face already starting to contort as she held back from going full Valkyrie stare on him. She respected the neutral location enough to not lose her shit but after the morning she'd already had, well, kicking someone's ass would make her feel a whole lot better.

Dyson let Lauren's arm go and Tamisn took a few steps towards them motioning for Lauren to move behind her. Tamsin got in his face and gave him a smug look. "If you don't make nice wolfie, then we are going to have major problems. But for now, I think you need to run along before I change my mind and kick your ass right here."

Dyson glared back at her and the two remained unmoving for a few seconds before finally Lauren pulled on Tamsin's arm lightly. "Come on, let's go."

Dyson's gaze was unwavering as Tamsin let Lauren pull her back slightly but she held her own stare on the wolf for good measure. She took two steps towards Lauren before changing her mind and turning to punch him in the face and she smirked as he doubled over at the hard impact to his jaw.

Lauren and Tamsin went back upstairs to the main bar area and once they were in the light Lauren noticed the bruising on the taller blonde's neck. "What happened?"

Tamsin shrugged and waived it off. "It's fine. Bo and I just have different communication styles that's all."

Lauren looked surprised but didn't say anything as she nodded and reclaimed her seat at the bar to have that breakfast with the Valkyrie. Dyson didn't reappear for a while and Tamsin kept one eye on the entrance to Trick's study to make sure he didn't start something as soon as he did come back upstairs. After breakfast she joined Lauren at her loft and took a nap while Lauren finished up some work she was doing at her home lab. After about an hour or so Lauren felt the tiredness of the morning wash over her and she made her way up the steps to join Tamsin in bed as she felt like she hadn't slept in days.

Just another short one to keep the story going. Let me know what you thought and thanks for reading!