Okay I think I am going to start winding this one down…I do like the pairing though and am trying to come up with another CopDoc but that's for a later time.

This chapter is mostly plot development but I intend to have a few more lighthearted character based chapters before I finish the story completely.

Characters not mine, they belong to Showcase and Lost Girl

Chapter 22

"Doc are you in here?"

Tamsin looked around for the blonde human as she entered the Dark Fae science facility. She'd gotten a mysterious text from Lauren to meet her there ASAP but not let anyone else know about it. Tamsin entered the very sterile lab and looked around confused as it appeared to be completely empty. She spotted Lauren sitting at one of the workstations in the far corner and smiled as she snuck up behind her.

"Hello doctor."

"HOLY JEEZ…"

Lauren nearly fell out of her chair at the sound of Tamsin's voice in her ear as she had been so involved with what she was doing she didn't hear the Valkyrie's entrance earlier. She looked around quickly before punching a few key strokes and a strange buzz sounded before the lights in the facility dimmed as the door Tamsin entered through shut and locked with a loud click.

Tamsin raised an eyebrow at her and smirked. "Um was this some weird nerdy-scientist booty call thing? Because I could totally get on board with that."

She tried to lean in for a kiss but Lauren just rolled her eyes as she gave her a quick peck on the lips and motioned for her to look at the documents on the table next to her. Tamsin's eyebrows went up a bit as she picked up one of the documents and tried to read it but was stuck as it was pretty much in Ph.D. level geek speak.

"Pretty pictures."

Lauren rolled her eyes as she took the document from Tamsin and set it back where it was next to a similar one on the table. Lauren looked around and bit her lip as she looked at Tamsin apprehensively. "I think I found something I wasn't supposed to."

Tamsin looked concerned. "What?"

Lauren pointed to the paper on her right. "See here, this is Bo's DNA sample. And this one on the left…this is Katya's."

Tamsin looked confused for a few seconds before bending down and looking at them a little closer. She noticed they looked almost identical and she looked up at Lauren with a confused stare. "Okay for us non-scientist types this appears to be the same sample."
Lauren nodded and tapped her fingers on the desk a bit in anxiety. "They're almost identical. You know what this means don't you?"

Tamsin looked lost. "Uh…they're cut from the same type of crazy?"

Lauren rolled her eyes and pulled out a third sheet. "It means they're related. And based on the comparative similarities I would say they are sisters…possibly even twins."

Tamsin laughed. "Okay hold on. Angel…I mean Katya, is like eight hundred years older than Bo…how can they be related much less twins?"

Lauren shrugged. "I don't know…it's a mystery but Tamsin I've run these tests almost a hundred times. The data is accurate. There's some piece of the puzzle that we're missing."

Tamsin scrunched her face. "Okay well if we need answers why don't we just go to the old man?"

Lauren sighed. "I thought of that…but out of curiosity I ran his DNA as well…look."

Tamsin looked at the third sheet of paper Lauren was holding and her eyebrows shot up in confusion. "They're not related…"

Lauren nodded. "No…so somewhere along the line either Bo got lost or stolen—"

Tamsin sighed. "Or hidden. That would explain all the shit that went down in France."

Lauren rubbed her forehead and sighed. "And someone doesn't want anyone to know about this. My guess – the Morrigan. But I can't figure out why."

Tamsin sighed as she looked up at the ceiling and shook her head before turning back to Lauren with a sad face. "I might know why…"

Lauren looked at her in confusion. "What?"

Tamsin motioned for Lauren to sit down and the doctor did slowly. "You remember when you first started working for the Dark and the Morrigan was up your ass about the whole invisible plague thing?"

Lauren nodded and Tamsin bit her lip a bit before continuing. "And remember how you found it strange that you were provided protection detail from the Dark?"

Lauren nodded again as a bad feeling started to grow in her stomach. Tamsin looked around in effort to avoid eye contact with Lauren as she continued. "Well, uh, there was sort of a bigger plan at work there."

Lauren stood up and gave Tamsin a look of disbelief. "So what Bo said at the Dahl that night was right?"

Tamsin shook her head and reached for Lauren but the human brushed her hand away as she stepped back. Tamsin ran her hands through her hair in frustration. "The very first time I met Ang- er Katya, was almost three hundred years ago. Back then I was more of a bounty hunter than anything else and the Morrigan had enlisted me to find her and bring her to the Dark. So, after a few decades I tracked her down and tried to bring her in. She was too strong though and after fighting her for so long we became friends, mutually respected each other I guess. I had no idea what the Morrigan would do to her once she got her so Katya and I came up with a plan, we convinced the Morrigan she had been killed during my hunt for her and she stayed off the grid for a while. Years later the Morrigan came to me again asking me to find another person."

Lauren gasped. "Bo?"

Tamsin nodded and continued. "She gave me a vague description…the same one you found in those old journals."

Lauren looked confused. "But that referenced someone with noble blood. If Bo and Trick aren't related, then how?"

Tamsin closed her eyes and took a deep breath. What she was about to reveal to Lauren would put her in more danger than she could even fathom. "Because it's not Trick's blood that makes her noble. It's Odin's."

Lauren's mouth fell open. "Odin…THE Odin? But I thought he only had sons?"

Tamsin shook her head. "Typical misogynistic story telling for you. No, he fathered three daughters, who one day will rule all the universes, including Asgard."

Lauren looked confused. "Three daughters? If Katya and Bo are two of them who is the third?"

Tamsin looked Lauren dead in the eye. "The third daughter was banished from Asgard shortly after her death. The legend goes the gods were jealous that the three sisters would one day rule the worlds they created. In order for the three to ascend to their thrones they need to be reunited and fight together to claim their land."

Lauren's brow wrinkled. "I don't understand."

Tamsin gave her a small smile. "The third sister was banished to earth. To live among mortals as one of them for all of eternity."

Lauren raised an eyebrow. "You mean to tell me a human has been living as long as Katya has?"

Tamsin shook her head. "Don't you ever wonder about reincarnation and all that bullshit? No, this human has lived infinite lifetimes, all separate yet all connected."

Tamsin moved over and dug through the file marked "Bo" on Lauren's desk. She found what she was looking for and put it down in front of the doctor. "Remember what Katya said to Bo about breaking the curse? She needed the three things…the heart of a wolf, the blood of a king and the hand of an angel?"

Lauren nodded as she looked at Tamsin with mass confusion on her face. "Yes that's how we knew Bo was the one referenced in the prophecy that could break the curse."

Tamsin shook her head. "She wasn't the only one. And the translation Katya gave wasn't exactly accurate, I guess after almost a thousand years her skills fell off a bit. See here…"

Tamsin showed Lauren the sheet she was looking at and pointed to the original text that referenced the things mentioned by Tamsin. The Valkyrie sighed as she read the actual translation. "The heart belonging to wolves, a spirit from above devoted to the throne and a bloodline, noble and pure."

Lauren shook her head. "I don't get it Tamsin."

The taller blonde sighed as she pointed to the three parts. "Bo, Katya…you."

Lauren looked up at Tamsin with wide eyes. "What? How is that even possible? I'm a human Tamsin…not some mythical creature that's been trapped on this planet for thousands of years."

Lauren huffed a bit as she turned and paced slightly as she stared at Tamsin. "And when were you going to tell me that you knew about this?"

Tamsin sighed. "I wasn't sure…but after Dyson gave you that warning I knew for sure. Someone knows and they don't want you to figure it out."

Lauren sighed as she was suddenly very very tired. "And why not?"

Tamsin sat down on one of the stools. "Because if you did, and the three of you managed to claim your throne then all those who have been fighting for power will be useless and chaos will ensue. If the three of you ascend to your rightful place then the passage way between all the universes will open and it will be up to you to stop the chaos."

Lauren sat down and put her head in her hands. "I'm just a human Tamsin…this is crazy."

Tamsin sighed and walked over to her. "No doc. You're more than that but like I said, legend has it you will stay on earth living lifetime after lifetime until you are rejoined with your family."

Lauren sat up and made a disgusted face. "If that's true…then are you telling me I slept with my sister?"

Tamsin laughed. "Um ew…and no. Your genetic makeup is 100% human doc. Don't worry…but inside you there is the spirit of the third piece of the triangle."

Lauren sighed as she thought about what Tamsin said. It made absolutely no sense and she was pretty certain Tamsin must be drunk right now to tell her all this. She looked up at Tamsin with a raised eyebrow. "IF what you're saying is true why tell me this now? Why not just let me live out this lifetime and move on?"

Tamsin nodded towards her computer. "Because the Morrigan knows you've figured out the link between Bo and Katya so it's only a matter of time before you discovered the real mystery. That invisible Fae serum thing she wanted you to research, well she thinks that's how the essence stays inside you. Dormant, untraceable. Genius really."

Lauren peered at Tamsin and shook her head. "So what was the curse thing then that Katya was talking about?"

Tamsin shrugged. "That I don't know. Must have something to do with releasing you...or well your essence from this human existence."

Lauren sighed. "You were going to keep this from me forever weren't you?"

Tamsin took a step towards her but sighed as Lauren took a step back. "Doc, my job was to keep you safe. You and Bo. I had no idea why but I do now. The Morrigan wanted to use this information against you and her somehow but she needed you both alive in order to do it."

Tamsin reached for Lauren again but the doctor pushed her hands away as she glared at the taller woman. "So why not just tell her? And Bo? And Katya? We were all together at one point."

Tamsin sighed again. "Because I didn't know then Lauren. I swear to you. I didn't know it was you until just recently."

Lauren gave Tamsin a cold stare. "When we were in France you went into battle with Bo. You stood beside her as you fought those Lycan and you almost got her killed because of it."

Tamsin looked at Lauren carefully. She could see this news was not being received well and she wasn't quite sure what to do at this point. "And she didn't die Lauren. I told you then and I'm telling you now I would have kept her safe."

Lauren laughed sarcastically. "We must have different definitions of the word safe. Because as I recall both of you came back bloodied and beaten to hell. All this time…you knew…you knew and you never said anything."

Tamsin took a step towards her and grabbed her wrist as she turned the doctor around to face her. "I'm a warrior doc. It's what I do. I didn't expect to get involved in this shit any more than you did."

Lauren pushed away from her and stared her down. "You should have come to me with this as soon as you knew. Hell, you should have told me from the start."

She took a few angry steps away before Tamsin called out. "She want's you dead you know."

Lauren turned around and looked back at Tamsin in disbelief. "What?"

Tamsin took a step closer and nodded. "The Morrigan…she wants your head, she knew you were getting too close. So does Trick it seems. Don't you get it Lauren? YOU are the missing link. And YOU are the one everyone is after."

Lauren seethed as she took a step closer to Tamisn and addressed her n a low tone. "So was that the big plan all along Tamsin? Were those your marching orders? Get close to me, monitor my actions and report back?"

Tamsin crossed her arms over her chest as she stared down at the shorter blonde. "No, and I never would have done it."

Lauren scoffed as she stared up at the Dark Fae. "Was any of it even real?"

Tamsin sighed as she looked back at Lauren as she knew what the doctor was referring to. "Yes, all of it."

Lauren stared at her for a few more seconds trying to figure out if she was telling the truth or not before turning and walking away. Tamsin looked confused and called out to her again. "Where are you going?"

Lauren stopped but didn't turn around. "I need to find Bo. If this is all true then we need to be prepared."

Tamsin sighed as she watched Lauren take a few more steps before stopping again. "You coming?"

Tamsin nodded as she followed the shorter blonde out of the lab and into her car. She was pretty certain she'd just screwed up whatever was going on between them but right now she needed to focus.

Focus on stopping the Morrigan and Trick, or both, from going after Lauren. Focus on keeping Dyson away from her and Bo as well. Focus on keeping Lauren safe, no matter the cost, because even though this was her final job as a Valkyrie in her final lifetime she knew more than anything it wasn't simply out of obedience that she was doing this.

Odin might have given her the assignment, but her love for Lauren is what would drive her to see it through.

And like I've said before I'm really bad with the whole mythology crap but I did my best to get creative with this so hopefully it works. Let me know what you thought and thanks for reading!