Valhalla Chapter 7
When Tamsin and Bo made their way away from the lake, they could still not see much in front of them. Their clothes were now soaking wet but the cold was not a big worry at the moment. They both just wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible. The Razor Wheat that they were still walking through, seemed to have a harder time cutting into their clothes now that they were wet. Bo kept an eye on Tamsin. She was still shook up front the grindlylow attack.
"What's that?" Bo asked as she saw a tall, object loom into her view.
"I really hope it's our last stop before we get out of here."
"Could it be the tree we've been looking for?" Bo asked her.
"Let's get closer."
As they walked the object grew larger and they could make out what looked like limbs. It had no leaves but bare branches and something tied to several of them. Bo looked harder and could see that the objects hanging from the tree were pairs of shoes. There were many different kinds and sizes. There were men's shoes, women's shoes, and children's shoes. Most of them looked well-worn and there were some that could have been centuries old. There were styles that she had never seen before. She allowed herself to wonder where they all had come from. She wondered about the people who had worn them and about the times they had come from. Tamsin snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Hey, it looks like we made it. The question is, how to we get to them? There are thorns everywhere. It's not like we can just go up and pick a pair off a low limb." Tamsin said.
"That's the point. They are not supposed to be easy to get to. I can handle a few thorns. I have someone who can provide me with all the great tasting chi if I come back scratched up. The quicker I get a pair, the quicker we get Kenzi back." Bo said as she started to walk over to the tree, without waiting for Tamsin to respond. Tamsin tried to follow her but as she did, she came face to face with a wall. She couldn't see it but she walked into it. It stopped her from going over to the tree with Bo. She would just have to wait and watch as Bo retrieved the shoes for herself. It was so frustrating to be able to watch but not help her.
Bo came to the edge of the thorn bushes that covered the tree. She took out the sword that Tamsin had given her and started to hack at the vines. They were thicker than they looked, and she had to swing her sword down on a few of them more than once. It was back breaking work but she just kept thinking about Kenzi. Some of the thorns clawed at her arms and hands but she didn't stop. She didn't even pause in her work until she felt a serious pain in her right hand. She looked down and could see that it was tricking blood. It ran in a warm stream down her hand and into her palm. She pulled out the thorn that had lodged itself there and as she did, a black spot formed where it had been. She watched in horror as the spot became a line and started to spread up her arm. It was like black ink flowing through her veins. She didn't know what to do, and all she could do now was keep going. She had come too far now.
She had almost made it to the trunk of the tree and she could reach a pair of low hanging tennis shoes. She sliced the shoe strings that were trying them to the branch and they fell into her hands. She held them up triumphantly and showed them to Tamsin. Tamsin breathed a sigh of relief. Bo started to walk away with her prize when she heard a horrible noise come from behind her. She whipped around and came face to face with a monster. It was like nothing she had ever seen before, it was a man, at least she thought it was a man, but she couldn't be positive because he had no head. His skin was green and rotting on his body, at least the bits of it that she could see, and he smelled of rot. In one of his hands he held a sword, and in the other a whip that was made of what looked like a human spine. Tamsin screamed at her as the creature's sword took a swing at her. Bo ducked and rolled out of the way before the sword could come down on her. She got up quickly and pulled her own sword, as she got ready to fight this thing.
"What is this thing, Tamsin?" Bo shouted. "How do I stop it?"
"It's a Dunlan. Find its head. If you find the head then you can control him!" Tamsin shouted back as she fought against the invisible wall that held her in place.
The Dunlan took another swing at Bo and nicked her in the shoulder. She took several swings at him, but each time that she landed a hit, they would just glance off of him. It was like he was made of steel. Bo looked around fanatically for a head. She couldn't see anything. Tamsin looked as well. She was going crazy behind this wall. She was afraid that Bo was going to be killed right in front of her and she couldn't do anything about it. She beat her fists on the wall in frustration, and to her surprise it came down. It was gone and it was like it had never been there. Tamsin rushed to Bo's aid without worrying about where the wall had gone.
She got there just as the Dunlan's blade was coming down again. Tamsin stopped it with her own. Bo put her leg out behind the creature and pushed him over, and he fell to the ground. He tried to get back on his feet as Tamsin and Bo formed a plan.
"You look for the head and I'll keep him busy," Bo said. "Be careful."
"Okay, I'll be as quick as I can!" Tamsin said taking off in the direction that the Dunlan had come from. She looked along the ground and searched in an area she thought might be a good hiding spot. She could smell the pain and despair in air around her and it was getting denser. Dunlans caused those feelings in their victims so she knew that his hide out must be close. She following her instincts and they didn't lead her wrong. She came running up on a cave the smelled so strongly of fear and death that she almost passed out. That had to be where the Dunlan was staying. She held her nose and ran inside the cave. She could throw up later she told herself.
Tamsin searched the cave. She saw many human bones littering the floor and some bodies that were freshly dead. It was a terrible sight and as she was looking through the carnage and gore, she saw it. She saw the Dunlan's head. It was laying the back of the cave. She grabbed it and ran back to where she had left Bo. She ran as fast as she could and she could now she Bo still fighting the Dunlan.
"Hey Twatwaffle, I got what you need right here," Said Tamsin holding up the head by the hair. She tried to hold back the vomit that was trying to come up her throat as she did. The flesh was loose on the head and somewhat slimy. Tamsin guessed the slimy was due to the head's state of decay. "If you want it, you're going to have to come and get it," Tamsin mocked as she danced around with it swinging by the hair.
The Dunlan took his attention off of Bo and started toward Tamsin. Tamsin moved just out of his reach as he came closer. He was faster than Tamsin had thought he would be, and she knew she had to do something with the head fast. She made her decision and threw the head up in the air, and as it came down she kicked it, hard. She felt like she almost broke her foot doing so, and she knew that she would never want to wear those shoes again, but it was a good kick. The head went flying and it landed somewhere in a nearby pond, because she heard the sickening splash as it hit the water. "Tamsin makes the kick and it's good! The crowd goes wild as she makes the first field goal of the night!" Tamsin she as she did a field goal dance and she watched as the Dunlan ran after it. Tamsin composed herself and ran over to check on Bo.
Bo was standing up and dusting off her pants when Tamsin got over to her. Bo gave her a big smile. "That was a nice kick. You could go pro," Bo laughed.
"I could be the whole team," Tamsin smarted off.
"Well with that said, I'm just glad you're on my team."
"Which team would that be," Tamsin asked walking over to Bo and wrapping her arms around her waist.
"Any team you want," Bo answered as she kissed her. "We can talk about it more when we get out of here and get home. We should move before he comes back. I would be really pissed if I had to search for my head like a lost golf ball."
"Right. I'd say I wish that the fish would eat it, but it would I'd hate for the fish to get sick,"
"You're such an animal lover," Bo said with a laugh. "Let's go."
They ran back in the direction they had come. It was just lucky that they didn't have to cross that lake again. This time they were able to find a route around it. It took a little longer but neither one of them wanted to swim in that water again. They got back out of the gate in record time. They stopped to take a breath just outside of it. Tamsin looked over at Bo and could see that her hand was still bleeding and she saw the black line that had ran down her arm. It was beginning to fade now, but it still scared her a little.
"What happened to your hand?" Tamsin asked as she took it into her own.
"Thorn around the tree cut me, and then this strange black line appeared. Do you know what it is?"
"I think it was how the Dunlan found you. That thorn released that black liquid into your blood and he was able to smell you. And don't ask me how he could smell you without his nose attached, because I have no idea. I looks like it's fading, so I don't think it's anything to worry about. Those thorns are there to wound, not kill," Tamsin said kissing the spot as she let Bo's hand go. "We'll get you all healed up when we get back home, but right now I've got to fly us out of here. Sylvia got us in here but I can get us back without a problem. Tamsin spread her wings and Bo took her place between them. She loved seeing Tamsin like this. She was truly beautiful and she felt like she had someone to protect her from the world. Bo wrapped arms around Tamsin's neck and they lifted off the ground and into the air. Bo took the time just to breath in Tamsin's scent and enjoy being close to her. The flight home didn't take long and they soon landed back outside the apartment. Bo lingered a little longer on Tamsin than she needed to, but she couldn't help herself. Of course, Tamsin didn't mind in the least, but they did need to get into the home and get Bo's wounds cleaned up or healed up as Tamsin would prefer.
They walked into the apartment and headed up stairs to the bathroom. They both had been waiting all day for this, and they barely made it into the bathroom before Tamsin had Bo up against a wall and started kissing down her body. Bo moaned out loud and was a little bit glad she was a bit hurt from the trip because this would make it all worth it. Tamsin undressed Bo and saw some other bruises and scratches she had acquired in her scuffle with the Dunlan. Tamsin put her passion on hold as she looked Bo's injuries over. Bo was hurt worse than she had let on. Some of the scratches were very deep and appeared to still be bleeding.
"Bo, baby," Tamsin said as she looked in horror. Bo's heart melted a little at the term of endearment. She had all but forgotten the pain. "You need to heal," Tamsin said kissing the bruises that her lips could reach. Bo shivered at the light touch and longed for so much more.
"I was working on that when you got distracted, remember?" Bo said in a voice heavy with desire.
"Oh, right," Tamsin said with a smile. "I least I still get to kiss everything and make it all better," Tamsin said in a cheeky tone. Tamsin's lips worked their way back up Bo's naked body. "We should at least take a shower first," Tamsin said as she slipped out of her clothes as well. A shower would do more for them then just get them clean.
Tamsin led a now, very aroused Bo, over into the tub. Tamsin felt her only desire grow as she saw the blue lust in Bo's eyes, which she knew was only for her. That was a beautiful sight. Tamsin closed the curtain around them and pulled Bo close to her until their naked chests touched. She turned on the shower and warm water started to stream down their bodies. Tamsin held Bo close.
Bo's breath hitched in her throat as Tamsin's body warmth joined her own. Tamsin kissed Bo long and deep and as she leaned into her she was able to grab the sponge that was hanging off of the shower head. She took the sponge and selected one of Bo's body washes from the shelf. She lathered the sponge up and gently started to wash Bo's body with it, taking care to be extra gentle with the cuts and bruises.
Bo never knew that Tamsin could be so caring and sexual at the same time. Tamsin's hands washed Bo's lean abdomen and she used the sponge to circle Bo's hard nipples. Bo had to fight her urges to push Tamsin against to wall of the shower and take her right there. It took more willpower than she even knew she had. Bo placed her own hand on top of Tamsin's as she continued to wash her body. Bo had never shared this level of intimacy with anyone before. It was new but wonderful.
The sponge that Tamsin held on Bo's abdomen made circles around Bo's navel and then it traveled lower. Tamsin could feel her desire burning low in her belly and could feel it coursing through her veins. Tingles ran all over her and she could even feel her ears tingling. Her legs almost clasped from under her, when she made contact with the apex between Bo's legs. Bo grasped and let Tamsin rub and caress her sex with the sponge. She didn't know how much more she could take though. Her hunger forced its way up and Tamsin was driving her wild.
Tamsin suddenly stopped her teasing and gave Bo a longing look. She leaned in to kiss her and Bo sucked in some of her delicious chi. Tamsin enjoyed the feeling. It never hurt her but only made her want Bo more. Bo took the sponge from Tamsin and started to give her the same treatment she had given her.
"You fought out there too. Let me take care of my Valkyrie a little," Bo said sponging her down her body but stopping just above her center. Bo then pushed Tamsin roughly against the shower wall and got down on her knees in front of her. Before Tamsin's mind could form a coherent though Bo's tongue was already licking her soaking wet sex. Bo grabbed Tamsin's ass to keep her balanced so she could do what she wanted. Tamsin moaned in pleasure and grabbed Bo's shoulders. Bo licked and teased until she could feel Tamsin fighting to stay standing under the assault of her practiced tongue. Bo added her fingers and it was all over for Tamsin. A powerful orgasm washed over her and Bo had to hold her to keep her from falling forward. Even the aftershocks were intense, and Tamsin grasped for breath with each one.
Bo stood up smiling. "Now that we are both clean, I think we should head to the bedroom. I'm not done with you yet."
"Thank God for that," Tamsin said shutting off the water and letting Bo half carry and half drag her to the bedroom. It was Tamsin however, that pushed Bo down on the mattress and climbed on top of her. They were both still wet from the shower but neither one of them cared. Tamsin had Bo where she wanted her and Bo was in heaven, with her angel on top of her. Tamsin had a long night planned for Bo and it was her turn to have a little control. Bo enjoyed the sight as the blonde Valkyrie topped her, with lust in her eyes. It this is what she came back to, then she would gladly go to the netherworld every day.
Author's note- you guys are very kind with your reviews. I love reading them. I hope this chapter was steamy enough for my fellow valkubus shippers. There can never be too much valkubus sex in my opinion. :)