Tamsin sat in the cold watching over Lauren and listening for noise from outside the basement. While she was desperate for her own freedom and knew it was the only hope for the Doctor's survival there was a part of her that was deeply hesitant to leave.

The walls of the basement dungeon made her fidget in an attempt to stay warm. She'd removed her jacket and placed it under the sleeping Doctor's head leaving her further exposed to the damp air. When the Doctor had slipped into sleep Tamsin had gone to work, breaking the old wooden chair that Lauren has been sat in the time of her first beating. Using the remnants of the chair to create makeshift splints for Lauren's leg and arm the Valkyrie then finished the job of cleaning wounds on the Doctor's body as best she could. All the while the Doctor barely flinched in her sleep so deeply was she enmeshed in her exhaustion.

In her mind Tamsin justified her desire to assist Lauren simply as a need for distraction. In her heart however she knew she had developed something beyond respect for the women, something she could not yet define. At a primitive level it was a desire to see her survive but why she felt so attached to the outcome she couldn't yet say.

When Lauren finally stirred she let out a groan, realising the pain her body was enduring. She opened her eyes and looked to Tamsin who was sat on the ground directly beside her with her back against this wall.

"I was beginning to worry that you only wake up when a bucket of water is thrown over you Doc"

Lauren smiled at the Valkyrie but the simple act of doing so reminded her of the state her cracked jaw was in and she involuntarily let our a moan.

"Careful Doc, you took some patching up, don't start messing up my handy work with smiles"

Lauren looked across her body and saw the splints and and cleaned wounds. "You did this?" Lauren's eye lit up with sincerity making Tamsin immediately uncomfortable, "I was bored" she replied looking away. Lauren inspected the handiwork as best she could, "I'm impressed". Two virtual compliments in a row had Tamsin feeling well and truly out of her comfort zone, "whatever, your limbs were at weird angles it was freaking me out"..oh bravo Valkyrie.

Not wanting silence Lauren immediately retorted, "You said they were letting you go, do you know why?"

"Apparently some friends in the Light are negotiating a deal" Tamsin knew that had the happy sunshine gang known that Lauren was being held that they would have made every attempt to save her, even if it was at the Valkyrie's expense.

"They're good like that those Light friends" Lauren smiled, not wanting Tamsin to feel any guilt about her impending freedom. It didn't work.

"Look Doc, as soon as I get out I'm rounding up the cavalry, you won't be here a second more than you need to be"

Lauren tried again to smile, she knew she'd been in this place a longtime but had stopped counting days a long while back. Every second of her time captive felt like a second more than she deserved. For the first time in what must have been weeks Lauren's eyes filled with tears. The Valkyrie saw it and for a moment thought to ignore it but could not.

"ah shit Doc, don't cry, I don't do crying, especially other people crying"

"Sorry" a tear burnt it's way across Lauren's bruised cheek.

Tamsin placed a hand on the Doctor's shoulder and Lauren raised her own good hand to grasp it. As soon as their fingers touched Lauren let go and released the tears that had been bottled up weeks. Tamsin sat quietly, knowing she didn't have the words to help. She gently rubbed her thumb across the back of the Doctor's hand and waited for the tears to stop.

Neither women could say how long they sat like that, hand in hand, it was a time of comfort for both of them. Though Lauren's wounds were more obvious and her beatings more sustained, Tamsin too hid breaks and bruises that she dared not share. She endured the might of the beast and fought back when she could, but in the eternity room, where Fae powers are rendered redundant, brute strength would always win out.

It was the sound of the door to the basement being pulled open that broke them both out of their moment of peace. As they released each others hands Tamsin gave the Doctor a wink, "guess this is game time" she smiled. And with that Tamsin jumped to her feet to face whomever or whatever was walking towards them.

"Hello ladies, it's such a special day today that I just had to come down to see you both", the Morrigan stood in front of them with five or six muscled thugs as security.

"Here to send me off Evony, I'm touched" smirked the Valkyrie.

"Oh darling don't be, I'm here to send you both off"

Lauren's eyes darted up to Tamsin and then to Evony. Freedom? Did Bo find out I was here, did Hale get word?

"Oh, such hope in that face, arent you just so ...human", The Morrigans voice was filled with mocking. "After all these years of working with the Fae you still look for our humanity, pathetic really".

Lauren looked at the Morrigan confused, unsure of what to make of her words. Tamsin on the other hand knew exactly what was to come next. It wasn't until Laurn looked upon the face of the Valkyrie that she knew too, today was the day she was to be executed.

"What about me?" Tamsin asked

"You my dear are free to go, the caveats of your release will be made apparent to you in time but for now, all I ask is that you join me as a guest to watch this afternoon's execution. Given the Doctor's place among the Light so few of us can witness the spectacle so I'm desperate for a friend" the Morrigan pouted and the Valkyrie resisted the urged to attack the woman.

Tamsin looked down to Lauren who was seated on the ground. She tried to give her a look that would reassure her, that would tell her this was not the end, but when she looked into the Doctor's eyes she saw a distance that told her the women was resigned to her death.

"Take the human to a hold cell upstairs" Evony motioned to two of her henchmen who walked over to the Doctor and dragged her to her feet. Lauren cried out in pain as she was pulled up. In hearing her Tamsin moved to remove the Doctor from the grip of then henchmen but before she could Evony placed her body between them and smiled. "Just desserts remember Tam Tam". The Morrigan looked deep into Tamsin's eyes and gave a smirk that the Valkyrie responded to with a look of disgust. A henchman approached and grabbed her by the arm leading her to the basement door. Behind her she heard Lauren struggle in pain, dragged from the room in fits and starts. The Valkyrie closed her eyes tight and allowed herself to be led on, not here Tamsin, you can't do any good here..

Once beyond the doors of the basement a blinding daylight engulfed the group. First Tamsin then Lauren were forced to cast eyes downward. Any attempt to open their eyes and look forward was futile, they had both been to long underground. Tamsin felt the two groups of people separate, putting distance between Lauren's muted groans of pain and herself. She resisted the urge to call out to the Doctor to assure her it would be ok, but in the distance she could hear her name called, just once, in desperation before she was plunged into another room with a door slamming behind her.