Tamsin had been walking behind the two as they conversed with each other. It was blatant to the blonde that this man was the one who had called Bo earlier, and even more obvious to her that this Fae had known her too. She could almost feel her ears burning as the two muttered underneath their breaths. Had Dyson not offered to give them a drive back to the Morrigan, Tamsin would have definitely spoken up by now. Admittedly, she felt irritated by the Light Fae's intrusion. Although she and Bo had stopped conversing since the woods, it felt like he was interrupting. Biting her tongue she sighed in frustration and chose to keep quiet.
Dyson was struggling to understand what was going on. The blonde that was walking behind them was clearly Tamsin, but the Valkyrie was ready to attack him, and showed no sign of recognition. "I don't understand." He muttered to the Succubus, trying to take in everything the brunette was trying to say to him. "I saw her, Bo. She was gone."
Bo frowned, knowing exactly how confused the wolf was. "I know," She started. "But this is why I needed to do this, if I helped the Morrigan, she would help me get Tamsin's memories back." She looked over her shoulder and saw the blonde glaring at the floor, obviously deep in thought. Happy that the Valkyrie couldn't hear them, she looked back to Dyson. "She's still the same Tamsin…" She paused and sighed. "Well, kind of."
The Wolf's eyes fixated on the floor as they made the trip to his own truck, not too far away from this place. This all seemed impossible, he knew a little of the Valkyries from his past experiences. He had heard that some Valkyries could live a thousand lifetimes, but even back then although there were many Valkyries around, they made themselves scarce, their practices private. Could it be possible that the old rumours were true? "Bo…" He started, concerned for the brunette. "Let's just slow down here." His mind was processing all the information Bo had filled him in on since she met the Morrigan. "If this is our Tamsin, she doesn't know anything about us. The Morrigan isn't exactly known to keep her word, and Tamsin will just continue to be clueless about everything." He raised his gaze to the brunette. "Remember, Tamsin was dangerous." He paused and sighed. "She is dangerous, Bo. Without being your friend, you never know whose side she's actually on or if she'll turn on you."
The Succubus' hues dropped to the floor, knowing that what Dyson was saying was true. "I know…" She whispered. "But I know she wouldn't hurt me, I mean…" She paused and looked back up to the wolf, knowing that Tamsin had already went full Valkyrie on her the night before. She failed to inform him of that part, knowing that he would react badly. "It's her, Dyson. If the Morrigan doesn't pull through I'll just have to make her remember." Bo smiled at her own conviction, there was no way she was going to give up on the blonde. If Tamsin really wanted to hurt her last night, she would have gone further but she didn't. Bo knew that her Valkyrie was in there somewhere. She just had to wake her up.
Dyson's vehicle started to come into view between the two Fae in front of the Valkyrie. She felt herself sigh out of relief, knowing that these two were muttering under their breaths about her made her more irritated than she believed she would be. How was it that she came to meet the two in front of her? Surely this wolf wasn't a friend of hers as well, Tamsin was having a hard time believing she gained one friend. As they all approached the Wolf's truck, Bo and Dyson stopped chattering, knowing that they wouldn't be able to hold a private conversation in the confines of the vehicle.
Bo stopped at the passenger's side and smiled apologetically to Tamsin, knowing that she had been talking about her this whole time with Dyson. Tamsin rolled her eyes in response and got in the back, sliding over into the middle so she could look through the windscreen. The other two followed suit, Bo entering and sitting in the passenger's seat and Dyson taking the driver's seat. After they were all seated appropriately, Dyson set off driving.
The journey was silent, as expected. There was an awkward tension that lingered in the air as all three chose to stay quiet. Tamsin took a deep sigh and looked out the window to her left, watching the empty road fly past as Dyson drove. The Valkyrie knew that the Wolf came for Bo, worried for her safety, he was the 'overprotective boyfriend' that she joked about earlier when Bo received the call. Something about the Wolf irritated her, she could see his heart was in the right place for wanting to protect the brunette. But at the same time, the Succubus was a grown woman. She could handle herself, and it irked the blonde the fact that Dyson would come running to Bo's defence as if she were some sort of child.
"Anyway." Bo started, not wanting this journey to be completely awkward. "You mentioned there was some sort of case? That's why you wanted to meet me at the Dal, right?" She smiled and looked at the Wolf, whose gaze was fixated on the road ahead. "Wanna fill me in on it?" Bo was thinking practically, rather than doing all this and then being told about the case it'd be more time effective to get it done whilst they're all staying quiet.
Dyson didn't waste time to give the thought any consideration. "I don't think it's such a good idea." He paused and shifted his gaze back to the blonde in the back seat, then quickly back to the road. "It's a Light Fae case, talking about Intel around Dark Fae could jeopardize its progress or even tip off the criminal." He cleared his throat. "No offense, Tamsin."
Tamsin lazily looked back at the front seat rather than the window next to her. Smirking, she scrunched up her nose. "None taken." From the fact he was talking about cases and Intel, Tamsin picked up on the fact he was a cop, or a detective. She sighed and looked back out the window, showing her disinterest. "But please, be my guest. Talk about your 'case' all day long. I really don't care."
Bo frowned and watched her out of the rear view mirror. Watching her scrunch up her nose and smile like that made her smile slightly. It was something the blonde always used to do in her past life as well, Bo was glad that the little things stayed with her. She looked back to Dyson and frowned again. "It's Tamsin." She pushed. She knew that Tamsin worked for the Morrigan, but Bo knew that Tamsin's main agenda was herself. She wouldn't be interested in a Light case, and would be the last person to snitch. "Please Dyson, it's been a long journey. You may as well tell me now whilst I'm still awake rather than later when I'm back at the Dal with Kenzi getting me drunk."
The wolf shot a glance at the blonde in the rear view mirror to see her glaring at the passing scenes. Against his better judgement, he nodded slowly and looked back to the road. "There are Fae out there being murdered. Light Fae, mostly." He paused to see if there were some sort of reaction from Tamsin. When he found there wasn't one, he continued. "The most recent body was found a few days ago, A Fury." He sighed and shook his head. "No wounds, no nothing. After running blood tests, we found that all the victims including her had some sort of poison in their bodies. But with the Fury? The toxicology report showed that whatever substance was in her, wasn't enough to kill her. Somebody finished the job off themselves. Once we find out how, we can start narrowing down potential suspects."
The Valkyrie pretended not to listen. She had told the truth when she said she didn't care. She really didn't. All she was concerned about was getting her answers, if she had to sit here and listen to some pointless cop-case then she would just have to endure it. However the mention of a fury made her raise an eyebrow, and made her gaze strain a little as she looked outside.
"Great." Bo sighed, leaning her head to the side and watched the road outside. "So how do we figure out how the Fury died?"
Dyson shrugged. "I've been trying to link the victims together, to see if there's something connecting them." He sighed in frustration. "But there's nothing. It's like they were targeted for no reason."
Tamsin clenched her jaw, and looked down at her hands. Before giving her this little mission, the Morrigan convinced her to get some information out of a dying Fury. At first, the blonde objected. Something had weakened her, to the point where she couldn't even sit up. She looked deathly, and Tamsin knew that if she pushed her with her abilities, the Fury would inevitably die. Of course, it only took a bit of leverage from the Morrigan and she gave in, essentially murdering the innocent Fae.
She had claimed Fae lives in every life cycle. It was natural to her, being a killer. But there was something about hearing Bo and Dyson discuss finding the killer of the Fury made her doubt her actions. It was like yesterday, when she attacked the elf and in the night when she turned on Bo. Being a Valkyrie was all she knew. Killing was programmed into her, it ran through her veins. The blonde was a monster, through and through. Bo could try and convince her otherwise with whoever she was in her past life, but nothing would change who she really was.
Frowning at her hands, she looked back up to the window. If she had any thread of decency, she would have just outright told them the truth. That she turned Valkyrie on the Fury and finished the job. But afraid that admittance would spur the cop on to take her to the station, rather than Evony's office she kept silence. She would later admit her actions to Bo, once she got her answers. Until then, she would leave the Wolf guessing.
The Succubus kept quiet for a while, trying to think. "I'm guessing you're wanting me to poke around Dark territory to see if I can find anything?"
Dyson nodded. "The bodies were always found in the same city, dotted around. Whoever is murdering these Fae isn't too concerned about hiding it." The Wolf glanced again at Tamsin, and again was satisfied she wasn't paying any interest in their conversation. "They'll get found eventually, if someone's out there to look for them."
Bo smiled. "Great, like a needle in a haystack, right?" She knew that this was no laughing matter, but she couldn't hide the fact that this felt like too much. Initially she had wanted something to distract her from her mood, but with everything that had happened with Tamsin. Right now all she wanted was to get her Tamsin back and for things to go back to normal, not that she knew the meaning of the word. Not to then go out on some impossible mission.
"Just like that, yeah." Dyson smirked and looked at Bo. "I know you can do it, Bo." He turned his gaze back to the road, glad to see that in the distance, civilisation was now coming into view.
Tamsin furrowed her eyebrows, as she watched the buildings pass by out the window. Her face strained, and she sat up right. "Uhm." She spoke up, leaning forward so her face was level with the two Fae in front of her. "Don't mean to be a back seat driver over here, but…" She tilted her head, glaring at Dyson. "Aren't we going in the wrong direction?"
It amused Dyson, just how much a like this new Tamsin was to the old one. He knew she didn't remember anything, but he understood how Bo believed Tamsin could easily be reminded. "Nope." He smiled, his gaze focused on the road ahead. "I'm taking Bo to the station, so she can help me look at some files."
In almost synchronicity, both Bo and Tamsin scowled at Dyson. The brunette shook her head. "Dyson," She started, her voice serious. "I'll help you with the case, I promise." She sighed. "But it's not just Tamsin that needs to go back to the Morrigan, I do too."
The Wolf growled slightly. "Fae are dying, Bo. Can't the Morrigan wait?"
Tamsin took a deep breath, trying to contain her frustration. "No, she really can't." The blonde growled in response. "And neither can I. So, either go to the Morrigan's office or drop us off here. I'm sure Succulips and I can take care of ourselves from here."
Bo frowned, knowing that Dyson wouldn't take to Tamsin's words. "Think of it as an opportunity for me to snoop around?"
The Wolf rolled his eyes, hating the fact that Bo always got her way when it came to decision making. He would always try and think of the most sensible way to resolve a situation, use his head. Bo always went with her heart. He enjoyed being partnered up with Tamsin in the past, but to set aside a case where people are in danger to regain her memories just didn't seem logical to him. "Fine." He grumbled, pulling the truck up to the sidewalk. He stared out at the road, in front of the car. "I'm sure it's not too far from here anyway." He couldn't hide his frustration with Bo's decision.
The blonde rolled her eyes and got out of the vehicle, relieved that she wouldn't have to spend another moment listening to the Wolf moaning. She was almost there, so close to getting all the answers she needed. Finally, she would be free of the greater evil that had a hold on her, after all these thousands of years. She stood out on the sidewalk, her arms folded as she watched the brunette follow.
"Thank you." Bo murmured to the wolf. She knew that she always had favours from him, and after everything they've been through he'd done so much for her. Sometimes she did feel like she was pushing him close to the edge, but helping Tamsin and getting her back her memories meant more to Bo than even she could imagine. "I won't be long, I swear." She gave Dyson a smile, and left the truck to join Tamsin. Together, they watched him drive off.
Both women stood outside the Morrigan's office, their eyes staring up at the building. Tamsin's heart beat rapidly against her chest. She could feel her nerves start to shake. These next moments with the Morrigan she would find out exactly what she's been made to live for, a life-long contract that would finally come to an end. She wondered, after she found out who her mark was and after she completed her task, what exactly her life would be like afterwards. In all her years she had never felt free. Always bound by this one Fae. The blonde could feel herself take in a deep breath to calm herself. She was finally going to earn her freedom.
Bo was the same, her stomach doing turns. Ever since Tamsin supposedly passed away, there was something that had always been lost to the Succubus. Nothing felt right, even now when the blonde was stood next to her. She was definitely Tamsin, but not her Tamsin. Not the Valkyrie that remembered all the memories they shared together. The Valkyrie stood next to her still believed she was a bad person, but after today she would get her Tamsin back. Everything would feel right again.
After sharing a brief glance with each other, the Succubus and the Valkyrie walked through the doors. There were a few guards inside the lavish office, however upon seeing the two they never questioned their authority. Everyone knew who the Valkyrie was in the Dark Fae territory, and if they didn't know what type of Fae she was, they at least knew not to cross her for fear of losing their lives.
They passed the workers in the building, and were guided up the stairs to where the Morrigan's office was. The two henchmen that had come to collect Bo were stood at the doors of Evony's office and opened the doors for the two women. They entered, and Tamsin could swear she could hear her heartbeat in her ears.
There were two women that were already in the office. The Morrigan was sat in her chair, as if she hadn't moved since she gave the Valkyrie and the Succubus their mission. She beamed, as soon as the two women entered the room. As if surprised by their sudden return. The other woman, who was stood next to her turned to face both Bo and Tamsin. "Well, well." The Morrigan started, crossing her legs and playing with her hair. "What an unexpected surprise."
Tamsin smirked at the Morrigan, unsure of who the woman standing next to her was. Possibly another one of her clients, or her PA's. "I aim to please." The blonde quipped, a smirk still on her lips. However, the Morrigan's focus remained on Bo, who was stood there in silence. The brunette's eyes were wide, her lips parted, and her skin had turned a lighter shade than it usually was. Tamsin picked up on the fact that Evony wasn't quick to retort, and looked to Bo. Her eyebrows furrowed, unsure of why the Succubus was acting this way. What was her problem? They'd completed their mission, they made it. Why did she look so spooked? "Bo?" Tamsin murmured, trying to attract the brunette's attention and failing miserably.
"Lauren…" Bo whispered, almost inaudibly. Her eyes stayed on the human stood next to Evony, who was smiling softly and nodded back at her.
Tamsin blinked and looked back and forth between Bo and Lauren. "Okay…" She whispered, knowing that she had obviously missed out on something. Whatever it was, the Morrigan seemed to be lapping it up, the wicked grin still on her face.
"Please, take a seat ladies." Evony gestured towards the seats in front of her desk. "Let us discuss your payments. Assuming you have my amulet, of course."
AN: Thank you again! For some reason, it's not letting me respond to some reviews like normal, so I'll respond on here for now.
To Ana: I'm glad you're enjoying the story so much! I honestly don't mind that other fics may have more reviews than this one, the fact that 20 people have taken time out of their day to say something nice about something I've thought of is really great and something I'm thankful of! Thank you for your kind words, though.
As for how the story is going, I'm happy to tell you that it will be a long one with a few missions, mishaps and experiences along the way. Of course there will be Valkubus aplenty along the way too as they get more comfortable with each other.
I hope you're all enjoying it so far!