Brazenwood appears to be a town stuck in the days of Wyatt Earp. Goats and chickens are running around. A man is sitting on a wooden porch, dirty, sharpening his knife. People are watching them like they are part of a sideshow. "Why does it feel like I'm walking into a major shit-hole?" says Bo, looking around.
"Because you are. Be on your guard. You never know what may happen," warns Tamsin.
"Isn't this your neck of the woods, Dark and all?" says Bo.
"I don't think so. The Dark have rules. The rules here go beyond that," says Tamsin. They walk pass a guy locked in a cage. "Anyway, what was up with the cards? What do you know that you're not telling me?" asks Tamsin.
"I don't know what you're talking about. They were only cards, and you were tripping over them," says Bo.
Tamsin stops her. "Don't fuck with me okay. If you know something spit that shit out."
"Like I said before I don't. That was just as creepy for me as it was for everyone else. And if you don't want to be here Tamsin just say so. You don't have to use cards to convey that message."
"I don't want to be here. And I don't have to be here either."
"And I didn't ask you to be. I'm supposed to be at a ceremony with Lauren, and I have a whole lot of other shit that I have to do. So if you're coming then come, and if you're not then you know the way out of here. No one is holding you hostage," says Bo, smartly.
Tamsin looks irritated. "You are really trying my patience. Let's just get this shit over with before I get really PO'd," she says, walking off.
At The Dal, Trick feeds the machine the drink.
Brazenwood. "Well since we have the prescription then we'll need to locate the pharmacist," says Tamsin, back to being calm. Bo is walking sluggishly, filthy drunk, mumbling to herself. Tamsin notices. "What the hell is wrong with you?" she asks, frowning.
Bo throws up her arms. "Him. After all this time, he should have told me by now."
"Lower your voice. And who the hell are you talking about?" asks Tamsin.
"I'm talking about Dyson. Did you know he got his love back? But here's the real question, since he has his love back, who does he love? Huh? I mean is it me? I don't know."
"Um okay. Not that it's any of my business, but Dyson is on that Beyonce shit for you. You're just too damn blind, and you really truly suck at reading people. It's a wonder how you made it this far in life."
"I mean seriously Tamsin. I mean it's Dyson, all wolf-man, he could have at least told me. It's me, Bo. I mean be a man about it you know. He is a man, but you know what I mean right? Yeah, I said it once, and I'll say it again, men suck, and I mean ass and chips suck." Bo places her arm on Tamsin's shoulder. "Suddenly I feel kinda funny."
Tamsin gives her an odd look. "Are you drunk?"
"Not yet. Wait," says Bo, licking her lips. "I don't remember drinking Elderberry Smash. I hate that drink."
Tamsin starts patting her down. "You've been sneaking drinks in?"
Bo laughs. "You're tickling me." Then she realizes something. "Wait, I'm not supposed to be drunk, especially in this place."
"Damn right," says Tamsin.
"Hey, you gotta do something. Maybe you should slap me," says Bo. Tamsin gives her a hard one across the face. "Oww. You didn't even give me time to confirm," she says, holding her cheek.
"Well you asked me to. Just doing a public service," says Tamsin, with a smirk.
"Just because I said do it doesn't mean that you should have done it. It stings."
"Aww poor thing. Feeling any differently now?" asks Tamsin, amused.
Bo is frowning. "The same, with a throbbing cheek. Gee thanks."
Meanwhile, Lauren is at home getting friendly with a bottle of champagne. She calls Bo.
In Brazenwood. Bo answers her phone. "What's going on Blo?" says Bo, smiling. She walks off.
"Excuse me?" responds Lauren.
"You know like Splashley. Spencer and Ashley? You remember that show that used to come on after Degrassi, or before. North of Somewhere," says Bo, unsure of herself, yet confident.
"I'm afraid not," says Lauren. She opens another bottle of champagne. "And you're making us late Bo."
"No, I mean I am, but I'm not. I'm really on my way."
"I hope you're able to complement me since I brought my sexy back."
"Wait what? Did you just reference a member from NSYNC?" Bo walks over to a donkey and starts playing with its fur. "Anyway, I'll be there, it's gonna take me like thirty minutes."
"Thirty minutes? That's one million and eight hundred thousand milliseconds. Wow, sometimes I scare myself. Anyway, we're not going to be able to make the banquet."
Bo leans against the donkey. "Well I'm kinda busy at the moment."
"Great," says Lauren. "You're always singing the same tune. Are you ever going to make time for me?" She takes the bottle and her glass and sits on the sofa. "Think about it, I'm always helping you, or helping Trick, sometimes Dyson, and Hale. And you, and Trick, Hale, and Dyson."
Bo laughs. "You already said that. And just so you know I do vital things too you know, like life and death vital stuff. And what do you do, look through telescopes all day?"
"It's microscopes. And if you feel that way then why don't you just stay where you are. Obviously it's not important enough for you," says Lauren. She hangs up the phone.
"Wait, Lauren, I didn't mean to say that. Lauren?" says Bo. She looks at her phone and sees that the call was ended. "Shit." Bo returns to sober mode, with a pounding headache. "What the hell?"
Tamsin walks over to her. "Everything alright?" she asks.
"Great. A Bayer would help. I just want to hurry and locate this Good Neighbor Pharmacy so that we can leave." Bo starts walking away.
"Wait," says Tamsin, grabbing her by the hand. "I already beat you to it. It's over here."
They walk over to the Apothecary, and there's a man sitting in a rocking chair, wearing a dirty doctor's coat, and jumbo glasses with thick lenses.
"Man has anyone ever heard of water and soap in this town, or detergent?" whispers Bo.
"Apparently not," replies Tamsin. The man examines them.
"Are you the pharmacist?" asks Bo.
"That would be me," he answers.
"We brought a prescription with us," says Bo, handing it to him.
He looks at it. "Good choice." He then goes into his bag, and for a small bag it consumes his entire arm.
"Because that's not weird at all," whispers Bo. He hands Bo a key. Bo goes to the door and unlocks it.
The man stands from out of his chair and walks over to Tamsin. "Don't you know that you're a Valkyrie?" he says.
"Nall, I didn't," says Tamsin, with this duh look in her eyes.
He shows her a small pair of scissors. "All I need is one lock of your hair."
Tamsin grabs his hand. "If you place your grubby hands on me, I will kill you," she says, her eyes turning red.
"Shit girl, you're not just a Valkyrie, you are thee Valkyrie. And you don't have to tell me twice," he says, backing away.
Bo opens the door and sees a girl crying, hooked up as if she were in a lab experiment. "Hey Tamsin, look at this," she says. Tamsin walks over to her.
"That's premium goods in there. You can have as much of it as you want," he says.
Tamsin and Bo enter the room. Bo is looking freaked out while Tamsin is looking like why-am-I-here. "Are you Hannah?" asks Bo. The girl is crying her eyes out, whimpering and all.
Tamsin sighs, annoyed. "Didn't know that we were rescuing a Squonk," she says.
Bo goes over to the girl. "Everything is going to be alright. You don't have to cry anymore."
"But I can't stop crying," says Hannah.
"Squonks cry all the time. It's their thing. But they usually don't live this long," says Tamsin, folding her arms. "Their tears are like crack. It's part of the Fae drug cartel."
"Well Whitman is no Pablo Escobar that's for sure," says Bo. "We're going to get you out of here and take you to a safe place," she says, to Hannah.
"I don't want to go," says Hannah.
Bo looks over to Tamsin. Then Bo takes a device that was collecting Hannah's tears off of her face. "Listen Hannah, you're not safe here."
"But I don't want to leave. Whitman keeps me up to speed on everything that goes on out there. And from what he says about the world, it's not a place where I want to live," explains Hannah, still crying.
"He only says that to make you sad so that he can get more tears from you," says Bo.
"Well my tears bring joy to people," says Hannah.
"What about you? You deserve to be happy too," says Bo, nodding her head.
"You don't understand. People out there, they think I'm weird. And I make them uneasy," says Hannah. "Like the lady that came in with you."
Bo gives Tamsin a look. "What? I don't feel comfortable around people crying. It's not a crime," says Tamsin.
"Anyway, we have to go. And we don't have much time. So you can walk out of here with us, or I can just carry you out," says Bo.
"Didn't think you had it in you," says Tamsin, somewhat impressed.
"Well, it's been a long day," says Bo. "C'mon let's go." She grabs at Hannah and Tamsin stops her.
"Wait, you don't want to do that. If you move her without her actually wanting to go, she will turn into tears," says Tamsin.
"Are you serious?" says Bo, frowning.
"Dead serious," says Tamsin.
Bo moves away a little, placing her hands on her hips. "That's just the sugar on the lemon bar." Someone starts banging on the door.
"Oh no, it's Mr. Whitman. You all made him upset now," says Hannah.
Tamsin places a refrigerator against the door. "No shit," she says. "You two think you can get a move on this?"
Bo puts her charm on Hannah. "You're trying to push me. I mean I don't mind, people are always trying to trick me," says Hannah.
Bo lets go. "That's not what I'm trying to do, believe me," she says. Tamsin is busy taking boards off the back wall so that they can escape. "This good guy, Balzac, has been searching all over the place for you. He asked us to help him find you, so that's why we're here. See there's a school for gifted people like you. And he wants to take you there," says Bo.
"You mean Squonks?" asks Hannah.
"I mean others that are all special like you are," says Bo, reassuringly.
Tamsin is using a crowbar to take out boards now. "You think you two can wrap this up?" she says.
"Do you think boys are going to be there?" asks Hannah, shyly.
"Of course. I'm sure they'll be cute," says Bo, with a smile.
Hannah smiles back, still crying though. "I'll go," she says.
Bo helps her down. Then Bo starts looking for something. Hannah goes over to the opening that Tamsin created. "Alright let's go," says Tamsin, to Hannah. She looks over to Bo. "What the hell Bo?"
"Just doing a little bargain hunting," answers Bo. The banging on the door continuing.
"Well can you hurry up," says Tamsin, helping Hannah into the hole in the wall.
Bo finds a sharp knife. "Gotcha."
They escape, but not too soon after they are stopped by the Sheriff. "Well what do we have here," he says.
"Are we on the set of Walker Texas Ranger, I mean seriously," says Bo, shaking her head.
"Whitman tells me that yall got into a scuffle over some belongings. Whitman, this be the goods?" he asks, looking at Hannah. Whitman nods his head.
"Hannah isn't anyone's goods. She's a person," says Bo as a matter of fact.
"Not the way I see it. Even a pretty filly such as yourself can't dodge a bullet when it's a coming at you head on," says the Sheriff.
"Wait, what does that even mean?" says Bo, confused.
"We gon have to patch up things here. Dark style," says the Sheriff. "We's gon have ourselves a little showdown."
"Bring it on," says Bo.
Back at The Dal. The machine has activated again, but only this time it appears to show Bo's life in jeopardy.
Brazenwood Showdown. The Sheriff is holding Hannah as Whitman stands in the middle of a dirt path. "What was it that you were saying earlier with the self-talk?" says Bo, to Tamsin.
"Well, you're pretty sharp, and quicker, and definitely better looking," says Tamsin, with a smirk.
Bo smiles. Then she walks out into the path, facing Whitman. He moves his coat out of the way, displaying his gun. "Wait, I didn't know I was bringing a knife to a gun fight. Shouldn't I have a gun too?" asks Bo.
"You gotta use what you packing," says the Sheriff.
"That's great, real great," says Bo. She pulls out the knife she found. Then two Whitmans appear standing side by side. Hannah gasps. "Well that's just really great," says Bo. "I thought this was going to be a fair fight."
"It's not. I'm gonna end this myself," says Tamsin. She tries to go over to them, but the Sheriff stops her, grabbing her throat. Tamsin is a little caught off guard by this action.
"No outsiders," says the Sheriff.
"I won't interfere. Now get your hands off of me before I break them," says Tamsin. He lets go.
"Shit," says Bo. "I don't know what I'm going to do now."
Back at The Dal. Stella is trying to assist Trick by telling him what to do. Trick becomes frustrated and tells her to shut up. She looks shocked. He then chooses both options.
Brazenwood. Bo and Whitman are having a staring contest, the village looking on. Tamsin looks over to the Sheriff. "I just want you to know that if anything happens to her, I'm going to tear down this entire town," she says, her eyes turn red with the black worlds inside. "And I mean everything and everyone, starting with you." He slowly moves away from her.
Whitman is moving his fingers above the gun. At the same time, Bo can hear someone creeping up behind her. She turns around and throws her knife directly into Whitman's heart. He falls to the ground and the other duplicates of him disappear.
At The Dal. Trick and Stella are excited that Bo succeeded. They hug each other. But then they get a little too excited, and start kissing each other. Their hands touch the machine and it creates a little spark.
Back in Brazenwood. Bo is happy that she won. Hannah is clapping for joy. Suddenly Tamsin goes over to Bo and kisses her. The kiss becomes rather long and hot-blooded. Tamsin stops the kiss, frowning. Bo is looking shocked and confused. Then they start staring into each other until Tamsin comes to her senses sort to speak. "I think your hands are on my ass," says Tamsin.
"Oh, sorry," says Bo, removing them.
The Sheriff, a bit relieved himself, declares Bo the winner and releases Hannah to her.
Hannah jumps happily over to Bo and Tamsin. "I'm so ecstatic. I want to see the gatekeeper, he's pretty cool," she says.
"Um okay, sure," says Bo, still thinking about the kiss. They all walk away.
At Lauren's. She is passed out drunk when she hears knocking on the door. Believing it to be Bo, she starts ranting. She opens the door and it's a guy instead. Lauren's a bit embarrassed as she shakes his hand. She invites him in seeing as she is a fan of his work in science. He happens to be a fan of her as well. Dr. Taft tells her about the event and the boredom it entailed. Then he presents her with the award that she wasn't able to get due to her waiting on Bo all day. He offers to take her out for drinks to pick brains. They get all geeky. And then she agrees since she is dressed up anyway. As they are walking out Lauren tells him the joke that she told Bo earlier and he gets it, laughing.
At The Dal. Trick has been trying to get in contact with Bo, and is now becoming concerned. Stella tries to comfort Trick when Balzac enters. "Has anyone seen Bo around? I woke up from the dart, and I tried to get a cookie myself. I didn't see Whitman, and the last time I saw Bo was when she was on her way to Brazenwood. I think she might be in trouble and I'm to blame," says Balzac.
"Did you say that my grand-daughter is in Brazenwood?!" says Trick.
Balzac looks at the machine and it turns back on again, showing happiness and unhappiness. Bo enters with Tamsin and Hannah. "Man, if I told you all about the day I've had I bet no one would believe me," says Bo. She looks over and sees Balzac. "You're okay," she says. He nods his head, smiling.
"You arrived here at the right moment," says Stella.
"Huh?" says Bo, looking confused. Hannah cries into a shot glass and hands it to Bo. The machine opens up and Bo feeds it the tears.
"Her tears make people either happy or unhappy," says Stella. "And with that the game is completed."
"So now what?" asks Bo.
"Perhaps something that is not anticipated," answers Stella.
A small horn moves up and circus music plays. Then confetti pops out of the horn. Everyone jumps back except for Tamsin, who gives this really-people look. Balzac and Hannah are all smiles.
"Was that all?" asks Bo, disappointed.
"It was magical," says Hannah, holding her hand to her heart. Tamsin frowns at her.
Balzac clears his throat and says a little speech, officially inviting Bo to The Dawning. Then he and Hannah leave.
"I didn't know that Balzac was my invite to The Dawning," says Bo.
"You succeeded Bo. Well done," says Stella. Trick winks at Bo in agreement.
"Well I couldn't have done it without you guys, and…oh no, I forgot about Lauren," says Bo. She hurriedly exits. Stella and Trick are waiting for Tamsin to leave, their looks giving them away.
"My bad," says Tamsin. She leaves as well.
At Lauren's. Bo barges in. "Lauren, are you home?" she asks, looking around. No response.
Tamsin slowly walks in. "Looks like she didn't wait for you after all," she says, walking over to the table and picking up the bottle of champagne.
"I really messed up this time. I mean if you open up a dictionary and look up worst girlfriend, you'd see my picture beside it," says Bo, sitting on the arm of the sofa.
"Well I'm sure this isn't the first time shit happened to happen. So, I'm sure she'll let this one go. You were only going through shit for your invitation," says Tamsin. Bo sighs, picking up a card. Tamsin pours her a glass of champagne and hands Bo the bottle. "Speaking of which, cheers to your Dawning, hopefully you'll live through it," she says, with a smirk.
Bo grabs the bottle. "I will live," she says.
"You think so?" says Tamsin, with a look.
Bo shakes her head. "I don't know."
"Well, with all things considered, I'd say that you'll probably live too. So cheers," says Tamsin.
Bo frowns a little as they hit their drinks together. She drinks from the bottle as Tamsin drinks from the glass, all the while Tamsin staring at Bo. Bo looks like she is thinking about something. "I have a question," says Bo. "It's about today. We went through all that stuff and you stayed with me. Why? I mean you didn't have to."
Tamsin laughs a little. "I would be the laughing stock of the town if anything happened to you on my watch." Bo laughs. "Yeah so I stayed whether you liked it or not," says Tamsin.
"I liked it," says Bo, with a charming smile. This makes Tamsin start to feel a little warm inside. Bo stands up and walks over to her. "Thank you. There is some good in the Dark after all."
Tamsin smiles an awkward smile. She drinks more from the glass. "Okay. Well I wouldn't say all that. Anyway I should leave."
Tamsin tries to walk away, but Bo stops her, grabbing her arm. "Um, wait a second," she says.
"Here it comes," says Tamsin, under her breath. She faces Bo.
"I'm sorry but I have to ask, or I guess need to know, what was that back in Brazenwood?"
"We're not talking about the gatekeeper are we?" says Tamsin, jokingly.
"I'm serious Tamsin."
Tamsin sighs. "I don't know," she says, honestly.
"What do you mean you don't know? You're the one who initiated it."
Tamsin walks over to the wall and leans against it, arms folded. "Look, all I know is that something came over me and that was the end result."
"Something like what?" asks Bo, shaking her head.
"I don't know. And I'm really not good at explaining things that deals with mushy, and I don't want to either." Now the room is quiet, and both of them are staring everywhere else but each other. Tamsin rubs her forehead as if to relieve the pain. "Yeah, this is kinda uncomfortable," she says, with a nod.
Bo looks over to her oddly. "Funny, I was just thinking the same thing."
"I'm pretty sure you were. Anyway, you think we could change the subject?"
"Fine," says Bo, feeling disheartened, but not showing it.
Tamsin sighs. "Look, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
Bo frowns at her. "What? How would you even…"
Tamsin interrupts. "Anyway, I should just go." She stands straight up and heads for the door.
Bo stops her again. She takes a deep breath. "No, wait Tamsin."
"Shit," says Tamsin, to herself. "I knew I should have just dropped her off and left, and everything would be cool." Tamsin turns back around.
Bo walks over to her. "I don't think I can let you walk out of the door. I mean not like this."
"Why is that?" asks Tamsin, looking pretty vulnerable.
"Because, I think I'll regret it," says Bo, affectionately. She places her hand against Tamsin's face, and kisses her on the lips. She kisses Tamsin's lips again, but this time Tamsin kisses her back. As the kiss continues, they slowly move towards the door, Tamsin's backside bumping against the wall near it. Their hands caress each other. Tamsin turns Bo around so that her back is against the wall, massaging Bo's neck with her lips, who is making soft sounds. Bo wraps her arms around Tamsin, who returns to kissing on Bo's lips.
After awhile, Tamsin suddenly stops, backing away. She looks at Bo, whose eyes are glowing blue. Then she shakes her head. "I'm sorry. I don't, I really don't know why I'm…I think something is wrong, something's happening to me. I really need to go," she says. Bo pulls her back over and the two begin kissing again. Tamsin stops herself. She shakes her head and sighs. "I can't do this," she says. "Sorry." Tamsin opens the door and exits.
Bo places her hands on the top of her head. "What did I just do?" she says, leaning against the wall.
Meanwhile Tamsin is by the wall next to the door outside of the apartment breathing heavily. Her eyes turn red. "What the hell is wrong with me?" The heat from her body begins to rise. She looks at her hands and they start changing to grayish black. "No, don't," she says, to herself.
Inside. Bo can feel her backside getting warm. Then it starts getting hot. "Tamsin?" she says, to herself, feeling her. Bo opens the door and looks out of it, to find Tamsin leaning against the wall. Tamsin looks over to Bo, her eyes back to ice blue, yet her hands are still shifty. She places them behind her back. "I thought you left," says Bo.
"Getting there," responds Tamsin, trying to concentrate on controlling her current situation.
Bo walks over to her. "Are you okay?" she asks, touching the side of Tamsin's face.
Tamsin looks at Bo, the sincerity in her eyes. "To hell with it," says Tamsin. She takes Bo in her arms, and they kiss beyond passion, almost starving for each other. The heat from Tamsin's body, especially her hands is providing Bo with an unrivaled aphrodisiac, her skin roses with every touch.
Bo leads them back inside, closing the door behind, their lips remain locked to each other. They make it a few inches further from the door before submitting to the floor. Tamsin lies Bo against it, and stares down at her. Bo is looking back at her, her breathing rapid. Tamsin looks down at her hands that still haven't returned to normal. She is hesitant to do anything further, and that thought of her being a monster runs across her mind. Bo notices her hands and Tamsin's change in demeanor. Tamsin wonders why Bo doesn't seem to be frightened, or at the very least turned off by this sight, in fact it is the total opposite. Bo holds one of Tamsin's hands and it begins to pulsate, though the blushing part can't be seen from Tamsin's skin, the feeling Bo's charm emits is still there.
Tamsin's eyes soften, and she opens Bo's legs, placing herself in between them. Bo looks up at the ceiling, still in shock that this is really happening. She feels Tamsin's lips move about her stomach. Bo closes her eyes as her body begins to move like a piston, Tamsin's body searing. Tamsin's lips return to Bo's.
The fear of being walked in on has totally left Bo's mind seeing that she can only think about Tamsin, what Tamsin is doing to her, and the feeling. They kiss until Bo's moaning takes control. She has her hands on Tamsin's waist, and Tamsin has one hand underneath Bo, and the other gripping Bo's thigh. After some time, Bo's body begins to tremble a bit, and her sounds become louder. Then the sounds begin getting lower until her body stops trembling all the way. She opens her eyes, her breathing is sprinting. Tamsin stops moving, staring into her eyes, searching beyond them. Her mind is blocking as it jumps hurdles, trying to understand what is going on inside of her own self. Tamsin frowns from thought-overkill.
"I should go," says Tamsin. Bo slowly nods her head in agreement. Tamsin stands and extends her arm for Bo to take. Bo grabs it and stands up, still breathing hard. Tamsin clears her throat. "Are you cool?" she asks. Bo nods her head. "Okay. Well, I guess I'll see you around," she says. Bo nods again. Tamsin leaves, closing the door behind her.
Bo walks over and drops down on the sofa. "I can't believe that just happened."
On the way to her truck outside, Tamsin sees a card next to it, laying face down. She slowly walks over to it, picking it up. When she flips it over, it's The Wanderer card again. She starts to look freaked out. "It can't be, it can't be her," says Tamsin, frowning, shaking her head. Suddenly Wanderer cards begin to rain down on her. The pace of her heart begins to move with haste as she breathes in and out. She is looking around at the cards as they continue to fall, wearing a disturbed expression.