Summary: The Scooby gang become embroiled in the mystery of two youths
appearance in Sunnydale. Their purpose and presence may shock everyone.
Author's Note: This story line kept running in my head. It wouldn't
leave me
alone so...
Part 1
"Hurry up, will you,"the dark haired teen whispered, looking around the
vacant computer room.
"I'm going as *bloody * fast as I can, I need to break into the main frame
first before I can download anything, " the thin redheaded teen hissed
in
annoyance.
"Chance, you boasted how this old system was archaic and you said it would
be
easier than a translocation spell.."
"Jinx, look I can handle it if you just shut yer space port, you're supposed
to be the lookout, let me just..."
"Halt!" the solider ordered. < How the hell did these kids get in here? >
Jinx whirled and landed a roundhouse kick to the soldier's midsection.
The
solider grunted in surprise that such a petit girl could pack such a wallop.
" Hurry up! Chance," she yelled as she tried to wrench the weapon from
the
solider.
" Almost done," he said his voice cracking.
The solider backhanded the dark haired girl sending her staggering backward,
< this kid is super strong, and I need backup. > The girl regained
her
balance and took up a fighting stance.
Jackson feigned a lunge and then kicked the girl's legs out from under
her.
He quickly moved back to the entranceway and hit the alarm.
The girl
growled and flung her self at the solider and managed to remove his holstered
weapon.
Chance yelled, " Jinx, that projectile weapon is very sensitive, careful,
we
don't want to risk altering the time line."
"Stop!" Jinx ordered waving the gun at the man. " Have you got it?
" she
asked desperation creeping into her voice. < We're out in the
ozone now! >
" Almost, I neglected to calculate how slow these old systems are."
Chance
replied, his brow furrowed over his green eyes.
"Halt!" Three more soldiers rushed into the room. Jinx swung the
weapon
towards them. One of the soldiers used his stun gun to subdue the
girl.
Chance swore, "bloody hell", uttered the spell under his breath and lost
consciousness before he knew if it worked.
The solider that had lost his weapon to the young girl stared in shock
as his
three comrades disappeared from their uniforms and instead 3 rats ran
squeaking about the room.
~~~~~~~~
Maggie Walsh had called an emergency briefing to assess the security breech.
Riley's team was assembled minus the three men who had apparently been
transformed in rodents.
" Ok men, these are the facts that we know. At approximately
1300 hours
Jackson hears voices while he was on routine guard duty of the computer
room.
He entered the room and the security camera began recording as per design
upon anyone opening the door. However, the security camera did not
detect
the intruders before this. Nor did the security camera in the hallway,
in
the elevators, nor anywhere else in this whole high tech installation detect
these two youths up until Jackson here." she exclaimed angrily.
"Wait. So who are these intruders, demons of some sort?" Riley asked puzzled.
"No after stunning both youths we had Dr. Kessel examine them. Maggie
clicked on the video monitor, which displayed a close up of the young man.
Maggie continued, "The female called him Chance, as you can see he is a
tall,
lanky young male, red hair green eyes, angular features no other
distinguishing features. He appears to be about 16 or 17 years old
by the
doctor's calculation. Dr. Kessel has examined him and says he is
fully and
completely human. He displayed some amazing hacking skills,
and I suspect
he has some magical abilities. Dr. Kessel is keeping him sedated
and is
running more tests.
Maggie clicked the remote and the video display showed a close up of the
young girl. " Jinx as she was called by her friend, is also approximately
16
or 17, human, although she has extreme strength and agility as demonstrated
here.
Riley swallowed hard, that young girl could be Buffy's sister, her twin..
well almost. The girl was built like Buffy, and her facial features
looked
the same except for the eyes and the hair. The girl had deep chocolate
eyes
and her hair was long dark and wavy. < Maybe she is a slayer too, that
could
explain her strength. >
" I said, have you any thoughts Riley," Maggie asked sternly. Riley
shook
himself out of his trance.
" Do we have any idea about how they got into the compound?" He asked
" None, it's almost as if they appeared out of thin air. However
it is of
interest to note that the red headed boy, Chance had some type of CD-ROM
like
device which he was apparently using to downloading everything
from our
main frame. None of the computer tec's here have every seen anything
exactly
like it. In listening to the tape, he also lectured the girl
about
Jackson's gun calling it a *projectile weapon * and also mentioned something
about messing up the timeline. Gentlemen, I'm very concerned
about these
two *kids* who managed to breach state of the art security, hack into
encrypted classified data bases, the girl can fight like a trained solider
and the young men can apparently change men into rats." Maggie began
to pace
back and forth in front of the conference table. " However, what
concerns me
the most, is that these two may be from the future. We haven't ever
considered that possibility in our policy and procedures manual.
Frankly,
the possible implications are staggering.
Maggie Walsh paced back and forth in front of the conference room table,
and
glared at her best soldiers. " I want to know who these intruders
are, who
sent them, what exactly they wanted, where or *when* did they come from?"
"Riley, I want you to interrogate the girl, Jinx. Forrest, you've
got the
boy, Chance." The rest of you, I want on intruder alert status here in
the
compound. Whoever sent these kids is likely to try and rescue them
or
perhaps will try agin to break into our computer system. I'm going
to have
the tech team begin alert status also. If anyone tries to hack into
our
system from outside I want to know it. Dr. Kessel has begun to run
DNA
samples from the intruders through our very large database to see if these
*human* kids match the DNA samples of any demons we have tested.
These kids
are not what they seem, although they have tested as human, they may be
some
sort of demon-human hybrid."
Forrest whispered under his breath to Riley, " Easy Mulder,"
"If you have a constructive comment Mr. Forrest, by all means share it
with
the rest of us." Maggie snapped.
Forrest wiped the smile off his face and nodded his head no.
~~~~~~~
Spike and Xander were sitting on Giles couch munching on wheat-a bit
crackers. The former wheat-a bits dunked in blood, the latter with
peanut
butter. Ayna rolled her eyes; "perhaps I shall go upstairs and help
Willow
with the fashion parade er whatever."
" Honey, I'm so glad you and Willow spent some time together, nothing would
make me happier than my two favorite women being friendly." Xander
grinned
goofly little flecks of crackers escaped his mouth and rained down on his
fleece jacket.
" I do admit it wasn't as awful as I imagined, I like helping spend money,
and if I do say so, the new wardrobe she choose is a vast improvement over
her Geeks-R-US wear. Thank goodness Buffy had to cancel or Willow
would have
ended up looking like.."
"OK," Willow called from upstairs; "Here I come."
Xander smacked Spike in the chest, " Be nice to her or else," Xander
threatened.
Spike coughed a bloody wheat-a bit out. "Easy mate, I think I can
come up
with some inane remark about her bloody clothes, after all I have been
a
master with the ladies for over 126 years."
Willow was nervous. < Hey these are my friends, well not really
Ayna, but
Xander, and Spike-well he may not consider me a friend but he will be
brutally honest at least. > Willow walked down the stairs head held
high.
She had decided on a complete makeover, new hair style, makeup, and clothes.
< I'm not going to be mousy-geek-computer nerd any more! >
Xander whistled, " High society campus siren," he commented smiling
Spike choked again on a cracker. < She's stunning. > Spike
admired the long
dark green skirt that hugged her hips and clung seductively to her long
legs.
The skirt had a slit up the side that displayed an abundance of thigh.
The
matching velour top had long sleeves, a form fitting bodice, laced up the
front with a scooped neckline. The cut of the blouse accentuated
Willow's
pert breast. Spike's eyes devoured her dove white skin from the gentle
swell
of her breast, across her enticing collarbone, her graceful neck.
Her lips
were painted a deep blood red and nearly looked black. Her makeup
accentuated her lovely eyes making them appear smoky with passion.
Spike
felt the familiar stirrings of male appreciate of the female form, bloom
into
full blown desire, along with feeling of intense jealousy. < No one
should
see her this way but me! >
" Well, what do you think Spike," Willow asked giving him a little half
smile
as she twirled around.
"I hope your not going out in public with that outfit?" He blurted out.
" It's not flattering at all, see Ayna I thought it was too tight across
the
stomach, I think I need a larger size, and I bet it makes my butt sticks
out
too." Willow babbled forlornly, " I'm all bloated"
"No, Wills you look great, don't listen to the soulless one." Xander
interrupted her self-critical evaluation.
"And you hair, " Spike added, " It looks like you just climbed out of bed,"
he continued. < Just like you've been thoroughly ravished. >
"Oh," Willow's face fell.
" Xander's right, and might I add that that doesn't happen often, Willow
you
look very chic and sexy and I think the old vampire needs to get his eyes
checked. Come on if you looked trashy like Buffy, I would tell you.
Besides, I told you before how awful I thought you dressed. These
things
help you play up your tiny breast and skinny legs." Ayna replied
smiling.
" Thanks," Willow answered softly. < I'm not sure if she just paid me
a
complement wrapped in an insult? >
"Ayna's right Willow, you look great." Xander repeated glaring at Spike.
"I never said I didn't like it Pet, just that... I don't think..
You'll
attract attention from the wrong sort." Spike finally finished.
Willow's brow furrowed in confusion, " like demons and vampires?" she asked
innocently.
"Bloody hell, every male age 13 on up will be sniffing after you trying
to
get into your panties." He explained exasperated.
Willow scowled at him, " You don't have to be sarcastic too, you already
made
it clear that you don't like my outfit, well I don't care, so there! "
she
said sticking her tongue out at Spike.
Spike felt his cock quiver at the sight of her pink tongue wagging at him.
" I've got a date, so as much as I'm enjoying the ego boost I've gotta
go."
Willow said sarcastically
" Who's the lucky guy Wills?" Xander asked
" Percy," she responded evenly.
" Percy, who said you were queen of the geek squad? Percy? The basketball
jock and All-American womanizer? Percy?" Xander asked incredulously.
" Yeah, so.." Willow answered her brow raised as if to challenge.
< Well
it's actually a study date but I want him to eat his words. >
~~~~~~~~
Angel was keyed up. The case he had been working on for a month was
finally
put to bed so to speak, and that's exactly what he had in mind for himself.
He stripped down to his silk boxers and slid between his silk sheets.
< Ah, > he closed his eyes. He turned one way, rolled onto his
stomach. He
exhaled an unneeded breath. < Buffy, beautiful, sexy Buffy images
flit
across his eyelids. Her smile, her soft skin, her glorious breasts
cupped in
his hands. Twin globes of perfection topped on by perfect..>
His hand
slipped over his muscular abdomen to grasp his attention-deprived member.
"
Aha" he exhaled as he firmly gripped his base and slid his hand up the
shaft
to tease the underside of his cock. < Buffy, her hot little mouth
surrounding him, licking and sucking at him, starved for him. > He
could
hear her voice in his head begging for him to give her release. Angel felt
the tightening in his balls signaling his orgasm. Suddenly blinding
white
light surrounded him. " Fuck!" he swore under his breath.
He stood before
the male and female guardians of the Powered That Be, his spent dick in
his
hand.
Part 3
Spike and Xander continued to munch on crackers, oblivious to the mess
they
were making all over Giles couch.
" Who is this Percy guy? What do you really know about him?
Do you think
she changed her look to impress him?" Spike asked suddenly more interested
in answers than crackers.
" Huh," Xander mumbled, turning his gaze from the TV to look suspiciously
at
Spike.
"Since when are you interested in anything that goes on besides killing
demons?" Xander asked, one dark brow upraised.
"Oh the little girl has been moping for months about the dog boy, she
suddenly starts wearing clothes that say, 'I'm hot and shaggable' and is
suddenly *dating *. Where is the slayer anyway? She probably
pushed Willow
into this." Spike mumbled brushing crumbs off his black jeans as
he stood up
and began to pace.
" Speaking of the Buffster, what ever happened to her, she was the one
who
planned Willow's shopping trip?" Xander asked, still amazed that
Ayna and
Willow had spent the day together alone and neither wore any visible wounds.
"Willow said she has some nasty stomach flu virus that makes her barf ever
time she smells food." Ayna replied. " Can we go and have sex
now, I've
been nice all day and I'd like my reward now Xander?" Ayna smiled
lewdly at
Xander. " Wait till you see what I bought at Victoria's Secret!"
she cooed
and kissed Xander and rubbed herself against him.
"Please, I'm gonna heave," Spike sputtered disgustedly. " Hey, Willow
didn't
buy any of those fancy nickers did she?" He asked anxiously.
Ayna giggled, " The works, black see through wonder bra, I don't
know why
she bothered, sheer French cut briefs, garter belt and those silk stockings
she was wearing.
" Oh Honey, I love when you talk lingerie," Xander whispered into her ear.
" Make him go out! " Ayna commanded. "Giles is gone over to play
nursemaid
to Buffy, so we could.." She leaned in close and whispered into Xander's
ear.
" Spike get out!" Xander ordered, picking Ayna up in his arms
and swiftly
moving towards the upstairs.
Spike rolled his eyes. < Maybe if I hurry I can catch up with
Willow. I
hate to have the little sprite get pawed by some young hormonal man.>
~~~~~~~
Forrest took a deep breath. He was not about to admit that he was
more
nervous of facing this skinny red-haired teen than he was of the myriad
demons he had helped bag and tag during his work with the initiative.
It was
just the thought of being turned into a rodent. Man he hated rats.
He
placed his palm on the security lock, " enter cell 2101" he called.
The
force field dropped, as soon as Forrest passed through the barrier the
force
field reactivated. Ever since hostile 17 had escaped, all the security
cells
had been changed over from card activated to voice and fingerprint
recognition in efforts to make any demon that may overpower a staff person
from escaping again.
Forrest slowly approached the still unconscious boy; he used the hypo spray
to rouse the prisoner.
Chance stirred upon the cot, his mouth felt like the New Texas desert.
<
Jinx, Oh no! >
"Jinx," he rasped out calling for his best friend. He managed to
right
himself and glared at the large black man that was standing over him.
"
Where is she, what have you done to her?" He croaked.
" I'll be the one asking the questions," Forrest answered evenly.
~~~~~~~~~
Riley still couldn't get over how much this young women looked like Buffy.
He watched as she drank down her second cup of water.
" Thanks," she said smiling up at him and lowering her dark eyes flirtatiously
" So how did a nice guy like you end up working for such an evil bunch
as the
initiative?" She asked boldly.
Riley felt his guts twist, she must be some relation to Buffy, she knows
the
name of the project, damn! That's something I didn't tell Buffy.. Maybe
Buffy
has been stringing me along to find out more about the project. She
must be
a slayer too.
"So slayer, care to tell me what a nice girl like you is doing breaking
into
a top secret security installation?" Riley shot back nonplussed.
~~~~~~~
Cordelia was in the grocery store picking up a few items. She wheeled
her
cart around the corner when the vision blinded her with intense pain.
She
staggered and her cart moved forward crashing into a display of paper towels
sending them raining down upon her head. The vision lasted much longer
then
any other she had ever had. It was Technicolor 3-D with surround
sound.
Cordy heard and saw both Buffy and Willow screaming and writhing in pain.
~~~~~~
The female guardian smiled, " It looks like we interrupted something."
She
ran her eyes appreciatively up and down Angel's naked body as he attempted
to
cup his manhood.
<Great, now the PTB are gonna tell me I can't even whack off anymore.
>
Angel lowered his head in shame.
** Calista, this isn't at all amusing, we wouldn't be in this mess if your
affection for this creature hadn't clouded your judgement in the first
place.** Giddeon thought to his female counterpart.
Calista turned and smiled at Giddeon, ** Despite what the Powers claim
our
turning back time that day only erased it from the memories of the others.
The original time line in which he became mortal again caused all those
ripples events. Who's to say that any of this wouldn't have happened
if
things remained the same and everyone remembered what happened during that
twenty four hours? It's those nasty brats that have gone and mucked
everything up! **
"It's not our place to argue with the Powers," he said out loud.
Angel shifted uncomfortably, waiting to find out why he was called here.
Calista rolled her eyes at Giddeon and turned to look at Angel.
" Angel, there is a little problem you need to fix…" she began
~~~~~
Spike had followed Willow to the Sunnydale University Library. <
Hah, I
should have know that the little girl didn't have a date. Although
she was
oblivious to him following her. He was going to have to speak to
her about
that. She was equally oblivious to all the male, and in a few cases
the
female looks of appreciation she got as she moved about campus.
Spike's jaw tightened when he saw Willow approach a dark hair lad sitting
alone at a small table.
" Hi Percy, " she said in her shy Willow voice.
Spike watched the lad jump up and his mouth open as he saw him eyeing
Willow's enticing form.
Spike decided he best keep an eye on the well-built muscle bound pup.
He
quickly moved round to the library book stack in front of the table.
He
pulled out several books on his side of the stack and shifted the books
slightly on the other side so as to see the young couple.
" Sorry, I'm late Percy," Willow apologized and blushed.
" No problem Willow," he pulled out a chair for her and leered over her
shoulder as he stood over her ogling her enhanced cleavage as he pushed
in
her chair.
Spike rolled his eyes and felt his stomach twist. < If only I
didn't have
that stupid chip in me head I'd rip out that sods eye balls and squish
em
under me boots. >
He watched as the lad pulled his chair closer to Willow's and how he put
his
arm across the back of her chair and pressed his thigh intimately up against
her's. Spike felt his blood begin to boil. The bleeding bugger had
leaned
close to her ear and whispered something that made her laugh. <That's
it no
one was going to ogle his women and get away with it! >
~~~~~
"So let me see of I got this right," Angel said his dark brown eyes squinting
in concentration.
" I'm supposed to go back to Sunnydale and collect two kids from this
underground installation, help them escape and tell them to just go back
home?"
"That's correct," Giddeon replied.
" But, your not going to tell me who they are or where they live or why
they
are even being held prisoner there in the first place?" Angel asked his
voice
barely masking his frustration and anger.
"Your assistance requires a very limited need to know basis."
Calista
replied. ** We don't want to
risk any more ripple effect in the time
line. **
"How am I supposed to do this if I don't know what the hell I'm doing?"
Angel hissed. < I'm starting to sound like Cordy. >
" The lives of many you care about are at stake, so I'm sure you will succeed
at this task." Giddeon answered.
" Great," Angel said tightly, "Send me back to my apartment and I will
get
some clothes and.."
The blinding white light surrounded him again. His nose was
assailed by the
smells of sex; even before his vision cleared he heard male and female
moaning and what sounded like lovemaking. He needed to figure
out where the
hell the guardians had deposited him and get out of there before the couple
noticed a naked man in their bedroom.
" Oh Xander," the women moaned.
" Xander?" A voice called sternly.
< Oh shit someone else is here too! >
" Oh my! Xander.. It's Giles.." Ayna squeaked pulling up the bedsheet.
At that moment the lights went on in the room. Giles wasn't shocked
to find
the young couple in his bed but what did shock the piss out of him was
that
Angel was standing naked by the foot of his bed holding his semi erect
cock
in his large hands.
Part 4
Cordelia managed to pull herself together with a little help from a handsome
young actor, so what if he just worked in
the supermarket to pay the bills until his break, she gave him the
number at the office. She then excused herself and
used her cell phone to ring the office. After getting her own
voice on the answering machine she then called Angel's
beeper. Angel's beeper and answering machine both flashed in
the empty bedroom.
~~~~~~~~
"Giles I can explain," Xander began then suddenly noticed Angel,
" Not!" He shouted. "I can not explain what
Deadboy is doing here…What are you doing here..
I mean besides watching us and..Oh God I so hope you
weren't.." Xander sputtered feeling a little sick at the thought
of Angel getting off watching him and Ayna.
Ayna let the sheet fall a bit and flashed the infamous vampire a little
more breasts; she smiled coyly at him and cursed
the watchers' return. < So this is the broody Angel, at
least I can see what Buffy saw in him, stupid Giles, perhaps if he
hadn't interrupted? >
" I can explain.. I think.." Angel said softly as he grabbed a fallen pillow
to hide the evidence of his arousal. < It's not my
fault I live like a monk and am unwittingly exposed to sexual stimuli.
> "Giles, could I borrow a pair of sweats?" Angel
asked the red faced Watcher.
Giles had had enough, first Spike running amok in his home acting like
bloody royalty, then Xander and Ayna, having
relations in his bed and where ever else they felt like whenever
the spirit moved them; Willow's dabbling with more
dangerous spells; Buffy keeping secrets from him again, that always
seemed to involve some man at the root, and now
the King of Hell himself back in his bedroom, naked. Well enough
was enough. I suggest you all collect your *own
clothes* and get your assess down in the living room pronto."
Giles hissed with barely contained furry. He turned on his
heels and stomped away.
Ayna moved quickly from the bed. "Hey Pervert! Get your eyes off
my women. What the hell are you doing here..
besides the obvious," Xander grumbled. " First Spike, now you!
This is getting frigging ridiculous." Xander
tossed back the covers and glared at Angel who was poking round in
Giles closet.
Angel paused a moment at Xander's comments about Spike, < what does
Spike have to do with any of this? Is he the
one who's threatening everyone's safety? > ~~~~~~~
"Percy, I think we should study," Willow said her face flushed from Percy's
suggestion. < She secretly felt a jolt of
pleasure that the jock even wanted her in that way. >
Spike growled from his hiding place in the stacks. < I want to
kill him for even touching her, he's whispering lurid
suggestions in her ear. Yeah, but all I can do is perhaps get
in one good belt before the pain disables me and then I
end up a gelatinous mass on the floor with her watching and him likely
to whip my ass. No I need to use an alternative
strategy, adapt, at least until I can figure out a way to dismember
him.. Perhaps I can torture a demon into doing it
while I watch? >
~~~~~~
"I'm not going to answer any of your questions until I know Jinx is safe."
Chance growled his best imitation of his dad
that he could muster. He stood up from the cot and moved closer
to the solider. Forrest felt he had lived that moment
before. He puffed out his imposing chest and pushed the kid back
onto the cot. " I'm the one asking the questions,
and your little friend is safe." Forrest assured the kid.
" Like I believe anything you bloody grunts say, you don't even know half
the shit the *Mengela's* are doing here!" He
shouted.
" So why don't you fill me in on what does go on here?" Forrest asked his brow raised in challenge.
~~~~~~~
" Slayer," Jinx repeated. "I don't know what you mean" she replied
trying to sound innocent and keep the panic from
her voice. < How does this guy know I'm a slayer? >
Riley noticed the girl's change in posture at his words. He knew
he was right on the mark. He leaned in closer over the
table that separated them and whispered softly, knowing the video
camera to his back would not be able to pick up his
words, and "If you won't tell me I'm sure Buffy will." He said without
malice.
Jinx, who was so caught up in what was to be the simple task of gathering
data here, hadn't process that her mother
was alive, here and now. < I've got to meet her, I can warn her.
>
Riley watched as the pretty girl's dark eyes widened in surprised.
Maggie was watching as her two best soldiers interrogated the young intruders
from the terminals in her office. <
Damn, these kids know so much about our operations here, How?
Is there a leak? > Maggie heard a knock at her
door and was momentarily distracted; thus she missed Riley's comment
about the girl being a slayer. " Come in," she
called tightly.
"Ms. Walsh, I have some very interesting information from the DNA samples
taken from the intruders. I did a cross
match with our database. It seems that the boy Chance is a
99.9 percent match with genetic material taken
from Hostile 17 and also a young co-ed from the campus a Willow Rosenberg.
In addition the female, Jinx has a 92.3
percent match with DNA from a Buffy Summers." Dr. Kessel reported.
" How? Explain to me Doctor how that young man there," she said pointing
at the screen can share the genetic make
up of a demon and a human female, a human female who happened to
be one of her best students. A female whom
she was thinking of trying to recruit for the project. Maggie
ran her hand through her hair. She was aware that they
were about to begin phase two of the scientific experiments, experiments
that involved cloning and genetic mutation of
demon DNA. Are these kids from the future? Is that boy some
cloned hybrid created in this very lab? < Good God,
what have I done? >
~~~~~~~
< Ok Spike, you can do this. You've been watching Sunset Beach
for months now, You can act like a soap vixen, and
they always get their way and never break a nail or work up a sweat.
> Spike took an unneeded deep breath
and strode out from his hiding place in full swagger mode.
" Willow, darling there you are," Spike purred sexily.
Percy and Willow both looked up.
" Spike?" Willow asked surprised to see the vampire here.
" Do you know this guy?" Percy asked suddenly feeling like his next conquest was slipping away.
" Know me," Spike grinned at the dark hair boy and saw the displeasure cross his face.
"Is everything all right? Has something happened?" Willow babbled
worriedly that some hell mouthy event had cause
Giles to send Spike out to find her-- to research some way to advert
another apocalypse.
" I know we were supposed to meet at your room but I couldn't wait a moment
longer to see you." Spike gushed
unabashedly.
" Have you been drinking?" Willow asked shocked at Spike's sudden-madness.
< Oh no the chip has driven him
insane! >
"Willow is this guy bothering you?" Percy asked hoping to gain some
points with her when he whipped the floor with
this blond pansy.
Spike felt the first twinges of pain behind his eyes. He wanted to
rip the slimy bastards' guts out and choke him to
death with them.
Spike laughed again, this time it sounded a bit unconvincing, "Tell him
Red, tonight is our third month anniversary, and I
couldn't wait a moment longer
to be with you." Spike leaned down and caught Willow's cheek in his
hand, titled her head and kissed her; he took
advantage of her open-mouthed surprise to deepen the kiss by exploring
her hot mouth with his cool tongue.
Willow was totally flabbergasted that Spike had shown up here, pretending
that they were a couple, but nothing
prepared her for his kiss. She felt her body shutter when she
felt his dexterous tongue tangle with hers. She
moaned into his mouth and grabbed the back of his head and began
to explore his sexy mouth.
< Why didn't she mention she had a new boyfriend, when she agreed to meet me?
Percy slammed his book shut and gathered up his stuff. < Why don't they
get a room, this is a public place for Christ's sakes.
Part 5
Cordelia managed to ring Wesley. " Have you any idea where the hell Angel is?"
" Cordelia, is that you?" Wesley asked clearing his throat.
" Duh, who else would be calling you at home?" She said sarcastically.
" Listen, I'm over at the office and he's not
home and he left his phone and beeper here and I've had the worst
day an audition for a personal hygiene product and
can you believe they said I wasn't convincing enough." She
complained.
"Er.. Yes, well perhaps you would like to talk about it over dinner?" He offered hopefully.
" My head is killing me cause I had the worst vision ever in the supermarket
and totally lost control of my shopping cart
and was so.. embarrassed when my cart hit this display of paper towels..
but I did meet this cute guy who asked me
out." She babbled until interrupted by Wesley
" Vision, why don't you tell me about the vision?" Wesley asked feeling
sure that his years of watcher schooling would
enable him to decode the mystery.
"It was awful, yucky, Willow and Buffy were all sweaty and fat in this
bright clinic place and they were grunting and
yelling something fierce and I saw all these people round in masks?"
She said.
" I see, well perhaps we should alert them as to your vision. What kind of mask?" Wesley asked.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forrest glared at the boy who sat on the cot scowling back at him, emerald
eyes, feral like a panther. <Staring contest
with a kid. > Forrest watched as Chance nervously clenched
and unclenched his jaw making his chiseled cheeks
more prominent.
< I need to get to Jinx before she shoots her mouth off like a
fusion dynamo, or worse, decides to get all slay happy
with the soldiers. I need to get us both home. Hell,
I bet mum doesn't even know we've gone. But when she notices
she'll call Angel and then he'll hunt me down for taking Jinx along
and kill me. Like I could leave her alone for a minute
without getting into some sort of trouble. I need to grab her
do a translocation spell-damn I don't have enough power
back yet to get us back to our home. If I hadn't had to use
magic here-I can get us to Angel in the *here and now*, Let
Jinx weave a little of her own feminine magic she has her Dad so
wrapped, put him off long enough till I am at full
strength and then back to our time-without the info I need to save
him. He's dying and she's likely to curl up and die
right along with him. Damn! >
"Listen, I'll turn the rats back into their human form, if you let me see
Jinx." Chance offered. < The spell only last 48 hours anyway but
let them think I'm giving them something. ~~~~~~~
"Dr. Kessel do you think it could be possible that those kids are clones
of some sort?" Maggie asked the scientist. "
Could that explain their human DNA
and also account for demon like powers?"
" Ms. Walsh, you are aware of the true agenda of the initiative."
Dr. Kessel replied in lecture mode. " The soldiers think
it is about making the world safe from evil.
Maggie nodded affirmatively, " Yes, they risk live and limb to make the
world a better place. They do as they are told
capture the demons. The tests, the implants, they have been
told occur to learn more about destroying and controlling
the demons. They know nothing about the samples of DNA we have
collected from the students." Maggie looked at
Riley on the monitor. "Would they be willing to risk
their life if they knew that we were cross matching human DNA
samples to create controlled demon warriors. If they knew we
were exploring the boundaries of death and mortality
with the vampire's to prolong human life? Thank you doctor.
Kessel left the office. Maggie moved to the
intercom. I want two reconnaissance teams assembled from section
319, stat." Maggie watched her protégé Riley
talk to the dark haired girl who resembled Buffy Summers. <
You're not going to like this at all I'm afraid. >
~~~~~
Giles was seething. < How dare they bring their sexual escapades
into my bed? The nerve! > A very embarrassed
Angel wearing * borrowed* sweat pants and shirt of Giles
moved silently down the stairs followed by an angry Xander
and a smirking Ayna.
" Sit!" Giles commanded, a vein in his temple throbbed wildly.
"No, separately" Giles ordered as he enunciated each syllable he motioned
Ayna off Xander's lap towards the couch
where Angel sat.
"Listen G-man, I'm sorry we were using your house for ... but HE WASN'T
PART OF IT!" Xander yelled moving of the
chair to get in Angel face.
" I can explain," Angel said softly. < I hope I can explain lives may be in danger. >
~~~~~~~~
Forrest brought the two soldiers, AKA rat into the cell. "
Ok, lets see you change em back and then I'll let you see the
girl."
"I want to have her with me, not look at her, understand?" Chance clarified pursing his lips tightly.
Forrest nodded.
"You best take em out of their cage, it could hurt em when they transform." Chance suggested.
< Great, I hate rats! > Forrest dumped his two rodent comrades upon the floor and they began to scurry round.
Chance spoke the incantation and in a whirl of light two naked men stood blinking.
Chance stood leaning against the wall. < Damn, I'm weaker than I thought. >
Riley lead Jinx in as the two dazed soldiers left the cell. Jinx
rushed forward to embrace Chance. He hugged her and
said "hang on we're leaving."
"Oh Shit!" Forrest yelled as the two kids disappeared in a blast of blinding white light.
Across town, Giles in full lecture mode was interrupted by the two time
travelers. The two youths stood in the middle of
Giles living room. Jinx held up a very weak Chance.
Angel reacting with prenatural speed was up out of his chair before the
light transformed into two kids. The slight dark
haired girl quickly
untangled herself from her friends' embrace and flew at Angel.
" Oh Daddy," she cried throwing herself into his arms.
Part 6
The sudden flash of blinding light startled Giles, Xander and Ayna into
silence. Angel was moving toward the potential
threat even before it materialized. The phone began its shrill
ringing at that very moment. Two young teens stood
hugging one another in the middle of Giles living room. The
petit dark haired girl moved quickly towards Angel. Giles
caught sight of the girl, < why she looks just like Buffy! >
The dark haired doppelganger cried " Daddy!" just before
embracing Angel.
The phone continued to ring. Chance blinked and without Jinx helping
hold him up he staggered and fell to the floor
loosing consciousness before his head hit the floor.
"Oh, Daddy, Thank goodness Chance was able to get us out of there I don't
know what they had planned!" she prattled,
burying her dark head in Angel's chest.
The adults were all frozen in place. Jinx, heard the thump and using
her slayer reflexes pushed away from Angel and
took up a fighting stance. Her eyes saw her best friend collapsed
on the floor. " Chance!" she cried and was kneeling
by his side.
" Buffy?" Angel whispered in disbelief at this vision.
" Don't just stand there like statues, help me get him on the couch." Jinx ordered.
Xander and Giles moved cautiously forward. Xander pointed at Chance,
" He.. He.. He.." hiccuped like he was
hyperventilating.
" He looks a lot like Spike." Ayna finished his sentence.
The phone continued its shrill ringing.
Angel was kneeling across from the Buffy-look - alike, he placed his hands
on the red-haired boys who did share a
spooky resemblance to his childe, lifted him and placed him upon
the now empty couch.
Jinx looked in Angel's eyes for the first time. She saw confusion
and uncertainty, missing was the love she had always
seen before.
" Daddy, I'm sorry Chance and I suprised you and your guest," she glanced
about the room her eyes landing on a
handsome older man who looked very pale.
A dark haired young man was pointing and his mouth was agape and a young
woman was trying to soothe the man.
"Do I know you?" Angel asked his voice barely above a whisper.
Jinx looked into her father's face again, < Oh Damn, this isn't 2017!
> Her eyes then darted quickly about the room
taking in the faces once more. < I've seen them before on several
old CD holo's of Willow's along with my mother. But
they all died the same night she did.. but they are still alive.. She's
still alive.. Now!>
"My name is Jinx, and this here is Chance." She replied her mind reeling
at the possibility that she might actually be
able to meet her mother, spend time with friends of her mother, and
her Dad together. Jinx smiled, " Where's..
Buffy?" She asked. ~~~~~ Buffy was heaving once again into the pink
Rubbermaid wastebasket. I feel so damn
nauseous, I'm beginning to wonder if some recent demon I slayed poisoned
me. Giles had the nerve to ask me earlier
tonight if I could be pregnant. I told him no way. That
one time with Parker we used protection and it was such a
mistake.. and I had my period after and as much as I like Riley he
and I haven't, after the hurt caused by the Parker, I
realized how much I still love Angel and sleeping with Riley wouldn't
be right. Buffy sighed and lay back down upon her
bed. Her mind thought back to Parker, she had her
period, but that was over two months ago. Yeah but
Willow's explained that her cycle was messed up too, she said something
about dorm living and that she and I living in
such close proximity would begin synchronous cycles or something..
, like that. Well she promised Giles that she would
see a doctor on Monday. ~~~~~~
"No one is answering the phone at Giles," Wesley commented a bit anxiously.
"Well, this is getting creepy, cause Angel's gone, like he vanished into
thin air. His bed is unmade, and he is so anal
he never leaves things untidy, and his cell phone and beeper are
downstairs too." Cordelia reported as she began
pacing in the small office. " This can't be a good omen."
" No, that vision you had is rather alarming, Buffy and Willow can both be in danger." Wesley hypothesized.
" Duh," Cordelia snapped, < I mean I don't really care for either one
of those girls but still. > She shuttered as she
heard their screams of pain in her head. ~~~~~
He had been fighting his feelings for her for months. Hell, if he was honest
with himself he had wanted to turn her the
night he had kidnapped her and the
annoying punk. He should have done it then. But no, he was still
all hung up with Dru. Then there was the master plan to
get the gem of Amara, defeat the stupid slayer and turn Willow to
be his fire Goddess. He was foiled at every turn,
first by the blond bimbo then the hair gelled wonder.
By the time he sought her out again he had been *implanted*
and was impotent as a demon. His plans were scraped once again.
So he did what Spike does best, take advantage of a bad situation to turn
things round to suit him. The stupid humans
didn't question his going to ask them for help. Hell,
if they were half as smart as they thought they were, they would
realize he would have never gone to the Slayer to ask for help.
He would have robbed a blood bank first, or continued
to use Harmony to aid him, well perhaps not that insipid git--drove
him insane. So he sought ought the gang when he
knew she would be there.
Spike trusted his instincts; they had kept him undead for 126 years.
He risked a lot, as the Slayer could have staked
his arse right then, but he
knew she wouldn't allow it. He knew that she was taken with him too,
perhaps she didn't want to admit it, but Spike felt
it. He had to put up with a lot of shit, so he could
be closer to her, to wait for an opportunity. Since then he
had
become the unwilling * neutered* mascot of the gang, his initial
feelings of desire bloomed into respect and genuine
affection for her as a mortal. He wasted precious time listening
to her moan and cry about the dog boy, and him being
all *poof* like himself, worrying that he wasn't either demon
or man enough for the likes of her. But tonight after seeing
her about to take up with a stupid moron with muscles he knew he
needed to claim her no matter what the
consequences.
He so badly wanted to rip the sod's eyeballs out for looking at her, pull
off his fingers one by one for daring to touch her.
He knew the implant would prevent it. So he used the old Spike
charm and sex appeal. He saw at first the alarm and
confusion in her eyes when he approached her. Worried always about
the others, putting their needs above her own.
Look at her all flush and glowing. She was oblivious
to her own beauty. The college boy saw it. The pup was
willing
to fight for her, I have to give him credit for that at least, but
I knew I couldn't hold my own, not like *this*. So I did what
any self-respecting male, human or demon would do, I kissed her.
Her scent, the softness of her lips, the heat of her mouth, her taste.
He felt light headed, intoxicated. His tongue sought
out her warm recess, caressing her hot flesh, catching her surprised
gasp. He moved one hand to cup the back of her
head, his hand seeking her silky red flames. His other hand
touching her slim waist, pulling her upright and
forward. Drawing her between his denim clad legs, wanting to
feel her, all of her pressed intimately against him.
Willow was breathless. Seeing him in the library was a surprise.
Willow had no time to process his affectionate
fabrication before he touched her face and pressed his sexy lips
against hers. Definite sparkage, his lips surprisingly
soft, his tongue exploring her with bold strokes. She moaned,
softly at his ardor, and unconsciously reached out to
grab for purchase as her body shuttered with need for him.
Cool skin, soft hair, hard chest. < His tongue teasing
mine, Oh Goddess I love when he does that *thing* down…>
Willow's eyes flew wide open at the carnal thought. < No
one's every put their tongue *down there* so where did that
thought come from? > She released her hold on the back
of his neck and shifted her other arm round from his back to push
against his chest. " Spike," she rasped
huskily. " What's going on?"
Part 7
Buffy decided to take a shower, get rid of the sticky sickness smell.
She
pulled on her baby blue terry cloth robe and picked up her bucket of
toiletries from her closet. She grabbed two fresh bath towels and
headed
down the hall toward the showers.
~~~~~
" What is going on Spike?" Willow asked out of breath.
" Is this some joke? Some payback because of that mistaken spell,
aren't you
guy's gonna ever get over that?" She asked looking around trying to see
if
Buffy and Xander were lurking.
One kiss and he was ready to take her here on the library table.
He was so
hard it was painful. < She thinks this is some silly prank! >
Spike grabbed her tiny hand and pushed it up against his arousal.
" Does
that feel like a bloody joke to you luv?" he whispered huskily.
Willow licked her kiss-stung lips as she envisioned her mouth wrapped around
the object in question.
Spike watched her green eyes darken with desire. He felt himself harden
even
more as she tried to curl her fingers around his aching shaft. Her
pink
tongue beckoning him. He once again pulled her body flush against
his. She
moaned into his mouth. He could smell her arousal, he envisioned
how tight
and hot her sex was as he plundered her hot mouth and thrust his cock into
her hand.
~~~~~~~
" I think you had better explain who you are and what you're doing here?"
Giles asked, looking at the young girl who had materialized in his living
room, part of him wished she would disappear almost afraid to hear the
answers.
" I think Buffy should be here before I explain," Jinx bargained.
She sat on
the edge of the sofa and ran her hand through Chance's red locks. <
We've
already messed things up, what harm can it do to meet my mom? >
Angel's mind was still reeling, the girl calling him daddy, her looking
like
Buffy, the Powers that Be sending him after two kids, these kids.
What had
they said to him about everyone being in danger?
" Giles, she's right Buffy needs to be here and so should Willow."
Angel
said as he began to pace.
" Hey how do we know these two aren't from some demon dimension here to
kill
Buffy, and then kill us all?" Xander asked nervously.
Chance stirred and opened up his green eyes.
" Because, the PTB sent me here to Sunnydale to rescue these two," Angel
interjected.
"You were at some underground prison? What were you doing there?"
Angel
asked kneeling down, he looked into the girl's dark brown eyes.
"Well, we were trying to get some information to help Spike cause.."
" Jinx!" muttered Chance
" Spike?" Angel growled his eyes narrowed in displeasure.
" I should have know Spike was somehow involved in all this, he can't seem
to
not cause trouble." Angel snapped standing up. He glowered
at Jinx. "
Start talking!"
Chance sat up, " I hope you haven't been shooting off like a fusion reactor?"
He grumbled.
Xander was feeling mighty spooked. He didn't care what Deadboy had
said
about these kids not being harmful. The girl so like Buffy, and the
boy
looked a lot like Deadboy Jr. right down to the chiseled cheeks and pouty
mouth but there was something else, something even more spooky.
" Vent your plasma overload, I haven't told em anything.. just said that
Buffy should be here." Jinx sighed.
" We need to be careful we could change the-time…things." He whispered
" Well, wasn't that why we came back here anyway to change things to help
your father?" Jinx cried standing up and pushing past Angel.
" Is.. Spike your father?" Giles asked puzzled trying to figure out
what was
going on.
Jinx opened her mouth to speak. Chance shot her a look.
"Oh God! Oh God, did you see that?" Xander cried in alarm looking
around at
the others. " He just gave her the look, * the resolve look* <
The eyes are
Willow's. > " This is just some bad dream, that's all, I'm gonna
wake up in
bed next to Ayna and were gonna have one big laugh about all this."
Xander
babbled.
" Calm down, Xander" Ayna snapped smacking Xander on the arm.
Giles had seen the look, he was very familiar with *the look* " Buffy,
I'll
call Buffy." He mumbled as he sat down at his desk and took his glasses
off
with shaky hands.
~~~~~~
The unit from 314 had slipped into the dorm without notice. The looked
like
everyday college students. Two young males and one young female stood
in the
hallway outside Buffy's door. " We're clear," the women said.
The taller man opened the door to Buffy's dorm room and hit the floor the
shorter man charged in stealthy weapon in hand. Buffy observed this
as she
had just come out of the bathroom. She was wearing her terry cloth
robe and
her blond hair was wrapped in a towel. The woman who was acting as
a lookout
spied her. " There she is!"
"Uh oh," Buffy groaned. She turned and went back into the bathroom.
She
looked around for anything to block the door. < Whatever those
students want
I don't think they are here to speak to me about over due library books.
Escape now and find out the reason for the visit later, when I'm not as
sick
as a dog. >
~~~~~~~
Willow was mindless with the erotic sensations he was creating in her.
Goddess he was so hard and his kisses made her feel all-molten. His
long
fingers had somehow found there way up under her skirt and he was running
them up along her garter and was tracing a path over the exposed flesh
of her
hip and ass not covered by her panties. He slipped his finger under
the edge
of her panties and slid his questing digits across the globe of her ass.
His
fingers caressing her firm flesh.
Spike thought he might orgasm in his pants. Her fingers were clutching
and
rubbing against his cock through the too tight denim. He moaned in
her ear,
" luv I need you so much." He rocked his hips forwards and upward
as he
pulled her closer his fingers clenching her ass cheek tightly. He
felt her
hot mouth suck and nip at his neck. " Oh Fuck!" he hissed
" Not here you won't!" an angry voice intruded upon the passion induced
haze.
Willow suddenly was aware of snickers and tittering voices chanting obscene
things. She lifted her head from Spike's neck and looked out from
over his
shoulder and saw a mean looking librarian and a crowd of students.
Willow
eeped as she felt one of Spike's fingers rub against her bum hole.
He
apparently was oblivious to the crowd. Willow already flushed face,
blushed
an even darker shade of red. She pushed backward trying to
get out of
Spike's erotic embrace and yelped, " Spike"
Spike heard his lovers' voice call his name followed by her painful pushing
against his cock. "Owww, too rough.." he uttered. Willow's
sudden movement
and weak knees resulted in her falling backward away from the table she
and
Spike had been practically dry humping on. Willow felt her new panties
rip as
she fell backward upon her now bare ass. The crowd of students giggled
harder as the embarrassed red head pulled away from her lover, lost her
balance and fell; backward. The blond haired man whose arm had moments
before been lost up underneath the long slit in the girls skirt, suddenly
reappeared holding what appeared to be a scrap of sheer black lace panties.
Part 8
Everyone was laughing; he stood there like a marble statue clutching her
torn
panties while she sat on the library floor on her ass. Willow was humiliated.
He face was beet red and she wanted to just disappear. Spike did
this
on
purpose to embarrass her, as some sort of pay back, she just knew it.
Spike was stunned, one minute he was kissing the red-headed witch and
exploring her firm bottom, as she seductively stroked his raging erection,
and the next minute she practically crushed his aroused cock in her hurry
to
get away. He held a torn piece of her black lace panties in his hand.
He
was aware of the snickers and hooting for the first time. < Bloody
Hell!
We're in a public place and I got so caught up with her I almost ..>
Spike
thoughts were interrupted by the lecture of the Liberian.
"You two will need to get a room because the library is no place for this
kind of behavior. I should take your names and have you both banned."
She
droned on.
Willow scrambled unceremoniously to her feet and began to stuff her books
into her open backpack. Spike knew Willow was embarrassed.
He knew the girl
was shy and suspicious about his motives.
Spike looked at the offending librarian. " Oh shut up, you dried
up old
hag!" he snapped. The crowd of students watching this interlude began
to
laugh louder. " Shut up, the lot of you," he growled at the
students.
Willow took off towards the nearest exit. Spike adjusted his painful
erection and took off after her. " Willow wait," he called.
Willow never broke her stride towards the stairway door. " Stay away
from
me, you've had your fun the joke's over," she replied her voice shaking
with
emotion.
She pushed the door open and Spike caught her arm.
" Wait, luv," Spike said, " I'm sorry,"
" I just bet you are!" Willow snapped as she tried to pull away, her green
eyes glistening with unshed tears.
< I'm not going to loose it in front of him, not going to give him the
satisfaction, now that he can't bite he's just looking for new ways to
torment people. I'm an easy mark. >
Spike pulled Willow away from the edge of the stairs and pushed her up
against the concrete wall of the stairwell. " Let me explain, please."
He
pleaded, hating himself for upsetting her. He was afraid he had ruined
things.
"The joke's over, don't worry I won't tell Buffy, if that's what you're
worried about." Willow replied unevenly, despite her resolve a tear leaked
from her eye.
" I told you before, this isn't a joke," Spike said seductively as he brushed
his still hard member up against her pelvis. " I want you, I have
for a long
time," he continued softly as he moved his hand from her hip to wipe away
her
stray tear. I didn't mean for things to get out of control,
to frighten
you." he whispered. He placed a butterfly kiss at the corner of her
eye.
The tip of his tongue caught the warm salty tear she was about to drop.
~~~~~~~
" What do you mean the team lost Buffy Summers?" Walsh yelled gruffly
into
the phone. " I want the four of you to split into teams of two.
One team go
to her mother's house, the other check out Rupert Giles home, I'm sure
she's
headed there."
Walsh hit the intercom in her office. " Get Riley and Forrest in
here!"
~~~~~~~
Cordelia gripped Wesley's waist firmly. She yelled to be heard over
the roar
of the motorcycle, " Slow down, I want to make it to Sunnydale in one piece!"
< How am I ever going to fix my hair after I've been sweating under
a helmet
for over two hours. Angel had better appreciate this and he so is
gong to
pay for my trip to the salon when I get back to L.A.>
~~~~~~
Buffy had left her fuzzy bunny slipper behind. She had managed to
quickly
elude the well-dressed men and women that were looking for her. < Who
the
hell are they and what do they want with me? > Buffy was actually
feeling
much better. The burst of adrenaline and the sprinting seemed to
have
alleviated her nausea. She was about a block away from Giles, he
would help
her sort this out, and he was always good at sorting everything out.
Giles heard only the endless ringing of the unanswered phone in his ear.
<
Where the Bloody Hell is Buffy? I just left her dorm less than an
hour ago.
> The silence in his living room was ominous, the proverbial calm
before the
storm. Giles eyes scanned the shocked face of Xander who for
once was
unable to elicit a smart-ass witticism. Angel moved silently towards
the two
teens sitting on his sofa. Jinx the young girl the image of
Buffy, pouting
at her male companion. Chance, giving Jinx the infamous 'resolve
look'.
Angel broke the silence, "look you don't need to explain anything, just
tell
me how I can help you get home," he uttered softly looking. He placed
one
hand on top of Jinx's hand. Dark eyes met and held. Angel knew
this
beautiful young woman was his flesh and blood. His and Buffy's daughter.
He wasn't sure exactly how this was possible, only that it was. It
suddenly
hit him, when he was human; he and Buffy had come together in frenzied
coupling on his kitchen table, up against the fridge, on the countertop.
Afterward, he had taken her to his bed and made sweet tender love to her.
He
cherished every inch of her glorious body not once but again and again.
It
was that day, the day that he asked the PTB turn back time, that their
child
had been conceived. He moved his hand up to cup Jinx's face and smiled.
Just then Buffy flung the door open, " Giles, " Buffy's words died in her
throat as she saw Angel smiling, at some young girl who was sitting on
Giles
sofa. " Buffy," he stood grinning from ear to ear.
At Angel's elated cry to see Buffy, both Chance and Jinx turned their heads
to look at the famous slayer.
Buffy tore her eyes away from her beloved Angel to look upon the face that
had enchanted him. Buffy's mouth fell open, she felt her abdomen
flip flop,
such a strong connection to the dark haired girl. Buffy was assailed
by a
titanic wave of memory. She and Angel together, making love to him, feeling
his heart beat wildly against her. As quickly as the wave of repressed
memories washed over her, the cathartic emotions retreated leaving Buffy
with
the astonishing realization that she was pregnant with Angel's baby and
paradoxically she looked into their child's eyes. Buffy mind and
body
couldn't quite grip this miracle. She fainted.
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