Catch you on the flipside

Skye stood transfixed at the child before her, if it hadn’t been for her scent Skye wouldn’t have recognized Brigitte at all….all she remembered was a clumsy toddler and in front of her was a tall lanky child, same dark curls, golden eyes and freckles….it WAS her…
“Who are you?” Brigitte asked warily, backing away from the strangers, it wasn’t often other living beings be they demons or otherwise came in contact with any of them…the live and let live theory was going strong in these parts.
Although there was something hauntingly familiar about the tall woman in front of her, something tugged at the farthest reaches of her mind but she couldn’t pin it down.
“It’s me…Skye” Skye said softly, crouching down so she was eye level with her sister, she was slightly shocked to see rage fill those golden eyes.
“NO…you’re lying…DEMON!!!” Brigitte screamed an instant before she vaulted up to the wall again to climb back over and warn the others. Sasha quickly thrust her arm out toward the child and froze her. Skye turned on the demon “What’d you do that for?”
“Last thing we need is to create a stir…least we know how to get into the grounds” Sasha said quietly, magically moving Brigitte’s rigid frame to the ground she moved to pick up the child whose body though frozen, her eyes darted around wildly and Sasha had the distinct feeling she was being mentally snarled at.
“All of you Talsens are a feisty bunch aren’t ya?” Sasha quipped, unwilling to meet Skye’s eyes as she levitated over the wall still holding the prone cub. Looking back to Skye she shot her a look that read clearly “You coming?”
Skye sighed and crouched low and sprung easily over the wall. Landing with a thud she looked up and found herself eye level with a wooden spear. Following the length up to the wary eyes of a dark haired girl she sat frozen when she realized who this must be….dark thin dreadlocks, pale blue eyes and a small tribal tattoo just above the right eyebrow…Jaeger.
“Hey…how’s it going?” Skye asked softly, uncaring that there was a weapon in her face, looking over at the blue demon who was slowly lowering Brigitte to the ground she dare not move. Looking around she saw that they were surrounded by nine children, the oldest didn’t look a day over thirteen…David?
“Who are you?” Jaeger asked a thin tremor of fear in her voice but her face was otherwise unreadable.
“Skye?” A boy’s voice asked, Skye turned and saw David, step forward, his body going slightly limp in shock.
Standing slowly she smiled at her brother, wondering at the pink streak in his bangs a moment before the brush around them shook and a mountain of a man stepped out snarling threateningly at the strangers.
Skye turned and met the eyes of her brother, older; he looked unchanged except for small lines and a jagged scar that ran across his naked chest.
“Hello Horus.” Skye whispered a moment before strong arms enveloped her in a crushing hug.
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Buffy groaned in enjoyment as she lay on her stomach on the bed as Lonnie carefully massaged the days work out of her back…it had been a long day, rebuilding the tunnels had been the toughest part and what sucked the most was it wasn’t nearly over with.
Least not till patrol was in and everyone was accounted for. There still hadn’t been any new leads on the Day Virus and although there were rumors among the demons that there was a nest in the area nothing new had happened at all.
Rolling over she looked up at the Lonnie and smiled softly, “So after the kids are asleep…what do you say me and you have a little date?” Buffy said slyly. Lonnie smiled happily and leaned down, brushing her lips across her mates before whispering her agreement.
“Wine and….what else?” Lonnie asked, moving off of Buffy to spoon behind her. Buffy smiled at the slight lilt to Lonnie’s words, even after all these years Lonnie still had an accent when she spoke.
“Hmmm….we have jerky…but I was thinking about some fish? Hows that sound?”Buffy asked.
Lonnie smirked and leaned up on her elbow…”You mean fish from the water or….” She let her words trail off before sliding her hand down lightly rubbing Buffy’s crotch.
“You have got to stop listening to every damn thing those girls say.” Buffy said softly moving against Lonnie’s hand before leaning up and kissing her mate thoroughly….more than happy to continue this Buffy rolled Lonnie over onto her back before moving to straddle her mate.
As she moved back down to kiss along the cavewoman’s sensitive neck, they both groaned when there bedroom door was flung open and there daughter came into the room shrieking.
“SHES BACK!!!!” Jaeger said an instant before leaping onto the bed and bouncing up and down.
“Who?” Lonnie asked as she tried methodotically pull Buffy’s pants back up over her hips.
“Sasha….AND SKYE!” Jaeger said triumphantly before leaping off the bed and racing back down the hall, leaving her mothers in a state of utter confusion.
Buffy and Lonnie lay frozen for a moment…then two…before looking at one anther in shock and jumping out of the bed and racing after there daughter.
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Kennedy wearily trekked after Raya as the group made there way back to the campus, looking behind her she sighed as she took in the numerous injuries…either the demons were getting better or they were getting worse…she preferred to think it was the demons because the slayers had been training non stop for months and….god this sucked.
Stopping to wait as Raya pressed in the code for the hidden door she followed as one by one each slayer passed through into the safety of the grounds, the school wasn’t impenetrable but it was a damned lot safer than what lay on the outer lands as they were called by the others.
Shifting her weight she reached up to fix her long brown locks and followed down the trail after the girls, breathing a sigh of relief when she could see the houses in the distance, alight with the dying sun. She began eagerly to scan the area for Sheridan.
Her favorite part of patrol was coming back and seeing her little tornado before it was time for bed. Sure she was tired and sore but there was something so fresh about seeing the kids after a patrol…it was like coming back always reminded her she had something TO come back too.
Frowning slightly at the sounds of what could only be a party of some kind she sped up a little and stepped into the clearing and saw long tables laid out with several of the food that HAD been rationed out and cooked, everyone looked like they were having a damn good time…
Looking around she narrowed her gaze in on Sheridan who was sitting excitedly in a huddle with the other children as Raya? Well it sure looked like Raya told them a story. Chameleon demon?
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Skye looked up from the small group around her to see two almost identical copper haired kids staring at her, one with bright blue eyes, the other with one green one silver….were they hers? Looking up at the woman who came to stand behind them Skye felt her heart seize.
It was Ryan…and god she was beautiful. Her tall lean mate had forgone her messy dreads in favor for a short pixie cut; there was sadness in her eyes that hadn’t been there before. The tank top she wore proudly displayed her half sleeve and the baggy cargo pants did nothing to take away.
Standing shakily Skye brushed off her jeans and tried to navigate her legs to walk toward the blonde hybrid and as she got one foot in front of the other she was suddenly thrown to the ground when Raya tackled her to the ground.
Sputtering she looked up into Rayas teary eyes and cried softly, happily hugging her mother back, Looking up she had a moment to prepare before Faith was right there hugging them both.
By the time she could pull away Ryan was gone. As well as the twins.

TBC
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