Time Spin

Buffy watched as Lonnie lay on her back holding Axel above her while he giggled and laughed at the faces she made at him.



Turning back she looked down at the knife she was carving, carefully showing Jaeger how to hold the carving blade against the bone. She had been surprised when Jaeger had shown an interest in carving. So she now had her carefully carving simple designs into wood and bone.



Smiling down at the girl she looked towards the doorway when she heard Sansa announce herself and climb through the entrance.



“Good day Buffy.” Sansa said smiling watching the scene before her. Sitting down she waited for Buffy to put away her tools.



“Good day Sansa, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?” Buffy smiled at the girl, noticing the stress in her expression.



“I wish to speak to you about the Old Mother.” Sansa tensed when everyone tensed, watching as Lonnie held Axel on her lap as she turned to give Sansa her attention while Buffy and Jaeger briefly looked at eachother and Jaeger went and picked up Axel and led the baby out of the hut.



“What do you wish to say about her?” Lonnie asked moving closer to her mate.



“You need to leave Lonza. You Buffy and the children need to go. Before the harvest ceremony.” Sansa shifted uncomfortably. “I know where your from Buffy. I heard you speaking to mother.”



“Have you told anyone what you know?” Buffy suspected the girl knew about her origins and she knew the girl wouldn’t have said anything but she couldn't be to careful.



“No of course not, its just…Falcon was going to challenge Old Mother for rights but even if she wins Old Mother will still have you killed. She’s waited to long for this not to take what she wants.”



“The stones are many days travel from here Sansa; Old Mother will have time to track us.” Lonnie turned and looked at her mate. She knew they would never be safe here and she had been planning on speaking to Buffy about going across the mountains to there sister tribe and seeking shelter there.



“I know. That’s why you must leave tonight. Old Mother will be caught up in ceremony with the shaman and by the time anyone notices your gone they wont be able to track you. Once your gone Falcon will challenge Old Mother and kill her.” Sansa felt tears threaten to fall, she knew she would never be Falcons when she was Old Mother but there was no other way to protect the tribe.



“We will leave.” Buffy said. Turning to her mate “It is the only way Lonnie. You know shell never stop until you and the children are dead and I am her mate.”



Sadly nodding Lonnie looked down, wondering why the spirits could let one as cold as Sharja become Old Mother.



“Where will you go?” Sansa asked, she studied the two women.



“To the sister tribe across the valleys. There is no way in knowing that the stones will not take just Buffy back.” Lonnie felt her mate lean into her and she wrapped her arm around her shoulders.



Nodding Sansa stood. “If you need anything from me or my family let me know. Ill have Falcon keep Old Mothers guards busy so no one knows your leaving.” Turnings he left the hut.



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Sharja stood, from her hidden place behind the hut that housed Lonnie and her family. She had come to stake her claim on Buffy when she had heard Sansa speaking to them.



Smiling she knew what she would do. They would not be leaving tonight.



Walking back to her hit she stopped outside the entrance, turning to her guards. “Take the children of Lonnie and Buffy; hold them in the winter caves until I say. Now!”



Watching as the two guards moved out towards the two young children playing with there friends in the clearing she watched as they grabbed up the girl who turned and bit her captor before he clapped his hand over her mouth. The baby didn’t seem to sense any danger.



Turning into her hut she knew the guards were loyal to Old Mother and would do as they were told. They were also under her protection so no one would stop them.



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~Present Day: Skye~



Lying in bed until she was sure everyone was asleep she carefully got up and opened her windowsill, relieved when it didn’t make a sound. She had greased the windows lining earlier that day.



It had been nearly a week since she had seen Ryan and Remy. They had dropped them off and it was like the tigers couldn’t get away fast enough. Once they had gotten back to the house Skye had been working non-stop with a mountain of chores, some of which she was sure were being made up.

Carefully climbing out she deftly leapt from the porch roof and ran the familiar route through the trees and to the gate. She was going to see Ryan tonight whether she wanted to see her or not.



She didn’t know what was wrong with her, she had had crushes and infatuations before but it was like she couldn’t get Ryan out of her head and it was like she could ‘feel’ her. She didn’t know what it was but she didn’t really care. And she hadn’t told her Mother but she knew she had already hit Moon Fever.



Which in itself was impossible because she had at least four more months before it was supposed to hit. But she had seen her Mother and Asher in the early stages of Moon Fever enough times that she knew the signs. She was increasingly aggressive and there had been an embarrassing incident at school where she had almost let Jamie have sex with her.



But the weird bit was she wanted to have sex but she couldn’t seem to get turned on by anyone other than Ryan and it was pissing her off.



So now here she was running full speed to Gypsies because she needed answers and she was going to get them.



Cutting through the trees she tactfully outran werewolf males and sprinted the last two miles to Gypsies. Stopping outside the doorway to the bar she carefully scanned the woods, spotting four were’ she stepped into the bar and almost immediately spotted Ryan over at the far end of the bar.



Walking toward the tiger she tired to ignore the way her skin was heating up and the way she wanted to go up to Ryan and well….’god snap out of it’



Following the skin walker down the stairs to the basement of the bar she was taken by surprise when Ryan turned suddently and pinned her to the wall.



“What do you want?” Skye didn’t hear her at first, shocking them both when she jumped up and wrapped her legs around Ryan’s waist forcing the tiger into her.



Feeling the tiger…purr? Okay that’s a new one. Skye reached up and brushed the pale hair out of the tiger’s eyes, noticing for the first time that one of blue and the other was slate gray. “I want you.” Swallowing hard at the way Ryan’s eyes seemed to spark to life at hat comment she decided another tactic “I want you to tell me what the fucks going on.”



Confusion flooded Ryan’s face as she seemed to snap out of the pull Skye’s fever had on her. “I don’t know what you mean.” Moving to pull Skye off of her Skye tightened her legs and leaned in close to the cat.



“I think you know more than your telling me. I don’t know much about this moon fever shit. But I do know im not due to have it for another four months so why the fuck is it hitting me now?”



“Your already mated to someone. That’s the only way.” Ryan tried to push Skye off her again. This time Skye relented. Growling softly at Ryan she straightened.



“Its genetically impossible for me to mate with family….eww factor aside. And you are the only skin walker ive been around and I think id remember if we ‘mated’ and not that tits any of your business but im a virgin. So explain that one Tigger” Smirking at het annoyed expression on Ryan’s face.



“I don’t know. I just know what I know and frankly not my problem. So see ya.” Ryan went to turn away when Skye grabbed her arm again and spun her around before she could protest Skye was kissing her.



Growling softly Skye pulled the tiger closer; she had always heard how aggressive tigers was…apparently that was a lie because Ryan was standing there stiff as a board.



Pulling back she looked at the tiger. She knew she should leave, there were so many reasons why she should leave. Stepping back she looked at the young woman before her, same ratty jeans and sneakers that she noticed were hanging low on her hips, her black t-shirt was pushed up showing a small bit of flat stomach. Skye let her fingers wander over the skin, sighing softly she let her hand spread under the girl’s shirt, pushing it up slowly.



She felt hot, her skin burned, she could feel her throat go dry and her senses heighten as het fever started flowing through her body. Looking up into Ryan’s face she suddently realized that the tiger wasn’t standing there unaffected…no she was fighting for control.



Leaning up she pressed her body close to the tigers, pleased and increasingly turned on when she saw Ryan’s eyes become hooded and a small tremor run through her.



“Skye. Lets go home.” Freezing Skye turned to see Asher standing at the top of the stairs looking down on her.



Nodding she turned back and dared one more kiss before she followed Asher out of the bar. She knew he hadn’t told anyone she had left. They had been covering for each other for years. Looking over she knew she was going to get yelled at though.



He looked pissed. Sighing she climbed into the car.



TBC



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