Love Through Touch

Disclaimer: See Part 1

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"I think only the people in this solar system heard you" Willow stood in front of Hyatt as she exited Buffy's bedroom.

"I bet you've been waiting out here for the last time 10 minutes to say that to me" Hyatt crossed her arms and gave Willow a look.

"15" Willow said and turned to go.

Hyatt bumped her back.

"Hey" Willow backed away from the girl.

Hyatt followed until she backed into the wall "Willow I have something to tell you"

Willow had her back against the wall and was leaning her head away from Hyatt. Neither had a happy look on her face.

Hyatt leaned forward and whispered into Willow's ear.

Willow blushed and stiffened at what she heard.

"W-w-what's g-going on?" Tara asked. She'd spotted them as she came up the stairs. It looked like Hyatt had her face buried in Willow's neck.

"Just telling Willow a secret" Hyatt backed away from the red head "You coming with me today?"

Tara nodded. She gave Hyatt a quick hug when the girl passed her to go down the stairs.

Buffy came out of the room moments later "Who's dropping Star off at school?"

Tara and Willow looked at each other "You should"

"Why me?" Buffy pouted "That kid scares the crap out of me sometimes"

"They have to get to know you. Just in case one of us has to pick Star up on short notice" Willow reasoned "Ms. Kimble has met everyone but you"

"Oh" Buffy couldn't find a reason to argue with that logic "Um do I have to dress her too?"

"Yup" they said in unison.

"Dammit"
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'New subject has dropped the child off at a Day Care. Child is affectionate. They both have frequencies' Pryde recorded. When she saw the new red car pull off after a blonde had exited the building, she followed.

'New Subject is heading into the town'.

Pryde smiled when she saw where the car parked.

She speed dialed Cash.

"Hey Ash. I need you to run a tag number for me" Pryde said to Cash's professional 'Cash here'.

"Give it to me"

"RLK 7761" Pryde read off.

"Registered to one Buffy Summers, co-signed by a Willow Rosenberg. Both are on the Insurance" Cash reported.

"I have a hunch I'll call you back" Pryde disconnected.

She pulled open her laptop and signed onto a DSL network. She hacked into the student files for Sunnydale High as well as UC Sunnydale.

Here eyes widened when she read the files from UC Sunnydale.

"Wicca Group, they live with a Tara McClay, also from the Wicca Group. Witches, well at least two of them, but which is which?"

She opened the files from the High School.

"Ahh so Buffy Summers is our blond bombshell" Pryde couldn't help the admiring smile on her face "Rosenberg ain't half bad either"

Just then the door to the Magic Box opened. Two young woman a blond other than Buffy and a darker one.

She'd found files for neither in the Highschool database.

Pryde rolled down her window and hoped to catch their names.

"Hey Tara, Hyatt wait a sec"

Pryde recognized the red head when she exited. Rosenberg, and the blonde was Tara. Hyatt must be the dark one.

She couldn't hear their conversation but she bombshell did exit the shop as well.

Pryde's smile widened when 'Buffy' gave 'Hyatt' a deep kiss. Red and Tara also followed suit.

Pryde decided to test all four of them. The Resonance they gave off was phenominal.

"Cash would love to get her hands on them" Pryde whispered to herself.

She watched the group break in half. Rosenberg and Summers re-entered the shop, while McCLay and 'Hyatt' got into a silver car and drove off.

"I just can't pass this one up"
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"I want fucking out of here" Faith singsonged.

The other prisoners around her groaned. She hadn't shut up in hours.

"They like your heart beat" Drusilla said nodding her head.

"Oh look a vamp" Faith flicked her off "Why the hell are you here anyway?"

"They like my brain" Drusilla looked innocent "They taste nice though. Good clean blood"

"Well I'm glad you find them appetizing. You should eat a few more" Faith leaned against the wall of her cell and slid down until she was sitting.

"I did eat a few. But it got me into trouble" Drusilla scooted closer to the entrance of her cell so she could see the slayer clearly.

Their cells where adjacent.

"Well their gonna be in alot of trouble if they don't LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Faith bellowed.

Crying could be heard from the other end of the corridor.

Cash stomped up the Faiths cell "You woke the children. Shut your trap or I'll have it sewn shut"

"Wait, wait, wait, you have fucking kids here? What kinda people are you?" Faith stood her hands fisted at her sides. She didn't try to hide her bruised knuckles. She'd attempted to punch through the glass.

"Scientist" Cash turned on her heal and strode away hoping she could settle the frightened children.

"Science and Magic at different" Drusilla said softly to Cash's retreating back.
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"We're being followed again" Hyatt said glancing in her mirror again.

"I know. There's more than one car" Tara barely resisted the urge to turn around.

"I know. We're in trouble. Can you reach Willow psychically?" Hyatt asked frowning.

"Yes. Can you reach Buffy?" Tara calmed herself in hopes of reaching Willow clearly enough to get a good connection.

"Not that well. I can send her feelings, but she'd get them as hunches, maybe intuition" Hyatt shrugged "We're linked but not close enough"

"Stop the car" Tara said suddenly.

Hyatt pulled to the side.

"Do it now"

They both concentrated, reaching with their minds for the ones they loved.

Tara sent a warning of Danger and a need for help. Hyatt sent a feeling of fear, and a promonition of being contained.

They both jumped when something hit the window of the car.

The doors were pulled open and everything went black.
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"We've got two of them, now get the little girls"
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Star looked up when a shadow was cast over her.

"Hey Star, you remember me?" a woman's voice said. She sounded sweet and friendly.

Star was immediately alert. Fatima's number one rule: If they sound friendly they're not.

"No I don't remember you" Star stood up and smiled at the woman "You look like my Aunt Janna"

Rule number two: Give them an easy out, if they know Janna, use magic.

"I'm your aunts half sister. The family wanted me to pick you up and bring you to the Fenz"

Star smiled brightly. She knew what Fenz was, but she also knew they hadn't celebrated it in her lifetime.

"Come one sweetie let's go" the woman held out her hand.

Star reached out as if to take it, getting a good look at the woman, for any identifying marks.

The bracelet. Looked military. None descript, and fitted.

At the last moment she pointed her finger, sliding so that she pointed to her classmates on the playground. Namely the loudest two who were playing in the sandbox.

"Stranger" she whispered to herself.

Zoey and Sarah both stood in the sandbox "Stranger!"

Other kids turned and looked as the spell passed through them all.

"Stranger"

"Stranger"

"Stranger"

They all began pointing at the woman.

She slowly backed away from Star, only to run into Zoey who'd moved behind her when she was distracted.

"Ahh she stepped on me! Stranger, stranger" Zoey ran to find Ms. Kimble.

"Bad lady"

"Bad lady"

"Stranger"

"Stranger"

"May I help you?" Ms. Kimble came running with Zoey in tow.

The woman shook her head, and fled, leaping the fence and disappearing down the road.

Ms. Kimble turned to Star "Was that woman talking to you?"

Star nodded slowly. She removed the spell and everyone became quiet.

"We need to call your....mother? Aunts..whatever they are" Ms. Kimble pulled out her cell phone.

As the last of the spell wore off, the children in the playgroud began to cry. They didn't know why. They felt that they had to.
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"Somethings wrong" Willow and Buffy said at the same time.

The phone rang and Anya answered it.

"What?" Giles said looking up from a particularly old text.

"I can feel it. It's like Tara was trying to tell me something, but she couldn't" Willow's face was a mask of fear.

"I just know something's wrong. I can feel it in my bones. Kinda trapped, and scared" Buffy paced.

"It's Star's school. Some woman tried to talk to her" Anya sounded seriously pissed "Ms. Kimble thinks you should come pick her up"

"I'll go get her" Buffy said "If my hunch is right, she may be in danger"

"Danger?" Willow began to pace "Where is Xander? I thought he'd be here by now"

Xander entered the Magic Box seconds later "Ok that was weird. I swear I just opened the door to our house"

He stepped back out and looked around, it was the hall infront of his and Anya's apartment. He stepped inside again. It was the Magic Box.

"Weird"

"Xander you have to go pick up Dawn" Buffy said pushing past him.

"Ok" he stepped out again. It was the street infront of the Magic Box "Is Willow worried about something?"

"Yes" Buffy called over her shoulder as she climbed into the car.

"Ok" Xander got in his own car and headed towards Dawn's school.
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They were still crying when Buffy arrived for Star.

"What's going on?"

"It's an aftereffect of the spell Star cast. She made them all realize there was danger" Ms. Kimble said stepping over the weeping chlidren who were laid out across the floor on their nap pallets.

"So they're all still scared?" Buffy stopped when a little girl stood up and wrapped her strong little arms around the Slayer's legs.

es. es. They'll calm down eventually. If they don't I'll just call their parents" Ms. Kimble tried to pry the little girl off.

"It's okay" Buffy lifted the girl and looked her in the eye. She was surprised by the resemblance "Are you an Al-Faqadi?"

The child shook her head "Ad-Algiri"

"She's my cousin" Star said softly.

Buffy looked down and saw Star standing at her feet "maybe we should take her to"

Ms. Kimble nodded.

Buffy took both girls out to the car and strapped them in.

Ms. Kimble rushed out just as she was about to pull away "Wait!"

Buffy stopped the car and rolled down her window "What?"

"Take these" Ms. Kimble handed Buffy a small box "You may need them" she turned and vanished back into the Center.

Buffy shrugged tossed the box onto the seat, and pulled off.

They were driving for several minutes before Star spoke.

"Turn left!" Star said sitting up straighter.

"Why?" Buffy asked slowing the car.

"Please Buffy please?" Star begged.

Buffy sighed and turned left.

She knew why moments later.

Hyatt's car sat to the side of the road, and she was looking in the windows.

Buffy parked on the opposite side and ran up to her.

"Hyatt!"

The girl turned "I'm not Hyatt but have you seen her?"

Buffy stopped. She was amazed at the resemblance this girl bore to her...

"I don't know where she is" Buffy said slowly "But I think there's something wrong"

"Your not the only one, and why is Kolby in your car?" the girl moved suddenly and pinned Buffy to the car.

"Mycah!" Star stood and waved out of the window "don't, she's a friend"

"Star?" Mycah released Buffy and rushed across the road to the little girls "Oh my god I heard about that asshole, are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine. We live with Buffy now" Star leapt into Mycah's arms "Some lady tried to take me from school today"

"What?" Mycah turned to Buffy "What's going on?"

"We got a bad feeling about Hyatt and a friend of ours earlier. Then the teacher calls and tells us that someone tried to talk to Star at school today. Apparently the woman ran when Ms. Kimble came. I picked Star up and 'Kolby' here grabbed me so I brought her along"

"I was on my way to pick her up myself. I didn't want her there today for some reason. Now I know" Mycah reached into the car and touched Kolby gently.

"Well we could sure use your help" Buffy said getting into her car.

"You got it" Mycah deposited Star back into her seat and hopped into her own car and followed Buffy back to the Magic Box.
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For some unknown reason Xander decided to park on side of the school instead of infront.

He entered the school from the front doors knowing he'd pass the Principals office.

There was a Police Officer entering the private office behind the small statured principal.

"This is about a student of yours a Dawn Sum-" was all Xander heard before the door shut fully.

He shook his head, something just didn't feel right.

The secretary hung up the phone "How may I help you?"

"I'm here to pick up Dawn Summers it's an emergency" Xander said quietly.

The Secretary punched a few buttons on her phone "Ms Jenkins is Dawn Summers in your classroom? Can you have her get ready to leave, someone will be by to pcik her up in a few moments. Thank you" she motioned for Xander to go ahead "Room 106 right down the hall"

Xander nodded his thanks, as he rushed down the hall he wondered how the secretary knew where Dawn would be without checking any of her files. He shook the question off and found room 106.

Dawn was waiting at the door smiling.

"You're getting me out of Math" She whispered when Xander led her into the hallway "It's a sub anyway but she's pretty cool"

Something about that bothered Xander for a moment, but he shook it off again.

As they passed the Office again Xander looked in and saw only one secretary working, before there had been two. But there was no second desk.

Just then the Officer left the office.

He pushed Dawn around the corner as the Policeman had turned towards them.

"Xander what's going on?" fear began to seep into Dawn's voice.

"Something freaky" Xander said softly.

//Dawn Summers please repot the the Principal's office please. Dawn Summers to the Principal//

"Why would the call me if they just let me out of school?" Dawn asked.

"I don't know but let's get outta here" Xander grabbed her hand and lead her to the front doors.

There were Cops everywhere.

Four or Five cars were waiting out front.

Xander qucikly turned and headed towards a side door where his car was parking. He was very glad he'd chosen to park there.

"I don't like this at all" Dawn said keeping up with his longer stride.

They reached his car and Xander forced Dawn into the back and told her to keep her head down.

She complied without a word.

She stayed down once they'd passed them, too afraid to even breath loudly.

"We are so going straight to Buffy" Xander said to no one in particular.

Dawn agreed whole-heartedly.
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