Love Through Touch

Disclaimer: See Part 1
This part serves to do nothing but to confuse the 'HELL' out of everyone who reads it. But trust me, you need this part to understand the next one.
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"IT'S NOT FUNNY! HE THREW POOP IN MY HAIR!" Jean's voice carried completely through the Magick Boz, cutting off all conversation.

"Well actually..." Hyatt chuckled pushing her way in backwards.

"It's not funny, it smells bad and I think I'm gonna puke" Jean entered behind her lugging the other end of a small covered cage.

The putrid odor entered behind them, and screeching was hear from beneath the towel.

"Uh. Hi" Anya waved from her spot behind the counter "What's the stinky thing your bringing into my store?"

"Vopus demon" Jean rolled her eyes and realeased the cage, leaving the entire weight for Hyatt.

"Hey" Hyatt barely caught the extra weight and immediately set it down "Some warning would've been nice"

"So would it have been in the car" Jean stomped her foot "Before he threw his poop in my hair!"

"There's more of it on my windshield than your hair" Hyatt shrugged.

"I want it out now!" Jean whined.

Hyatt led her off to the bathroom.

"She looks different" Hannah spoke up. She'd been quiet and reserved since her intial entrace. Sobering even more when Amanda and her friend had entered.

"You noticed that too" Max whispered as she stroked the other girls hair.

Hanna closed her eyes and leaned into the touch.

Buffy looked on sadly. She missed touching Hyatt like that.

Willow and Tara had been doing the same jesture off and on all day, reminding the slayer of what she could have, but was missing due to her own restriction.
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Tara stood in the bathroom door, watching as Hyatt rinsed the feces and hand soap from Jean's hair.

"Are you sure this won't dry my hair out?" Jean asked for the fourth time.

"She won't mess up your 'do' Jean" Tara chuckled.

"How am 'I' supposed to know that?" Jean turned her head and got an earful of water.

"Now that's gotta be uncomfotable" Hyatt turned her head the other way and tried unsuccessfully to drain her ear.

Finally all the handsoap was gone.

"Why did you catch a demon and bring it with you?" Tara crossed her arms and cornered the two in the bathroom.

"Vopus demons become like pets once their caught. Since they grasp the human languages, it's well... I'd say it can developmentally match a 6 year old child" Hyatt explained as she dried Jean's hair with paper towels.

Jean frowned the whole time "And they throw poop"

"I noticed. That thing smells. Anya's threatening to sue" Tara smirked.

"Like there's any customers in here to disturb?" Hyatt rolled her eyes at Tara's lounging reflection in the mirror.

Jean flipped her head up tossed her hair and splashing them both. Her dark brown locks hung curly and damp just past her shoulders.

"Thanks for the freak shower Jeanie" Hyatt combed her fingers through the little girls hair.

"There's actually a 'real' customer in here. A girl came in with that weird Amanda chick. Went looking for Yarrow" Tara racked her brain "Can't remember what Yarrow is for though"

"Healing spells" Jean and Hyatt spoke in unison.

The filed out of the bathroom and into the main room.

"Xander! Honey! Jean has your after shower hair!" Anya squealed excitedly pointing "Only she's cuter than you!"

Jean smiled at Xander's mock hurt look.

"You're cuter than me. I feel so ugly now" Xander pouted and scooted closer to Willow who patted his head affectionately.

"Your not ugly Xander" Jean moved to him and gave him a slightly damp hug "Your just no so cute anymore"

"Thanks" Xander gave her a nuggie "I think"

"Is that your little sister?" Max waved to Hyatt but directed teh question to Xander.

"Little sister?" Xander turned Jean bodily to face him "No. She's..." he trailed off in thought.

Jean's smile fell. She didn't know what she was to these people either.

"She's my daughter" Xander turned to Max and brought Jean cheek to cheek "dont you see dad daddy/daughter resemblance?" he joked.

"You know you could actually pass that off" Faith frowned staring at the two together.

No one had seen their two faces that close before.

The resemblance was indeed remarkable.

Screeching from the cage startled them all.

"I don't think the Poop Bomber likes being cooped up" Jean narrowed her eyes at the moving little square on the floor.

Hyatt whipped the covering off the cage revealing the scaly little demon.

"Your not gonna let that thing out are you?" Buffy screwed up her face "I mean it throws poop"

"Only at Jean" Hyatt smirked.

"Hey"
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Willow came to the edge of the upper landing of the store when she heard the continued screeching noises.

"What's going on?" Willow leaned over the rail and stared down at the accumulated group.

"Hyatt caught a demon" Buffy turned her nose up at the creature "A poop throwing demon"

"Only at Jean" Xander added.

Jean pushed away from him punching his shoulder.

"I even get abused by the cute ones" Xander remarked feigning pain "I now know my place in the world"

"Hey do you have any books on anti-... hello" Amanda said seeing Willow as she walked from the store shelves.

"Amanda?" Hyatt's surprise was clear on her face. She'd seen Hannah and Max, but she didn't know Amanda was there as well.

She turned to Madison and pointed acussingly "You went to a 'Girl Bar' didn't you?"

Madison's eyes widened "No. Max and Hannah were at home. Amanda wandered in without my help"

"Amanda what 'are' you doing here anyway?" Max asked pointedly.

"She was hoping to get into Willow's pants" Jean remarked. She'd move to stand near the girl during the bouncing conversation.

"What?" came the harmonized response. All but Hannah stared at Amanda.

Anya didn't see a problem.

"Well atleast she has taste"
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Willow blushed to the color of her hair. She turned her gaze away from her friends.

She focused on the demon in the cage.

The little creature in turn studied her. Then went back to trying to release the simple lock keeping him trapped.

"Uh Hyatt?" Willow tried to get the girls attention.

The noise level in the room rose, it was an explosion of sound, everyone's voices speaking at once. Not a scrutable word could be heard.

Tara moved to go above stairs to her soulmate, when Willow's voice rose above all the others.

"STOP NOW!"

Everything in the room ceased.

Including the bright little demon with a handful of it's own feces.

Everyone looked up at Willow.

Willow turned Hyatt's attention to the now free, Vopus demon.

In it's 4 fingered hand, were small yellow lumps.

He was obviously aiming for Buffy.

"Do it, and I'll sew your ass shut I swear" Hyatt spoke in a low voice.

He immediatelssedssed it back into the cage.

"Amazingly smart for such an evil little thing" Xander tilted his head and eyed the little green creature.

"Eww" Buffy moved to Hyatt and held onto her shoulders "Your not planning on keeping that thing right?"

"I like him" Star wiggled her finger's at the humming little demon "But he smells icky"

"Yes he does" Anya agreed "Take that shit out" she pointed to the door.

The demon turned and dragged the cage out of the shop. He immediately reappeared, hopping from foot to foot.

"What's it doing now?" Buffy backed Hyatt up as she moved them both back towards the table.

"Waiting" Hyatt allowed herself to be led backwards.

"For instructions"

Buffy started. She hadn't seen Willow move down next to her.

Tara held firmly to the other witches hand. She too eyed the little beast.

"He'll do whatever you say?" Faith asked once they'd all reached the table.

Buffy pulled Hyatt into her lap, and Tara sat between Willow's legs.

"Loyal as a puppy" Hyatt nodded.

"Can it talk?" Hannah spoke the clearminded thought "because if it can perhaps it can tell us why it's here"

"Can you speak little one?" Star crouched before it, rubbing her finger's over the smooth scales on it's face.

"Y-yes" the gravelly little voice sounded much like that of an old man.

"Mama it talks!" Star hopped up and down clapping.

"That's nice now move away from it" Buffy waved the little girl over to her.

"You don't have any more-..on my a Vopus demon" the sole customer in the store made her re-entrace.

"Uh I forgot I had a customer" Anya blinked in confusion.

Her sudden apprearance had brought both slayers to their feet. There was definitely something weird there.

The little demon scampered away from the woman, hiding behind Xander's legs and peeking through.

Buffy's head turned and Willow and Tara both came to their feet at Hyatt's indrawn breath.

"You" the woman said pointing to Hyatt. She turned her gaze to Mycah, then to Willow, Tara, Faith, and Buffy "All of you"

"All of them what?" Xander rose, he didn't know what exactly was going on, but it felt wrong.

"I think you should go now. But make purchases first" Anya spoke cherrily into the eerily quiet room.

"No. I think she should just leave" Hannah moved towards the stranger.

Amanda placed a protective arm about the woman and ushered her to the door.

"This isn't a good time.."

"There never will be a good time" the woman interrupted.

"Let's just go" Amanda shoved her roughly out the door, before disappearing behind her companion she turned to the group "I'll call you"

The silence was deafening.

"Does anyone know what that was about?" Cordelia tried to hide the trembling in her body.

"There wawer wer there" Willow sensed the room around her. Taking Tara's hand they went for a 'deeper' look.

"There's 'ancient' power there" the blonde Wiccan corrected.

"Um, Xander..there's something wrong with your....kid" Max held Jean as she stood stiff and unmoving.

By the looks of her face she was terrified.

"It's like the lights are on, but there's no one home"

Jean's body relaxed suddenly. She let out a calm breath, and slipped completely out of consciousness.
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