Catch you on the flipside

Sasha moved easily through the dense forest, she hadn’t been here in nearly two hundred years but she still knew the way, walking towards the break in the tree line she stopped and looked out across the gardens, there in the distance was the small bungalow style house where her great grandmother lived.



Gaia or ‘mother earth’ was the original goddess…mother to all things. She was the only god that was more powerful than Zeus. And she was her chance to get rid of this damned exile. Walking forward she was careful not to step on any of Gaia’s plants…it was amazing how quickly the sweet looking woman would turn as nasty as a viper if you killed off one of her precious plants.



Stopping she studied the small house, she couldn’t sense any movements within its walls, turning she smiled when she saw her ancestor coaxing a tree to grow, watching as the young sapling thickened and stretched toward the sky without much encouragement from Gaia she smiled and called out “Ho…grandmother.”



Gaia turned and saw a face she hadn’t seen in so long, a wide easy smile broke across her wizened features. Leaving the tree she turned and quickly walked toward Sasha.



“My dear you are a sight for old eyes.” Gaia chuckled when the blue skinned hell god returned her full bodied hug; pulling back she studied Sashas face and her much to lean form “Have you been eating?”



Not waiting for an answer she grasped Sashas arm and began pulling to the house. “No matter I have stew on the stove. Well eat.” Turning back she fixed her wise eyes on the younger demon “And you’re going to tell me all about why you came to me today”



“Oh come on Gaia…why couldn’t I just pop in to say hi?” When those steely green eyes turned on her and sent her a questioning gaze she sighed “Okay ill tell ya”



“I know you will Sasha”



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Buffy sat outside on her porch balancing a rod between her knees and feet, demonstrating to several slayers how to make a hunting spear.



They still had metal weapons but between being cut off from the outside world and the drastic climb in combat between them the day walkers, demons and just any other creature that decided to get pissy there weapons had become precious in a way. Not to mention worn down and even chipped.



So that is how she found herself on a beautiful Sunday afternoon showing them how to make spears and spear heads out of stone, what woods to use and what leathers were best to bind them together.



Looking up when Axel walked out of the house she had it smile at her son, he was six now and thought himself quite the man. Since this outbreak and the need for more…’primitive’ measures Lonnie had become one of the leaders of the group seeing how she was the most experienced in that field.



Axel seemed to take great delight in knowing more about living outdoors than girls twice even three times his age. Watching as her dark haired son smiled at her and came and sat beside her, watching as she showed the girls how to wedge the spear head between the staff splints and bind it into place.



“Mommy…can I throw it?” Buffy tried not to roll her eyes…today it was ‘can I throw it when last week it was mommy I need a bow and arrows so I can shoot the dragons.



That had sent his parents for a loop because the very real possibility there was ad demon out that that could be confused WITH a dragon had sent them into a frenzy…until he had shown them his story book about some knight something or other that had slayed the dragon…please men slaying anything? Come on now…



Okay so Horus and Asher did there part and more and more often so did David and Remy but they were skin walkers….totally different. Looking up Buffy smiled when she saw Dawn and Andrew walking across the courtyard…Dawn had been immune to the virus because she wasn’t born human…and Andrew…they had no real idea but figured maybe it was because he had given birth to skin walkers.



She smiled at Rupert as he tentatively tried to step around the larger stones in the ground and not lose his grasp on Andy’s shirt.



Looking over at her students she smiled both in satisfaction and in amusement at some of the completed works.



“Okay…now those of you that have completed your spear it should look like this” Buffy held her own spear up into clear view for them to see.



She saw some of the girls look at there handiwork questionably while some looked down right pleased with themselves…well ok girls…lets see what you got.



“Okay girls…lets take this to the training room…were going to practice hitting a moving target.”



Smirking at some of there expressions that were a mixture of confusion and fear she led them into the training room.



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Ryan ran around the room trying to catch the little tornado that was her son. Growling when the kid froze so quickly that she stepped passed him and he turned and sped out of the bedroom in a flurry of tiny arms and legs.



Sighing frustratingly she followed him into the hallway, looking into the bathroom she ensured that her daughter was still in the tub happily playing with the bubbles. Rolling her eyes when she heard a door slam somewhere downstairs she ran down the stairs and carefully stalked the lower floor….intently listening for any noise or sound to tell her where her little trouble maker was….



Finally having enough she stopped “ADRIAN REMINGTON COURTIER YOU COME OUT RIGHT NOW”



Standing stock still she looked over at Chaye and Garret who both shrugged in an ‘I don’t know’ fashion and she quietly stepped down the hallway…avoiding loose planks that would squeak…HA there…



Stopping in front of the coat closet she stepped passed it before leaning over and whipping the door open so fast the hinges protested, ready this time when her boy bolted from his hiding place she reached out and grabbed his belt.



Hauling her squirming son to her middle she ignored his grunts and yells of protests…looking down in amazement at some of the colorful phrasing he displayed she shook her head and continued up the stairs “No more hanging with gram Faith or Auntie Kennedy…that’s for sure.”



Walking into the bathroom she smiled triumphantly at her son before kicking the door shit and dropping him to the ground, watching as her son landed on his feet, turning and hissing at her vehemently.



“Hiss all you want kid…your still getting a bath.” Ryan stared down as her son finally accepted defeat and pulled off his jeans and climbed into the tub with Tayrn. Smiling Ryan sat down and picked up a toy bucket of water, pouring it over his head she tried not to smile as he glowered at her and she heard the low growl in his chest.



It was funny how he hated baths so much while his sister loved em. She didn’t know yet WHAT they were animal wise, she and Raya guessed that they would be more tiger because it was half of what Ryan was and a recessive gene in Rays family…personally she didn’t care because she knew her kids were the best of both worlds.



They were both identical in everyway except for being different genders, ruddy brown hair streaked with gold, her silver/blue eyes and Skye’s face. They were both tall and slender for there ages, Adrian as most males was naturally darker skinned. They both were missing baby teeth…a constant contest between them….currently Tayrn was in the lead with three missing teeth while Adrian only had two missing.



Smiling when Tayrn purred happily when she scrubbed her daughters hair she looked over at Adrian and felt a mixed pang of happiness and sadness when she saw the same glower on Adrian’s face that Skye had whenever she would lose any sort of argument.



This is a good day she decided.



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Sasha watched Gaia busily bustle around the kitchen as she served up another portion of the stew and ale; she had been here she guessed almost twelve hours and still hadn’t told her what she wanted.



Looking down at her ale she eyed it with a challenge…it was a little known secret that Gaia could out drink Bacchus which was damned near impossible these days. Why couldn’t her grandma just bake cookies and shit instead of getting you drunk? I hear it’s nice…



Sighing she tossed back her drink and put it down, groaning when she saw Gaia’s invisible servants replaced it instantly.



“My dear I never figured you for a light weight.” Gaia said fondly from her spot at the stove.



Blurrily studying her new glass Sasha rubbed her eyes a few times before settling in to finish it off, looking up she sputtered when suddenly Gaia was right beside her.



“I hate it when you do that.” Sasha griped



“Oh everyone does sweet cheek…now why are you here? Because as much as I would love to believe it’s out of the love in your hearts I know it isn’t…so?”



Sasha watched in amazement as her great grandmother chugged her own pint of ale, the woman didn’t look anywhere damn near drunken town…life just isn’t fair when your own grandmother can out drink you.



“I wanna go back”



“To earth?”



Sasha nodded and Gaia watched as her head lolled and started bobbing. Grasping the hell gods shoulder she gave her a swift shake bringing the blue skinned woman back to reality.



“Why do you want to go back?”



“Cause they need my help…and I promised.”



Gaia nodded, understanding that even though Sasha could be reckless and damned destructive without meaning too she knew her grandchild had a warped sense of honor that wasn’t to be trifled with.



“What makes you think I can help you?”



“You’re…YOUR GAIA! Mother fucking nature…you can do anything. I…I just need to know how.”



“Okay….why would I go against Zeus’s wishes…he is a just ruler.”



“Cause it was Hera that sentenced me…and I know how you hate that bitch” Sasha smiled mischievously and pointed out the window in the general direction of the royal palace.



Laughing softly Gaia didn’t argue with Sasha…she didn’t like Hera and if this was a way to get under her skin…wait a minute…looking back to Sasha she smiled at the now snoring woman…she was a sly one.



Oh well…she hadn’t had any real fun in a long while…it would take some doing but it was possible.



“Okay Sasha…ill help you.”



TBC



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