Time Spin

Buffy watched from her bedroom window as the skin walkers ran through the entrance. Turning she walked over to Lonnie, grabbing her foot she shook her. “Lonnie…wake up.”



Lonnie groaned and rolled over; she had FINALLY gotten to sleep again. Looking up she realized Buffy was in ‘slayer’ mode. “What is it?”



“Something’s happened, Raya and the other skin walkers just left and they were running pretty fast.” Buffy opened the drawers and pulled out sweats and a tank tossing them to Lonnie she walked over and kissed her wife softly. “I’m going to get Faith and Will and go after them, you go talk to Jaeger and see if she knows anything okay”



Lonnie barely had time to nod before Buffy was gone. Sighing she stood and walked down the hallway to her daughters room, walking in she couldn’t help the smile when she saw Todd curled around Jaeger while the little girl slept.



Crouching down beside the bed she gently shook the little girl awake. Todd looked up and stared at Lonnie in interest.



“Mama?” Jaeger frowned softly. She didn’t do anything wrong and it was too early to get up.



“Jaeger…where did you go tonight?” Lonnie sat patiently when Jaeger averted her eyes and stared intently at her pillow. “Jaeger…your not in trouble, just…tell me where you went?”



“I went to see Ashtner.” Jaeger admitted softly.



“Why?”



“I sawd him in a dream with the bad man. I had two dreams bout him.”



“What were they baby?”



“In the first one Asther went and got ice cream and he didn’t wear his seat belt and I saws the bad man push him off a cliff and then I sawd him at the bottom…his neck was bent funny and he wasn’t moving…but in the other one. He wore the seatbelt and his neck didn’t look funny…so…I told him to wear it when I saw him go to the car”



“Okay baby. Thank you. Stay here and watch your brother.” Lonnie stood and walked down the hall and outside in time to see Buffy and Faith climbing into Willows car. Racing to the window Buffy rolled it down and leaned out and kissed her.



“I’m sorry Hun, were going after them. They might need help.”



“They will Jaeger said she saw him go over a cliff. Hurry Buff” Lonnie leaned in one more time and kissed her mate. Stepping back she watched Willow tear out of the courtyard so fast that the tires kicked up gravel.



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Remy sat with David on the couch, occasionally looking over at Chaye and Garrett. Sighing he stood. “We have to help them.”



“Ryan said to stay here.” David said levelly. Ryan rolled his eyes, since they’d come here David and he had become fast friends but David’s do no wrong attitude grated on his nerves sometimes.



“We should at least have weapons.” Remy said just as levelly. “We can’t even change. What if this ‘bad man’ comes onto the property?” He argued reasonably.



“That wont happen, Willows the most powerful witch in this side of the world. Nothing that means anyone any harm from here can get onto the property.”



Remy stomped his foot angrily. Turning he stalked to the window. Ryan never treated him like a child, maybe because they were brother and sister and she always gave him equal right in decisions. Sighing he knew it wasn’t jus them anymore. Turning he scanned the wall of pictures, doing a double take when one caught his eye.



Stepping closer his eyes widened, tearing it off the wall he walked over to David, shoving it in front of the wolfs face. “Who is this?” He pointed to a tall brown haired man.



“That’s Uncle Riley. Why?” David asked confused.



“Do you know who he IS?” Remy was stunned, this was the last place he thought he’d see anything of that man again.



“Yeah if you mean his job…he stops demons from attacking people for the government.”



Growling softly he ran down the hall to the room he shared with David and pulled out his bag, he opened the closet and pulled out his clothes and started piling them into the bag. Ryan was right…they weren’t safe anywhere. He would never question her again.



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Raya sniffed the ground; they were about two miles from the school and had only picked up faint traces of Asher’s scent. Stopping when she heard Ryan roar from down the road she broke into a run, when she reached the tiger she saw Horus and Skye both come out of the trees and were looking over the edge of the cliff.



Edging closer she looked down and sniffed, snorting at the strong scent of magic and gasoline.



Starting when Ryan leapt over the side of the steep cliff and dug her claws in, the three wolves watched in interest as she climbed down the rocky ledge as easily as a cat climbed a couch.



Looking over to the side she noticed a sign that read ‘High plains Nature Trail’ jerking her head in the direction of the sign she and the other two wolves ran down the trail towards the bottom of the trail, as they got closer they smelled blood…lots of blood. Sprinting now, she nearly panicked when the Asher’s scent broke through the overpowering copper scent.



As they broke through the clearing they saw a now human Ryan tearing the mangled car door away from the wreckage. Raya reared up and shifted, running to the wreckage she bent and looked in.



She didn’t even recognize him at first; he was pinned to his side against the side of the car, partially suspended by his seat belt which had somehow survived the fall. Reaching in she felt for a pulse…whimpering in relief when she felt the faint barely there thump.



She pulled back as Horus lifted the side of the car so that Skye and Raya could maneuver Asher from the car, taking note of the broken legs and several broken ribs, lacerations and his bruise disfigured face. Raya could feel the grief coming off waves from Horus.



Stepping aside so that Horus could pick up his son, they carefully made there way back up the trail. Ryan scoffed when she realized the MUCH easier route she could have taken instead of cutting her hands up during the climb down.



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“DAMMIT where are they?” Faith asked for the millionth time.



“I don’t know Faith.” Buffy answered patiently yet again.



“Buffy stop.” Willow said suddenly. Buffy hit the breaks and they all jerked. Faith and Willow turned and glared at the blonde slayer.



“What? You SAID stop!” She snapped, looking out the windshield she saw four shapes step out of the trees and taking a crazy leap and deciding it wasn’t a nudist convention she leaned out the window “HEY…GUYS!” Waving them over when they turned and started walking toward her.



“BUFFY” Willow cried as suddenly Buffy was pulled from the car, gasping she struggled lightly and shoved herself away from the vampire.



“You have GOT to be kidding me.” Reaching for her trusty stake…she felt nothing. ‘Dammit…the ONE time I don’t have it…”



The vamp just smiled cockily at the slayer. “You have to be the dumbest sonavabitch IN the world. Do you know who I am?” Buffy asked bored. ‘That’s it Buffy, talk him to dust.’ She said to herself.



The vampire just rolled his eyes and sighed. “I didn’t come to kill you slayer.” When the slayer frowned “I came to give you a message. There’s a war coming. Soon.”



“Apocalypse? Look I have to go.” Buffy said. Eying the edgy way the vampire twitched and moved constantly.



“No…he who is unnamed is coming for revenge against the unnatural. When he does. A new hell mouth will open here. And it will be hell on earth. Only the protector of the chosen can stop it.” Buffy frowned…ok if this guy was telling the truth…she was the Chosen…who was the protector?



“Is that all?” Buffy asked, not taking her eyes off the vampire.



“Yeah.” Buffy stepped to the side as Faith released the trigger of the crossbow and the vampire turned to dust.



Climbing into the drivers seat she turned, Faith was in the passenger seat, Willow and Hours were in the back with Asher laid across there laps and Raya was back in wolf form in the back.



Twisting around Buffy looked out the driver’s window to see Skye and Ryan walking down the road back to the school. Letting out a breath she turned and twisted the keys, stepping on the gas she sped towards the hospital.



TBC



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