Time Spin

The next day Buffy called an emergency meeting in Giles office. Buffy sat beside Faith and Raya, watching as one by one Lonnie, Horus, Willow, Dawn and Vikki filed into the office.



Sitting down in an array of chairs, the scoobes each sat and waited patiently for Giles to begin. Standing Giles walked over to his printer, picking up a small packet he walked over and handed it to Buffy.



“I got a call last night, from Riley. He faxed me these surveillance photos.” Giles sat down in his chair again and waited for Buffy finish studying them before she passed them around. “His name was Tyrell Courtier; he is a skin walker, tiger clan. He reportedly died in a small massacre about six years ago. His clan was under surveillance because it was reported they had given birth to two healthy thriving hybrids.”



Giles waited for that to sink in, Buffy looked up in alarm first the Faith and Raya.



“Courtier. That’s Ryan’s surname” Raya whispered. She studied the picture again; the grainy photo was obviously taken from far away.



“Wait…Riley’s doing surveillance on him? Why didn’t he tell us sooner?” Buffy asked.



“He said because he wasn’t assigned to watch Courtier, he’s watching a Major Patrick Larson, apparently the man has been overstepping protocols left and right and they stumbled onto Courtier.”



“Does he know what he’s after?” Willow asked.



“Only thing he could get from the bugs in Larsson office was that they are teaming up and looking for a ‘budding seer’ and hybrids.” Giles said, he looked over at Buffy and then Faith.



Lonnie sat frozen in place. ‘Seer’ she knew that word. What was it?



“He wants Jaeger?” Buffy asked in a harsh stage whisper. Giles nodded.” No. We have to stop him Giles, if that vamp from last night was telling the truth he’s going to open a hell mouth and kill them. We have to do something.” Buffy stepped back, she couldn’t let her baby get hurt. And she sure as hell wasn’t going to let the skin walker get his hands on Ryan or Remy.



“We will…but it’s pointless without a plan.” Giles argued reasonably.



“Why doesn’t Riley just shut down the entire operation?” Faith asked. Giles shook his head.



“I don’t know, he says Larson hasn’t done anything outright to incriminate him so they have no case.”

“Then well do it.” Raya said matter of fatly. Looking around she got several agreeing nods from the group.



“Our main concern is Courtier. I think its time we have a talk with Ryan.” Giles stated, reaching over he picked up the phone.



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David piled eggs onto his brothers plates, shifting around he picked Brigitte’s Sippy cup off the floor and moved it back onto her height chair, when the phone rang he put down the pan and picked up the cordless.



*Hello?*



*David…is Ryan around?*



*Yeah hold on*



David set down the phone and walked up the stairs, walking into his sister’s room he stopped at the foot of the bed. Kicking it roughly Ryan jolted awake and glared at him.



“Giles is on the phone.” David said as he turned to leave the room.



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Ryan frowned and reached over and picked up the phone off Skye’s hook.



*Hello?*



*Ryan, would you please come to my office we need to have a word*



Looking over at Skye she smiled. *Can it wait?*



*No it’s important. Please come in.*



*Okay give me a few minutes* She hung up without saying any goodbyes, leaning over she softly kissed Skye awake, smiling at the small grunts and muffled curses.



“Skye I have to go see Giles. Ill be back in a bit okay?”



“Mmh okay.” Skye mumbled. Ryan smiled and stood up; walking out of the bedroom she took a quick shower and walked downstairs to get dressed. Pulling on jeans and her favorite hoodie she walked out the door and continued across the courtyard.



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Everyone sat stiffly as they waited for the cat to get here. Lonnie looked over at Buffy who sat staring out the window towards there house. Sighing she looked down and rested her head in her hand as a headache started building.



Looking up when Ryan opened the door and walked in, Lonnie watched as the young tiger freezed when she saw everyone one crammed into the office. Shutting the door she stepped back.



Lonnie noticed how the girl seemed to be ready to flee, when Ryan met Lonnie’s gaze Lonnie smiled as reassuringly as she could.



“Please have a seat Ryan” Giles said congenially. Ryan shifted nervously before walking around the group and sitting down in a small chair.



“What’s this about?” Ryan asked, looking over at the slayers and Raya she blushed. She could tell the instant they all smelled Skye on her. Raya’s eyes narrowed and Faith just smirked.



“Does the name Tyrell Courtier mean anything to you?” Giles asked softly. Everyone noticed her instantly stiffen.



“That was my father’s name”



“Was?” Buffy asked curiously. Ryan nodded.



“I killed him the night Remy and I fled France.” Ryan admitted softly.



“Why did you kill him?” Horus asked. Speaking for the first time since Asher’s accident.



“It was either me or him. Color me crazy but I wasn’t too pleased with the idea of dying.” Ryan snapped.



“Is this him?” Willow asked as she handed the picture to Ryan.



Ryan studied the photo; it was him…but how? “That’s impossible. I KNOW he died.”



“He’s after you and Remy. And he’s after Jaeger.” Lonnie said quietly.



“Why is he after Jaeger?” Ryan asked confused. It made no sense at all.



“We’re not sure. Was he involved in any magic when he was alive?” Giles asked.



Nodding Ryan admitted “He was the clan shaman.”



“Was…IS he strong enough to open a new hell mouth?” Buffy asked. Ryan froze. Thinking back she remembered all the ceremonies and rituals she had seen her father perform.



He hadn’t ever really done anything extraordinary…but if he could come back from the dead…he was more than capable. Nodding yes she looked down.



“Why would he resurface now?” Faith asked, this is what didn’t make any sense to her. True it depended on WHEN he came back but why now?



“This is the first time Remy and I have lived anywhere for more than a month.” Ryan whispered. Buffy nodded, that made sense.



“Why would he need Jaeger?” Lonnie asked.



“So he could find a holy place. It has to be holy to open the hell mouth. And you need a seer to find it.” Willow said confidently. Looking over at her friends faces she felt for them.



Looking up when Vikki gently held her hand Willow smiled softly.



“Still doesn’t make sense why he would team of with the army boys.” Faith snapped. She was furious. All she wanted was to raise her babies and do that growing old shit with Raya but Nooooo…something always had to get a stick up its ass.



“My father wasn’t a great leader…he was a shaman…not a warrior and he’s smart. He won’t invade us on the campus. Hell use someone else to get us to leave.” Ryan said reasonably. Giles nodded, no demon or creature of any kind willingly walked into Initiative bunkers and teamed up with them.



“What do we do now?” Vikki asked the room. Buffy stood up; looking over at her mate she frowned.



“We need to find a way to see what Jaegers seeing. Willow…will you see what you can do?” The statement was posed as a question but Willow knew it wasn’t, nodding everyone stood.



Ryan sat for a moment longer before standing and following Raya and Faith out the doors.



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“Jaeger honeys please, relax.” Willow said softly, turning around she glared at the room full of people. “I can’t do this with you all standing there…move it.”



Se watched as the Scooby’s all left except for Buffy and Lonnie. Turning around she smiled reassuringly at the girl. Jaeger took a deep breath and slipped her hands into Willows and closed her eyes.



Willow hated this part, instead of placing herself inside Jaegers mind as an observer like last time; she linked herself directly to Jaeger.



Watching as flashes came and went. She was amazed at the multitude of visions, all with the skin walker in them. When she found the vision of the dark haired girl she stopped. Freezing the image she walked through the vision, looking around at the trees and scenery, it all looked familiar.



Turning she saw Tyrell Courtier frozen with his sword in mid-swing. Walking closer to the dark haired girl she stopped. It was Skye; she was standing in front of Ryan. Starting the image up again she saw the sword continue its path down and Willow winced when she saw it cut deeply into the wolf.



She had to know. Pushing the vision she walked up the Tyrell, looked down at Skye clutching her stomach, Ryan jumped up and rushed her father.



Turning back to the skin walker she watched for a moment more, she got a closer look at the wound, stepping back she was suddenly thrust back to the dual vision of Asher with and without his seatbelt.



Pushing to get back to the vision of Skye crumpled on the ground she found she couldn’t leave this vision. ‘What was so important about THIS vision…its already happened’ Willow stopped and watched the scene unwrap itself. Feeling sick at seeing the vision of Asher dead, not wearing the seat belt and then to what happened. THAT WAS IT!



Gasping when she pulled out she looked around disoriented looking up at Lonnie and Buffy, “I got it.”



“What?” Buffy snapped after Willow sat there to long without continuing.



“We can change the future.”



TBC



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