FIC: Trinity's Child 5/?

[CDRERamius@xxxxxxx]

TITLE: Trinity's Child 5/?
AUTHOR: Tony McD
EMAIL: cdreramius@xxxxxxx
DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss Whendon, Mutant Enemy, WB and 
others. This is for fun, not for profit.
SUMMARY: Sequel to Terra Australis Incognito. 17 years on Buffy, Xander, 
Willow, and their child must face very different evils to save the world 
(again).
SPOILERS: None really. AU.
RATING: MA 15+ (Australian system)

Trinity's Child 5/?

Xander sat down at his desk and gave a heart felt sigh of resignation. 
He and Buffy had spoken to Tony after the debrief about their concerns about 
Spike's new arm. For his part, Tony just laughed at their concerns.
"Don't worry. I've got more back up plans and tricks for controlling 
Spike than you could ever guess. Trust me on this, he's got two chances at 
ever hurting a human. Buckley's and fuck all." Tony told them with a smile. 
Buffy pressed the matter further and in the end Tony explained what measures 
he had put in place. Xander and Buffy walked away impressed and confident 
that Spike would never pose a problem again.
Buffy and Xander had decided to stay overnight in Sydney and in the 
morning would go to the airport to pick up Willow, Joyce and Giles who were 
returning from Sunnydale. Buffy would drive them back to Creswell while 
Xander picked up Jenny, Paul and Spike and would drive them back that night.
Xander powered into his post action paperwork determined to finish it 
in time to have dinner with Buffy. He was making good progress to this end 
when Steven, his secretary, buzzed him.
"I've got Mike Andies on the phone, he wants to talk to you about the 
Oversight Committee meeting." Steven told him. Xander asked Steven to put him 
through.
"Alex, it's Mike." Mike was the only person that called Xander Alex 
and it annoyed the hell out of Xander.
"What is it Mike?" Xander said, hoping that the annoyance he felt 
didn't come out over the phone.
"The Oversight Committee meeting has been moved forward. It's now on 
at 1300 tomorrow." Mike informed him.
"What? Why?" Xander exclaimed.
"The Minister will be out of the country starting New Years Day. He 
wants to get the committee report before he leaves."
"But our submission isn't ready yet." Xander tried to explain.
"Well then, why are you talking to me? Get cracking." Mike said and 
hung up. Xander swore very badly. This meant that he would be up all night 
rushing to get the submission ready for the meeting. He'd miss picking 
meeting Willow and the others at the airport. Worse yet it would mean that he 
wouldn't get home until Saturday morning. He called Steven.
"They've moved the Oversight Committee meeting forward to 1 o'clock 
tomorrow." Xander informed Steven.
"Shit. OK, I'll get the info for the submission and arrange for some 
food to be sent down. I take it that we will be here until the o'dark early?" 
Steven asked.
"Yeah, could you also arrange for someone to pick up Jenny, Paul and 
Spike and drive them back to Creswell tomorrow?" Xander asked.
"Not a problem. You want me to call Buffy and tell her you're stuck 
here?"
"No Steve, I'll do it. Thanks." Xander said and hung up. He next 
dialled Buffy's mobile.
"What's up Xander?" Buffy asked him when she answered the phone. She 
could feel the annoyance and resignation in Xander. He told her what was 
going on.
"Sorry about this Xander. If I hadn't volunteered you as team leader 
then you wouldn't be stuck there." she offered.
"Yeah, but then you would be and I'd rather it me than you that misses 
meeting Will and your parents. Besides, I'm better at these committee 
meetings than you are. I'm more patient." he told his soulmate. He could 
almost hear the smile spread across her face.
"OK. I'll give Will an extra big hug and kiss for you." she promised 
him.
"You do that. Tell her that I love her and I'll see her Saturday. 
Ditto for Jenny."
"No problem. Love you Xander." Buffy said.
"Love you to Buff. Bye." Xander hung up. He looked at the picture on 
his desk. It was the entire family taken last Christmas. Happy days, 
Christmas had become since Xander had left his old family and started in this 
one. With a final glance at the smiling faces, he got back to finishing the 
report.

Buffy waited for the flight to arrive. They were flying back on the 
new Hypersonic Transport Aircraft which only took 2 hours to make the flight 
from San Francisco to Sydney, rather than the 22 or so hours on a jumbo. The 
new type of aircraft required a new type of airport to be built. The runway 
was separated from the airport terminal by almost 30 miles and a high speed 
train connected the two together and connected the terminal to the city. The 
PA announced that the train was arriving and Buffy went to the gate to meet 
them.
Willow was the first to emerge from customs. With an excited squeal, 
the red head wicca nearly knocked the Slayer over with her flying hug. Buffy 
kissed Willow with a passion. After a few moments Willow stepped back.
"Wow, nice to see you missed me so much. I've only been gone a few 
weeks." Willow said to her soulmate.
"Well, half of that kiss was from Xander." Buffy informed her. Willow 
looked around.
"Where's Xander?" she asked.
"He got stuck with a meeting and won't be home until Saturday. He 
sends his love. Hey, where's Mom and Dad?" asked Buffy.
"They were still in customs when I left." It was at that moment that 
Giles and Joyce appeared. Buffy rushed over to hug them.
"Buffy! How are you honey?" Joyce asked.
"Great. How was the flight?" Buffy wanted to know. Joyce looked at her 
husband.
"Terrific. Rupert loves the new aircraft." she said. Giles smiled at 
her.
"Yes, so much quicker than flying on one of those ghastly jumbos." he 
reported. The four of them collected the luggage and boarded the train into 
the city. Four hours later they arrived at Creswell.

It was later that evening that Buffy heard a vehicle pull up in the 
driveway. She looked out the window and saw Jenny, Paul and Spike coming in 
with their bags.
"Mum?" Buffy heard Jenny call out.
"In the lounge room honey." Buffy told her. Jenny walked in and gave 
Buffy a hug. Buffy looked at her daughter.
Jenny was a good deal taller than any of her parents. Standing at just 
over 6ft tall, she stood out from a crowd. Her long red hair, dazzling green 
eyes, golden tan and womanly figure ensured that Jenny got the attention of 
any male who set eyes on her. This fact didn't worry Buffy or the others. 
Jenny could look after herself.
Buffy and a few others had trained Jenny in self defence and she did 
knew several martial arts. Her graceful moves belied her strength and speed, 
which while not in the same class as a Slayer's strength, was impressive.
Neither was Jenny stupid. A gifted student, Jenny had skipped a number 
of grades and had just completed her university degree in languages. She was 
gifted with languages and at the age of 6 she could talk to Giles in any one 
of 4 languages. Another reason that Buffy didn't worry about Jenny too much 
walked through the door.
Paul was Jenny's soulmate. Buffy could remember the day that the two 
children had met and their souls combined. Paul had the soul of David in him, 
however Paul was not David reincarnated. A full six inches shorter than 
Jenny, he was, as Spike put it, 'built like a brick shithouse'. He was 
regarded as a genius in computer circles and had such an understanding of 
anything scientific that Buffy occasionally wondered if he was part computer. 
As Jenny's soulmate he regarded Jenny as the centre of his universe.
Paul was quiet, almost shy and reminded Buffy and the others of Oz in 
his calm. Only once had he lost that calm and the look that Paul gave was the 
same as the one David gave the Chief Watcher. It was the look of death 
incarnate. It scared Buffy and the recipient of it who walked through the 
door and plopped himself down on the sofa.
Spike started to channel surf, looking for something decent to watch, 
but mainly to annoy Buffy who had been watching a movie on TV. When it came 
to Jenny, Buffy had no worries about Spike. The first indication of this was 
just after Jenny was born.
Willow had just gone to bed after a long night with Jenny. Buffy 
decided to check on Jenny before going to bed herself. Buffy saw the door was 
partly open and inside Spike was standing at the foot of the cot looking at 
Jenny. Spike was speaking to Jenny.
"A Slayer's whelp. A wicca child. Well guess what? I don't care. 
You're nothing but a helpless little baby and I'm a baby eating big bad." 
Spike said and slipped into game face. Buffy nearly staked him on the spot. 
Jenny gave a squeal of delight. Buffy stopped just short of the door, ready 
to dust Spike. Spike was so shocked at Jenny's reaction that he fell out of 
game face. He picked up Jenny and held her up to his face.
"Let's try that again. I'm the big bad and you're the helpless baby." 
he said and slipped back into game face and growled. Jenny gave another 
squeal of delight and started touching the ridges on Spike's forehead. Spike 
looked at Jenny in desperation.
"Come on. I'm a nasty vampire and you're a baby. You're supposed to be 
scared of me. Come on, please. Get scared just this once?" Spike pleaded but 
instead Jenny gave a cute little smile.
"Look, I'm a vampire. Vampires scare babies, we don't sing them 
bleedin' lullabies." Spike said to the child but Jenny happily played with 
Spike's nose. In frustration Spike put her back in her cot. The moment that 
he did Jenny started to get upset and cry. Spike hurriedly picked her up 
again and started to rock her gently.
"Shhhh little one. It's OK. I'm sorry. Don't cry. Look, I didn't mean 
it. I'll sing you a lullaby." Jenny calmed down as Spike started singing. 
Buffy had to stifle a giggle at the sight. Jenny quickly fell asleep and 
Spike placed her back in her cot. He looked down at the sleeping baby and 
smiled.
"Do me a favour luv. Not a word about this to your parents. I've got a 
reputation and image to uphold." Spike told the sleeping infant. Buffy hid in 
the next room as Spike left.
Occasionally, they would spy Spike playing with Jenny. It had become 
obvious that Spike adored Jenny. He even gave Jenny a Smurfette doll and 
would call her that when they were alone. As Jenny got older, she would tease 
Spike by calling him Grumpy Smurf. Spike would grumble a bit at the name but 
inwardly loved it. Their relationship was like a grumpy old uncle and his 
favourite niece.
Jenny asked Buffy where Willow and Xander were. Buffy told her about 
Xander's meeting and that Willow was upstairs having a shower. Paul helped 
Jenny put her bags in her room before dumping his in his room. Buffy knew 
that the day was fast approaching when Jenny would ask if Paul could move 
into her bedroom. It was something that none of her parents looked forward to.
Willow came down and got smothered in kisses by Jenny. Paul also gave 
his aunt Willow a kiss and together they sat and talked until Giles and Joyce 
returned with Chinese take away.
Later on, Buffy and Willow were snuggled up in bed. Buffy held a 
sleeping Willow and kissed her softly. All she wanted was Xander to return 
home and her family would be complete. As Buffy drifted off to sleep, she 
thought of Christmas day, and how wonderful it would be.