Repost FIC: Trinity's Child 2

["Tony McD" <o163210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TITLE: Trinity's Child 2/25

AUTHOR: Tony McD

EMAIL: o163210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss Whendon, Mutant Enemy, WB and others. This is for fun not profit.

SUMMARY: Sequel to Terra Australis Incognito. 17 years on and Buffy, Xander, Willow, and their child must face very different evils to save the world (again).

SPOILERS: None really. AU.

DISTRIBUTION: Anywhere is fine, just email me first.

RATING: MA 15+ (Australian system).

AUTHORS NOTES: Part of my Terra/Trinity/Destiny series. All places described in this story (with the exception of Sunnydale of course) are real and have been visited or lived at by the author. Any problems that people may have with the descriptions of said places, then "talk to the hand 'cause the face don't understand."

 

Trinity's Child (part 2)

 

Warrior of light, guardian in white, witch of flame, will be bond. 

And then the bond will be formed with blood. 

Chronicles of Golgotha.

 

"Then sometimes you have a legacy. A legacy is kind of like someone 

coming to their destiny and leaving you rough directions on how to finish the 

rest of the journey. It influences people that come after you."

David McWray.

 

 

***

Buffy awoke just after dawn to the sound of hundreds of parakeets and cockatoos tweeting and singing as they fed on the lawns and in the trees that surrounded the house. When she first heard the morning sounds of these beautiful birds, Buffy had been enchanted by the beauty of it. As the years 

went by, she grew to view their noisy morning ritual as something of a pain. This attitude was shared by the local residents and was, she imagined, a sure sign that she had come to regard here as home.

 

There were times that she missed Sunnydale, but those times grew less and less as the years past. Everything that was important to her life was here. Willow, Xander, Jenny, Giles, her Mom, they all combined to make any place a home. She still visited Sunnydale at least 3 times a year. She had 

to, really, because Sunnydale had a Hellmouth (although dormant for how long no one knew) and that's where the Slayers Council had set up it's headquarters.

 

She rolled over and looked out of her window that overlooked Jervis Bay. The sun had crept over the calm waters of the bay and was headed into a cloudless sky. On the water a single warship swung at anchor as a lone fishing trawler returned to port with its nightly catch. The entire scene was framedby the morning light of the rising sun. In the background, Buffy heard theCollege clock tower strike 6. The peace and beauty of it made her heart sing.

 

The sound of the telephone snapped her out of her dreamy state. Groaning, she reached over and answered it.

 

"Hello?" Buffy asked.

 

"Encrypt on my mark. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Mark." the voice on the other end said. Buffy inserted her electronic key and pressed the encrypt button on her Speakeasy which was connected to the phone. She listened as theunit chirped and beeped until she heard the tone telling her the line was secure. The need for encryption told Buffy that this would be a work call. Something that she really didn't want to face right now.

 

"Miss Summers? It's Sub Lieutenant Mark Kline, Duty Operations Officer." hesaid.

 

"Hey Mark. What's up?" she said to the young man.

 

"There's a mission that we need you to lead."

 

"OK, give us the details." Buffy sighed.

 

"We need you to lead team 2 for a mission to take out a new nest of vampires under Rookwood Cemetery. Indications are that there are about a dozen vampires and a possibility of an unknown number of demons in the same area. Captain Miller was supposed to take charge of team 2 but he has been diagnosed with mumps. All the other team leaders won't get back until Friday." Markreminded her.

 

Buffy sighed. It was her idea that teams 1 and 4 do check up training with their British and American counterparts. Team 3 was in Melbourne dealing with a possible vampire related series of disappearances there. That left team 2 to deal with the situation. Regardless of the fact that Captain Miller was sick, the possibility of demons and vampires together meant that Buffy would have wanted to take charge of this one herself.

 

"Alright then. Send a helo down to pick us up at 10. Have the team ready atWatson and we'll head out around noon. I'll bring Xander along, we can stay overnight and pick up my parents and Willow from the airport tomorrow." she told him.

 

"No worries then. The chopper can pick you guys from the sports oval at 10.See ya." said Mark and hung up. With a big moan, Buffy dragged herself outof bed and padded to Xander's room.

 

There was only one reason that Xander slept in a separate room from Buffy and Willow, who were otherwise keen for him to sleep in their bed. The sad fact of the matter was that Xander snored. Not just mere mortal snoring. 

 

No. Xander sounded like a blender in a bucket of nails. One day, Buffy thought to herself, Willow will find a spell that will cure him of his snoringand the three of them could snuggle together every night and still get some sleep afterwards.

 

Buffy opened the door to Xander's room and looked inside. Xander wasn't snoring, but was rather laying on his back in blissful sleep. The reason for such a blissful look was obvious. It never fail to amaze Buffy how parts of Xander could wake up before he did, and by the looks of it he was 

having a very nice dream.

 

She admired him for a moment, and then licked her lips and decided that shewould wake him in the nicest way possible.