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[Elaine Dalier' <bearlover351@xxxxxxxxx>]

TITLE: ?Surprise Awakening.?
AUTHOR: Ellie Dee 
EMAIL: Ellie_Dee@xxxxxxxxxxx 
RATING: PG13-R
PAIRING: N/A
SUMMARY: I really hate to ruin the story. Let?s just
say that the title says it all. 
SPOILERS: Consider anything through Season 7 on Buffy
the Vampire Slayer
and Highlander: Endgame, to be fair game.
DISCLAIMER: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it's associated
characters and various 
inhabitants of the Highlander Universe are the
intellectual property of Joss Whedon,
Mutant Enemy, Fox UPN, WB, Garry Douglas, Davis-Panzer
Productions and 
Gaumont Television. In other words; there is but one
Goddess and I am less than dirt.
DISTRIBUTION: You want it, you can have it. Just
please keep my name
and Email address on it and let me know where it's
wandered off to. 
FEEDBACK: Please!!! This is my drug of choice and I
really need a fix. 
DEDICATION:




?Surprise Awakening.?


By: Ellie Dee

It was a little before one in the morning when the
silver BMW pulled to a stop in the empty field on the
outskirts of Sunnydale. The car sat there for several
moments until the trunk and the driver side door
opened.

?I should have stayed in Wales,? the tall man sighed
as he climbed out of the car. ?The Watchers have
entire teams for this sort of thing.?

Making his way around to the rear of the car, the man
used a flashlight as he rummaged around in the trunk.
All the while he silently bitched to himself in a wide
variety of languages, many of them forgotten. Finally
he came across the shovel the rental agency had been
kind enough to supply.

Taking the shovel, he made his way over to a patch of
ground that appeared to have been freshly turned. Then
using the cars headlights to see by, he began to dig.

For the next half hour, the man silently cursed
various gods, the cheap folding shovel and most of all
his own luck.

It wasn?t this bad in Rome, he thought, even during
the Punic Wars. 

There I am, minding my own business. Just doing a bit
of researching at my favorite bar in Los Angeles, when
suddenly I feel one of us go through their First
Death, or at least start to.

You?d think that after all these centuries whatever
passed for a conscience in me would have shriveled up
and died, he thought shaking his head. I guess I?m
just too nosy for my own good.

Finally the stranger felt the shovel bite into
something that wasn?t dirt. Putting it aside, he knelt
and began to clear away the dirt by hand. Soon he had
uncovered the small body of what he first thought was
a teenage boy. Quickly he realized it was actually a
young man who appeared to be in his early 20?s.

As the man cleared away the rest of the dirt he
discovered an ornate gold hilted dagger sticking out
of the young mans stomach. Using his flashlight to
examine the dagger closer, he was surprised with what
he found.

A Dagger of Kor? Meth. Hmmm..... Well, that would
explain why you haven?t regenerated. The dagger must
be shorting out your system. 

I don?t know who killed you kid, thought Mythos as he
looked down at the still form of Jonathan Levinson.
But you have clearly made yourself some very powerful
enemies, these daggers are rare. They don?t know
you?re an Immortal either, otherwise they would have
taken your head.

?Well kid, at least you won?t be getting any older.?
He said aloud as he brushed away some dirt from
Jonathan?s face. Slowly the expression on Mythos face
began to soften. It?s funny, he thought, he reminds me
a little of Petros. 


*****

With surprising gentleness, Mythos laid Jonathan?s
body on the back seat of his car and then covered it
with a blanket.

Well, Mythos thought as he climbed behind the wheel,
with luck we should be at Amanda?s beach house before
dawn. It?s been a long time since I?ve had a student,
he sighed wearily taking one last look in the
rearview mirror.

Then suddenly chuckling to himself he thought, Looks
like I?ll get to play Obi-wan to his Luke..........

Gods, that sounds so lame, he thought as he put the
car in gear and pulled away. 

I am really going to need a beer.


THE END.

AUTHOR?S NOTE: Damn you Joss Whedon! Danny Strong
rules! Jonathan forever!!!!!!!!



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