Fic: The Slayer's Family (Part 1 of ?)

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Title:The Slayer's Family

Author:redneckjedinight

Rating:PG13(This Part, May go up to R Later) 

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Josh Wheldon, Fox and Mutant Enemy. No copyright infringement was 
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Author's note:First fic ever. Was inspired by all the great authors 
of this list and the web.

Spoilers: Season 5.

Feedback:Please.

Pairing:Willow/Tara and Willow/Tara/Buffy Eventually

Summary:What if Dawn wasn't Buffy's only sibling?

The Slayer's family

Los Angelus 1984


In a suburban park on a nice sunny spring Friday 
some kids played in the park. Off to the side their moms watched 
them enjoy the day, and talked among themselves. Two young kids 
played by themselves chasing each other around in a game of tag. The 
boy with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes would chase his younger 
sister, who had blonde hair and hazel eyes, around caching her and 
then running from her. Most of the time he would have to slow down 
to let her tag him.


"Your it Buffy!! Catch me!" He yelled with a grin 
on his young face. He was laughing happy as he ran from her.


"I get you Jimmy!! I get you!" Buffy squeals back 
as she takes after him.

Joyce Summers watches her two children play, a part 
of her is happy that they are having a good time, but a little sad 
that they do not play with the other children. She glances down at 
her watch and realizes that her husband, Frank, will be home in an 
hour and she has to get dinner ready. As she looks up to call her 
kids over she sees Buffy tag Jimmy with out him slowing down for 
her. A big smile comes across the young girl's face as she also 
realizes it.

"Jimmy! Buffy! Time to go!" Joyce yells at her 
kids. They turn and start heading for her.

"Mommy did you see I got Jimmy!" Buffy says with 
joy as she jumps up and down for her mom to pick her up. It was the 
first time she did it without Jimmy slowing down for her. 

"Yes I did Buffy. Good for you. I told you one day 
you would catch him." She told her daughter as she picked her
up. 
Jimmy was dragging his feet not wanting to leave the park 
early. "Come on Jimmy. Your father will be home soon and I have
to 
get dinner ready." She told the boy trying to get him to move 
faster.

"Yes mom." He said a little sadly.


In a shady corner of the park a van sits. The two 
occupants watch the young mother escort her two kids into the family 
car. One of the men takes a long deep breath and lets it out slowly. 
The other man notices it and knows why. They have been thru all of 
this already over the past two months.

"Do we really have to do this Quitian?" The one 
asks.

"Bloody hell Merrick. Yes we have to do this and you 
know why." Quitian says with a little anger in his voice.
"The 
prophecy says he will destroy the Council of Watchers and we are 
here to neutralize him to save the world. " 

"But he is only five years old. He can be brought to 
England with us and we could train him in the right ways..." 
Merrick starts to say as he starts up the van and pulls out to 
follow the young family. But Quintian interrupts him.

"He is too powerful to let live. He has both slayer 
and magic abilities." Quintian snaps at him. "We have been
watching 
him for over two months and you have seen what he can do at that 
young age."

"But I don't know if it is the right thing to do." 
Merrick says "The prophecy can be interpreted many different
ways."

"We have to assume the worst Merrick." Quitian says 
to him. "The Council has ordered us to take him out. His most be 
neutralized O.K. Now are you going to wimp out on me or are you 
going to follow the orders?"

"I will do what the council asks of me." Merrick 
says he knows if he disobeys the council's orders he could kiss
his 
life goodbye.

The car pulls into their driveway of their suburban 
home and Joyce helps her daughter out of the car as her son gets out 
and runs around the front yard. Joyce put Buffy down and tells her 
son to watch her as she gets dinner ready. Jimmy tags Buffy and runs 
away as she chases him around the front yard. The van pulls up a 
block away and the two men watch the kids play.

The two kids play around in the front yard as a van 
pulls up in front of their house. All of a sudden two men in ski 
masks jump out of the van and make there way towards the kids with 
guns in their hands. Jimmy starts running to his younger sister 
trying to protect her. The men fire tranquilizer darts at the young 
kids. 

"Mommmmmmmy!!!!!" Buffy screams as she gets hit. 
Jimmy slows down as he gets hit, and with a shocked look on his face 
Merrick watches as the boy still makes it to his sister's side
with 
hardly any affect from the tranquilizer. A shot from Quintian's
gun 
brings him out of his shock of the young boy's resistance .

"It'ssss.........O.K.......Buffyyyyyy." Jimmy tries 
to say to his sister as the drug takes affect and he passes out. 
Quitian picks the boy up and carries him to the van as Merrick gets 
behind the wheel. As soon as they are in, the van speeds down the 
street as Joyce comes running out of the house to the sight of her 
daughter laying on the front yard. With tears in her eyes she pulls 
Buffy into her lap yelling for her son Jimmy.

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Jimmy wake to find himself in a old warehouse. He 
was tied to a table and could not move his arms or legs. In the 
distance he could hear some muffled voices chatting something. He 
tried to move his head to see what he could see. He was worried that 
they took Buffy too but could not see her. Footsteps could be heard 
coming at him and all of a sudden a man was standing next to him. 

"Sorry James Nathan Summers but to save the world we 
have to naturalize you." the man says with an English accent.

With that said Quitian unties the boy and forces him 
out of the small room. Once out side the room Jimmy sees a white 
light and all of a sudden he is pushed into it. He falls and falls 
into the blackness not knowing where he will land. He thought of his 
sister and mother wishing them the best and not to worry too much 
for him.

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12 years later

London, England

"Are you certain that she is the new slayer?" 
Quitian asks Merrick as he flips through the report in his hand. 

"Yes Quitian. Buffy Anne Summers is the next 
slayer." Merrick says as he shifts uncomfortably in his chair. 
Knowing full well that the head of the council was not liking this 
news at all.

"It can't be. This is not possible." Quitian said 
through clenched teeth.

"It is sir, she is the sister of the boy we sent to 
hell." Merrick says. Trying to judge the emotions on
Quitian's face.

"We had our orders, we had to do it to save the 
world!" Quitian snarls at him. "Now we have to deal with
Ms. 
Summers."

"I would like to be her watcher." Merrick says 
knowing full well Quitian will not like it.

"No, no not you Merrick." Quitian ordered. "You are 
too close to this and Ms. Summers should not know what happened to 
her brother."

"The who were you thinking about sending?" Merrick 
asks "I am the most qualified watcher."

"Well yes you are, but I was thinking about sending 
Rupert Giles to be her watcher. I think he will be a good watcher 
for her." Quitian says in an strong voice.

"Yes one day he will sir, but he is still dealing 
with his past." Merrick puts in trying to convince Quitian that
he 
should go. "Plus I have been to L.A. before and know the area as 
well as trained other active slayers."

"True, true but she must not know about anything." 
Quitian says knowing that Merrick would like to inform the young 
woman of her older brother's disappearance. "If she found out
it 
would mean our power to control the slayer would be compromised."

"Alright Quitian if that is what the council deems 
best then I will not tell her." Merrick says as he thinks about
the 
letter he had prepared to send to the young girl when she is old 
enough.

"Yes that is what is best for the council and the 
slayer." Quitian orders as he thinks it is a bad idea sending 
Merrick, but he is the most qualified watcher he has.


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1 year later

London, England

"So Merrick did not make it. I guess old age was 
catching up with him. Know I am the only one that know about James 
Nathan Summers and I will keep that secret till I die." Quitian 
says to his empty office. "Now with Rupert Giles as Ms
Summers' 
watcher things will be as they should. With the slayer taking orders 
from the council of watchers." He lays the report on his desk
and 
breaths a sigh of relief. 

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5 years later
Sunnydale, California

Buffy moved through the cemetery with her slayer 
abilities scanning her surroundings keep watch for any evil thing 
around. With swiftness she makes her way around the rows of 
headstones heading to a certain one in particular. As she nears the 
one she wants to visit she takes a knee. Buffy wipes a tear from her 
face as she looks at her mother's headstone for the umptieth time 
this week.

"Hi mom. It's me, Buffy, again." She says as she 
lets tears flow down her face. "I know I have been coming here
every 
night for the last 2 weeks. And I know I just talk about my 
problems, but it seems to be helping me. Dawn and Faith are doing 
good, a pain in my butt, but they are good. They finally tried my 
patience last night. They snuck out after patrol to go to the 
Bronze. And that was not the only thing they have been cutting class 
to go out to movies all this last week. So I put my foot down and 
grounded them. I didn't tell the how long it would be, I just did 
it. They were really upset with me but they put me in a hard
place." 
Buffy sits down in on the grass and wipes more tears from her face. 
It has been a tough week for her and things do not seem to be 
getting any better.

"The gang has been helping out as much as they can. 
Willow and Tara are watching the girls tonight. And Giles tries to 
help but still thinks he is too British for teenage girls." She 
gives a weak smile and a laugh at some of the times Giles has 
watched the girls begging not to do it again. "Xander and Anya
also 
watch them, as well as take them to the movies to help me out. I 
really appreciate them a lot but still think I should be the one 
that takes all this responsibility. I know I have a lot of good 
friends and I think of them as family. And then there are my 
feelings for my best friend and I know we talked a little about it 
when you were in the hospital. But Willow and Tara are so happy 
together I could not come between them. Tara is great and has this 
cute shy smile and those wonderful blue eyes.. Oh my god! What am I 
saying." She stops as she looks into the night with a shocked
look 
on her face. When did I start thinking of Tara cute. I mean she's 
nice and makes my Will happy, but why am I having feelings for her 
too? She asks herself.

"I guess it is just my messed up life mom that I 
feel this way for both of them." She says with a little 
sadness. "Could I be in love with both of them?" She asks.


A few rows back a shadow moves a little closer with 
a drag of it's cigarette castes an erry glow on Spike's face.
"Well 
what do we have here? The slayer all down and moody talking with her 
dead mother. This should be good to hear." He sneers at he moves 
even closer.

"Well mom I got something in the mail today." Buffy 
says through sobs as her tears fall some more. "It was a
letter..." 
she tries to say as a lump gets caught in throat. She thinks back to 
the days events. She got a letter this morning from the mail man she 
had to sign for and wondered why. It look like it was sent years ago 
and had her old L.A. address on it. She opened it and read it by the 
time she was done with it tears were running freely down her face. 
Dawn and Faith were standing there asking her what is wrong and 
trying find out what the letter was. She pushed them off and called 
the gang to find out who could come and watch the girls. Willow and 
Tara were the only ones that could watch them that early. Just as 
they were entering the Summers house Buffy was leaving in a hurry. 
She just walked around town crying and just thinking about the 
letter.

"Well the letter..was..fro..." She tried to get out 
but the sobs and tears were stopping her. After a few moments and 
wiping her tears again. "It was from my first watcher named
Merrick. 
He wrote that him and that moron Quitian Travers kidnaped Jimmy and 
sent him to a hell dimension to die." She cries again and lets
the 
tears fall to the ground. "He wrote something about him having 
slayer and magic abilities and being too powerful to let live. So 
the council had ordered him to be neutralized. Mom how can that be. 
He was only 5 then."

Spike smiles an evil smile as he sees the slayer 
fall apart. "So the slayer had a brother and the council took him 
away from her. This should be fun to play with on that bitch." 
He 
sneers. "Show her what happens when you throw me off like I was 
nothing."

"I don't know if I should talk with Giles about it. 
I don't know if he knows about it and if he does why has he not
said 
any thing?" She asks. "But I guess I may have to talk to
someone 
about it. Well I better get the patrol done with so I can let Willow 
and Tara have their private time." She gets up wipes off her
pants 
and heads off into the cemetery.

Spike moves over to Joyce Summers' grave and takes 
another drag and drops his cigarette to the ground. With an evil 
grin he follows the slayer into the night saying. "Even if it
kills 
me I am going to show you what real pain is slayer."

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"What is wrong with her? Why is she acting this 
way?" Dawn asks. "What is with that letter she got? Is it
something 
to do with Glory? Am I going to die? Is Buffy going to die?"

"Sweetie, calm down." Faith says as she wraps an 
arm around her girlfriend. "That is why everyone is here."
Faith 
looks at the scoobies that has gathered at the Summers' home
tonight.

"That is right Dawnie. We are here to try and help 
out Buffy." Willow says as she looks sadly at Tara. Thinking how 
Buffy just ran out of here this morning without saying hi to 
them. `I am her best friend and she did not even say hi to
me.' She 
thought to herself. `I love her so much and could not say a word
to 
her about it.' 

"Yeah Dawnie we will figure it out." Tara says to 
the teen with a shy smile.

"That's right Dawnmister, that is why we're here 
tonight." Xander says around a mouthful of food.

"Not just for the food right Xander." Faith says 
with a smile. "I think the way B has been acting is bull shit.
She 
is really being a bitch."

"Faith watch your mouth." Giles says. "We are here 
to figure out how to help Buffy. And you two would just behave a 
little it may help out a lot."

"Hey! that's not fair. I just wanted to take out my 
girlfriend to the movies.!" Faith interjects.

"But skipping school everyday to do it is not the 
way to do it Faith." Willow says. "You should have just
asked Buffy 
for a night off to take Dawnie to the movies."

"Yeah you both need to get an education." Giles 
says. "Plus if you guys keep this up they will take you away.
Maybe 
from Sunnydale." he gets a sad look and thinks of what it would
do 
to Buffy if Dawn was taken from her not to think of what would 
happen to Faith if she was taken somewhere and with her slayer 
abilities what she could do.

"Giles is right, you need to help out Buffy more." 
Tara says she knows teenagers don't like to follow rules. She 
herself runaway from home to kind of rebel against her father. Now 
with Buffy not acting herself it is time to help her out more.

"Maybe she doesn't want any help, just to be left 
alone." Anya says as she moves closer to Xander.

"Well that might be true, but I still think we need 
to help her out more." Giles says. "Maybe some of us could
stay here 
and help out around the house?" He asks the young people sitting
in 
the Summers' living room.

"Well there is mom's room." Dawn says with a sad 
look on her face. "You guys could use it."

"What would B say to that?" Faith asks "I mean she 
has been being all drill Sargent lately." `She went total
nuts 
today after that letter. Thought she would take my head off when I 
tried to read it.' she thought to herself.

"Well maybe we could just slowly work our way in?" 
Tara asks with concern.

"That is a good idea Tara." Giles says. "Can you 
girls try and move in here to help out Buffy?" 

"I think we could try." Willow said a little 
reluctant. `How can I hold in my feelings for Buffy if I am
living 
with her again.' she thought to herself as she gives Tara a sad
look.

"Well we could take Dawnie and Faith for a few hours 
on Saturday." Xander said.

"But we have to work the shop and it would take away 
from our orgasm time." Anya wined.

"An! Hon we have to help out as much as we can." 
Xander says to his girlfriend.

"Well I could help her out on patrols." Giles 
says. "Now with that settled, I suggest that we leave before
Buffy 
returns. Willow, you and Tara try talking to her when she gets
back."

"Yeah you should leave. B would probably blow a 
gasket if she thinks we were trying to run her life." Faith says
as 
she starts picking up the dishes and snacks.

Dawn gave hugs to everyone as they left the house. 
Once everyone has left Dawn and Faith start to move towards
Faith's 
basement bedroom. Willow and Tara stepped in front of the two teens 
both with their arms crossed.

"What is wrong with you two?" Faith asks. She 
cringes as she gets both of their resolve faces. "Mmm she was
just 
going to tuck me in." She tries to back peddle as the two
witches 
stare them down.

"You both know the rule about sleeping 
arrangements." Tara says with her hands on her hips now.

"And you two in the same bed is not part of said 
arrangement." Willow says with a smile as they both caught the 
young teens trying to sneak to the same bed.

"B..but all I wanted to do is tuck her in for bed." 
Dawn says in her little girl voice and giving them her best puppy 
dogs eyes. She knows it is a long shot but with all the problems 
going around she just wanted to snuggle with her girlfriend.

"O.K. five minutes and then both of you in your own 
rooms." Tara says. After the girls went down into the basement
Tara 
ushers a very sleepy Willow to the couch.

Willow and Tara sat on the couch holding each other 
close. Willow lays her head on Tara's shoulder as she tries to
cover 
a yawn. Tara smiled at that and patted Willow's leg. Tara knew 
Willow loved Buffy, it was in her eyes every time she talked about 
the slayer. Tara was worried that Buffy would realize this and steal 
Willow from her, but Willow has told her that Buffy did not think of 
Willow that way and they were just friends. Tara kind of understood 
why Willow loved the slayer, she her self was starting to have some 
more then friend feelings for Buffy as well. She was beautiful, 
smart, and loved and protected the scoobies like they were her 
family. Tara kept this to herself, not wanting Willow to know she 
had a crush on Buffy as well. Looking over to her red headed 
girlfriend as she sleeps, she slowly moves Willow to a laying 
position and puts a blanket over her and heads for the kitchen.

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Buffy was about three blocks from her home when her 
spider sense was kicking in and the smell of cigarette smoke was in 
the air. Spike steps out from behind a tree blocking off the slayers 
path.

"Spike I am not in the mood tonight for your 
games." Buffy says to the bleached blonde vamp. She was to tired
to 
deal with his babbling love about her.

"Aw is the slayer not feeling good tonight?" Spike 
mocks at her then gets a evil grin on his face. "Is the fact your 
brother died in a hell dimension got you all down?"

"DON'T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER!!!" Buffy 
yells at the monster in front of her.

"Did I strike a nerve slayer?" Spike sneered at 
her, loving the verbal torture he was giving her. Still wishing he 
could do physical pain to her. "You throw me off to the side with 
out a thought and you just expect me to leave. I don't think so.
And 
you looked so broken at your mum's grave it was priceless." 
He 
starts to laugh at her. "And even if it kills me with this
bloody 
chip, I will kill you." He moves toward the slayer after he
threw 
his cigarette at her.

"I don't think so..." Buffy was cut off as Spike 
slammed into her sending her to the ground. Spike was on top of her 
with a flash. Buffy tried to push him off but he sent a fist to her 
face to show her who was in charge. He reels back expecting the 
electrifying pain that the chip sent through his head, but there was 
no pain, no nothing. He smiles an evil smile at the slayer.

"THE BIG BAD IS BACK BITCH!!" He shouts at 
her. "Now the real fun begins." He goes to his game face and
leans 
down to bit her neck. "I am going to make you pay for not
accepting 
my love for you. So I will turn you and we will take over this
town."

Just as he finished his little speech Buffy delivers 
a powerful right hook sending him off of her. "I don't think
so 
Spike. I should have staked you a long time ago." She says as
she 
pulls out Mr. Pointy. She moved into an attack stance and was ready 
to end this undead life. Spike dodges the first thrust of the stake 
and blokes a punch. He grabs her right wrist and twists the arm 
forcing the stake to drop.

"You are going down tonight slayer." He sneers into 
her ear. "You are getting slow in your old age." He twists
her 
around and throws her into a near by tree. As she lands on the 
ground she realizes that she may have a few broken ribs. Spike was 
on her faster then she could think he could move, with a soccer 
style kick he sends the slayer back against the tree. He leers down 
at her. "What the matter Buffy. Are you too sad about the losses
in 
your life? Can't get enough strength to fight back?" He
tants her 
as he picks her up by the collar of her coat. Buffy sent a kick 
into Spike's groan causing the him to lose his grip on her. She 
delivers a left cross and a right hook at the vamp. Once he was 
dazed she started to run towards her house with a lunatic vamp on 
her heals.

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Faith snuggled closer to Dawn as they lay on top of 
her bed. They both know that their five minutes were up a while ago. 
They figured that the wiccans must have fallen asleep so they just 
lay there in the dark holding each other. Dawn tried to control the 
tears that were building up in her eyes. She was worried about her 
sister, she knew that Buffy was the slayer as well as her 
girlfriend, but they were both human and needed to be comforted at 
times.

"Honey tell me when you first fell in love with 
me?" Dawn asks through sobs and tears.

"Sweetie are you okay?" Faith asks knowing full 
well that Dawn only asks that when she is really upset, and worried 
about something.

"Just.. You know worried about Buffy." Dawn says as 
she takes Faith's hand and gives it a kiss. "I mean with
Glory after 
me and then with mom dying and that letter she is ... just so 
distant."

"B can take care of herself." Faith says. "And Red 
and Tara are going to talk with her. How can she not open up to Red 
she loves her." Faith says bluntly.

"Faith! That is a secret!" Dawn yells at her as she 
slaps her hand. "And what will everyone say when they find out we 
have been reading Buffy's diary?" She asks her girlfriend.

"Well she has not wrote in it for over a year. So no 
harm done." Faith says as she kisses the back of Dawn's
neck. "Plus 
I still say Red and Tara will take care of her."

"Yeah, but still she is not herself these days." 
Dawn says and then turns over to face her love. "And you are 
avoiding the request I asked for. Now make with the story missy."

She gives Faith her best version of the resolve face. With a little 
bit of puppy dog eyes.

"Well you know when I fell in love with you." Faith 
says running her hand over Dawn's cheek. Dawn leans into the
touch 
and places her hand over her girlfriends.

"Please tell me again honey?" Dawn asks with a 
little pout. "It will make me fell better."

"O.K. Stop the pouting." Faith gives in. "Well it 
was right after I accidentally killed the deputy mayor. We were all 
in the library trying to find a way to deal with it. I just wanted 
to leave, run away from it and I was going to. I was heading for the 
door when B stopped me. She told me that her and I were sisters, 
sister slayers and we don't give up on each other. She pulled me
to 
the side and we talked about everything and nothing. I was still 
feeling down and wanted to get away but still I stayed and listened. 
Then all of a sudden the doors of the library flow open and this 
cute 15 year old came running in. You through yourself in my arms 
for a hug. Your mom came in after that and said that she got legal 
custody of me and I was going to move in with you all. It was that 
day I fell for you but did not show it tell later." Faith tried
to 
hide her tears but could not. Dawn wiped them away with her hand 
and leaned into Faith for a kiss.

"That was so romantic honey." Dawn says. "I
love..."

Dawn was interrupted by a loud bang from upstairs. 
The two teens jumped out of bed and ran up the stairs.

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As the two teens run into the kitchen they see Tara 
heading for the dinning room as another loud smash is heard from the 
front door. They follow the wiccan as they all hear Willow's 
scream. "BUFFY!!!!" They dash into the foyer of the house
and see 
Willow kneeling next to an unconscious Buffy. The front door has 
been smashed in and on in the door way stood Spike smiling a wicked 
smile at the girls.

"What happened?" Dawn asks anyone in 
particular. "Spike how did this happen?"

"Well I guess the chip just stopped working and I 
was having way to much fun." Spike snarls at the younger 
Summers. "And I told her that I was going to kill her some day. I 
guess her and your luck just ran out."

"Spike how could you?" Dawn pleaded at the vampire 
she thought was her friend even though he had a weird obsession 
about the slayer.

"Don't bother with him sweetie. He is going to be a 
pile of ash real soon." Faith says as she jumps at the vamp 
knocking them both down the porch stairs. Faith lands several 
punches into the face of the vamp.

"FAITH!! NO!!" Dawn yells as she runs onto the porch 
and sees Spike throw the younger slayer off of him. Spike launches 
at Faith and garbs her by the throat. As he delivers one good blow 
into the young girls face, he reels back from the intense pain that 
course through his head.

"Ow! Bloody Hell!" He shouts. "I thought it stopped 
working." He notices the hateful looks he is getting from the
two 
teens turns and escapes into the dark. The girls can hear him 
cursing as he moves away from them.

"I'll be right back baby." Faith says to Dawn and 
gives her a quick kiss. But before she could go chase after the vamp 
she was stopped by Dawn's arms holding her tight.

"No, we need to take care of Buffy first." Dawn 
says with a sadness in her voice as well as determination. "She 
needs our help."

"O.K. baby." Faith says as they head into the 
house. Willow and Tara had gotten the first aid kit and were 
treating Buffy's wounds. "Want me to carry her up to her
bed?" 
Faith asks as the see both the wiccan's crying.

"That w..would be... good Faith." Tara says as she 
cleans up some more of the wounds as Willow puts on some bandages.

Faith scooped up the blonde slayer and carefully 
carried her to her bed. Once she placed Buffy in her bed the wiccan 
were at her side finishing up cleaning her wounds. Dawn took up a 
seat at the foot of Buffy's bed she removed her sister's
shoes. 
Faith moves over to take the soiled medical supplies. Tara looks up 
to and meets Willow's eyes as they both have tears running down 
their face. 

"Faith can you go call Giles and Xander?" Tara asks 
as tears still run freely. "Tell them what happened and we have 
everything under control." She looks back at Willow and places
her 
hand on her girlfriend's cheek. "I know they will want to
come over 
right away. Tell them to come over tomorrow it is late."

Faith moves to use the phone down stairs to use the 
phone. Tara gets up and takes Dawn's hand. "Can you help me
get 
something to block the front door?" She asks the young teen.

"Sure. I think there is some wood in the garage." 
Dawn says as she lets Tara lead her out of the room.

Willow just sits there holding the small injured 
blonde's hand, with her other she moves some of the blonde hair
out 
of her face. She is at a loss of the way she is reacting to her 
injured friend. `I know I love you and Tara knows, but I could
not 
hold in how worried and sad I was seeing her, one person I love so 
much, hurt by that peroxided brained vampire.' She thought to 
herself. `And why was Tara crying so much as me?' She asks 
herself. `I guess she was sad because I was sad.' She just
sat 
there looking at the bandaged face of her best friend and secret 
love.

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Faith was on the phone telling Giles about had 
happened. "No Giles we did not invite him in."

"So he was able to attack Buffy and not you?" He 
asked the young woman. 

"Yeah I don't get it Giles." Faith huffs out. "I 
already told you that."

"Well I am on my way over." Giles informs her.

"No, Tara said it would be better to come over 
tomorrow some time." Faith tells him.

"O.K. I will be over first thing in the morning." 
He says "Get some rest."

"O.K. Night Giles." Faith says then hangs up the 
phone. She gives a small smile at Dawn as Tara and her head out to 
find things to get the front door boarded up. Faith dials up 
Xander's number and waits for him to answer.

"What's wrong?!" Xander shouts into the phone 
knowing something is wrong if he gets a call this late. "Was it 
Glory?"

"No Xan-man." Faith says "Spike attacked Buffy 
tonight and hurt her real bad."

"WHAT!!??" Xander screams " How the hell did that 
happen?"

Faith tells him exactly what happened and that she 
already called Giles.

"O.K. I am coming over first thing in the morning 
too." He says forcefully. "I will get a new door tomorrow as
well."

"Thanks Xander." Faith says to him. "See you in the 
morning."

Faith sets the phone down and goes help Tara and 
Dawn with the door. About 15 minutes later they were heading up the 
stairs. Dawn and Faith headed for Dawn's room holding hands. Tara 
gives them a small smile as they head for the room.

"You and Willow can take mom's room." Dawn tells 
Tara with a smile of her own.

"Thanks Dawnie." Tara says "See you in the
morning."

"Nite Tara." Faith says.

"Nite" Tara says back

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Tara makes her way back into Buffy's room and sees 
Willow holding Buffy's hand and crying. She feels jealousy build
up 
inside her, but not knowing of witch one to be jealous of. She 
thinks maybe that she should tell Willow her own feelings for the 
slayer. She moves over to her redheaded girlfriend and places a hand 
on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry baby." Willow says through sobs. "I
know 
you love me and I should just give up my lust for her."

"No sweetie." Tara says "It is alright."

"But..I don't know what to do." Willow says with 
tears running down her face. "How can I love two women?"

"I don't know honey." Tara states. "When you find 
out can you tell me how I can love two women?" Tara asks a
little 
scared of the reaction of Willow.

"What?" Willow asks in confusion. She turns around 
and stands in front of Tara. "What do you mean baby?"

"Mmm.. I mean what you mean." Tara says slowly.

"What? I don't understand." Willow tries. "You 
love someone else too?"

"Yes." Tara says trying to hide her face. "I did 
not know how to tell you that I am in love with Buf.."

"Buffy?" Willow squeaks out. "I mean how? And 
why?"

"Will. I'm so sorry" Tara says tears falling down 
her face. "I did not mean to hurt you, and I just felt I would if
I 
had feelings for Buffy too."

"Oh Tara, it is O.K." Willow says taking Tara into 
a hug. "We will get through this, and maybe figure out why we
love 
her so much."

"O.K. Dawnie says we can use Mrs. Summers' bed." 
Tara says "We will be right down the hall if she needs us." 
She 
says to Willow after getting the look that says she didn't want
to 
go.

"Alright baby." Willow gives in and is lead to the 
other room by her girlfriend.

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Across town in a cemetery a white light flashes over 
the ground. As it disappears a man is standing in it's spot. Two 
vampires make there way towards the light they saw. On they get 
closer they spot a man looking around.

"Well look what we found." One of them speaks up.

"Yeah Mike a midnight snack." The other says as 
they move in on the man.

The man eyes the two vampires with his hazel eyes 
and smirks at them. He pulls his shoulder length sandy blonde hair 
away from his face. Showing off a few scars on his face, the vamps 
look at him a little cautious. The man flings his right hand twice 
at the vampires and two fire bolts fly out his hands and at the 
vamps. The two undead beings burst into flame. As he walks past the 
two piles of ash he mutters to himself.

"Got to find this hell goddess, the slayer, and the 
key." He also pulls an old tome and looks at it. "Need to
get this 
translated as well ." With that he walks into the darkness.