Fic: RR&R Book IV (10d/?) NC17 see header for pairings

["The Bear" <thebear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Repercussions, Reactions and Retaliation Book IV

Author: The Bear!

Spoilers: None really, this is in the Triadverse AU and follows RR&R Book
III (it starts about a month later)

Pairing: Willow/Buffy/Tara   Joyce/Giles   Dawn/Xander   Faith/Non-BtVS
Characters

Summary: An enemy begins a campaign to bring down the Scoobies; plus, the
Watcher's Council is coming to town, but I repeat myself.

Warnings:  NC17 (There will be people screwing herein.)

Disclaimer: If I owned 'em, they'd have to show it on the Xstasy Network.

Author's Note:  I was going to start Ch 11 with this bit, but it doesn't fit
the timeline, so here it is as the real end of chapter 10.

 

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Chapter 10 concluded (for real this time)

 

"You know, I like Vegas, but it doesn't seem to like us much," Dawn opined
as their flight began it's descent into Sunnydale International Airport.

 

"I know," Xander agreed.  "That police captain was kind of a jerk."

 

"Yeah, he was like that the first time too," Dawn agreed, remembering the
aftermath of Xander's death.  "At least this time I wasn't trying to keep it
together after watching you die."

 

She smiled slightly as she felt his hand squeeze hers in sympathy.

 

"I still can't believe how they got my DNA!  That's so gross!" she lamented.
"Like I wasn't already embarrassed enough that I threw up," she griped with
a mutter.

 

'It's not funny!' she pouted to his mind when she saw him trying to stifle a
grin.

 

"It was kinda funny when he finally figured out who I was," Xander said
after a moment.

 

Dawn chuckled lightly for a moment before sobering.  "Do you think he'll
come after me in Sunnydale?"

 

"Dunno," Xander said with a shrug.  "If he really thinks you're a witness,
and not a suspect...maybe not-since he doesn't have any other suspects."

 

He twisted in his seat a bit to more directly face her.  "That 'nothing to
see here' glamour thing won't last forever on him, will it?"

 

'I feel kinda embarrassed about that, but I didn't know what else to do-I so
didn't want to go back to the police department again,' she thought as she
remembered casting the spell.  

 

"I don't think so...depends on if anyone brings it up again, which I'm sure
they will, right?" she answered his question aloud.  "I mean, if he was
supposed to be bringing me in, won't someone wonder why he didn't?"

 

"I wonder about that," he responded, frowning slightly.  "It was kinda weird
how he did it...coming to the hotel himself instead of sending a regular
cop, and he never mentioned going back 'downtown'.  It's almost like he just
wanted to see how you reacted."

 

"Well, that didn't work out very well, since my reaction was to make him
practically forget we were even there," she said, still feeling chagrinned.

 

"I wonder what he was thinking," Xander said with a smile.  "Do you think he
still thought he was looking for you, or did he forget why he was even
there?"

 

"Well, it's not really a forget-it kinda spell," she explained.  "It just
makes people ignore us, like we're not doing anything unusual or
interesting."

 

"In the end, even if they could prove everything, all it would prove is you
were defending yourself," Xander opined reassuringly.

 

"Yeah, but if he wanted to he could hassle us," she said, still worried.

 

"Maybe we should talk to a lawyer?" he offered.

 

"Maybe," she answered unenthusiastically.  'Stupid Knights...stupid hit
man,' she thought bitterly.

 

"Maybe we could get Willow to hack their computer and take out your DNA
record?" Xander wondered aloud, trying to offer suggestions.

 

"I'd have to explain why," Dawn said with trepidation.  "I'm not sure I'm
ready to explain about that to them."

 

Xander nodded.  "You know I totally get that," he began in a consoling
voice. 

 

'But,' she pushed her thought to him.

 

"But," he agreed with her nudge.  "They were totally cool with what you did
to the guy who shot me.  Don't you think they'll be ok with this too?"

 

'That is true,' she thought about it for a minute.

 

"You know I totally support you, whether you want to tell them or not,
right?" he asked with an intense stare.

 

"I do, sugar bear," she immediately responded-not needing to even think
about it for a moment.  "And it's just one more reason I love you so much I
can't even explain it."

 

<You do a pretty good job of showing me,> he thought to her with a
distinctive leer.

 

'If this was a longer flight, I'd show you again,' she thought.  'With the
glamour, we wouldn't have to be stuck in a tiny little bathroom.  I could
straddle you right here and screw your brains out in front of everyone!'

 

"God, Dawn!" he groaned, gritting his teeth in apparent discomfort.  "I'm
not going to be able to walk of the plane at this rate!"

 

'Maybe...after we land and everyone gets off,' she thought to him with a
naughty shiver.  'We could get off ourselves...up in the cockpit?'

 

His eyes widened dramatically for a moment before slamming shut as he
hunched forward a bit.  "Might as well," he said with a groan.  "I won't be
able to stand up with my pants fastened at this point."

 

 

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