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Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. Both Young Americans and Buffy belong to the WB and Buffy belongs to Joss.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Jake has another secret, but this one she has to hide from everyone, including Hamilton. All of Angel gang and all of Buffy except Riley, Tara, or Dawn, after Angel S1 and Buffy S3, (I changed things to keep Oz).
Note: This story is on other sites. If you read it, it's not stolen I'm just posting here so it will actually get updated.
Chapter 1
Wesley received a letter in the mail, it was from England.
"What? What is it?" Cordelia asked impatiently, as Wesley opened it.
He looked up after reading the letter. "Angel, I was given a new assignment by the Council."
"Faith?" Was all Angel said.
"As Faith slept her cell mate slashed her throat. Faith never had a chance."
Angel's eyes fell toward the floor. "Who's the new slayer?"
"Jacquelyn Pratt of New York, now resides at a school in Massachusetts. The school is called Rawley Academy in the town of New Rawley."
"Wow, Massachusetts. That's really far." Cordelia said. "Well, good luck, have fun, bye."
"Cordelia, Cordelia." Angel said.
"Mmm."
"We're going too."
"Angel." Wesley started to say.
"No, Wesley, you're walking into unknown territory. Salem is only about six hours away, that whole area is full of witch and vampire activity. We're going with you."
"Okay, then." Wesley said and walked away to start packing.
"Uh, hello, hi. Cordelia, the invisible girl wants to know why she has to go." Cordelia whined. "Someone has to befriend the girl."
"But that's what Buffy is for."
"Actually that's not a bad idea." Angel walks away to call her.
"I wasn't serious. Hey!" Cordelia calls after him.
Meanwhile, Jake is moving her stuff into her new dorm, with Hamilton.
"This semester will be very interesting. I'm rooming with Ham and everyone thinks we're gay." Jake thought as she unpacked her clothes. All of a sudden a weird feeling came over her, but it passed quickly. Then two hands covered her eyes.
"Hello, foxy lady."
Jake turned around. "Ham!" They kissed. "How did you convince your dad to let you stay in the dorms?"
"Easy, he was going to give you a room mate, but I told him that you and Ryder would kill each other after two seconds. So here I am."
"Ewww, me and Ryder, eww!" Jake shuddered.
"Yeah."
"So how was the rest of your summer?"
"Boring without you."
"Aww, you're so cute." Jake kissed Ham again. "So where's that stereo, that is totally going to blow mine away?"
"It's in my room, I'm bringing it over a little later."
"Oh, I can't wait." They kissed.
In LA at the airport, Angel, Cordelia, and Gunn are sitting waiting for Wesley, when Buffy walks up with the gang.
"Hi, I'm glad you could come." Angel said.
"Yeah, well it's for the new Slayer, plus I had to get out of Sunnydale for a while."
"Attention passengers of Flight 280. The plane had a slight malfunction, your flight will be delayed for two hours. The following ticket numbers may board a plane leaving now." A couple of numbers were called. Wesley picked that moment to walk up.
Angel, Buffy, Gunn, Cordelia, and Spike's tickets were called, so they left to board the plane. The funniest part was that when they boarded the plane, the seating arrangement was Spike, Buffy, Angel, Cordelia, and then Gunn.
Buffy looked at Spike and then at Angel and sighed. "This is going to be a long flight."
That night-Jake and Ham were sleeping, Jake got up and looked at her clock, it was midnight. She got out of bed, put on some clothes, and opened the window. She climbed out onto the awning and jumped. She landed on her feet, she looked back at the third
floor window she had just jumped out of and took off running.
The five arrived in Carson around nine, they got their luggage and took the bus to New Rawley. By the time they got there it was almost ten. So they checked into a motel. Buffy decided she would go patrol in hopes of finding the new Slayer, so Angel, Spike,
and Gunn joined her. Cordelia stayed behind to wait for a call from Wesley. Buffy and company found the cemetery in a matter of minutes.
"Quaint little town." Spike said.
"Too quiet." Angel said.
"A little too quiet." Buffy said. "Is Wesley or the council sure this is where the new Slayer is?"
"That's what the letter said." Angel replied.
Suddenly the grave Spike was standing on moved. Buffy pulled a stake out of her jacket and staked it as Spike threw it to her. The dust rained down in her face.
"Well, that was fun." She said spitting at the dust.
"One?" Spike said. "This is a stupid place for the new Slayer to be."
Jake kept running until she found her self at the cemetery. She walked around for a while, after an hour or two she stopped walking and sat on a bench. She saw a man walking toward her.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
He sat down next to her. "Maybe." His face suddenly became disfigured. He grabbed her by the neck and tried to bite her. Jake pushed him away, but another one a woman came out of no where, grabbed Jake, and threw her against a tree. As Jake hit the tree a branch broke, she slid down. The man came up to her and grabbed her by the back of the neck. Something inside her, an instinct made her grab the branch and drive it into the creature's heart. It burst into dust. The woman stared at Jake.
"Slayer." She hissed as she ran toward Jake. Jake drove the branch into the woman's chest. She also burst into dust. Jake couldn't believe what had just happened. She took off running back to the dorms. She arrived there ten minutes later. She jumped onto the
awning, climbed in the window, got changed, and went to bed.
The rest of the gang got to New Rawley around 10 a.m. The Council had reserved a house there for Wesley, so the gang moved over there.
"Wow, nice digs, Wes." Oz said admiring the place. "Can't wait to see the inside."
"The key's stuck." Wesley said. Giles tried. While the two watchers fought over the door, Buffy and Willow went around to the back to find another door.
"So did you find her?" Willow asked.
"Nope. But we only just got here, so she'll turn up."
"Ooo, door." Willow said as she tried the door. "Stuck."
Buffy went to pull.
"Wait." Willow muttered a few Latin words under her breath and the door opened.
"Ooo, locksmith Willow."
Willow smiled as she walked in.
Meanwhile Jake and Ham walked into class. They saw Will and Scout, so they went and sat with them.
"Hey, Ham." Scout said. "Jake, you're back?"
"Yup."
"Hi guys." Will said.
Finn walked in. "Welcome, gentlemen. This is Freshman English and my name is Finn. Not Mr. Finn, just Finn." Someone in the back snickered. "Okay, take out your books, pg. 120. Mr. Krudski will you do the honors?"
Will started reading. But Jake wasn't paying attention, she stared out the window thinking about last night. 'The creature had called her Slayer. What did that mean? What's a Slayer?' Jake thought.
Later Jake went to the library. It was a separate building. Jake liked it, because not only was it huge, but there were plenty of small corners where you could sit and read without being bothered. Jake went to a computer that was used as a card catalog. She typed in 'Slayer' and waited. After five minutes, she got one result. She wrote the number down and walked to the gothic section.
The book she needed was next to books about Vlad the Impaler. Jake looked around, nobody was around. Jake grabbed the book. The title said VAMPYRE on the front, she opened the book and read. After reading the first page, she closed the book. 'This
can't be real.' She thought. She opened the book to a random page. "Oh my God." She whispered. There was a picture of a creature like the one that attacked her last night. Under the picture the caption read, "Vampire." Jake put the book back and ran
out of the library. She was supposed to meet the others at the diner for dinner, but as the sun was setting she changed her mind. When she got to the room, Ham was gone. Jake changed and put on her jacket. She rode her bike to the cemetery.
The gang had gotten settled. Since the sun was setting, they split into groups to patrol. Angel and Buffy; Willow, Oz, and Gunn; and Spike, Xander, and Anya. Wesley and Giles were going to stay at the house and do some research, while Cordelia checked
out the town.
"Willow, I want you guys to check the school." Buffy said. "Spike, you guys check out the woods between the school and the lake."
Cordelia was about to leave to check the town. "Angel, Gunn, put your cell phones on vibrate. Xander, take Wesley's." She left.
"Spike, Angel, if either of you come in contact with the new Slayer, I give you permission to test her, but do be careful. If she's anything like what Buffy has become, you'll need help." Wesley said. The two nodded their heads in response. And with that the
groups started to leave.
Jake got to the cemetery as the sun was setting. She parked her bike outside and then went in. Suddenly Jake realized that she wasn't armed, she stared at the ground for a while. She picked up a branch, broke it over her knee, and stuck it into her pocket.
She heard voices. 'Oh no.' She thought. She jumped into the tree and watched as Ryder, three other kids and Bella's sister, Grace walked by. 'Good thing I haven't run into him, yet this year.' She thought. Jake was about to jump down, but stopped and watched
as a blonde girl and a brunette guy walked up to the entrance of the cemetery. Jake wished they'd just go away, but they walked in.
"So what's the new Slayer's name again?" The girl asked as they walked directly under Jake.
"Jacquelyn Pratt."
"Pretty name."
"Yeah."
"It seems almost forever since I was called. And those dreams. Ugh!"
"Buffy?"
"Mmm?"
"Why did you bring Spike with you?"
"Angel, you might not believe this, but Spike is harmless."
"You're kidding me, right?"
"No, he's got this chip in his head that makes him unable to hurt a human."
"Where'd he get that?"
"The Initiative."
"So he's neutered."
"You could say that."
Jake couldn't stay up there forever. And she was getting bored. The two, or Buffy and Angel were sitting on a bench directly under Jake's tree. So Jake checked her watch: 8:30. 'They'll still be at the diner.' She thought. And with this leather jacket she wouldn't need the chest brace. Jake pulled out the stake and threw it further into the cemetery. Angel and Buffy ran toward the sound. Jake jumped down and ran to her bike.
"Hey! Hey, you!" Buffy yelled.
Jake started her bike, put her helmet on, and rode away. She checked her mirror, but the two didn't follow her.
Angel pulled out the phone and called Cordelia. "Cordelia, she's headed toward town. On a motorcycle. No, I'm sorry we didn't get better details..."
"Jake!" Everyone exclaimed as she walked into the diner.
"Where have you been?" Ham asked.
"Around."
A woman walked into the diner, while talking on a cell phone. "Angel, what does she look like? A leather jacket, oh well that really helps." The woman sat on a stool.
"Ya, know I'm gonna go. I'm not feeling too good." Jake said. Before anyone could object, Jake was out the door.
"What was that all about?" Will asked.
"I have no idea. She's been acting weird all week." Ham said.
"So you two are rooming together?" Bella asked.
"Yup." Ham smiled.