Lessons
There was a knock coming from the front door, Buffy made her way to the door to find Rik on the other side.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Buffy inquired. "Thought I'd swing by, fill you in on the town's business, if you're interested?" Rik answered with a smile.
"Right, guess I best be informed, come on in"
Buffy stepped aside to let Rik in, she shut the door behind them and entered the living room to take a seat, Rik followed and took a seat across from her.
"Can I get you anything?" Buffy asked.
"I'll take a whiskey if you have any?" Rik looked serious and Buffy laughed.
"You're serious?" Buffy asked a little shocked it was early afternoon and Rik just nodded.
Buffy came back a moment later with a bottle of whiskey and two glasses and Rik raised his eyebrows.
"I'm guessing I'm probably going to need one." Buffy told him and he laughed.
Buffy poured them both a drink and sat back with crossed legs, eager to know the town's history, whatever was going on, it couldn't be as bad as the hell mouth.
Rik took as sip of his drink "Where to start." He said more to himself.
"Tell me about Damon, is he a threat? I let him go because Elena was desperate to protect him." Buffy stated.
"Damon's a good guy, he pretends not to be, and sure sometimes he does the wrong thing, it's usually for the right reason, or it is to him at least." Rik spoke.
"Snapping your neck was for a right reason?" Buffy said sarcastically.
"He is anger issues, doesn't like being told what to do, and a lot's been going on lately." Rik paused for a moment and then began again.
"Damon and Stefan are brothers, they lived in Mystic Falls originally a few hundred years ago, they were turned by a vampire a doppelganger named Katherine, and she was on the run and left them. A few months ago we found out that Elena is the doppelganger to Katherine, her blood was needed to break a curse placed on an original vampire."
"Original Vampire?" Buffy interrupted.
"There was a family, the first ever vampire's they were turned into vampires by the original witch, am not sure how many they were, but we've met some here, the oldest Elijah his younger sister Rebekah and his brother Klaus, and here's where its gets interesting. Klaus is not just an original vampire he is half werewolf too, a hybrid. The original witch placed a curse on him to suppress his wolf side, he spent nearly a thousand years trying to break, finally a month ago Klaus found Elena, turned her aunt into a vampire, killed her along with another wolf and drained Elena off her blood, leaving her for dead, luckily we managed to find a way to save her. He left town with Stefan after that, Stefan left to save his brother, Klaus's blood is the only cure to a wolf bite and Damon had been bit. Stefan went off the rails I guess, the human blood doesn't go well with him, sends him crazy." Rik finished his drink and poured another.
"Elena didn't give up, she looked everywhere for him, it wasn't till recently he came back to town with Klaus, he want to happy to find out Elena was alive, but it turns out her blood was the cure for him to make more hybrids so now he has Stefan protecting her, he's turned off him humanity and is not in a good place." Rik Finished.
"Okay, so we stake this Klaus guy and the compulsion ends right?" Buffy stated.
"The only way to kill an original is with a white oak stake, we had one but used it on Elijah, it doesn't kill them just puts them in like a limbo state, even if we had another stake it wouldn't work on Klaus he's a hybrid, we have no way of killing him, it's something we're looking into." Rik answered.
"An original vampire that can't be killed, and wants to create hybrids, yeah it's defiantly complicated here." Buffy sighed. "Do you have any plans?" Buffy asked.
"Were looking into waking a vampire who's a hunter, he claims he can kill Klaus, turns out he's also Klaus's farther."
"And he wants to kill Klaus? Why?" Buffy asked.
"It's not his real farther, his mother had an affair and that's where his wolf side comes from." Rik answered.
"Okay, and Elena what is she doing about Stefan?" Buffy asked.
"Elena's trying to get him to turn his humanity back on, it's being hard. She's been talking to Rebekah trying to get information about her family and information about Mikael their farther."
"So we wake Mikael then?" Buffy asked.
"It's already done, Klaus will be back any day, were just waiting, and we could do with having you around, having extra muscle won't hurt." Rik smiled and Buffy gave a little laugh.
"Sure, I'll help, whatever you need" Buffy answered.
"I'm training with Elena at the moment, having a slayer there; you could help us both with training, if you're up for it?" Rik asked. Buffy laughed a little. "What's funny?"
"Nothing, it's just you remind me a little of Giles." Buffy looked at Rik and smiled. "I'll help you with training, I could use the work out, and it's been a while."
It was late evening and Buffy had just ordered a whiskey at the bar at the Grill, she didn't normally drink, especially whiskey but she needed something strong to get her through training with Rik, she had to go easy on him. It was then Damon appeared at the side of her, with a smirk on his face and Buffy rolled her eyes.
"Mind if I join you?" he asked.
"Actually I do" Buffy said hastily.
"Rik told me about you." He ignored her, and Buffy glared at him.
"Good, then you'll know to stay away from Me."
"Why would I do that?" He was serious, was he looking for a fight.
"You looking for a fight, because am warning you, I will win every time." Buffy smirked.
"You seem so sure" Damon spat back at her, and Buffy stepped up.
"I'm serious, you push me, and I won't let you go next time."
Damon paused for a moment, and smiled at her before he continued.
"I'm sure I'll see you around, I can tell it's going to be fun." He smiled and Buffy rolled her eyes.
Damon left and Buffy finished her drink and sighed where was Rik. She was supposed to meet him here and then go on patrol together. They had planned to patrol and train together and then teach Elena some moves to protect herself. Buffy sighed again; she couldn't help but wonder what she was getting herself into.
"Can I get you another drink?" A soft mysterious voice coming from the side of her spoke.
Buffy looked up, sat on the stool next to her, a guy with light brown hair, bright blue eyes and a smile that showed off his dimples, Buffy couldn't help but smile back, he was defiantly good looking. But she didn't have time for any kind of dating and she was sure she was not ready to move on.
"No thanks" Buffy answered him, and he continued to smile at her.
"You seemed deep in thought there; perhaps a drink will help ease your mind."
Buffy laughed slightly, "I was just thinking, I'm actually waiting for someone."
"A boyfriend?" he inquired.
"A friend" Buffy answered, she thought maybe she should wait outside, she didn't want to lead this guy on, yet she didn't want to leave. His smile seemed so infectious she couldn't help but smile back at him.
"Well, it seems your friend is late." He stated, and ordered two whiskeys from the bar guy. He passed one to Buffy and took a sip of his own.
What was it with this town, did the guy's not take no for an answer.
"Thanks" Buffy spoke quietly, something was telling her to leave. Her spider sense was all off a sudden going off, and she looked over at this stranger sat beside her.
"Are you meeting some one?" She asked him.
"No, just out for the fresh air, love." He seemed all serious now. "You lived in Mystic Falls long?" he asked her.
"No, I just moved here. I just started at Mystic Falls College, what about you?" She knew she should leave but she couldn't seem to tear her eyes away from his.
"I come and go; Mystic Falls was my home once a long time ago. It's been a long time since I was last here." He answered still staring at her.
"How long will you stay?" Buffy asked.
"I haven't decided, I have a few things to take care of here." He said so serious and Buffy couldn't help but smile, she wondered if it was girl problems. He smiled back at her.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Business or girl problems?" Buffy asked.
"All business, sweetheart" he stated. "Maybe I could take you out some time?" He leaned in closer and spoke softly "I can ensure you, I would never keep you waiting, love." He leaned back and smiled at her, and she smiled back he was hitting on her.
"Maybe" Buffy nodded her head "But I don't go out with strangers." She finished.
He took a step forward and gently held her by the chin forcing her head up gently, so she could look into his eyes, once their eyes were locked he let go and smiled.
"My name is Klaus." He said confidently.
