Chapter 2: Stein's Surprise
Warning: I don't know; maybe language and innuendo somewhere along the way.
Challenge: b-day prezzie for AerynSpeedleCaine who wanted a fic using this song. http:/www. youtube .com/watch?v=mh7S2aIHF7c.
A/N: Yeah, he might be OOC and a little crazy to admit this stuff in front of strangers.
Thanks to my betas: zigpal.
Disclaimer: BtVS/AtS characters belong to Joss Whedon / Mutant Enemy. I claim no rights to any copyrighted material. Please do not copy or take this story without my permission. 'Bright Eyes' song written by Mike Batt and sung by Art Garfunkel.
To everyone's surprise, the first to move was a group of cops in full dress uniform. When they reached the front, one of the men stepped to the mic.
"I assume that everyone here knows just how special Miss Summers was." He waited for the murmurs of affirmation, then continued, "Let me introduce myself then…I'm Detective Paul Stein of the Sunnydale police, and the first time I met Miss Summers was to question her about the death of her mother's boyfriend. After it was shown to be self-defense, it made me wonder how many other times she acted in self-defense to save people.
"A few discreet inquires later, I had my answer: too many to count. It was then that I and the officers behind me decided to help her however we could – without attracting certain people within the city government – like making sure that one of us would question her and do the paperwork to clear her if she was ever accused of a crime.
"What we consider to be our best moments were returning a piece of equipment to the base after making sure that there wasn't evidence to tie its disappearance back to her or those with her. The other incident was convincing the state and federal investigators that it was simply a gas leak that caused the high school to explode on graduation day.
"I regret never telling Miss Summers how much we appreciated everything she and the others did, but my nephew said her classmates did what we adults couldn't at the time with her class protector award. The world will miss Buffy Summers, even if it doesn't know why."
A sharp command from behind him drew the officers to attention, and as one, they saluted Buffy's urn.
A/N: Next…Leverage people.