Author's Note: Yes the episode dealing with Alcatraz is taken out of order from where it appears in canon. I did it because to use the island for the Jedi Academy, Ward would need to be dealt with and it needed to be done sooner rather than later.
Chapter 2: Alcatraz
Prue walked into Buckland's wearing her new Jedi robes. She smiled as people looked at her as she walked to Rex's office and knocked on his door.
"Come in."
Prue opened the door and walked in.
"Ah, Prue." Rex said as he noticed what she was wearing and frowned. "What can I do for you?"
Prue smiled. "I'm here to turn in my resignation. As of a week ago I got a better offer."
"The Jedi?" Rex asked. Ever since the Jedi had come to San Francisco. They had been taking to patrolling the streets. Several demons and warlocks had already found themselves on the wrong end of the Jedi's lightsabers.
Prue nodded. "As of last week I am a member of the Jedi Order." She turned and walked out of the office passing Hannah and down the hall to her office so she could pack up her things.
Hannah looked to Rex as she shut the door. "What did she want?"
"She quit." Rex said. "She joined the Jedi."
"Our plan to frame her for the tiara has failed before she even entered the vault then. How are we going to get their powers now?" Hannah said.
"We're not. We failed." Rex said as they disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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Somewhere in the Heavens the Halliwell's handyman, Leo Wyatt, met with the Elders. "Leo. We're concerned about the Halliwells," Roland, one of the Elders, said.
Leo nodded. "I think I can understand why. It's the Jedi isn't it?"
Roland nodded. "Yes. They now have the Halliwells using their powers out in the open. We must do something or magic will be exposed."
Leo sighed. "I will go talk to the Jedi see what can be done."
"Thank you, Leo," Roland said as Leo orbed out.
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At the Manor Phoebe stood in front of her bedroom mirror looking at her reflection dressed in the Jedi robes. They looked awful to her, completely unflattering.
"Yeah I feel for ya." Piper said from the door.
Phoebe turned to her sister and noted that she too wore her Jedi robes. She let out a sigh and shook her head. "I still don't understand why we can't wear our normal clothes."
"Buffy said that some things would remain the same while other things would change. She showed me a picture taken when she first trained to be a Jedi. She had this short haircut and a long single braid. So did Dawn." Piper said.
The Halliwell sisters had met their other cousin, Dawn and, her Padawan slash wife, Faith a few days before. It had been then when they had learned the entire story of Buffy and Dawn's lives as Jedi.
"The haircut not happening. Buffy had said she hated the haircut," Piper said. "The robes along with the lightsabers, we will eventually build, are one thing that will not change. They are signs that we are Jedi."
"I know. I know." Phoebe said. "Where is Prue? I didn't see her this morning when I got up."
"She went in early to Bucklands to turn in her resignation and clean out her office." Piper said.
"She's quitting her job?" Phoebe asked astonished.
"She said she wanted to devote herself to her training," Piper said.
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Across town in Buffy's apartment; Buffy, Angel and little Padme were having breakfast when Leo orbed in.
Buffy quickly stood up as she centered herself and then summoned her lightsaber to her. "I remember you," she said as she wondered if he might be a demon. "I met you last week at the Halliwells."
"That's right," Leo said. "I'm Leo Wyatt. I'm a Whitelighter. I'm here to talk to you about the Halliwells."
"Didn't you tell me he was supposed to be their handyman?" Angel asked.
"He was," Buffy said. "But now I'm wondering, demon? Because only demons can teleport like that. Well demons and Aurora."
"Actually a lot of supernatural races of a form of teleportation," Leo said. "Leprechauns …"
"Leprechauns are real?" Buffy asked remembering a conversation she had with Giles years ago. He had been adamant that they weren't real.
"Yes." Leo nodded. "Leprechauns for example actually summon a rainbow which takes them where they want to go. And I am not a demon. I'm a Whitelighter as I already said."
"And that would be?" Willow wondered as she entered the dining room from the hall. .
Leo looked to Willow and noted that she, like Buffy, Angel, and little Padme wore Jedi Robes. So this had to be one of the Jedi. "You might think of a Whitelighter as a guardian angel for witches and future Whitelighters," he said.
"Like the Halliwells," Angel said.
Leo nodded. "Yes, in fact I'm their Whitelighter."
"So what are you doing here?" Buffy wondered.
"You need to stop training the Halliwells," Leo said. "They risk exposing all of us if they use magic in view of the public."
"They are Jedi, Mr. Wyatt," Buffy said. "Not just witches. And need to be properly trained not only in the use of their Jedi abilities but their powers as well. And they do need training in the use of those powers. What do you know of their family history?"
"That they are descended from Charlotte Warren. Why?" Leo said.
"Did you know that Charlotte had two daughters?" Buffy asked and Leo shook his head. "I am descended from Emily Warren, Melinda's sister."
"But…" Leo started.
"Buffy was born right here on Earth in Los Angeles," Willow said.
"On January 19th, 1981," Buffy added, "and about a decade ago I and my sister both fell through a portal. We were eventually found by the Jedi and were offered to become one. So you know nothing about Charlotte's ancestors?"
"No. The Halliwells powers originated from Melinda." Leo said. "It was at that time the Elders took notice of their family line."
"Charlotte Warren is descended from Charissa Hanas who was born in the early 1200's in what is today Instanbul, Turkey. Charissa's husband was the first Jedi to ever come to Earth. We don't know his real name. But he went by Revan at one point. He came to Earth because it held a Nexus of Dark Side energy, the Hellmouth. Overtime he fell in love with Charissa and they had a daughter Elisabet." Buffy said. "When I returned to Earth I had a good friend of mine help me trace my family tree and then their descendants. Prue, Piper and Phoebe are descended from Charissa and Revan."
"Okay I understand training them to become a Jedi," Leo said. "If they are truly descended from a Jedi then they would need help in learning control of the Jedi powers. But if they use magic they risk exposure for all of us. Both sides agreed ages ago to protect magic."
"You really don't have to worry about your precious magic at least for right now." Buffy said. "While eventually everything will be exposed, demons and your people included. The time for hiding is over. As was told to the United Nations. It is time for Earth to become one world united. We are no longer alone in the galaxy. The Jedi Order has a plan for the demons that can't live side by side in peace with the people of Earth. They will be transplanted to a new world where they can start over. Build their own civilization. Now as far as the Halliwells are concerned till demons and other beings are revealed. Their magic would be likely be believed by others as Jedi abilities. Most won't know the difference. Now if you excuse us I was having breakfast with my family and friends."
Buffy deactivated her lightsaber and she and Willow sat at the table with Angel and little Padme as Leo orbed out.
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At the Manor Prue walked through the front door carrying a box.
"Hey your home," Phoebe said as she came downstairs. "All quit from your job?"
Prue nodded. "Yes." She walked into the dining room and set the box down on the table.
"Did Buffy say what we were going to be doing today?" Phoebe wondered.
"Master Naberrie said something about Alcatraz. I think the President and Congress, at the urging of the U.N., gave the Jedi Order the island for their Academy," Prue explained. "I would think that Master Naberrie probably wants to see what needs to be done to make it habitable before they bring over the Slayers, that are going to be trained, from the Watcher's Council headquarters in England."
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Somewhere in the Heavens Leo had returned to discuss what he had learned. "She said that we should prepare for being exposed. That with time everything will be out in the open that the world should be united. Especially now that mortals know they are no longer alone in the galaxy."
Roland frowned. "And what does she intend to do about us and the demons."
"Well. She said the demons who don't wish to live peacefully side by side with humans will be relocated to another planet where they can start their own civilization. If we choose not to live peacefully with humanity I assume that would include us." Leo said. "I think we should offer our services openly to the Jedi. It will foster good will between us and the Jedi. And if I am not mistaken at least some of them might even be witches. The Jedi I spoke to was born on Earth and through a twist of fate was thrown through a portal to somewhere in the galaxy where the Jedi found her and trained her."
"So?" Roland said skeptical on why that had any relevance.
"She told me that she is a descendant of Emily Warren. Melinda Warren's sister." Leo replied.
Roland's eyes went wide with that revelation. "You are sure of this?"
"I would have to see the family lineage to be one hundred percent sure. But the Jedi I talked to said she was descended from Emily Warren." Leo said.
Roland nodded. "Go make the gesture. All of your charges except the Halliwells will be reassigned. Future charges will come from any witches among the Jedi. You will be our liaison to the Jedi. Offer them whatever help we can give."
Leo nodded and orbed out.
Roland let out a sigh, maybe it was time to do away with the old agreements with the Source.
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Outside Buffy's apartment Leo orbed in and knocked on the door. He waited only a few moments before it was opened.
"You again." Buffy said when she saw who it was at the door. "What do you want this time?"
Leo smiled. "I have spoken to the Elders, they are my superiors. Because you are a descendant of the Warrens they have assigned me to be a Liaison between them and your group. On top of that the Halliwells are now my only charges. And any future charges will come from your group. In particular you and any other descendants of the Warren line."
Buffy let out a sigh and motioned for Leo to enter. Leo noticed they were alone. "Angel is running an errand for me. And little Padme is attending her lessons with her master."
"Her master?" Leo asked.
"You met her briefly earlier," Buffy said. "The redhead, her name is Willow Rosenberg. She is a Jedi Knight. My daughter is her Padawan learner."
"Ah," Leo said.
"I don't think I ever gave you my name earlier," Buffy said. "I'm Buffy Naberrie. But I was born Buffy Summers."
Leo's eyes went wide with realization. He had of course heard of Buffy Summers. Until hers and her sister's disappearance, she had been the longest living Slayer on record. "You're the Slayer?"
"I was at one time, yes," Buffy said with a nod. "But now I'm a Jedi."
"Of course. Now everything makes sense. The portal you entered was the one created by Glorificus?" Leo asked as Buffy nodded. "And it took you to another dimension?"
Buffy smiled. "Sorta. Earth at that time was in a pocket dimension. When Glory opened the portal it sent me and Dawn out of the pocket dimension."
"You state that Earth was in a pocket dimension," Leo said. "How did that happen do you know?"
"My ancestor, the Jedi I mentioned. Created the Key," Buffy said as she watched Leo's reaction. "He witnessed a prophecy that stated the Sith would rule the galaxy. What he didn't know at that time was that it was a long way off. Not even within his own lifetime. But he created the Key to hide Earth from the Sith. You know about the Hellmouth I assume?" Leo nodded. "The Hellmouth is or was a nexus of Dark Side energies. Revan knew that more Sith would come. So he used the Key that he created and shifted Earth into a pocket dimension. About four years ago the pocket dimension collapsed or faded away or I don't know. But Earth shifted back into the galaxy at that moment. When it had; Dawn and I had already returned with a few others. The New Republic that Earth has joined is a recent development. The Sith ruled the galaxy for twenty years. Dawn and I among others helped to end the war and are now trying reestablish the Republic."
Leo nodded as he looked to Buffy. "You mentioned you are descended from Charlotte Warren. Did you acquire powers like Prue, Piper and Phoebe did?"
"I think the powers they inherited skipped me when I was chosen to be the Slayer. Now my niece, Dawn's daughter has a form of teleportation." Buffy said. "Dawn might also, but we don't know. She never exhibited them."
"And any other witches amongst your ranks?" Leo asked.
Buffy nodded. "Two. The redhead you met earlier, Willow. She is a Jedi Witch."
"Jedi Witch?" Leo asked.
"She's a Jedi and a Witch." Buffy said. "Her rank as I pointed out is Knight. The other is my niece Aurora. I myself am the Grand Master of the Jedi Order. My sister, Dawn, is a Master of the Jedi Order, and Aurora's mother. My brother, by Dawn's adoption, and my brother-in-law, by my adoption, Anakin is a Master. Aurora is a Knight. Luke, he's Anakin and his wife's, Padme, son, is a Knight. My husband, Angel, is a Padawan. Dawn's wife, Faith is a Padawan. And my daughter, little Padme, is a Padawan. We call her little Padme because of my sister Padme, whom little Padme is named for. There are also Slayers that were activated with Willow's spell that are Force sensitive. They are being trained also and are Padawan's."
Leo nodded. "I guess I should tell you a little about a Whitelighter. When it comes to the supernatural we have some knowledge and what we don't know we can go to the Elders for information and see if they know. Whitelighters can orb, as you've seen it's a form of teleportation. We can even take others along with us. We can also heal people, generally when were allowed and it usually has to be magic related."
Buffy thought for a few moments and then nodded. What she had learned from him did make him a good go between for the Elders and the Jedi. Plus having someone who could heal could be useful till they got a bacta tank set up. "Leo you can tell your bosses that we accept their offer. Before you leave how do I get in contact with you?"
"Just call out my name," Leo said, "as if I was in another room, I will hear and come." He then orbed out.
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At the San Francisco International Airport, Aurora Skywalker walked from the gangway beside Kayda Skywalker, her half-sister and Padawan, and Shannon Thomas, one of the Slayers that was activated by Willow's spell and who now wanted to be trained as a Jedi. They spotted Angel waiting for them and made their way across the waiting area to him.
"Hello Uncle Angel." Aurora said as she gave the man a hug.
Angel smiled. "Hello Aurora, Kayda, Shannon. Buffy sends her apologies. She was getting ready for the tour of Alcatraz Island to see what renovations were needed. She said she would meet you three at the Halliwells."
"Did she mention why she needed me to come out here?" Shannon asked.
Angel shook his head. "Not to me she didn't. But you have to remember that I, like you, are still a Padawan learner. Despite being married to the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order, I am not privileged to all the decisions she makes."
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At the Manor, Buffy knocked on the front door as Prue opened it. "Master Naberrie, will you come in."
Buffy smiled as she walked into the home of her cousins. "Neither Dawn or Ani are here, Prue. You can drop the Master business."
Prue nodded. "If you prefer Buffy I have no problems calling you by your name. I do Master because it is a sign of respect you are after all my teacher in the Jedi arts."
"That maybe so," Buffy said. "But I am still family. And I am not going to make my family call me Master unless I have to. I'm not a stickler on it like Ani and Dawn are."
"So are we going to Alcatraz for that inspection?" Prue asked.
Buffy nodded as they walked into the living room. "As soon as Angel arrives."
"He's going with us?" Phoebe asked as she came down the stairs.
"No he will be staying with little Padme when Willow is done with her training session for today." Buffy said. "Angel is dropping someone off. Someone I want you to meet Phoebe."
"Oh." Phoebe said as a knock came at the door.
Prue made her way over to the door and opened it to find three women standing on the doorstep. "Yes, can I help you?"
"We're looking for my Aunt Buffy," one of the women said. "We were told she was here by her husband, Angel."
"Buffy?" Prue said as Buffy walked back into the foyer.
Buffy smiled and pulled Aurora and Kayda into an embrace. "Hello Aurora, Kayda, Shannon." She looked to Prue. "Aurora and Kayda are Dawn's daughters."
Kayda had at one time been known as Lady Ventrus, a Dark Lord of the Sith. She had been part of a secret cloning experiment that had cloned Anakin and had spliced both Buffy and Dawn's DNA with Palpatine's to created Elara and Kayda. Palpatine had raised them in the ways of the Sith, but the sisters had turned their backs on the dark side during the Battle of Endor and had been taken as Padawan learners by both Luke and Aurora.
"And this is Shannon Thomas," Buffy said as she turned back to Aurora and Kayda. "How was your flight?"
"Long and boring," Aurora said as Piper and Phoebe joined them at the door. "I don't know why you won't let me teleport."
"Because," Buffy said, "it is magic. Once we reveal magic to the world you can use it to your hearts content. But till then …"
Aurora sighed as she nodded in understanding. "Then I will be glad when we get an air speeder or two."
"Aurora, Kayda, Shannon, I would like you to meet Padawan Prue Halliwell, Padawan Piper Halliwell and Padawan Phoebe Halliwell." Buffy said. "Aurora will be helping me to train the three of you. I asked her to come for several reasons. First off I have a lot on my plate setting up the Academy. Second Aurora is newly knighted. This will get her experience not only training you three alongside Kayda but also with the supernatural. She has a power like the three of you," Buffy said as she looked at Aurora. "Show them."
Aurora smiled and in a flash of green she was gone. She reappeared five feet away. "I can teleport."
Buffy nodded. "Aurora she is a Jedi Witch like the three of you and other than when patrolling with myself or Dawn she and Kayda both have not experienced much of the supernatural yet. I would like it if you three could take on the task of training Aurora about magic." she said. "And lastly both Aurora and Kayda lived on worlds very unlike Earth. This is all new to them, so I would like it if you three will teach them both in our customs as well."
"I think we can do that," Phoebe said excitedly as she looked towards Prue and Piper.
"Of course," Prue and Piper agreed.
"Master Naberrie?" Shannon asked.
"You're wondering why you're here?" Buffy asked as Shannon nodded. "Didn't you say your family was from San Francisco?" Shannon nodded. "Well you can stay with them while we start your Jedi training. I'll drop you off there once were done with the inspection of Alcatraz."
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At Alcatraz in one of the many cells the ghost of Jackson Ward sat on the same bed he had slept on when he was still alive.
"You don't seriously plan on spending the rest of eternity around here do you?" a demon said who stood across from him.
"I'll find a way off this rock on my own, don't worry." The ghost stated.
"Who are you kidding, Jackson? You've been stuck here ever since they executed you. Thirty-six long years trapped between life and death."
"Big deal. I've learned how to do things in that time. Break the physical plane. Prepare for my revenge," the ghost, Jackson said.
"Revenge. How mortal."
Jackson frowned as he looked up at the demon. "Go to hell."
"That's what I do. Only never alone. I ferry souls there. Everyone I can get my little hands on, so to speak."
"Yeah, well, you're not going to get your little hands on this one, lady, so just forget it." Jackson said.
The demon smiled. "Don't worry, Jackson, I don't want your soul. I want a witch's. They're prize catches. Trophies."
Jackson shrugged. "So what's that got to do with me?"
"If you let me get you off the island, get your revenge, the witches will try to stop you. And the only way to do that is to become vulnerable to me. Then I'll have them right where I want them. Speaking of witches..."
Buffy, Phoebe, Prue, Piper, Kayda, Aurora and Shannon walked down the row of cells. Buffy was shaking her head. "The prison itself will need a lot of renovation to make the cells into livable apartments."
The demon and Jackson spotted the group as they passed the cell they were in.
Something caught Shannon's attention and she turned to look at it and frowned. "Master Naberrie," she said as she moved towards the cell. "Who are you?"
"Shannon back away from the cell." Buffy said as Shannon moved to stand next to her. "You didn't answer her question."
"You can see me?" Jackson stated.
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Back at the Manor two hours later, Phoebe and Aurora sat at Phoebe's laptop researching ghosts on the internet while Prue and Buffy looked through the Book of Shadows. Buffy had left Shannon at Alcatraz to keep an eye on the ghost and the demon knowing the ghost would be of no harm as long as it was contained. And Shannon could deal with the demon if it made a move towards her.
Just then a knock came at the door and Prue moved to answer it. "Andy, hi," she said as she opened the door to find Andy standing on the front porch.
"Hi." Andy said.
"So what brings you here?" Prue wondered.
"I'm here because one of the Jedi was found dead," Andy said. "And since you know Master Naberrie I thought you might know how to get in touch with her."
"Actually she's here," Prue said. "Come on in." She closed the door behind Andy and led him into the living room. "Master Naberrie!"
"Prue?" Buffy asked as she came into the living room a moment later. Confusion instantly was etched on her face. "Inspector, what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"
"I'm afraid I am the bearer of bad news, we found a member of our Order, dead."
Buffy frowned, the ones in the Order, not in San Francisco that were not at the Manor currently were Shannon, Willow, Angel and little Padme. "Who?"
Andy produced a photo and handed it to her.
Buffy had seen enough of the CSI and NCIS shows recently to recognize a crime scene photo. She looked over the photo, first she knew it was Shannon, second Shannon had not been found at Alcatraz. "Her name is Shannon Thomas, she is or was a Padawan in the Jedi Order. I'll notify her family myself. How did she die?"
"We're not sure," Andy said with a shrug. "We lucked upon her. We were responding to a call that the son of a former district attorney was brutally murdered when we found her."
"Do you think Shannon's death and your case are connected?" Buffy asked.
"It's possible." Andy replied. "Either that or it's an extreme coincidence that she was found just outside his home."
"Was there any evidence?" Buffy wondered.
Andy was about to object that this was a police investigation, but he had also been told that the Jedi Order were consider like the FBI or Interpol. They were part of the New Republic's peace keeping force. So he decided to trust her. "The only quote-unquote evidence for the son of the former district attorney points to the last man executed on Alcatraz before it was closed down."
"Jackson Ward." Phoebe said as she walked in with Piper, Kayda and Aurora.
"How did you know that?" Andy asked.
"We've been looking into something we saw while at Alcatraz today." Buffy stated before looking at Phoebe and Aurora. "So he was the ghost we saw?"
Phoebe nodded. "It's possible. He was the last man to be executed at Alcatraz."
"Ghost?" Andy asked, skeptical.
"How much does he know?" Buffy asked Prue, Phoebe and Piper.
"Not much." Prue answered. "We kept him in the dark about our secret to protect him."
"Tell him." Buffy said. "It will make things go smoother." She looked to Andy. "Inspector Trudeau by the order of the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order, me, you are hereby given clearance to know classified information."
"Uhm, okay." Andy said.
Prue nodded and looked to Andy. "This is going to be hard for me to explain and even harder for you to believe. Piper, Phoebe and I are witches. And not your everyday kind of witches. We have supernatural powers that we use to fight off..." she paused and looked to Buffy who nodded "demons and warlocks." You know all the family emergencies that I always have? Um, I never told you before because I didn't want you to be hurt because of it."
"And the Jedi?" Andy wondered how they fit into it.
"Master Na … Buffy," Prue said. "Along with her sister, Dawn, her nieces," she motioned toward Aurora and Kayda, "Aurora and Kayda, are our cousins several generations removed. Buffy and Dawn were born right here on Earth. We all had the same ancestor, the Jedi named Revan. He came to Earth eight hundred years ago."
"Wow." Andy said.
Buffy nodded. "Padawan Thomas was not only a Padawan in the Jedi Order. She was also a Slayer. A girl endowed with mystical powers to fight vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness." She looked to Aurora. "We really should move away from that word. Maybe Guardians instead."
Aurora nodded in agreement. "Kind of like how I, Prue, Phoebe, Piper and Willow are known as Jedi Witches. Slayers would be known as Jedi Guardians."
Buffy smiled and nodded as she looked back to Andy and noticed the picture of the knife he was holding. "Hey, what's that?" She pointed to the picture of the knife.
Andy looked down at the picture having forgotten for a moment that he had it. "Ultraviolet fingerprint. Although, technically, there's no such thing."
"Could be the ghost's ectoplasm. It's outside the visual spectrum." Phoebe said.
"Ectoplasm." Andy said.
"Yeah. It's the ghost's skin. Hey, do you have a picture of this Ward guy?" Phoebe asked as Andy pulled out a picture of Jackson Ward.
"That's the ghost we saw on Alcatraz," Buffy said. "What about this former DA's son. Did Ward know him?"
Andy shook his head. "Ward knew his father. He was the prosecutor who convicted him."
"Coincidence?" Phoebe said. "I think not. It's got to be the ghost."
It was then Buffy noticed that Aurora and Kayda had moved to the window and were not looking outside. "Aurora, Kayda? Are you two alright?"
"I don't know." Aurora and Kayda said simultaneously.
"I think we both mean," Aurora said, "it's a lot you know to take in all at once."
"You're telling me." Andy said.
"We've both been on patrol," Kayda said, "Aunt Buffy. We've seen vampires and demons. But we never thought things like ghosts exist."
"You mean, non-Force ghosts," Buffy said.
"Right," Kayda said. "We've both seen Revan, but this is different. This ghost is not one with the Force. He's trapped on this plane or one that shares this plane of existence."
"Okay," Buffy said.
"Anyways if you're right, if it is the ghost of Jackson Ward who is the killer," Andy said, "how do I stop him from killing again?"
"You don't." Buffy said as she turned back to Andy. "We do, this is Jedi business. The San Francisco police department doesn't have the capabilities to deal with this. That said, Inspector how would you like another job?"
"Another job? Are you going to train me like Prue?" Andy asked.
"No. I would have to run tests to see if you have a midichlorian count high enough to be trained. What I am suggesting is you act as a Liaison between the San Francisco police department and the Jedi Order." Buffy said.
Andy thought about it and nodded. "I'd be happy to."
Just then Andy's cell phone rang and he excused himself for a few minutes. "There has been another murder," he said when he returned.
"Prue," Buffy said. "What did you find in the Book, anything?"
"There are quite a few references in the Book," Prue said. "There's ghosts, poltergeists, evil spirits, phantasms. We are not dealing with a typical demon."
"We're not dealing with a demon at all," Buffy said. "But a ghost. Is there a way to vanquish a ghost?"
Prue nodded. "There is one spell, but there is a problem. An evil spirit can't be vanquished on the physical plane. Only the astral plane. His plane."
"Okay, so then how do we say the spell?" Piper wondered.
"Our spirits would have to say it," Prue said.
"Meaning one of us would have to die for it to actually work," Aurora said as Prue nodded.
"We should keep looking," Buffy said.
"I've always believed there was another world behind or beyond this one," Andy said. "And I don't mean other life on other planets. I meant the world within our own. I even sort of believe in demons. But I have never in my wildest dreams... I could never have imagined that this existed."
Kadya nodded. "Believe me when I say, neither did I. I was raised to be a Sith Lord," she said. "Magic, demons, never came into the equation. Not till I met my family. Not till I became my sister's Padawan learner and came with my family to Earth."
"Master Naberrie," Phoebe said. "Since we don't know how to vanquish the ghost, shouldn't we try to stop him from killing his next... victim."
"What do you mean stop him killing his next victim?" Andy asked. "How do we do that?"
"Phoebe, has the power of premonition," Buffy said. "If you gave her an object she might be able to get a premonition off it." She looked to Phoebe. "This might be a good time for a lesson. W're going to have you have a vision shown to you by the Force."
Phoebe followed Buffy's instructions and moments later sat cross-legged on the floor of the conservatory, her eyes closed.
"Be calm," Buffy instructed Phoebe, echoing the words she had heard Yoda say to Luke. "Through the Force things you will see: other places, other thoughts, the future, the past, old friends long gone."
Phoebe was losing herself as she concentrated on Buffy's words. She was becoming unaware of her body and letting her consciousness drift with the words of her cousin.
"My mind fills with so many images," Phoebe said.
"You must learn control, Phoebe," Buffy instructed. "Not easy, not fast. I too had to learn this lesson. When I was first called as the Slayer, while I slept the Force showed me visions of my destiny. In the beginning it was hard to tell what was what in what I was seeing. So many images would flash through my mind. When I started training with Master Yoda then I finally learned to control what I was seeing."
Phoebe relaxed, and began to free her mind, began to control the images. At last there was something, not clear at first, but something white, amorphous. Gradually the image cleared. It seemed to be an apartment, she saw an elderly woman and a knife floating in mid-air about to strike. "I see her."
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Thirty minutes later Andy, followed by Buffy and Phoebe entered the police station and made their way to Andy's desk.
"Did you get that list of potential victims yet?" Andy asked his partner, Darryl Morris as they approached him.
"Still working on it. It's a lot of names," Morris said. "Especially when you add in the descendants. Where you been?"
"With the Jedi," Andy said. "Bringing them up to speed on the investigation of their Padawan. Let's see what you got so far."
Morris glanced at Buffy and Phoebe and sighed as he handed Andy the files.
"Do any of these look like the woman you saw in your vision?" Andy asked as he handed Phoebe the files.
"Vision?" Darryl asked skeptical.
"A Jedi has the ability through the Force to see the future, and the past," Buffy said.
Phoebe looked through the files and then stopped on one that she handed to Buffy. "This one, Master Naberrie."
"Iris Beiderman," Buffy said. "The foreperson on the jury that convicted him."
"Convicted who?" Darryl asked.
"Jackson Ward," Buffy replied. "That's right Inspector Morris, we are dealing with a ghost. And before any of you dismiss this out of hand. This is Jedi business, you are not required to believe ghosts are real or not."
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Across town thirty minutes later Ward was poised to stab Iris Biederman when the door flew open. Phoebe kicked Ward's knife out of his hand.
"You again," Ward said.
"Where is he?" Andy asked. "Is he still here?"
Buffy nodded. "Yeah, he's right there."
"Since you have the ability to see him, point him out to me, Master Naberrie," Andy said.
"You can't keep saving her forever," Ward said.
"What's going on?" Andy asked.
"Or the others," Ward said as he turned to leave. "Or yourselves." He marched straight through a neighboring wall.
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Iris Beiderman followed Buffy and Phoebe into the Manor. "Don't worry, you are under the protection of the Jedi order. We'll put you up at my apartment," Buffy said. "Aurora! Kayda!"
Aurora and Kayda walked into the foyer seconds later. "Yes, Aunt Buffy," they said.
"I called Angel," Buffy said. "He's coming to pick the two of you up and Mrs. Beiderman and going to take you back to my apartment. You are tasked with keeping her safe."
"Of course, Aunt Buffy," Aurora said.
Buffy and Phoebe turned and walked into the kitchen to find Prue and Piper looking through the Book of Shadows.
"Any luck?" Phoebe wondered.
Prue shook her head. "It's the same story. One of us would have to literally die in order to vanquish the evil spirit."
"Before we do that," Buffy said, "We should find a way to locate Ward first. Using the Force to get a premonition on where Ward is going next is good, but it doesn't tell us where he is now."
"Actually," Piper said. "Prue and I found something about luring evil spirits. A potion." She turned to the page in question. "To lure an evil spirit. Mix equal parts of mercury and acid with the blood of one of the spirit's victims, pour it over his grave. Okay, that's disgusting."
"Inspector Trudeau," Buffy said. "I can get the blood, that's not a problem."
"How, Buffy," Prue asked.
"Shannon," Buffy said. "Of course I am assuming she is one of his victims and not the demon we saw with him."
"What about the letter opener?" Phoebe suggested. "The one Andy showed us with the ultraviolet fingerprint from the first victim. It should have his blood on it."
Buffy nodded. "Alright, Prue. I'll leave that task to you."
Prue walked over by the door grabbed her keys and left.
"Now any idea where his grave is?" Buffy asked.
Phoebe nodded. "I read on the web, his ashes were interred at his family mausoleum in Palo Alto."
At the Police station Prue walked into the precinct and toward Andy. "Prue," he said. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here on Jedi business," Prue said. "We need the letter opener."
"Alright, give me a second," Andy said as he left the room. Moments passed before he returned and handed a clear plastic baggy to Prue.
"Thanks," Prue said as she turned and left.
"Inspector Trudeau."
Andy turned and saw Inspector Rodriguez of Internal Affairs and sighed.
After Prue returned the manor they made the potion and Buffy went with Piper to the cemetery that housed Ward's urn.
Piper glanced around as they entered a mausoleum. "After telling us that vampires do exist and all and they make their homes."
"They won't make their home in this one," Buffy said. "It's still being used. Vampires tend to go for ones that haven't been used in a while. That way there is no worries someone will find their lair during the day. Of course vampires don't mind a snack wondering in once in a while either. But it's safer to use a mausoleum that has not seen use say in a hundred years or more." She motioned toward a plaque on the wall. "There it is, Jackson Ward. Do you have the picture?"
Piper nodded as she held up the picture of herself, Prue, Phoebe and Buffy. "Can Phoebe be more tacky," she said indicating what Phoebe had written, Hey, Jackson, let's party?
Buffy smiled. "You know Phoebe reminds me at time of Dawn when she was younger before we had been enslaved on Mustafar."
Piper smiled as she put the picture on Ward's tomb and Buffy threw the potion on the plaque which started to melt.
"What was in that potion?" Buffy wondered.
When they returned to the manor they found Prue and Phoebe making the potion that will kill one of them.
"Okay, message sent," Buffy said. "Is the potion ready?"
"Yes," Prue said. "Who is going to drink it?"
"It should be one of you," Buffy said. "While I do share Warren blood. We don't know if I have the ability to do magic or not. So it will be one of you three."
"So one of us will have to die," Piper said.
Prue nodded. "Whoever takes it can be revived by C.P.R. The only catch is it has to be done within four minutes to avoid brain damage."
"Okay, Prue, that's a pretty big catch," Phoebe said.
"Yeah, well, it's the only way to say the spell," Prue said. "It's the only chance we have of sending Ward where he belongs."
"But who does it?" Phoebe asked. "How do we decide that?"
"I'll do it," Prue said.
Piper shook her head. "No," she said as she got out a coin. "Call it heads or tails and no fair using your power."
"Tails," Prue said as Piper flipped the coin lands and it landed on tails. "I win."
"Not yet you don't," Piper said. "Now its between you and Phoebe. Call it, Phoebe."
"Heads," Phoebe said as Piper flipped the coin and once again it landed on tails..
"I win," Prue said.
"You mean you lose," Phoebe said.
"Oh, well, only if one of you don't revive me," Prue said.
"Phoebe," Buffy said. "That will be your job. Piper and I will try and keep Ward off the two of you."
"I'm scared," Phoebe said. "I mean, I'm really scared. I think we've gone too far this time."
Buffy smiled. "Now you understand how I felt as the Slayer. Especially after mom died. Even though I was set to die for Dawn on that tower. I was scared for her at the same time because it meant I would be leaving her to face the world alone. Death should never be taken lightly."
Just then Jackson walked through the wall and smashed something, throwing it at Phoebe.
"Phoebe, duck!" Prue said as Phoebe ducked out of the way.
"Prue," Buffy said as she and Piper moved between Ward and Prue and Phoebe.
Prue drank the cocktail while Phoebe fights Jackson. Jackson hit Piper over the head and is knocked unconscious as he turned to face Buffy. Just then Prue collapsed to the floor.
"You're making this too easy, lady," Jackson said as he got a metal cake server and advanced on Buffy as Prue's spirit floats out of her body. He stopped and looked at Prue's spirit. "What the hell's going on?"
Buffy smiled. "Magic."
"Ashes to ashes, spirit to spirit, take his soul, banish this evil," Prue chanted.
"No!" Jackson screamed.
"Ashes to ashes, spirit to spirit, take his soul, banish this evil."
Jackson started to fade away as Prue continued to chant. "No! No!"
"Ashes to ashes, spirit to spirit, take his soul, banish this evil."
Jackson yelled and disappeared as the demon from Alcatraz appeared.
"Who are you?" Buffy asked as Phoebe performed CPR on Prue.
"I was hoping to take one of your souls, but you all are safe, for now."
"Did you take, Shannon's?" Buffy asked.
"I caused her death, for Jackson to use to escape the island. But no I did not take her soul," the demon said as she disappeared.
Phoebe continued to perform CPR as Prue slowly regained consciousness. "Slow breaths," she told her big sister.
"Am I alive?" Prue asked as Buffy checked on Piper.
"Yeah, you are," Phoebe said. "Thank God."
Piper regained consciousness at that moment as Buffy helped her up. "What happened? Is the ghost toast?"
"Yes," Prue said.
"The three of you have a long way to go," Buffy said. "But I have to say you all passed your first test on your way to becoming Jedi."
Prue, Piper and Phoebe looked at each other and smiled.