I do not own any of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer's characters or any of the Alias Series characters as well. All of the credit of those fine characters belong to Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams.
SUMMARY: A year or so after the fall of Sunnydale, the PTB's come to Buffy to offer her a new fight. What will she do when it is something completely different than what she's used to? Will she be ready to move on? Better yet, will she finally find love? Let's find out together.
A/N Please let me know what you think of this story. Depending on the amounts of views, I will decide whether or not to post anymore. I hope you enjoy.
PREVIOUSLY: "Seriously?" Buffy questioned, still trying to figure out exactly what she had gotten herself into this time around willingly.
Once Buffy put the file down, she decided to take a quick look around the room she claimed as hers.
Not only was there a huge California King bed, but also a matching cherry wood dresser and end table set. Plus, she found an actual wall safe that held a key in the lock that Buffy figured was the only way to open it.
'This sure will come in handy.' Buffy thought, as she placed all of the files that she had received over the past couple of days before deciding to turn in for the night to prepare for the circus that will begin tomorrow.
I guess that now I'm Buffy the CIA Slayer...
Chapter 2
As soon as Buffy placed all of her newly acquired files into the safe, she decided to go ahead and unpack the rest of her clothes and belongings from her suitcases into her new dresser and closets before moving on to her boxes that are in the living room that had came up from her car.
As soon as Buffy had made it to the living room, she was rather pleased that Whistler was telling her the truth about her stuff.
"I'm a little bit hungry right now, so I will start with box that goes into the kitchen." Buffy said quietly to herself, as she grabbed the box that was marked kitchen stuff.
As soon as Buffy had entered the kitchen, she placed the box down onto the far end of one of the counters near the kitchen sink.
"Let's see what there is to eat in here?" Buffy questioned, as she began to look inside the fridge and cabinets.
"Alrighty then. Let's start with some of that chopped grilled chicken. I'll put that onto some of that salad that's in there. That will get me through the night." Buffy said, as she began to take everything out of the fridge to make herself up a little chicken salad for dinner.
Between bites of her salad, Buffy began to place all of her old kitchen items from the box that she brought away into designated areas in her now perfect kitchen.
"I guess that I won't need my old coffee maker or toaster since there is already a new one here." Buffy said to herself, as she placed the two items from her own boxes into the bottom of the kitchen pantry next to the fridge.
Once Buffy placed the rest of her belongings away, she decided to hurry up and finish eating so she could continue on with her unpacking.
As soon as she was finished with her salad, Buffy rinsed out her bowl and left it in the sink for later.
Grabbing the now empty box, Buffy made her way back into the living room to go through the rest of the other boxes that were waiting on her placement.
Once she made it to the living room, Buffy walked over to the stereo that was sitting on a shelf. As soon as she had placed her Fall Out Boy CD into the CD Player, Buffy decided that it was time to get to work with the familiar tunes of Centuries.
Box by box, and song by song, Buffy continuously worked on unloading the last of her belongings to their rightful places.
"It has been a while since I have had so much room to keep track of." Buffy said to herself, as she continued on with her task of setting up her apartment.
After another hour, she was extremely pleased that she had completely finished unloading all of the boxes that she had brought with her.
As soon as she was finished with the last box, Buffy decided to breakdown all of the boxes to make for easy disposal.
"What does one do for trash disposal here?" Buffy asked to herself, as she walked over to the bar that was separating the kitchen and dining room from the living room area.
Once she reached the bar, Buffy grabbed the packet of information that she had on her new home.
'I hope that this says something about where to take my trash.' Buffy thought to herself, as she began to flip through the folder on the rules and guidelines of The Towers.
Buffy was happy once she found the section on trash containment.
'So each floor has their own trash shoot that leads to designated dumpsters to dispose of any trash. The only problem is that it doesn't state where they are. I guess that I'll find out the only way that I can. The old fashioned way.' Buffy thought to herself, as she grabbed the boxes to head out the door.
After deciding to dispose of the boxes before she went to bed, Buffy grabbed the now folded down boxes and left her apartment in search of the trash slot that she read was somewhere on her floor.
Once she left her door, Buffy began to head towards the opposite end that she had entered on seeing as though she had not seen one of the trash shoots near the elevators.
'Seriously? How hard can they make it to find the damned trash shoot?' Buffy questioned in her head, as she continued down the hallway looking for anything that resembles trash drop-offs.
As Buffy neared the end of the hallway before it corners off, she noticed that her new neighbor Eric was coming out of his place with some empty pizza boxes.
"Howdy neighbor!" Eric Weiss stated at tad bit excitedly.
"Howdy." Buffy responded instantaneously, and a little thrown off with his word choice.
'People actually still say Howdy?' Buffy thought in her head, as she looked towards her neighbor.
"Do you need some help with your boxes Elizabeth?" Eric asked of Buffy.
"Not really. I'm just trying to find the trash shoot to put these in. Do you know where it is by chance?" Buffy asked back.
"Yeah. It's actually at the end of the hall here. It goes directly to the dumpsters at the back of the building." Eric replied, as he directed Buffy to farthest end of the floor.
"That makes sense. Thank you for the help Mr. Weiss. I guess that I'll see you around." Buffy said, just after dropping her boxes down the shoot.
"Call me Eric, and I guess that I will since we are floor neighbors and all. Have a good night Elizabeth." Eric said with a chuckle, as he entered his apartment first before Buffy had made it back to her new apartment.
"I sure do hope that he is still as nice once he realizes that I will be his new boss?" Buffy questioned to herself, as she re-entered her apartment shortly after separating from her hopeful future friend.
As soon as Buffy had returned to her place, she decided that it was time to clean up her dinner mess and head off to bed for the night.
As Buffy washed up the bowl that she had left in the sink earlier, and placed it back in the cabinet with the other bowls.
As soon as Buffy was done in the kitchen, she began to make her way back towards her new bedroom to get dressed for bed and turn in.
Before heading off to bed, Buffy made a slight detour to the living room to shut off the lights and stereo for the night.
Once Buffy had made it to her bedroom, she decided that it would be best to go ahead and choose an outfit for her meeting.
"I guess that I should pick out something that is businesslike. What does one wear to the freaking CIA?" Buffy asked herself.
"I never thought that I would say that sentence. Now, what to choose?" Buffy asked again, as she looked throughout her surprisingly now fully stocked closet.
As Buffy began to go through her newest clothing acquisitions, she noticed that there were several black and dark gray skirt and slack suits that were hanging along one side of the closet next to several white, red, dark blue, gray, and surprisingly bright pink button down blouses.
"I would have to be completely out of clothes to wear any of those pink blouses. Maybe not even then." Buffy said to herself, as she continued looking throughout the closet.
Buffy chose for tomorrow, one of the dark red silk blouses along with a black pencil skirt and jacket to be worn for the meeting. "This will do nicely. I guess that I will wear this pair of black heels along with the black hose as well." Buffy said, as she placed the clothes for tomorrow on a hook on the back of the closet door for easy grabbing in the morning.
As soon as that task was complete, Buffy grabbed a pair of shorts and a tank top to change into for bed once she made it to the bathroom.
As soon as Buffy was dressed for the night, she decided to wash her face to take off the make-up that she had worn for the day before brushing her teeth and hair.
Before turning in for the night before her big meeting in the morning, Buffy decided that it would be best to set her alarm.
Walking over to her bedside table, Buffy began talking to herself yet again. "I usually don't need an alarm, but I don't want to take the chance of actually sleeping in on the one day that I really, really shouldn't." Buffy ended that chat to herself, as she reached the table that was in her bedroom farthest from the en-suite bathroom.
As soon as her alarm was set, Buffy headed directly towards her new bed for hopefully a good night sleep.
"It's been a while since I have slept throughout the night. I hope I can actually break myself out of that habit." Buffy said to herself, as she laid her head down onto the fluffy pillows on side of the bed that she normally sleeps on.
Not sure of the time, Buffy began to stir herself awake, noticing that it was still a tad dark outside.
Realizing that once again she had awakened before her alarm, Buffy began to sit up from her position on the bed trying to remember what had actually happened and where she had wound up living.
Buffy was extremely shocked to see that she was actually in the center of her new bed instead of staying on the left side as she normally sleeps on.
"Wow! That was one of the best nights that I have had in the past 3 years. That's never happened before. I have never moved this much when I sleep. I wonder what time it is?" Buffy asked to herself, as she began to roll back over to where she had started her night to check her phone that was on the end table that held her alarm for the morning.
'It's only 5:45 in the damn morning. Almost two hours early.' Buffy thought to herself, not at all surprised to see that she had awoken before her alarm yet again.
'Another day of little sleep, but at least it was a great sleep. I hate the fact that my body is so used to little sleep. Why can't I be a normal person at times?' Buffy thought to herself, as she began to get out of her little piece of heaven between her sheets.
'I can admit though, that sometimes being normal is so overrated.' Buffy thought as she finally stood up from the edge of the bed.
As Buffy rose up from her bed, she began to stretch her tired mussels and thought to herself, 'Coffee, I need coffee if I am going to get anything done this morning and be prepared for this.' before doing anything else.
So, the first thing that Buffy had done once she was fully mobile, was to make her way slowly into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee.
As Buffy took a look at her new coffee pot, she said quietly to herself, "It's a good thing that I'm actually up this early. Let's see how this baby works?" was all that Buffy said, as she pulled out the canister that was on the counter that read Coffee.
'WOW! This is one of those Keurig single brew machines. I've always wanted one of these things, but I couldn't afford it. Yay, Whistler!' Buffy thought to herself, as she filled the single serve filter cup at the top of the machine with the exact amount of coffee that she wanted, just before adding the amount of water needed to the side.
"OK. I actually need to have the coffee mug ready before I can start the brewing. All of the coffee goes directly into the cup as it brews. Let's see? Where did I put my mug at? I'll just grab one from the cabinet. Here we go." Buffy mumbled to herself, as she pulled down one of the new mugs that were stocked in there.
"I might as well go ahead and add my cream and sweet-n-low too. That way it can dissolve some as the coffee hits it as it brews." Buffy said, as she poured in three tablespoons of creamer and two sweet-n-low packets into the cup before moving to add in the coffee.
Just as the machine was set and ready to brew, Buffy moved her new mug under the dispenser and pushed the button to start her cup of coffee.
As soon as the brewing was finished, Buffy decided to stir her coffee to make sure that all of her creamer had been mixed in fully.
"Mmmmm. This is some of the best coffee I have ever had. I wonder what kind it is?" Buffy asked to herself, just as she had taken her first sip from her newest coffee mug.
As she began to look throughout the cabinets for the brand of coffee that she was drinking, Buffy was shocked to see that she was actually drinking a generic brand of Coffee that she has never even heard of.
"I guess that I should have a little something to eat this morning. What should I have?" Buffy questioned to herself, as she opened the fridge to see what was available for a quick breakfast before getting ready for the meeting.
"I guess that a bagel would suffice for now." Buffy said, as she pulled out a package of blueberry bagels and a tub of whipped cream cheese.
As soon as Buffy was finished with her breakfast, she noticed on the clock on the stove that it was still only 6:20 in the morning.
'I could go for a quick work-out.' Buffy thought, as she made her way into her home gym.
After a 25 minute run on her treadmill, she decided that is was time to get in the shower and time to get dressed for her meeting.
As soon as Buffy had entered her en-suite bathroom, she made a beeline directly towards the shower that was along the back wall that connected an area in one of the corners.
As soon as Buffy had the water temperature just right, she set a towel on the bar that was positioned directly next to the shower door.
'OMG! I am in love with this shower. These freaking jets are just the bomb!' Buffy thought to herself, as she continued on with the rest of her shower.
As soon as Buffy was out of the shower, she walked into her closet to get dressed into the outfit that she had picked out last night before bed.
Just as soon as she was fully dressed, Buffy walked over to the safe that was on the far wall near her office set-up to grab the files that she will be needing this morning.
As soon as Buffy had grabbed the right files, she placed them securely into her over the shoulder magically sealed tote bag that she uses for use of concealing all of her larger weapons.
"I guess that I could have another cup of coffee before I head on out this morning." Buffy said, as she gathered everything that she would need for today and make her way into the living room to place everything that she would need on the table by the front door.
As soon as Buffy placed her bag next to her phone and keys, she decided to make her way back to the kitchen to make one more cup of coffee before leaving.
As soon as Buffy was finished with her coffee, she noticed that the clock now said that it was 7:55 in the morning.
"My meeting starts at 9:00 am, and it would be better to be early instead of late. I will just head out there now, seeing as though I don't know exactly where the building is. GPS can only do so much, and that doesn't cover traffic issues." Buffy said to herself, as she placed her mug in the sink with water in it before heading out to the living room to gather her keys and other belongings that were also laying on the table by the front door.
After one last check to see that she had everything, Buffy opened her front door to leave just as soon as she had set the alarm. As soon as she was outside of her door, Buffy locked it and made her way to the elevators to head to her car.
While Buffy was waiting on the elevator, Eric Weiss had come up behind Buffy as well waiting for the elevator too.
"Morning Eric." Buffy said nicely to the only neighbor that she had met as of yet.
"Morning Elizabeth. Heading off to work?" Eric asked of Buffy.
"Interview type thing actually. Not 100% if I got it yet, but fingers are crossed. What about you? Are you heading off to work?" Buffy asked, knowing full well where he was heading.
"Yeah. Another day another dollar." Eric stated, just as the elevator doors spread open.
"What do you do for a living?" Buffy asked, just as soon as they had entered the elevator to head to their parking level.
"I actually work for the Government, but I can't say much else on the matter." Eric replied, trying to end that topic of conversation.
Knowing that he didn't want to talk about it, Buffy decided to ease the fidgeting man. "So, how was the game last night? Did your team win?" Buffy asked of Eric, trying to stop any silence from forming.
"Sure did! Even made $150 bucks from my friend that was there. He had to head out early last night to grade some papers, but all in all it was a good game and a fun night. Did you get settled in alright last night?" Eric asked, after responding to Buffy's question.
"Yeah, not to bad. Got everything put away, so it was a very fruitful night. You do know that gambling is illegal, and here you are as a Government employee. Naughty, Naughty." Buffy said with a laugh, causing Eric to laugh as well before continuing on.."So your buddy is a teacher then? He doesn't strike me as the kid friendly type for days on end." Buffy responded, trying to gather Intel to see if his buddy and former partner has been aware of his new wife's treasonous acts.
'Thank goodness that the elevator had to stop so many times. I have been getting a lot of Intel to store for later usage.' Buffy thought to herself with a small laugh.
"He's not really. don't get me wrong alright. He likes kids well enough, but he is actually a language teacher for immigrants that are wanting to gain citizenship to the US." Eric responded, just as the elevator had opened to their level of SL4.
Once they exited the elevator, the two neighbors said their goodbyes as they went their separate ways.
As soon as Buffy had made it to her car, she inputted the address to the LA Division of the CIA into her GPS.
"Let's get this show on the road." Buffy said to herself, as she let out a sigh and made her way to the exit of the parking garage of her building.
As Buffy turned onto the already busy streets of LA, she noticed that she was more nervous than she had been in quite a long time.
'I can do this. I can do this. This is any like any other mission. I can do this.' Buffy continuously thought to herself, as she made her way to the designated address that was programed into her car.
Buffy was able to reach the building rather quickly with no trouble.
As soon as Buffy had parked her car, she was brought out of her thoughts by the familiar sound of Whistler's voice sitting next to her in the passenger seat.
"Mornin' Slayer. We gotta talk." Whistler said the second that he had arrived.
"What about?" Buffy questioned the Balance Demon.
"There is somethin' that I forgot to mention to ya Slayer. You are going to be placed here before Agent Bristow has been found. Try not to bring up that you know about her yet." Whistler stated to the blonde Slayer.
"What are you talking about Whistler? On the files that you gave me, it says that she is my new neighbor." Buffy asked of the Balance Demon.
"About that. She will be your neighbor once she is found. It's not to happen for a month or so. My bosses wanted you in place before hand. That way you can change the way that some of the things go down. I can't tell you what they want you to change, but I can tell you that you should start with this once you get placed later on." Whistler said, as he handed Buffy another folder before disappearing away.
"Well that was helpful. Not." Buffy said, as she decided to take a quick look at the folder.
"One Jack Bristow, father of Sydney Bristow, is in Federal Lock-up under the charges of Treason and Collaborating with a known enemy of the US named Irina Derevko. AKA Laura Bristow, whom in fact is his ex-wife and mother to one Sidney Bristow. Well that sucks. It seems as though he nor she never truly believed in their daughter's so called death. And seeing as though none of our people believed him to help with his search, he chose the one person that would want his child found. You gotta love this legal system. Charges were filed by one Robert Lindsey of the NSA. Freeing this man will be one of my top priorities I think. This Robert Lindsey is nothing but a bully who abuses his power. It would be best for Sidney to have her father once she is found, and not have to deal with all of this alone. It'll be bad enough once she finds out that her fiance had moved on to marry someone else." Buffy said, to herself, as she decided to read the rest later and placed the file into her bag securely.
As soon as Buffy had left her car, she made her way through the garage looking for any way to take her to the building that she needed.
After going down a level, Buffy found a glass encased crosswalk that lead to a huge building across the street. 'To The Rotunda' Stated on a sign that Buffy realized was the way that she needed to go.
As soon as Buffy entered the building, she was pleased to know that it was in fact the CIA LA Branch due to the giant seal that was in the center of the lobby.
Buffy walked up to the reception desk, and politely waited for her turn in line.
'I never thought that their would be a line at the CIA.' Buffy thought to herself with a chuckle, just before it was her turn to move up to the desk.
"Can I help you with anything Miss?" The elder lady behind the desk asked of Buffy.
"Yes thank you, Miss?" Buffy asked nicely, trying to gain as much information that she could.
"People here just call me Mrs. Johnson." The receptionist stated as a response with no emotion.
"Well Mrs. Johnson, I actually have a meeting today with a Director Kendall, Director Dixon, and a Robert Lindsey at 9:00. Can you please direct me to the way that I should go?" Buffy asked of the lady behind the desk.
"Name and reason for Business here today, Please?" Mrs. Johnson asked.
"Elizabeth Summers, and as I said I have a meeting with previously mentioned people. I am here on behalf of the IWC." Buffy said, as she gave the name of the Council, seeing as though once Mr. Travers had died, it left Buffy as the owner.
'Just because I don't actually converse with the others anymore, doesn't mean that I still don't keep track of them.' Buffy thought to herself, as she stood in front of the counter.
At the news of being with the IWC, Mrs. Johnson checked Buffy's paperwork and sent her on to the row of elevators off to the left of the building.
"Just go on through the metal detectors and Security check-point Director Summers, and then take the elevators to the 7th floor. Once you arrive, there will be an agent waiting for you to take you to Director Dixon's Office. Have a nice day." Mrs. Johnson stated nicely this time, pointing to the Security Officer that was next to the metal detectors.
As Buffy walked away, she noticed that the receptionist was on the phone instantaneously calling whom she figured would be the Agent to meet me at the 7th floor.
Once Buffy had reached the Security, she moved to place her phone and keys that were in her jacket pockets into her bag to have it scanned.
"Welcome Director Summers." The head Security Officer said to Buffy.
'Whistler and I are going to need to have another chat. I know that I was expected, but I wasn't expecting to be called a Director. I guess that it makes the type of sense that it does seeing as though I am technically in charge at the Council, but still...' Buffy was thinking to herself before speaking aloud.
"Thank you. This is all that I have that needs to be scanned. I have my phone and keys in there so I wouldn't have to empty my pockets." Buffy said, as she handed her bag over to the Security Officer.
"Thank you Director Summers, but I will need to see your phone, and any type of electronic devices that you have on you for the moment. You will get them back once you leave, but as long as you are a visitor and not employed here, we need to confiscate them for any possible threats or leaks of confidential information. I hope that you understand?" The head Security Officer asked of Buffy.
"Of course I do. Here you go. I don't have anything else that you had mentioned." Buffy said, as she handed her simple flip phone over to the man that was going throughout her bag to make sure that she didn't leave anything else behind in her bag.
"Thank you, and seeing as though this has no camera or video capabilities, you will be able to keep it with you. I also have to ask if you have any licensed firearms with you as well on your person? We will need to hold that as well." The man asked of Buffy.
"No, no guns here. Me and guns are two unmixy things." Buffy said with a laugh, just as the man led Buffy through the detectors, as her bad went through a scan as well.
"Everything is clear mam. Just take this first elevator here up to 7, and there will be someone waiting for you. Have a nice day Director Summers.
Buffy heard the Security man say, just as the elevator door had closed with her, already raising in the upwards direction.
'I never even seen him touch the button.' Buffy thought to herself, as she waited patiently for the ride to be done with.
Just as she had reached the 7th floor, she was somewhat shocked at the identity of one of the Agent that was waiting for her.
"Elizabeth?" Eric questioned, as he recognized Buffy the moment that the doors had opened.
"Eric? What a surprise! So I guess that this here is your Government job huh?" Buffy asked, in what she hoped was a believable manner, realizing that she would have to fake the knowledge of him actually working here.
Pulling Eric out of his stupor, the smaller man that was standing next to him jumped into the conversation.
"How do you do? I'm Marshall Flinkman. Tech and any other things electronics. Nice to meet you Director Summers. I have always wanted to meet someone from the IWC, and now here you are. The big cheese herself. Your name is well known, but I can never find out why. Your organization is even more secured and secret than even SD6 was. I have tried several times to get into your all's systems, but even on my best day I couldn't get in." Marshall stated in a babble that Buffy thought would be completely Scooby approved.
"Should I be worried that you just admitted to attempting to hack into my companies mainframe Agent Flinkman?" Buffy asked with a straight face, at the exact moment that another two people joined the gathered group at the bank of elevators.
