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Chapter 3
Jacklyn sighed as she the two souled vamps to the clubhouse. What the hell was going on? Why do Jamie and I fell as if we know these guys?
"All right guys, we're here," she announced as they came upon the clubhouse.
"What are we doing here?" Spike wondered aloud.
Jacklyn rolled her eyes. "I need to get my map and scrying stone so I can scry for Jamie's location," she explained.
"Oh," was all Spike said.
Angel looked slightly amused as Spike looked abashed. They watched as Jacklyn laid out a map of the entire city of New York then dangle a crystal over the map as she began chanting.
"Who was taken against their free will, let us find. Mind to mind, blood to blood. My sister we need to find."
Jacklyn watched as the crystal started swaying back and forth, back and forth until it landed on a spot in Harlem. Jacklyn looked closer at the map she saw that it was located in a bad part of the area.
"Great!" She muttered, before looking up at the souled vamps. "Either of you have a car?"
"I do, why?" Angel asked. Jacklyn, for some strange reason, reminded him of Cordelia even more than she had earlier that night.
"Because my sister is in Harlem, and I want her back. Even if it it just to tease her about how much she gets kidnapped," Jacklyn responded.
Spike and Angel shared and amused glace as the trio headed back to where Angel kept his car.
Fifteen minutes later, the two vamps and witch were on their way into the middle of Harlem. As they drove through the streets, Jacklyn would occasionally tell Angel when to make a turn. And half an our after they had reached the car they were at an old abounded warehouse.
Spike looked at the building and shook his head. "Is it just me, Peaches, or do all beings of evil meet in an old warehouse?"
Angel threw and irritated glance at Spike before answering, "It's not just you Spike. It gets a little old sometimes though doesn't it?"
Jacklyn listened to the two vamps and shook her head.
"Come on, I want to get my sister out of there so we can figure out what the hell is going on, ok?" she said.
The guys nodded and the three of us made our way to the front as the demon began to speak t the crowd of assorted demons and monsters.
"My friends were are gathered here to reopen the Hellmouth that had been closed here over one hundred years ago," he said, "And tonight we do it with the blood of a Slayer."
I rolled my eyes then looked at Spike and Angel. I mouthed 'I'm going out there' and before they responded, I walked out next to the demon.
"Ummm…. Sorry to tell ya buddy, but you're wrong," I scolded my hands on my hips.
The demon looked at me warily. "What do you mean?" he asked.
Chuckling I replied, "Well, for one, my sister is not the slayer…"
"-But…but…but…she killed…" the demon spluttered.
I rolled my eyes, "How many times do we hafta tell you stupid demons, she's not the slayer, just the reincarnation of one?"
The demon then said, "It does not matter. You shall both die."
I snorted. "I don't think so pond scum."
I then began to say the explosion spell that Jamie and I had created as Angel and Spike came out of their hiding places and began decapitating the demons and vampires.
Finally reaching the climax of the spell I felt the power of the Earth take hold of me and I finished with the words, "…so mote it be."
Opening my eyes, I surveyed the room to find that all the demons and vampires, except Angel and Spike were dead-dead or dust. After checking that Jams was still alive I healed her wounds magically and turned towards the guys and said, "Can one of you carry her back to the car?" I am not feeling too…" just before I fainted.
(Third Person POV)
Angel gave Spike a look that said, "We're not leaving them here" to which Spike nodded and the two picked both girls up and carried them to the car before driving back to the girls' clubhouse. As they drove, Spike kept an eye on both girls in the back seat as Angel drove.
After fifteen minutes of silence Spike lit up a cigarette took a drag and asked, "What do ya think Peaches? Something weird is going on. I can feel it down to me bones."
Angel glanced back at Spike in the rearview mirror and nodded, "For once Spike, we agree on something. I only hope that the spell the girls do will be enough to explain what the hell is going on."
"You an' me both, you an' me both," Spike responded as he kept vigil over the girls.
Five minutes later, Jamie woke up from being knocked out and found herself in the car with Spike and Angel.
"What the hell is going on?" she asked, Jamie was always a little cranky when a demon got one over on her. Then her gaze fell on Jackie. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY SISTER!"
Spike quickly covered her mouth and said, "Quiet luv. And we will explain all righ'?"
Jamie reluctantly nodded.
"Good, now what is the last thing you remember?" Spike asked.
Jamie thought for a moment then answered, "I was with you, Jackie and Angel and we were fighting a group of demons. One of them knocked me out and next thing I know I wake up in this car."
"Well after you were kidnapped, big sis scryed for you and along with me and Peaches we all went and rescued you before the leader sacrificed you. He thought you were 'The Slayer'," Spike said.
Jamie sat back and pouted. "Is it really so hard for them to remember that I AM NOT 'The Slayer'?" she asked sulkily.
Spike threw a glance to Angel and he replied, "I really don't know luv. I guess it's just that they're not used to seeing a girl who can handle herself against them other than a slayer."
Jamie just continued to sulk as Angel finished explaining to her what happened. "Anyway, Jacklyn went up against the demon who was about to sacrifice you and she said a spell that caused all the demons and vampires, except me and Spike here, to explode. After that she healed you magically then fainted."
"Oh…" was all Jamie could say.
A comfortable silence fell over the occupants of the car as it drove on. A few minutes later the silence was broken when Jacklyn woke up asking, "Did anyone get the name of the truck that hit me?"
This caused Jamie to laugh as she hugged her sister. "Don't you ever do something like that again," Jamie scolded Jacklyn.
Jacklyn rolled her eyes. "I'm fine, now can you let go of me," she said.
Jamie let go of Jacklyn and sat back in the seat and asked, "Hey, what time is it?"
Angel looked down at the dashboard of the car, as they pulled into the cemetery. The clock read 4:35am. "It's 4:35, why?" he asked.
Jamie let out a breath that she did not realize she was holding. "Great, then we still have enough time to do the spell and get you two some place where you won't become piles of dust," she told them.
Five minutes later, the group, still driving in the car, pulled up to the area where the clubhouse was.
"You guys sit down while Jamie and I prepare for the spell," Jacklyn ordered as the group entered the clubhouse.
Jacklyn continued speaking, ignoring the guys as she told Jamie what ingredients they needed, "Jamie, I need you to get the cedar, dittany, frankincense, mugwort, patchouli, rosemary, garden thyme, wormwood and St. John's Wort and the oils of lavender, bay, and acacia. I'm going to get the candles we'll be needing and open the circle."
Jamie nodded and began collecting all nine of the ingredients while Jacklyn gathered the candles. The guys watched as Jacklyn set five candles, each a different color, in a group. Jacklyn first set the Indigo to ward of negative energy and to assist in the meditation; Blue for group success; Light Yellow for divination, knowledge and contacting the higher powers; White for truth and purity; and last Purple for success, and protection.
Jacklyn then proceeded to form a circle with the four remaining candles; White in the East, Red in the South, gray in the West and black in the North. As Jacklyn held her ritual dagger, and the bell she stood near the white candle and with a wave of her hand, she lit the outer four candles.
Closing her eyes, she rang the bell once and said, "The ritual has begun." She walked along the outside of the circle tracing a circle in the air with her dagger saying, "I consecrate this circle to the Goddess and the God. Here may they manifest and bless their child."
Jacklyn continued performing the ritual to consecrate the circle as Jamie created the incense needed. Jamie finished creating the incense and brought it over to where Jacklyn stood in the center of the circle waiting patiently.
"In the name of the Goddess and the God I entreat the powers to allow us the ability to discover the truth of our pasts," both girls cried together as they set the incense on a charcoal block and with the wave of their hands, they lit the candles and incense.
Jacklyn opened her eyes and motioned for the guys to join them as she said, "Lord and Lady
welcome your humble children and grant us access to the knowledge we crave."
Angel and Spike looked at each other then the girl before stepping inside the circle. Each one stood at a specific point. Spike at the North, Jackie at the East, Angel at the South, and Jamie at the West.
Then as one Jamie and Jackie spoke, "We see the future and the past. The answers come both true and fast. Knowledge we seek, to the Lord and Lady do we entreat. Our pasts be revealed, our souls to be healed. As we will so mote it be."
Suddenly a bright light surrounded the group and each person was put into a trance as their shared pasts were revealed to them.
Jamie: pinches Jackie
Jackie: glares at Jamie while rubbing arm What the hell was that for?
Jamie: That was for leaving a cliffhanger.
Jackie: gives innocent look But their sooooo fun.