*Chapter 6*
Disclaimer: BtVS characters belong to Joss Whedon / Mutant Enemy. Charmed characters belong to WB. Anita Blake characters to Laurell K. Hamilton. I claim no rights to any copyrighted material. Please do not copy or take this story without my permission.
A/N: Thanks to my beta for her help... mmooch.
A/N2: Ok here it is. The Halliwells finally make an appearance, lets just hope nobody gets hurt.
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Buffy listened to the phone ring as she worried over Giles' reaction to the upcoming news.
"Halliwell residence, this is Beth," said a young female voice.
Buffy asked jokingly, "Jeez Squirt. What are you the house secretary or something?"
"Buffy!" Beth squealed excitedly.
Buffy smiling sadly as she listened to how excited her sister was just hearing her voice asked, "Hey Squirt. How's my favorite youngest sister doing, huh?"
"I'm your only youngest sister and in doing well. I got an A on my potions exam in school. Henry Jr. got in trouble for fighting and got detention. Aunt Paige spent an hour lecturing him on fighting in school," she said trying to update her older sister on everything that happened before someone came and took the phone away.
"Yea? Well you tell Jr. that is the fight is for a good reason then he has nothing to worry about but if Aunt Paige or Uncle Henry asks I didn't say anything," Buffy said laughing. "Now let me talk to mom ok Squirt?"
"Alright Buffy, Mom the phone is for you! Hey Buffy are we gonna see you and Faith anytime soon?" Beth asked her older sister after calling for their mom, Piper.
Buffy noticing the surprised and confused look on Giles' face answered her sister, "Yea Squirt. We will see you as soon as we possibly can, ok? Then you can fill us in on everything we have missed, like if Chris is still dating that you know what, Suzanna,"
"Yes! Well here comes mom. I'll talk to you later, right?" she asked hopefully.
"Yep! Most defiantly," Buffy replied.
"Ok, love you," she said excitedly before handing the phone to Piper.
"Hey Baby Girl, how are you?" she asked.
"Hi mom, I'm just fine. Faith and I are in Sunnydale. We got released because they put us in prison when we should have been placed in juvie. But that's not why I called actually," Buffy told her mother.
"Oh baby, you're free! But that's not why you called me? Wait why are you in Sunnydale? Oh tell Faith that I said hi and that we miss her," Piper told her daughter, rambling excitedly.
"Mom! I'll tell her but I called to ask if there had been an increase in demonic attacks in San Francisco," Buffy interrupted quickly.
"Well, now that you mention it, there has been a slight increase in non-magical demons and vampire attacks," Piper told her daughter.
"Mom I need you to get the family together and come here. I also need dad to pick up Nita and bring her group here," Buffy informed her mother.
"Ok, but you better explain everything when we get there. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get 22 people packed and ready to go?" Piper asked her second eldest daughter rhetorically.
"No mom I don't." Buffy, knowing her mother would know whom she was talking about asked, "Um, Mom? How is she?"
Piper trying to reassure her daughter said, "Your baby is fine. She is the light in everybody's life, and don't you worry, she still remembers her mama."
"I miss her so much, it's terrible being away from her so much," Buffy said sadly.
"I know Baby Girl. She misses you too. You will see her soon," she said back.
Buffy pulled herself together and said, "I know. OK, I need to go so I can call Nita and tell her to get everyone ready so dad can pick them up. I'll talk to you when you get here, ok?"
"Ok Baby Girl. I'll see you in a few, ok. Bye Baby Girl, I love you," Piper said.
"Thanks mom, I know. I love you too," Buffy said before hanging up the phone.
"Buffy can you please explain this to me?" Giles asked confused because he knew that Buffy's mother, Joyce, had died two years ago in a car crash.
As she listened to the phone ring at the other end Buffy told him, "Giles I will explain everything as soon as I make this call, ok?"
"Hey you have reached Anita, Micah, Nathaniel and Jason. We can't come to the phone right now so please leave a message and we will get back to you when we can."
"Hey, Nita. It's your younger sister, Buffy. Um, I'm gonna call Guilty Pleasures and see if you're there. If I haven't talked to you call me when you get this, it's important. Love ya bye," Buffy said after the beep.
"What does this Anita person have to do with a vampire strip club?" Giles asked totally missing the sister comment.
"G, she will answer all of your questions when she gets off the phone," Faith told him as Buffy dialed for her second call.
"Hello, Guilty Pleasures. This is Hannah speaking how may I help you?" a female voice answered.
"Yes, Hi. May I speak to Jean-Claude please?" Buffy asked politely.
"May I ask who is calling?" she replied.
"Yes, it's Buffy Halliwell," Buffy answered hearing Giles' gasp of surprise in the background.
Hannah excited about talking to the 'Slayer' and wanting to make a good impression replied, "Oh yes. Ms. Halliwell, please hold. I believe he is in with your sister right now. I'll put you through right away,"
"Ok, thanks Hannah," Buffy said before she was transferred.
"Hello, Mon petit soleil. How are you this beautiful evening?" Jean-Claude answered.
"Hey Frenchie. I'm doing ok, how bout you?" Buffy asked.
"My night has been wonderful so far. Ma petite and I just finished diner in my office before she goes to work," he answered back.
"Oh, well can I talk to her before she leaves? It's really important," she asked quickly hoping to catch her sister before she left.
"Yes of course, Mon petit soleil. One moment," Jean-Claude said before handing the phone to Anita.
"Hey Buffy, what's up?" Anita asked her sister once she got the phone.
"Hey Nita, we've got a problem in Sunnydale and I need you down here. So can you get the guys together and dad will come get you and bring you here, that way you won't have to fly and you'll get here sooner," Buffy asked, her voice showing her sister just how worried she really was.
Anita, knowing that her younger sister wouldn't have asked for help unless she really needed it answered, "Um, yea Buffy sure. Let me just make sure Jean-Claude got all of that and see if he can find someone to watch over everything while we're gone."
"Ma petite, tell Mon petit soleil that we need the permission of the Master of the City to enter the town," Jean-Claude said having heard the entire conversation.
"Wait, who is the Master?" Anita asked Jean-Claude.
"A vampire by the name of," he started.
"Angelus," Jean-Claude and Buffy finished together.
Anita, not knowing that there was a history between the two asked, "O-Kay, well since you know him can you ask?"
"Yea, hold on just a minute," Buffy said before turning to Faith, knowing that Giles was practically useless with shock. "Can you ask Angel to come here please?"
Faith walked out only to return a few seconds later with Buffy's soul mate following behind.
Buffy, speaking to him for the first time since she was arrested four years before starts, "Um, Angel?"
"Yes Buffy," Angel answers, knowing that he is still totally in love with Buffy even after all this time.
"I kinda need your permission to allow the Master of the City of St. Louis to enter Sunnydale with his human servant, his animal to call, and at least 10 others," Buffy said.
"So let me make sure I understand this. You are asking me to allow two of the most powerful trimatives to enter Sunnydale? Why?" Angel asked curious.
"They are just coming to help us fight the big bad, plus they couldn't attack you for the city without signing their own death certificates. Also LA and Sunnydale are nowhere near St. Louis and you can't attack a territory that doesn't border your own. Please Angel, they'll be a big help," Buffy said in a rush.
"Ok if they can help us then its fine, but they have to supply themselves with food and everything," Angel said, giving Buffy a longing look before being push gently out the door by Faith.
Buffy, telling her sister the news while giving Angel that same look after he turned his back, "Ok Nita, you are all set. Just call for dad when you are ready and he will come and get you."
"Ok Buffy I'll see you when we get there. Oh and there is something I have to tell you about this dream I had last night. Bye, love you," Anita said.
"Ok, love you too," Buffy replied before hanging up the phone.
"Ok will you explain this to me now? How do you know the Master of the City of St. Louis and why lie and say your last name is Halliwell? Who were you calling mom?" Giles asked in a confused rush.
"I didn't lie. My last name really is Halliwell. My full name is Elizabeth Angela Daniella Halliwell," she said.
"Then who was Joyce, if not your mother?"Giles asked.
"She was a close friend of the family. When I finished school I went to live with her and Hank, which was when I was 14. I was the youngest to ever graduate from my school. My mom and dad, Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt, asked me if I wanted to live with a friend so that I could live a normal life. None of us foresaw me becoming the Slayer. I know the Master of the City of St. Louis because he is dating my older sister, Anita," Buffy explained to Giles when they heard gasps of surprise from the front room.
Buffy, Faith, and Giles ran out to chaos. The Halliwell family stood at the front of the store, while the Potentials stood staring in shock. As one of the younger kids in the large group started forward to go to Buffy a thwack was heard as a cross bolt was shot towards the defenseless girl. As the bolt flew towards the blond teen, a bunch of pink lights appeared in front of her, forming into the person who took the bolt in the stomach.
"No!" was shouted in stereo by different people all over the room as the figure fell to the ground in agony.