Chapter 8: L&O Criminal Intent

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: I'm trying to make most of these speakers' dealings with Buffy non-supernatural, just to show that being the Slayer wasn't her only strength – although it helped considerably.

Thanks to my beta: zigpal.

Disclaimer: BtVS/AtS characters belong to Joss Whedon / Mutant Enemy. L&O: Criminal Intent characters belong to Dick Wolf and NBC. 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.


Bobby Goren

"I guess Buffy was making quite the summer trip that year. Other than telling me about vampires and other stuff so I could keep from ending up as some demon's dinner, her stop in New York was mostly of a non-supernatural variety.

"My mom was in the hospital for surgery, and I was late to visit her because of a case I was working on. I expected to get there and find her screaming at the staff. See, she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and it's hard to keep her calm most of the time. But when I arrived, she was playing cribbage with Buffy like they were old friends.

"The nurses told me that when Buffy first got there, my mom was behaving just like I thought she would: screaming, cursing and throwing things. Buffy just caught the items my mom hurled at her and didn't try to stop the yelling. Eventually, she calmed down, and Buffy asked if she wanted company until I could get there.

"Apparently, she understood that my mom hated hospitals, and even knew the reason why. It had something to do with a demon called Der Kindestod that preyed on sick kids in hospitals. Knowing that the demon was dead helped calm my mom down considerably. It didn't change her diagnosis or anything, but it's made any subsequent hospital visits much easier to deal with.

"I know she helped people as the Slayer, but I want to thank Buffy, the person, for what she did. Thanks, Buffy."


A/N: Next…another surprise visitor.