TITLE:
THE BODYGUARD 5 AUTHOR: STEPHEN HOWE
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DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss! He created everything! Set in season 5.B/X eventually (Is there any
other?) Giles is Buffy's watcher. Starts off with the big battle with Glory then jumps two years into the future.
My take on what happens in the season final is just wishful thinking. PG-15 for adult themes. GILES'S ROOM. Jack was back on top of the building under construction again and
he had a brief memory of working in this field when he was drawn to the young
man lying on the roof. He could hear
his every thought as Ben told him that he had to kill him to save the world." I don't care about the world Ben." He turns and looks at the small group
gathered over by Buffy." They're the
only things I care for. The world can
go to hell for all I care, but those six." He looked back at Ben. " For
those six I would go to hell for!" Ben sees him take the dagger from his belt as Jacks mind tells him. " I'm sorry about this Ben, you're probably
a real nice guy, but like you told G-man if you don't die she will
return." He knelt by his side then
turned to see Anya and spoke out." Sorry An no big bomb clock." He
saw her turn around and witnessed her eyes go wide as she realized what he was
about to do. He plunged the knife into
Ben's chest and deep into his heart. Then the world erupted into pain. Pain the likes of which he had never felt, or even heard about. He
felt himself engulfed in a white light but just before he left this mortal
plain he saw Dawn reach out to him from far away. Her hand may not have reached him but he saw a tiny blue spark
erupt from the tips of her fingers as she cried out. " Xander!" He watched as
the bolt travelled slowly towards him then jerked as a feeling of intense peace
passed over him when the arc of energy finally touched him. Buffy was sat next to Jack as she wiped his brow with a cool
damp cloth. She was puzzled by the
feelings that passed over her when the two of them had collapsed as her sister
got close to him. It was as if she knew
him from some time before .The way he moved reminded her a lot of Xander but it
was his smart assed remarks that that brought a small smile to her lips, the
first there for some time now. His
breathing had started to become erratic and she knew from her training in psych
classes that he was in a dream state. She brushed back his blonde hair then turned as she heard the door
open. "
Are you okay Dawn?" Her sister nodded
then asked her. " Do we know him? I mean do I know him from somewhere? Giles thinks we collapsed because we are two
parts of the same coin. Whatever the
hell that means! You know for an
Englishman he doesn't speak very good English. You know what I mean, sometimes he just makes no sense what so
ever." She takes a few hesitant steps into the
room. " Do you think it would be safe
if I came closer?" Buffy shrugged. " He's already out of it and if you begin to
feel faint just back off." Buffy replied. Dawn crept closer until she was at
her sister's side. Buffy asked her. " Could you stay while I go see
Giles?" Dawn nods then sits in her
chair as Buffy left the room. She jumped when she heard him say something, then she moved closer
to see if she could hear what he was mumbling. Dawn could see the perspiration
as it soaked through his sheets, she saw him grip the sheets and twist them as
if trying to hold on to something for dear life. She picked up the cloth Buffy had left and dabbed it on his
fevered brow. As her hand made contact
his features changed and Dawn's eyes went wide .She was going to call out to
Buffy when his face changed back to Jack's. Dawn realized she had removed her hand from his forehead so she slowly
replaced it and as she did his struggles stopped once more and his face changed
once again. She blanched." Dear God in heaven this can't be
happening!" She whispered. Her first thought was to
call the others into the room but then another thought came to her* What if it
is him? And what if they do something
wrong, causing him to vanish again. *
She couldn't run that risk, not for herself but for Buffy's sake. She knew with
all her heart that her sister truly had found love just before she lost it all
that dark day over two years ago and she was determined to do what ever it took
to bring him back to her. She
jumped , again, when she heard him smack his lips together just before he
regained consciousness." Where am I?" He mumbled , then looked around the room
before seeing Dawn for the first time." Do I know you ? Miss?" Dawn backed away from his touch then
told him." Dawn, Dawn Summers and you must be the mysterious Mr. Ryan
everyone's been talking about." " How
long have I been out for?" Dawn looked at the clock then told him about four
hours." Shit!" He moved to get out of bed then gripped his head as the
sledgehammer began to hit him between the eyes once more. He pointed to his
jacket. " Pills in my top pocket give me two please." She looked at the bottle and shook two out then palmed it into
her pocket before giving him the tablets." He poured himself a glass of water
from the decanter at the bedside and swallowed the pills." I have too see Giles
about something. I'll be right back okay?" Ryan shook his head and she left . Dawn went straight to the one
person that could find out what the pills were Jack/Xander was taking. She was
sure now that Jack was in fact Xander ,but he was bonded to this Jack person in
some way that kept him hidden for some unknown reason." Willow?" She turned to
speak to Dawn but Dawn placed a medicine bottle into her hand. " I need you to
find out what these are and what they do okay… NOW please." She hated to be
rude but she just knew their very lives may depend on it. END
OF 5