Promises to Keep-Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy and company. I own Jacki/Caligo. Um...I'm also broke so don't sue me, please!!!
I wanna thank the people that read and review this. I need the encouragement. I've actually been writing for a very long time (the first Buffy fanfic I wrote was right after Angel went to hell), I just haven't had the guts to post them until recently. So far it looks like my fears were slightly ungrounded. Thanks again!!
Promises to Keep- Chapter 2
Everyone stared at Jacki for a long time. She merely regarded them coolly, inside smirking at the silence. Finally it was Dawn who spoke up first.
"When do we start?" she asked simply.
"That's the spirit, Dawninator!" Jacki said jumping up.
"Careful!" Anya exclaimed, "You're in a magik shop, wouldn't want to accidentally activate anything!"
"Ooo!" Jacki gave Anya a thankful grin, "Thanks for the warning. I'll disiapate my circle." she concentrated and there was a subtle rush of air and faint "whumph" sound. "Ok, it's not going to be simple task to bring her back..."
"You are actually going to listen to her?" Angel practically screeched.
"whoa, Peaches watch it, you sound like a woman."
"Spike..." the older vampire growled menacingly.
"Both of you stand down, or I'll make you." Willow hissed. "Now Angel, you may not have had a good experience with Jacki here, but all of rest of us have."
"I have never given you a reason to mistrust me, Liam." Jacki said, quietly.
"How do you know my name?" Angel asked shocked.
"I just do." Jacki answered, "Look it will do you no good to ask me questions of how and when. Just understand that things are what they are. You're name is Liam. That's all that matters. But in either case: You want my justification for sending you to LA? Fine, I'll give you my reasons! 1) The Powers that Be needed someone there to stop Wolfram and Heart from taking over the world, you and Buffy were the only ones qualified and we needed her in Sunnydale, 2) Buffy needed to move on. She couldn't if you were here. 3) YOU needed to move on. 4) If you were in Sunnydale, there wouldn't have been a chance for Spike to redeem himself, and I need him redeemed. 5) If Buffy hadn't have died when she did, she would have burnt out in a year and given in to the darkness. Get off your high horse, and get over yourself. This universe doesn't revolved around you. You can't get exactly what you want."
"Oh but you do?" Angel hissed.
Jacki stared long and hard at the souled vampire. Her face was blank, her eyes shadowed, "I know that you're only talking like this because of grief and anger, so I will let this slide, but don't, DON'T presume to judge me Liam Angel Kelin. If you had been where I have been, if you had seen what I had seen, if you learnt what I know, then you could understand, then you can judge me. No sooner, no later." she stretched, face suddenly dropping the shadows "It will still be while before we can get her back, like 9 months..."
"That long?" Xander asked. He tried to control his impatience, not wanting the tongue lashing that Angel got. Instead he sounding like a little boy asking "Are we there yet?"
Jacki smiled, "Well we have to make sure that the Slayer power has left her and gone over to Faith. Faith will be The Slayer, Buffy will be the former Slayer. There can only be one. That's why Kendra was killed so easily and Faith went off the deep end. They were both called but never truly activated. We can't do that to Faith or her sucessor, the Power must flow. That means her body must die. She can't go back to it."
"Then how?"
"Aww, come on peoples! Standing before you is The Incarnated Key!" she gestured to Dawn, "Made in the image of Buffy's dream daughter. We have the DNA, we have the technology and we have the power to make anything possible! If the monks can do it, you think we can't? With two powerful witches and a key?" Jacki looked at them. "The easy part will be cloning the body."
"Cloning?" Willow stuttered, "As in Dolly the Sheep?"
"Um, sorta. We'll be using a hybrid method, combining both science and magik. But you see, science, is SO my weak point. Willow, you have a knack for it all. You tell me what we need, I'll tesser it over."
"Tesser?" Tara asked. Jacki glanced at the others and saw the blank expression on most of them.
"Argh! Not you guys too!" Jacki sighed, "Ok we live and breath in the fourth dimension..." she began when suddenly Anya broke through.
"Ok short explanation: teleportation." [AN: read "Fallen Angel" for Jacki's full explanation]
"Why didn't you say that?" Spike asked.
"Because it's not quite the same." Jacki said.
"Willow," Anya looked at the Redhead, "It's alot like we did when I talked you into trying to help me get my power back."
"Oh, I get it." the witch said, she turned to everyone else, "Travelling through hyperspace. Without a space ship."
"OHHHH! I get it!" Cordelia said. Xander and Spike also nodded. Angel grunted and glowered in the corner [AN: I don't dislike Angel. Jacki and him will get along great soon enough. He's just angry at her].
"Ok, so back to the plan. We work to rebuild Buffy's body. Like I said, it's easy, just it takes a long time for the body to develop, so there's about 9 months or so of down-time. Do we have access to an abandoned lab?"
"What about the one that the Initiative used?" Tara asked.
"They filled it in with cement." Spike said.
"That's not a problem!" Jacki said, "I'll just tesser pieces out of there, and tesser in new equiptment. It would actually be great since no one would expect us there. So abandoned lab, check. We will need lots of magik items. But we have plenty of time for that."
"So what's the gist of the spell?" Xander asked. "I am right in assuming there's a spell."
"Well I haven't developed the spell yet." Jacki said, "I mean I know what needs to be done, I just have to figure out the most efficient and least painful way."
"Pain?" Dawn looked confused, "There's pain involved?"
"It's a rebirth, honey." Tara said, "Of course there's pain involved. Birth is the most painful thing we endure."
"Exactly, it's labor." Jacki said, "I'll need memories, good and bad. You're all going to need to dredge up the truth of Buffy, warts and virtues. Otherwise she won't be her, the balance will be thrown and she'll be more suscitible to evil. But for the time being, just work on what you remember."
"Are you going to stick around?" Spike asked lighting a cigarette.
Jacki muttered something and the faint "whumph" was heard again. She pointed her finger and a thin laser beam incinerated the butt.
"Hey!" Spike yelled, angry.
Jacki's voice was cheerful, "I don't care that you're dead and that it won't kill you. Second hand smoke is just as dangerous to the rest of us. Now until you find a way to smoke and not expell exhaust, don't do it in my sight." Spike began grumbled under his breath, "And to answer your question, I will be sticking around. I need to work with all of you to get you to where I need you in order to bring back Buffy. Plus I'll be monitoring the progress of the clone-body, making sure it's perfect enough that Buffy's soul won't know the difference." Then she perked, "I'll also help patrol when I'm bored. Which will be most of the time."
She walked into Sunnydale, heart beating rapidly. Jacki was back on Earth. She felt it the moment she showed. Using the spells that her mother taught her, she teleported close to the Walker. Hellmouth? Why would the Walker come here? It didn't matter. She could tell that she was here to stay. At least for a while. Plenty of time to build an army, test her defenses, find her weaknesses. Sorana smiled. Vengence would be hers.
to be continued...
So that's the gist of how Jacki is going to bring Buffy back. It won't be for a while. More or less, Buffy's return is the goal of the series. I'm trying to figure out a cool ritual, I have one in mind but I'm not sure if I'm going to use it. I'm letting the story write itself. It's probably going to have a slow build-up, but trust me it's going somewhere! Because of my personality (and the persona I'm trying to install in Jacki) it will get goofy at times. I'm still tryning to figure out if Buffy is going to be with Spike, Angel, or maybe I should just make up a new character. Riley isn't even in the running. I liked him right up until he got that sucking fixation, and then said it was Buffy's fault. any sympathy I had towards him just went away in that second.
Well next episode: Lots of fun and slaying. We finally get to see what Jacki is capable of. YEAH! "Go Deadness for the Demons!" (I love Anya. She's so funny. Jacki going to hang out with her a lot).
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy and company. I own Jacki/Caligo. Um...I'm also broke so don't sue me, please!!!
I wanna thank the people that read and review this. I need the encouragement. I've actually been writing for a very long time (the first Buffy fanfic I wrote was right after Angel went to hell), I just haven't had the guts to post them until recently. So far it looks like my fears were slightly ungrounded. Thanks again!!
Promises to Keep- Chapter 2
Everyone stared at Jacki for a long time. She merely regarded them coolly, inside smirking at the silence. Finally it was Dawn who spoke up first.
"When do we start?" she asked simply.
"That's the spirit, Dawninator!" Jacki said jumping up.
"Careful!" Anya exclaimed, "You're in a magik shop, wouldn't want to accidentally activate anything!"
"Ooo!" Jacki gave Anya a thankful grin, "Thanks for the warning. I'll disiapate my circle." she concentrated and there was a subtle rush of air and faint "whumph" sound. "Ok, it's not going to be simple task to bring her back..."
"You are actually going to listen to her?" Angel practically screeched.
"whoa, Peaches watch it, you sound like a woman."
"Spike..." the older vampire growled menacingly.
"Both of you stand down, or I'll make you." Willow hissed. "Now Angel, you may not have had a good experience with Jacki here, but all of rest of us have."
"I have never given you a reason to mistrust me, Liam." Jacki said, quietly.
"How do you know my name?" Angel asked shocked.
"I just do." Jacki answered, "Look it will do you no good to ask me questions of how and when. Just understand that things are what they are. You're name is Liam. That's all that matters. But in either case: You want my justification for sending you to LA? Fine, I'll give you my reasons! 1) The Powers that Be needed someone there to stop Wolfram and Heart from taking over the world, you and Buffy were the only ones qualified and we needed her in Sunnydale, 2) Buffy needed to move on. She couldn't if you were here. 3) YOU needed to move on. 4) If you were in Sunnydale, there wouldn't have been a chance for Spike to redeem himself, and I need him redeemed. 5) If Buffy hadn't have died when she did, she would have burnt out in a year and given in to the darkness. Get off your high horse, and get over yourself. This universe doesn't revolved around you. You can't get exactly what you want."
"Oh but you do?" Angel hissed.
Jacki stared long and hard at the souled vampire. Her face was blank, her eyes shadowed, "I know that you're only talking like this because of grief and anger, so I will let this slide, but don't, DON'T presume to judge me Liam Angel Kelin. If you had been where I have been, if you had seen what I had seen, if you learnt what I know, then you could understand, then you can judge me. No sooner, no later." she stretched, face suddenly dropping the shadows "It will still be while before we can get her back, like 9 months..."
"That long?" Xander asked. He tried to control his impatience, not wanting the tongue lashing that Angel got. Instead he sounding like a little boy asking "Are we there yet?"
Jacki smiled, "Well we have to make sure that the Slayer power has left her and gone over to Faith. Faith will be The Slayer, Buffy will be the former Slayer. There can only be one. That's why Kendra was killed so easily and Faith went off the deep end. They were both called but never truly activated. We can't do that to Faith or her sucessor, the Power must flow. That means her body must die. She can't go back to it."
"Then how?"
"Aww, come on peoples! Standing before you is The Incarnated Key!" she gestured to Dawn, "Made in the image of Buffy's dream daughter. We have the DNA, we have the technology and we have the power to make anything possible! If the monks can do it, you think we can't? With two powerful witches and a key?" Jacki looked at them. "The easy part will be cloning the body."
"Cloning?" Willow stuttered, "As in Dolly the Sheep?"
"Um, sorta. We'll be using a hybrid method, combining both science and magik. But you see, science, is SO my weak point. Willow, you have a knack for it all. You tell me what we need, I'll tesser it over."
"Tesser?" Tara asked. Jacki glanced at the others and saw the blank expression on most of them.
"Argh! Not you guys too!" Jacki sighed, "Ok we live and breath in the fourth dimension..." she began when suddenly Anya broke through.
"Ok short explanation: teleportation." [AN: read "Fallen Angel" for Jacki's full explanation]
"Why didn't you say that?" Spike asked.
"Because it's not quite the same." Jacki said.
"Willow," Anya looked at the Redhead, "It's alot like we did when I talked you into trying to help me get my power back."
"Oh, I get it." the witch said, she turned to everyone else, "Travelling through hyperspace. Without a space ship."
"OHHHH! I get it!" Cordelia said. Xander and Spike also nodded. Angel grunted and glowered in the corner [AN: I don't dislike Angel. Jacki and him will get along great soon enough. He's just angry at her].
"Ok, so back to the plan. We work to rebuild Buffy's body. Like I said, it's easy, just it takes a long time for the body to develop, so there's about 9 months or so of down-time. Do we have access to an abandoned lab?"
"What about the one that the Initiative used?" Tara asked.
"They filled it in with cement." Spike said.
"That's not a problem!" Jacki said, "I'll just tesser pieces out of there, and tesser in new equiptment. It would actually be great since no one would expect us there. So abandoned lab, check. We will need lots of magik items. But we have plenty of time for that."
"So what's the gist of the spell?" Xander asked. "I am right in assuming there's a spell."
"Well I haven't developed the spell yet." Jacki said, "I mean I know what needs to be done, I just have to figure out the most efficient and least painful way."
"Pain?" Dawn looked confused, "There's pain involved?"
"It's a rebirth, honey." Tara said, "Of course there's pain involved. Birth is the most painful thing we endure."
"Exactly, it's labor." Jacki said, "I'll need memories, good and bad. You're all going to need to dredge up the truth of Buffy, warts and virtues. Otherwise she won't be her, the balance will be thrown and she'll be more suscitible to evil. But for the time being, just work on what you remember."
"Are you going to stick around?" Spike asked lighting a cigarette.
Jacki muttered something and the faint "whumph" was heard again. She pointed her finger and a thin laser beam incinerated the butt.
"Hey!" Spike yelled, angry.
Jacki's voice was cheerful, "I don't care that you're dead and that it won't kill you. Second hand smoke is just as dangerous to the rest of us. Now until you find a way to smoke and not expell exhaust, don't do it in my sight." Spike began grumbled under his breath, "And to answer your question, I will be sticking around. I need to work with all of you to get you to where I need you in order to bring back Buffy. Plus I'll be monitoring the progress of the clone-body, making sure it's perfect enough that Buffy's soul won't know the difference." Then she perked, "I'll also help patrol when I'm bored. Which will be most of the time."
She walked into Sunnydale, heart beating rapidly. Jacki was back on Earth. She felt it the moment she showed. Using the spells that her mother taught her, she teleported close to the Walker. Hellmouth? Why would the Walker come here? It didn't matter. She could tell that she was here to stay. At least for a while. Plenty of time to build an army, test her defenses, find her weaknesses. Sorana smiled. Vengence would be hers.
to be continued...
So that's the gist of how Jacki is going to bring Buffy back. It won't be for a while. More or less, Buffy's return is the goal of the series. I'm trying to figure out a cool ritual, I have one in mind but I'm not sure if I'm going to use it. I'm letting the story write itself. It's probably going to have a slow build-up, but trust me it's going somewhere! Because of my personality (and the persona I'm trying to install in Jacki) it will get goofy at times. I'm still tryning to figure out if Buffy is going to be with Spike, Angel, or maybe I should just make up a new character. Riley isn't even in the running. I liked him right up until he got that sucking fixation, and then said it was Buffy's fault. any sympathy I had towards him just went away in that second.
Well next episode: Lots of fun and slaying. We finally get to see what Jacki is capable of. YEAH! "Go Deadness for the Demons!" (I love Anya. She's so funny. Jacki going to hang out with her a lot).