Never made it as a
wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin'
Tired of livin' like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feelin
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
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Jinx was drunk, very, very drunk. She knew she was lying on Buffy's porch but she had no idea how she had gotten there. Blearily glancing around her eyes alighted on Spike.
'Oh yah' she thought 'Spike. He took me to that Willy place'
She vaguely recalled something about kittens but it was kinda fuzzy.
"Fuzzy…..kittens……get it" Jinx giggled and congratulated herself on her excellent sense of humor. At least she was happy anyway, Spike looked miserable. She sifted through her inebriated memories trying to figure out why.
'There was dancing and then there was kissing and then there was more drinking. Something had happened in between that though, what was it. Oh yes, Buffy. Buffy was mad and upset. The girl took things way to personally. It's not like Spike really wanted me. He was just trying to piss her off. Worked pretty damn good too. But now he's all moody.'
Rolling over onto her side Jinx regarded the sullen vampire.
"Come on Spike, she's just a little pissed, it's good for her, make her realize what she's missing out on. She's probably in her room right now listening to some annoying boy band, drowning her sorrows in chocolate "
Jinx hadn't realized he had moved until his faces was a inch from hers and he had her arms in vise grip.
"She's not home, you stupid git" he ground out "She hasn't been home. She has been missing for hours and I don't know where she is. If anything has happened to her….." Spike let the comment trail away but Jinx knew what he meant, if anything had happened he would blame himself.
"Nothing is going to happen to her. She's a slayer for Christ sake. She's just off pouting somewhere. God Spike get a gri.."
Jinx never got to finish her sentence, instead she was forced to her knees but a excruciating vice of pure pain wrapping itself around her head. Visions came shooting at her from all directions. Buffy chained and screaming, Jacob holding her head in his hands crushing her skull, blood pouring from Buffy's eyes as the pressure kept increasing. Underneath the visions was Jacobs message, telling her to hurry and come to him because the slayer wasn't going to be able to survive much longer.
Jinx sat up digging the heels of her hands into her eyes. The pain was still there but Jacob had eased it enough to let her move. Thankfully that meant he had lessened the pressure on Buffy too. She vaguely registered that Spike was shaking her shoulders and screaming at her. Pushing past the pain she tried to comprehend what he was saying.
He was asking something about Buffy and she belatedly realized that she had been screaming Buffy's name when the vision hit. Jinx had only one comment for that….. FUCK.
………………………………….
"NO!!!" Jinx screamed into Spikes face
"There is no way in hell I am going to put myself back in that man's hands to save your girlfriend"
"Actually they're just friends……sort of" Willow interjected
Jinx rounded on her with a fury born of fear.
"That's right, Red, they're just friends. And they were just friends when they fucking like bunnies last week. Are you people really that blind or just that stupid? I knew they had had sex without reading their minds. All that gave me was the details."
If possible the young witches face went even more pale than it already was. Jinx could see her trying to pin Spike to the spot with her eyes. Which just pissed her off more.
"He's not going to tell you shit, Willow. He won't break his secret little Buffy confidence. If he does she might not let him in again. He is so pathetically in love with her he'll do anything she asks just for a tiny little grain of hope that she'll let him get back between her precious thighs."
Jinx was prepared for the blow, she knew she deserved it, but she hadn't expected the source. Holding the side of her face she stared at Willow in shock. She was receiving the full impact of a Willow resolve face and the power of the witch beneath. It was a frightening combination and she honestly hadn't thought the girl had it in her.
Willows eyes were turning black and she was almost screaming at Jinx.
"He may have ulterior motives but he will protect Buffy with his life, just like any of us would. If saving her means sacrificing you that's what is going to happen."
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Jinx still wasn't sure what had happened one minute she was screaming bloody murder that there was no way in hell she was going to help them. The next minute she was standing outside the entrance to the tunnel systems debating whether to go left or right. Of course it could have had something to do with Spike informing her that a dead Jinx could be surrendered to Jacob just as easily as a live one. Persuasive arguer that one. Jinx was seriously bemoaning the fact that her capabilities were still nowhere close to their normal strength and that all she had to back her up was a lovesick vampire and a witch on a power trip. They were going to get their asses kicked.
It didn't take long to find the entrance to the tunnel. Her link with Jacob grew stronger the closer they got to him. Pausing outside the opening, Willow grabbed her arm.
"What's the plan" the redhead asked
Jinx caught the laugh in time. Not really the best time to be asking now is it little one. Cursing the lot that was her life and her name she told her.
"We go in, you distract Jacob, I hit him from behind, Spike gets Buffy"
Turning back the entrance Jinx started in, only to be stopped by Willow again.
"That's it! That's the plan!"
Jinx had had just about enough of this shit. This was their idea in the first place.
"Have you got a better idea?"
Willow started sputtering something about books and scoobies.
"Right then"
It was Spike, who had been decidedly silent up until now, who made the decision for them.
Taking the girls wrists in each hand he dragged them the last few steps remaining and into the cave.
They never stood a chance.
