Title: Someone Has to Train Them-Chapter 1
Author: PNS*
"Can I be Head Watcher?"
"You!? Pshh. You're barely a- well you have less sense than Xander." Giles looked down his glasses at Andrew. Xander turned his head around and glared at Giles. "I meant book sense."
"I never was one for the research."
"I am going to be Head Watcher. I'm the only one with experience."
"Experience is overrated." Andrew rolled his eyes. "Can we stop and use the bathroom?"
"No mores stop until Cleveland," Faith reminded Andrew. slight irritation in her voice.
"I don't know why, but the whole Hellmouth in Cleveland didn't surprise me. Is that a bad sign?" Buffy looked to Giles as the bus bounced them upwards.
"Not necessarily, Buffy. I don't think it is a bad sign."
"Other than Cleveland being really lame?" Kennedy had popped her head over the seat and was grimacing.
"I don't think we really have a choice," Willow offered, pulling her favorite lesbian Slayer back into their seat.
"Sunnydale was at least warm and sunny most of the year. It's gonna suck having to train slayers in the snow." Buffy sighed, looking around at her very own army of slayers. Even though they had come into their powers they had a long way to go. She hadn't even had proper training when she had become a Slayer.
She paused for a moment, deep in thought, with all the up and coming Slayers had she just put Angel out of business? Naw. LA was a big city with a lot of problems.
"What are you thinking about, Buff?" Buffy smiled in the direction of her old friend Xander. They were both experiencing the raw loss of someone close and hadn't time to afford to grieve yet.
"That having so many Slayers was going to put Angel out business." She knew Xander would appreciate the comment, considering his apprarent loathing of the souled vampire.
"It really is tough when you are no longer needed to save the world every Tuesday or wednesday or so." Xander smirked as Buffy playfully shoved him.
"Haha. Very funny."
"You should have included a clause that made all capable men Slayers too. That's gender discrimination Buffy."
"Well lucky me, Slaying isn't an organized business anymore."
"No it's not. Not with the Council gone." There had been small beats in the conversation all along the drive across country. Small nuances that they were slowly getting used to in the post Sunnydale world.
"I miss the Council." Leave it to Andrew to be compelled to share every emotion or thought that he experienced."
"You never met a single person from the Council."
"So? They could have trained me to be a Watcher too."
"what's the difference. I'm gonna train you."
"Will you give me a diploma that says I graduated Watcher school?"
"If that will shut you up Andrew, I will."
"Yes!"
"We're almost to Ohio." Willow pointed to a sign as they passed it. 12 miles to Ohio. They grew silent, the reality sinking in. They were moving as a very large and orphaned group to a new town with nothing but the clothing on their backs and an occasional wallet in a pocket.
"I bet I know more about Cleveland than anyone. I watched the Drew Carey show."
"Andrew!" the bus shouted in unison, as it approached the Welcome to Ohio sign.
Author: PNS*
"Can I be Head Watcher?"
"You!? Pshh. You're barely a- well you have less sense than Xander." Giles looked down his glasses at Andrew. Xander turned his head around and glared at Giles. "I meant book sense."
"I never was one for the research."
"I am going to be Head Watcher. I'm the only one with experience."
"Experience is overrated." Andrew rolled his eyes. "Can we stop and use the bathroom?"
"No mores stop until Cleveland," Faith reminded Andrew. slight irritation in her voice.
"I don't know why, but the whole Hellmouth in Cleveland didn't surprise me. Is that a bad sign?" Buffy looked to Giles as the bus bounced them upwards.
"Not necessarily, Buffy. I don't think it is a bad sign."
"Other than Cleveland being really lame?" Kennedy had popped her head over the seat and was grimacing.
"I don't think we really have a choice," Willow offered, pulling her favorite lesbian Slayer back into their seat.
"Sunnydale was at least warm and sunny most of the year. It's gonna suck having to train slayers in the snow." Buffy sighed, looking around at her very own army of slayers. Even though they had come into their powers they had a long way to go. She hadn't even had proper training when she had become a Slayer.
She paused for a moment, deep in thought, with all the up and coming Slayers had she just put Angel out of business? Naw. LA was a big city with a lot of problems.
"What are you thinking about, Buff?" Buffy smiled in the direction of her old friend Xander. They were both experiencing the raw loss of someone close and hadn't time to afford to grieve yet.
"That having so many Slayers was going to put Angel out business." She knew Xander would appreciate the comment, considering his apprarent loathing of the souled vampire.
"It really is tough when you are no longer needed to save the world every Tuesday or wednesday or so." Xander smirked as Buffy playfully shoved him.
"Haha. Very funny."
"You should have included a clause that made all capable men Slayers too. That's gender discrimination Buffy."
"Well lucky me, Slaying isn't an organized business anymore."
"No it's not. Not with the Council gone." There had been small beats in the conversation all along the drive across country. Small nuances that they were slowly getting used to in the post Sunnydale world.
"I miss the Council." Leave it to Andrew to be compelled to share every emotion or thought that he experienced."
"You never met a single person from the Council."
"So? They could have trained me to be a Watcher too."
"what's the difference. I'm gonna train you."
"Will you give me a diploma that says I graduated Watcher school?"
"If that will shut you up Andrew, I will."
"Yes!"
"We're almost to Ohio." Willow pointed to a sign as they passed it. 12 miles to Ohio. They grew silent, the reality sinking in. They were moving as a very large and orphaned group to a new town with nothing but the clothing on their backs and an occasional wallet in a pocket.
"I bet I know more about Cleveland than anyone. I watched the Drew Carey show."
"Andrew!" the bus shouted in unison, as it approached the Welcome to Ohio sign.