Riley-
Riley Jenkins was fifteen and had been beaten by her father since she was a child.
The day the power came to her had changed her life.
Riley hadn't gotten the table clean enough for him and when he had gotten home from work, the yelling and the beatings started. Again.
He punched her in the side of the head with his beefy fist and she crashed to the floor. As she lay there, shaking her head she was suddenly filled to overflowing with strength and resolve. She jumped up and threw a right cross, snapping his head back, breaking his jaw and knocking out a couple of teeth.
She then kicked him in the crotch, breathing heavily. She stood over him and he lay groaning on the floor. She had the power now!
She limped over to the phone, breath sobbing harshly and called the child services number from memory. Police, ambulance and a social worker arrived and she sat carefully and documented the years of mental and physical abuse she had suffered. The EMT's patched her father up and the police took her cursing father away. The social worker took her to a foster home.
It had been like being in a coffin and still alive. Now she was free. She was at a new school and was happy for the first time in a long time, but puzzled by the new strength and jitteriness that seemed to follow her. One of the boys at school had mentioned a dojo nearby and she had stopped in out of curiosity. One day a blond woman she had seen there walked home from school with her. As they walked Buffy told her about the day the Slayer's were activated and the reason and that Riley was now a Slayer.
Riley couldn't believe it, she had gone from victim to hero in a week.
Somehow Buffy had arranged for Riley to attend the dojo everyday to learn. Not only about fighting, but about demons and vampires and why she was so important. That was really what mattered to her, learning to be important to herself.
Riley's grades improved and she started making new friends. Buffy also helped Riley face her past and Riley had actually spoken in front of the school about Child Abuse prevention.
No longer a victim but a fighting survivor. Life was good.
