I'm going to apologize right here, right now. This is a short
chapter, as I finally have an idea of where I'm going after this.
Chapter 8: Share No Evil
"Who Are You?"
-The Who
"...and so that's what happened to Sunnydale," Giles said, describing his last few adventures.
"So these slayers are 'awakening'," I responded, passing the Deerpath turn off, "all over the world. Endangering their friends and family, but being able to protect them from that danger, at the same time."
"Yes. Those of us that can have gone out looking for them, as quickly as we could. It was not quick enough for Sara Buntel, I'm afraid."
"Exactily what do you do when you catch up with one?" I asked.
"That's a good question. The fight with the First occured only a week ago."
"...and Jenny is the first one you've reached," I said, slowly. I signaled for the turn onto 176, heading for Lake Bluff Park.
* * * * * * * *
Jenny was in awe of the game she was having. Going 2 for 3, with both a double and a home run, not to mention a hard hit (if caught) liner. Even Andrew had given her a compliment.
Top of the sixth. If David and Andrew could nail it down, Jenny would be able to head home. Patroling the right field grass, she handled chances cleanly, but never needing to do more than catch the ball.
Giles and I got out of the car to watch the game, what little of it there was left.
A called strike three ended the game, anticlimatically, Jenny thought. Daved and Andrew, the battery, clasped hands, cheering.
Jenny, looking over to the stands, saw me and the obviously out of place Giles, and nodded. She skirted the group of cheering players, heading for her mother, when she saw a familiar figure out of the corner her eye. She turned, shutting her eyes and reopening them. "Amy?" she asked, looking at her dead friend in the eyes. Amy smiled at her, brown eyes shining.
Jenny stopped, rubbing them. When she opened them again, Amy was gone.
"Am I seeing things?" she whispered.
She shook her head to clear it, then headed to hermother
"Yes, Jenny?"
"We're going to be going out for Ice Cream, and David's mom as offered to drop us off. Is it ok?"
"Us?" Jenny's mom asked.
"Brian and I," she replied.
"Oh! Sure, that'll be fine. I'll see when you get done," She paused a second, "...and you did such a great job today honey," she said, gripping the girl in a firm embrace.
Jenny blushed. Then made her way back to the team.
There was the customary heroine remarks, as the group cheered for Jenny, it took about ten minutes for the group to finally start to break up, people heading for home.
Brian looked up, "Hey, wait, did your mom leave?"
"Yeah."
"You want us to *walk* home?" he asked.
Jenny didn't respond, she just pointed up at Giles and myself.
"A-ha."
I watched as the pair made their way up to us.
Jenny pointed to the far side of the parking lot, "No! It can't be! Not again!
"What? Jenny?" I asked, as she raced for the the other side.
Jenny turned the corner. Amy stood there, looking at her. "Why didn't you save me?" she asked, quietly.
"Amy... how..." as Jenny sputtered, the girl turned, fading away with each step she took.
Brian caught up with her first, "Jenny? What was that?"
"Amy... it was Amy."
"Amy?" I asked, perplexed, "You told me Amy was dead... a vampire... you staked her."
"I did... I saw her..."
"Not again," Giles said, holding his hand to his face.
"What?" I asked, then I realized that I had all ready knew. Giles had just told me.
"It's the First. Again."
Chapter 8: Share No Evil
"Who Are You?"
-The Who
"...and so that's what happened to Sunnydale," Giles said, describing his last few adventures.
"So these slayers are 'awakening'," I responded, passing the Deerpath turn off, "all over the world. Endangering their friends and family, but being able to protect them from that danger, at the same time."
"Yes. Those of us that can have gone out looking for them, as quickly as we could. It was not quick enough for Sara Buntel, I'm afraid."
"Exactily what do you do when you catch up with one?" I asked.
"That's a good question. The fight with the First occured only a week ago."
"...and Jenny is the first one you've reached," I said, slowly. I signaled for the turn onto 176, heading for Lake Bluff Park.
* * * * * * * *
Jenny was in awe of the game she was having. Going 2 for 3, with both a double and a home run, not to mention a hard hit (if caught) liner. Even Andrew had given her a compliment.
Top of the sixth. If David and Andrew could nail it down, Jenny would be able to head home. Patroling the right field grass, she handled chances cleanly, but never needing to do more than catch the ball.
Giles and I got out of the car to watch the game, what little of it there was left.
A called strike three ended the game, anticlimatically, Jenny thought. Daved and Andrew, the battery, clasped hands, cheering.
Jenny, looking over to the stands, saw me and the obviously out of place Giles, and nodded. She skirted the group of cheering players, heading for her mother, when she saw a familiar figure out of the corner her eye. She turned, shutting her eyes and reopening them. "Amy?" she asked, looking at her dead friend in the eyes. Amy smiled at her, brown eyes shining.
Jenny stopped, rubbing them. When she opened them again, Amy was gone.
"Am I seeing things?" she whispered.
She shook her head to clear it, then headed to hermother
"Yes, Jenny?"
"We're going to be going out for Ice Cream, and David's mom as offered to drop us off. Is it ok?"
"Us?" Jenny's mom asked.
"Brian and I," she replied.
"Oh! Sure, that'll be fine. I'll see when you get done," She paused a second, "...and you did such a great job today honey," she said, gripping the girl in a firm embrace.
Jenny blushed. Then made her way back to the team.
There was the customary heroine remarks, as the group cheered for Jenny, it took about ten minutes for the group to finally start to break up, people heading for home.
Brian looked up, "Hey, wait, did your mom leave?"
"Yeah."
"You want us to *walk* home?" he asked.
Jenny didn't respond, she just pointed up at Giles and myself.
"A-ha."
I watched as the pair made their way up to us.
Jenny pointed to the far side of the parking lot, "No! It can't be! Not again!
"What? Jenny?" I asked, as she raced for the the other side.
Jenny turned the corner. Amy stood there, looking at her. "Why didn't you save me?" she asked, quietly.
"Amy... how..." as Jenny sputtered, the girl turned, fading away with each step she took.
Brian caught up with her first, "Jenny? What was that?"
"Amy... it was Amy."
"Amy?" I asked, perplexed, "You told me Amy was dead... a vampire... you staked her."
"I did... I saw her..."
"Not again," Giles said, holding his hand to his face.
"What?" I asked, then I realized that I had all ready knew. Giles had just told me.
"It's the First. Again."