9 Days
The next day when the groups came together, Giles led them all downstairs.
"Jake, everyday you've been improving more and more, now it's time for a true test." He stepped toward Jake and blindfolded her. "This is a test of your senses."
"Don't worry, Jake, I always did better than I thought I would." Buffy encouraged.
Gunn crept up and stood behind Jake, as the group took up positions around the room, except Ryder who sat on the stairs.
Jake (blindfolded) turned to Gunn, as he started to circle her, she followed. Suddenly he punched her in the shoulder. As he tried to hit her again, she grabbed his fist and flipped him over. Without making a noise, Gunn rolled away and Spike stepped up behind her. She spun around and faced him as Xander came up behind her. Spike punched the air to the right of her head. Jake punched the air in front of Spike, as Xander knocked her to the floor. Before Xander could attack, she rolled into him. He fell on top of her. He grabbed her shoulders and held her down. So she kneed him in the stomach. As he fell back, she jumped up. Spike grabbed her left leg before she could land and Jake landed on her right foot. She kicked her right leg up and kicked Spike in the face. Xander crawled out of the way before Spike could fall on him. Before Jake could recover, Anya levitated five spoons and shot them at Jake. Jake flipped backward as Buffy rushed to her from the left. Jake landed right in front of Buffy, but before Buffy could move the Jake ducked and the spoon flew over her head and right past Buffy's face. The spoons turned and headed back. Jake knocked three down and grabbed the other two. Buffy kicked Jake in the head. Jake tossed the spoons in the air and kicked them at Buffy. Buffy ducked and the spoons embedded themselves in the wall above Ham's head. Giles looked at Will, who ran to Jake to tackled her. She jumped up a split second before she reached him and he tackled Buffy. Scout ran and tackled Jake as she landed. The two rolled back and forth, both trying hard to pin the other. In the end Scout ended up on top, he held her hand down. And used his knees to hold her legs down. She couldn't move and just as everyone thought she was done she head butted him, and threw him into Ham. Bella who had just finished at the gas station sat silently next to Ryder on the stairs. Angel grabbed a battleaxe and faced Jake. The two started to circle, he raised the axe above her head, and started to bring it down. Anyone who wasn't paying attention before was now.
Jake could feel the air change. Something was above her head; her reached up and caught the handle of the axe. She ripped it out of the hands holding it and held it in front of her. She felt a sudden swoosh to her right, she jumped. While still in the air she kicked her leg out and kicked her attacker. She heard a groan and then a thump.
"That's it." Giles said.
Jake pulled the blindfold off and looked around. Spike is sitting on a bench with Giles and Anya. Gunn is sitting next to Buffy and Ham. Will and Scout are sitting next to Wes. Ryder and Bella are sitting on the stairs. Jake dropped the axe, embedded in the wall over Ham's head were the spoons. Jake walked over and looked at them. "These are spoons?" She asked.
"Yeah, well the forks and knives seemed like a bad idea." Anya told her.
Buffy walked over to Jake. "Are you okay?"
"Who did I fight?" Jake looked from Angel on the floor to Ham.
Wes coughed. Jake looked over at him; in his hand was a video camera. "Anyone want to watch a movie?" He asked quietly.
Angel who was still lying on the floor groaned.
"Maybe tomorrow, Wes." Jake said, "I just want to go home, whoever tackled me that last time really hurt my shoulder." Jake started up the steps, while everyone looked over at Scout. He smiled sheepishly.
"Alright, why don't you kids go home? You can all have off for tonight." Giles said.
"No patrol?" Buffy asked.
"No patrol." Giles said as he left Angel up.
Later the group arrived at the school; Ryder hobbled out of the van first.
Once everyone was out Ryder noticed Jake was rubbing her right shoulder.
"You want to borrow my crutches?" Ryder asked. "No, I'm okay." She started toward the girls' school.
"Where are you going?" Will asked.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you guys. I live over there now."
"That sucks." Ryder commented.
"Yeah, worst part is that I have to room with Lena."
"Lena as in Ham's date to the Caitlin?" Will asked.
"Yeah, she kissed me once, too."
"Eww!" Scout remarked.
"Yup."
"I'll walk you over." Ham offered.
"Okay, see you guys." She said.
"Later." Will said.
"Bye." Ryder said.
"I hope you sleep better than I will." Scout said.
Jake smiled as she and Ham walked off. "Did you fight me?"
"No, I couldn't. So Wes put me in charge of the camera."
"Oh, the spoons they didn't…"
"No, I ducked just in time." Ham put his arm around Jake's shoulders.
"Ouch."
"Sorry." He pulled his arm away.
"Here." She wrapped his arm around her waist. They arrived at the building five minutes later. Ham kissed her and turned to go. "Ham." He turned around to catch a stake she tossed at him. "Just in case." He kissed her again and then headed back. Jake got to her room to find Lena asleep. She pulled her shirt off to see a big bruise forming on her shoulder. "Man, I wonder who tackled me." She looked over at her clock, 10:30.
8days
The next morning Jake awoke at 7:00 completely refreshed. Her shoulder felt numb. She walked down the hall and took a half-hour long shower. She arrived at class 5 minutes early, but no one was there. She waited until 8:15, and then went to find Ham. The school seemed way too quiet, way too quiet. Jake didn't like this one bit; she started to freak out. She broke into running. Suddenly she slammed into something.
"Argh! God, Jake!"
"Ryder?"
She helped pull him up. "I…I'm sorry. What's going on, where is everybody?"
"You didn't hear?"
"Here what?"
"Dean Carter was attacked."
"What? When?"
"Last night while we were still at the house."
Jake leaned against a tree. "Vampires? But we killed Harmony's gang."
"That's what Will said. Come on, all classes have been cancelled so Doyle is going to pick us up."
Jake and Ryder hobbled toward the parking lot. They got there just as Doyle pulled up.
"They called an assembly, but my dad dismissed us and called Giles." Ham said as he hugged Jake.
At the house, Spike is on the phone with someone.
"Yeah, the school." He smiled when he saw Jake walk in. "No, Harmony is dust, I want to know about her gang."
Jake went into the dining room. Sitting at the table is Giles, Wes, and Finn. Jake sat down at the head of the table. "What happened?"
"Last night at about nine, Dean Carter was found by Doyle and Xander, who I asked to patrol for you." Giles said. "Xander, identified the vampire as a student from his graduation class at Sunnydale." Wes added. "Harmony's gang." Jake said, "but I thought we got them all at the party." "You did." Spike walked in. "Willy's very easy threaten over the phone." "Willy?" Jake asked. "The local snitch, I'll introduce you two if you ever come to Sunnydale." Spike explained. "Harmony did sire that student and brought him here.""But?" Jake asked.
"But he was here to kill Harmony. He claimed she insulted vampires everywhere, and deserved a very dusty ending."
Buffy walked in. "That's interesting, who's the vamp?"
Xander who came in behind Buffy placed a Sunnydale High yearbook in front of Jake opened to the seniors' page. "He was part of the Cordelia/ Harmony crowd for awhile. After the incident at the factory Cordy tried to hook up with her, but he was too cool for a 'Xander reject.' Harmony apparently adored the guy. He also had a problem with authority. If it weren't for the fact that Snyder needed him on the basketball team, he would have been expelled."
"So." Wesley started.
But Jake interrupted him.
"We'll split into groups and patrol around the schools. Buffy, Gunn, Doyle, and Xander you have the girls school. Spike, Ham, and Angel you're with me at the boys school." She gave Wesley a toothy grin.
"Whoa, girl's got attitude." Xander said. "Minus the whole psyco evil thing, she could pull a Faith on you."
Wesley looked at Xander in horror and then looked at Jake.
"What? What did I do?" Jake asked.
As they patrolled a thought crossed Gunn's mind. He called Angel's cell. After four rings he heard Angel's familiar mutterings about hating cell phones.
"Angel?"
"Gunn?"
"When did Finn leave the house?"
"Right after we did why?"
"Did he drive himself?"
"I think, so…are you saying…"
"Find Finn!" Gunn cut him off.
Angel flipped the phone closed. "Jake, where's Finn's office?"
Jake turned around and started running. About three feet from Finn's office, they found six vamps circling around him.