Chapter Two:
"Hey Jess," Bruce Patman said as he greeted Jessica with a kiss on the cheek, " I was wondering when you were gonna get here."
" Hi Bruce," Jessica said, "where's Amy at?" Amy was Bruce's girlfriend.
"She couldn't come tonight" Bruce said.
"Aww, that's too bad Jessica said as she and Sam moved out of the crowd. Bruce was nice enough, but tonight was for her and Sam.
"Wanna dance?" Sam asked Jessica.
"I was waiting for you to ask," she replied coolly.
Just as they had started to dance, Sam's buddy Zack ran up to them.
"Hey Sam," Zack shouted, "Can ya come over here for a sec? We need to talk to you about Saturday." Saturday was the day of Sam's next motocross race.
"Uhh. yeah," Sam said as he looked at Jessica for approval. "I'll only be a sec, I swear." He whispered to Jessica as he gave her a kiss. "Hang tight Jess."
"Okay, but hurry back." Jessica was disappointed. She was hoping for this night to be all about Sam and her. They hadn't gotten to spend as much time with each other lately as Jessica would have liked. He was busy with motocross and she was busy with cheerleading- not to mention the fact that they went to different schools.
Jessica was lost in thought when someone put their hand tightly over her mouth and drug her away from the party. She was trying to scream, but the hand over her mouth muffled the sound. No one would have heard her anyway though, the music from the party was so loud that it would've been almost impossible.
As soon as Jessica and her kidnapper got to a secluded cave she was released. She tried to run at first but kept getting pulled back.
"Jessica, please don't struggle," said a familiar and sensible sounding English voice. Upon hearing the voice Jessica whirled around.
"Mister Giles?" She questioned. Thoughts were racing through her mind. Why had she been taken here? Why was it Mister Giles, the school librarian, that had taken her?
"Yes Jessica. I know you're probably wondering what's going on, and I apologize for taking you here in the manner that I did, but it's all in good reason." He explained.
"Well then you better start explaining!" Jessica fumed.
"Okay, well this is going to be very hard for you to understand and comprehend, I mean, it is beyond me why you were chosen. But I cannot meddle in what is meant to be, she here goes it. Jessica, have you ever heard of something called a Slayer?"
"Um, I'm not sure if you know this, but history and books are totally not my thing. Sorry to bust your bubble, but no."
"Oh, then this makes it harder for you-and for me. Well Jessica, in ancient scrolls there was a woman, known as a slayer."
"And this matters to me why?" Jessica interrupted.
"I'm getting to that," Giles answered angrily. "This woman, that slayer, she was, well she was special. She had strength and agility beyond that of normal humans. She also had duties. She had to protect the world from certain dangers."
"Hold up, what do you mean dangers?"
"Well, there are vampires and demons and many other creatures as such." Giles answered as, to his surprise, Jessica listened attentively. "Well, a slayer was 'born' into every generation. When one died, another was called upon to replace her."
"What do you mean, 'called upon'?" Jessica interrupted again.
"Well, these women that become slayers aren't born with their abilities unharnessed. They stay sort of bottled up inside of her until a slayer dies and a man-or woman- called a watcher is sent to tell her about these abilities and such."
"Well Mister Giles, this has been a very interesting Fairy Tale, but I must be going now. I have to get back to the party."
"And here's the hard part." Giles muttered under his breath. "Jessica, this isn't a Fairy Tale. These slayers and the demons she fights are real. And, well, you are now the slayer Jessica."
Jessica paused for a moment, almost seeming as if she didn't know what to say. But this is Jessica we're talking about, so of course she knew what to say.
"HA! You know what, you're a funny man Giles, if I may call you Giles. Who put you up to this? Was it Liz? Nah, I bet it was Lila wasn't it? Well, the joke's on me guys, now come on out!" Jessica said as she looked around, expecting to see her friends at any moment.
"Your friends are not here. I knew you would have a hard time believing this. come with me." Giles said as he started walking. Then he noticed Jessica wasn't following. "Well, come on." He said.
"No way, why should I come with you?"
"Please, cooperate with me on this!" Giles said, sounding rather frustrated. Reluctantly Jessica followed.
They walked for a while until they got to Giles' car.
"Where are we going?" Jessica asked with curiosity, no fear in her voice.
"You will see when we get there." Giles said as they both got into the car.
They soon arrived at a graveyard.
"Oh come on!" Jessica said sounding aggravated. "I have put up with a lot so far, but this, this is just creepy!"
"Shh, please just bare with me for a few more moments."
They walked into the graveyard, until they got to an open grave.
"Perfect." Giles said.
"Perfect?" Jessica questioned. "How can this be perfect? We're in a freaking graveyard standing by an open freaking grave! I can't take much more of this! You know, I used to think you seemed like a pretty normal guy. You seemed all business like, very professional, but this! This has crushed my image of you."
Just are Jessica was finishing her sentence a vampire jumped out of nowhere and pounced onto Jessica. She called for help from Giles, but he just stood there, looking hopeful.
When Jessica realized that Giles was going to be of no help, she pushed the vamp off her with surprising ease. They fought in hand to hand combat for a while, before Giles threw Jessica a stake and she finished off the vamp.
"What the hell was all that about?" Jessica asked Giles as he sat there and beamed.
"That Jessica, was proof of everything that I have revealed to you tonight."
"Wow." Jessica said out loud. "So, so you're saying that I. that I am this 'chosen slayer'?"
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying."
" But, but how did I get so strong all of the sudden? And where did I learn to fight like that? How did I know."
Now it was Giles' turn to interrupt.
"The strength and your fighting ability and your knowledge of what to do with the stake is all part of your slayer skills."
"Wow, I can get used to this slayer stuff."
"Well now Jessica, it's gonna take some commitment. And you can't just go blabbing about this to all of your friends. This is a very large secret and burden that you have no choice but to be ready to take on. Do you understand?"
"Uh. yeah. Giles can you take me home now?"
"Of course." He replied.
Jessica suddenly felt very overwhelmed. She now had responsibilities, she was responsible and she had no choice in it.
Wow, she thought to herself, I'm the slayer! I'm important! I'm terrified!
"Hey Jess," Bruce Patman said as he greeted Jessica with a kiss on the cheek, " I was wondering when you were gonna get here."
" Hi Bruce," Jessica said, "where's Amy at?" Amy was Bruce's girlfriend.
"She couldn't come tonight" Bruce said.
"Aww, that's too bad Jessica said as she and Sam moved out of the crowd. Bruce was nice enough, but tonight was for her and Sam.
"Wanna dance?" Sam asked Jessica.
"I was waiting for you to ask," she replied coolly.
Just as they had started to dance, Sam's buddy Zack ran up to them.
"Hey Sam," Zack shouted, "Can ya come over here for a sec? We need to talk to you about Saturday." Saturday was the day of Sam's next motocross race.
"Uhh. yeah," Sam said as he looked at Jessica for approval. "I'll only be a sec, I swear." He whispered to Jessica as he gave her a kiss. "Hang tight Jess."
"Okay, but hurry back." Jessica was disappointed. She was hoping for this night to be all about Sam and her. They hadn't gotten to spend as much time with each other lately as Jessica would have liked. He was busy with motocross and she was busy with cheerleading- not to mention the fact that they went to different schools.
Jessica was lost in thought when someone put their hand tightly over her mouth and drug her away from the party. She was trying to scream, but the hand over her mouth muffled the sound. No one would have heard her anyway though, the music from the party was so loud that it would've been almost impossible.
As soon as Jessica and her kidnapper got to a secluded cave she was released. She tried to run at first but kept getting pulled back.
"Jessica, please don't struggle," said a familiar and sensible sounding English voice. Upon hearing the voice Jessica whirled around.
"Mister Giles?" She questioned. Thoughts were racing through her mind. Why had she been taken here? Why was it Mister Giles, the school librarian, that had taken her?
"Yes Jessica. I know you're probably wondering what's going on, and I apologize for taking you here in the manner that I did, but it's all in good reason." He explained.
"Well then you better start explaining!" Jessica fumed.
"Okay, well this is going to be very hard for you to understand and comprehend, I mean, it is beyond me why you were chosen. But I cannot meddle in what is meant to be, she here goes it. Jessica, have you ever heard of something called a Slayer?"
"Um, I'm not sure if you know this, but history and books are totally not my thing. Sorry to bust your bubble, but no."
"Oh, then this makes it harder for you-and for me. Well Jessica, in ancient scrolls there was a woman, known as a slayer."
"And this matters to me why?" Jessica interrupted.
"I'm getting to that," Giles answered angrily. "This woman, that slayer, she was, well she was special. She had strength and agility beyond that of normal humans. She also had duties. She had to protect the world from certain dangers."
"Hold up, what do you mean dangers?"
"Well, there are vampires and demons and many other creatures as such." Giles answered as, to his surprise, Jessica listened attentively. "Well, a slayer was 'born' into every generation. When one died, another was called upon to replace her."
"What do you mean, 'called upon'?" Jessica interrupted again.
"Well, these women that become slayers aren't born with their abilities unharnessed. They stay sort of bottled up inside of her until a slayer dies and a man-or woman- called a watcher is sent to tell her about these abilities and such."
"Well Mister Giles, this has been a very interesting Fairy Tale, but I must be going now. I have to get back to the party."
"And here's the hard part." Giles muttered under his breath. "Jessica, this isn't a Fairy Tale. These slayers and the demons she fights are real. And, well, you are now the slayer Jessica."
Jessica paused for a moment, almost seeming as if she didn't know what to say. But this is Jessica we're talking about, so of course she knew what to say.
"HA! You know what, you're a funny man Giles, if I may call you Giles. Who put you up to this? Was it Liz? Nah, I bet it was Lila wasn't it? Well, the joke's on me guys, now come on out!" Jessica said as she looked around, expecting to see her friends at any moment.
"Your friends are not here. I knew you would have a hard time believing this. come with me." Giles said as he started walking. Then he noticed Jessica wasn't following. "Well, come on." He said.
"No way, why should I come with you?"
"Please, cooperate with me on this!" Giles said, sounding rather frustrated. Reluctantly Jessica followed.
They walked for a while until they got to Giles' car.
"Where are we going?" Jessica asked with curiosity, no fear in her voice.
"You will see when we get there." Giles said as they both got into the car.
They soon arrived at a graveyard.
"Oh come on!" Jessica said sounding aggravated. "I have put up with a lot so far, but this, this is just creepy!"
"Shh, please just bare with me for a few more moments."
They walked into the graveyard, until they got to an open grave.
"Perfect." Giles said.
"Perfect?" Jessica questioned. "How can this be perfect? We're in a freaking graveyard standing by an open freaking grave! I can't take much more of this! You know, I used to think you seemed like a pretty normal guy. You seemed all business like, very professional, but this! This has crushed my image of you."
Just are Jessica was finishing her sentence a vampire jumped out of nowhere and pounced onto Jessica. She called for help from Giles, but he just stood there, looking hopeful.
When Jessica realized that Giles was going to be of no help, she pushed the vamp off her with surprising ease. They fought in hand to hand combat for a while, before Giles threw Jessica a stake and she finished off the vamp.
"What the hell was all that about?" Jessica asked Giles as he sat there and beamed.
"That Jessica, was proof of everything that I have revealed to you tonight."
"Wow." Jessica said out loud. "So, so you're saying that I. that I am this 'chosen slayer'?"
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying."
" But, but how did I get so strong all of the sudden? And where did I learn to fight like that? How did I know."
Now it was Giles' turn to interrupt.
"The strength and your fighting ability and your knowledge of what to do with the stake is all part of your slayer skills."
"Wow, I can get used to this slayer stuff."
"Well now Jessica, it's gonna take some commitment. And you can't just go blabbing about this to all of your friends. This is a very large secret and burden that you have no choice but to be ready to take on. Do you understand?"
"Uh. yeah. Giles can you take me home now?"
"Of course." He replied.
Jessica suddenly felt very overwhelmed. She now had responsibilities, she was responsible and she had no choice in it.
Wow, she thought to herself, I'm the slayer! I'm important! I'm terrified!