Ch. 1
It was raining when Kat arrived in Seattle. She sighed as she climbed off her bike and look around, [This looks like a good place to stay. If that Eyes Only guy was right Angel or the Iniative wont think of looking for me here being so close to another government agency.] It had been about twelve years since Angel, Buffy and their friends had rescued her from the Iniative and five since she ran away from them. While nowhere near as bad as the Iniative living with Angel was pretty bad. Sure they had treated her as part of the family and loved her but Angel and Wesley absolutely smothered her. They refused to let her ever leave the Hyperion; she was allowed to go into the courtyard but could never go pass the gate. The only times she had been passed it was when both of them where away on a case and Cordy or the others smuggled her out. According to Angel this was to hide her from the government but secretly if unfairly she thought he was afraid she'd lose control. Thanks to the vamp genes in her cocktail every now and then when she got angry she'd lose control of her of herself and could become dangerous. It was still a major fear of hers but she refused to let it keep her from living her life.
She walked up to the apartment she had rented taking her bike with her, "God, the place is a dump." She said looking around. [Well Lizzie's getting here tomorrow, maybe she could fix it up some.] Lizzie Guerrin was Kat's best and only friend. The guy Duncan she had hitched a ride with when leaving L.A. had been going to Texas so she went with him as far as New Mexico. Then for some reason unknown to her she headed to Roswell. There using some counterfeit registration papers Duncan had gotten for her while she was with him, she enrolled in the local high school. She already knew most of the stuff they taught her there but it was a way to kill time and blend in. One night while she was out patrolling a habit she attributed to her slayer DNA, she ran across a girl from school being attack by vampires, so she decided to help out. She was a year behind her with short blond hair, blue eyes, and was a fellow rebel at school. During the fight Kat saw her throw her opponents across the street without even touching them, also during it she felt the essence of a slayer and something else.
After the fight they both explained who and what they were. The girl turned out to be Elizabeth (Lizzie) Guerrin and was a half-alien hybrid. She didn't know about being a slyer so Kat explained about that along with explaining about herself, the Iniative, and Angel. After that the two became best friends and were nearly inseparable.
About a week ago both had decided to leave Roswell. Kat felt that she had stayed too long and needed to leave in order to keep Angel and the Iniative off her trail. Lizzie was getting tired of her dad lecturing her to be careful and about the importance of their secrete, he had freaked when he found out Kat knew, so she decided to go with Kat. After a couple of days of looking at maps and planning they decided on Seattle. Kat not wanting to risk exposing herself by registering for college, which she didn't really need to do as a result of her time in the Iniative anyway, was planning on looking for a full time job that didn't ask a lot of questions about you when you applied. While Lizzie was going to get a part time job and then go to school part time.
After taking a look at the apartment Kat went to a nearby market to get some food for dinner. When she got back she called up Lizzie and gave her the address and number of the place.
(Next day)
"Hey what's up roomie?" Lizzie yelled as she entered the apartment. "Man is this place a dump or what?" she said looking around. "My thoughts exactly but its best place I found in our price range." Kat replied coming out of the shower her hair dripping, " not hot water either. I figured you could use some of the alien voodoo and fix this place up. You think you could do something about the water too?" "No prob. So what color should this room be?" she asked looking around the main room. The apartment only really had four rooms; two bedrooms, a bathroom and a main room that had a little alcove separated from it by a breakfast bar as a kitchen.
In the end they decided on a faded red color for the main room, with the kitchen area a shade darker, and the bathroom they made light blue with turquoise trim. Lizzie room she decorated the colors of the sunset in the desert with sparkles on the walls and ceiling that looked like stars starting to appear. Kat's room they made a dark blue with a bronze border.
After fixing the rooms the y way the wanted them and the sinks and shower so they could get hot water they went furniture shopping. They didn't have much money so they had to go to a pawnshop and get used beat up furniture. They ended up getting two futons for the bedrooms along with dressers and nightstands. Then they got a couch, love seat and coffee table for the main room and a couple of lamps for each room. After all the furniture was delivered Lizzie went about fixing them with her powers to match the rooms and so while they didn't look new they weren't the same pieces of junk the girls had bought that morning. Lizzie parents had bought her a T.V. along with some kitchen ware so the two set it up in the main room along with a radio Kat had gotten earlier that Lizzie also fixed.
When they were finished arranging the apartment and buying some food the two sat talking at the breakfast bar. "So what do you wanna do now?" Lizzie asked. "I don't know. We could go patrolling and see what's there to do at night here." "I could change our I.D.s to say we're 21 so we can get into bars." Lizzie suggested. "Getting a little impatient can't wait two years," Kat laughed, ", wait a minute you can't drink anyway." "I know, but we could play pool and check out older guys," she replied. "Well if you put it that way, I'm definitely in." Kat laughed handing Lizzie her I.D.
(Same Day)
Liz handed Richie her helmet as she climbed off his bike, " Why the hell did we choose this dojo, when Mac let us pick which one we wanted to run and not one of the ones in Europe?" she asked looking around the neighborhood they were in. Richie shrugged, "Guess no matter what we can't break ties with our good old home land." Liz sighed as far as she had come over the years since becoming immortal and leaving her life in Roswell behind, she still couldn't bring herself to permanently leave America even after the pulse because the couldn't bear to be that far away from her former home. "Well let's get to work," she said.
A while later a young man walked in, "Jam Pony, I got a package for a Richard or Elizabeth Ryan," he said. "I'll take it, I'm Elizabeth." "Sign here please." As she was signing she noticed the man checking her out, Richie who apparently also noticed this came up putting his arm around her shoulder, " The stuff Mac sent get here, Honey?" he asked. "Ya some of it." Liz replied rolling her eyes at his bluntness and handing the clipboard back to the messenger. "Thanks" he said leaving.
"So what are we doing tonight?" she asked. "I don't know we could check out this bar I saw on the way in this morning, Crash." Riche replied. "Sounds like a plan. Now lets get back to work," she said causing Richie to groan.
(Jam Pony later that afternoon)
"You should have seen this girl, small petite form, long dark brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, full red." Alec was describing the girl he delivered a package to earlier that day to Krit and Sketchy, who listened attentively. "Talking about another conquest Alec, why are men such pigs?" Max quipped as she and Original Cindy walked up to their lockers. "Its in their genes boo, they can't help it." O.C. commented. "Hey you can't blame a guy for noticing a fine specimen of the opposite sex." Alec defended himself. Max's reply was cuff of by Normal, "Hey you lay-abouts this is a place of business not a social club, we've got hot runs here, bip, bip, bip." Everyone roll their eyes as they picked up some packages, and left. "So you going to Crash tonight?" Krit asked as he and Alec rode their bikes away from the building. "Yep I'm running a little low on cash so I figure I gotta hustle you and some other guys out of their dough," he smirked as they went their different ways.
It was raining when Kat arrived in Seattle. She sighed as she climbed off her bike and look around, [This looks like a good place to stay. If that Eyes Only guy was right Angel or the Iniative wont think of looking for me here being so close to another government agency.] It had been about twelve years since Angel, Buffy and their friends had rescued her from the Iniative and five since she ran away from them. While nowhere near as bad as the Iniative living with Angel was pretty bad. Sure they had treated her as part of the family and loved her but Angel and Wesley absolutely smothered her. They refused to let her ever leave the Hyperion; she was allowed to go into the courtyard but could never go pass the gate. The only times she had been passed it was when both of them where away on a case and Cordy or the others smuggled her out. According to Angel this was to hide her from the government but secretly if unfairly she thought he was afraid she'd lose control. Thanks to the vamp genes in her cocktail every now and then when she got angry she'd lose control of her of herself and could become dangerous. It was still a major fear of hers but she refused to let it keep her from living her life.
She walked up to the apartment she had rented taking her bike with her, "God, the place is a dump." She said looking around. [Well Lizzie's getting here tomorrow, maybe she could fix it up some.] Lizzie Guerrin was Kat's best and only friend. The guy Duncan she had hitched a ride with when leaving L.A. had been going to Texas so she went with him as far as New Mexico. Then for some reason unknown to her she headed to Roswell. There using some counterfeit registration papers Duncan had gotten for her while she was with him, she enrolled in the local high school. She already knew most of the stuff they taught her there but it was a way to kill time and blend in. One night while she was out patrolling a habit she attributed to her slayer DNA, she ran across a girl from school being attack by vampires, so she decided to help out. She was a year behind her with short blond hair, blue eyes, and was a fellow rebel at school. During the fight Kat saw her throw her opponents across the street without even touching them, also during it she felt the essence of a slayer and something else.
After the fight they both explained who and what they were. The girl turned out to be Elizabeth (Lizzie) Guerrin and was a half-alien hybrid. She didn't know about being a slyer so Kat explained about that along with explaining about herself, the Iniative, and Angel. After that the two became best friends and were nearly inseparable.
About a week ago both had decided to leave Roswell. Kat felt that she had stayed too long and needed to leave in order to keep Angel and the Iniative off her trail. Lizzie was getting tired of her dad lecturing her to be careful and about the importance of their secrete, he had freaked when he found out Kat knew, so she decided to go with Kat. After a couple of days of looking at maps and planning they decided on Seattle. Kat not wanting to risk exposing herself by registering for college, which she didn't really need to do as a result of her time in the Iniative anyway, was planning on looking for a full time job that didn't ask a lot of questions about you when you applied. While Lizzie was going to get a part time job and then go to school part time.
After taking a look at the apartment Kat went to a nearby market to get some food for dinner. When she got back she called up Lizzie and gave her the address and number of the place.
(Next day)
"Hey what's up roomie?" Lizzie yelled as she entered the apartment. "Man is this place a dump or what?" she said looking around. "My thoughts exactly but its best place I found in our price range." Kat replied coming out of the shower her hair dripping, " not hot water either. I figured you could use some of the alien voodoo and fix this place up. You think you could do something about the water too?" "No prob. So what color should this room be?" she asked looking around the main room. The apartment only really had four rooms; two bedrooms, a bathroom and a main room that had a little alcove separated from it by a breakfast bar as a kitchen.
In the end they decided on a faded red color for the main room, with the kitchen area a shade darker, and the bathroom they made light blue with turquoise trim. Lizzie room she decorated the colors of the sunset in the desert with sparkles on the walls and ceiling that looked like stars starting to appear. Kat's room they made a dark blue with a bronze border.
After fixing the rooms the y way the wanted them and the sinks and shower so they could get hot water they went furniture shopping. They didn't have much money so they had to go to a pawnshop and get used beat up furniture. They ended up getting two futons for the bedrooms along with dressers and nightstands. Then they got a couch, love seat and coffee table for the main room and a couple of lamps for each room. After all the furniture was delivered Lizzie went about fixing them with her powers to match the rooms and so while they didn't look new they weren't the same pieces of junk the girls had bought that morning. Lizzie parents had bought her a T.V. along with some kitchen ware so the two set it up in the main room along with a radio Kat had gotten earlier that Lizzie also fixed.
When they were finished arranging the apartment and buying some food the two sat talking at the breakfast bar. "So what do you wanna do now?" Lizzie asked. "I don't know. We could go patrolling and see what's there to do at night here." "I could change our I.D.s to say we're 21 so we can get into bars." Lizzie suggested. "Getting a little impatient can't wait two years," Kat laughed, ", wait a minute you can't drink anyway." "I know, but we could play pool and check out older guys," she replied. "Well if you put it that way, I'm definitely in." Kat laughed handing Lizzie her I.D.
(Same Day)
Liz handed Richie her helmet as she climbed off his bike, " Why the hell did we choose this dojo, when Mac let us pick which one we wanted to run and not one of the ones in Europe?" she asked looking around the neighborhood they were in. Richie shrugged, "Guess no matter what we can't break ties with our good old home land." Liz sighed as far as she had come over the years since becoming immortal and leaving her life in Roswell behind, she still couldn't bring herself to permanently leave America even after the pulse because the couldn't bear to be that far away from her former home. "Well let's get to work," she said.
A while later a young man walked in, "Jam Pony, I got a package for a Richard or Elizabeth Ryan," he said. "I'll take it, I'm Elizabeth." "Sign here please." As she was signing she noticed the man checking her out, Richie who apparently also noticed this came up putting his arm around her shoulder, " The stuff Mac sent get here, Honey?" he asked. "Ya some of it." Liz replied rolling her eyes at his bluntness and handing the clipboard back to the messenger. "Thanks" he said leaving.
"So what are we doing tonight?" she asked. "I don't know we could check out this bar I saw on the way in this morning, Crash." Riche replied. "Sounds like a plan. Now lets get back to work," she said causing Richie to groan.
(Jam Pony later that afternoon)
"You should have seen this girl, small petite form, long dark brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, full red." Alec was describing the girl he delivered a package to earlier that day to Krit and Sketchy, who listened attentively. "Talking about another conquest Alec, why are men such pigs?" Max quipped as she and Original Cindy walked up to their lockers. "Its in their genes boo, they can't help it." O.C. commented. "Hey you can't blame a guy for noticing a fine specimen of the opposite sex." Alec defended himself. Max's reply was cuff of by Normal, "Hey you lay-abouts this is a place of business not a social club, we've got hot runs here, bip, bip, bip." Everyone roll their eyes as they picked up some packages, and left. "So you going to Crash tonight?" Krit asked as he and Alec rode their bikes away from the building. "Yep I'm running a little low on cash so I figure I gotta hustle you and some other guys out of their dough," he smirked as they went their different ways.