Disclaimer: None of it's mine. You know the rest.
Buffy and Faith are in a large room filled with fighting equipment. Dummies, knives, swords, sparring equipment, it's all there.
''So, how many recruits this week, B?,'' Faith said as she nonchalantly did a couple back handsprings along a mat.
''Four, so far, but there's another possible one in Texas somewhere,'' Buffy replied.
''Ages?''
''Thirteen, sixteen, fourteen, five''
''Five? Is that the youngest so far?''
''Nope, Alexa is four and so is Dani . Oh, and Maggie is 2.
''How could I forget. The little monster bit me the other day. Apparently, her jaws got the super-slayer juice.
''She's teething.''
''Yeah, on my flesh.''
A couple of eight year old girls walk in.
''Hi, Miss Buffy! Good morning, Miss Faith!'' said a freckled little red-headed girl.
Both girls cringed a little at the titles they'd just been given. While the older students would call everyone by their first names (except Giles), most of the younger ones still had to put ''Miss'' or ''Mister'' before everyone but Xander's names. No one could bring themselves to call him anything but Xander or Xan Xan the Turtle Man from Alexa and Dani, the 4 year olds. Somehow he couldn't manage get any authority from anyone. Eh, no big loss there.
Buffy stretched her arms a little. ''Now, girls. Who can tell me the best way to kill a Gretklur?"
Back with the road-tripping Scoobies.
"Will? Willow, are you asleep? WILLOW!" Xander hollered.
"What?! Xander! Did something happen? Is everyone okay?" Willow spat out in a panic.
"We're home."
Flem was already the leading the older girls in and giving the grand tour and such. Willow carried in a sleeping Allison, while half-sleeping herself.
"Hey, guys, " Buffy said. "Looks like five girls. Miss Texas came through?"
"Yep, she's quite the little witch, too," Willow replied.
"Yeah? Great. There's a demon around that will need some witching to get rid of and the more help the better,"
"Not to sound concieted, but I turned hundreds of girls all over the world into super-fighting demon-hunters. I think I can handle one little demon,"
"Good thing you're not concieted, or that would have sounded like bragging," Buffy said playfully.
Willow blushed a little bit.
"I was kind of surprised to hear you were up to a slayer-retrievage trip so soon after what happened to Kennedy," said Buffy.
"Yeah, I was surprised at myself too. I mean it's not everyday the earth simply opens up and swallows your lover," she replied.
"But, then again the same thing did happen to Riley and his new wife in the Amazon," Xander added.
"He's right. By the way, has anyone found any explanation to why that might be happening?" Buffy asked.
"No, but we haven't really been looking into, though. Why is that, Giles?" Willow said.
"Uh...." Giles wipes his glasses. "The.. um... it seems...uh...A more pressing matter was discovered," Giles stuttered out.
The only logical reply to this was, "Oh. Ok!"
"The five-year old, any problem with the parents?" Buffy asked
"Nope, car crash when she was a baby. Took them both," Xander said.
"Oh, that's so sad," Buffy said.
"I know. The girl's great, though. She's a little spitfire, not in the literal sense, though, 'cause then, you know she could be able to burn things and,"
"Will."
"Oh, sorry."
"So when do all of us get to meet the new girls?" said Buffy.
"Right now."
As if on cue, which Buffy was certain they were, five girls stepped out and in front of everybody.
Each person was introduced, Anna, who was 13, Wendi, who was 14 and rather talkative, Theresa , who nearly killed Wendi, was 16, and Livia, the witch from Texas, was 15. After them Allison stepped up. If she was even a tiny bit tired from the nap she had just been taking, the girl didn't show it. She bounced up and announced, "Hi! I'm Allison and I'm five! I like...."
Then, the girl dropped to the floor. She twitched and writhed around in place, then it stopped.
She still lay on her back when she whimpered, "Oh no, they're going to kill him."
"Who, Sweetie?" asked Buffy who now hovered above the little girl.
"Your heart."
Buffy and Faith are in a large room filled with fighting equipment. Dummies, knives, swords, sparring equipment, it's all there.
''So, how many recruits this week, B?,'' Faith said as she nonchalantly did a couple back handsprings along a mat.
''Four, so far, but there's another possible one in Texas somewhere,'' Buffy replied.
''Ages?''
''Thirteen, sixteen, fourteen, five''
''Five? Is that the youngest so far?''
''Nope, Alexa is four and so is Dani . Oh, and Maggie is 2.
''How could I forget. The little monster bit me the other day. Apparently, her jaws got the super-slayer juice.
''She's teething.''
''Yeah, on my flesh.''
A couple of eight year old girls walk in.
''Hi, Miss Buffy! Good morning, Miss Faith!'' said a freckled little red-headed girl.
Both girls cringed a little at the titles they'd just been given. While the older students would call everyone by their first names (except Giles), most of the younger ones still had to put ''Miss'' or ''Mister'' before everyone but Xander's names. No one could bring themselves to call him anything but Xander or Xan Xan the Turtle Man from Alexa and Dani, the 4 year olds. Somehow he couldn't manage get any authority from anyone. Eh, no big loss there.
Buffy stretched her arms a little. ''Now, girls. Who can tell me the best way to kill a Gretklur?"
Back with the road-tripping Scoobies.
"Will? Willow, are you asleep? WILLOW!" Xander hollered.
"What?! Xander! Did something happen? Is everyone okay?" Willow spat out in a panic.
"We're home."
Flem was already the leading the older girls in and giving the grand tour and such. Willow carried in a sleeping Allison, while half-sleeping herself.
"Hey, guys, " Buffy said. "Looks like five girls. Miss Texas came through?"
"Yep, she's quite the little witch, too," Willow replied.
"Yeah? Great. There's a demon around that will need some witching to get rid of and the more help the better,"
"Not to sound concieted, but I turned hundreds of girls all over the world into super-fighting demon-hunters. I think I can handle one little demon,"
"Good thing you're not concieted, or that would have sounded like bragging," Buffy said playfully.
Willow blushed a little bit.
"I was kind of surprised to hear you were up to a slayer-retrievage trip so soon after what happened to Kennedy," said Buffy.
"Yeah, I was surprised at myself too. I mean it's not everyday the earth simply opens up and swallows your lover," she replied.
"But, then again the same thing did happen to Riley and his new wife in the Amazon," Xander added.
"He's right. By the way, has anyone found any explanation to why that might be happening?" Buffy asked.
"No, but we haven't really been looking into, though. Why is that, Giles?" Willow said.
"Uh...." Giles wipes his glasses. "The.. um... it seems...uh...A more pressing matter was discovered," Giles stuttered out.
The only logical reply to this was, "Oh. Ok!"
"The five-year old, any problem with the parents?" Buffy asked
"Nope, car crash when she was a baby. Took them both," Xander said.
"Oh, that's so sad," Buffy said.
"I know. The girl's great, though. She's a little spitfire, not in the literal sense, though, 'cause then, you know she could be able to burn things and,"
"Will."
"Oh, sorry."
"So when do all of us get to meet the new girls?" said Buffy.
"Right now."
As if on cue, which Buffy was certain they were, five girls stepped out and in front of everybody.
Each person was introduced, Anna, who was 13, Wendi, who was 14 and rather talkative, Theresa , who nearly killed Wendi, was 16, and Livia, the witch from Texas, was 15. After them Allison stepped up. If she was even a tiny bit tired from the nap she had just been taking, the girl didn't show it. She bounced up and announced, "Hi! I'm Allison and I'm five! I like...."
Then, the girl dropped to the floor. She twitched and writhed around in place, then it stopped.
She still lay on her back when she whimpered, "Oh no, they're going to kill him."
"Who, Sweetie?" asked Buffy who now hovered above the little girl.
"Your heart."
