AN: Not much to say about this chapter except enjoy.
Chapter 16 Bad things
This was really bad. In fact this was phenomenally bad. In fact this was this was this was Tok'ra bad.
"Jacob." Jack nearly tripped over his own feet rushing to get out of the car. "What brings you back to our corner of the universe?" He grinned nervously.
Jacob turned and faced Jack and Sam momentarily. His eyes lingering on Sam as her grin made him glad he had taken the chance and come out to California.
"I had a bit of free time, so I thought I'd drop by for a visit." He gave Sam a measuring look. "See my only daughter. Only when I get there I find out that she's taken a vacation." Jacob crossed his arms and shrugged slightly "To my knowledge you've never willingly taken a vacation Sam. Why now?"
"Well" Sam started only to be interrupted by Jacob again.
"Anyway, so I'm chatting to George and he mentions that you've gone to California with a friend, right about the time that Jack here thinks it'd be a good idea to show Jonas and Teal'c around a bit, specifically California. And you know something, coincidentally the base CMO has to take urgent leave at the exact same time"
"And coincidentally," Janet called out from where she was tending to Faith, "said CMO has a bleeding patient who she would like to get into the house for treatment."
It seemed that everyone sprang into action at the same time Buffy and Jacob immediately stopped their glaring competition. Jack and Sam breathed a sigh of relief and Teal'c walked over and picked Faith up off the ground cradling her like a baby.
"Hey," the injured Slayer slurred. "I'm good. It's a scratch I say." Her head lolled slightly "I can walk."
"I do not believe that it would be wise," Teal'c intoned as he climbed the steps and into the house. "You have lost large amounts of blood. Any movement may worsen your condition."
Janet grabbed Buffy by the arm halting the girl as she walked into the house behind Teal'c.
"We need to find somewhere that we can clean easily, this could get messy."
The blonde looked around the her trying to think of where in the house they could use. "Umm" Her lip curled slightly in apprehension. "Upstairs bathroom, you could put her in the bathtub."
"Right Good." Janet grimaced at the thought of treating someone in a bath tub but pushed Teal'c towards the stairs slightly. "Mac and Buffy you're with me. Everyone else" Janet shrugged a little, "entertain yourselves."
"Ah, Janet?" Buffy trailed up the stairs after the Doctor. "Why me? I don't do too well with the blood and pain and screaming"
As her voice trailed off Sam and Jack looked at each other and sniggered. That is until they saw Jacob standing there glaring at them. Jack cringed, fleeting thoughts of making a run for it went through his head, but he knew that no matter how fast he ran both of the Carters would catch up to him and make his life a living hell.
While Jacob would return to the Tok'ra eventually Sam wouldn't. She was his 2IC and a woman, and whatever she came up with would be worse than the worst torture he had ever endured.
She was a scientist after all.
Damn that woman could be evil.
It was better to stay and live through whatever was given to him now.
"I'm probably the worse person to give someone medical attention." Buffy was still trying to get out of assisting.
"Yes but," Janet turned around to face her, "you're the only one strong enough to hold her down."
"Oh," Buffy was taken aback.
"Now strip and get in the tub."
"Huh?" Buffy's eye's widened.
Janet refrained from rolling her eyes at the girl.
"I need you to hold her arms and legs down, but it's going to get really bloody hence the stripping."
"Okay." It came out as more of a squeak than anything else. Turning around Buffy started to walk out of the room while pulling her top off. Leaving a trail of clothes she headed towards her bedroom. When Buffy returned to the bathroom she was wearing an old singlet top and a pair of shorts.
Without complaint she climbed into the bathtub and awaited direction from Janet. When Teal'c gently lay Faith down so that her back was resting against Buffy's chest the blond wrapped her arms and legs around the younger woman, locking her ankles and wrists around Faith.
"I didn't think you felt that way about me B" Faith drawled, as she lay almost limply in Buffy arms, not resisting at all.
"Despite the past Faith," Buffy had to hold back the nervous chuckle. "I do kinda like you alive."
Meanwhile, Janet had shoed Teal'c out of the room and was getting Mac to wrap both ends of the bolt with gauze as she looked through the supplies she had grabbed on her way up the stairs.
Leaning over she checked the wrapping that was covering the bolt and looked at the other two silently asking if they were ready.
Buffy held on a little tighter while Mac grabbed the bolt where it entered and exited Faith in an attempt to hold it steady. As Janet went to snap the tip off Mac interrupted.
"Wait!" Letting go she stepped into the tub facing Faith and Buffy, and kneeled, placing a leg on either side of the two girls she reached around again and grasped the bolt.
"Ready this time?" Janet asked.
Buffy and Mac both nodded, but Faith felt the need to comment.
"Ooh kinky, I thought the military frowned on this type of thing."
Mac simply rolled her eyes as Buffy giggled and mumbled, "gutter brain."
Janet reached in and grabbed the tip of the bolt firmly, as cleanly and quickly as possible she snapped off the tip. She could see that it had hurt Faith but she didn't make a sound, just bit her lip and breathed a little deeper.
Looking up her eyes met with Mac's, letting go of where the tip used to be Mac put her free hand on Faiths shoulder, while Janet pressed against the gauze holding it in place. When she saw that Janet was ready in one fell swoop Mac yanked the bolt out
"Great Mother Fucker woman! A little warning!?"
Jack and Sam raised their eyes to the ceiling at the scream that had just permeated throughout the house.
"Colourful girl," Jack commented.
Sam smirked at him and looked back at Jacob who was standing, looking out the window, trying to process what he had just been told.
Vampires?'
Yes Jacob that's what they said.'
I mean I can accept that but that tiny little blonde and the bleeding brunette are the ones who fight them? That's what I'm having trouble with.'
Your daughter explores the galaxy strapped to a P90, and you have trouble believing that it's a girl that fights these things?'
'
I worry about you sometimes Jacob.'
I worry about us all the time Selmak.'
"So, you're a Vampire?" Jonas and Spike stood side by side in the kitchen chopping vegetables for the spaghetti sauce.
"Your point?" These people did not impress Spike at all, what with their fancy guns and military experience' but Buffy trusted them so that had to count for something.
"Is it fun?"
The knife stilled in Spikes hand, he didn't have the chip any more and wondered if anyone would be to upset if he slit the boy's throat.
"Well" he drawled instead. Killing their allies would not impress Buffy. "The first hundred or so years were just fine and dandy, you know with the killin', an all that. Real simple life it was. Killed me a couple of Slayers, the wars were the most fun, no one noticed if we killed people" he trailed off momentarily caught up in the memories.
Looking up at the young Kelownan, he grinned sadly. "A bit's changed over the last few years. Don't go for the killing of humans so much anymore got m'self a chip an then a soul"
They dropped into silence
"How much do they know?" Jacob interrupted the comfortable silence that had descended over the living room since Faith's scream.
"How much does who know, Dad?" Sam looked at him questioningly leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees.
"The people here, the blonde girl Buffy she knew about Selmak." Jacob sat down opposite Sam and grimaced slightly. "When I introduced myself"
"Before or after she tried to choke you?" Jack interrupted with a Cheshire grin gracing his face.
"Before," Jacob wrinkled his brow in thought, "but after I'd helped them when they were being attacked."
Hyperion Hotel
Los Angeles, California
"He doesn't like me very much does he?" Kennedy looked at Willow as the red headed Wicca came out of the shower.
Willow crinkled her forehead in confusion. "Who doesn't like you, sweetie?"
"Angel." She sat back against the headboard arms crossed over her chest. "He brushed me off earlier when I tried to help with the demon they were after. They wouldn't even listen to the ideas I had."
Willow's head came up from where it was bent over so she could dry her hair. "Angel has his own way of doing things. He doesn't like change and can be a bit moody." She dropped the towel and walked over to the bed, sitting down next to the young potential.
"He doesn't like being out of the action. If he thought Buffy'd welcome him, he'd be down in Sunnydale before you could say free blood', but" she trailed off unsure of what to say next. "Buffy asked him to stay here, I don't know why but he'll respect her wishes."
Sighing, Willow wrapped an arm around her girlfriend. "Probably be the first time too," she added under her breath.
"I just" Kennedy squirmed out of her embrace, "don't know what's so great about her. It's like you all think the sun shines out her ass. It doesn't. I don't understand why you stuck with her for so long" She got off the bed and started pacing back and forth across the room.
"She saved my life," Willow stated evenly trying not to get upset at the girl's callousness. "If it weren't for her I would've been vamped, and the world would have been sucked into hell years ago."
She took a deep breath "I've listened to you constantly bitch about what a bitch she is for the last couple of days and" Willow got off the bed as well and headed for the door "and I can't anymore. Yeah some bad stuff happened but where would you be right this second if Buffy weren't the slayer and fighting and dying for each and every one of us. She could have walked away countless times. Left us to do it, or not do it on our own. So I'm going to go and be somewhere that's else for now. None of us are perfect."
Hand on the doorknob she turned it but didn't open it. "If anyone's to blame, it's me and Xander. I was scared, she went into the caves that night cause I finally got a look at the big picture of the good fight and it scared me more than anything else could've. Xander wouldn't let her go. He saved her and brought her out. Don't blame her blame us." She met her girlfriends eyes as she opened the door.
"Think about that."
Kennedy could only watch as the door closed behind Willow, there was nothing she could do or say to that.
Nothing at all.
End AN: Yay Willow redemption. Surprisingly Willow's speech wasn't that hard to write. There will be a moment for Xander and Giles as well (Anya got hers back in chapter 7 and as for Dawn well I have some stuff planned for Dawn so you'll just have to wait and see). Btw I know that Buffy did do and say some pretty shitty stuff and has her own issues to deal with. Unfortunately if I do go the direction I'm considering going then not all of them will be dealt with. Depends
