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Part eleven
By 10 am the next morning the scoobies were in full force at the magic shop, Xander had driven Spike around to the alley behind the shop where he could leave the car without being burnt to a crisp. They lounged around the tables pouring over what Buffy was sure were some of the mouldiest books Giles owned. Willow and Tara were searching the internet on Willow's laptop, Xander and Spike sat leaning against each other on the couch.. Buffy slammed the book she was looking at down on the table.
"Arrrggghhhh why must all of our crisis's come down research, I am so not a research girl."
Giles sighed, pointedly looking at his Slayer over the rim of his glasses while still scanning the page of the large volume he carried.
"Hmmm well it could be because we have absolutely no knowledge of this foe at all"
Buffy glared at him for a second then flopped down on the couch next to Spike.
"But you know I'm not good at this Giles, it sucks but whatcha gonna do, I am action girl. And at the moment I feel a strong need to pummel something"
She turned her head and smiled cunningly at Spike, he read on for a few moments before he became aware of the blonde watching him.
"Whatsat Slayer you want a pummelling"
"Yeah right Spike dream on, but I do want a workout so, are you up for it or what"
"Yeah I could use a spot of violence luv, lets go"
Spike leapt up off the couch and practically bounced towards the back room after the slayer. Happy there was at least one human in the world he could wail on and not get zapped. Strange how coming back from the dead did that to you. Xander called out to him without looking up from his book.
"Don't tire yourself out Will, you might need some energy for later"
Spike grinned over his shoulder at his lover
"Always got plenty of energy for that pet"
"Owwww"
Buffy whapped him on the back of the head, Spike spun around glaring at her.
"What... I want to spar not listen to you sweet talk your honey"
"Okay slayer just for that I'm not gonna take it easy on you"
"Oh please..get your head outa your undead ass and get in here will you"
Xander looked up in time to see Spike lunge through the door with a maniacal grin on his handsome face. He chuckled at the sounds of combat he could hear from the back room. Willow came over and sat down next to him, threading a hand in his.
"Your really happy aren't you Xander"
Xander squeezed Willows hand gently and smiled at his best friend.
"You bet the Xanman is as happy as a clam"
Tara smiled shyly at Xander's happy face, and at her lover basking in his joy.
The tinkling of the door sounded and the atmosphere changed rapidly as Jack and Daniel sauntered in. Xander half smiled at Daniel before glaring at Jack, the others smiled tentatively at the newcomers.
"Well if that isn't a nice friendly hello"
"Colonel O'Neill, Dr Jackson were glad you could make it"
Giles gestured them to come inside, Jack made himself comfortable on the couch on the other side of Xander crossing his legs and slouching down in his seat. Daniel hesitated for a second looking at Jack trying to annoy Xander and then switching his attention to Giles.
"Well, were glad to be here. What are you working on"?
Giles sighed and closed his book with a snap, dust motes floated on the air.
"Not much at the moment, I haven't been able to find any mention of this Goa'uld in any of our usual sources. Did you have any more information you could give us"?
Daniel nodded and pulled out his laptop quickly set it up on the table. He accessed his files and showed Giles what they military had on the Goa'uld. Beginning with their origins in ancient Egypt and Ra, Giles took off his glasses and chewed thoughtfully on the end. His eyes lit up as he remembered something he'd seen long ago. Moving quickly to the bookcase he started flitting though the books, occasionally pulling one out only to glance inside quickly and discard it. Jack looked over at Xander, picking idly at some dust on his jacket.
"So where's your boyfriend and the blonde girl"
Xander looked up from his book and regarded Jack as if he was something that had been stuck to his boot.
"Spike and Buffy are sparring out back, where's the rest of your little posse"
Jack pulled his cap off his head and spun it around on his finger.
"Oh Sam and Teal'c are out scouting around that energy source, the whatchamacallit"
Xander blinked and said dryly
"The Hellmouth"
"Yeah that's it, what you said. Well I think we've had enough talk for now. You really should work on your conversational skills more."
Jack rose and moved to the entrance to the back room, faint sounds of fighting could be heard. He looked like a kid in a candy store as he beamed at Daniel.
"I'm just gonna check out this sparring, maybe I'll get lucky and join in"
Daniel shook his head warningly at his lover, noting the 5 year old coming out in the older man again.
"Okay but be careful Jack"
"Did I ever tell you that you worry too much Danny"
With a grin he was off though the door leaving the rest of the scoobies with dropped jaws. He followed the sounds of combat till he reached the training room, lounging against the door he watched quietly, assessing the styles of the two sparring. Buffy was a blur of motion, whirling, kicking, punching and blocking with graceful deadly force. Spike had a smirk on his face as he fought the slayer with elegant intensity. Jack winced as Buffy got off a roundhouse kick that knocked Spike into the padded wall, he got to his feet with speed that had the colonel's eyebrows nearly meeting his hairline. The blonde vampire backhanded the tiny slayer but she spun with the force and grabbed Spike by the shirt pulling him towards her as she fell backwards. She flipped him over her head so he landed on his back on the floor. Quickly she straddled his waist a stake aimed at his heart.
"Give up Spike" she smiled down at him her blonde hair falling around her face.
He smiled up at her then laughed "So you got the bugs outa your system yet slayer"
Buffy sighed and moved off Spike, idly twirling the stake around in her fingers.
"Yeah I think so, for now anyway."
"See a spot of violence is good for you, clears your head."
"Well I definitely needed clearing, there are some things I cant slay and Giles books would be one"
"You could always give the soldier bloke a goin over"
Spike tilted his head towards the door and Buffy looked over at Jack., not surprised to see him there.
"So Jack wanna spar"
Jack pushed off from the door and wandered over to where Buffy and Spike sat on the mats.
"And the answer to that question would be a great big No"
Jack sat down beside them crossing his legs and pushing his cap back off his head, he looked at Spike who sat with an expression on his face that clearly shouted * Well, was I right or was I right * The colonel pulled a face and sarcastically admitted,
"You were right, she'd kick my arse"
Spike grinned at Jack and Buffy punched him lightly on the arm.
"You said that, why Spike...I'm touched, but you should have let him find out for himself"
Jack put both his hands up in front of him as if to ward her off.
"No it's fine, I think I'm too old for that sort of thing anyway"
Spike smirked at him his nose smelling Daniel's scent covering the other man
"Not too old for some things though.. So hows Daniel feeling today"
Jack smiled at the memory of last night then coughed and frowned at the amused glances the other two were giving him.
"He's fine"
Buffy high fived Spike much to the discomfort of the colonel.
"Looks like you were right Spike, he scored"
Jack groaned and put his face in his hands scrubbing hard
"Please tell me we're not talking about what we're talking about"
Buffy giggled at him and then patted him on the shoulder
"Sorry Jack but its just one of the functions of our handy vamp here"
"Uh huh ...say what"
"Smell" Spike answered tapping his nose "Smelt the pheromones in the air around your boy last night, can smell him all over you now too"
"Oh for pete's sake don't tell Daniel "
"Sorry mate he already knows"
"I'm not gonna ask how"
"Trust me when I say that this is not the worst thing Spikes ever done Jack"
"Hey"
Spike glared at Buffy then a sneaky look came over his face.
"Ready for round two then slayer"
"Ok what are you up to bleach boy"
"Oh nothing I thought maybe Jack and I could both have a go at you"
Jack scrambled to his feet, he had a bad feeling about this.
"Oh no I think I can leave this hand to hand to you younger.well maybe that wasn't the right word. You super strong type people."
Buffy jumped up stretching her arms over her head.
"Awww come on Jack, live a little"
Jack extended a hand to Spike who looked at it then at him, finally deciding to take the olive branch he pulled himself up.
Jack smiled and then he tilted his head at Buffy grinning slightly
"What are you like with guns?"
tbc
Thoughts in * *
Part eleven
By 10 am the next morning the scoobies were in full force at the magic shop, Xander had driven Spike around to the alley behind the shop where he could leave the car without being burnt to a crisp. They lounged around the tables pouring over what Buffy was sure were some of the mouldiest books Giles owned. Willow and Tara were searching the internet on Willow's laptop, Xander and Spike sat leaning against each other on the couch.. Buffy slammed the book she was looking at down on the table.
"Arrrggghhhh why must all of our crisis's come down research, I am so not a research girl."
Giles sighed, pointedly looking at his Slayer over the rim of his glasses while still scanning the page of the large volume he carried.
"Hmmm well it could be because we have absolutely no knowledge of this foe at all"
Buffy glared at him for a second then flopped down on the couch next to Spike.
"But you know I'm not good at this Giles, it sucks but whatcha gonna do, I am action girl. And at the moment I feel a strong need to pummel something"
She turned her head and smiled cunningly at Spike, he read on for a few moments before he became aware of the blonde watching him.
"Whatsat Slayer you want a pummelling"
"Yeah right Spike dream on, but I do want a workout so, are you up for it or what"
"Yeah I could use a spot of violence luv, lets go"
Spike leapt up off the couch and practically bounced towards the back room after the slayer. Happy there was at least one human in the world he could wail on and not get zapped. Strange how coming back from the dead did that to you. Xander called out to him without looking up from his book.
"Don't tire yourself out Will, you might need some energy for later"
Spike grinned over his shoulder at his lover
"Always got plenty of energy for that pet"
"Owwww"
Buffy whapped him on the back of the head, Spike spun around glaring at her.
"What... I want to spar not listen to you sweet talk your honey"
"Okay slayer just for that I'm not gonna take it easy on you"
"Oh please..get your head outa your undead ass and get in here will you"
Xander looked up in time to see Spike lunge through the door with a maniacal grin on his handsome face. He chuckled at the sounds of combat he could hear from the back room. Willow came over and sat down next to him, threading a hand in his.
"Your really happy aren't you Xander"
Xander squeezed Willows hand gently and smiled at his best friend.
"You bet the Xanman is as happy as a clam"
Tara smiled shyly at Xander's happy face, and at her lover basking in his joy.
The tinkling of the door sounded and the atmosphere changed rapidly as Jack and Daniel sauntered in. Xander half smiled at Daniel before glaring at Jack, the others smiled tentatively at the newcomers.
"Well if that isn't a nice friendly hello"
"Colonel O'Neill, Dr Jackson were glad you could make it"
Giles gestured them to come inside, Jack made himself comfortable on the couch on the other side of Xander crossing his legs and slouching down in his seat. Daniel hesitated for a second looking at Jack trying to annoy Xander and then switching his attention to Giles.
"Well, were glad to be here. What are you working on"?
Giles sighed and closed his book with a snap, dust motes floated on the air.
"Not much at the moment, I haven't been able to find any mention of this Goa'uld in any of our usual sources. Did you have any more information you could give us"?
Daniel nodded and pulled out his laptop quickly set it up on the table. He accessed his files and showed Giles what they military had on the Goa'uld. Beginning with their origins in ancient Egypt and Ra, Giles took off his glasses and chewed thoughtfully on the end. His eyes lit up as he remembered something he'd seen long ago. Moving quickly to the bookcase he started flitting though the books, occasionally pulling one out only to glance inside quickly and discard it. Jack looked over at Xander, picking idly at some dust on his jacket.
"So where's your boyfriend and the blonde girl"
Xander looked up from his book and regarded Jack as if he was something that had been stuck to his boot.
"Spike and Buffy are sparring out back, where's the rest of your little posse"
Jack pulled his cap off his head and spun it around on his finger.
"Oh Sam and Teal'c are out scouting around that energy source, the whatchamacallit"
Xander blinked and said dryly
"The Hellmouth"
"Yeah that's it, what you said. Well I think we've had enough talk for now. You really should work on your conversational skills more."
Jack rose and moved to the entrance to the back room, faint sounds of fighting could be heard. He looked like a kid in a candy store as he beamed at Daniel.
"I'm just gonna check out this sparring, maybe I'll get lucky and join in"
Daniel shook his head warningly at his lover, noting the 5 year old coming out in the older man again.
"Okay but be careful Jack"
"Did I ever tell you that you worry too much Danny"
With a grin he was off though the door leaving the rest of the scoobies with dropped jaws. He followed the sounds of combat till he reached the training room, lounging against the door he watched quietly, assessing the styles of the two sparring. Buffy was a blur of motion, whirling, kicking, punching and blocking with graceful deadly force. Spike had a smirk on his face as he fought the slayer with elegant intensity. Jack winced as Buffy got off a roundhouse kick that knocked Spike into the padded wall, he got to his feet with speed that had the colonel's eyebrows nearly meeting his hairline. The blonde vampire backhanded the tiny slayer but she spun with the force and grabbed Spike by the shirt pulling him towards her as she fell backwards. She flipped him over her head so he landed on his back on the floor. Quickly she straddled his waist a stake aimed at his heart.
"Give up Spike" she smiled down at him her blonde hair falling around her face.
He smiled up at her then laughed "So you got the bugs outa your system yet slayer"
Buffy sighed and moved off Spike, idly twirling the stake around in her fingers.
"Yeah I think so, for now anyway."
"See a spot of violence is good for you, clears your head."
"Well I definitely needed clearing, there are some things I cant slay and Giles books would be one"
"You could always give the soldier bloke a goin over"
Spike tilted his head towards the door and Buffy looked over at Jack., not surprised to see him there.
"So Jack wanna spar"
Jack pushed off from the door and wandered over to where Buffy and Spike sat on the mats.
"And the answer to that question would be a great big No"
Jack sat down beside them crossing his legs and pushing his cap back off his head, he looked at Spike who sat with an expression on his face that clearly shouted * Well, was I right or was I right * The colonel pulled a face and sarcastically admitted,
"You were right, she'd kick my arse"
Spike grinned at Jack and Buffy punched him lightly on the arm.
"You said that, why Spike...I'm touched, but you should have let him find out for himself"
Jack put both his hands up in front of him as if to ward her off.
"No it's fine, I think I'm too old for that sort of thing anyway"
Spike smirked at him his nose smelling Daniel's scent covering the other man
"Not too old for some things though.. So hows Daniel feeling today"
Jack smiled at the memory of last night then coughed and frowned at the amused glances the other two were giving him.
"He's fine"
Buffy high fived Spike much to the discomfort of the colonel.
"Looks like you were right Spike, he scored"
Jack groaned and put his face in his hands scrubbing hard
"Please tell me we're not talking about what we're talking about"
Buffy giggled at him and then patted him on the shoulder
"Sorry Jack but its just one of the functions of our handy vamp here"
"Uh huh ...say what"
"Smell" Spike answered tapping his nose "Smelt the pheromones in the air around your boy last night, can smell him all over you now too"
"Oh for pete's sake don't tell Daniel "
"Sorry mate he already knows"
"I'm not gonna ask how"
"Trust me when I say that this is not the worst thing Spikes ever done Jack"
"Hey"
Spike glared at Buffy then a sneaky look came over his face.
"Ready for round two then slayer"
"Ok what are you up to bleach boy"
"Oh nothing I thought maybe Jack and I could both have a go at you"
Jack scrambled to his feet, he had a bad feeling about this.
"Oh no I think I can leave this hand to hand to you younger.well maybe that wasn't the right word. You super strong type people."
Buffy jumped up stretching her arms over her head.
"Awww come on Jack, live a little"
Jack extended a hand to Spike who looked at it then at him, finally deciding to take the olive branch he pulled himself up.
Jack smiled and then he tilted his head at Buffy grinning slightly
"What are you like with guns?"
tbc