Chapter 5
Kendra quickly tried to open her eyes, but a bright light flooded them. Just as quickly she closed them. After a few seconds, she tried again more slowly. As her eyes came into focus she looked about the room she was in and saw that the curtains were pulled open. As she thought about how she got to her room she looked over and saw Xander sitting in a chair, next to her bed asleep.
Suddenly she sits bolt right up in bed. 'What is he doing here?' she thought to herself. Then she thought back to last night and what Mr. Giles said. "Mr. Zabuto was dead." She suddenly felt unshed tears sting at her eyes at that thought. Mr. Zabuto was like a father to her after he took her from her parents when she was five years old.
He taught her everything. But now he's gone. Kendra suddenly felt a sting of loneliness at that thought.
"Oh, Kendra you're awake." Xander said snapping her out of her dark reverie, as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "Giles, told me about what happened last night. I'm sorry about your Watcher." he said sincerely as he bowed his head in reflection.
"Tank you for your concern, Xander." Kendra said rubbing the tears out of her eyes. "But, why are you in me room" she asked.
"Well after you ran off, I asked Giles why you were so upset. After he told me, I figured that in your state of mind that you didn't need to be out at night by yourself, so I followed you. I heard you crying and I saw a vamp about to snack on you, so I staked him." Xander stopped for a moment so he could collect himself, for what he was about to say.
"You were just laying on the ground crying. I tryed to get you to stand up, so we could walk back to Giles' place, but you wouldn't say anything..."
"So you carried me back here." Kendra finished for him. And you stayed here to watch over me, Kendra silently added.
"Yeah." Xander said as he ran his hand nervously through his hair. "Now come on, I think Giles is cooking breakfast." he said with a smile, hoping to lighten the mood. His smile worked because she smiled back at him as she got out of bed.
As the two of them walked downstairs, they saw Giles cooking away at the stove. As he turned around and looked up he saw Kendra and immediately ran up to her.
"Are you hurt? Do you want to talk? Are you..."
"I think she's okay G-man." Xander answered calmly for her. "Listen, I have to go and get ready for school. I'll see you two later." Xander said as he walked to the door.
"Thanks again for bringing her back to me." Giles said looking up at the boy. Xander blushed, nodded his head and walked out of the door.
"So would you like some breakfast" Giles asked as he looked back at Kendra. She just nodded her head and walked into the kitchen with him. As they sat down at the table and started eating, Giles looked up at her and started talking.
"About last night..." he started as their eyes met. He saw that she might start to cry again, so he decided to change what he was going to say. "I just wanted to say that, I'm sorry about what happened to your Watcher. He was a good man and it was a pleasure to have known him. Also the Council informed me that I will be your new Watcher." Kendra's eyes bugged out at that part.
"Oh... I'm going to be late." Giles said as he stood to his feet and put his plate in the sink. "I'm still the Librarian at the high school, so I'll be back at around four o'clock." Giles said as he walked out of the kitchen.
"I'm going with you." Kendra announced as she walked up behind him.
"Why." Giles asked simply as he turned around. "Did you want me to train you at school" he asked.
"No sir." she said as she looked down at her feet. "I lost me Watcher because I wasn't there for him. So I don't want to lose you too." she said as she looked him in the eyes. Giles heart almost burst at her declaration. He had to make her understand, that what happened to her Watcher wasn't her fault. There was nothing she could have done. He'd have to explain that to her later though.
"Well then my dear." Giles said with a sad smile as he extended his hand. "Let's go to school, before were late."
Giles and Kendra sat in the library going over some prophecies, when suddenly his phone rings. With a sigh he retreats into his office. As Kendra reaches for another book to read, a short balding man enters the room with a snarl on his face. Behind him is an attractive raven haired woman.
"The first day back. It always gets me." Snyder says walking along side Ms. Calendar.
"Oh." Jenny replies obviously bored. They then walk the halls of the school.
"I mean, it's incredible." Snyder rambles on. "One day the campus is completely bare. Empty. The next, there are children everywhere. Like locusts. Crawling around, mindlessly bent on feeding and mating. Destroying everything in sight in their relentless, pointless desire to exist."
They stop. Snyder looks around, observing the students.
"Are you sure that becoming a high school principal was the right job for you" Jenny asked.
"Yeah somebody's got to keep an eye on them. They're just a bunch of hormonal time bombs." he says as he takes two steps away from Jenny. "Every time a pretty girl walks by every boy turns into a gibbering fool." He says as they walk into the library and see an exotic looking black girl sitting at one of the tables.
"And just why aren't you in class?" Snyder asked the girl. "Who the hell are you anyway"
"She's Giles, daughter." a voice said from behind him. Turning he see's Xander and Willow standing at the door.
"Harris." Snyder practically growls. "Did you just say that she's the librarian's daughter" Snyder asks as he takes a sceptical look at Kendra.
"She's adopted." Willow put in, only for Snyder to turn around and glare at her. At that moment Giles walked back into the room.
"Mr. Giles see that your daughter comes to my office so she can get her class schedules." Snyder says as he walks to the exit. "Welcome to Sunnydale High miss Giles, I'll be watching you." he says as he dissappears out the door.
"My daughter" Giles asks as he looks around the room. "What's going on here" Then Willow told him what was going on.
"Xander why on earth did you tell him that Kendra was my daughter" Giles asked as he pulled, Xander aside.
"I don't know G-man." Xander said with a smile. "A teenaged girl living alone with a older man and she doesn't go to school. That's not a good thing."
Giles let out a sigh. Indeed the boy was right. A middle aged man and a young girl living together just seemed so unseemly. Unless of course she was his daughter. Patting Xander on the shoulder, he walked passed him and walked towards Kendra.
"Rupert, you never told me you had kids." Jenny said smiling slightly at the Watcher.
"I'll explain that later." Giles said with a warm smile. "Now I can't make this decision without you." Giles said looking at Kendra. "It seems that our cover is blown, as the americans would say. You don't have a problem with people calling you Miss Giles do you" he asked hesitantly.
"Of course, not." Kendra replied after a moment of thinking. "But do I really have to go to school" she asked.
"I'm afraid so. That's not going to be a problem is it. If so me and Willow..." he glanced over at the red head before continuing. Willow just nodded her head. "can tutor you."
Kendra just looked at them all and nearly cried. Something she was missing her whole life seemed as though it was forming. She was finally getting a family. People who were willing to help her.
"Yes I would like dat. Mr. Zabuto taught me some basic math and social studies. I'll just need help with certain subjects."
"Excellent." Giles beamed. "Willow, Xander do you mind showing Kendra around the school" they nodded. "Good, I'll call the Council and get them to forge some documents for you. I'll meet you back here in a few minutes, so we can get your class schedules together."
With that said the group walked out of the library leaving only Jenny and Giles.
Meanwhile on the other side of town
A now sober Spike sits in the old Crawford mansion, draining his newest victim dry.
"Come on, luv." Spike says as he drops the body of the young japanese girl. His lips are still smeared with her blood as he talks. "Why the 'ell are we in Sunnydale"
Just then a tall beautiful skinny woman comes out of the shadows. She has long raven black hairand has a look of insane contempt written on her face.
"Spike..." she drawls in an english accent as she dances around in place. "Can't you feel where we are? The star's whisper to me and they say that we are on the mouth of hell."
"Is that what the star's told you, luv" Spike asks as he stands and walks up to her. "Were, really on the Hellmouth" Drusilla only nods as she giggles insanely.
"And Miss Edith told me that the Slayer is here and that she'll be in my eyes."
"The Slayer" Spike almost yelled excitedly. Then a cold smile crept on his face, until Drusilla slapped him on his arm.
"Oi'" Spike yelled in protest. "What the bloody 'ell was that for" he asked.
"You mustn't kill the Slayer, she has to be in my eyes" Dru yelled as she fell weakly into his arms.
"Whatever you say, ducks. Now get some rest. I'm going to try to find a cure for you soon." Spike said all the while thinking of how he was going to kill his third Slayer.
TBC...
Please Review... somebody anybody
In the next chapter Spike and Kendra will face off. Also I'm skipping that episode some assembly required. Why? Because it pretty much sucked. lol
