Part 5
Giles rubbed the bridge of his nose as he felt a headache coming on from the information the strangers had given them.
"So, if I understand you correctly, the gods of ancient Egypt are really these Goa'uld beings? They came to enslave but there was a revolt and they left leaving behind a Stargate system that beings known as the Ancients built?"
Jack nodded, "Yep that's pretty much it in a nutshell. At least that's what happened on our Earth."
"Yes, right YOUR Earth." Xander rolled his eyes, "See that's where I'm having a problem. I could believe another dimension or reality but another planet also called Earth? Come on, what are the odds?"
"Well actually, Xander it's theorized that there are an infinite number of alternate realties some developing similarly so it could happen that two planets could develop the same way though slightly different."
"Exactly!" Sam smiled at the red head.
"SLIGHTLY different?" Jack asked, "You call vampires being a reality slightly different?"
Willow nodded, "Your Goa'uld take over a host right? Demons take over the human host to make a vampire. Both seem determined to wipe out the humans, vampires for food and fun. Goa'uld for slavery and hosts. Yep pretty similar to me."
Buffy kept glancing over at Teal'c who was returning her glances with an expressionless look.
"Is there something about me that bothers you, Buffy Summers?"
Buffy looked over at Giles who nodded slightly before she answered. "Well, actually there is. Living among demons kind of gives you a sixth sense when something unusual is around." She looked at Teal'c to gauge his reaction but he just sat impassively waiting for her to continue. Man, she wouldn't want to play poker with this guy.
Jack was watching the interaction between Buffy and Teal'c with interest. If she could tell he had a larva inside of him maybe the others of this planet could as well. Maybe they had some of the Ancients, Asgard or Nox DNA in them that allowed them to detect Goa'uld. Or maybe the missing race of Furlings had something to do with the development of this planet.
Buffy contemplated how to continue, "Um, I get a different feeling when I'm around you than with the others. Are you from the same place they are?"
"You are correct that I am not like the Tauri. I am a Jaffa."
Giles, Xander, Buffy and Willow each looked confused.
"Uh huh, okay. What's a Jaffa?"
"We are warriors that serve the Goa'uld."
"WHAT?!" Xander jumped to his feet.
Daniel held up his hand. "Teal'c fights against the Goa'uld now. He has for a few years."
"Just like Spike." Willow mumbled.
"I'm sorry. Did you say just like Spike?" Jack turned to Willow.
Willow turned wide eyes to Spike and Giles.
Buffy interrupted hoping to deflect away from Willow, "So Jaffa are warriors, that doesn't explain why I feel different around you."
"The Jaffa are bred to carry the larva of the Goa'uld."
Xander and Buffy made an eww face.
"So you have one of those snake things inside you?" Xander asked Teal'c.
"Indeed."
Jack wasn't to be deterred. "You said Spike is like Teal'c."
"I-in that he fights with us now."
"And before he fought for..."
"Oh bloody hell, I'm a vampire."
"You don't look like how the others in the park did." Daniel noted.
"They were in what we call game face." Giles explained. "Vampires look like humans until they let their demon's face come forth."
Daniel and Sam both looked at Spike with interest.
"So why did you 'switch sides'? No longer interested in killing humans?"
Spike growled and narrowed his eyes at Jack.
Willow placed a hand on Spike's arm and turned to Jack, "Spike's a little sensitive about that. Um, he was kinda forced to at the beginning but now he helps us 'cause he wants to."
Before Spike could protest Willow's words Jack had turned back to Buffy, "So you can sense Teal'c's larva?"
Buffy shrugged, "Don't know what I sense just that he's different."
"Do you all sense the same thing?"
The Scoobies looked to Giles to answer that question, leaving it up to him how much he wanted to reveal.
Giles made his decision and hoped he didn't regret it, "Buffy is what is known as 'The Slayer'. There is one born in every generation that is born with the ability to fight demons and vampires."
Jack looked at her speculatively, it seemed that only a chosen few were able to detect those that were 'different'.
Sam seemed fascinated by this, "Are all the chosen female?"
"Yes, the Slayer has always been a female."
"And those that are born to each generation . . .is it only here in Sunnydale or does each country have a Slayer?" Jack had visions of an army of girls all over the world that could detect the Goa'uld.
"T-the girls are born all over the world but only one is called." At the other's confused looks Giles clarified, "A Slayer can be from anywhere on Earth but only one is called."
"When Buffy died, Kendra was called and she was from the Caribbean." Willow volunteered.
All eyes swiveled to Buffy.
"You died?" Jack asked incredulously.
"Only for a minute." Buffy muttered. "I drowned in high school but Xander revived me."
Xander nodded, "Yep, just in time to avert the apocalypse too."
"Apocalypse?" Daniel asked him. "You averted an apocalypse?"
"Apocalypses or is that Apocalyspi, Giles?" Buffy asked and then turned back to the others, "Anyway, I'd say at least four or five. Stopped counting after awhile."
"So, if Buffy is the Slayer and Spike is the reformed vampire..."
"HEY!"
Jack ignored Spike's outburst, "Do the rest of you have special talents?"
Maybe they used other means in which to detect the larva that he could tell General Hammond about.
Visions of the Initiative floated
through everyone's mind at Jack's question.
Willow shook her head no at them, "Nope, nothing special here. Just regular humans doing our part cause you know once you learn about vampires and things that go bump in the night it's kind of hard to ignore after that."
Daniel smiled in understanding at Willow. He remembered when Catherine approached him about the Stargate, then learning about the Goa'uld, Shar'e and Skaara kidnapped and changed. "You're right, it's hard to ignore it once you learn of the existence of demons."