A/N Ok this was writen during the third series of Buffy when it was first aired on TV in Scotland so exscuse me for the lack of Charicter correctness it was upuntill the point that was on.
Disclamer. Joss yadyad blah blah very talented man and all that.
Spoilers. Season 1 and a bit of 2
Feel free to review and ask questions there are another 9 chapters writen so updates to begin with will come out fast.
Episode 1
"Bring, bring"! The telephone in Giles' office rang. He picked it up and answered "Hello. This is Rupert Giles' office How may I hel..."
"Hello Rupert it's Wedge I'm at the Bus station now and I am just phoning to tell you to pick me up."
" Oh… Yes of course I guess that's the sort of thing a legal guardian has to do I am still sorry to her about your father Wedge."
"Well he was a watcher, he knew the risks."
" Yes I am leaving now. But Wedge what time do you make it."
" About seven a.m. why?"
" No reason really it just means I pick you up then have to come straight back here to meet with Buffy and the others. You can start school today if you wish. Get in to a routine straight away."
" Yes just get over here fast."
"Right, sorry bye."
Giles got of the phone and put on his jacket and walked out the library and to his car. Once he was in, he checked his mirror and then drove speedily away.
" Hi Buffy! Wait up, " Xander shouted over to Buffy who
was nearly in the library. As asked she waited for him. The two
entered and found Willow and Cordelia talking about something of a
totally irrelevant nature.
"Hi " Willow said as Buffy and Xander entered
Cordelia got up and hugged and kissed Xander the two looked in two
each other's eyes forehead to forehead. Giles walked out of his
office with a cup of tea. The rest sat back down.
"Buffy how was the patrol last night? " Giles asked.
" Fine nothing really different from normal."
"Good "
"Whoa Giles you're a little less interested in Buffy's slayer life than you ever have been." Xander said
Willow turned round and noticed someone lurking behind the bookcase, which was raised on the platform. She nudged Buffy prompting her to look round. Suspecting a student she signalled everyone to quiet down then walked round to see who was on the other side of the bookcase. No one noticed the smile appear on Giles' lips.
"Hello and you are?" Buffy said to the person dressed in complete black he had a stud in his left ear and wore long leather trench coat.
" I'm Wedge and you are?"
Buffy regarded this intruder he was tall and had blond brown hair, a pair of sunglasses hid his eyes and he looked very white.
" I'm Buffy can I help you!" Buffy stated the last bit not as a question but an invite to leave.
"No I'm K I'm just waiting for the bell to go for first class. I'm new here and was just picking up the books I need for class."
Well this was different Buffy thought if he heard us he doesn't care "Did you hear what we were talking about when you were up here."
"Yes I did."
It wasn't 'til then Buffy placed this intruder's accent. It was Scottish. By this time Xander, Willow and Cordi had joined her up there.
"You did hear us and you are thinking what, slayers are the usual in US schools?" Xander said.
" No I know there is only one at a time and I take Vampires as usual since I've killed about twenty of them by myself."
" You've killed Vampire's? " Xander said
" Yes my father was a watcher but he's dead now and Cousin Ripper... I mean Rupert, is now my guardian and don't ask about my mother."
"Your Giles' cousin. And your what? 17 and he's what... 44 he's old enough to be you're father."
"So my father was 67 when he died last month age has no affect on the strong minded."
The Group walked down to the table and Willow sat down next to Wedge. Looking at him in a way she could never remember looking at anyone else but Xander before. She realized he was looking back at her. Buffy saw her friend making googily eyes at this stranger.
"So Wedge your from where? England like Giles or are you from somewhere else." Xander said.
"I'm from Scotland actually and the school I was at was James Gillespies' High school I was in 5th year and no-one there knew of the existence of vampires because me and my father kept them away. But he died right after my mother so I'm over here in this place. What do you call it? The USA."
Giles laughed Wedge was being silly. Earlier that year they had had a competition going between the two of them to make the stupidest name out of the initials of the USA Wedge had won but that didn't stop Giles trying. Wedge always brought out the child in Giles. Buffy gave him a strange look and he shrugged it off.
"So this is the slayerets. Your Xander right?" Wedge said pointing to Xander
"Guilty as charged how do you know?"
" Well I'm not quite normal I have visions of what's to come and I in essence have already lived this conversation and Rupert mentioned you all in his letter's."
"You can see the future really that's cool I think that would be a brilliant power to have you could see the way you'll look when your fifty and know what to do." Willow said
"Yeah right! It would be but it's never the good stuff except key events like this or people's dark secret's or dark futures."
" O… sorry "
"That's OK I knew you were going to say it." Wedge shrugged.
" So what city are you from then Stirling or the capital Glasgow? " Xander said.
" I come from Edinburgh and it's the capital not Glasgow. Get that straight" Wedge stated and sounded as if he would rip off Xanders' head.
" Sorry man all I know about Scotland is there's sheep there and you guys wear tartan."
"Right. So your Cordelia and I know your Buffy so that makes you Willow." Wedge said. He had taken off his glasses and lingered on Willow. The two looked at each other lustfully.
" So you'll need someone to help you with catch up then?" Willow asked hopefully.
"Yep you want to help me?"
Buffy and Xander both were a little shocked by Willow's forwardness towards this new person. Granted he was a relative of Giles but she was acting differently than normal.
" Good what subject's do you have?"
" English Biology computing math's history and some other's but there just time fillers like PE"
" What times do you have those?"
Wedge handed Willow the piece of paper with his timetable on it. She looked it over and a smile crept on top of the one she was already wearing.
"You're in all my classes. Cool I can help you catch up in all of them how good are you at computing?"
" I hacked the British Governments records and found that Britain and America did a lot of joint operation's in Russia during the Cold war."
"That's good better than Willow has done." Cordelia said realizing Wedge was possibly more like Giles was when he was 16 but in a modern world, than she would have guessed at first glance.
The bell goes and the gang get up and go to they're first class.
"Class we will be continuing from were we left of yesterday K. Any questions. None good right get on with it. Oh and Willow would you come her a minute." Miss Calendar said.
Wedge got up from where he was siting and Willow stood next to him
" Hello you are?" Miss Calendar Giles' girlfriend said to Wedge.
" I'm Wedge Giles I'm new here but you already know that."
" Oh your Rupert's cousin aren't you. I was sorry to here about your parents. So what have you done in computing over in Scotland? Have you done any programming at all?"
" Yep I'm fluent in HTML C+ and Unix and am also quite good at Java but not brilliant."
" That's certainly impressive you and Willow can do this together then I need the school web page updated and I also would like to get the two of you starting to look through Giles' book's and finding the best spells if possible. "
"Ok will we be out of other classes to do this." Willow said
"Yes sorry but you won't be attending normal classes for a wee while. "
" I don't mind I already have all my Standard Grades and I have two Higher's. I did out of normal school so in a sense I have already graduated but I wouldn't mind being out of normal classes for this week I am not officially due to start 'til next week anyway." Wedge then whispered into Willow's ear " I will then get to spend even more time with you."
This prompted a giggle and a red face from Willow but Miss Calendar just ignored it.
"Good so I have the two of you for this project until next week and by then we should have finished. So no problems."
"I don't like all this Wedge knows too much. I mean he's killed Vampire's and has hacked Government Computers and knows all our dark secrets and he's working magic on Willow did you see the way she looked at him". Xander had been a little miffed that Willow hadn't showed for lunch and he was all so feeling useless. Here was a guy from some foreign country who had killed more Vamps than he had and he wouldn't talk about his mom.
" Xander calm down he's ok he's related to Giles his mom probably ran away or something and Willow probably just like's him it's what teenagers do. And you have no reason to complain it's not like your going out are you."
"No but remember Moloch and that whole thing."
"Yes but we've met him and it's not like he's unattractive is it?"
Willow walked over and sat next to them she had a big grin on her face.
"Willow we were just talking about you how's this project's going with Wedge then?" Xander said. Buffy noticed that had Willow said anything that implied Wedge had made any nasty motion he would have killed him if she wanted.
"Fine we're going to the Bronze tonight on a … date. He was so nice this morning he's like super intelligent when it comes to computers, and he's teaching me what to do in making my own games when were not working. Oh and after this we're all to go see Giles."
They finished their food and walked off to the library there they found Giles sitting at the big table with a lot of books in front of him.
"Ah... Good you made it I would like to tell you all more about Wedge's mother. She was a demon and was very nice but she had a curse put on her last year. She killed at least a 100 people. No one noticed because she only killed homeless people and junkies but she killed ten of them in front of Wedge and just as she finished the last Uncle Eoles came in and killed her. Then a vampire killed his Father. Uncle Eoles had just got ride of a demon that had inhabited his body. I suspect that he would have died after doing this any way. He may seem ok right now but he may breakdown any time. I just want you to be careful. Oh and another thing just before Wedge's father died he prophesised a great lose in the battle against the powers of darkness."
"So this is the Bronze it's nice! I like the music but it's lacking in atmosphere."
" Yeah but with you here it doesn't matter. Let's dance."
"Ok" Willow and Wedge got up and started walking towards the dance floor Willow could never remember ever being this forward with a boy before. On their way over someone stepped in their way.
" Willow where's Buffy? I need to find her now." Angel then looked at Wedge and then back at Willow
"Its ok Angel this is Wedge he's Giles' cousin and he knows every thing his father was a watcher. "
" Hi. " Wedge said, "So you're the Vampire that's in love with the slayer."
" Yes I am! I really need to find her. Spike is on the war path we all need to round up and fight this one out he's got a army with him."
"Oh no that's bad. Buffy's at home studying with Xander and Cordelia we'll come with you and then we will all go to the library."
"Right that's a good plan."
"Right the First World War started in 1914. " Buffy said with a questioning look on her face.
" Yeah that's right "Xander stuttered whilst reading his text book and eating a cookie Buffy's mom Joyce Summers gave him.
The doorbell rang and her mom beat Buffy to it.
"Oh hello Willow and sorry I don't know your name." Joyce said addressing Willow and Wedge. Angel was on the corner of the street waiting for them all to come.
" Hi I'm Wedge I'm new at the school."
" Oh your parents moved here too?"
" No both my parents are dead Rupert Giles the school Librarian is my only living relative and now my guardian."
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't know. "
" That's OK you weren't to know."
" Is Buffy home Mrs. Summers?"
" Yes she is she's studying with Xander and Cordelia in the living room."
" Thanks." Willow said and then she and Wedge went in to the living room.
" Buffy! Spike has an army and he's tearing up the town. Angel's outside we've got to get to Giles quickly." Willow said in a rush. She was obviously panicking.
" Calm down Willow were just coming." Buffy said to her closest and dearest friend. "Cordelia could you drive Angel and I to the Library."
" Yeah you and he can get in but what about Willow and Xander."
" Hey I'm going too go as well I will stay with Willow and Xander wait for us before you do something I know! You'll need our help." Wedge said the last bit darkly.
" Ok I will see you at the Library." Buffy got up and went outside Cordelia followed her. When Angel met them outside they got in the car and took of towards the School.
" So the three of us are going to walk the street's in the dark. And there's a Vampire army out, there's a good idea." Xander said sounding very upset.
" It's OK man you've got me to protect you."
" Oh right and that's meant to make me feel better."
" It makes me feel better. " Willow said. Wedge put his arm round her shoulder and she put her arm round his waist.
Now I really think Wedge's using magic on here. Xander thought not out of envy but concern for his friend.
" Giles! Where are you." Buffy shouted in the Library. She then noticed his office door was shut and she heard him talking to someone. She couldn't make out the other voice but she was pretty sure it was Miss Calendar. She walked in and found she was right about who it was. The two were talking and there seemed to be love in the air. Not really wanting to interrupt but knowing she had too said " Hi Giles we're in a bit of a predicament Spick and Drusila have raised a Vamp army and we need help."
" An army! Right where are the others?"
"There walking here with Wedge I thought it best I get here quick and tell you the situation."
" Yes you were quite right. How long do you think they will be?"
" About 10 minutes that gives us enough time to find out why they're out in force tonight."
"I'll check the web and see if anyone knows what's going on." Miss Calendar put in.
"Right Angel, Cordelia, you can help Buffy and I get out the weapons." Giles instinctively gave out orders.
Xander was leading the group he had a stake in one hand and a cross in the other Wedge and Willow looked like a life long couple. Trailing behind him, the two, he released weren't just making love eyes at each other but were also louring Vampire's into thinking they were just a couple out on a date. Xander was sure he could hear Vampire's all around him but he realized it must be his imagination. Until behind him he heard a Vamp jump out in front of Willow and Wedge. Xander started to run then realized that Wedge already had his stake out and had a menacing look on his face. Curiously the vampire took one look at Wedge then ran. Both Xander and Willow looked at Wedge and said.
" What did you do to make him run like that? "
" I don't know I've just all ways been able to." Then they walked a lot quicker to the school.
" There seems to be a bit here about the fourth night of Goverist and in that time the Vampire's will fight a battle. The only battle worth wining. To eradicate the slayer forever." Giles had found the book he was looking for.
"Hey why are there lots of vampire's outside" Xander said. Xander, Willow and Wedge came running in Wedge looked bad as if he had been fighting.
" There's loads out there I dusted four but that wasn't enough they're still coming." Wedge said and looked around to see a few run in, Buffy shot them with the cross bow two went down and Wedge and Angel went in to action they dusted two more and then went onto the one that was left. Wedge did a low kick then Angel did a high punch right into it's face. Wedge pulled out a stake then plunged it straight in to the Vampires heart.
Angel looked over at Wedge a surprised look on his face and deep down he felt afraid of this newcomer. It wasn't his human soul that squirmed under Wedge's look but his demon self and this worried him a great deal.
"Hi Angel"
" I must have missed a huge piece of info." Angel said
" Yes you did I'll tell you later though. Wedge you said you had been in fights with vampires before but you didn't say how good you were. You, Angel and I are going out there. Giles you Xander and Willow can shoot the vampires with the cross bows and Miss Calendar and Cordelia can defend the library. Right lets go." Buffy ordered.
" Come on the slayer is inside the School." Spike shouted at his minions. As they got near the school. He had sent some Vampires after the slayer's friends that went into the building. He also noted that one of her friends had fought exceptionally well. And the Vampires he fought seemed scared of him before they were even fighting. The doors to the School burst open. Angel Buffy and Wedge emerged from the darkness of the unilluminated hall.
Immediately the vampires attacked the slayer and her companions.
A Vamp attacked Angel, which probably was a wrestler when he was human.
Wedge was attacked by two vampires that looked like students at the nearby college.
And a pair of Vampires that resembled each other so much they must have been twin sisters attacked Buffy.
Then the volley of shots from the Crossbow team ploughed in to the Vampires that were advancing on the three that were fighting.
Spike realized that Angel, Buffy and their new friend were superior fighters to the Vampires that he sent out after them already they had defeated the five they fought. It was becoming rapidly apparent that he himself was going to have to fight them
" Ascro, Desandes come with me. Dru get some of the others and drink the blood of those in the building."
"Can I keep their hearts?" Drusilla asked hopefully.
" Yes my dear you can." Spike said. He started to move towards Buffy and Angel.
"Giles they're coming through the door." Willow shouted in panic.
"Shoot them as they come through the door and get your crosses out."
The next second two vampires came through the door and Xander and Giles shot them straight in the heart and then another followed them. Willow muttered a spell she had fed into the computer earlier that day. The Vampire shot up in pain and flew backward right into the wall and a fire consumed him from the inside.
" Wow did I do that?" Willow said a bit frightened.
" Yes you did may I ask where you learned that kind of power?" Giles inquired
" When Wedge and I went through some of your book's looking for spell's that one stuck in my mind and I whispered it just now and it died. Am I a which?"
" Yes you are Willow and quite a powerful one at that."
" Oh " Willow sounded a little distraught.
" Willow that rocked! Can you do that again?" Xander looked at the door again and saw that three Vampires had entered the room and there was another one right behind them he realized it was Drusilla." Now!"
But before she could, Giles, Willow and Xander had all instinctively brought up their freshly reloaded crossbows and fired. All three went down and in to ashes simultaneously and as quickly as Drusilla had appeared she disappeared.
"Let's get down to the library they are probably going to attack there next."
"EEEE!" Cordelia shouted as a vampire grabbed her she brought up her cross and hit it in the vampire's face. The vampire fell backwards and landed on the floor. Then a bolt from a crossbow hit it right in the heart. Xander, Willow and Giles had been back for some time now and the Library had become a battlefield. Xander leaped on a Vampire that was sneaking up on Willow. He wrestled it to the ground then staked it. He fell as the vampire turned to ashes before him.
Willow cast the same spell that she had used upstairs on a vampire and it burst into flames whilst flying through the air.
Jenny Calendar had backed a vampire into a corner then staked it. The look in the vampire's eyes as she died was one of pure disbelief.
Giles had been shooting the Vampires from afar but now two had ganged up on him and were beating him but before they could bite him Cordelia and Willow pushed stakes right in to the Vampire's hearts.
"Thanks." And that was all there was time for as a new wave of vampires came in.
"Spike!" Angel shouted as Spike and his to henchman Ascro and Desandes came towards them. Buffy, Angel and Wedge had been fighting for half an hour now and were starting to tire Wedge had a broken arm and at least five cracked ribs.
Buffy had a few cuts and bruises. And Angel also had a cracked rib.
"So slayer who's the newbe? " Spike said.
"His name is Wedge." Buffy said peering at him.
Then Spike Ascro and Desandes attacked. Buffy did a high kick a Spike's head but he ducked it. He then tried to take Buffy's feet from under her but she jumped that.
Angel hit Ascro in the face hard but the vampire didn't react to it he then hit Angel in the gut sending him flying. When he hit the ground he heard at least one bone break. Angel got back up and got ready for round two.
The well-built Desandes attacked Wedge. The vampire hit Wedge in the face and then followed it up with a kick to the stomach. Wedge collapsed in pain whilst. Buffy was the slayer and Angel was a Vampire, Wedge was just a very fit human and weak when getting hit. The Vampire hit him again and everything went black.
Buffy dealt Spike another powerful blow this time it hit and Buffy produced her stake. She looked round and noticed that Wedge wasn't moving and Desandes was hovering over him. She quickly decided to save Wedge rather than kill Spike. She did a flying kick at this Vampire and knocked him sprawling. She then followed it up with a flip and drove her stake home. The Vampire turned to ashes.
Angel saw Buffy leave Spike to go and save Wedge. Ascro had just got back up and ran at Angel. He knew what to do he brought out his stake and held it out Ascro ran right on to it and fell to the floor in a pile of ashes. Angel then looked round for Spike but he was nowhere to be seen.
Giles staked the last of the vampires and walked over to the others. The five of them stood in the centre of the library. Giles was the worst of the lot. Surprisingly there wasn't much damage to the library and most of the books were still on their shelves.
" Wow that was intense." Xander said. They were all standing around glad to be alive when Buffy and Angel came in carrying an unconscious Wedge.
" Wedge!" Giles said alarmed and ran over quickly followed by Willow and the others. They put him on the table and Giles called an ambulance. They quickly looked over his wounds. He had blood trickling out of his mouth and obviously broken bones.
" I'm sorry I let him get that bad but I didn't even realize he was in pain let alone had broken bones." Once she had finished saying that Buffy realized she was saying it to Willow as much she was to Giles. And that surprised her.
Giles was in the ambulance with Wedge. And Willow, Buffy, Angel, Xander, Miss Calendar and Cordelia all watched it pull away.
"Buffy I didn't manage to tell you in all the confusion but I think there's something up with Wedge." Xander was saying sincerely in hushed tones to Buffy. He was also hoping Willow didn't hear him. "He scared a vampire off when we were walking down the road. It was weird it just ran."
"I was scared off him deep down he just affected my demon in some way but I don't know how." Angel said
"Yeah I know what you mean but he still fight's like a…." Buffy's train of thought ground to a stop as she realized what she was about to say.
"Like a what? Demon you were going to say demon his mom was one it would make sense and that means he's working Voodoo on our witch Willow." Xander said.
"Willow! You're a witch?" Buffy asked.
"Yep I cast spell's on the Vampires that attacked us in the Library and they burst into flames. It was cool in a scary kind of way." Willow said a little touch of pride entering her voice. "Oh and Buffy never call Wedge a Demon in that way you said it. He just risked his life to help us. How many did he kill out there tonight? And Xander he risked his life to save you tonight when he took all four of those vampires on at once." Willow said a very big bit annoyed with her friends they thought she was under a spell. Especially one from her new boy friend.
End of Episode 1
