Title: Dawn of the Son
Author: Spichik453
Chapter 8
There was not a moment to spare before Dawn's dinner break to check in and to let them know about Jake. She was more than a little relieved to get a short break and an empty call room to call Giles.
"Giles, is it possible for there to be a male slayer?" Dawn asked after they had exchanged pleasantries.
"Absolutely not. No way. The ancients made only one slayer, and it was a girl and the slayer line is female. There is no way that there is a male slayer."
"But there was only supposed to be one chosen one. Do you think that the slayer line is so messed up that a male slayer was created?"
If Dawn were outside she would have heard crickets. Instead, she could actually hear Giles clean his glasses in stunned silence. "Well, I guess. Maybe. But probably not."
"I think I've met one."
"What?"
"Here, he's come in the past couple days with cuts and stuff from fights, talking about vampires and stuff. And today he told me he has this super human strength and feels like dusting vamps is his destiny. He talks like Buffy used in her early slayer days."
"Bring him in. I'll have the new watchers assess him. And then I'll do it myself because God knows those are idiots out there! They let the girls go into a nest last night with little more than stakes! Buffy never went into a nest without major back up."
"Four slayers isn't enough backup? And I'm pretty sure she did."
"Yes well." Giles huffed. "Bring him in."
"I'll bring him to the apartment tonight. He's meeting me after work. So in like five hours or so?"
"Yes, very good. See you then Dawn."
"Thanks Giles."
Dawn sighed, grabbed a carrot from her salad, and laid down on the bed. She wasn't entirely hungry, but a nap would feel good. She had not even shut her eyes before her pager went off. Dawn grabbed another carrot, and walked down to the ER.
By ten Dawn could barely move. Jake was standing in the lobby waiting for her, with a smile on his face. "So, where are we going?"
"Someone that will either answer all of your questions, or kill you for knowing too much." Dawn said. Jake looked surprised. "I was kidding about the second part."
"Good. I'm quite attached to my life." Dawn chuckled.
Finding the apartment was a little bit difficult for Dawn who had not been there yet. What she found was that it was not so much an apartment but a small house. "I thought you said apartment?" She asked Willow as she and Jake crossed the threshold.
"Is this the guy you told Giles about?" Willow asked.
"This is Jake Varjack. Jake, Willow."
"Nice to meet you." They both said shaking hands.
"Well, the watchers want to test you downstairs. Buffy and Xander are out patrolling with the girls. And I need your help some more with the translation."
Dawn nodded, and walked into the dining room with Willow. Jake followed. "Oh, you can just go downstairs." Willow pointed to a door off of the kitchen.
"Right." Jake said.
As soon as the door was closed Willow cracked a big smile at Dawn. "Geez Dawny, way to bring home a cute one."
"You think?"
"I mean he's not my type being a he and all, but definitely cute."
"Technically he's my patient. Those stitches on his forehead and leg, those are my doing."
Willow laughed. "You've stitched us all up more than once!"
The conversation was making Dawn a little uncomfortable and she attempted to change the subject. "Alright, so what did you get on this translation while I was at work?"
When Buffy and the other slayers came home less than thirty minutes later, Dawn had fallen sound asleep on a pile of ancient texts. "Shhh..." Willow said to the herd of girls, and Xander before they got through the door.
"What's going on?" Buffy asked.
"We've kind of worn Dawn down. I think this is the first time she's slept since before we got here." Willow said.
Buffy took off her coat and draped on the back of the couch. "Is the guy she called Giles about here?"
Willow nodded. "Downstairs with the watchers. Giles is on the other side of the mirror."
"Double duty. Nice job G-man." Xander added.
Buffy and Willow looked at Xander as if he was speaking Greek. "What I meant was that Giles is testing the watchers and their ability to identify a slayer and this guy, all while no one knows it."
"We got that." Buffy said.
"I put in some good double sided mirror work and secret room today. I got to say."
"There is a reason we keep you around." Willow agreed.
Buffy looked into the dining room where Dawn slept. She walked over to the table, and got Xander to help her move Dawn to the couch. Using Dawn's coat and Buffy's coat, she made a blanket for her sister. "I'm going to go join Giles in the secret room." Buffy said, to which Xander nodded in approval.
"I'll go help Will with the whole researching thing."
As Buffy was coming up the stairs, Giles was coming up. "What do we have?" Buffy immediately inquired.
Giles took off his glasses, cleaned them, and looked at Buffy. "Very good evidence of a slayer. If this guy was, well, a girl, I'd say we have a slayer. But,"
"He's a he." Buffy finished. "See, that is what is so messed up." She sat down at the table. "How can there be a guy slayer?"
"We did mess up the whole slayer line," Willow said, looking up from her book, "First with Xander bringing you back from the dead, and then me, Tara, Xander and Anya bringing you back, and then calling all the potentials, and then the bringing you back from the dead, and then that other slayer, what was her name?"
"Lilly." Xander offered. "Lilly wore the short skirts. Me likey the short skirts."
Buffy glared at Xander. "We get the point Will. Have I really died three times?" Everyone nodded; Buffy shrugged. "Giles, is this going to be a problem if the slayer line switches to the male line?"
Giles simply shook his head.
"I kinda like the slayer line being female." Willow offered. "Not too many female super heroes. Except now. With all the slayers."
"I'm more concerned about the slayer secret." Giles said.
"There's a slayer secret?" Buffy inquired, suddenly very offended that she did not know the secret, even though she was the original current slayer.
Giles looked at Buffy, almost unsure if she was joking or not. "Of course. The existence of slayers? If this Jake person was able to tip off Dawn to his slayer existence, then who knows who else he told."
"Buffy told us that she was the slayer, and look how we turned out." Xander offered. The three looked at Xander. The eye patch on over his left eye suddenly forced everyone to look down. It was a constant reminder of what bringing the Scoobies together cost one of them. "Minus my whole eye patch problem, no, not problem. I have the most authentic looking pirate costumes for Halloween."
"Xander, we aren't talking about people in a trusted circle, we're talking about the general public." Giles clarified. "If the secret gets out to too many people..."
Buffy cut Giles off. "We get the picture."
"Oh, I made some translation progress while you were out." Giles said, handing Buffy a legal pad. Willow and Xander leaned over in their chair to see over Buffy's shoulder.
"Its just a list of things that will happen if this mouth thing moves." Willow observed.
"Hey, its just another minor apocalypse." Xander said.
Buffy agreed. "This doesn't look worse than what happened daily in Sunnydale. But on a bigger scale."
"Yes, but Sunnydale was a Hellmouth." The second the word Hellmouth escaped Giles' lips a light bulb turned on for everyone at the table. "Dear lord."
Buffy pointed her finger at her friends, threatening them. "Don't tell Dawn."