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Chapter 4

A week after they got back to LA, Andrew, with Gol'Tok's considerable aid, had convinced both Luthors that he had been far too stressed to deal with meeting two great men at the same time.

After he had finished talking to Lionel Andrew sighed, "My soul needs a bath Buffy."

She giggled and said, "So Sunnydale, when are we going there anyways?"

"Soon," Andrew groaned, "I have to get Jonathon and you want to see your friends, right? We may even leave tonight. But I bought a home there."

"When?" Buffy laughed, "I mean when did you buy a home there?"

"Umm," Andrew said, "When I had the money. I also got a home in Smallville because I want to investigate those weird rocks more, we've only scratched the surface of what we gain from them and my scientists with, umm, Gol'Tok's help say that the power cell idea will be helpful."

"Cool Andrew," Buffy giggled, "But still, Sunnydale? Are you sure you want to head back? I can probably face my friends and mom alone."

Andrew's eyes flashed and Gol'Tok said, "No, you can't, you left in pain and they might not have understood and I am sorry. I want Jonathon to join me, it isn't entirely an unselfish motivation on my part and Andrew misses his best friend."

"Anyone else you want to recruit?" Buffy smirked, "I mean not many people could really begin to understand the technology we're developing."

Andrew simply smiled, his eyes flashed gold for a second and he said, "Let's get going Buffy, I wanna make sure Jonathon's alright."

An hour later Andrew sighed as they drove into Sunnydale, he hadn't expected to come back this soon to this town. He looked over at Buffy and said, "We'll talk to your mother first if you want?"

"Yeah, then Giles I guess Andrew," Buffy said, "At least I'm not doing this alone, right?"

"And by the way Andrew, when did you learn to drive anyways?" Buffy asked, "I mean really it's cool but still."

"Umm, when I took drivers ED," Andrew said, "I thought you took it too?"

Buffy muttered, "Wasn't good at it but I like the car the company picked out for you, it doesn't look bad."

They drove in and Buffy saw the sign and said, "I hate that sign so damn much, its way too cheerful for our town."

"What do you want them to do?" Andrew asked, "Place warnings: 'You are about to enter the Hellmouth, please check your sanity and your soul at the door.'"

Buffy suddenly laughed and said, "Let's make a sign like that, please Andrew? It'd be fitting."

Andrew shrugged, "Sure, why not. But later though."

They drove into town and Buffy frowned, 'Didn't anything ever change in this town or what?' She saw a dark haired girl that looked dangerous in the daylight, almost like she was patrolling.

Andrew stared at her and Gol'Tok said, "Do you know her Buffy? Is she a friend of yours?"

"No," Buffy frowned, "But I used to do what she did. I think she's the slayer, the new one."

"So that once in a generation thing," Andrew said, "It's a lie or what?"

"I died once," Buffy said, "Umm, my friend Xander gave me mouth to mouth and revived me."

"Crap," Andrew said, "But is that really enough time for a new slayer to be called?"

She shrugged, "Apparently but the other girl, Kendra, died, so it stands to reason that another one was called."

Andrew nodded and said, "Sure, guess that could be it, but how does it choose? Does it have a magical dartboard and it throws a dart at it and says, 'This is the girl I'm going to screw over today?'"

Buffy suddenly laughed and said, "That must be it, I'm almost sure of it."

They turned down a road and Buffy suddenly grabbed Andrew's hand, she squeezed it and said, "Umm, thanks again for coming Andrew."

Andrew's eyes flashed gold for a moment and he said, "Gol'Tok said to say that you're never alone with us."

Buffy smiled as they parked and walked up the way to her former home and knocked, she whispered, "Be prepared for anything, she kinda kicked me out."

"You mentioned that," Andrew said softly, "Several times."

They heard, "I'm coming, I'm coming!" When Joyce opened the door she saw Buffy in front of her and said, "Buffy?" and pulled her into a hug. She stared at Andrew and said, "Is this your boyfriend?"

"No," Andrew said holding his hands up, "Not a boyfriend, just her employer and also not employer as in pimp, I'm a CEO."

"Calm down," Joyce laughed almost nervously, "You don't look like a pimp, but CEO? I didn't get that from you."

"Well I don't go around with a huge sign that says 'CEO' on my back," Andrew said, "But I'm totally a CEO."

Joyce looked at Buffy and said, "Are you alright?"

"Yes mom but," Buffy said, "Don't freak; I'm not staying in town, I still have work to do with Andrew and Prime Defence Mechanics and I get paid a decent salary."

Joyce frowned, her daughter was working already and this other boy was her employer? She stared at him and said, "Medical plan?"

"Umm, yeah," Andrew said, "Got one for all my employees and I'm moving offices and factories into a couple of other states and into Sunnydale itself."

Joyce nodded; she looked at Buffy and said, "I would like to talk to my daughter, alone please?"

Andrew nodded and said, "I have to head to the school to look for Jonathon, you gonna be alright?"

She nodded and said, "I have to get some things off my chest."

Andrew nodded and drove towards the school, he was grateful that he was here during the day, he drove past his old home and saw that his parents car wasn't there and frowned, 'What happened to my mom and dad? They're usually there at this time of day.'

'The school never changed,' Andrew thought as he got to the school and got out of his car. He was heading to the office when someone stopped him and said, "Andrew Wells, right?"

"Umm yes," Andrew said hesitantly and realized that it was Larry who was staring at him.

Larry stared at Andrew and muttered, "When did you get taste and style? You look fabulous."

"Oh, umm, thanks," Andrew said nervously.

"No problem," Larry said looking him over and suddenly said, "Where have you been Andrew? I mean you disappeared last spring and we kinda thought, well you know?"

Andrew shook his head and said, "No Larry, it's sunny out and I'm quite fine."

"You want an escort?" Larry asked almost too eagerly for Andrew's taste, "I mean it'd be nice to umm catch up with you and apologise for the things I did."

"No thanks," Andrew said as he left for the office, he looked back and almost felt guilty at the hurt look on Larry's face.

'He likes you,' Gol'Tok whispered, 'A lot; why not try him out for a bit?'

Andrew thought back, 'Because he used to bully me, it's hard to put romantic feelings to someone who used to shove my head into a toilet and, on one memorable time, shoved me and Jonathon into a locker.'

'But,' Gol'Tok said mentally, 'He picked on you the most, that means he likes you the most.'

'And,' Andrew said, 'Tormented me the most and right now I can't get past that, maybe in time.'

Gol'Tok simply did the Tok'ra version of whistling when they got into the office so Andrew could report his presence.

Snyder walked out and looked Andrew over and said, "Mr. Wells?" Andrew nodded eagerly and Snyder smiled and said, "I've been hearing good things about you; a CEO of an up and coming company."

"Umm, thank you Mr Snyder," Andrew said respectfully, "But I have to look for someone."

"Of course," Snyder said as he watched Andrew leave.

Andrew walked down familiar paths looking for Jonathon and he sighed, 'Almost lunchtime, I could probably find Jonathon there.'

As he walked out to the courtyard he heard a screeching sound and winced as he knew that voice: it was Harmony. She ran over and looked him over, Andrew didn't like the look Larry looked at him the same way but on Larry it was almost flattering, on Harmony it was just plain creepy and scary and she looked him over like a dog sniffing out a bone.

She looked him over and said, "Well, I heard on the grapevine that you're doing very well for yourself?"

"Yeah," Andrew said nervously, "But just starting out, now if you excuse me, I see someone that I actually like over there," and walked away shuddering.

Harmony frowned and growled, "Damn it, he didn't bite," and walked away.

Andrew yelled, "Jonathon, hey Jonathon!"

Jonathon looked up and stared, almost confused but then he realised that it was Andrew, he smiled and ran over to Andrew and suddenly hugged him.

"Hey, yeah," Andrew giggled, "It's good to see you too, I missed you."

"Yeah," Jonathon muttered, "Missed you too, but you're back now and staying?" Jonathon asked hopefully.

"No," Andrew said, "I'm actually really busy but I want you to come with me, I can get you job, honestly. Please come with me?"

Jonathon looked around and saw people staring at Andrew and him and said, "You need to ask me? What do I have here?"

Andrew smiled and said, "Yeah, I know and I really want you to work with me."

"Cool, I can do that," Jonathon said smiling, "What are you doing?"

"Umm," Andrew said, "I'll tell you in private but I have to find someone else I want to recruit now."

"Okay," Jonathon said smiling as he sat down and wondered what Andrew had been doing since he had been gone.

'Okay,' Andrew thought, 'Jonathon and now who else?'

'Daniel Osborne,' Gol'Tok said mentally, 'He has very good scores and, fact is, he is a genius but he seems laid back but I would want to investigate him further.'

He walked over to the library and frowned as Buffy was there and he remembered that she and her friends hung out here, probably to do that slaying thing she told him about, she had said that she had a small group.

"Hey Buffy," Andrew said, "Is everything alright?"

She nodded and said, "Yeah, guys this is Andrew Wells, my employer."

Andrew looked at them, he recognized two of them and Gol'Tok pointed out that they looked angry and hurt.

"Umm," Buffy whispered, "They don't understand why I'm staying with you."

"Ah," Andrew said calmly and smiled at them.

Before they could speak Gol'Tok suddenly spoke, "Greetings, it is nice to meet you. I'm Gol'Tok, I am of the Tok'ra and, before you ask, I am alien, not demonic. My ship was destroyed over your world last year and I had to blend with Andrew, it was done out of instinct."

Their eyes widened and Andrew's eyes flashed gold for a moment and Gol'Tok chuckled, "In fact I was surprised to see that the Tau'ri had gotten so strong in such a relatively short time and you, Mr Giles, I was the one studying the legends, I was looking for the Chappa'ai or otherwise known as the Stargate."

Giles frantically rubbed his glasses and said, "I have honestly never heard of it before but dear lord, you live in the young man?"

"Yeah," Andrew said, "He does and it is so cool, I mean Gol is like the coolest thing that has ever happened to me and yeah, we met Buffy the day we left Gol liked her and we asked her to help us in founding our company."

"Wait," Xander suddenly said, "What company? Why is this so important?"

Gol'Tok looked at Xander and said, "Because war is coming and Anubis is on the rise but the system lords will not see it come as they believe him to be dead, he has gained technology no Goa'uld has shown, not even Sokar has this technology and I fear that even so called 'safe worlds' will see Goa'uld Ha'tak vessels overshadowing the sun and rain fire. Your people would die not even seeing the enemy."

The tension in the room mounted considerably and Giles said, "Well, that does sound worrisome to say the least."

Andrew smiled and looked at Faith and said, "It's not like you don't have a protector, she seems really cool."

Faith nodded a bit warily and said, "Yeah, you too."

Gol'Tok suddenly spoke, "I am also looking for a Daniel Osborne; he has an impressive intellect that I would make use of, I can pay well and."

"Oz, its Oz, not Daniel Osborne," Oz said simply, "Sounds important; I'd like to help if you can help the Scoobies every now and then."

"It might be best," Gol'Tok said, "If we keep our distance from each other actually, first of all Prime Defence Mechanics is branching out into the military soon and they would ask questions about why a CEO would be interested in a group of high school kids. Besides you can visit, right?"

"Cool," Oz said and looked Andrew over, "It's kinda cool that you have snake living in your head, does it move?"

"Yes," Andrew muttered, "It does and you weren't there when he wrapped around my spine."

"And besides," Buffy said, "We also want to avoid doing business with the council for now Giles, though if you want you can call us if you need something big but you understand Giles, right?"

Giles nodded and said, "If you want I can call and verify your death, they won't bother you for awhile at least."

"Mom," Buffy said, "Is also moving to LA apparently, Andrew could use a gallery owner's touch to decorate our new condominium."

"Besides," Gol'Tok said, "Right now is not a good time for either of you to be near each other, I, the genderless, foot long snake in Andrew's head, can see that. Let's rebuild slowly and calmly without trying to force each other to have good times," then he looked at Faith and said, "Madam, my host and I bought some property here; a couple of houses and they're furnished, if you wish to use them as your own home you may, here is the key."

"Yes," Faith said, "Thanks, no more fleabag motels. Umm, thanks snaky and Mr Wells."

"Anytime," Andrew said, "Let's get going Buffy, I have to tell Jonathon that he has an alien for a best friend."

"How's he gonna take it?" Buffy asked, "Will it be good or bad?"

"He'll squeal like a girl and ask if we get ray guns," Andrew smirked, "So basically almost the same way I reacted."

TBC

How do you think that meeting went? The meeting between the military and Andrew's company will be in the next chapter, how do you think that will go? Should the SGC be there to represent?

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