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A Life Unknown
Summary: After Buffy's horrendous Graduation debacle comes to a close. Several different things come to light. The 1st being that Buffy's future will be a lot different than what she ever could have thought. That is with a father that she never knew had existed, and a father gaining a daughter that thought that he would never be a father again. How will the SGC be able to cope with a Californian Blonde running rampant throughout their halls.
PREVIOUSLY: "Yepp" Buffy said, popping the 'p'.
"Wait a minute. I have read something about this once before. Into each generation there is a chosen one. One girl who has the strength and skill to fight the Vampires and stop the swell of their numbers. She is the Slayer. Does that sound familiar?" Daniel asked of Buffy.
"Yeah. That is actually the whole Slayer Prophecy thing. They should change it now though, considering there are now technically 3 Slayers now." Buffy said quietly, as she continued spinning the training staff perfectly through a training routine.
"You are highly skilled with that staff Buffy Summers. Would you be willing to have a new sparring partner in the near future?" Teal'c asked of Buffy.
"Sure thing Tank. It would so be of the good to train with someone new, and with different techniques." Buffy said in reply, as she grabbed several different sizes of folded boxes that were stored in her basement to take upstairs.
"Come on guys. Jack should be back here soon with breakfast, and I for one am starving." Daniel Jackson stated, gathering Buffy's attention away from the weapons that were hanging on the wall.
"You're right Dr. Jackson. Plus, we should also start getting ready for the trip to the Gallery and stuff." Buffy said, as she began to head up the stairs just as the front doorbell rang.
A/N: In this story, Buffy will still be 17 and a minor for some of this to work. Plus, I am going to be adding another Slayer in the mix to allow Buffy to leave the Hell-Mouth. You will just have to wait to see who and how this will come to be. I hope that you like this. I am not sure of the Stargate Time line, but there will be no special order to their Big Bads. Some things will be the same, but some will be different.
Chapter 9
'I wonder who that could be?' Buffy questioned inside her head, before saying..."Man! I swear it's like grand freaking central here today." Buffy had finished aloud.
"Are you expecting anyone Buffy?" Samantha Carter asked of Buffy.
All that Buffy did as a response was to shake her head to the negative.
"Alright then Buffy. I want you to go and stand behind Teal'c and Daniel until we know exactly who it is at the door." Major Carter stated, as she made her way towards the front door to answer.
"That's really not necessary Major. I can handle anything or anyone that is there just fine on my own." Buffy said to the Major a little more bitchy than she had meant for that to sound, as she was pulled behind the two men that were standing in her living room entry way between the foyer and the living room.
With a huff, Buffy was firmly placed out of sight of whomever was at the door when the bell had rung once more.
Once Major Carter had answered the door, she made note that there was a man that seemed normal enough in a nice looking suit and another that seemed to be a police officer with a badge hanging around his neck that were standing on the porch.
"Can I help you gentlemen?" Major Carter asked, after she took note of the surroundings of the outside to make sure that they were in fact alone.
"Yes Mam. We're actually looking for Buffy Summers. Is she available by any chance?" The man that was wearing the badge around his neck had asked.
Before anyone could respond, a voice was heard coming from behind the newcomers that were still standing on the porch.
"And you two are?" Everyone heard Jack say, as he walked up to the gathered group at the door carrying a bigger box that held two bags of what looked like food containers.
"Sorry about that. We haven't gotten to introductions yet Sir. I am Detective Stein from Sunnydale PD, and I'm not really sure who this man is. We just arrived at the same time, but not for the same reasons. I only need to verify a few things for Buffy's statement of the graduation ceremony." Detective Stein stated, as he held his hand out for Jack and Sam to introduce himself.
"Yes, and I am Garrett Adams. I am, or I guess you could say I was Joyce Summers's Attorney. I actually need to speak with one Buffy Summers regarding her mother's last will and testament." The second man had said, as he too held his hand out for Jack and Sam to shake, before adding on..."And whom might the two of you be?" Asked the lawyer.
"I am Colonel Jack O'Neill and this is Major Samantha Carter. Just one moment while I set this stuff down in the house and then grab Buffy." Jack said, as he walked back into the house and made a quick right to head to the dining room to set their food down onto the dining room table.
As soon as Jack had set the food down, he began to make his way over to his two remaining team members and friends to speak with his daughter.
Before he had a chance to speak, Buffy poked her head out to ask, "Is it safe enough for you guys to let me out from here?" Sarcasm seeping from her tone of voice.
"Yeah it is, I guess at least. There is a Police Officer here to speak to you, as well as a lawyer too. Do you want them to come inside, or do you want to meet with them on the front porch?" Jack asked of Buffy.
Before she made up her mind, Buffy pushed her way out from behind the two overly protective people that she had just met to make her way to the front door.
"Detective Stein? What can I do for the good ol' Sunnydale PD this morning?" Buffy asked of the one cop that seemed to hate her not just a month ago.
"Good morning Miss. Summers. I am only here for your statement on your view of what happened at the High School." Detective Stein said to Buffy.
"What is it that you actually want to know? Do you want the real story, or is it the usual cover story that is heavily edited?" Buffy asked right back curtly to the Detective still standing on her porch.
"The edited one would be fine. We are all almost fully caught up on the real version. This is just what we need for the actual reports that will be filed for public record." Was what Detective Stein stated.
"Alright then. Let's have a seat out here, while Mr. Lawyer man gets set up inside." Buffy said, as she made her way over to the chairs that were set up at the end of her porch.
"Are you sure that you are up for this right now Buffy?" Detective Stein asked of Buffy.
"Sure." Was all that Buffy said, with a shrug of her shoulders.
"I will be sitting out here with her, while you are talking to her. I won't take no for an answer Elizabeth." Jack said, as he walked over to the two to take a seat in the last available chair.
"We will show Mr. Adams here the way to the dining room to set up shop Jack." Daniel Jackson stated, as he led the lawyer into the house before shutting the front door giving Buffy, Jack, and Detective Stein alone to their chats.
"What kind of questions do you have that I need to answer?" Buffy asked of the cop sitting to her left.
"Can you please tell me of where you were at the time of explosion? Seeing as though you had several pieces of debris that was removed from your side at the hospital, I figure that you had to have been close to the initial point of impact." Detective Stein asked of Buffy, not really noticing the look of horror on Jack's face realizing how close he came to losing his daughter before truly knowing her.
"I was asked to retrieve some items from the library that were confiscated at the start of the year. I figured that I would have enough time to do so during the Mayor's speech. I figured wrong though. I barely had enough time to jump out of one of the windows of the library before being pushed further with the pressure of the explosion." Buffy stated, as she took a slight pause to get her bearings.
"Seriously? That is what you are going with?" Buffy's father asked her, before turning to the Detective to ask, "And you and your department will actually believe this load of fiction?" Jack ended, with a look of pure skepticism on his face.
"They've believed worse." Was all that the Detective said in response, before returning his attention towards Buffy. "Is there anything else you can tell me Buffy? What about the fact that your mother was in the building at the time of the explosion?" The cop asked, hating himself for causing her any more pain at the moment.
"I'm not really sure why she was there at all. All of our parents agreed not to come to the ceremony. I can only figure is that she didn't want me to be alone. She was the only parent of ours that actually knew the real reason as to why we didn't want the parents there. I honestly don't know why she was there. Can we please be done with this now?" Buffy asked, as she continued to keep her tears at bay that were threatening to flow freely.
"Of course Buffy. I don't need anything else. Thank you for your time, and again I am extremely sorry about the loss of your mother. See you around." Detective Stein stated, as he stood up to make his way to his car.
"Are you alright kiddo?" Jack asked Buffy, all the while pulling her out of her seat to envelope her into a tight hug and let her cry out her frustrations.
"I'm not really sure. Let's go and see what this other guy wants. That way we can eat some breakfast and get our day settled." Buffy said in reply, as she began to pull away from Jack, effectively ending the first hug of father and daughter.
Before they made it to the front door, they both noticed a black SUV pull up to the curb just in front of Buffy's house.
"What could possibly be happening now!" Buffy said in a deflated tone.
"Don't worry about it. Just go on inside, and I will deal with this." Jack said, as he pushed her inside the house and re-closed the door tightly.
"Can I help you with anything?" Jack asked the uniformed man that had stepped out of the back seat of the SUV that had parked in front of the house.
"I am looking for a Colonel O'Neill or an Elizabeth Summers." Was all that the man had said.
"I'm O'Neill. What can I help you with?" Jack asked, as he pulled out his Military ID, showing the man that he was in fact the Colonel that he was looking for.
"I was told to deliver these transport papers to one Colonel Jack O'Neill or one Elizabeth Anne Summers. Here you go Sir, and when you are finished with them, just overnight them to the address on the post-it note on the forms. If you can just sign right here on the dotted line stating that you have received them, and then I will be on my way." The man said, as he handed Jack a clip board to claim his signature before returning to his car and leave just as quickly as he had arrived.
As the man's car had pulled away, Jack took a quick glance at the papers to see that they were in fact the papers to transport Buffy's mother back to Colorado Springs.
As soon as Jack re-entered the house, he turned to the direction of the dining room that held the remaining people sitting around the table, leaving one free seat next to his daughter and next to Teal'c.
"Welcome back Jack." Daniel Jackson said to his friend to lift the easily readable tension throughout the room.
At Daniel's words, several chuckles were heard around the table.
"So? Who's gonna start this thing?" Buffy asked, finally breaking the silence after the laughing.
"I guess that that would be me Miss. Summers. As I said earlier, my name is Garrett Adams. I was your mothers' Attorney." Garrett Adams stated, as he opened up his briefcase to pull out some papers.
"I didn't even know that she had an Attorney. How long have you known my mother?" Buffy asked of the man that was wearing a suit that seemed to cost more than her entire clothing budget for 6 months.
"I have known your mother since she had hired me to cover her Divorce proceedings. With me here today, I have your mothers' last will and testament. Before I can continue, I need to know that you have no quarrels with the others present to hear what will be said. Will that be a problem for you?" Garrett Adams asked of Buffy.
"No, it's alright if they hear whatever it is that you have to say. I am fairly certain that they would find out anyways. Go on ahead please." Buffy replied, as she began to fidget in her seat, and began to play with her sleeves at the edge of her shirt.
"Very well then." The man said, as he began again reading from some papers that he had recently pulled out of his briefcase. "I Joyce Annabel Thompson Summers, in sound mind and body, state the choices that would be needed for my daughter at the time of my death." The lawyer began, however took a pause at the crying of the young lady that had been heard.
"Sorry about that. Please go on." Buffy said, as she began to wipe away a few of her fallen tears.
"Of course. If you are hearing this Buffy, than I am so truly sorry that I can not be there for you anymore. I want you to know that I loved you so very much, and that I was so proud of you and everything that you have done. If you are hearing this before you are 18, I must tell you that Hank was not your biological father sweetie. Your real father was a hero just like you are dear. I'm sorry to say that he had died not too long before you were born. I hadn't believed that he was dead at first, but then when those Military types show up at your door you know that it is true." Joyce's attorney took a pause in the letter that he was reading, and just giving Buffy the right amount of time to cut into the conversation.
"Wait a minute. So the reason that I didn't know you existed at all, was because mom thought you were dead? Why didn't you set her straight when you came back?" Buffy asked of her father that was sitting next to her, trying to hold his own tears from falling.
"I did come back for her Elizabeth, but once I did...Joyce was already married to that Hank fellow. When I had seen that she was actually happy with him, or so I thought that she was happy, and with a child no doubt...I just couldn't break up a happy marriage. Not even if I loved her with all of my heart. I thought that you were his when I finally had found her, and so I just left. If I had thought that you were actually mine...I wouldn't have stopped until we were a family." Jack finished, instantly releasing all of the tears that he had fought to keep back.
Buffy didn't really know what to say as a response, seeing as though she too were now crying freely at her fathers' words that struck her deeply.
"Please continue Mr. Adams." Buffy finally got out, just after her tears began to subside.
"Are you ready?" Garrett Adams asked, and at Buffy's nod he continued on with the letter. "Hank knew from the get go that he wasn't your father Buffy, but he didn't let it show at the start. He never even used it against me at first when we first started to argue with each other about your...you know issues. He may not have known, and I didn't know at first either, but it just happened to be the last straw for him. Once you were put into that hospital, Hank made the choice of finally divorcing me and separating himself from both of us seeing as though he had already found someone else. He figured it was the best time to cut the ties so to speak. I want you to know that I never once stopped loving you, even when you burnt down that gym. I know, I know, there was no proof, but come on hunny." Garrett Adams took a pause, when he heard chuckles come from around the table at the last portion.
"So that bit that was in your file about burning down a School Gym during a dance was true?" Major Carter asked of Jack's daughter.
"I will not confirm or deny anything. I still stick to the whole smoking mice thing." Buffy said in reply to the Major's question.
"I do not believe that I have ever seen a mouse capable of the task of smoking Elizabeth Summers." Teal'c stated, with his trademark eyebrow lift.
"Please continue Mr. Adams." Jack stated with a chuckle, at the antics of the people around him,
"As you wish. I want you to know that if I was to ever pass away before you were able to turn 18, I have talked with my lawyer Mr. Adams and he was helpful in having the paperwork for your emancipation to be ready. As long as it was between 16 and 17. I am leaving everything that I have and own to you my daughter. And by everything I mean the house and everything that is inside, outside, and on the property with the address 1630 Revello Drive. That also means that I will be leaving you my Jeep as well. Please do try and not break it like you did with the whole 'band candy' incident. I am also leaving you with everything that is as well in, just outside, and on the Galleries' property grounds at 4685 North Market Street. There is also some other things as well that Mr. Adams will tell you about after reading this letter to you. Please know Buffy that you meant the world to me everyday. I love you, and I always will be watching over you from above. Just promise me that you will be safe and protect yourself when you do what you do. I'm sorry that you never had the chance to meet Jack Buffy. I can say for certain that he would've been just as proud of you as I have been. Be safe and tell Mr. Giles and the kids that I have said goodbye to them as well. With all my love. Joyce Annabel Thompson Summers." Garrett Adams ended the letter that he had unsealed, before pulling out some more papers from some folders out of his briefcase.
There was a hush that had fell around the room, while everyone waited patiently on Buffy's response to the first part of the meeting with the lawyer.
"Wow." Was all that Buffy could say for the moment, due to the fact that she had begun to cry once more.
Jack moved his chair even closer to Buffy, pulling her into his arms for the second time that morning and letting her get the most of her emotions and tears out of her system before the lawyer could continue on with whatever it was that he had left.
