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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: "I wouldn't go that far Xander, but I would go to. Mainly because your mother had always been super nice to me. Even if I was a total B-I-T-C-H to you Buffy." Cordy answered to Buffy, trying not to have Daniel Jackson know what was being said.
"I think that the other guy knows how to spell Cordy. He does work for the Air Force and all that." Xander said sarcastically with an eye roll.
"How did you know that I was working with the Air Force?" Daniel asked of Xander with curiosity.
"Seeing as though you are here in town with that Colonel guy. To me you don't scream Military, so I figure Specialty Consultant with languages or something else." Xander stated firmly set on his description.
"That's true Xander. He does have a couple of PHD.'s, and one of them is in foreign languages. But, don't forget the big guy either. He may scream Military of some kind, but nothing from the American Armed Forces." Willow added on.
"If I had to guess, I would say he came from an African Tribal Military." Oz said to finish Willow's statement.
"Let's not forget G.I. Barbie. She is definitely Air Force as well. She has the same uniform as the old guy, but at least she knows how to moisturize and accessorize." Cordy added on while checking out her nails, not wanting to feel left out of the conversation.
"Seriously! Who are you kids? Where on earth did you come up with this stuff?" Daniel asked, rather shocked at the close call of their descriptions of his team.
While Daniel was feeling rather shocked, Buffy began to smile slightly at the put off look of the young Archeologist caused by her friends.
"What's wrong with Danny, Buffy?" Everyone turned to see that the others had returned with the second truck when Jack spoke to break the silence that they had walked in to.
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.
A/N II: I would like to thank everyone for all of the views and reviews for this story. I am trying my best to update s much as I can with the computer that I have, but it is not that easy when it shuts off as often as it does. Thank you for all of the support.
A/N III: Just to let you all know, the next chapter will be the last chapter of Buffy in Sunnydale. Colorado Springs...Here we come. Go'ulds beware.
Chapter 12
"Jack, I think that we need to have a chat." Daniel Jackson said, just before grabbing the arm of his friend to pull him outside rather quickly.
"I'll be right back everyone." Jack said rather quickly, as Daniel pulled him outside to the front porch.
"We need to talk Jack." Daniel stated once more, just the duo had shut the door.
"You said. What about Space Monkey?" Jack asked of his friend.
"These kids. They are really strange Jack." Daniel Jackson replied almost instantly.
Before Jack could respond, the duo were interrupted by a voice coming from behind them.
"That is so rude." The two men turned around to see Buffy standing behind them.
"How did you get here without us hearing you?" Jack said, as he held his chest after calming down from the intrusion.
"It comes with the job." Buffy said in response to her father, just before turning towards the Archeologist. "What you just said about my friends is completely rude. They haven't done anything for you to talk about hem like that." Buffy said, with her voice breaking with either anger or sadness, they couldn't guess.
"I'm sorry, but you may have taken that out of context." Daniel Jackson stated, trying to calm Buffy down.
"How can a person take that statement? I mean come on now. I may be blonde, but I'm not stupid. I have the SAT's to prove it." Buffy said back shortly.
"Can someone please tell me what in the hell is going on here? What on earth happened within the last 20 minutes?" Jack asked of either occupants that were on the porch besides himself.
"Just because my friends seem to be over-observant, Dr. Geek here thought that it was alright to call them strange." Buffy shot back, with her voice filled with anger pointed to Dr. Jackson.
"Danny? Is that true? Are the kids really that observant? Did they already come up with what we do for a living?" Jack asked of his friend.
"Not what we do per-say, but a fair enough description of each of our roles on the team. I didn't mean to say it like that Buffy. I mean it. It just threw me for a loop when your group pointed out what they had. We work with very secretive stuff concerning National Security, and I may have just jumped to the wrong conclusions." Daniel Jackson stated, once he was able to calm down a bit to realize that he may have over-reacted.
"Damn straight you over-reacted." Buffy mumbled to herself, not realizing she was with her newly found father.
"Language young lady." Jack said instantly with a smile.
"Sorry." Buffy said on reflex, just like she did with her mother or Hank.
"Can we go back inside now?" Jack asked of the two that were still starring at each other.
"Fine." Buffy said a tad bit petulantly, just before turning around to re-open the front door to lead the way back into the house.
"Is everything alright O'Neill?" Teal'c asked of Jack, once the trio had entered the living room.
"Sure thing T. No worries." Jack responded, just before turning his attention to Buffy. "Have you said anything about anything to anyone yet Eliza..., I mean Buffy?" Jack asked of his daughter.
"Not a whole lot actually." Buffy said to Jack, just before turning back towards her friends. "Let's do intros. Guys," Buffy said to SG 1, "This is Willow Rosenberg and her boyfriend Daniel Osborne, but he goes by Oz. And this is Xander Harris and his girlfriend Cordy Chase. Guys, these here are Colonel Jack O'Neill, Major Samantha Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Murray." Buffy said to her friends, just as the front door had opened showing entrance to the missing Watcher that has now joined the group.
"Sorry about the delay everyone. I seem to have picked up a shadow earlier that I couldn't quite seem to shake. I finally had managed before making my way here. Hello everyone. It is good to see you all once more." Giles said to the newest house guests of Buffy.
"Hello Mr. Giles. Good to see you again as well." Major Carter said, just as soon as he joined the group in the living room.
"Now that we are all here, I can get to the rest now. As I had said earlier, my mom's Attorney came by earlier to read me her will. Seeing as though I am still a minor for a few more months I have been told that I have to go live with my father." Buffy started out, but was cut off by Xander.
"At least you are only going to be in LA. 3 out of the 4 of us, 5 if you include G-Man have cars to come and visit you there. Then, when you turn 18 here soon you can move back here with us for College at Sunnydale University with Wills." Xander said, as if he just planned the next few months of Buffy's life.
"It's not that simple Alexander. It seems as though Hank Summers is not truly Buffy's father. That was one reason why The President had arrived here in town last evening." Giles decided to join the conversation to help with any future fallout towards his Slayer.
"Wait a sec. Are you saying that THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is Buffy's dad? Is that why you have a Military escort that was left here?" Willow shouted to her best friend, trying to come up with some other scenario.
"Willow? I thought that I was the only one that blurted out crazy stuff before speaking." Xander said, just after Willow's proclamation.
"That's true Xander." Willow stated quietly.
"So Buff, What's really going on?" Xander asked of Buffy. Causing all attention to turn once more to the blonde Slayer.
"It seems that before mom was with Hank, she was engaged to be married to someone else. He was deployed overseas before mom knew about me. After he was labeled KIA, then she met Hank." Buffy began, but took a slight pause.
"If your dad was killed when you were a baby, then why was the President here yesterday?" Cordy asked ever so bluntly as normal.
"That's the thing guys. He wasn't really dead back then. He was only captured. He found his way home, but mom had already moved onto Hank back then. When he found mom with Hand and a baby that he thought was Hank's, he let mom go on thinking he was dead. Mom never knew he had survived. My dad is actually Colonel Jack O'Neill." Buffy ended, while she waited to see what her friends had to say about the news that she had just told her friends.
"Do they now what the what is here Buffy?" Willow asked of one of her best friends.
"Yeah. They were read in I guess on their way here to town, but I guess it helped with firsthand vision last night after we left the hospital." Buffy said, as she added a small chuckle at the memory of last night.
"So, does that mean you are going to be having a new house guest?" Xander asked of Buffy this time around.
"No, not really Xand. It means that Jack is going to be the one with a new house guest for a bit. It seems that I am going to be moving up to Colorado with him for the time being. I already emptied out the Gallery with the help of Jack and his friends. We were even able to put the place up for sale too. I was going to add the house on too, but after the visitors this morning, I chose against it. I figured that it would be a good idea to have somewhere to stay if I ever come back if I was needed." Buffy said quietly than normal.
"So what? You're leaving again? I can't believe this. Oh! Wait a minute, yes I can! It's just like last year all over again." Xander said shortly.
"Xander, just stop. This is so not the same thing and you know it. You can't be mad at her for wanting to leave this place that tries to kill her on a daily basis. If I was her, I would want to leave here too. Plus, she gets to get to know a father that she never knew she had." Everyone was shocked to hear Cordy speak up on behalf of Buffy.
Just as Xander began to speak, Buffy began to silently allow her tears to fall. However, they slowed at a dramatic pace at the words that Cordy was speaking on Buffy's behalf.
"Thank you Cordy. I really appreciate it. With the new Slayer and her Watcher here guys, I won't be able to do any good here. They have made it rather clear that I am not to do any patrolling here. At least leaving here, I could actually do some good somewhere else. I can't know about everything that goes bump in the night and just turn the other way when people are getting killed. I can't and I won't ever forget you guys. I am going to talk to the newbies one last time before we leave to let them know that even though they don't want me here, I will only be phone call away of any apocalypse or anything should arise." Buffy said solemnly.
"Can you at least come back and visit every now and then?" Oz asked, this time around finally joining the conversation.
"Of course I'll be back to visit. That's another reason why I want to keep the house." Buffy answered to Oz, but looking at each of her friends.
"Sorry Buffster. I kinda let my emotions get the best of me again. I really do understand why you want to get out of dodge. Just keep in touch alright?" Xander asked after he apologized for the minor attitude hiccup.
"Of course Xand-Man." Buffy said to her friend, just before turning to the whole group. "We will be heading to the Funeral Home after lunch. That way we can pack up the things that I want to take with me to Colorado. Jack said that he already spoke to the power people and other people already, so everything will be shut off by tomorrow. Once I reach where we are going, I will fill out whatever change of address forms that I will need to. When will your mom be back Wills?" Buffy asked of Willow.
"She's not. Cordy actually followed mom over here, so we will just ride with her on the way there. Will that be cool, Buffy?" Willow asked of her friend.
"Yeah Wills, that's cool. Let's get this mess cleaned up so we can head on over there." Buffy said, as she began to grab the empty Pizza boxes to take to the trash in the kitchen.
Once Buffy reached the kitchen, she was rather shocked to see that the back door was now fully fixed.
'How in the hell did that happen. I didn't even hear anything like tools being used.' Buffy thought to herself.
"I was able to re-align the door frame, which made it possible to save the rest of the door, Buffy Summers. I hope that this is acceptable to you?" Teal'c asked, once he knew that Buffy had seen the door.
"This is perfect Teal'c. Thank you so much." Buffy said, as she gave the man a small smile of gratitude.
"You are most welcome Buffy Summers." Teal'c said ever so stoically.
"Hey kiddo. Are you and your friends ready to head on over now, or do we need to wait on your friend's mom?" Jack asked of his daughter.
"Sure thing Jack. They are actually going to be riding in Cordy's car and meet us there. I'm ready when you are." Buffy said, as she grabbed the paperwork that she would need to give to the funeral home.
"Alright then, Let's move out. Carter!" Jack said in his Colonel voice.
"Yes Sir!" Major Carter responded, just as she arrived in front of him in the front foyer.
"I want you to start boxing up anything that you would think that Buffy would like to take with her from up in her room and her mother's room. I'm sure that she would appreciate the help." Jack said, just before saying, "Danny Boy!"
"Yeah Jack?" Daniel Jackson questioned his friend and co-worker.
"If you could, start packing up some of the books or stuff from down here on the lower level." Jack ended rather quickly on that one.
Before Jack had a chance to give Teal'c a suggestion, the man in question spoke up.
"I would be willing to pack up the remaining weapons that have been left in Buffy Summers's training area." Teal'c stated, as he to left immediately to get to work before the others had even left.
"I guess that that just leaves us Buffy. Are you ready now?" Jack asked of Buffy.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Buffy responded instantaneously.
With those final words, Buffy and Jack left the house on Revello Dr. to make their way to the Funeral Home for the final goodbyes to Joyce.
Once Buffy and Jack had made it to the Funeral Home, they were easily able to find the others that were waiting at the front entrance tot he building.
As Buffy and Jack walked up to the doors, they both overheard the conversation that was going on between the other Scoobies.
"Is it just me, or is it a tad bit weird feeling to go into this place through the actual doors instead of the back window that we fixed up for us?" Xander asked of the others.
"It's not just you Xander." Willow said as a response, wiping of a tear that had began to fall down her face.
Once Oz noticed that Willow began to cry, he pulled her in closely to his side.
"Hey Buffy. We are ready whenever you are." Cordy stated, as soon as she noticed that Buffy's space had slowed down minutely.
"I'm ready guys. Waiting around won't solve anything." Buffy said, as she reached for Jack's hand as she led the others through the front doors.
"Do you kids know where we need to be going?" Jack asked of the Scoobies, still a tad shocked that Buffy had grabbed his hand for comfort.
"Yeah, the main office is actually back this way." Oz said, as he pointed to the direction off to the left.
"And the viewing rooms are that way." Cordy said, as she pointed off to the right.
"I guess that in your line of work, you spend a lot of time in places like this?" Jack asked to Buffy and her friends.
"Sometimes, but not so much anymore. Mainly I just hang around the different cemeteries that are around town. With there being so many, I'm bound to run into something eventually." Buffy said with a shrug of her shoulders as a response.
As soon as the group had reached the office, Jack decided that he would be the one to knock.
"Come In!" Was heard shouted from the inside of the office.
'I don't think that I can do this.' Buffy thought to herself, just as she began to step backwards bumping into Willow and Oz.
"Buff? Are you alright?" Willow asked of the now shaking Slayer.
"I can't do this. I thought that I could be strong enough, but I don't think that I can Will. Tell me what to do here, cause I really don't know." Buffy babbled quietly to the group.
"You can do this Buffy. We are all here for you. We aren't going to be going anywhere." Xander stated, as he joined in on the Buffy sandwich.
"If you could all follow me inside the office, we can get right to it." Mr. Danvers the Funeral Home Director stated.
As soon as they all had entered the office, Mr. Danvers spoke once again.
"Hello Miss Summers. I would like to start off by saying how terribly sorry I am for the loss of your mother." Mr. Danvers stated.
"Thank you very much Mr. Danvers." Buffy said, as the group found empty seats throughout the office of Mr. Danvers.
"I know that this will be a hard time for you, so I want to help as much as I possibly can. Have you decided on what kind of service that you would like to have?" Mr. Danvers asked of Buffy.
"I was wondering if it would be possible for us to say our goodbyes today, and then continue on with Cremation. i"m going to be moving away soon to live with my father, and I figured that this would be the best way to bring her with me. Plus, it's what she wanted based on her will." Buffy ended her mini babble with a squeeze of her hand from her father.
"Of course Miss Summers. I wish you the very best in the future. Seeing as though your mother was one of the first here, she is all ready for viewing whenever you are ready. I will go and prep viewing room #1 for you and your visitors. You and your group can meet me there in 5 minutes. I'm sure you and your friends here know the way there." Mr. Danvers stated with a small smile, as he rose up from his seat and left the room fully.
"So Buffy? I take it that this guy knows what it is that you do?" Jack asked of his daughter.
"I'm sure that he knows that something is off around here,, but like the rest of people that live here, he doesn't mention a word about it." Buffy responded to her father's question.
"Hey Buff?" Xander questioned to gain Buffy's attention.
"Yeah Xand." Buffy answered back.
"Do you think that we should head on over to the viewing room now?" Xander asked to Buffy.
"Yeah. I think that that's a good idea. It's been long enough." Buffy said, as she and the others rose up from their seats to make their way out of Mr. Danvers's office.
'I can do this. I can do this. This is for mom. That is why I can do this. She had done everything for me, so I can do this for mom.' Buffy thought to herself, as she continued on the path to the needed viewing room.
As soon as the Scoobies, plus Jack had reached the needed room, Mr. Danvers could be seen coming out of the door that they need to go into.
"Perfect timing all. Since we won't be having any regular services for the next couple of days Miss Summers, you and your party can have as much time as you need." Mr. Danvers stated, as he began to walk away from the door to viewing room #1.
"Thank you Mr. Danvers." Was all that Buffy said, just before making her way to the room with her friends.
"Go on in Buffy. I need to ask Mr. Danvers a few questions before joining you in there." Jack said, as he turned to look at the Director of the Funeral Home.
'That's odd, but I don't want to think about it.' Buffy thought to herself, as she continued on into the other room.
"What can I do for you Mr. Summers?" Mr. Danvers asked of Jack.
Jack's face turned hard instantaneously at the thought of being mistaken as the man that pretended to be his daughter's father. Jack inwardly flinched before continuing on.
"It's actually O'Neill. Colonel Jack O'Neill. I am Buffy's biological father. I was wondering about how to go about picking out an urn for Joyce after the Cremation. I was hoping to do that so Buffy wouldn't have to worry about that later on. Would I be able to do that Mr. Danvers?" Jack asked of the Funeral Home Director.
"Sorry about that Mr. O'Neill. I just assumed is all. It is possible to do that, however, what you pick out may not be exactly what Miss Summers would want for her mother. I was going to suggest to Miss Summers once she had finished with her goodbyes to come back to my office to pick the one that is best suited for her." Mr. Danvers stated back to Jack.
As soon as Jack had heard the reasoning of Mr. Danvers, he decided that it may be the best course of action to wait for Buffy to make the decision before they were set to leave.
'He's right. Buffy may not like what I would pick out for Joyce.' Jack thought to himself, just before voicing his opinion out loud. "You're right Mr. Danvers. We'll wait on Buffy for the final decision. After we're finished in there, I'll grab Buffy to head on back to your office once her friends had gone home afterward." Jack said, as he shook Mr. Danvers's hand, just before heading directly into the same room that Buffy and her friends had entered just a moment ago.
"Is everything alright Jack?" Buffy asked of her father.
"Of course it is Buffy. I just had to talk to the Director for a moment. After we are done here, we are going to have to meet Mr. Danvers in his office to pick out what type of Urn you would like to pick out for your mother." Jack stated, as he made his way up to the coffin that was sitting at the front of the room.
"I figured that we would have to do something like that. I guess that when I do that, it will actually be too real." Buffy said to mainly herself, as she too moved towards the front to go and say goodbye to her as well.
As soon as Buffy and Jack reached the coffin, they both stood there silently remembering all of the different moments themselves and Joyce.
'I can't believe that she is really gone. Seeing her here only makes it too real. I am sooooo sorry that I couldn't save you too. I wish there was a way to turn back time to change what has happened.' Buffy was saying to herself in her head, just before saying aloud..."I love you mom, and I always will. I want you to know mom, that you are getting your wish. I don't have to go with Hank. I promise that I will do my best to make you proud of me. Goodbye mom." Buffy ended, just before she began to allow the tears to fall freely down her face.
As soon as Buffy began to cry, she was engulfed into a giant group hug containing all of her friends that were there with her saying goodbye as well.
When Jack noticed that his daughter was in the safe arms of her friends, he turned back towards Joyce's coffin to finish his goodbyes as well.
Jack placed a hand on the top of the casket that held his first love and the mother of his daughter.
'I'm sorry that I wasn't here to help you with our daughter Joycie. If I had known, I would have been here at the drop of a hat. I never stopped loving you. I will always regret not revealing myself to you once I returned home from that last mission.' Jack was saying to himself in his head. "I will never forget you Joycie." Jack finished out loud, as he lifted his hand to place a kiss on his palm to place on top of the casket.
Just as soon as the last goodbyes have been said, Jack and the Scoobies sat around the front of the coffin in utter silence for a short amount of time.
After another 10 short minutes that seemed to last a hell of a lot longer than normal, Buffy and the others that were placed in the room stood to make their way out of the room after saying their goodbyes to Joyce Summers.
"Alright campers." Jack said quietly. "I think that it's time to leave. Come on now." Jack finished, as the rest of the group began to stand up as well.
"I think that you're right Mr. O'Neill." Willow stated, as soon as everyone was on their feet.
"Buff? I'm sorry, but we really need to head on home. I promise that we will see you one last time before you leave tomorrow, but our parents have been a tad bit overbearing since Graduation." Xander stated factually to the group.
"It's fine guys. I understand completely. I just want to thank you all for being here with me. I love you guys, and I promise that I will keep in touch with you all." Buffy said, as she hugged each of her friends one last time before they left to head home to their families.
"You alright kiddo?" Jack asked of Buffy.
"I think so, but I think that it is still trying to fully catch up to me is all." Buffy said in response to her father.
"I know what you mean. Let's head on over to speak with Mr. Danvers. That way we can head on back to your house before it gets too late." Jack stated, as he put his arm across Buffy's shoulder leading her to the path to the offices of the building that they were in.
As soon as they had reached the correct office of Mr. Danvers, both Buffy and Jack made a move to knock at the same exact time simultaneously. The action itself had caused Buffy to chuckle just a bit at the knocking of the door.
"Come in!" Buffy and Jack heard Mr. Danvers shout through the closed door, granting them entrance to the office once again.
"We're finished Mr. Danvers." Buffy stated, just s she entered the office fully.
"Very well Miss Summers. Here is a book that I would like for you and your father to look through. The ones with a star next to the pictures are the ones that I have in stock here. Any of the others, I would have to order them, and I would have to wait for at least a week for them to arrive." Mr. Danvers stated, as he handed Buffy a book of different Urns for use.
Buffy answered with a quiet "Thank You", before placing the book between Jack and herself to start looking throughout the book.
After looking throughout the book for a few minutes, Jack turned towards Buffy to ask. "Have you seen anything that you like yet?".
"Maybe. What do you think of this light and dark gray marble one? I like this one, and it is kinda simpleish like what mom would have liked. Don't you think, Jack?" Buffy asked of Jack.
"I like it too, but I wouldn't say that it's simple. I would go more for classy. I really do think that Joyce would like it too. Plus, looking at this book here, it seems to be in stock too." Jack stated, trying to help Buffy pick out the right one.
"Alright then. That's the one that we'll get." Buffy said quietly to her father, just before talking more loudly to Mr. Danvers. "I think that we are done Mr. Danvers." Buffy said, just as she handed the book over to Jack to finish up.
"Yeah. I think that we are going to take the gray marble one here that you have in stock. How much would that be, along with the fees for the Cremation as well?" Jack asked of Mr. Danvers.
As soon as Mr. Danvers had filled out all of the paperwork, he gently handed over the entire file with the final amount written on the bottom of the bill.
"That will be fine Sir. Just go ahead and put it on this card here." Jack said, as he handed over a credit card from his billfold in his pocket.
"Are you sure Mr. O'Neill?" Mr. Danvers asked of Jack.
"Sure thing." Was all that Jack said in response.
"Very well then. I will be back in just a moment." Mr. Danvers said, just before raising up form his seat to leave his office to run Jack's card for the bill.
"Jack? You don't have to do this. I can afford it you know." Buffy said, full of shock that he would actually do this for her.
"It's no problem Buffy. You never know what you will need to use that money on in the future." Jack said calmly to his daughter, while waiting for Mr. Danvers to return to the office.
"Well, thanks anyways Jack." Buffy said, just before the door opened once again revealing Mr. Danvers's return.
"Here is your copy of the paperwork, and a copy of the receipt. As I understand it, the two of you will be leaving sometime tomorrow afternoon?" Mr. Danvers asked of the two sitting in front of his desk.
"Yes." Was all that was said by the two of them simultaneously.
"Very well than. I should be finished with everything by noon tomorrow. Will that be reasonable for you Miss Summers?" the Director asked of Buffy.
"Yes, that will be fine." Was all that Buffy said in response.
"Then, I guess that we are finished here. Once again I am sorry for your loss Miss Summers, and I will see you tomorrow afternoon. Have a good evening." Mr. Danvers stated, just as Buffy and Jack stood up to leave the Funeral Home to make their way back to the house on Revello Drive.
"Do you think that the house will still be standing when we get back there, Jack?" Buffy asked of her father, as they made their way into Jack's rented vehicle.
"Of course. Out of our entire team Buffy, I am the one that is the most destructive. If anything, the majority of the house should be fully packed up." Jack ended,, just as he pulled off onto the main road to head back to Buffy's house.
