Part 21 The things we do to keep them safe
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A/N: Fair warning this is AU. This means any and all seasons of any and all shows are mixed into the works. The pairings may not seem cannon compliant. However, I do promise interesting results because of it. I play with timelines to get things to fit the way I want it too. I have chosen to use a bond as a story plot line because it has its uses later on. I hope everyone will give the idea a chance.
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A/N: Give a big round of applause to Genuka my Beta for getting these chapters out so fast. If you enjoy them review and recommend this story so she knows her hard work is appreciated by more than this crazy author.
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8/15/2010
Beta: Genuka Who rocks as a beta.
Inheriting Family
Part 21 The things we do to keep them safe
The rest of SG-1 and General Hammond looked at Teal'c with some surprise. However, they all now seemed ready to listen because of his words. Cassie took a deep breath and began to explain how well she knew her Uncle Rupert.
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Ethan scanned Colorado and found Air Force One. His ship was cloaked so he had no concern about being detected. The next problem was a lot more complex. How was he going to get to Rupert? After all it was not like he could just walk up to the gate and ask to see him. Or could he?
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Willow looked down at her lap top and just knew Buffy was going to lose her temper. She could not believe the crap the United States Air Force had been up to in the past few years. The SGC had stepped into nearly as bad as the Army with their Initiative or DRI program. Damn this was going to be a problem. Well at least she now understood why President Hayes wanted to talk more to Giles.
Of course the larger problem would happen when Andrew learned aliens were real. That event alone would ensure that the senior slayers in this case both Buffy and Faith were going to lose it. I mean the boy was going to be insufferable when he could finally have proof of a big bad that sounded like Darth Vader. Hell even the name Anubis was all Sith like.
She texted Xander deciding her best buddy needed a heads up. After all he was with Faith and she was only slightly less volatile these days.
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Vi warily watched the secret service agents. She was not happy with being apart from the others. Oh she knew that she could take care of herself and her team well enough. The problem was that trouble with a capital T seemed to follow the senior council members around like wet on rain. She would have preferred to have been close by to keep an eye on them. Of course she would deny that if ever asked because the last thing any of the Scooby's would tolerate was being babysat.
Then again that was what they were doing. Vi grinned and wondered if they ever realized they were being guarded? She thought back over the last few months and decided that they had managed to keep this act a secret. She and the other survivors of Sunnydale had all gotten together one night to discuss the situation. Ironically it had been Kennedy's who had proposed setting up a body guard section. She had pointed out that if anything happened to the Scooby gang they would all be screwed.
Vi and the others had frozen at the idea of anything bad happening to their leaders. At first she had been angry with Kennedy but, soon agreed.
So they had taken a vote and decided that one or more of the new slayers would always try to be around to keep an eye out for their leaders. Their main task was to protect Rupert Giles, Xander Harris, Faith and Buffy. The first two because as skilled as they were they were normal humans and Buffy and Faith because none of them wanted to have to step up and take their place as head of the line and be in charge.
They had all agreed that they needed help with their plans so they had recruited Dawn Summers, Jonathan Levinson and Andrew Wells in on their plans. Dawn had been only too happy to help. She agreed with their assessment of the situation and was more than willing to play along. She had asked Buffy and Giles for her own body guards. They had all been shocked at the request but given the number of times she had been kidnapped they all agreed. Dawn's sense of humor was in play here because most often she was with the others.
So, the body guards could watch the Scooby gang as well. They had become quite clever in keeping their leaders safe. Asking to patrol with Buffy and Faith to learn more was always a great ruse. Then there was the ever popular wanting to learn Sumerian or some other language was good to keep an eye on Giles. Xander was harder because that man was just too insightful.
However, this is where Jonathan and Andrew came in. They would talk about comics and other geeky stuff with the X-man and he would always have back up close. Granted they were mages and not slayers but, it worked and Vi and Addy could always find excuses to be around their boyfriends. So, they hated being apart from their charges. She wondered if the secret service agents were sharing her frustrations.
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Dawn was restless. She hated having to be separated from the others. Yet they had split this way for a reason. Each group heading to the mountain wanted at least one powerhouse with them.
She decided that the mages would be essential in helping Cassandra fit in. The two young men had become good friends and they had experience in fitting in with the group. "So guys do you think you could help Cassie learn the ropes?"
"Yes, it will be fun not to be the new guys anymore." Andrew said with a shy smile. "Plus she can tell us about other worlds. That will be so cool!"
Dawn rolled her eyes and silently promised to get even with Willow for texting that information to Andrew. She had just lost twenty dollars on the "There are Human Like aliens out there bet."
"We don't want to scare her." Jonathan warned. "Her transcripts say she is wicked smart. That means maybe we can get her to help us in the tech department."
Dawn smiled this could work. They wanted Cassandra to feel like she had a place. Of course they would never force her to work with them but, it wasn't as if they weren't going to at least ask if she wanted to help out. Dawn knew Vi and the others would love to have another girl to hang out with. It was going to be fun having someone closer to her own age around that was normal and not a slayer. OK maybe normal was relative but Dawn could admit she love to have a girlfriend around who could not bench press a truck.
While she had some strong magic she often felt weak compared to the slayers. Having a normal human around would help with her ego a bit.
TBC...