The Circle of Scooby

by red-jacobson

The activation of the world's slayers has caused massive destruction throughout the multi-verse, and the Circle of Ouroborus is determined to prevent that happening and recruit three natives of the critical timeline to save the multi-verse!

14. Chapter 14

STORY TITLE: The Circle of Scooby

PART: 14 of?

AUTHOR: Red Jacobson ( )

DISTRIBUTION: , Archive of Our Own, Twisting the Hellmouth

DISCLAIMER: None of the Characters You Recognize belong to me, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel Characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy (Grrr! Argh!), and the Boondock characters belong to the Estate of Robert A Heinlein and his publishers.

SUMMARY: The activation of the world's slayers has caused massive destruction throughout the multiverse, and the Circle of Ouroborus is determined to prevent that from happening and recruit three natives of the critical timeline to save the multiverse!

FEEDBACK: Of course! It Makes Me Write Faster

RELATIONSHIPS: Xander/Cordelia/Tara, Buffy/Willow, Giles/Jenny

RATING: PG-13

WORD COUNT: 5,811

SPOILERS: A Crossover with RAH's Lazarus Long Books. I'm afraid that, while I'm going to do my best to explain things, at least a passing familiarity with Time Enough For Love, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, and To Sail Beyond the Sunset would help you understand who these characters are. None, but if you don't know how the Buffy the Vampire Slayer story goes by now, why are you reading this story?

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE DEPARTMENT: I'm borrowing a bit of Cordy's childhood background from my buddy IronBear's stories, specifically Rio Blanco on the Mouth of Hell, and the Hell-er-nator Stories. If you want some amazing Xander/Cordelia stories, do yourself a favor and check him out!

AUTHOR'S NOTES: I'm going to try something unusual for this story, no lemons. Frankly, they've gotten to be a bore to write, and I imagine they've become boring to read as well. Hope this goes well.

SPECIAL THANKS TO PAX HUMANA: For Beta and Typo-busting services.

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE DEPARTMENT: The 'Ritual of Disavowal' is borrowed from Vidicon's Waifs and Strays Universe on TTH. Also, Joyce's Amazing Mom Powers are borrowed from a different Vidicon story, hope they don't mind.

CONFUSED AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have absolutely no idea where this version of Kendra came from, hopefully she'll tell me before too much longer. All I know is she fell out of my fingers with this personality, and it's kind of fun to see what she does next!

Sunnydale High School

Library

Thursday, November 6th, 1997

5:30 PM

Willow couldn't stop smiling, and the reason was the beautiful blonde walking beside her, her free hand clasped with Willow's, the other was carrying a canvas-wrapped bundle. Xander and Kendra were also carrying the packages as they headed toward the library. Xander had timed things very well, the halls of the High School were quiet. Xander had timed it to arrive after the last of the football players had hit the showers and headed for home.

Home, that's a word she'd never really understood, until Joyce had welcomed her into their house, and she felt like she belonged. She'd been in an incredibly cheerful mood, even without caffeine. Her mood was good enough that she could watch Xander with Cordelia, and to a lesser degree, Tara, which leads to very interesting pictures and raises questions about Queen C and how she kept control of the Cordettes. But she could imagine what the three of them were doing later that night, when Buffy could cuddle with her under the blanket and their hands could be busy as Willow described, in great detail, and, if she could find them on the web, naked pictures that resemble Xander and the two girls for visual aids.

When they reached the Library, Willow's eyes went to Giles and Jenny moving between a lot more bowls of purified water than she expected. The two of them were adding the purified salt before gesturing for Kendra to come over, since she was the closest they came to a practicing Catholic, to say the prayers that converted the water and salt to Holy Water. The others had set the packages on their research table and unwrapped them, pulling out several super-soaker water guns. Tara reached into her bag and brought some packets of herbs and a lighter out. Curious, Willow watched as Jenny left Giles and Kendra to finish up the water and went over to Tara, and the two of them started pouring something, she couldn't tell exactly what it was, in a circle around the water guns.

Before she could see anymore, she was distracted by Buffy needing her help finding a book in the upper section. Well, that was her excuse anyway, but as soon as they got to the farthest stacks, her girlfriend had her pressed against the back wall, kissing her firmly and Buffy's hands were under Willow's blouse, moving the bra away so she could touch Willow's boobs and Willow forgot all about what Jenny and Tara were doing, this was more interesting, especially when she worked her own hands down the back of Buffy's skirt and discovered that she was going commando! If her mouth was free, Willow would have been giving a naughty smirk as her hands shifted to the front of Buffy's skirt, and Willow's talented fingers were touching her girlfriend just the way she loved. They were not paying the slightest bit of attention to anything but each other, which is why they had no idea that Cordy had followed them, and when she saw them occupied, smiled widely and moved quietly back down to the main floor.

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Xander looked at her with a raised eyebrow, and she gave him a nod, making her husband give a sigh of relief. The three of them were determined to divert Willow's interest from anything magical, that way lies Slayer activation, something they were determined to prevent at all costs. The consequences were too severe and she and Tara had seen what happened to their world when they went to rescue Xander. They also wanted to avoid any possibility that Willow would end up addicted to magic again. And it was incredibly easy to plant the idea in Buffy's brain, all Cordy had to do, was make a comment that Buffy could hear, so she stood close to her husband and said, "Hurry up with the soakers doofus, I've got a new set of underwear on, and if you follow me up the stacks, I'll let you see it!"

If she weren't busy being 'Cordelia Chase' she would have giggled at the way his eyes focused on her, and she knew that she shouldn't tease him too much, because it would be too easy to get carried away and she didn't think Giles would appreciate Akela and Raksha making more cubs in the middle of the library. And besides, they would draw Tara in, and they still weren't sure how to break the news that the three of them were actually together. Cordy knew that neither she nor Tara would have a problem with Jenny, Kendra, Buffy, or Willow seeing either of them naked, the body modesty was a distant memory after spending all that time in Boondocks, but neither of them was comfortable enough with Giles to let him see them naked.

It was only a minute or so later that Buffy grinned and took Willow up into the stacks for some naughty Slayer time, and she and Xander started paying attention to what the two witches were doing to make the reservoir on the super-soakers glow and then seemed to get even bigger, so they could hold more of the Holy Water. Tara had looked up when Buffy took Willow away and caught Cordy's eye with a smirk.

They were almost done filling the super-soakers with the Holy Water when Buffy and Willow, both more than slightly disheveled made their way down the stairs. Giles looked up at the two of them and shook his head with an amused smile, while Jenny just grinned and leaned over to Tara to make a comment that made their wife start giggling.

The interesting reaction was Kendra's, when Buffy and Willow got closer, she sniffed a couple of times before breaking into a wide smile and if Cordy didn't know any better, she would be willing to bet that the other Slayer was looking forward to some prime teasing of Buffy and Willow. Cordy was amazed at the difference between the painfully shy and duty-bound girl from the first time around and this version of Kendra, and she wondered if just being greeted in a friendly manner, and bringing her all the way into the group, not to mention Joyce's 'super mom powers' were enough to change her personality that much? Not a question she could easily answer, and it wasn't that important in terms of the mission.

Checking the clock, it was close to 7 o'clock, fully dark so they had better chances of finding vamps and testing out their Holy Water weapons. It's too bad that Giles' friend couldn't get some of the wooden ammunition in time, but they are supposed to be delivered tomorrow night, giving them a full day to practice and get used to the feel of the gun.

Surprisingly, or maybe not, Giles and Jenny each picked up one of the super-soakers, and Giles grabbed several extra stakes. When Xander looked at him curiously, the Watcher said, "I'm curious about how the Holy Water works, and since this is the first night that Kendra will be patrolling in Sunnydale, it's expected that I, as the Watcher on site, evaluate her performance."

Cordy nodded to herself, she could see the self-satisfied blue blood bastards expecting the slayers to meet the criteria they determined, and none of them had any real idea what a Slayer, properly motivated, could accomplish. They are in for a big surprise when Buffy's 18th Birthday comes around!

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City Hall

Mayor Wilkins Office

Thursday, November 6th, 1997

6:30 PM

Mayor Wilkins picked up the report on the out-of-town visitors and shook his head in disappointment. He had allowed William the Bloody to set up a lair in his town because he had a reputation as a careful planner, not known for drawing attention to himself. Sadly, either the reputation was exaggerated or the loss of the Seeress Drusilla has made him more than a little insane. Normally that wouldn't bother him, but William was drawing attention to himself, especially the last few days when he started taking citizens to serve as a sacrifice to give him the powers of the two Slayers he had already killed.

What was disappointing to the Mayor was that William had been capturing prominent as well as wealthy citizens, including his Deputy Mayor, and that is not permitted, he had made quite sure that the vampire was made aware of the price to continue using his town as a base of operations. William should have realized that he was serious when the Mayor had three of the newest Childre crucified on the roofs of three different churches and made certain that William understood the message. But then he became obsessed with the Slayer and her support group, especially young Alexander and his girlfriend Cordelia, and the Wiccan girl who is hiding from her relatives, for perfectly understandable reasons. With the Wiccan, the group will have a reliable magic user on their side to ensure most, if not all, of the group survives until he devours their powers when he Ascends. The vampire can not be allowed to perform this sacrifice, the hostages can be convinced they've experienced mass hallucinations.

Contacting one of his contractor teams that are available, they had specific orders to break William's back and have him watch as all of his minions are dusted, and when they are dusted, strip William of his jacket so it can be returned to Nikki Wood's son, then strip him to the skin and pour several gallons of Holy Water over him, and time how long it takes to be eaten and dusted by the water. While they are conducting their experiment, a few members of the team can take the hostages retrieved from their cells and taken to get medical attention. And if William is typical of other Master Vampires, he should have a great deal of ready cash to cover the Hostage's medical charges, always nice to not have to dip into his private funds.

Setting the problem of William the Bloody aside, he went over the budget for the rest of the calendar year and, after quick calculations, wrote out a memo for his secretary to type and send out, letting each of the office managers know that for the holiday season, all non-exempt employees are eligible to sign up for and work up to five hours of overtime per week to have funds to ensure a cheerful family holiday. He chuckled, remembering the questions his patron had when he first provided the means for happy holidays to his employees. But when Richard was able to demonstrate that Sunnydale's population was actually growing, and people were putting down roots, and having families, they would be contributing as tax-paying citizens, and, by putting down their roots there would be plenty of young people to gather together to celebrate their student's graduation, and they will serve to feed Olvikan because he will be ravenous from the transformation.

Checking the time, he nodded, he was scheduled to address the Sunnydale Merchant's Association, to help them decide how to work together during the upcoming Holiday Season. He is determined to avoid a price war like there was in the past because they do nothing more than cause raised emotions and grudges. Sunnydale is too small a town to have prominent citizens working against each other. Inevitably it would require his intervention, and he really didn't enjoy arranging the losing party's introduction to Machida.

Clearing off his desk, he put the official files in a locked filing cabinet, while the actual work files including his contacts in different organizations like the Terrakans are hidden in a pocket of magical space that is slightly out of phase with the rest of the world, and invisible to all normal, and most magical forms of vision, possibly overkill, but he is getting closer and closer to his goals and is determined that nothing he can control goes wrong.

Sliding into his overcoat, he checks his reflection in the mirror and practices his genial, welcoming smile. Once he was satisfied, he shut out the lights and locked his office, whistling Jole Blon as he waited for the elevator.

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Restfield Cemetery

Thursday, November 6th, 1997

7:25 PM

Kendra really wasn't sure what to make of Buffy Summers and her friends, even after being subjected to Mrs. Summer's 'amazing Mom powers,' and she was grateful for Mrs. Summers opening a spare bedroom for her, it was pleasant to be able to relax behind the threshold of the house, which is extremely strong since all of them think of the house as 'Home', preventing any vampires from getting in, and they might even be strong enough to keep out minor demons. But that doesn't explain their behavior, it's easy to tell that Buffy and Willow are in a relationship, they haven't taken any pains to keep it hidden, and they are amusing together. But it's Xander and the other two women, even though he's officially dating Cordelia, Kendra's sense of smell is sensitive enough to smell Xander and Cordelia on each other, and both of their scents are all over Tara, and Tara's scent is mixed well with her two lovers.

Kendra was polite enough not to mention it, but if the opportunity came to ask in private, she was curious how the three of them worked. Not the sex, she was very familiar with the idea of two girls having sex, and, while she didn't mention it to anybody, she found the idea appealed to her. But including Xander with the two women was easy enough, and she did enjoy thinking about the three of them, it gave her a warm feeling all over, especially when she had the massaging shower head in hand...No! You can think about that later, Kendra told herself, focusing on her surroundings. She wasn't the only one to start paying attention, Buffy, Xander and his ladies, and Mister Giles the watcher were all holding their weapons at the ready, stakes for her and Buffy, and the water guns for all the others.

They continued following the path through the graves, to the location Willow had found of a newly buried body that had been found with blood in his mouth. A few minutes later, they arrived at the grave they wanted, and Kendra wasn't sure who this Warren Mears was, but Xander, Cordy, and Tara all clearly recognized the name, and they wore expressions that were a mixture of mild curiosity and extreme satisfaction. Setting those questions aside, Kendra concentrated on the grave and could hear the faint sounds of movement underground. Turning to Buffy, she was paying just as much attention to the grave and was aware of the sounds.

When it happened, it happened fast! The faint sounds suddenly became a lot louder, and a pair of hands broke through the sod over the grave. Waiting until the boy was partially out of the grave before Kendra's stake pierced his heart from behind. The body was falling to dust when she became aware of the vampires around them, they seemed to be led by a female who looked to be in her late teens. The female spoke, annoyance in her voice, "That really was rather rude of you, I'd taken the time to actually get to know the boy, and, while he had some extremely disgusting ideas about a woman's place, he was also a genius with a gift for planning. I'd been looking for nearly 50 years to find a potential childe that met the requirements, and you didn't even let him get all the way out of his grave. At least I made sure he didn't die a virgin, so that's something. But from the smell of you, there are at least two Slayers in your merry little band, and that means Mister Tweed is probably a Watcher, and they are known, the ones that survive anyway for their intelligence and planning skills, so, keep those three alive, have the others for dinner..."

Before the minions could move from their places, the water cannons made themselves known as jets of Holy Water sprayed all of the vampires, who immediately started screaming, and their flesh started melting, the leader screaming louder than the others, Kendra couldn't help but feel a twinge of pity, as well as to avoid anybody taking notice, Kendra slid forward at staked her, and she would have been willing to bet that she saw gratitude in the vampire's eyes as the stake slid home. Turning to the next one, all of the vampires had fallen to ash at the end of several different stakes.

Buffy shook her head, looking slightly ill, saying 'Okay, it's good to know it works, but, save it for Spike or another of the big bad, I'm well aware that these were demons and killers, but that was too close to torture for me to want to subject anyone or anything to the experience"

Kendra looked around, and while Willow, Mister Giles, and Miss Calendar were looking sick, but Xander and his ladies kept their faces carefully impassive, not agreeing with Buffy, but not disagreeing, to avoid any chance of argument, all of them were keyed up on Adrenalin and one of the first things Mister Zabuto taught her was to center herself, and when she was calm, respond to the people around her. It worked quite well, she was willing to listen to her Watcher as he critiqued her actions without reacting negatively. That could be something she taught the others, in case there are serious disagreements in the future.

Buffy looked over at Willow, and said, "Was Warren the only one for tonight, babe?"

Willow nodded, "Yes, he was the only one for today, I'll check around later to see if there are any scheduled for tomorrow or Saturday, if that's okay?"

"That would be fine, and I don't know about the rest of you, but I could really use some overpriced soda and miserable live music for a while, anybody else up for the Bronze?"

Other than Mister Giles and Miss Calendar, all of the rest were in agreement. Stowing the water guns in the boot of Cordy's and Mister Giles' cars, they headed closer to the edge of town where the club was standing.

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Harris Residence

Thursday, June 6th, 1997

7:30 pm

The dinner dishes were soaking in the sink, the pans and counter were already cleaned, and Tony and Jessica Harris were feeling nicely full after a busy day. The two of them had spent several hours going through each of the rooms in the house for stashed liquor bottles. Neither of them could remember hiding anything, but fortunately, the drunken memories have mostly faded, other than the awareness of spending a lot of time drunk. They hadn't found anything, other than Alexander's porn collection hidden under his mattress, which they found more amusing than anything else, and now they were climbing up into the attic.

There were no hidden bottles that they could find, but Jessica had frozen, staring at a cardboard box on the floor, with the word 'pictures' printed innocently on the top. "Tony? Can you come here for a second?"

Her husband was there immediately, and was about to ask what was wrong, when he saw the box and went pale, realizing what the box contained. Reaching out, he took Jess' hand reassuringly before taking a deep breath and releasing it, forcing himself to speak. "We've both gone through enough therapy that we can think about her without reaching for a bottle. If you feel ready to see pictures of her, I'll be right beside you, supporting you as we go through the box. And if nothing else, don't you think that Alexander deserves to see pictures of his big sister?"

Jess stood there silently, her eyes closed and her free hand clenching into a fist, before turning her head, "I hate it when you make sense, I just prefer to have a way we could contact Mama Maureen or Tamara, in case we need their help. But, it is what it is, and we have to deal with it. So yes, grab the box and put it on the coffee table, we can go through them together."

A few minutes later, cups of coffee were on the table in front of them, Tony sliced through the tape holding the box closed, and opened the flaps. Reaching into the box, he lifted out the photo album that was at the top and sat back on the couch, his arm around Jess' shoulders pulling her close. Putting the album over their laps, Jess steeled herself and flipped open the book, and gave a sigh of relief, the picture was of the two of them on their wedding day, and, while their baby girl was in the picture, she wasn't grown enough to be noticeable. With a slight grin at Jess, Tony flipped the page and the two of them were standing in the front yard of their house, holding up the 'Sold' sign. Heather was just starting to be visible under the loose top that Jess was wearing.

His hand started trembling, because he was almost certain what the next picture would show, and, flipping the page, he was right! It was a shot of him and Jess in the Maternity Ward at Sunnydale Memorial, Jess looked exhausted from the ordeal, her hair flattened with sweat and she never looked more beautiful to Tony than she did at that moment. Hearing a choked sob, he held Jess closer, and, almost against his will, his eyes moved to the bundle wrapped in a pink blanket that Jess held in her arms.

Tony couldn't help it, seeing his baby girl again, and cursing the universe that she was taken from them so soon, the tears flowed down his cheeks, and from the shaking and the sobs from Jessica, she was having the same problems. Getting his voice under control, he softly said, "Remember what Mama Maureen told us, to remember the good times, the happy moments, rejoice that we had Heather in our lives for as long as we did. Remember when she was first starting to walk? How she kept trying to push through a closed door, until she started hitting the door to get us to open it. Of course, it was usually the bathroom when we were otherwise occupied that she wanted to get the door open, of course."

Jess gave a rough chuckle, "Or the times we put her down for a nap and thought we could have some alone time, and we were in the middle of making Alexander when she climbed out of the crib, and I still don't know how she managed that without breaking her neck, but she did it, and we were so close when the hitting on the door started. At least we started getting a trustworthy sitter for the times we were going out for a few hours." It was her turn to laugh, "The clerk at the Sunnydale Motor Inn must have thought we were having an affair or something, because it was almost always in the middle of the afternoon that we'd get the room for a couple of hours and then leave, feeling much better."

Tony grinned, remembering those days, before the smile dropped, "Are you ready to look at another picture?"

Jess nodded firmly, "Yes, I just have to follow Mama Maureen's instructions, go ahead and turn the page."

The two of them slowly worked their way through the pictures, managing to smile at the memories, until Jess paused, a frown of concentration on her face. Tony looked at the picture, to see what had caught her attention. It was a picture of Heather splashing in the kiddie pool we had gotten for her, but there was nothing unusual that he could see. Before he could ask, Jess reached out with her hand, tapping her finger on Heather in the picture, and Tony noticed what had caught her attention. Heather had a birthmark on her back that looked almost like a lightning bolt, and until he had seen the picture, he had totally forgotten about it!

Jess looked over and caught his eyes, "You'd forgotten the birthmark too, hadn't you?"

"Yeah, until I saw the picture, but why the hell would we forget something like that about Heather? It doesn't make a damn bit of sense! Well, we aren't going to get any answers from each other. Let's see if the pictures bring back any other memories, okay?"

They made it through the rest of the album, and the next album in the pile without any other memories making themselves known. Tony wasn't going to say anything to Jess, but he had a strong suspicion that the City Hall monstrosity was involved somehow, but he hoped not, knowing what sort of things a black sorcerer would do with an innocent baby girl.

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The Bronze

Thursday, November 6th, 1997

8:35 pm

The club was busier than usual for a school night, but the sign-out front advertised live music, which would draw a larger crowd. Xander and Cordy smirked at the name of the band, 'Dingoes Ate My Baby' and Xander wondered if Oz was a werewolf yet. Or if he could avoid that fate? They discovered that Oz was a were sometime after Buffy turned 17, and that was a few months away yet, so they could probably befriend him before his baby cousin bites him.

They paid the cover charge to get in and were walking around the edge of the dance floor when Kendra suddenly stopped, staring at the stage. Xander turned to look at who or what had caught Kendra's attention. He was honestly surprised to see that she was fascinated by Oz. Which, if it turns into anything, would help keep him not furry, and his intelligence would be a huge help in researching whatever takes the place of Angelus and the Mayor as the year's "Big Bad"

Buffy had noticed as well and was close enough to give her a nudge. Kendra gave a start before shaking her head and continued walking. Taking two booths that were next to each other, Buffy and Willow took one, while Xander and the two girls took the other, inviting Kendra to sit with them. She took a seat but continued focusing on Oz, barely registering when Xander asked her what she wanted to drink. She managed to ask for a Sprite, not wanting the caffeine to make her jittery. After Xander left to get their drinks, Tara went with him to help carry after getting Buffy and Willow's order. When they were alone in the booth, Cordy slid closer and said, loud enough for Kendra to hear, but not be heard outside the booth.

"His name is Daniel Osbourne, but everybody calls him Oz, he's currently a senior at the high school, and as far as I'm aware, isn't dating anyone. Do you want me to introduce you?"

Kendra froze a deer-in-the-headlights expression on her face, before shaking her head quickly. Cordy just shrugged, hiding a smile at her new friend's crush on Oz. Fortunately, Oz was a decent guy, not flaky like most musicians she'd met. Xander and Tara had just brought their drinks when the lead singer of the band announced they were taking a short break. The stage lights dimmed and a light came up over the DJ booth, and the DJ started playing 'Tubthumping' by Chumbawumba, when to Xander and the other's surprise, Kendra started singing along, and they were stunned at her voice. And to be honest, Xander was flabbergasted to find out Kendra had even heard the song, let alone knew it well enough to sing along.

She kept singing with the next two songs, the Men In Black theme, and then "Together Again" by Janet Jackson. Lifting her glass, Kendra realized that she was out of soda, checking the others, and none of them needed a refill so she slipped out of the booth. Still singing along, she felt the need to visit the Ladies first, and coming out of the bathroom, she was lost in the music, the DJ had changed up and was playing 'Closer to the Heart' by Rush, and she was singing as she pulled open the door, and walked right into a boy walking passed the door.

Looking at who she had run into, it was the guitarist, 'Oz' Cordy said, and she forced her mouth to make words form and apologized for not paying attention.

Oz just quirked a grin and said "It happens to me too sometimes, when I'm letting the music carry me away. But if you keep singing, I'll be happy to accept your apology. My name is Oz, what's yours?"

For a long moment she froze, she couldn't think of her name before it suddenly popped into her head. "Kendra! My name is Kendra, nice to meet you, Oz."

Noticing the soda glass in her hand, Oz said, "I need to grab some water from the bar, want to come with?"

She hoped that it was dark enough that he couldn't see her cheeks heating up, but managed to smile at him and say, "That would be great, thanks.":

There was a bit of line at the bar, and the two of them kept talking, Oz seemed very interested that Kendra was attending Sunnydale High School, but they needed to test her to see what grade she would be in.

By the time they reached the bar, the lights were starting to go up on the stage, and Oz swore under his breath, before saying, "Do you know the words to How Do I Live? The LeAnn Rimes version?" At her nod, he said, "We're going to play that a couple of songs in, if I called you on stage, would you be able to sing the song?"

Her smile was almost blinding, and she nodded, grabbing her glass of soda. Oz smiled back, and said, "Okay, I'll be calling for you in a couple of songs, I love the way you sing, and I'm sure everybody else will too."

Oz turned and worked his way hurriedly to the stage, arriving just in time to strap on his guitar and talk to Devon, the lead singer, and he looked toward where Kendra was walking, with interest on his face.

Turning back to the band, he gave them the count, and they started playing a raucous version of Walking on the Sun, Devon and Oz both started grinning at the way she was dancing, singing her heart out.

Going into 'Angie' by the Rolling Stones, they finished and Oz moved to the microphone, "You're in for a treat tonight folks, I'm going to bring a young lady I just met tonight, and you have to hear her voice to believe it. So, Kendra, would you come up here?"

There was scattered applause and shocked looks on Xander and the others before he started smiling and clapping just as loudly, joined by the others in the booth.

A path was made to the stage, and Kendra started moving faster, her eyes judging the height of the stage and distance from her, a smile forming on her face. Just as she was approaching the barrier in front of the stage, she leaped in the air and landed on her hands, before springing up and landing on the stage on her feet. The applause was tremendous, and Oz picked up the microphone again, "I told you you were in for a treat, was I lying?"

Guiding her to the front center of the stage, Oz picked up his guitar and started to play. When the song started, Kendra closed her eyes and moved to the music, before starting to sing.

It was five songs later that she was finally able to leave the stage, and that was just because it was time to leave to make curfew. She and Oz made eye contact when she said she would see them at school in the morning.

Oz stood there watching as she walked away, and knew he wanted to see much more of the angel with the amazing voice!

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