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Tremor in the force part 3

Posted on Thu Feb 14th, 2019 @ 1:30am by Willow Rosenberg & Faith Lehane & Buffy Summers & Alexander "Xander" Harris & Rupert Giles Mr
Edited on on Thu Feb 14th, 2019 @ 1:30am

Mission: Sunnydale, A new Darkness
Location: Sunnydale High

It wasn't long after Faith, Xander, and Giles found Dawn's body on the altar that Willow's car followed by Buffy's pulled into the darkened school parking lot and got out of their cars to head for the school and find what the rest of the group has learned.

Buffy got chills as they walked through the doors and the hair on the back of her neck stood up. "I hope my dream was just a nightmare" Buffy said to Willow as the door closed behind them.

"Same here, I'd hate to see anything happen to Dawnie." Willow said sadly, unfortunately, she had a feeling someone didn't do their research and learn Dawnie was just a girl now.

"Which way?" Buffy asked, this school was a little different then the last one.

"Same as the one Dawn went to high school in." Willow remind Buffy leading her back to the stairwell that lead to the basement.

"Yeah" she looked around a tear rolling down her cheek "sorry I'm" she paused and looked over at Willow "I'm just worried about Dawn."

Faith yawned a little bit and stretched. "You guys really are clueless aren't you."

"We're not clueless, what did you find?" Willow asked Faith unafraid of the slayer since they'd worked side by side to save Angelus. Not to mention working to put that crater in Sunnydale.

"Faith" Buffy looked at the other slayer with "not the time" why did Faith always have to be a smart ass.

Because she always does to deflect her feelings. "You've gotten rusty, Buffy." Moving past both of them. Maybe a shove against Buffy's shoulder as she moved by. On purpose. Motioning out to the school. "What do you see?"

"A Hight SCHOOL, Faith" she rolled her eyes and looked over at Faith.

"You aint looking hard enough then."

Buffy looked over at Willow and then back at Faith before looking again at the school. She looked over at Faith, her eyes open wide and a look of concern on her face.

"Yall really are just as ignorant as before I went to LA. School is back, the heart is in the basement and Dawn is dead. Deal with it."

Buffy looked over at Willow and all she could get out was "Will" before falling to her knees and started crying.

Fait raised an eyebrow. Okay...wow...all she could relay was, "I'm sorry Buffy."

"Who?" Buffy got out through the tears.

"What do you mean who? I just told y. Oh who killed her?"

Looking up at Faith she shook her head, she wanted to know who killed her sister.

Willow was hugging Buffy best she could. "Has Giles looked it over yet?" Willow asked softly.

"You did. As far as what Giles and I can figure out, rituals and things from what the old man told me. She is gone, Buffy."

Faith looked to Willow. "Yes...we've both gone over this."

"Not funny." Willow said coldly disappointed that Faith would just go back to the attitude she had before they all got along. "Come on Buffy lets go see what Giles says since Faith just wants to be a bitch."

Buffy got up and gave Faith a go to hell look, following her friend into the school.

"You really are not going to believe me. Fine...go look." Shaking her head.

Giles, actually, was still there in the library. Normally right now he'd be at home. Even making Faith cook so she could learn. His head buried in a book.

"What that buffy killed her sister of course we're not going to believe that." Willow told Faith, "But we should go see Giles, you don't need to see your sister like that right now." Willow told Buffy.

Buffy gave a nod to Willow and the two made their way through the halls of the high school. It wasn't long before they were entering the library and Buffy called out in a sad whisper to her former mentor and watcher "Giles."

Faith hung around outside, patrolling more just to be safe.

Giles on the other hand pushed his glasses up on his nose then heard voices. Lifting his head. "Oh… its you. Well both of you. How did you get in here, the school is closed for the weekend."

"Faith" Buffy said pointing over her shoulder and got right down to business "Dawn... is she?" the slayer looked away and then made eye contact with Giles again.

"So, Faith just blurted it out didn't she..."

"Really Giles it's not like you’re the school librarian anymore. So, we got in the same way you did." Willow pointed out.

"What happened to my sister?" Buffy asked with a tone of anger in her voice. She gave her former watcher a look.

"Buffy, love, it did not happen the way I think she said it did. It was you, or her, and her being unnatural to start with, it was Ethan...he killed her. Using her as a vessel for a ritual to try to break the world but it failed. Because of her sacrifice."

"You Buffy were supposed to be the vessel."

The slayer looked over at Willow and then back at Giles and shook her head.

"Yes, Buffy. Ethan..."

"Then we hunt Ethan down and make him pay" the slayer started toward the door.

"I have a feeling that Ethan is long gone there was more going on here than means the eye. I can feel the Hellmouth beneath us." Willow said. shaking her head. she could not say yes or no to who the actual vessel was supposed to be.

"Ethan is not to be trifled with on vengeance, Buffy. He's powerful enough to have done that, he is powerful enough to make your life a living hell..."

"So, we just let him get away with it?" she asked loudly.

"Giles is right, anger won’t help we have to face him with cool heads, but we also have to find him he may not be in town anymore he has learned to do the job and move on Buffy." Willow said sadly.

She knew her friends were right and now that she was cooling off a little bit and listening to the two of them try to calm her down she was starting to think more clearly. "The hellmouth, we can't let it open" she looked over at Willow.

"Is there any way to keep it forced shut Willow?" Xander asks

"I did not say we let him get away with it but we must be smart about how we go about it."

Giles gave a glance to Xander, "When did you get here?"

"It is shut, it's just alive if you would nothing's coming out of it right now." Willow explained, "And yes when did you get here?" She asked as well.

"You think he's skipped town" Buffy asked looking around.

"It’s possible, if we're lucky though he's still in town, we just don't know where he is." Willow reminded.

"I helped find Dawn's body with Faith"

"We need to find out who was trying to open the hell mouth" she paused "and why."

Xander nodded "agreed"

"That, yes, would be a good idea. Even if its dormant at the moment, that does not mean it is going to stay that way." Giles nodded.

"We are not letting that happen" Buffy said looking over at Giles.

"The coven that killed your sister would be the best place to start."

"We should start after Dawn's funeral. I won't be as distracted then" Xander said as he looked at everyone

Buffy went over to Xander and gave him a hug "that's fine for you Xander, but I start now" she looked at Willow "I just need to change" she was wearing something less than slayer ready.

Giles pushed his glasses up on his nose again, "Yes, I suppose we should make preparations for the funeral first."

"Can" she looked back and forth at Willow, Giles, and Xander. "Can we just do simple, I think she would want simple."

"We can do it however you think would be best, even if that is just a wake."

Was going to say and her just cremated, except her body was already kinda toast.

"We can do simple for sure." Xander said as he looked at Buffy

Buffy just shook her head and said "thanks" very softly.

"You know I do not particularly condone any of you drinking, however...if we go with the wake idea, I will look the other way."

"Simple should work Dawn did not exactly well have anything planned for this, no one ever expected this to come so soon..." Willow bit her lower lip not really good at death talks or comforting really.

"Well here is another kicker then." Faith was sneaky also. Throwing down a chicken leg(fresh) that had a note attached to it. "It says we have three days."

Giles grumbled a bit and took his glasses off, setting them down.

"Where did he have time to get a fresh chicken leg?" Xander asked. Better yet where did you find this?" Xander asked

"It was left at the steps, and those sigils hidden in the paper are warning, from that coven I assume you are talking about going after."

"Three days until what?" Willow asked wondering if there was more to the note or not.

"Maybe that is when they will try to force open the hell mouth

"I do not know... just... whatever they are planning, perhaps what you just said Xander."

"Then we have three days to find them. Though they kinda screwed up I can do a locater spell with that note or chicken bone." Willow said softly.

"Then good, but we still have Buffy's wish to honor first."

"Of course." Willow said with a nod.

"Buffy, you Faith and Will can pick the place. I would assume The Bronze. I will make it secured for a private event. If there is alcohol, that is on you all to bring, I am not going to buy it."

"The Bronze is good" Buffy said looking over at Willow.

"Alright, then. The ah… Bronze it is."

"The bronze was always our place, and Dawns, so it will do for this as well." Willow agreed.

"I need to make a few calls." Giles motions for them to shoo.

"Let's go Will" Buffy said with a half-smile.

"You're forgetting someone."

She looked over at Faith and gave a nod toward the door "you coming?"

"Does she have to?" Xander asked as he keeps his distance from Faith

Yeah. I'm coming." Nodding and shifting to follow.

 

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