The First Series
First 6a The Return
By : Lady Sirona lsirona@pacbell.net,
Rated NC17 [Buffy/Angel] M/F consensual sex, oral and anal sex, blood
play, BDSM, roleplay
Spoilers: Up to Bad Eggs then the universe splits off from there
The Return
Part A
[~ denotes speech in Romanian ]Jenny Calendar answered the phone which disturbed her late afternoon nap. She received few phone calls, so this one alarmed her. She was surprised to hear the rough coarse voice of her father
~ Janna? This is your father. We need you at home, now.~Fear filled her. Her father would not call except in the gravest of emergencies.
~ What's wrong father?~He took a moment and then sighed. ~ The Pack... they have declared war on the tribe. We killed one of them, and they have vowed to exterminate the tribe. You will come home now. We will pick you up at the airport in town. Your role as Angelus' watcher, it will wait. The tribe comes first.~ She was stunned as he disconnected, leaving her alone with her thoughts. The pack was the local vampire cadre. They were seeking to exterminate her tribe? Hadn’t they learned from Angelus?
In the Sunnydale High School Library
Giles, Angel and Buffy were waiting in the library at Jenny's request. Angel and Buffy had come straight to the library from their trip in LA. Jenny walked into the library looking very nervous. Angel thought she looked far too tense.Giles looked at the woman who had stolen his heart. She had snuck in and before he knew it, they were an ‘item’. He knew that Buffy knew if he wasn’t home, he was spending the night at Jenny’s. Too many nights Jenny made tea as Buffy did her reports following patrol. She was now part of the team. “What’s wrong Jenny?”
Jenny looked around the table at the faces of the friends she now would have to admit to deceiving. She felt sick and smiled weakly. “Thanks for coming. I have something to say and you're not going to like it, in fact Angel, you're going to hate it.” Angel just looked at her raising an eyebrow as she continued. “My names not Jenny calendar, it's Janna. I am a Romanian Gypsy that was sent here by my tribe to watch Angel.”
The others looked surprised, but Angel never batted and eyelash. “So what? You took over after that old man died of a heart attack. I know, so what is the big deal? I have known of every "watcher" the tribe sent after me since the curse.” Angel told her much to her surprise.
She swallowed. All this time and he had known? The thought that if the curse ever slipped, the Watcher of Angelus would have died and the tribe never would have known. “You knew? I didn’t know you knew. But that is past. I need your guys help…” She glanced at Giles who looked stunned. She realized her relationship with Giles was going to take some work. “My tribe is under attack by the pack, a local vampire cadre that live in the local mountains. The pack is going to wipe them out unless I can save them.”
Angel sighed. “Or unless *we* can save them.” He added softly but they all heard him. ...
“I know I can't do it without your help.” She nodded at Angel, not gracing to answer the obvious. She was looking at Giles wondering how he was taking it. “I have been summoned home. I am going to arrive in Europe tomorrow evening.”
Angel looked at her with a steady gaze, appearing calm and collected, but he knew Buffy could feel the agony though the bond that just the mental thought of going back to the Gypsy territory made in him. “How does the tribe feel about us... or I should say, ME coming to the rescue?”
Jenny stopped and thought. “They don't know, and I know they wouldn't like it, but I need you as back up. I want to know if your willing to be there in case I need you.”
Angel grimaced. “So not only do I get to go back to where I was cursed, I have to do it incognito? I'll go. I will stay away where you can activate me for any help. But if I help, they will damn well know *who* I am... understood..?” Buffy realized that Angel and Angelus had switched and it was Angelus who was talking.
Buffy nodded agreement trying to divert the potential argument. “I will go too. I have never been to Europe. I can't wait to go.” She stroked Angelus' arm, feeling the anger and the distress warring with the deep burning desire for revenge. “Are you sure Angel? I know you don't have fond memories of the Gypsies. You can show me the sites while we are there.”
Angelus leaned into her and whispered. “How about the stars?” His anger evaporating into the lust that the thought having her on her back under him in the open under the stars invoked.
Jenny relaxed. Of all the people in the room, it was Buffy she truly wanted. Now that Buffy agreed to go, she knew Angel and Rupert would follow. “Thank you, I am glad you will come. I appreciate you willing to stay away unless truly needed. The tribe would never forgive me otherwise.”
Angel nodded and avoided her eyes. “I would prefer to avoid them too. Their memories are not any fonder of me than mine are of them.”
Jenny nodded accepting his position. Giles was another matter. “Rupert, Rupert are you OK with this?”
Giles nodded. He was still stunned. "I guess it should be interesting... I could add to the records on Angelus." He glanced at Angel who frowned at the thought of him adding to the information o him, and then to Jenny who looked releived.
Buffy snickered. "I have to read those one day."
"NO!" Angel started and looked quite unhappy with the thought.
Buffy smiled at him and ran her hand over his arm. "Why not, learn all your darkest secrets..."
Angel frowned and looked at her not sure if she was kidding or not. "No, I don't want you to read…" he stops knowing there was no way he could stop her. He wasn't happy. He never wanted her to really know the demon and his actions. "No... if we end up in the tribe, we will have our faces rubbed in it." he frowned at the thought of Buffy around those thrice damned Gypsies.
Buffy stroked his arm gently enjoying the rippling muscles under her fingertip. "It's all right Angel, I'm kidding, your past is exactly that, your past, I won't read it, and no one will tell it to me." he visibly relaxed under her gentle touch and assurances.
Jenny looked. "I know it is summer but will you be allowed to do this?"
Buffy laughed. "Sure I can, it's summer and I will just tell mom the truth. What a new thought, telling her I am going slaying. As for the Gypsy's telling me your history Angel, we'll deal, and if they really annoy us Angelus can deal."
Angel thought a moment and then shook his head. "Uh uh, no. I don't want Angelus dealing at all with the tribe... the last time he did, it had a pretty high body count."
Buffy nodded. "Well he can deal with words, I can control Angelus very easily, just threaten to withhold stuff, got him round my little finger." She smiled a smug grin that made the rest wonder just what she withheld that would get him to obey. Giles blushed.
Angelus laughed. "Well it should be should be interesting to the tribe, having the Slayer and her pet vampire..."
Jenny nodded, "We'll have to leave tomorrow after dark, Angel, you'll be OK traveling with us?"
Angel nodded. "Yes, I will go but I cannot fly with you. If we leave at night, we would arrive in day. I can't risk it. I will arrange my transport, I'll meet you there. Sorry Buffy... as much as I would love to fly over with you... dust at delivery will ruin our plans."
Jenny nodded. "All right, we'll be met at the airport. If not we will be at the hotel in town, there is only one near the Compound. Hopefully we won't even need you that much and you and Buffy can just relax."
Angel nodded. "I will have my cell phone, I will be within 15 minutes of the tribe main compound. I plan to ship myself on the same airplane as you guys, but as a dead body and have you guys claim my body. If that’s OK." They all nodded.
They then planned deep into the night ..