Taking the job
Warning: This Chapter does not go into detail but it does talk
about rape and abuse of an underage child as well as
introduces a homosexual couple. If these things bother you
don not read any further.
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Now that everything was in place the group took Walter to
their home. He was very understanding when Dawn said they
had to put him to sleep so he would not know how to get
there. They also took out some equipment he had never seen
before and scanned him. Dawn assured him it would be
okay. They were gifts from their friend Eyeball. They checked
for tracers both electronic and magical. Dawn didn’t tell him
it also broke any magical spells on the person and
neutralized any location spells. He was lead to the car and
once inside she put him to sleep.
When Walter awoke he found himself and his belongings in a
room. On the dresser was a black bag like he had seen the
others carry and a note:
Guess you needed your rest. In this bag you will find some
equipment you will need to put it on and come down stairs.
You can leave the vest off but bring it with you. After we eat
we will explain more.
It was not signed, it was typed on a computer, and from the
looks it was untraceable. Walter sighed thinking **damn they
are good. Hate to be on the wrong side**. He opened the
bag and began pulling out what he found there. Black
pants, socks, boots, underwear, belt, and tee shirt and a
button up over shirt. He put them on surprised they all fit
perfectly and were in a style he liked as well. He also found a
small necklace, a pair of sunglasses, and a wristband. He put
them on as instructed and placed the glasses in his pocket.
When he was ready he headed down stairs.
“Wow” Dawn exclaimed. “Now he looks like a Giles. The UI
looks much better on you that the Watcher tweed. If you
check out on this mission we may have to offer you a position
as one of our US Watchers.” Walter blushed. “Oi, come have
a seat mate. After we eat we will talk about the equipment
you will be brining while with us and see to some training.”
Spike told the stunned watcher.
“Wha…What do you mean? Come with you? I’m to take you
back to London that is all.” Walter exclaimed. “Walter, you
remind me very much of Giles at your age. You are the only
one we trust at the moment so you will come with us. You will
help us find the Watcher and Slayer the council miss placed.
We need you to be our liaison to the Watchers and when we
find the missing watcher and his charge you will be a familiar
face to them. They may not trust us and I hate having to
dominate a Slayer because of miss information.” Buffy said.
Her tone had a finality to it like this was how it was to be and
she would not hear any argument.
The back up crew from UI showed up with the food and the
next half hour was spent setting up plates and getting seated
at the large round dinning table. Dawn giggled as she
caught Walter musing over the fact that they had their own
“Round Table”. After everyone was seated and the meal
started they all talked like friends and family at a dinner
party. Walter was introduced to everyone and gladly told
what ever he wanted to know. The group trusted him
because Buffy trusted him enough to bring him home.
“So Carin, I caught that you are some how Dawn’s
Granddaughter but can you tell me how you and your
husband got mixed up in this line of work?” Walter asked.
Carin looked at Buffy who gave a slight nod. The girl
beamed. She loved telling people about her true life, as she
called it.
“Well Dawn was Grandpa’s second wife. Most people
thought she was a gold digger being so much “younger” but
Grandpa was a hunter and to him she was just right. He had
a son with his first wife before she died while trying to have
their second child. The child didn’t make it either. They
shared the painful experience of loss as well as knowing what
lurks in the dark.“ She paused for a moment and was pleased
to see Walter listening intently.
Carin continued, “Father grew up knowing the family secrets.
It was kinda hard not to know when we had to lie all the time
about them. I mean Grandpa was fifty, Father was in high
school, and his step mom LOOKED twenty at best and that is
because they found a way to age her past seventeen.”
Dawn interrupted, “I had to do something. I was over a
hundred and still carded for beer. Not to mention the times
pour Harold almost got arrested for being seen kissing me.
When he got called back to active duty it was worst.” She
shook her head.
Carin knew she still missed him but she also knew that no one
held the place in her heart that Xander did. Carin hoped her
Uncle Xander would wake up one day. “Anyway” Carin
brought the attention back to herself so she could finish her
story. “Father saved Mother from a demon one night at
college and a year later they married and a year after that
they had me. Mother went to school to be a lawyer and
Father is a doctor. He got plenty of practice patching up his
parents. I am going for my Psychology degree. ‘Cause the
Powers know we can use a shrink ‘round here.” She finished
and gave Dean a dirty look as he smacked her shoulder.
“I guess this is where I should fill in how I got roped into this
crazy family.” Dean said earning a glare from all three
women at the table and a grin from the men. “My Mom was
killed by a demon who was trying to get my baby brother.
Dad started hunting. He met others who hunted and joined
into their network. He taught me all he learned and had me
watch my brother. We eventually caught up to the demon
that killed Mom. It took out Dad and my brother killed it, but
not before it wounded him beyond saving. I ended up here
in town and everyone started calling me Jenson. I finally
tracked down this Jenson fella and was going to have a little
talk with him. That was until I saw this vision sitting at the table
with him. Manners firmly in place I introduced myself and
asked if there was somewhere we could go talk. To my
surprise and delight she came with. We ended up in the
library of all places. Later when I learned of Lord Giles I
understood the family’s fascination with libraries. We got to
talking and found out his Mother was my mom’s twin sister.
We all hung out for a few weeks like normal kids and then
Carin introduced us to the family. I felt like I was playing a
scene from one of those old movies about mobsters. Dawn
read my thoughts and decided to let me in on the family
secrets. Jenson caught us fighting a demon one night and
demanded to be let in as he was family after all.” Jenson
punched Dean in the shoulder.
Clark and Sammy had been quiet most of this time. Walter
turned to them expectantly. Sammy looked at his hands
nervously. Clark rubbed his back and smiled, “Sammy and I
were out on campus one night and headed back to our
dorm after a party. We got attacked by vampires. We fought
them off the best we could, but we were losing. Then this little
red headed girl no older then fifteen or so jump through the
bushes and stakes ‘em. She gave us a card and
disappeared. A few weeks later we joined the team. I finally
asked about the girl who gave us the card and was told she
died later that night taking out a big nasty. We fight because
we know what is out there. We fight because we can, and
we fight for Maggie and all the Slayers like her who fought
alone and died.” Sammy teared up thinking about the lost
slayer to whom they owed their lives. Clark pulled him into his
arms and rocked him slowly. He tenderly kissed his forehead
and whispered southing things to him. Sammy managed to
speak up then, “After almost loosing our lives we admitted to
the connection between us and have been together ever
since.” Walter took all of this information in a tried to process
it.
Walter remembered part of their story and frowned. “I
remember Maggie.” He said as he thought of what he
wanted to say, “The council said she was killed by a gang of
vampires and her watcher along side of her. How could you
have met her. She was trained at the council and never left
England?” he asked still trying to figure it all out. Buffy sighed,
“Walter what did you know of her watcher?” she asked.
Walter thought for a moment, “Morton was an odd sort but
he seemed like a good watcher. He cared about his pupil
and that is more than I can say for most.”
Spikes eyes darkened with anger, “M o r t o n! cared all right.
That thing was worst than a demon. The things he did to that
child would make Angelus’s stomach turn. He was the one
who took her from her family as a toddler. He raised her to be
dependant on him and to feel alone. She was six when he
had her cleaning his home and cooking for him and only
eight when he took her to his bed and raped her. I can not
even tell you some of the other stuff that twisted waste of a
human did to that poor child. When she was called he
managed to stay her watcher as she was so messed up she
couldn’t live without him. She was fourteen when she was
called and not long after she found out she was pregnant.
He had told her if that happened the council would kill her,
the baby and himself. She told him and he hit her.” Spike
took a deep breath calming himself before continuing.
Spike grinned in spite of the horrible nature of his story,
“Maggie’s Slayer finally took over. The broken little girl she
once had been hid in a corner as the Slayer emerged in full.
Most take years learning to bring their true slayer forward and
control it. Maggie could not fight back the slayer as it stood
up for her. She hit Morton and sent him flying across the
room. As you should know the pure slayer is kin to the
vampire. She drained her tormentor, ransacked the house,
some how managed to save a few precious belongings and
took any money she could find and left. She managed to get
a flight to the states and found us. We did what we could to
help her but she lost the baby and what was left of her mind
cracked. She made Dru look sane. We thought we had
gotten through to her and were helping her. She started
going out with us and was helping patrol. That night she went
looking for death as many slayers do and found it. I should
have seen it. That’s how I was able to kill two of them when I
was a vampire.” Buffy hugged Spike to her as his tears fell. He
hated to cry in front of others but he took the loss of Maggie
very personally.
“Walter, you know our history with the council and now you
know more of the darkness that exist in it. Can you blame us
for being cautious about dealing with them?” Buffy asked.
Walter just shook his head. He could not believe what he was
hearing. Had they slipped that far back into the old ways?
Dawn looked at Walter, “Spike did not tell you all of it and I
think you should know. Maggie went looking for death and
would have found it. What he didn’t tell you is that it found
her. The council sent a team to take care of a rogue Slayer.
We know what happened do to our equipment and the fact
that we have various parts of town wired and bugged. The
team came in and she told them she was with us now. She
told them she would talk with us and set a meeting so they
could discus what happened. One of the team members
told her they know what happened , she went rogue and
killed her watcher. She yelled at them that the bastard was
raping her and one of them laughed. It was enough to set off
the Slayer. She hit him and the others tried to subdue her. She
fought them off and they drugged her. They then took turns
doing what that bastard had done to her for years. Due to
our help she was able to shake off the effects of the drugs
and fought back. She killed the one on top of her and taking
him by surprise. The others pulled guns this time. They shot her.
She managed to take out another one and they shot her
again. One of the four had not touched her. He was too
scared of the others to stop them but he would have no part
of it. He was the only on standing when she died. He brought
her to us. She had twenty-eight gun shot wounds in her chest.
He had fourteen in his clip. We reported all the team and the
slayer as dead. We found a use for this fourth man and he is
now a trusted part of our growing family.” Dawn concluded
her tale. Walter sat back. It was too much for him to take in
one night.
He said he needed to air and went out side. He took out a
cigarette and searched for a lighter before remembering it
was with his stuff and he was wearing their gear. Out of
nowhere a flame caught is attention. Walter looked up to
see Spike lighting a cig of his own and offering him a light.
“I know it’s a lot to take it Walter, but you’re a good kid. I
think you can handle it. I wanted to explain the gear before
you go to you room for the night. We got a long day ahead.”
Spike said as he started telling Walter about all the magical
and technological enhancements to the clothing and such
he had been provided. After a while the two men went
inside and everyone went to bed for the night.
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