IM - Clark and Dawn
KeyGrrl16: Hey Buddy!
XmeteorXmanX: hey.
KeyGrrl16: How's it going?
XmeteorXmanX: It's good. How are you?
KeyGrrl16: I'm okay. Life has been strange lately, though, even for me!
XmeteorXmanX: Really? That's hard to iagine, lol.
XmeteorXmanX: *imagine
KeyGrrl16: Yeah, well, this new girl showed up. Her name's Nyx, and she's a cat. She's, like, thousands of years old, but she looks about 18. Shy's from Egypt, Bastet
KeyGrrl16: 's daughter\
XmeteorXmanX: Bastet
XmeteorXmanX: wait, isn't that the feline goddess that ancient Egyptians used to worship?
KeyGrrl16: That's her, all right.
XmeteorXmanX: And she's, real?
KeyGrrl16: real as rain.
KeyGrrl16: And her daughter is in Sunnydale.
KeyGrrl16: And bi. And hitting on me.
XmeteorXmanX: WHAT?
KeyGrrl16: yeah.
XmeteorXmanX: LOL
XmeteorXmanX: that's, just, funny.
KeyGrrl16: That's what I think.
And eveyone's being all superprotective of me
KeyGrrl16: like, they think she'd actually rape me or something
KeyGrrl16: As if I'd actually let her do something I didn't want her to do
XmeteorXmanX: I have a feeling that you can take care of yourself.
KeyGrrl16: that's a fact
KeyGrrl16: the thing is, she has super-heightened senses
KeyGrrl16: and being that my blood is made out of chaos, I smell like chaos and magick and sweetness to her
KeyGrrl16: so, I'm like---huamn catnip
KeyGrrl16: how crazy is that?
XmeteorXmanX: Huiman catnip?
XmeteorXmanX: *laughs* What, is she rubbing herself all over you and purring like the dickens?
KeyGrrl16: hen she's a cat, she is. She's been sleeping on the foot of my bed. She is SOOOOOOOOO cute as a cat
KeyGrrl16: she's all black, and she might become Willow's and my familiar
XmeteorXmanX: familiar?
KeyGrrl16: Yeah, soe witches take a familiar
KeyGrrl16: it's a cat, or sometimes a crow or something like, always black, that's magickally incline
KeyGrrl16: d
XmeteorXmanX: okay
XmeteorXmanX: so what does the failiar do?
KeyGrrl16: Just, lives with the witch, or witches. Helps with spells, does like, recon.
XmeteorXmanX: lol, now you sound like you're in the army
KeyGrrl16: Oooh, Xander was in the army once, and Riley was a Marine, but now he's off in South America fighting demons with his wife.
XmeteorXmanX: lol
XmeteorXmanX: Have I told you lately that you lead a very interesting life?
KeyGrrl16: not in the imediate past, but, yes. I think it's been entioned before, lol.
KeyGrrl16: *mentioned
KeyGrrl16: so, what's new in the life of Clark Kent?
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KeyGrrl16: so, what's new in the life of Clark Kent?
XmeteorXmanX: not much. My mom is pregnant
KeyGrrl16: That's cool. I thought you said she couldn't have kids
KeyGrrl16: w/b, btw
XmeteorXmanX: thanks
XmeteorXmanX: We didn't think she could, it's like, a mini-miracle
XmeteorXmanX: we're all excited.
KeyGrrl16: groovy
KeyGrrl16: So you're gonna have a baby sib?
KeyGrrl16: that so rocks.
XmeteorXmanX: yeah, it does
XmeteorXmanX: so, anything else otherworldy going on? I mean, besides your entire freaking life?
KeyGrrl16: lol
KeyGrrl16: yeah
KeyGrrl16: Drusilla's here. SHe's a vampire
KeyGrrl16: and not the good kind
KeyGrrl16: but she's promised to to kill any of us
KeyGrrl16: she's insane, so she's always fun to hang around
XmeteorXmanX: Well, my dear, I'd love to keep chatting, but I must go. It's time for supper
KeyGrrl16: aight, ttyl, pet.
XmeteorXmanX: bye!
XmeteorXmanX signed off at 7:46:40 PM.
KeyGrrl16: ARGH!
XmeteorXmanX: You arghed? Something wrong dear?
KeyGrrl16: THESE STUPID POTENTIAlS ARE DRIVING ME BATTY!
XmeteorXmanX: awwwww. *hug*
KeyGrrl16: Okay, so, it's bad enough I have to share my house with 30-odd teenage girls I'm not related to
KeyGrrl16: but, they keep borrowing my clothes without asking, and ruining them!
XmeteorXmanX: That's not very condierate.
XmeteorXmanX: Heh, why don't you come to Kasas and stay with us?
XmeteorXmanX: *Kansas
KeyGrrl16: I am seriously considering it.
KeyGrrl16: That, and homicide are both on my top ten list of priorities right now
KeyGrrl16: *seethes*
KeyGrrl16: Somebody got demon blood on my favorite sweater.
KeyGrrl16: It was a white cardigan and my mom bought it for me, the day before she died.
KeyGrrl16: *rants and screms and throws a temper tantrum*
XmeteorXmanX: Okay, okay, breathe in, breathe out.
XmeteorXmanX: sweaters can be replaced, or restored, but people can't. Just be glad that the demon didn't kill anybody.
KeyGrrl16: yeah, yeah, I know, but still.
KeyGrrl16: ooh, bleach! And if that doesn't work, maybe Willow can fix it.
KeyGrrl16: Well, Willow probably wouldn't, but Nyx might be able too.
XmeteorXmanX: So, other than ruined clothing, what's going on in the world of Dawn?
KeyGrrl16: Not much.
KeyGrrl16: Buffy tried to kill both Nyx and Dru, in a fit of rage today, but Spike took her out to hit things un til she felt better.
KeyGrrl16: It usually works.
KeyGrrl16: Either that or they had sex, but I REALLY don't want to think about my sister doin' the nasty
KeyGrrl16: *shudders*
XmeteorXmanX: eww, lol
XmeteorXmanX: not that your sister's gross or anything, it's just, authority figure = yuck factor
KeyGrrl16: yeah.
KeyGrrl16: lol
KeyGrrl16: so, how was supper?
XmeteorXmanX: Good
XmeteorXmanX: My mom made chicken and biscuits, with mashed potatoes and corn.
KeyGrrl16: *drools* People actually cook real meals in your house?
KeyGrrl16: *gets envious*
KeyGrrl16: My om used to cook.
KeyGrrl16: *sighs* It's been a while since I've had a nice, balanced, home-cooked meal.
XmeteorXmanX: Aww. If you ever come to visit, you'll have a good one, I promise.
XmeteorXmanX: Well, kansas is near Oklahoma, right?
KeyGrrl16: right
XmeteorXmanX: Maybe you can come and visit before or after the tourney.
KeyGrrl16: That'd be nice.
KeyGrrl16: Ac tually, that'd be great.
KeyGrrl16: I'd have to bring 'bodyguards' of course
KeyGrrl16: would your parents object to a vampire and a catwoman in their home?
XmeteorXmanX: ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
KeyGrrl16: oh
XmeteorXmanX: it'd probably be better if I didn't tell them what your friends were before y'all showed up.
KeyGrrl16: Let me talk to Buffy
KeyGrrl16: Wait. Are you psychic by any chance?
XmeteorXmanX: not that I know of, why
XmeteorXmanX: ?
KeyGrrl16: The school principal just called my sister.
KeyGrrl16: He just overheard the school nurse talking to somebody, and it seems somebody is trying to kidnap me again, only this time they want me AND Amanda
XmeteorXmanX: what?
XmeteorXmanX: Are you freaking kidding me?
KeyGrrl16: no
KeyGrrl16: Now Buffy wants to send us away somewhere safe
KeyGrrl16: for the rest of the week, dangit.
KeyGrrl16: or at least the next few days.
XmeteorXmanX: creepy
XmeteorXmanX: Does this sort of thing happen often?
KeyGrrl16: Unfortuneately, yes.
KeyGrrl16: so, you might think I'm a nutcase, but do you think your parents would let us stay with you?
XmeteorXmanX: I'll ask. Why don't I give you our phone number, and your sister can talk to my parents.
KeyGrrl16: okay.
KeyGrrl16: The farther away, the better. Drusilla has access to a private plane, so that's good.
KeyGrrl16: Gods, I am so FREAKING SICK OF THIS! IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE!
XmeteorXmanX: calm dowm, hun, it'll all work out.
Buffy people and the Kents
"Hello, Kent residence," Martha Kent answered the phone curtiously.
"Hello, Mrs. Kent? This is Buffy Summers."
"Oh, yes, Buffy, Clark has told us quite a bit about you and your sister. It seems that we're not the only ones with unusual lives." The good-natured woman laughed.
"Yeah, you could say that. You see, we're basically fighting a war here, and now we've got one more battle to fight, and we can't handle it all. Basically, we were just tipped off that someone is attempting to kidnap my sister and one of her friends. They're. . . special girls. Anyway, normally I'd be able to protect them just fine here, but these are some very powerful people we're dealing with, and from what we understand, you're son is very powerful as well. The school principal think we need to get them as far away from town as possible. Now, we have access to a private plane, we were just wondering if you'd be willing to let two teenaged girls, and three, um, adults, stay with you for the weekend, and maybe a bit into the week. I know it's an inconvenience, and very last-minute, but these girls are at risk of being ritual sacrifices, or worse." Buffy took a breath, and Martha tried to breathe it all in.
"Will this be putting my family at any risk?"
"I really doubt it. I'm just being streched too thin at the moment. I'd send them to my ex-boyfriend in LA-- he's a vampire with a soul-- but they have an apocalypse to deal with, there, as well. I really wouldn't even suggest this if I didn't think it was ABSOLUTELY necessary."
"Well, why not. I'd feel horrible if I said no, and then something happened to those poor girls. WHy don't you talk to my husband Johnathan?"
"All right." MArtha handed the phone to her husband.
"Buffy, we'd be glad to watch over your sister and her friend. Now, please tell me who else is coming? Clark mentioned something about demons and vampires, and, well, it all made our heads spin, to be frank."
"Well, the man who flies the plane is a vampire, but he won't be staying, and Spike'll kill him if he tries anything while he's there. Spike and Nyx will be acting as the girls' bodyguards. They might seem evil, but they're really not. Spike is a vampire, but he now has a soul, and he won't hurt anybody, if he can avoid it. He doesn't feed on humans anymore, and he'll bring his own blood, so don't worry about that. I promise he's not a threat to you. Nyx is, well, she's a godlet. Her mother is Bastet, the Egyptian cat godess. She's basically a were-cat. She can turn from cat to human at will. She has an attitude, but she's really nothing to worry about. She'll just catch any stray mice in your barn, so don't worry about feeding her. Are you still willing for them to come?" Johnathan sighed.
"Well, as long as you promise that nobody will get hurt, I don't see why not. We're in Smallville Kansas, which is a very small town, so we shouldn't be hard to find. Wherever you land, just ask for directions to the Kent farm."
"Thank you so much. They'll be setting out at sunset, and it shouldn't take more than an hour or two for them to get there. You have just taken a monsterous weight off us. I can NOT thank you enough."
After a little more small talk they hung up, and Buffy turned to the people in the house.
"Okay, Dawn, Amanda, pack a bag with enough stuff for up to a week, though I doubt you'll have to be there that long. Nyx, please take Dru and find 'her boy' and have him get the plane ready. Spike, pack enough blood in a cooler for you and Dru for a week. Dru should go as well, because if she stays here without you or Nyx to watch her, we might not be able to handle her. I'm sorry Dru, but it's true. I want nyx and Spike to go because if anyone finds the girls, they'll be the best fighters. Spike, don't take that ring off no matter what you do." Everyone blinked. "Now people!" When Buffy went into general mode, it was best just to do what she said. Dru mentioned something about eating Buffy's eyeballs, but other than that, eveything went as planned. Before long, Spike, Amanda, Dru, Dawn, and Nyx were settled in the back of the plane with a very grumpy vapire sitting in the pilot's seat.
Nyx
"Mouse, mouse, mouse, mouse..." Nyx sang, bouncing slightly in her seat. Eventually Sike reached over and gripped her shoulder hard.
"Stop that, or we'll find out if a cat would land on its feet from this high up." Nyx stuck her tongue out at him, but settled down slightly, still humming.
"Course I would. I'd make sure you came through the window with me though. I'd survive, but I'm not that sure about you. You'd probably splat, but my mum loves me so, she'd do a little god wiggle so I'd survive the fall to the ground." Nyx got up out of her seat and stretched. "Eternal mother, but I'm bored. I hope my bike's ok, cause if it isn't, I'll have words with your boy, Dru my sweet."
Dawn
Dawn sighed. She hated hiding like this, but at least she got to meet her Clark. She knew he'd wind up being protective about her. When the monks had made her, with their very powerful magicks, they had put a glamour on her, so that she would exude a certain innocence, and naivite, making everyone who met her want to protect. Well, most people, anyway.
"Nyx, as mmuch as I like you, if you don't shut up, I'll help him. Can't you, like, turn into a cat or something? you're less annoying then." Dawn joked.
"So Amanda, is all of this fitting in your head now?"
"It a little, overwhelming," the other girl said, "you've really been kidnapped a dozen times?"
"Somewhere around that, yeah. Buffy's only sent me into hiding twice before, and once was to hide from a god, so, I'm a little worried."
"Don't sweat it, Platelet," Spike said. "I've always looked after you, and now I've got a Gem of Amarra, you'll be safe with me. Even Dru wants to protect you girls."
"I'll watch over the sparkly girl, and the girl the stars smile at, so pretty, you both," Dru said, "Sparkly girl, shiny girl," Dru sang about Dawn as she swayed.
"Oh," Dawn said, "Before I forget, Clark isn't exactly. . . .normal. He's good at keeping secrets. But if anybody asks, Amanda and I are his cousins from California, and, well, I don't know who you guys are."
Nyx
"I don't know. I could just be catty all the time...but that's boring. What can I be? An older cousin, perhaps. Or a friend from out of town. Dru will just havta be his slightly odd older cousin, but me and Spike are more difficult to place."
"I'm easy pet. I'll just be the bit's elder brother."
"Don't call me pet. And you don't look anything like her." Nyx sniffed. "I could be your girlfriend!" Nyx glanced over at Dawn.
Dawn
Dawn giggled. "I think Clark wants that title." Suddenly she realzed what she said, and wrinkled her forhead. "Wait, I mean, I think he wants me to be HIS girlfriend." It was too late, everyone was already laughing.
"Let's just figure it out when we get there. I think we're landing," Amanda said, looking out the window.
"Nyx, at this point, the only way I'll willingly kiss you is if you're a kitty in my arms. I don't even know if I like girls yet! I'm only 16, c'mon! Let's just cut it with all the UST. Why did the monks have to put the freaking glamours on me, anyway? Everyone either wants to date me, or protect me, or both. Unless they want to sacrifice me or sell me." dawn sighed.
"Ooh, finally, we're in Kansas, Toto!" Dawn laughed. Getting off the plane, they all stretched.
"Oh, look, corn, corn, and more corn," Spike said. "Let's see if anyone can point us in the right direction. Maybe we can even rent a car." They did find a place to rent a car, but nobody there was able to help them find the Kents. Once they were into what appeared to be Main St., they entered a coffee shop called The Talon. They went over to a table in the corner, and waited fortheir waitress to arrive. She was a pretty young girl, about Dawn & Amanda's age, with dark brown hair. Her nametag read 'Lana.'
"Can I get you anything tonight?"
"Yes, please. I'd like a cafe mocha with extra whipped cream and cinnamon and chocolate sprinkles," Dawn said, and let the others place their orders. "We were also wondering if you could help us find the Kents' farm? We're looking for Clark Kent. We're. . . family, from Californa, and we've come to visit for a few days."
"Clark Kent? He's a good friend of mine. One second," she said, and she gestured for a young black guy to cocme over. "Hey Pete, these people have come to town to visit the Kents. I have to get back to work, but maybe you could help them out?"
"No problem. Hey, Clark's my best bud, do you all know him?" Pete asked, curious. Strange people looking for Clark wasn't necessarily a good thing.
"Hey Pete, I'm Dawn, Clark's entioned a lot about you. A lot about her too," Dawn pointed to Lana quickly.
"Wait, Dawn? As in online Dawn? The sweetie from California?" Dawn groaned, and practically growled.
"Man! If one more person calls me 'Sweetie,' I'm going to eviserate them! But yes, that's me." Pete look taken aback.
"Um, okay, sorry. Lana's getting your drinks to go, and then I'll show you to Clark's place. Honestly, I'd love too see his parents' faces when they meet you guys. And what's with the Billy Idol look, anyway?" Spike growled.
"I'll have you know that that poncy bugger stole his look from me. Stupid wanker." After a few moments, Pete suddenly noticed Drusilla, who was standing alone in the corner, twiling around with her arms over her head.
"Um, is she all right?"
"Dude, she hasn't been 'al right' for, like, 200 years, but she's as fine as she gets," Amanda said, giggling.
"oookay, I think I'm beginning to understand why you're staying with Clark. And I thought out lives were weird."
"Okay, let me give you the short abridged version, you'll get the long version later, with the Kents." Dawn said, and pointed at herself, and then went around the table. "Key, slayer-in-waiting, cat, vampire, vampire. You good to go?" Pete gulped.
"Um. . . . . yeah." taking their coffees, or whatever they ordered, they stood up and went to the car. They followed Pete in the short drive to Clark's house. As they were preparing to go inside, Amanda turned ans whispered something to Dawn.
"Is it just me, or is this looking to be an interesting night?"
Nyx
"Yeah, there were some hot looking teens in that room," Nyx sighed happily.
"Do you flirt with everyone, Nyx?" Amanda asked curiously. Spike snorted, and Nyx turned and glared at him.
"Flirting is like jelly, sweetcheeks, there's *always* room." Wuith that she turned and flounced off to stand with Drusilla, leaving Amanda and Dawn in stiches behind her. Nyx glanced over at the girls, and started to smile slightly, looking very feline as she darted glances at them from under her thick lashes. Spike looked very affronted, and lit up a cigarette.
"Bloody hell, women."
"Oh, smokes! Give us one then, Will," Nyx slipped into a British accent like Spike's. "I'm yer mate, ain't I? So give us a smoke, yer bleeding tosser!"
"Sod off, Nyx."
"Oh please, my Spike," Nyx pleaded, hand out and making grabbing motions. "S'not like I'm gonna get cancer, is it?" Spike ignored her, and she glared at his black leather clad back. "You wait, William the Bloody, just you wait. Eh hem." Nyx cleared her throat. Dawn and Amanda tossed her back curious glances as she rolled her neck and popped her joints. Spike continued to ignore her. "That's it, vamp, you're askin' fer it. Tickles!" Nyx dove on Spike, quick fingers making their way under his duster and into his ticklish spots.
"Gerroff!" Spike yelled, laughing as Nyx bore him to the ground.
"Tickle, tickle, tickle! C'mon Dawnie!" Nyx giggled as Spike writhed underneath her, whooping with laughter. "Ahhhh!" Spike started tickling back.
"Turn about's fair play, pet!"
"Don't call me pet, you, you dead person!" They rolled around on the grounfd a bit more, until the door to the house opened.
"Um, guys?" Amanda said slowly. They kept rolling. "GUYS!" She yelled. They stopped and looked up, Nyx sitting on Spike's waist and straddling him. A very shocked older woman was standing in the doorway framed in light.
"Oops." Nyx whispered into Spike's ear.
Dawn
The whole scene was just rather psychotic.
"Hello, you must be Mrs. Kent, I'm Dawn Summers," Dawn said holding out her hand.
"It's very nice to meet you Dawn, pllease, come on in." Martha smiled, but because her invitation was directed only to Dawn, Spike and Dru couldn't enter.
"This probably soulds odd, but does that mean we can ALL come on?"
"Yes, of course, why?"
"I'm a vampire, dear, we can't com inside unless we're invited."
"Oh, yeah, Buffy mentioned that. Pete, why don't you come in as well?" Quickly, all six of them entered the house, Spike and Nyx on either side of Dru, keeping her from lunging at Pete.
"But, but he smells so sweet!" dru was currently trying to eat Pete. Spike picked her up and carried her into the house.
"Amanda, luv, please go to the car and get the cooler from the trunk," Spike said, tossing her the keys.
"What's going on?" Mr Kents asked as Spike sat down on the couch, Drus still in his arms.
"Oh, she's just hungry. She wanted to eat your boy Pete here, and now she's gone into a major sulk because I told her no." Hearing that, Pete slowly backed up to the other side of the room. Just then, Amanda entered with a large lunch cooler.
"Which blood is which?" She asked, innocently.
"The stuff on the right is the human, for Dru. Poor it into a mug--we brought our own, don't worry-- and two minutes on high should do it." The Kents, and Pete, all looked slightly sick at the idea of drinking blood. Finally, Clark came into the room.
"Hey guys! dawn, it's you! finally!" Running down to her, he picked her up and swung her around, giggling. Taking a sniff of him, Nyx hissed and backed up, her claws coming out, and her fur up.
Nyx
"Why do you hang out with all these people who just smell *wrong*?" Nyx wailed in indignation. "Your sis should be dead and smells like it, all these Slayer potentials who also smell freaky weird, and now this guy!" Nyx hissed at Clark again, lips curled back from her teeth in a warning grimace. "Like, like the air before a lightening strike! Ozone and hot and crackle, crackle, and so *not* HUMAN!" Nyx sneezed in disgust and whirled around hiding her head in her hands and sneezing. "Oh, for the love of the Eternal Mother, that scent has gone up my freaking nose!" Nyx sneezed some more. She heard giggles and her back stiffened. "This is not funny, Dawnie. This is me having an allergy attack to your friend. This may be a problem. This is in fact, a huge problem!"
Amanda entered the room, carrying a mug of faintly steaming blood, and patted Nyx on the shoudler as she passed. "Cheer up, Nyx. We'll only be here for a few days. And do I really smell weird?"
"Uh huh. Spicy, hidden power lurking just beneath your skin. Like musk and just a tiny trace of chaos." Nyx calmed down slightly and dared a glance at the astounded Kents and Peter.
"You can tell all that? From one sniff?" Amanda asked as she handed Spike the mug of blood. He nodded his thanks and started the onerous task of getting the blood down Dru's throat.
Nyx shrugged her shoulders and turned back to the room, nose twitching slightly. She leant towards the Kents, and inhaled. "Farming. Ooh, you've been baking! Nummy." She shifted slightly to face Peter and took a few steps over to him, carefully skirting Dawn and Clarke. "Dru is right, you do smell delicous. Cinnamony and nice, young." She grinned at him and lifted an eyebrow slightly. "You taken?"
Pete
Pete was drawn apart by two different sides. First, he was disgusted and also curious as Dru slipped into game face and sipped slowly from her mug, letting the blood drip down her face and the snaking out her tongue to lick itup again. It was like a car wreck, he just couldn't look away. Secondly, he was trying to back away from Nyx who was purring and attempting to rub herself against him.
"hey, Clark, bro, I think I'm gonna go, don't want my parents waiting up all night." Pete didn't even wait for a response for darting out the door.
"Way to go Nyx," Amanda pouted, "And you too, Dru. You scared him off!" Amanda sat down on
the couch in a huff. As of late, she really wasn't around guys much, save Andrew, Xander, Spike, and Principal Wood, so being around guys her own age in a non-school environment was great fun.
Nyx
Nyx stuck her tongue out at Amanda. "I'm a cat, which you people so don't seem to get. He smelled nummy. Cats are very tactile. Do I need to draw a diagram? And Dru is who she is, can't help that. Besides, Dru is sweet. And you people still haven't answered my question. What the hells is he?" She pointed at Clarke. "Not human, so is he demon? Or what?"
Clark
"I'm from a place called Krypton," Clark started. "I'm not a demon, I'm an alien. My birth parents sent me away because the planet was dying." Clark smiled wanly. "It turns out that they actually sent me here to conquer, but I kinda turned away from that idea."
Nyx
"Why would you want to take over the world? So much responsibilty, and then people try and kill you all the time. Seriously, an over rated ambition. Alien, huh? And here's me thinking I'd seen everything and nothing would surprise me anymore," Nyx said with a smile. "So, welcome to the planet. How are ya finding it? And not taing over the world? Good choice. Dawn could tell you all about this other visitor we had, Glorificus. That woman wouldn't know a good look if it came up and bit her on the ass."
Dawn
Dawn flinched, visably. She hated thinking about how Glory had remporarily ruined her life. She was tortured, basically, and then her sister, the only family she had left, was killed.
"I've met far too many 'people' who have attempted take over Sunnydale, the world, the universe, etc. I tell you this now, Clark. You ever try to dominate the world, and I will never, ever kiss you."
"Okay,I promise, no world domination for me," Clark laughed. He and Dawn weren't really in a relationship yet, but there was definite chemistry between them.
Nyx
Nyx looked at Dawn with concern in her eyes. "Hey, sweetie, I knew the hell bitch bothered you that much, I wouldn't have mentioned her. She made my fur stand on end. Sabre wanted to fight her, but me and Priss were glad to stay far, far away. She was...wrong." Nyx looked disconcerted as she struggled to find the words. "Demons from other places can live here and barely leave a mark, but Glorificus...the world screamed agony at her footsteps. The pain of the earth as she passed over it in her gucci heels, you wouldn't believe because you're not close to it like me and my sibs. Not to diminish what you felt, or anything...wouldn't do that, sweetie. But the torment of the magick and physical being of the world as she quested over it, looking for you...the very ground protested her passage with silent howls of pain. The trees bent back from her. The gods cried tears of blood, because they couldn't touch her." Nyx shivered, wrapping her arms around herself, eyes glimmering with tears. "And then, whoosh she was gone. And there was songs of joy. Praise to the heavens as a weight was lifted from the earth. I went out and got drunk off my face from relief. Then I found out what happened." Nyx looked up at Dawn. "I'm sorry, pet. If I'd known ya then, I wouldn't have been so happy. Just...Glory was gone. A cancer cut from the body of the earth. No longer a drain on its magick. And I was free from an aching weight and a cutting pain that the earth had suffered for an age."
Dawn
"Giles killed her. We're not supposed to know, or to talk about it, because he did it by killing an innocent. My sister's Watcher, who's supposed totrain & teach but not participate. Suffocated a human being just to keep a god from resurfacing. I honestly don't know if I coulddo that." Dawn sighed.
Nyx
"That's what me and Spike are for, hey William? We do the nasty things, so you don't have to." Nyx grinned at the blond vampire who nodded solemnly. "I can feel the glamour in ya, sweetie, that makes people want to protect ya and look after ya, but I can see the person behind that as well. You are, whatever you once were, a very sweet, innocent and nice girl. Totally human. With all that lovely chaotic magick mixed in as well. William ain't exactly human, and I'm not in the slightest bit human. But cats are very protective of their family and their friends, and I've adopted ya, as my friend. Me and Dru have the same deal going. Not so much me and Will, because he can take care of himself, but kinda the same. You're stuck with me, as long as you want me around. And I'm hoping that it'll be for a long time, on and off and however we do it. Deal?" Nyx looked at Dawn carefully, heart a little, ok, a lot on the line. She ignored the others in the room, this was between her and Dawn and had nothing to do with them. Well, a little as in Dawn was theirs too, but this was Dawn, the Key and they were both alike.
Dawn
Dawn smiled. Looking up, she heard Dru talking.
"Dawnie's my little girl, she is. Her mummy went away, but I can be her mummy, I'm good at it, aren't I William? And pretty kitty's my big sister, takes care of me when I forget. And somebody has to teach vanilla-girl well. 'Cause she's the Next, and we don't want her ending like the girls in China and New York, and that pretty dark girl that tried to kill my Daddy. Or Buffy." Dawn smiled at that. She had an alien for a potential boyfriend, two vampires for potectors: one with a soul, and a soulless one acting as her mother, and a cat-godletbeing her acting big sis. There was no way anything bad would happen now. She just knew it.
Nyx
"So, we're good, Dawnie?" Nyx stuck her hand out and Dawn grasped it tightly, pulling the surprised and pleased cat in for a hug. "I'm guessing, yes." Nyx breathed in the scent of the girl, before moving back and smiling widely at the room. "So, where are we sleeping? I can go cat, and sleep on Dawn's bed, but vamps are a bit harder to cater for."
"Got a cellar?" Spike asked the Kents. They nodded. "Me and Dru'll be good down there. We'll just need some blankets, and maybe a mattress, or summat like that. C'mon, Dru pet, we'll get settled for the day. And then we can go outside for a while, and you can sing to the stars." Spike gently hustled the vampiress out of the room, following Mr Kent. Mrs Kent smiled at the group and started being very mum like and settled them all in for the night.
"Night, Nyx." Amanda reached out and ruffled Nyx's ears. Nyx purred and licked the girl's hand with a raspy tongue before assuming her position on the end of Dawn's bed, laying over the girl's feet. "Night Dawn." Dawn murmured a reply and turned over. The house settled into sleep, sounds of breathing echoing through it slightly as the inhabitents slept quietly.