one last chance

Buffy/Spike fan fiction

"Be happy they give us these tidbits when the do. If it wasn't for them we would be much farther from having a decent system in place for finding the new girls. As it is our system is shoding enough. Hit and miss everytime! Oh and yes they did find another girl. She's in Texas."

"Thats Faith's area, whats the deal? She need back up?"

"Well yes, Robin is in Colorado installing a girl and her watcher, and Faith is swamped, she got six new girls in the past two months, Willow is in Brazil with Kennedy, looking for a new girl and researching some new magics, Xander is in Asia trying to make contacts with some monks who might be able to help with our location problem. You have to go."

Buffy sighed. She didn't mind training the new girls, Dawn and Giles took care of the new watchers, but going and getting the new girls wasn't her thing. 

"What about Angel or Cordy or even Connor? What are they up to now a days? Can't they do it? I hate the jet lag, cant they go make nicey with the new slayer."

"Yes thats all you hate. Buffy you know Angel and Cordilia are tying up affairs in L.A. they wont be on board for a few months. And unless you've heard from Spike he's been as how you say AWOL for several months now. You have to go Buffy."

At Spikes name Buffy stopped playing with the knife.  "Giles you know he hasnt talked to me. I didnt even know he was alive until Angel called asking if we had seen him. Where ever he is he hasn't bothered to tell me. And fine, I'll go."

Finding out Spike was back was the hardest blow after the final Sunnydale battle. She had believed him dead for over a year and Angel calling had shattered that. She knew Spike had made his choice and he was responsible for saving them all but she still didnt know how to handle him being alive. She also knew as much as she hated to go find the new girls it was up to her. Giles couldn't be spared and all of the other teams were to young or stationed already. besides it was generally best to have one of the originals go. 

"Of course you will. The girls will be fine for a few days. By the way, I want to talk to you about Dawn."

"What about Dawn? Oh does she have the family info for me? I should leave tonight."

"You have to place her soon Buffy. Give her a Slayer. You keep insisting on holding her back. Remember what she did in Sunnydale?"

"Of course I remember Sunnydale Giles but come on Dawn's only..."

"Nineteen Buffy, she needs something more. She's getting restless. You have to let her loose. I have an idea. Take her with you. If her and this new girl... Anne get along well, assign Dawn to her. She's already got the family information ready for you. Talk to her Buffy. Ask her if she's interested."

"Fine, I'll go make nicey with my sister and the new girl." Flipping the dagger one last time Buffy left the main office to go find her sister.

Dawn Summers sat in the library surrounded by books. Walking in Buffy stopped and leaned in the door way. Dawn had grown up alot sense their mother died four years ago. Often times Buffy stopped and tried to remind herself that her sister was growing up. She also had to remind herself that she herself was called as a Slayer at fifteen. 

"Hey Donny, whatcha got for me." she asked.

"Did you know that the demon Ikthyia appeared to saliors as a naked woman. She would than drown them and slowly eat them, flesh first...." 

"No, no, no Donny ew, I meant about the new girl. what do you have for me?"

"Oh her!" Dawn pushed some books aside and grabbed a plain file folder with the name Anne Sweeny writen along the top, "She's seventeen years old, lives in Austin Texas, only child, parents divorced. Oh she'll be an easy one. Her mother is a Wicca, practicing to it seems. I'd talk to the daughter alone first than tag team the mom. Ok more about Anne, good student, quiet or so her schools counler commented in her file. Kind of a loner but friendly."

"Dawn I want you to come with me on this one."

Not hearing her older sister Dawn continued to go though her information on Anne, "her math teacher said that she's a natural with numbers and her history teacher comments on how she seems to remember dates with out trying and... wait a sec. You want me to come with?"

"Well I talked to Giles and he seemed to think it was time to find you a slayer, I thought you could come along with me and see if you and the new girl get along. That is if you want to." Buffy trailed off half hoping her sister refused. Dawn was due to start her second year of Oxford, Giles' alma matter, studying paranormal and occult sciences. Last year Dawn had lived on campus using the extensive library to help the team research when need. If Dawn was to take on a slayer she would have to transfer to a London school. All the slayers where schooled at the base, upon being placed the slayer than enrolled in a local university if he or she wished, the young watchers also. The watchers base was under the disguise of a private boarding school. Rumors about the school flew around the city, the most common being it was an extreamly selective school for rich young teens mostly girls with a few boys, the second being it was a school for troubled or delinquent girls and boys. All slayers and would-be watchers lived and trained together. The ones over 18 especially the watchers often went to local universities until they were placed permanently. 

"Your serious Buffy? Your taking me with you? I finally get my own slayer?" Dawn jumped up from the table and ran to give her sister a huge hug. She hurried from the room to start packing her bags. Five hours later Buffy and Dawn Summers sat on a plane headed to Texas.

Ok so the first chapter is kinda short but let me know what you think. Spike will make his grand debut in chpt 3 I want to use the first two chapters to set the stage. also its a working title so if you got random ideas let me know