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Title:?
Author: Desdemona
Rating: I think it's clean enough. Should be the same as the show, but thats been kind of racy lately so who knows...
Disclaimer: Still not mine, but that doesn't mean I won't keep fighting.
Distribution: Go ahead and take it. Just give me a heads up.
Summary: A challenge from Jec. AU. I redifine the initiative in Season 4.
Spoilers: For sure...the Freshmen, and Where the Wild Things Are. I'll let you know as the come.
Author's Notes: I have no title for this fic, not even a working one. So any suggestions...let me know. Please. I'm desperate! rosaryangel@hotmail.com
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The sterile white lab glowed from the harsh lighting above. The nervous private watched the inmates wearily. It was his first night on guard duty. He hated it, the agitated hostiles were pacing and making assorted growls and snarls. A particularly vicious looking vampire was watching him through a haze of bloodlust. Jackson knew that the vampire in question was on a restricted diet. The vampire, Hostile 59, was huddled in a corner of his cage. He had wrapped the rags he wore as clothes around him as protection, though it did nothing when they came to get him. Jackson was lost in his contemplations of Hostile 59 when the door slid open behind him. The young man whirled around to point his taser at the intruder. "Hey, Jackson, calm down buddy" Agent Riley Finn chided. The newer recruit lowered both his weapon and his head, "Sorry, your lordship" he muttered. "God I love frosh week" his friend Graham cheered as he pushed past and walked through the corridor to the entrance to the frat house upstairs. Like every other frat house on campus, Lowell house had a frosh party going on upstairs. The faints beats of music could be heard in the cell below where Riley and Jackson still stood. "Thank the Lord, patrol was short" Riley agreed as he too headed for the exit. "Oh, and Twitch? Keep up the mighty fine work" Graham teased as he walked into the elevator. Jackson could still hear the seniors laughter. "Laugh at this Finn" Jackson sneered and pointed his weapon at the empty corridor.
It was yet another sunny day in Sunnydale. A few students were milling around the Sunnydale University campus but most were still enjoying their last day to sleep in. No such luck for the slayer, she was here at the bright and early hour of eleven. Buffy frowned as she searched for Wiesman hall. Her stack of flyers was getting higher and higher she had everything from supporting the Gay and Lesbain Alliances to saving the student body from Meatloaf day. "Oh God" she groaned as she spotted another flock of flyer totting frat boys. To top that off she'd missed all the frat parties for a dead guy who never showed. So far no one had been able to help her find Wiesman hall, but before she could give up she spotted her best friend Willow."Buffy, Hey!" the red head cheered. "Oh boy am I glad to see you" Buffy announced in return. The girls walked for a moment. Willow finally remarked, "Isn't this cool? There's so much going on." Buffy looked around unhappily, " Yeah. Almost, one might say, too much." Willow happily told her friend of all the courses she'd gotten that term. Willow tried to trade some flyers with Buffy but little interested the blonde. "Are we heading anywhere near Wiesman hall? I need to get my ID card." Buffy explained. "Oh, I got mine this morning. The lines are really long now, you should hae gone earlier." Willow announced. Buffy replied, "well, I hope that I learn from this experience, and that I grow." Willow rambled as they wandered but they eventually reached Oz, where Willow crooned about her on campus boyfriend. Buffy tried to relate to Oz on the bustle of campus life but again that seemed to no avail.
Eventually Buffy got registered and she and Willow wandered the hallowed halls of Sunnydale U. They stopped into the library to check out the books, while they bemoaned the loss of both Giles and Xander, who was still on a "Across America Road Trip." They stopped in the large school library, and stared in awe. "You know I never wanted to hurt Giles' feelings, but occult books aside, our old library didn't have the greatest selection. But this..." Willow stated. "Yeah, this is great, you know, if we ever need a place to hold the Nuremberg rallies" Buffy quipped. "This is a real library," Willow continued in awe. Someone shushed them, "see we even have to whisper. It's like a whole new world" Willow gushed happily.
The girls got to the bookstore a while later. Buffy was loaded down with books until her helpful friend arrived with a basket for them. "Can't wait till mom get the bill for these, I hope it's a funny aneurysm" she teased. Willow directed her to a stack of books on top of the shelf, labelled `Introduction to Psychology.' Buffy reached to grab them but they were sent tumbling over the shelf onto the blonde head of a guy crouched beneath the shelf. "Oh God, I'm so sorry" she apologized. "I'm okay" he assured her with a small grin. "I'm so... the books were just too high and then everything was bad" she rambled an apology while picking up the books. He helped her return the books to the shelves, placing some lower. "So, you taking Intro to Psych or do you just want me dead?" he remarked as an ice breaker. "Uh-huh" she replied obliviously, then realized the implications. She beat a hasty retreat, " I mean the first one." Willow seemed to hit it off with their new TA, Riley Finn, almost immediately. Buffy was once again left aside to watch from the outskirts of the conversation. She smiled and nodded appropriately and hoped to whoever was up there it would get better...
TBC....
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