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Last time . . .
“Justin? What’s wrong?” Chris said appearing in Little Justin’s room. He saw his son lying on the bed, drenched in sweat and with a glazed look in his eyes. “OH MY GOD!!” He ran over to the bed and sat next to his son. “Justin! JUSTIN! Come on, wake up! What’s wrong? Daddy’s here! JOSH!!!!!!!” Chris yelled.
This time . . .
“LEO!” Sonia gasped, abruptly waking from her sleep. “DOM!!!”
Dominic came running into her bedroom along with Vanessa.
“What’s wrong? What happened?” Dom asked.
“It’s Leo! He’s been captured!” Sonia said, getting tears in her eyes.
“What?! FUCK!” Dom yelled. “I KNEW HE WAS GONNA GET INTO
TROUBLE!”
“We gotta find him!” Vanessa said.
“What did you see?” Dom asked.
“I . . . I dunno . . . I saw an ally or something, and there was a fight going on. But Leo wasn’t apart of it. Someone was trying to save him, but were too late.”
“Come on, we gotta find him!”
“Wait! Dom!” Vanessa said grabbing his arm.
“What?”
“Shouldn’t we tell the Slayers?”
“Why? It’s not their problem? Leo is MY responsibility as
head of this team!”
“But maybe it was one of them trying to save him.”
“Maybe, maybe not!”
“Look, let’s just tell them first, then we’ll figure out what to do!”
“Buffy!” Dom called, as she entered the main room. “Go
downstairs and tell JC that Leo’s been captured and we gotta go find him!”
“What!? Oh no! Leo! Ok, I’m goin right now!” Buffy said running out of the room.
“I’m gonna try and see if I can psychically locate him!” Vanessa said.
“We’ll help.” Dom said. “Sonia, come on. SHAWN!”
“What’s goin on?” Shawn asked coming out of his room, yawning.
“Leo’s been captured, we’re gonna try and psychically locate him!” Dom said.
“Josh?!” Buffy said running down the stairs. “Josh!? Justin? Lance!? ANYBODY!” She ran into the living room and found Josh, Joey and Beryl there with an unsuspected visitor. “Johnny?! Oh my god!”
“Buffy!” Jonathan said standing up.
“SIT DOWN!” Josh yelled.
“Josh! We’ve got a problem!” Buffy said.
“We’ve got A LOT of problems!”
“Leo’s been captured!”
“We know!”
“What? And you didn’t tell us?!”
“We just found out!”
“Well, do you know where he is?”
“No, J . . . We have somebody following him though, he’s gonna try and rescue him!”
“JOSH!!!” Chris said teleporting into the living room with Little Justin in his hands.
“What now?!” Josh yelled turning towards Chris. “Oh my god!
What happened?!”
“I . . . I don’t know! I . . . I just went up there and he was . . . he was like this!”
“Is he . . .”
“NO! He’s still breathing! I think he’s just in shock!”
“Beryl, can you channel inside his mind and see what’s wrong?”
“What’s going on?” Jonathan asked.
“Lance, take him somewhere that’s not here!” Josh said telepathically.
“Come with me Johnny, let me show you something!” Lance said grabbing Jonathan by the arm and pulling him towards the kitchen.
“But wait . . . I wanna . . .” Jonathan said as he got pulled into the kitchen.
“Ok, lay him down on the couch.” Beryl said.
“Is he gonna be alright?” Buffy asked.
“I dunno.”
“Look, go tell Dom and the rest of your team that Justin’s going to save Leo and not to worry.” Josh said.
“Ok.” Buffy said as she turned around and hesitantly went upstairs.
“Ok, just calm down Chris!” Josh said patting Chris on the shoulder, “I’m sure he’s alright, just a nightmare or something!”
“Ok, I need absolute silence.” Beryl said.
He knelt down next to Little Justin and placed his index fingers on the child’s temples. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Suddenly, Little Justin’s eyes, shot open and started glowing. The now crying Chris, jumped towards him and Josh held him back. Beryl fell backwards and landed on his back.
“What happened?!” Chris asked.
“I . . . I dunno!”
“What do you mean you don’t know?!” Chris yelled.
“He won’t let me in! Something’s blocking his mind!”
“What’d you do to my son!?”
“I . . . I . . .”
All of a sudden, Little Justin’s body started to glow along with his eyes. A green mist arose from him and filled the air surrounding him. They watch in fear and amazement. Nobody knew what was going on but were eager to find out.
“Do not be afraid!” A familiar female voice came from the mist. “Your son is in no harm!”
“X . . . Xaina?” Josh said looking strangely at the now green shadow.
“Yes Josh, it is me.” She said.
“But I thought . . .”
“Yes, I am dead, but like all of the Chosen Families, after
our death, our spirits remain to continue the fight.”
“What do you mean?”
“I am here to help you! You are all in great danger and you will need my help!”
“What are you talking about?” Joey asked.
“What have you done to my son?!?” Chris yelled.
“He has been chosen as my vessel. I have been sent to be your spirit guide.” She said.
“Why him?! He’s only a child!”
“It was his calling.”
“Leave him alone! He has NOTHING to do with this!”
“Oh, but you are wrong! He has everything to do with this! It has been his destiny!”
“I’m sick of this destiny bullshit!”
“Chris, just calm down!” Josh said trying to tame his friend.
“CALM DOWN!?” Chris said getting more furious. “How the HELL can I calm down?! She’s possessed my son!”
“I have not possessed him! He has been chosen, this is not the first time, and it won’t be the last!” She stated.
“What do you mean, not the first?!”
“His soul is that of a hero’s. It has traveled through time for many generations and was one of the first, Chosen Five. He has not been needed until now.”
“Why? What’s up?” Joey asked.
“You are about to face the biggest battle of your lives! One that is not restricted to the present, but one that will bring you to the past and lead you to the future!”
“What are you talking about?” Josh asked.
“With this battle, begins the prophecy.” When her words echoed, Josh took a step back and he shook his head and then looked down at the ring on his finger. “Not now.” He whispered so that no one could hear.
“I thought it was supposed to end it!” Beryl said.
“No, it is far from over.”
“FUCK!” Justin yelled turning out his vid-link. “Just what I need! Whatever . . . One thing at a time! CIDS! How long till we intercept Leo and his kidnappers?”
“At present rate of speed, 10 minutes.”
“We’re not gonna make it!”
“We will if you go faster.”
“Is there a button for that?”
“No.”
“Then how do I do that?”
“Press the gas all the way.”
“Oh . . .” Justin said feeling stupid, “Hold on to your computer chips!” He floored the petal and took off, he reached 260mph in under 2 seconds. “WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!” He screeched, flying through the abandoned train station. “CIDS!” He yelled, the wind flowing through his hair, “How long till we intercept them?”
“An estimated 1.5 minutes and counting.” CIDS said.
“I think I see the opening up there!” Justin said nearing the exit. “Should I do a head on battle or follow them and see what they’re planning?”
As he exited the train station, he pulled up next to the road and cloaked the car while still inside. Within a few minutes, he saw some people coming up the road. As he waited for them to pass him, he couldn’t help but wonder what it was they had planned for Leo.
Leo was still locked up under the vampiress’ trance. Although an uncertain doom lay ahead, all he could think about was the touch of her skin, and the smell of her hair. As the small gang unknowingly passed Justin, Justin started up the car and muted the engine. He followed them for about 5 minutes until they got to an old air hanger that remained in an airport. The hanger was used for storage and had been since the transports came into use, replacing airplanes and eliminating air traffic, and pollution problems. Since nobody ever bothered to check in there, it was a safe temporary hideout until they fulfilled their plans.
“Well . . .” A deep voice said as they brought Leo in, “Look who we have here!”
Leo was suddenly thrown out of his trance and looked at who the voice was coming from.
“I . . . I thought you were d . . . dead!?” Leo stuttered out.
“I am! As will you be soon enough!” Dr. Wilkes said.
TBC . . .
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COMING SOON TO FOXGLOVE MANOR:
Sketches of Beryl, the DM’s, Jonathan Timberlake, Justin Kirkpatrick, and other characters!
NEW STORIES – including:
Midnight’s Destiny – The prologue to Beryl Saga; what happens before he meets the Chosen Ones
Fearful Mind – The sequel to JC Chronicles; further input into the mind of the Chosen One
A LONG awaited Buffy/Vamps X-over
Solo stories featuring: Lance, Joey & Justin (Chris’ will come when we think of a suitable plot)
AND MORE!
Now . . . some of these stories are still in their
processing stage, and others still in their conception stage. These stories
should be coming within the next couple years . . . and when you think about
it, it’s not that long . . . it takes time to write genius! And besides, we
have lives too! lol . . . Now, some of the stories are one shot deals, meaning
only one chapter, the entire story unfolding and wrapping up in that one shot.
Some of these stories will draw on for a few chapters, and there is talk of
another story to span the length of our others. What the concept is of that
story, we cannot say . . . we gotta keep some of our secrets! So . . . now’s
your chance to truly let us know what you think, any suggestions or questions
you may have about any and all stories and the characters involved in them.
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