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Title: We’ll Zat ‘Em 57/100 TtH Prompt: #27 Fear Summary: The flight to Cleveland. We’ll Zat ‘Em Vala hesitated as she took in Buffy’s white knuckles. The slayer looked to be calm as she flipped through an old Cosmo with an idle hand, but the hand gripping the armrest spoke differently. It couldn’t be the flight that was disturbing her since it didn’t bother her the last time, so it must be something about the destination. She was afraid that Buffy was ashamed of her team. They had been rather insistent about going with her. Buffy, whether she would admit it or not, was not completely healed from the events of the past several weeks. Physically she was as strong as ever, but emotionally the wounds were deep – not that she was telling them about them though. Buffy just needed a break. It wasn’t fair that all of this crap landed on her one right after another – not giving her a chance to catch her breath from one disaster to another. Vala wanted her carefree friend back. The one that relentlessly plotted with her against the boys. The one that showed her that being a good guy didn’t mean you had to be a saint. Pushing her own fears aside and doing what she thought was best for her friend, Vala softly said, “If you didn’t want us to meet your friends and family you could have said so. We would have understood.” Buffy looked at her in surprise. “What? Why would you think that?” “Your death grip on the armrest and you never gave us a clear objection as to why you didn’t want us coming,” she calmly replied. Buffy noticed her knuckles for the first time and quickly released the armrest. She sighed as she rubbed the stiffness out of her joints. “It’s not you guys, it’s me. I’m just… It’s only… They didn’t…” She sighed again. “It’s complicated.” “Could you try?” “I guess,” Buffy said with a shrug. Her eyes drifted to the clouds outside of the plane window. “They weren’t happy with my decision to join the SGC. Now one of the slayers that was activated because of me is dead. Something I’m sure they thought I could have prevented if I was there. I didn’t want you to see… They might…” Vala knew what it was like to return home when your friends and family saw you differently. Her own return home many years ago had been less than perfect. She had been alone then and for so many years afterward. Something that Buffy was not going to have to worry about. The team was not going to abandon her lightly. “If they say anything, we’ll just zat them and then relieve them of any valuables,” Vala said with a wink and a sly grin. Buffy laughed and relaxed back into her seat. She looked at Vala and said, “Thanks. We’ll keep that as Plan B.” Previous Chapter Buffygate Menu Next Chapter |
