BtVS: Alternate Lives

WHO: Vito OT any and all Slayer and Council types
WHEN: Monday evening
WHERE: Mid to upscale Italian restaurant downtown, Anthony's

Vito sent invitations and directions to all Slayers and Watchers. "Not a formal event, I just thought it would be nice to sit down together before things get intense. If you're feeling up to it, come have dinner on me."

Anything this big meant that not everyone would be coming home. The Watchers and Slayers alike all had their smaller groups, which you got with any organization. Not everyone had had a chance to get to know each other, but some of that would be a good thing. Socializing among the Slayers hadn't been an issue with the old Council because there had only been one at a time, and even Potentials seldom met each other under the old rules.

It seemed to Vito that camaraderie among the Slayers could only be a good thing. And if someone didn't come home, then at the very least, it would remind the survivors why they were fighting in the first place ...

Settled into a chair at the large round table in the back room of the restaurant, Vito opened a bottle of wine and waited for the others to arrive.

Who: Skylar and Lydia
Where: Skylar and Gwen's House
When: Last Thursday

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Who: Buffy and Ash
Where: Outside Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: Just after the meeting with Giles

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Who: Giles, open to all involved in The Big Battle
Where: The basement of Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: Tuesday morning

Never in his life had Giles felt more like General Patton. He stood there, facing the people who were assembled, the people willing to give their lives under his leadership, to help save innocents from the evil of Wolfram & Hart. He looked over those assembled, and took a long, deep breath before starting.

"Thank you... all for coming. Tomorrow morning, at sunrise, we will be entering Salicia. It is... an ancient dimension used for gladatorial combat between various demonic races. It will allow us to confront our enemies, without endangering any more innocents. We must use this opportunity to take out Wolfram & Hart once and for all."

He looked out among the various  attendees, and smirked.

"We all have different reasons for being in this fight. For some... it's responsibility. For some, vengeance. For others.... the need for a good fight. But the one thing that will unite us is our mutual desire to see this firm brought down. I have already spoken to Catherine... she will be your commander in battle answering only to myself. Unless I tell you otherwise, you will all listen to every singe command she gives you."

He felt his gaze fall upon young Ami Morrison-McConnell, and then quickly looked away. He couldn't give anything away, no matter how hard it hurt. Too many lives rested on the secrecy here.

"One strike team will be apart from the rest of you. It will be led by Ami here. She will be in charge of helping to get a large steel door to drop, shutting off a long, thin bridge from the main arena. If this bridge is closed off, it will prevent a small army of demons from entering the fray, and keep the odds much more even in battle. Ami's team is the sole exemption to mine and Catherine's leadership. They will follow Ami's command, and nobody else's. Not even my own."

Giles then pointed at young Ashton Kowalski, and smiled.

"I know some of you feel you have no reason to trust Mr. Kowalski here... but for me, I need you to. He has done nothing recently... that he didn't have to. And for now... that explanation will have to suffice. As Lindsey McDonald will be leading Wolfram & Hart into battle... it will be Ashton's job to disable him. And our job will be, simultaneously, to hold off their troops long enough for Ashton to do his job, to subdue the rogue Slayer Candice Harrington, and to, if need be, hold off any of the demon army that gets past Ami's strike team."

He looked at them all again, sighing.

"I wish there was more I could tell you... but most of this will be planned as we're doing it. I can only tell you this: tomorrow... could very well be the last day on earth for all of us. I suggest you leave here now... and go live today as if it were. Anything you need to do, anyone you need to see... do it."

Putting his glasses back on, Giles took another deep breath.

"I will... see you all at sunrise, right here. May God be with us all."

Who: Mere and Chloe
When: Right After the meeting with Giles
Where: Outside the Sugar Shack

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Who: Mere and Devin
Where: An Old Cemetery
When: Tuesday Night

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WHO: Lexi OT Ginny
WHERE: Lexi's apartment
WHEN: Tuesday night

Lexi was sitting on a stool she'd picked up at a thrift store ages ago, her foot propped up on the corner of her amplifier. Her guitar was plugged in, and she was working her way through a classical piece as an exercise; something by Bach, complicated and fast.

Or it was supposed to be, but her fingers kept tripping over each other, and it just wasn't falling together.

Tomorrow could be a very, very bad night.

She scowled and gave it another shot, got to the passage with all the triplets and the key change, and the tune disintegrated into a discordant morass of noise. Lexi growled in frustration and set her guitar aside, on its stand, though the temptation to beat the crap out of the amplifier with it was lurking in the corners of her mind.

Who: Chloe, open to all
Where: The Sugar Shack
When: Tuesday night

Usually, by this time in the evening, Chloe Van Warren would be lost enough in a sugar-filled craze to be bouncing off the walls with happiness. But tonight... all she could think about was tomorrow morning. Meredith, Ami, Gwen... almost all of her best friends, really... were going into a battle she wasn't altogether convinced they were coming back from.

Thankfully, the shop was unusually quiet tonight. Almost as if the customers somehow knew Chloe just wasn't in the mood to deal tonight. Standing behind the counter, the statuesque blonde crossed her arms over her breasts, suppressing a sudden chill in her bones.

She found herself muttering, not to anyone, really... just to herself.

"Please, people... be safe. Come back to me..."

Who: Cassie and Lucy
Where: Avarice
When: Friday night


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Who: Ash and Patience
Where: Pat and Patience's house
When: Tuesday afternoon


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