BtVS: Alternate Lives

Who: Brandon and Catherine
Where: Their Apartment
When: April 18, Sunday Night

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Who: Catherine and Satsu
Where: Friday Morning, 3/26
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack, Basement

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Who: Catherine, Kim, and Brandon
Where: Brandon and Catherine's apartment
When: Monday Night, 3/1

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Who: Brennan and Catherine
Where: Avarice
When: Friday, Feb. 19, night

( Awkward... )

Who: Brandon and Catherine, with a minor appearance by Kim
Where: Avarice
When: Thursday, Feb. 4th

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Who: Brandon and Catherine
Where: Avarice
When: Sunday, Jan. 24th, Night

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Who: The Bale clan and their SOs
Where: Bronte's Beach House
When: Thursday Afternoon(around 3) - December 24

Like was typical of most men when the holiday came around, Grant was sacked out on the couch in the living room while the women, in this instant Bronte and Bethany, were in the kitchen preparing the Christmas Eve meal. Bethany had been put in charge, or rather had claimed the honor of making mashed potatoes from scratch and batches and batches of cookies to be served as part of the dessert coarse. Bronte already had the traditional Christmas ham in the oven and was busy preparing a broccali casserole for baking. Dinner for the Bale family had been planned for four that afternoon, but the scheduled time had never prevented the invited from showing up early, and Bronte had a feeling that by the time the clock hit the stroke of four the beach house would already have been filled with the Bale family and their significant others.

Who: Mouse, OT all
Where: The Sugar Shack
When: Christmas Eve


Well DAMN! The Sugar Shack was EMPTY. Yes, it was Christmas Eve. And Chloe really only let the shop stay open tonight because she knew how bad Kaitlin needed the hours and really didn't want to be home sulking on a holiday. She'd asked the shy waitress if she wanted to have Christmas with the Van Warrens, but the quiet girl known as Mouse said no, feeling she'd be imposing on her boss.

So, she puttered around the empty place, humming a Christmas carol to herself as she cleaned one of the (already clean) tables, trying to keep herself in the holiday spirit...

Who: Brandon and Catherine
When: Thursday, Nov. 19
Where: Brandon's Place

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WHO: Xander, OT anyone
WHEN: Tuesday night
WHERE: Between Shooting Star and the Marchese apartment

Xander didn't notice at first that he was being followed. Leaving work, he'd started hoofing the few blocks between the comic shop and the place where he was staying, thinking about work and about Janie and not really paying much attention. It was a little dark and a little quiet; not much foot-traffic on a weekday night.

As he turned a corner, the mailbox he'd just passed erupted in flames. Xander spun and fell to the ground, the heat from the smoldering remains of the mailbox singing the hair on his arms. He managed to stand up and he saw a silhouette near the far end of the block pointing something at him ...

He managed to throw himself ungracefully to the sidewalk as a thin red beam passed through the air which had been occupied by his torso only moments ago. He scooted around the corner of the building and put his back to it, his hear pounding, his eyes stinging with the smoke. He patted his pockets, wishing he had a cell phone or ...

He had a laser gun.

Janie had showed him where the power button was. He pressed it, and a little red LED blinked near the handle.

He stood, his back still against the wall, holding the gun pointing upwards, looking to his left.

He pivoted and pointed the gun at ... a deserted street.

"Huh," he said.

Who: Catherine and Gwen
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack, Basement
When: Tuesday Afternoon

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Who: Catherine and Brandon
Where: Brandon's Apartment
When: Monday Night, Oct. 26

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WHO: Xander OT Catherine, Cassie, Andrew, Willow and other interested parties
WHEN: Saturday afternoon (Oct 17, yes, this is backdated)
WHERE: Shooting Star Comics

Xander was at the comics shop, pacing, waiting for Catherine. He had Janie's saltwater-ruined device in one hand, and was hoping that together, he and his friends could figure out how to fix it and how to return Janie to the present day.

"It's not going to do much good unless we can get her back here *with* it," he said, and bit his lip. "I mean, she could be running from mastadons or something, right now. Only ... not right now, so much as ... I don't think I have the right verbs for this."

WHO: Xander OT Catherine, Andrew and Cassie
WHEN: Friday night
WHERE: Shooting Star Comics

For the past week, Xander had been talking to Cassie and Andrew, when he got a chance, about Janie's device. While he was on break at the comic shop on Friday, he located Catherine's number and called. Not much chance that she'd be home on a Friday night, but it was worth a try. He listened to her phone ring ...

Who: Catherine and Brandon
Where: Avarice
When: Tuesday Night

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WHO: Samantha Greene, OT all
WHEN: Friday night
WHERE: Chloe's Sugar Shack

Sam arrived early enough that she was able to get a corner booth with a view of the front door. She was working on a small mocha and a cinnamon roll, and had three books open on the table: a Latin dictionary, a copy of Macbeth and Fox in Sox, by noted scholar Dr. Seuss.

It was a little noisy, here, but it was no worse that being at home. Their houseguest was watching martial arts movies with Janie, and unfortunately, they had discovered the joys of SurroundSound. Vito was in the study with the door closed and a "If you're not Anna, don't even THINK of knocking" sign on the door, otherwise, she would have taken up a spot on the loveseat in there.

The coffee was better here. That was a bonus, anyway. And the cinnamon roll. ... and the small bag of Irish Cream cordials she was picking at. This place had the potential to be very addictive.

Who: All involved in the W&H battle
Where: The alley behind The Sugar Shack, then Salacia
When: Wednesday morning, just before dawn

This was it. The more Rupert Giles thought about it... the more he feared that Ash's joke was actually RIGHT. He felt like he was leading his troops to The Alamo. He'd arrived first, followed closely by Ash, who he had open the portal to Salacia. They were all about to go into battle against the forces of Wolfram & Hart. Now... as he watched everyone arriving... he knew it was time. Do or die.

"Well... are we all ready? As much as it pains me to say it... it's time. I want each one of you to look inside... and realize why you're doing this."

He looked around at the gathering troops.

"For some of us... it's revenge. For others, it's the desire to protect innocents. Regardless of your reason.. you need to focus on that. Because once we get there... it's going to get hectic, incredibly fast. We know we're going to be outnumbered... but how badly will depend on Ami's team and how quickly they can bring down the door separating the inter-dimensional bridge from the main arena."

"To all of you... thank you. And please... be safe."

And with that... Giles walked into the portal, knowing the others would soon follow.

Who: Catherine and Brandon
Where: Avarice
When: Tuesday Night


While everyone else were having their emotional goodbyes, their romantic last nights.... Brandon Bale and Catherine Baclanova were having their own version of that. To these two confident warriors.. there was no doubt they were both coming back. This was no biggie to them. In fact, they merely stood in the back of Avarice, playing pool. Brandon wore dark blue jeans, a black Steelers jersey with "36" and "Bettis" on the back, and a backwards Steelers cap. He sneered confidently, and pointed to the table with his cue. "Seven in the corner pocket."

"You only think you can make that shot," Catherine said with a grin, standing and slightly leaning against her pool stick. "There's no way in hell that you can make that shot." A part of her wondered if they should be worried. However, other than a few jitters, she really wasn't worried at all. She knew that she was coming back. She knew that Brandon was coming back. So, why worry?

Brandon, while nobody outside of the family knew it, was generally know as possibly the most ferocious warrior in the family outside of David himself. And he knew from experience of seeing her that Catherine had a wild streak that no vampire or demon was going to overcome. "Fine. Watch THIS." He said as he positioned himself, concentrating on the shot.

Catherine sat back and waiting for him to shoot. "Don't get distracted by anything now," she said playfully, bending over so that she could tie her shoe. Of course, with the tiny little onsie shorts/shirt combo that she was wearing, she was giving him a pretty good shot of her ass. Not like she was going to play fair.

[TBC in tags]

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: Catherine OT Brandon
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: Early Monday Evening

Catherine wanted to talk to Brandon about a few things. It wasn't anything particularly bad, but she did feel that there were a few things that she wanted to say before she lead the troops into battle. If only that was some sort of metaphor, but she really was leading a troop of Slayers and a rag tag bunch of other supernaturals into battle.

She wanted to make sure she went into battle without any regrets. Oh, she had every intention of coming back from this battle. She also had every intention of kicking Mr. Ashton Kowalski's ass when she got back as well, but that was a different battle for a different day. Maybe she'd luck up and some lawyer would do the job for her. Since Catherine *never* thought like that, it was obvious just how pissed off she was about that.

Catherine just wanted to make sure that she said everything she needed to say to Brandon before the possibility of not coming back comes up.