So what was the ball of black that came from Giles?

Great Chapter. Given what The Trust tried with Hammond, one wonders if they have something on Giles to blackmail him into giving them vital info.

Have to believe the airman with the nose bleeds is the magic user and inside person for The Trust and that the nose bleeds comes from the spell-casting.

Fully understand the personal issues that get in the way of writing, as my own health and some other personal stuff has really taken away my writing time-I am severly delinquent in updating my own stuff (over 1 year for my current owngoing story-omg), and am amazed given how long the chapters you post are that you are able to be as prolific as you had been. All of your stories are very entertaining and I look forward to continuing to read them, at whatever pace you are able to add to them.

Xander is Faith's bondmate? No wonder she went off the rails if she was subjected to to that spell by her former Watcher. And the NID are meddling... Interesting.

This is campy, and i usually ignore stories that make everyone gay and/or lesbian. But for some reason, this is still good.

Please avoid the mistake where everyone gets the sex drive of a locomotive, and it will continue to be good.

It is good to see this story updated. This bonding is going to upset every body's expectations. The bad guys always get the last word. Until Buffy steps in.

You are doing several things I do not like.

First is the turn everybody into lesbians idea. IMHO personalities should be left alone as much as possible and that naturally includes sexuality. I will accept sexuality changes only if there is a plausible reason and it is relevant to the plot. So the idea of slayers mystically bonding to certain people gives a reason and bonding to a servicewoman at a time when it was against regulations makes for an interesting plot. However, all the other lesbians appearing is totally unjustified. Even the Buffy/Willow bond does not make sense, because it should have occurred earlier, if they were compatible.

Second the ridiculous coincidences. I will accept one coincidence to start the plot, like all the real father stories, but that is the limit. The idea that Joyce was a room-mate of Janet is ridiculous, the idea that Joyce is a secret author and that Cassandra happens to have a copy of one of her books and has lent it to Sam is even dafter.

I also do not like the idea that the old council were hugely evil, I do not think this is justified by canon or common sense.

I have really enjoyed this story so far as it is a nice plot of how far the watchers would really go to control people and is totally believable in light of the series. I think you have done a good job in setting up this story and want to see where it goes.

And the Watchers keep digging themselves in deeper, without even trying. Well okay, it is all backdated, but still.
And mind control spells on the president? Cocky, cocky dark conspiracy villains we have here. This is going to get ugly indeed.
And more angst, and more of the rarely PTSD acknowledgement, and wouldn't it be nice if more of our broken heroes got more therapy more often? I think so.
Another terrific chapter. Continuing to be eager to see where the path leads. Thanks for writing!

A well-written chapter, with lots going on - and on various levels. If memory serves me right, Blim was the character from Angel who caused men to attack women (or perhaps this is his father) and Bruckner was a demon in the guise of a human, both clients of Wolfram and Hart. So is the latter likely to be involved? Given the demonic nature of the threat, perhaps the government can't touch them, but they fall clearly within Council remit. And the Council would probably deal with them much more efficiently and in more timely fashion than Angel's crew in canon.

Thanks for writing this.

Shaping up to be a very interesting story! (I actually like this one better than "PDAs"

SO EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED in Giles.

And there are baddies that are going to need to be terminated with extreme prejudice. I know Bruckner from "Angel", isn't she a vampire?

Thank you for updating. I track most of your stories and, when an update pops up, I am ecstatic to learn what adventures your characters are on.

I pray that you don't give up on your writing, because it can be very cathartic in releasing your emotions.

Many Thanks.

You would think badguy-councils would learn. But no. I fully expect a thorough trouncing and possibly several beheadings. But before that, SCIENCE! and ADventure!

That said, great update and now I'm gonna be tracking. Thank you.

Sounds like Giles is not going to be on good terms with them, ever again.... meanwhile does Buffy know about Joyce's romance novel writing? I would think not, or they wouldn't have been so poor after Joyce died. Maybe since it was under a pseudonym the money is all piling up in an account somewhere?

Giles is deep in the doghouse that is floating on shit creek and his only paddle is a small, yellow bird. Buffy wand Dawn were unaware. The money came into a seperate account. Joyce was rather ambivalent about her writing...

Thanks for reviewing

Lovely piece

Thank you,

Thanks for reviewing

Tremendous personal stuff!! Really liked the writing!!!

Thank you. Chapter three is being worked on.

Thanks for reviewing