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Date Posted: 08:34:43 06/02/02 Sun
Author: Wolfy
Author Host/IP: h002078d98b76.ne.client2.attbi.com / 24.218.37.196
Subject: The Necronomicon Reopens (4/?)

Title Series: The Necronomicon Reopens

Rating: R

Chapter Title: Casualty

Author: White Werewolf

Category: Faith/Xander and Jenny/Ash

E-Mail: whitewerewolf81@yahoo.com

Spoilers: "Who Are You?"

Distribution: Ask and you shall receive.

Summary: Xander helps Faith make amends while at her Uncle Ash's place in Nevada. Trouble awaits.

Disclaimer: Buffy: The Vampire Slayer is owned by Whedon, Fox, UPN. Raimi, Tapert, and Renaissance Pictures own Evil Dead. The game's owned by THQ.

Feedback: Definitely. Help me become a better writer

Author's Note: I agree that the game wasn't the best. The only factor I'm using from it is Jenny. Ash deserves some happiness. Also, he moved to
Hawthorne, Nevada and still works at a local S-Mart.

I want to thank everyone for sending me so much feedback. This really means a lot to me. There are too many people to list though. I will list you at the end
though, and that's a promise.

Extra Special Thanks: Mims, Ozmandayus, King Xander, Phaedra, DBrbntKnght, Tenhawk

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Faith stared in shock at the being that David called the Master. For such a long time, she had buried him in her past. She looked at her uncle again.

"Who is he, Faith?" Ash repeated.

The Master shook his head in disappointment. "You mean to tell me, Faith, that your uncle never heard of me. I'm shocked and amazed. You and I were
so close back in Boston."

Xander didn't like the look on Faith’s face. He wanted to comfort her, but she was too far-gone. Xander quickly stepped up and stood toe-to-toe with the
Master. "Who are you?"

The Master punched Xander in the gut sending him back to the wall. "The name's Micah. Don't you forget it!"

Crash!

The sound of Xander hitting the wall knocked Faith back into action. She glared at Micah. "How did you get involved in this, Micah? I sent you to Hell years
ago!"

Micah walked over to Faith who was standing next to her uncle. "As David said earlier, I was sent here by the Dark Forces."

Xander sat up and rubbed his sour spot. He looked at David, who was holding the Necronomicon for protection, and decided to charge. Xander got to his
feet and went for the book, but instead received a powerful right cross to his left eye.

Bam!

Xander fell back to the ground in pain. He curled himself into a ball trying to withstand the pain.

Faith looked over to the fallen form of Xander and noticed that he was holding his hand over his left eye. He appeared to be in pain, which made her want
to hurt Micah and his accomplice David. She threw a right cross but Micah intercepted and caught her fist with his left hand. "The Dark Forces have made
me stronger than before, honey."

Ash was amazed at how strong this Micah character appeared to be. He immediately grabbed hold of the chainsaw and attached it to his arm. He revved up
the motor and glared at Micah. "I think it would be best for you to leave."

Micah laughed. "What you going to do, chop firewood?"

"Oh, I don't know,….. maybe decapitate you, dismember you, or just shoot you with my shotgun." Ash said with a proud grin.

Jenny stood there wanting to help. She glanced at Ash and Faith staring down Micah. Then she looked back to where Xander was in pain.

She made her decision and walked over to Xander and knelt down. Jenny turned to look back at the scene between Ash, Faith, David, and Micah. Faith
returned Jenny's glance. Jenny could see the compassion for Xander in Faith’s eyes. Ash's girlfriend knew what she had to do.

Jenny turned back to Xander. "Xander, are you okay?"

Xander swayed his head in the 'no' fashion. "My eye's killing me, Jenny."

She pulled Xander's hand away from his eye, and saw major injury. It looked terrible. "We have to get you to a hospital, Xander." Then she turned back to
look as Faith sparred off with Micah.

This brought Xander immediately to his feet. He glared at Jenny with his good eye. "No! Not when Faith needs help!"

Faith spun around to find Xander. He didn't look too good, and she wanted to help him. "Just stay, Xander. I'll be with you in a moment." She returned to
Micah and shot him an uppercut.

Micah actually felt something from that uppercut. He flew a few feet back. Micah got back to his feet and glared at Faith. "Nice move."

"I aim to please, Micah." Faith retorted.

Micah yelled, "David, do it now!"

But before David could do anything, Ash grabbed hold of him by the collar. He lifted his chainsaw arm and pointed it to David's nose. "Do what now!?"

David didn't like where this going. He gulped and glanced at Micah who was back to trading punches with Faith. Micah nodded again.

The next few seconds felt like they were in slow motion.

David maneuvered himself out of Ash's grasp and went after Jenny. He wrapped his arm around her and said some magical words.

As soon as the words were uttered, smoke entered into the house. Soon the floor was covered, and just as suddenly Micah, David, and Jenny were gone.

Ash did a double take and scanned the room to see what happened. As soon as he noticed that Jenny was missing, he let out a blood-curling scream.
"Jenny?!"

There was no answer.

Faith looked around the room too, and soon rushed over to Xander. "Let me look at you, Xander." She removed his hand that was covering his eye and
saw the damage. She looked to her uncle. "We have to get him to a hospital."

Ash didn’t respond. He simply stared at the door. All he could say was Jenny's name over and over. Tears were running down his cheeks.

Faith didn't like what was going on. Her uncle wasn't responding to her pleas. Xander had a badly injured left eye, and Jenny was missing.

She walked over to her uncle and looked him straight in the eyes. "I know that you're in pain with Jenny missing. But I have to get Xander to a hospital."

"Listen, Faith. I'm fine. We'll find Jenny first, and then we'll go to the hospital," said Xander.

Faith turned back to Xander. "We've got to get you to a hospital, Xander." She placed her hand on his shoulder. "I need you up to your full capacity when
we go after Micah. For that reason, as well as reasons of my own."

"Faith."

She pulled him into a hug. "I need you, Xander."

Ash was able to shift his focus from the door to his niece. He looked into her eyes and could see the compassion forming in her soul for Xander. Ash took a
deep breath and detached his chainsaw. "Listen kid, we need everyone on board for this Micah character. He has the Necronomicon and Jenny. We'll get
you fixed up, and then look for Micah."

Faith felt a little better knowing that Xander would soon be on the way to receive help. She looked at her uncle and said, "Thank you," then she stood up
and helped Xander to his feet. "Where's the closest hospital, Uncle Ash?"

Xander covered eye again. There was so much pain behind his eye. It felt worse than anything he felt before. He looked at Faith and saw the pain in her
eyes. The young man had no idea that he had so much influence in her life. Xander nodded. "Let's just get me fixed up. Then we'll find Jenny."

Ash nodded. "The closest place is Mount Grant General Hospital. It's about fifteen minutes from here."

Faith returned her gaze to Xander. "Good. Let's get out of here."

With that said, the three headed out the door.

***Walker Lake***

Micah, David, and Jenny appeared by the lake in a puff of smoke.

Micah glared at David. He yelled out, "Why didn't you get Xander! Our reason for being there was to get both Xander and Jenny!”

David was shaking inside. He saw the way Faith and Micah were fighting, and it scared him. "Xander was too far away as we were leaving, Master. Jenny
was the only one I could reach."

"Where am I?" Jenny yelled.

Micah shook his head in disgust. "It doesn't matter now, David. By the way, I saw the way you hit Xander, and I must say. I am impressed. Now tie her
up, gag her too!”

David felt relieved. "My pleasure, Master." Then he turned to Jenny.

Micah walked over to the now bond and gagged Jenny and knelt down to her level. "My dear, Jenny. We're at Walker Lake, and you're our ticket to get
Faith, Xander, and your boyfriend here."

Jenny sat up, trying to act brave. She had seen Ash battle deadites before – she believed in him. She knew he wouldn't give up on her. Jenny drew away
from him, eyes flaring.

Micah laughed. He went over to David and took the Necronomicon from his hands. The Master showed the book to Jenny and opened it in front of her.
"Does this writing look familiar, Jenny?"

She nodded.

"It should look familiar, Jenny. It's Sumerian and inked in blood. The Dark Forces tell me that you have had some experience with this book before. All that
is needed is to say some words." Again, Jenny nodded

He turned to David. "Make our guest comfortable, David. I have to prepare the correct dialect. Soon I'll read the passage, and the deadites will arise."

"Yes, Master." David grabbed Jenny by the arm, stood her up to walk her over to some nearby trees and pushed her down there. "Make yourself
comfortable, Jenny."

"David?"

"Yes, Master."

"Sit next to her and watch her. Make sure she doesn't do anything else. I'll be ready tonight."

David nodded with a malevolent grin. "As you wish, Master."

*** Mount Grant General Hospital***

Xander, Faith, and Ash were sitting in the waiting room.

It had been a half hour since they checked in, and were waiting for a nurse.

Faith and Xander were sitting next to each other. Xander had his left hand over his eye, while Faith had her hand on his knee. Ash was staring straight
ahead.

A woman about the same height as Faith with long blond hair, and hazel eyes came into the waiting room. "Alexander Harris?" she asked. "Follow me."

The three of them got up from where they were sitting and followed the nurse.

They walked down a long white hallway. There were numerous doors leading to many doctors' offices, examining rooms, and the occasional restroom.

The nurse opened up one of the doors and they walked inside, "Dr. Logan will be with you in a moment."

Xander nodded, "Thank you." And then the nurse left.

Ash started pacing back and forth in the room. "I'm worried about Jenny."

Faith looked at her uncle. "We'll find her. I know how important she is to you."

Ash returned her look with a grim smile. "It's always something with that damn book. This time it went after Jenny. I have to find her."

Xander sighed. He knew that Ash felt horrible, but he couldn't get his mind off the pain in his eye that David had caused. "I wish I could have helped you
more back there."

Faith shook her head. "Don't worry about it, Xan." She turned to face him and gave him a caring smile. "We'll get you fixed, find Jenny, and have time to
listen to all your lame jokes."

Xander pouted. "My jokes aren't lame, they're just misunderstood."

"Faith?"

"Yeah, Uncle Ash?"

Ash turned to his niece, and he looked kind of confused. "Who's this Micah character, and what does he have on you?"

"Good question," Xander joined.

Faith slumped into her chair and sighed. She looked into Xander's one good eye and saw the concern he had for her. She decided to tell them about
Micah. "Micah was a boyfriend I had back in Boston. We were pretty serious. The day of my first vampire kill. The vampire attacked me. I wasn't at full
slayer capacity yet. Micah defended me, but was turned in the process."

The memory brought tears to her eye, but she managed to hold them in. She continued, "From that point on, Micah stalked me and tried to kill me almost
every time we met. I became a hermit crab at the house. A little while later, my watcher contacted me, and we began the slayer training."

Xander immediately pulled her into a hug, and she buried her face on his shoulder for a few moments. Then she pulled away. Nobody would see her silent
tears. She continued, "My watcher trained me, and Micah came to me a few more times. We had one more fight one night, which is when I staked him. Up
until that point, I thought the abuse from my father was the hardest thing I had to deal with in my life. This made that pale in comparison. I cared for Micah
so much. It was so hard for me. I never told you Uncle Ash about any of this or even about Micah, because it hurt me even more than what my father or
Kakistos did. I thought if I could ignore it, it would never come up again."

Xander and Ash exchanged glances and then looked at Faith. They were about to say something when the door opened.

A tall, bald man with brown eyes walked inside and introduced himself as Dr. Max Logan. "I assume Alexander is the one with the injured eye."

"That's me, Doc. Just call me a Cyclops."

Faith giggled a little, but managed to cover it with her hand.

Dr. Logan ignored her. "Let me see your eye."

Xander took his hand off of his eye so the doctor could examine it.

He took his flashlight pen and examined the eye. The tissue inside didn't look too healthy. In fact it looked dead. To be sure, he said, "Okay, Alexander. I
want you to cover your good eye." Xander did. "Good, now, tell me. How many fingers am I holding up?" He held up three."

Xander couldn't see his fingers. He didn't like where this was going, but he guessed. "Uh, three?"

The doctor smiled, "You're right, Alexander." He then held up two fingers. "Now, how many am I holding up?"

Xander knew he would get it wrong this time, but he guessed again. "Uh, one?"

The doctor replied, "Sorry, but no."

Xander looked at Faith who showed a concerned face. So did Ash. Xander looked back at the doctor, but before he could speak, Faith did.

"What does this mean, Doc?"

Doctor Max Logan looked at the girl and replied sadly, "I'm afraid that we're going to have take it out. It's dead skin, and it's no good staying there."

"What?" was Xander’s shocked response. So, per usual, he covered up with a joke, "I don't want to be called, 'One-Eyed Willy!”

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Next Chapter:� Xander gets used to life with one eye. Ash makes a suggestion, and deadites are coming. Don't miss it.

I hope you liked this chapter.

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