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The teen center was eerily quiet. And what was even more eerie was the fact that I didn’t find that the least bit odd. I guess every one had been in awe since the sun had returned. Just sort of taking the light in, and smiling. Especially the younger ones. They had been the ones that had been more affected by the whole thing. They didn’t understand what was happening around them and the ones that did, just didn’t want to believe it.
It was tough- so many of these kids had tried to fend for themselves from every thug, and hoodlum in the streets, and after the sun went down permanently, they also had to worry about all the creepy crawlies that went bump in the night...
I had tried to do my best here at the shelter. Tried to help the kids cope with everything that was happening around them, as well as providing them with a roof over their heads and a warm meal, but it had been getting tougher and tougher day after day.
The shelter had been getting more and more teens, and runaways… we were already operating over what the maximum capacity would allow. But I couldn’t just turn them away. I couldn’t close the doors to them. Most of them had nowhere else to go, and the streets were filled with not only your regular, everyday (or night) thugs and thieves, but also demons and vampires.
I leaned back on the chair and closed my eyes for a moment... the sun shined through the window and on to my face. The warmth felt good, it had been the first sign of peace that I had since- since- I don’t even remember when. For the first time in a very long time I allowed myself to think back to my life in Sunnydale... think about my parents... my family and everything else I had done.
Finally I opened my eyes and tried to think of other things, it was no good to dwell in the past-- no good would ever come of it. I leaned back up and put my elbows on the desk.
I didn’t know why the sun had come back. I really didn’t know what to make of the whole thing really, but what I did know, was that I wanted to find out if it was here to stay. Most of the kids here at the shelter were looking to me for answers and I wanted to be able to give them an honest response.
With that in mind I grabbed the keys to the car and headed to the only place I knew that would give me a straight answer- the Hyperion Hotel and Angel Investigations.
It was tough- so many of these kids had tried to fend for themselves from every thug, and hoodlum in the streets, and after the sun went down permanently, they also had to worry about all the creepy crawlies that went bump in the night...
I had tried to do my best here at the shelter. Tried to help the kids cope with everything that was happening around them, as well as providing them with a roof over their heads and a warm meal, but it had been getting tougher and tougher day after day.
The shelter had been getting more and more teens, and runaways… we were already operating over what the maximum capacity would allow. But I couldn’t just turn them away. I couldn’t close the doors to them. Most of them had nowhere else to go, and the streets were filled with not only your regular, everyday (or night) thugs and thieves, but also demons and vampires.
I leaned back on the chair and closed my eyes for a moment... the sun shined through the window and on to my face. The warmth felt good, it had been the first sign of peace that I had since- since- I don’t even remember when. For the first time in a very long time I allowed myself to think back to my life in Sunnydale... think about my parents... my family and everything else I had done.
Finally I opened my eyes and tried to think of other things, it was no good to dwell in the past-- no good would ever come of it. I leaned back up and put my elbows on the desk.
I didn’t know why the sun had come back. I really didn’t know what to make of the whole thing really, but what I did know, was that I wanted to find out if it was here to stay. Most of the kids here at the shelter were looking to me for answers and I wanted to be able to give them an honest response.
With that in mind I grabbed the keys to the car and headed to the only place I knew that would give me a straight answer- the Hyperion Hotel and Angel Investigations.