Downtime Chapter 20.
Title: Downtime
Author: Dark Wyldchilde (wyldchilde37@yahoo.com)
Rating: Still me, NC-17.
Pairing: Faith/Tara, Ziva/Abby
Setting: My Lock series. Starting with "Life on the Farm" and progressing through "Friend of My Friend."
Summary: Gibbs NCIS team is no longer with NCIS, and has signed on to hunt monsters with the men and women of the Lock. This is their transition.
Spoilers: I've gotten so far from the established it is a source of pride. That said I won't fear touching on Buffy, Angel, Stonyman Farm/Executioner, or NCIS cannon.
Disclaimers:This is fanfic, and as such it will draw upon copyrighted material. It is a non-profit work done for the enjoyment of the author and his readers, and is no challenge to any legal properties.
Wyld's Notes: Me being me there will probably be both sex and violence at some point, but with the rich mix of my Lock AU and the NCIS people I decided to do a story where I can explore that a bit before getting back to the action.
It's almost a fluff piece, but will allow me to explore character elements so that when I get to the sixth fic the characters are able to get into the action without all these elements that are demanding my attention.
Continuing thanks to Lisa Countryman. She's like my muses' personal trainer at this point, and continuing thanks to my beta reader laura jones
Chapter 20.
The call didn't seem urgent, and truth be told Tara was happy for the distraction. Faith was out helping Spike shore up his cover while breaking up an alliance that was forming in the face of the Lock's presence.
The problem was that she had to be captured to do it. Which meant her Darling had to put up enough fight to be convincing while letting herself get captured. Her stomach gave a sick lurch at the thought that even for a short time Faith WOULD have to endure being in demon captivity.
While she trusted Spike to save her, and that said a lot, she also knew he was one person and could only do so much.
She was actually thinking about breaking out her recipes for Chinese food when she was called to the infirmary. It wasn't an emergency call however so Tara didn't hurry.
Walking in she scrunched up her nose at the sight of Lex rolled on her side on one of the infirmary's beds retching her guts out into a waste bin. Tony was standing near by with his nose twisted in disgust while Ducky stood near by looking concerned, obviously waiting for the current wave of nausea to subside before he tried to do something for the woman.
Her eyes widened as she approached. When the nausea finally did seem to pass, at least for the moment Tara spoke. "Lex, did you eat blessed food?"
Tony was the first to reply as Lex decided to go for the glass of water Ducky was offering her first. "Um, so if she doesn't say grace, she gets sick?"
Tara shook her head slightly, she was amused, but seeing Lex suffering like she was tampered her mood. "Not exactly. Lex was nourished by the divine. her system is as clean as any human's ever has been. All the impurities of this world were wiped away."
Ducky realized what that meant and muttered an "Oh dear."
Lex realized what that meant to, but her exclamation was more pronounced as she groaned in pain. "Oh man, I so didn't think about that."
Tara was nodding. "Yep. For the time being, we need your food and drinks to be as organic as possible, and to be blessed by ritual. I'll talk with Camile in the kitchen. Her rituals are based on the Celtic tradition, but I'm sure she can work out something more Egyptian. We'll bless your meals and slowly introduce you back to our tainted human ways."
"Well,that's one hell of a side effect." Was Tony's reply.
Lex sighed and rolled onto her back on the bed. "It was so worth it."
Tara stepped closer, resting a hand to Lex's belly. "It shouldn't take long. I think you probably loaded up on tons of crap, yes?"
Lex was now nodding. "Well, hello? You know me. After a night of normal love making, I crave junk food. I was starved for chocolate and salty yumminess."
Tony then decided to comment, and Tara realized he was probably here because he helped her to the infirmary. "She ate like five packages of ho hos, a bag of Doritos, a huge bag of M&Ms, and about half a peperoni pizza. I was truly impressed, right up until she puked the colorful meal all the way back to the infirmary."
Ducky then commented. "I was in the medical bay stitching up a wound one of the slayers picked up on patrol," Everyone looked to the adjoining med bay where the more active procedures took place. "And I heard Lex's... signs of distress."
Lex grinned up at the man. "I love you Ducky. About as much as I can love a man, but still."
He smiled and pat her on the shoulder. "But since Tara seems to have figured out the cause of your illness as well as the cure I believe I can leave you to her care. Sam had mentioned wanting to go over potential bio-hazard procedures."
Tony scrunched his face. "We have potential bio-hazards here?"
Ducky gave a small scowl. "Tony were battling creatures quite often literally from the bowels of Hell, and it's safe to assume of them will remain hazardous to our health even after they've been dispatched."
Tony frowned as Ducky left. "Great."
Tara smiled. "It's not THAT much different from a terrorist trying to use a bio-weapon."
Tony's frown grew. "You never heard about the bio attack on the NCIS office did you?" When both women shook their heads he shook his. "Plague, nasty, still prone to bad coughs... actually a small part of why I decided on the move to sunny California instead of the dreary DC."
Seeing the genuine compassion on the two women's faces Tony felt a sudden need to change the subject. "So Lex, you think you'll need the full three nursemaid's this time?"
Tara rolled her eyes as Lex idly rubbed her chest while replying. "I am all for having three women nurse me back to health, but having them taking turns riding me did not help my bruised ribs." Her smirk grew smutty and her eyes said she was reliving the memory in her head. "Though most of the time they weren't actually sitting... on my chest."
Tony wasn't nearly as agitated as he acted. "I really hate you, Lex. look at you. Every man wants you, but nope, you only want the ladies. Plus, now every man wants to be you. You suck."
Lex was grinning lasciviously. " Yes I do. The ladies like that, by the way."
He shook his head. "And now you're not even content with mortal women. You're knocking sandals with the gods!"
Tara looked ready to reply, but suddenly Tony stared intently at her, and she was startled by the gaze. "Wait a minute... blonde cutie the leader of a band of warrior women... dark haired, smoky voiced girlfriend a warrior woman with a dark past... gods stopping by..." He pointed an accusatory finger at Tara. "You're Gabrielle!"
Tara took a breath to argue, then seemed to pause, as if considering Tony's "evidence".
He was nodding now, the joker running wild. "Uh huh, see the pieces fit. Soon we'll find Lex curled up with a valley girl blonde goddess... then those scary eyes that were shown when Hera did something to Hercules will be watching Lex in the shower..."
Lex interrupted. "You might be right Tony, but then you know who that makes you..." she let the sentence trail off with a grin.
Tony paused a moment. "I AM NOT JOXER! If I'd be anyone I'd be Autolycus. Probie would be Joxer."
Tara smiled. "But you forgot to add 'the King of Thieves' after saying the name."
Lex then started humming the Joxer theme song and Tony scowled. "Really hate you!"
Tara slipped next to Tony and gave him a swift smack to the back of the head. He paused, blinking, turning to look at her. Tara met his eyes with her own. "She needs her rest DiNozzo."
His expression grew intent again, looking deeply into the blue eyes gazing at him."Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!"
Tara blinked. "What?"
Tony shook his head. "You've got the slap. You're getting the glare. Soon you'll replace your tea with coffee..."
Lex snickered off to the side, her mind already figuring out where Tony was going. "She's already drinking coffee more."
Tara gave a playful scowl to the other witch. "That's because I need the caffeine."
Tony threw his hands up. "That's it! We're all doomed."
Tara literally put her tongue in cheek as the two agents made fun of her. "Well make up your mind Tony. Am I turning into Gabrielle or am I turning into my Uncle?"
Lex snickered. "Babe you ARE Gabby, but without the annoying subtext. Now it's just a matter of a staff and scrolls or coffee and a Sig Sauer."
Tara shook her head, first pointing at Lex. "First I use a Beretta 93-R. Second, you need to rest..."
Tony interrupted. "I thought we were trying to phase out 9 millimeters?"
Tara then pointed at Tony and pointed at the door. "Rank has it's privileges. Now, Lex needs to rest, and this Amazon Queen needs to go talk to Camile about bringing Lex a light meal to help settle her stomach."
Tony started walking towards the door, but did so slowly. "Do you think you and/or Faith will start wearing revealing leather outfits?"
Lex spoke up as they left, her voice sounding like a little girl being offered a pony. "Do you, do you?"
Tara glared at Tony and he actually took a step back. "Yeah, we're doomed." He didn't say anything else however as he left and Tara left behind him.
Author: Dark Wyldchilde (wyldchilde37@yahoo.com)
Rating: Still me, NC-17.
Pairing: Faith/Tara, Ziva/Abby
Setting: My Lock series. Starting with "Life on the Farm" and progressing through "Friend of My Friend."
Summary: Gibbs NCIS team is no longer with NCIS, and has signed on to hunt monsters with the men and women of the Lock. This is their transition.
Spoilers: I've gotten so far from the established it is a source of pride. That said I won't fear touching on Buffy, Angel, Stonyman Farm/Executioner, or NCIS cannon.
Disclaimers:This is fanfic, and as such it will draw upon copyrighted material. It is a non-profit work done for the enjoyment of the author and his readers, and is no challenge to any legal properties.
Wyld's Notes: Me being me there will probably be both sex and violence at some point, but with the rich mix of my Lock AU and the NCIS people I decided to do a story where I can explore that a bit before getting back to the action.
It's almost a fluff piece, but will allow me to explore character elements so that when I get to the sixth fic the characters are able to get into the action without all these elements that are demanding my attention.
Continuing thanks to Lisa Countryman. She's like my muses' personal trainer at this point, and continuing thanks to my beta reader laura jones
Chapter 20.
The call didn't seem urgent, and truth be told Tara was happy for the distraction. Faith was out helping Spike shore up his cover while breaking up an alliance that was forming in the face of the Lock's presence.
The problem was that she had to be captured to do it. Which meant her Darling had to put up enough fight to be convincing while letting herself get captured. Her stomach gave a sick lurch at the thought that even for a short time Faith WOULD have to endure being in demon captivity.
While she trusted Spike to save her, and that said a lot, she also knew he was one person and could only do so much.
She was actually thinking about breaking out her recipes for Chinese food when she was called to the infirmary. It wasn't an emergency call however so Tara didn't hurry.
Walking in she scrunched up her nose at the sight of Lex rolled on her side on one of the infirmary's beds retching her guts out into a waste bin. Tony was standing near by with his nose twisted in disgust while Ducky stood near by looking concerned, obviously waiting for the current wave of nausea to subside before he tried to do something for the woman.
Her eyes widened as she approached. When the nausea finally did seem to pass, at least for the moment Tara spoke. "Lex, did you eat blessed food?"
Tony was the first to reply as Lex decided to go for the glass of water Ducky was offering her first. "Um, so if she doesn't say grace, she gets sick?"
Tara shook her head slightly, she was amused, but seeing Lex suffering like she was tampered her mood. "Not exactly. Lex was nourished by the divine. her system is as clean as any human's ever has been. All the impurities of this world were wiped away."
Ducky realized what that meant and muttered an "Oh dear."
Lex realized what that meant to, but her exclamation was more pronounced as she groaned in pain. "Oh man, I so didn't think about that."
Tara was nodding. "Yep. For the time being, we need your food and drinks to be as organic as possible, and to be blessed by ritual. I'll talk with Camile in the kitchen. Her rituals are based on the Celtic tradition, but I'm sure she can work out something more Egyptian. We'll bless your meals and slowly introduce you back to our tainted human ways."
"Well,that's one hell of a side effect." Was Tony's reply.
Lex sighed and rolled onto her back on the bed. "It was so worth it."
Tara stepped closer, resting a hand to Lex's belly. "It shouldn't take long. I think you probably loaded up on tons of crap, yes?"
Lex was now nodding. "Well, hello? You know me. After a night of normal love making, I crave junk food. I was starved for chocolate and salty yumminess."
Tony then decided to comment, and Tara realized he was probably here because he helped her to the infirmary. "She ate like five packages of ho hos, a bag of Doritos, a huge bag of M&Ms, and about half a peperoni pizza. I was truly impressed, right up until she puked the colorful meal all the way back to the infirmary."
Ducky then commented. "I was in the medical bay stitching up a wound one of the slayers picked up on patrol," Everyone looked to the adjoining med bay where the more active procedures took place. "And I heard Lex's... signs of distress."
Lex grinned up at the man. "I love you Ducky. About as much as I can love a man, but still."
He smiled and pat her on the shoulder. "But since Tara seems to have figured out the cause of your illness as well as the cure I believe I can leave you to her care. Sam had mentioned wanting to go over potential bio-hazard procedures."
Tony scrunched his face. "We have potential bio-hazards here?"
Ducky gave a small scowl. "Tony were battling creatures quite often literally from the bowels of Hell, and it's safe to assume of them will remain hazardous to our health even after they've been dispatched."
Tony frowned as Ducky left. "Great."
Tara smiled. "It's not THAT much different from a terrorist trying to use a bio-weapon."
Tony's frown grew. "You never heard about the bio attack on the NCIS office did you?" When both women shook their heads he shook his. "Plague, nasty, still prone to bad coughs... actually a small part of why I decided on the move to sunny California instead of the dreary DC."
Seeing the genuine compassion on the two women's faces Tony felt a sudden need to change the subject. "So Lex, you think you'll need the full three nursemaid's this time?"
Tara rolled her eyes as Lex idly rubbed her chest while replying. "I am all for having three women nurse me back to health, but having them taking turns riding me did not help my bruised ribs." Her smirk grew smutty and her eyes said she was reliving the memory in her head. "Though most of the time they weren't actually sitting... on my chest."
Tony wasn't nearly as agitated as he acted. "I really hate you, Lex. look at you. Every man wants you, but nope, you only want the ladies. Plus, now every man wants to be you. You suck."
Lex was grinning lasciviously. " Yes I do. The ladies like that, by the way."
He shook his head. "And now you're not even content with mortal women. You're knocking sandals with the gods!"
Tara looked ready to reply, but suddenly Tony stared intently at her, and she was startled by the gaze. "Wait a minute... blonde cutie the leader of a band of warrior women... dark haired, smoky voiced girlfriend a warrior woman with a dark past... gods stopping by..." He pointed an accusatory finger at Tara. "You're Gabrielle!"
Tara took a breath to argue, then seemed to pause, as if considering Tony's "evidence".
He was nodding now, the joker running wild. "Uh huh, see the pieces fit. Soon we'll find Lex curled up with a valley girl blonde goddess... then those scary eyes that were shown when Hera did something to Hercules will be watching Lex in the shower..."
Lex interrupted. "You might be right Tony, but then you know who that makes you..." she let the sentence trail off with a grin.
Tony paused a moment. "I AM NOT JOXER! If I'd be anyone I'd be Autolycus. Probie would be Joxer."
Tara smiled. "But you forgot to add 'the King of Thieves' after saying the name."
Lex then started humming the Joxer theme song and Tony scowled. "Really hate you!"
Tara slipped next to Tony and gave him a swift smack to the back of the head. He paused, blinking, turning to look at her. Tara met his eyes with her own. "She needs her rest DiNozzo."
His expression grew intent again, looking deeply into the blue eyes gazing at him."Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!"
Tara blinked. "What?"
Tony shook his head. "You've got the slap. You're getting the glare. Soon you'll replace your tea with coffee..."
Lex snickered off to the side, her mind already figuring out where Tony was going. "She's already drinking coffee more."
Tara gave a playful scowl to the other witch. "That's because I need the caffeine."
Tony threw his hands up. "That's it! We're all doomed."
Tara literally put her tongue in cheek as the two agents made fun of her. "Well make up your mind Tony. Am I turning into Gabrielle or am I turning into my Uncle?"
Lex snickered. "Babe you ARE Gabby, but without the annoying subtext. Now it's just a matter of a staff and scrolls or coffee and a Sig Sauer."
Tara shook her head, first pointing at Lex. "First I use a Beretta 93-R. Second, you need to rest..."
Tony interrupted. "I thought we were trying to phase out 9 millimeters?"
Tara then pointed at Tony and pointed at the door. "Rank has it's privileges. Now, Lex needs to rest, and this Amazon Queen needs to go talk to Camile about bringing Lex a light meal to help settle her stomach."
Tony started walking towards the door, but did so slowly. "Do you think you and/or Faith will start wearing revealing leather outfits?"
Lex spoke up as they left, her voice sounding like a little girl being offered a pony. "Do you, do you?"
Tara glared at Tony and he actually took a step back. "Yeah, we're doomed." He didn't say anything else however as he left and Tara left behind him.