The Necromancer: Part Nineteen
by J Jericho Born
"Jenny," said a embittered Rupert Giles in disbelief. His deceased lover stood before his very eyes, intact and looking better than he did. She responded with a smile that almost stopped his heart.

"It can't be you," Giles doubted as he scratched his unshaven chin and rubbed his sleepy eyes.

"I'm right here, standing right in front of you," Jennifer Calendar replied while her smile widened uncontrolably and Giles' look of amazement turned into a face that outpoured joy. The two embraced and held each other tightly.

"Please say that you're not a dream because if you're a dream-" Giles request began. His words flowed into Miss Calender's reply.

"I'm not a dream, Rupert. I'm really here. I've come back. I've come back because you wanted me to come back so much," Jenny's words sounded too good to be true, but they were also too good for Giles not to believe them. He finally loosend his grip on his reunited companion to look into her eyes. He became lost in them and finally let a question slip from his mouth.

"But, how?" he asked.

"I don't know," she answered.

"You died," he said as joy gave way to disbelief once more.

"I. . . I remember feeling surreal. Everything was really still and quiet like at a funeral. But, then it became so chaotic. It felt like the world was spinning so fast. It lasted forever. Then I suddenly realized I was walking around Sunnydale," her recount of experiences was spoken with a confused, foggy tone of voice.

Giles finally broke eye contact and dropped his head, overwhelmed by what was going on.

"What's happening?" he questioned.

The floor considered his inquiry for some time before Jenny interrupted.

"All I know is I don't have much time and you have to come with me," she said.

"Come with you? Come with you where?" he looked back up and asked.

"I. . . I don't know," she replied still not sure what her own words meant.

Giles' rational, analytic persona kicked in.

"We must find out what's going on. Perhaps I have something in my personal library that will tell us-" he said.

"Rupert," she said and silenced her companion with a kiss. The two hypnotized each other and time held no meaning, all there was was now.


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