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Title: Ghostly Lessons [2/2]
Series: Reaper
Author: Sparrow
Fandom: Magnificent Seven: ATF, The Who, elements of Soul Eater
Characters: JD Dunne, Keith Moon, John Entwistle and the rest of M7
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own The Who or M7: ATF or Soul Eater
Author Note: Just want to say thanks to
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sierraphoenix for the wonderful beta! Additional information for this story can be found under the lj-cut.Spoilers: Please read Soul Reapers first.
Summary: Life has gotten pretty weird for JD Dunne. Ghosts, tutors and crazy Soul Reapers; its only beginning.
Story #1: Soul Reapers
Story #2: Ghostly Lessons Part 1
Words in Bold represent Keith Moon’s thoughts
Words in Italic represent John Entwistle’s thoughts
Words Underlined and in Italic represent JD Dunne’s thoughts
Six uneventful weeks passed by. The usual gun runners seemed to have taken a holiday and boredom had settled in quickly with Team Seven. All the paperwork was caught up, the computers had been updated by JD and pranks were at an all time high. So when opportunity came a knocking, they all quickly grabbed it.
Billy walked into Team Seven’s office space and looked at the bored agents. JD was so bored that he was actually meditating, Keith in drum set mode trying to be manifested in human form.
It seemed JD had hit a snag, he could manifest John at will now and was very good at creating attacks with the bass guitar – Billy really liked how JD could make the bass strings appear at will – but Keith was proving problematic for the young Reaper.
“Don’t y’all look bored,” Billy grinned.
“Please, Mr. Travis, we are merely passing the time in which we have grown accustomed to during the past few weeks,” Ezra drawled as he concentrated on his house of cards.
Vin snorted.
“What brings you around to these parts, Brother Travis?” Josiah had taken to the older Reaper when the profiler had gotten around to attending JD’s little lessons.
“Shot it past my superior’s and they figure it’s a good time for JD’s first reaper mission.”
JD broke his concentration and looked at Billy. “Really?”
“Yep, but I first have to run it past Chris that I’m borrowing you and a couple of others for a bit,” Billy smiled.
JD looked excited at the prospect and grinned, not even really concentrating he pulled Keith into his body and went to tell Buck who was in the conference room.
Billy shook his head as he knocked on the door to Chris’s office and let himself in without waiting for a reply.
“Please, let yourself in,” Chris said sarcastically from his desk where he was methodically cleaning his gun.
Shaking his head Billy closed the door behind him and handed Chris a bunch of papers. “Mr. Larabee as a representative of The Reaper Circle, a sub-division of The Reaper Council, I Reaper Travis present with you Reaper Dunne’s first mission.”
Chris raised an eyebrow at the formalness of it.
Billy rolled his eyes. “Yeah, I know, but ‘we must be official when conducting Reaper business’ as Reaper Malone likes to say.”
Chris snorted and started to scan the papers. His knuckles went white as he re-read it again. A hard glare was leveled at Billy. “Is this some sort of joke?”
“No sir.”
“My wife and son are dead,” Chris said in a tight controlled voice.
“Yes they are. But they’re ghosts and it’s their time to move on.” Billy explained. “And I thought you would like the chance to say goodbye. JD will give you that chance.”
“How?”
“Reapers are touched by the Supernatural and we all have otherworldly senses. They manifest in different areas. I’m particularly good at tracking spirits down. JD has show aptitude in the medium area when we trained, where he can allow ghosts to possess him. We’re still figuring out what other area’s he’s strong in, but this is a good chance for him and yourself,” Billy smiled reassuringly.
Chris trembled with controlled rage and then stilled as a ghostly hand brushed across the back of his neck. He knew that touch. Sarah. A tiny hand patted out a rhythm on the back of his hand. Adam. He deflated from his rage and nodded, barely able to even think.
Billy smiled as he deactivated his power. And the ghostly touches that calmed Chris down left him.
“This Saturday Chris. I’ll bring JD around and I’m thinking Ezra and Vin too. Ezra, because we don’t know what their link will do when JD tries to channel his medium powers and Vin, because I figure you could use a friend,” Billy moved over to put a hand on Chris’s shoulder and squeezed it. “I’ll pick JD up and we’ll be around near nine am.”
Chris nodded, still in shock that this was going to happen.
“It’ll be all right Chris. Everything will work out right,” Billy gave one last squeeze and left Chris’s office.
Heading back out, he pulled JD, Ezra and Vin aside and told them he would need all three for this Saturday. Could Ezra and Vin meet himself and JD at Chris’s ranch this Saturday. They all readily agreed, feeling as if something big was going to happen.
~~~
The sun was shining brightly on the ranch owned by Chris Larabee. Gazing out at the road that led to his house, he waited anxiously for what was about to happen today. But he was feeling doubt, he didn’t want his only wife and child to go away when he just learned he could interact with them once again.
Sighing, he could make out a large truck, a jaguar and a motorcycle making their way up.
Vin and Ezra got out of the jaguar. Of course Vin would ride with the empath.
He spotted JD taking off his helmet on that crotch-rocket of his. Damn kid was gonna break his neck one day. And Billy Travis hopped out of his large truck and started to berate JD as all four made their way up to the house.
“Thought you two were gonna ride together?” He gestured at JD and Billy.
“Kid wanted a race. You almost broke your neck on the highway!”
JD merely stuck his tongue out at Billy. “You’re just sore you lost.”
Billy rolled his eyes.
“Looks like Buck’s got competition for mother henning the kid.” Vin drawled as he and Ezra made their way up to Chris.
“As if one was bad enough. They’re both gonna be the death of me,” Chris groused.
Ezra merely grinned. “Shall we get on our way with this endeavour, whatever it is we’re suppose to be doing here.”
Chris looked at Ezra in surprise. “Billy didn’t explain?”
“Nope. Just said to be here around nine am to help you and the kid out,” Vin said.
"Secret keeping 101," JD grumbled.
“You don’t know either, JD?” Chris asked surprised.
“No, Billy wonder teacher that he is, didn’t tell me a thing. Just that we’re suppose to be here this morning,” JD groused.
Billy clapped his hand on JD’s shoulder. “I told ya that your first Reaper mission was coming up. This is it.”
JD looked surprised.
“Yep, gonna exercise those medium abilities of yours, kid,” Billy grinned as he led a protesting JD into the house.
Vin, Ezra and Chris looked on amused as they followed them in.
They sat in a loose circle.
“Meditative state, kid.” Billy instructed.
JD immediately started to glow white, but it seemed more controlled now. A thin white line outlined his body.
“Now, reach out with your senses, what do ya feel?”
JD did as instructed and reached out. Eyes wide open his otherworldly sense explored the room. A lot of happiness permeated this room, then sadness and rage. Then happiness once again, in finding a different feeling. Concentrating harder, JD could make out two spirits. A woman and a child. He nearly faltered when he realized who they were, but quickly regained control.
“See ‘em kid?” Billy asked.
“Y-yeah,” JD stuttered.
Vin and Ezra looked around, while Chris for the first time in a long time had hope in his eyes once again.
Ezra tried to feel along the empathic link between him and JD, but only got surprise and shock feelings from him.
"See who?" Vin asked softly.
JD swallowed. “Sarah and Adam.”
Vin's eyes went huge.
Ezra softly whispered a curse and Chris was gripping his pant legs.
“Billy?” JD sounded confused.
“It’s all right kid. You’re gonna let them posses you to say goodbye to Chris and then we’re gonna Reap them. Send them on their way. They’ve been around too long and it’s their time,” Billy gently explained.
JD turned wide glowing eyes towards Chris.
“It’s okay JD. I-I just wanna talk to them again,” Chris said, showing a rare bout of emotion that made Ezra tear up slightly from the feeling.
“Okay,” JD whispered.
“Now, concentrate JD and lead them to your body, pull them in with your powers.”
JD nodded and concentrated on the two figures. Two lines of white glowing power shot out and enveloped two people. They were violently sucked into JD’s body and JD’s body gave a shudder as he dipped his head down low.
~*Inside JD’s head*~
Sarah and Adam looked around confused. They were in their house before watching the proceedings and then they were here.
“Mama, where are we?” Adam asked as he tugged on his mother’s shirt.
Here was a lush grass field and a brightly shining sun that shone down on them.
Two figures appeared before them suddenly. Sarah pulled Adam behind her, ready to defend if necessary.
“Hello! Hello! Hello!” The shorter of the two bounced around them. “We rarely get company here. It’s kinda nice.”
“Keith,” The taller one admonished.
Sarah immediately clicked into what was happening. “You’re John and Keith. Are we inside JD?”
“Very good, gold star for the lady!” Keith grinned.
“We’re being given that chance aren’t we?”
John smiled and nodded. “Yes. Been paying attention have you?”
Sarah nodded, unable to speak. She would get the chance to communicate with her husband.
“Unfortunately only one at a time,” Keith said as a door appeared behind the two Weapons.
Sarah made the decision and turned to Adam. “Adam, sweetie. If you go through that door, you’ll be able to interact with Daddy. I’ll still be here when you get back.”
Adam looked at the door, then at his Mother and then at the two Weapons. “Why can’t we both go together?”
“Doesn’t work that way right now kiddo,” Keith said as he ruffled Adam’s hair. “So for right now, one at a time.”
Adam glared at Keith and slid closer to his Mother.
“Sweetie, it’s okay. Go see Daddy, I’ll be right here waiting for you.”
Adam swallowed and then nodded. Holding out his hand, Keith took Adam’s small one and led him through the door.
~*Back in the real world*~
Ezra, Vin and Chris looked on in concern as it looked like JD was barely breathing.
“What’s going on?” Chris demanded.
“Kid has to convince Sarah and Adam to posses his body first and then you can talk to them,” Billy said.
JD gave a sudden gasp as his head lifted up, nearly knocking into Vin’s chin who had been leaning too close. JD’s eyes were now hazel flecked with green. He looked around slowly and then settled on Chris.
".....Daddy?" he whispered.
Billy smiled as Vin and Ezra stifled gasps.
Chris choked back a sob. “Yeah, it’s Daddy, Adam.”
JD’s face lit with joy as his body moved forward, arms wrapping around Chris’s waist, face burrowing in the blond man’s chest. “Daddy!”
He tilted up and looked at him, his face all little boy sad. "Daddy, he was wrong, wasn't he? I don't have to leave you, do I?"
Chris stroked JD’s hair, while the other arm snaked around and brought him closer. He looked down into Adam’s eyes peering out. “Who told you that?”
Adam pointed at Billy. “He said it. Mama and I were listening. We don’t wanna leave you Daddy!”
The petting stilled. “You’ve been around this entire time?”
Adam’s smile appeared on JD’s face. “Duh, silly! Why would Mama and I want to leave when you’re here?”
Chris stilled at that. They had seen everything he’s done. His self-destruction. His rage. His grief.
He reached up and patted Chris's cheek. "Don't look that way, Daddy. We understand."
Chris pulled his son close to him and hugged him tight.
“Need air Daddy!” Adam giggled.
Chris loosened his hold. “Sorry monkey.”
“M’not a monkey,” Came a cute pout.
“Always will be my monkey,” Chris smiled.
They had a few minutes of cuddling before Adam wriggled loose and eyed Chris. “We don’t really have to leave, do we Daddy?”
Crap, puppy dog eyes. Why oh why did his son ever learn those damned puppy dog eyes from Buck. “I-I need to talk to your Mother first before anything can be decided.”
Billy started to protest but then stilled at a look from Chris.
Adam nodded and hugged him tight, then lowered his head. JD's body shifted stance, and the hug turned more tender. When he raised his head, the eyes were a different colour spotted. His voice was an alto purr. "Well, this is a treat. Been awhile since I had you in my arms," Half his mouth quirked up in a familiar teasing smirk.
“Sarah,” Chris breathed.
JD’s body move upwards as if to kiss Chris and then stopped. “Probably not a good idea while I’m like this.”
Chris had been so caught up that his lips were inches away from JD’s. Seeming to come to himself, he pulled away slightly. “Yeah, don’t think the kid would like that too much.”
Sarah gave a chuckle. “He’s being a bit vocal now ‘stating no way in hell is his body gonna kiss his boss’. And Keith just hit JD upside the head for swearing in front of Adam.”
Chris gave a chuckle and grunted out a, “Good.”
Chris never noticed that Vin and Ezra had shifted off to the side to give them more privacy, but still be in reach.
Chris looked into Sarah’s eyes and cupped JD’s cheek. “Oh Sarah, I’m sorry, so very sorry.”
"It wasn't your fault. None of it was," Her hands rose to cup his cheeks. "NONE of it was."
Tears trickled down Chris’s face as he pulled Sarah close to him and burrowed in the crook of JD’s neck. Soft sobs wracked his body as Sarah comforted him, a hand rubbing up and down his back.
"Sssh......I'm here......I'm here and I'm not going anywhere, Chris. Shhhh....I've got you."
Billy started to protest again and was silenced by a look from Sarah this time.
Vin put a hand on Ezra’s shoulder as the empath felt his boss’s emotions overwhelm him and tears started to trickle down his face.
Her borrowed lips brushed Chris's temple and she hugged him tight as she felt the tremours start to cease.
"Beautiful, ain't it," Vin whispered softly even as he reached a handkerchief across and wiped Ezra's face gently.
“Ah can feel that beauty, Vin. He truly deserves this happiness,” Ezra said, accent thick with emotion.
Half an hour had passed and Chris slowly let go of Sarah. He wiped away the stray tear that had trickled down. “What did I do to deserve you here again?”
“Had a willing Reaper of a teammate to help you out,” Sarah chuckled.
Chris grinned at that thought. “Owe the boy big time.”
“Something to think about later on,” Sarah stood up and strode forward to Billy, finger poking his chest. “We have things to discuss now.”
"There's nothing to discuss," Billy began, but she quelled him with the kind of glare only a mother can pull off.
"Shut the party line off and tell me what needs to happen for us to remain here," she said sternly.
Billy looked frustrated. “I understand you wanting to stay here, I really do. When my own mother died, she stayed around for years, tied to me. But Spirits can only stay for so long on the mortal plane before it starts to warp them and turn them angry, even if they don’t want to. Then they become poltergeists. I had to reap my own Mother. I’m doing this so in the future it won’t be necessary.”
Sarah looked thoughtful. “What if we were tied to something else?”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know! A plant? A tree? JD’s body since we’re already here?” JD’s hands became animated as Sarah become more frustrated.
"No," Billy said firmly. "No, you'd have to physically inhabit a living body. There's nobody on earth who'd be resilient enough to do that."
Vin's eyes widened. "How resilient would one have to be?"
“You’d have to be touched by the Supernatural already and willing to host the spirits,” Billy explained.
“What about JD’s body since we’re already in it?” Sarah asked. “He says he’s willing.”
“Won’t work. JD’s reaper powers would eventually expel and then kill you. Nothing for you afterwards but emptiness and blackness. The way his body is now, it’s only made to hold Reaper Weapons.”
Chris watched Sarah argue for herself and Adam. Watched as she got more frustrated and started to yell.
TWEET!!
A shrill whistle cut through everything as Vin strode forward. “I’ll do it.”
"Vin, I just TOLD you--" Billy began.
"I'm Touched," Vin said, then revealed something none of them knew. Gasps went up all around as he became a woman.
Chris growled and grabbed Vin’s arm and spun her around. “Why didn’t you tell me this? Or put it on your personal information sheet?”
Vin shrugged her shoulders. “Gee Chris, how do ya tell somebody that ya can change into a woman and have been able to do it since puberty? Kids are mighty mean cowboy, especially at that age. Became habit.”
A slow smile spread across Sarah's face and she turned her borrowed form to face Billy, crossing her arms.
"Your marriage ended when she died," Billy said firmly. "If you're wanting her back for loving, that's no longer possible."
Sarah swatted Billy across the arm. “We both know that! I, I just wanna be able to hold him again. I’m not leaving this plane of existence until he’s dead and then all three of us go together.”
“I’m fine with them kissing when I’m like this,” Vin gestured at her body. “Anything else and they’ll never find your body Larabee.”
Chris held his hands up in surrender and grinned.
“Will Vin be able to hold Adam as well?” Ezra asked.
"I--" Billy began.
"I can," Vin said.
Billy looked at him and sighed. "This has been done before -- very long ago. She held three."
They looked at him expectantly.
“Sarah, I’m gonna need JD back in control,” Sarah nodded and bowed the shared head down low. A couple of minutes later JD’s head shot up and he swayed. Vin was quickly there to keep him up.
“Whoa, that was bloody intense,” JD breathed out.
“Britisisms are starting to creep through,” Vin grinned.
“I blame John and Keith,” JD smiled.
Ezra and Vin and Billy laughed with JD. Chris didn't.
“Can we get on with this?” Chris demanded.
Billy glared at Chris. “You need to hear what could happen if we don’t do this right, so I wouldn’t be so hasty Chris.”
Chris glared back as Billy turned to JD.
“JD, you’re gonna have to really concentrate here. First place one hand on Vin’s forehead and the other over her heart,” Vin didn’t want JD to be embarrassed so she shifted back to male form and JD looked relieved.
“You need to touch Vin’s power with your own and create a link. Now, if you’re not careful you, Vin and Sarah plus Adam could all lose your lives.”
JD jerked his hands from where he placed them on Vin. “What do you mean?”
“Even though the host may be willing, sometimes the supernatural power isn’t. If Vin’s power starts to rebel, you could all lose your lives.”
"If Vin does," Ezra said, "I'll take him in. We'll make this work."
Vin nodded. "Do it."
JD searched Vin’s eyes looking for the answer he needed. Finding it, he slowly brought his hands up to the assumed positions. He glanced over at Ezra and then at Chris. Chris nodded. Bringing his head back around, he stared into Vin’s eyes.
“Easy JD, it’ll turn alright,” Vin smiled.
“Right, let’s do this,” JD grinned.
Closing his eyes, JD started to glow white. The thin white outline around JD’s slowly started to encompass Vin’s body. Slowly opening his eyes, they were both glowing completely white, the sharpshooter’s eyes echoing the young Reaper.
Vin's head fell backward and his eyes shifted to hazel with green flecks. Then back to blue. Then his body abruptly shifted to female and her eyes snapped hazel again. Slowly, her head came back to meet JD's eyes.
Slowly, the white glow faded.
Slowly, JD removed his hands.
JD and Vin both crashed to their knees.
Ezra was doubled over from what he felt, the link between him and JD blasted wide open. Chris didn’t hesitate and ran over to Vin, while Billy went back and forth between Ezra and JD.
JD pointed at Ezra. "I've got...help," he said.
Billy lifted JD up from underneath his arms and dragged him over to the empath. JD grabbed Ezra and pulled him in tight. “Easy Ez…I gotcha.”
Chris meanwhile was trying to wake-up Vin.
Ezra was trembling. "That was.... that was...."
Vin moaned softly -- her voice higher than normal.
“Vin? Y’all right there?” Chris touched Vin on her shoulder.
Vin’s arm shot up and grabbed Chris around the wrist and yanked him down towards her lips. Chris flailed around a bit as Vin deepened the kiss. Hand snaking around to cup Chris’s head.
Chris finally freed himself as Vin opened hazel coloured eyes and a pained smirked appeared on her lips. “Been waiting to do that for a long time, cowboy.”
“Sarah,” Chris breathed, he hauled the woman upright and embraced her tightly. Sarah’s arms slowly encircled Chris and returned the hug.
Ezra smiled over at them, then looked at JD, his eyes dazed. "That's beautiful."
JD frowned and looked at Ezra. “And you’re getting drunk off their emotions.”
Ezra giggled slightly and slurred. “Its’nice.”
"Oy," JD said, pinching Ezra. "Snap out of it."
”HEY!"
They all turned around to look at Billy. “Everyone all right, inside their own heads? Vin is Adam in there? And Ezra, close off that link before you pass out.”
Ezra meekly complied and some of the dazed look disappeared from his green eyes.
In Chris's arms, Vin shifted to male. But the eyes were hazel when he opened them. "I'm here," a child's treble warbled tiredly from his throat. "But I wanna sleep.”
Billy breathed out deeply. “Good, good. You guys are gonna give me a heart attack before I reach two hundred.” He slumped into the nearby chair and looked at the group.
Chris petted Adam on his head as he slowly fell asleep. Jerking his head at Billy he mouthed ‘help me with him’. Sighing, Billy got up and grabbed Vin’s body by the legs, while Chris grabbed him from underneath his arms. They did a slow shuffle towards Adam’s old room.
Meanwhile JD was staring at Ezra. Ezra turned his head, suddenly aware of the current scrutiny.
“What captures your attention so, Mr. Dunne?”
JD tilted his head. “Your shields are broken, aren’t they?”
Ezra knew he couldn’t keep anything from his link brother and slowly nodded yes.
“Ever since we linked up,” This time, a statement.
Ezra nodded again.
"EZRA..." Frowning in concentration, JD extended his hand to Ezra’s forehead, it glowed a faint white and it surrounded Ezra’s head. Visibly relaxing, for the first time in a few months, his shields were whole again.
“What did you do? They feel like they’re not full of holes anymore.”
“I extended my Reaper powers to fill the holes in your shields while they heal naturally,” JD explained. Tired from the transfer and the earlier holding of Sarah and Adam. Now this, JD slumped forward, face smushing into Ezra’s shoulder.
Ezra put an arm around him.
Chris and Billy came to this scene.
“Over extended himself, huh?” Billy inquired, slumping once again in the chair. Chris followed suit onto the couch.
“Our youngest member has had a most taxing day,” Ezra explained as he brushed the bangs out of JD’s eyes.
“Yeah, he looks wiped. Here, we’ll take him to Adam’s room. He can sleep it off on the spare bed there,” Chris said as he got up again.
Ezra and Chris shifted JD and picked him up. They shuffled slowly towards the room and settled him down. Ezra pulled the covers over JD and smiled slightly as JD shifted closer to Vin as the beds were close enough to be considered one bed.
Both of them headed out of the room and collapsed onto the furniture.
“What do we intend to tell the others Mr. Larabee?” Ezra asked.
“Shit! Forgot about them!” Chris exclaimed.
“Well with all of the excitement around, who can blame ya,” Billy said.
“Gonna call them in the morning, tell them to come over tomorrow,” Chris stated.
“Probably best to get this all over with,” Billy said.
“Are you sure you want to do this right away Chris? You just got your wife back.” Ezra voiced.
“I’m sure. Best to get this all out in the open right away and Buck, I know Buck. He’ll want to see them too.”
Ezra sighed, leaning back into the chair.
"Ezra?" Billy asked.
Ezra turned slightly dazed eyes to him and gave a crooked grin. "......there's so much JOY in here now...."
“Ezra, tune the outside emotions out now! If you pass out with yourself wide open, you’ll be in a heap of trouble,” Chris snarled out.
Ezra drew up the Reaper enforced shields and shuddered. “Sorry about that Mr. Larabee, I haven’t had this much difficulty since I became aware of my powers.”
“What’s going on Ez?” Billy asked.
Ezra sighed, time to come clean. “Ever since the linking up with JD, I have had trouble maintaining my shields. Let’s just say it’s better now than six months ago. And I am working on further control.”
“You’re not going out in the field until you do,” Chris growled.
After ten years working for the man, Ezra knew when to poke and back off. This was a time to back off after so much emotional upheaval. “Of course, Mr. Larabee.”
In the morning, Chris made the calls.
Vin, JD and Billy were still asleep when Ezra stumbled out, dressed immaculate, but visibly tired. He made grabbing motions towards the coffee pot and an amused Chris set a cup in front of the empath.
Ezra's mouth quirked with the amusement and he sipped gratefully, making little moans of satisfaction.
“Should I set a wedding date for you and that cup?” Chris asked amused.
“Sometime next month. I love Summer weddings,” Ezra deadpanned as he continued sipping at the beverage.
Chris chuckled and slid a pancake onto a plate as Billy stumbled towards the table and sat down in the chair. His head hit the table and he looked at the coffee pot. Rolling his eyes, Chris grabbed another cup and set the drink in front of the nearly comatose Reaper. Sighing in appreciation, Billy inhaled his cup.
All three of them tucked in for a breakfast and no sign of Vin and JD waking up.
It was around lunchtime when the others showed up with food. Leave it to Josiah....
Buck banged the screen door open with his foot, armed laden with food as he walked into the house. “Well, don’t y’all just stand there gawking, help a man out here!”
Billy quirked a grin and went to go help the ladies man. They both set it down on the table and Josiah brought forth a pot of his chili and laid it down on the stove.
“So what’s so important that you called us all over here pard?” Buck asked of Chris.
“Where’s Vin and JD, shouldn’t they be here for this?” Nathan asked.
Ezra, Chris and Billy exchanged looks. “They know what’s going on already.”
"Well," Chris started to say, but noticed Buck was no longer listening.
He turned, following Buck's gaze.
Sarah stood in the doorway, wearing the blue jean dress he'd saved in the closet.
“Sarah,” Buck breathed and then promptly fainted. All the others were in shock at this predicament and made no move to catch him as he hit the floor hard.
Sarah quirked an eyebrow upwards at this. "That went well," she chuckled.
Chris smiled as everyone shook out of their stupor and Nathan quickly hurried over to Buck to make sure he hadn’t hurt himself.
Josiah turned and looked at Chris. “This is truly a miracle Brother Chris, but how?”
"JD," Sarah said, coming and standing with her arm around Chris's waist. "We didn't want to leave, so he helped us not to. We had to enter a living body who would welcome us and live with us and cooperate with us. One that loved Chris as much as we did, and made this so much easier."
Josiah looked confused. “Whose body and us?”
Sarah reluctantly removed her arm from around Chris and her body shifted. The dress turned into a pair of black jeans and a blue shirt and there stood Vin. “My body, Josiah. As for us, Adam is in here too.”
A low moan cut off Josiah and caught their attention as Buck came to.
Buck slowly sat up with help from Nathan, he looked around.
Vin chuckled. "Hey, Bucklin."
Buck grunted an acknowledgement at the sniper and looked around. “Sarah, I saw Sarah! Chris!”
“It’s okay Buck, you’re not going mad,” Chris gently said and nodded at Vin.
Vin’s body shifted once again and there stood Sarah in her jean dress. She came forward and crouched in front of the mustached man. “Hey Buck.”
His eyes went huge. ".........VIN?"
“For the moment, yes,” Vin quirked a grin.
Buck blinked hard and looked at his friend. Bringing a hand forward he pressed a hand against the very female chest. Scowling, Vin knocked Buck’s hand away. “Not in a million years, Bucklin. Ever do that again and you’ll be crow food.”
Buck was still in shock and muttered an apology as he raked his eyes over the female body. “How?”
“I’m Touched Buck. A gendermorph. M’sorry I didn’t tell you guys, but it’s become a habit to keep it secret,” Vin looked apologetic and turned sorry eyes towards Josiah and Nathan as well.
“And Sarah?” Buck asked.
Vin's eyes turned to him, and he SAW them click hazel. "I'm here," her voice said. "I'm not leaving."
Buck pulled Sarah down into a hug. “Oh Sarah girl! I’m sorry, so very sorry. One more night, begged him to stay one more night. All my fault.” Buck burrowed his face into Sarah’s neck and hugged her even tighter.
“Oh Buck, it’s not your fault. Not your fault at all. Keeping Chris away saved his life. If you hadn't, he would be dead with us,” Sarah slowly petted Buck’s hair.
Buck suddenly jerked her forward into his line of sight. “If you’re here, where’s Adam?”
He felt the shift in his hands as Vin went male again and this time the eyes had green flecks in them and the face was animated with a bright grin. “Uncle Buck!”
They had never seen Chris so happy. They watched the joyous reunion with tears in their eyes as Chris Larabee and Buck Wilmington finally healed from ghosts of the past.
~~~
Four months passed by as the various Supernatural were thwarted by Team Seven. JD now more secure in his Reaper powers found that he could manifest various parts of the drum kit of Keith Moon. Kicking them, they would fly forward and then return to the young Reaper.
The most interesting bit was that JD could extend his Reaper power around his Soul Reapers. The bass guitar when swung would have glowing white blades to cut into the various supernatural creatures that they hunted. The drums could become saw blades. JD was still experimenting, but getting great success.
“Concentrate JD!!” Billy cried out again.
JD frowned and concentrated again. He was still trying to manifest Keith in human form. So far he had an arm, but that was it.
Billy paced around him and it was starting to get on his nerves. The older Reaper had been acting irritated all day and snappish.
"Hey," John said from a corner. "Hey, what's wrong with you?" It was to Billy.
JD opened his eyes to see Billy swaying, hand holding his head.
John quickly hurried forward and placed his hand on Billy’s shoulder in concern. He jerked back as if he had been electrocuted. JD got up and slowly made his way towards his teacher.
“Billy?”
Billy moaned and his Reaper power activated. Purple light shot out in different directions.
John tackled JD to the side as a bolt of power flung itself overhead. JD pulled Keith into himself so the drummer wouldn’t get hit.
A scream of pain erupted from Billy’s throat as he fell to his knees, Reaper power flaring all over the place. JD belly crawled towards the older man and managed to get to a kneeling position in front of the distraught man.
Billy’s eyes were glowing purple, mouth opened in a silent scream. Bracing himself, JD brought his hands forward, one on the forehead and one on the heart. He started to siphon off some of the power.
A scream erupted from JD’s throat as images rushed into his mind and pain, so much pain.
Coming to himself slowly, Billy’s eyes widened and he forcibly cut off the link that JD established. He fell to his side unconscious.
JD fell with him, curling into a fetal ball. John twitching from the aftermath of the siphoned power slowly made his way over to JD.
“JD?” He slowly rolled his Reaper over.
Tears were trickling down JD’s face. “Gotta…gotta warn The…Reaper…Council...”
“Warn them about what?” John asked.
“Demons…in the past…they’re gonna KILL BILLY!” JD yelled as he started to sob. John pulled him into a hug.
“Easy Johnny, easy. We’ll let them know, we’ll let them know.” John slowly rocked JD back and forth, making promises that would be kept. No matter what it took.
THE END.
