The discovery

“No…no… no…” Kennedy said rushing over to where her newest ‘interviewee’ stood. The girl was trying her best to drive a stake into the chest of a rather pitiful excuse for a vampire. Grabbing the stake from the young girl’s hand, Kennedy drove it into the vampire’s heart. “Here… the heart is here,” she half way exclaimed as the vamp turned to dust.

“I’m sorry,” the girl said sheepishly. “I don’t know if I’ll ever get the hang of this stuff.”

‘You won’t have to,’ Kennedy thought to herself. Out loud she said,” That’s OK… it sometimes takes a while. That’s good for tonight. I’ll call Willow and see if she can come pick us up early. Why don’t you have a seat over there?” Kennedy directed the girl to a well lit curb and pulled out her cell phone. She pushed the appropriate numbers and couldn’t help feeling let down. ‘Another one bites the dust…’ she hummed into the phone while she waited for Willow to answer.

“Hi gorgeous,” Kennedy said after Willow answered. A short pause and she continued, “Yeah…we’re done. We’ll meet you at the same place. Oh… and could you bring that thing for me?” Kennedy asked. She spoke in code so the girl wouldn’t know what she was asking Willow to bring. “Yep… another one… anyways… I’ll see you in a few. Love you,” she said and hung up just as she reached the blonde sitting on the curb. Kennedy joined the young girl and sat in silence.

‘Six… that’s six girls that aren’t worth training. I haven’t had one good one since Sasha. Good thing Willow found a way to erase their memory of us. A little wave of her crystal and the girls don’t remember a thing.’ Smiling, Kennedy continued her thoughts, “That woman is so smart! She even included a thing that explains their sudden super strength… that’s my girl.’ Kennedy sighed and looked at the girl next to her. She was concentrating on a hang nail when Kennedy broke the silence.

“So how long have you lived in New York?”

“All my life… no… wait… I was born in Jersey and we moved here when I was a couple of months old… so I guess most of my life… unless you count that time I was in…” Kennedy zoned the girl out as she continued to babble. ‘I should have kept my mouth shut…’ Kennedy sighed again as the girl continued on. “So yeah… most of my life I guess. Where are you from?”