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Subject: buffyfic-digest V2 #148
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buffyfic-digest Saturday, April 25 1998 Volume 02 : Number 148
In this issue:
BUFFYFIC: When? (1/?)
BUFFYFIC: When? (2/?)
BUFFYFIC: When? (4/?)
BUFFYFIC: When? (3/?)
BUFFYFIC: Broken Bonds (Part 4)
BUFFYFIC: "The Cure" (9/14)
BUFFYFIC: "The Cure" (10/14)
BUFFYFIC: Ever After (1/1)
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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:49:27 +0100
From: "Mark Jones" <Mark.Jones@altitudeprods.demon.co.uk>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: When? (1/?)
Could I please get feedback? Rach@altitudeprods.demon.co.uk
Buffy sat there, cold and lonely. After all these painstakingly long hours,
just siting there doing nothing she was bored, lonely but most of all she
was upset. The day had seemed to drag, she hadnÆt seen her friends for a
few hours but to her it felt like a lifetime. She just lay back with her
head resting on a tombstone, waiting, she was beginning to think that it
wasnÆt worth it, no matter how happy he had made her before, he had no right
to make her stay and wait.
The sun was starting to set in the clear sky, giving that red-pink colour
that Buffy had loved so much, but that was then, then when her life felt
secure, she was happy. But now she didnÆt know how she felt about anything,
especially not Angel. Why had he wanted to meet her after all this time and
after everything that had happened, why did he want to meet her here, in the
graveyard? But one thing troubled Buffy more than that was how had Angel
managed to make her agree to this? She knew that she wouldnÆt, especially
not in a graveyard. It was as if he had a power over her, she had wanted to
leave hours ago, but it was as if some invisible force prevented her, she
was stuck there until Angel decided he wanted to show up, no matter how much
she wanted to leave.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:49:35 +0100
From: "Mark Jones" <Mark.Jones@altitudeprods.demon.co.uk>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: When? (2/?)
Feedback please!! Rach@altitudeprods.deomn.co.uk
She begun to doze, she couldnÆt keep her eyes open for much longer, she felt
them getting heavier and heavier, until they closed and Buffy was
transported to another world, the world of dreams where anything could
happen and where anything did.
Buffy felt herself floating high above everybody else, the world was calm
and relaxed, she could see everything in Sunnydale, the school, mall and all
of her friends, Xander, Cordelia and Willow, they all looked very worried,
she saw Giles approach them, he too was worried. but what about the dreaming
Buffy wondered, and more importantly, why didnÆt they tell her or ask for
her help? Then, the peace was shattered and everyone rushed indoors,
shouting, ôItÆs a trap! ItÆs a trap!ö æWhatÆs a trap? WhatÆs a trap?Æ
Wondered Buffy, she saw nothing out of the ordinary going on. She wanted to
help them, but although she felt like she had all the power in the world and
could see everything, she tried and she had nothing, she was entirely
powerless.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:49:43 +0100
From: "Mark Jones" <Mark.Jones@altitudeprods.demon.co.uk>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: When? (4/?)
Feedback please! Rach@altitudeprods.demon.co.uk
They didnÆt move, they began to make Buffy uneasy until one of them spokeà
ôSlayer, we know you wonÆt harm us!!!ö His voice was filled with confidence,
ôOh yeah,?ö Buffy replied, her voice strong and firm ôSays who!?ö
ôSays usö Came the reply, his voice filled with the same confidence as
before.
ôWhy shouldnÆt I kill you?ö Buffy asked, her own confidence growing by the
second, she knew that they were just messing, trying to catch her off guard
and then they would attack, æWell not this timeÆ Buffy happily thought.
His reply came with even more confidence than before and he simply said
ôBecause, if you kill us, our master kills all of your friendsö
ôOh yeah? And howÆs he going to do that then? Take over the school!?!!ö
ôWhy yes, as a matter of fact he is!! You _are_ good at this game arenÆt
you now!! And just to make sure that you donÆt kill us, weÆve already
kidnapped a few of your friends, lets just call them our insurance, we die,
they die, Simple enough!!?!!ö
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:49:41 +0100
From: "Mark Jones" <Mark.Jones@altitudeprods.demon.co.uk>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: When? (3/?)
Feedback plese!!! Rach@altitideprods.demon.co.uk
Buffy awoke with a start, she was scared, what had happened to her friends?
what was going on? why had no-one told her? She quickly got up and was
going to help, but then she realised, it had been a dream, and that no
matter how much she wanted to leave, she couldnÆt, Angel somehow was making
sure of that. Her eyes started to focus on the surrounding area, and she
didnÆt like what she sawà She was surrounded, with no way out, now she knew
what the dream meant, this was a trap and she was powerless, how could she
escape?
ôAngel!ö she called out, her voice filled with alarm thinking that maybe
this was somekind of sick joke, no reply. She grabbed her bag, ready to
kick some ass! The vampires didnÆt move it was as if they were being forced
to stay like Buffy was, by some invisible force. They all stood there,
drilling their evil eyes into Buffy while she circled around them, ready to
pounce.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 13:32:35 -0400
From: uzenet@videotron.ca
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Broken Bonds (Part 4)
Title: Broken Bonds (Part 4)
Author: Northlight
e-mail: uzenet@videotron.ca
Note: Thanks to all who helped.
Summary: Giles dissapears and bad things start to happen.
Disclaimer: They don't belong to me.
Buffy found Willow outside later that day. The other girl was leaning
against a tree, her biology textbook balancing on her knees. "Hey
Willow," Buffy said, dropping down next to her.
Willow looked up from the book, a smile on her lips. The smile faded a
moment later as she took in Buffy's worried expression. "What's wrong?"
"Where's Xander?" Buffy asked, "I'll tell you both together so I don't
have to go over everything again."
"He's home with the flu," Willow answered absently, still focused on
Buffy's pale, drawn face. "So tell me what happened?"
Buffy sighed, rubbing at her aching eyes before answering Willow's
question. "I'm not quite sure what happened. I had one of my dreams
again, and then when I to talk to Giles this morning, he wasn't there."
Willow's face mirrored Buffy's concern when she heard that. 'When is
Giles not here?' "Something happened to him?" she suggested uneasily.
"I'm sure of it," Buffy answered with another sigh, "I'm just not sure
what... yet. Anyway, Giles wasn't there, but some way freaky man was.
He said that his name's Nathaniel Tyler and that he's my new Watcher."
Her face darkened at the thought of the man she had met earlier that
day. Even his name unnerved her. "According to him, Giles took the
earliest flight he could back to England because of some emergency...
and apparently he had to leave so quickly that he couldn't be bothered
to tell me."
"Giles wouldn't do that," Willow said, her voice certain.
Buffy nodded. "I know, Willow. I don't trust Tyler, and my dreams are
telling me that something big is about to happen... but I just don't
know what to do. I need Giles here to help me, but I have the awful
feeling that he's in as much trouble as I am."
Willow looked at Buffy sympathetically. It was times like these when
Willow knew that she wouldn't want to be Buffy for anything. "I'm here
for you, Buffy. And so's Xander. Even if he has to drag himself out of
bed to get to you."
Buffy smiled, accepting Willow's comfort. "So, what do I do now,
Willow? I know that something's wrong, but this isn't a problem that I
can just fight away."
"I think," Willow began, letting her textbook snap shut, "that the best
thing that we can do for the moment is watch your new Watcher. We'll
see if he does anything to confirm your suspicions.. and you might want
to talk to Angel and see if he has any ideas about what may be going
on."
The mention of Buffy's favorite vampire had the desired effect, as the
Slayer's face lit up in eager anticipation. "Yeah, I'm sure that Angel
will have some ideas."
"Great. We'll figure everything out. Giles will come back, Tyler will
leave, and everything will go back to as normal as it ever is."
End Part 4
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 16:30:54
From: Sarah Douglas <sdouglas@camfordinfo.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Cure" (9/14)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Buffy or any of the other wonderful characters in
the Buffyverse. I am using them without the permission of the people who
do own them who are not going to sue me because I am not making any money
off this. Joss Whedon, WB, Mutant Enemy, Kusui and Sandollar own the Buffy
characters.
DISTRIBUTION: Just ask.
RATING: Probably PG
FEEDBACK: I would love to know what you all think of this. Please send me
feedback. Pretty please. <sdouglas@camfordinfo.com>
SUMMARY: Okay, well this takes place while Ms. Calendar is still alive,
but Angel is evil, so probably Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. It's
another "Angel gets his soul back" story which I wrote to convince myself
that Angel could be good again. It's kind of long and I'm sorry about that
you all.
AUTHOR'S MESSAGE: hello all. Yes that's right, another part this soon.
Wow, am I impressive or what? Well, it's almost new Buffy ep time, so yay
everybody be happy. I don't think I have anyone to dedicate this part to,
so hmmmm, Jeanie, I guess this one goes out to you.
On with the show
The Cure (9/14)
Angel was too restless to sleep. He kept pacing across the main room in
the warehouse. He was very upset at not finding Willow.
Spike and Dru had gone to bed much earlier. Dru had tried to convince
Angel to go to bed then. He's just kept pacing, so she'd gone to bed.
All of the sudden, Angel fell to the ground in incredible pain and stayed
routed to the ground for several minutes. Then it ended almost as quickly
as it began.
<<I wonder what that was?>>
***************
Buffy, Giles and the slayerettes set up at Oz's aging.
"Oz, is there anywhere Giles and I can train?" Buffy asked.
"Oh sure, through that door," Oz pointed towards the other door at the
bottom of the stairs. "My parents were going to turn it into a work out
room, but they never got around to it. It's just an empty room, but it's
nicely carpeted."
"Cool, thanks," Buffy replied.
"The rest of you, should continue researching," Giles said.
"If anyone needs anything from home, go now and be back before sunset.
Cordelia, Zander, if you want to go home, please go before sunset," Buffy
added following Giles into the room.
"Well, I don't know about the rest of you people, but I'm going home. I'm
just so sick of you people," Cordelia announced, picking up her bag.
"I'll walk you home Cordy," Xander offered.
"Thanks," Cordelia replied.
"I'll be back in a bit," Xander called to Willow and Oz, heading up the
stair after Cordelia.
"Well, I guess we should get to work," Willow said picking up a book.
"Willow, can I ask you something?" Oz asked. Willow nodded in reply. "How
long have you been doing this?"
"Basically since Buffy moved here last year."
"Does it ever get to you? I mean, battling the undead on a daily basis,
knowing that they know you and they want you dead, watching person after
person die?" Oz asked. Willow put her book down.
"A little at first. I mean, when I first found out, Xander and I found out
at the same time, we were both like æyesterday our lives were like oh no,
pop quiz, and now it's like oh no vampires.' It was weird at first,
because at the same time as we found out our friend Jesse got turned into a
vampire. It was at the same time as the Harvest and Xander had to slay
him. And some weird stuff has happened, but at the end of the day, it's
worth it because we help save the world," Willow replied and picked up her
book again. Oz smiled at Willow.
<<She's amazing. She's faced evil and danger and watched people die, but
she's still sweet and innocent. And she's willing to keep doing it for her
friends.>>
Oz picked up a book and got to work.
***************
Buffy attacked Giles, kicking him squarely in the chest, knocking him off
balance. She took advantage of her opening and threw him against the wall.
She rushed forward and blocked him across the chest, grabbed her stake and
put it over his heart.
"One minute, twenty-eight seconds," Giles announced, stopping his
stop-watch. Buffy smiled.
"Okay, that's good, I guess we can stop now. I need a break anyways,"
Buffy said, picking up her water bottle. She took a swig.
"Giles, should I slay him? If I see Angel, should I slay him if I can?"
Buffy asked. Giles took off his glasses and wiped them.
"Buffy, this isn't something I can just decide. If you're fighting him,
your slayer instincts will take over, so if the time is right, you'll stake
him."
Buffy slowly nodded. Then she smiled.
"You know that "slayer instincts" excuse must really be convenient," buffy
joked.
"I suppose that's true," Giles said, grinning.
"You cracked a smile. Isn't that against some watcher rule?" Buffy
jokingly accused.
"Well, you're taking your slayer duties seriously. It's a world gone mad,"
Giles said. The slayer and the watcher laughed.
***************
Xander and Cordelia reached the door.
"Well, thanks for walking me home," Cordelia said.
"No problem," Xander replied. He turned to go.
"Aren't you even going to kiss me goodbye?" Cordelia asked, her hands on
her hips. Xander turned around, grabbed Cordelia and lowered his lips onto
her.
End part 9
Okay, now I know you all have an opinion, so e-mail it to me good, bad,
whatever.
sdouglas@camfordinfo.com
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 16:34:54
From: Sarah Douglas <sdouglas@camfordinfo.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Cure" (10/14)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Buffy or any of the other wonderful characters in
the Buffyverse. I am using them without the permission of the people who
do own them who are not going to sue me because I am not making any money
off this. Joss Whedon, WB, Mutant Enemy, Kusui and Sandollar own the Buffy
characters.
DISTRIBUTION: Just ask.
RATING: Probably PG
FEEDBACK: I would love to know what you all think of this. Please send me
feedback. Pretty please. <sdouglas@camfordinfo.com>
SUMMARY: Okay, well this takes place while Ms. Calendar is still alive,
but Angel is evil, so probably Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. It's
another "Angel gets his soul back" story which I wrote to convince myself
that Angel could be good again. It's kind of long and I'm sorry about that
you all.
AUTHOR'S MESSAGE:Yes, that's right, another part. I think that since I
have time now, that I should send in the parts while I have time. Okay,
enjoy.
On with the show
The Cure (10/14)
Angel sat at the table. Dru approached him from behind.
"Did you go to bed at all last night, love?" Dru asked.
"Couldn't sleep."
"You think too much about the slayer." Angel stayed silent.
"Come on now love, What's wrong?" Dru asked.
"I'm tired of being cooped up in this place. I want to hunt," Angel
complained. Dru sat down on his lap.
"Don't worry love. Soon the sun will set and we'll hunt."
"Hey, hey, what's all this about?" Spike demanded.
Suddenly the vampire on watch burst in.
"The sun has set."
"Sorry, Spike old boy. Explanations will have to wait for a later time.
I'm going to hunt. Sorry you can't come with. Coming Dru?" Angel asked.
"Coming. Bye Spike," Dru replied. She kissed Spike on the cheek and
hurried after Angel.
"That guy is really starting to piss me off."
***************
"Hey guys," Buffy said, marching in on Willow and Oz. Buffy looked at
them. "Where are Xander and Cordelia?"
"Cordelia wanted to go home so Xander walked her home," Willow explained.
"Xander's not back yet?" Buffy demanded.
"Yes, he is," Xander answered, walking in.
"Is Cordelia in her house?" Buffy asked
"Yeah."
"Then I'm going to patrol."
***************
Angel walked with a purpose.
"Where are we going?" Dru asked. Angel stopped.
"Dru, I want you to go find yourself a meal. I'm going to wait for Buffy
in the graveyard. Go home when you're done. I'll meet you there," Angel
said and walked off, leaving Dru behind.
Sometime that day, sitting racking his brain for where he could find
Willow, he decided that he wanted to fight Buffy.
Angel silently slipped into the graveyard. He went to a dark corner, a
place he had lurked in times past. Angel sat down in the corner and waited.
***************
Buffy walked out of Oz's house, today armed with stakes. She wanted to do
some hand to hand combat tonight. << I don't really want to hunt at the
graveyard tonight,>> she thought, but she was inexplicable drawn there.
She walked in a looked around.
In the back corner Angel saw her. He stood slowly, careful not to make any
noise.
Buffy spotted a vampire and silently crept behind him, plunging the stake
into his back. Angel took that opportunity to sneak up behind her. Buffy
brushed the dust off her hands.
"One less demon walking the earth," Buffy said with satisfaction.
"You've still got me, lover," Angel said. Buffy whirled around to face
him. She looked a little startled.
"Did I scare you lover? Oops, sorry,' Angel said, taunting her. Buffy
took Angel off his guard by punching him square in the jaw. Angel fell
backwards and Buffy delivered a roundhouse kick that hit Angel in the
chest. Angel threw back a punch of his own, but Buffy blocked it quickly,
and ducked under his arm. She kicked him in the back and he stumbled
forwards. She attacked again, but this time Angel avoided her attack and
grabbed her by the arm and threw her a few feet. Buffy scrambled to her
feet, but Angel was quick. He grabbed her by the neck and pushed her
against a gravestone.
"What? No pleasant small talk first tonight? Did you have a bad day
lover? I'll make it all better," Angel said, his game face appearing.
Angel lowered his fangs closer to buffy's neck. Then, suddenly, Angel fell
to the ground, in agony. Buffy was completely confused and a little
scared. She hurried out of the cemetery.
***************
Giles sat in a chair reading one of the watcher diaries. Willow and Oz
were doing homework and Xander was looking through on of Giles' books.
Buffy burst in and marched straight up to Giles.
"Giles, the weirdest thing just happened. I was fighting with Angel and he
just fell to the ground, in pain. What does it mean, Giles?" Buffy demanded.
"You were fighting with Angel and he just fell to the ground for no
apparent reason? And he was in pain? Is that right?" Giles asked in return.
"Yup, that pretty much sums it up," Buffy replied.
"Well, to be perfectly honest, I don't have the slightest idea."
"Knowledge man doesn't know what's going on. Well, that's comforting,'
Xander said sarcastically.
"Well, there are any number of possibilities," Giles explained. "We do,
after all, live on the Hellmouth. It could have something to do with that,
or something that Buffy didn't see could have injured him. I'll have to-"
"Consult my books," the slayer and slayerettes chimed in.
"Yes, quite. Well, the rest of you ought to go get some sleep. This isn't
urgent. Go to bed," Giles said authoritatively.
"Okay, okay, we're going to bed. Night Giles," Buffy said.
"Night G-man"
"Night Giles."
"Night Giles."
"Goodnight everyone," Giles said and picked up a book.
***************
Angel stumbled to his feet. <<What the hell is that and why does it keep
happening?>> Angel wondered. He left the graveyard and started walking
toward the warehouse. He saw a red haired girl in front of him. He
grabbed her from behind and sunk his fangs into her neck before she could
scream.
After he drained her, he went into the warehouse.
"Hey Spike. What's up?" Angel asked.
"Nothing, why do you ask?" Spike returned suspiciously.
"On your guard I see. Oh well, maybe it's a smart idea. Is Dru home?"
"Yeah, she got in about a half an hour ago. I thought you two were going
out hunting together."
"I went to find the slayer. I thought it would be best if Dru didn't come."
"Did you find her?"
"Yeah, we fought a while. Nothing exciting."
"Look, when are you going to kill her already? What's up with the fighting
and mind games? You're just going to make her angry!"
"Whatever Spike, I'm going to bed." angel said and walked off. Spike hung
back for a few moments, then followed.
End part 10
Okay, all feedback (and you will all send feedback) to sdouglas@camfordinfo.com
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 19:08:24 -0400
From: uzenet@videotron.ca
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Ever After (1/1)
Title: Ever After
Author: Northlight
e-mail: uzenet@videotron.ca
Notes: Unlike "Broken Bonds" this story has not been checked over
by anyone else, so please excuse any spelling or
punctuation
mistakes that I may have made.
Summary: All that I can really say about it is that it involves
Angelus and Buffy.
Disclaimer: They aren't mine.
She was running, her legs pumping and her heart pounding wildly. Hour
after hour of training allowed her to continue her frantic pace long
past the point where most people would have collapsed. Her long nights
patrolling the cemetery for newly awakened vampires also allowed her to
pass across the headstone spotted ground with relative ease.
She hated herself for running. 'I'm the Slayer, dammit! I fight
vampires! I don't run!' And yet her pace didn't slow. Her pride in her
ability and her disgust in her flight were nothing compared to the
insistent command of her survival instinct to run from this place. Or,
more accurately, to run from the creature behind her.
'It's just another vampire!' she scolded herself as she vaulted over an
overturned headstone. But it wasn't. The vampire that pursued her so
relentlessly was none other than Angelus. 'Angelus...' the name sent a
shudder racing through her straining body.
Her flight was painfully cut short as her foot twisted in the loose
earth of a recently disturbed grave. With a short, startled gasp, the
Slayer tumbled to the ground. She fought the urge to give into her
aching body, and pulled herself to her knees. It was far to late.
Her accident had cost her precious time, and she knew that any chance
that she had of evading Angelus was gone. 'I am so dead.' The thought
flittered through her mind, strangely unreal.
The insistent tug on her Slayer's special awareness brought reality
sharply back into focus. He was there, only feet away from her. The
vampire looked at her through hooded eyes, a dangerous smile curving his
lips.
Angelus sauntered towards her, his utter lack of concern about her
ability as a Slayer making the young woman ache to wipe the smug look
off of his face. Unfortunately, she knew that wasn't about to happen.
Not willing to meet her death sprawled on the ground, she rose to her
feet, biting back a grunt as her twisted ankle strongly protested.
He was in front of her, their bodies only inches apart. She was
helpless. Her supply of stakes had been spent on the horde of vampires
she had faced earlier that night. Her cross had been lost the first
time she had evaded Angelus' grip. And her body was exhausted from her
long night of battles and her desperate flight through the cemetery.
'It wasn't supposed to end like this! The good guys always win...'
Angelus reached out towards her, and the Slayer couldn't surpress her
soft sob. She didn't want to die. Instead of wrapping around her neck
and snuffing out her life, the vampire's hand twined around the strands
of blonde hair that had escaped her ponytail.
"Such pretty hair," Angelus said softly, rubbing the silky strands of
hair between his fingertips absently.
That was not what she had expected to hear. "What?!"
Angelus smirked, amused by her obvious shock and the fear that his
causal words had heightened. "I knew a Slayer once, she had such
beautiful blonde hair, just like yours."
She tried to back away, not liking the vicious glint in his eyes. But
Angelus' grip on her hair tightened, immobilizing her. 'Say some witty
Slayer type thing, and then beat him senseless.'
"Uh... That's nice. Can I go now?" she stammered. 'I said witty!
That wasn't witty! Okay, no problem, I can just skip to the beating the
vampire up part.' Beneath the knowing eyes of her captor, the second
part fizzled as easily as the first.
"I can remember how her hair shone in the moonlight right before I
ripped her throat out." He sighed sadly, "I was so hopping to hear her
scream, but all she did was gurgle. Such high hopes gone to waste on
that girl... but I'm guessing that you can make up for some of that."
A cool breeze brushed across the Slayer's pale, terrified face as
Angelus lowered his fangs towards her exposed neck with excruciating
slowness.
"I don't think so, dear." The voice was unexpected and filled with the
strength that lacked in the trembling Slayer's tone.
Angelus' eyes widened in recognition, and the girl slipped from his
grasp. Free of the vampire's strong hands, the Slayer bonelessly
dropped to the ground.
"Buffy?!" Angelus hissed as he took in the sight of the woman who
casually stood among the headstones, a stake held with easy familiarity
in her hand.
'Buffy?' the Slayer thought dully, searching for the reason that name
rung with such familiarity through her mind. It took a minute for the
knowledge to permeate her foggy mind. 'Buffy! She was the Slayer
before me! The one that Angelus... The one that Angelus killed!'
Buffy smiled coyly, "I'm happy to see you to, I have so missed you."
"Your dead!" Angelus growled, "I killed you!"
"Details." Buffy shrugged, "and really, Angelus, you should know how
unexpected things on the Hellmouth are."
Angelus' eyes narrowed in hatred, and with a powerful thrust he
launched himself towards Buffy. He would tear her apart. Again. And
this time, she'd stay dead.
"What the--!?" Angelus gasped as his body passed through Buffy's
without resistance. He rolled to his feet, and stared at her, his fangs
bared in warning.
Buffy laughed. "Getting slow in your old age, Angelus? I'm already
dead. Meaning, in case you're unable to grasp such a simple concept,
you can't hurt me."
The enraged vampire paused a moment, and then he smiled. "Maybe not,
Buffy, but that means you can't hurt me either. So, there isn't
anything to stop me from having my little snack over there," he said
gesturing towards the wide eyed Slayer still slumped on the ground.
With renewed purpose, Angelus moved towards the Slayer again, ignoring
Buffy.
That was a mistake. With a single, almost casual, movement, the stake
Buffy held sliced through the vampire's shoulder. Her smile widened as
Angelus howled in pain. "I said that you can't hurt me, I never said
that it went the other way."
Angelus' eyes rested on the new stake which had appeared in the
apparitions hand and with a curse he backed away. "I'll be back to
finish this," he warned before fading into the shadows.
"And I'll be waiting!" Buffy called out after him. Business taken care
of, Buffy turned towards the girl who had succeeded her as Slayer. "Are
you alright? He didn't hurt you, did he?"
The young Slayer gaped at Buffy, "your dead!"
Buffy sighed. "I know." Before the other girl could question her
further, Buffy continued, "I failed my friends, and I failed as a
Slayer. The people I cared about died because I couldn't make myself
kill the monster who wore the face of the man that I loved. But Giles,
my Watcher, instilled a strong sense of duty in me, and when my body
died, my spirit remained. So, we stayed here in Sunnydale to watch over
and protect the people from Angelus."
"We?"
Buffy nodded, a joyful smile spreading over her face. "We," she
confirmed, gesturing towards a second apparition among the headstones.
The Slayer could clearly see the undeniably human face of Angelus on
the figure. But his eyes were warm and loving as he looked towards
them, and the girl knew that with him, she was safe. "Angel?" she
asked, remembering what her Watcher had told her of the vampire with a
soul.
"Yes," Buffy stated simply, love shinning in her eyes as turned towards
him. Buffy drifted towards Angel, her hand twinning in his. She
glanced back towards the Slayer who had risen to her feet and smiled
warmly, "don't worry about anything. We'll be here to help you."
The Slayer nodded mutely, and watched in awe as the two figures faded
away, a slight breeze marking their passage.
The End
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