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From: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com (buffyfic-digest) To: buffyfic-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: buffyfic-digest V2 #308 Reply-To: $SENDER Sender: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk buffyfic-digest Wednesday, August 19 1998 Volume 02 : Number 308 In this issue: BUFFYFIC: The Final Battle (2/3) BUFFYFIC: The Trust of Enemies (1/1) BUFFYFIC: ADMIN: List rules BUFFYFIC: ADMIN: Free email address policy BUFFYFIC: A Song on the Radio (1/1) See the end of the digest for information on (un)subscribing to the buffyfic or buffyfic-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 05:09:41 -0700 From: NightHunter <LJEFFERS@Highland.Net> Subject: BUFFYFIC: The Final Battle (2/3) Disclaimer in part 1 Final Battle (2/3) Giles arrived at the nondescript house in a suburban neighborhood. Who would ever guess that this was the home of the Slayer. As the car came to a stop, the driver, a young girl, came around to the back door and opened it helping him out of the car. "Sir!, do you need any help?" the young girl asked. "No!, I'll be find. These are old friends." Giles replied then using his cane he slowly moved toward the door. <not quite as fast as I once was.> he thought. He arrived at the door and pressed the door bell. After a few seconds the door was opened by a very beautiful girl. She had long flowing red hair. "Yes, may I.... Giles is that you?" shouted the girl grabbing him in an embrace. "Come in! Come in!" she said guiding him into the house to a chair. As he sit down Willow ask, "So, Giles, what brings you here from England?" "Willow, I need to speak with Buffy. Do you know where she is?" asked Giles "Yeah! come on she'll be glad to see you." replied Willow leading Giles to a small sitting room off the dinning room. Tears started to roll down his eyes. He beheld the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. Buffy was sitting in a old rocking chair holding two small babies, each one suckling at her breast. "Buffy you have a visitor." said Willow Buffy turned around surprise showing in her face. "Giles come here let me look at you." she said. As Giles came close he noticed that the two babies were both girls. Both with hair as golden as their mothers. And they both had laughter in their eyes just like Buffy. "Twins!" said Giles. "Yeah! I guess that some of the things in those old books were wrong." said Buffy with a smile on her face. Willow came over and took the girls from Buffy. She carried them into the house to put them down for their nap. "What are their names?" asked Giles. "Sarah & Michelle" replied Buffy. "So Giles what bring you this way?" "I'm sorry Buffy, but we have a very big problem. There's a new vampire Lord. We have no idea who he is, but his minions are moving fast. Already the bodies of six possible Slayers have been found. They were ripped apart, two of them no more the six years old." Giles said his voice breaking with sadness and tears. Giles sit waiting for Buffy to say something when he heard a voice. "Hey, G-man, what's up?" Giles turned to see Xander still in his police uniform, having just come off the night shift. Before Giles could answer a loud roar is heard from the house. Buffy and Xander move with their supernatural speed. They reached the door to the children's room just in time to see a red werewolf come sailing through it. "Willow!" yelled Xander running over to her to see blood everywhere. Her arm was broken. "The babies!" yelled Willow thought a half-human, half-wolf roar. Xander's face quickly changed allowing the demon to come forth. He and Buffy rushed into the room to find everything destroyed. On the wall written in blood I HAVE YOUR CHILDREN, SLAYER, COME AND WATCH THEM DIE. S ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 02:45:38 -0700 From: taygeta@juno.com (Charity C. T.) Subject: BUFFYFIC: The Trust of Enemies (1/1) TITLE: The Trust of Enemies (1/1) AUTHOR: Taygeta E-MAIL: taygeta@juno.com FEEDBACK: Very muchly wanted (bad or good...whatever the complaint) DISTRIBUTION: Sure, just tell me first. SPOILER: Everything up to Becoming RATING: PG DESCRIPTION: Angel's leaving for L.A, but before he does, he has to chat with Xander. DISCLAIMER: The characters portrayed in this fanfic and any such reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series belong to their creator, Joss Whedon, and their owners, Mutant Enemy productions, Kuzui Productions, Sanddollar Productions, and 20th Century Fox. In other words, they do not belong to me. Copyright infringement not intended. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The Trust of Enemies By: Taygeta Angel lurked in the Bronze, eyeing Buffy and her friends carefully. Cordelia, Willow, and Oz were in a laughing conversation - something that had to do with Giles and a computer -- at one of the various tables in the dark, dank teen hangout. He paid careful heed over the smiling brunette whose expression faded as she turned to look at the dance floor, and although he quickly held her composure and reverted to her former state, he sawàhe knewàhe felt her pain. His eyes fell to where her glanced had strayed and although he knew it to be mainly innocent, there was some part of what he saw that read attraction, that read passion, both no longer of the singular, but of a common bond. That was the center of that painàthat was the source of the ache in his heart. He took in the sight of heràa habit he had acquired since the day he first saw her. She had changed much in her exterior, but what always remained trueàwhat will always remain consistent, was the heart of gold he knew of her. That she had once given to him, but he could never receive it knowing that it wasn't meant for himàit would never be meant for him to cherish. In looking at her, he could not avoid her dance partner, and he couldn't help but think that in all of this time, they'd always been enemies, and at this rate always would be. He knew that Xander wanted him dead, and he wanted himself dead, initially, maybe it would have all worked out better if he hadàmaybe not. Still, no matter what Xander would always be foeàthe only one he could really count on to love the slayer like he loved heràmaybe even more so. He recalled that night when Buffy died, when prophecy and duty alike was fulfilled. And with it, a confession of love for Buffyàthe only near confession he knew of the kind from Xanderàhad resurfaced in his mindà à "I don't like you. At the end of the day, I pretty much think you're a vampire," said Xander bluntly as he lowered the cross from Angel's face, "But Buffy's got this big old yen for you. She thinks you're a real person. And right now I need you to prove her right." Angel paused and looked at him momentarilyàanalyzing him, the intensity of his want to rescue the slayer, the seriousness that he had never heard before in his tone. He was beginning to see the other side of Xander, the one that lacked the sarcastic faτade, the one who's eyes flickered with the very name that made his heart beat rapidly as well. He met those flashing eyes and in a voice with a mixture of disbelief and surprise, he understood, "You're in love with her." "Aren't you?" àAs of late, Angel was beginning to think that despite everything, he and Xander were very much alike. In fact, the sarcastic demeanor the 17-year-old boy reminded him a lot of himselfàbefore Darla had entered his life. Angel often wondered what would have happened if he hadn't been drunkàhadn't walked down that alleyway. What life would he have had? If was a little too late for what ifs, nowàa couple of hundred years too late. He should have been in LA right now, meeting the Whistler, but he had one last good-bye to give, one last request to issue, one last meeting of the few with his mortal enemy. *~*~* "Angel," was his immediate reaction upon seeing the vampire walk out of the shadows. "Xander," the soul-inhabited demon replied as he approached him. "Shouldn't you be in LA, my friend?" he said as he fished his keys from his coat pocket. "Friendàthat's funny, you've call me plenty of things, but never friend," he said, "You are right, though, I should be in LA, but I have to take care of some unfinished business." He dropped the keys back into his pocket, "Unfinished business? Like what? Killing the rest of us off?" Angel stiffened as he recalled how the demon within him had killed Ms. Calendar, getting out of the consuming state before it began, he met Xander's eyes, and said, "That wasn't me." "I'm sorry, Angel," he said shaking his head, "Force of habitàI guess, but what is it that you exactly want from me? Can't exactly think that you have the need to say good-bye when we haven't been the best of buds." "Yeahàmaybe not, but I need to ask you for a favor before I leave," he inquired warily. He looked at the vampire curiously and reluctantly sighed, "What do want from me, Angelàwhat's your game?" "A promiseàeven though you'd probably make sure this happens without it," was his reply and he gave him a look and a grin, "Just wanted to make sure anyway." Xander had to smile at his attempt at a joke, "Wellàwhat is it?" "I know you're still in love with heràBuffyàeven though Cordelia's your girlfriend, after all, it's just a title if there isn't anything to back it up - " "Look, man, I care about Cordy - " Angel interjected, "I know you doàI'm not saying you don't, but obviously you're the one with the big 'yen' for the esteemed slayer, and although you try not to, you're still in love with Buffy. Just like me. You and Iàlike it or not, are in the same boat, but unlike me, you can still be around her, and that's why I'm asking that you take extra care of heràfor me." He turned around and began to walk away, but Xander said, "Hold on. Last I recallàI hate you and you hate me which dissolves itself into the fact that we hold like an ounce of trust in each other. You know I'd do anything for Buffy's sake, and I watch her like a hawk, as it is - I mean - I look after her as much as I can, despite her need to not want to be looked after, and you know that. So what's with all of this chitchat? Care to enlighten those in need of enlightenment?" "You're right - for once. I do hate you and you've told me enough times for me to know that you share the same antagonism, but no matter how much we dislike each other, there's this one factor that always makes us work as a team, and that's Buffy. She's that one-ounce of trust we have in each other. So, you want to know the point of me telling you this? The point is so that I can be damned sure that you know that." "I knowàbelieve me," Xander said shortly. "Good," he replied and he was about to turn around, but he returned his eyes to Xander's and continued, "I know I probably be the last person to actually give you this advice, but tell her." The 18-year-old's face altered to an expression of confusion, "What?" "Tell heràBuffyàtell her how you feel about her. Maybe not any time soon, but when you think it's the right time, when you feel it's the right moment, tell her." "Why are you - I thought - " "I love Buffy, but I can't be with her, and I know you love her and you'd do anything to make her happy. And if you make her happy - although I personally can't see why, but hey it's the Hellmouth - I can truthfully say I wouldn't mind." With that, he began to walk away, again, but before he could, Xander called to him, "Hey Angel?" "What?" he quipped as he looked at him again. Xander smiled and replied, "You're a good man, Angelàeven if - " "YeahàyeahàI know, even if you don't like me," he laughed and as he continued to walk towards the distant darkness with only a lightly glowing lamp post to shine the way, Xander turned towards his house. Pausing, he looked back at the sidewalk, and the street's lonely light to catch one last glimpse of the soul-inhabited vampire, but he was gone. 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If we have to uns*b you for bouncing mail, again, you'll have to provide the information to res*b. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us offlist. Thanks. sah and Jill romana@mindspring.com and jtkirby@mcs.com - - - -- sah * romana@mindspring.com * romana@aol.com NatPack * BotCoS * Jungle Patrol * BBPGrrl:TGLIL * Bishop * BTVS Listowner Nat's B&B: http://free.prohosting.com/~romana/natpack/html My homepage: http://free.prohosting.com/~romana/index.html "Fun made this body." --Drew Carey ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 00:11:25 -0700 From: taygeta@juno.com (Charity C. T.) Subject: BUFFYFIC: A Song on the Radio (1/1) TITLE: A Song on the Radio (1/1) AUTHOR: Taygeta E-MAIL: taygeta@juno.com FEEDBACK: Very muchly wanted (bad or good...whatever the complaint) DISTRIBUTION: Sure, just tell me first. SPOILER: Everything up to Innocence RATING: PG DESCRIPTION: Xander dedicates a song to Buffy AUTHOR'S NOTE: The descript may allude that it's gonna be a cheesy BX...ah, my usuals...but Xander's only present by name and I just decided to write this after listening to the Natalie Cole's Unforgettable CD for the billionth time. DISCLAIMER: The characters portrayed in this fanfic and any such reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series belong to their creator, Joss Whedon, and their owners, Mutant Enemy productions, Kuzui Productions, Sanddollar Productions, and 20th Century Fox. In other words, they do not belong to me. Copyright infringement not intended. The song "SMILE" is sang by Natalie Cole and the lyrics were written by John Turner, and Geoffry Parsons and the Music is by Charles Chaplin. I am merely borrowing it for the fact that without that song, I would lose a huge part of what I hope amounts to a story. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A Song on the Radio (1/1) By: Taygeta Willow looked at her friend's sad expression with that of sympathy and she said, "Are you okay?" Buffy glanced at her from her bed and replied exasperatingly, "For the hundredth time tonight, WillàI'm fine. Can you *please* stop asking me if I'm okay? Because I am." Despite the fact that she didn't believe her, Willow nodded and said, "I'll stop asking you if you're okay, but that doesn't mean I'm not concernedàI have my concerned face onàyou see?" "I see," Buffy said and her redheaded friend frowned at the lack of even an attempt at thinking it be funny. Clutching the pillow on her lap, she continued to eye the slayer critically and wondered with worry what was going on in her friend's mindànot to mention to her heart. It had been weeks since the Judge had been obliterated and thus weeks since Angel had turned to the dark side, but the wounds, particularly the latter event, had not yet healed and Willow wasn't sure that they would ever heal completely. What she did know was that her friend was really wigging her and the rest of the Scooby gang out. They understood why she was the way she was, but nonetheless, she wasn't acting like Buffy. With a sigh, her eyes drifted to the clock beside her and saw it reading 9:57 in glowing red digits and she remembered what she had promised to do earlier, "UhàBuffy, do you mind if I turn on the radio?" "Sure, go ahead," she responded tiredly, "I could use a little music." She turned the clock radio switch to radio and with the tuning she scanned the station until she reached exactly where she wanted to be. The last song was drifting to a close and the radio announcer's voice faded in to close upon the oncoming silence. "And that was - " Buffy turned suddenly and said, "Is this that station that plays those Love Thoughts constantly?" Willow backed away in surprise and blinked before responding, "Umàyes." She threw a pillow on her head and said, "Then, can we please turn the radio off? I'm not in the mood for the words of wannabe Casanovas." "Oh, I don't know," she said as she turned the radio slightly louder, "I don't think the next dedication's actually on the lines of Casanova." Buffy looked up from under her pillow, "How can you be so sure? Do you have like some kind of ESP, I'm not entirely aware of?" "If I had ESP, I'd think I know," Willow laughed, "Shhhàlisten," and Buffy rolled her eyes and did so. "And now a *special* love - " "That means, he was bribed," interjected Buffy and with a murderous glance from her friend she fell back into silence. "This particular love thought takes place right here in Sunnydale, one that states the power of friendship. This is from Xander to Buffy," the announcer said with dramatic pause. "What?" the slayer stood, demanding first at the radio and then at Willow, who gave her a sheepish shrug, and she sat back down to listen. "Xander writes, 'Buffy, I know that this particular time for you has been very hard, and seeing you in so much pain, makes me, and not to mention all of our friends, hurt too. We care about you, and we hate to see you like this, but we understand. I hope that from some miraculous way, you're listening tonight because I want to tell you that I'll be there with you through thick and thin with everyone else in our crazy mold. And hopefully, some time soon, I'll get to see that beautiful smile shining on your beautiful face once more. With Love, Xander." "Will, did you - " She shook her head, "I only knew that he was going to dedicate a song for youàto maybe cheer you up, but I didn't know he was going to write that," and she curbed the impulse to continue with, "I didn't know he *could* write like that." "So, Buffy, I hope you're out there listening. Here's one to you from Xander, Natalie Cole's rendition of 'SMILE.'" **************************** Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smileàand maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through For you Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness All though a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile. ********************* As the song played, Willow could almost see a smile form on Buffy's lipsàa real one, unlike the obvious fake ones she displayed in front of her mother and sometimes in front of Giles. And at that moment in time, the antagonism she felt for Xanderàthe confusion that had been in her heart and head for weeks on end, disappeared for the duration of that song. ********************* Ohàthat's the time, you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile. ********************* Turning off the radio as the song faded into commercial, she turned to Willow, and said "Do you mind sacking in early?" "No, it's fine," Willow replied as she stood up from where she sat, "But I'm going to go grab a glass of milk first, okay?" She nodded and glanced at her friend as she turned off the light and closed the door slightly before leaving the room. Buffy nestled her head in her soft pillow and closed her eyes, hearing the tune of the song in her mind. She opened her eyes and glanced out her window where a tiny patch of the night could be seen. With a sigh she whispered softly in the quiet of the room, "Thank you, Xander," and closed her eyes once more, this time, with a smile. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ End of buffyfic-digest V2 #308 ****************************** To subscribe to buffyfic or buffyfic-digest, send the command subscribe buffyfic-digest or subscribe buffy to majordomo@xmission.com. You will need to go through a confirmation process, and the listowners have to manually approve your subscription request, so it may take some time. 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