Title : Stolen Innocence
Author : Tobias Spiegler
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Summary: 2nd season AU, something happens during Innocence that's going to change Xander's life forever
Author's notes: So, I'm finally back. I have a new beta reader, so there should be a steady flow of story parts from now on. Despite all that, the next month is going to be hell for me. It's my final school year, so there will a lot of tests in the next time. I don't know if I will get the time to continue writing regulary. But there is always a bright side: after that timr there will be barely classes, so more freetime for me. Well, if you have expected the next part of the Late Night series, you are gonna be dissapointed. This is a completely other story. I hope it's any good.
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"You can't do it. You can't kill me," Angelus stated confidently and looked at the woman that just defeated him.
The woman, Buffy Summers, still stood in front of him, unable to stake her ex-boyfriend. His taunting words however had an unpredicted effect on the blonde slayer.
Her anger took over and she kicked the vampire hard in his crotch. He fell to his knees and grabbed his groin, moaning in pain. During all of this Buffy had turned around.
"Give me time," she said over her shoulder and walked away, leaving the vampire with his pain.
The now formerly souled vampire was still clutching his private parts, unable to do anything more than to remain on his knees and moan in pain.
After a minute the pain finally lessened and Angelus was able to stand, a bit shakily on his feet.
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"That's disappointing," said the one man to the other. They both stood on the second floor of the mall and had observed the fight that took place only minutes ago. "She showed real potential. She lacks ,however, however the right attitude."
"I agree with you," the other figure agreed with his partner. "Shall we leave? If we go now we can still reach our flight to New York. We have another potential candidate to observe."
Suddenly the first of the two figures spotted something on floor under them. "Oh, I don't know. It looks like things are getting interesting after all," he told his companion with a smile and leaned over the railing to observe the show that was beginning on the ground floor.
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"That stupid bitch," Angelus said to no one in particular and smiled. "This was her last mistake. Soon she and her friends will be six feet under. I think I'll start with the redhead," the vampire mused, but was interrupted by the most unlikely person.
"Not if I can do something about it," Xander said as he walked around the pillar he had been hiding behind.
"And let's not forget geek boy," Angelus continued happily. "Guess I have to change my plan. You will be the first one. I will rip your heart out and send it to the slayer with UPS."
Xander ignored the threats to his life and calmly drew a pistol from under his jacket. Before Angelus could react, Xander had aimed the Baretta at the vampire's knees.
"I already said: Not if can do something about it," he said as he and squeezed the trigger. The 9mm bullet had no problem shattering Angelus' kneecap and the vampire landed in the growing pool of water from the sprinkler system.
Xander slowly walked up to the fallen vampire and fired another round into the other kneecap.
"That's not possible," Angelus croaked out, the pain evident in his voice.
"But looks like it, huh Deadboy?" Xander told him with a cold smile. Wasting no time he emptied the rest of the magazine into the vampire, shattering both his elbows in the process. "I'm going to make damn sure that her decision won't bite us in the ass," he said and took a stake out of his pocket.
"You can't kill me," the now motionless vampire told him with a hint of fear. "She would never forgive you."
"Yeah, that might be possible," Xander admitted. "But better Buffy angry at me than her, and probably others, dead."
Xander leaned over the vampire an aimed the stake at his heart
"This might hurt a bit," he told him with an evil smile.
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"Have you collected the parts," Buffy asked when she arrived to join the rest of the group.
"Yeah we are ready," Willow told her with a proud smile. "We have all the arms and leg and other things packed away in boxes. Giles is currently stuffing them into his car."
Buffy scanned her friends and noticed that one of them was missing.
"Where is Xander?" She finally asked.
Willow looked around, but also couldn't find a single trace of her childhood friend.
"I don't know, he must have left while the rest of us were busy were busy," Willow realised.
Suddenly gunshots echoed through the now empty mall, startling most of the Scoobies.
"Oh god," Buffy exclaimed and sprinted into the direction of the shots.
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Buffy just arrived when Xander plunged the stake into Angelus' heart. The only thing she could was watch in shock as his body vanished, leaving only a small pile of dust.
Xander stood-up slowly and brushed the vampire's dust off his jeans, his back still turned towards Buffy.
"You are not going to hurt anyone," he told the remains of the scourge of Europe. When he turned, he was shocked to see Buffy standing there.
"Buffy," Xander started.
"Xander," Buffy said, but her voice was filled with anger and venom.
She quickly wallked up to Xander and punched him in the jaw, sending him flying a few feet, until his body finally hit the wall.
Xander blacked out for a second. When consciousness came over him again he was greeted with the image of the blonde slayer as she hurled him to his feet.
"Buffy," he desperately tried to reach his friend. "Please, you have to understand.."
She ignored him and threw him through the door of the emergency exit, that also lead to the stairway. Xander landed with a loud thud on the ground.
"Understand what?" Buffy shouted and she followed him. "That you killed him? That you took that choice from me?"
Xander tried to stand up, but Buffy kicked him hard in the ribs and cut his efforts short.
"Tell me Xander. Why did you do it?" she asked him and kicked him in his side.
"You should know it," Xander was able to bring out, despite his broken ribs. He carefully stood up, trying to attract as little attention from the slayer as possible. "You were not able to do it, so someone had to make this choice."
"I'm the goddamn slayer. It was my choice," she shouted as she lifted him up by the collar of his jacket. "You had no right," she said and threw him against the wall.
This time Xander was able to stay on his feet, leaning against the wall to stabilize himself.
"I had every right," he croaked out. "Sooner or later he would have killed one of us. I didn't want a Scooby dead because you weren't able to get your head out of your ass."
Buffy again lifted him up by his collar, his feet leaving the ground.
"I don't believe you. You were always jealous of Angel," she shouted. "Did you imagine it like that? You kill him and suddenly I'm forgetting that he ever existed? That I'd fall in love with you after what you did?"
"Get over yourself," Xander spat back. "I did it a long time ago."
That statement cause Buffy's blood to boil even more. She lifted her right hand and punched Xander in the face. Through the force of the punch she lost the grip she had on him and Xander landed on the ground.
What she hadn't realised was that they were standing on top of the staircase. Xander fell on the first step and rolled down the stairs. Finally his movement came to a stop.
Buffy looked with shook at the broken body of her friend, finally realising what she had done.
"Buffy," Giles called and ran up to his slayer. "Are you okay?" he asked, but immediately spotted Xander lying at the bottom of the staircase. "Oh my god," he muttered.
Buffy turned around to her watcher, tears streaming down her face.
"Giles,. I," Buffy started, but Giles cut her short.
"Buffy call an ambulance," he told the blonde slayer with urgency, but the blonde slayer didn't move a muscle. "Quick," he ordered her with a commanding tone.
Finally, Buffy snapped out of her daze and left the staircase as fast as possible, in her search of a payphone.
Giles carefully stepped down the stairs.
"Xander, are you okay?" he asked the teen, not touching him in fear of causing more damage to his body.
"Giles.?" Xander asked, his voice barely noticeable.
"Yes, it's me. Don't worry everything is going to be alright," Giles tried to assure him.
But Xander completely ignored the librarians statement "Giles?" he asked again. "Why can't I feel my legs?"
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The two figures stood outside of the mall and watched as the paramedics closed the door of the ambulance.
"Do you really think that this will work?" the one man asked his partner.
"Believe me. He is exactly the kind of person we are looking for," his companion told him with a smile. They watched as the ambulance drove away, into the direction of the hospital. A second later Giles' car followed.
"He shows great potential," the man continued. "There is a lot of rare material we can work with. Our mages will have their fun with him."
"Yes, but it will will take a lot of money and time to change him for our needs," the other man interjected.
"Nonetheless, once finished he will be a great addition to our forces," the man stated. "Call the headquarter. Tell them, that we will stay in Sunnydale a while longer."
Author : Tobias Spiegler
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Summary: 2nd season AU, something happens during Innocence that's going to change Xander's life forever
Author's notes: So, I'm finally back. I have a new beta reader, so there should be a steady flow of story parts from now on. Despite all that, the next month is going to be hell for me. It's my final school year, so there will a lot of tests in the next time. I don't know if I will get the time to continue writing regulary. But there is always a bright side: after that timr there will be barely classes, so more freetime for me. Well, if you have expected the next part of the Late Night series, you are gonna be dissapointed. This is a completely other story. I hope it's any good.
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"You can't do it. You can't kill me," Angelus stated confidently and looked at the woman that just defeated him.
The woman, Buffy Summers, still stood in front of him, unable to stake her ex-boyfriend. His taunting words however had an unpredicted effect on the blonde slayer.
Her anger took over and she kicked the vampire hard in his crotch. He fell to his knees and grabbed his groin, moaning in pain. During all of this Buffy had turned around.
"Give me time," she said over her shoulder and walked away, leaving the vampire with his pain.
The now formerly souled vampire was still clutching his private parts, unable to do anything more than to remain on his knees and moan in pain.
After a minute the pain finally lessened and Angelus was able to stand, a bit shakily on his feet.
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"That's disappointing," said the one man to the other. They both stood on the second floor of the mall and had observed the fight that took place only minutes ago. "She showed real potential. She lacks ,however, however the right attitude."
"I agree with you," the other figure agreed with his partner. "Shall we leave? If we go now we can still reach our flight to New York. We have another potential candidate to observe."
Suddenly the first of the two figures spotted something on floor under them. "Oh, I don't know. It looks like things are getting interesting after all," he told his companion with a smile and leaned over the railing to observe the show that was beginning on the ground floor.
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"That stupid bitch," Angelus said to no one in particular and smiled. "This was her last mistake. Soon she and her friends will be six feet under. I think I'll start with the redhead," the vampire mused, but was interrupted by the most unlikely person.
"Not if I can do something about it," Xander said as he walked around the pillar he had been hiding behind.
"And let's not forget geek boy," Angelus continued happily. "Guess I have to change my plan. You will be the first one. I will rip your heart out and send it to the slayer with UPS."
Xander ignored the threats to his life and calmly drew a pistol from under his jacket. Before Angelus could react, Xander had aimed the Baretta at the vampire's knees.
"I already said: Not if can do something about it," he said as he and squeezed the trigger. The 9mm bullet had no problem shattering Angelus' kneecap and the vampire landed in the growing pool of water from the sprinkler system.
Xander slowly walked up to the fallen vampire and fired another round into the other kneecap.
"That's not possible," Angelus croaked out, the pain evident in his voice.
"But looks like it, huh Deadboy?" Xander told him with a cold smile. Wasting no time he emptied the rest of the magazine into the vampire, shattering both his elbows in the process. "I'm going to make damn sure that her decision won't bite us in the ass," he said and took a stake out of his pocket.
"You can't kill me," the now motionless vampire told him with a hint of fear. "She would never forgive you."
"Yeah, that might be possible," Xander admitted. "But better Buffy angry at me than her, and probably others, dead."
Xander leaned over the vampire an aimed the stake at his heart
"This might hurt a bit," he told him with an evil smile.
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"Have you collected the parts," Buffy asked when she arrived to join the rest of the group.
"Yeah we are ready," Willow told her with a proud smile. "We have all the arms and leg and other things packed away in boxes. Giles is currently stuffing them into his car."
Buffy scanned her friends and noticed that one of them was missing.
"Where is Xander?" She finally asked.
Willow looked around, but also couldn't find a single trace of her childhood friend.
"I don't know, he must have left while the rest of us were busy were busy," Willow realised.
Suddenly gunshots echoed through the now empty mall, startling most of the Scoobies.
"Oh god," Buffy exclaimed and sprinted into the direction of the shots.
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Buffy just arrived when Xander plunged the stake into Angelus' heart. The only thing she could was watch in shock as his body vanished, leaving only a small pile of dust.
Xander stood-up slowly and brushed the vampire's dust off his jeans, his back still turned towards Buffy.
"You are not going to hurt anyone," he told the remains of the scourge of Europe. When he turned, he was shocked to see Buffy standing there.
"Buffy," Xander started.
"Xander," Buffy said, but her voice was filled with anger and venom.
She quickly wallked up to Xander and punched him in the jaw, sending him flying a few feet, until his body finally hit the wall.
Xander blacked out for a second. When consciousness came over him again he was greeted with the image of the blonde slayer as she hurled him to his feet.
"Buffy," he desperately tried to reach his friend. "Please, you have to understand.."
She ignored him and threw him through the door of the emergency exit, that also lead to the stairway. Xander landed with a loud thud on the ground.
"Understand what?" Buffy shouted and she followed him. "That you killed him? That you took that choice from me?"
Xander tried to stand up, but Buffy kicked him hard in the ribs and cut his efforts short.
"Tell me Xander. Why did you do it?" she asked him and kicked him in his side.
"You should know it," Xander was able to bring out, despite his broken ribs. He carefully stood up, trying to attract as little attention from the slayer as possible. "You were not able to do it, so someone had to make this choice."
"I'm the goddamn slayer. It was my choice," she shouted as she lifted him up by the collar of his jacket. "You had no right," she said and threw him against the wall.
This time Xander was able to stay on his feet, leaning against the wall to stabilize himself.
"I had every right," he croaked out. "Sooner or later he would have killed one of us. I didn't want a Scooby dead because you weren't able to get your head out of your ass."
Buffy again lifted him up by his collar, his feet leaving the ground.
"I don't believe you. You were always jealous of Angel," she shouted. "Did you imagine it like that? You kill him and suddenly I'm forgetting that he ever existed? That I'd fall in love with you after what you did?"
"Get over yourself," Xander spat back. "I did it a long time ago."
That statement cause Buffy's blood to boil even more. She lifted her right hand and punched Xander in the face. Through the force of the punch she lost the grip she had on him and Xander landed on the ground.
What she hadn't realised was that they were standing on top of the staircase. Xander fell on the first step and rolled down the stairs. Finally his movement came to a stop.
Buffy looked with shook at the broken body of her friend, finally realising what she had done.
"Buffy," Giles called and ran up to his slayer. "Are you okay?" he asked, but immediately spotted Xander lying at the bottom of the staircase. "Oh my god," he muttered.
Buffy turned around to her watcher, tears streaming down her face.
"Giles,. I," Buffy started, but Giles cut her short.
"Buffy call an ambulance," he told the blonde slayer with urgency, but the blonde slayer didn't move a muscle. "Quick," he ordered her with a commanding tone.
Finally, Buffy snapped out of her daze and left the staircase as fast as possible, in her search of a payphone.
Giles carefully stepped down the stairs.
"Xander, are you okay?" he asked the teen, not touching him in fear of causing more damage to his body.
"Giles.?" Xander asked, his voice barely noticeable.
"Yes, it's me. Don't worry everything is going to be alright," Giles tried to assure him.
But Xander completely ignored the librarians statement "Giles?" he asked again. "Why can't I feel my legs?"
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The two figures stood outside of the mall and watched as the paramedics closed the door of the ambulance.
"Do you really think that this will work?" the one man asked his partner.
"Believe me. He is exactly the kind of person we are looking for," his companion told him with a smile. They watched as the ambulance drove away, into the direction of the hospital. A second later Giles' car followed.
"He shows great potential," the man continued. "There is a lot of rare material we can work with. Our mages will have their fun with him."
"Yes, but it will will take a lot of money and time to change him for our needs," the other man interjected.
"Nonetheless, once finished he will be a great addition to our forces," the man stated. "Call the headquarter. Tell them, that we will stay in Sunnydale a while longer."