In Her Hands
A/N: It's up to Buffy to grant the Shanshu Prophesy to either Angel or Spike, who will she chose? The love of her life Angel or the vampire that's stuck by her side throughout everything. And how will she react when she knows Spike is alive?
CHAPTER ONE
'Breaking Out & Breaking Down'
*The end will never come, there's still a mountain left to climb, but we will overcome the hurdles placed inside our minds, so close, but still so far, each day will bring us brand new scars, what are we fighting for, we cannot live like this no more cause in the thick of darkened days, we know…*
Angel stood bloodied and battered, wincing slightly he pulled his cell phone from the inside pocket of his jacket and dialled the number. Letting out a sigh he waited as it rang. "Hello?" Buffy's voice was heard. "Buffy it's me... I need your help" he said.
Three days earlier...
Wesley slapped a folder full of paperwork into Angel's desk.
"What's this?" Angel asked.
"The shanshu, in here somewhere is the key to unlock it so to speak" said Wesley
"You still believe in this?" Angel raised his eyebrow
"Of course... Don't you?" Wesley asked
Angel paused for a moment collecting his thoughts. For a long time the prophesy had kept him going knowing that maybe one day he'd achieve his redemption. But of late he'd started to lose faith and decided that maybe the prophesy was a load of crap, a little story to keep him on the straight and narrow.
Just at the wrong moment Spike bird through the door "Hello Campers" he greeted cheerfully.
"Spike we were in the middle of something of great importance" scolded Wesley
"Oh interrupting something was I?" Spike asked
"Yes something of great importance" said Wesley
"Right..." He took a seat "so what's the what?" He said smugly
Wesley rolled his eyes "nothing do to with you Spike... Angel tell him" he said flustered.
"Shanshu" said Angel
"That old bollocks again?" Sighed Spike
"It is not as you say 'bollocks' this is important to Angel" Wesley said.
"It was important, but with everything going on around here... It can wait" said Angel.
"There's nothing going on around here Angel…Spike can take over your day to day duties surely"
"Sod that!" Spike spoke up
"Spike I do wish you'd start pulling your weight around here if you are going to be a part of the team" Wesley said folding his arms.
"Look how do you even know that this prophesy is even about Angel?" Asked Spike
"Why shouldn't it be?" Argued Wesley
"Vampire with a soul? There's two of us now. He got his soul thrust upon him, I won mine... Who's to say it's not about me?" He asked
"Spike you were the worst vampire known to the council second only to-"
Angel butted in "Me... Look Wesley he does have a point"
Spike smiled smugly at Wesley
"You can't be serious?" Wesley questioned
"Actually I am... If anything I'm proving a point to old Spikey here..." Said Angel
"How's that?" Asked Spike
"You think you're the vampire the prophesy is talking about?" He asked
"I could be" said Spike
"Or maybe you just want it because it's yet another thing to take away from me?"
"Oh that's bollocks Angel, you were always the one to take things away from me remember?" Spike said bitterly
"I never took anything away from you that didn't want to be taken William" Angel smiled
Something in Spike snapped and he flew at Angel pinning him by the throat against the wall.
"You were always taking things that didn't belong to you Liam" he raged
"Drusilla was mine, always was" Angel teased
Spike punched Angel across the face "You toyed with her! You drove her insane!"
Angel grinned "my best work"
Angel always knew how to push Spike's buttons "yeah Buffy was mine" Spike said curling his tongue against his teeth
Angel snapped and punched Spike back
"Enough!" Yelled Wesley
The vampires continued to punch and kick each other
Wesley let out a huge sigh "Divido"
As his words were spoken the two vampires flew to opposite ends of the room "Remaneo" Wesley said softly "now I have your attention… Angel I really think you should consider going to this monastery"
"And me?" asked Spike
"I suppose you better go with him too" said Wesley
"You can't be serious" said Angel
"Aw c'mon Angelus it will be a good time, like a road trip" Spike taunted