The Chronicles of Angel Book 7
By Jen
In every generation a slayer is born. She alone will fight the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. One girl in all the world a Chosen One.
Angel has changed all that and it's all about to change again.
A seven-year war has continued on. Angel, Buffy, Giles, Xander, Willow, Cordelia, Doyle, Anya and Dawn are still here. They have lost people and themselves along the way. But a new evil is rising and with comes the ultimate end, an end that they may not be able to stop. Angel needs his team, his family and for one last time they will fight. And this fight will go down to the last man standing.
A/N: It's here, it's finally arrived Book 7, the final book. Are you guys excited? Nervous? Scared? Don't care just start the book already? We got a long way to go and chapter one doesn't even elude to everything. We got happy moments, very sad cry your eyes out moments, holy crap moments, wow moments, all of it. This will be the biggest and longest book out of the 7 and sadly the last one.
I hope you all enjoy it and thank you for reading it all the way up to now. So the gist of this is "It's a 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes, its dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it."
Chapter 1 High School is Hell
I am the last man stand survivor
I am the last man home.
I'll be the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
I am the last man stand survivor
I am the last man home.
I'll be the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
You're all alone sitting in the corner,
You've got a killer stare.
Who's messing round with you in the corner?
He better say his prayers.
You found yourself a new sensation
But baby it's a jungle out there
The one's you counted on are all but gone
Baby it's a jungle out there.
I am the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
I am the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
I wish you would try and look
a little more excited,
Let me stay, let me cause I'm coming anyway
I am the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
I am the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
I am the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
I am the last man stand survivor
I'll be the last man home.
You found yourself a new sensation
But baby it's a jungle out there
The one's you counted on are all but gone
Baby it's a jungle out there.
Last Man Standing by People in Planes
Sunnydale
The sun was going to rise at any moment now. But this was the prefect time to focus and to breathe. The air was cool and light before the sun's heat made it hard to breathe. Angel was jogging down the road that led to the mansion. He jogs down it until he reached the sign that indicates you're in Sunnydale and then he would turn back around and jog back to the mansion. It was a four-mile jog he did everyday. It clear his head, it made him think about his breathing, it made his focus.
But there was one thing he was focused on and that was a recent dream. He dreamt of a girl running for her life. She was running from someone or something but she was stabbed violently. Not only did it cause him to wake up but now thinking about it, it caused him to break focus as he jogged. He could tell he was close to the mansion and saw the mail box maybe five feet away. Angel slowed down and stopped taking in deep breaths to slow down.
That wasn't the first girl he's dreamed of dying. There were two more and it started maybe three weeks ago. Maybe he was still detoxing from the nicotine and alcohol. He wasn't strong after Willow went to England and Buffy left town. That night they both left Angel drowned himself in alcohol and smoked up a chimney and then Dawn kicked his ass. That was the only time he's fallen off the wagon.
Angel walked into the quiet mansion as he was the only one up well except Xander. Xander left maybe thirty minutes ago. But Doyle and Cordelia were still asleep along with Dawn. Dawn doesn't like to wake up before the sun. Angel headed up stairs and to the master room to shower. Anything that belonged to Buffy was no longer in the room it was in the basement. She left a lot here and Angel didn't want to get rid of it because she might come back and need it.
But he couldn't have it here. It would be a constant reminder of their failed relationship. The relationship he failed at. He'll get, well Dawn will get a post card from Buffy and he'll get a check that will cover the bills for the month. Angel was still working the local diner but today he was off. Angel headed to the bathroom to shower and then get breakfast ready for everyone.
Westbury England
As the day was starting in Sunnydale it was ending in Westbury England on the countryside with Giles and Willow. Giles just finished locking up the horse for the night in the stable and went to find Willow. Like Angel, she too has fallen off the wagon at first but that was when she got here. Now she was ok, a little lost but she was Willow again. She just felt lost being half a world away from her friends.
Willow was under a tree looking to the green grass as Giles came over to her. It was time to turn in for the day and eat dinner. As Giles came over a beautiful pink flower rose out of the ground as Willow looked at it.
"It doesn't belong there." Giles pointed out.
"No, it doesn't." Willow continued to look at the flower as she made it dance a little.
"I believe it's a native to Paraguay." Giles stated reminding Willow where she took it from.
"What don't you know?" Willow asked with a smile.
"Synchronize swimming, complete mystery to me." Giles answered and then squatted next to Willow as she looked to the flower. "You brought it through the earth." Giles was still impressed with Willow's abilities but she can still turn again much like Angel turning to alcohol.
"It's all connected, the root system, the macules." Willow looked to Giles. "Everything is connected."
"You sound like Miss Hargness." Giles pointed and Willow smiled. They were at a Wicca Coven's homestead out in the country.
"She's taught me a lot." Willow continued to look at the flower.
"Then why haven't you learned your lesson?" Giles asked and Willow's smile went away as she looked to the flower.
"Sorry," She apologized.
"It's alright," Giles assured her.
"You're afraid, I know…me too." Willow wasn't mad as she looked to the pink flower. "They all are. I mean the coven is amazing, the women are amazing but they give me this look like I'm going to kill them."
"They're just cautious." Giles assured her again.
"I don't have that much power, not any more." Willow continued to look at the flower.
"It's all connected like you said." Giles then sat down next to her. "You're connected to a great power and they feel it."
"Then they should take it from me." Willow stood up and put her hands in her jacket and started to walk away as the pretty pink flower went back into the earth. Giles got up and started to follow her.
"This isn't a hobby or an addiction," Giles began. "It's inside you now, this magic," He caught up to her. "You're responsible for it." Willow kept walking.
"Will they always be afraid?" She asked and Giles shrugged because he doesn't always have the answers.
"Maybe, but it's something you'll have to live with." And that made Willow stop and face Giles.
"There's a lot I have to live with." She reminded him. "I killed someone."
"I know." Giles continued to look at her.
"Giles, when you brought me here I thought it was to kill me." And she was honest because that's what she thought would happen. She did something horrible and she thought she was going serve the ultimate punishment. "Instead you go all Dumbledore on me."
"Do you want to be punished?" Giles asked and Willow shook her head.
"I want to be Willow." She answered and that was enough for Giles.
"You are," Giles smiled a little at her. "In the end we all are who are no matter how much we've appeared to have changed." Willow nodded again understanding.
Paris France
Buffy sat outside at a French Bistro finishing her glass of wine. She can see the Eiffel Tower when she looks up. France itself is one of her favorite places in the world. France is where her mother is from. The waiter came over to Buffy placing the check to her.
"Merci," Buffy thanked the waiter. She's been all over France for the summer just giving herself time and space. But not a day goes by without thinking about Angel. She left Sunnydale and it was a mess. Willow was on this side of the world with Giles just a few hours away. But she has taken no effort in talking to them. Everyone needed space from each other. Sunnydale was sucking the life out of everyone.
Part of her wanted to take Angel with her. He needed to get out of there. That was always a dream of hers, have Angel travel the world. He's been England but there was so much more. Buffy wanted to take him to Spain, Italy, Rome, China, everywhere. Angel did take her somewhere special once well it was special to her. Buffy has been to the beach but only in moonlight. She's never seen it during the day. So that summer after she got the gem Angel took her to the beach just as the sun began to rise. That meant so much to her.
So in return Buffy wanted to take Angel traveling. She's seen the world but never truly experienced it's beauty. She wanted to share it with Angel. Drive to the mountains in the fall to see the leaves in different colors. See snowy mountaintops. Walk on cobblestones in Rome. Go to the beaches that the water is so clear it's like glass. That was one of the things she wanted to do with Angel. But they need to be apart and how much further can you get when you go to Paris?
Buffy took her last sip of her wine and got up from the little café table and grabbed her purse. Fall was coming, she could feel it in the air. But there was something else in the air she could feel. It was coming with the changing winds.
Back in Sunnydale the mansion was awake and the day was in full swing. Angel was finishing up breakfast and serving it to Doyle, Cordelia and Dawn at the table. Xander was returning to the mansion and he was dressed up as today was a big day. Xander came in as everyone was eating.
"Look at you all in a suit and tie." Cordelia smiled at her friend.
"I be on my suit and tie." Xander liked how he felt in the suit.
"You hungry?" Angel asked and Xander shook his head no.
"You alright Angel?" Xander saw a concern look on the slayer's face.
"My sister is about to go to the same high school that tried to kill me for three years and at one point it did. I can't really change districts and the private school charges out the ass and I can't begin to prep her for what's about to come out of there." That's what made Angel worried. Dawn can handle herself but she to knows that those grounds are just evil.
"Well, got a present," Xander waved a rolled up map of the school well both the old and new. Everyone got up and walked over to the other side of the dining table where it was empty. Xander unrolled the map that had the schematics and floor plans. "Got two crews working on this diabolic campus. One here finishing the new science building and one here finishing the gym. There are no pentagrams, secret passageways, weird symbols, blood or goat heads."
"Nothing yet." Cordelia reminded Xander.
"There is one interesting detail." Xander added as he picked up the schematic and there was another one under it. "I got the old plans when we went and oh god we're getting old." And both Cordelia and Angel felt the same way. Xander held the map to the door so they can see the different structures line up with each other. "Remember where the Hell Mouth was?"
"Under the library, where we had meetings about destroying…it…" Cordelia answered and remember those days.
"Well, line it up." Xander held up the map. Angel saw where the library was and what was there now.
"The principle's office." Angel muttered looking to the map.
"How's that for irony?" Cordelia added.
"So, the principle is evil?" Dawn asked.
"That or in a shit ton of trouble." Angel put in so either one at this point.
"Well, two principles have died there." Cordelia stated and sat down.
"They were eaten." Angel remembered those days, good times.
"You think it's in the job description?" Doyle asked as he went back to eating. "Will be eaten, have a great day."
"It's going to be a long day." Angel picked up his coffee mug and took a sip knowing he'll need it.
Angel and Dawn headed to the Mustang while Xander was going to head to the new high school.
"I'll be on site all day so if you need anything." Xander stated and Angel nodded as he got into the car. Dawn got into the passenger seat and she pulled out her schedule to look at it.
"I'd ask you where room three hundred and two would be but it's a whole new layout." Dawn looked to her older brother and he smiled a little and turned the car on. The radio came on and Angel smiled at the song.
"Wow," He muttered as the song just started.
"What?" Dawn asked looking to him. She knew song too but why was Angel all wow about it besides it being Van Halen.
"My first day at Sunnydale high, this song was on when I drove there." Angel answered and he looked back to Dawn. This song brought back a flood of memories for the slayer. Angel turned up the volume to the song Human's Being as he put the Mustang in drive to drop Dawn off, it was going to be one hell of a year if it's going to start like this.
'There is just enough Christ in me to make me feel almost guilty. Is that why God made us bleed to make us see we're Humans Being?' Today was much like the day he first went to Sunnydale high. It was bright and sunny out. 'You break this, I'll break all that. You break my balls with all your crap. Spread your disease like lemmings breeding. That's what makes us Humans Being.'
Angel pulled into the new Sunnydale High School drop off lot with his radio going as Dawn gathered her stuff but Angel just had to let the song finished. Nearly seven years ago it was on the radio when he pulled up to this place and seven years later he was at the grounds of the old high school with it playing again. 'Humans, humans being. We're just humans. (That's what makes us) Humans Being. (That's what makes us) we're just humans. (That's what makes us) Humans Being. (That's what makes us) we're just humans. (That's what makes us) Humans Being. (That's what makes us) Humans Being! We're just humans. (That's what makes us) humans being. (That's what makes us) Humans Being!'
Angel got out of the car with Dawn and they looked around. It was different for Angel, they changed everything from the old high school. The building was a bit more…squarer if that makes sense. Sunnydale high when Angel went had more curves, dimension. This place looked more like an office building. But it didn't mean the place was safer.
"I am the sister of the first male slayer, don't be so nervous." Dawn insisted to Angel as they walked together. By Angel's walk and the way he was carrying himself Dawn picked up right away that he was on edge. He was also in his normal attire, jeans, button up shirt and black leather jacket. And as always he was getting the attention of the high school girls and their moms. Angel never knew how to take that, both young and older women liking him.
"I know just," Angel looked around and it he just had like a wave of memories hit him. He can remember everyday in high school here like it just happened. To be back on these grounds the way he is, that Dawn is the age he was when he first came here. It sent a wave of emotions and memories to him. Angel experienced everything at this place, love, loss. The saying 'drama, lies, tears, cheers to the teenage years' was an understatement at this place. "It's back." Angel looked around to his alma matar, one he would like to forget.
"Well, maybe I can follow in my famous brother's foot steps and blow the place up." Dawn added as they walked together. Angel does like to make an impression and he and his friends and the entire graduating class did, the went big and went home.
"Start small like the gym." Angel reminded her as they walked together. If Dawn wanted to follow Angel's footstep, he burned down the gym first. "Just nervous, this place is evil."
"Tough to let them go," A deep voice rung out and Angel turned around seeing a tall black man in a suit standing before them. "Principle Wood," He held out his hand to Angel and Angel took it.
"Angel O'Brien," Angel introduced himself. But Angel hasn't had the best run ins with principles.
"Well, you have a very grown up daughter." Wood stated and both Angel and Dawn's eyes widen.
"Sister, she's my little sister." Angel corrected the man.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Wood felt embarrassed.
"Yeah me too." Dawn smiled and Angel flashed her that evil look.
"I have heard of you Angel, you graduated from the old high school right?" Wood asked and Angel nodded. But for some reason Angel didn't like that. "Well, have a nice day." And the principle left.
"That was suspicious." Dawn flatly stated and Angel nodded in agreement.
"Alright, time to fly." Angel turned to Dawn she looked worried. "It's going to be ok, I'm going to be right here when you get done." Dawn nodded.
"Can I burn the gym down and we move?" She asked because she was scared. She knows what this place is capable of, what it's done and what did to Angel. Angel pulled her in for a hug. They were both nervous about this. These grounds have taken many lives including Angel's. Dawn pulled away and meant she was leaving his safety. Why was she nervous? She can defend herself, she knows how. Maybe it's just the stories of this place, what's done to Angel made her nervous. Dawn took a few steps back and waved to her brother and then she disappeared into the sea of students.
Parents were encouraged to stay on campus and walk around so Angel was going to take advantage of that. Plus he knew he'll run into Xander as they school was still being built. It felt like the place was built quickly but there were a lot of strange occurrences. People have died as the place was under construction. Rumor had it, the place was cursed but anyone who lived in Sunnydale for the past year or more can tell you that. But this plot of land has claimed lives already before the school was opened.
Angel walked around wondering if any of the old style of the high school has been kept. There use to be a huge courtyard near the library and cafeteria. But by the design of the school it was just one massive building. Well you hade the main building then three other small ones off to the side. One building was the science building, you had the gym and the other was the performing arts. The school itself was four stories tall so there were a lot of classrooms.
There was one place he wanted to go so he followed the signs. Angel made it to the library. This library did not sit on top of the Hell Mouth like the old one. But still he wanted to see it so he found it and went in. The design hit him like a wall, the design was the same as the old one. And the slayer half expected Giles to come around from the counter asking if he could help him.
"Freaky right?" Angel turned around and saw Xander behind him. Xander made his way into the library looking at it. "When I got the tour and came here, I remembered everything. Can even see us sitting at that table with the whiteboard and Giles pointing to the next plan on how to save the world." Angel looked to the table as well.
"Why keep the old design?" Angel asked as they both stood there.
"The designer liked it and get this you might recognize the name, Carol Bremer." Xander added and Angel nodded. She was in the same graduating class as them.
"Yeah I remember her." Angel answered.
"She had a crush on you." Xander reminded him. "Well, half the school did."
"You did too." Angel was poking some fun at him. Xander just rolled his eyes as they looked to the library. "Why are we back here?"
"I don't know." Xander didn't know he was just told to build here. "How come I got this feeling that this place needs to be brought down?"
"It does." Angel answered and looked around. "It needs to be salted and burned." Yes both of them had good memories but the horrors they've been through trump the good memories. Burning this place down it was like a weight was lifted, the air was clear. But now the cloud of smoke that has smothered the town has returned.
"Want me to give you the grand tour?" Xander asked and Angel nodded.
Xander took Angel around what was done on the science building, he took Angel to performing arts building and they walked a few floors of the main building that also had the cafeteria attached to it. Xander was leading Angel out of the building and walk him to the gym but something caught Angel's attention and Xander saw what it was. There was a door that read 'basement access, no students allowed.' Being the slayer you look for the more creepy and dark places to be, basements are one.
Angel opened the door to the basement and flipped on the light seeing the stairwell. Xander peered over looking into the dark.
"Didn't look so creepy the first time around." Xander commented as Angel started to descend down to the basement. "And of course we're going into the creepy Freddy Krugger basement." Angel reached the bottom and flipped on the lights. It was clean down here. You could hear the generators running. The team was actually down here before the summer started when Willow wanted to destroy the world. "You sense a disturbance in the Force Master Jedi?"
"Basements are just creepy, even being the slayer I hate them." Angel hated basements and yes he's seen some very horrible and scary things for the last seven years but basements, those just creep him out.
"Well, did a sweep just a few days ago, there's nothing here." Xander assured Angel.
"Does the basement allow you to cover the entire main building?" Angel asked walking in further and Xander sighed. He wanted to get out not walk further in.
"Yeah, can we go now?" Xander asked wanting to get out as Angel looked around.
"Principle's office?" Angel meant where he find it being under the school.
"I know you haven't slayed a monster in a while and you're ready to get back on the band wagon again but you want to stand over the Hell Mouth?" Xander just wanted to be sure as Angel looked back to him. Xander had a good point, right it was just time to scope out the place nothing more.
Angel and Xander left the creepy basement. Even if the Hell Mouth was closed or somehow they got rid of it, that basement was still going to be creepy. Xander led Angel to the gym as a class was going on.
"You were always good at gym." Xander commented as they watched some of the students play basketball. Angel shrugged at the comment. He was only good because he was the slayer.
"Mister Harris?" A voice asked and it was Principle Wood.
"Yes?" Xander asked and then Wood looked to Angel. "Oh, yes, Angel this is,"
"We've met." Angel said and looked to the new principle. Does he have any idea what kind of danger he could be in?
"Oh, good, yeah Angel and I went here a few years ago, good friends." Xander explained. "Giving him the grand tour."
"You said he was good in gym class?" Wood asked and Xander nodded. "We're short staffed. Can't imagine why." Angel and Xander could come up with a few reasons why no one wanted to work here. "We're looking for a gym coach and since you are an alumni Mister O'Brien I would like for you to teach."
"How is it you drop me off at school on the first day and then land a job at my school?" Dawn asked as she sat at the dinner table at the mansion. Cordelia, Doyle and Xander were there to and everyone was eating dinner.
"It's my high school too, doesn't look the same but I went there. He was nice to offer me a better job." Angel meant he took the job. He was going to be the PE coach well one of them at least. It paid a lot more for one and the hours were better. Dawn however was little annoyed. Yes she loved her brother but now he was going to be at school with her all time.
"Well, we got a man on the inside now, that might help." Cordelia suggested taking a sip of her lemonade.
"Sounds like no matter what you can't get away." Doyle added and that was true too. Everything in Sunnydale is connected to the Hell Mouth in someway.
"Just, when I go to gym don't say anything about me." Dawn warned him and he gave her an interesting look.
"What would I say?" Angel wanted to know. "You wore diapers when you were baby because we all did." Angel took a bite of his chicken and Cordelia smirked. Dawn just rolled her eyes. "I promise I won't cramp your style besides be glad it's me and not mom."
"That's true," Dawn did appreciate that.
"So, what are they going to call you?" Cordelia wanted to know. "Coach? Angel? Coach Angel? Coach O'Brien?"
"I like coach, it's got a nice ring to it." Xander commented and Dawn smiled. "You get a whistle?"
"I think so." Angel wasn't sure.
"They'll listen to you, you're going to be like awesome to them." Doyle went on as the rest of them stared at the half demon.
"Please, don't wear tight shorts." Dawn begged.
"I'm not going to wear tight shorts." Angel was slightly amused by the conversion though.
Day two of the new Sunnydale high school started. Angel wasn't really sure about the gym look. He was told comfortable clothes like a t-shirt and basketball shorts. That's really not his fashion but they said nothing about sweat pants. Really all Angel has to do is make the kids run around for fifty minutes. He could put some of his slayer training into it, that's make some of the kids pass out. But today he wanted to play a little game.
"Morning class," Angel started. Most of the students didn't want to be here as they were dressed in their gym clothes too. The girls however liked the new coach. "I'll be your new coach and you can call me Angel. So, to start off my first day we're going to play a game. It's one the best. It takes skill, speed, agility. It has one simple rule." Angel then picked up a ball. "Dodge," He then chucked the ball right at kid just because he could and because he was the slayer he knew it hurt as the kid went to the ground. He saw this kid flirting with Dawn earlier so hopefully the boy will get the message. "So, I'll pick the teams."
Xander was back at the construction site overseeing the last details of the science building. Angel had an hour block and then lunch, he was liking this new schedule. Angel found Xander and they met up but something caught their attention. The science building was next to the performing arts center and outside was the marching band. They were playing the war chant, relearning it for the upcoming football season. For Angel and Xander that chant gave them some memories let alone a small chill.
"Nothing like being back right?" Xander asked as Angel continued to listen. It was a war chant, maybe it held some meaning. "Like your new job?"
"Yeah, played dodge ball today." Angel answered and then put all his focus on Xander. "Hope it stays quiet." But that was just a hope and a prayer, they both knew the Hell Mouth will rear its ugly head sooner or later.
Buffy was almost to her little apartment in Paris. She was going to turn in for the night but before she went into the complex something caught her attention. There was some rustling nearby. Then there was a scream. Buffy hasn't heard screams in a long time but it was second nature and she raced towards it. Buffy came to an alley and it was dark, there was no one there. She slowly started down the alley thinking maybe someone got mugged. But there was no one here until she smelt it, blood.
Buffy went to find where the scent was coming from but she didn't have to go far. Buffy saw the body a young girl. The girl was still alive and Buffy rushed to her and got to the ground.
"It's ok, it's ok," Buffy assured the girl as she took her scarf off and found the source of the bleed. She covered it with the scarf. "What's your name?" Buffy wanted to distract the girl from what happened.
"An…Annie," The injured girl answered.
"That's pretty," Buffy commented but Buffy has seen death many times and it was close to Annie. "Annie, Annie listen I need you to stay with me ok? Can you do that?" Buffy kept pressure on the wound as Annie looked up to her.
"I'm…I'm scared," The young teen said and the light in her eyes was gone. Buffy didn't move as she remained still putting pressure on the wound.
"Annie?" Buffy asked. "Stay with me Annie, stay with me." And for some reason even though Buffy knew Annie was already dead and she didn't even know the girl she cried. Buffy let up and sat on the ground. She looked around the alley and she had that feeling hit her. She was alone and far from home. Buffy slowly got up and felt dizzy and something told her to get out, to run.
Buffy made it to her little apartment and started to pack as fast as she could. She washed up her hands but the smell of blood will linger for a while. Once she was redressed and packed Buffy left the little room and placed the key under the mat. Buffy made it outside and went to hail a cab as she made it to the street corner. It didn't take long as a taxi came up and she started to pack her suitcase and her bag in the cab.
"Où allons-nous mademoiselle?" The driver asked.
"Uh, pour l'aéroport, Orly." Buffy answered and the man started to drive.
"Qu'est-ce que la compagnie aérienne mademoiselle?" The driver asked and Buffy realized she had no ticket. And without a ticket she can't just pick an airline and go plus to find an international flight wasn't going to be easy.
"Uh, uh je besoin de celui qui va en Amérique, en Californie." Buffy answered and the man smiled at her. Luckily he hasn't checked his rear view mirror or Buffy might be walking to the airport.
"Ensuite, nous allons trouver un qui va à l'Amérique." He assured Buffy that they'll find a flight to California. "Ce qui est dans l'Amérique? Famille?" The man asked to strike up a friendly conversion.
"Amis," Buffy answered and thought about them. She thought about Angel the most. "Meilleur que j'ai jamais eu." She was going home.
The next day at school was about to begin as Angel pulled up with Dawn. Dawn got out the car and started to head to class. Angel got out too but something caught his eye. Before Dawn completely left she saw Angel staring at something and she looked in the direction he was looking. It was hedges of bushes the problem was they were dying. Angel saw the whole row of bushes dying. Even the grass below the bushes were dying, the leaves of the bushes and blades of the grass were brown.
"They were just green yesterday." Dawn commented and Angel nodded.
"Better get to class Dawn." Angel suggested but he sounded absent.
Angel walked the halls and a door caught his attention. It was the door leading to the basement. He stared at it for a moment wondering what was really going on behind that door.
Down in the depths of the school, in the dark some one was talking to themself. He was huddled in the corner talking and using his bare hands to dig.
"I don't understand." He sounded afraid. "I had a speech, I learned it all. She won't understand." Spike muttered as he dug.
"Oh, she won't understand." Warren then came from the shadows. "I'm beyond her understanding. She's a girl, sugar and spice and everything nasty. I'm more than that, more than flesh."
Then Spike saw Warren morph into Glory the Hell God. "More than blood I'm…well, don't think there's a word to describe it." Glory walked around. "But my name will be on everyone's lips…assuming their lips aren't torn off. But not yet but that's alright though."
Then Glory turned into Riley. "I can wait, everything will happen in time. He's right where he needs to be." Riley then knelt down before Spike and was now the Mayor.
"So what, you think you get your soul back and everything would be Jim-Dandy? A soul is slippery than a greased weasel, why do you think I sold mine? You probably thought you could be like, free and that she would actually notice you." Then the Mayor went into Drusilla's form.
"I'll always notice you." She reached out and touched him. "You'll be in the dark forever with me singing our songs." Then Drusilla morphed into Buffy well Elizabeth.
"You two always had pathetic songs. But you're here, right where it all started." Then Elizabeth morphed into the Master.
"Right where it's all going to end." The Master looked around. "The next few months are going to be a ride so buckle up Spike, I need you on this one." Spike looked up to the Master as he stood there. "We're all going learn something about ourselves, what we are. You're going to find out you mean nothing to no one." He then circled Spike. "You were once great and so was she. To think Elizabeth was going to be in command. She disappoints like you all have. Now the both of you are trying to do what's right. But it's not about what's right." Spike then looked up and Angel stood before him.
"It's all about the power. And I have it." Angel stood there and Spike went back to digging.
That's it. Chapter one is over. What do you think? This chapter has given you guys tons of foreshadowing, did you pick up on it? I'll try to post every week to every other week. Of course there will be a sneak peak of chapter 2 here and in the forum. Also in the forum you can get a deeper look into the chapter. The forum is TheBuffyAngelWhedonVerse. So any ideas what's to come? Liking it so far. Comments, reviews all that is very welcomed and greatly appreciated. Until next time thank you very much for reading you guys are awesome.
Translation:
"Where are we going Miss"- driver.
"Uh, to the airport, Orly."- Buffy
"What airline Miss?"- Driver
"Uh, uh I need one that goes to America, California."- Buffy
Then we'll find one that goes to America. What's in America? Family?"- Driver
"Friends…best I ever had."- Buffy.
Chapter 2 The Witness
Angel was done with his training and headed upstairs to his room. Once there he sat on the edge of the bed and let out a huge sigh. He sat there for a moment longer and then got up and went to the desk and opened up a drawer and took out his drawling pad and sat back on the bed. He flipped through it until he came to his favorite picture of Buffy. He stared at it with a small smile. When looking at her pictures he can tell how much she's changed. She didn't smile a lot when they first met. But as time when on as drew her she smiled even more and more.
Angel missed her and hoped wherever she was she was happy. Angel set the drawling pad aside and laid on the bed and didn't move. He was doing his best to find himself again but it's hard to do so when your family isn't here. The team was split up, the family was split up.
Buffy sat in the John F. Kennedy International Airport. It took a long time to get a flight from Paris to here. She had to fly from Paris into Spain and then Spain to New York. It was strange being back in New York again. She's lived here before. This was her home when she first came to New York in the early 1900s. It's weird to think she's seen the world go from sail boats to horses to steam power engines, to small cars to now huge ships powered by gas and world class cars. And to be back in this city after seven years was even stranger.
She had another three hour lay over before she had to board her plane. This was such a long trip and she was tired. And she still had a ways to go. She would be landing in Dallas Texas to board yet another flight to Los Angeles. Buffy sat in her little seat waiting. The first time she went LA from New York was by car to help protect her from the sun. The good part about that weeklong driving trip was the site seeing. Part of her wanted to drive it again but there was a sense of urgency right now.
Buffy continued to sit there and then reached for her pocket for a small, old, crumpled up, wrinkled picture. When she opened it, it was the first picture of Angel given to her by Whistler. Looking at it he was so young. He hadn't even been called yet. It was like everything was repeating itself. Here she was in New York staring at the slayer's picture about ready to go to California. Buffy tucked away the photo and got as comfortable as possible because this was going to be a long three hours.