Graduation - Aftermath
by Buffy_Giles (buffy_giles@buffygiles.cjb.net)
DISCLAIMER: All characters are copyright Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, the WB and whoever else I missed. I don't own these characters, I'm just borrowing them for my own sick pleasure. I'll clean them up before I return them I promise.
SETTING: Takes place during the summer after the gang's graduation/the Mayor's ascension.
Distribution: My site (A Watcher's Love -- http://buffygiles.cjb.net) and The New B/G Shippers Site. All others, just ask, you may want to wait until its finished.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This story does not follow the show's cannon timeline. It's all mine, mine, mine!
Feedback is appreciated. :-)
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Chapter 1
The sun had set several hours earlier. Rupert Giles was sitting alone in his living room putting some thoughts down in his journal. So much had happened in the last few weeks. His emotional, as well as his physical, well-being had been pushed to their limits. Sunnydale had been saved from Mayor Wilkins' ascension, but the cost had been great -- especially for Buffy.
Graduation Day
Graduation was held in the early afternoon. The gang was happy over this joyous occasion, but they were also anxious over what they knew would take place that evening. Giles and Wesley had searched the Codex and other books for anything that would help them in this battle. But nothing was in the books. They were on their own for this. Plans were made. The one thing that was certain was that they would need the power of magic as well as strength to be victorious. But would everyone survive?
The Mayor (with the help of Faith) decided that Buffy needed something personal to get her off their backs. And personal they got. They were able to take both Buffy's mother and father (who had come in to celebrate Buffy's graduation) prisoner.
Buffy (putting her duty before her heart) continued in her quest to stop Faith and the Mayor. It was a hard decision, but Buffy knew that if she stopped the Mayor, that Sunnydale would be saved.
Xander, Oz, Cordelia, and Wesley went to the factory to figure out a way to free Buffy's parents. But something went wrong. There was an "accident" at the factory where Mr. and Mrs.Summers were being held. An explosion ripped through the factory, killing Buffy's parents. Cordelia and Oz were seriously injured; and Xander and Wesley came through with a few cuts and bruises.
At the same time, the final battle with the Mayor was taking place. Buffy, Giles, Angel, Spike (who had returned to Sunnydale, sans Drusilla, just because he missed it!), Willow, Amy (who was no longer a rat), Michael, and a group of "good" demons (like Whistler and some of his cohorts) versus Faith and the invincible Mayor.
For most of the battle, the fight was tilted in the Mayor's favor. He bounced back from every attack. Buffy did what she could to keep Faith out of it. Angel, Spike, Whistler and the other demons battled the Mayor as best as possible. Giles and the wiccas did what they could casting spells. But finally, close to midnight, things started to shift. And the Mayor seemed to be weakening (not much but it seemed as though he was tiring).
Finally, it came to a one on one battle of sheer strength between Angel and the Mayor. It was nearing midnight, the time when the ascension needed to be completed or else the Mayor would be fallible again. Somehow Angel (whose strength was heightened thanks to a spell cast and being maintained by Amy and Michael) was able to keep the Mayor from completing his ritual by sheer fortitude, but the battle proved too much for him. In his weakened state, Faith (who slipped from Buffy's grasp) was able to overtake Angel and plunge a stake through his heart.
The Mayor, knowing his time of ascension had passed and he was once again vulnerable, tried to escape during the aftermath, only to be stopped by Spike and Giles. Spike, being the demon that we all love, twisted the neck of the mayor/demon leaving him, well, dead!
Buffy, acting on sheer adrenaline, attacked Faith with an animalistic instinct; never thinking of anything but the death of her beloved. She could not be stopped until Faith lay on the ground dead from several blows to the head. Giles would never forget the sound of sheer pain Buffy made once Faith was dead.
Back to the present
Giles, who was still shaken up about the whole ordeal, sat on his couch with tears in his eyes. All he could think about was Buffy. Her whole life has been shattered. After finding out about her parents, Buffy withdrew into a shell that nobody was able to penetrate.
It's been six weeks and Buffy hasn't even said one word, Giles thought. The strong, vivacious young woman had been reduced to a mere shadow of her former self.
Because of her mental state, the Council made arrangements for a nurse to stay with Buffy. Wesley, who knew deep down that he would be of no use for Buffy, resigned his post as Watcher, but remained in Sunnydale. Giles, due to a glowing recommendation from Wesley, was reinstated as Buffy's Watcher. What a joke! thought Giles. I'm a Watcher for a Slayer that may never recover from the mental condition that she is in. I guess they figured I wouldn't be much trouble.
Giles wiped the tears away and decided to retire for the night. He went to his room and got ready for bed. He wanted to go visit Buffy early the next morning and just spend the day with her, just in case she said anything.
This was what he had done everyday for the last six weeks.
by Buffy_Giles (buffy_giles@buffygiles.cjb.net)
DISCLAIMER: All characters are copyright Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, the WB and whoever else I missed. I don't own these characters, I'm just borrowing them for my own sick pleasure. I'll clean them up before I return them I promise.
SETTING: Takes place during the summer after the gang's graduation/the Mayor's ascension.
Distribution: My site (A Watcher's Love -- http://buffygiles.cjb.net) and The New B/G Shippers Site. All others, just ask, you may want to wait until its finished.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This story does not follow the show's cannon timeline. It's all mine, mine, mine!
Feedback is appreciated. :-)
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Chapter 1
The sun had set several hours earlier. Rupert Giles was sitting alone in his living room putting some thoughts down in his journal. So much had happened in the last few weeks. His emotional, as well as his physical, well-being had been pushed to their limits. Sunnydale had been saved from Mayor Wilkins' ascension, but the cost had been great -- especially for Buffy.
Graduation Day
Graduation was held in the early afternoon. The gang was happy over this joyous occasion, but they were also anxious over what they knew would take place that evening. Giles and Wesley had searched the Codex and other books for anything that would help them in this battle. But nothing was in the books. They were on their own for this. Plans were made. The one thing that was certain was that they would need the power of magic as well as strength to be victorious. But would everyone survive?
The Mayor (with the help of Faith) decided that Buffy needed something personal to get her off their backs. And personal they got. They were able to take both Buffy's mother and father (who had come in to celebrate Buffy's graduation) prisoner.
Buffy (putting her duty before her heart) continued in her quest to stop Faith and the Mayor. It was a hard decision, but Buffy knew that if she stopped the Mayor, that Sunnydale would be saved.
Xander, Oz, Cordelia, and Wesley went to the factory to figure out a way to free Buffy's parents. But something went wrong. There was an "accident" at the factory where Mr. and Mrs.Summers were being held. An explosion ripped through the factory, killing Buffy's parents. Cordelia and Oz were seriously injured; and Xander and Wesley came through with a few cuts and bruises.
At the same time, the final battle with the Mayor was taking place. Buffy, Giles, Angel, Spike (who had returned to Sunnydale, sans Drusilla, just because he missed it!), Willow, Amy (who was no longer a rat), Michael, and a group of "good" demons (like Whistler and some of his cohorts) versus Faith and the invincible Mayor.
For most of the battle, the fight was tilted in the Mayor's favor. He bounced back from every attack. Buffy did what she could to keep Faith out of it. Angel, Spike, Whistler and the other demons battled the Mayor as best as possible. Giles and the wiccas did what they could casting spells. But finally, close to midnight, things started to shift. And the Mayor seemed to be weakening (not much but it seemed as though he was tiring).
Finally, it came to a one on one battle of sheer strength between Angel and the Mayor. It was nearing midnight, the time when the ascension needed to be completed or else the Mayor would be fallible again. Somehow Angel (whose strength was heightened thanks to a spell cast and being maintained by Amy and Michael) was able to keep the Mayor from completing his ritual by sheer fortitude, but the battle proved too much for him. In his weakened state, Faith (who slipped from Buffy's grasp) was able to overtake Angel and plunge a stake through his heart.
The Mayor, knowing his time of ascension had passed and he was once again vulnerable, tried to escape during the aftermath, only to be stopped by Spike and Giles. Spike, being the demon that we all love, twisted the neck of the mayor/demon leaving him, well, dead!
Buffy, acting on sheer adrenaline, attacked Faith with an animalistic instinct; never thinking of anything but the death of her beloved. She could not be stopped until Faith lay on the ground dead from several blows to the head. Giles would never forget the sound of sheer pain Buffy made once Faith was dead.
Back to the present
Giles, who was still shaken up about the whole ordeal, sat on his couch with tears in his eyes. All he could think about was Buffy. Her whole life has been shattered. After finding out about her parents, Buffy withdrew into a shell that nobody was able to penetrate.
It's been six weeks and Buffy hasn't even said one word, Giles thought. The strong, vivacious young woman had been reduced to a mere shadow of her former self.
Because of her mental state, the Council made arrangements for a nurse to stay with Buffy. Wesley, who knew deep down that he would be of no use for Buffy, resigned his post as Watcher, but remained in Sunnydale. Giles, due to a glowing recommendation from Wesley, was reinstated as Buffy's Watcher. What a joke! thought Giles. I'm a Watcher for a Slayer that may never recover from the mental condition that she is in. I guess they figured I wouldn't be much trouble.
Giles wiped the tears away and decided to retire for the night. He went to his room and got ready for bed. He wanted to go visit Buffy early the next morning and just spend the day with her, just in case she said anything.
This was what he had done everyday for the last six weeks.