Rating: PG-13
"Buffy" spoilers: "Harsh Light of Day"
"Angel" spoilers: "To Shanshu in L.A." and you should know who
Penn is (from S1). If you don't, I tell you in Ch. 2.
Disclaimer: Characters you recognize aren't mine.
Response to the Forbidden Dreams Buffy/Angelus challenge.
Spike is unchipped. "Somnambulist" never occurred so Angel hasn't
seen Penn for quite some time. October 1999 was early S4 on
Buffy. August 2000 would be between S1 and S2 of Angel.
"Let Sleeping Demons Lie"
Sunnydale; October 1999
"Thanks for the lift!" Buffy waved goodbye to Xander, who had
given her a ride from the college campus to Revello Drive. She
hadn't seen her mom much lately and she planned to surprise her
by spending the weekend.
As she was about to walk up to the front door, Buffy paused.
Although it was dark outside, she could see her mother's car
sitting in the driveway and she thought she saw someone
inside it. Buffy set down her duffle bag and walked over to the
car. Bending down, she peered through the window. Her mother was
inside, her eyes closed. She must have fallen asleep.
"Mom!" Buffy rapped on the window.
Joyce didn't move. Buffy rapped again and reached for the door
handle. She pulled open the door and the overhead light
automatically turned on.
It revealed Joyce's unnatural pallor and a pair of fang marks
that marred the line of her throat.
A week later, after dusting every vampire she could find, Buffy
simply quit being the slayer and left Sunnydale without so much
as a goodbye note to her friends.
Los Angeles; August 2000
Spike concealed himself in the shadows of the old bar across the
street from Angel's car. It was a bad part of town and no one
would much care if he caused the trouble he was planning. Though
if anyone did care, by the time the police arrived he would be
long gone.
He patiently waited for another ten minutes and then he heard
the crunch of returning footsteps. He continued to wait until Angel
had turned to unlock the car door; then he made his move,
attacking while his enemy's attention was distracted.
Only Angel jumped aside just in time to avoid the full force of
Spike's blow. He hit the hood of the car and went flying over to
the other side, but he was quickly able to pick himself up and
face his attacker.
Spike sidled closer, fingering the jagged piece of wood in his
pocket. Then he leaped in again and began to trade blows with
Angel, slowly gaining the upper hand. With one last kick, he
knocked Angel back against the wall of a shoe store and prepared
to stake him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, Spike?" the other
vampire snapped.
That voice sounded like Angel's, except the tone was more what
he had come to expect from ... but that couldn't be, could it?
Still, instead of going ahead and finishing Angel off, Spike
hesitated and found himself looking into a pair of the most
soulless eyes he had ever seen. After that there could be no doubt.
Angelus was back.
"Buffy" spoilers: "Harsh Light of Day"
"Angel" spoilers: "To Shanshu in L.A." and you should know who
Penn is (from S1). If you don't, I tell you in Ch. 2.
Disclaimer: Characters you recognize aren't mine.
Response to the Forbidden Dreams Buffy/Angelus challenge.
Spike is unchipped. "Somnambulist" never occurred so Angel hasn't
seen Penn for quite some time. October 1999 was early S4 on
Buffy. August 2000 would be between S1 and S2 of Angel.
"Let Sleeping Demons Lie"
Sunnydale; October 1999
"Thanks for the lift!" Buffy waved goodbye to Xander, who had
given her a ride from the college campus to Revello Drive. She
hadn't seen her mom much lately and she planned to surprise her
by spending the weekend.
As she was about to walk up to the front door, Buffy paused.
Although it was dark outside, she could see her mother's car
sitting in the driveway and she thought she saw someone
inside it. Buffy set down her duffle bag and walked over to the
car. Bending down, she peered through the window. Her mother was
inside, her eyes closed. She must have fallen asleep.
"Mom!" Buffy rapped on the window.
Joyce didn't move. Buffy rapped again and reached for the door
handle. She pulled open the door and the overhead light
automatically turned on.
It revealed Joyce's unnatural pallor and a pair of fang marks
that marred the line of her throat.
A week later, after dusting every vampire she could find, Buffy
simply quit being the slayer and left Sunnydale without so much
as a goodbye note to her friends.
Los Angeles; August 2000
Spike concealed himself in the shadows of the old bar across the
street from Angel's car. It was a bad part of town and no one
would much care if he caused the trouble he was planning. Though
if anyone did care, by the time the police arrived he would be
long gone.
He patiently waited for another ten minutes and then he heard
the crunch of returning footsteps. He continued to wait until Angel
had turned to unlock the car door; then he made his move,
attacking while his enemy's attention was distracted.
Only Angel jumped aside just in time to avoid the full force of
Spike's blow. He hit the hood of the car and went flying over to
the other side, but he was quickly able to pick himself up and
face his attacker.
Spike sidled closer, fingering the jagged piece of wood in his
pocket. Then he leaped in again and began to trade blows with
Angel, slowly gaining the upper hand. With one last kick, he
knocked Angel back against the wall of a shoe store and prepared
to stake him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, Spike?" the other
vampire snapped.
That voice sounded like Angel's, except the tone was more what
he had come to expect from ... but that couldn't be, could it?
Still, instead of going ahead and finishing Angel off, Spike
hesitated and found himself looking into a pair of the most
soulless eyes he had ever seen. After that there could be no doubt.
Angelus was back.