Chapter 2: From Sunnydale to Forks!
Crossover: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel & Twilight
Spoilers: Buffy Post Season three, Early Episodes of season 4. Angel, Season one, After 'I will remember you'. Twilight, after Eclipse.
Rated: T
Disclaimer: I own nothing… Not twilight, Angel or Buffy.. They are all created by Joss Whendon and Stephanie Meyer… I'm just working on a 'what if' theory…
Walking through a long, narrow corridor. Buffy felt like she was in a similar place again. Buffy recognised the corridor; it was the same corridors that lead to the Mayor's office. Buffy was wearing her hair back, with joggers on and a black sting vest; her arms were bruised and cut with batches of dried blood everywhere. She held a sword in one hand and had the other arm free to guide her through the corridor. She slowly approached the Mayor's door. Opening it gently, she walked in. It was empty. The desk looked unused. All paper work neatly sorted. But the room was clean, too clean. No spec of dust was to be found. Buffy's eyes saw a glow come from a door next to her. It was sealed shut but the glow looked like someone had left a bright light on inside. Buffy positioned herself to open the door but hesitated. She shouldn't be here and at any moment someone might come in to catch her. But her curiosity got the better of her. She reached out and turned the handle releasing the lock and opening the door slowly. It was a small closet. Inside a small dim light bulb hung on the ceiling. Buffy was surprised that the little light bulb was able to give such a glow. Her eyes adjusted to the closet, seeing papers and files sorted in rough piles on the shelves. Her eyes looked intently at each shelve, from top to bottom. Her eyes met the floor and found a lumpy pile of clothes. She bent closer to see what the pile was. There, lying on the floor was Angel, covered with blood, eyes shut. Buffy realised he was dead and she screamed!
Buffy woke up in her dorm room, with Willow by her side. Buffy was covered in sweat and she couldn't get rid of the images of what she saw.
"Buffy, its ok. It was just a dream" Willow said trying to reassure her best friend. Nightmares were a normal thing to the slayer and Willow was already made aware of this before.
"No…. No Willow, this wasn't like my normal nightmares. This seemed too real!" Buffy mumbled. "Will, It's was Angel! Something has happened to him!"
Giles was relaxing on his sofa, enjoying a glass of wine as he listened to classical music. His favourite song just withered in the back ground. Giles felt the loneliness that came from the departure of his job. Well, it was a departure… The school burnt down so there was no need for a librarian. At least was fired from his position unlike his role as a watcher.
Lost in his thoughts, Giles was startled when he heard loud knocks at his door. It was one in the morning and he couldn't imagine who it could be. He grabbed the stake hanging near the door and opened the door with an immediate defence action; Stake in his right arm point at his unexpected visitors. On the other side of the door, were four, unimpressed guests. Buffy, Willow, Oz and Xander, standing there looking at Giles like this was an ordinary welcome. Giles hesitated a bit before letting his guard down. He turned so the visitors would have enough space to walk in.
"Thanks Giles, I always knew you wouldn't stake us." Xander said as the rest walked in, past Giles.
"Well… Do you blame me? Its past midnight, no decent person comes knocking. For all you guys knew I was… I was entertaining guests." Giles said in his strong British accent.
Buffy, Willow and Oz took a seat at the three seater sofa. Xander went in to the kitchen and returned with some biscuits in his hand and one already being chewed in his mouth.
"Yes, please, make yourself at home. Take a seat and help yourself to the fridge." Giles dryly said as he wiped his glasses.
"Thanks Giles." The four said unanimously.
"So, where's the fire? Or are you just here on a social visit?" Giles asked as he took a seat at the one seater sofa. He saw Buffy's grave expression. Knowing something big had happened he calmed down before he spoke again.
"What's wrong Buffy?" Giles asked.
All four were still dressed in their night clothes with just a jacket on. This was big and needed urgent attention. Xander went to sit near Buffy on the arm rest of the sofa. Buffy, finally spoke. Accounting each detail of the dream, right down to the part where she wished she herself was dead to even see… Her beloved, in human form, dead.
"I see. Buffy, these dreams might just be playing up on your mind. I mean, it's something you always think about because it's so close to your heart. You just recently went to see Angel and you just recently killed the Mayor. I am sure there is no need to be on red alert. It was just a dream, Buffy." Giles explained to Buffy, hoping this would end their midnight call.
"I don't think that's it Giles. I haven't dreamt of the Mayor's office. Ever! I think there's something more in this dream than we know." Buffy said.
"Like what? You killed the Mayor and now you are being stalked in your dreams to do his paper work?" Xander sarcastically said.
"I don't know… No, I don't think that, obviously. But maybe there is something in his office." Buffy alleged. Buffy stared at Giles hoping to get through to him about this matter.
"If there was something there it would have been cleaned out after the Mayor's death, Buff." Willow said. Willow looked over to Oz for some support, but he seemed deep in thought to even realise that Willow wanted his opinion on it.
"Yeah, I know..." Buffy said as she started playing with her hair. "But most of my dreams have come true in one way or another. Maybe, if it's not about the Mayor, It's about Angel?" Buffy solemnly. Her time spent with Angel bought back many painful memories. She couldn't help but think she was missing a big part of the trip. Almost like something big had happened during her stay in LA but her mind had lost that memory.
Buffy hated bringing Angel in to the conversation. Most of her friends, particularly Xander, had made it clear how UNWANTED he was around them. But if something was happening to him or anyone else, she needed to know and needed to be able to save them. Buffy learned from being the slayer, that you don't always have to save the good guys and let the bad guys die… World is a mixture of both… The only fight she's interested in is the fight of good and evil. Angel had proved himself to be good on countless occasions.
"Let's get something straight… Angel aint human. In your dream, he was bloody and dead, like a human…. Buff, do you know where I'm going with this?" Xander said sharply. His blatant disregard whether the souled vampire should live in existence was well known to the rest of the Scooby gang.
Buffy and Willow glared at him.
For the first time in the whole conversation Oz made his comment. "There's no harm in checking it out. Would put Buffy's mind at ease and if there was something there we would be alerted."
The rest of the Scooby gang looked at Oz. They were shocked with his response. Willow smiled deeply at her beloved and then looked at Xander with a smug expression.
"I… I… I think Oz has a point here. I mean, if something was happening, its better we know now, right? No harm in trying." Giles said. His thoughts were preoccupied with what this dream meant. He was trying to think of a meaning from the dream but all results just came out with more questions… One question did really bug him… Is the Mayor back? Or is someone here to finish his bidding?
"I think, first thing tomorrow we should go and search his office." Buffy said as she finally crossed her arms, happy with the result from this meeting.
"We?" Xander questioned.
"Er… No, I don't think ALL of us should go. We should try to be tactful about this." Giles said dryly.
"Well, I'll go. It's my dream. And I needed the answers…" Buffy said. Before she finished the sentence she saw Giles horrified expression and sarcastically said "I'll be safe, I wont even wear my shiny 'Look at me' outfit."
Giles wiped his glasses at this point, trying to convey as much patience as possible.
"Buff, you have class in the morning. You can't miss it, with your track record; this will put your grades in danger." Willow said.
"Oh, yes. My precious grades." Buffy added sarcastically.
"So who has time to spare?" Giles asked. He knew he was free but needed to know who else would be able to join him. To his surprise only Willow picked her hand up. The reason he was surprised, he was sure everyone else was surprised too, was because Xander (the guy who didn't go college, and worked in a bar) didn't have his hand up. Xander was looking around the room, hoping no one else would notice.
"Well, it's decided. Giles and Willow will investigate. And we meet back here tomorrow for the results." Buffy said. She was annoyed with the way Xander weaselled out of this, but she'd make him pay. Next slayer training, he could be her punch bag!
The Scooby gang then resumed for a short while in Giles house. They mostly talked about what they would do tomorrow. Slowly, they all moved towards the door and left Giles and his peaceful (though boring) home. Once Giles had closed the door, he leaned back on the door itself and sighed. "I'm hanging around kids, I need a life."
Out side the Mayor's office.
This part of the building wasn't in use. No one even guarded this place any more. However, even though it wasn't in use it was still cleaned thoroughly. Willow and Giles noticed the distinguish bleach smell that was whirling around their heads.
"If no one use's this office, then why do they clean it?" Willow whispered to Giles. They both were walking slowly down the long corridor. They knew no one was around, but this was a precaution they wouldn't give up on.
"I think the whole building gets cleaned, not just this corridor." Giles whispered.
"Yeah, but wouldn't it be easier if they just stop cleaning this particular area, like less time consuming?" Willow whispered.
"Yeah, it should. How about, once we have gotten what we need you talk to the utilities management around here?" Giles whispered sarcastically.
"Oh, do you think they'd listen?" Willow whispered. She saw that Giles hadn't responded and looked at him. Giles was glaring at Willow. She had obviously missed the sarcasm in Giles voiced.
"Sorry." Willow whispered once she understood.
Giles and Willow stood outside the Mayor doors. The mahogany door had a shiny gold plank on it. Giles looked at Willow and then looked at the door.
"Here goes nothing, eh Giles?" Willow whispered to Giles. Giles glared at Willow and turned the door knob slightly. It was unlocked and so Giles was able to open the door. He slowly opened the door. It was dark inside the room so Giles used his right hand searched for the light bulb. He found it right next to the door frame. One click and the whole room filled with dim light. Giles eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room.
"Wow, this is eerie. This is exactly how Buffy had described the room." Willow whispered to Giles. She was intrigued at how the room looked untouched and yet too clean. No spec of dust any where. Almost like, someone had come in to clean the room before them. The desk was in the far middle of the room. The leather chair facing them. All files neatly kept on the desk. Giles walked carefully towards the desk and picked up one of the files. As he did this Willow shut the door of the office and started walking around the filling cabinets.
After being there for only 15 minutes, Willow and Giles found nothing out of the ordinary. It all looked mundane. Giles was about to give up when he saw something that catched his eye. The filling cabinet that stood at the corner of the room was high enough to nearly touch the ceiling. He noticed that the cabinet didn't touch the back wall. He walked towards the cabinet and started to feel the back of the cabinet's base. It was only a few millimetres apart from the wall but enough for Giles to see that it was defiantly covering something.
"Willow, help me with this." Giles whispered loudly. Willow walked to where Giles was standing. Together, with a lot of strength, they slowly (incredibly slowly) pulled the cabinet away from its original place. The cabinet was only moved enough for Willow and Giles to see the door that it had concealed. After one look at each other they started to move the cabinet further away from the door. Few more tries of pulling and pushing and the cabinet was far enough apart for someone to be able to open the door and walk in to the concealed room. Willow and Giles were out of breath by the time they had done this. Sweat dripping of their faces and both of them tried to catch their breath before they spoke.
"Ok, so this is the door Buffy dreamt about…" Giles said.
"Yeah, that's the one." Willow said through heavy breathing.
Giles positioned himself for an attack and slowly opened the door. He didn't know what would be on the other side of the door but he did know that preparation in Sunnydale saved a lot of lives. This door took a bit of nudging before it finally gave in. The door opened, quite noisily. As if it hadn't been used in months. The door revealed a dark room. Giles tried to feel for a light switch and finally found one. Willow was peering over Giles shoulder, trying to get a better look. Once the light was turned on, Willow and Giles saw that the closet was full of files. Files that weren't in filing cabinet but just spread out on the shelves.
"You can see no one has cleaned this room." Giles said over his shoulder. The room was only able to hold one person init at a time. So Giles walked into the room and said "Let's begin…"
Buffy was at Giles house with Oz and Xander. She had Giles spare key, only to use in emergency. And as her and the guys were hungry, this counted for an emergency fridge raid.
"I wonder what's taking them so long…" Buffy said as she browsed the contents of Giles fridge. There wasn't much in there but some soda cans and a left-over dish, from weeks ago.
"Giles need to stock up his fridge. How does he expect to live on this diet?" Xander said as was peering over Buffy's shoulders.
"Guys, I don't think Giles stocks up his fridge so he can feed us…" Oz pointed out.
Buffy and Xander straightened up. Buffy took out three soda cans and closed the fridge. She held one soda can in her left hand and with her other hand, she held two soda cans, which was passed to the guys. They walked to the living room and sat quietly on the three seater sofa.
"Giles also need a good movie collection… Well... He needs a collection to begin with anyway." Xander sulky said, he was obviously bored. The three of them had been in Giles house for over an hour. It was a hot Thursday afternoon and so this made the three of them want to be doing other things than waiting for the Willow and Giles to return. Buffy wore her denim trousers which had faded and cut marks all over. She wore a white string vest to group the outfit together. Her hair was tousled out and she wore very little make up. It was Buffy's comfort look. She knew she had to patrol later on the day so there was no point dressing up.
Xander wore a very old pair of jeans with a loose cream, or very dirty white T-shirt. He's hair was messed up with hair gel and he looked like he hadn't slept in days. Which was possibly true as Xander worked night shifts and hanged around the rest of the Scooby's during the day. Oz had worn his normal black t-shirt with skull and blood on it with a pair of black jeans. He's hair looked 'Just out of bed' messy and it didn't seem to bother him that the weather was hotter than before or that he was waiting for longer than expected. Oz had calm to him; he didn't let things bother him easily. Unless someone tried to hurt his lover, his Willow, Oz would carry on his life without causing any trouble... Not including his moments as werewolf, of course.
"Oh, I actually miss doing homework." Buffy said sarcastically.
"Wow Buff, a new for you." Xander replied.
Before Buffy could answer they heard someone put a key through the lock and open the door. The three of them turned their heads to face the door. Entering the house was Giles and Willow holding two, quite heavy boxes.
"Help guys" Willow shouted from behind the box.
Buffy rushed to get the box of Willow. Willow's short frame was covered by the box and Giles was able to hold the box low enough to study his house. Willow and Giles had heard voices from outside the house so it was only natural to expect the guys to be settled in the house. Buffy and Giles put the boxes down on the coffee table. Both boxes looked like they had been over packed.
"Hey, Willow and Giles bought us presents!" Xander said cheerfully.
Willow seated herself in between Xander and Oz. She took a sip from Oz's can and Oz put his arm around Willow. Giles was glaring at Xanders remark and Buffy had seated herself near Oz on the one seater sofa.
"This is what we found from the Mayor's office." Giles said.
Willow took a gulp before she said, "We went through some of the files but there was too much to cover. We put this box together and sneaked it out. I think we need to research this stuff…" and Willow turned her head to Buffy and said reassuringly… "I think Buffy's dream was pointing to something… We just need to find out what."
It was late in the evening now. The Scooby gang had gone through each contents of the box. Reading and re-reading everything to make sure they were right about their theory. Xander sat on the floor near the coffee table with a book in his hand; Oz and Willow were behind the sofa, sitting on the chairs against the dining table. Buffy was lying on the three seater sofa with papers on her lap and a pen in her hand, she had written on the pages and now was doodling on them. Giles was sitting near Buffy's head with his glasses in his hand. He had wiped them three times already. But he needed something to do so he carried on cleaning his cleaned glasses.
Buffy broke the silence first. "So this is what we defiantly know… The Mayor's death had triggered a revenge plan on the world. There's a hell mouth in…." Buffy looked at the papers in front of her and read "Forks, Washington, and its about to open." She looked up at the ceiling before continuing. "He has conjured the Master through a spell Anya and Willow had used last year and now the Master will bring forward hell itself on this world. Am I missing anything here?" Buffy asked as she looked around the room.
"Master is recruiting new vampires from Forks…" Xander added.
"Also, Mayor had a theory that there are demons far worse than we have met in Forks. Something about a demon who hears everyone's thoughts and another who can force a premonition." Willow said in an exhausted voice.
Buffy took in a deep breath and said "What now? We can't just walk into Forks and kill any bad guy there. We don't even know how the Master's going to do this. And as it says here that 'Wolfram and Hart' is sponsoring this apocalypse… They would notice if a slayer, her watcher, a witch, werewolf and Xander just happened to walk in to this town…"
"Hey! I add more to this team than just being Xander!" Xander argued.
"I mean, Forks is a very small town. It seems they'll notice that. People will talk. We need a plan…" Buffy said trying to cover her mistake of ruling Xander out as a mundane to the group.
"Buffy has a point. We can't just walk into the town and not stir any gossip." Willow said. Willow and Oz had turned their chairs to face the back of the three seater sofa.
"We need a cunning plan, so devious that no one will argue with it." Xander said excited about the new group activity.
"We need to blend in. We need to look like we belong there." Oz said.
"It was easier saving the world when we all lived in the town hell mouth was situated in. But this is a new town." Buffy said.
Willow's eyes widened when a thought crossed her head. "Oh! Oh…!!! I got it!" Willow jumped up from her chair and came round to face the gang.
"We should all move to the town. We all get ourselves set up there. And no one will know the difference!" Willow exclaimed
"We can't do that. What about our college?" Buffy said
"What about my job and Giles…. Erm… Giles house?" Xander said.
Giles glared at Xander and said "Thanks Xander."
"No guys, we can. There is a high school in the heart of Forks, which we can enrol in. Giles can be their… Liberian…" Willow glanced at Giles before continuing. "And we can live in a rented house there. No one will argue with us and after a few weeks we'd have blended in with the rest of the town!"
"Few weeks? I doubt it'd take that long to be accepted into a town. I don't think it's that easy either. These people have grown up with each other. A new person, people, or family would defiantly spark gossip in this small town." Xander asked.
"I don't know, Will. It's a lot to just leave everything and walk away. Who would patrol while we're gone?" Buffy said.
"I don't know how long it'll take. But right now all we have is a lead. We can't just sit around and wait. Buffy, saving the world comes first, right? And anyways, since the Mayors death the vampire activity has almost become extinct. You, yourself was moaning about how boring it's become round here. Plus, I don't want to leave either, but this is our best shot to stop the big evil" Willow said. She hoped her argument had won someone over. She knew that this time a lot of sacrifices had to be made. She had to sacrifice her studies, which was the hardest thing for her to do.
"Willow's right. We will need to make a move and soon. Maybe our best shot is to be based where all the action is happening. If we live there, no one will suspect us when we go patrolling. But you all can't enrol into High School. You've already graduated." Giles pointed out.
"Oh, that's a piece of cake. I'll just mess around with the government files to make us all look one year younger. Meaning: we are one year short of graduation." Willow smugly said. But with the horrified expression Buffy and Xander gave her, she quickly added "But I'll change the files once we have saved the world… Of course!"
Buffy relaxed and Xander straightened up. The idea of repeating high school was like re-living their worst nightmares. Oz didn't react but he never does.
"Where are WE getting the money to fund this, Will?" Xander asked. He wasn't totally won over with Willow's idea but he needed to know everything before he decided.
"Well…" Willow said sheepishly. "I found the Mayor's bank statements. He has a lot of cash lying around and well… he's dead and I thought that no one will claim the cash… So…"
"Willow!" Buffy shouted smilingly. Buffy had arched her back up in shock. She was surprised with Willows response but had a good feeling about spending money from the evil guys.
"I can't believe you… You little cunning you!" Xander said, obviously pleased that they would finally be doing something naughty to the evil ones and not just stab of a stake to the heart.
"Willow, I don't know what to say…" Giles said. He sounded solemn but after few seconds he looked at her and said "Do it, rinse the Mayor dry. I think we deserve it. No one ever gave us a 'Thank you' note for stopping him anyway."
The rest of the Scooby gang yelled "HEY!" once Giles had said that. All of them jumped out their seats and made celebratory actions. The celebration was more to do with Giles agreeing with doing something ludicrous than agreeing with Willow's plan. Giles was prudent and everyone was made aware of this… This was defiantly new for Giles to say and the rest to hear.
"So, guys… What do you think?" Willow asked once everyone had settled back in their seats. Willow still stood in her spot, happy with Giles response.
"I'm in." Buffy, Xander and Oz said together and then laughed at their uniformity.
"Great… Leave me with a computer for the next few days and I'll sort everything out… ok?" Willow said.
"That's cool, Will. I think, me and Giles will help gather weapons and books together. If we're moving to Forks, we gotta pack it all, might not have chance to come back for it..." Buffy said
"I'll start packing my stuff now and then meet you guys here to help with the books and weapons." Xander said as he stood up.
Buffy had sat up now and Giles was standing up too. Oz got out of his chair and walked towards Willow. He put his arm around Willow's waist and said "I'll help Willow with the hacking thing." Willow smiled at Oz and mouthed 'Thank you.'
The Scooby's worked day and night organising this trip to Forks. Buffy did as much patrolling as possible. Hoping no one will notice her absence. Giles had hired a moving van and bought a red seven-seater Land Rover family car. Willow and Oz had created a false bank account where they transferred money to. From this bank account they were able to get the money out without any one suspecting. They had enough money to live a Hilton life style for a year. Xander almost drooled when he saw the cash. Buffy had suggested a new wardrobe to compensate their move and so some of the money was spent on expensive clothes.
The people of Forks were told that a rich, retired professor called Rupert Giles, from England was moving to the small town. He had decided to live his life caring for rebellious teenagers and now he housed four teens; Buffy, Willow, Oz and Xander. Willow was able to create Giles past via the base of internet and her's and the gang's past track record was put into Sunnydale's school files. If anyone needed to know about them, the information was now there for them to search through. Willow had also rented out a four bedroom house near the school. It over looked a forest (which was handy for patrolling) and from its pictures on the website looked very much like Buffy's mums house.
Willow, Buffy, Xander and Oz were enrolled in to Forks High School. Oz had also bought a nice black, Ford escort Cabri. He wanted to be able to travel without hassling Giles and the other reason was; He wanted to be able to travel faster than the average pedestrian walking speed. Giles had a problem with speeding… The problem was that he didn't like the car to drive faster than 10 MPH.
By Saturday, everyone was ready for the move. The removal van was packed and the two brand new cars that Giles and Oz owned were ready. Buffy and Xander shared a ride with Giles and Willow was in Oz's car. They all had made up a 'Family' emergency excuse in college and at Xander's work. Giles had lock bolted his house and left a note saying the house was being fumigated in the next coming days… That way no one will want to go searching in there. Buffy and Giles had packed all the weapons they owned and books Giles had owned into a trunk. Buffy didn't bother telling her mum about the trip, knowing it will only cause concern. She will call her and pretend she was still at her college.
They all drove silently out of Sunnydale to a small of Forks, Washington. None of them knew what to expect. They only hoped to save the world in enough time that no one in Sunnydale will notice their absence. Challenges that arose, was now a day to day thing. Sacrificing would come from each of them. Buffy knew a bit too much about sacrificing and now she was here again. Giving up her future so the world would have one…
Thanks for all you reviews… I'm so glad you all enjoyed the first chapter and I hope this chapter meets your expectations. Please R&R! The next chapter will be up ASAP, but need feedback first!
