Chapter 3-
It had been about 3 weeks since Lindsay got put into a Hell dimension. After a few days of asking the right people, Serenity was able to find out that Lindsay was condemned to have his heart cut out everyday. Just the thought of it gave her chills.
Serenity now had no one to go to...so she ended up with Lorne once again. Eve had reintegrated with the group after being pursued by the new liaison to the Senior Partners to revoke her immortality.
Fred had been killed by her lab assistant, Knox, and has his goddess Illyria take over her body.
Also, during a fight to the death with Sajhan, Conner had regained all his past memories of Angel.
But that's not important.
Gunn is the one who salvages Lindsay. Leaving himself to be tortured in the Hell dimension in his place.
Lindsay is returned to W&H by Spike and Angel, and into Eve's arms.
Serenity found out by accident.
She had to go to Angel's office to tell him that Harmony had left early, and that Conner had stopped by when he was out.
"Angel, Harmony has, uh..." She stopped suddenly, absorbing what she saw.
She was greeted by Lindsay and Eve snuggling on Angel's couch while Lindsay was being questioned.
"Uh..." She couldn't take her gaze off of Lindsay, whom she had missed so much. He didn't love her, and she knew that.
"Um, Conner said he'll come by another time." She finished, and with her head down escaped the room with all her composure.
She sought space and privacy to think. She picked a bad place. She began to hum to herself under her desk in her cold office. She didn't realize that Lorne stood in the doorway, reading her with every note.
She sensed him when it was too late. She looked up at him and in his eyes saw the worst future she could ever fathom. She knew she must stop it from occurring. Lorne was shocked with what he read from her as well.
He approached her, as if she were a different person.
"You're in love with Lindsay."
"I am not!" She yelled in his face and ran out of the room, leaving Lorne with much new information.
She didn't know what to do. Except to let the events unfold the way they were meant to.
Sooner than she realized, she was alone in the hall with Lindsay. She avoided his eyes. The eyes that had told her so much about him when they had only just begun their little, fling.
She never wanted to be seduced by his touch and softened by his voice again. But it was too late.
"Serenity..." He said, clasping his hands gently over her arms.
"Don't." She said and hesitantly pulled away.
Despite her attempts to be mature about their situation, they could be found moments later hiding under her desk the same way they used to. It was shameless, but they knew better than anyone, "Live each day like it's your last." In their case, it just might be.
Angel had made a pact with the Circle of the Black Thorn. He recruited all of his members to take out each of their members.
Lindsay and Lorne were sent to attack the Sahrvins. Lindsay was to meet up with Angel afterwards to help with the big ending fight, but Lorne didn't see that in his future.
Right after their fight ended, Lorne took his gun and shot Lindsay twice, and walked away. He had read Lindsay, as well as Serenity, and didn't like what he saw.
Serenity had of course seen that Lorne was gong to shoot Lindsay, and while trying to separate herself from the fights, she needed to find Lindsay before it was too late.
When she finally found him, he had the gun shots in him and he was slowly dying.
"Lindsay!" She shrieked and ran to his side.
Surprised to find that it was Serenity and not Eve who has sought him out, he realized what he could no longer deny. Eve was only looking out for herself. She was with him because he was strong and could in ways, protect her. Serenity had endangered herself to protect him before, and was quite capable of protecting herself under normal circumstances.
Now he lay dying.
She knew that as a witches sister she should be able to do something. She had to prepare herself before hand, knowing what was coming when she read Lorne and began practicing black magic.
Now, endangering herself once again for him, she tried to save his life, which he never lived for her. With all her strength and energy she reversed the damage done by beckoning the deep depths of Hell and Wicca. She collapsed as Lindsay stood. He caught her in his arms and they say together as Serenity regained or lost herself.
"Are you alive or am I dreaming?" She said softly.
"A little bit of both." He managed a smile in these dark times.
"Serenity, I love you."
"No you don't, but thanks for saying it."
They had a very, Wesley/Fred parting moment, but he knew she'd be back, somehow.
He went to help in the ending battle where Angel nodded at his arrival.
A bleeding Gunn, Illyria, Spike, Angel, and Lindsay stood against the end it seemed.
Lorne went off on his own, away from the fighting, and away with the secrets that Serenity died with.
She had died the first time, to be with Spike, and died her second time to save Lindsay.
Not once had they mentioned her sacrifices to her. For they go unsaid.
Eve swelled in her joy. Knowing that Serenity had died and would be forgotten and Lindsay would be hers once again.
Eve knew Serenity was dead because...well...voodoo dolls are easily accessable.
And Lindsay would never know.
