Star gazing
"Willow how's it coming?" Buffy asked. "I'm not sure I've been researching the curse and I think just being blood related won't be enough" Buffy frowned "but you've been tinkering with it, so it will work right?" Willow bit her lip. "It will work better, but it's the same as it was with Angel you're going to have to make her feel something, but not just an emotion, I think you're going to have to try to make her feel like herself, like she was before being a vampire" Xander frowned. "Ok I'm going back to the whole let's kill her idea because were never going to be able to do that" Buffy sighed "well do you have a Buffy bot on you then" Xander shrugged "just don't give her time to get angry, sneak up behind her, stake in the heart, and tada, dead vampire, no hell mouth." Spike frowned "but we don't have to kill her, we can just give her back her soul, and she'll be the same old Layla again" he didn't want to have to kill her, especially when there was a way to give her back her soul. "I liked Layla" Buffy stated. "And I didn't, what's your point, killing her will be easier so let's do that" Xander replied. "I'm not sure it will, if she does get angry were sotta dead, and I think I'll probably stay dead this time" Spike nodded agreeing with whatever meant Layla could stay alive. "Ok so when were ready we'll need someone to go and make Layla feel like Layla again" Buffy said. "I'll go" Spike replied instantly. "I think Angel might be better being her brother and all" Angel avoided any eye contact as her replied. "No Spike, always knew her better than me" Buffy frowned, Layla was angel's sister yet spike knew her better? "Right ok then Spike will go when Willows ready, now I'm going to try to find out more things from Layla" she said looking outside at the night sky "like when she's going to make all our lives miserable"
"Nice isn't it, the night sky, so many little shining spots of light" Layla said hearing Buffy approach. She was gazing up at the stars. "Yeah I guess" Buffy replied a little confused. "So I was wondering when you were bringing back the hell mouth" Layla smirked as she looked at Buffy. "Well that's very to the point" Buffy shrugged "I didn't come here to chat, I want answers" Layla sighed and looked back up at the night sky "I don't want questions." Buffy frowned "why are you so interested in the night sky?" Layla laughed slightly "can't go out during the day, need something to be fascinated by, can't be the sun, that leaves the stars" That just made Buffy more confused. "I still don't get why…" Layla cut her off "what, because I'm an evil, bloodsucking, monster who is wanting to help destroy the world it means I can't like a part of it" Buffy nodded "yeah that's about it" Layla smiled. "Well you have it all wrong…. Hey I thought you weren't here to chat" Buffy nodded "oh yeah forgot about that, why are you destroying the world if you like it?" Layla shrugged "I'm not destroying it, I'm just letting others do it, and yes you might stop them, but one day, one will come along and you'll end up like every other slayer" Buffy frowned "and what's that?" Layla shrugged "dead and forgotten" she replied turning her attention to Buffy and away from all the stars. "Doesn't it bother you, you save the world, you save so many people and none of them even know you exist, it would bother me" Buffy sighed "I've never really thought about it" Layla smiled "you don't realize it do you, your trying to save a world you hate" Buffy frowned "what do you mean?" Layla shrugged. "you never used to, but you were in heaven Buffy, it changes how you view the earth, so much pain, so much anger, so much death. But you never used to love it either, you just didn't think people should die, you still don't, but you know, Buffy, it's so much easier to hate the world than love it, there are so many more things to hate it for" Buffy frowned "what are you doing" Layla smiled "answering your question as for when I'm bringing back the hell mouth, when the little sports of light a line, and the moon is full" With that she walked off "so that would be the next full moon" she called back to Buffy as she disappeared into the shadows.
"When is the next full moon?" Buffy asked as people came downstairs the next morning. "Um about a week" Willow replied "I think" Buffy sighed "that's when she is opening the hell mouth" Xander frowned "why can't we just kill her?" everyone ignored him. "So get her soul back to her before then and were all good" Spike said. "What else did you find out?" Angel asked. "Uh she likes stars" Buffy replied. Spike frowned "Stars?" Buffy shrugged, then he nodded realizing "she always used to be fascinated with the sun, now she can't go out in it, she likes the stars instead" Buffy smiled "maybe this will be easier than we thought, she seems to be a little bit like she used to be already, maybe it's because she was Human for a long time not all of it has gone" Spike nodded "that could probably make it easier" Xander frowned. "Why don't we just kill her?" which got him glares from everyone in the room. "I'm just suggesting it's probably easier" Buffy sighed "if we snuck up on her, which we can't, because she's a vampire, and has super hearing" She said. "Plus you all love her so much" he muttered annoyed under his breath so no one would hear, except Angel and Spike who both glared at him, and Spike once again fought the urge to hit him.
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So there's the next chapter. Please review.