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Why Oh Why Did I Choose Here!
SUMMARY: Once Buffy has returned from the dead, she has realized that the Hell-Mouth is eating away at her soul. She contacts the Council, and they finally do something right. Please read for more info. Rating is because of language and possible future scenes.
PREVIOUSLY ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: "Are you sure that you want to combine a Club and a Restaurant?" Sage asked of Buffy.
"Yeah I am Sage. I realize that I will have to do some major soundproofing and stuff, but I am 100% certain that this is what I want to do." Buffy ended surely.
"If you need any help with the start of the project Buffy, I would be more than happy to help you. When Giles was starting up the Magic Box back in Sunnydale, he gave me free rain on some of the construction and keeping his books in order." Anya stated cheerfully.
"You and money An. I'm glad that not everything has changed." Buffy said, just before her phone began to ring.
"Hold on guys." Buffy said, as she walked towards the other end of the 2nd floor before answering her phone. "Hello." Buffy said, just as soon as she had answered.
"Are you still mad at me?" The voice on the other end had asked, just as soon as Buffy was connected.
A/N: I would like to thank everyone for the reviews. I would like to thank everyone of my readers for their feedback though as well. I am not used to writing chapters that are as long as readers may be used to. I am working in it. I would like to state that Buffy series is set just after she was resurrected, and Vampire Diaries will be set before Klaus's ritual. There are going to be many changes to the story line, and I hope that it is well liked. This is only my second story, and I am still trying to find my niche.
A/N II: I would like to state that the year that is stated will actually be different from the actual year of Buffy's revival due to the fact that I can not remember the actual year of the season. I will be making this the year of 2015.
A/N III: I am feeling a bit better now, and I will try to update as much as possible for now. Please bare with me while I am recovering.
A/N IV: I have temporarily fixed my computer, however it only stays running a short amount of time at a time. I may not be able to post that long of chapters until I am able to get a new one. I have no intentions of abandoning either of my stories, so please just bare with me. I am extremely pleased and shocked by all of my readers.
Chapter 32
"No, not really. I don't think that I ever was truly mad at you Angel. I'm just to the point of no return when it comes to people telling me what to do and where I should be living." Buffy responded in an almost whisper.
"I am sorry Buffy. I promise that I didn't go out there with the intention of upsetting you. Honestly. However, when Willow and Xander had called us up and told us that the Scooby group had thought that you were under some kind of spell..." Angels' voice died off, giving Buffy enough time to come to her own conclusion and take in everything that he had said.
After a moment of silence, Angel began to speak once again.
"Are you still there Buffy?" Angel asked, wondering if she was still there or not with the lack of response.
"I'm here Angel. I just don't know what to say to that." Buffy began, but was cut off by one of the men that was working with the Alarm Company that was still there.
"Excuse me Miss. Summers?" The man from earlier asked to gain Buffy's attention to speak to her.
As a response, Buffy lifted her index finger to signal that she was almost finished with her call that she was on.
"Sorry Angel, but I gotta go right now. Just give me some time, and I will get in touch when I'm ready to speak to you again. Bye." Buffy said to Angel, just before ending the call on her end to turn her full attention to the man working on her building.
"Sorry about that." Buffy said, just before taking a deep breath before continuing on. "Now, what can I do for you?" Buffy asked of the patient young man.
"I didn't mean to interrupt you and make you end your call Miss. Summers." The young man said to Buffy.
"Don't worry yourself too much on it. I'm actually rather happy to have ended it sooner rather than later. What was it that you needed?" Buffy asked once again, trying to end the direction that this conversation was heading.
"Sorry. My boss is actually needing you downstairs on the 1st floor to set your code or something before we can continue on up to the 3rd floor." The young technician said, as he pointed towards the closest set of stairs leading to the 1st level.
"Alright then. I'll be down in just a minute." Buffy said, just before walking back towards the other girls that were patiently waiting for their new friend.
"Everything alright Buffy?" Anya asked quietly.
"Peachy with a side of keen An. I have to run downstairs for a second, but I'll be right back." Buffy said, just before heading downstairs to meet with the Alarm Technician's that were diligently working.
"You know that in horror films, whomever it is that says that is usually the 1st to die!" Sage shouted out, just before Buffy was out of sight laughing merrily on her way downstairs.
As soon as Buffy had reached the man near the front door panel, she began to feel a now familiar tingle on the back of her neck meaning that a 'new type' of Vampire was somewhere near. One that had a sense that she had not encountered as of yet.
'I sure hope that whomever it is they don't mean any trouble. Yeah right. Knowing my luck, that is exactly what it means.' Buffy thought to herself before turning to the technician that was in front of her.
Meanwhile an hour earlier at the outskirt of Mystic Falls
"Home Sweet Home." The elder Vampire stated once he reached the town.
As the elder Vampire made his way into the town, he began to recognize many different scents that were permeating the air around him.
"It seems as though the young Salvatore was correct when he said that my children were here." The Vampire said, just before he took a deep breath in to get a feel on everything that he could pick up. "It also seems that there is something else here as well. Something extremely powerful." The Vampire stated, just before running off into the woods trying to track whatever it was that he was sensing.
After a few minutes of a run, the newly arrived Vampire was lurking at the edge of the woods on the property of an old Warehouse.
"It seems as though that not only my children are here, but they are no longer being held captive by Niklaus as well." The Vampire had just whispered to himself. 'At the very least my daughter is roaming free along with that woman that Finnik swears he loves.' The man had thought, all the while keeping a close eye on the building.
The longer that he had watched, the more he felt the power that he felt from earlier. 'I'm now 100% certain that the power I'm feeling is coming from in there.' he thought, as he could see some form of workers waiting on a person to arrive to complete their work.
Just before he was going to give up, he noticed a petite blonde walk up to the group by the front doors. 'That is the power source that I've been feeling, and it appears that she knows my daughter Rebekah.' The man was thinking in his head, just before noticing that the petite blonde has now gone stiff and looking at the woods in his direction.
Just in the nick of time, the lurking Vampire was able to hide himself deeper into the woods before being caught by the unknown lady.. 'I know she's not a Vampire, but I'm not really sure that she is a Witch either. I'll figure this out sooner rather than later, or I'm not Mikael Mikelson.' The man now thought to himself.
Meanwhile back inside the Warehouse
As soon as Buffy returned her attention back to the workers, she got back to the task at hand.
"Alright then. What do you need me to do now?" Buffy asked, just as she began to pay attention once again.
"All that we need to have you do Miss. Summers, is to input a temporary pass-code into the system until we are completely finished with the whole update before you are fully set up." The Alarm Technician stated, as he pointed to the keypad that was on the wall in front of them.
"No problem. How many numbers does it have to be?" Buffy asked the technician.
"8 numbers." Was all that the technician said, as he stepped back to give Buffy the room to put the numbers into the system.
Buffy decided that the simplest sequence for now would just be 12345678. This way she would have the time to think of a more permanent on once she was ready to open up shop.
"Alright. I'm finished. Is there anything else that you need me to do?" Buffy asked, wanting to make sure that she would be able to head on back upstairs.
"Not at all Mam. We are going to be headed on up to the 3rd floor right now to finish up the last two floors. It shouldn't take that much time to finish up here." The Technician stated, as he grabbed his tool box before making his way to the stairs.
Buffy began to follow the men on up to the next level to meet back up with the other girls that were waiting patiently.
"Sorry it took that long girls." Buffy said, just as she met the group standing in the middle of the 2nd floor.
"No problem Buffy. Is something else wrong?" Anya asked of Buffy, noticing how edgy the Slayer was, as she always is when a threat was near.
"I'm not completely sure or not An. When I was downstairs, I am fairly certain that I sensed another of your kind of Vampire out near the woods Rebekah. The only thing is that I couldn't get a lock on them." Buffy said, as she looked towards Rebekah near the end.
"Could it have been one of my brothers?" Rebekah asked of Buffy, already knowing the answer.
"No. I already am familiar with their scents. It was someone completely new." Buffy said back, somewhat planning on what she would need to do in the back of her mind.
"Well, let's not worry too much on it. Whatever happens, happens." Sage said solemnly to end the path of the conversation.
"You're right. How about we take a look at those Contractors now?" Buffy asked, as she looked towards Anya.
"Sure thing Buffy. I was able to pick out a choice of 6 different companies that were near here." Anya began, as she pulled out a manilla folder of the information she had gathered. "The 1st is Bowling Construction. They are a smaller company that is just outside of Richmond. The 2nd is Heston Construction. They on the other hand are more well known throughout the entire state of Virginia. Since they were a larger company, I took the liberty to check out their web page." Anya began, but died off momentarily.
"What did you find online?" Buffy asked of her friend when she did not continue on.
"They may be well known, but their yelp reviews were not as promising as what they have posted on their actual web page. I personally would pass on them." Anya stated.
"Alright then, but what about the 3rd Company?" Sage was the one to ask this time around.
"The 3rd is Navel Construction. It is a Company that was founded by a group of Retired Navy Officers. It is set up near Norfolk. I personally like this one. They have a stellar background, and add to the fact that they also donate a certain percentage of the end total to help different organizations to help with injured Navel Officers. The 4th one is Thompson and Thompson Construction. It is a father and son set up. From what I could find out online, this company has a thing with over-charging and using not the best material. I would do a pass on them." Anya ended, giving Buffy enough time to think about the two that were just mentioned.
"I am kind of leaning towards Company #3. Are the other two better than that Anya?" Buffy asked of her friend.
"No they aren't. That was the one that I was hoping you would pick." Anya said cheerfully.
"Plus, with the added bonus of having hot military men lifting heavy boxes and stuff. What's not to like." Sage added in.
"Don't forget that you are taken Sage. To my brother to be exact, however, I can't find any reason to doubt your logic." Rebekah added on ending with a small smile and chuckle.
"That's an idea too." Sage said in response.
"What is an idea Sage?" Buffy asked back.
"What about just having the guys do the work. It would save a lot of money, and with their super-strength it could be done rather quickly." Sage said her idea to the gathered girls.
"That would be good, but we need to be weary of exposure. There would be too many questions asked if it was completed so quickly with so few people. However, I think that we could suggest that they help out whatever team that I get to do some work." Buffy added on, trying to ease her new friend.
"She's right Sage. Especially in a town such as this that is knowledgeable in the Supernatural world." Rebekah added on as well.
"Alright then. How much longer do you think that we will be here?" Sage asked to nobody in particular.
Before anyone could even respond, the group of workers began to walk towards them at their position still on the 2nd floor.
"Miss. Summers?" The head guy questioned once he had arrived in hearing distance.
"Yes." Was all that Buffy had said in reply.
"We are all finished here for today. We really can't do much more until you are ready for the whole update when the building is finished. I just need for you to sign a couple of places, and then we will get on out of your hair." The man said, as he began to point at the places that he needs Buffy to sign.
"There you go. Is that all that you need from me for right now?" Buffy asked of the man.
"That's it. Have a good night, and just give our office a call when you are ready for the upgrade." The man stated, as he gave Buffy's hand a shake before walking out of the building with his crew following.
"Alright girls, let's head on out of here as well. Before I do anything else, I am going to have to have a chat with a certain Balance Demon. Hopefully he won't pull any of that cryptic mess that he usually does." Buffy said, as the girls made their way downstairs to the font door that was still opened up wide.
"So that was Whistler, huh? I figured that he would've been bigger." Anya stated, as they made their way outside.
"People say the same thing about me once they hear that I'm the Slayer." Buffy said, as she put the temporary code into the Alarm System before locking up and leaving as well.
"Just be careful. I have heard some tales about Balance Demons. They work directly for the Powers, and are well known for the whole cryptic thing. That's the whole thing about the balance thing. You have to make your own decisions in life. That is the whole free will thing of it all." Sage said, as she and the rest of the girls loaded up into the Jeep to start the trip home.
Meanwhile with the Original Brothers after the girls had left.
As soon as the girls had left, it left the Original brothers sitting in different positions throughout the Parlor.
"So, anyone have any ideas of what to do?" Kol asked of his brothers.
"Well, I guess that we could head into town and grab a late lunch together. It wouldn't hurt if we were seen hanging out in town as normal families do and such." Elijah stated in his ever so calmly manor.
"I could eat." Niklaus added on.
"I would like to see how much the town has changed since we had first arrived here." Finnik stated, as he rose from his chair to place his jacket on.
"As long as there is a chance for a spot of violence I'm always available." Kol stated with a chuckle, as he too rose from his seat.
"You never know Kol. We could always run into those Salvatore brothers while we're out." Niklaus stated, as the group followed him towards the front door closest to where his rental car was still parked under the awning.