You Have Potential

A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fan Fiction Story

Chapter 36:

I am the new slayer… I am a slayer… Alexis the Vampire slayer? It just sounded wrong. It felt like something was missing. I mean sure I had an evil Vampire in my head named Lilith who was going to use me to try to start another apocalypse, my feelings for Spike were clouding my judgment and it caused Xander to hate me, but I am not helpless so why do I feel that way?

" Alexis?" Giles touched my shoulder to bring me out of my daze. I looked up at my watcher and nodded.

"I'm fine Giles, but none of us are going to be fine if everyone is still trying to treat me like I am fragile. As long as Lilith didn't take over my body yet…Err.. I mean again we need to work together. We are stronger together!" Buffy smiled shaking her head

" I agree!" She said walking over to me. She turned to look at me and then back at Willow. "Will, if there is a way to rid Lilith from Alexis you'd be able to find it right?"

" Um, well we could try the way we used to get spike out of her mind, except we have no body for Lilith, because she and Alexis are one… temporarily… we hope"

" Thanks that's reassuring" I sighed, and sat on the arm of the couch, and then it hit me. I stood back up smiling. "Except ,we can do it!"

" How do you figure?" Cordelia that was sitting there taking everything in finally spoke up. " I mean that was very powerful magic's , and Spike is nowhere near as powerful as Lilith!"

" Hey!" he spoke up feeling the need to defend himself. Then decided not to knowing that she was right.

" Well she is inside me, and I can hear and feel her just like she can with me. I know when she is strongest and weakest. She is waiting until she is stronger to take back over, and I think we should take advantage of that!"

"You're a seer Alexis, I hate to state the obvious, but don't you think she'll know, because that's how your connected?" I just smirked hearing Cordelia's concerns.

"Exactly!"

While everyone looked at me dumbfounded, I paced the room.

"You're going to fake her out with a premonition, aren't you?" Mike asked, and I just nodded.

" Cordelia, I need you to teach me how to control my ability enough so that I can bring one forth at will." She nodded and I turned to Buffy "You and I are going to patrol tonight, it's not the time to mess with me if your all demony!" Then I turned to Willow "That potion Gabriel gave you" I bit my lip and held in a breath "Get it ready!" I made my way down to the basement to clear my head away from everyone.

I sat down on the cot that Buffy set up for Spike during the day, and groaned. I looked down at the bed I was on and quickly got up, kicking the side of the cot with great force.

"Hey I sleep there ya know!" Damn it, I wanted to be alone, and not distracted. I turned around to face him and put on my don't mess with me face, but he saw right through it.

" Go away Spike!" but he wasn't hearing it he pushed me back down on the cot, and towered over me.

" No, now you listen to me!" I raised and eye brow at his demeanor. " I know you think you know what you are doing, but you don't! Lilith will destroy you, and it's only a matter of time." I folded my arms. "I'm not saying this to be cruel, Lexie… I don't want to lose you."

I let a tear fall down my cheek, but refused to look up at him. He grabbed both of my hands in his, and that's when I looked up into his eyes.

" I don't want to die, and I am scared, but this is my destiny, and my responsibility to stop the apocalypse any way that I can. I am the slayer, and damn it I will keep the world safe, and keep Buffy alive for you!" I pulled away from him and avoided his knowing glare of what I'd just told him. I ran back upstairs, and poured myself some coffee.

"Buffy's going to die?" I almost spilled my coffee as Spike snuck up behind me.

"Not if I can help it" I tried to remain as neutral in my emotions as I could.

"Why didn't you say anything?" I could sense him getting annoyed. I just shrugged walking in the next room.

"Because I saw it in a vision, and I'm not going to let it come true." I just wanted him to drop it, and clear my mind.

"Oh yea, and how is that then?" He folded his arms stepping in front of me. I looked down at the hard wood floor to avoid his gaze. He has to know this is hard for me. I looked up at him after a few seconds.

"Because you're going to take her out as soon as you realize I am not me anymore!" I said with as much confidence as I could muster up and ran out of the house slamming the door behind me. I knew Spike wouldn't follow me because it was day light.

Spike stood there just cursing at the closed door. He wasn't ready to end that particular conversation.

"Damn Bloody women!" He turned around but Xander stood there staring at him with his arms crossed across his chest. "Out of my way Harris!" Spike spat, but Xander just started to chuckle. Something funny Cyclops boy?" Xander snapped out of it, and glared at the vampire in front of him.

"Cyclops?" he nodded "How is it that you are still here, and not staked yet?"

" I have a soul, and both slayers want me… alive!" Spike was getting cocky now, and he knew it was pissing Xander off.

"You spent years trying to get Buffy, and now that you have her… you want the new slayer? Tell me is it just the slayer thing that gets you all hot and bothered, or do you just love sleeping with girl friends?" Spike swung is fist to meet Xander's Face. That took him by surprise actually, he didn't figure he would fight him, after all he was the victim.

"You Evil Bastard!" Xander yelled, and soon they were attacking each other.

Meanwhile when I had left, I found Cordelia, sitting on the porch swing. I sat down next to her, talking about the situation, and listening to her explain how to control my so called gift.

"Cordelia this is useless, I can't do it!" She could sense my frustration.

"Just relax, and try to focus on what you want to know, and once your mind is clear, you should get the vision your trying to seek" I sighed because she sounded like a fortune cookie. I closed my eyes trying to listen to her advice, but all I got was frustrated. I opened my eyes back up and looked at her, but she took my hands in hers and just smiled. "It took me a while before I could master my own control. It took me several trips to the hospital, and Angel had helped me over months. You are different Alexis, because you are the slayer, and much stronger that I could imagine. You will get it, I have no doubt, you have a lot of powerful people here helping you!" I was really glad I had Cordelia as my friend. It was comforting right now. I gave her a hug, feeling a little better. That's when both of us heard a loud crash from inside the house. We both looked at each other curiously, and then ran inside worried, because a crash in that house wasn't typically something simple. So we both ran inside to prepare ourselves what was to come, but we can face to face to Xander and Spike beating the living daylights out of each other.

"Hey!" Cordelia yelled

"Spike! Xander! Stop it both of you!" Neither of them stopped,they just continued to throw punches at each other, knocking over lamps, and various nick nacks. Cordelia looked at each other in panic, until I'd had enough. I stepped in front of them and pushed Spike off Xander, and held him back as Cordeila grabbed hold of Xander and coaxed him outside.

Once they were outside Spike calmed down and ran his hand through his hair. I folded my arms.

"What the hell was that?" I asked hoping he'd tell me.

"What…He started it!" He motioned toward the door, and I rolled my eyes.

"Started what? He just attacked you out of the blue?" He smirked now walking closer to me.

"Because of you love" I felt my heart skip a beat. "You can't say what you really feel to the ones you love" He chuckled " You know you keep saying how different I am from other vampires, and I am a good man, but just like Buffy you are afraid to admit you love me, and afraid that maybe I might just love you back!"

"That's not it and you know it! I do love you yes, but you love Buffy!" I was shouting now "How could you think I would ever get in the way of that for you?"

"Damn it Alexis, stop trying to protect me, and let me help you!" As soon as he said that a light bulb went off in my head. The amulet came into my mind, and how my parents forged it forged it for my protection.

"Wait…of course!" I smiled leaving Spike giving me a curious stare. "My, mom was a seer, she knew what was going to happen. That's why my parents forged he protection amulet… for my protector… you"

"I don't follow love"

"Spike we should have never performed the mind transmogrification spell. Don't you see, you were stopping Lilith from getting in my mind, and starting the apocalypse? We need to reverse the spell and get you back in my head!"

"How you know?"

"You just have to trust me!" I smiled looking into Spikes eyes, and seeing him smile back made my heart melt. Just then I felt my head starting to pound, and I fell to the floor in pain, holding my head.