A.N. 2: The Crakus demons were mentioned in Chapter 9, I just hadn't come up with a name for them at that time. So if you want go ahead and re-read that last section with Spike and Liz in Chapter 9 to refresh your memory on that incident.

A.N. I'm not that happy with this part but I hope its ok.

Chapter 12

February-March; 2001; Liz's Room

Growling at her cousin Liz turns over, irritated that she and Wesley won't leave her alone. Lorne was busy taking care of Gunn checking to make sure nothing permanent happened when Liz electrocuted him; she felt horrible about what happened to him but unfortunately she couldn't take it back.

The whole time she has been awake Fred and Wesley were right there, first making sure she was alright, then after she repeatedly told them she was fine they began hounding her with questions. Liz hears Angel's heavy footsteps in the hallway outside her room along with Buffy's graceful and confident steps; over the past couple months she has learned to recognize everyone's footsteps.

Before she became a part of the alien Abyss she never did that, but she trained herself, she had to if she wanted a fighting chance at staying alive. Liz knew Max, Michael, Isabel, Maria, Alex, Jim, Kyle, and her parents footsteps, and about 2 months before she moved here she learnt Tess and Nasedo's footsteps.

"Liz, how did that happen? There's no way your body could omit that much static to create that powerful of a jolt." Fred questions her cousin trying to make sense of what happened earlier that evening.

Sighing Liz practically begs them to leave her alone, what she did was something she didn't feel like discussing at the moment. With what she saw downstairs in the lobby of the hotel was enough to make her weak with shock, normally big heavy rock guys didn't come around to try to kill her. But then again aliens didn't usually save her life but that happened almost two years ago, so why not rock boy?

For a few seconds she was so into her own thoughts that she lost track of Buffy and Angel's footsteps and those few moments were long enough where they were able to make it to her room door. "Fred, Wes, can we talk to Liz for a little while alone?"

"Of course." Wesley seems like he's about to bow to Buffy and Liz but remembers where he was and stopped himself from finishing or even starting to bow. It had been drilled into him since he was a child that you bow to ladies when you leave a room, and although both Liz and Buffy are ladies they would stare at him oddly, which they already did plenty of.

Wesley and Fred leave Liz's room closing the door behind them leaving only Angel and Buffy alone with Liz. "Listen, I'm sure you want to know everything about why I'm green electric girl and I wanna know all about Big Mean Rocky Mt. Guy, but can we hold off this convo till tomorrow?" She pleads with her friends.

Angel shakes his head, "I wish we could but we need to deal with this now, there might not be time later." He says ominously.

"Way to put her at ease." Buffy glares at her mate the bite on her neck throbbing with just the close proximity of him. The Slayer sits on Liz's bed as she turns over to face the supernatural couple.

Sighing Angel runs his fingers through his spiked hair. "It's not like we have a whole hell of a lot of time to tell her about what she needs to know, Giles confirmed everything and you have to go back to Sunnydale tomorrow morning I'm not seeing a whole lot of options here."

Rolling her eyes at the two lovers Liz sits up to make sure both of them are looking at her. "Listen why don't you just tell me so I can get some sleep ok?" Her nervousness and concern for what was to come suddenly disappeared, she knows she didn't do anything so who made those feelings go away?

Almost immediately a warm sensation floated across her belly, quickly she lifts her shirt up just enough so her belly was showing. And fluttering across her abdomen was Lucas's hand print, letting her know in his own way that he was the cause of her sudden lack of worry. Fascinated Liz giggles at her stomach brushing her hand against the trail of silver that was left behind.

"Uhh, Liz?" Buffy frowns, "why was your stomach glowing?" Curious as to what was going on with Liz, mostly out of concern because she didn't know what it was.

Smiling up at them. "It's Lucas, my baby." A dreamy expression comes over her. The joy she was feeling was making her a lot more agreeable to things. "How about I tell you about me and then you tell me about Rock Boy ok?" She pulls her shirt back down to cover her stomach.

Buffy and Angel nod listening to everything Liz has to say about whom and now what she is. She explains everything from her being shot and Max healing her to the last moment she was close to the group, which was before sleeping with Kyle. Liz even told them about her being ostracized from the group and the jocks wanting to have their ticket punched letting everyone know that they got a ride on the Liz-train.

After the initial shock wore off Buffy and Angel took their turn in the explanation. Buffy practically told Liz her entire Slaying history; her relationship with Angel at sixteen was included in the story telling as well, much to Angel's embarrassment. Now he wasn't ashamed or anything like that by his relationship with Buffy, far from it, he just didn't feel it was something Buffy needed to tell the girl he has begun to view as a little sister.

When everything was said and done up to the last couple of weeks Buffy took that moment to ask Liz if she had any questions before she went on. Liz had many questions, but none that couldn't wait till later, it's been three hours since the revealing of information began, and Liz was tired. It was then that Buffy dropped the big news, so to speak.

"Liz, I told you all of that because now I have to tell you this. You remember when I said I was called because I had been chosen to fight evil?" At Liz's nod she continues. "Well you need to know that it can one day happen to you as well. You're a Potential like so many of the other girls staying at my home in Sunnydale."

Instead of nodding Liz shakes her head not wanting to hear that. It was one thing that Buffy was a Slayer, Angel a vampire, Lorne a demon, Wesley a Watcher, and Fred and Gunn part of this whole thing. That should could handle, but the fact that she too might become like Buffy, fighting the forces of evil only to die? Information like that didn't fit into her plan that she had for herself and her child, at least with being an alien hybrid she could control her life still.

"Liz, I understand that this is a lot to take in. Buffy and I will leave you alone now, you can think about this and we'll talk later tomorrow alright?" Liz nods still not saying a word as Angel and Buffy leave her alone to contemplate everything that has transpired.

TBC