Title: Beyond The Stars pt.10 / Destiny Awaits
Author: Aceetha/Dawn
Email: aceetha@buffymail.com
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Summary: Angel gets a new partner, who just happens to be a vampire from his past.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Generally Angel S1 and Buffy S1-4
Disclaimer: All characters from the show are the creation of Joss Wheldon and is owned by Warner Brothers and Mutant Enemy.
Content: Lots of people, no pairing.
Notes: OK, this takes place after Buffy S4 and Angel S1.
Looking up at the mansion, Angel turns to look at the others. Buffy is standing next to Riley, Wesley and Cordelia behind them, and up
to his right is Willow, Xander and, strangely enough, Spike.
"Whatever happens in there, do not go for Ceith Buffy. If it comes down to that, I will take care of it. You will do nothing, no matter
what she says"
"But.."
"NO buts Buffy. She can kill you, remember that"
With that he turns around and walks into the mansion. As they enter the biggest hall, he stops.
The room hosts about ten vampires and a few demons, nothing they wouldn't be able to take. But it is the three standing in the middle
of the room that makes him stop and think. He had never thought it would come to this, he had never counted them into all this, but as
he thinks about it, it all makes sense.
In the middle of the room, Ceith stands with Lindsey on her left, and Darla on her right.
"Angel. So nice to see you again. You have not been a very good boy." Darla says
"Dear Lord" Giles says as he sees her. Buffy takes it a little bit better.
"Darla. What the Hell are you doing here?"
"I am here to bring my boy home"
"The Hell you are"
Ceith looks at Buffy and grins.
"And you are going to do what Slayer. Stop us? I don't think so. Now, if you would excuse me, but we have important business to
take care of. I can kill you some other time, and Darla, we will make Angel come to us, but not today."
"Why not. He is here"
"Yes, but little miss 'I'm the second best Slayer ever' won't let us do that, and to be honest, I don't have time to waste, not even the
second it will take to kill her."
"What?" Buffy says, as she is starting to get angry
"Buffy, calm down" Riley says and puts a hand on her shoulder. She pushes it away and walks a few steps closer to Ceith.
"I could kill you if I wanted to Ceith. But I'm not gonna do that, because..."
"You're afraid" one of the vampires says, and the others all start to laugh.
"I am not afraid'
"You should be' another says "For she can take you all out right now if she wants to, for she is...." His voice stops as he turns to dust,
and Riley lowers his crossbow.
"Nobody talks to Buffy like that." he says, and Angel nods in agreement before he turns his attention to Ceith.
"You brought us here for a reason Ceith. What is it?"
"What are you talking about Angel?"
"You gave us the means to translate the text. You told me about it a long time ago. You have always known it would be up to you in
the end. So tell me, what side are you going to be on at the End of Days?"
"The winning side Meae Deliciae, the winning side"
"You always liked to win"
"Always. I hate to lose. Of course, I never do. Never."
"I remember"
Darla turns and looks at Ceith.
"What are you talking about. And why do you keep calling him 'my Angel'. He is mine"
"Is he? He has always been mine Darla. I have always been in his mind, and nothing ever changes that, not even the little Slayer. For
she never loved him, and he knew that. I am the only one who has ever loved him, truly loved him, and that he knows. Slayer loved
the danger, never him. For she is not capable of love."
Buffy drags out her stake and looks at her.
"What do you mean by that?"
"If you truly love someone, you would give anything so make sure that that person is ok. That that person feels loved, wanted, needed
and protected. You could never to anything to hurt them, say anything that might hurt their feelings. You could never kill them."
Buffy grabs a tighter hold on her stake.
"I had to kill him."
"Really. There are always another way. If you had only used your brain, not that I'm saying you have one, you would have found the
other way to stop it all. You would have found it because there was no way you could kill the one you love. For that is something that
is not possible. If you truly love someone, you would not be able to kill them, not even if your own life depended on it."
"And what makes you the expert?"
"I made that choice once"
"What, to not kill the one you loved. How noble, since he was already dead"
"Oh, Liam was very much alive back then. We had some great years. But in the end, I am a vampire, and I made my choice. I would
rather let him live and die as a human than to kill him. I loved him, and to take his life, even if that would make him mine forever, was
something I could not do. So dear Slayer, I do know true love."
"Liam?" Buffy says, turning to look at Angel.
"You dated her when you was human as well?Ó"
"Yes I did" he says, looking straight at Ceith.
"So you see Slayer. You can't love, you don't know what it is. And I feel sorry for your boyfriend, I truly do. For he loves someone
who will never return his love." Ceith says with a grin
The moment those words were out of Ceith's mouth Buffy charges her, trying to stake her. Ceith spins around and kicks her back.
"I wouldn't do that Buffy, someone might die"
"Yes. YOU. I know what you are Ceith, and I am going to kill you for it"
"Looks like I've got myself a challenge" Ceith smiles as Riley screams.
"Buffy no"
But it is too late, for Buffy jumps forward, doing a round kick that sends Darla out of the way. Lindsey moves back to study the fight.
This wasn't going as planned, but this would be as good as the other plan. And if Ceith lost, they had a backup plan, they always did.
Taking advantage of Buffy kicking Darla, Ceith spins and knocks Buffy to the ground. But she gets up fast and sends Ceith flying
backwards with another round kick. Ceith kicks her in the shoulder, delivering several blows to Buffy's stomach before Buffy gets
back and tries to kick her over. Blocking Buffy's kick she gets in another blow, this time hitting Buffy in the face.
Blood starts to drip from Buffy's split lip as Ceith once again kicks her back. She lands close to Riley, and grabs her sword out of the
weapons bag. Ceith only smiles at her as she charges with the sword. Buffy tries over and over to touch her with the sword, but
every time Ceith manages to duck or in other ways avoid it, and she makes it look so easy.
Getting tired of the games, Ceith jumps up in the air, spinning around and kicking the sword, and Buffy, several feet away. She lands
and goes over to Buffy, lifting her up and throwing her into the wall. Moving after her she does the same thing over and over again
until Buffy's face is covered with bruises and blood.
With Buffy in one hand she turns to looks at the others, and for the first time her vampire face is visible, in a way. Her eyes are red,
with smoother ridges, making her face less like the normal vampires and more like her human one. Her teeth are at full length when
she moves inn, licking Buffy's throat. Buffy is so out of it that all she can do is move her head a little.
Angel walks over to Ceith, picking up Buffy's sword on the way. She looks at him and smiles.
"You know Meae Deliciae, there are moments in life when you have to make choices, choices that you know will change everything.
You set your own destiny, you choose your own path. We all have to make that choice you know. Dear Slayer, I truly hate you. You
wanna know why?"
Leaning in closer she whispers
"Because you are the One, the _One_who_will_ruin_my_reputation_."
With that she pushes Buffy forward into Riley's arms, turns around, grabbing a crossbow on the way, and sends an arrow through the
heart of the closest vampire.
Darla looks at her with disgust in her eyes, and Lindsey steps back. The vampires and demons move in closer. The one who spoke
before does so again.
"You betray us. You are supposed to be a Legend, our hero, and you choose their side?"
"You are too young to understand kid. A vampire makes choices, and it is not all about ending history, unless you are some Angelus
wannabe that is."
"I will kill you, Legend"
"You can try"
********************
Angel looked around him. He hoped he would never again have to fight a fight like this one. Ceith had been of much help, killing every
single being that tried to kill her. Riley had had his hands full on keeping Buffy safe, as she had taken quite a beating from Ceith.
Xander and Willow had done some damage, and Spike had been thrilled with all the violence. And Giles had done all he could to make
sure Wesley and Cordelia had been safe.
And Angel, he had fought next to Ceith, letting Angelus roar for a moment. But he had not been able to face his fears, he had not been
able to kill Darla.
Surprisingly enough, Xander had been the one to put a stake through her heart.
The movement over by a big round frame in the corner got everybody's attention. Lindsey had done what he could, now it was up to
their Plan B. As light started to appear around the frame, he steps out from the shadows surrounding the frame and says.
"I never would have thought it would come to this, but we feared it. Well, He feared it. So He sent a friend of yours to make sure that
we would win"
Ceith moves closer, wondering what he is talking about. But nothing could prepare her for what she saw when the light around the
frame went away. For the man who came through was one she had thought dead for over a thousand years.
"Arash?"
"Yes Sire."
"But, you are ..."
"Dead? No. You might remember killing me my dear Sire, but He brought me back, trained me. He has taught me everything there is to
know, thing you don't even know about. Things only the First know. I am more powerful that you could ever dream of being. And I
am nothing compared to him. But then again, you of all vampires should know that. What I can do, it is amazing. I am more evil than
you ever were. And now I am here to kill you, before you go up against him and make a fool of yourself"
She looks at him and smiles a cold smile
"So that is my Destiny, to go up against my Sire at the End of Days. I should have known you know, that it would be a First I had to
fight. Well, that will not be a problem."
"You think you are able to kill you own Sire Ceith?"
"Do you think you are?"
"Oh, I am ready. I have waited for this moment for over a thousand years, for the moment when I could get my revenge."
"Waits over" Ceith says, and jumps forward, kicking him back into the wall.
The fight that followed was like a blur for all those who watched. Ceith and her Childe's moves were faster and more powerful than
any moves they had ever seen before, but yet it seemed like Ceith was doing all the damage. Her Childe was covered in blood at the
end, she herself had only a split lip. Leaning over him she smiles, as she says
"Arash, little one. Did you ever think you could kill me?"
"I trained for over a thousand years for this, with the most powerful being ever to walk this earth, a First. The same one you spent
merely a lousy hundred years with."
"I did not need to spend more time with him, there was nothing else he could teach me"
"What do you mean Ceith"
"You needed to become pure evil, needed training like most vampires. I have always been evil, my mind has always been tainted with
the essence of Evil itself"
"But can you kill him?"
"My Sire?"
"Yes"
"I don't know Arash. I don't know. It is time, but don't fear, we will meet again" Ceith says and pierce the wooden stake through her
childe's heart.
What had amazed them all had been the way they had talked at the end, before she had staked him. There had not been a quick death.
He had lost the fight, and they had sorted out a few things before she killed him. But what had amazed Giles the most were the talk of
the First one. Was Ceith a child of a First? Was she a Childe of one of the first demons ever to walk this earth? How old was she,
what was she?
Questions filled his mind as he walked over to her along with the others.
"Well, I guess you are ready for the BIG battle then" Xander says and slaps her on the back. She smiles to him, and slaps him on the
back as well, but gently so she won't hurt him.
"I guess we can say that the World is safe for now." she says with a smile
"Will you be able to kill him?" Angel says, looking at her.
"I will. All my life I have known about this, known that I would have to make this choice. I made the right one, and I will win"
"You never pick a fight unless you are sure of victory" Wesley says.
"Right"
As they start to walk out of the mansion, Giles decides that now is the perfect time to get some answers, and Ceith is more than
willing to give him some.
---End of Series---
Author: Aceetha/Dawn
Email: aceetha@buffymail.com
Feedback: Yes Please!!! I LOVE IT.....
Distribution: My site Bloody Wicked. List archives, if you wanna use it, e-mail me and I'll say yes.
Site: http://www.envy.nu/bwalright
Summary: Angel gets a new partner, who just happens to be a vampire from his past.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Generally Angel S1 and Buffy S1-4
Disclaimer: All characters from the show are the creation of Joss Wheldon and is owned by Warner Brothers and Mutant Enemy.
Content: Lots of people, no pairing.
Notes: OK, this takes place after Buffy S4 and Angel S1.
Looking up at the mansion, Angel turns to look at the others. Buffy is standing next to Riley, Wesley and Cordelia behind them, and up
to his right is Willow, Xander and, strangely enough, Spike.
"Whatever happens in there, do not go for Ceith Buffy. If it comes down to that, I will take care of it. You will do nothing, no matter
what she says"
"But.."
"NO buts Buffy. She can kill you, remember that"
With that he turns around and walks into the mansion. As they enter the biggest hall, he stops.
The room hosts about ten vampires and a few demons, nothing they wouldn't be able to take. But it is the three standing in the middle
of the room that makes him stop and think. He had never thought it would come to this, he had never counted them into all this, but as
he thinks about it, it all makes sense.
In the middle of the room, Ceith stands with Lindsey on her left, and Darla on her right.
"Angel. So nice to see you again. You have not been a very good boy." Darla says
"Dear Lord" Giles says as he sees her. Buffy takes it a little bit better.
"Darla. What the Hell are you doing here?"
"I am here to bring my boy home"
"The Hell you are"
Ceith looks at Buffy and grins.
"And you are going to do what Slayer. Stop us? I don't think so. Now, if you would excuse me, but we have important business to
take care of. I can kill you some other time, and Darla, we will make Angel come to us, but not today."
"Why not. He is here"
"Yes, but little miss 'I'm the second best Slayer ever' won't let us do that, and to be honest, I don't have time to waste, not even the
second it will take to kill her."
"What?" Buffy says, as she is starting to get angry
"Buffy, calm down" Riley says and puts a hand on her shoulder. She pushes it away and walks a few steps closer to Ceith.
"I could kill you if I wanted to Ceith. But I'm not gonna do that, because..."
"You're afraid" one of the vampires says, and the others all start to laugh.
"I am not afraid'
"You should be' another says "For she can take you all out right now if she wants to, for she is...." His voice stops as he turns to dust,
and Riley lowers his crossbow.
"Nobody talks to Buffy like that." he says, and Angel nods in agreement before he turns his attention to Ceith.
"You brought us here for a reason Ceith. What is it?"
"What are you talking about Angel?"
"You gave us the means to translate the text. You told me about it a long time ago. You have always known it would be up to you in
the end. So tell me, what side are you going to be on at the End of Days?"
"The winning side Meae Deliciae, the winning side"
"You always liked to win"
"Always. I hate to lose. Of course, I never do. Never."
"I remember"
Darla turns and looks at Ceith.
"What are you talking about. And why do you keep calling him 'my Angel'. He is mine"
"Is he? He has always been mine Darla. I have always been in his mind, and nothing ever changes that, not even the little Slayer. For
she never loved him, and he knew that. I am the only one who has ever loved him, truly loved him, and that he knows. Slayer loved
the danger, never him. For she is not capable of love."
Buffy drags out her stake and looks at her.
"What do you mean by that?"
"If you truly love someone, you would give anything so make sure that that person is ok. That that person feels loved, wanted, needed
and protected. You could never to anything to hurt them, say anything that might hurt their feelings. You could never kill them."
Buffy grabs a tighter hold on her stake.
"I had to kill him."
"Really. There are always another way. If you had only used your brain, not that I'm saying you have one, you would have found the
other way to stop it all. You would have found it because there was no way you could kill the one you love. For that is something that
is not possible. If you truly love someone, you would not be able to kill them, not even if your own life depended on it."
"And what makes you the expert?"
"I made that choice once"
"What, to not kill the one you loved. How noble, since he was already dead"
"Oh, Liam was very much alive back then. We had some great years. But in the end, I am a vampire, and I made my choice. I would
rather let him live and die as a human than to kill him. I loved him, and to take his life, even if that would make him mine forever, was
something I could not do. So dear Slayer, I do know true love."
"Liam?" Buffy says, turning to look at Angel.
"You dated her when you was human as well?Ó"
"Yes I did" he says, looking straight at Ceith.
"So you see Slayer. You can't love, you don't know what it is. And I feel sorry for your boyfriend, I truly do. For he loves someone
who will never return his love." Ceith says with a grin
The moment those words were out of Ceith's mouth Buffy charges her, trying to stake her. Ceith spins around and kicks her back.
"I wouldn't do that Buffy, someone might die"
"Yes. YOU. I know what you are Ceith, and I am going to kill you for it"
"Looks like I've got myself a challenge" Ceith smiles as Riley screams.
"Buffy no"
But it is too late, for Buffy jumps forward, doing a round kick that sends Darla out of the way. Lindsey moves back to study the fight.
This wasn't going as planned, but this would be as good as the other plan. And if Ceith lost, they had a backup plan, they always did.
Taking advantage of Buffy kicking Darla, Ceith spins and knocks Buffy to the ground. But she gets up fast and sends Ceith flying
backwards with another round kick. Ceith kicks her in the shoulder, delivering several blows to Buffy's stomach before Buffy gets
back and tries to kick her over. Blocking Buffy's kick she gets in another blow, this time hitting Buffy in the face.
Blood starts to drip from Buffy's split lip as Ceith once again kicks her back. She lands close to Riley, and grabs her sword out of the
weapons bag. Ceith only smiles at her as she charges with the sword. Buffy tries over and over to touch her with the sword, but
every time Ceith manages to duck or in other ways avoid it, and she makes it look so easy.
Getting tired of the games, Ceith jumps up in the air, spinning around and kicking the sword, and Buffy, several feet away. She lands
and goes over to Buffy, lifting her up and throwing her into the wall. Moving after her she does the same thing over and over again
until Buffy's face is covered with bruises and blood.
With Buffy in one hand she turns to looks at the others, and for the first time her vampire face is visible, in a way. Her eyes are red,
with smoother ridges, making her face less like the normal vampires and more like her human one. Her teeth are at full length when
she moves inn, licking Buffy's throat. Buffy is so out of it that all she can do is move her head a little.
Angel walks over to Ceith, picking up Buffy's sword on the way. She looks at him and smiles.
"You know Meae Deliciae, there are moments in life when you have to make choices, choices that you know will change everything.
You set your own destiny, you choose your own path. We all have to make that choice you know. Dear Slayer, I truly hate you. You
wanna know why?"
Leaning in closer she whispers
"Because you are the One, the _One_who_will_ruin_my_reputation_."
With that she pushes Buffy forward into Riley's arms, turns around, grabbing a crossbow on the way, and sends an arrow through the
heart of the closest vampire.
Darla looks at her with disgust in her eyes, and Lindsey steps back. The vampires and demons move in closer. The one who spoke
before does so again.
"You betray us. You are supposed to be a Legend, our hero, and you choose their side?"
"You are too young to understand kid. A vampire makes choices, and it is not all about ending history, unless you are some Angelus
wannabe that is."
"I will kill you, Legend"
"You can try"
********************
Angel looked around him. He hoped he would never again have to fight a fight like this one. Ceith had been of much help, killing every
single being that tried to kill her. Riley had had his hands full on keeping Buffy safe, as she had taken quite a beating from Ceith.
Xander and Willow had done some damage, and Spike had been thrilled with all the violence. And Giles had done all he could to make
sure Wesley and Cordelia had been safe.
And Angel, he had fought next to Ceith, letting Angelus roar for a moment. But he had not been able to face his fears, he had not been
able to kill Darla.
Surprisingly enough, Xander had been the one to put a stake through her heart.
The movement over by a big round frame in the corner got everybody's attention. Lindsey had done what he could, now it was up to
their Plan B. As light started to appear around the frame, he steps out from the shadows surrounding the frame and says.
"I never would have thought it would come to this, but we feared it. Well, He feared it. So He sent a friend of yours to make sure that
we would win"
Ceith moves closer, wondering what he is talking about. But nothing could prepare her for what she saw when the light around the
frame went away. For the man who came through was one she had thought dead for over a thousand years.
"Arash?"
"Yes Sire."
"But, you are ..."
"Dead? No. You might remember killing me my dear Sire, but He brought me back, trained me. He has taught me everything there is to
know, thing you don't even know about. Things only the First know. I am more powerful that you could ever dream of being. And I
am nothing compared to him. But then again, you of all vampires should know that. What I can do, it is amazing. I am more evil than
you ever were. And now I am here to kill you, before you go up against him and make a fool of yourself"
She looks at him and smiles a cold smile
"So that is my Destiny, to go up against my Sire at the End of Days. I should have known you know, that it would be a First I had to
fight. Well, that will not be a problem."
"You think you are able to kill you own Sire Ceith?"
"Do you think you are?"
"Oh, I am ready. I have waited for this moment for over a thousand years, for the moment when I could get my revenge."
"Waits over" Ceith says, and jumps forward, kicking him back into the wall.
The fight that followed was like a blur for all those who watched. Ceith and her Childe's moves were faster and more powerful than
any moves they had ever seen before, but yet it seemed like Ceith was doing all the damage. Her Childe was covered in blood at the
end, she herself had only a split lip. Leaning over him she smiles, as she says
"Arash, little one. Did you ever think you could kill me?"
"I trained for over a thousand years for this, with the most powerful being ever to walk this earth, a First. The same one you spent
merely a lousy hundred years with."
"I did not need to spend more time with him, there was nothing else he could teach me"
"What do you mean Ceith"
"You needed to become pure evil, needed training like most vampires. I have always been evil, my mind has always been tainted with
the essence of Evil itself"
"But can you kill him?"
"My Sire?"
"Yes"
"I don't know Arash. I don't know. It is time, but don't fear, we will meet again" Ceith says and pierce the wooden stake through her
childe's heart.
What had amazed them all had been the way they had talked at the end, before she had staked him. There had not been a quick death.
He had lost the fight, and they had sorted out a few things before she killed him. But what had amazed Giles the most were the talk of
the First one. Was Ceith a child of a First? Was she a Childe of one of the first demons ever to walk this earth? How old was she,
what was she?
Questions filled his mind as he walked over to her along with the others.
"Well, I guess you are ready for the BIG battle then" Xander says and slaps her on the back. She smiles to him, and slaps him on the
back as well, but gently so she won't hurt him.
"I guess we can say that the World is safe for now." she says with a smile
"Will you be able to kill him?" Angel says, looking at her.
"I will. All my life I have known about this, known that I would have to make this choice. I made the right one, and I will win"
"You never pick a fight unless you are sure of victory" Wesley says.
"Right"
As they start to walk out of the mansion, Giles decides that now is the perfect time to get some answers, and Ceith is more than
willing to give him some.
---End of Series---