Part 2

Angel and Wesley's current location- somewhere in the sewers.

"Well I always thought the omena demon was the guardian of the gateway." Said Wesley.

"No the Omena demon is a bounty hunter specialising in undead and their..." he stopped as his phone rang- it was Cordelia.

"Angel you might want to get back here and see this." She said.

"We're on our way back now, we got the Omena demon and for once Wesley didn't get covered in demon guts."

"Ha Bloody Ha" murmured Wesley.

"Ok see you soon.


Soon- in fact ten minutes later.
"So what's the news Cordelia." Asked Wesley.

"You guys have to read this." She pointed to the webpage on the screen, "I think I know who's writing it."

Always and Forever
By
WtKnightwing
Email: Wtkt@mutantenemy.com
Dedication: To My try love of my life and 'Slayer of my heart'.
Author's note: This is my first on-line fiction please be gentle
Feedback- 'Gee Let me think' Sure

The enemy having renamed himself Angelus had decided to ambush his ex-girlfriend and her friends, the young woman had fallen ill with a virus that was exhausting her. He attacked and was starting to win until her friend Xander managed to get a good shot in. A few punches and kicks and Angelus ran for his life.

Xander ran for Buffy, finding her out cold he scooped her up and ran to the car with her in his arms. They reached the hospital and he still hadn't let her go. He ran in and shouted to the doctors,

"She's sick make her better." Even then he still wouldn't let anything happen to her, this devotion was to go to an extreme the young man never would have thought possible. His friendship was as strong as his heart for this woman, he stayed at the hospital during the entire time his friend was there, and then the storm on the horizon. ANGELUS.

"Visiting hours are over."

"Well I'm pretty much family."

"Come back during the day- oh wait you can't."

"If I want to go in there do you really think you could stop me."

"Maybe not, maybe not me, maybe not those policemen or the orderlies, but I'm game to find out, are you."

"Buffy's White Knight, it must just eat you up that I got there first."

"Your gonna die and I'm going to be there when you do."

The young man had never been so scared in his life, but he realised he couldn't back down. If he did, his friend- his love and his entire family would be dead. But he realised with a start that Angelus was afraid, afraid of him. This man who could kill him with barely a thought was afraid of HIM. Angelus knew he was going down and that this young man would be responsible.- Little did he know he was right.

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"Little did he know he was right?" Wesley said

"This is all in his head trying to be the hero again, could any of this be real. I was there when this story was set but everything else. I'm not sure I can believe that. Xander rarely ever did anything like that, I may have called him the Zeppo but I know they need him""

"Because it's true." Came a voice from behind.

"Angel?"

"Everything he has written is true. I was afraid of him that night, Angelus was trying to kill Buffy. All that stood in his way was Xander. Xander was right to do what he did, Angelus would have killed him with only a thought that it would weaken the Scooby Gang. Unfortunately he didn't realise quite what Xander could do and once he had realised he was afraid of him like he had never been afraid of anyone."

"Wow." Whispered Cordy, "Do you think that the guys in Sunnydale know about this."

"Unlikely, maybe we should tell them about it." Said Wesley.

"OK." Replied Cordelia as she picked up the phone.


The Magic shop
Sunnydale
30 seconds later.

The phone rings in the shop, Buffy is training in the back room, her mind obviously not on the job, she's thinking about the writing she saw at Xander's apartment. Willow and Tara are looking for some information on the net, and Giles was looking through applications for an assistant. Since Anya had left things had been quiet in the shop.

"Hello The Magic Box, oh hello Cordelia, yes we have, yes they are. Hold on please. Willow Cordelia says to go to a page called Fanfiction.net and look up a story on the new stories page. Called..." To phone " Umm-hmm, OK Cordelia, called Always and forever."

At that Buffy missed with a crescent kick and fell over. She at on the floor and sighed Giles went over to her.

"Are you alright Buffy."

"I'm fine Giles just remembered something."

"Giles I got it, it's Oh my god."

"Willow, what is it."

"Giles you have to see this, you too Buffy."

*I already know what it is.*

Giles made his way over to the Computer and started to read his eyes widened at the story then he flicked to the end of the current parts already there- a new piece had been added.


"Buffy you might like to see this."

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There are many things that people will do to each other to keep alive, hurt each other physically. Leave them alone for a long time, put them down and smash their confidence- but none so bad as the breaking of a confidence of a friend. This is a story that will be told here.

This day was the final fight between the beautiful Buffy Summers and the evil Angelus, she still loved him and she knew she had made mistakes but after she had found her friends bleeding, hurt of dead she had finally chosen to do it. She was to fight the man who she had loved and now she would kill him. Her friends were no help anymore, a plan to stop the evil had failed in it's tracks and now one of her friends was in a coma.

His friend and father figure Giles had been captured and tortured by Angelus and her plan was to get him out and fight. She had her doubts if she could do it, but she was not alone. The attempt on her friend's lives had left one person able to help her- Xander. He had arrived to help even with the cast on a broken arm.

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At his apartment Xander flexed his hand it didn't hurt so much anymore, even after being broken several times. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath he was about to reveal his greatest secret to the world and he knew he had to, he started typing again.

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The plan to stop the madman was going to take effect again, they were trying it one more time to save their friend, Willow who had now awoken from the coma was going to try a spell. It was Xander's job to tell Buffy they were to try it again and that they could stop him.

"Buffy Willow to me to tell you..."

This was the point where he betrayed every one of his friends- friends that he knew were going to leave him when they found out.

"To kick his Ass."

There it was a lie that was to haunt Xander Harris to the end of his days, maybe one day they would forgive him but he knew that he was to lose them no matter what. Even with the death of his enemy Xander had very little to be happy for, his friend was seriously hurt, and the woman he loved now ran from town. He never went after her and all the times afterwards even years down the road he would always regret never looking for her.

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L.A.
Cordelia "Oh"

Sunnydale
Willow "My"

Both
Wes and Giles "God"

Xander posted the latest part and sat back he knew he had to finish this but ow much further could he go.

Buffy sat down on the main table in the shop, she knew something was wrong that day. Xander hated Angel and vice versa and now she knew why- fear and anger on both sides. She started to sob.

*Dammit Xander why didn't you tell me.*


Xander's hands started to type again.

With the loss of the one person able to stop the evil in the town it was up to her friends to stop them, even with help from the gang- they had very little success. Most of them were still down about losing one of their best friends.

They were never angry no matter what they said to her when she came back, Fear, Sadness, nerves, hurt, and guilt maybe, never anger. His own fears and secrets were part of that guilt he realised that if she was ever going to get anywhere she must never know these things only that he was there when she needs him- no matter what.


Buffy returned and for Xander Harris, life went on. Until his life started to crash down around his ears. He made mistakes in his life he never should have, he lost a woman who meant much to him, the friendship of the only male friend he had since he lost Jesse three years before and worst of all the affection and friendship of Willow- he oldest and most trusted friend. He wished so much to change things and to make sure his friends were OK, bit by bit it worked until one day things happened that almost crushed him.

He had made mistakes in his life especially around his friend but one night he was almost killed by a huge man, his life had finally crashed to rock bottom his friends decided to give up on him..

"Xander you should stop getting in the way. Maybe you should stay out of the fights from now on."

His entire life he had been told he was useless and couldn't do anything. Everything he had ever done seemed now to mean nothing. He shouldn't have been surprised and so he decided to do something about it, he managed to borrow his uncle's car and started to drive around but again his 'friends' made him a laughing stock. He realised that's all people saw of him the goofball useless piece of shit, they more or less called him that just never the words.

That night he got into his own trouble and Xander ended up running the car for an undead street gang, all much like the man who had threatened and hijacked him, they decided to bake a cake at the high school.

He managed to lose the gang and saved a young woman who had come into their lives a few weeks before- Faith. A dark haired beauty that shared the part of his heart with Buffy- the two women were both incredible but he couldn't have either. He cared for both, hopefully one day they would both know this. His life went even further down hill after that with his being used and thrown out by her- he really thought he had got through to her.

In his car he was thinking- after seeing the stuff in his car left by the gang he realised they were baking the kind of cake that would kill people and finding out where he had to get there first. The gang were at the school- the school with all his friends there. He had to get there fast- his friends lives depended on it.

His friends had no Idea what was going on and he had to stop the gang from destroying them, his friends were fighting for their lives already. He had to do this on his own, he knew he was going to die that day, he had no chance and just wished he had told his friends the truths of his life they had not known. He removed several of the gang and finally made his way to the ticking bomb, trying to disarm it he fought the maker of the bomb- Jack.

"I suppose it comes down to it who's less afraid."

"I'm not I'm already dead."

"This isn't the drinking with your buddies dead, it's the janitor sweeping up your remains dead."

"What about you."

Xander looks at the man with a strange sense of calm.

"I like the quiet."

*It doesn't look like he's going to do it, Dammit I thought maybe once I could be the one to make the difference to save people I care about- it looks like I was wrong. I'm sorry my friends I tried. Maybe one day somehow I'll make it up to you all*
5..

4...

3....

Click

The timer stops on two. Xander lets a sigh of relief out and walks up to his foe.

"I don't think I'll be wanting to see you on campus again Jack"

With those Xander closes the door- no-one is going to know of that night no matter what, that was something they don't need to know about- ever. Even the next day when they say it was just as well he wasn't around and he was ridiculed by his ex-girlfriend he smiled and just let it go.

LA and Sunnydale

All around are speechless, no-one even remotely knew any of what happened in this story, they couldn't move and they couldn't breath. Shock and horror across their faces- no idea.

Then something happened.