TITLE: Forsaken-The return 2
AUTHOR: STEPHEN HOWE
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DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss! He created everything! The Forsaken belong to Sony Movies and I'm only borrowing them. PG-15 to R. Set in season 5.B/X eventually( Is there any other?) Giles is Buffy's watcher Glory is still around as is Dawn, Darla and Dru. DEDICATED to Queen Angel, Edwin, and Dale et al. SUNNYDALE UNIVERCITY. Elaine walked down the pathway that leads to her dorm thinking of the way Professor Johnson looked in those tight trousers when a stranger stepped out in front of her. After living in Sunnydale for most of her life she was prepared for things that jumped out in the dark of night but this was mid afternoon the sun was shining and she was in love with a wonderful man, all be it one that didn't even know she was alive. She covered her eyes and saw the man a little better., her hand then went to her hair trying to straighten it. " Oh Professor Johnson Um I'm sorry I didn't see you..." " That's all right Elaine I just thought it was time we met properly." He placed a hand on her hair then lifted it to his face. " Mmm you smell of apricots and jasmine." His hand drops to her shoulder. " Is there somewhere more..." She blushes then tells him. ".. Private? " She grips his hand and nods. " My room mate won't be back till just before dusk." Jennifer placed the key to the front door on the counter as she entered her dorm room. " Elaine.. Elaine are you here?" She heard no reply and a worried crease marked her young brow as she opened the bedroom door. " That's strange. She's all ways telling me to get home before dark... " Her scream echoed through the halls. THE MAGIC BOX. Giles is sitting at his desk when the phone rang and a young woman that took notes during the Council interview speaks. " Mr. Giles my name is Tania Livingston and I'm here to help you with your problem." Giles looks at her. " And that would be?" " Michele D`Tourney and her child." " You have information for me?" " Have you heard the news tonight Mr. Giles? A young student was murdered in her dorm rooms in broad daylight. Drained so dry she was almost mummified and yet it happened in a short time span. " " What could do that? And what does it have to do with the history of Michele?" " Tell me what you know of the Forsaken?" PATROL- 2AM. Buffy is not concentrating on what she's doing and Giles frightens the heck out of her as he walks up from behind her. " GAH! " She just about jumps out of her skin then slaps his shoulder. " Do you have a death wish or something?" She notices Willow and Xander walking behind him." Hey guys. What is this some kind of Scooby intervention? I swear I never touched those Twinkies." Xander can't help but be shocked by the resemblance she has to the girl in his dreams as Giles tells her. " There's a new breed of Vampire in town Buffy. This one is not killed by sunlight it's just weakened by it. It can not be killed by normal means but must be dismembered." Buffy shakes her head. " Why? " She looks at the others. " We deal with a psychotic God that wanted the key to bring hell on earth, we deal with assholes from hell and now, just when I think things are beginning to lighten up on us, they throw this at us!" Giles smiles. " They're called the Forsaken and there is one in Sunnydale as of this morning. The council sent a helper with knowledge of how to deal with him." He sees her eyes turn up at the mention of the Council and grins again. " She also brought more information about Michele." At the mention of her name both Buffy and Xander look at him." She had a child before she fell and her lover, in his grief, joined an order of Holy Knights that went off to the Holy wars in the Middle East where he perished. Little is known of him but even less is known about the child. Save that he was named for his father Alex..." "...André Lavelle." Buffy finished and looked to Xander. Xander is about to ask her what she knows when a voice calls out to them. " Well it appears we have a Slayer in our midst." The man jumps down from the Mausoleum and lands, cat like, in front of them. He bows and tells them. " My name is Henry Devillefor and I'll be serving your hearts up tonight." Buffy grins at him. " Hi Hank my name is Buffy and I'll be dusting your ass tonight. " She throws Mr. Pointy and it strikes true, imbedding it self-right where his heart should be. The look of disbelief on the gang's faces turned to fear as the beast withdrew the stake and licked the few drops of blood from it. " Waste not want not I always say." He grins evilly at them. " Now where were we? Oh yeah." He jumps and his feet land square in Buffy's chest throwing her twenty feet into a tombstone. As she struggles to get up Xander screams a war cry at him and charges. He drives the blade of the short sword he carried into the beings chest and twisted it before removing it. He then begins a stroke that would have severed the Forsaken head from his shoulders but he was stopped by the monsters hand. " Tut, tut! You show terrible swordsmanship my boy!" Henry twists Xander's hand until it snaps causing him to drop the sword. He then grabs Xander by the throat and lifts him off the ground as he sees Buffy stagger to her feet. " If you care for this 'boy' I suggest you all lay down your arms and come meekly to me. I may even turn one of you, if you're good." Xander sees Henry grin and he tries to turn his head. " Don't do it! Kill Him grrk..." Henry glares at Buffy as he tightens his grip. " I warn you Slayer one more step and I'll snap his neck like a twig so help me!" Xander sees Buffy look into his eyes and Xander pleads with her. " No Buff not for me please." " Shush boy can't you see she cares." Henry looks amazed. " You really care for this... This child?" Henry looks Xander up and down. " He has no powers, no gift he's just human cattle bred for our table and nothing more." Xander struggles cease when he hears her say. " For a long time I treated him like he wasn't there but just recently I discovered he was always was there for me. And now my friendship too has changed." She lowers her head. " Let them all go and take me instead." Xander's face turns red with anger. " NO! I will not permit it!" He spits at Henry's face and yells at him. " You say I have no power? That I have no choice? Well I have a power and I choose not to be the cause of her death." Time seemed to slow down for Buffy as she saw Xander's foot strike out hitting Henry's private's fare and square. The Forsaken's eyes bulge out then he drives Mr. Pointy into Xander's chest and drops him. Buffy sees the sword Xander used and picks it up as Henry struggles for some relief. Buffy feels neither the need for revenge nor hate all she feels is pain and anger. He looks up in time to see the blade come down severing his head. Then she dismembers the body as the others take care of Xander. It is only when she is finished and she realises Giles must have called an ambulance does she fall to her knees clutching the back of her head. She holds out her hand to Willow. " Shit he got me good." Before she collapses. Willow helps Buffy while Giles tends to Xander." Alexandr`e? Is he all right?" She asks as the medic's race over to them. " He'll be fine Buffy you know him he always could take a hit and come back stronger than before." She wiped a tear from her eyes as the medics move her away and tend to Buffy. SUNNYDALE GENERAL. Willow is pacing the floor as Dawn and Tara hurry in and race over to them. " Is she all right? Is she hurt badly? What about Xander?" They both ask. Willow hugs them. " Buffy's still out cold and they're worried about her but Xander is awake cracking jokes to hide the fear he has about Buffy dying. They say the stake missed all the important organs and it's just bed rest he needs now." The Doctor comes over to them with a smile on his face. " You can see her now she'll be fine but she will have a mega headache for a while so keep it brief." Giles turns to look at the commotion down the hall and sees Xander's parents arguing. He shakes his head as the Doctor tells him. " His son's almost killed and all he's worried about is if he'll get the bill! Bastards like that shouldn't have kids." They enter the room and Buffy is sitting up with a bandage over her head and a purple bruise spreading down the side of her face. " That son of a gun sure could kick!" Buffy smiles. " I heard Xander's doing okay too so alls well that ends well." Giles grins. " Yes but there's still three more of them out there and when they hear of a Brother being killed they'll want revenge." He pats her hand." So as soon as you're out of here we'll have to step up your training." She sits there looking at the wall. " While I was out I had an epiphany." She looked at Giles. " Xander is Alexandr`e just as I'm Michele." She begins to get up. Giles tells her. " What do you think you're doing?" She is pale as if seeing a ghost." Can't you hear that? He needs me!" They all stare at each other then try to help her dress and run after her. They find Mrs. Harris sobbing into her hands as she sits outside his room. She hears them coming and holds out her hands. " They went in there after some alarms went off and they wont tell me anything!" Buffy tries to open the door but she cant. She tries to see in but can only see nurses and the doctor running around his bed trying to stop him shaking. " My miracle boy is in pain and they wont let me see him." She cries. " Wha...Wha... Wha!!!! Somebody get me a pill!" Mr. Harris takes another pull from the bottle he has hidden under his jacket." Miracle baby my ass! You screwed around and I paid the price bitch!" " No! It's not true. " She turned to the others. " It's not true! We tried for years to have a child but the Doctors said I was infertile and it was impossible. Then one morning I woke up and felt strange. I went to the Doctors and they said it was a miracle... that I was pregnant." Buffy tells her. " I have to talk to him! I have to see him!" The doctor walks out his face looks sombre and Mr. Harris smiles." I hope you have a ouija board then babe!" END OF 2.
