TITLE: Forsaken-The return 4/7 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 eventualy( Is there any other?) Giles is Buffy's watcher Glory is still around as is Dawn , Darla and Dru.DEDICATED to Queen Angel , Edwin , Dale et al.. CEMETARY GROUNDS. There is a ghostly glow coming from where Buffy had dismembered Henry Devillefor and the night was strangly silent until a high ptched whine was heard followed by the beam of light. Xander stood there bathed in the white light as it carressed him like a long lost lover before it winked out.He walked over to the exact spot where Henry's dismembered body had turned to dust.Xander held out his hand and closed his eyes in concentration until blood began to form amoungst the dust. The small pool moved as if alive and made its way to his foot then , as it touched his foot, it melded with him . Xander threw back his head and cried out in pure passion until the last of the red liquid passed into his system. Xander staggered and needed to grip one of the headstones as he into a trance.He was no longer in Sunnydale . In his mind he was thousands of miles, and hundreds of years away in time.He is standing in the courtyard of his mentors home on the outskirts of Paris.The man that had tought him everything he knew about being a true man stood before him and hugged him. " It has been a long time my pupil." Xander nodded and searched the garden. " Ahh you look for Michele ? She will not be here my friend. Her soul has passed on to that of her future self." Xander smilled ." Buffy Anne Summers." He said the name with pride and love then looked downcaste. " We missed the connection again Jean-Claude. I died before we could ..." The watcher shook his head. " No, no Alexandr'e ! This time they have a purpose for you. The time of Abbadon is fast approuching and you will be empowered to stop his riseing. For everyone of the beasts you kill, or aid in it's destruction, you will regain your immortal skills." He paced the gardens with his pupil as he explained." You already had the ability to survive blows that would kill a mortal man.Now , after killing Henri Devillfore you have regianed the ability to learn ." He stopped and turned to Xander shaking his head. " And from what I have seen it is a skill you have sadly missed!" Xander blushed and shrugged in embarressment as Jean continued. " This ' TV' has a lot to answere for if you ask me!Ah but now you will be able to learn in a day what it takes a normal person months,if not years, to learn.And as you return the other three to their rightfull place you will regain your other lost skills. From Edware' Chantelle you will retake your martial skills . From Louis Denauev your final skill, that of leadership, will be returned " He turned to Xander with a stern look on his face." But after you vanquish Pierre Laconte it has been decided you will be granted the Armour of God in your battle against Abbadon . Win and you banish him to his hellish realms for anouther 500 years. Fail and you cast the mortal realm into the fires of hell it self!" Xander grimaces. " Jeez thanks for not putting any pressure on me teach!" He looks up and asks." What if I win ? What do I recieve?" " You recieve the knowledge that you have done God's work and...." Xander shakes his head. " No ! I want what was taken from me!" He growls." I want to live our lives as if nothing had interupted us. She didn't die at the hands of some demon and I wasn't butchered on some god forsaken field in heathen lands!" " I cannot garuntee it but I will do my best to get you your wish." He stops his paceing and asks." You have met Michele in this time zone?" Xander nods." And she still feels as she did towards you?" Xander shrugged." She was begining to before... You know." Jean nodded." Given time her soul will adjust to the way it was ,and always will be." He took Xander's hand ." I wish you well my friend , and a speedy victory." Xander faded out from his garden and found himself leaning against the tombstone in the cemetary with a Vampire stareing at him." Are you all right dude?" Xander straightened up and pulled his hospital gown tighter around his rear." Yeah fine, apart from a freaking cold wind blowing up my..." He looked at the vampire and admired his nice warm jacket ." Say did you just get that?" The vamp brushed some dirt off the sleeve and grinned. " Yeah I just took it from some dumbmy that walked for his health! Ha! Well I must admit his blood tasted very healthy." He looked Xander up and down before vamping out." But I need some fast food to balance all that organic crap!" Xander grins as he picks up a familiar object. " I think what your body is crying out for is fibre. You know wood is very fibreus." Willow and Giles are taking Buffy's patrols while she recuperates from her injury and her loss. Willow is as angry as Giles has ever seen her as she lashes out at a sign. " How can they be so damned stupid Giles? First the doctors didn't sse the clot and then they get the bodies mixed up so he gets creamated." She hits the sign again. " So now we cant even pay our respects to his remains!" Suddenly a Vampire flys through the air and hits Willow just as it turns to dust,causing her to fall to the ground and be covered in dust." What the freaking hell's going on here?" She demands. Then her anger is stilled as she sees Xander walking towards her , naked as the day he was born." Oh my GOD!" She back peddles and , crab like, scuttles behind Giles. " This shit is getting to wierd even for me man!" Giles mumbles. Xander pulls a shrub from the ground and covers himself. " Ugh Hi guys... I ugh.. Suppose your wondering what I'm doing back?" Giles just shrugs. " No I was just wondering if Downey Jr. has finished with his detox room because I'm either having an acid flashback or the recently creamated are walking the earth!" Willow blushes as she looks at his body. " You're alive? Your ALIVE!" She jumps up and runs to him , almost crushing him in a bear hug, and smothering him in kisses." Please Wills ... Please Will .." He pushes her back." Look I'm having a slight case of nakedness here and I would appreciate it if you would back off! You may be gay but I sure as hell ain't!" Giles takes his coat off and coughs. " As we can surely tell Xander ." Willow looks down and blushes . " Oh.. urgh Sorry." Giles shakws his head. " I would have thought you would have more control over." He waves his hand ." That!" Xander wraps the coat around his nakedness and looks insulted." Hey! She's a damn site more interesting than linoleum and you'd have to be permenantly dead not react like that to her hugging and kissing you. Then again you are British so I suppose you wouldn't ." Giles mutters. " Smart assed kid! I would have thought death would have taught him some manners!...." He reaches over and takes the book out of his jacket." I knew you would return . It is almost time for Abbados to arise and in order for that the remaining Forsaken need to re enact their turning and open the Hellmouth." LA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. The young man strode down the walkway and out into the sunshine of a typical California day. He looked around and saw two other young men look over at him and smile. The three walked towards each other and shook hands , backslapping as they did." Well you look well Edwar`e as do you Louis!" The three men stopped as a goddess walked by them and smilled as she passed. " Well the scenery is much better this side of the pond." Their gazes followed her until she steps into an open car door and slides in." What about taste?" Louis grins." This is America ,Pierre the land of fast food and even faster death.. There is no taste!" They all laugh." It's all show.. And no substance my friend. We will rip through them like a sword through water!" They climb into a Mercedes Sports car and Pierre asks. " And what of Henri?" Edwar`e grins ." He is in the town that lies on the mouth of hell filling the minds of young americans during the day while he drains them of blood at night! He tells me there is a Slayer there but if one is carefull you can avoid her while she hunts the lesser beasts." Pierre strokes his beard in thought. " A Slayer you say hmmm.... We need to find out more about her." He leans forward. " In two nights it will be our re-birth days and on that night Abbados will once again walk amoungst the human cattle." He slaps the back of the seat and grins. " So we must have an ample supply of maidens and sacrifices for him to ... Taste." The Mercedes passed the car that the woman had gotten into and her smile turned to sour as she felt some one walk over her grave as she saw the three men cruise by her. Cordelia Chase turned to the driver." Wesley I think we need to call Buffy." She began to nibble on her finger nail." I have a feeling there's a storm heading her way!" END OF 4