It's Over Now
Chapter 8
Death
Summary: Read chapter title.
Disclaimer: Yeah right. I wish I owned them. Also, I dare Fox to sue me. I DARE YOU!! Just see how many million you waste on me just to own my BTVS and ANGEL book collection and scrapbooks.
Author's Note: I just got done reading 3 hours of fanfic, and I am ready to start some new fic. But first I have to end this one. Thanks to all the KIND people who reviewed this. I love you all. To those who didn't, I hope you burn in hell and have Angelus torture you with Ms. Edith.
Buffy Anne Summers felt like she was loosing her soul.
As the whip hit her now numb flesh, she could hear the wet slap of the leather on her bleeding and torn skin. The whip had just started, before this the goblins decided they were bored and played tic-tac-to. On her back, using brands and knifes. The salt they had rubbed in had long since stopped burning. She could feel the warm blood pull around her body, the calming thought that they would stop soon entering her mind.
That was the rule of their game. Now matter how much they did, they stopped right before she crossed the line into death. It had come to be her only way of keeping hold of the thinning strand of sanity. Also, knowing that Angel wouldn't leave her here. As unconsciousness graced it's healing salve on her mind, she smiled, a small smile. She was going to beat the shit out of the goblins once Angel came and saved her.
Angel stood, finally gaining enough strength to say his goodbye to Katherine. AS he knocked on the door she had left from, he promised himself that he would make sure her death was not in vain. To keep her memory, and her love, alive inside him for eternity.
The door opened, revealing Katherine, her eyes raising to meet his, pale violets filled with rain.
"Katherine," he said softly, pulling her into his arms. She came willingly, resting her head on his chest as he held her, knowing his decision Angel smoothed down her dark hair, trying to offer comfort. She raised her eyes to him, the tears still lingering.
"I love you," she said softly. Closing his eyes, he lowered his lips to hers, kissing her softly, just like he had done every day so many years ago in Galway. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck as he tightened his around her waist, increasing the pressure of his lips against hers, knowing this would be the last time he held her in his arms.
It was she who pulled back, a smile on her face as she walked to the door leading to Buffy. She reached into her pocket, and motioned for him to come to her.
"Forever's gone past, my love," she said, placing a ring into his palm. he looked down, seeing the Claddaugh he had given her resting on his palm. "But her's is only beginning. " Reaching to a coat rack behind her, she gave him duster, unmarked by the flames he had left it in.
"I don't know what to say," he said, not sure if he was thinking it inside his mind or speaking it. He raised his head to meet Katherine's gaze, surprised to see her eyes smiling, the pale violet returning to the care-free nature he had fallen in love with.
"Nothing at all," she told him, opening the door. Giving her one last glance, he walked over the threshold, not turning back to see Katherine fall limply to the floor, the last image of Angel the last thing she saw before her death.
It took almost an hour for him to find his former cell. He had spent centuries being hauled down the corridors. He paid no attention to the pleas for freedom that surrounded him. Most recognized him, and knew he could have helped. He didn't. He was here to save the one thing that he would give anything for to see again.
"Angel," a voice said from behind him. He stopped, and let his evil self wash over him for a moment, the sense of morbid humor that belonged only to Angelus. Turning, he smiled, facing the goblin like creature who had held him captive for so long.
"You should have stayed with Cinderella, " Angel said, allowing his vampire face to emerge. the goblin's eyes betrayed his nervousness and fear. Angel laughed as he darted out and grabbed the goblin's throat, snapping it back, a sense of delight filling him as he heard the bones breaking. He let the body drop, as he reverted back to his human face.
"Bastard," he murmured as he knelt beside the dead goblin and removed the rusted key that hung at his waist. If his memory served, the cell should be the one on his right.
For a moment, as he opened the cell door, he only saw dried pools of blood, ripped clothing, and a pale form in the corner, her blonde hair stained by her own blood.
"BUFFY!" he cried out, running and dropping to his knees beside her. Gently turning her over, he gasped at the fact that her face was unmarked, the same flawless beauty he had loved. Shaking her gently, he brought her back to consciousness.
"Angel?" she said, a parody of what he had said when he realized, on his arrival back in Sunnydale, that the Buffy before him wasn't another form of torture. He nodded, his throat suddenly raw with emotion. Pulling her into his arms, he wrapped his duster around her bruised and battered body, gently rising to his feet, wanting to get her to a hospital.
"ANGEL!!! I am not going to allow you to choose green china!" Buffy ranted as she saw what wedding china he had chosen. He grinned, loving how her eyes shined when she was angry.
"I'm not going to allow green china either," Dawn said, taking Buffy's side. Angel couldn't help but chuckle at the two, Older and younger sister standing side by side, hands placed on their hips in a sign of defiance
"Of course not," Angel said, wrapping a arm around Buffy's waist, steering her to a display of Elvis plates. Dawn followed behind, slowly, wanting to take in the sight of her sister, her savior, finally happy.
The fist Slayer had told Buffy that death was her gift. She wasn't told that it wasn't her death that was suppose to be given. Dawn smiled as Buffy began to rant about the latest joke in plates, so innocent to what had happened to get her back. Even though Angel hadn't said a single word about Katherine, Dawn knew. Being the Key has some perks, she thought as she went to catch with Buffy and Angel.
Chapter 8
Death
Summary: Read chapter title.
Disclaimer: Yeah right. I wish I owned them. Also, I dare Fox to sue me. I DARE YOU!! Just see how many million you waste on me just to own my BTVS and ANGEL book collection and scrapbooks.
Author's Note: I just got done reading 3 hours of fanfic, and I am ready to start some new fic. But first I have to end this one. Thanks to all the KIND people who reviewed this. I love you all. To those who didn't, I hope you burn in hell and have Angelus torture you with Ms. Edith.
Buffy Anne Summers felt like she was loosing her soul.
As the whip hit her now numb flesh, she could hear the wet slap of the leather on her bleeding and torn skin. The whip had just started, before this the goblins decided they were bored and played tic-tac-to. On her back, using brands and knifes. The salt they had rubbed in had long since stopped burning. She could feel the warm blood pull around her body, the calming thought that they would stop soon entering her mind.
That was the rule of their game. Now matter how much they did, they stopped right before she crossed the line into death. It had come to be her only way of keeping hold of the thinning strand of sanity. Also, knowing that Angel wouldn't leave her here. As unconsciousness graced it's healing salve on her mind, she smiled, a small smile. She was going to beat the shit out of the goblins once Angel came and saved her.
Angel stood, finally gaining enough strength to say his goodbye to Katherine. AS he knocked on the door she had left from, he promised himself that he would make sure her death was not in vain. To keep her memory, and her love, alive inside him for eternity.
The door opened, revealing Katherine, her eyes raising to meet his, pale violets filled with rain.
"Katherine," he said softly, pulling her into his arms. She came willingly, resting her head on his chest as he held her, knowing his decision Angel smoothed down her dark hair, trying to offer comfort. She raised her eyes to him, the tears still lingering.
"I love you," she said softly. Closing his eyes, he lowered his lips to hers, kissing her softly, just like he had done every day so many years ago in Galway. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck as he tightened his around her waist, increasing the pressure of his lips against hers, knowing this would be the last time he held her in his arms.
It was she who pulled back, a smile on her face as she walked to the door leading to Buffy. She reached into her pocket, and motioned for him to come to her.
"Forever's gone past, my love," she said, placing a ring into his palm. he looked down, seeing the Claddaugh he had given her resting on his palm. "But her's is only beginning. " Reaching to a coat rack behind her, she gave him duster, unmarked by the flames he had left it in.
"I don't know what to say," he said, not sure if he was thinking it inside his mind or speaking it. He raised his head to meet Katherine's gaze, surprised to see her eyes smiling, the pale violet returning to the care-free nature he had fallen in love with.
"Nothing at all," she told him, opening the door. Giving her one last glance, he walked over the threshold, not turning back to see Katherine fall limply to the floor, the last image of Angel the last thing she saw before her death.
It took almost an hour for him to find his former cell. He had spent centuries being hauled down the corridors. He paid no attention to the pleas for freedom that surrounded him. Most recognized him, and knew he could have helped. He didn't. He was here to save the one thing that he would give anything for to see again.
"Angel," a voice said from behind him. He stopped, and let his evil self wash over him for a moment, the sense of morbid humor that belonged only to Angelus. Turning, he smiled, facing the goblin like creature who had held him captive for so long.
"You should have stayed with Cinderella, " Angel said, allowing his vampire face to emerge. the goblin's eyes betrayed his nervousness and fear. Angel laughed as he darted out and grabbed the goblin's throat, snapping it back, a sense of delight filling him as he heard the bones breaking. He let the body drop, as he reverted back to his human face.
"Bastard," he murmured as he knelt beside the dead goblin and removed the rusted key that hung at his waist. If his memory served, the cell should be the one on his right.
For a moment, as he opened the cell door, he only saw dried pools of blood, ripped clothing, and a pale form in the corner, her blonde hair stained by her own blood.
"BUFFY!" he cried out, running and dropping to his knees beside her. Gently turning her over, he gasped at the fact that her face was unmarked, the same flawless beauty he had loved. Shaking her gently, he brought her back to consciousness.
"Angel?" she said, a parody of what he had said when he realized, on his arrival back in Sunnydale, that the Buffy before him wasn't another form of torture. He nodded, his throat suddenly raw with emotion. Pulling her into his arms, he wrapped his duster around her bruised and battered body, gently rising to his feet, wanting to get her to a hospital.
"ANGEL!!! I am not going to allow you to choose green china!" Buffy ranted as she saw what wedding china he had chosen. He grinned, loving how her eyes shined when she was angry.
"I'm not going to allow green china either," Dawn said, taking Buffy's side. Angel couldn't help but chuckle at the two, Older and younger sister standing side by side, hands placed on their hips in a sign of defiance
"Of course not," Angel said, wrapping a arm around Buffy's waist, steering her to a display of Elvis plates. Dawn followed behind, slowly, wanting to take in the sight of her sister, her savior, finally happy.
The fist Slayer had told Buffy that death was her gift. She wasn't told that it wasn't her death that was suppose to be given. Dawn smiled as Buffy began to rant about the latest joke in plates, so innocent to what had happened to get her back. Even though Angel hadn't said a single word about Katherine, Dawn knew. Being the Key has some perks, she thought as she went to catch with Buffy and Angel.