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Finding Herself (3/?)
By *~Rachel*~
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Buffy walked into Giles's house breathless. She looked around the room nervously, glancing at the members that stood around her. "Where are they?" She asked, looking over at Giles.
"Who?" He replied.
Buffy walked inside, setting her Slayer bag down on the floor. "I...I called Angel. He and his crew are coming down here to help us."
Willow and Xander immediately looked as though they were getting ready to say something; however, with the look on Buffy's face and the expression in her eyes, everyone in the room knew that this was no time to be talking back. Buffy sat down on the cough, letting out a huge sigh. A full 24 hours hadn't even passed since they had buried her mother, and now she had to go straight into Slayer-mode to save Dawn. Couldn't she get a break? No, of course she couldn't...she was the Slayer, she had to be *strong*.
Finally, Buffy sat up, sniffing back her tears and looking around at her friends. Anya, Tara, Willow, Xander, and Giles...her friends that she could count on. They stood silently, watching her. Watching the Slayer try to deal with everything that was going on in her life. Buffy looked at all of them and attempted to smile, trying to keep the atmosphere as light as possible. "Okay..." Buffy whispered. "Where do we stand with Glory? Where do we start looking?" She looked at Giles, waiting for some kind of answer.
"Well, I guess that-" Giles's voice stopped when there came a knocking on the front door. Giles closed the book that he had open and walked over to open the door. When he opened the door, Giles somewhat gasped in surprise. "Angel...Cordelia...Wesley?" Giles said, looking at the ex-watcher. "Oh, do come in, please."
Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, and a tall stranger walked inside Giles's house. Angel closed the door behind him and looked around, taking in the old, somewhat familiar settings in. It had been two years since he was here last...and nothing had changed. However, the members of the 'Scooby gang' had. He glanced around the room...Willow, Xander...Anya? I think that's her name. Angel thought. And...someone new who sat at Willow's left side. Oh, Tara. Angel thought, thinking back to what Cordelia had told him about Willow and Tara.
"Giles..." Angel started, "nice to see you again." Although he spoke to Giles, his eyes were on Buffy. The woman who had just said she loved him less that two hours ago now sat less than 6 feet away from him. Her arms were wrapped protectively around herself and tears rimmed her eyes, threatening to spill any second. Millions of thoughts were racing throughout her mind right now. More than anything, Angel just wanted to take her into his arms and wipe her tears away. Make everything feel better, because no one such as she deserved pain this great at all.
"Likewise, Angel." Giles said. He nodded to Cordelia, Wesley, and the man at their side before looking back at their boss.
"Oh...this is Gunn." Angel said, looking over at Gunn.
"Hey, how you doing, man?" Gunn asked, shaking Giles hand very quickly.
"Nice to meet you...Gunn." Giles said. "This is, uh, Tara and Willow, Xander and Anya, and I'm Giles." Giles explained, pointing out each member in the room. He glanced over at Buffy nervously, who seemed that she was in an entirely different universe. "So, uh...how-how long have you been working with Angel?"
"Giles, skip the pleasantries." Buffy said, interrupting him. "We need to deal with this now. *Right* now." She looked up at him.
"Buffy, chill out." Xander said calmly. "We can deal with this easy." And Anya nodded in agreement, having no real clue about what Buffy was going through...she was just agreeing with Xander.
"You don't have the slightest idea about dealing with something like this! Neither of you do!" Buffy lashed out at him, standing up. Angel stared at her sudden change in emotions, wishing he could wish all her pains away. 'You didn't just loose your Mom three days ago and now your sister is kidnapped!"
"Woah...wait a minute!" Cordelia said, stepping in. "*Sister*?!" She looked around the room. "Since when did Slay-gal get a sister? I thought we were helping her save this 'key' thing."
Buffy looked as though she was about to either slap Cordelia or suddenly break down and start to cry uncontrollably. "God, I can't deal with this right now. I'm going patrolling. See if I can find anything about Glory and Dawn." Buffy walked over and grabbed her back, walking out the door and slamming it behind her.
Angel looked back at the door. He wanted...no, needed to follow her. She would be in no condition to fight with all the emotions she was dealing with right now. "Giles...maybe I should-"
"Go after her?" Giles asked him back.
"Yeah." And with that, Angel began heading towards the door. "Wesley, Gunn, Cordy...help them, okay?" Angel asked, looking back at his associates. He barely saw them all nod before following Buffy into the night.
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"Buffy!" Angel yelled, catching up with her.
"Angel," Buffy acknowledged, but continuing to walk away from him. "You don't have to come with me." She looked down at the ground, keeping her voice emotionless.
"Yes I do. I said I was coming down here to help you out." Angel replied, matching his pace with hers. "If you ran into Glory, you wouldn't have a chance against her."
Buffy chuckled. "You still know exactly what to do." Buffy said. She crossed her arms in front of her chest, staring ahead of her now. For several moments, no words were shared between the two. You could barely tell it, but there was actually tension between Buffy and Angel. It had been a lifetime since they had patrolled the streets of Sunnydale together...almost an entirely different lifetime. However, once again, the big, bad evil had brought them together.
Buffy and Angel walked for hours it seemed without a word being shared. By now they had reached the sea caves of Sunnydale. The two had patrolled here together in the past, and they walked along the rocky mounds, keeping their ears out for anything unexpected.
Suddenly, Buffy let out a sob and fell to her knees. In a flash, Angel was right there, holding her shoulders, comforting her. "Angel..." Buffy began to sob. "I can't- I can't do this. I can't loose my sister. Dawn, she's all I have left...I just can't loose her." She moaned over and over again.
"Shh, Buffy..." Angel soothed her, wrapping his arms around her. "It'll be okay. Everything will be okay."
"No...it will never be okay. Nothing can ever be okay again." Buffy sobbed into his chest. "nothing will ever be the same ever again."
"Buffy, you can do this...you can get through this. I told you this before, but I'll tell you again, you're strong."
"No I'm not, Angel!" Buffy screamed at him. "I'm weak, small, and I don't know what I'm doing anymore!" She looked at him. "I'm either TOO strong, not being able to let *anyone* in, or I am too weak and I can't concentrate on my job...being a Slayer. And I can't keep this up, Angel! *Everyone* that I love...Mom, Dawn..." her voice died off, unable to finish her thought or sentence.
"Buffy...Dawn will be okay." Angel said. Buffy finally looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Angel tentatively took one of his hands and wiped the tears off her satiny cheek. "You know I won't let anything happen to her. You *know* that."
Buffy sniffed back her tears and tried to gain control of herself again. She stared into Angel's eyes, wondering how she'd ever let him slip out of her hands so easily. "Angel...I *love* love, love, love, love, LOVE you...and if...if I somehow lost you also, then I would just die, I really would-"
And suddenly, his lips were on hers...pushing hard against hers. Very quickly, their simple kiss began spiraling out of control. No! Buffy thought. I can't be doing this...I just can't. But she didn't pull away, she didn't stop.
Angel's hands traveled down her back, feeling her lips on his again. Finally, he had been allowed to see heaven again...to hold his love in his arms. He deepened the kiss, inwardly knowing that what he was doing was entirely wrong. Although he knew that Riley had gone, he knew that this couldn't be...he couldn't be doing this all over again.
Angel was about the pull back, say some kind of apology, and start moving on, but he didn't even get the chance. To the couple's left, they heard a high-pitched scream echo out into the night followed by a shrill, "Get your hands off me!" It was unmistakably Dawn.
Buffy and Angel pulled away, both of them breathing heavy. "Dawn!" Buffy yelled, heading towards the sea caves where she thought she had heard the scream. Angel only climbed to his feet and followed. When he caught up with Buffy, she was already creeping into the caves, ready for anything.
Angel followed her inside, whispering, "Be careful." Although Buffy had filled Angel in on what happened, he was still worried about this Glory-gal. There was no telling what she could be doing to Dawn right now.
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TBC....part 4 out soon!
So...tell me the truth...what did you think?
Mistakes are purely my fault...I'm not the world's greatest typist.
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Finding Herself (3/?)
By *~Rachel*~
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Buffy walked into Giles's house breathless. She looked around the room nervously, glancing at the members that stood around her. "Where are they?" She asked, looking over at Giles.
"Who?" He replied.
Buffy walked inside, setting her Slayer bag down on the floor. "I...I called Angel. He and his crew are coming down here to help us."
Willow and Xander immediately looked as though they were getting ready to say something; however, with the look on Buffy's face and the expression in her eyes, everyone in the room knew that this was no time to be talking back. Buffy sat down on the cough, letting out a huge sigh. A full 24 hours hadn't even passed since they had buried her mother, and now she had to go straight into Slayer-mode to save Dawn. Couldn't she get a break? No, of course she couldn't...she was the Slayer, she had to be *strong*.
Finally, Buffy sat up, sniffing back her tears and looking around at her friends. Anya, Tara, Willow, Xander, and Giles...her friends that she could count on. They stood silently, watching her. Watching the Slayer try to deal with everything that was going on in her life. Buffy looked at all of them and attempted to smile, trying to keep the atmosphere as light as possible. "Okay..." Buffy whispered. "Where do we stand with Glory? Where do we start looking?" She looked at Giles, waiting for some kind of answer.
"Well, I guess that-" Giles's voice stopped when there came a knocking on the front door. Giles closed the book that he had open and walked over to open the door. When he opened the door, Giles somewhat gasped in surprise. "Angel...Cordelia...Wesley?" Giles said, looking at the ex-watcher. "Oh, do come in, please."
Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, and a tall stranger walked inside Giles's house. Angel closed the door behind him and looked around, taking in the old, somewhat familiar settings in. It had been two years since he was here last...and nothing had changed. However, the members of the 'Scooby gang' had. He glanced around the room...Willow, Xander...Anya? I think that's her name. Angel thought. And...someone new who sat at Willow's left side. Oh, Tara. Angel thought, thinking back to what Cordelia had told him about Willow and Tara.
"Giles..." Angel started, "nice to see you again." Although he spoke to Giles, his eyes were on Buffy. The woman who had just said she loved him less that two hours ago now sat less than 6 feet away from him. Her arms were wrapped protectively around herself and tears rimmed her eyes, threatening to spill any second. Millions of thoughts were racing throughout her mind right now. More than anything, Angel just wanted to take her into his arms and wipe her tears away. Make everything feel better, because no one such as she deserved pain this great at all.
"Likewise, Angel." Giles said. He nodded to Cordelia, Wesley, and the man at their side before looking back at their boss.
"Oh...this is Gunn." Angel said, looking over at Gunn.
"Hey, how you doing, man?" Gunn asked, shaking Giles hand very quickly.
"Nice to meet you...Gunn." Giles said. "This is, uh, Tara and Willow, Xander and Anya, and I'm Giles." Giles explained, pointing out each member in the room. He glanced over at Buffy nervously, who seemed that she was in an entirely different universe. "So, uh...how-how long have you been working with Angel?"
"Giles, skip the pleasantries." Buffy said, interrupting him. "We need to deal with this now. *Right* now." She looked up at him.
"Buffy, chill out." Xander said calmly. "We can deal with this easy." And Anya nodded in agreement, having no real clue about what Buffy was going through...she was just agreeing with Xander.
"You don't have the slightest idea about dealing with something like this! Neither of you do!" Buffy lashed out at him, standing up. Angel stared at her sudden change in emotions, wishing he could wish all her pains away. 'You didn't just loose your Mom three days ago and now your sister is kidnapped!"
"Woah...wait a minute!" Cordelia said, stepping in. "*Sister*?!" She looked around the room. "Since when did Slay-gal get a sister? I thought we were helping her save this 'key' thing."
Buffy looked as though she was about to either slap Cordelia or suddenly break down and start to cry uncontrollably. "God, I can't deal with this right now. I'm going patrolling. See if I can find anything about Glory and Dawn." Buffy walked over and grabbed her back, walking out the door and slamming it behind her.
Angel looked back at the door. He wanted...no, needed to follow her. She would be in no condition to fight with all the emotions she was dealing with right now. "Giles...maybe I should-"
"Go after her?" Giles asked him back.
"Yeah." And with that, Angel began heading towards the door. "Wesley, Gunn, Cordy...help them, okay?" Angel asked, looking back at his associates. He barely saw them all nod before following Buffy into the night.
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"Buffy!" Angel yelled, catching up with her.
"Angel," Buffy acknowledged, but continuing to walk away from him. "You don't have to come with me." She looked down at the ground, keeping her voice emotionless.
"Yes I do. I said I was coming down here to help you out." Angel replied, matching his pace with hers. "If you ran into Glory, you wouldn't have a chance against her."
Buffy chuckled. "You still know exactly what to do." Buffy said. She crossed her arms in front of her chest, staring ahead of her now. For several moments, no words were shared between the two. You could barely tell it, but there was actually tension between Buffy and Angel. It had been a lifetime since they had patrolled the streets of Sunnydale together...almost an entirely different lifetime. However, once again, the big, bad evil had brought them together.
Buffy and Angel walked for hours it seemed without a word being shared. By now they had reached the sea caves of Sunnydale. The two had patrolled here together in the past, and they walked along the rocky mounds, keeping their ears out for anything unexpected.
Suddenly, Buffy let out a sob and fell to her knees. In a flash, Angel was right there, holding her shoulders, comforting her. "Angel..." Buffy began to sob. "I can't- I can't do this. I can't loose my sister. Dawn, she's all I have left...I just can't loose her." She moaned over and over again.
"Shh, Buffy..." Angel soothed her, wrapping his arms around her. "It'll be okay. Everything will be okay."
"No...it will never be okay. Nothing can ever be okay again." Buffy sobbed into his chest. "nothing will ever be the same ever again."
"Buffy, you can do this...you can get through this. I told you this before, but I'll tell you again, you're strong."
"No I'm not, Angel!" Buffy screamed at him. "I'm weak, small, and I don't know what I'm doing anymore!" She looked at him. "I'm either TOO strong, not being able to let *anyone* in, or I am too weak and I can't concentrate on my job...being a Slayer. And I can't keep this up, Angel! *Everyone* that I love...Mom, Dawn..." her voice died off, unable to finish her thought or sentence.
"Buffy...Dawn will be okay." Angel said. Buffy finally looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Angel tentatively took one of his hands and wiped the tears off her satiny cheek. "You know I won't let anything happen to her. You *know* that."
Buffy sniffed back her tears and tried to gain control of herself again. She stared into Angel's eyes, wondering how she'd ever let him slip out of her hands so easily. "Angel...I *love* love, love, love, love, LOVE you...and if...if I somehow lost you also, then I would just die, I really would-"
And suddenly, his lips were on hers...pushing hard against hers. Very quickly, their simple kiss began spiraling out of control. No! Buffy thought. I can't be doing this...I just can't. But she didn't pull away, she didn't stop.
Angel's hands traveled down her back, feeling her lips on his again. Finally, he had been allowed to see heaven again...to hold his love in his arms. He deepened the kiss, inwardly knowing that what he was doing was entirely wrong. Although he knew that Riley had gone, he knew that this couldn't be...he couldn't be doing this all over again.
Angel was about the pull back, say some kind of apology, and start moving on, but he didn't even get the chance. To the couple's left, they heard a high-pitched scream echo out into the night followed by a shrill, "Get your hands off me!" It was unmistakably Dawn.
Buffy and Angel pulled away, both of them breathing heavy. "Dawn!" Buffy yelled, heading towards the sea caves where she thought she had heard the scream. Angel only climbed to his feet and followed. When he caught up with Buffy, she was already creeping into the caves, ready for anything.
Angel followed her inside, whispering, "Be careful." Although Buffy had filled Angel in on what happened, he was still worried about this Glory-gal. There was no telling what she could be doing to Dawn right now.
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TBC....part 4 out soon!
So...tell me the truth...what did you think?