TITLE: BUFFY'S TURN 6\?
AUTHOR: RICK
E-MAIL: amulet@my-dejanews.com
DISCLAIMER: SEE CHAPTER ONE
SUMMARY: Deep down Buffy knows she is messing up big time. Hopefully Xander can save her before she gets too far gone. He might be the only one who can. With Oz back our favorite witch's life has gotten very uncomfortable. Oz has never stopped loving her. She moved on with Tara but she didn't have Oz around every day to remind her of what was.
CHAPTER: 6- A PLAGUE ON MY HOUSE HOLD, TWO
Buffy is very upset and pre-occupied as she and Spike continue their romp through down town Sunnydale. Spike doesn't like it.
"All right, Slayer, why the long face. Ever since we saw your former play mate you've been like a dead slayer walking."
"Well I thought I might see how your side of the grave feels."
"Very funny...you don't have the hots for that little boy, do you?"
"No, he's...he was my friend."
"And rumor has it you took it pretty hard when he left."
"Maybe I did, so what?"
"Well if you want I'll work on him. Get him to join us or else."
Leave him alone, Spike. Besides he wouldn't join us anyway. He's not..."
Buffy just trails off. Spike continues to look at her.
"Oh, great, now I have to compete with Xander boy for your attention. Commando man was bad enough."
Buffy gets angry. Xander left her and she still hasn't forgiven him. All of a sudden he is back and thinks he is going to get in her face as he use to do. But not this time. If he wanted to have something to say about her life he should have stayed around. Besides he is a civilian and doesn't know anything about it anyway. He can't relate to her on a deep level, on the level she needs some one. Buffy breaks out of her thoughts.
"Lets go party, Spike."
"Okay, now that's what I want to hear. We'll pick up Faith and turned the town out."
"Do you really like Faith better than me?"
"Well, I want to kill you more. Does that answer your question?"
"William, you're such a charmer."
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Xander can't get his mind off Buffy. Giles has tried to get her back. Willow has tried repeatedly. Even Riley has tried but to no avail. But he cannot just let her go like this. Right now she hasn't done anything real bad, just irresponsible. She hasn't crossed the line, the one between good and evil. Xander has gotten some insight to that line himself recently. So far his assignments are ones he can support but what if he is told to do something bad. He and Oz have no illusions that their employers are completely good. In fact they can feel the presence of some very un acceptable levels of evil in some of the characters they have dealt with. Characters supposedly on their side.
But Xander cannot allow Buffy to get that far out there. In addition to loving her he also feels somewhat responsible for her present condition. It happened right after he left and even Giles thinks it had to do with him. So he has to try to talk some sense into her. He goes to her house one evening. She is very surprised to see him.
"Xander, what the hell do you want? It's night time. Didn't your Mommy tell you its dangerous to be on the streets of Sunnydale after dark?"
"You mean it's dangerous because there's people like you out there?"
"Funny boy, ...didn't you get enough abuse the other night?"
"This isn't about me. It's about you."
"Oh, I see. You've been elected to tell me once and for all how bad I've become."
"Sorry, Slayer, you seem to have convinced every one else you're too far out there. They have their own gig now. This is just me coming to you."
"You're pitiful, Xander. Do you know how ridiculous it is for you to love me? You called me pathetic. What do you think is going to happen between you and I?"
"Buffy, my puppy dog crush on you is long over. But I do care about you. That scene the other night with Janice was close, real close to pushing you off the edge."
"What edge?"
"The edge of good and evil, Buffy."
"Xander, what the hell would you know about the edge of good and evil?"
"More than you know, Slayer."
Buffy is tired talking. "Are you finished with the sermon, Xander?"
"Look, Buffy, how about dropping the bad-asses routine and come back and join us."
Buffy approaches Xander. She grabs him by the collars of his coat. "Xander get out of my life. If I can't get rid of you with insults I have no problem kicking your ass. You are a ridiculous little boy."
Xander is unfazed. "You know Slayer you ought to feel lucky I don't take what you're saying to heart. You and I both know a little secret, don't we? This ridiculous little boy is deeper in there (pointing to her heart) then you want to admit, isn't he?"
This really gets Buffy mad. "You have three seconds to get off my porch."
"Look into my eyes Buffy, like you did the other night. Do you see any fear in there? You're not scaring me away. I'm not getting out of your life."
Spike comes onto the porch. "Well, if it isn't Buffy's former lap dog. Did you fetch the paper for her?"
Xander shakes off Buffy's hold and start to leave. "That's pretty funny, Spike. I actually have to laugh."
"It wasn't suppose to be funny mate. You're getting on my nerves."
"Well I guess you just can't help it. You're funny whether you want to be or not."
Spike goes after Xander again but Buffy stops him. "He was just leaving Spike. She turns to Xander.
"Get the hell out of here now, Xander!"
The boy leaves disgusted. But he moved Buffy. No small matter there. The thing Buffy can't get out of her mind is the look in Xander's eyes. Honest eyes...sincere eyes...She knows deep down she could really use those eyes. But he is just a civilian. Her life is rough and tough and...and what? She can't answer. Xander always does the right thing. He always tells her what she needs to hear whether she wants to hear it or not. But now he said his crush on her is over. Besides she saw the look in his eyes. He hates her now.
Xander and Oz have a mission. They are to raid a warehouse, free a prisoner and take her to a designated spot for pick up. Both are equipped with cameras. They are monitored from a trailer which is manned by none other than Giles, Willow and Tara. As Xander and Oz approach the factory they hear music.
"Sounds like a party's going on in their."
Willow responds. "Yes, it is suppose to be some type of night club."
Xander stops. Oz looks at him. "Lets go, Xander."
"Wait."
"For what?"
"That's my favorite song they're playing."
Willow scolds him from the trailer. "I'm glad Giles didn't hear that, Xander. Get in there, now!"
"Yes, ma'am"
The red head has one last thing to say before they go in.
"Oz, be careful, okay?"
"I will Willow."
Now its Xander's turn to comment.
"Hey, if you two are going to get personal tune me out for the touchy-feely stuff okay?"
Willow and Tara exchange a sad glance in the trailer. Tara breaks the moment.
"Guys, it sounds like a crowd in there, be careful."
They stroll in. They are both dressed in fatigues with black face and bandannas covering their hair. Head phones and cameras complete the outfit. There are about fifteen people dancing wildly to the pulsating music coming from two huge speakers suspended from the high ceiling. Xander sees something that shocks him.
"Shit, Willow do you have the picture yet?"
"Yes I do. I see her. It's Buffy."
Oz adds. "And Spike!"
Xander hesitates. "Put Giles on."
The watcher answers. "I see them, Xander. But, mission proceeds."
"What if they ID me?"
"We'll deal with that later. We have a time issue here. Mission proceeds as ordered."
Xander and Oz just shrug their shoulders. Oz takes a strategic position on a cat walk high above the dancers. Xander walks out to the middle of the crowd.
"Oz, can you see the speaker wires?"
Two rapid seconds later both speakers shatter and the music stops. A few people scream and try to move away from Xander .He tries to garble his voice.
"Good evening folks. Just be calm and no one will get hurt."
Oz turns on his lighted scope."
"You'll notice a little red lighted circle dancing about you. It's not for your enjoyment. It's to make sure you stay where you are. And for those daemons in the crowd. We haven't forgotten you. Think two words; wooden bullets."
Willow speaks. "Xander, the room is in the back to the right. Oz, mark the two guys in the back row closest to the room."
As Xander makes a move toward the room the two thugs in the back brake to defend whatever is back there...a big mistake. Two rifle bursts later both burst to ashes.
Buffy is getting into battle readiness but doesn't move. So far its nothing for her to be concerned with. Two less daemons in the world is nothing to get mad about.She swears there is something familiar about this guy, though.
Five minutes later Xander emerges from the back room with a hooded figure whose hands are tied behind her back. He takes one last look at the dancers before leaving.
"Thanks for your co-operation."
He leaves. Oz and he then load their cargo into a jeep wagon and proceed to take off.
The hooded woman speaks. "Are you rescuing me?"
"I think so."
"Can I have my hood removed?"
Oz looks at Xander through the rear view mirror.
"I'll do that if you're having trouble breathing but I'll still have to blind fold you."
"Gee thanks you're so humane. So more strong armed stuff, huh?"
"We're not strong arming you."
Oz has a question for the woman as Xander removes her hood and releases her hands.
"Who are you?"
"Myrrh Kennings."
"Doesn't mean anything. Why were you being held prisoner?"
"You guys are really well informed aren't you? Do you always take assignments without knowing what's going on?"
They drop Myra off at the designated place. She is taken in another car. She apparently knows the person who picked her up. She doesn't protest. Afterward Oz And Xander talk.
"This is getting harder, Xander."
"I know, we don't even know who we're helping half the time."
"Yea, we're not into evil. We both had enough with the Hellmouth."
"From now on we pump everyone for the details."
"Has my vote...Hey, Xander, shall I say it?"
They both laugh. Xander takes the words right from his mouth.
"What the hell was Buffy doing there?"
"This gets weirder by the job. You have to talk to her, man."
Why, I'm not her keeper you know?"
"No, you only moan her name in your sleep half the night."
Xander is embarrassed. "Remind me to take a sleeping pill from now on."
He turns very serious. "Oz, could you have shot her if she interfered?"
Oz avoids answering. "I could have shot him, no problem."
"Yea, I was thinking along those lines myself"
Buufy and Spike talk "What the hell was that all about, Spike? Who owns this place?"
"I don't know."
"Well whoever it is apparently kidnapped that woman."
"I think the guy's some kind of drug lord or something."
"And we're partying in his place?"
"Relay, Slayer, if we have to kill him later we will."
"But in the meantime we're his guests?"
"Well now don't go all soft on me Buffy. I mean who's really evil? It's a whole grey area anyway."
"It didn't use to be."
"Whatever."
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TITLE: BUFFY'S TURN 7\?
AUTHOR: RICK
E-MAIL: amulet@my-dejanews.com
SUMMARY: Buffy finds out Xander slept with Faith. She does something stupid thus jeopardizing Xander's love for her. She goes to see Willow trying to mend her ways.
The scene at the factory really wigged Buffy out. She lays on her bed. She could have sworn that commando was Xander. She knows that's impossible but it sure did seem like it. Maybe its because she has Xander on her brain. His speech about evil really moved her. Maybe he's right about the whole thing.
Later that week she is out with Faith. Buffy is quiet and pensive. Faith questions her.
"Are you okay, "B"?"
"I don't know. Xander showed up at my house the other night. He really got on me for all this wild stuff I've been doing lately."
"Oh yea, he's got a lot of room to talk."
"What does that mean?"
"You and he still never...you know...did the deed?"
"Nope, we're still just friends. Well, I mean we use to be."
"He's very good."
Buffy is shocked. "How do you know, Faith?"
"We sort of ran into each other."
"I asked you to leave my friends alone, Faith."
"It wasn't like that, "B". He saved my ass one night. We had a mutual moment. We rolled!"
Buffy is shocked and hurt. She almost feels...betrayed. Faith sees her reaction.
"You don't have feelings for him do you?"
Buffy tries to recover. "Of course not. Just forget it...let's go."
Buffy does anything but forget it.She can't stop thinking about it. That bastard! What kind of crap is he trying to pull on her. That big speech about good and evil and then he sleeps with her!!!
She is enraged. She finds the address to his new apartment, knocking on the door. Xander answers. His hear soars at first until he sees the look in her eyes. He goes to her.
"What can I do for you, Buff?"
"You hypocritical bastard! What the hell are you trying to pull on me?"
She grabs him harshly and knocks him up against the building. Xander is shocked.
"What the hell are you doing, Buffy?"
"You son of a bitch!" She swings at him but he ducks. She tries another but he blocks it.
"Buffy, you're going to hurt me. What the hell is going on?"
"I'm going to kick your ass."
She swings a couple of times but Xander's new training enables him to avoid her. She can't believe it. She tries again.
"Buffy, stop the goddamned punching. Don't I get to hear it? What the hell did I do?"
Buffy, all of a sudden feeling very embarrassed. "All that shit you're telling me. You took a roll in the hay with Faith didn't you? First you rolled a monster then you rolled her. Who used who, Xander?"
Xander is really pissed off. He wipes some blood from his lip.You're kicking my ass because I slept with Faith? How many guys have you rolled now, Slayer? How about you and fang boy? That must be a wild and woolly romp. Ass kicking to the max. You have the guts to be in my face about Faith?"
He shakes his head. "You're a joke. Are you finished kicking my ass now I have to get back in!"
Buffy doesn't know what to do. She is completely mixed up now. She approaches Xander. She starts to come on to him. She tries to kiss his neck. Xander is not moved.
"Stop it Buffy."
"What's the matter, Xander. Don't tell me you don't want me. I can roll as good as Faith."
She tries it again. Xander grabs her shoulder's pushing her away.
"Stop it Buffy! Stop humiliating yourself like this. I don't want to see you like this."
"Oh isn't that a shame. Are you looking for your precious Buffy the vampire slayer?"
"That's who you are, Buffy. This other stuff is an act. I can see it in your eyes."
"Oh I forgot, Mr. Xander Harris expert on Buffy Summers. You're pathetic Xander. Do you want to screw or not."
This is killing Xander. He starts welling up.She makes another move on him. He can't help it. He smacks her right across the face. It totally shocks her. She stops in her tracks just staring at him for a minute. Then she starts to cry herself. She stands in front of him sobbing. Xander is so pissed off he can't see straight.
Seeing her like this is traumatic for him. This is the first time he can say he has absolutely no respect for her. He puts his hand under her chin forcing her to look at him.
"Why, Buffy? Why did you do this? Was my love for you that pathetic,Slayer? Was the love of one man for you so goddamned ridiculous? Did you have to make sure you killed it? Is that part of the new Buffy, cruel and too big for her weak friends?"
Xander is crying as he finishes. "This is the first time since I've met you that I have no respect for you at all."
He grabs her roughly. "You killed my love for you. Are you happy? Is that what you wanted to do? Is that what you came here to do, Buffy? I can't believe you."
Buffy is out of it. She shocked herself by what she did. She stares at Xander, looking for some compassion in his eyes. But, all she can see is hurt and pain.
"Please, Xander."
"Go back to Spike, Buffy. Or maybe I'll call Angel. He'll take you...Lets have Angelus back, that will be fun don't you think!"
He pushes her off his doorstep. "Get out of here, Buffy, I have to go."
Buffy reluctantly leaves. She still can't believe what she just did. First she humiliated him. The she came on to him like a whore. Why did she do it? She gets a pain deep in her heart. She can't lose Xander, not again. But, she just did. And this time it's worse. She killed his love for her. The love that she didn't even know she counted on. The love that she cannot live without.
Does she love Xander? Yes...but what difference does it make now? If she could only have these last few days back.
Buffy has to go see some one she abandoned a long time ago, Willow. She prays that the witch will be more compassionate to her than Xander. She knocks on her door. When Willow answers she doesn't show any emotion to the slayer. Buffy hurt her when she just left the group like that.
"What do you want, Buffy?"
Buffy searches her best friend for any sign of compassion. Through tears she asks.
"Is there any chance...any chance I could get my best friend back?"
"Why, Buffy?"
"Willow, please...I just did something. I just...I just really hurt Xander. I love him, Willow...I do. I don't know when it happened but it doesn't matter...I just killed his love for me."
"Buffy, are you sure. Do you know how much he loved you?"
"Willow, Spike and I ridiculed him every chance we got. And I found out he slept with Faith."
Willows eyes bulge. "He did?"
"Yea, that's when I found out I loved him But I went over his place. I...I was angry. I hit him a couple of times. Then...." Buffy starts to sob. Willow comforts her.
"What, Buffy?"
'I started coming on to him like...like a whore. He told me to stop. I didn't so he hit me."
Willow has her mouth open.
"Xander hit you, Buffy?"
"I know. I was shocked too. I started crying. I thought he would comfort me but he got harder than I've ever seen him, Willow. He told me I killed his love for me. Then he told me to get away from him. Willow, I've been so stupid about every thing. I don't know what to do. Did I burn all my bridges behind me, Willow?"
The slayer start sobbing Willow comforts her. They were talking outside Willow's parents house. She invites her in.
"Buffy, you can come in but, Oz is here. I'll ell him we need to be alone."
The slayer looks at Oz. "Hello Oz. Good to see you back."
The wolf is very cold. Buffy questions him.
"Did I do some thing to you, Oz?"
"Is that a rhetorical question, Buffy?"
Willow tries to save the day.
"Oz, Buffy realizes she did..."
The wolf interrupts. "Hey, I don't need an explanation. I'm not hanging on her every word. I'm not Xander!"
Willow is shocked. "Oz!"
"This is the new Buffy, Will. Every thing is rock and roll and out with it. If you're weak down you go." He walks past Buffy.
"You know what Slayer, we all grew up, did you?"
With that he storms out.
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AUTHOR: RICK
E-MAIL: amulet@my-dejanews.com
DISCLAIMER: SEE CHAPTER ONE
SUMMARY: Deep down Buffy knows she is messing up big time. Hopefully Xander can save her before she gets too far gone. He might be the only one who can. With Oz back our favorite witch's life has gotten very uncomfortable. Oz has never stopped loving her. She moved on with Tara but she didn't have Oz around every day to remind her of what was.
CHAPTER: 6- A PLAGUE ON MY HOUSE HOLD, TWO
Buffy is very upset and pre-occupied as she and Spike continue their romp through down town Sunnydale. Spike doesn't like it.
"All right, Slayer, why the long face. Ever since we saw your former play mate you've been like a dead slayer walking."
"Well I thought I might see how your side of the grave feels."
"Very funny...you don't have the hots for that little boy, do you?"
"No, he's...he was my friend."
"And rumor has it you took it pretty hard when he left."
"Maybe I did, so what?"
"Well if you want I'll work on him. Get him to join us or else."
Leave him alone, Spike. Besides he wouldn't join us anyway. He's not..."
Buffy just trails off. Spike continues to look at her.
"Oh, great, now I have to compete with Xander boy for your attention. Commando man was bad enough."
Buffy gets angry. Xander left her and she still hasn't forgiven him. All of a sudden he is back and thinks he is going to get in her face as he use to do. But not this time. If he wanted to have something to say about her life he should have stayed around. Besides he is a civilian and doesn't know anything about it anyway. He can't relate to her on a deep level, on the level she needs some one. Buffy breaks out of her thoughts.
"Lets go party, Spike."
"Okay, now that's what I want to hear. We'll pick up Faith and turned the town out."
"Do you really like Faith better than me?"
"Well, I want to kill you more. Does that answer your question?"
"William, you're such a charmer."
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Xander can't get his mind off Buffy. Giles has tried to get her back. Willow has tried repeatedly. Even Riley has tried but to no avail. But he cannot just let her go like this. Right now she hasn't done anything real bad, just irresponsible. She hasn't crossed the line, the one between good and evil. Xander has gotten some insight to that line himself recently. So far his assignments are ones he can support but what if he is told to do something bad. He and Oz have no illusions that their employers are completely good. In fact they can feel the presence of some very un acceptable levels of evil in some of the characters they have dealt with. Characters supposedly on their side.
But Xander cannot allow Buffy to get that far out there. In addition to loving her he also feels somewhat responsible for her present condition. It happened right after he left and even Giles thinks it had to do with him. So he has to try to talk some sense into her. He goes to her house one evening. She is very surprised to see him.
"Xander, what the hell do you want? It's night time. Didn't your Mommy tell you its dangerous to be on the streets of Sunnydale after dark?"
"You mean it's dangerous because there's people like you out there?"
"Funny boy, ...didn't you get enough abuse the other night?"
"This isn't about me. It's about you."
"Oh, I see. You've been elected to tell me once and for all how bad I've become."
"Sorry, Slayer, you seem to have convinced every one else you're too far out there. They have their own gig now. This is just me coming to you."
"You're pitiful, Xander. Do you know how ridiculous it is for you to love me? You called me pathetic. What do you think is going to happen between you and I?"
"Buffy, my puppy dog crush on you is long over. But I do care about you. That scene the other night with Janice was close, real close to pushing you off the edge."
"What edge?"
"The edge of good and evil, Buffy."
"Xander, what the hell would you know about the edge of good and evil?"
"More than you know, Slayer."
Buffy is tired talking. "Are you finished with the sermon, Xander?"
"Look, Buffy, how about dropping the bad-asses routine and come back and join us."
Buffy approaches Xander. She grabs him by the collars of his coat. "Xander get out of my life. If I can't get rid of you with insults I have no problem kicking your ass. You are a ridiculous little boy."
Xander is unfazed. "You know Slayer you ought to feel lucky I don't take what you're saying to heart. You and I both know a little secret, don't we? This ridiculous little boy is deeper in there (pointing to her heart) then you want to admit, isn't he?"
This really gets Buffy mad. "You have three seconds to get off my porch."
"Look into my eyes Buffy, like you did the other night. Do you see any fear in there? You're not scaring me away. I'm not getting out of your life."
Spike comes onto the porch. "Well, if it isn't Buffy's former lap dog. Did you fetch the paper for her?"
Xander shakes off Buffy's hold and start to leave. "That's pretty funny, Spike. I actually have to laugh."
"It wasn't suppose to be funny mate. You're getting on my nerves."
"Well I guess you just can't help it. You're funny whether you want to be or not."
Spike goes after Xander again but Buffy stops him. "He was just leaving Spike. She turns to Xander.
"Get the hell out of here now, Xander!"
The boy leaves disgusted. But he moved Buffy. No small matter there. The thing Buffy can't get out of her mind is the look in Xander's eyes. Honest eyes...sincere eyes...She knows deep down she could really use those eyes. But he is just a civilian. Her life is rough and tough and...and what? She can't answer. Xander always does the right thing. He always tells her what she needs to hear whether she wants to hear it or not. But now he said his crush on her is over. Besides she saw the look in his eyes. He hates her now.
Xander and Oz have a mission. They are to raid a warehouse, free a prisoner and take her to a designated spot for pick up. Both are equipped with cameras. They are monitored from a trailer which is manned by none other than Giles, Willow and Tara. As Xander and Oz approach the factory they hear music.
"Sounds like a party's going on in their."
Willow responds. "Yes, it is suppose to be some type of night club."
Xander stops. Oz looks at him. "Lets go, Xander."
"Wait."
"For what?"
"That's my favorite song they're playing."
Willow scolds him from the trailer. "I'm glad Giles didn't hear that, Xander. Get in there, now!"
"Yes, ma'am"
The red head has one last thing to say before they go in.
"Oz, be careful, okay?"
"I will Willow."
Now its Xander's turn to comment.
"Hey, if you two are going to get personal tune me out for the touchy-feely stuff okay?"
Willow and Tara exchange a sad glance in the trailer. Tara breaks the moment.
"Guys, it sounds like a crowd in there, be careful."
They stroll in. They are both dressed in fatigues with black face and bandannas covering their hair. Head phones and cameras complete the outfit. There are about fifteen people dancing wildly to the pulsating music coming from two huge speakers suspended from the high ceiling. Xander sees something that shocks him.
"Shit, Willow do you have the picture yet?"
"Yes I do. I see her. It's Buffy."
Oz adds. "And Spike!"
Xander hesitates. "Put Giles on."
The watcher answers. "I see them, Xander. But, mission proceeds."
"What if they ID me?"
"We'll deal with that later. We have a time issue here. Mission proceeds as ordered."
Xander and Oz just shrug their shoulders. Oz takes a strategic position on a cat walk high above the dancers. Xander walks out to the middle of the crowd.
"Oz, can you see the speaker wires?"
Two rapid seconds later both speakers shatter and the music stops. A few people scream and try to move away from Xander .He tries to garble his voice.
"Good evening folks. Just be calm and no one will get hurt."
Oz turns on his lighted scope."
"You'll notice a little red lighted circle dancing about you. It's not for your enjoyment. It's to make sure you stay where you are. And for those daemons in the crowd. We haven't forgotten you. Think two words; wooden bullets."
Willow speaks. "Xander, the room is in the back to the right. Oz, mark the two guys in the back row closest to the room."
As Xander makes a move toward the room the two thugs in the back brake to defend whatever is back there...a big mistake. Two rifle bursts later both burst to ashes.
Buffy is getting into battle readiness but doesn't move. So far its nothing for her to be concerned with. Two less daemons in the world is nothing to get mad about.She swears there is something familiar about this guy, though.
Five minutes later Xander emerges from the back room with a hooded figure whose hands are tied behind her back. He takes one last look at the dancers before leaving.
"Thanks for your co-operation."
He leaves. Oz and he then load their cargo into a jeep wagon and proceed to take off.
The hooded woman speaks. "Are you rescuing me?"
"I think so."
"Can I have my hood removed?"
Oz looks at Xander through the rear view mirror.
"I'll do that if you're having trouble breathing but I'll still have to blind fold you."
"Gee thanks you're so humane. So more strong armed stuff, huh?"
"We're not strong arming you."
Oz has a question for the woman as Xander removes her hood and releases her hands.
"Who are you?"
"Myrrh Kennings."
"Doesn't mean anything. Why were you being held prisoner?"
"You guys are really well informed aren't you? Do you always take assignments without knowing what's going on?"
They drop Myra off at the designated place. She is taken in another car. She apparently knows the person who picked her up. She doesn't protest. Afterward Oz And Xander talk.
"This is getting harder, Xander."
"I know, we don't even know who we're helping half the time."
"Yea, we're not into evil. We both had enough with the Hellmouth."
"From now on we pump everyone for the details."
"Has my vote...Hey, Xander, shall I say it?"
They both laugh. Xander takes the words right from his mouth.
"What the hell was Buffy doing there?"
"This gets weirder by the job. You have to talk to her, man."
Why, I'm not her keeper you know?"
"No, you only moan her name in your sleep half the night."
Xander is embarrassed. "Remind me to take a sleeping pill from now on."
He turns very serious. "Oz, could you have shot her if she interfered?"
Oz avoids answering. "I could have shot him, no problem."
"Yea, I was thinking along those lines myself"
Buufy and Spike talk "What the hell was that all about, Spike? Who owns this place?"
"I don't know."
"Well whoever it is apparently kidnapped that woman."
"I think the guy's some kind of drug lord or something."
"And we're partying in his place?"
"Relay, Slayer, if we have to kill him later we will."
"But in the meantime we're his guests?"
"Well now don't go all soft on me Buffy. I mean who's really evil? It's a whole grey area anyway."
"It didn't use to be."
"Whatever."
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TITLE: BUFFY'S TURN 7\?
AUTHOR: RICK
E-MAIL: amulet@my-dejanews.com
SUMMARY: Buffy finds out Xander slept with Faith. She does something stupid thus jeopardizing Xander's love for her. She goes to see Willow trying to mend her ways.
The scene at the factory really wigged Buffy out. She lays on her bed. She could have sworn that commando was Xander. She knows that's impossible but it sure did seem like it. Maybe its because she has Xander on her brain. His speech about evil really moved her. Maybe he's right about the whole thing.
Later that week she is out with Faith. Buffy is quiet and pensive. Faith questions her.
"Are you okay, "B"?"
"I don't know. Xander showed up at my house the other night. He really got on me for all this wild stuff I've been doing lately."
"Oh yea, he's got a lot of room to talk."
"What does that mean?"
"You and he still never...you know...did the deed?"
"Nope, we're still just friends. Well, I mean we use to be."
"He's very good."
Buffy is shocked. "How do you know, Faith?"
"We sort of ran into each other."
"I asked you to leave my friends alone, Faith."
"It wasn't like that, "B". He saved my ass one night. We had a mutual moment. We rolled!"
Buffy is shocked and hurt. She almost feels...betrayed. Faith sees her reaction.
"You don't have feelings for him do you?"
Buffy tries to recover. "Of course not. Just forget it...let's go."
Buffy does anything but forget it.She can't stop thinking about it. That bastard! What kind of crap is he trying to pull on her. That big speech about good and evil and then he sleeps with her!!!
She is enraged. She finds the address to his new apartment, knocking on the door. Xander answers. His hear soars at first until he sees the look in her eyes. He goes to her.
"What can I do for you, Buff?"
"You hypocritical bastard! What the hell are you trying to pull on me?"
She grabs him harshly and knocks him up against the building. Xander is shocked.
"What the hell are you doing, Buffy?"
"You son of a bitch!" She swings at him but he ducks. She tries another but he blocks it.
"Buffy, you're going to hurt me. What the hell is going on?"
"I'm going to kick your ass."
She swings a couple of times but Xander's new training enables him to avoid her. She can't believe it. She tries again.
"Buffy, stop the goddamned punching. Don't I get to hear it? What the hell did I do?"
Buffy, all of a sudden feeling very embarrassed. "All that shit you're telling me. You took a roll in the hay with Faith didn't you? First you rolled a monster then you rolled her. Who used who, Xander?"
Xander is really pissed off. He wipes some blood from his lip.You're kicking my ass because I slept with Faith? How many guys have you rolled now, Slayer? How about you and fang boy? That must be a wild and woolly romp. Ass kicking to the max. You have the guts to be in my face about Faith?"
He shakes his head. "You're a joke. Are you finished kicking my ass now I have to get back in!"
Buffy doesn't know what to do. She is completely mixed up now. She approaches Xander. She starts to come on to him. She tries to kiss his neck. Xander is not moved.
"Stop it Buffy."
"What's the matter, Xander. Don't tell me you don't want me. I can roll as good as Faith."
She tries it again. Xander grabs her shoulder's pushing her away.
"Stop it Buffy! Stop humiliating yourself like this. I don't want to see you like this."
"Oh isn't that a shame. Are you looking for your precious Buffy the vampire slayer?"
"That's who you are, Buffy. This other stuff is an act. I can see it in your eyes."
"Oh I forgot, Mr. Xander Harris expert on Buffy Summers. You're pathetic Xander. Do you want to screw or not."
This is killing Xander. He starts welling up.She makes another move on him. He can't help it. He smacks her right across the face. It totally shocks her. She stops in her tracks just staring at him for a minute. Then she starts to cry herself. She stands in front of him sobbing. Xander is so pissed off he can't see straight.
Seeing her like this is traumatic for him. This is the first time he can say he has absolutely no respect for her. He puts his hand under her chin forcing her to look at him.
"Why, Buffy? Why did you do this? Was my love for you that pathetic,Slayer? Was the love of one man for you so goddamned ridiculous? Did you have to make sure you killed it? Is that part of the new Buffy, cruel and too big for her weak friends?"
Xander is crying as he finishes. "This is the first time since I've met you that I have no respect for you at all."
He grabs her roughly. "You killed my love for you. Are you happy? Is that what you wanted to do? Is that what you came here to do, Buffy? I can't believe you."
Buffy is out of it. She shocked herself by what she did. She stares at Xander, looking for some compassion in his eyes. But, all she can see is hurt and pain.
"Please, Xander."
"Go back to Spike, Buffy. Or maybe I'll call Angel. He'll take you...Lets have Angelus back, that will be fun don't you think!"
He pushes her off his doorstep. "Get out of here, Buffy, I have to go."
Buffy reluctantly leaves. She still can't believe what she just did. First she humiliated him. The she came on to him like a whore. Why did she do it? She gets a pain deep in her heart. She can't lose Xander, not again. But, she just did. And this time it's worse. She killed his love for her. The love that she didn't even know she counted on. The love that she cannot live without.
Does she love Xander? Yes...but what difference does it make now? If she could only have these last few days back.
Buffy has to go see some one she abandoned a long time ago, Willow. She prays that the witch will be more compassionate to her than Xander. She knocks on her door. When Willow answers she doesn't show any emotion to the slayer. Buffy hurt her when she just left the group like that.
"What do you want, Buffy?"
Buffy searches her best friend for any sign of compassion. Through tears she asks.
"Is there any chance...any chance I could get my best friend back?"
"Why, Buffy?"
"Willow, please...I just did something. I just...I just really hurt Xander. I love him, Willow...I do. I don't know when it happened but it doesn't matter...I just killed his love for me."
"Buffy, are you sure. Do you know how much he loved you?"
"Willow, Spike and I ridiculed him every chance we got. And I found out he slept with Faith."
Willows eyes bulge. "He did?"
"Yea, that's when I found out I loved him But I went over his place. I...I was angry. I hit him a couple of times. Then...." Buffy starts to sob. Willow comforts her.
"What, Buffy?"
'I started coming on to him like...like a whore. He told me to stop. I didn't so he hit me."
Willow has her mouth open.
"Xander hit you, Buffy?"
"I know. I was shocked too. I started crying. I thought he would comfort me but he got harder than I've ever seen him, Willow. He told me I killed his love for me. Then he told me to get away from him. Willow, I've been so stupid about every thing. I don't know what to do. Did I burn all my bridges behind me, Willow?"
The slayer start sobbing Willow comforts her. They were talking outside Willow's parents house. She invites her in.
"Buffy, you can come in but, Oz is here. I'll ell him we need to be alone."
The slayer looks at Oz. "Hello Oz. Good to see you back."
The wolf is very cold. Buffy questions him.
"Did I do some thing to you, Oz?"
"Is that a rhetorical question, Buffy?"
Willow tries to save the day.
"Oz, Buffy realizes she did..."
The wolf interrupts. "Hey, I don't need an explanation. I'm not hanging on her every word. I'm not Xander!"
Willow is shocked. "Oz!"
"This is the new Buffy, Will. Every thing is rock and roll and out with it. If you're weak down you go." He walks past Buffy.
"You know what Slayer, we all grew up, did you?"
With that he storms out.
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