Part Eight – Galway, Ireland
Buffy opened her mouth, meaning to tell them what she had just worked out but Alexander bet her to it. The boy did not like her, she could tell.
"Even if this is remotely possible, how do we know that you are not just part of some kind of scheme to humiliate us in front of the whole town? Everyone knows that Liam thinks we are all crazy. God knows why Anne loved him. Why else would such a dainty young girl such as yourself be hanging around the town drunkard?"
Wow…to say that he didn't like her was an understatement. If this was her Xander she would be giving him a good talking to right now! But he wasn't, so she couldn't.
"Look, I don't know how to prove to you that I'm not lying. You're just going to have to choose whether to believe me or not. But if you don't hurry up and make up your mind, it will be too late and I will have to do this by myself, which I don't really want to do."
Buffy looked towards Rupert.
"How would I know all these things, huh? I'm guessing that I look a lot like your Slayer, don't I? Well that would probably be because we're the same person, in a weird sort of way. Everyone in this lifetime will die and come back in my time. Except Liam. He will be sired tonight and turn into Angelus, killing many innocent people, unless we stop this from happening." She looked imploringly into the eyes of the people who looked so much like her loved ones back in the year 2000. "Please, you have to believe me!"
"Fine. What exactly do we have to do?" Rupert looked at the young girl, still not quite believing her, but deciding to take a chance.
Buffy let out a sigh of relief. 'Thank God! They believe me!' She thought, then immediately regretted thinking that, realising she spoke too soon…
"Rupert! You're actually going to believe that? It's obvious that Liam is behind this! He blames us for Anne's death and this is his childish way of getting back at us! I am not going to stick around and be humiliated. If you wish to then good luck to you." Alexander to turned to Buffy, a mixture of hurt, anger and pride showing on his face. "You're not a half bad actress miss, but it takes a lot to fool me."
With that, the hurt and angry young man stormed out of the room, leaving silence behind him.
"Wow, even in this time, Xander still hates Angel." Buffy said, trying to lift the tension in the room.
"Pardon?" Rupert removed his glasses, wiping them on his shirt, a gesture that made Buffy think of her own Watcher, probably worrying about her right now…
"Never mind." Buffy looked down at her cup of tea, wondering what was supposed to happen now.
Rupert watched Buffy do this, then looked at Willow, who was still obviously debating whether to stay or follow Alexander's cue and leave. He sighed.
"What did you say your name was miss?"
"I didn't and it is Buffy."
"Oh, well, umm…Buffy, I apologise for Alexander's behaviour. We have all had a lot of pain in our lives lately and he, unfortunately, has taken most of it to heart. He felt very deeply about Anne, our Slayer, and was devesated when she…ah…died. She meant a lot to him, even though she never returned his feelings and umm…" The Watcher stopped to wipe a tear from his eye and clean his glasses again…
"It's ok." Buffy said in a low voice. "You don't have to explain."
"So you say you know Angelus."
Buffy turned in surprise to Willow, who had been silent up until now.
"Umm, yes. Yes, I did." Boy! Is that an understatement!
Buffy could feel her face getting hot and tried to stop it.
"Well, why didn't you just kill him? He's just a vampire. Why did you bother coming all the way back here?"
"Well…" Buffy tried to think of something to say without having to explain her part in Angel's life. "I…"
"I'm sure she's has a reason Willow." Rupert interrupted. "But I would like to ask you a few questions while you are here miss…I mean...Buffy."
"Sure! Shoot!" Buffy said, relived that she didn't have to answer Willows question.
"Shoot?"
"I mean, ask away."
"Well, in the books I have managed to translate, it said something about a vampire with the face of an Angel, which I am guessing is Angelus, being cursed and receiving his soul. Is this true?"
Great! Get out of one bad question and get given another!
"Yes, that is true. Angelus was given a soul by gypsies as a curse, but not before killing many people and siring many vampires."
"So, therefore he was turned, well, almost good, you could say?"
"Well, yes."
"Right." Rupert walked over to his books, a confused look on his face. "But later on, in later prophecies, he is mentioned as Angelus again. How is this possible?"
Buffy could feel her face reddening again.
"Umm…if Angel, that is what his is known as when he is, well, good, if he received one moment of true happiness, he would lose his soul. He received his one moment and became Angelus again. But then, we kind of found the spell to curse him again. "
"So you gave him back his soul again?"
"Well, yeah."
Buffy noticed that Willow was watching her intensely. She wondered what was going through the girl's mind. In truth, Willow, still as sensitive as ever, had picked up on Buffy's discomfort and had guessed what it was that had given Angel his 'one moment'. But, being the well brought up girl she was; she kept her thoughts to herself.
"Ok, I just wanted to clear that up. There are so many things I would like to ask you but I am guessing that time is getting short and we should really turn to the reason you are here." Rupert walked back over to the girls and sat down again. "So, what do we have to do?"
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Buffy opened her mouth, meaning to tell them what she had just worked out but Alexander bet her to it. The boy did not like her, she could tell.
"Even if this is remotely possible, how do we know that you are not just part of some kind of scheme to humiliate us in front of the whole town? Everyone knows that Liam thinks we are all crazy. God knows why Anne loved him. Why else would such a dainty young girl such as yourself be hanging around the town drunkard?"
Wow…to say that he didn't like her was an understatement. If this was her Xander she would be giving him a good talking to right now! But he wasn't, so she couldn't.
"Look, I don't know how to prove to you that I'm not lying. You're just going to have to choose whether to believe me or not. But if you don't hurry up and make up your mind, it will be too late and I will have to do this by myself, which I don't really want to do."
Buffy looked towards Rupert.
"How would I know all these things, huh? I'm guessing that I look a lot like your Slayer, don't I? Well that would probably be because we're the same person, in a weird sort of way. Everyone in this lifetime will die and come back in my time. Except Liam. He will be sired tonight and turn into Angelus, killing many innocent people, unless we stop this from happening." She looked imploringly into the eyes of the people who looked so much like her loved ones back in the year 2000. "Please, you have to believe me!"
"Fine. What exactly do we have to do?" Rupert looked at the young girl, still not quite believing her, but deciding to take a chance.
Buffy let out a sigh of relief. 'Thank God! They believe me!' She thought, then immediately regretted thinking that, realising she spoke too soon…
"Rupert! You're actually going to believe that? It's obvious that Liam is behind this! He blames us for Anne's death and this is his childish way of getting back at us! I am not going to stick around and be humiliated. If you wish to then good luck to you." Alexander to turned to Buffy, a mixture of hurt, anger and pride showing on his face. "You're not a half bad actress miss, but it takes a lot to fool me."
With that, the hurt and angry young man stormed out of the room, leaving silence behind him.
"Wow, even in this time, Xander still hates Angel." Buffy said, trying to lift the tension in the room.
"Pardon?" Rupert removed his glasses, wiping them on his shirt, a gesture that made Buffy think of her own Watcher, probably worrying about her right now…
"Never mind." Buffy looked down at her cup of tea, wondering what was supposed to happen now.
Rupert watched Buffy do this, then looked at Willow, who was still obviously debating whether to stay or follow Alexander's cue and leave. He sighed.
"What did you say your name was miss?"
"I didn't and it is Buffy."
"Oh, well, umm…Buffy, I apologise for Alexander's behaviour. We have all had a lot of pain in our lives lately and he, unfortunately, has taken most of it to heart. He felt very deeply about Anne, our Slayer, and was devesated when she…ah…died. She meant a lot to him, even though she never returned his feelings and umm…" The Watcher stopped to wipe a tear from his eye and clean his glasses again…
"It's ok." Buffy said in a low voice. "You don't have to explain."
"So you say you know Angelus."
Buffy turned in surprise to Willow, who had been silent up until now.
"Umm, yes. Yes, I did." Boy! Is that an understatement!
Buffy could feel her face getting hot and tried to stop it.
"Well, why didn't you just kill him? He's just a vampire. Why did you bother coming all the way back here?"
"Well…" Buffy tried to think of something to say without having to explain her part in Angel's life. "I…"
"I'm sure she's has a reason Willow." Rupert interrupted. "But I would like to ask you a few questions while you are here miss…I mean...Buffy."
"Sure! Shoot!" Buffy said, relived that she didn't have to answer Willows question.
"Shoot?"
"I mean, ask away."
"Well, in the books I have managed to translate, it said something about a vampire with the face of an Angel, which I am guessing is Angelus, being cursed and receiving his soul. Is this true?"
Great! Get out of one bad question and get given another!
"Yes, that is true. Angelus was given a soul by gypsies as a curse, but not before killing many people and siring many vampires."
"So, therefore he was turned, well, almost good, you could say?"
"Well, yes."
"Right." Rupert walked over to his books, a confused look on his face. "But later on, in later prophecies, he is mentioned as Angelus again. How is this possible?"
Buffy could feel her face reddening again.
"Umm…if Angel, that is what his is known as when he is, well, good, if he received one moment of true happiness, he would lose his soul. He received his one moment and became Angelus again. But then, we kind of found the spell to curse him again. "
"So you gave him back his soul again?"
"Well, yeah."
Buffy noticed that Willow was watching her intensely. She wondered what was going through the girl's mind. In truth, Willow, still as sensitive as ever, had picked up on Buffy's discomfort and had guessed what it was that had given Angel his 'one moment'. But, being the well brought up girl she was; she kept her thoughts to herself.
"Ok, I just wanted to clear that up. There are so many things I would like to ask you but I am guessing that time is getting short and we should really turn to the reason you are here." Rupert walked back over to the girls and sat down again. "So, what do we have to do?"
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