TITLE: Sunnydale Blade (6a/7)
AUTHOR: Michael Dunbar
RATING: R probably
DISTRIBUTION: You want it you can have it, all I want is recognition
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing except the story. All them very creative people own the other concepts
FEEDBACK: pretty pretty please
SUMMARY: Xands the day walker was trained by Whistler to help the slayer
DEDICATION: B/X_Fanfic group people you guys rule
AUTHOR NOTES: Xand knows of Angel's curse but he doesn't know what will break it.
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I am running down a long tunnel a light at the end.
I have no idea how I got here; I remember the fight the beating of spike and me falling unconscious.
I appeared here and I can hear her calling.
I ran towards her but can't get closer.
An image of my moms pained face spreads through the tunnel from one end to the other as she is giving birth to me and I see her neck dripping blood.
A flash of light blinds me then another image appears.
One of her at spikes side.
I clench my fist and it disappears.
Then the image of Buffy appears and I smile until I see spike grab her from behind then twist her neck sharply causing it to break.
"NO!!!" I scream
I run faster trying to get closer to the image but I can't with each step it seems to get further away that is until I hear something a faint whisper.
I know it's her voice.
I walk closer towards it till the light envelops me and the sounds are clear.
"Wake up Xan" she says in a pained voice "we need you, I need you"
I walk through the light and my vision becomes clear.
I open my eyes and see her sitting at my bedside; I am in my room she is there crying.
I pull my hand up and brush her hair and she jerks up and looks at me surprised.
"Oh Xan" she shouts and leaps into me and I grab her.
My body feels oh so tired but I grab her and hug her, she cries and the tears soak my shirt.
"I thought we'd lost you forever" she mumbles into my shirt
My head clears and I pull her back.
"What are you doing back you weren't due for another couple of weeks" I say and kiss her on the lips.
She laughs and looks at me.
"You've been in a coma for a month Xander" she says slowly
I shake my head then look back at her
"A month" I whisper
She nods
"A month" I repeat "what's happened?"
And the answer to that question made my world come crashing down.
******
*A couple of hours later*
It seemed some terrible things had happened while I was asleep.
Grace and Angel had done the deed releasing the curse on this earth known as Angelus.
He joined with the vamp gang creating an even stronger menace.
He tortured and killed many humans each night with his minions; he tortured Grace but didn't manage to kill her because the gang rescued her in time.
Grace shut down after that she didn't even eat anymore she couldn't.
The next news made me even sadder.
Jesse died
Angelus tortured him and killed him.
I cried for an hour on Buffy's shoulder and she let me.
Willow had shut down and didn't talk to anyone she was a sole person now and spent all her time at home with a magic book she had stolen from Giles.
Oh Giles he was drinking, he had failed himself or so he thought and had become a bum a person that drinks to hide his sorrows but instead increases them.
And Buffy.
I could tell she was putting up a façade for me but I could see beneath it, she was tired.
She went out fighting many vampires night after night, the amount increasing each night and it was taking its toll.
I hug her to my chest and she sighs in contentment and follow suit thinking.
I can't believe I slept a month.
I should have been here to help them all, to help them through there pain instead I slept.
I pulled myself up from my bed despite Buffy's warning and got dressed.
I walked out her behind me and headed for Giles house.
******
*Giles house*
I don't knock.
I walk straight in holding Buffy's hand and see Giles sprawled out on the floor a bottle in hand.
He picks himself up unsteadily and looks me up and down then reaches for another bottle.
"That is not going to happen" I say
I grab the bottle before he even has chance to react and throw it out of the door hearing it crash and the liquid pours out onto the floor.
"You bastard" he mumbles out "that was my drink, and your dead anyway"
I can see Buffy's saddened face at the way he is out of the corner of my eye and I know we need him back, the old Giles, the one who knew what to do in a crisis.
He walks unsteadily towards his cupboards and starts searching for what id guess is another bottle.
I walk upto him and has his hand reaches for the bottle I intercept it and pull it down.
"You are not drinking anymore" I command "we need Giles back"
"What do you know" he shouts "your in a coma, your not even here"
He goes to punch me but I duck and grab his hand slamming his face into his cupboard.
"I am real" I shout "and we need you"
He tries to pull up but collapses to the floor and I soon hear him sobbing.
Buffy walks up to him and sits down beside him pulling him into a hug.
"I gotta go see Whistler" I whisper and she nods "be back soon"
I kiss her then pull back smiling and walk out of the door.
*****
*Whistler's place*
I walk in whistling a tune I had learnt from him, from the early days of our battles.
It immediately elicits a response from his place as he comes running out of his office and stops directly in front of me.
"Good god" he says happily "I thought the PTB had screwed me over this time"
"Nice to be appreciated" I reply
I put my hand out for him to shake and he pulls me into a hug then we release.
"So how's things?" I ask "and why didn't that bloody stuff work properly?"
He looks down then back up and I can see the pain etched on his face.
"My supplier is normally reliable but after he supplied that batch I wanted to go get some more but found him dead he had been fed upon" Whistler says "I had been supplied a batch that should have killed you, it should have made you sleep permanently"
"It almost did" I reply smiling
"You have some inner strength boy" he says "that's a good thing because you'll be tested on it in the coming days, it will be a hard battle but I know you can win, I believe in you"
I smile at him" thanks for the confidence whistler, so any new toys for my battles?"
He smiles a bigger smile than is already present on his face and motions for me to follow him into his office.
AUTHOR: Michael Dunbar
RATING: R probably
DISTRIBUTION: You want it you can have it, all I want is recognition
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing except the story. All them very creative people own the other concepts
FEEDBACK: pretty pretty please
SUMMARY: Xands the day walker was trained by Whistler to help the slayer
DEDICATION: B/X_Fanfic group people you guys rule
AUTHOR NOTES: Xand knows of Angel's curse but he doesn't know what will break it.
*********
I am running down a long tunnel a light at the end.
I have no idea how I got here; I remember the fight the beating of spike and me falling unconscious.
I appeared here and I can hear her calling.
I ran towards her but can't get closer.
An image of my moms pained face spreads through the tunnel from one end to the other as she is giving birth to me and I see her neck dripping blood.
A flash of light blinds me then another image appears.
One of her at spikes side.
I clench my fist and it disappears.
Then the image of Buffy appears and I smile until I see spike grab her from behind then twist her neck sharply causing it to break.
"NO!!!" I scream
I run faster trying to get closer to the image but I can't with each step it seems to get further away that is until I hear something a faint whisper.
I know it's her voice.
I walk closer towards it till the light envelops me and the sounds are clear.
"Wake up Xan" she says in a pained voice "we need you, I need you"
I walk through the light and my vision becomes clear.
I open my eyes and see her sitting at my bedside; I am in my room she is there crying.
I pull my hand up and brush her hair and she jerks up and looks at me surprised.
"Oh Xan" she shouts and leaps into me and I grab her.
My body feels oh so tired but I grab her and hug her, she cries and the tears soak my shirt.
"I thought we'd lost you forever" she mumbles into my shirt
My head clears and I pull her back.
"What are you doing back you weren't due for another couple of weeks" I say and kiss her on the lips.
She laughs and looks at me.
"You've been in a coma for a month Xander" she says slowly
I shake my head then look back at her
"A month" I whisper
She nods
"A month" I repeat "what's happened?"
And the answer to that question made my world come crashing down.
******
*A couple of hours later*
It seemed some terrible things had happened while I was asleep.
Grace and Angel had done the deed releasing the curse on this earth known as Angelus.
He joined with the vamp gang creating an even stronger menace.
He tortured and killed many humans each night with his minions; he tortured Grace but didn't manage to kill her because the gang rescued her in time.
Grace shut down after that she didn't even eat anymore she couldn't.
The next news made me even sadder.
Jesse died
Angelus tortured him and killed him.
I cried for an hour on Buffy's shoulder and she let me.
Willow had shut down and didn't talk to anyone she was a sole person now and spent all her time at home with a magic book she had stolen from Giles.
Oh Giles he was drinking, he had failed himself or so he thought and had become a bum a person that drinks to hide his sorrows but instead increases them.
And Buffy.
I could tell she was putting up a façade for me but I could see beneath it, she was tired.
She went out fighting many vampires night after night, the amount increasing each night and it was taking its toll.
I hug her to my chest and she sighs in contentment and follow suit thinking.
I can't believe I slept a month.
I should have been here to help them all, to help them through there pain instead I slept.
I pulled myself up from my bed despite Buffy's warning and got dressed.
I walked out her behind me and headed for Giles house.
******
*Giles house*
I don't knock.
I walk straight in holding Buffy's hand and see Giles sprawled out on the floor a bottle in hand.
He picks himself up unsteadily and looks me up and down then reaches for another bottle.
"That is not going to happen" I say
I grab the bottle before he even has chance to react and throw it out of the door hearing it crash and the liquid pours out onto the floor.
"You bastard" he mumbles out "that was my drink, and your dead anyway"
I can see Buffy's saddened face at the way he is out of the corner of my eye and I know we need him back, the old Giles, the one who knew what to do in a crisis.
He walks unsteadily towards his cupboards and starts searching for what id guess is another bottle.
I walk upto him and has his hand reaches for the bottle I intercept it and pull it down.
"You are not drinking anymore" I command "we need Giles back"
"What do you know" he shouts "your in a coma, your not even here"
He goes to punch me but I duck and grab his hand slamming his face into his cupboard.
"I am real" I shout "and we need you"
He tries to pull up but collapses to the floor and I soon hear him sobbing.
Buffy walks up to him and sits down beside him pulling him into a hug.
"I gotta go see Whistler" I whisper and she nods "be back soon"
I kiss her then pull back smiling and walk out of the door.
*****
*Whistler's place*
I walk in whistling a tune I had learnt from him, from the early days of our battles.
It immediately elicits a response from his place as he comes running out of his office and stops directly in front of me.
"Good god" he says happily "I thought the PTB had screwed me over this time"
"Nice to be appreciated" I reply
I put my hand out for him to shake and he pulls me into a hug then we release.
"So how's things?" I ask "and why didn't that bloody stuff work properly?"
He looks down then back up and I can see the pain etched on his face.
"My supplier is normally reliable but after he supplied that batch I wanted to go get some more but found him dead he had been fed upon" Whistler says "I had been supplied a batch that should have killed you, it should have made you sleep permanently"
"It almost did" I reply smiling
"You have some inner strength boy" he says "that's a good thing because you'll be tested on it in the coming days, it will be a hard battle but I know you can win, I believe in you"
I smile at him" thanks for the confidence whistler, so any new toys for my battles?"
He smiles a bigger smile than is already present on his face and motions for me to follow him into his office.