A Slayer's Sister A Vamp's Son
"Hey, you okay?" Dawn asked Connor again. She knew she should probably stop asking, but it seemed the good idea to do at the time. He nodded.
"You sure Buffy didn't beat you up too badly?"
"Sure."
"Good, 'cause I wouldn't want you hurt."
"You wouldn't?"
"Of course not! You're my friend. I don't like to see my friends hurt. So I'm glad you are okay."
She leaned him and gave him a hug. Connor felt strange. He'd never been hugged like this before. He was glad Dawn couldn't see his face. That way she wouldn't notice the pink tinge that had appeared on his cheeks.
They were on a boat and Cordelia was giving them directions, from what she had seen in Justine's brain. She always was good at remembering certain places. It would really come in handy since all of the places in the ocean looked the same.
"What did you and Xander talk about earlier?" Buffy asked her best friend.
Willow gave a glance toward Spike, who seemed to be staring into the water. "I don't know if I should be the one to tell you. You'd have to ask Spike. It's his deal."
"Hey Will,"
"Yeah?"
"I'm glad you're doing better. You're starting to sound like your old self again. At least more talkative. And you really stood up for yourself, and Spike in there. That's major improvement."
"Well I decided a couple of days ago that moping around wasn't fixing anything. If I wanted to make things right I had to start talking to people again. I know I can never take back what I did. I killed a person, and I do regret it."
"Will, I know! You don't have to tell me. I know you regret it. And it wasn't really you. It was the power."
"I wish people would stop saying that."
"You should be careful what you wish for." Anya said coming up.
"Well I do. It's not true. That was me! It was me. And yeah, maybe I was consumed by power, but it was still me. I knew the whole time somewhere deep down that it was all wrong, that Tara wouldn't have wanted me to do it, but I didn't care. Then when I felt everyone's pain. I thought the only way to make it stop, was to make everything stop."
"You're lucky that's what Giles planned on happening, otherwise you might have succeeded. He knew what was going to happen the whole time though. Apparently he was all connected to you, and when Xander came up, he said that we weren't all going to die. And then we didn't."
Buffy and Willow stared at Anya. "What, that's' what happened."
"You know, I need to talk to Giles about letting me in on his plans." Buffy commented.
Spike walked up next to Xander, who was busy watching Anya talk with the girls.
"Go away evil undead" he demanded.
"Well first I'm not evil. I gather Red already told you why. Don't know how she knew, but she does. And second I didn't come to harp on you Harris."
"Then what?"
"I came to apologize."
Xander let out one of his high-pitched laughs. Spike apologizing to him was one of the most hilarious things ever.
"I'm serious here. Look, I'm sorry for going off on you at the hotel. It's just you were in a really ad mood and. curse this soul, it's making me all soft."
"Yeah. I uh kinda noticed." Xander said, finally peeling his eyes away from Anya.
"So, still trying to get Anya back? That's another thing I'd like to apologize for. You realize that I actually made a list of who to say sorry too, and why, " Xander gave him a 'yeah right' look "I did. It's back in my crypt. I'll show it to you when we get back."
"Uh huh. What was that other thing you were apologizing for?"
"For the lil shag with Anya. I didn't mean for it to happen. We were both drunk, and both upset. It just happened. I wish I could."
"Don't finish that sentence!" Anya shouted. He heard her then mutter something about, "People need to be careful of how they use the word wish."
"I want to take it all back. I hurt you, Anya, Dawn, and Buffy. And that's one too many people in my opinion. One too many that I care about."
"Spike, since when have you cared about me?" Xander raised an eyebrow.
"Hey1 I care, I just don't show it. It goes against my nature to worry about whelps like you."
He and Xander shared a smile.
"We're here!" Cordy announced as the boat came to a stop.
Everyone moved to the front of the boat.
"Are you sure?" Buffy asked.
"Positive."
Dawn was a little skeptical. How could Cordelia be absolutely certain, that this was it. It looked just like the rest of the ocean. Connor looked at the depth gage, and then around him.
"Yeah, this is the spot." "I hate to point this out, but we don't have any scuba gear and it's 250 feet deep" Fred pointed out.
"She's right. No ones going to be able to make it to the bottom, without dying." Gunn added.
"I can." Spike said.
Buffy looked at him. "Are you sure. I don't want you getting hurt, or anything."
"I don't need to breathe. I'll be able to make it down, see if he's there, then break him out."
"Right." She still looked worried.
Spike stripped off his jacket and handed it to Buffy. He then went over to the ledge and jumped down, leaving the crew to worry about him.
Spike swam downward as hard as he could. It was going to be a long way to the bottom and there were fishies everywhere. It was rather distracting. He kept on swimming, further and further down. The only sound was the this loud whooshing noise. There never was much sound under water.
Finally a hint of green. Seaweed! He grabbed on to a thick piece and used it like a rope to pull himself down further. His feet hit the uneven ground. He began walking looking all over the ocean floor for any sign of Angel.
A few yards in the distance lay a casket. He hurried over to it,, and looked inside. Sure enough, there was Angel. He looked startled when he saw Spike. 'Probably wondering why I'm down here' he thought. The casket was pinned under a large rock by chains. Spike began to pull on the chains, trying to tug them loose.
Angel made thumping noises inside, shook his head, and gave the younger vampire a very wild eyed stare. Spike gave him a weird look and continued to yank. After several more tugs the rock came free. Unfortunately what Spike hadn't gotten was the fact that Angel had been trying to warn him there was a monster under the rock. As soon as it was free it sped toward Spike.
Spike reacted before he thought. He stood the casket up and the monster hit it, breaking it, setting Angel free. Angel grabbed Spike's hand and they both swam toward the surface as fast as they could. They came up a few yards away from the boat and the monster wasn't far behind. They made a break for it. Swimming for all their unlives were worth. They grabbed on to the boat side railings and hurled themselves over just as the monster missed snapping it's jaws over Angel's legs.
"Monster kill it. Get it away!" Spike yelled. All the people on the boat looked over at the monster who was thrashing wildly.
Cordelia got a brave idea. She went back a couple of feet and then broke into a run, and jumped off the railing onto the monsters back.
"CORDY NO!" Angel shouted, his voice extremely hoarse.
"I know what I'm doing!" she called up.
From her hands came a stream of crackling lightning. She let it gather for a minute, then placed her hands on the monsters back. The electricity dug into it, and it let out a screeching wail, that made most cover their ears. Cordelia jumped back on the boat. Smoke could be seen coming from the monster.
"Is everyone alright?" she asked. Slow nods all around.
"Well I think I deserve a what's going on here."
The group looked at each other. Who was going to explain all this t Angel? Come to think about it, who was going to explain all this to them? Not all of them completely understood it.
TBC
A/N: OMG! I am almost done with this. Hurray! Sorry it took me awhile to get this out. I had total writer's block with it, and my muse was asleep half the time. But she's finally up and kickin' So tell me what you think of this chapter. ~Rcahel
"Hey, you okay?" Dawn asked Connor again. She knew she should probably stop asking, but it seemed the good idea to do at the time. He nodded.
"You sure Buffy didn't beat you up too badly?"
"Sure."
"Good, 'cause I wouldn't want you hurt."
"You wouldn't?"
"Of course not! You're my friend. I don't like to see my friends hurt. So I'm glad you are okay."
She leaned him and gave him a hug. Connor felt strange. He'd never been hugged like this before. He was glad Dawn couldn't see his face. That way she wouldn't notice the pink tinge that had appeared on his cheeks.
They were on a boat and Cordelia was giving them directions, from what she had seen in Justine's brain. She always was good at remembering certain places. It would really come in handy since all of the places in the ocean looked the same.
"What did you and Xander talk about earlier?" Buffy asked her best friend.
Willow gave a glance toward Spike, who seemed to be staring into the water. "I don't know if I should be the one to tell you. You'd have to ask Spike. It's his deal."
"Hey Will,"
"Yeah?"
"I'm glad you're doing better. You're starting to sound like your old self again. At least more talkative. And you really stood up for yourself, and Spike in there. That's major improvement."
"Well I decided a couple of days ago that moping around wasn't fixing anything. If I wanted to make things right I had to start talking to people again. I know I can never take back what I did. I killed a person, and I do regret it."
"Will, I know! You don't have to tell me. I know you regret it. And it wasn't really you. It was the power."
"I wish people would stop saying that."
"You should be careful what you wish for." Anya said coming up.
"Well I do. It's not true. That was me! It was me. And yeah, maybe I was consumed by power, but it was still me. I knew the whole time somewhere deep down that it was all wrong, that Tara wouldn't have wanted me to do it, but I didn't care. Then when I felt everyone's pain. I thought the only way to make it stop, was to make everything stop."
"You're lucky that's what Giles planned on happening, otherwise you might have succeeded. He knew what was going to happen the whole time though. Apparently he was all connected to you, and when Xander came up, he said that we weren't all going to die. And then we didn't."
Buffy and Willow stared at Anya. "What, that's' what happened."
"You know, I need to talk to Giles about letting me in on his plans." Buffy commented.
Spike walked up next to Xander, who was busy watching Anya talk with the girls.
"Go away evil undead" he demanded.
"Well first I'm not evil. I gather Red already told you why. Don't know how she knew, but she does. And second I didn't come to harp on you Harris."
"Then what?"
"I came to apologize."
Xander let out one of his high-pitched laughs. Spike apologizing to him was one of the most hilarious things ever.
"I'm serious here. Look, I'm sorry for going off on you at the hotel. It's just you were in a really ad mood and. curse this soul, it's making me all soft."
"Yeah. I uh kinda noticed." Xander said, finally peeling his eyes away from Anya.
"So, still trying to get Anya back? That's another thing I'd like to apologize for. You realize that I actually made a list of who to say sorry too, and why, " Xander gave him a 'yeah right' look "I did. It's back in my crypt. I'll show it to you when we get back."
"Uh huh. What was that other thing you were apologizing for?"
"For the lil shag with Anya. I didn't mean for it to happen. We were both drunk, and both upset. It just happened. I wish I could."
"Don't finish that sentence!" Anya shouted. He heard her then mutter something about, "People need to be careful of how they use the word wish."
"I want to take it all back. I hurt you, Anya, Dawn, and Buffy. And that's one too many people in my opinion. One too many that I care about."
"Spike, since when have you cared about me?" Xander raised an eyebrow.
"Hey1 I care, I just don't show it. It goes against my nature to worry about whelps like you."
He and Xander shared a smile.
"We're here!" Cordy announced as the boat came to a stop.
Everyone moved to the front of the boat.
"Are you sure?" Buffy asked.
"Positive."
Dawn was a little skeptical. How could Cordelia be absolutely certain, that this was it. It looked just like the rest of the ocean. Connor looked at the depth gage, and then around him.
"Yeah, this is the spot." "I hate to point this out, but we don't have any scuba gear and it's 250 feet deep" Fred pointed out.
"She's right. No ones going to be able to make it to the bottom, without dying." Gunn added.
"I can." Spike said.
Buffy looked at him. "Are you sure. I don't want you getting hurt, or anything."
"I don't need to breathe. I'll be able to make it down, see if he's there, then break him out."
"Right." She still looked worried.
Spike stripped off his jacket and handed it to Buffy. He then went over to the ledge and jumped down, leaving the crew to worry about him.
Spike swam downward as hard as he could. It was going to be a long way to the bottom and there were fishies everywhere. It was rather distracting. He kept on swimming, further and further down. The only sound was the this loud whooshing noise. There never was much sound under water.
Finally a hint of green. Seaweed! He grabbed on to a thick piece and used it like a rope to pull himself down further. His feet hit the uneven ground. He began walking looking all over the ocean floor for any sign of Angel.
A few yards in the distance lay a casket. He hurried over to it,, and looked inside. Sure enough, there was Angel. He looked startled when he saw Spike. 'Probably wondering why I'm down here' he thought. The casket was pinned under a large rock by chains. Spike began to pull on the chains, trying to tug them loose.
Angel made thumping noises inside, shook his head, and gave the younger vampire a very wild eyed stare. Spike gave him a weird look and continued to yank. After several more tugs the rock came free. Unfortunately what Spike hadn't gotten was the fact that Angel had been trying to warn him there was a monster under the rock. As soon as it was free it sped toward Spike.
Spike reacted before he thought. He stood the casket up and the monster hit it, breaking it, setting Angel free. Angel grabbed Spike's hand and they both swam toward the surface as fast as they could. They came up a few yards away from the boat and the monster wasn't far behind. They made a break for it. Swimming for all their unlives were worth. They grabbed on to the boat side railings and hurled themselves over just as the monster missed snapping it's jaws over Angel's legs.
"Monster kill it. Get it away!" Spike yelled. All the people on the boat looked over at the monster who was thrashing wildly.
Cordelia got a brave idea. She went back a couple of feet and then broke into a run, and jumped off the railing onto the monsters back.
"CORDY NO!" Angel shouted, his voice extremely hoarse.
"I know what I'm doing!" she called up.
From her hands came a stream of crackling lightning. She let it gather for a minute, then placed her hands on the monsters back. The electricity dug into it, and it let out a screeching wail, that made most cover their ears. Cordelia jumped back on the boat. Smoke could be seen coming from the monster.
"Is everyone alright?" she asked. Slow nods all around.
"Well I think I deserve a what's going on here."
The group looked at each other. Who was going to explain all this t Angel? Come to think about it, who was going to explain all this to them? Not all of them completely understood it.
TBC
A/N: OMG! I am almost done with this. Hurray! Sorry it took me awhile to get this out. I had total writer's block with it, and my muse was asleep half the time. But she's finally up and kickin' So tell me what you think of this chapter. ~Rcahel