Title: The fascinating Life of Zoey (Part 6)
Author: Miss. Kitty Fantastico
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Angel characters (why would I want to
anyway?), or anything else that pertains to Angel or Buffy the Vampire
Slayer. I only own Zoey, and Verdandi owns Evita-yep, that's all!
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Buffy had been doing her daily aerobics routine when Angel burst through the library doors. The Slayer turned around, smiled excitedly and turned off the boom box blaring a demo tape of Dingoes Ate My Baby.
"Hey! I didn't expect you to come by here tonight!" She said cheerfully, walking over to Angel and putting her arms around his neck.
"I didn't either." The vampire said glumly, turning his head away from her.
"Angel?" Buffy said taking her arms off of his neck, "What happened?"
With a burst of energy, Angel walked away from Buffy and toward the window looking out to the front of the high school campus, "Buffy, I did something horrible. I don't even know why I did it-and I shouldn't have done it-"
Buffy laughed, "Angel, I'm sure whatever you did can't be that bad-"
"Buffy." He said turning around, facing her, "I made Zoey a vampire."
Buffy gasped and put a hand over her mouth, "Oh my god, Angel. Why? Why would you do something like that?"
"I don't know!" Angel said angrily, "I.don't know. I guess I just thought that because she's the only piece of my family that I didn't manage to kill, I felt like I had to protect her-to make it up to her-"
"So you made her a vampire." Buffy said bluntly, starting to get angry, "What did you expect to accomplish by doing that?"
"I told you-I don't know! She was going to die, right there in front of me, and-and I wouldn't have done a thing."
Buffy ran over to her purse and pulled out a stake. She walked hurriedly to the door, stake raised in her hand.
Angel stepped in front of the Slayer and held her by the shoulders, "Where are you going with that?"
"To prevent another evil vampire like you from rising. You gotta figure, something like that has to run in the family." She said, bitterly, eyeing the door.
"Buffy, please. That's why I came to you. I was thinking, Willow can perform the spell she did to restore my soul. Think about, Buffy, they'll be two vampires on your side!"
Buffy looked at Angel sadly, "Angel, it took three weeks for willow to find all the supplies. The orb alone.Angel, there's no way. I have to kill her before she becomes this year's big bad along with the Mayor and Faith."
Angel's eyes lit up at the explosion of an idea, "What if, we just tell her that she has a soul? And she believes that? She'll never find out!"
"She won't believe that, you know. It'll never work."
"Buffy, she's my little sister, I know her better than anyone else-and I know she's always been a little gullible. It'll work. Believe me."
Buffy shifted her weight from foot to foot and smiled. "Why can't I ever say no to you?" She kissed him and grabbed her purse, "Well, it's late and I've got to go, okay? See ya!" She waved goodbye and walked through the library doors.
Angel sighed relief, but tensed as he felt someone else in the library. He heard footsteps coming from Giles's office then, "She might be fine with your thinking, but I'm not."
"Giles." Angel said, as the Watcher's face came into view. "What else am I supposed to do?"
"I don't know." He said, "But she's your responsibility now. Whatever she does now is the result of this reckless action."
"I know that, but-"
"No, I mean it, Angel. I've never really liked you, and I think this proves why. She was an excellent Watcher to the Council, and if you made her into some kind of monster. I'm not going to come after her-I'll come after you."
Giles turned away from the shocked vampire, but before walking away, looked back at him, "Remember that, Angel. She's your responsibility now. Whatever she does now is your responsibility, not hers."
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"I tried my best to be, you know, human." I said, with a small laugh. Breckin seemed to be interested in the story now. He watched me with almost unblinking eyes. Either he was interested, or just stoned. Who knows. "I wouldn't feed in public, and when I did, it was only pig's blood and hospital donations. In fights I would try my hardest to not vamp out, not to go all, you know, vampy and growl and animal like my brother does when he loses his temper. I also tried to stay out at dawn as long as I could before the sun started to blister my skin. Kinda stupid now that I think about it."
"Now how, how did the other people react? The current Slayer, her Watcher Giles, the high schoolers that you spoke of?" The Keeper asked. This time he had his hands folded on the table, full attention directed to me.
"They.well, they acted like nothing had happened. Stupid thing on Giles's part." I said quickly, counting the dots on the ceiling. I stopped for a moment and looked at Breckin slowly. "But, you know. Even now sometimes I catch Wesley looking at me. Looking at me like, like, how much I've changed from that studious little girl at the Council." I quickly shook my head out of the funk, "But, whatever. No one talked about it."
I took a deep breath before continuing. I was starting to reach the tail end of my story. "But a few weeks went by, the Ascension came and went, and my brother left. Said he felt that he could do all he could in Sunnydale and that he needed to move on. I felt like I was filling his Good Vampire of Sunnydale role. But things started to fall apart."
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Buffy had been doing her daily aerobics routine when Angel burst through the library doors. The Slayer turned around, smiled excitedly and turned off the boom box blaring a demo tape of Dingoes Ate My Baby.
"Hey! I didn't expect you to come by here tonight!" She said cheerfully, walking over to Angel and putting her arms around his neck.
"I didn't either." The vampire said glumly, turning his head away from her.
"Angel?" Buffy said taking her arms off of his neck, "What happened?"
With a burst of energy, Angel walked away from Buffy and toward the window looking out to the front of the high school campus, "Buffy, I did something horrible. I don't even know why I did it-and I shouldn't have done it-"
Buffy laughed, "Angel, I'm sure whatever you did can't be that bad-"
"Buffy." He said turning around, facing her, "I made Zoey a vampire."
Buffy gasped and put a hand over her mouth, "Oh my god, Angel. Why? Why would you do something like that?"
"I don't know!" Angel said angrily, "I.don't know. I guess I just thought that because she's the only piece of my family that I didn't manage to kill, I felt like I had to protect her-to make it up to her-"
"So you made her a vampire." Buffy said bluntly, starting to get angry, "What did you expect to accomplish by doing that?"
"I told you-I don't know! She was going to die, right there in front of me, and-and I wouldn't have done a thing."
Buffy ran over to her purse and pulled out a stake. She walked hurriedly to the door, stake raised in her hand.
Angel stepped in front of the Slayer and held her by the shoulders, "Where are you going with that?"
"To prevent another evil vampire like you from rising. You gotta figure, something like that has to run in the family." She said, bitterly, eyeing the door.
"Buffy, please. That's why I came to you. I was thinking, Willow can perform the spell she did to restore my soul. Think about, Buffy, they'll be two vampires on your side!"
Buffy looked at Angel sadly, "Angel, it took three weeks for willow to find all the supplies. The orb alone.Angel, there's no way. I have to kill her before she becomes this year's big bad along with the Mayor and Faith."
Angel's eyes lit up at the explosion of an idea, "What if, we just tell her that she has a soul? And she believes that? She'll never find out!"
"She won't believe that, you know. It'll never work."
"Buffy, she's my little sister, I know her better than anyone else-and I know she's always been a little gullible. It'll work. Believe me."
Buffy shifted her weight from foot to foot and smiled. "Why can't I ever say no to you?" She kissed him and grabbed her purse, "Well, it's late and I've got to go, okay? See ya!" She waved goodbye and walked through the library doors.
Angel sighed relief, but tensed as he felt someone else in the library. He heard footsteps coming from Giles's office then, "She might be fine with your thinking, but I'm not."
"Giles." Angel said, as the Watcher's face came into view. "What else am I supposed to do?"
"I don't know." He said, "But she's your responsibility now. Whatever she does now is the result of this reckless action."
"I know that, but-"
"No, I mean it, Angel. I've never really liked you, and I think this proves why. She was an excellent Watcher to the Council, and if you made her into some kind of monster. I'm not going to come after her-I'll come after you."
Giles turned away from the shocked vampire, but before walking away, looked back at him, "Remember that, Angel. She's your responsibility now. Whatever she does now is your responsibility, not hers."
***
"I tried my best to be, you know, human." I said, with a small laugh. Breckin seemed to be interested in the story now. He watched me with almost unblinking eyes. Either he was interested, or just stoned. Who knows. "I wouldn't feed in public, and when I did, it was only pig's blood and hospital donations. In fights I would try my hardest to not vamp out, not to go all, you know, vampy and growl and animal like my brother does when he loses his temper. I also tried to stay out at dawn as long as I could before the sun started to blister my skin. Kinda stupid now that I think about it."
"Now how, how did the other people react? The current Slayer, her Watcher Giles, the high schoolers that you spoke of?" The Keeper asked. This time he had his hands folded on the table, full attention directed to me.
"They.well, they acted like nothing had happened. Stupid thing on Giles's part." I said quickly, counting the dots on the ceiling. I stopped for a moment and looked at Breckin slowly. "But, you know. Even now sometimes I catch Wesley looking at me. Looking at me like, like, how much I've changed from that studious little girl at the Council." I quickly shook my head out of the funk, "But, whatever. No one talked about it."
I took a deep breath before continuing. I was starting to reach the tail end of my story. "But a few weeks went by, the Ascension came and went, and my brother left. Said he felt that he could do all he could in Sunnydale and that he needed to move on. I felt like I was filling his Good Vampire of Sunnydale role. But things started to fall apart."
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