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IV. Unfolding
*** Angel stood there watching the scene unsure of how to proceed. He looked at Buffy. She was visibly pregnant now. Spike would never know was that he had been there when she had found out. He had been there and offered her everything that he had. He had been there and realized that she was not his anymore. For the first time he had to watch her leave.
He had gone to the demon karaoke bar last night. Lorne told him that he had to go and help Buffy. His duty was to protect the child. The child could not exist without its father. Angel had to do something he really didn't think that he was able.
Giles took off his glasses and stared at them.
"What are you doing here?" he asked calmly.
Wesley shrugged, "Angel said that you needed help. So we came."
Giles looked very carefully at them. Wesley looked over at the very pregnant Buffy who was staring at Angel. She stood up and looked up at her old love.
"You left me so I could have a normal life. Well this is my definition of a normal life. I need your help. I cannot have a family without him."
Angel knew the Powers were asking for him to do so much that he didn't want to do. They asked a lot of him when they asked him to stand in front of the source of his pain.
Then he realized that the Powers had asked for her life. They had asked for her life and then they stood by while her reward was torn away from her. She had lost heaven. He was paying for his sins, she was an innocent. She had nothing to atone for, yet she had been put through trials over and over.
She had paid so much more than he ever had.
He had left, he had no say.
He pulled a sword out of his jacket. He had brought it to be safe in any situation. She stood wearing Spike's duster looking very serious. Angel knelt before her resting his head on the hilt of his sword. In the silence a promise passed between the dark queen with child and the vampire knight. He would be their champion.
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"You think we can bring the council to its knees?" Wesley asked.
Giles wiped his glasses. He wasn't afraid, his choices were clear. His first choice was always Buffy. With the council's betrayal his choice was only Buffy.
"Buffy told the council last time that they worked for her. She realized that she had the power over them. She's the slayer that will not die. She is the slayer who is carrying an unprecedented child. All that the council should stand for she is. Whatever reason that they took Spike is irrelevant. The council needs Buffy."
"But she's not the Slayer anymore."
"Wesley, she will always be the Slayer. Like I said she is unprecedented."
"And I'm also so smart it hurts," Buffy said coming in. Her anger had turned to sheer determination mixed with a little joy at being able to sock it to the council.
Buffy was followed by a girl of sixteen and a tall man.
"Wilson?" Giles asked.
Wilson shook Giles' hand.
"Buffy asked us to come so I did. I'd like you to meet Melinda."
The girl shook the watcher's hands. Melinda let them know in that handshake just who she was.
"I can't believe that they gave you a Slayer," Giles said rubbing his hand.
Wilson shrugged, "Well they thought that sending me to Texas was good enough to get me out of the way. Then there started to be some problems in Mexico and Faith died and my girl became the Slayer."
Wilson put an arm around Melinda. Wesley looked at the girl, she was perfectly made up. She put Buffy to shame with the fashion sense. She was a pride of Texas. This was a Slayer of Buffy's lineage. He remembered hearing Wilson's name. Wilson Hayden. The Hayden's were as much of a legacy of the Council as the Giles or the Windom-Prices. However Wilson was one who had shunned convention much in the way that Giles had. He was a wild card and the leader of a radical branch of the council. He never quite did things the way that other people thought they should be.
Wesley looked at Giles, he was fully into Ripper mode. Wesley looked down at his own leather pants. They had been trained by the council, but they were their own men.
Their families had been in the council for centuries. The new head of the council was Clifton Holden. He was very different than most of the other heads of the council. There was stricter sense of secrecy. However Holden was a freshman compared to them and Holden was running the Council into the ground. It was time to fix some things.
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IV. Unfolding
*** Angel stood there watching the scene unsure of how to proceed. He looked at Buffy. She was visibly pregnant now. Spike would never know was that he had been there when she had found out. He had been there and offered her everything that he had. He had been there and realized that she was not his anymore. For the first time he had to watch her leave.
He had gone to the demon karaoke bar last night. Lorne told him that he had to go and help Buffy. His duty was to protect the child. The child could not exist without its father. Angel had to do something he really didn't think that he was able.
Giles took off his glasses and stared at them.
"What are you doing here?" he asked calmly.
Wesley shrugged, "Angel said that you needed help. So we came."
Giles looked very carefully at them. Wesley looked over at the very pregnant Buffy who was staring at Angel. She stood up and looked up at her old love.
"You left me so I could have a normal life. Well this is my definition of a normal life. I need your help. I cannot have a family without him."
Angel knew the Powers were asking for him to do so much that he didn't want to do. They asked a lot of him when they asked him to stand in front of the source of his pain.
Then he realized that the Powers had asked for her life. They had asked for her life and then they stood by while her reward was torn away from her. She had lost heaven. He was paying for his sins, she was an innocent. She had nothing to atone for, yet she had been put through trials over and over.
She had paid so much more than he ever had.
He had left, he had no say.
He pulled a sword out of his jacket. He had brought it to be safe in any situation. She stood wearing Spike's duster looking very serious. Angel knelt before her resting his head on the hilt of his sword. In the silence a promise passed between the dark queen with child and the vampire knight. He would be their champion.
***
"You think we can bring the council to its knees?" Wesley asked.
Giles wiped his glasses. He wasn't afraid, his choices were clear. His first choice was always Buffy. With the council's betrayal his choice was only Buffy.
"Buffy told the council last time that they worked for her. She realized that she had the power over them. She's the slayer that will not die. She is the slayer who is carrying an unprecedented child. All that the council should stand for she is. Whatever reason that they took Spike is irrelevant. The council needs Buffy."
"But she's not the Slayer anymore."
"Wesley, she will always be the Slayer. Like I said she is unprecedented."
"And I'm also so smart it hurts," Buffy said coming in. Her anger had turned to sheer determination mixed with a little joy at being able to sock it to the council.
Buffy was followed by a girl of sixteen and a tall man.
"Wilson?" Giles asked.
Wilson shook Giles' hand.
"Buffy asked us to come so I did. I'd like you to meet Melinda."
The girl shook the watcher's hands. Melinda let them know in that handshake just who she was.
"I can't believe that they gave you a Slayer," Giles said rubbing his hand.
Wilson shrugged, "Well they thought that sending me to Texas was good enough to get me out of the way. Then there started to be some problems in Mexico and Faith died and my girl became the Slayer."
Wilson put an arm around Melinda. Wesley looked at the girl, she was perfectly made up. She put Buffy to shame with the fashion sense. She was a pride of Texas. This was a Slayer of Buffy's lineage. He remembered hearing Wilson's name. Wilson Hayden. The Hayden's were as much of a legacy of the Council as the Giles or the Windom-Prices. However Wilson was one who had shunned convention much in the way that Giles had. He was a wild card and the leader of a radical branch of the council. He never quite did things the way that other people thought they should be.
Wesley looked at Giles, he was fully into Ripper mode. Wesley looked down at his own leather pants. They had been trained by the council, but they were their own men.
Their families had been in the council for centuries. The new head of the council was Clifton Holden. He was very different than most of the other heads of the council. There was stricter sense of secrecy. However Holden was a freshman compared to them and Holden was running the Council into the ground. It was time to fix some things.
***