"Well of course he has no pulse. He's dead." Buffy said in a very serious tone. Jack and Slone just stared with a very shocked look on their
faces. Buffy just laughed. "It was a joke. He can't be dead, look he's talking." And then more quietly but not quietly enough so Jack wouldn't hear, "Angel talk."
"My pulse is just very hard to find" Angel told them.
"And he's breathing." And in the same wispier as before she added "Angel, breathe." At that Angel started taking noticeable breaths. "Not like that you moron. Make it look natural."
"Ya well, I haven't had to breathe for more than 200 hundred years. I don't know how."
"Well...just....copy me. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to think of that." Jack just looked at the two with confusion written all over his face. What were these two talking about? Was this man really dead? Had Buffy not been joking? But how?
"I'll leave you two to figure out how to get the test working. I'll be back later." With that Slone left.
"You said you can tell when he's lying to you. How do you know?"
"I can tell by looking in his eye's. They get more pain in them when he has to lie to me."
"Pain? More?"
"Yes Angel always has a look of pain in his eyes. It's because he's regretting the things he did. I have somewhere I have to be but I think he'll cooperate now that he knows I'm here. If he gives you any problems just give me a call. Actually you know what, if he gives you any problems tell him you'll get Dru to torture him." Angel looked like he was about to say something, but Buffy wouldn't let him. "I want your answers understandable to the general population and that means the DAY time population."
"But he may ask me to give away secrets that you may want to be kept. Then what do I do?"
"Use your head. Ok?"
"Yes"
Then very quietly so Jack missed it she added, "They want to know about the Angelus that Wolfram and Hart is interested in. Don't tell them the truth, because I'm sure it has something to do with you being a vamp. They can't know! Also if you tell them about my slayerness, you'll be sorry. I think that about covers everything." With that Buffy got up and walked to the door, but before she could, Angel said something that stoped her.
"My soul is bound" Jack heard this and was confused, he was even more confused when he saw Buffy turn around with tears in her eyes, that she quickly wiped away.
"Why didn't you tell me," Buffy asked in a small voice. Jack could barely hear it. He didn't know how Buffy had heard what Angel said but she had, and she seemed to know what he was talking about.
"You still deserve a normal life."
"You know I'll never have that. I only ever love one person. We can have a normal life now." Buffy said so quietly that Angel almost missed it. She had tears running down her face. Angel couldn't stand to see her cry, so he broke the bonds that were holding him, and ran over to Buffy and pulled her into his arms.
Jack was shocked when he broke the bonds, he was even more shocked when it seemed like nothing happened. Like he was just getting out of a chair. Jack decided then that he would have to find out what's going on. And why was she crying because of what Liam had said?
"Shh. Buffy it's going to be ok. I still love you. I'll always love you. Never forget that. Everything's going to be all right." Buffy slowly stoped crying with Angels gentle words.
"Promise me."
"I promise Buffy everything's going to be all right."
"Angel what are we going to do?"
"I don't know right now but I'll figure it out. Don't worry everything will work out. Now get going, you had somewhere to be."
"Wait a second Agent Summers, I still need to talk to you." Jack ordered Buffy. With that he retied Angel to the chair and Buffy and Jack left the room.
"What happened in there?"
"We used to date."
"Who do you think he was talking about?"
"Well someone from his past, that fits the description of the slayer, could quite feasiblely be Faith."
"So your saying this faith person, he would consider the slayer?"
"Yup she's definitely someone he would chose to be represented by the slayer."
"So where could I find this Faith person?"
"Jail."
"Jail?"
"She's in jail now."
"So this Faith person is in jail?"
"No, I'm just saying that to mess with your mind. Yes she's in jail! She murdered two or is it three people?"
"Is she likely to talk to me?"
"No she has this prejudice against" Buffy paused considering how to put it, "medium aged men."
"That's all I need." With that Buffy left to go see Sydney but before she could get out the door she spotted Darla talking to Slone. *Just great now I have to deal with Darla on top of everything else. I wonder what else could go wrong.*
Buffy walked over to Darla and Slone. "Hi Darla, hows it going?"
Darla turned to Slone. "Lets take this to your office Mr. Slone. Why don't you join us Ms. Summers, we have a lot to talk about."
When the door to Slone's office closed the first one to speak was Slone. "You two know each other?"
"Unfortunately for me I have had the displeasure of meeting Darla, when she tried to kill my mom."
"And if it wasn't for lover boy I would have killed both you."
"Only cause you had a gun. You weren't strong enough to kill me."
"That might have been true then, But I've gotten stronger as well."
"I've gotten way stronger. You or anyone of your friends wouldn't even be a challenge now. Come on I did beat Glorificus. And sorry, but you are weak compared to her. You wouldn't have lasted 10 minutes with her."
"That's not true!"
"William couldn't even beat her lackeys, so how are you going to beat her and them."
"But I though your mom had to save you from William, so how were you able to do something he couldn't?"
"My mom only had to help me the first time. The second and third time I did it all on my own. He doesn't stand a chance against me now."
"I hate to interrupt," Slone began. "But were is Jack going with that smirk on his face. Did Liam say anything to him?"
"No Angel didn't...." Buffy began to say before she was interrupted by Darla.
"They have lover boy?"
"Yes. Now as I was saying, no he didn't say anything that Jack would understand."
"Jack looks like he found something out?"
"He did"
"Care to explain."
"He's going to see Faith."
"And why would he do that?"
"I said she could be someone he calls the slayer. She has the most common qualities of the slayer than most of the people in Angels past, not in the supernatural sense that is. She got in lots fights, she stayed more to herself. You know the whole typical slayer thing."
"Clever move there."
"Watch your move Darla. I have to leave, Willow needs my help."
~§~end part 5~§~
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