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Chapter 9: Child Death and New Arrivals
Our scene opens with Angelus sitting beside Buffy, in the hospital, still pretty much drugged up. It is really late at night (picks up from where the last one left off).
"Is serc bo báidiu fri bliadain mo sherc is cuma fo thuinn is rigi nirt dar forrain is cetharruinn talman is dichend nime is brissiud brágat is comlunn fri scath is combath fri huacht is rith fri nemh is gascced fo ler is grád do macall mo grád-sae, ocus mo shercc ocus m´innmaine dontí da tucas." *1 Angelus gently stoked Buffy's hair, while reciting poetry in Gaelic, without realizing it.
"She's gonna be okay," came the British voice of the bleached blonde. "I dumped 'im in the hazardous waste material."
"That's nice," Angelus commented, barely realizing that Spike was in the room with him. "Can you go back to the mansion and get stuff for me? And Buffy's Mr. Gordo?" Spike simply nodded and walked out of the room, passing Giles on the way.
Giles made his way to his slayers' room and he felt like a spy as he watched Angelus talk to Buffy and stroke her hair, while gripping her hand like a life line. He cleared his throat and Angelus barely turned around and acknowledged him.
"How's she doing?" he asked, worry evident in his voice. "Alright, she came out of it for a little bit, and wanted to follow this little boy around, because she thought she saw death. So, I took the little boy back to his room and I heard two doctors arguing, I guess one of them is trying to kill the children. I told her that you would look into it." Angelus stopped speaking, clearly dismissing the watcher.
"I'll have Willow look into the city records on the blasted machine." Giles took one last look at his slayer in the arms of her angel and turned around and left.
In the Graveyard
"Spike go get my jacket. Spike go beat up the principle. Spike I can't wipe my ass, can you do it for me?" Spike muttered to himself as he was walking back to the mansion, "Bloody pilock." the rest of his statement was cut off as a warm body tackled him.
"Ya, know I've been doin this for a while, but I've never seen a vamp talk to himself before." The brunette said, as she whipped out a stake and started circling him. Spike looked at her in confusion.
"Well, you can't be the bloody slayer, cause my sire is shaggin on and the other is from South America, so that leaves demon." Spike said, eyeing her. If she weren't a bloody demon, I would shag her in a heartbeat. Maybe I can shag her anyways.
"Course I'm the slayer. Kendra died while averting an apocalypse. And like B would shag a vamp." She declared and then she suddenly lunged at Spike, tackling him to the ground again, but just as she was about to stake him, a white guy with black hair hit her in the head knocking her out.
"Spike right? Me name is Doyle. Don't know why the PTB wanted me to save yer sorry ass, but I just do what I'm told." He offered Spike a hand up. "Where can we take the lass? And were is Angelus and Buffy?" Spike eyed him wearily, Can I trust him, sure he just saved my unlife, but if he hurts Buffy, I will get my ass kicked and then some. I can take 'im to the watcher.
"Follow me." Spike picked up the dark haired slayer and began the way to Gile's house, as the early morning sun started to come up.
At the Hospital
"Angelus, can I go home now? I feel better, all healed up, we can go now." Were the first words out of Buffy's mouth as she awoke.
"I'm sorry baby, I wish we could, but you told me last night that you saw death." Angelus said, as he softly held her.
"Well, something is killing those kids, it might be one of the doctors." As she said this, a doctor came in to check on her.
"Ahh. Ms. Summers, it is so good to see you awake," the doctor walked around the bed and was about to open the windows when Buffy and Angelus shouted "No!" together.
"He's allergic to the sun." Buffy explained as the doctor gave them a funny look. She let it go at that. She remarked over Buffy's healing ability, since her wounds were almost healed.
"I have some questions for you, maybe it would be best if Mr.?" She trailed off as she waited for Angelus to fill in his name. "Angelus," "Mr. Angelus stepped out in the hallway." She was taken aback, when the guy seemed to growl at her and she could have sworn that his eyes flashed gold for a second.
"No, it's okay, he can stay." Buffy said, reaching out she started to stroke Angelus's hair and the growling stopped and he started to purr. The doctor shrugged and went on with her questions.
"Do you remember what happened last night?" "No." "Well, a young man brought you in and all that you were wearing was his jacket and the tatters of your clothes. It looks like you may have been raped. With your consent I would like to perform a rape test kit." "No." "But surely," "I said no." Buffy stated firmly, Angelus had once again started growling, because Buffy had stopped playing with his hair and the doctor was upsetting Buffy with her stupid questions. The doctor let it go and she left the room.
"Okay, what did you do to him?" she asked her vampire boyfriend. He gave her a wide-eyed innocent look, but she wasn't buying it, she knew him way to well.
"Nothing, he got what he deserved." "By that, I take it, that he is no longer around." She hit him, "are you going to kill everyone that upsets me?" "Yep." "Angelus!" "What?" But she was beyond answering as she started to laugh. I wonder if he would take care of Snyder for me.. Nah! Then I would get a new annoying principle. (Little did she know that Snyder was already taken care of).
At Gile's House
"Giles, you wanker, I know your awake. Open up." Spike yelled, shifting the slayer, hoping that she wouldn't wake up anytime soon. Giles opened the door.
"What the hell did you do to the poor girl?" "Why am I always blamed?" "Because it's usually your fault." Cordelia said, from the couch where she was reading a book, trying to find Buffy's demon.
She's beauty. Wonder if she'd go out with me. Doyle stared at Cordelia in wonder.
"Who are your new friends, Spike?" Willow asked, pointing to Doyle and then the slayer. Spike laid the slayer on the couch, after kicking Cordelia off of it.
"Well, this is the other slayer, guess the bit from South America was killed and this here is Doyle. He saved me, so blame him for the unconscious slayer." Everyone started at Doyle, and he started to blush from all of the attention. "The red-head is Willow, the boy who she sittin' on is Oz, he's a werewolf, very protective, the bint with the sarcastic wit is Cordelia and Giles is the watcher." Spike said making the introductions.
"Hi. The Powers that Be sent me to Buffy. I have visions." He explained.
"Really? They exist? What kind of visions? Are they vague? Because Buffy gets slayer dreams and they are rather vague." Giles asked as he looked at Doyle with a new interest.
Before Doyle could answer the slayer started to groan.
"Did anyone get the number of that truck?" "Sorry, bout that, but I couldn't let you kill Spike." Doyle said. "Would you like some advil or something like that?" Giles asked.
"Who the hell are all you people?" the slayer asked, hoping that they weren't vampires.
"Well, since you were asleep," "Like I had a choice to be asleep." "when we made the introductions. The redhead is Willow, the boy she's sittin on is Oz, he's a werewolf, Giles is the watcher, Doyle here is the guy who hit you, and I'm Spike. And you are?"
"Faith. So where is B, if Giles here is the watcher?" "She's in the hospital, she's been sick."
"Oh." "Wonderful, Since you're here, you can patrol for Buffy, since Angelus is managing to keep her in the hospital. Do you have a place to stay?" "Uhhh. ya, I can patrol. Can I go see B and who's Angelus?"
"Angelus, as in the Scourge of Europe." Doyle explained. Giles went to get his jacket and keys. When he returned, Faith and him left.
"So, love, when can we go out?" Doyle asked Cordelia. "I have a boyfriend." At this comment, Spike started to snicker. "Correction, you had a boyfriend, but that was before he tried to rape Buffy and Angelus got pissed." Spike said. Doyle looked once more hopefully at her. She sighed and nodded. "How 'bout Friday." "Great. Spike can you take me to the hospital to see Angelus and Buffy?"
"Sure thing mate, but first I gotta stop at the mansion." They walked out the door.
"AHA!" Willow exclaimed. "Found it. Says here the demon is Child Death and that he is invisible, except to small children and the ill. He draws the life out of them and it sound very painful." Willow picked up the phone and started dialing the hospitals number.
At the hospital
"Okay, thanks Willow." Angelus hung up the phone. "Well, it appears the demon has been unmasked, it is called the Child Death. And it appears that we will also be having some visitors." Giles and Faith walked in at this moment.
"Ahh. Good your awake. How are you feeling?" Giles asked, as he and Faith pulled up chairs.
"Good, whose your friend?" Buffy asked, indicating to the dark haired slayer.
"Yes, this is Faith, it appears she is the new slayer, I guess she attacked Spike last night on his way to the mansion." "Is he okay?" asked Angelus, concerned for his favored childe. "Yes, he's fine Angelus, Doyle, who was sent by the Powers that Be to Buffy, saved him."
Buffy looked at the dark haired slayer, before sticking out her hand, "Nice to meet you. Do you have a place to stay?"
Faith took her hand, "Not really, I'm kind of staying at a motel." "You can stay with us, me, Angelus, and Spike." Buffy offered, looking to see if Angelus was going to make any objections.
"You do realize that Spike is a vampire right?" "Uhh.. Faith? Angelus here, is the Scourge of Europe, he's been around for about 200 years or so." Buffy explained, as she stroked Angelus's hair and he started to purr.
"Sure, if they don't mind, I would love to live with ya." Faith said finally, after having thought about it for a minute. "So, what's this about a demon in killing the children in the hospital off?"
"Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to take a diluted solution of the virus to see him and fight him, but other than that." Buffy said. "I don't like that option." Angelus growled out to his lover.
"Hey, I can do it." Faith offered. "Well, it would give me a chance to evaluate your skills." Giles said. And just like that, everything was set and the demon was killed, initiating Faith into the Scooby Gang.
Spike and Doyle came in just as Faith snapped the things neck.
"Was that it's neck? Cause I definitely heard a snap." Spike asked, she looks stunning slaying. Wonder if I can get into her pants. "Yep, beastly all gone." Faith said, and then fainted, the virus beginning to take effect. But before she could hit the ground, Spike caught her and dragged her upstairs.
Faith awoke to the sensation of someone holding her hand and that person had a very cold hand. "Spike! What the hell do you think that you are doing?" "Shh.. pet, you wouldn't want to wake Buffy now would you?" he asked, pointing over to where the blonde slayer lay on her side, her head pillowed on Angelus's chest, as he lay on the bed with her. Faith glared at him, damn him! She gave up the struggle and simply enjoyed having someone there to comfort her.
"Night pet." Spike held her, wondering if she would ever be able to accept him and have a relationship with him. He watched as she drifted off into sleep and finally began to see what Angelus saw in the blonde slayer.
Sadly or not so sadly, Xander was not missed by anyone, including his parents.
1. Quote comes from Treasury of Irish Love: Poems, Proverbs and Triads, e- mail me if you want the translation.
Chapter 9: Child Death and New Arrivals
Our scene opens with Angelus sitting beside Buffy, in the hospital, still pretty much drugged up. It is really late at night (picks up from where the last one left off).
"Is serc bo báidiu fri bliadain mo sherc is cuma fo thuinn is rigi nirt dar forrain is cetharruinn talman is dichend nime is brissiud brágat is comlunn fri scath is combath fri huacht is rith fri nemh is gascced fo ler is grád do macall mo grád-sae, ocus mo shercc ocus m´innmaine dontí da tucas." *1 Angelus gently stoked Buffy's hair, while reciting poetry in Gaelic, without realizing it.
"She's gonna be okay," came the British voice of the bleached blonde. "I dumped 'im in the hazardous waste material."
"That's nice," Angelus commented, barely realizing that Spike was in the room with him. "Can you go back to the mansion and get stuff for me? And Buffy's Mr. Gordo?" Spike simply nodded and walked out of the room, passing Giles on the way.
Giles made his way to his slayers' room and he felt like a spy as he watched Angelus talk to Buffy and stroke her hair, while gripping her hand like a life line. He cleared his throat and Angelus barely turned around and acknowledged him.
"How's she doing?" he asked, worry evident in his voice. "Alright, she came out of it for a little bit, and wanted to follow this little boy around, because she thought she saw death. So, I took the little boy back to his room and I heard two doctors arguing, I guess one of them is trying to kill the children. I told her that you would look into it." Angelus stopped speaking, clearly dismissing the watcher.
"I'll have Willow look into the city records on the blasted machine." Giles took one last look at his slayer in the arms of her angel and turned around and left.
In the Graveyard
"Spike go get my jacket. Spike go beat up the principle. Spike I can't wipe my ass, can you do it for me?" Spike muttered to himself as he was walking back to the mansion, "Bloody pilock." the rest of his statement was cut off as a warm body tackled him.
"Ya, know I've been doin this for a while, but I've never seen a vamp talk to himself before." The brunette said, as she whipped out a stake and started circling him. Spike looked at her in confusion.
"Well, you can't be the bloody slayer, cause my sire is shaggin on and the other is from South America, so that leaves demon." Spike said, eyeing her. If she weren't a bloody demon, I would shag her in a heartbeat. Maybe I can shag her anyways.
"Course I'm the slayer. Kendra died while averting an apocalypse. And like B would shag a vamp." She declared and then she suddenly lunged at Spike, tackling him to the ground again, but just as she was about to stake him, a white guy with black hair hit her in the head knocking her out.
"Spike right? Me name is Doyle. Don't know why the PTB wanted me to save yer sorry ass, but I just do what I'm told." He offered Spike a hand up. "Where can we take the lass? And were is Angelus and Buffy?" Spike eyed him wearily, Can I trust him, sure he just saved my unlife, but if he hurts Buffy, I will get my ass kicked and then some. I can take 'im to the watcher.
"Follow me." Spike picked up the dark haired slayer and began the way to Gile's house, as the early morning sun started to come up.
At the Hospital
"Angelus, can I go home now? I feel better, all healed up, we can go now." Were the first words out of Buffy's mouth as she awoke.
"I'm sorry baby, I wish we could, but you told me last night that you saw death." Angelus said, as he softly held her.
"Well, something is killing those kids, it might be one of the doctors." As she said this, a doctor came in to check on her.
"Ahh. Ms. Summers, it is so good to see you awake," the doctor walked around the bed and was about to open the windows when Buffy and Angelus shouted "No!" together.
"He's allergic to the sun." Buffy explained as the doctor gave them a funny look. She let it go at that. She remarked over Buffy's healing ability, since her wounds were almost healed.
"I have some questions for you, maybe it would be best if Mr.?" She trailed off as she waited for Angelus to fill in his name. "Angelus," "Mr. Angelus stepped out in the hallway." She was taken aback, when the guy seemed to growl at her and she could have sworn that his eyes flashed gold for a second.
"No, it's okay, he can stay." Buffy said, reaching out she started to stroke Angelus's hair and the growling stopped and he started to purr. The doctor shrugged and went on with her questions.
"Do you remember what happened last night?" "No." "Well, a young man brought you in and all that you were wearing was his jacket and the tatters of your clothes. It looks like you may have been raped. With your consent I would like to perform a rape test kit." "No." "But surely," "I said no." Buffy stated firmly, Angelus had once again started growling, because Buffy had stopped playing with his hair and the doctor was upsetting Buffy with her stupid questions. The doctor let it go and she left the room.
"Okay, what did you do to him?" she asked her vampire boyfriend. He gave her a wide-eyed innocent look, but she wasn't buying it, she knew him way to well.
"Nothing, he got what he deserved." "By that, I take it, that he is no longer around." She hit him, "are you going to kill everyone that upsets me?" "Yep." "Angelus!" "What?" But she was beyond answering as she started to laugh. I wonder if he would take care of Snyder for me.. Nah! Then I would get a new annoying principle. (Little did she know that Snyder was already taken care of).
At Gile's House
"Giles, you wanker, I know your awake. Open up." Spike yelled, shifting the slayer, hoping that she wouldn't wake up anytime soon. Giles opened the door.
"What the hell did you do to the poor girl?" "Why am I always blamed?" "Because it's usually your fault." Cordelia said, from the couch where she was reading a book, trying to find Buffy's demon.
She's beauty. Wonder if she'd go out with me. Doyle stared at Cordelia in wonder.
"Who are your new friends, Spike?" Willow asked, pointing to Doyle and then the slayer. Spike laid the slayer on the couch, after kicking Cordelia off of it.
"Well, this is the other slayer, guess the bit from South America was killed and this here is Doyle. He saved me, so blame him for the unconscious slayer." Everyone started at Doyle, and he started to blush from all of the attention. "The red-head is Willow, the boy who she sittin' on is Oz, he's a werewolf, very protective, the bint with the sarcastic wit is Cordelia and Giles is the watcher." Spike said making the introductions.
"Hi. The Powers that Be sent me to Buffy. I have visions." He explained.
"Really? They exist? What kind of visions? Are they vague? Because Buffy gets slayer dreams and they are rather vague." Giles asked as he looked at Doyle with a new interest.
Before Doyle could answer the slayer started to groan.
"Did anyone get the number of that truck?" "Sorry, bout that, but I couldn't let you kill Spike." Doyle said. "Would you like some advil or something like that?" Giles asked.
"Who the hell are all you people?" the slayer asked, hoping that they weren't vampires.
"Well, since you were asleep," "Like I had a choice to be asleep." "when we made the introductions. The redhead is Willow, the boy she's sittin on is Oz, he's a werewolf, Giles is the watcher, Doyle here is the guy who hit you, and I'm Spike. And you are?"
"Faith. So where is B, if Giles here is the watcher?" "She's in the hospital, she's been sick."
"Oh." "Wonderful, Since you're here, you can patrol for Buffy, since Angelus is managing to keep her in the hospital. Do you have a place to stay?" "Uhhh. ya, I can patrol. Can I go see B and who's Angelus?"
"Angelus, as in the Scourge of Europe." Doyle explained. Giles went to get his jacket and keys. When he returned, Faith and him left.
"So, love, when can we go out?" Doyle asked Cordelia. "I have a boyfriend." At this comment, Spike started to snicker. "Correction, you had a boyfriend, but that was before he tried to rape Buffy and Angelus got pissed." Spike said. Doyle looked once more hopefully at her. She sighed and nodded. "How 'bout Friday." "Great. Spike can you take me to the hospital to see Angelus and Buffy?"
"Sure thing mate, but first I gotta stop at the mansion." They walked out the door.
"AHA!" Willow exclaimed. "Found it. Says here the demon is Child Death and that he is invisible, except to small children and the ill. He draws the life out of them and it sound very painful." Willow picked up the phone and started dialing the hospitals number.
At the hospital
"Okay, thanks Willow." Angelus hung up the phone. "Well, it appears the demon has been unmasked, it is called the Child Death. And it appears that we will also be having some visitors." Giles and Faith walked in at this moment.
"Ahh. Good your awake. How are you feeling?" Giles asked, as he and Faith pulled up chairs.
"Good, whose your friend?" Buffy asked, indicating to the dark haired slayer.
"Yes, this is Faith, it appears she is the new slayer, I guess she attacked Spike last night on his way to the mansion." "Is he okay?" asked Angelus, concerned for his favored childe. "Yes, he's fine Angelus, Doyle, who was sent by the Powers that Be to Buffy, saved him."
Buffy looked at the dark haired slayer, before sticking out her hand, "Nice to meet you. Do you have a place to stay?"
Faith took her hand, "Not really, I'm kind of staying at a motel." "You can stay with us, me, Angelus, and Spike." Buffy offered, looking to see if Angelus was going to make any objections.
"You do realize that Spike is a vampire right?" "Uhh.. Faith? Angelus here, is the Scourge of Europe, he's been around for about 200 years or so." Buffy explained, as she stroked Angelus's hair and he started to purr.
"Sure, if they don't mind, I would love to live with ya." Faith said finally, after having thought about it for a minute. "So, what's this about a demon in killing the children in the hospital off?"
"Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to take a diluted solution of the virus to see him and fight him, but other than that." Buffy said. "I don't like that option." Angelus growled out to his lover.
"Hey, I can do it." Faith offered. "Well, it would give me a chance to evaluate your skills." Giles said. And just like that, everything was set and the demon was killed, initiating Faith into the Scooby Gang.
Spike and Doyle came in just as Faith snapped the things neck.
"Was that it's neck? Cause I definitely heard a snap." Spike asked, she looks stunning slaying. Wonder if I can get into her pants. "Yep, beastly all gone." Faith said, and then fainted, the virus beginning to take effect. But before she could hit the ground, Spike caught her and dragged her upstairs.
Faith awoke to the sensation of someone holding her hand and that person had a very cold hand. "Spike! What the hell do you think that you are doing?" "Shh.. pet, you wouldn't want to wake Buffy now would you?" he asked, pointing over to where the blonde slayer lay on her side, her head pillowed on Angelus's chest, as he lay on the bed with her. Faith glared at him, damn him! She gave up the struggle and simply enjoyed having someone there to comfort her.
"Night pet." Spike held her, wondering if she would ever be able to accept him and have a relationship with him. He watched as she drifted off into sleep and finally began to see what Angelus saw in the blonde slayer.
Sadly or not so sadly, Xander was not missed by anyone, including his parents.
1. Quote comes from Treasury of Irish Love: Poems, Proverbs and Triads, e- mail me if you want the translation.