Chapter 9
Alex didn't know where she was. She looked around and it looked like she was in a warehouse, but she didn't know for sure. "Always causing trouble, something's will never change with you." Alex looked up at the voice to see Damien.
"Please, why are you doing this? I'm your daughter." He just laughed.
"Do you think that means anything to me? You were a mistake, but of course you knew that. There was no way your mother could have gotten pregnant, I made sure of it. Somehow you still managed to show up. So, all I'm going to do is take something out of this world that was never supposed to exist in the first place. What's the harm in that?" He pulled out a knife and she noticed that it was the same knife that he used to kill her mother. "Now, I promise that this won't hurt at all." Alex had tears in her eyes.
"Dad, please don't do this." He smiled at her.
"No, begging comes later." He grabbed her and slammed her against the wall. "It's best that you don't try to fight me." He held her arms so she couldn't use them, so she decided to use her eyes like her mom taught her. She got angry and focused her eyes on the knife and it went flying out of his hand and landed behind him. "Clever, but now you can't get to it either." He told her.
"I have other weapons." With that she kicked him hard in the groin and he let her go. She went to retrieve the knife when she realized she couldn't move. She lifted off of the ground and was thrown back into the wall, hitting her head hard. Her vision was getting blurry, but she saw Damien pick the knife up.
"You are really starting to make me mad. Why are you fighting me, Alex? You haven't had a very good life, I would think you would want to be out of this world." She glared at him.
"I'm only sixteen. I don't wanna die, and I have you to thank for my crappy life." He was angry and grabbed her neck.
"I've had enough problems with children these last few days. I'm finishing this; it's been nice knowing you." He was about to plunge the knife into her heart when she moved out of the way and again kicked the knife from his hand. She raised her hand and this time sent him flying into the wall. She saw some rope on the ground and floated it over to him tying his hands together so he couldn't use them. She walked over to him and kicked him hard in the face. She then picked up the knife and walked back to him. "You can't do it; you don't have the guts to kill your own father." Alex glared at him.
"I don't have a father, I never did. My whole life I've been running from you, but I'm tired of running. I'm tired of spending everyday looking over my shoulder, never knowing who to trust. You stole my childhood and took my mother away from me. Now it's your turn." Damien laughed at her again.
"Nice speech, how long did it take you to come up with that?" Alex was fed up and kicked him again to wipe that smirk off his face.
"This ends here, I'm finished." With that she stabbed him in the heart. He cried out and she watched as he disintegrated right in front of her. "So are you." She whispered. She dropped the knife and fell down on her knees and cried the tears that she could no longer hold in. She then saw a bright light appear out of nowhere. Then the form of a woman appeared one that she knew well. "Mom." She whispered.
"My Alexandra, I knew you could do it. You have set us all free." Tears were still sliding down Alex's face.
"Mom, I miss you. I need you." She said.
"I will always be with you, my child. I will always love you and you have made me very proud." With that she vanished.
"No, please don't leave me." She then fell back to the ground and just cried for what seemed like an eternity. Everyone was back at the magic shop and they were all worried.
"It's been hours, I don't like this. What if something happened to her?" Buffy said, upset.
"We're all worried, Buffy. We just have to hope for the best, there's really nothing else we can do." Giles said.
"It's just that I feel responsible for her like I do Dawn. She's just a kid given all of this responsibility and power that she never asked for. I look at this girl and I see me. I know what she's going through and it's killing me that I can't help her." Buffy said looking at the faces around her.
"You have helped her, Buffy. Don't you see that? You let her stay with you and you didn't treat her like a freak like everyone else has. You believed in her. If you ask me, I think you've helped her more than you know. This was just something that she had to do herself." Spike told her.
"I just wish I could have done more." Spike was about to say something else when Alex walked into the store. Buffy immediately went to her and noticed that she has been crying. "Are you okay? We were starting to get worried." Alex just nodded. "What happened?" She looked up at her.
"I killed him, it's over." Buffy nodded.
"How are you holding up?" Alex sighed.
"I've been better, but at least I'm alive." Buffy smiled.
"Yeah, so what are you gonna do now?" Alex thought about it.
"I think I'm gonna go back to L.A. to see my mom's friend. I haven't seen her since I ran off and I should probably go back now that everything's okay." Buffy nodded.
"Well, we're gonna miss you." Alex smiled.
"I'll miss you guys too. I want to thank you all for what you've done for me. I've never really had any friends before and I'm really glad that I got to know you guys." She told all of them.
"Yeah, so you better keep in touch." Buffy told her.
"If you ever need any help with anything magic related, feel free to ask." Willow replied.
"I'll keep that in mind." Alex said her goodbyes and hugged everyone until she got to Buffy and Spike. "I think I have you two to thank the most." She said as she hugged Buffy and she hugged her back. After a few seconds they let go.
"Just be careful in L.A. It's not the Hellmouth, but it still has its share of demons." Alex nodded.
"Don't I know it." Alex then turned to Spike and gave him a hug. He was surprised at first, but then hugged her back. When they let go he looked at her.
"You take care of yourself and don't be a stranger." Alex nodded and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"I won't." She said as she walked away. Spike smiled as she left, he would really miss her. Buffy walked back to the front of the store.
"You're really gonna miss her, aren't you?" Tara asked her when she joined them.
"Yeah, it was like I had two sisters for a little while there. I just hope she can have a better life now, she deserves it." Dawn walked up to Buffy. "I still have one sister to look after and I always will." Buffy said as she put her arm around Dawn.
"I'm never gonna have freedom am I?" Dawn asked and Buffy shook her head.
"Nope." Dawn rolled her eyes.
"I'm really gonna miss Alex." Buffy smiled.
"You and me both."
The End
That is where I must come to an end. I don't know if it's the best ending, but it was all I could think of. Anyway, hope ya'll liked it. Don't be a stranger and feel free to review. Thanks!
Alex didn't know where she was. She looked around and it looked like she was in a warehouse, but she didn't know for sure. "Always causing trouble, something's will never change with you." Alex looked up at the voice to see Damien.
"Please, why are you doing this? I'm your daughter." He just laughed.
"Do you think that means anything to me? You were a mistake, but of course you knew that. There was no way your mother could have gotten pregnant, I made sure of it. Somehow you still managed to show up. So, all I'm going to do is take something out of this world that was never supposed to exist in the first place. What's the harm in that?" He pulled out a knife and she noticed that it was the same knife that he used to kill her mother. "Now, I promise that this won't hurt at all." Alex had tears in her eyes.
"Dad, please don't do this." He smiled at her.
"No, begging comes later." He grabbed her and slammed her against the wall. "It's best that you don't try to fight me." He held her arms so she couldn't use them, so she decided to use her eyes like her mom taught her. She got angry and focused her eyes on the knife and it went flying out of his hand and landed behind him. "Clever, but now you can't get to it either." He told her.
"I have other weapons." With that she kicked him hard in the groin and he let her go. She went to retrieve the knife when she realized she couldn't move. She lifted off of the ground and was thrown back into the wall, hitting her head hard. Her vision was getting blurry, but she saw Damien pick the knife up.
"You are really starting to make me mad. Why are you fighting me, Alex? You haven't had a very good life, I would think you would want to be out of this world." She glared at him.
"I'm only sixteen. I don't wanna die, and I have you to thank for my crappy life." He was angry and grabbed her neck.
"I've had enough problems with children these last few days. I'm finishing this; it's been nice knowing you." He was about to plunge the knife into her heart when she moved out of the way and again kicked the knife from his hand. She raised her hand and this time sent him flying into the wall. She saw some rope on the ground and floated it over to him tying his hands together so he couldn't use them. She walked over to him and kicked him hard in the face. She then picked up the knife and walked back to him. "You can't do it; you don't have the guts to kill your own father." Alex glared at him.
"I don't have a father, I never did. My whole life I've been running from you, but I'm tired of running. I'm tired of spending everyday looking over my shoulder, never knowing who to trust. You stole my childhood and took my mother away from me. Now it's your turn." Damien laughed at her again.
"Nice speech, how long did it take you to come up with that?" Alex was fed up and kicked him again to wipe that smirk off his face.
"This ends here, I'm finished." With that she stabbed him in the heart. He cried out and she watched as he disintegrated right in front of her. "So are you." She whispered. She dropped the knife and fell down on her knees and cried the tears that she could no longer hold in. She then saw a bright light appear out of nowhere. Then the form of a woman appeared one that she knew well. "Mom." She whispered.
"My Alexandra, I knew you could do it. You have set us all free." Tears were still sliding down Alex's face.
"Mom, I miss you. I need you." She said.
"I will always be with you, my child. I will always love you and you have made me very proud." With that she vanished.
"No, please don't leave me." She then fell back to the ground and just cried for what seemed like an eternity. Everyone was back at the magic shop and they were all worried.
"It's been hours, I don't like this. What if something happened to her?" Buffy said, upset.
"We're all worried, Buffy. We just have to hope for the best, there's really nothing else we can do." Giles said.
"It's just that I feel responsible for her like I do Dawn. She's just a kid given all of this responsibility and power that she never asked for. I look at this girl and I see me. I know what she's going through and it's killing me that I can't help her." Buffy said looking at the faces around her.
"You have helped her, Buffy. Don't you see that? You let her stay with you and you didn't treat her like a freak like everyone else has. You believed in her. If you ask me, I think you've helped her more than you know. This was just something that she had to do herself." Spike told her.
"I just wish I could have done more." Spike was about to say something else when Alex walked into the store. Buffy immediately went to her and noticed that she has been crying. "Are you okay? We were starting to get worried." Alex just nodded. "What happened?" She looked up at her.
"I killed him, it's over." Buffy nodded.
"How are you holding up?" Alex sighed.
"I've been better, but at least I'm alive." Buffy smiled.
"Yeah, so what are you gonna do now?" Alex thought about it.
"I think I'm gonna go back to L.A. to see my mom's friend. I haven't seen her since I ran off and I should probably go back now that everything's okay." Buffy nodded.
"Well, we're gonna miss you." Alex smiled.
"I'll miss you guys too. I want to thank you all for what you've done for me. I've never really had any friends before and I'm really glad that I got to know you guys." She told all of them.
"Yeah, so you better keep in touch." Buffy told her.
"If you ever need any help with anything magic related, feel free to ask." Willow replied.
"I'll keep that in mind." Alex said her goodbyes and hugged everyone until she got to Buffy and Spike. "I think I have you two to thank the most." She said as she hugged Buffy and she hugged her back. After a few seconds they let go.
"Just be careful in L.A. It's not the Hellmouth, but it still has its share of demons." Alex nodded.
"Don't I know it." Alex then turned to Spike and gave him a hug. He was surprised at first, but then hugged her back. When they let go he looked at her.
"You take care of yourself and don't be a stranger." Alex nodded and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"I won't." She said as she walked away. Spike smiled as she left, he would really miss her. Buffy walked back to the front of the store.
"You're really gonna miss her, aren't you?" Tara asked her when she joined them.
"Yeah, it was like I had two sisters for a little while there. I just hope she can have a better life now, she deserves it." Dawn walked up to Buffy. "I still have one sister to look after and I always will." Buffy said as she put her arm around Dawn.
"I'm never gonna have freedom am I?" Dawn asked and Buffy shook her head.
"Nope." Dawn rolled her eyes.
"I'm really gonna miss Alex." Buffy smiled.
"You and me both."
The End
That is where I must come to an end. I don't know if it's the best ending, but it was all I could think of. Anyway, hope ya'll liked it. Don't be a stranger and feel free to review. Thanks!
