Chapter Two
Buffy left the mansion and headed towards her home on Revello Drive. It was close. She walked quickly and cautious as she tried to look out for the police.
When she made it to her home, she was noticed her mother's car wasn't in the driveway. Buffy was relived. She took a quick shower and changed her clothes. She brushed her long blonde hair into a ponytail. She then grabbed a hat from the mirror of her vanity. She put her ponytail on the top of her head and then placed the hat on top of her head. She hated the look but it was all that she could do at that moment to try and hide. She had to go to the hospital and visit her friends.
She made it to the hospital quickly. She was on her way towards Willow's room first. As she began walking towards the room, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and before her was Xander. His arm was in a cast and a sling. Buffy threw her arms around him as she began t cry.
"I'm so happy to see you!" How is everyone?
Xander let go off Buffy. He took his uninjured hand and removed Buffy's hat. "I told the police that you had nothing to do with the attacks last night. I told them that you were going to meet all of us for a study date and Giles was going to tutor us. I gave some bogus description of some man that they will never mind because, hey, he doesn't exist." Xander explained as he hugged Buffy again.
"How is everyone?" Buffy asked once again when their embrace was broken.
"Willow is good, she's improving. She may get to go home soon."
"And Giles?"
"Giles is-oh Buff, he's in ICU. No one will tell me what is going on with him,, we don't know how he is doing. He was so weak by the time we go to the hospital and he had lost so much blood."
"Did they feed off of him?"
"No, but I think he was tortured. His hands were tired so tight that they were almost purple when I found him. I think Angel or someone used a whip on him because of the marks on his arms. They definitely used something on him, he was bruised pretty badly. When I found him, he didn't want to come with me because he thought I was make believe. He was delirious when wee got to the hospital."
Buffy closed her eyes. She didn't want to begin to cry again. She wanted to tell Xander that Angel was alive and that he was good now and was truly sorry for the pain Angelus had caused, even if he didn't remember doing anything. That wasn't the time or place to even bring up Angel's name.
"I want to see him Xander, bring me to see Giles.:
""I'll go with you to the ICU. Willow is still sleeping.
Xander put his free arm around Buffy's shoulders ass they walked into the elevator together. He wanted to know how she killed Angel and if he hurt her in anyway but he decided that topic would be saved for another day.
The elevator doors opened and they stepped out of it. They left the quiet of the elevator and entered the chaos of the ICU floor. Beeps form machines were going off all around them. The chatter of the doctors and nurses at the nurse's station cluttered Buffy's head.
Xander led Buffy to the privet room. It was dark and pretty quiet. Buffy was startled to see Giles in he bed. His face was bruised and he had little cuts around his eyes. His arms had cuts all over them.
"The doctor said that possibly his eye glasses were broke while he was still wearing them. There was glass all around his eyes. The doctor removed all of it. He said he was lucky that none of the glass had gotten into his eyes." Xander explained. "I'm so glad that Angel is dead. I'm glad that you killed him."
"Xander-"
"No Buffy. Look around you. Look at what he did to everyone. I'm not trying to be cruel but he deserved to die."
Buffy had no time to explain. A cheerful nurse came in and checked on Giles.
"Do either of you know someone named Buffy?"
Xander and Buffy exchanged looks. "I'm Buffy."
The nurse smiled. "Mr. Giles was calling for you in his sleep last night. He-"
"Is he conscious?" Xander asked.
"Yes, he is just heavily medicated at the moment. He is in a lot of pain but he is going to make it. Eh will pull through. He just needs a little healing time." The burnet nurse explained.
Buffy and Xander both looked at each other again. Both had tears streaming down their faces. Xander finally spoke p. "So he's going to live then?"
The nurse touched Xander's hand. "Yes, he'll be all right. Why don't you two come back right before he takes his next dosage of medicine? That way you can talk to him for your selves."
Xander and Buffy thanked the nurse and told her they would return around ten.