Title: Love Immortal. 2/?
Author: David A. Knapton
E-mail: belgin_tei@yahoo.co.uk
Archived: NHA, The Mystic Muse, others if you want but it's polite to let the author know you are doing so.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my perverted mind. The characters belong to the owners of BtVS and Highlander.
Spoiler: Season 1 & 2, set sometime after Passion but Angelus killed Oz not Jenny who is still working on the spell to restore Angel's soul.
Rating: Possibly 18/NC17 overall this part 15/R because of torture.
Pairing: Buffy/Willow (eventually) Giles/Jenny Xander/Cordelia.
Summery: When Buffy and Willow arrive at school they find that Jenny has not arrived as she promised.
= Thought. [Flashback] = Ah duh Flashback.
Feedback: If you wish but be warned only obscene amounts of money will stop me posting more parts of this story if you don't like it and want it stopped or you can do what I do don't read stories you don't like!!!!
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Willow climbed out of the Jeep she was wearing a knee length coat over her pyjamas, grabbing her bag off the backseat she smiled over at Buffy's mum, "Thanks Mrs Summers for letting me stay with you and Buffy it being a school night and all."
"Your welcome dear, when Buffy told me you were home alone it was the least I could do, I only wish I'd known earlier I would have insisted you stay with us," Joyce smiling warmly at her daughter's best friend before an anger entered her voice, "I'm sorry if it upsets you Willow but I can't understand your parents leaving you alone for a week, you'll stay here until they get back alright?"
"Thanks, I'd like that Mrs Summers," she nodded, not feeling like upsetting Joyce by pointing out that she had left Buffy home alone only two weeks previously, Gotta love Sunnydale.
Buffy was waiting by the door, Willow could see she was wearing her sushi pj's under her robe, she smiled at her friend, "Hey Will let me carry that," said Buffy taking hold of the bag before turning towards the stairs, "Lets get you settled in than we'll have a slumber party," she said smiling over her shoulder at her friend.
"No you will not Buffy, you both have school tomorrow," Joyce told her daughter, she turned to Willow, "Let me take your coat dear."
"Ah no it's okay I'll hang it in the closet myself, thanks," Willow said rather harshly before blushing at the elder Summers, "Sorry I guess I'm a little cranky because I'm tired," she apologised.
Joyce gave Willow a little smile, "It's alright Willow I understand," she said walking towards the kitchen, "I'm going to make some Coco would you girls like some?"
"Yes that would be nice Mrs Summers," Willow smiled at Joyce's back.
"Thanks mum," Buffy called out before whispering to Willow, "Why so possessive of the coat Will?"
"Not the coat Buffy," Willow whispered back, "My sword is hidden under it."
"Oh," said Buffy holding open the closet door making sure to keep an eye on the kitchen and her mother making the Coco, "Put it behind the box of old shoes," she whispered to her friend who nodded sliding her sword behind the rather large box.
Later after their drinks and goodnights to her mum Buffy led her friend into her room switching on the light she smiled, "So which side of the bed do you want?"
"Ah I-I... ah thought I'd be sleeping on the floor... ah or a... ah camp bed or something!" blushed Willow.
"Course not, my bed is big enough for the two of us, now pick a side then I'll put out the light," Buffy smiled at Willow wondering why she was blushing?
"Ah okay," said Willow scrambling over and taking the side furthest from the window figuring if anything broke in Buffy would be more likely to be able to handle it.
"Ready?" asked Buffy.
"Ready," squeaked Willow.
Buffy jumped into her side of the bed and turned to Willow who lay next to her all rigid, "Will what's wrong?"
"It's just that I've never slept with another girl before," she told Buffy, she blushed realising how that must sound, "I-I mean in the same bed ah not in a gay kinda way, sorry," she said her blush deepening.
"It's okay Will I know what you mean," Buffy said trying to reassure her friend, "So you have like never been to a slumber party or sleepover?"
"Well I use to have sleepovers with Xander and Jesse but not since we were about 9 or 10," Willow explained.
"But never with any girls?"
"Ah remember Buffy until you wanted to be my friend I never had any girl friends, I mean..."
Buffy placed her hand on Willow's shoulder, she could feel the tension under the skin, "Its okay I know what you meant," she smiled reassuringly, "Do you want me to sleep on the floor I don't mind honest Will."
Willow turned to Buffy relaxing a little, "No its okay Buffy I like it its just a little unnerving, on top of that Angelus being in my room tonight hasn't helped my nerves."
"Are you sure it was him? I mean could it have been something else?" frowned Buffy.
"I don't think so remember a few months back when your friend Ford came to town, I invited Angel into my house and I've read some of the books Giles has on Angel before the curse, it's the sort of mean thing he would do."
"Yeah I guess your right. It's so weird... Every time something like this happens, my first instinct is still to run to Angel. I can't believe it's the same person. He's completely different from the guy that I knew," she looked at Willow a sad look on her face.
Willow returned the look, "Well, sort of, except..."
"Except what?" asked Buffy interrupting.
Willow sighed a little, "You're still the only thing he thinks about."
"We have to find a way to reverse the invitation, I mean besides having access to your house there's my house as well, what if he decides to go after mum!" Buffy gave a little sob.
Willow pulled Buffy into her arms, "We'll find something; maybe Jenny will have some ideas!"
"Yeah maybe," said Buffy sighing into Willow's neck, "Night Will."
"Ah right, night Buffy," she whispered. Oh goddess, she thought as she felt Buffy's warm breath on her neck, I'm so gonna get a lot of sleep tonight!
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Joyce dropped the two girls off the next day, as they waved to her they were joined by Xander, "Hey Will what happened to you last night I thought you were coming to the Bronze, I tried phoning your house later but just got your answer machine."
"Uh sorry Xander I changed my mind, I slept over at Buffy's last night, we had kind of a 'pyjama party sleepover with weapons' thing," she told him.
Xander's smirked at the two girls, "Oh and I don't suppose either of you had the presence of mind to locate a camera to capture the moment?"
Buffy rolled her eyes as Willow slapped her friend's arm before becoming serious looking around she whispered to him, "I had a visit from Angel last night."
"God Will are you okay? He didn't hurt you did he?" he asked all humour leaving his face.
"No he just killed my fish, I'm just glad that my parents didn't let me have a puppy," Willow told him. She turned to Buffy, "I want to stop by the computer room and talk to Ms Calendar, we'll meet you in the library okay Buffy," she said hurrying towards the main doors.
"We?" asked Xander looking first at Willow back as she disappeared into school and then at Buffy.
"Yes Ms Calendar told me and Will something's last night she's coming to the library to explain it to the rest of the gang, apparently she found a prophesy involving me and Angel," Buffy told Xander, she grabbed his arm, "Come on I want to warn Giles before Willow brings is ex to the meeting."
Buffy and Xander were the first to the library, "Giles you in here?" she called out, she smirked at Xander, "Where else would he be? The man has no life," she told him rhetorically making the boy laugh.
Giles walked from the cage looking at a book, "Ah Buffy we may have a problem," he said walking over to the table and placing the book down before turning to look at Buffy and Xander, "Is Willow coming by?"
Before either teenager could answer Willow ran through the doors alone, a worried look on her face, "Buffy, Jenny, I mean Ms Calendar," she amended realising that others were around, "She's not in the school."
"I'm sure she is, she's probably elsewhere Willow," Giles tried to reassure the obviously distraught young witch.
"No she's not," Willow said shaking her head, looking at Buffy she whispered to her friend as if it would stop any of the others hearing, "Buffy I can't feel her anywhere, there are only two things that would have stopped her being here, a demon attack or another immortal."
"Immortal? What are you talking about Will?" frowned Xander.
"Later Xand, we'll explain later," Buffy told the confused boy before turning to Giles who had a thoughtful look on his face, he glanced at Willow before looking at Buffy, "Later Giles I promise but for now we have other concerns, can you give Willow and me a permission slip so we can leave school?" she could see in his eyes that he was about to suggest waiting, "This is very important, Snyder has threatened to expel me if I get caught off campus without permission again."
Shaking himself out of his musing he nodded, "Yes of course," he said going to his office, on returning he handed Buffy and Willow their slips.
Willow took her note from Giles, "Thanks Giles," she smiled avoiding eye contact.
"I think we need to talk when you get back Willow," Giles said, "Be careful."
"Ah okay Giles will do," she nodded still avoiding looking at his face.
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Willow led Buffy across town to Jenny's house they were quiet for the most part on the way over, Buffy could sense that Willow was deep in thought worrying over something.
Great Rosenberg you keep the fact that your immortal secret since the summer and as soon as you think that something has happened to Jenny you fall apart and let it slip, in front of Giles of all people. Buffy looked at her when she heard her sigh, Oh well I was going to tell him and the others anyway.
"What's wrong Will?"
Willow looked at her friend, "Its just this is all going wrong, I mean I've been trying for weeks now to tell you and Xander about me, then you find out because of that damned headhunter then Jenny doesn't turn up this morning. Buffy I'm not ready to do this on my own if I lose Jenny I don't know what I'll do. Everything is falling apart."
Buffy placed her arm around Willow's shoulders, "It'll be okay Will I promise we'll get Jenny back if some demon has her then we'll sort out this prophesy she told us about last night," she smiled reassuringly at Willow before it was replaced by a smirk, "Maybe we can get her back together with Giles, when he finds out that she is almost as old as some of his books he's bound to go out with her again," she laughed.
"Yeah I hadn't thought of that! I mean he does seem to love old things," Willow said before joining Buffy in laughing.
They found Jenny's car parked outside her home, Buffy placed her hand on the bonnet, "Engines cold," Willow nodded as she led the way towards Jenny's door, "Hold on Will," Buffy called out, bending down she pulled a purse from under a bush, Buffy looked at her friend, "This is Ms Calendar's I recognise it from last night," she opened it looking through the contents as Willow rejoined her, "Her moneys still here, that rules out a mugging. Lets see if we can find anything inside?"
Willow nodded not holding out any hope, Why would she have left her purse outside unless something had happened. Using the key Jenny had given her just after she had started to train the redhead she opened the door, "You check down here I'll check upstairs," she said beginning to climb the stairs."
Five minutes later Willow joined Buffy in the living room as Buffy came from the back of the house, Willow held a scroll, "There doesn't seem to be anything missing whatever happened to her I think happened before she got in here. I don't think it was another immortal and whoever they were didn't come in so I'm thinking vampires."
"Why not another immortal Will," inquired Buffy.
Willow smiled with some relief, "If it had been an immortal why would she have left her purse if she went somewhere else to fight? And if an immortal fight had happened just outside a Quickening the size of Jenny's would have destroyed her car not to mention blown the lights and windows for most of this block," Buffy nodded remembering what had happened the night before in the alley, "Besides unless some demon came along after and ate the body it would still be here." The redhead pointed out logically.
Buffy frowned at what Willow had said about vamps, "Will what if Angel was at your house when Jenny told us her story, he would know who and what she is?"
A look of horror crossed Willow's face, "We have to rescue her Buffy."
Buffy nodded, "Let's get back to Giles."
"Right but first I need to stop at your house and get my sword," said Willow, her 'resolve face' in place.
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Jenny again woke in pain, even with her healing powers her body was having trouble keeping up with what Angelus and Drusilla were doing to her, she was only vaguely aware of her surroundings they had already drained her twice, they had taken bets on how long it would take her to revive. Angel had beaten her black and blue because he had lost then staked the vamp that had won the bet.
"Hey teach, you back in the land of the living?" Angel smirked into her face.
Jenny let out a groan of pain but there was still defiance in her eyes, "Yes which is more than you can say."
Angel thrust the dagger he held into Jenny's leg leaving it there, "Now before you were so impolite as to die I believe I was asking you about the curse? Now one more time how close are you and the gang to deciphering the text of the ritual?" he asked as he thrust another dagger into her other leg that Dru had handed him.
Jenny growled through clenched teeth, "You will pay for what you have done I swear," she said spitting a little blood into his face.
Jenny grunted as Angelus punched her in the stomach, "You know I haven't had as much fun since I met your tribe," he said putting a finger to the bloody spittle before licking it with his tongue he smirked at her, "I just wish I'd known about you I'd have waited before finishing your family, its been two hundred years since I've had immortal blood."
Jenny laughed humourlessly, "If I had found you that day you wouldn't have been here now Angelus."
"Ah but you weren't there were you teach. How did it feel to know you had let them all die?"
"If you release me I'll show you," Jenny said with malice in her voice.
Spike wheeled himself into the room, "Why don't you just kill the bitch and be done with it!" he asked his grandsire.
Drusilla turned to her lover, "But, Spike, the bad teacher is going to restore Angel's soul."
Spike looked at the quietly groaning teacher and Angel before turning back to Dru, "What if she is? If you ask me, I find myself preferring the old Buffy-whipped Angelus. This new, improved one is not playing with a full sack." Angelus scowled at him, "I love a good torture as much as the next bloke but she's never gonna talk and if you kill her she can't do the spell now can she."
"But Spiky the teacher isn't the one that will cast the spell, Little tree will do that," smiled Drusilla in a dreamy voice.
Angelus turned to growl at her, "And when were you going to tell the rest of us Dru?"
Drusilla gave Angelus an apologetic look, "Didn't I tell you daddy, I'm sorry I must have forgotten because we were having so much fun playing with the bad teacher."
Angelus swept Drusilla up into his arms swinging her around, which made her giggle, "Yes we were weren't we!" he laughed, he looked down at Spike who was scowling at him, "I'm taking Dru to her room to rest for a bit why don't you keep teach company while we're busy," he smirked at the vampire in the wheelchair.
Spike watched them enter the stairwell to his and Dru's room, he cursed under his breath as he heard Drusilla giggle, he stood and kicked the wheelchair across the room, "Soon Angelus soon," he said as he walked towards Jenny morphing into his vampire vestige.
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