Chapter 7
This was another harder chapter to write. It's a little slow I think, but I need this chapter to set the stage for a few things in the next 2 chapters.
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Preview: The days plans get made as everyone starts their day.Cordelia irritates even Willow.
Morning:AI
Angel,Cordelia,Fred,Lorne and a few slayers are in the lobby of the Hyperion. Dawn and Andrew are laying out doughnuts,cereal,and juice for the group while laughing quietly at some private joke. The AI group looks to be arguing about something in a book.
"Man! Now THAT'S a nice thing to see first thing in the morning." Xander said coming down the stairs looking at the breakfast spread."Is everyone else still sleeping?"
"Willow and Kennedy are, as well as a few of the girls. Most are in the training room though." Andrew said handing Xander a cup of coffee.
Fred broke away from the argument and turned to Xander.
"How did you sleep?"She asked shyly."Was the room OK?"
"It was perfect Fred, thanks." Said Xander reassuring her."I almost forgot what it was like to not sleep with 10 slayers each night."
At this comment AI broke off the argument and turned to look at Xander strangely.
At the odd looks, Xander rushed to say, "Let me clarify that. What I meant was is was nice to not be packed in a room because of limited space and not being able to go home because some big ugly would break down the wall. Hence the 10 people to a room."
"We get it Xander." Fred assured him liking him more and more for the way he talked."He reminds me of myself."Fred said to herself.
"Yeah whatever.'Cordelia said to the embarrassed man."Xander, has Buffy ever fought a Klejick demon?"
Xander thought for a minute."It sounds familiar...Dawn?"
"Yep it does." Dawn replied."Oh don't you remember it Xander? Big kinda green and purple full of mucus? It attacked us coming out of the Bronze?"
Xander continued to try to remember."Hmmm doesn't stand out in my memory and man how sad is that, that being attacked by a mucus demon is so common you can barely remember it?" He finished shaking his head.
"Well, I remember it." Dawn said."It ruined my brand new shirt and pinned Buffy to a wall and almost ate her. Spike managed to kill it. Why do you ask anyway?" she directed that question at the members of AI.
"Ones been seen.Apparantly it attacked and killed two people." Angel said.
"If you know where it is what's the big deal? Just go kill it." Dawn said simply.
"Well, we would but it doesn't say in any of these books exactly how to kill it." Cordelia said getting impatient.
"Well, Spike killed it by setting it on fire."Dawn said."No! Wait! He just did that to distract it from Buffy.He killed it by severing this big green vein that runs down it's back. It was really gross. When you slice the vein step back. I was 10 feet away and my clothes got totally ruined."
"Thanks for the info and advice Kitten." Lorne said to Dawn."OK we know how to kill it. Does this mean I have to go?" Lorne pointed to his clothes,"new suit. Hate to ruin it."
Right then Gunn walked in followed by Faith and Wood.
"Hey guys." Faith greeted everyone.
"Faith I thought you two were still sleeping" Andrew said.
"Nah." She answered."We got up really early. Went for a walk. Ran into Charles here on our way back." She gave a quick glance around the room."Anyone hear from B yet?"
"I was going to head over there in a few minutes." Gunn said."Anyone want a ride?"
"Me" Willow said as she came down the stairs with Kennedy."I want to make sure she's OK."
"Me too." Xander said."That is if you have room?"
"I got plenty of room." Gunn assured him."Anyone else?"
"Do you guys think Buffy would mind if I stayed here?" Dawn asked."I called Dad last night and left a message with his secretary. He is supposed to be calling today."
"No, I'm sure that's fine Dawnie." Willow assured her."We don't want your Dad hearing about Sunnydale and freaking out."
"Umm I have some papers for Wesley to sign." Fred said hesitantly."Do you think Buffy will mind my tagging along?"
"Not at all." Willow said smiling at her.
"Oh Buffy won't even notice your there." Cordelia said cattily."In Buffy's world nothing but her and her problems matter."
Willow turned away from Cordelia but everyone else saw her eyes flash red and black and energy sparkle out of her fingertips before she regained control of her anger and magick.Before Willow electrocuted, or turned Cordy into a rat, Faith jumped into the fray.
"You should be so proud Cordelia." She said in a sickeningly sweet way that made Angel uneasy."All those years you were such a bitch, well she was taught by the best. How proud you must be."
At that Cordelia's eyes narrowed as she took Angels hand and started to pull him towards the office."I'm nothing like her." She said icily.
"Yeah I guess your right." Faith said with a grin."B's more of a hero type saving people instead of going bad herself."
Leaving a sputtering Cordelia, Faith and the others walked out to Gunns car.Dawn and Andrew muttered something about seeing the garden during the day and took off running. Kennedy went with Wood to go train with the other girls and Lorne suddenly developed a taste for something in the kitchen. As Cordelia stormed off Angel looked around at the now deserted lobby.
"And I thought I could clear a room"He said to himself before heading upstairs to change into something to go kill the Klejick demon. For the hundredth time he wondered how Buffy could have ever loved Spike. HE was the true love of her life. Not Captain Peroxide! Maybe she was suffering from some effect the amulets power had on humans. That had to be it. The amulets power just confused her and made her think she really loved him. He would call Wesley later to have him find a way to clear the amulets power out of Buffy.Then they would talk.He thought about Cordelia and how before her coma she was all he could think about. Did he still love her? Is it now that Buffy doesn't have to be tied to slaying and Sunnydale that they could finally have a life together making him doubt his love for Cordy? Who did he love more? He thought about it as he slowly went upstairs.
This was another harder chapter to write. It's a little slow I think, but I need this chapter to set the stage for a few things in the next 2 chapters.
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Preview: The days plans get made as everyone starts their day.Cordelia irritates even Willow.
Morning:AI
Angel,Cordelia,Fred,Lorne and a few slayers are in the lobby of the Hyperion. Dawn and Andrew are laying out doughnuts,cereal,and juice for the group while laughing quietly at some private joke. The AI group looks to be arguing about something in a book.
"Man! Now THAT'S a nice thing to see first thing in the morning." Xander said coming down the stairs looking at the breakfast spread."Is everyone else still sleeping?"
"Willow and Kennedy are, as well as a few of the girls. Most are in the training room though." Andrew said handing Xander a cup of coffee.
Fred broke away from the argument and turned to Xander.
"How did you sleep?"She asked shyly."Was the room OK?"
"It was perfect Fred, thanks." Said Xander reassuring her."I almost forgot what it was like to not sleep with 10 slayers each night."
At this comment AI broke off the argument and turned to look at Xander strangely.
At the odd looks, Xander rushed to say, "Let me clarify that. What I meant was is was nice to not be packed in a room because of limited space and not being able to go home because some big ugly would break down the wall. Hence the 10 people to a room."
"We get it Xander." Fred assured him liking him more and more for the way he talked."He reminds me of myself."Fred said to herself.
"Yeah whatever.'Cordelia said to the embarrassed man."Xander, has Buffy ever fought a Klejick demon?"
Xander thought for a minute."It sounds familiar...Dawn?"
"Yep it does." Dawn replied."Oh don't you remember it Xander? Big kinda green and purple full of mucus? It attacked us coming out of the Bronze?"
Xander continued to try to remember."Hmmm doesn't stand out in my memory and man how sad is that, that being attacked by a mucus demon is so common you can barely remember it?" He finished shaking his head.
"Well, I remember it." Dawn said."It ruined my brand new shirt and pinned Buffy to a wall and almost ate her. Spike managed to kill it. Why do you ask anyway?" she directed that question at the members of AI.
"Ones been seen.Apparantly it attacked and killed two people." Angel said.
"If you know where it is what's the big deal? Just go kill it." Dawn said simply.
"Well, we would but it doesn't say in any of these books exactly how to kill it." Cordelia said getting impatient.
"Well, Spike killed it by setting it on fire."Dawn said."No! Wait! He just did that to distract it from Buffy.He killed it by severing this big green vein that runs down it's back. It was really gross. When you slice the vein step back. I was 10 feet away and my clothes got totally ruined."
"Thanks for the info and advice Kitten." Lorne said to Dawn."OK we know how to kill it. Does this mean I have to go?" Lorne pointed to his clothes,"new suit. Hate to ruin it."
Right then Gunn walked in followed by Faith and Wood.
"Hey guys." Faith greeted everyone.
"Faith I thought you two were still sleeping" Andrew said.
"Nah." She answered."We got up really early. Went for a walk. Ran into Charles here on our way back." She gave a quick glance around the room."Anyone hear from B yet?"
"I was going to head over there in a few minutes." Gunn said."Anyone want a ride?"
"Me" Willow said as she came down the stairs with Kennedy."I want to make sure she's OK."
"Me too." Xander said."That is if you have room?"
"I got plenty of room." Gunn assured him."Anyone else?"
"Do you guys think Buffy would mind if I stayed here?" Dawn asked."I called Dad last night and left a message with his secretary. He is supposed to be calling today."
"No, I'm sure that's fine Dawnie." Willow assured her."We don't want your Dad hearing about Sunnydale and freaking out."
"Umm I have some papers for Wesley to sign." Fred said hesitantly."Do you think Buffy will mind my tagging along?"
"Not at all." Willow said smiling at her.
"Oh Buffy won't even notice your there." Cordelia said cattily."In Buffy's world nothing but her and her problems matter."
Willow turned away from Cordelia but everyone else saw her eyes flash red and black and energy sparkle out of her fingertips before she regained control of her anger and magick.Before Willow electrocuted, or turned Cordy into a rat, Faith jumped into the fray.
"You should be so proud Cordelia." She said in a sickeningly sweet way that made Angel uneasy."All those years you were such a bitch, well she was taught by the best. How proud you must be."
At that Cordelia's eyes narrowed as she took Angels hand and started to pull him towards the office."I'm nothing like her." She said icily.
"Yeah I guess your right." Faith said with a grin."B's more of a hero type saving people instead of going bad herself."
Leaving a sputtering Cordelia, Faith and the others walked out to Gunns car.Dawn and Andrew muttered something about seeing the garden during the day and took off running. Kennedy went with Wood to go train with the other girls and Lorne suddenly developed a taste for something in the kitchen. As Cordelia stormed off Angel looked around at the now deserted lobby.
"And I thought I could clear a room"He said to himself before heading upstairs to change into something to go kill the Klejick demon. For the hundredth time he wondered how Buffy could have ever loved Spike. HE was the true love of her life. Not Captain Peroxide! Maybe she was suffering from some effect the amulets power had on humans. That had to be it. The amulets power just confused her and made her think she really loved him. He would call Wesley later to have him find a way to clear the amulets power out of Buffy.Then they would talk.He thought about Cordelia and how before her coma she was all he could think about. Did he still love her? Is it now that Buffy doesn't have to be tied to slaying and Sunnydale that they could finally have a life together making him doubt his love for Cordy? Who did he love more? He thought about it as he slowly went upstairs.
