Disclaimer: I don't own BtVS, AtS, or Roswell.
Summary: The new war forces Buffy to share her sixteen-year-old secret with a past lover.
Pairings: Buffy/Angel, Max/Liz, Michael/Maria… Review and tell me what other pairings to make
A/N: This story takes place eleven years after Chosen. Buffy and the Gang rebuild the Watcher's council and Angel does the whole Wolfram and Hart thing. For Roswell it is right after Liz finds out that Max and Tess slept together.
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"Not that I am questioning the feminine leader that is you, but what is with the public defenses?" Xander asked worried about what was happening.
"Yeah Max, not that I don't trust you but what's goin' on? These aliens or what?" Michael questioned the king referring to the strangers in front of him.
"Let me answer that question. Last time I checked I wasn't making any dates with E.T." Xander said while everyone ignored him.
"That's the alien witch I saw murder the boy from my dream." Buffy said while keeping her glare directed at Tess.
"Wait a second, she didn't murder any one," But before Isabel could finish, the slayer had pushed off the table with one foot and flipped over the alien shield provided by Max. Within seconds Buffy had her hands around Tess's neck ready to snap it.
The Pod Squad were shocked. They had never seen a person, let alone a petite female, move that aggressively and quickly. Luckily for them, Max was thinking clearly and grabbed the tall, brunette around the neck who had her guard down.
Buffy smiled, "I was hoping you would do that."
Dawn returned the smirk and kicked him in the shin. Max lost his balance and was flipped backwards by Dawn who had held on to his hand. She kneeled down on his chest and gave a nod to Buffy.
Seconds before she was going to break the blonde's neck, Buffy flew backwards with the wave of Michael's hand. Michael followed up with the threat of blowing her up. She put up her hands in surrender and rolled her eyes. Dawn was too thrown away from Max with the wave of Isabel's hand. The Scooby gang had lost their offensive.
Max walked up to Buffy's face and started interrogating. "What the Hell did you do with Liz Parker?"
"What's the matter with Liz?" Mr. Parker finally spoke out. He had fear but determination in his voice.
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Liz entered her crappy apartment after a day of discovery. It was strange learning that the cross given to her at birth was somehow a tool of violence. It freaked her out. The vampires on top of that didn't help with her sanity much.
She plopped herself down on the bed and looked at the clock. It was 9:00AM on a Tuesday morning and already she began to think about Max. 'Did he know she was gone? Did he miss her at all?' Blah blah blah, but eventually she fell asleep.
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Angel drove in circles around this small town. He finally reached a motel were he could enter without being burned by the sun. Unfortunately, there were only two room vacancies. He thought they would just figure that out as it came along.
He entered the room and laid down on the bed. Then he remembered something.
"OO! I forgot to call Giles!"
He grabbed his phone and dialed the numbers.
"Hello, Rupert Giles speaking."
"Hey, its Angel."
"Oh thank God! I have been waiting to hear from you! How is everything going?"
"Well, we think we know where the secret weapon is."
"Do you care to share what the secret weapon is and what it might do to advance us against our enemies?" Giles questioned curious.
"Um… no not particularly."
"Excuse me?"
"It's complicated. I think I will let Buffy tell you later though."
"Okay well where are you then?"
"Roswell. Don't even say anything."
Giles burst out in his contagious and uncontrollable laughter. Eventually Angel joined in.
After they were done, Angel ended the conversation and fell asleep. Angel flashbacked to a dream he had many, many years ago.
**Angel's Dream**
He was in a church; standing beside him was his beautiful bride, Buffy. They stared into each other's eyes and recited their vows in the empty church. Their kiss was the most graceful, gentle kiss he had ever shared with her.
They walked down the isle never removing their eyes away from each other. They stepped outside into the shade. But right here is where the dream changed.
She stepped outside first and reached her hand out to his. He then stepped out in the sun and discovered that he was not on fire.
He turned around to see all their friends clapping coming out of the church smiling. He also saw someone who he didn't know but familiar at the same time. She was petite with brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She looked lost and confused; she held a necklace around her neck, it was a silver cross. They met eye contact for about a second but she looked away immediately. He gazed at Buffy to see if she had seen the girl, but she was saying goodbye to her friends. He took a double take on the girl but she was gone.
**End of Dream**
Angel woke up with a confused, surprised, and satisfied look on his face.
"I need to go see Buffy." He got up from the bed and almost ran out of the door grabbing a blanket on the way out.
What he didn't know was that another person had shared his dream.
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"Whoa." Liz woke up from that strange dream.
'Somehow that felt like de ja vu, but I have never had that dream before and I don't remember being at a wedding like that, especially with people I have never met before.' Liz thought to herself. 'And that man I shared glances with had a sense about him, I don't know what, but he was different. His eyes read so much, just like I used to read Max's. I saw pain, happiness, and age.'
Liz heard the clock buzz it was 4:00PM. It was almost time for her next shift.
"This should be fun," Liz complained with sarcasm.
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"Mr. Parker?" Buffy spoke surprised.
"Is that you Buffy Summers? You look so grown up! Well of course you are!" Mr. Parker returned with a smile, forgot all the commotion, and walked over to her for a hug.
The Pod Squad right now had yet another curve ball thrown at them. This had been the busiest day of their lives, and they had a lot of strange days. None of the other days measured up though. Michael didn't stop Mr. Parker from hugging her mainly because his guard was down and he wouldn't move.
"Buff, care to share? …Whoa! That rhymes! Sorry go on." Xander shouted and blushed when he embarrassed himself as usual.
Buffy and Mr. Parker turned around to face everyone including the crowd in the restaurant who had either fainted or were unable to find words for news of different worlds where witches and aliens took part in.
"Yes well Liz was adopted and this, this is her biological mother," Mr. Parker said.
"Wait do you mean Liz, as in secret weapon Liz, she is your daughter Buffy?" Willow asked who had remained quiet for a long time.
Mr. Parker looked at Buffy strangely and the events of the past twenty minutes came flowing back to him. He let go of Buffy and retreated to the corner to think.
"Secret weapon?" Maria spoke up, back to her usual self with the mentioning of her best friend who was still missing.
Buffy knew it was too soon to release the big one, a.k.a. the war, on these teenager aliens who she still didn't trust especially and in the crowd of civilians.
"Okay, before we talk about Liz, lets do something about everyone else," she stated pointing towards the people.
Max who also didn't trust the strangers gave Buffy an I'm-in-charge glare and turned to Tess.
"Do what you have to do."
"No way is she going to kill these people!" Dawn screamed in protest.
Tess turned to her and yelled back, "I am not going to blow them up like I supposedly did to the mystery boy! I am simply going to erase their memory from these recent events!"
"You can do that?" Isabel asked not knowing all of Tess's abilities.
"Watch me."
"I don't trust her, or you!" Buffy said talking to Max.
"I am Liz's um.. friend. Please you have to believe that. And if you are who he said you are, Liz's mother, I hope we are on the same side so that we can find her in time," Max said while hesitating calling her a friend while wanting it to be more.
Buffy somehow knew he was telling the truth, through his eyes, and responded, "I trust you, but I don't trust her. But I am going to let you handle this one and we will talk outside."
Buffy grabbed the gang and walked to the door waiting patiently for the strangers who knew Liz.
Tess had erased the memories of all the humans except for Maria and Mr. Parker. "Max should I, you know, erase his memory?" referring to Mr. Parker.
Instead of Max answering Buffy told her, "Yeah, he has been through so much and hasn't deserved it. I knew he would be the right parent for Liz and he still is. He should be the father of regular Liz and not know her for anything else. Both him and Liz deserve a normalcy. That's the way I had it for a while. And it worked the best."
Max nodded and Tess proceeded with the memory deal. The aliens and Maria soon followed the group of strangers to the door after making sure all of the people went home. Just before their exiting, a man with a blanket over his head entered through the back door. He was smoking, not cigarette smoking but actually burning-smoking.
"Buffy," Angel coughed when entering.
"Angel! What are you doing here! You should be out of the day light!" Buffy said reaching to Angel making sure he was all right.
"I'm fine its just I think I saw our daughter in a dream, the real her though."
"Who is this?" Max interrupted angry at all the disruptions that are keeping him away from Liz.
Angel looked at the speaker and saw someone who he knew. "Zan?"
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