By: Tater
Title: The Long Road Home .
Rating: So far PG13
Summery: Buffy decides to take some time to find herself over the Summer
after Angel leaving, and finds that being normal is harder then she thought
Summery2: Where did Angel go during the Summer after Graduation? What about
Buffy? And more so, what if she took time off to mold herself, because then
she knew she wasn't completely baked? What if, instead of being angry with
Angel, she understood, and wanted to give him his only wish for, her; a
normal life.
Set During: S3/S1-2?
Author's Notes: Please send feedback ( Good or Bad). I am welcome to
suggestions anytime
AN: I am sorry that it takes me awhile to send out new parts, but I have to
babysit and do things around the house, so it's kinda tough!
Chapter: 6
5 Months Ealier:::::
Buffy sat on the plane, waiting for take off. She was a little nervous. Out of all the things she had faced since childhood and as a slayer, nothing truely scared her, except for heights. More like flying. In demon situations, mostly, she had control. But no, not with planes 100's of miles up in the air.
She closed her eyes and took deep breaths. Buffy was glad that she was flying out at 10:00 pm from Atlanta, less people were headed out at this time of night. She had to smile though, that little town called Cartersville had the potienal to be the next Hell Mouth. Well, it did before she showed up. Buffy had given Giles a call, and then Willow, they both gave her a spell and some ingredients to close whatever could possibly open for a short time. As the reader, you probably wonder why haven't they done that to their own town? Because, it already was a Hell Mouth, not in the stages of becoming one.
However, in the process of closing it, the slayer had run into an old friend. He was looking for some artifact there, and when a demon named Hathkil came for it too, well he knew he had problems. Good thing he ran into the slayer. The only thing both slayer, and vampire knew about that demon was that they populated quickly by spread of it's blood, it wanted to try and take over Cartersville....::::
Buffy walked to the place that the town called the square, where a magic shop was located, along with a small coffee shop, and a few other things.
This so isn't a square. she thought This town is twice as small, slow, and boring as Sunnydale!
She gathered her ingredients, and had the spell ready. She went to go stand over on the curb when she heard a crash, and noticed a body being thrown into one of the shop's windows.
" Great." she said to really no one. The slayer laid her supplies down, grabbed her stake, and headed for the large orange-greenish creature headed towards that person. He was large, about 7 feet, with large arms and legs. He had a jewel imbedded on his chest, it was red outlined in yellow.
"Hey big guy!" she yelled at it. "Why don't you pick on someone with your own strength!"
"Ssssslayer." It hissed, but walked right past her, and towards the man who was now getting up from the glass window.
"Hey mate, can't we work something out here?"
Buffy knew that voice, but paid no attention, that demon was more of a threat then 'William the Bloody'.
The demon picked Spike up by is coat, and Buffy stood this in amusement, maybe this would be fun after all.
"Where is it Vampire?" The demon yelled. Buffy who stood 5 feet behind them could feel the ground below her feet start to shake as he yelled, and his voice would have defended any normal human. And his breath.. talk about the sewers smelling like heaven.
"I told ya, I'm not too sure."
The demon said nothing, but lifted back his larger fist, which Buffy took notice, had black spikes sticking out of his knuckles.
"Buffy, help me."
She couldn't help it, she had too. Besides, the slayer wanted to know what he was looking for. She ran up to the demon and hit his head, forcing it to drop Spike. It turned to the slayer and swung at her. She ducked on him, and punched his face and kicked it too. Serveral times.
Spike jumped on it's back and tried to hold his arms together.
"Buff- see the jewel smash it, and it will die, and..... ::grunt:: turn anyone it's turned into one ::Grunt..:: Ouch, shit mate..... of it's kind back to who it was."
"And why.... ::deep breath::: would I ... look jerk get off me."
She his it's nose and it doubled back. "You help me," Spike said. "I help you."
Before she could respond, the demon cut her shoulder. "Hey! That's my new shirt, ugly." She smasked the jewel with one swift kick to the chest.
The demon fell to the ground and dessloved into a sticky glue, white, and yellow. "Ewwwww."
"So mate," the vampire began, "whatcha you doin' 'round these parts?"
"Vacation." Buffy said walking back to her spell and supplies.
"Alright I get why you don't want to tell me. Gonne close the potenial Hell Mouth?"
"Maybe." She said, still catching her breath, trying to ignore the pain in her right shoulder. "So what was he looking for?"
"Nothing much... give me the spell. I'll do the latin, you light the candles, and we go our separate ways."
"We were supposed to do that a long time ago."
Spike said nothing, but concentrated on the spell.
"Da lac ta, su ta, see yay. Close the mouth to the demon hell deminsion."
The candles went out. "Well that wasn't so hard." Buffy said. Was she actually joking with her enemy?
"Spike, now tell-" she turned around and he was gone.
She sighed. All well.
Buffy couldn't help but smile. She'd used magic on her own, well kinda. Spike actually helped her out like promised. But she wondered where Drusilla was. As she opened eyes as the plane lifted in the air.
Again she took a deep breath. The plane would have a 3 hour lay over in New Mexico, and then on to LA. Yea, things would work out just fine.
"Hey beautiful." A man said taking a seat next to a darked haired 20 something.
Buffy opened her eyes, no it can't be. She turned around to see a Billy Idol look-a-like and the woman doing some serious flirting. She was defiantly Spike's next meal.
She got out of seat, and walked toawrds the 'happy couple.'. "Spike! How could you! Our son is at home, and hasn't seen you in two weeks! And now we have another on the way and this is what you've been up to while you were away on business?!"
The other woman looked at the two. Spike looked at the slayer dumbfound, then looked at the girl named Christy."No, she's nutz. It's not true."
"Want proof?" Buffy pulled a pictured of a blonde haird boy from her purse, who was her little cousin. "That is William Summers. Isn't he beautiful?"
The lady got up and quickly moved seats.
"How could you?" Spike asked, highly upset.
"Well, I am good and you're evil. She was your next meal, it's my job, Spike."
Then she walked back to her seat. And without surprise, so did Spike. And for some reason Buffy didn't stake him, they had a nice conversation until the flight landed in New Mexico.
"So where you going from here?" Buffy asked.
"I am gonna go sleep somewhere, and then head out for Mexico tomorrow night."
"That's nice. I'm homebound."
"Well give the bloody poofs hugs for me, espcially peaches."
Buffy laughed, she hadn't told him Angel left.. Her and Spike hugged and headed in different directions. That was just too weird for Buffy. She felt like Spike was one of her knew bestfriends. He was a half way decent guy, except for the killing and vampire thing.
"Oh and Buff-" Spike said. She turned around. "I was only going to have a little taste, no turning or killing." He winked at her, she smiled, and they both walked away.
This is just too much. And for the first time since Angel had left her, she truely smiled.
AN: For the record.... NO THEY ARE NOT HOOKING UP! Next part to be out soon!
Chapter: 6
5 Months Ealier:::::
Buffy sat on the plane, waiting for take off. She was a little nervous. Out of all the things she had faced since childhood and as a slayer, nothing truely scared her, except for heights. More like flying. In demon situations, mostly, she had control. But no, not with planes 100's of miles up in the air.
She closed her eyes and took deep breaths. Buffy was glad that she was flying out at 10:00 pm from Atlanta, less people were headed out at this time of night. She had to smile though, that little town called Cartersville had the potienal to be the next Hell Mouth. Well, it did before she showed up. Buffy had given Giles a call, and then Willow, they both gave her a spell and some ingredients to close whatever could possibly open for a short time. As the reader, you probably wonder why haven't they done that to their own town? Because, it already was a Hell Mouth, not in the stages of becoming one.
However, in the process of closing it, the slayer had run into an old friend. He was looking for some artifact there, and when a demon named Hathkil came for it too, well he knew he had problems. Good thing he ran into the slayer. The only thing both slayer, and vampire knew about that demon was that they populated quickly by spread of it's blood, it wanted to try and take over Cartersville....::::
Buffy walked to the place that the town called the square, where a magic shop was located, along with a small coffee shop, and a few other things.
This so isn't a square. she thought This town is twice as small, slow, and boring as Sunnydale!
She gathered her ingredients, and had the spell ready. She went to go stand over on the curb when she heard a crash, and noticed a body being thrown into one of the shop's windows.
" Great." she said to really no one. The slayer laid her supplies down, grabbed her stake, and headed for the large orange-greenish creature headed towards that person. He was large, about 7 feet, with large arms and legs. He had a jewel imbedded on his chest, it was red outlined in yellow.
"Hey big guy!" she yelled at it. "Why don't you pick on someone with your own strength!"
"Ssssslayer." It hissed, but walked right past her, and towards the man who was now getting up from the glass window.
"Hey mate, can't we work something out here?"
Buffy knew that voice, but paid no attention, that demon was more of a threat then 'William the Bloody'.
The demon picked Spike up by is coat, and Buffy stood this in amusement, maybe this would be fun after all.
"Where is it Vampire?" The demon yelled. Buffy who stood 5 feet behind them could feel the ground below her feet start to shake as he yelled, and his voice would have defended any normal human. And his breath.. talk about the sewers smelling like heaven.
"I told ya, I'm not too sure."
The demon said nothing, but lifted back his larger fist, which Buffy took notice, had black spikes sticking out of his knuckles.
"Buffy, help me."
She couldn't help it, she had too. Besides, the slayer wanted to know what he was looking for. She ran up to the demon and hit his head, forcing it to drop Spike. It turned to the slayer and swung at her. She ducked on him, and punched his face and kicked it too. Serveral times.
Spike jumped on it's back and tried to hold his arms together.
"Buff- see the jewel smash it, and it will die, and..... ::grunt:: turn anyone it's turned into one ::Grunt..:: Ouch, shit mate..... of it's kind back to who it was."
"And why.... ::deep breath::: would I ... look jerk get off me."
She his it's nose and it doubled back. "You help me," Spike said. "I help you."
Before she could respond, the demon cut her shoulder. "Hey! That's my new shirt, ugly." She smasked the jewel with one swift kick to the chest.
The demon fell to the ground and dessloved into a sticky glue, white, and yellow. "Ewwwww."
"So mate," the vampire began, "whatcha you doin' 'round these parts?"
"Vacation." Buffy said walking back to her spell and supplies.
"Alright I get why you don't want to tell me. Gonne close the potenial Hell Mouth?"
"Maybe." She said, still catching her breath, trying to ignore the pain in her right shoulder. "So what was he looking for?"
"Nothing much... give me the spell. I'll do the latin, you light the candles, and we go our separate ways."
"We were supposed to do that a long time ago."
Spike said nothing, but concentrated on the spell.
"Da lac ta, su ta, see yay. Close the mouth to the demon hell deminsion."
The candles went out. "Well that wasn't so hard." Buffy said. Was she actually joking with her enemy?
"Spike, now tell-" she turned around and he was gone.
She sighed. All well.
Buffy couldn't help but smile. She'd used magic on her own, well kinda. Spike actually helped her out like promised. But she wondered where Drusilla was. As she opened eyes as the plane lifted in the air.
Again she took a deep breath. The plane would have a 3 hour lay over in New Mexico, and then on to LA. Yea, things would work out just fine.
"Hey beautiful." A man said taking a seat next to a darked haired 20 something.
Buffy opened her eyes, no it can't be. She turned around to see a Billy Idol look-a-like and the woman doing some serious flirting. She was defiantly Spike's next meal.
She got out of seat, and walked toawrds the 'happy couple.'. "Spike! How could you! Our son is at home, and hasn't seen you in two weeks! And now we have another on the way and this is what you've been up to while you were away on business?!"
The other woman looked at the two. Spike looked at the slayer dumbfound, then looked at the girl named Christy."No, she's nutz. It's not true."
"Want proof?" Buffy pulled a pictured of a blonde haird boy from her purse, who was her little cousin. "That is William Summers. Isn't he beautiful?"
The lady got up and quickly moved seats.
"How could you?" Spike asked, highly upset.
"Well, I am good and you're evil. She was your next meal, it's my job, Spike."
Then she walked back to her seat. And without surprise, so did Spike. And for some reason Buffy didn't stake him, they had a nice conversation until the flight landed in New Mexico.
"So where you going from here?" Buffy asked.
"I am gonna go sleep somewhere, and then head out for Mexico tomorrow night."
"That's nice. I'm homebound."
"Well give the bloody poofs hugs for me, espcially peaches."
Buffy laughed, she hadn't told him Angel left.. Her and Spike hugged and headed in different directions. That was just too weird for Buffy. She felt like Spike was one of her knew bestfriends. He was a half way decent guy, except for the killing and vampire thing.
"Oh and Buff-" Spike said. She turned around. "I was only going to have a little taste, no turning or killing." He winked at her, she smiled, and they both walked away.
This is just too much. And for the first time since Angel had left her, she truely smiled.
AN: For the record.... NO THEY ARE NOT HOOKING UP! Next part to be out soon!