Normal Again...Again
Summary: What would have happened if Buffy hadn't gone back to Sunnydale to save her friends? What if she had stayed in what she thought was real?
Disclaimer: Yes, I own it all...Yes, I am also a liar!
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Chapter 8: Watching You Disappear
Buffy jerked her arm away from Lindsey, "Where are we?" She asked looking around. She'd never seen this place before, it was dark and they appeared to be in a desert place, she looked up, there were tons of stars, full moon, and a really big hole in the ground that was the size of a city a few feet away.
"Sunnydale, California." Lindsey told her.
"No, this can't be Sunnydale, Trina went there this morning and it wasn't a hole. It couldn't have been." Buffy argued.
"I understand Buffy, but this **is** Sunnydale. If you go back as one person. All you did as the Slayer was bring death and destruction, and then you caused this."
"I did?" She asked in a weak voice.
"Yes, you did. And if you go back as the Slayer, then this is inevitable. Your friends will die, and the only home you ever knew will be destroyed. Do you really want to do that?"
"No." She looked at Lindsey suspiciously. "Why didn't Trina want me to see this?"
"She thought that if you did, then you would want to be what you were to try and stop it, but there really is no way to stop this from happening. Believe me, I've tried everything I could think of and this still ended up happening."
"Can you take me home? I'll be sure that I stay how I am."
"Sorry Buffy, I can't take that chance. I have to make sure that you believe me."
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"DAMN!" Trina screamed. She was still standing on the beach, she rolled her eyes and picked up Buffy's stuff and pulled her keys out of the beach bag. She walked toward the strip of parking lot where Xander, Anya and Dawn were still dragging stuff out of Xander's car. "Guys, I have to go." Trina told them.
"What about the non-Slayer Buffy?" Anya asked.
"She's gone." Trina replied.
"Gone where?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know." She unlocked the door of her car and threw the stuff in the backseat.
Xander looked at her, worried, "What do you mean you don't know?"
"I mean she disappeared."
"Literally?" Anya asked.
"Yes." Trina replied.
"With what? She couldn't have done this herself, could she?" Xander asked. Trina didn't reply, she sat down in her car, closed the door, rolled down the windows and put the top down. "Trina? Where are you going?"
"To save my friend." Trina replied, backing out and taking off. To Xander's surprise instead of heading back toward Sunnydale she started off in L.A.'s direction. She picked up her cell phone and dialed a familiar number.
"What?" The male voice answered.
"Now, is that a way to greet an old friend?" Trina grinned, and she knew he knew that she was.
"Trina?"
"Live and livin color baby."
"What's wrong?"
"Why is it every time I call someone they assume that something is wrong?"
"I haven't talked to you in over three years. What am I supposed to think?"
"That maybe I got a strong blow to the head and I, back say about five years ago and I think I still love you."
"You need my help don't you?"
"And you wonder why I left you." She murmured.
"What mess have you gotten yourself into this time?"
"I need you to—
"Oh so now you need me?"
"You."
"Yes?" He smiled and said this in his all-knowing tone.
"Listen before you start talking again. I need you to take me to another plane. I need to find a friend before she makes a wrong decision and changes the world."
"Do you know where she is?"
"No, since you think you are the resident genius, I'll leave that up to you." She smiled, returning the all-knowing tone.
"Trina," He said in a singsong voice. "What does she look like?"
"I'll meet you outside my old high school. I'm coming with you."
"Oh, you are? I thought the Slayer wanted to work alone."
"Please?"
"I'll meet you there in half an hour." They both hung up, and Trina threw her cell phone at the passenger seat in frustration because all of her ex's were such know it alls. The phone bounced off the seat and landed in the floor, Trina flung her head back and hit in on the back of her seat.
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"Lindsey are you sure that this is the only way?" She asked.
"Either that or you die." He said, faking a sympathy that only an ex- lawyer could. Buffy sighed and looked up into his green eyes, they showed a sincere-ness that the blonde couldn't tell it wasn't so sincere. Then the once-upon-a-time Slayer heard footsteps, coming toward them in high heels.
Buffy and Lindsey both spun around away from the hole that would apparently become Sunnydale. What they saw surprised them both, Buffy hadn't expected anyone else, and neither had Lindsey. The girl wearing the high heels was taller than Buffy, wearing black boots, dark jeans, a navy collared top with a deep V that showed off her cleavage, her hair was dark brown and hung in loose curls that hang to her shoulders. The girl had tan skin and chocolate brown eyes, she had that familiar feeling to Buffy that Spike and Angel had. She had a serious face, but a slight smirk graced her lined lips.
"Didn't expect to see me here Lindsey?" She asked, stopping a few feet in front of them.
"Cordelia?" Lindsey asked, looking directly at her as if he didn't recognize her.
"The one and only." She smiled evilly.
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Trina slammed on her brakes in the visitor's parking lot of her old high school. She turned off her engine and put her keys in her pocket. Seeing him made her not so excited to get out of her car, but she did it anyway. She walked toward the walkway where he was standing; everyone was in class so no one saw the pair. His 6'2 frame was leaning against the wall, when he saw Trina, he stood up. She looked at him, he was still the same; His light icy blue eyes shone in the California sun, his black hair was gelled and spiked up, he was wearing a tight black t-shirt, slightly baggy black pants, black boots and a black duster.
"God, I look like a black Goth, and you...you look like an extremely tan Goth." She smiled, holding back laughter. For her laughing didn't seem right in such a reunion, before Royce Trina had been with the man before her.
"You never could come right out and say hello, could you?" He smiled. He looked at the girl in front of him, she was a lot older, and he wasn't out to kill her this time. Things could be different, that didn't mean they would be though.
"Nah, not my style." She said, rocking back on her heels as she stood in front of him. "So, Nick, can you take me to that plane? I don't know what it's called but it probably empty, probably a different choice plane or something." She asked, looking up into his mesmerizing eyes.
"Why don't you just call me Cole like everybody else?" He asked, returning the 'I missed you' gaze into her stormy gray eyes.
"Cause I like Nick. So Nicky...would you rather me call you that?" She smiled, he shook his head and she continued, "He's probably taken her to a decision plane where the Slayer stayed as one." She explained.
"You are one...unless there is two of you, oh God what are we doing?" He said, maintaining his serious tone, but she could see he was kidding.
"Not me, Buffy, my lil' short blond friend. Nick, it's a long story...I don't have a lot of time." She said, loosing her own sarcasm.
"Okay." He smiled quietly, Trina stepped up closer to him, he put his arms around her and she put hers around him. The Slayer leaned her head against his chest and the two disappeared in a shimmery kind of way.
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"How did you get here? This plane was abandoned," Lindsey growled, getting mad that his plans were ruined by an acquaintance of Angel, the constant thorn in his side.
"Haha, wrong buster, Higher Powers watch over ALL the planes, even the abandoned ones so little weirdos like you don't come bringing people here trying to affect their free will." Cordelia smiled. Lindsey was about to run at her and knock her out because he was so mad, but two people appeared in-between himself and Cordelia.
"Ooh, after the third try." Trina said quietly, but everyone heard her, then she smacked Nick lightly on his arm. The two separated and Lindsey looked at the new arrivals in surprise.
"You two, together?" Lindsey asked, confused.
Trina laughed, "Aw hell naw, I needed a ride to get here. We remain on the friends basis. So Lindsey, you kidnapped my best friend and you honestly thought I wouldn't track you down and rip your throat out?"
"You're full of it Trina, you couldn't take a human life. It's a Slayer thing, they seem to go all crazy when that happens." Lindsey smirked.
"I'm sure you've been told, but I'm different." She smiled, looking at them, then turned and seeing Cordelia, "Oh my God."
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A/N: Yes, Trina knew Cordy. You'll find out how later...The next chapter will be up soon, hopefully...REVIEW! It motivates me!! XOXO Charlize
Next Chapter: Back to Sunnydale...Buffy meets...herself.
Summary: What would have happened if Buffy hadn't gone back to Sunnydale to save her friends? What if she had stayed in what she thought was real?
Disclaimer: Yes, I own it all...Yes, I am also a liar!
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Chapter 8: Watching You Disappear
Buffy jerked her arm away from Lindsey, "Where are we?" She asked looking around. She'd never seen this place before, it was dark and they appeared to be in a desert place, she looked up, there were tons of stars, full moon, and a really big hole in the ground that was the size of a city a few feet away.
"Sunnydale, California." Lindsey told her.
"No, this can't be Sunnydale, Trina went there this morning and it wasn't a hole. It couldn't have been." Buffy argued.
"I understand Buffy, but this **is** Sunnydale. If you go back as one person. All you did as the Slayer was bring death and destruction, and then you caused this."
"I did?" She asked in a weak voice.
"Yes, you did. And if you go back as the Slayer, then this is inevitable. Your friends will die, and the only home you ever knew will be destroyed. Do you really want to do that?"
"No." She looked at Lindsey suspiciously. "Why didn't Trina want me to see this?"
"She thought that if you did, then you would want to be what you were to try and stop it, but there really is no way to stop this from happening. Believe me, I've tried everything I could think of and this still ended up happening."
"Can you take me home? I'll be sure that I stay how I am."
"Sorry Buffy, I can't take that chance. I have to make sure that you believe me."
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"DAMN!" Trina screamed. She was still standing on the beach, she rolled her eyes and picked up Buffy's stuff and pulled her keys out of the beach bag. She walked toward the strip of parking lot where Xander, Anya and Dawn were still dragging stuff out of Xander's car. "Guys, I have to go." Trina told them.
"What about the non-Slayer Buffy?" Anya asked.
"She's gone." Trina replied.
"Gone where?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know." She unlocked the door of her car and threw the stuff in the backseat.
Xander looked at her, worried, "What do you mean you don't know?"
"I mean she disappeared."
"Literally?" Anya asked.
"Yes." Trina replied.
"With what? She couldn't have done this herself, could she?" Xander asked. Trina didn't reply, she sat down in her car, closed the door, rolled down the windows and put the top down. "Trina? Where are you going?"
"To save my friend." Trina replied, backing out and taking off. To Xander's surprise instead of heading back toward Sunnydale she started off in L.A.'s direction. She picked up her cell phone and dialed a familiar number.
"What?" The male voice answered.
"Now, is that a way to greet an old friend?" Trina grinned, and she knew he knew that she was.
"Trina?"
"Live and livin color baby."
"What's wrong?"
"Why is it every time I call someone they assume that something is wrong?"
"I haven't talked to you in over three years. What am I supposed to think?"
"That maybe I got a strong blow to the head and I, back say about five years ago and I think I still love you."
"You need my help don't you?"
"And you wonder why I left you." She murmured.
"What mess have you gotten yourself into this time?"
"I need you to—
"Oh so now you need me?"
"You."
"Yes?" He smiled and said this in his all-knowing tone.
"Listen before you start talking again. I need you to take me to another plane. I need to find a friend before she makes a wrong decision and changes the world."
"Do you know where she is?"
"No, since you think you are the resident genius, I'll leave that up to you." She smiled, returning the all-knowing tone.
"Trina," He said in a singsong voice. "What does she look like?"
"I'll meet you outside my old high school. I'm coming with you."
"Oh, you are? I thought the Slayer wanted to work alone."
"Please?"
"I'll meet you there in half an hour." They both hung up, and Trina threw her cell phone at the passenger seat in frustration because all of her ex's were such know it alls. The phone bounced off the seat and landed in the floor, Trina flung her head back and hit in on the back of her seat.
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"Lindsey are you sure that this is the only way?" She asked.
"Either that or you die." He said, faking a sympathy that only an ex- lawyer could. Buffy sighed and looked up into his green eyes, they showed a sincere-ness that the blonde couldn't tell it wasn't so sincere. Then the once-upon-a-time Slayer heard footsteps, coming toward them in high heels.
Buffy and Lindsey both spun around away from the hole that would apparently become Sunnydale. What they saw surprised them both, Buffy hadn't expected anyone else, and neither had Lindsey. The girl wearing the high heels was taller than Buffy, wearing black boots, dark jeans, a navy collared top with a deep V that showed off her cleavage, her hair was dark brown and hung in loose curls that hang to her shoulders. The girl had tan skin and chocolate brown eyes, she had that familiar feeling to Buffy that Spike and Angel had. She had a serious face, but a slight smirk graced her lined lips.
"Didn't expect to see me here Lindsey?" She asked, stopping a few feet in front of them.
"Cordelia?" Lindsey asked, looking directly at her as if he didn't recognize her.
"The one and only." She smiled evilly.
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Trina slammed on her brakes in the visitor's parking lot of her old high school. She turned off her engine and put her keys in her pocket. Seeing him made her not so excited to get out of her car, but she did it anyway. She walked toward the walkway where he was standing; everyone was in class so no one saw the pair. His 6'2 frame was leaning against the wall, when he saw Trina, he stood up. She looked at him, he was still the same; His light icy blue eyes shone in the California sun, his black hair was gelled and spiked up, he was wearing a tight black t-shirt, slightly baggy black pants, black boots and a black duster.
"God, I look like a black Goth, and you...you look like an extremely tan Goth." She smiled, holding back laughter. For her laughing didn't seem right in such a reunion, before Royce Trina had been with the man before her.
"You never could come right out and say hello, could you?" He smiled. He looked at the girl in front of him, she was a lot older, and he wasn't out to kill her this time. Things could be different, that didn't mean they would be though.
"Nah, not my style." She said, rocking back on her heels as she stood in front of him. "So, Nick, can you take me to that plane? I don't know what it's called but it probably empty, probably a different choice plane or something." She asked, looking up into his mesmerizing eyes.
"Why don't you just call me Cole like everybody else?" He asked, returning the 'I missed you' gaze into her stormy gray eyes.
"Cause I like Nick. So Nicky...would you rather me call you that?" She smiled, he shook his head and she continued, "He's probably taken her to a decision plane where the Slayer stayed as one." She explained.
"You are one...unless there is two of you, oh God what are we doing?" He said, maintaining his serious tone, but she could see he was kidding.
"Not me, Buffy, my lil' short blond friend. Nick, it's a long story...I don't have a lot of time." She said, loosing her own sarcasm.
"Okay." He smiled quietly, Trina stepped up closer to him, he put his arms around her and she put hers around him. The Slayer leaned her head against his chest and the two disappeared in a shimmery kind of way.
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"How did you get here? This plane was abandoned," Lindsey growled, getting mad that his plans were ruined by an acquaintance of Angel, the constant thorn in his side.
"Haha, wrong buster, Higher Powers watch over ALL the planes, even the abandoned ones so little weirdos like you don't come bringing people here trying to affect their free will." Cordelia smiled. Lindsey was about to run at her and knock her out because he was so mad, but two people appeared in-between himself and Cordelia.
"Ooh, after the third try." Trina said quietly, but everyone heard her, then she smacked Nick lightly on his arm. The two separated and Lindsey looked at the new arrivals in surprise.
"You two, together?" Lindsey asked, confused.
Trina laughed, "Aw hell naw, I needed a ride to get here. We remain on the friends basis. So Lindsey, you kidnapped my best friend and you honestly thought I wouldn't track you down and rip your throat out?"
"You're full of it Trina, you couldn't take a human life. It's a Slayer thing, they seem to go all crazy when that happens." Lindsey smirked.
"I'm sure you've been told, but I'm different." She smiled, looking at them, then turned and seeing Cordelia, "Oh my God."
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A/N: Yes, Trina knew Cordy. You'll find out how later...The next chapter will be up soon, hopefully...REVIEW! It motivates me!! XOXO Charlize
Next Chapter: Back to Sunnydale...Buffy meets...herself.