Tonight and the Rest of my Life
Chapter 6
Heaven sat almost completly motionless as the Mayor stood infront of the class making the tension among them all even worse. Buffy was sitting next to her one of the many in the ocean of red gowns. Heaven shook slightly as a chill ran over her, the vision had to be wrong. She hadnt told them about it because warning them wasnt going to make it any better. Her mind was racing with the pictures that blurred her thoughts together as one. The sun had been covered moments before and now she was in for it, there was no stopping this there was only fighting it. She turned her eyes to focus on the now transforming Mayor.
"NOW!" Buffy cried and as if the whole place was thinking from one brain they all pulled off their gowns revealing crosses, axes, stakes and other assorted weapons.
Heaven pulled out her lighter and lit the end of the cross bow as the other students began to point flame throwers at the huge snake version of the Mayor. Heaven shot the firey arrow at the Mayor getting him in the side of his head. Seeing that Angel and Spike hadnt shown yet and that the vamps were advancing up the steps Heaven jumped off of the chair she had stood on and ran down the path in her heels shooting arrows at each vampires heart she could possibly shoot as Xander yelled for part of the group to help Heaven.
Arrows sped by Heavens head as she shoved a stake into a vampires chest piercing the real heart it lacked. She felt strong arms grab her with a swift back kick Heaven fell forward catching herself on her hands and pushing herself back up and kicking the vampire in question in the face and punching it in the face. She was stakeless and had broken her cross bow on a vampires chest. She was grabbed from behind.
"Get your bloody hands off of my girl." She heard Spike growl as he jabbed a stake into the vampire from the back.
He threw her a stake and she spun around jabbing the vampire in the chest. The whole group of students was now running down the steps sending Spike and Heaven running. He grabbed her hand protectivley as she staked another vampire on her way down the steps.
"Heaven! Are you alright?" She heard Angel and pulled Spike to run to where ther group was formed fending off a few straglers. "Buffy? Did she go?"
"Yeah she did." Xander yelled coming down the stairs.
"Wheres Wil?" Heaven asked Oz as the group began to run further knowing what Buffy was about to do.
"She was right behind me!" Oz turned as Willow was running down the steps as fast as she could.
"Run!" Willow cried and they all turned and fled.
Heaven did a mental inventory. They were all accounted for, except Buffy, Giles, Jaime and Jason. She suddenly got preoccupied as she watched the entire highschool burst into a fireball of an explosion. She grabbed Willows hand and she felt her squeeze back hard hoping for a victory. Cordelia collapsed onto the ground and Xander kneeled down holding her in his arms. She was crying uncontrollably and stupidly Heaven assumed it was about all of this mayhem.
The group sat on the ground. Waiting for Buffy and Giles to come back saying it was all over, Heaven leaned against Spike who held her in his arms. Although the group had seen a giant snake today and almost the end of the world they were taken aback by the affection between Spike and Heaven. She assumed she had spaced for a good few minutes because when she opened her eyes Spike was pulling her to her feet and there were ambulances and fire trucks all over but Cordy was still blubbering.
"What a day." Buffy said coming to the group with Giles in tow.
"I should say so." Giles said shaking his head and looking at Spike oddly.
As if possessed Heaven turned her head to the body they were putting into a body bag and her whole life flashed before her eyes. Anything that had ever happened to her or ever could possibly happen to her was floating away with the body she felt her blood run cold as they began to zip up the bag.
"No!" Heaven screamed at the top of her lungs running to the two men who were trying to put the body into a large van. "He isnt dead! Leave him alone!"
"Sweety," One of the men said it was all too blurry to tell. "Im sorry, but hes dead."
"No! He cant be! Im not married, he cant walk me down the aisle! DONT TOUCH HIM!" Heaven was hysterical, they dropped the bag softly on the ground and zipped it open for her.
Heaven fell to her knees her long hair falling into her teary blue eyes. She touched his face, Oh Jaime, she moaned inside letting out a major sob. No bite marks, he wasnt coming back to her. But how could he be? It wasnt his turn. She touched her brothers face already becoming cold and shook with anger and fear. What now? No Jaime? Her and Jason could only hope to survive. She leaned over her back shaking with the sobs as she laid her hands on the gaping wound in brothers chest. How can this be happening? She moaned over and over in her own mind.
"Sweetheart." The same man said as Angel lifted her up off of the ground. "I'm sorry."
She shoved her face into Angel's chest and cried hard letting it consume her like a sickness. Angel, the brother she now didnt have but if she could call anyone her best friend it would be him, Buffy, Willow or Xander. She felt arms around her she knew the gang was huging her and she felt a sick feeling. A I-think-I-am-about-to-vomit thing. She pulled out of the group and looked at Cordy who was struggling to stand.
"What are you crying about?" Heaven asked her anger pulsing through her.
"He-- Jason-- it wasnt-- I'm sorry-- Heaven-- He was so brave." She sobbed.
Heaven fell to the ground. Her eyes wide, she knew this shouldnt be happening. But it was, she knew it was but it shouldnt be. She was alone, and angry very very angry. But her anger was soon replaced with the hollow where a heart should be but instead it was a lonely bleeding, bruised place full of hatred. Now the world was repaying her for her hard work by killing her brothers?
Heaven felt herself succumb to the grief as Spike lifted her up off of the ground and she just curled up against his chest and let herself fall asleep as he walked alongside the rest of the Scooby gang.
This would hardly be the last time they would experience grief in triumph.
Chapter 6
Heaven sat almost completly motionless as the Mayor stood infront of the class making the tension among them all even worse. Buffy was sitting next to her one of the many in the ocean of red gowns. Heaven shook slightly as a chill ran over her, the vision had to be wrong. She hadnt told them about it because warning them wasnt going to make it any better. Her mind was racing with the pictures that blurred her thoughts together as one. The sun had been covered moments before and now she was in for it, there was no stopping this there was only fighting it. She turned her eyes to focus on the now transforming Mayor.
"NOW!" Buffy cried and as if the whole place was thinking from one brain they all pulled off their gowns revealing crosses, axes, stakes and other assorted weapons.
Heaven pulled out her lighter and lit the end of the cross bow as the other students began to point flame throwers at the huge snake version of the Mayor. Heaven shot the firey arrow at the Mayor getting him in the side of his head. Seeing that Angel and Spike hadnt shown yet and that the vamps were advancing up the steps Heaven jumped off of the chair she had stood on and ran down the path in her heels shooting arrows at each vampires heart she could possibly shoot as Xander yelled for part of the group to help Heaven.
Arrows sped by Heavens head as she shoved a stake into a vampires chest piercing the real heart it lacked. She felt strong arms grab her with a swift back kick Heaven fell forward catching herself on her hands and pushing herself back up and kicking the vampire in question in the face and punching it in the face. She was stakeless and had broken her cross bow on a vampires chest. She was grabbed from behind.
"Get your bloody hands off of my girl." She heard Spike growl as he jabbed a stake into the vampire from the back.
He threw her a stake and she spun around jabbing the vampire in the chest. The whole group of students was now running down the steps sending Spike and Heaven running. He grabbed her hand protectivley as she staked another vampire on her way down the steps.
"Heaven! Are you alright?" She heard Angel and pulled Spike to run to where ther group was formed fending off a few straglers. "Buffy? Did she go?"
"Yeah she did." Xander yelled coming down the stairs.
"Wheres Wil?" Heaven asked Oz as the group began to run further knowing what Buffy was about to do.
"She was right behind me!" Oz turned as Willow was running down the steps as fast as she could.
"Run!" Willow cried and they all turned and fled.
Heaven did a mental inventory. They were all accounted for, except Buffy, Giles, Jaime and Jason. She suddenly got preoccupied as she watched the entire highschool burst into a fireball of an explosion. She grabbed Willows hand and she felt her squeeze back hard hoping for a victory. Cordelia collapsed onto the ground and Xander kneeled down holding her in his arms. She was crying uncontrollably and stupidly Heaven assumed it was about all of this mayhem.
The group sat on the ground. Waiting for Buffy and Giles to come back saying it was all over, Heaven leaned against Spike who held her in his arms. Although the group had seen a giant snake today and almost the end of the world they were taken aback by the affection between Spike and Heaven. She assumed she had spaced for a good few minutes because when she opened her eyes Spike was pulling her to her feet and there were ambulances and fire trucks all over but Cordy was still blubbering.
"What a day." Buffy said coming to the group with Giles in tow.
"I should say so." Giles said shaking his head and looking at Spike oddly.
As if possessed Heaven turned her head to the body they were putting into a body bag and her whole life flashed before her eyes. Anything that had ever happened to her or ever could possibly happen to her was floating away with the body she felt her blood run cold as they began to zip up the bag.
"No!" Heaven screamed at the top of her lungs running to the two men who were trying to put the body into a large van. "He isnt dead! Leave him alone!"
"Sweety," One of the men said it was all too blurry to tell. "Im sorry, but hes dead."
"No! He cant be! Im not married, he cant walk me down the aisle! DONT TOUCH HIM!" Heaven was hysterical, they dropped the bag softly on the ground and zipped it open for her.
Heaven fell to her knees her long hair falling into her teary blue eyes. She touched his face, Oh Jaime, she moaned inside letting out a major sob. No bite marks, he wasnt coming back to her. But how could he be? It wasnt his turn. She touched her brothers face already becoming cold and shook with anger and fear. What now? No Jaime? Her and Jason could only hope to survive. She leaned over her back shaking with the sobs as she laid her hands on the gaping wound in brothers chest. How can this be happening? She moaned over and over in her own mind.
"Sweetheart." The same man said as Angel lifted her up off of the ground. "I'm sorry."
She shoved her face into Angel's chest and cried hard letting it consume her like a sickness. Angel, the brother she now didnt have but if she could call anyone her best friend it would be him, Buffy, Willow or Xander. She felt arms around her she knew the gang was huging her and she felt a sick feeling. A I-think-I-am-about-to-vomit thing. She pulled out of the group and looked at Cordy who was struggling to stand.
"What are you crying about?" Heaven asked her anger pulsing through her.
"He-- Jason-- it wasnt-- I'm sorry-- Heaven-- He was so brave." She sobbed.
Heaven fell to the ground. Her eyes wide, she knew this shouldnt be happening. But it was, she knew it was but it shouldnt be. She was alone, and angry very very angry. But her anger was soon replaced with the hollow where a heart should be but instead it was a lonely bleeding, bruised place full of hatred. Now the world was repaying her for her hard work by killing her brothers?
Heaven felt herself succumb to the grief as Spike lifted her up off of the ground and she just curled up against his chest and let herself fall asleep as he walked alongside the rest of the Scooby gang.
This would hardly be the last time they would experience grief in triumph.