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I certainly never expected Spike to do something like this for Buffy. I can see the look on his face as he returns to the room and he looks like death itself. Well, I guess that wouldn't be the best comparison seeing as how he actually is dead and all. Oh never mind, when you say that about humans it just seems to make the point that they look really, really bad. Defeated, depressed and in Spikes case alone and angry. I never saw how much he cared for her before and now I'm sort of thinking that we all should have. Seeing him there next to her trying to care for her the best way that he knows how is beginning to make me wish that I had been nicer to him in the past. I wish everyone had been nicer to him before now.
"Angel's on his way" he grumbles before returning his attention to Buffy.
I still can't understand why she would be thinking of Angel. Whether she's dreaming or caught in an alternate reality is yet to be seen but the one thing that I know is that she's not responding to anyone and she needs help. I'll try a few spells that may just figure out what happened but it will take awhile to get together everything I need. Maybe calling Angel was the wrong thing to do. I'm not sure he can really do anything to get through to her. He'll most likely just be another person fawning over her trying to help when he really can't. That and the fact that I'm not so sure Buffy would want him to be here. She hates showing her weakness to anyone most of all Angel. Also the fact that Spike and Angel hate each other and fight the majority of the time when they're together.
"Do you think that will help?" I ask "Do you think he can do anything for her?"
Giles agrees with Spike, that yes, perhaps his being here will be able to draw her from wherever she is since she's there with him anyway. He mentions something about it maybe being the only way but I'm not so sure that it is. Anya restlessly asks what we're going to do now and Spikes reply is hollow and sad.
"We Wait."
I have never heard two words spoken with so much defeat, so much frustration. I almost want to cry for him although I settle instead for grabbing my book bag from the table and turning to the door.
"Where are you going Will?" I can hear Xanders voice behind me but I don't look back as I answer.
"The Magic Shop."
It only took a few minutes for me to get to the Shop although I've since been here for a long time and I really haven't found much regarding anything of interest. A few spells on mind access. Maybe I'll try one of those to at least find out what we're dealing with. Constant Unconsciousness or Coma's yield surprisingly little results especially because Unconscious People and Coma's usually aren't associated with verbalization.
Giles said something about the council being at fault but he didn't elaborate on what he suspected. The Council wouldn't exactly want their Slayer incapacitated when the next apocalypse rolled around so it couldn't have been something that they would have done purposely right? Okay, what do we know? She's Unconscious but she can hear us, well, Spike at least, and she can respond to his questions although not to all of them. I find another book and begin flipping through its pages.
A thought weasels its way into my mind and before I can push it aside I stop to think, flipping the book a few pages backward until I reach the heading Teleportation. It shouldn't even be possible, no one knows how to do it anymore but it just may, yes, it may answer a couple things. One, Buffy's arrival at the house was somewhat unexplainable. Dawn says she was only gone for a couple of seconds and never heard the door open once. Two, a side affect of teleportation is time discrepancies. Maybe Dawn had just gone upstairs to get a blanket. She could have thought that she was only gone for a few seconds when in reality she was gone for a lot longer than that. Third, maybe the fact that Buffy is in an Unconscious state is just a side affect of being teleported. I try to find that side affect listed anywhere here in this chapter but have no luck of doing so. Okay, well, at least the time thing fits. We just have to figure out a way to undo whatever the council did. Or at least figure out when this magic is supposed to wear off. I always love finding things.
After gathering a few things that I may in the end need for spells I grab my bag, making sure I remembered a couple books that could come in helpful when explaining my theory. Well, half theory at least. As I pull the door closed behind me I think that maybe this will all work out okay. We'll have Buffy up and around in time for the prophecy and then we can definitely kick some major demon butt. I start my walk back to Buffy's rather happy with what I've found. See, Willow does rock.
I can hear the car behind me and I move further to the curb hoping that I don't get splashed with water but instead of the car roaring past it stops beside me and it only takes me a moment to see who is behind the wheel. My first thought is that I couldn't possibly have taken that long at the Magic Shop. My second thought is, dear god here we go.
"Hey Willow, need a ride?" He smiles at me and I can see why Buffy would have been so attracted to him in the first place. Not that I am, cause I have Tara, but he is nice looking, for a man. For a...oh give it up Will.
"Sure." I nod and lower myself into the comfortable leather seats. "It's good to see you Angel. It's been awhile."
"Sure has," he peels away from the curb "What's wrong with Buffy?"
He sounds really concerned and I wonder to myself why I thought he wouldn't be. I relay the whole story in the span of a few minutes knowing that he'll be filled in more so when we get back to Revello. I leave out the part about Dawn going to Spike for help. I also leave out the part about Spike standing constant vigil over Buffy. He really doesn't need to know that and I really don't want to tell him. I do tell him about what she's managed to tell us about what's happening though. About her constant asking for him and also about the part where he's taking care of her because she's dying. Of course, I clarify that we don't really know if she's dying but since it's Buffy we have a pretty good idea that she wouldn't make something like that up if she weren't.
"That's why we called you. We figured that since you're her link wherever she is, she'll respond to you here."
"And Spike?"
"What?"
"Spike, what does he have to do with any of this?"
"It's a long story that I'm sure you'll understand eventually."
I don't want to say anything else about the situation. I don't know if Angel is aware of Spikes feelings for Buffy or not, but I sure am not going to be the one filling him in on the whole thing. Angel throws me a look of interest rather than confusion before heading for the porch. I am by his side in moments, and take a deep breath before throwing open the front door to face everyone.
Author Note: I am starving for reviews. If you like this story even a little bit please let me know. It helps me update sooner too:) Thanks -Grace
Author Note: Please, please review. It'll only take two seconds and it will make me feel liked.
I certainly never expected Spike to do something like this for Buffy. I can see the look on his face as he returns to the room and he looks like death itself. Well, I guess that wouldn't be the best comparison seeing as how he actually is dead and all. Oh never mind, when you say that about humans it just seems to make the point that they look really, really bad. Defeated, depressed and in Spikes case alone and angry. I never saw how much he cared for her before and now I'm sort of thinking that we all should have. Seeing him there next to her trying to care for her the best way that he knows how is beginning to make me wish that I had been nicer to him in the past. I wish everyone had been nicer to him before now.
"Angel's on his way" he grumbles before returning his attention to Buffy.
I still can't understand why she would be thinking of Angel. Whether she's dreaming or caught in an alternate reality is yet to be seen but the one thing that I know is that she's not responding to anyone and she needs help. I'll try a few spells that may just figure out what happened but it will take awhile to get together everything I need. Maybe calling Angel was the wrong thing to do. I'm not sure he can really do anything to get through to her. He'll most likely just be another person fawning over her trying to help when he really can't. That and the fact that I'm not so sure Buffy would want him to be here. She hates showing her weakness to anyone most of all Angel. Also the fact that Spike and Angel hate each other and fight the majority of the time when they're together.
"Do you think that will help?" I ask "Do you think he can do anything for her?"
Giles agrees with Spike, that yes, perhaps his being here will be able to draw her from wherever she is since she's there with him anyway. He mentions something about it maybe being the only way but I'm not so sure that it is. Anya restlessly asks what we're going to do now and Spikes reply is hollow and sad.
"We Wait."
I have never heard two words spoken with so much defeat, so much frustration. I almost want to cry for him although I settle instead for grabbing my book bag from the table and turning to the door.
"Where are you going Will?" I can hear Xanders voice behind me but I don't look back as I answer.
"The Magic Shop."
It only took a few minutes for me to get to the Shop although I've since been here for a long time and I really haven't found much regarding anything of interest. A few spells on mind access. Maybe I'll try one of those to at least find out what we're dealing with. Constant Unconsciousness or Coma's yield surprisingly little results especially because Unconscious People and Coma's usually aren't associated with verbalization.
Giles said something about the council being at fault but he didn't elaborate on what he suspected. The Council wouldn't exactly want their Slayer incapacitated when the next apocalypse rolled around so it couldn't have been something that they would have done purposely right? Okay, what do we know? She's Unconscious but she can hear us, well, Spike at least, and she can respond to his questions although not to all of them. I find another book and begin flipping through its pages.
A thought weasels its way into my mind and before I can push it aside I stop to think, flipping the book a few pages backward until I reach the heading Teleportation. It shouldn't even be possible, no one knows how to do it anymore but it just may, yes, it may answer a couple things. One, Buffy's arrival at the house was somewhat unexplainable. Dawn says she was only gone for a couple of seconds and never heard the door open once. Two, a side affect of teleportation is time discrepancies. Maybe Dawn had just gone upstairs to get a blanket. She could have thought that she was only gone for a few seconds when in reality she was gone for a lot longer than that. Third, maybe the fact that Buffy is in an Unconscious state is just a side affect of being teleported. I try to find that side affect listed anywhere here in this chapter but have no luck of doing so. Okay, well, at least the time thing fits. We just have to figure out a way to undo whatever the council did. Or at least figure out when this magic is supposed to wear off. I always love finding things.
After gathering a few things that I may in the end need for spells I grab my bag, making sure I remembered a couple books that could come in helpful when explaining my theory. Well, half theory at least. As I pull the door closed behind me I think that maybe this will all work out okay. We'll have Buffy up and around in time for the prophecy and then we can definitely kick some major demon butt. I start my walk back to Buffy's rather happy with what I've found. See, Willow does rock.
I can hear the car behind me and I move further to the curb hoping that I don't get splashed with water but instead of the car roaring past it stops beside me and it only takes me a moment to see who is behind the wheel. My first thought is that I couldn't possibly have taken that long at the Magic Shop. My second thought is, dear god here we go.
"Hey Willow, need a ride?" He smiles at me and I can see why Buffy would have been so attracted to him in the first place. Not that I am, cause I have Tara, but he is nice looking, for a man. For a...oh give it up Will.
"Sure." I nod and lower myself into the comfortable leather seats. "It's good to see you Angel. It's been awhile."
"Sure has," he peels away from the curb "What's wrong with Buffy?"
He sounds really concerned and I wonder to myself why I thought he wouldn't be. I relay the whole story in the span of a few minutes knowing that he'll be filled in more so when we get back to Revello. I leave out the part about Dawn going to Spike for help. I also leave out the part about Spike standing constant vigil over Buffy. He really doesn't need to know that and I really don't want to tell him. I do tell him about what she's managed to tell us about what's happening though. About her constant asking for him and also about the part where he's taking care of her because she's dying. Of course, I clarify that we don't really know if she's dying but since it's Buffy we have a pretty good idea that she wouldn't make something like that up if she weren't.
"That's why we called you. We figured that since you're her link wherever she is, she'll respond to you here."
"And Spike?"
"What?"
"Spike, what does he have to do with any of this?"
"It's a long story that I'm sure you'll understand eventually."
I don't want to say anything else about the situation. I don't know if Angel is aware of Spikes feelings for Buffy or not, but I sure am not going to be the one filling him in on the whole thing. Angel throws me a look of interest rather than confusion before heading for the porch. I am by his side in moments, and take a deep breath before throwing open the front door to face everyone.
Author Note: I am starving for reviews. If you like this story even a little bit please let me know. It helps me update sooner too:) Thanks -Grace