Life From A Dead
3
Buffy Summers gasped in pain, clutching her swollen stomach. But her heart her far more. She had once had something with Angel that could've been, and was now gone... maybe forever. It made her angry, but something in her heart told her that they could and would continue.
' God,' Buffy cried, holding back swear words.' Please, hurry.' Angel's hand tightly held hers. His coolness reassured the Slayer. She must've looked terrible, all sweaty... and-
' Ah!' She screamed as a sharp contraction sliced her stomach.
' Buffy,' Angel murmured, cleary worried.
' Can't you do a spell or something?' Cordelia fretted at Willow. But the Wicca shook her head.
' No.' She answered. ' I cannot disturb the birth, or something might go really wrong.'
' We're almost at the hospital, hang on.' Xander said through gritted teeth. Buffy's face screwed up in pain. She bit back angry words she wanted to scream.
' How long is this going to last?' Doyle asked, his face ashen.
' This is just the warm up before the labor.' Cordy answered. Doyle looked at the panting Slayer, and said,
' I'll never look at a woman the same.'
Xander swore violently, ' Folks, we just hit traffic.'
' Get it moving!' Buffy screamed. Xander looked taken back, but then again, he couldn't understand the stress or pain she was in. He frantically started beating on the horn.
' What the freak is the hold up?' Buffy screamed. Sunnydale never had traffic, especially at night! Xander hung half his body out the window to get a glimpse.
' It's.. oh crap.' He swore again. " Vampires.'
' Vampires?' Angel echoed in question. ' Since when they get so bold?'
' Since a Slayer was having a child by a vampire, a Slayer's eternal enemy.' Willow said softly. Everyone except Buffy turned to look at her. ' Buffy's birth is messing up the differences, nature, and cycle of vampires and Slayers.'
' Of course, they'd be pissed.' Xander grumbld.
' I'm going to kill- ah,' Buffy cried. Angel wiped a bunch of hair away from her face, and laid a hand on her cheek.
' Sh...' He whispered. ' Everything's going to be okay. Sh...' Buffy closed her eyes, trying to imagine herself without pain, and just lying near her friends. Fat chance. Angel turned to Xander.
' Is there a shortcut or something?' He asked. Xander started to shake his head, but Cordelia interupted him.
' The graveyard.' She said with a smile.
Minutes later, the car zoomed across the graveyard, knocking over tombstones and hitting an occasional vampire here and there.
' Watch it mate!' Doyle cried. Xander floored it on the brakes, and the tires screamed. The car slammed into a tree, and flipped forward. Angel threw himself on Buffy, to protect her from rocking around. Doyle and Cordelia fell, Willow murmured a spell.
' Sh-' Xander swore just as they nearly toppled over. Willow eyes grew black, as she gently put the car right side up. She teetered, shaking her head.
' Nicely done, Wil.' Xander said. He looked at the hood of the car and groaned.
' I think we have to walk.' He said. Without a word, Angel scooped up Buffy, and pulled the door open.
Around a dozen vamps were standing outside.
This time, Doyle and Xander swore. Cordelia shut the door quickly.
' What do we do?' She whispered frantically.
' We kill them,' Buffy gasped.
' You're in no condition to fight.' Doyle said.
Angel's face vamped out. ' If it's a fight they want... they'll get it.' Angel, Doyle, and Xander leaped out of the van with weapons from the trunk. Willow was armed with her magic. Buffy was supported by Cordelia, and they hobbled the one mile the hospital. The air was filled with the vampire's cries and Angel's snarls and the spells of Willow.
A vampire appeared in front of Cordelia. He started to attack, until a sword went hacking through his neck.
' Go!' Doyle cried. Buffy cried out in pain.
' Cordy... there's not much time.' She gasped. Cordy saw that the vampires were nearly gone. Soon, they were all eliminated. Angel picked Buffy up again, and they trudged along.
The hospital was in chaos. People were swarming in for protections against the vampires. The scoobies managed to grab a doctor. Buffy was rushed to a room with Angel, while the gang waited outside.
The doctor frantically rubbed alcohol on Buffy's arm, and started to inject a shot that would ease the pain. Buffy gasped, and screamed in pain. But she didn't see the hospital room. She was in L.A, talking to Angel. Time sped up. That whole day went by a blur, then it slowed down. She dimly heard the words... ' One minute.' and ' Forget.'
Buffy gasped again, she remembered everything. Every single thing like she had lived the day. She shuddered, and looked at her belly. It was heaving along with her breaths. She couldn't hear anything, except a faint humming in her ears.
' How long is this?' Angel asked the doctor.
' The labor itself will a few hours, but-' The doctor was interupted by a cry from Buffy. It hurt so much! But she felt somethin swell up inside her. Buffy wheezed, and closed her eyes, trying not to breath hard. Her baby... it was angry.
' Argh!' Buffy screamed. Angel rushed forward to reassure her, but there was... It was like a silent explosion. The doctor was thrown against the wall, and Angel was knocked off his feet. He swore, the whole place rattled. The doctor shakily stumbled to his feet, and ran out.
' Jeez,' Angel said. Willow, Xander, Doyle, and Cordy ran in.
' What the hell was that?' Xander cried.
' It's Buffy.' Angel said. Willow started forward, but another rocking stopped her. Willow went pale.
' This... it's not going to be a normal pregnancy.' She whispered.
' Ya think?' Cordy shrieked. Buffy was surrounded by a black glow, as she writhed in pain, it slightly grew more. Willow turned to Angel.
' I'm sorry if anything goes wrong.' She only said. Before Angel could question what she meant, Buffy jerked upright.
' Begone, witch!' She yelled. The voice was deeper, yet a woman's.
' Look who's talking.' Doyle said.
' Is... is that the baby?' Cordy whispered.
' By the gods, let-' Willow yelled in pain. She gritted her teeth and her eyes grew black. She raised her hand, and started murmering words.
' What is she doing?' Angel shouted furiously and he jerked forward. Xander and Doyle grabbed him just as he was about to jump Willow.
' If you want your kid to live, let her do her mojo.' Xander yelled. The black glow around Buffy shot towards Willow. Willow stopped it with her own magic, and the forces crackled in the middle. Willow shouted words that no one could understand. Buffy roared, and the magic soared at Willow.
' So mote it be!' Willow screamed. There was a blinding flash of light, and Angel couldn't remember what happened next.
But he woke to the sound of a baby crying. He climbed to his feet, and saw a baby girl wiggling at Buffy's feet. His baby girl.
His eyes moved to Buffy's eyes, and he went cold.
Her eyes were closed.
And she wasn't moving.