Fulfilled
Angel wandered aimlsy in the graveyard with the inkling of hope that his highschool sweetheart would return to him and his daughter. The little bundle he called, Rachel, was contently sucking on her thumb observing her father's actions with a sense of curiosity. It dawned on him then that her clear eyes resembled that of her mothers. It only made the pang in Angel's heart worsen. He had to find her and fast.
"Buffy! please sweety, we can talk about this, Buffy are you there?" Angel yelled out her name gently, getting nothins but his own echoing haunting him. Rachel who was strapped to his chest in a bouncer, ever so often he would stroke her cold cheek and give her a tight squeeze of reassurance. Underneath the fatherly aspect of his gestures it was also a sense of security for him.
He rememebered when him and Buffy had just been kids. So careless, nothing concerned them, especially not this feeling they called, love. Was it better then? Were things better when he and Buffy had just been friends? Just friends, they were never just friends. Had she been better off with William? All his doubts clouded his mind.
"Buffy are you here?" he tried once more.
Buffy's head shot up. She has run to the mansion, the one where her and anfel first made love where she was cured but most importantly, where Rachel was conceived. He was there, she could feel it. His tall shadow stood in the doorway glancing at the nervous woman picking at the hem of her skirt.
"Buffy." He let out a sigh of relief or frustration? She couldn't tell. She felt like a deer in the headlights. Caught in a situation she didn't know how to escape from. But did she really want to escape from the man who loved her? Her best friend, her lover, her husband? And what about their daughter Rachel, was she ready to give up the happy family she had built for herself. But she had to she was a threat to their security. As long as she was around they could be in danger and she wasn't that selfish.
"Angel." She looked down ashamed.
"Why?" was all he could say before Rachel woke up and began to become aware of her mother's presence.
"Mommy?!" She sad, more of a question then a statement, "Mommy!! We found you!" Angel let her down and she ran towards her mother, Buffy scooping her up and holding her dear.
"Yes sweetie you have, but mommy has to go now." She let Rachel down on the bed with a confused expression across her innocent face.
"go, go where?" angel slightly raised his voice, since when had his marriage become so askew? Suddenly there was a lot of ruslting outside.
"that's my call." Buffy said sadly brushing past angel. "Angel, keep her inside and at no time are you allowed to go outside until I come to get you. Understand."
"Buffy what is going on here?"
"It's my destiny." She sad sadly.
"What your des.." but he was too late Buffy had already jolted out the door to whatever lay outside.
"Daddy?" Rachel looked at him for answers but none came.
"It's a nice night have some family bonding sorry we had to ruin it!" one of the vampires smirked trying to ruffle Buffy's feathers.
"nah, it was kinda getting boring in there, but good news for you, I felt like kicking some ass tonight." Buffy lunged herself at the vampire and staked her quick.
"well that wasn't so hard." She smiled with pride but quickly realized that it was too easy.
"Oh but it will be slayer!" a group of three more male vampires came out of the bushes eager to attack.
"Oh here we go, a testosterone party! That's more like it!" Buffy sighed and began to do what she does best, slay.
Suddenly Angel heard cries of pain which sounded to be Buffy's. Angel couldn't take it anymore he would have to help her, he wasn't going to lose his wife, not after she had been given a second chance.
"Honey stay here don't come after daddy? Promise?" Angel came to eye level with the little girl. She held out her little pinky finger and said, "I pinky square"
"Good girl." And Angel made a mad dash for the door. There lurking in the shadows stood Buffy or what seemed to be Buffy calling the fake cries of pain.
"Excellent, just how I wanted things to play, I love being so, evil?" the women possessing Buffy's voice had an evil smirk than disappeared like a ghost.
When Angel finally reached Buffy she was swiftly beating 3 vamps off in a calm and relaxed fashion. How was it possible that she had been screaming
"Angel what are you doing here?" she said between blows.
"I heard you scream?"
She looked up confused, " Where is Rachel?"
A little girl cane up from behind Angel giving a big yawn, " I am right herre mommy!"
"No Baby! Angel get her out of here now!" She said franticly.
Suddenly Buffy heard a faint click only her slayer hearing could pick up on. She looked up at the threes noticing a demon with a crossbow, the arrow speeding towards the heart of her five year old daughter. In a slow motion fashion, Buffy ran and dove infront of her daughter, taking the arrow to the heart. Her body collapsed and the ground became to be stained with her rich blood. Rachel looked to her mother with a solemn look in her eyes,
"mommy?"
Angel rushed to her side the demons fleeing out of respect. He craddeled her head on his lap rocking her back and forth.
"Angel." she gasped, "sweety, I've figured it out!" She graced him with a smile.
"figured what out baby?" through the tears he managed to speak clearly.
"Rachel, she is going to save the world one day. They want her Anfel but you can't let then hae her whatever the cost. She will save the world." She said feeling in awe, "promise me that you will protect her, promise me Angel."
"forever."
"Now, go before more come, Giles and Xander can deal with me. I love you."
"I love you, and Rachel, she won't forget you Buffy, I won't let her."
Blood spurted out of her mouth. "your sweet, I'll still be your girl right?"
"always" with that Buffy gasped her las breath and rolled over content. She had been fulfilled.
"Mommy?"
angel gathered her in his arms and put her on the bed were they were first intimate. He kisses her forehead and begins to weep,cradeling the lifeless body.
Xander and Giles run in only to be greeted by Rachel staring at her broken father and dead mother in Angel's arms.
"we are too late." Xander exclaimed.
"the prophecy has begun." Giles said solemly.
"the what?" Xander said not remembering the prophecy that was wiped from his memory/
"You take Rachel home, its going to be a very long couple of years." Giles took off his glass and wiped them on his sweater, his slayer had been fulfilled, but had he?
Angel wandered aimlsy in the graveyard with the inkling of hope that his highschool sweetheart would return to him and his daughter. The little bundle he called, Rachel, was contently sucking on her thumb observing her father's actions with a sense of curiosity. It dawned on him then that her clear eyes resembled that of her mothers. It only made the pang in Angel's heart worsen. He had to find her and fast.
"Buffy! please sweety, we can talk about this, Buffy are you there?" Angel yelled out her name gently, getting nothins but his own echoing haunting him. Rachel who was strapped to his chest in a bouncer, ever so often he would stroke her cold cheek and give her a tight squeeze of reassurance. Underneath the fatherly aspect of his gestures it was also a sense of security for him.
He rememebered when him and Buffy had just been kids. So careless, nothing concerned them, especially not this feeling they called, love. Was it better then? Were things better when he and Buffy had just been friends? Just friends, they were never just friends. Had she been better off with William? All his doubts clouded his mind.
"Buffy are you here?" he tried once more.
Buffy's head shot up. She has run to the mansion, the one where her and anfel first made love where she was cured but most importantly, where Rachel was conceived. He was there, she could feel it. His tall shadow stood in the doorway glancing at the nervous woman picking at the hem of her skirt.
"Buffy." He let out a sigh of relief or frustration? She couldn't tell. She felt like a deer in the headlights. Caught in a situation she didn't know how to escape from. But did she really want to escape from the man who loved her? Her best friend, her lover, her husband? And what about their daughter Rachel, was she ready to give up the happy family she had built for herself. But she had to she was a threat to their security. As long as she was around they could be in danger and she wasn't that selfish.
"Angel." She looked down ashamed.
"Why?" was all he could say before Rachel woke up and began to become aware of her mother's presence.
"Mommy?!" She sad, more of a question then a statement, "Mommy!! We found you!" Angel let her down and she ran towards her mother, Buffy scooping her up and holding her dear.
"Yes sweetie you have, but mommy has to go now." She let Rachel down on the bed with a confused expression across her innocent face.
"go, go where?" angel slightly raised his voice, since when had his marriage become so askew? Suddenly there was a lot of ruslting outside.
"that's my call." Buffy said sadly brushing past angel. "Angel, keep her inside and at no time are you allowed to go outside until I come to get you. Understand."
"Buffy what is going on here?"
"It's my destiny." She sad sadly.
"What your des.." but he was too late Buffy had already jolted out the door to whatever lay outside.
"Daddy?" Rachel looked at him for answers but none came.
"It's a nice night have some family bonding sorry we had to ruin it!" one of the vampires smirked trying to ruffle Buffy's feathers.
"nah, it was kinda getting boring in there, but good news for you, I felt like kicking some ass tonight." Buffy lunged herself at the vampire and staked her quick.
"well that wasn't so hard." She smiled with pride but quickly realized that it was too easy.
"Oh but it will be slayer!" a group of three more male vampires came out of the bushes eager to attack.
"Oh here we go, a testosterone party! That's more like it!" Buffy sighed and began to do what she does best, slay.
Suddenly Angel heard cries of pain which sounded to be Buffy's. Angel couldn't take it anymore he would have to help her, he wasn't going to lose his wife, not after she had been given a second chance.
"Honey stay here don't come after daddy? Promise?" Angel came to eye level with the little girl. She held out her little pinky finger and said, "I pinky square"
"Good girl." And Angel made a mad dash for the door. There lurking in the shadows stood Buffy or what seemed to be Buffy calling the fake cries of pain.
"Excellent, just how I wanted things to play, I love being so, evil?" the women possessing Buffy's voice had an evil smirk than disappeared like a ghost.
When Angel finally reached Buffy she was swiftly beating 3 vamps off in a calm and relaxed fashion. How was it possible that she had been screaming
"Angel what are you doing here?" she said between blows.
"I heard you scream?"
She looked up confused, " Where is Rachel?"
A little girl cane up from behind Angel giving a big yawn, " I am right herre mommy!"
"No Baby! Angel get her out of here now!" She said franticly.
Suddenly Buffy heard a faint click only her slayer hearing could pick up on. She looked up at the threes noticing a demon with a crossbow, the arrow speeding towards the heart of her five year old daughter. In a slow motion fashion, Buffy ran and dove infront of her daughter, taking the arrow to the heart. Her body collapsed and the ground became to be stained with her rich blood. Rachel looked to her mother with a solemn look in her eyes,
"mommy?"
Angel rushed to her side the demons fleeing out of respect. He craddeled her head on his lap rocking her back and forth.
"Angel." she gasped, "sweety, I've figured it out!" She graced him with a smile.
"figured what out baby?" through the tears he managed to speak clearly.
"Rachel, she is going to save the world one day. They want her Anfel but you can't let then hae her whatever the cost. She will save the world." She said feeling in awe, "promise me that you will protect her, promise me Angel."
"forever."
"Now, go before more come, Giles and Xander can deal with me. I love you."
"I love you, and Rachel, she won't forget you Buffy, I won't let her."
Blood spurted out of her mouth. "your sweet, I'll still be your girl right?"
"always" with that Buffy gasped her las breath and rolled over content. She had been fulfilled.
"Mommy?"
angel gathered her in his arms and put her on the bed were they were first intimate. He kisses her forehead and begins to weep,cradeling the lifeless body.
Xander and Giles run in only to be greeted by Rachel staring at her broken father and dead mother in Angel's arms.
"we are too late." Xander exclaimed.
"the prophecy has begun." Giles said solemly.
"the what?" Xander said not remembering the prophecy that was wiped from his memory/
"You take Rachel home, its going to be a very long couple of years." Giles took off his glass and wiped them on his sweater, his slayer had been fulfilled, but had he?