By: Tater
Title: Strength
Disclaimer: I own Lily and Liam. And I guess the idea, nothing else.
Rating: PG-13 or R
Summery: Buffy is 22, in LA and in hell with twins. Not really, but life is horrible. She ran into the LA gang and now she has help.
AN: Please R&R. Also, look over my other fics!
Chapter 4:
Buffy sat in the back seat thinking, trying to make a plan. She knew had to get out of LA soon, out of the state, most likely the country. But not even that would help her and her children. Had she only known she couldn't protect them, then maybe she'd stepped in and told their father, or given them away. But it was too late now. The world knew about them.
Angel's POV:
She's back. We've found her, or she's found us. Why wouldn't she have come to me sooner if she was in trouble? And children. Wow. Buffy only did what I asked her to do, move on, but I meant to a better man. Why does Wolfam and Hart want her children? There has to be something more to them besides being born to a slayer.
Buffy's so beautiful. She looks worn though. I know it's the twins that are what keeps her going and I know she's been beaten. God those bruises, there are too many, and with her knowing the firm, she wouldn't leave her kids alone with a drunken lawyer.
It's been almost five years since I last saw her. God. All those leads in other cities and states, hell in all of those other countries just to find she was right under our noses all along. I should have looked closer. Looked harder.
Liam is my name and Lily was my mother's name, why name them that?
Angel pulled up to Cordiela's apartment. Spike wasn't far behind. The five of them went up to her apartment. As soon as Cordy opened the door, Buffy rushed in.
"Liam, Lily. Where are you."
Nothing.
"Lily! Liam! It's mommy, it's okay you don't have to hide."
They came out from under the couch.
"Mommy!" They both ran into her arms.
"My babies. Are you okay? Are you hurt?" She said checking them.
"Nope." Lily said smiling. "Mom, Liam did the FACE again!"
Buffy looked sternly at him. "Why?"
"I was hungry." He said.
Buffy sighed. "I said never to do that unless you're around me. That's it!"
"Sorry." He said.
"It's okay. But please be careful!"
Behind her the A.I Team stood.
"The face?" Doyle asked Cordiela.
"It's strange, they are part vampire." She replied looking at Angel and Spike, but she didn't have to tell them they knew what 'the face' meant.
Buffy stood up to face them, she hadn't at all heard their conversation.
"Um, I think the three of us should go before we cause anymore trouble then we already have."
"Mama, I sleepy." Lily said yawning next to her brother .
Buffy looked at the warriors.
"I'm sorry." She apologized, but mainly to her ex lover. "If there are any damages I'll pay for them."
"How would we reach you, Buffy?" Fred asked.
Buffy smiled. She looked at the woman she seemed so sweet.
"You won't. I'll find you."
The slayer turned and started walking away.
"You more than welcome to stay Buffy." Faith offered.
"We do need to get outta here."
"Let me help you Buffy." Angel said, stepping up. Some how he felt responsible for all of this.
"We're beyond help."
With that the small family of three began walking out the door when Buffy got a severe cramp in her belly.
"Ouch."
Then she started to cough, and when she covered her mouth and looked at the liquid on there she freaked. She turned to face Angel, and they all had noticed she had paled. Buffy coughed again and they saw the blood trickle out of the side of her mouth and then the slayer held her stomach and began to fall to the floor.
"Angel?" She cried out ever so softly.
He jumped and quickly caught her before she hit the ground. The last thing Buffy heard before she passed out was her children's small voices calling for their mother in worry.
When Buffy awoke she heard voices through the door.
"What's wrong with her?" Angel asked.
"A forced entry has happened on several occasions, mainly recent, and looks to be several beatings and they weren't vampire attacks. Some have happened just this morning."
"Forced entry? What do you mean Doc?" Spike asked hoping it wasn't what he and everyone else thought.
"She's been raped and more then once. There is bruising where it ought not be and scarred tissue that's been there for a while, like it hasn't been able to heal. By the feel of her bones, several have fractured and healed on it's own. Buffy has a broken rib on her left side, and two are hair line fractures her right side. Her back is badly bruised. I have some medicine for her and she should be fine physically, but her mental state, I am not sure. After a rape it's hard to get over."
"Why hasn't she gone to the police? Or gotten away atleast." Faith asked really to no one.
"This is Wolfam N Hart there is no proof of really anything. Besides wpuld you risk it with two small children? She was looking out for them."
Angel slammed a fist into the wall "God dammit I never should have left."
Spike didn't sound pleased. "I knew she was pregnant when she left."
They looked at him. "Angel, you know how vampires can tell? I thought she was, but wasn't sure, and then stuff happened and she made me swear never to tell anyone- especially you."
"How long until she'll be okay? I mean Steven, she coughed up blood." Cordiela said. "If she's dying we need to know, the kids." She motioned to them sleeping in the room next to Buffy's.
Steven laughed. "Death no. Have her stay in bed, no slaying and put her somewhere safe, she should probably stay with Angel. And the blood, it was only from stress, she has a small olser in her stomach and should go away if she drink plenty of fluids, not a lot of coffee, and doesn't have to fight alot."
"What about Liam and Lily?" Doyle asked.
"Oh yes. They we're born in the Summer of 2000, in June. Because it was twins she didn't carry full term. The Vampire part, the father had to be Vampire-"
Everyone looked at Spike. "I thought she was hot, yes, but I couldn't touch her all she thought about was Angel. We never had sex. Ever. I swear."
The doctor cleared his throat "OR have some form of vampire jeans. It is highly possbile she had sex with a vampire. With slayer fluid, mixing in that way with a vampire can cause certain things in a vampire to come alive. And vampire jeans, anyone who had a father who has vampire in his or who's mother was turned while he was being born, has vampire jeans."
"You mean I could have gotten her pregnant?" Angel asked.
"If you two have had sex then yes."
Buffy looked shocked, this could have happened at 17. She made her presence known by talking with the doctor. "Burn my file, hide it, or give it to us. I don't need to be sold out."
"Let me assure I am on you side."
"They would kill you for the file. Please, I don't want anyone hurt because of me and my children."
"Alright. Here is the file. Call me again so I can do a check up."
They all nodded and he left.
"Sorry for the trouble I've caused, but we really should-"
"Not leave, but stay and talk to us." Cordy said pulling up a chair for her to sit on.
"You in too deep already, it could kill you."
"I come close to death all the time. Buffy we want to help. He told us you we're-"
"Raped and beaten, yadda yadda yadda. I heard you talking." She said, acting as though it was no big deal.
"Oh."
"Where's their father?" Angel interjected. Asking that question burned a hole into his heart and soul.
"Around, he doesn't even know they exist. I thought it was better on both ends that way."
There was silence. Buffy broke it.
"Well, you're not letting me leave until I'm better, so why don't we get comfortable. This story will take up most of the night."
Everyone started to get settled. Coffee was brewed, and Buffy felt horrible. How was she going to avoid telling them who the father is? Why should she bring them into this at all?
Buffy looked at the way the we're sitting. Buffy on one side, everyone else on the other. She felt like she was being interrogated. Well, it wouldn't be the first time.
What the hell am I gonna do? Buffy thought
Tonight would be longer than expected. Much, much longer.
TBC.....................
