Chapter Two: Middle Heights
Buffy was standing in a graveyard wiping dust off her shirt
"Boy there sure hasn't been many Vamps out as usual over the past month" she said to herself as she fixed up her hair.
She picked up her stake and slowly started to walk towards the exit.
(Cut to Outside Buffy's New House)
"You know what I don't get is how can this evil be older than the first" Angel said getting out of the big, old, rusty van that looked like it belonged to the 70's. "I mean the first is the first, so like how this evil can be older than the first is a mystery".
"I bet he's all talk" Spike said. "You know the first, like he's just pretending to be the 'first evil' cause no one so far has proven to be older then him".
"Right that must be it" Angel said sarcastically.
"That's something I'd like to know" Wesley said getting out of the van. "I bet Willow can help us with that".
"I love how he says Willow" Spike laughs. "With the British, English, or whatever accent he has. It's cool".
"You're a dork Spike" Angel said as he threw the keys to Wesley. "Well if you had all of the ancient scroll it would probably answer your questions Wes" .
Wesley caught the keys and locked the van up.
"Yes it's a pity the other half is lost" Wesley said disappointed. "So what happened to the rest of the gang?" .
"Well…they moved on" Spike said sounding dramatic.
"There dead" Wesley shouted.
"NO…they went out, got other jobs, made something of themselves" Angel said quickly "Gun works for some law firm in New York, Loran is working in show again in some casino in Las Vegas, and Illyria…well I don't know where she went. After the big fight I haven't seen her".
"Oh you had me startled there for a second" Wesley said.
"Haven't you heard Illyria was killed a few weeks ago" Spike said "Didn't you get the memo. Harm was supposed to tell you Angel".
Wesley froze in his path.
"Nah only joking…I love to see him panic. I get all tingly in side" Spike said almost laughing as he started to walk again. "He's easy to scare".
"You are a psycho you do know that right" Wesley said to Spike as he slowly approached the front door of the big old looking house.
Angel knocked on the door. The knock echoed in the street.
"I'll get it" said a voice from inside the house.
The door opened and Willow stood there in her PJ's. Willow shocked to see Angel dropped the toothbrush she held in her hand.
"Angel, Spike…and Wesley?" she said seeing him at the back.
"Hey Will" said Angel.
Xander walks up behind Willow.
"Who is it…?" he said as his head pocked from behind the door.
Xander saw Angel and Spike. He took a step back.
"Are they evil again?" he said asking Willow.
"No" said Angel "Were not evil again and by the way I like haven't been evil in a long…long uh…time".
"Just checking
because with Vampire's you never know theses days" Xander said
seeing Wesley behind them "So what's up?".
"Need Buffy?"
Willow asked.
"Yes actually" said Angel expecting to be let in.
"You still with Wolfram and Hart?" Willow asked.
"No" Spike said in self-defense.
"The last I heard you were, and there evil" Xander added.
"Look this is an emergency" Angel said. "Get over it. The world is going to end if you don't" He almost ordered.
"Ok Angel" Willow said understanding something big was up
Willow just took a step back to give room for them to come in. A few moments pass
"Well this is embarrassing" Spike said in an annoyed voice "We can't actually come unless you invite us"
"Right I forgot it's been so long since we've had a Vampire who has come in our house. Come in. the both of you" she said.
Angel, Spike and Wesley walked in.
"Xander, Willow" Said Wesley in a nice how you doing voice.
"Wesley nice to see you not dead" said Willow.
"Same here" said Xander.
Dawn walks in the room.
"Who was…Angel? Spike? And…you are" said Dawn as she noticed Wesley.
"Wesley Wyndam Pryce and you must be Dawn" he said. "Don't worry we've never meet, so you don't have to pretend like you know me" .
"Cool. Nice to meet you" she said almost star-crossed.
"Buffy's out but come, and we can show you the tour of our house until she gets home" Xander said walking in the hallway.
Spike, Wesley and Angel then followed Xander.
After they have left Dawn faced Willow.
"Wesley was hot" she said excited.
"What?" Willow asked surprised.
"What? He was" Dawn replied almost laughing. "Even thought he's kind of old".
Willow picked up her toothbrush she had dropped.
"Yeah …well I had kind of a crush on him back in my days" She said walking away.
"What when did this happen" Dawn said almost running after her.
(An Hour Later)
Buffy walked into the house and put her coat on the coat rack.
"Honey's I'm home" she said calling out to everyone and anyone.
She looked around the kitchen but not seeing anyone there she went upstairs. She slowly walked down the hallway. When approaching her room she peered in it first. Seeing Angel standing in the middle of her room holding a stuff toy she stopped walking in.
"Angel?" she asked shocked and suspired to see him.
Angel turned around and almost dropped the toy on the floor.
"Oh…Hi Buffy" he said putting the toy down.
"Angel what are you doing here?" Buffy asked as she walked in the room.
"Look I only came here for your help, I don't work for Wolfram and Hart anymore so you don't have to worry and you are the last person I would have turned to, but I need help" Angel said sitting on her bed.
Buffy stood there thinking for a few seconds then she walked over and sat next to him.
"Evil I guess" she said .
"Yes actually" Angel said.
"So tell me" she said with a sigh. "And what do you mean the last person?".
(Cut to Spike Xander, Willow, and Wesley sitting in the living room)
They all sat there in silence and looked each other. The clock can be heard ticking.
"So…" Spike said not really knowing what to say. "Willow.. you still gay?"
"Yes" she said .
"Well where's Miss to Big for her Boots then" Spike said leaning back into the couch.
"Kennedy? Oh we broke up. It um… didn't work out" Willow said.
"Well that's good…" Spike said not knowing what else's to say.
They sat there in silence once more.
(Cut to Buffy and Angel)
"Wow" Buffy said walking around the room. "That's…like…" she said sitting down on the bed next to Angel again.
"And its coming. Wesley doesn't know what this big evil is…only that it's coming and its coming soon" Angel said.
"It's like being 16 all over again" Buffy said. "With the prophecy. I died Angel and this is the same thing expect the end of the world is the end of the world, there's no coming back from this one. Why even bother the end is the end".
"Look. We have to try" he said. "You were supposed to be dead, but your still standing, and even if we can't stop it we should at least try".
"Because were hero's right' Buffy asked "Were supposed to save the day in the end or go out fighting. You no fight the good fight".
"Where you hear that?' Angel asked.
"I don't know…somewhere" Buffy answered.
They sat there in silence for a few seconds.
"So how have you been these past years Buffy?" Angel asked. "It's far away form what were talking about, but I want to know. Where you been. Had any Boyfriends recently"
"I've been to Europe, Dawn went to Italy school, Willow was at Rio and Xander was in Africa" She said getting up. "There was one guy…but it was just a fling. He wouldn't come to America when I wanted to move back so we broke up. What about you?"
"Very busy the last few months. With Nina and with Sp…" Angel said
"Nina?" Buffy asked interrupting him.
"She was a werewolf. We went out but I don't think she trusted me and…" Angel said.
"You know what I don't want to even know" Buffy said as she walked towards the door.
"Your right, the past is the past and all we should be worrying about is our future" Angel said walking out the door.
They walked downstairs and meet up with the rest of the group. Buffy examined each person in the room and was shocked to see Spike.
"Spike?" Buffy asked to see if it was really him. "You're alive".
Spike stood up quickly when he saw Buffy.
"Buffy" he said looking her up and down.
They looked at each other in silence then Buffy walked to the phone.
"Willow did you remember to tell Buffy about Spike" Xander Whispered to Willow
"No" Willow whispered back.
"I'll call Giles then we can go" Buffy said avoiding him and trying to let it sink in
"Right" Spike said looking down and getting that she brushed him off "I'll go and get the van guys".
(10 minutes later)
Dawn walked down the stairs.
"I'm ready to go" she said watching Wesley walk outside.
"You're not going Dawn" Buffy said. "It's to dangerous".
"Am to" Dawn said.
"Are not" Buffy said walking out side .
"Am to" Dawn said following her to the van.
"Are not" Buffy said.
She stopped and looked at the van.
"What is that?" Dawn said almost laughing at how silly it looked.
"It's the only care we could afford" Wesley said pulling out the keys and unlocking it
"If only we have Wolfram and Hart" Angel said. "Then we'd be traveling in style"
"Oh by the way, am to coming" Dawn said.
"Fine but if anything happens to you…" Buffy said as they got in the car.
"Hello I'm 18 years old, not 2 years old, I can look after myself" Dawn said as the car drove off slowly. Dawn sat there for a few minutes. "So where are we going" she said
"Stop asking such stupid questions" said Buffy. "We're going…we're going…Wesley where are we going".
"Uh…I don't know" he said as he put on the brakes.
To Be Continued
