Hi again, it's been a while huh?! OK I know my apocalypse is incredibly
lame, I read the most amazing BS story the other day so I'm all inspired,
but be warned my apocalypse is neither original or particularly exciting!
I really want to write one of those "post chosen Buffy and spike go back
to season 2/3 and meet their younger selves" stories but I think I'll
wait till I finish this one, your support is much appreciated! Thanks
guys
Buffy looked around the room and everyone was silent,
"Angel" she said softly
"Who is with you?" Angel's deep voice echoed in her head, damn long distance calling.
Buffy gazed around the room, taking in the faces, then suddenly seemed to come back down to earth because her voice was strong when she spoke "Pretty much everyone, Giles isn't here at the moment"
"What about Spike?" Angel's voice held regret when he asked
"He's here" her tone told him that now wasn't the time to discuss Spike
"Look, Buffy I know that with Wolfram and Hart and everything I'm probably not who you wanted to talk to" Angel sounded apologetic but Buffy also detected a note of sorrow, the same sorrow and sense of tragedy that usually hung in the air when they were together.
"It's fine, really, Angel just tell me what's wrong"
"You might want to put it on speakerphone, I have a feeling you won't want to explain all this to your friends"
Buffy inwardly shrugged but she dutifully clicked the speaker button anyway, then she moved to the couch taking Spike's hand, sensing her discomfort at the situation Spike squeezed her hand gently and smiled, the smile he got in return was meek
"Hello, still there?" Angel's voice was fuzzy but everyone could still hear him
"We're here" Xander tried to make his voice sound normal but his response still came across as cold
"Look, I know that I'm not exactly the most trusted person to you all at the moment" Angel began "but I need your help, something big is coming" he paused, Willow broke the silence "Angel, something big is always coming" she sighed "not big like this, lately some weird stuff is happening, the prophecies seem to be either coming true or proving themselves pointless, this morning Wesley found something, a symbol that is encoded into almost all of the major prophecies, it links almost every piece of writing we have to a single apocalypse" Angel let this sink in, the group was silent, it was Spike who spoke, "so you're saying that there's one apocalypse to go...ever"
"No, if we were to win this, if we were to beat whatever's coming, and we aren't even sure what it is, all I know for sure is that if we won all the hellmouths would seal and every remaining old one, god and particularly powerful demons would be banished, we'd still have hundreds of demons and even more vampires to cause trouble" Angel replied quickly
"Angel" Willow's voice was shaky, the full effect of this news having finally hit her "how does that work, if all the hellmouths seal and the old ones, the things of pure evil are stuck in hell, won't that throw off the Earth's balance, wouldn't everything be out of whack" Willow looked into space, her face showed deep concentration
"No, if all routes in and out of hell were sealed and the above was completely separate from below there would be a shift in the entire cosmic balance, at the moment balance is being narrowly maintained. If we won this world would stand on it's own two feet, hell would be a completely separate dimension and the balance between one and the other wouldn't matter." Angel made his statement firmly, Willow looked awed but the others just looked confused, Buffy was shaking in Spike's arms and when she spoke her voice was feeble "Okay, I'm not sure I understand what's going on, but I know it's major, I know it's more important than anything we've faced, Angel...what do we need to do?"
"If it goes down, it's all going down in LA so I'll get plane tickets for you guys, I'll arrange for you to come in first thing tomorrow, I don't know how many slayers you have but try and make sure all your bases know roughly what's going down, they can come over later" Angel sounded relieved "Your tickets will probably be with you some time tonight, who is there?"
It looked like nobody else was going to speak so Dawn answered Angels question "Me, Buffy, Spike, Faith, Robin, Willow, Xander and Andrew is around here somewhere"
"Good" Angel acknowledged he had the message before they heard the dial tone. The group sat in silence for a while before Faith spoke
"Wow"
"Yeah" Robin replied
Buffy jumped up from Spike's lap "Okay, here's the scenario, I'm calling Giles, activating the phone tree everyone is packing, tonight Faith and Robin will sleep in the living room, Willow and Xander will take Dawn's room and Dawn, sorry, but you're bunking with Andrew" Her voice was matter of fact and before anyone (namely Dawn) could protest she had the phone in her hand.
Later That Night
Buffy locked the door after spelling out the situation to Andrew in the kitchen, she quietly snuck past Robin and Faith who were snuggled up on the couch 'who would've thunk it, Faith is all "settling down girl"' Buffy thought to herself as she made her way into her bedroom closing the door behind her when she turned around she saw spike, seated on her bed waiting.
"How'd it go luv" He spoke softly
"Andrew's fine, well he'll get over it, Dawn is the best of everyone, I don't think all of this has hit her yet, you know, I don't think she gets how major this really is"
"She's a sharp kid, Buffy, I think she gets it, she's petrified, she's just trying to put on a brave face so you won't worry about her"
Buffy contemplated this as she leant into Spike, lying down in the bed she marvelled at the way their bodies fit together.
"Spike, How did you come back?" Once she had asked Buffy felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders
"I don't know exactly, one minute I was burning up and the next I'm popping out of that amulet at casa de Angel, I wasn't corporeal at first" At this last statement Buffy subconsciously squeezed his hand "I got this box and when I opened it...poof" and here I am today" Even at the end of his story Buffy got the feeling there was more to it than that
"How long have you been corporeal?" Spike gulped, he avoided her eyes. "Spike, please, I need you to tell me"
"I kind of lost track of time, but I'd say it's been a few months" he felt Buffy tense against him "Why, why didn't you come" her voice was small, 'she sounds so lost' Spike thought to himself.
"I, I didn't think you wanted me, I thought you were better off without me" Spike looked away from her as he spoke
"Please, Spike, I love you so much but you have to know how much it hurts that you didn't come" her voice broke and a silent tear slid down her face "after everything I went through, with Angel, you can't make my decisions for me"
"I'm so sorry, Buffy I just don't know, and so much happened, after Fred died things were just so complicated, she believed in me and I wanted to stay" Spike met her eyes
"Fred?" Buffy was curious
"She was this girl" Buffy saw the pain in his eyes and she sank into his arms "It's Okay, now isn't the time" Spike was grateful Buffy had dropped the subject.
"Spike, I'm sorry"
"What for?"
"Just everything"
Spike smiled, he lent in and their lips met Buffy slowly pulled away "Spike, I love you, I love you so much more than you can imagine and I don't know what I would do without you, I don't know how I even survived the past months, I was so lost when you were gone. I love you, and I'm sorry it took me so long to admit it to myself" Spike stared at her in disbelief "don't feel like you have to apologise luv, besides, plenty of time to make up for the past because in case you hadn't noticed, I'm here for the long run, I'm going to love you for an eternity" Buffy slid a hand between them and unbuttoned his shirt, Spike kissed her, the kiss was different, soft, gentle. Later that night while Buffy slept Spike looked at her and smiled "I love you"
Okay, how was that, I am so grateful for all your great reviews, I think I'll dedicate the chapters to two reviewers or something from now on. I find it hard to write Angel, but I'm trying, next chapter I promise I'll have a Willow and Buffy girl talk chat! And I think I'll also include Dawn and Spike having a talk hmmm....the possibilities. I'm going to try and write some of that quippy, fun type BS conversation because I think my story needs that and for the person who emailed me, later in the story I have actually planned to include Buffy and Spike talking about his soul and whether it really matters to her but I'd like Angel to be there, I think that adds a whole new dynamic! So thanks for reading!
"Angel" she said softly
"Who is with you?" Angel's deep voice echoed in her head, damn long distance calling.
Buffy gazed around the room, taking in the faces, then suddenly seemed to come back down to earth because her voice was strong when she spoke "Pretty much everyone, Giles isn't here at the moment"
"What about Spike?" Angel's voice held regret when he asked
"He's here" her tone told him that now wasn't the time to discuss Spike
"Look, Buffy I know that with Wolfram and Hart and everything I'm probably not who you wanted to talk to" Angel sounded apologetic but Buffy also detected a note of sorrow, the same sorrow and sense of tragedy that usually hung in the air when they were together.
"It's fine, really, Angel just tell me what's wrong"
"You might want to put it on speakerphone, I have a feeling you won't want to explain all this to your friends"
Buffy inwardly shrugged but she dutifully clicked the speaker button anyway, then she moved to the couch taking Spike's hand, sensing her discomfort at the situation Spike squeezed her hand gently and smiled, the smile he got in return was meek
"Hello, still there?" Angel's voice was fuzzy but everyone could still hear him
"We're here" Xander tried to make his voice sound normal but his response still came across as cold
"Look, I know that I'm not exactly the most trusted person to you all at the moment" Angel began "but I need your help, something big is coming" he paused, Willow broke the silence "Angel, something big is always coming" she sighed "not big like this, lately some weird stuff is happening, the prophecies seem to be either coming true or proving themselves pointless, this morning Wesley found something, a symbol that is encoded into almost all of the major prophecies, it links almost every piece of writing we have to a single apocalypse" Angel let this sink in, the group was silent, it was Spike who spoke, "so you're saying that there's one apocalypse to go...ever"
"No, if we were to win this, if we were to beat whatever's coming, and we aren't even sure what it is, all I know for sure is that if we won all the hellmouths would seal and every remaining old one, god and particularly powerful demons would be banished, we'd still have hundreds of demons and even more vampires to cause trouble" Angel replied quickly
"Angel" Willow's voice was shaky, the full effect of this news having finally hit her "how does that work, if all the hellmouths seal and the old ones, the things of pure evil are stuck in hell, won't that throw off the Earth's balance, wouldn't everything be out of whack" Willow looked into space, her face showed deep concentration
"No, if all routes in and out of hell were sealed and the above was completely separate from below there would be a shift in the entire cosmic balance, at the moment balance is being narrowly maintained. If we won this world would stand on it's own two feet, hell would be a completely separate dimension and the balance between one and the other wouldn't matter." Angel made his statement firmly, Willow looked awed but the others just looked confused, Buffy was shaking in Spike's arms and when she spoke her voice was feeble "Okay, I'm not sure I understand what's going on, but I know it's major, I know it's more important than anything we've faced, Angel...what do we need to do?"
"If it goes down, it's all going down in LA so I'll get plane tickets for you guys, I'll arrange for you to come in first thing tomorrow, I don't know how many slayers you have but try and make sure all your bases know roughly what's going down, they can come over later" Angel sounded relieved "Your tickets will probably be with you some time tonight, who is there?"
It looked like nobody else was going to speak so Dawn answered Angels question "Me, Buffy, Spike, Faith, Robin, Willow, Xander and Andrew is around here somewhere"
"Good" Angel acknowledged he had the message before they heard the dial tone. The group sat in silence for a while before Faith spoke
"Wow"
"Yeah" Robin replied
Buffy jumped up from Spike's lap "Okay, here's the scenario, I'm calling Giles, activating the phone tree everyone is packing, tonight Faith and Robin will sleep in the living room, Willow and Xander will take Dawn's room and Dawn, sorry, but you're bunking with Andrew" Her voice was matter of fact and before anyone (namely Dawn) could protest she had the phone in her hand.
Later That Night
Buffy locked the door after spelling out the situation to Andrew in the kitchen, she quietly snuck past Robin and Faith who were snuggled up on the couch 'who would've thunk it, Faith is all "settling down girl"' Buffy thought to herself as she made her way into her bedroom closing the door behind her when she turned around she saw spike, seated on her bed waiting.
"How'd it go luv" He spoke softly
"Andrew's fine, well he'll get over it, Dawn is the best of everyone, I don't think all of this has hit her yet, you know, I don't think she gets how major this really is"
"She's a sharp kid, Buffy, I think she gets it, she's petrified, she's just trying to put on a brave face so you won't worry about her"
Buffy contemplated this as she leant into Spike, lying down in the bed she marvelled at the way their bodies fit together.
"Spike, How did you come back?" Once she had asked Buffy felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders
"I don't know exactly, one minute I was burning up and the next I'm popping out of that amulet at casa de Angel, I wasn't corporeal at first" At this last statement Buffy subconsciously squeezed his hand "I got this box and when I opened it...poof" and here I am today" Even at the end of his story Buffy got the feeling there was more to it than that
"How long have you been corporeal?" Spike gulped, he avoided her eyes. "Spike, please, I need you to tell me"
"I kind of lost track of time, but I'd say it's been a few months" he felt Buffy tense against him "Why, why didn't you come" her voice was small, 'she sounds so lost' Spike thought to himself.
"I, I didn't think you wanted me, I thought you were better off without me" Spike looked away from her as he spoke
"Please, Spike, I love you so much but you have to know how much it hurts that you didn't come" her voice broke and a silent tear slid down her face "after everything I went through, with Angel, you can't make my decisions for me"
"I'm so sorry, Buffy I just don't know, and so much happened, after Fred died things were just so complicated, she believed in me and I wanted to stay" Spike met her eyes
"Fred?" Buffy was curious
"She was this girl" Buffy saw the pain in his eyes and she sank into his arms "It's Okay, now isn't the time" Spike was grateful Buffy had dropped the subject.
"Spike, I'm sorry"
"What for?"
"Just everything"
Spike smiled, he lent in and their lips met Buffy slowly pulled away "Spike, I love you, I love you so much more than you can imagine and I don't know what I would do without you, I don't know how I even survived the past months, I was so lost when you were gone. I love you, and I'm sorry it took me so long to admit it to myself" Spike stared at her in disbelief "don't feel like you have to apologise luv, besides, plenty of time to make up for the past because in case you hadn't noticed, I'm here for the long run, I'm going to love you for an eternity" Buffy slid a hand between them and unbuttoned his shirt, Spike kissed her, the kiss was different, soft, gentle. Later that night while Buffy slept Spike looked at her and smiled "I love you"
Okay, how was that, I am so grateful for all your great reviews, I think I'll dedicate the chapters to two reviewers or something from now on. I find it hard to write Angel, but I'm trying, next chapter I promise I'll have a Willow and Buffy girl talk chat! And I think I'll also include Dawn and Spike having a talk hmmm....the possibilities. I'm going to try and write some of that quippy, fun type BS conversation because I think my story needs that and for the person who emailed me, later in the story I have actually planned to include Buffy and Spike talking about his soul and whether it really matters to her but I'd like Angel to be there, I think that adds a whole new dynamic! So thanks for reading!