OF THEIR PAST

CHAPTER 4

Disclaimer- Once again I don't own them I'm just playing with them without their owner's permission. A lot of Giles' speech is copied directly from different episodes, so even the speeches don't belong to me.

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Xander smirked. "You should really feel loved Giles." He turned to the male. "Get in line Dead boy, you're not the only one with problems. We got here first."

Angel's golden-eyed glaze fell on Xander. "You." He hissed.

 Growling loudly he lunged towards Xander knocking Willow over in the process. The pair tumbled to the floor, but Angel was weakened, Xander was able to overpower him, pinning him to the ground.

 "Huh, poor puppy's gonna have to do better if he wants to beat me." Xander smirked which just acted to further enrage Angel.

 A murmur from Willow drew Xander's attention; he quickly let go of Angel and raced to her side. "What is it Baby, what's wrong?" He ran his hands through her hair. Willow grabbed his face and pulled him into a punishing kiss.

Pushing Xander away Willow stood up quickly.

Grinning at Xander she turned to Angel. "Puppy wanna play? Puppy doesn't like Willow's games."

 She strode over to a prone Angel and kicked him in the ribs. He rolled onto his back. Willow ripped open his shirt and began to reopen old, half-healed wounds. Angel bellowed in pain as he convulsed unable to stop her. All of a sudden Willow's face fell and she dropped back.

She turned to Xander crying, "Oh God Xander what have we done? What have we done?"

Xander pulled her into his arms and began to rock her. "It wasn't us Wills, it wasn't us. We couldn't do that, you know we couldn't."

The SG1 team stood at the sidelines staring at the others. This was just too weird.

 Jack stepped forward. "What the hell is going on here?"

Buffy snorted. "How much time do you have?"

Jack looked at her strangely. Buffy ignored him instead she moved towards the couple collapsed on the floor.

Willow growled, inching back. Xander joined her trying to keep their distance from the slayer.

Angel groaned and rolled onto his side. "Buffy don't, they're trying to control the demon. It goes crazy when a slayer is around. You trying to get close to them doesn't help.

The SG1 team looked confused. "Demon?"

Xander looked up, a pain-filled smile on his face. "Cat's outta the bag Buff. You and G-man better tell them."

Giles grimanced at the use of nickname. "I do wish you wouldn't call me that Xander."

Giles held out a hand to Angel. Disbelief Disbelief clouded Angel's face. He slowly lifted his hand and Giles grasped it, hauling him to his feet.

Giles removed his glasses and began cleaning them as he paced. "This world is older than any of you know, and contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons, demons walked the earth, made it their home, their hell. In time, they lost their purchase on this reality, and the way was made for mortal animals. For man. What remains of the old ones are vestiges: certain magicks, certain creatures."

Xander propped himself up behind Giles and began to mime the speech, much to Willow's amusement.

"The books tell that the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed- infected- by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another… and so they walked the earth, feeding. Killing some and mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out and the old ones to return."

Teal'c quirked his head to the side. "What of her?" He asked, pointing at Buffy. "She is not human."

Not even turning his head to glare at Xander Giles continued. "As long as there have been vampires and demons, there has been the slayer. One girl, in all the world, a Chosen One. One born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires, to find them where they gather and stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers."

Buffy rolled her eyes at Giles. "So basically vampires and demons are real and I fight them." She turned to Teal'c. "And I so am human, I just have a few extras that's all."

Jack looked skeptical. "And you just expect us to believe you do you? This is crazy, your nuts."

Angel growled. "You want proof, then see this." Angel vamped.

SG1 gasped. Sam stepped forward to examine him, shaking off Jacks hand. Drawing back slightly she asked, "Do you mind?"

Angel leaned against the couch where he placed Cordy and shook his head.

Sam approached him cautiously. Running her fingers over his ridges she moved his chin examining his vamp face. She frowned seeing his injuries. Pulling his shirt aside she gasped again. "Oh my god! Who did this to you?"

Angel's eyes flickered. Xander paled and Willow let out a strangled sob. "We did."

All eyes turned to the couple that was still sitting on the floor. Xander wrapped his arms around Willow and stroked her hair. "Wasn't us, wasn't you. It was a alternate reality vampire version of us."

Willow's eyes were haunted. "Doesn't matter, it was still us."

Buffy and Giles frowned. Angel narrowed his eyes. "Willow they are not you. You are not responsible for the damage they caused."

Willow shook her head as tears fell down her face. "Your wrong, we are."

A smile grin crossed Angel's face he quickly squashed it. "Willow, I'm sorry I killed your fish."

Willow whirled around to face him. "Don't you dare try to apologise for that, it wasn't you it was Angelus. It was the demon; the soul had no control over the demon then."

Angel smirked as the realisation crossed her face. She slapped him lightly on the arm. "That was mean, using my own logic against me."

Daniel shook his head. "I'm sorry but I don't understand any of this, I mean I understood the vampires and demons. But the vampire versions of Al and Willow?"

Xander answered him. "Senior year of high school Wills and I had illicit smoochies, our partners found us and my old girlfriend accidentally summoned a vengeance demon who made a world where we were vampires. She lost her powers, tried to get them back but brought vamp Will here instead. We sent her back though."

Buffy frowned her think face in place. "What ever happened to Anya anyhow?"

Xander grinned. "I got a letter from her a while back, she's in Florida with some of her powers back. Basically she's walking around flaying cheating men and making them eat their own organs and such. She's having a blast."

Jack made a face. "Ouch."

At that Cordy began to stir. "Angel?"

Angel moved so quickly he was a blur. He leaned over her. "What is it Cordy?"

Cordy stared up at him her chocolate brown eyes swimming with pain. "Where's Conner?" She started to panic. "Oh God, Angel where's Conner?"

            Angel smoothed down her hair. "Shhh, it's fine. Conner's in the car with Wesley. I'll go get them."

            Cordelia nodded and closed her eyes. Angel moved towards the door and before anyone could stop him he darted out. A couple of minutes later he returned with a toddler who was rubbing his eyes and a tall, dark man who looked slightly scruffy and dangerous.

            Buffy gasped. 'When did Wesley become such a hottie?'