OF THEIR PAST
Disclaimer- None of these characters, yada yada, belong to me. They belong to Joss and co. I just like to bend them to my twist whims.
Note: Quick update during my mid-semester break, only a week but it's better than nothing. Thank you to my reviewers, I love you all and I hope you enjoy it.
Without further delay…
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CHAPTER 6
The door to Giles's apartment opened with a crash, everyone tensed then let out a sigh of relief when Xander, Jack and Teal'c entered. Their clothes were torn and they looked as if they had been rolling in mud. Jack looked as if he was in shock, while Xander looked victorious and Teal'c was as calm as he always was.
"Good lord!" Daniel exclaimed. "What happened to you three?"
Xander grinned his wackiest Xander grin. "We fulfilled a prophecy."
Buffy frowned. "Huh?"
Xander just pulled out a scroll from the inside of his jacket. Seeing it Wesley started to laugh. "So you relieved them of their burden?"
Xander grinned wickedly. "Their burden, their lives, we relieved them of a lot of things."
Giles tried to suppress a Ripper-ish grin, but failed miserably when he saw Buffy pouting. "Very good Xander, now we just have to translate it."
Buffy crossed her arms over her chest. "You could have woken me, you should have woken me."
He just grinned at her. "Don't worry, I'll wake you for the violence next time."
Buffy sighed. "Xander you could have gotten hurt, the last time you went to Willy's you were almost killed and walking into a demon sect's lair, not the smartest thing in the world."
Xander's grin faded. He threw an arm around her shoulders. "You don't have to worry about me any more Buff. I'm G.I. Xander now remember? The military gave me all that handy training, and if you recall I was given the slayer seal of approval back in High School. 'Sides I'm such a bad ass right now, I wanted to take advantage of that."
Buffy rested her head on his shoulder before pushing herself away. "Okay, but be more careful next time. We want our Xander shaped friend around for a long time."
Xander chuckled at her, recalling the first time she had called him her Xander shaped friend. He looked around. "Where's Willow?"
Giles dragged his eyes off the scroll Xander was casually tossing from one hand to another. "Pardon? Oh, she's in the bathroom." Again Giles's eyes returned to the scroll. Giles winced every time the scroll left Xander's hand. Xander looked over at the couch, where Angel had joined Cordy and Conner in slumber. This was what he wanted, he wanted a family with Willow.
A scuffling sound drew his attention to the kitchen entrance. Willow was slumped against the wall, her hair covering her face.
"Willow!" Xander threw the scroll at Giles and raced to Willow's side. He was beaten by Daniel and Buffy.
Buffy placed her hand on Willow's arm. "Wills, are you alright?"
Willow peered through her hair and grinned wickedly. Moving faster than humanly possible she backhanded Buffy, causing her to fly across the room and into the wall before she fell, slumped, on the floor. Daniel remained still; he was in shock over her sudden change in demeanor. Willow smiled seductively at him, her hips swaying in her tight jeans as she stepped forward. Before he could move Willow had him pressed against the wall, her hand covering his throat.
Willow licked her lips. "Oh he's cute." She kissed him hard on the lips, making sure to grip him hard enough to cut off his air supply. He started in gasp as she dropped him on the ground. Willow leapt, landing next to Wesley, he jumped back slightly but not enough to escape her. Willow tripped him, and then trapped his arms by straddling his chest. She ran her hands up and down his chest, grinning at Buffy, who was watching while she tried to rise.
Willow leaned close to Wesley's face. "I think the Slayer's jealous. I think she rather be the one on top." Willow looked over at Buffy as she ran a tongue down Wesley's neck. "He tastes good Slayer, you should try."
Willow lashed out with a punch as Jack tried to tackle her off Wesley. "Wait your turn Grandpa." She snarled.
Giles stepped lightly behind her and placed a hand on her back. She turned ready to hit him when her face fell. "G-Giles?" Her eyes filled with tears and she stumbled back. "Oh god." She looked over at Daniel. "I'm sorry, oh god, I'm so sorry."
She collapsed on the floor, bent over and sobbing her heart out. Xander knelt down and wrapped his arms around her, whispering soothing thoughts into her hair. She buried her face into his chest and mumbled.
Xander stiffened. "Tell me you didn't just ask me to kill you."
Willow looked up at him, her eyes red. "I can't live like this Xander, it's driving me crazy. And you promised, we both did when Jesse died. You promised to stake me if I was turned."
Xander left go of her and started to pace. He ran a hand through his hair. "I know I did. But this isn't the same, we can fix this."
"How do you know that? What we end up like this for the rest of our lives? I can't be like that Xander, I just can't. I refuse to end up like Jesse." Willow cried.
"You can't make me stake you Willow. You don't know, what's like to have to stake someone that's been your best friend for years, some one that you know better than you know yourself. It almost killed me with Jesse, staking you would be a hundred times worse. Especially when I know we can fix it. Give it a chance."
Willow looked down at her hands. "Alright, but if it doesn't work…"
Xander nodded, knowing in his heart there was no way he could harm Willow intentionally. "If it doesn't work."
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Amazingly Angel, Cordy and Conner had slept through the earlier incident. Buffy sat in an armchair, watching the trio. Her gaze moved to Giles's bedroom where Willow had been put after her crying jag. Poor Willow, Buffy sighed, she was still carrying all the emotion she had when Jesse was turned. She supposed they all were; it was made worse by the fact that they had no place to mourn him. Jesse's parents were in denial, they still believed that their son had run away and would return to them some day. Buffy sighed again, training her eyes on Wesley, mentally urging him to finish the translation and make things right again.
Wesley, Daniel and Giles crowded around the scroll. Luckily the scroll was written in Latin, a language that all three knew well. They had almost finished translating and where currently listing all the ingredients needed for the ritual. Wesley frowned at one of the items. "Thestral blood? Do you have any on hand, it is notoriously hard to find."
"Huhh?" Giles looked up. "Oh yes, I have some of the Magic Box's latest shipments here. I believe I ordered Thestral blood."
Daniel straightened. "Well that's it than, we're ready to organise the ritual."
"Great." Buffy's voice was shaky. "Because I think its getting worse."
