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Chapter 15 -- Is It All Too Much?
All attention continued to be on Oz as he hadn't move, his eyes still locked with Willow's. After all these years and after he found out she had a girlfriend she was still as beautiful to him as any woman ever could be. Oz dropped his bag and for the first time looked around the room. His eyes stopped at Faith and once they continued they stopped again at Spike. It hurt him to see the blonde vampire again seeing as one of the last time he saw him, Spike had locked his girlfriend and Xander in the same room causing them to kiss. He then looked to Dawn who he hadn't seen at all. He knew of her but Dawn always lived in L.A. Buffy used to complain about a little sister to Willow sometimes and he listened. He couldn't believe how close the resembelence was between the Summer's girls. He turned once again to Willow.
Oz broke the silence, "Wow, a lot of things must of changed."
Willow smiled a little bit remembering their last visit. The night they talked forever, the night he proved he had control. He broke out of her daze and finally spoke to him, "Oz, what are you doing here?"
Buffy who wasn't as surprised spoke for her, "That would be my fault. I kind of did this concentrating magic thinger to call people. Basically bring the strongest of our allies together."
Willow and Xander looked to Buffy but Willow spoke first, "Since when do you do magic?"
Buffy sighed, "It wasn't really magic, just a mind sonar thing. Giles taught me a lot about controlling myself after this connection thing happened.
Willow nodded knowing there was nothing she could say to that. Willow stared at Buffy as if she wanted something and when buffy clued in she picked up Willow and brought her down the stairs. Oz was surprised, "What's wrong?"
When they made it down Buffy answered, "Fight. The usual."
Oz nodded as Willow made her way to hug her old lover. As they mebraced everyone came back to reality. Xander ran down the stairs and hugged his old friend. There was no more wierdness between them. Buffy was next to hug him, they were never that close but they both knew they would do anything for each other. Angel was last and only shook his hand. They weren't close but it was courteous to welcome him. Buffy looked around the room at the people who hadn't welcomed him. She backed away from Oz and explained.
"Okay well, yes a lot of changes. Spike is good now, he has a soul. Faith is good now, after she woke up she went to jail and then she helped Angelus be Angel again. After that she helped me save the world after kicking me out of my house." Buffy pointed to her sister, "This would be Dawn, my little sister. She's made of my blood and lots of green energy."
Oz nodded as he took in all of the information. Faith shook hands with the wearewolf but Oz was cautious. He hadn't exactly forgotten the night Faith kidnapped his Willow. He shook her hand anyway in a way of being polite. Spike shook his hand to as Oz was again really cautious. Buffy's sister Dawn stepped up and shook his hand which he had no problem with. Buffy looked behind Angel where Wesley and Gunn stood finally.
She went to introduce them, "Oz I believe you remember Wesley. He's cool now and not as british."
Oz smiled as Wesley walked over and shook his hand, "Well if she says you're cool you must be." Oz smiled followed by Wesley
Buffy then looked to Gunn, "Oz, this would be Charles Gunn, just Gunn for short. I know him as much as you do."
Oz took his hand also, "Well you have to be cool if you're with this crowd."
Gunn nodded as Oz looked around the room again, "Where's Giles?"
Oz got nervous as everyone went quiet. Willow grabbed his hand as tears threatened her eyes again, "This morning something happened. He was injured and normally when he's hurt he comes back but he uh...he just couldn't come back this time."
Willow started crying as Oz moved her head to his shoulder. Buffy, Dawn and Xander embraced as everyone else sat in silence. Angel knew it was not the time but he couldn't help but worry about Cordelia. She had just taken off and no one should be alone out there right now.
Buffy looked up from Xander and stared at Angel and Spike, "Where's Cordelia?"
The room went silent as Buffy walked to Angel. Angel was silent for a while until he spoke the truth, "She took off alone."
"Why?" Was Buffy's only question yet she knew the answer
Angel was hesitant so Spike took over, "Me and peaches over here were having a conversation and she over heard some stuff we were sayin."
Buffy moved to Spike now, "You were always good at telling the truth but leaving stuff out Spike. So what are you leaving out?"
Angel spoke because he knew Spike would cave, "It was personal stuff between me and her and she shouldn't of found anything out like that."
Buffy backed off at the somewhat harsh tone in Angel's voice. She brought her hands to her eyes and wiped away the most recent tears. "I'm gonna go out and look for her." She moved to grab her coat. For some reason that slayer look was being worn again. She could almost feel Angel yelling at her not to go look for her but she knew he wasn't and that he wasn't going to. When he moved to get his own coat buffy turned around again, "It's called sunlight. I know L.A. better then a lot of people here, I can take care of myself and I am not going to walk in sewers with you. As i recall everytime we're in one you break up with me."
Angel was frozen, stunned by her harsh words. Buffy looked at his silence look and said one more thing before she made her way out the door, "Keep worrying for her that much and i'll find her faster." The harsh words just keep comming......
He walked back to sit down at the table with Spike. Oz actually held an expression that wasn't of his normal which was confusion. He looked around the room and as a werewolf could sense the amount of pain. He didn't blame them considering he was pretty close to the ex watcher himself. I bet dear old Rupert hadn't a clue how much he would be missed. I guess it was somewhat good then that all the tension wasn't because of his death but because of the buffy/Angel realationship which he vividly remembered and was okay with.
Oz looked at Willow and Xander, "So guys, how have your past four years been?"
Xander and Willow faintly smiled. She hadn't noticed but Willow was still clinging to Oz. It sent an odd sense of comfort and safety down her spine and through her body, a sense she hadn't felt since the day Oz left the second time. She couldn't deny how much she missed him, Oz always held a part of her that could never go to anyone. It was almost another example of a Buffy/Angel forbidden love only this time instead of vampire and slayer it was werewolf and Witch!
Willow had no idea that her eyes were staring into Oz's and apparently showing the amount of affection she was thinking about. Oz just stared back and whispered to her, "I missed you too."
Everyone was brought to attention as a voice from the top of the railing rang, "What the hell is this?"
Willow jolted back to reality and took her eyes off Oz to see a very pissed of slayer known as her girlfriend aka Kennedy. "Kennedy......"
"What are you going to explain huh? I kind of caught you."
For some reason Willow was more mad then she should of been and expressed it as kennedy made her way down the stairs to face her, "You know what I don't have to explain myself to you. You have absoloutely no idea why he's here or why I'm leaning on him. If you haven't noticed my wheelchair's over there how else am i suppossed to stand? You weren't down here and buffy kind of had to take off. Oz was just closer and he....."
Kennedy smiled, "So this is the all famous Oz. I heard a lot...."
"Shut up girl. You will not speak of such a high powered creature with those words."
Everyone went confused as Illyria who was now on top of the stairway spoke those words. Wesley was obviously the one who spoke first, "What are you talking about?"
"This girl. Her attitude makes me want to strip the slayer identity from her body. From what i hear about slayers they are worshipped, this one here deserves nothing more then cat food." Illyria spoke while pointing to kennedy. Willow just stood there not saying a word to help out her so-called girlfriend. Everyone else was also quiet as Illyria continued to explain her insults. "No one is to inuslt a being of wereworlf nature. I know I am not on my kingdom but i shall not stand by as our most spiritual and worshipped animal is insulted."
Wesley stepped in before Illyria came down the stairs and beet Kennedy down. She maybe a slayer but even Buffy or faith would have trouble with Illyria and kennedy wasn't even close to those two. "Illyria, Willow and Oz, this werewolf used to have a bond. Kennedy is just showing envy."
Illyria stared at Oz which sent shivers down his spine. Willow grabbed his hand and they dissappeared. By the time Illyria had jumped off the railing and was in front of them they both had shivers. She spoke before anyone, "The wereworlf has bonded, and with a witch. She has enormous amounts of power, no wonder the instinct for you two to mate was great. You both have had others but it is forever etched in stone that the wolf and the witch belong to each other."
Kennedy walked up to Illyria, "Screw etched in stone. Nothing written can't be broken."
Without question Illyria threw Kennedy into the wall, "I said nothing stands between those two."
Wesley walked up to her, "Illyria Stop!"
"I warned her."
Wesley nodded, "Would you come explain this to me?"
Illyria just nodded as she quickly made her way back to her room. Wesley looked at Angel who just smiled and said, "She's still your responsibility." Wesley ran after the blue girl in his lover's body
Oz looked around the room, "So now you people have to worship me and Willow."
Willow smiled, "I'm already a goddess so I'm already worshiped."
Oz smiled and then suddenly realized what she had said along with the rest of the room. Xander just smiled at mocked everybody's cluelessness. "I'm the not smart one and yet I'm the only one who knows."
Willow looked towards her wheelchair which Xander went to go get. When she sat down she looked around the room and explained, "Well when i changed all the potentials last year something happened to me. I'm like a goddess who get's to live out mortal life. As long as I continue to control my magic and use it for only good I should be good."
Oz looked at her, "I used to call you my goddess never thought it would come true."
Kennedy finally stood, "Now she's my goddess."
Willow sighed, "Kenneddy please....."
Kennedy looked surprised and pissed, "Oh screw this!."
Like cordelia Kennedy took off out the door...alone and emotionally unstable. Even a common vamp could take her. Willow sighed angrily, "Xander."
Xander was already running for his jacket, "On it. Man can't we ever just mourn somebody normally? Angel died so buffy took off, Angel left so she had a one night stand, Oz left and buffy made Spike and Buffy get married, Buffy's mom dies and then buffy dies. She screws Spike, Spike dies finally and she doesn't talk for days and then Giles dies and everything goes haywire. Normal just isn't a way around here."
His comment left some stunned but Willow spoke, "Xander just go. She can't die. If you find Buffy first tell her and stay together."
Gunn jumped up, "I'll go with the boy. I'm doing nothing good hanging around here and i'm looking for some action."
Willow nodded, "Good idea. Faith can you stay here though? We need some protection and i am afraid I'm not going to be too good for that."
Faith notted, "You got it red."
Xander and Gunn took off after they said byes. Faith looked around the room and smiled, "Well looky here. All the supernaturals in one room."
Angel nodded, "I'm going to go to...."
Spike smiled, "Buffy's room. Don't worry Angel, what you're looking for is on the second drawer from the top."
Angel looked angry that Spike even knew what he was going to do so he walked upstairs without starting anything. Faith looked at Spike, "What's he looking for?"
"That would be between him and the slayer...and obviously me." Spike said mocking his secret
Faith sighed and looked at Willow, "So what now?"
Willow sighed, "Well we can't do anything until Buffy get's back so relax just stick around the hotel."
"I meant what are you two gonna do?" Faith said referring to the witch and werewolf
Oz glanced at Willow but then looked away quickly, "I think we need to talk."
Willow nodded, "Let's go to Angel's office. I need to be on ground floor in case something happens."
Oz nodded and pushed the wheelchair with Willow's directions to Angel's office leaving only Spike and faith in the same room. They stared at each other and faith said, "Kitchen."
Spike smiled, "God yes."
They walked to the kitchen and both sat at the table while their seperate foods were being made. Faith looked at Spike, "So Spike, give me a cigarette and we can talk about how you think I'm hot."
Spike smiled a devious grin and tossed her a smoke, "See the way I heard it, you thought I was hot."
Faith smiled back, "Yea but the way you look at me....I've seen that look before and I know what it means."
"What you didn't notice was I didn't deny thinking you weren't hot."
They both smiled at their flirty moment until the silence got awkward. Faith looked at Spike, "So a lot of things going on huh?"
Spike sighed as he reached for his blood out of the microwave, "Yea....we've got the smurf who's mysterious, we've got himilton, the first, Willow, Oz and Kennedy, me and you, Giles dieing, Buffy being depressed, Xander losing Anya and of course the ever famous Buffy, Angel and Cordelia triangle."
Faith smiled, "I thought that Buffy, Angel and Cordelia had your name at the end too."
"It did until i got my eyes on someone new and since Buffy said she missed sleeping with me but liked being best friends better."
"Well then, at least we took care of one thing."
Spike just smiled, "Buffy will work it all out. That girl always get's it done."
Faith sighed, "One of these days she's going to get tired and just lay down."
Spike took a drag, "I know slayers better then you do and I know Buffy better then you do. She'll drop one day with her death wish in hand but with this many people's lives at stake she wouldn't dare drop now."
Faith smiled, "So we'll figure it out."
Spike took another drag and stared out the crack in the window at the only sunlight that wouldn't burn him, "I sure as hell hope so...."
Chapter 15 -- Is It All Too Much?
All attention continued to be on Oz as he hadn't move, his eyes still locked with Willow's. After all these years and after he found out she had a girlfriend she was still as beautiful to him as any woman ever could be. Oz dropped his bag and for the first time looked around the room. His eyes stopped at Faith and once they continued they stopped again at Spike. It hurt him to see the blonde vampire again seeing as one of the last time he saw him, Spike had locked his girlfriend and Xander in the same room causing them to kiss. He then looked to Dawn who he hadn't seen at all. He knew of her but Dawn always lived in L.A. Buffy used to complain about a little sister to Willow sometimes and he listened. He couldn't believe how close the resembelence was between the Summer's girls. He turned once again to Willow.
Oz broke the silence, "Wow, a lot of things must of changed."
Willow smiled a little bit remembering their last visit. The night they talked forever, the night he proved he had control. He broke out of her daze and finally spoke to him, "Oz, what are you doing here?"
Buffy who wasn't as surprised spoke for her, "That would be my fault. I kind of did this concentrating magic thinger to call people. Basically bring the strongest of our allies together."
Willow and Xander looked to Buffy but Willow spoke first, "Since when do you do magic?"
Buffy sighed, "It wasn't really magic, just a mind sonar thing. Giles taught me a lot about controlling myself after this connection thing happened.
Willow nodded knowing there was nothing she could say to that. Willow stared at Buffy as if she wanted something and when buffy clued in she picked up Willow and brought her down the stairs. Oz was surprised, "What's wrong?"
When they made it down Buffy answered, "Fight. The usual."
Oz nodded as Willow made her way to hug her old lover. As they mebraced everyone came back to reality. Xander ran down the stairs and hugged his old friend. There was no more wierdness between them. Buffy was next to hug him, they were never that close but they both knew they would do anything for each other. Angel was last and only shook his hand. They weren't close but it was courteous to welcome him. Buffy looked around the room at the people who hadn't welcomed him. She backed away from Oz and explained.
"Okay well, yes a lot of changes. Spike is good now, he has a soul. Faith is good now, after she woke up she went to jail and then she helped Angelus be Angel again. After that she helped me save the world after kicking me out of my house." Buffy pointed to her sister, "This would be Dawn, my little sister. She's made of my blood and lots of green energy."
Oz nodded as he took in all of the information. Faith shook hands with the wearewolf but Oz was cautious. He hadn't exactly forgotten the night Faith kidnapped his Willow. He shook her hand anyway in a way of being polite. Spike shook his hand to as Oz was again really cautious. Buffy's sister Dawn stepped up and shook his hand which he had no problem with. Buffy looked behind Angel where Wesley and Gunn stood finally.
She went to introduce them, "Oz I believe you remember Wesley. He's cool now and not as british."
Oz smiled as Wesley walked over and shook his hand, "Well if she says you're cool you must be." Oz smiled followed by Wesley
Buffy then looked to Gunn, "Oz, this would be Charles Gunn, just Gunn for short. I know him as much as you do."
Oz took his hand also, "Well you have to be cool if you're with this crowd."
Gunn nodded as Oz looked around the room again, "Where's Giles?"
Oz got nervous as everyone went quiet. Willow grabbed his hand as tears threatened her eyes again, "This morning something happened. He was injured and normally when he's hurt he comes back but he uh...he just couldn't come back this time."
Willow started crying as Oz moved her head to his shoulder. Buffy, Dawn and Xander embraced as everyone else sat in silence. Angel knew it was not the time but he couldn't help but worry about Cordelia. She had just taken off and no one should be alone out there right now.
Buffy looked up from Xander and stared at Angel and Spike, "Where's Cordelia?"
The room went silent as Buffy walked to Angel. Angel was silent for a while until he spoke the truth, "She took off alone."
"Why?" Was Buffy's only question yet she knew the answer
Angel was hesitant so Spike took over, "Me and peaches over here were having a conversation and she over heard some stuff we were sayin."
Buffy moved to Spike now, "You were always good at telling the truth but leaving stuff out Spike. So what are you leaving out?"
Angel spoke because he knew Spike would cave, "It was personal stuff between me and her and she shouldn't of found anything out like that."
Buffy backed off at the somewhat harsh tone in Angel's voice. She brought her hands to her eyes and wiped away the most recent tears. "I'm gonna go out and look for her." She moved to grab her coat. For some reason that slayer look was being worn again. She could almost feel Angel yelling at her not to go look for her but she knew he wasn't and that he wasn't going to. When he moved to get his own coat buffy turned around again, "It's called sunlight. I know L.A. better then a lot of people here, I can take care of myself and I am not going to walk in sewers with you. As i recall everytime we're in one you break up with me."
Angel was frozen, stunned by her harsh words. Buffy looked at his silence look and said one more thing before she made her way out the door, "Keep worrying for her that much and i'll find her faster." The harsh words just keep comming......
He walked back to sit down at the table with Spike. Oz actually held an expression that wasn't of his normal which was confusion. He looked around the room and as a werewolf could sense the amount of pain. He didn't blame them considering he was pretty close to the ex watcher himself. I bet dear old Rupert hadn't a clue how much he would be missed. I guess it was somewhat good then that all the tension wasn't because of his death but because of the buffy/Angel realationship which he vividly remembered and was okay with.
Oz looked at Willow and Xander, "So guys, how have your past four years been?"
Xander and Willow faintly smiled. She hadn't noticed but Willow was still clinging to Oz. It sent an odd sense of comfort and safety down her spine and through her body, a sense she hadn't felt since the day Oz left the second time. She couldn't deny how much she missed him, Oz always held a part of her that could never go to anyone. It was almost another example of a Buffy/Angel forbidden love only this time instead of vampire and slayer it was werewolf and Witch!
Willow had no idea that her eyes were staring into Oz's and apparently showing the amount of affection she was thinking about. Oz just stared back and whispered to her, "I missed you too."
Everyone was brought to attention as a voice from the top of the railing rang, "What the hell is this?"
Willow jolted back to reality and took her eyes off Oz to see a very pissed of slayer known as her girlfriend aka Kennedy. "Kennedy......"
"What are you going to explain huh? I kind of caught you."
For some reason Willow was more mad then she should of been and expressed it as kennedy made her way down the stairs to face her, "You know what I don't have to explain myself to you. You have absoloutely no idea why he's here or why I'm leaning on him. If you haven't noticed my wheelchair's over there how else am i suppossed to stand? You weren't down here and buffy kind of had to take off. Oz was just closer and he....."
Kennedy smiled, "So this is the all famous Oz. I heard a lot...."
"Shut up girl. You will not speak of such a high powered creature with those words."
Everyone went confused as Illyria who was now on top of the stairway spoke those words. Wesley was obviously the one who spoke first, "What are you talking about?"
"This girl. Her attitude makes me want to strip the slayer identity from her body. From what i hear about slayers they are worshipped, this one here deserves nothing more then cat food." Illyria spoke while pointing to kennedy. Willow just stood there not saying a word to help out her so-called girlfriend. Everyone else was also quiet as Illyria continued to explain her insults. "No one is to inuslt a being of wereworlf nature. I know I am not on my kingdom but i shall not stand by as our most spiritual and worshipped animal is insulted."
Wesley stepped in before Illyria came down the stairs and beet Kennedy down. She maybe a slayer but even Buffy or faith would have trouble with Illyria and kennedy wasn't even close to those two. "Illyria, Willow and Oz, this werewolf used to have a bond. Kennedy is just showing envy."
Illyria stared at Oz which sent shivers down his spine. Willow grabbed his hand and they dissappeared. By the time Illyria had jumped off the railing and was in front of them they both had shivers. She spoke before anyone, "The wereworlf has bonded, and with a witch. She has enormous amounts of power, no wonder the instinct for you two to mate was great. You both have had others but it is forever etched in stone that the wolf and the witch belong to each other."
Kennedy walked up to Illyria, "Screw etched in stone. Nothing written can't be broken."
Without question Illyria threw Kennedy into the wall, "I said nothing stands between those two."
Wesley walked up to her, "Illyria Stop!"
"I warned her."
Wesley nodded, "Would you come explain this to me?"
Illyria just nodded as she quickly made her way back to her room. Wesley looked at Angel who just smiled and said, "She's still your responsibility." Wesley ran after the blue girl in his lover's body
Oz looked around the room, "So now you people have to worship me and Willow."
Willow smiled, "I'm already a goddess so I'm already worshiped."
Oz smiled and then suddenly realized what she had said along with the rest of the room. Xander just smiled at mocked everybody's cluelessness. "I'm the not smart one and yet I'm the only one who knows."
Willow looked towards her wheelchair which Xander went to go get. When she sat down she looked around the room and explained, "Well when i changed all the potentials last year something happened to me. I'm like a goddess who get's to live out mortal life. As long as I continue to control my magic and use it for only good I should be good."
Oz looked at her, "I used to call you my goddess never thought it would come true."
Kennedy finally stood, "Now she's my goddess."
Willow sighed, "Kenneddy please....."
Kennedy looked surprised and pissed, "Oh screw this!."
Like cordelia Kennedy took off out the door...alone and emotionally unstable. Even a common vamp could take her. Willow sighed angrily, "Xander."
Xander was already running for his jacket, "On it. Man can't we ever just mourn somebody normally? Angel died so buffy took off, Angel left so she had a one night stand, Oz left and buffy made Spike and Buffy get married, Buffy's mom dies and then buffy dies. She screws Spike, Spike dies finally and she doesn't talk for days and then Giles dies and everything goes haywire. Normal just isn't a way around here."
His comment left some stunned but Willow spoke, "Xander just go. She can't die. If you find Buffy first tell her and stay together."
Gunn jumped up, "I'll go with the boy. I'm doing nothing good hanging around here and i'm looking for some action."
Willow nodded, "Good idea. Faith can you stay here though? We need some protection and i am afraid I'm not going to be too good for that."
Faith notted, "You got it red."
Xander and Gunn took off after they said byes. Faith looked around the room and smiled, "Well looky here. All the supernaturals in one room."
Angel nodded, "I'm going to go to...."
Spike smiled, "Buffy's room. Don't worry Angel, what you're looking for is on the second drawer from the top."
Angel looked angry that Spike even knew what he was going to do so he walked upstairs without starting anything. Faith looked at Spike, "What's he looking for?"
"That would be between him and the slayer...and obviously me." Spike said mocking his secret
Faith sighed and looked at Willow, "So what now?"
Willow sighed, "Well we can't do anything until Buffy get's back so relax just stick around the hotel."
"I meant what are you two gonna do?" Faith said referring to the witch and werewolf
Oz glanced at Willow but then looked away quickly, "I think we need to talk."
Willow nodded, "Let's go to Angel's office. I need to be on ground floor in case something happens."
Oz nodded and pushed the wheelchair with Willow's directions to Angel's office leaving only Spike and faith in the same room. They stared at each other and faith said, "Kitchen."
Spike smiled, "God yes."
They walked to the kitchen and both sat at the table while their seperate foods were being made. Faith looked at Spike, "So Spike, give me a cigarette and we can talk about how you think I'm hot."
Spike smiled a devious grin and tossed her a smoke, "See the way I heard it, you thought I was hot."
Faith smiled back, "Yea but the way you look at me....I've seen that look before and I know what it means."
"What you didn't notice was I didn't deny thinking you weren't hot."
They both smiled at their flirty moment until the silence got awkward. Faith looked at Spike, "So a lot of things going on huh?"
Spike sighed as he reached for his blood out of the microwave, "Yea....we've got the smurf who's mysterious, we've got himilton, the first, Willow, Oz and Kennedy, me and you, Giles dieing, Buffy being depressed, Xander losing Anya and of course the ever famous Buffy, Angel and Cordelia triangle."
Faith smiled, "I thought that Buffy, Angel and Cordelia had your name at the end too."
"It did until i got my eyes on someone new and since Buffy said she missed sleeping with me but liked being best friends better."
"Well then, at least we took care of one thing."
Spike just smiled, "Buffy will work it all out. That girl always get's it done."
Faith sighed, "One of these days she's going to get tired and just lay down."
Spike took a drag, "I know slayers better then you do and I know Buffy better then you do. She'll drop one day with her death wish in hand but with this many people's lives at stake she wouldn't dare drop now."
Faith smiled, "So we'll figure it out."
Spike took another drag and stared out the crack in the window at the only sunlight that wouldn't burn him, "I sure as hell hope so...."