Renewal and Restoration
Author: buffy1
Spoilers: All of Buffy and Angel including season 5, to be safe.
Rating: PG (slightly graphic in parts)
Disclaimer: Just borrowing them. When I'm done they'll be better than ever.
Distribution: You're welcome to it; just tell me where it's going first.
Summary: Set two years after 'Chosen' and the year after 'Not Fade Away'. Angel is back to running Wolfram and Hart with the rest of AI when they receive devastating news.
Pairings: A/Nina to start with, W/F, and others.
Author's note: This is my take on what happens next. In this version Fred was saved and she doesn't stay as Illyria. Also Wesley and Gunn didn't die!
Chapter 6
"Romania now? Man these demons really keep us hopping," Gunn said, shaking his head as they boarded the Wolfram & Hart company jet.
"They certainly do," Wesley agreed. Only hours earlier, Lorne had contacted them from LA and told them that they had received reports of a hostile demon colony that had recently begun killing humans in the nearby villages, and now they were on their way to stop them.
"Do you think it will be there?" Fred asked, after a long silence.
"What 'it'?" Spike asked her, confused.
"Whatever it is that's been killing all of those demons. It got to the Fera demons, so maybe it's gonna go after these ones." Angel sat looking thoughtfully out of the window,
"I don't know, Fred. We don't even know what or who is doing it, so how can we even begin to figure out its agenda?" Everyone sat in silence, until Gunn finally spoke up,
"So suppose we find out what's been killing the demons, then what? What do we do then?" Nobody had an answer.
They finally reached Romania and everyone stepped off the plane. The rest of the flight had been mostly silent; all contemplating what would be happening and what they could be facing. They got into the truck that Wesley had arranged to collect them, and started on their way to their destination.
It was a long journey. Long, but silent. Nobody had anything to say to each other; not at the moment. It was a journey of self-reflection for most, but Angel had only one thing on his mind; Buffy. He wanted to know where she was and what had happened to her. How had she been thought dead? It was so confusing. He knew the best thing would just be to let her go; but how could he? He was in love with her.
After several hours being crammed into the back of a truck, Angel and the gang piled out of the truck and stepped out just outside the area where their next targets were supposed to be. They moved swiftly and silently towards the site with Angel in front. They ducked down behind a clump of trees, to first survey what they were about to walk into. Angel looked around first. He slowly twisted his head to look around the tree and gasped. The others soon followed his example. They stepped out behind the trees and took slow disbelieving steps forward.
Angel surveyed the area. It was complete destruction. Almost nothing had survived. Angel wondered what could have caused such devastation. It could have been whatever had been destroying demon populations, but the last report came from nowhere near here. This thing was fast. It seemed to travel at lightening speed from city to city. There was blood everywhere; demon blood. The smell was thick in the air so anything else was practically indistinguishable. But yet…there was something there. Something familiar. It started small, until finally he felt a familiar tingle make its way down his spine, and he knew.
Angel followed the feeling; it got stronger with every step as he got nearer and nearer. It didn't seem to be moving; almost as if it knew he was coming. He entered a dim cavern with nothing to light it but an old torch mounted on the wall, and he saw her.
"I was wondering when you would get here," she said. Angel froze in shock,
"Buffy?"
To be continued…
Well that's finally done. Please tell me what you think of this chapter, because I'm not so sure…
Thanks everyone for the feedback; in particular:
Queen Boadicea – thanks for the criticism. I didn't really like the last chapter that much either. Demon killings one after the other.
I'll get the next chapter up in the next few days. I mean it this time because it's already been written lol.