Chapter 4 I'm a What
"I'm a what?"Buffy asked, backing away.
"Buffy, listen, you are a Vampire slayer."Angel repeated, softly and slowly.
"Is that even possible? It sounds to much like a fairy tale."Buffy said frantically.
"It is real Buffy and you are one of the Chosen."Angel explained to her.
"Are you sure about this. Mabey you made a mistake."She said, a little scared now.
"Strong senses, Superhuman strength and agility. Let me ask you this, do you get a strange feeling when I'm around you?"Angel asked.
"Yeah," Buffy admitted, "My skin tingles a little. I just thought I was being paranoid.
"Cordelia,"Angel said turning to her, "can you go upstairs in case a client comes in?" he asked her.
"Fine, whatever."she answered before heading up the stairs.
"Do you also get that feeling around Doyle?"he asked her.
"Yeah, but it's not as strong."
"Well, there is a reason for that. Promise that you won't run away or scream if we tell you."Angel asked her.
"I promise." she answered nervously.
"All slayers feel something when they are near a demon. I am a vampire and Doyle is half Bracken demon. But you don't need to worry about us. I have a soul which makes me good and Doyle is just good."
"Can I see?" Buffy asked.
"Are you sure you wanna see?" Angel asked.
"Yeah, if I have to fight these things, I might as well know what they look like." When she finished, Angel's face and Doyle's face changed. Angel had a scrunched up look right above his new yellow eyes and fangs. Doyle had green skin with blue spikes spread throughout and red bloodshot eyes. He looked like a pin cushion.
"Cool."she finally said. "Does Cordelia know?"
"She knows about me, but she doesn't know about Doyle."Angel explained. Without warning, Doyle started to shale and he had a look of pain on his face. "Vision."Angel said before running to Doyle's side.
"Kids, tied down to poles, pentagram drawn in blood under a full moon, Lanes park. We have to hurry. The clock read eight thirty."Doyle said when he could sit on his own.
"What, that's in half an hour. How far away is the park?"Angel asked.
"About a fifteen minute drive. It's right by my house."Buffy answered.
"Well Buffy, looks like you'll be getting some field time."Angel told her, "Doyle, what kind of demon was it?"
"A Yaken demon. Blue tentacles, tall, Silver armor over most of it's body."Doyle explained.
"How do we kill it?"Buffy asked as she started moving towards the weapons trunk. She opened it up and took out a sword and a double sided axe. She grabbed two stakes and put them inside her denim jacket sleeves. As Angel watched her, he was reminded of his Buffy when she had to go on patrol. Angel felt sad yet proud of her. She had only been a slayer for not even a day and she was taking charge. Angel finally came out of his memories and grabbed some weapons as well. They left in a matter of minutes after grabbing Doyle a sword and telling Cordelia that they were leaving. When they arrived at the park, they looked at the clock that Doyle saw in his vision and found that they were five minutes early. Buffy hid her axe behind her back secured in her belt with her jacket covering it. She left her sword in the car and told Angel and Doyle to hide in the bushes while she acted as a dumb blonde walking through a park at night.
Then she saw what Doyle had seen in his vision. The pentagram drawn in blood with the full moon shining in the center. Then she saw ten kids that she recognized tied to poles surrounding the pentagram. Then she felt a pang at her heart. In the center of the pentagram was the bloody and lifeless body of James. She was scared so she signaled over to Angel and Doyle to free the others while she got James to safety. While Doyle and Angel were freeing the others, she ran over and knelt at James' side. She took his hand in hers and tried to shake him awake. While she was shaking him, Angel and Doyle awoke the others and led them to safety. Suddenly, James' opened and looked over to Buffy.
"James, are you okay?" Buffy asked.
"I'm not perfect, but I'll be okay." he replied, his voice weak.
"Right, I know, stupid question. At least you're not dead." she said some tears forming in her eyes. Seeing James' bloody body and hearing his weak voice was too much for her.
"Buffy, stop crying. Like you said, I'm not dead, just a little banged up.
"Buffy," she heard Angel's strained yell, we've got company."Buffy looked over her shoulder and saw the Yaken demons starting to fight Angel and Doyle. She turned to look at James and saw that he was unconscious. She picked him up with ease and walked him back to the car and laid him in the backseat. She then turned around to help the guys. She ran to the closest demon, pulled the axe out from it's spot behind her back, and beheaded the first within a second. She then turned to the next and began slashing and slicing furiously. Angel and Doyle turned stunned and watched her slice and dice these demons. If someone were to see her that didn't know her, they would have thought that she had been taking classes for awhile, but Angel and Doyle knew that she had only just been called as the slayer. How she took on her role this fast, they would never know. If they would have looked closer at her, they would have seen her usually beautiful eyes glowing blood red. They snapped out of their thoughts and started slicing demons left and right. Buffy killed one in about one minute and just moved on to the next. Angel and Doyle were fighting back to back and successfully killing a good number of demons but because of the magic that was giving off as the slayer, many of the demons were drawn to her. She didn't seem to find. She had a lot of frustration that she needed to let out. She was going to make these demons pay for what they did to her best friend, best friend of the Slayer. Finally, all of the demons that had attacked them were on the ground, dead. Doyle was panting while Angel would have if he could breathe. When they looked up, they saw Buffy standing still just staring into nothingness. Then her knees gave out and she fell to the ground, crying. Angel and Doyle didn't know what to do, so they just stood there and watched. After ten minutes, Buffy stood up strait again and walked back to Angel's car with no emotion on her face. When she got there she saw James was still lying in the backseat, unconscious. She jumped in the backseat and adjusted them so Buffy was sitting with James' head cradled in her lap. She cried while stroking his hair out of his face.
Angel, Doyle," she screamed, "help." Angel and Doyle rushed to the car to see Buffy sitting with James lying in the backseat. She said two words that gave them all the information they needed. "Hospital, now."
Once they arrived, Buffy would not let James out of her sight. Angel picked him up and ran into the hospital with Buffy and Doyle following right behind her. A doctor came out to ask what happened and Buffy said that she was walking through the park and saw him lying there. The doctor said his name was Dr. Cole took James and put him in a Gurney and rolled him to a room while a nurse came up to them and asked them to wait in the waiting room which was just down the hall. Buffy didn't seem to want to move, but Doyle and Angel took her arms and led her into the waiting room.
"Buffy, calm down, he's going to be okay."Angel said to her, trying to calm her down.
"It's all my fault,"she said, "it's the stupid slayer's fault.' she started to grow with anger.
"Buffy, it's not your fault. The demons.."
"I was supposed to go to his house right after school." she cut Doyle off, "if I would've just went to his house.."
"You would have never found out about your birth right, your destiny." Doyle cut here off.
"At least he would be safe and not be dying."
"Buffy, don't worry he's not going to die." Angel assured her.
"How am I supposed to watch the boy that I've loved for ten years of my life die?"The second those words left her mouth, she blushed and started to cry more, clamping her hand over her mouth to stifle her sobs. Angel and Doyle didn't know what to do, so they just let Buffy slump onto the floor and cry. Once she stopped crying, She wiped her eyes, stood up, and walked toward the door.
"I better call his parents. It's almost ten o'clock and they'll be wondering where he is. I'd better call mine too. I don't want them mad at me." With that said, Buffy exited the room. Part of Angel wanted to follow her, make her understand that it wasn't her fault, but the other part of him knew that she had to understand on her own.
Buffy walked through the halls heading for the front desk. The whole way, Buffy was only thinking one thing. 'It's all my fault, he's gonna die cause of me'. Buffy kept stroking the locket that she still had around her neck, thinking of him when he smiled and when he laughed. Then she reached the phone. She asked the nurse if she could use the phone, using the most polite voice that she could muster. The nurse could tell that she was young and upset, so she smiled sweetly and nodded her head. Buffy thanked her politely and turned to the phone. She dreadfully dialed James' phone number, a number she knew all too well, and waited for Mrs. Masters to pick up. The phone rang a five times before she heard Mrs. Masters pick up.
"Hello?" Mrs. Masters asked.
"Mrs Masters, It's Buffy." Buffy said in a low voice.
"Buffy dear, why so down?" Mrs. Masters asked.
"It's James, he got hurt pretty badly."Buffy replied in the low voice.
"Oh my, is he alright. Are you alright. Where are you guys?"Mrs. Masters asked, turning frantic.
"The hospital." Buffy answered. With that' she heard Mrs. Masters hang up. Her next task was calling her parents. She dialed her phone number and waited for someone to pick up. After ten rings, the machine picked up and Buffy left a vague message so that her parents wouldn't freak.
"Mom, Dad, it's Buffy. I just wanted to let you know that I'm fine. Something happened and so I'll be where I am until I hear some news. I have a ride home, so I'll see you later." With that, she hung up the phone, thanked the nurse again, and started walking back to the waiting room.
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