What if Angel was an actual angel? Set in Season 5, no Dawn, no Joyce dead, Oz didn't leave so no Tara and Buffy hasn't met Angel till this point.
Disclaimer: Don't own them, writing for fun and not getting paid too. Life is sooooo mean!
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Rating: I'm an M gal so, M it is.
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Warning: Characters death.
Just like an angel
Chapter 1 : The Accident
It was normal everyday night, with a normal everyday guy and his friends leaving a bar from celebrating a normal everyday engagement. That was when a normal everyday lovesick dumped and drunk guy came roaring down the street in his car, swerved and hit normal everyday guy.
"Riley!" shouted Graham after diving out of the way from the car with Oz, Xander and Forrest and noticedRiley wasn't with him "Oh god Riley!" Graham shouted at what he saw.
"Jesus!" Xander shouted as he looked at the very limp and bloody form of Riley.
"God dammit Oz phone the Ambulance!" Xander shouted as he tried to wake his friend up.
Oz immediately began to phone the emergency hotline with his mobile "Ambulance, Police now! My friend has been hit by a car!"
"Whatz happened?" grumbled the drunk as he stumbled out of his car to look at the bloody mess he created.
His nose was broken against the steering wheel from the impact and was bleeding freely but being drunk and numb as he was he couldn't feel anything. He looked around to try and make sense of what he did but couldn't put a proper thought orsentence in his head.
"You Bastered!" Graham roared in fury when he notice the drunkand punched him so hard he stumbled back "You fucking bastered!"
"Steady on mate!" the man reply trying to catch his barings and defend himself against the angry Graham.
"Look what you done!" Graham shouted gesturing to Riley beforelunging at him agian,only to beheld back by Oz "No he has to pay!"
"But not that way" Oz said, trying to hold onto Graham as well as controlling his anger at the drunken driver.
Riley groaned in pain making everyone turn to him, some part of them believed Riley would survive but deep down they knew as they all crowed around him. Letting the drunk run off.
"Riley you alright man?" Xander said only to find he was un-conciouse again.
At that point the ambulance arrives with the police and takes Riley to the hospital, nobody saw the man sitting on the hood of the crashed vehicle, watching them the whole time.
Buffy, Willow and Anya ran down the corridors of the sterile hospital to see Xander, Oz and Graham heads held low as they slumped on the hospital chairs. Buffy stopped dead in her tracks trying to form a word in her head but at Xander's look she knew her fiancé was in trouble. A deep coldness of fear filled the bottom of her spine rearing up to her head as she approached Xander wearily and swallowed, leaving her mouth un-confortably dry when she spoke.
"Xander, please tell me he's alright" Buffy whiphered as shebegged her best friend "Please!"
"There doing all they can Buff, I don't know if they could…" Xander trailed off, not really wanting to be the bearer of bad news.
"Please don't, he has to be okay" Buffy began to sob as Xander pulled her into asupportive hug"he has to"
The man that had watched Riley being hit was now watching her as soon as she came into the room, he felt love and warmth coming off her like a tidal wave as he watched her move to her friends. But what startled him was not only that she looked like some goddess she was the slayer and powerful one too. He felt sorry for the beautiful slayer and so he walk to Riley surgery room to save her beloved.
Curiously no one could see him walk into the restricted areas or the fact he opened the door to the surgery room. Riley was being operated upon as the surgeons tried there best to rescue him from death but the internal bleeding didn't seem to stop. Not one of the surgeons notice him entering the place as the man lifted a hand over Riley's face letting a beautiful golden white rays hit him. He moved down to his chest but soon the man knew it was indeed too late to help the human out of this problem as soon as the heart monitor ringed out. The surgeons did their best but like the man they failed too and so began to pack up there equipment.
The man sighed as another human life was lost and so going into business mode he pushed his hand into Riley like he was transparent and pulled out another Riley. A see-through Riley that didn't look he got hit by a car but what always look like, tall, handsome and friendly.
Just like a dog the man thought, then wondering why he thought it I don't think that way, humans do. Jesse it's like I'm jealous of him...no I can't be because jealousy is from human nature and I'm-
"Er hi" Riley said, pulling him out of his thoughts.
"Sorry I couldn't help you" he said to Riley like it nothing.
"What happened?" Riley said looking bewildered "why am I here?"
"You got hit by a car and so the ambulance drove you here" he drawled.
Riley looked at his bloody body "Am I dead?"
"Well, gee, ya think?" the man said almost sarcastically.
"Why couldn't you help me" Riley asked the man a little shocked and upset to know he was dead.
"Too much internal bleeding, like I said before sorry I couldn't help you" the man said.
"What's gonna happen now?" Riley asked.
"Well, they are gonna roll your body to the morgue and I'm going to send you to the 'better' place" the man said bluntly.
"I meant my friends, my family, my…Buffy" Riley said beginning to be upset now she was alone.
"Well they are going to be told your dead" the man said and begins to head for the door "Come on"
"but I need to say goodbye to her" Riley said pleadingly.
"Fine but she won't be able to see you" the man warned.
"Okay" Riley said and follow the mysterious man to the waiting room to find an anxious Buffy sitting down, he tried to hold her and comfort her but only pass through her.
"Did I mention that she can't actually know your there?" the man said "Your not in the physical world anymore"
"And what about you? Why can't they see you?" Riley said almost angrily.
"Because I'm not necessarily human" he said.
"So what are you?" Riley demanded "A Demon?"
"An angel actually" the man said.
"You're a-" Riley began in dismay.
"Your wasting your time" The man interrupt Riley "I still have a job and I rather not waste time by spending it being asked questions"
Riley nodded as he turned and kneels to Buffy "I know you would have been a beautiful bride on our wedding day Buffy and I know you'll continuously be beautiful after that. So stay strong and find yourself a man that will love you like I have, don't go for second best cause I know after you I won't find anyone like you" Riley said he put his hand near her cheek as if to stroke her there, realising now he wouldn't see her for a very long time"I love you forever more and don't worry I'll be okay" he stands up then looks at his friends "Look after each other guys cause I'll be expectingthat when I see you, you'll be old and grey" and looks at the angel who looked like he was about to say something but dropped it"I'm ready" the angel nods but before he could touch him Riley suddenly protested "Wait!".
"What is it?" the man asked a little annoyed now.
"I need you to do something for me" Riley said quickly "Because you couldn't save me I'm asking you to look after her"
"What?" the angel said a little shocked he should be requested that.
"I want you to guard her" Riley begged.
"It isn't in an angels policy to guard slayers" the man pointed out.
"Please" Riley begged.
There was honesty and love towards the Slayer the man could see from Riley's eyes, heck if he was in his position he would do the exact thing. He looked at the slayer as she was watching the doctor coming out of the surgery that Riley was in. Now that she was closer he could actually see what beauty had painted on her and indeed it had painted a masterpiece. Golden tresses, hazel green eyes and skin that seem to glow even in the harsh lights of the hospital. She was young, in her twenties yet some innocence remained in her soul, herwild yet gentle soul. He could see it there, beyond the hardened layers of what evil had thrown at her. Who wouldn't protect her?
"Please" Riley said almost desperately.
He watched the Doctor tell Buffy and her friends the bad news and saw them began to cry. But what made his heartache was when Buffy slowly sank to her chair again and cry, with no one to comfort her. Everyone else were too lost in there own pain.
"Fine" the man said as looked back at Riley.
"Thank you…?" Riley said as the man touched him and turning him into a silver glow.
As Riley disappeared the man smiled "Angelus"
TBC
This has been edited, cause to me it felt rushed and I forgot to put some vital things down.