I know it took me a while to put out the last chapter, sorry. I've been really busy but, anyways I just wanted to thank everyone who's been reviewing I love hearing what you think. Someone said the story seemed to drag I was just wondering if anyone else thought so, I thought it was going a little to fast a while ago and started trying to slow it down, but let me know if you want me to speed it back up.
Oh Yeah, The italics are dialog from the Show BTVS and Belong to Mutant Enemy and Joss Whedon and whoever else owns the rights to the show a.k.a. not me.
Manor:
"Chris." Piper said surprised as he orbed in. "Where have you been, are you ok." She rambled nervously.
"I'm fine." He said holding up a hand to stop her.
"I didn't think you'd come back." Leo admitted nervously. "Not so soon anyways."
"Let's just say it's been a long day." Chris replied. "I ran into Buffy."
"Is she ok?" Kyle interrupted concerned. She was still blocking him from sensing her.
"She was fighting Bianca." Chris replied. "Now Bianca says Buffy attacked her and Buffy says the opposite."
"Buffy wouldn't.." Piper began.
"Look, I'm not here to talk about that." Chris interrupted.
"Why are you here?" Wyatt asked. "I mean, why did you come back, you were pretty pissed when you left."
"Because." Chris sighed. "According to Buffy this Gideon guys big trouble and, well, you're my family. I didn't really give you a chance to explain. I Should have heard you out before I took off."
"What do you want to know?" Leo asked.
"Everything, the truth." Chris replied.
Alley:
"Hello pet."
"Spike?" Buffy said spinning around.
"Where's lover boy, or did you chase another one off?" He asked casually lighting a cigarette.
"What do you want?" She sighed.
"You know me Luv." He said smirking. "I wana Dance."
"I don't have time for this." She said rolling her eyes and turning to leave.
"They don't want you." He said causing her to pause. "Not really anyways, they only want you when they can't have you. Forbidden fruit and all."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" She asked not bothering to turn around.
"Haven't you ever wondered why it always seems to be you standing alone, watching them walk away." He replied. "Your unlovable pet, don't get me wrong you a good time and all but, no one last long around you."
"Shut up." She growled.
"Oh, hit a nerve did I?" He asked laughing.
"I don't know why I even bother listening to you." She said shaking her head before continuing on her way.
"You think your better than me?" He called after her.
"I know I am." She replied.
"At least I never pretend to be something I'm not." He called causing her to pause. "I for one am Sick of the Buffy moral superiority. You aren't better than me, were the same luv. Otherwise you wouldn't be in this mess."
"What do you know about it?" She asked spinning around.
"No matter how many lives you save, it will never make it ok." He said smirking. "You've got blood on your hands pet, the kind that doesn't wash off."
"How...how do you know?" She asked nervously taking a step back.
"Even if he remembers do you think he'll be able to look you in the eye knowing what you did?" He asked grinding his cigarette into the ground with his boot. "Your tainted." He said grinning evilly as he took a step foward.
"I'm not." She said quietly backing away.
"Then why does everyone you love leave you." He asked. "Well, it could just be a survival instinct. If they don't leave, you end up killing them."
"Shut up." She said blinking back the tears.
"You know it's true." he replied. "It's why you sent Dawn away. Your poison."
"I'm..." Buffy trailed off turning and running from him.
"I love it when they run." He said smirking as he disappeared.
Manor:
"Wait." Wyatt said stopping piper before she could even begin to try and explain.
"What?" Leo asked looking at his oldest son confused.
"Before you get into your whole long story, I just wanted to say thank you." Wyatt replied turning to his brother.
"Um, your welcome I guess." Chris shrugged.
"Look, I know you don't remember it, but you saved me, you saved this entire family. And this is all my fault." Wyatt replied.
"It isn't your fault." Piper began.
"Yes it is. I was the one who turned evil. If it wasn't for me Chris would have never had to go into the past in the first place, he wouldn't have died and..." Wyatt trailed off.
"That wasn't your fault, it was Gideon's." Piper declared.
"I still don't get why you brought Buffy here." Chris said.
"God why are guys so dense." Mel groaned.
"Why do you think dummy?" Sam asked rolling her eyes.
"He just wanted to give you a little time travel booty call." Jamie added grinning as her cousin turned red.
"What!" Chris said.
"Girls." Phoebe scolded trying not to laugh.
"What?" Jamie asked innocently.
"Yeah, Buffy was the one who suggested giving him a lap dance." Sam added grinning.
"You guys stop." Mel said giggling. "It wasn't like that. We just wanted to give you guys a second chance since well last time you sort of...well died."
Somewhere in San Francisco:
"I'm not poison." Buffy mumbled quietly to her self as she hurried down the empty streets.
"No, you're a hypocrite."
"Oh god." Buffy cried taking a tentative step away from the new arrival.
"What's the matter B?" She asked grinning. "You look like you've seen a ghost."
"Faith, but your..." Buffy said nervously.
"Dead, yeah I am, thanks to you." She said furiously.
"It wasn't my fault." Buffy said weakly.
"Never is." Faith spat back. "All those years, you sat there judging me, making me feel so inferior and you, you were the same. Well, no you weren't, you were worse. I killed a man by accident, you did it on purpose."
"You killed more than just one person." Buffy replied trying to figure out what the hell was going on.
"Maybe I wouldn't have if you hadn't been so quick to judge me. After the mayors aide, the way you looked at me, what did you expect me to do?" Faith demanded. "You made me who I was."
"No, you were evil. I didn't do that. And, Gideon was, I had to stop him." Buffy defended.
"Yeah, save it. Buffy can never do wrong. Gideon was evil, you had to stop him to save the world, but what about me B?" She asked. "You tried to kill me to, not to save the world, but for a man you weren't as in love with as everyone thought."
"I couldn't...I had to...why are you doing this?" Buffy asked.
"Because B, all those years I thought you hated me but, that wasn't it was it?" She asked. "You were afraid, afraid of becoming me. But don't worry about that, you are me. You are poison. And not the nice quick kind, but the slow painful kind. Didn't you learn your lesson the first time? Your just going to get him killed again."
"Your, Your not real...Your not really Faith." Buffy said taking a deep breath and trying not to let what she said get to her. "And that wasn't really Spike before, Who are you?"
"What's wrong B? Scared?" She asked as she began to change form.
"What's going on?" Buffy asked as the street slowly disappeared around them. "Where are we?" She asked confused as she felt a weight in her hand glancing down quickly she was surprised to find a sword. She looked up Quickly to find Angel in front of her.
Angel: (confused) What's happening?
No, She tried to scream realizing where she was. This can't be happening. It's just a memory she kept telling herself trying to turn away but as if someone else had control over her body she responded.
Buffy: (whispers reassuringly) Shh. Don't worry about it.
She brushes her fingers over his lips and across his cheek. She lays her hand on his cheek and kisses him softly. He returns the kiss, and it becomes more passionate. Behind them the vortex has grown to about five feet (1.5 m) across and continues to get larger. Buffy breaks off the kiss and looks deeply into Angel's eyes.
Buffy: (whispers) I love you.
Angel: (whispers) I love you.
She touches his lips with her fingers again.
Buffy: Close your eyes.
She nods reassuringly, and he closes his eyes. She tries hard not to start crying, and kisses him again gently. She steps back, draws back her sword and thrusts it into his chest. His eyes whip open in surprise and pain, and a bright light emanates from the sword. She steps away from him. He reaches out to her and looks down at the sword thrust completely through him. He looks at her imploringly, completely bewildered by this turn of events. She can only stare at the sword protruding from his chest, and slowly steps further back.
"I've relived this before, you'll have to do better." Buffy said finally regaining control as the memory had played itself out. "It's not real, your not scaring me."
"I'm so glad your over killing me." The demon said now in the form of Angel. "But, are you over killing him?"
"What?" She asked turning her head back and gasping.
"Buffy Why?" Chris asked falling back into the portal with the sword she stabbed him with lodged in his chest.
"Oh god, Chris. No, I didn't. It was Angel." She said.
"In the end you kill them all." Angel said as he changed. "Why do you keep hurting us?" He asked now appearing as Chris.
"I'm sorry, please, I didn't mean to. Chris please." Buffy begged as she fell to the ground curling up into a ball and sobbing. "I didn't mean to kill him."
"Yes you did." Chris said Turning back into Faith. "You always say you don't but you do."
"No, please stop." Buffy begged as the world once again changed around her and she lost control once again."Don't make me do this." She tried to say but all that came out was.
Buffy: What's the matter? All that killing, you afraid to die?
Faith
spins Buffy so she can get the leverage to use her legs and manages
to snap the handcuff chain. They face off. Faith holds a length of
pipe. Buffy pulls out Faith's knife.
Faith: That's mine.
Buffy:
You're about to get it back.
They exchange blows, Faith dodging
the knife. They move to the edge of the terrace and Faith holds Buffy
at the edge.
Faith: Man, I'm going to miss this.
Buffy breaks
Faith's grip and plunges the knife into Faith's abdomen. Both of them
looked stunned for a moment.
Faith: (weakly, but smiling) You did
it.
Faith throws Buffy away from her.
Faith: You killed me.
"You Killed me Buffy." Faith said Turning into Chris.
"This isn't real. She didn't die." Buffy said weakly watching as Chris mimicked what should have been Faith's part, stepping onto the ledge and glancing back once.
"Why do you keep doing this to me?" He asked as he fell off the side.
"Chris!" Buffy screamed watching him fall. "Why are you doing this to me!" She screamed as once again the world changed. "No, not this, anything but this."
Manor.
"How...how did I die?" Chris asked unsurely.
"Gideon, he killed you." Leo said sadly looking down at the floor and trying to compose himself. "He stabbed you with the athame he created to kill Wyatt."
"Then why...Why does Buffy think it was her fault?" Chris asked.
"She thinks it was her fault?" Paige asked surprised.
"Your surprised?" Piper asked shaking her head. "Of course she blames herself."
"It wasn't her fault." Leo said sadly.
"Yeah we know that, but try and convince her of that." Piper replied.
Elsewhere:
"Get Wyatt and go." Buffy said trying to sense where he went. Chris rushes toward him about to grab him when Gideon reapers stabbing him.
"Chris." Buffy cried watching him crumple to the ground. Gideon pulls the athame from him stepping towards Wyatt as Buffy stood frozen in shock. Before she could recover he was gone. Buffy rushed to him falling to her knees next to him.
"Chris, I'm so sorry, please, don't.."
"Dad." Chris began Shakily before passing out.
"LEO!" Buffy screamed frantically praying he'd be able to save him.
"Why? He couldn't save me last time, you failed me, you let me die?" Chris said glaring down at her.
"Please, I tried." Buffy sobbed looking up from the Chris in her arms to the one standing above her.
"It isn't your fault, not entirely." Chris replied. "It's just who you are, you're a killer."
"I'm not.." She protested weakly.
"Death is your gift." Chris said turning into the first slayer. "It's who you are, what we do." She said turning into Faith. "And you were always the best right?"
"I wont, I wont kill him." Buffy declared.
"Yes you will." Faith said turning into Angel. "Haven't you been paying attention to anything? You always kill us in the end." He said turning Back into Chris. "You destroy everyone you come into contact with, you can't help it, your poison."
"I don't mean to." Buffy sobbed brokenly.
"But you will." He replied. "You might as well just get it over with." He said waving his hand.
Manor:
"She thinks it's her fault because she froze." Wyatt said causing everyone to turn to him surprised. "What? I was there remember?"
"You were a year old." Chris replied.
"Yeah, but I remember, well I did a few days ago." Wyatt replied. "It was just the three of us up in the attic when Gideon attacked, came to kidnap me. Buffy tried to fight him off, she told you to take me and get out of there, but before you could he disappeared and reappeared right beside you. She froze, she just stood there and watched him stab you and take me. Even if she'd tried, there wouldn't have been anything she could do but, she froze and that's why she blames herself."
"But, it sounds like there was nothing she could do." Chris replied. "So what happened, how did you guys stop Gideon?"
"Buffy Killed him." Leo replied.
"And that's why he wants revenge." Chris sighed. "How come Wyatt remember and I don't?"
"Because it's part of his past and techincally not part of yours." Piper tried to explain. "By changing the past you made it so you never had to go back and, well it'll just make your head hurt to try and figure it out."
"So I'll never remember?" Chris asked.
"We don't know." Leo explained. "No one does. You may, you may not."
"We were kind of hoping you'd remember when you saw Buffy." Mel admitted.
"And what, forget all about Bianca?" Chris asked angerly.
"Sort of." Sam replied nervously.
"We just wanted you to be happy." Jamie defended.
"Will you guys ever learn to stay out of my personal life." Chris asked annoyed.
"Where am I." Buffy demanded appearing Suddenly.
"Buffy?" Kyle said confused studying her. "How did you get here?"
"I don't know." She began glancing around the room. She froze her eyes meeting Chris's. Everyone watched nervously as they stared at each other.
"Are, are you ok?" Chris asked unsurely taking a step foward. She was a mess, covered in scrapes and bruises and it was obvious she'd been crying.
"Stay away from me!" Buffy shouted stumbling away from him.
