A/N: This chapter delves into some darker concepts, and is rated R for a reason, you have been warned. *smile* -Katlin
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6.Darkest Betrayal
//Darkest Betrayal:
I am crying here, lost in darkness:
hurtling through this bitter agony,
heart so bleeding and empty.
this love so betrayed,
a tragic void,
thrown away;
yet I wish for
your touch so alive.// - A me original (with the help of a poem creator.*)
Oz stared at Willow watching her beautiful features contort with surprise. 'I bet she's shocked, never in all our
time had I ever had expected for her to cheat one me... and now she just throws away all our trust... to what? Be
with another women... a man I could understand but this' Oz's mind continued it's never-ending rant, while his
dark eyes glazed with pain, never left the two girls.
"Oz!" He heard her say, over and over trying unsuccessfully to snap him from his comatose state. "Oz, baby
please talk to me," she pleaded, stroking his face.
He flinched back from the touch, his face a mask of solace as he looked at her, "Why?" was all he was able to
strain out, the pain is heart threatening to overwhelm his very existence.
"I... there was just something there... I needed to find out what I was feeling when I looked at her," she stuttered,
watching carefully for Oz's reaction.
"... what did you feel?" he asked, his voice sounding on the verge of cracking.
"I don't know, I love you Oz... but I think a part of me knows I love her too," she replied truthfully, tears filling
her glistening eyes.
"Do you need time...?" he questioned carefully, 'I don't want her to leave me, but sometimes true love means
letting them find their own happiness no matter the price to you'
"I think I... do," she answered, watching in grief as his face crumpled in soul deep agony.
"Then... I'll give it to you, love," he smiled, a fake plastering meant only to placate her sorrow.
"I'm sorry, Oz," she whispered. "It wasn't something I was looking for, but it's there and it's powerful," she
whispered. Oz only nodded leaving a tear stricken Willow to watch his retreating form. Collapsing in Tara's arms,
Willow let the flood gates open.
Angelus's scream of pain pierced through the dusk sky, bone and flesh ripping beneath the small unforgiving
metal. 'Thank god it only hit his leg' Buffy thought although her fear was still holding her in place.
Holtz didn't seem surprised by where the bullet had landed, 'my gun, my gun, my fault' repeated itself in Buffy's
mind. Luckily she knew there was only two bullets left, and he probably used the other one for practice. 'Thank
god for small favors'
Angelus dropped to the hard ground, a deep pain vibrating through his body. He couldn't understand what he
had just undergone, only ever hearing rumors of these deadly weapons. He felt a sharp tug on his hair, Holtz
pulling him up to sit.
"Look at me Angel... you haven't felt pain, until you see someone you love leave you," he said venomously.
"I watched... my mother die, by your doing," Angelus struggled out, his mind threatening to sink onto blissful unconsciousness.
Holtz just laughed, the skittish sound unpleasant to even his own ears. "Yes, but first I watched her abandon me...
just so she could fall at your royal father's feet, and have worthless children like you... your father may have been
the reason she came, but you are the reason she stayed."
Holtz suddenly strutted determinably over to Buffy, watching as the now fragile girl seemed to shake
uncontrollably. Buffy could hardly breathe, she should fight, do something. 'He'll kill me if I do, he's two large...
and that Conner is around too' so instead she remained, her feet intact to the ground. Holtz was waltzing over to
her, a malicious smirk on his features. Suddenly she felt a powerful fist grab her around the throat, all she could
do was simply flail around the powerful grip, oxygen quicky leaving her body.
Xander and Anya were walking in silence, both trying not to think of a certain event that happened yesterday.
They's been swimming in one of the beautiful waterfalls for almost a half an hour now, and the close proximity
was starting to wear on both of their will power.
Honestly even with the uncomfortable strain in his jeans, he had a great day. They had visited the village and she
even showed him the place where the town leaders met. The ahupuaa, or King resided over them all, since her
father was the king she was privileged with her own hut, and other valuable resources.
She had taught him some Hawaiian phrases on their nature hike, such as "Mauka", which means toward the
mountains, where weather is generally cooler and cloudier. You're more likely to find sunshine "makai", or
towards the beach.
He watched in awe as Anya swam gracefully over to him, standing up in front of his body, "do you want to
interlock now?" she asked bluntly, her arousal growing since the beginning of the tour.
'God yes' Xander thought but his mouth said otherwise, "I, we can't not with the virus going around... I meen if
you still want to... interlock after the vaccines are given then that's one thing..." he finished with an almost shy stare.
Anya seemed placated with his answer for now, "fine then, I await the day in which you will give multiple
orgasms." as she floated back away, Xander just chuckled. 'I really like that girl'
Angel watched helplessly as the women he had come to despise gasped for breath, his uncle's large hand straining
the life out of her. 'I can't just let her die' was his mantra, although essentially there was nothing he could do.
Holtz laughed at the women's pleading breaths, tossing her away to the strengthened ground. Then he used
intricate veins for a rope, as he tied her small hands to a tree, using a knife to cut off her minimal clothing.
Buffy watched, feeling the need to scream for help, she opened her mouth, "scream bitch and you die," whispered
Holtz running a wrinkled hand down her firm body.
Conner watched in amusement, 'why does my father get to have all the fun...well' he thought looking over at
Angelus, 'maybe not all of it.' Waking over to the prone man, Conner went about taunting him, with the news of
what was to come to his girl. "Does it hurt Angelus, that my father's going to dip into that sweet cunt, before you
ever get the chance, and your just going to watch?" he asked, kicking him hard in the stomach.
Angelus doubled over in pain, fear for both her's and his own life present in his system. 'There is nothing I can do'
he thought desperately, 'I can't even move my leg to get up'
Buffy wailed her cries, the begging falling on deaf ears. "Oh don't worry sweet thing you'll like it," he purred
evilly, running his hand over her dry sex, "or at least I will." suddenly Buffy couldn't keep the memories at bay, as
they tore through her frightened psyche.
*Flash*
A young Buffy sit swinging in the play ground, when a small brown haired boy walked up to her. "Hey, I'm Ford
do you want to play?" the boy asked curiously, wanting this blond girl to be his friend.
"Sure," Buffy said happily hopping off the playground equipment and following Ford over to the sand box. "I'm Buffy."
*Flash
"Buff you did great, completely hot!" Ford raved, seeing her uncertainty about the 9th grade swimsuit competition.
Ford and her had been best friends since they were seven and Buffy knew of course, without a doubt she could
always count on him to make her feel better.
"Yeah Buff, you looked fabulous," said her close friend and Ford's girlfriend Darla. Walking up she gave him a
peck on the lips, not letting Buffy see her jealously in Ford's attention to her.
"Thanks you guys," she replied, hugging him sweetly, and giving Dar a friendly smile.
*Flash
"Oh my god," she screamed, having just caught her boyfriend Pike locked in an intimate embrace with her once
friend Darla. "How could... both of you?" she asked her arms flailing wildly between the two.
"Well deary you see you just couldn't satisfy a man like Pike's needs," she replied in a falsely sweet voice.
".. But we were so close." she whispered desperately, large tears of betrayal brimming on her eyes.
"She's my soulmate," Pike said pulling Darla closer to him, Buffy just stared between the pair, finally fleeing from
the room. She didn't yet realize that Darla had been spinning a web of lies and manipulations for many years.
*Flash
Buffy fell on to her bed, crying her heart out, when a strong hand gripped her arm, whipping her back to face
him. "Ford?" Buffy asked with uncertainty due to her friends rough behavior.
"I know it was you!" he said glaring at her with blazing eyes, Buffy was shocked to see the deep hatred it them. 'I
wonder what I did wrong' she had thought.
"Ford.. I don't know what you meen?" she said confused.
"Darla left me because you told her I was cheating, how could you she was my world, my everything?" he
screamed tossing her back down to the bed and climbing on top of her body.
"Ford calm down... I swear I didn't do that," she said truthfully.
"Sure.. She said you would say that, but guess what, do you know what else she said, I do one simple thing for her
and were back together." Buffy looked at him with huge eyes, understanding he meant to pay her back for a crime
she didn't commit.
"Ford I swear....!!" was her muffled cry as his hand clamped over her mouth, proceeding to strip them from their
clothes, he raped her repeatedly, the ultimate betrayal from her best friend. After that day even with them both in
jail, she was never the same.
*Flash
Buffy's tears fell harder as she remembered the thing that had truly broken her. 'Now it's all going to happen
again' she thought defenselessly.
Holtz seemed oblivious to her pain as he stripped from his tightened pants, ready to penetrate the tight desert that
awaited his arrival...
Angelus watched with startled eyes, staring at what was going to happen to his beloved. 'My beloved?... Question
that later, save now' with renewed strength he punched Conner hard in th face rising unsteadily to his feet. 'What
a pussy' he thought, almost pissed that Conner was knocked out so easily.
Stumbling his way to the un-watching form of his uncle, Angelus grabbed the abandoned knife, unflinchingly
stabbing it into his turned back. 'Guess I just gave knew meaning to the word back stabber.' he thought drowsily
before collapsing on to her startled figure.
Holtz felt the cool stone through his back, blood leaking freely through the fresh slice. Standing up wearily, he
made his way to his wakening son. Bracing on him for support, they set off to their near by huts. 'Angelus hasn't
seen the last of us' he vowed.
Tentatively flipping Angelus over with her body, Buffy wiggled free of the ropes. She stared examined the open
wound. 'Why would he risk further injury to save me' she wondered, tears still new in her eyes. Grabbing her torn
suite top, she wrapped it tightly around the hole, needing to stop the blood flow. She watched as the sun set in an
array of colors, leaving only the moonlit sky. 'I don't know how to get back... this is all my fault, if I didn't have
that gun..' she stopped her worrisome thoughts there, setting out to find some supplies to make a fire. 'I just hope
he can make it through the night'
Yes, I left this chapter at a cliff-hanger too, because so many people decided to call me evil for the last one
*smirks* I'm innocent really... *evil* Really I was going to write it through but then..... I'll keep up the updates for
you guys, there should never be one more then a day or two apart. *smile*
Thanks so much to all that reviewed hope you enjoyed this chapter. PLEASE review, it's like water to a thirsty women. *wink, wink*
-Katlin { Conleykm@aol.com, Meurtrier}