"It's time to make that decision mate, I know you don't want to but
now is the time." Spike said helping his Sire up
"I know, I'll be back in an hour. Watch my family?" Angel said looking at his childe.
"Who better to watch a family than a family?" Spike said and threw him his coat.
Angel arrived at Giles' house, and without knocking he let himself in.
There Giles sat crying and cradling a bottle of scotch and staring at that fucking arrow.
"Giles?" Angel said taking away the arrow.
"Angel I'm so sorry." He said with blood shot eyes. "Angel I'm losing my daughter, I'm losing her to the fucking council because she was a liability, because she refused to hand over herself and her child to them!" He wailed
Angel held the Watcher, feeling his pain, but quickly pulling away when he realized they needed to move quickly to help his wife.
"Giles, I need you to think: has a Slayer ever been turned?" Angel asked holding the man by his shoulders.
"W-what? Angel why would-? You're not making sense. Why would you care at this point?" Giles stammered not seeing why Angel would want to know about turned slayers.
"Just answer the fucking question!" Angel roared and turned in to game face. This was taking up too much precious time that Buffy didn't have.
"N-no no a Slayer has never been turned. Vampires are usually to high off of slayer's blood, since they have never tasted it, to even think about it. And those who have though about it really don't want to." Giles said then straitened up. "The bloody Council has taken measures in the Slayer so that if it did happen she would retain her soul and therefore be an eternal slayer."
Angel's eyes widened. "Why hasn't the Council made an eternal Slayer?"
"'Too much of a liability'. A slayer only lives a few years because of the Council's training. It's very scripted and rehearsed and taught to every slayer; kick, jab, punch, sweep kick, and stake. This ensured that the slayer wouldn't last long, therefore never getting a mind of her own, never having the chance to question the Council. An eternal slayer would be the most powerful slayer of all time and out last the Council, then the Council would lose it's power. Therefore if a slayer has been bitten or drained she is usually found right away and disposed of properly." Giles finished and looked up at Angel.
"Giles what would you say if we were to make an eternal slayer?" Angel said with a hopeful glare.
"Hey B." Faith said as Buffy opened her eyes to see her sister slayer patting a wet towel on her forehead,
"Hey Faith." She winced as she sat up. "You ready to be the One girl in all the world?" Buffy said with a small spiteful laugh.
"B, no you're going to get better, you always do. You like to put us through hell worrying about you and then you are gonna bounce back and kick another apocalypses ass." Faith said with a small smile.
"You know you are a really bad liar right?" Buffy said putting her hand over faiths. "I'm trusting you with my family and friends, hell the world too, but no pressure." Buffy laughed with a sideways glance.
"I'm so sorry B." She said as they both collapsed into a fit of tears holding each other. The two girls in all the world who have both saved it once or twice, never feared death and always managed to do their sacred duty couldn't manage to look at each other without crying.
Angel arrived back at the mansion and called an immediate meeting of the Scoobies. They all gathered around the kitchen, all very puffy eyed and in various stages of despair when Angel spoke.
"I can save Buffy." He said simply, instantly catching their attention. "You may not like my plan, you may despise me for wanting to do this, but you need to ask yourselves if you are ready to leave that petite blonde up stairs, behind." He said looking at all of then.
"I want to turn her. To make her like me but nothing like me." Angel paused and gathered strength, praying he could convince them. "I talked to Giles tonight, I asked if a slayer has ever been turned. He said no, because the Council didn't want an entity with such power and a freethinking mind, because a slayer retains her soul. She would become an eternal Slayer." He paused and looked at their quizzical faces.
"Buffy is my wife, my mate and the mother of my little girl upstairs. She is your friend, your sister slayer and the champion of this world. And because she is my mate I have every right to go and do this with out your permission, but I don't want her to live an eternity knowing you despise her, shun her and hate her. So I ask, no I plead that you let me do this." Angel paused and looked at them, trying desperately to read their thoughts.
Moments ticked away and the group stood there in shock. And then in an instant the silence broke.
"Do it," Xander said surprising Angel, looking awestruck. "I may be selfish in saying this but I can't live with knowing I could have saved a woman who has saved us so many times without even thinking twice about it."
Oz nodded and so did Faith. Angel looked at willow and she just smiled.
"You really think I would have hated her? Please Angel save her, but only if she wants too. Eternal sounds like a long time." Willow said giving a small smile.
Angel looked to Spike who was grinning with a smoking cigarette protruding from his mouth. Angel nearly laughed out loud in happiness and bounded up the stairs.
Buffy was in the bathroom coughing up blood as Angel walked into their room. She quickly disposed of the evidence and washed her face and walked over to the balcony over looking Sunnydale.
"Buffy.." Angel questioned.
"It's so beautiful, so beautiful yet so dangerous. I want you to protect her Angel." She said as he wrapped his arms around her, she leaned her head back and felt instant comfort. "And I want you to keep a close eye on Faith, make sure she doesn't go off on us again. The entire hellmouth is a big responsibility. And make sure Giles doesn't get himself hurt, along with willow, oz and especially Xander."
"Buffy..." He tried again.
"I want you to give Keira my claddagh ring when she gets old enough, it was special to me and I want it to be special for her, and my cross too." She sighed. "And I don't want you to try and watch the sunrise, she needs at least one parent, so please be strong for me."
"Buffy do you want to do that yourself." Angel said turning her around to face him.
"Angel please don't deny any longer that I'm dying. Please." Buffy said tears welling up in her eyes.
"Buffy what if I told you-you could live forever, like me with a permanent soul. Becoming an Eternal Slayer. You would be able to watch our daughter grow, give her those things yourself, watch over your friends and live!" Angel said looking desperately at her
She didn't say a word, instead she just pulled back her hair and exposed her neck and whispered:
"Forever that's the whole point"
"I know, I'll be back in an hour. Watch my family?" Angel said looking at his childe.
"Who better to watch a family than a family?" Spike said and threw him his coat.
Angel arrived at Giles' house, and without knocking he let himself in.
There Giles sat crying and cradling a bottle of scotch and staring at that fucking arrow.
"Giles?" Angel said taking away the arrow.
"Angel I'm so sorry." He said with blood shot eyes. "Angel I'm losing my daughter, I'm losing her to the fucking council because she was a liability, because she refused to hand over herself and her child to them!" He wailed
Angel held the Watcher, feeling his pain, but quickly pulling away when he realized they needed to move quickly to help his wife.
"Giles, I need you to think: has a Slayer ever been turned?" Angel asked holding the man by his shoulders.
"W-what? Angel why would-? You're not making sense. Why would you care at this point?" Giles stammered not seeing why Angel would want to know about turned slayers.
"Just answer the fucking question!" Angel roared and turned in to game face. This was taking up too much precious time that Buffy didn't have.
"N-no no a Slayer has never been turned. Vampires are usually to high off of slayer's blood, since they have never tasted it, to even think about it. And those who have though about it really don't want to." Giles said then straitened up. "The bloody Council has taken measures in the Slayer so that if it did happen she would retain her soul and therefore be an eternal slayer."
Angel's eyes widened. "Why hasn't the Council made an eternal Slayer?"
"'Too much of a liability'. A slayer only lives a few years because of the Council's training. It's very scripted and rehearsed and taught to every slayer; kick, jab, punch, sweep kick, and stake. This ensured that the slayer wouldn't last long, therefore never getting a mind of her own, never having the chance to question the Council. An eternal slayer would be the most powerful slayer of all time and out last the Council, then the Council would lose it's power. Therefore if a slayer has been bitten or drained she is usually found right away and disposed of properly." Giles finished and looked up at Angel.
"Giles what would you say if we were to make an eternal slayer?" Angel said with a hopeful glare.
"Hey B." Faith said as Buffy opened her eyes to see her sister slayer patting a wet towel on her forehead,
"Hey Faith." She winced as she sat up. "You ready to be the One girl in all the world?" Buffy said with a small spiteful laugh.
"B, no you're going to get better, you always do. You like to put us through hell worrying about you and then you are gonna bounce back and kick another apocalypses ass." Faith said with a small smile.
"You know you are a really bad liar right?" Buffy said putting her hand over faiths. "I'm trusting you with my family and friends, hell the world too, but no pressure." Buffy laughed with a sideways glance.
"I'm so sorry B." She said as they both collapsed into a fit of tears holding each other. The two girls in all the world who have both saved it once or twice, never feared death and always managed to do their sacred duty couldn't manage to look at each other without crying.
Angel arrived back at the mansion and called an immediate meeting of the Scoobies. They all gathered around the kitchen, all very puffy eyed and in various stages of despair when Angel spoke.
"I can save Buffy." He said simply, instantly catching their attention. "You may not like my plan, you may despise me for wanting to do this, but you need to ask yourselves if you are ready to leave that petite blonde up stairs, behind." He said looking at all of then.
"I want to turn her. To make her like me but nothing like me." Angel paused and gathered strength, praying he could convince them. "I talked to Giles tonight, I asked if a slayer has ever been turned. He said no, because the Council didn't want an entity with such power and a freethinking mind, because a slayer retains her soul. She would become an eternal Slayer." He paused and looked at their quizzical faces.
"Buffy is my wife, my mate and the mother of my little girl upstairs. She is your friend, your sister slayer and the champion of this world. And because she is my mate I have every right to go and do this with out your permission, but I don't want her to live an eternity knowing you despise her, shun her and hate her. So I ask, no I plead that you let me do this." Angel paused and looked at them, trying desperately to read their thoughts.
Moments ticked away and the group stood there in shock. And then in an instant the silence broke.
"Do it," Xander said surprising Angel, looking awestruck. "I may be selfish in saying this but I can't live with knowing I could have saved a woman who has saved us so many times without even thinking twice about it."
Oz nodded and so did Faith. Angel looked at willow and she just smiled.
"You really think I would have hated her? Please Angel save her, but only if she wants too. Eternal sounds like a long time." Willow said giving a small smile.
Angel looked to Spike who was grinning with a smoking cigarette protruding from his mouth. Angel nearly laughed out loud in happiness and bounded up the stairs.
Buffy was in the bathroom coughing up blood as Angel walked into their room. She quickly disposed of the evidence and washed her face and walked over to the balcony over looking Sunnydale.
"Buffy.." Angel questioned.
"It's so beautiful, so beautiful yet so dangerous. I want you to protect her Angel." She said as he wrapped his arms around her, she leaned her head back and felt instant comfort. "And I want you to keep a close eye on Faith, make sure she doesn't go off on us again. The entire hellmouth is a big responsibility. And make sure Giles doesn't get himself hurt, along with willow, oz and especially Xander."
"Buffy..." He tried again.
"I want you to give Keira my claddagh ring when she gets old enough, it was special to me and I want it to be special for her, and my cross too." She sighed. "And I don't want you to try and watch the sunrise, she needs at least one parent, so please be strong for me."
"Buffy do you want to do that yourself." Angel said turning her around to face him.
"Angel please don't deny any longer that I'm dying. Please." Buffy said tears welling up in her eyes.
"Buffy what if I told you-you could live forever, like me with a permanent soul. Becoming an Eternal Slayer. You would be able to watch our daughter grow, give her those things yourself, watch over your friends and live!" Angel said looking desperately at her
She didn't say a word, instead she just pulled back her hair and exposed her neck and whispered:
"Forever that's the whole point"