Always yours
Summary: It's time for the end of days and a newly single Buffy Summers is sent to L.A for a final battle with an army of slayers. Will this do a thing to change her? Will she and her love be reunited at last or will all hopes be destroyed? And yeah there is a paring! No hints!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own anything Angel or Buffy except for the story! They are owned by the almighty Joss! All hail! Bows Oh and my Buffy and Angel box-sets of course! What? The flashback for 7.2 was taken from the Where Angels Fall fan listing which can be found at: Thanks for the review emma172 and Mollie! Let us see if you guessed right Emma. And Mollie I love cliff hangers it adds tension so WHY NOT! WHY NOT! This was mostly wrote at 11 pm so it may have more typos ect than usual! You know the long flashback last chapter you will not believe how many times I watched the episode "The Prom" to get that! Took me ages, I hope you appreciate that! P more at the end…
This story WILL spoil the story of Chosen from Season 7, some of season 6 of Buffy and most of Season 5 of Angel - Definitely the ending! This particular chapter involves a reference to some 7.2 and 6.2. Angel season 1 as well!
Chapter Four: Alive and Kicking
Buffy P.O.V
"Answer young Slayer the destiny of a Vampire will now be decided," The Powers yelled. I closed my eyes even though there was no point, hell all I can see is bright white and more white. I thought hard of the faces of the two vampires I loved and made my choice. With the face of the Shanshu receiver clear in my mind I opened my mouth and prepared to yell his name. His image in my head, with his cheeky grin as well, I opened my mouth to proclaim his name. The name bursting inside of me! The name of the one who I must Shanshu! The name of the new human who would be able to die and be as weak as a newly sired Vamp! The Vampire who I must place this new power upon; it was the only option. I bet the Powers are getting pissed off so I'll say it now.
"The one to become human will be," I sighed and breathed deeply, this was the only way to stay with the one I loved "Spike!" (A/N Shock, shock, horror, horror eh Emma?)
"It will be done you have a day incase you believe you made the wrong choice. The Powers that Be leave you now!" The white light flashed and I was back to that alley again. Then I heard a man scream! Was it Xander or Andrew or even Giles? No it's not British enough so Giles is out of the picture. It's manly so it's definitely not Andrew! And well I can't hear a lame joke about it so it's not Xander. So that leaves that Lorne demon, but I don't really think it's him, Gunn but it's not American enough for him. Oh my God that leaves two people…
Spike P.O.V
Bloody hell! This pain is worse than receiving my soul. Hell, it's worse than the guilt I felt after I got my soul for trying to rape Buffy. This is even worse than the pain of heartbreak I felt after Buffy dumped me as she was using me. Oh god this is worse than seeing her and peaches lock-lips while I was taunted by the First evil. Bugger all this pain talk; I should say the main source of my pain. In all truth it's bloody Buffy!
"Bloody hell!" I cried out. Peaches turned to look at me. He turned blurry and my world faded to black… (A/N are you starting to guess what I love?)
Angel P.O.V
Spike's down. Spike is down! What the hell is wrong with him? Maybe he went all woozy about seeing Buffy again. There was a sudden flash of light and before me appeared Buffy. She stared at me and indicated the alley where we talked about 3 minutes ago about the Shanshu prophecy. I knew she had probably made her choice and hell my heart wasn't beating but Spike's wasn't either so maybe it wasn't in effect yet. I followed her to the end of the alley where she sat on top of the dumpster.
"Err… Angel you may want to sit down for this news," She mumbled. She was the perfect mirror image, if that is possible, of me while in brood mode. Heck she even had the blank facial expression. Maybe this news is worse than I thought.
"Ok then, the good or bad news first?" She asked willingly
"Bad. I'd prefer to get that over with." Hell yeah I would!
"Ok Angel this may be a long speech just don't interrupt!" I nodded at the comment. "Let me begin with how the Wolfram and Hart army will return in three years on my birthday!" I opened my mouth. "I thought we agreed on the no interrupting eh mister? Ok well it gets worse, I gave my word on the Shanshu receiver and the effect will happen in two minutes near or about. The only problem is I chose who I had too. The Powers helped me slightly. Yes Angel I never forgot"
I got the intention of those words. It was from the day I fought the Mohra (sp?) Demon and turned human. Only to turn back time to take away the moments we had together. I was speechless. She had no chance of me interrupting now! "Let me continue Angel, I came to believe someone namely you turned back time as you were unable to protect me. Also if you did stay human I would of died at the end of days. The end of days is coming and on my birthday! I knew you'd feel guilty so I said the name I had to; I gave Shanshu to Spike…" I was upset yes but in someway she did it for her own safety. I couldn't stay mad at Buffy she will always be in my heart. I looked away still, where was my closet when I needed it?
Buffy P.O.V
"…Please don't go all broody there is a good side! The Powers did not only allow me to remember the day you became human. They also told me about some of the future my future of love. I tell you this now as it has been burning me up inside. I am quoting the Powers here ok! 'The Vampire you give Shanshu will not be the Vampire you stay with in (A/N ok last chapter I did a typo and put is instead of in sorry!) a relationship. You will be with the leftover soul-owning Vampire until death hits you'. You see Spike was right we will be in love until it kills both of us! Well the actual truth is I'll die then you'll brood for about a hundred more years!" I smiled trying to comfort him.
I will always be human and I will die. I am one of the many targets; Slayers. The pain I feel is horrible. Have I been selfish and taken away Angel's only hope to be human just so he stays with me? Should I yell to go back to the Powers so I can change my mind? I could and if needed I would stay in an unhappy relationship with Spike just to keep my true love happy. I had finally finished baking and knew who I wanted to stay with forever. I stopped baking as soon as Angel left Sunnydale; after I told him about Spike and mentioned the word 'boyfriend'…
-Flashback-
"Aha!"saidAngel who then pointed"Boyfriend!"
"He's not. But...he is in my heart." I replied fast to that! Why does he always get all huffy!
"That'll end well." Was allAngelhad to reply and he then walked away and leant on a nearby tombstone
"What was the highlight of our relationship? When you broke up with me or when I killed you? I'm well aware of my stellar history with guys... " I regretted saying that as soon as i did. I signed and leant beside Angel. "And, no, I don't see fat grandchildren in the offing with Spike, but I don't think that really matters right now." Ichuckled at this "You know, in the midst of all this insanity, a couple things are actually starting to make sense. And the guy thing—" I sighed again this was very tough! "I always feared there was something wrong with me, you know, because I couldn't make it work. But maybe I'm not supposed to."
"Because you're the slayer?" Was what Angel has to reply.
"Because -- OK, I'm cookie dough. I'm not done baking. I'm not finished becoming whoever the hell it is I'm gonna turn out to be. I make it through this, and the next thing, and the next thing, and maybe one day I turn around and realize I'm ready. I'm cookies. And then, you know, if I want someone to eat— "My eyes went wide as i caught myself."or enjoy warm, delicious cookie me, then...that's fine. That'll be then. When I'm done." I said matter-of-factly!
"Any thoughts on who might enjoy— " he sighed and, it may of just been me, he looked irratated."Do I have to go with the cookie analogy?"
"I'm not really thinking that far ahead. That's kind of the point." Was my simple reply
Angel handed me the amulet and then said"I'll go start working on the second front. Make sure I don't have to use it." He started to walk away..
"ANGEL!" I yelled, I secretly didn't want to see him walk away again.
He turned to look at me and thensimply said"I do... sometimes think that far ahead." He paused."Sometimes is something." he then smiled andstarted to walk away.
"Be a long time coming. Years, if ever." Was what i said to him. I didneed time to bake!
He shruged and replied "I ain't getting any older."he then walked away...
-End flashback-
Angel P.O.V
"Angel I will go back to the Powers just to change this if you want me too! Mylast three years of life will then be lived with Spike. As the Powers have told you, if you become human I will die at the end of days; my birthday in three years. I will die for you so you can be human just say the word and I will go!"
Oh my God! What am I meant to do here? Yes I want to be human but I do not want Buffy to suffer for it. The Powers are twisting this to see if I am worthy! If this is the way there playing I only have one choice for this option! Fight fire with fire seems to be my only method.
"Buffy take me to the Powers! They owe me that much after Cordy's death." The pain still hurts, even though I saw her in a ghostly form. She led me to the Circle of the Black Thorn, but we were never warned about her evil child.
"If I start to get head-splitting visions because of you well you'll pay mister! You'll pay alright! I'm chosen enough already." She was right. She was the Producer of a line of Slayers. Heck she was probably the Slayer who saved the world the most. Let me count up how many times she's helped save the Powers ass. The master of course she did die for a few minutes, me and Acathla (sp?), the mayors ascension, Adam, Glory with Dawn (I mean she died for that!), Dark Willow, The First and her army of Ubervamps (Even though that was kinda Spikes saving of the day!) I bet the Powers would be lost without her! That's seven apocalypses! I almost forgot the one yesterday that makes it eight! Plus hundreds of possible evil outbreaks like with Spike and Drusilla and many other demons and Vampires.
"Ok if you get visions em… you can cover my hotel room with crosses, holy water and Bibles! Agreed?"
"Fine mister but if it happens I will buy the hugest cross and attach it to your bed! Then in the spaces I'll get 4 huge bibles! And maybe ill put a huge cross one and a half meters away from your door so you can't even go into your house without pain! And I'll get a priest to bless your water supply. Good bye showers and baths, hello rank Angel! You better believe me I'm not joking…
Willow P.O.V
Buffy has been gone a long time with Angel and I am starting to worry! Does she have something to do with Spike? Does she even know about spike? I reckon Angel has something to do with that! I'm gonna go check on them! Then I heard the voice in my head.
"Willow can you hear me, if so come to the alley I'm in with Dawn, me and Angel need your help!"
Buffy filled me in on the events involving Spike and I was really shocked at her request! And with that I rushed to Dawn, told her the short story and moved on towards the alley.
A/N Ok then I'm stopping here I see no-one guessed right P Hehe! The quotage from the short print of the Shanshu is said by Buffy here so I hope you guessed! It's not as long but I am going to be slower at updating! My exam revision starts now and this will probably be on hold until Tuesday. Maybe later but probably not! I found another song I love! You know the episode "The Gift" in season five? SPOILER ALERT for those who haven't seen it! Well you know when Buffy jumps off the tower and that song plays as she is telling Dawn stuff like "Tell Giles I figured it out!" Ect Well I found that song it's called The Sacrifice! SPOILERS OVER )! Well do you reckon I should do some more P.O.Vs like Giles and Xander and maybe well Dawn? Angel, Spike, Buffy and some Willow is a bit dull when repeated. Thanks see ya when I update!
Britt