Ch 3.
****From the dream in chapter 2****
Pain.
But it wasn't him.
No.it was a different monster.yet just the same as the other one.
They were two of a kind.
They liked hurting her.
But now there was only one.She could win against one.
He was laughing at her.As she tried to stand against the pain.
Her vision was blurred.He was taunting her.It was a game.Just like always.
Play the game.you can win.Her mind screamed.
There was a knife in his belt. It had to be at least six inches long. He wouldn't expect her to fight. She'd always been too afraid before.
Not now.
Lunging forward she tacked him, taking the blade.
He was laughing again.he thought it was funny.that she'd never win.
He was wrong.
There was blood.
His...
And she was free of one monster.
She looked down; his eyes, they were cold.Dead
And so was he. "BUFFY WAKE UP!" Giles shouted, shaking his niece with more force. She had started screaming a few minutes ago and it had taken him a bit to get through the lock on her door.
He knew why she locked it; and it was something that would take a long time to break. But she was scaring him. Hell he's nearly wet himself when she first started screaming.
Giles knew she had nightmares, re-living the past but they'd never been this bad. Poor thing it was killing her inside, yet she refused to give in. She was strong. Thank god. Otherwise she'd already be dead.
"Giles," Buffy croaked out through her strained throat. Un-shed tears glittered in her eyes.
Eyes like her mother's.Giles thought. But Buffy was stronger than Joyce; the survivor her mother never hoped to be.
"Shhh I'm here darlin'. It was just a nightmare.Shhh," Giles cooed, wrapping his niece in a warm embrace. To his surprise she didn't pull away. She just let her self be held.
She was beginning to trust him. He smiled at the thought.
"I'm fine now," Buffy said, finally pulling away.
"Ok, I'm going back to bed. In the morning I'm going to make an appointment with a Doctor. Just to see if they can give you any sleeping pills when your dreams get really bad," Giles said. He knew how she felt about getting help from strangers; they'd been over it before. But at least this way she had more of an option.
"Thanks," she muttered out as he closed the door.
Lying back in her bed Buffy kept her eyes open. She didn't want to go back to the memories that where waiting for her. Looking at her clock Buffy grimaced. Four hours till school started.
What the hell.I need to catch up on my classes. Pulling out her books she started on her catch up work.
****From the dream in chapter 2****
Pain.
But it wasn't him.
No.it was a different monster.yet just the same as the other one.
They were two of a kind.
They liked hurting her.
But now there was only one.She could win against one.
He was laughing at her.As she tried to stand against the pain.
Her vision was blurred.He was taunting her.It was a game.Just like always.
Play the game.you can win.Her mind screamed.
There was a knife in his belt. It had to be at least six inches long. He wouldn't expect her to fight. She'd always been too afraid before.
Not now.
Lunging forward she tacked him, taking the blade.
He was laughing again.he thought it was funny.that she'd never win.
He was wrong.
There was blood.
His...
And she was free of one monster.
She looked down; his eyes, they were cold.Dead
And so was he. "BUFFY WAKE UP!" Giles shouted, shaking his niece with more force. She had started screaming a few minutes ago and it had taken him a bit to get through the lock on her door.
He knew why she locked it; and it was something that would take a long time to break. But she was scaring him. Hell he's nearly wet himself when she first started screaming.
Giles knew she had nightmares, re-living the past but they'd never been this bad. Poor thing it was killing her inside, yet she refused to give in. She was strong. Thank god. Otherwise she'd already be dead.
"Giles," Buffy croaked out through her strained throat. Un-shed tears glittered in her eyes.
Eyes like her mother's.Giles thought. But Buffy was stronger than Joyce; the survivor her mother never hoped to be.
"Shhh I'm here darlin'. It was just a nightmare.Shhh," Giles cooed, wrapping his niece in a warm embrace. To his surprise she didn't pull away. She just let her self be held.
She was beginning to trust him. He smiled at the thought.
"I'm fine now," Buffy said, finally pulling away.
"Ok, I'm going back to bed. In the morning I'm going to make an appointment with a Doctor. Just to see if they can give you any sleeping pills when your dreams get really bad," Giles said. He knew how she felt about getting help from strangers; they'd been over it before. But at least this way she had more of an option.
"Thanks," she muttered out as he closed the door.
Lying back in her bed Buffy kept her eyes open. She didn't want to go back to the memories that where waiting for her. Looking at her clock Buffy grimaced. Four hours till school started.
What the hell.I need to catch up on my classes. Pulling out her books she started on her catch up work.