Title: Immortal Miracles

Author: Kristin Hulett Buffy and the Scooby Gang find out about the prophecy about Angel turning human, i.e. the Shanshu prophecy. Then they get some strange dreams and prophecies of their own.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters on Buffy and Angel. I am only a lowly fan who liked the Angel/Buffy relationship and has my own ideas about the prophecy Wesley found. The only characters that are possibly mine are the members of the Council of Miracles (and Megan, in the epilogue). Meaning, don't sue me because what would you expect to get out of a 23-year-old without a job, driver's license, or anything that could possibly mean my family's rich. All you would get would be a lot of junk and a possibly psycho golden retriever.

Part Nine

Willow is sitting cross-legged on her bed. She looks at Xander, who is pacing in the area between the two beds. "OK, Xander. What's the problem?'

Xander doesn't even stop pacing to talk. "Well, I was heading over here to tell you that Giles is staying with Cordelia while he is in LA. On the way here, I ran into Buffy. She told me that she was going to her mom's house to tell her what's up. I blew it off at first . . ."

Willow interrupts. "So? I'm not seeing what the problem is."

"She wasn't heading toward her mom's house. She was going toward the bus station."

"Did she have any bags or anything? Anything to tell us she left?" Willow, anticipating Xander's answer, is already heading toward the closet.

"I don't know. I didn't pay attention."

Willow opens the closet and starts looking inside. She looks in Buffy's weapons chest, and notices that some stuff is missing. She goes to the back of the closet.

Xander, by now, is confused. "Will, what're you doing in there?"

Willow's voice comes out from behind all the clothes. "Buffy's jacket is missing. You know, the one Angel gave her sophomore year of high school. She had hidden it back here after the 'confrontation' between him and Riley."

"So she took a jacket. I'm not seeing the point."

"She has hardly ever worn it after graduation. She didn't want to be reminded of him when she was trying to move on."

Xander looks on Buffy's desk. "Oh, hey. Her wallet's gone, too. And her keys."

Willow thinks back. "This morning she was thinking about going to see Giles. I tried to stop her, but you know her when she gets determined."

Xander quickly realizes something. "She was heading to the bus station. What if she's going to LA?"

Willow answers his question while walking out of the closet. "We should call Giles."

Xander picks up the phone, dials, and hands the phone to Willow when it starts ringing.

At the bus station, Buffy is still waiting for the bus to LA. She mentally goes over what she is going to do when she sees Giles. She also is still angry about Spike telling Riley. She decides that she will find something to kill in LA.

Her thoughts are interrupted by an announcement about boarding her bus. She stands up, gathers her jacket and bag, and walks toward the bus. She shows her ticket and gets on.

Meanwhile, Giles and Angel are, once again, researching to find out anything they can about the Council of Miracles. They are at Cordy's apartment, but she is at an audition. Wesley has been sent out to get more research materials. The two men are sitting at the kitchen table, which is completely covered by Giles's books and various others that Angel has provided.

Suddenly, the phone rings. They look at each other, silently asking the other if they should answer. Finally, Angel goes over to the phone and picks up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Angel? It's Willow. Is Giles there?"

"Yeah. Do you want to speak with him?"

"Yeah, kind of. It's an emergency."

Angel gets a worried look on his face, but hands the phone to Giles.

"Hello? This is Giles speaking."

"Giles. It's Willow. We have a slight problem here."

"What? Is there some new demon or vampire cult that has attacked?"

"No . . . We think Buffy found out you were there in LA, and is on her way there right now. By the way, she's also really angry."

"Why? And how did she discover where I am?"

"I didn't tell her, and Xander didn't either. We think she went to your place and found out something there. And she's angry because Riley found out about the prophecy from Spike, and he broke up with her. I just wanted to warn you that she's going your way."

"OK. We'll be ready. I'll inform the others of the situation. I'll call if I find her or there is another serious problem."

"'K. Bye!"

Giles hangs up the phone and glances at Angel. He gives no indication of having listened to the conversation. Giles contemplates how much, if any, of the information he should tell. Finally, Angel makes the decision for him.

"What's the problem? Who's angry and coming here?"

"Oh, um . . . Buffy. She found out that Riley discovered information on the prophecy." Giles doesn't want to admit that it was Spike that caused the problem. "He told her he did not want to see her again. She is coming to LA, presumably after me."

Angel looks down at the table. "Oh."

Giles realizes he has broken the rule about not ever saying the name Buffy in Angel's presence. Cordelia had told him about it the first day he was there. "I'm sorry."

"No. It's OK. I can deal."

Giles doesn't believe him.

That night, everyone in both LA and Sunnydale are on edge. Except for one person, who is disembarking off a bus at an unnamed bus station in LA.

Buffy steps out of the bus and looks around her. She is not in a familiar part of LA. After a minute, she heads to a phone booth nearby. When she gets there, she picks up the phone book, and flips through it. She looks for a listing for Cordelia Chase. A couple seconds later, she finds it. She rips the page out of the book and sets off in the general direction of Cordy's apartment building.