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 Ten

It is very late at night, and Buffy is walking down an abandoned street in LA. As usual, she has a stake ready for if a vampire attacks. Also, her anger has not cooled down after Spike broke the news to Riley, causing him to break up with her. Any vampire that would attack now is doomed.

At that exact moment, a group of vampires who look like they were gang members in a previous life try to jump Buffy, not knowing she is an extremely pissed off Slayer. Not long after they attack, though, they find out.

Buffy swings around when she hears the movement behind her. She gets into a fighting stance, but that doesn't deter the vamps. Buffy makes a comment. "You do not want to be messing with me."

The lead vamp blows this off. "What? You're going to kill us?" He is clearly being sarcastic. "I don't think so."

"No, really. Attacking me is hazardous to your health. Didn't you see the Surgeon General's warning?"

"Just shut up and die already."

"Is that the best comeback you can make? God, vamps are getting stupider every day. Should I just have a neon sign over my head that says 'Slayer'?"

"If you're really the Slayer, that will make it even better when we kill you." At this, the lead vamp leads a rush toward her.

She doesn't even flinch. She sends a roundhouse kick at the leader's head. It connects, and with a solid thud, the vamp falls unconscious. The rest of the gang, even without a leader, continue coming at her. She grabs one of the vamps' arms, and flips him over to slam against the ground. He goes down for the count. Meanwhile, Buffy reaches into her bag, which is lying on the ground nearby. She takes out another stake and dispatches the two unconscious vamps. Then she turns on the remaining four vamps. Two of them try and rush her, thinking they'll surprise her.

Obviously, it doesn't work. She punches one of them in the head, and, with a quick jab of a stake, he's dusted. Unfortunately, she ends up off balance. The other vamp comes up from behind her and grabs her in a bear hug, pinning her arms to her sides. However, she regains her balance and quickly bends over forcefully, flipping him over her head and into the remaining two vampires. All three go down. Buffy straightens back up, and watches the tangled vamp bodies try to get up. She starts to realize how pathetic they look, so she goes over and, with two quick thrusts, two vamps are dusted. The last vampire gets up and starts running away from her, scared that he's going to be truly dead.

Buffy takes one glance at the back of the fleeing vampire. Then she runs over to her bag, reaches inside, and pulls out her portable crossbow. She loads a bolt into it, aims at the fugitive, and lets the bolt fly. A couple seconds later, she hears a solid thunk. The vampire stops and looks down. He sees the bolt sticking out of his chest. "Uh oh . . ." A second later, he is dust. Buffy puts the crossbow and all but one stake in her bag. She zips it up, puts it on her shoulder, and continues walking.

A few minutes later, she arrives in front of Cordy's apartment building. She sees someone exit the building in a hurry, and she presses up against the bushes in the front, concealing herself in the shadows. A few seconds later, she sees that it is Angel. He gets into his convertible, and roars off.

Once he gets a ways away, Buffy walks away from the bushes, and enters the building. She looks around to see if she can find anything to tell her which apartment is Cordelia's. However, before she can find any clues, the elevator doors open. Giles, Wesley, and Cordelia step out. When they see Buffy standing in the middle of the lobby, Wesley and Cordelia look startled, due to the fact they weren't at the apartment when Willow called, and Giles had forgotten to pass the information to them. Wesley finally speaks up.

"Wh-what are you doing here?"

Buffy sweetly answers. "I'm actually here to see Giles."

Giles walks over to her and they have a whispered conversation.

"Why did you come here without telling me? You could trust Xander, but not me?"

"You are still very sensitive on the subject of Angel. I did not want this very thing to occur."

"Well, I'm here now, and I'm not leaving. Where are you going?"

"Oh, well, we found out that a demon rose up from underneath the Santa Monica Pier."

"How'd you 'find out'?"

Cordy hears these last few statements, and has to put in her two cents. "I get these really painful visions. Doyle, Angel's last, like, sidekick person, you met him, gave the power to me before he died."

Buffy looks at Cordy with a puzzled look. "How? How did he 'give' you his power?"

Queen C actually gets embarrassed. "Um . . . Well, it's a long story. Too long to tell right now. We have to be going. Nice seeing you again." She grabs Wesley's arm and starts dragging him toward the door. Buffy interrupts their flight.

"Stop! I'm going with you." She smoothly turns around and heads to the door after them. Giles, flustered, is stuck standing there for a minute, then follows them.

"Wait. We can take my car. It is right around the back."

The small group rounds the corner and heads to the rear of the building. They arrive at the car. Cordy calls shotgun and consequently, Buffy and Wesley climb into the back seat. Giles climbs into the driver's seat, starts up the car, and they drive off. Buffy turns to Wesley. "So, Wes, how do you like LA?"

Twenty minutes later, they arrive at the Santa Monica Pier. They park a few blocks away, and get out of the car. Even from there, they can see the demon that Angel has to fight. They stand by the car for a minute, looking up at the demon amazedly. Then, they go into action.

"Giles? Do you happen to have any sharp weapons? I don't think any of the ones I brought in my bag will do anything to that thing." Buffy turns to look at her Watcher.

"I might have some in the boot." At the teens' confused expressions, he clarifies. "My, uh, trunk. I don't recall if I removed them or not."

The group goes to the trunk. Giles pops the lid, and they look inside. They see a stash of weapons, such as swords and battle axes. Wesley comments on their placement. "Is there any place where you don't have weapons? You have weapons in your house, your car trunk, the library. Am I missing anything?"

Cordy makes a statement. "Actually, there aren't any weapons in the library anymore. Remember, we blew the library up at high school graduation."

"Oh, yes. I forgot. Sorry."

Buffy reaches inside the trunk and starts pulling out weapons. When she gets most of them out, she selects a sword and a double-edged battle ax for herself. She steps aside, trying to let the others choose weapons for themselves. They just stand there, still staring at the demon.

"Hello? Anybody home?" She waves a hand in front of Cordy and Wesley's faces. They blink, and finally look at her questioningly. "Choose weapons. If we're going over there," she indicates where the demon is, "We're going to need to be armed."