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A/N: Its been brought to my attention that I have been leaving a few of you hanging as far as new chapters etc. But I've been sooo busy with school work and hospital visits, now I'm back on the ball and hoping to update every Thursday if possible thanks to those who brought it to my attention and as always reviews are greatly appreciated, a few quotes etc may be used and obviously belong to the very talented people who wrote them - Loverswalk89 x
In Her Hands
Chapter Six
Pleasure & Pain
'You don't bring me pleasure, you just bring me pain, over and over again. you don't bring me pleasure, you just bring me pain, and nothing in between'
Willow looked upset as she hung up the phone.
"What's up Will?" Asked Xander "Did you talk to Fred?"
"No... She's... She's dead" she gasped
"What happened?" Asked Buffy
"Uh from what I could work out from Lorne, a demon took over her body" Willow said sadly
"Oh my god" Dawn gasped
"Yeah they're all so torn up about it" Willow said
"Poor Fred" Buffy muttered
"That's not all... Cordelia..."
"Cordy?" Xander asked.
It had been years but Xander still cared about Cordelia he probably always would she was his first real girlfriend. He owed a lot to her.
"She has been in a coma for the last six months..."
Xander gasped loudly "Is she gunna be okay?"
"She never woke up" Willow said sadly
"God damn it!" Buffy raged
"What?" Dawn asked
"We should've been there! We should've checked in more often. We could've helped Fred. We could've helped Cordy" she said angrily
"I don't think there's anything we could've done Buffy" Willow tried to comfort her
"There's always something"
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"So here's the laugh riot" said Cordelia
"Only one of you can fulfil the Shanshu" Tara explained further "And it's not us that gets to decide"
"So if not you then who? The Powers That Be?" Asked Angel
"Not as such..." Smirked Tara
"So if it's not you pair and it's not the sodding Powers then who?" Asked Spike
"Her" said Cordelia
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Buffy moaned in frustration "Maybe I should call Faith again to see if she'll talk a little more about what Angel's up to"
"Well maybe I should call her?" Xander suggested "She might talk to me"
"And that worked oh so well before..." Buffy reminded him "I'll call"
Buffy took her cellphone as it began to ring "Weird... It's Angel"
"Well answer it" Xander urged
Buffy put the phone to her ear "Hello"
"Buffy it's me... I need your help" He said
"Where are you?" She asked
"Las Vegas... I need to see you"
"Okay I'll get the next flight there... Is everything alright?"
"There's some things I need to tell you. I want you to be prepared" he said gravely
"What's going on Angel" Buffy said sternly
"It's Spike..."
"Spike?" Tears sprung to her eyes
"He's here with me, has been for a while. We need you Buffy" he begged
"I'm on my way" she said hanging up the phone
"What's going on? Why did you mention Spike?" Asked Dawn
"Spike's alive, has been for a while... They need me in Las Vegas" Buffy told them
"He's alive and he didn't tell you?" Asked Dawn
"Yeah... No biggie. Look I've gotta go pack" Buffy gave her sister a small smile
"But Buffy-" Dawn started to speak but it was too late Buffy had already left the room and began running up the stairs.
"How could this of escaped us?" Asked Giles
"Well we haven't exactly been big with the whole checking in on Angel thing since Andrew got back" Willow reminded him
Andrew squeaked and buried his head in a book.
"Did you know something?" Asked Dawn looking at Andrew sternly
"No... What do I know I mean I'm only a watcher in training" he babbled
"A watcher in training whose gunna get his ass kicked, if he doesn't start talking" said Xander
"I don't know anything" Andrew lied
"Of course, how did I not see this before" said Giles
"What?" Asked Andrew
"Your report on the goings on in Los Angeles had missing parts" said Giles taking off his glasses
"You better start talking Andrew" Willow warned
"I only did what he asked me to!" Andrew whimpered
"Which was?" Asked Dawn
"He didn't want me telling anyone, he wanted to be the one to do it. And for the record my accounts of what happened in LA where very close to being true" Andrew sulked
"So why didn't he?" Dawn asked "Tell her I mean?"
"I don't know, he said something about going out in a blaze of glory and he could just come back and ruin things for her" Andrew told them
"That stupid vampire! He's so gunna get it when Buffy gets her hands on him" said Dawn
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Xander stood in the doorway watching Buffy run around her room packing things into a duffle bag.
"You just gunna stand there or are you gunna help me?" She asked
Xander entered the room slowly and sat down on her bed "This could all just be a trap y'know" he spoke softly
"I know" she told him
"So why risk it?" He asked
"Because what other choice do I have? If Angel is evil I can't risk having dead bodies on my conscience and if he's not then he needs me... They both do" she said folding a shirt and packing it
"I get it Buff, really I do" he smiled softly
"It's not what you think" she said with a guarded tone
"No?" He asked "So you're not in love with Spike?"
"Oh" she sighed, sitting next to him on the bed
"C'mon Buffy we all know, I think you'd have to be pretty dumb not to see it" he said
"That obvious huh?" She sighed again
"You two were virtually inseparable in Sunnydale, and when he was gone... We all knew you were hurting"
"I couldn't help it... I mean I tried not to. I really really did but what can I say he grows on you" she smiled
"And Angel?" He dared to ask
"He was my first love Xander, you can't just forget that. I went through some serious crap with him, he'll always be my fairytale but things are different we're too different now" she explained
"Well Dawnie is arranging your flights, better get packing huh?" Xander smiled
"I love you Xan" she smiled and hugged him tightly
"I love you too" he whispered into her blonde hair.