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In Her Hands
CHAPTER SEVEN
Buffy rushed through the horde of people at airport, she'd successfully managed to skip through baggage claim and rushed towards the car rental place. She stood waiting patiently as the couple in front of her quarrelled over which car to pick out. Buffy was in no mood for this, there was a pair of vampires across the city that were due an ass kicking. She heard a loud honk and saw Faith behind the wheel of a black SUV waving her over.
Buffy smiled gratefully and made her way to the car.
"Get in loser" Faith chuckled
Buffy hopped in the SUV and threw her duffle bag in the back "How did you know I was coming?" She asked
"A friend, you know him I believe. Tall, dark and broody?" Faith smirked pulling away from the airport
"Thanks" Buffy smiled
An uncomfortable silence filled the car, Faith tapped on the steering wheel nervously.
"You can ask y'know" Buffy said
"Thank god!" Faith let out a sigh of relief "So Blondie? How you feel about that whole saga?"
"Which part? The part where he has been back for almost year and never told me or my absolute favourite part of this whole thing, the fact he's been hanging out with Angel and he didn't tell me?"
"I know I told them to tell you" said Faith
"You knew?!" Buffy yelled
"Hey! Hey!" Faith tried to calm her down "Only for the last two days, if you're gunna be mad at anyone I suggest Andrew"
"Andrew knew?!" Buffy was hurt by that blow.
"Uh yeah he picked up Dana from Angel a few months ago right?" Faith told her
"So if Andrew knew that means Giles knew... Did everybody know but me?" Buffy asked
"I doubt it, but y'know that's the thing with secrets it all comes out in the end"
"Those vampires are so dead!" Buffy vowed
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Angel paced the dining room at the Las Vegas branch of Slayer Inc. as Spike sat comfortably with his feet up on the table.
"Not that I care but you're gunna ruin the slayer's carpet" Spike said rolling his eyes at his grandsire
"How can you be so calm?" Asked Angel "Buffy's gunna be here soon and she's gunna kick our asses"
"Oh pipe down Liam" Spike smirked "You know as well as I do that no matter how pissed the slayer is at us she's not gunna kick our bloody rears. So give the god damn pacing a rest will you? You're starting to make me dizzy"
They heard the front door open and Faith's voice was heard chatting away with Buffy. The two slayers came through to the dining room Spike immediately got to his feet. Buffy turned to Angel and smiled brightly before punching him in the nose.
"Ow!" He groaned "Not gunna kick our asses huh?" He whispered to Spike
Spike paid no attention and looked at the girl he gave his unlife up for intensely. "Hello Buffy"
"Hello Spike" she replied before punching him in the nose too.
"Bloody hell!" Spike yelled grabbing his nose.
"Now we got that out of the way, what the hell is going on here?" She asked
"I think you better take a seat" said Angel still clutching his nose
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The scoobies sat around with mugs of hot chocolate. Enjoying the quiet whilst Buffy was away.
"Do you think it's bad?" Asked Dawn blowing slightly on her mug before taking a sip
"Who knows... Though I'm thinking if they need Buffy there it's probably not great" Willow shrugged
"Shouldn't we be there too? I mean like, moral support for Buffy?" Dawn asked
"If she needs us she'll call" Xander smiled
"I can't just sit here and do nothing" Dawn whined "We've always been together in this"
"I know Dawnie, but I'm sure they've got it under control. Plus I'm enjoying a break" Willow said softly
"Here, here" said Xander rising his mug in mock toast to Willow
"So you're not at all worried that this could be some sort of trap that Angelus has conjured up to lure her Las Vegas and kill her?" asked Dawn
Willow and Xander looked at each other for a moment. "Well maybe we should get a few flights to Sin City" Xander babbled, quickly grabbing his laptop.
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"So let me get this straight?" Buffy looked confused "You infiltrated one of the most evil law companies in the world to take them down from the inside?"
"Pretty much" said Angel
"And how did that work out for you?" She asked raising an eyebrow
"Hell on earth for a few days... But we beat them eventually" he told her
"And you" she turned to Spike "You helped him?"
"Went were I was needed luv" Spike shrugged
"Okay... So what kind of crap have you gotten yourselves into now?" Buffy asked
"Do you know anything about the Shanshu Prophecy?" Asked Angel
"Huh?" Buffy frowned
"There's a prophecy in the Scrolls Of Aberjian that talks about a vampire with a soul who will play a pivotal role in the apocalypse - his reward is he becomes human" Angel explained
"So what do you need me for?" She asked
"Peaches here thought it was about him, but what with my soul having and championship status, threw a spanner in the works so to speak" Spike told her
"Again what does that have to do with me?" Buffy asked
"With Spike now having a soul I'm not the only one anymore" Angel began
"Feel less special?" Spike snarked
"Guys this is serious" Buffy warned
"She's right" said Angel "I thought I signed away my shot a few months ago. But as it turns out, I got a reprieve"
"So how do you know which one of you will...?"
"You" they said in unison
"What?" Buffy asked
"We went on a mission to find out which one of us would become a real boy again. The spirit guides told us that you are the one to chose" said Spike
"I'm chosen? Again?!" Buffy yelled
"We know it's not exactly the most ideal situation" Angel comforted her
"You're damn right, this is ridiculous. How am I supposed to choose between the two of you?" She asked
"There's something else" Angel told her
"Lemme guess I've got a time restriction on this?"
"Yeah..." He told her
"Great so what do I get a week? Couple of days?" She asked
Angel and Spike looked at each other cautiously "twenty four hours" Angel mumbled
Buffy chuckled bitterly "I'm sorry that sounded like you said twenty four hours"
"I did" Angel sighed
"Oh you have got to be kidding me... Why am I always the chosen one?!"