Till We Meet Again
By: chosenfire28
Pairing: Buffy/Dean, Xander/Cordelia, Willow/Oz
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN, other brilliant people do.
AN: Yet another chapter.
Chapter 3 Hard Lessons Part 2
"I don't want to go." Sam yelled as John boxed up the stuff they were going to leave behind. He planned to drop it off at a Goodwill or some other charity organization.
"Too bad." Dean snarled from where he was shoving clothes into a worn duffel bag. "Don't really have a choice." he glared at their father "Do we?"
John ignored him feeling guilty and warned "Sammy start packing."
The youngest Winchester pouted but go up to go pack his things dragging his feet. As he started packing he whispered "But I really want to stay."
John came to kneel before his youngest son "I know sport but we got work to do." Sam nodded and pulled out a Spiderman back pack.
The phone rang and with a sigh John answered "Winchester."
"John." Joyce's panicked voice came across the line "I need your help."
"With what?"
"Buffy's gone, she didn't come home last night from the dance and when she turned up this morning it was with the police. Their saying she burned down the gym." Joyce's voice got softer "Apparently she claimed it was full of vampires of all things."
At that John grew grim, could Buffy have had a run in with vampires. If so she could be a target. "Joyce where is she?" John asked concerned.
"I don't know, after the police left she took off. John, I'm scared."
"I'll find her okay, don't worry." he hung up the phone and reached for a special bag of his. He dug inside and tossed a wooden stake to Dean and a large cross to Sam. He told Dean "Apparently your girl's in trouble."
Dean shoved the stake into his back pocket "She's not my girl anymore remember." Still he grabbed his jacket walking past his father.
When he reached the door he turned to John "So are we hunting or not?"
Buffy breathed hard clutching the ragged cut in her side trying to stop the bleeding. One of the vampires chasing her had got in a swipe with a knife.
She had nothing.
No Holy Water.
No cross.
And she had lost her stake in the last vampire she had dusted.
Apparently the vampires hadn't been too happy with her killing their master and the odds weren't in her favor of making it through the night.
She was being hunted.
The Slayer stumbled through the alley way and leaned against the brick wall closing her eyes her legs giving out under her and she sunk to the asphalt.
"Looky what I found." a voice snarled and Buffy's eyes flew open.
Putting on a brave face she smirked "Go you." wincing as she laid her palms flat against the ground to give herself a boast up.
The vampire, who badly needed a shower and a haircut, reached for her and Buffy twisted her body away from him lashing out with a quick right kick.
The vampire flew back and Buffy took the time to shakily get to her feet her body swaying weakly as she waited for the next attack. She could barely hold herself up and was trying desperately to bluff her way through this.
"Your dead." the vampire growled flashing his rotting fangs.
"Give me your best shot." Buffy prepared herself knowing this would be her last fight. She had always wondered how the other Slayer's had died.
She was snapped out of her morbid thoughts when the vampire grunted then collapsed into dust. As the dust cleared she saw John Winchester holding a crossbow. Her eyes locked with the man standing beside his father and Buffy finally let go her body falling as she lost consciousness.
John watched as the girl fell and raced forward. Dean beat him to her pulling the small teenage girl into his arms, cradled against his chest.
"She's bleeding." John said grimly seeing the cut on her side and touched his son's shoulder "Get her into the car. I have some medical supplies at the apartment." Dean kept his eyes glued to her pale face as he stood up the woman he loved in his arms.
Sam opened the back door of the car looking scared as Dean placed Buffy gently inside fitting himself beside her her head in his lap.
Silently both Sam and John got into the car and John checked the review mirror wondering yet again if he had made the right decision. He knew they had to get the demon that had killed Mary but as he saw Dean with Buffy he wondered at what cost.
Dean watched as Buffy slept and listened as John reassured Joyce that her daughter was fine and would be back in the morning. Apparently Hank was flying in tomorrow so they were going to leave after they dropped Buffy off.
Dean knew they had to leave, he just hated it.
Tonight's events had showed that he had an obligation to help protect people from forces they had no clue existed. To do that he had to make some sacrifices.
Buffy groaned and Dean slipped out of the room telling his dad, who had jjust hung up the phone, "She's waking up."
He grabbed his jacket and reached for the door.
"We're you going?"
Dean looked back at his father his expression pained "I can't be here, she, I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow."
John sighed conceding "Stay safe."
Dean nodded and left.
Buffy slowly opened her eyes and with a wince sat up in the bed. Looking around she felt her heart sink, she recognized this room. It was Dean's. She had spent a lot of time here over the last couple of months.
"How are you feeling?" John asked from the door way.
"Like some freak with a facial problem took a knife to my gut." Buffy bit out then shook her head regretting her harsh words. She hadn't been the easiest person to be around lately. "Sorry, so an explanation would be nice."
John nodded "That's fair." He came more fully into the room followed in by Sam. "It was a vampire."
"Oh."
"Dad's not lying." Sam put in quickly coming to Buffy's side "I know it sounds like he is cause vampires aren't suppose to be real right but they are and…" he babbled and Buffy held up her hand to stop him.
"I get it, I do. Vampires are real." She was relieved they didn't know she was the Slayer and just wanted to get out of there before Dean made an appearance. The break-up was still all too fresh and she really couldn't deal with any more pain today. Physically or emotionally.
"Good." Sam grinned and came to sit by her in the bed "I'm glad your okay."
"Me too." Buffy smiled putting her arm around Sammy's shoulders and she turned to John "So how did you end up being a hero?"
"Me and the boys hunt demons." was his simple explanation leaving out any part about Mary or the particular demon they hunted.
Buffy took it all in without even batting an eye.
AN2: I know I'm evil to leave it there but I couldn't help it. This was to show that John knows Buffy knows about the supernatural and that she knows their hunters but without no one knowing she's the Slayer. If that confused anyone let me know.
Next chapter is called Broken Hearts and Broken Minds, anyone want to take a guess at what its about?