Hello everyone... So I had tried to put up this chapter up yesterday but I don't know if it was my computer or fanfiction that had the issue but hadn't been able to. Anyway... at least now it is working :) So I just gotta say that I really hope you like this chapter, kind of nervous about it. A lot questions being answered... I think I have one more chapter that needs to go up and I hope the story has only gotten better and not disappoint.
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Chapter 14
*Get her out of here!* Angel all but growled.
Like if Angelus needed to be told that more than once, he'd been milliseconds away from tossing her over his shoulder and carrying her out kicking and screaming if need be.
The earth was falling apart beneath them as the three of them ran out of there… high and fast jumps as they went from building to building. The sun protection spell, was slowly fading and Angelus could feel his skin getting hot… As if on cue, both Connor and Buffy noticed after jumping on the roof of the bus and Connor broke through the back bus window as Buffy tossed Angelus in with an arm swing into it…
The brutal reminder that Buffy as the slayer was stronger than him, hadn't sit too well with his big ego pride… even if he'd been happy for her saving his life.
Then soon, as he attempted to get up in the now stopping bus… something happened… his chest tightened, his brain felt like it was about to explode, and the piercing sound flaring in his mind was just more than he could take…
*Ahh…*
Ahh…
*What on earth…*
is happening…?
*The…!*
pain…!
/
The bus came to a swerving stop and Connor and Buffy realized that everyone on it was trying to find out what was happening to Angelus…
The two become one… the two become one… the two become one… he heard in whispers in his head right before all the pain was suddenly gone…
/
Spike felt the rest of the light consume him… his mouth filling with ashes as his chest seemed to burst into fire with the place. He could feel the pain of agony as he saw the hell mouth fall apart and just as soon as it came... it stopped then he felt nothing.
Nothing…
There was a swift swooshing of air and he was suddenly being deposited on a carpeted floor of a nicely ventilated building.
"Bloody hell…" he cursed as he attempted to stand up… a panel of Senior Partner lackeys were surrounding the fall of his arrival.
He glanced up at them annoyed, "You could have made my arrival less painful you stupid suit wearing blokes!" He dust himself off.
"Our apologies Mr. Spike…" Lilah began walking towards him, "we weren't advised till last minute of your quick arrival. May we get you something to…"
"No…" he said cutting her off, "I'm fine…"
"Well Mr. Spike…" Lindsey started…
"Drop the mister kid…" he said walking to him.
"Of course, Spike…" he handed him a folder, "why don't we get you settled in, into your office as the new CEO of Wolfram and Hart…" he grinned.
"Now that's what I'm talking about…" he smirked back while entering the new office space he was to partake.
Sure as hell going to enjoy it here… he thought, at least just up until I get my Shanshu prophecy fulfilled…
/
Buffy began to desperately try to get to Angelus when her sister stopped her…
"What the hell Buffy…?" she screamed waving a piece a paper at her. Buffy recognized it… it was the letter she'd written.
"Now is not the time Dawn…" she dismissed her as she tried to climb the bus, but Dawn pulled her attention back to her.
"No…" she continued, "you want to die…? Have you that much literally… lost it that you want to be an alive dead monster…? Why Buffy? WHY?"
At the final words everyone stared at Buffy… they all understood exactly what Dawn was saying and what that meant. An uncomfortable silence settled in all as Connor pulled Angelus to his feet.
"B…" Faith began, "How can yo…?"
"Buffy…?" Will questioned trying to get an answer.
"This can't possibly…" Giles thought out loud, it was his worst fear coming to reality.
"Buffy wouldn't…" Xand tried to believe.
Murmurs filled the air from the rest of the group and Wesley, Gunn, Wood, and Fred escorted the other slayers back onto the bus. This was a private moment between close friends and had nothing to do with the other slayers.
*What the hell just happened…?* the vampire questioned getting off the bus *Good God what was that… what is this?*
The thoughts seemed to be singular and his body felt… felt… human… wait, human?
Connor felt so off… he knew he'd been a brat before but now… there was a sense of peaceful completion that filled him with, God did he dare say it, the feeling of being loved…
"Buffy… something's not right…" he began saying while feeling down his body and staring at his hands. He then abruptly stopped… to gaze at everyone's dazed faces, "what'd I miss?"
"This is all your fault…" Dawn cried shaking the letter at him, throwing it in his face. He scanned the contents quickly and as if his current situation couldn't get any more confusing… he didn't know what to do, say, or feel…
Buffy was willing to give up her humanity… to be with him… whoever or whatever that was right now.
There was too much going on that needed to be answered/explained and no one to provide the answers to them.
"Not necessarily warrior…" an older Oracle woman said appearing… clouding the sky as she moved closer before them.
The now crossbreed vampire completely confused out of his mind turned to where the voice came from…
"What is it with you fucking blueish gold looking people and you constantly messing with my fucken life…?" he growled.
"Who are you…?" Giles questioned.
"What are you, fo reals?" Faith chimed in confused.
"Oracles…" Buffy said facing her angry mob of friends, with the exception of a couple "what now…?" she stared back at the woman.
"You've earned it…" the Oracle said, "you're right to be together…"
The comment that came to his head was… like we were waiting for your approval, but what he actually said was… "So who am I? Angel or Angelus?"
Buffy gazed at him oddly but then she saw it… his eyes were neither Angel's or Angelus'… could it be…? She wondered.
"Both…" the Oracle said, "you are one…" she continued, "no longer a monster but not human either. The champion must remain to fulfill his duties to the world…"
"But how?" Buffy questioned hopeful.
"Selflessness…" the woman said, "your love conquered the demon inside him, bring them into common ground as to what they would sacrifice for you…" she paused, "each other…"
There were some sounds of astonishment from the group and the Oracle continued…
"Then… there was you, the valiant slayer, though it would have been against the rules of nature for you to turn… the action and final decision to become the thing you where born to kill… was the proof of the ultimate sacrifice…"
Angel/us made his way to Buffy pulling her into a tight embrace while giving her a passionate yet thorough kiss… he didn't know what he was, but what he did know, was that he could be with Buffy… just the way they'd always wanted.
As his parents kissed, Connor stepped closer to the woman and asked… "and what of me? Why couldn't I just have stayed with my mother…?"
The woman turned to him and said, "You know the answer to that… she would have lost you both and she decided to take matters into her own hands by making a deal with my children…"
Angel/us and Buffy had stopped kissing and Buffy added responding… "to walk away from you both to have you be delivered to me at some point in time…" she smiled now remembering, a tear running down her cheek, "better to have you now than not at all…" Buffy smiled apologetically to Connor.
Connor walked towards Buffy taking her hand and bringing it up to his lips, while saying… "I understand mom… and we'll make up for lost time…" she nodded to him smiling gratefully.
She then faced Angel/us caressing his cheek and said… "I never forgot…" more tears streamed down her cheeks, "I promised you I would never forget…"
Angel/us wanted to argue with her that she'd never told him that but decided that that was an issue for another time… in a more private setting.
"Why Darla though…?" Wesley questioned coming forward.
The Oracle acknowledged the question and said, "Its simple… the deal had to be kept and Connor couldn't have been delivered in a human because he isn't. We needed a vessel… a gateway to bring him into the world though technically he wasn't suppose to have existed… then our enemies brought Darla back, it was the perfect opportunity. The only problem was that she was evil but being that Connor was given his soul by his mother…" she gestured to Buffy, "then it was all set… she would be taken out of this world and he would be born out of that sacrifice…"
"I guess it was why even before I knew her… I knew that my father loved her… Buffy…" Connor remembered trying to reason.
The Oracle nodded her yes while saying, "Live well…" and she was gone.
O-kay... So… what now… they all thought simultaneously…
As the last word ran through Connor's mind… he got a vision or was it visions… was he the new connection to the Powers That Be…?
His mother and father… were spending time… alone…
Their love blossoming… The champion and THE slayer… The best battle weapon as a team…
Him holding a baby girl he cooed at… her being his baby sister…
Them becoming the strongest family in the history of time of four…
Connor got a huge dorky smile; Buffy caught him giving him a weird look of amusement while raising an eyebrow…
"Uh… you okay…?" Buffy asked.
"Yes…" he grinned, "Um… so what are the plans now…" my parents need to leave, he thought.
"Well…" Angel/us thought for a moment… glancing at a bus full of girls whose faces were practically plastered to the window trying to make out their conversation… "Bus full of hormonal teenage women… maybe you should stay at the Hyperion while you decide what your next step is…" he suggested, "Unless…" he looked to Buffy, "you have any objection to that… with all that… you know… happened… you can refuse their stay…"
Giles, Willow, and Xander stared appalled… did that mean that Buffy hadn't forgiven them for their mistake at kicking her out of her house?
"The option is Giles'…" Buffy said, not contradicting Angel/us' comment, "you and I are leaving…"
"Leaving?" The three of them questioned.
"Where off to?" Wesley inquired.
"Away…" Angel/us answered, "I'll make sure I keep you posted… in fact…" he added, "you guys should head back to LA. I'm sure Wolfram and Hart's not resting… Connor…" he turned to their son, "here's your shot to show us, me and your mom, you've changed. You're in charge while we're gone…"
Connor grinned proudly, "I won't disappoint you father… either one of you…" he gazed at Buffy as well.
"Just in case though…" Buffy called to Faith, "watch over him… please…" she asked, "and Connor… trust her. I mean… if it's okay with you staying by while we're…"
"You know it is…" Faith said, "I mean… it's not like you're not coming back right?"
"We are…" she said looking up at Angel/us holding his hand, "we just need to get away… alone…" she stressed.
Alone… Angel/us thought, that sounded SO good… the things he wanted to do with her… scratch that… the things that he wanted to do to her…
"Liking the sound of that…" Angel/us voiced, "actually the fact that we've actually been standing here… instead of leaving this hell hole thing behind is just… striking…" he stared at them, "we did it…"
The sudden reminder of that… made all of them gaze back at the huge crater of a hole that now was… were Sunnydale had once stood… off into the coming night… it felt as if a chapter of their lives… had finally closed and the possibilities for a different future… were endless.
The hellmouth was closed… the AI team and the Scooby gang all stood at the edge of the empty vicinity laying before them. Yes… the journey wasn't over… but a huge step in that direction had for sure, been taken.
I would like to DEDICATE this chapter to...
~ Nathy . Faithy ~
...my heart change on Connor and him being BA son came from her and her wonderful stories. I highly recommend you check them out. Thank you for being my muse friend :) You have great story vision for the unexpected.
XOXO