Act 2 Healer of the Broken Heart Chapter 18, a buffy: the vampire slayer fanfic

Act 2: Healer of the Broken Heart

Tristan, Amanda, Ebony and Jana had started down the long tunnel, Tristan changing the channel on the walkie-talkie as they walked, he heard "Tristan is that you?"

"Yes Sine, tell the others to patrol the lower tunnels, and to keep and eye open for the master slayer"

"Dam she is missing again!"

"Afraid so!"

"Do you really she's down there?"

"I don't know, but she has roamed through most of the tunnel down there."

"I will tell them, but the old ones aren't going to like it!"

"I know." He when about his normal rounds in the upper halls, with the slayers, while waiting for news, he didn't see the purpose of fretting about the problem since he couldn't do anything about it right now anyway.

"Who are the old ones?"

He looked at Amanda, "They are the elders of my race, and they were alive when it all started."

"When what started?"

"When we started living underground, you see I was twenty at the time when our world turned cold and dark, Amanda it was the beginning of a dark time, war raved the land, food was scarce we like many were starving and dieing. I remember seeing trees with the bodies of my aunts and uncles laying there carrion birds picking at their eyes.

Amanda gave a shake "That is terrible".

Jana smiled for she had heard the story long ago when she and her siblings were growing up. "Go on you might as well tell her the rest of the story."

He smiled "Like I said it was dark, and yes winter had set in very early that year. Snow was on the ground, it was cold we were deep in the forest I was helping nanny with two of the little one when they found us. We were all cold but the little ones were shaking. Dark hair flying in the cold wind, white fur robe, horse that was as black as ebony where she was as white as porcelain. He was as white as she was; he got down and collected each child handing it to her as she sat on her horse wrapping them under her cloak, Nanny and I rode with him back to the manor. Later was when we found that they had teams of their men looking through the deep woods to find all my people we lost 60% of our population died that winter, it was a miracle any of us survived.

"Who were they?" asked Ebony.

"It was Queen Gwen and her husband King Artair. It was not until a week later, I found that my people had been housed in such splendor, as their own home, since then in winter we move to the underground caves." It had been three hours since the search started and he was done with his rounds in the upper tunnels getting back to the kitchen Jana had gone up-stairs to wash up before eating. Shortly after, she left Beth and her group of slayers returned. They had sat down and where having tea when a call from Sine came in "Tristan she has been spotted roaming in the oldest tunnels, last report she is at the old temple."

Sine I'm glad to hear she has been seen, but how did she get way down there?"

"Don't know but she has been at the temple for the last hour. I'll meet you there."

"Fine, see you there."

Dawn and her group had walked in the kitchen at the end of his conversation. The slayers were moving about the kitchen getting tea and cakes as she talked to Tristan.

"You found her!"

"Yes"

"When you go I am coming with you."

"Les, let Jana know Buffy has been found at the temple. Dawn and I will head down there the rest of you wait for Jana."

"Yes Tristan." He drank the rest of his tea, got up then they disappeared behind the tapestry.

Even though, many hours had passed, pairs of glowing yellow eyes had observed Buffy; they watch Buffy as she walks down the dark, web covered underground halls, carrying a small leather backpack.

As Buffy looked around the intersection, she saw that the hall was cleaner. Torches, which were on the wall, lighted the way; this was the farthest down she had gotten into the underground tunnels before the others had found her. She took a torch out of its holder; she sees a door in the dimness of the torch light. Buffy opens it and walks to it opens the door walking into the rooms. She sees an empty holder by the closet door she goes to put her torch in the holder as she turns around in the room she sees other un-lit torches around the room. She take the torah out lit them then; by the glow of the torches light which gave an orange glow to the room. She noted it had a King size bed, with canopy, dresser with mirror, it had not been used, or spider webs covered what may have been velvet at one time, then a door, with torch in hand she walked over and opened it. The room was small and unfinished with chains and a steel cage covered with spider webs. As she, left, she took the torch and looked in other rooms. Her ears heard sound like whispering she stopped and look but saw nothing.

As she gets to the entrance of the underground temple the dim light from torches, she sees the room is much larger and cleaner that the others she had been. A big clear area in front stood a set of steps that lead to a row of columns. The columns went up to a ten foot high rock ceiling, climbing to the columns, she turning around she saw they went around in the shape of a open sided square. Looking in between the columns at one end an alter sat with a large copper bowl as she walked up to it she expected to see blood stains in it but what was in it was bundles of kindling. She walked up to the alter she also expected to find it stained with blood, but all she saw was a polished white marble slab. She touches the surface it was cold, as her heart felt, she ran her index finger down its unstained length. She put her torch to the kindling from somewhere she felt an cool ocean breeze she stopped to breath the cool air that smelled a little salty but fresh in the cavern. Taking her pack off, sitting down, and pulling out a bottle of water, pencil and a pad. She takes a drink then leans back against the cold leg of the marble slab, and starts to write:

Time flows on I'm still here but you are gone.

Our love of one night created a life. I don't understand how or why. I have a small piece of you growing inside of me.

I fear it will be evil, but could it be good or some were in between. Tear flow down my face freely like water over smooth rock, I miss your touch, that corny way you smile, and the way you would say yea.

Why did you have to be so brave? You're a fool! In addition, I, I am a bigger fool for not seeing how important you were to me. Your gone I'm left alone to raise this child in my belly.

I feel alone like an Island and at the same time, I drift in the middle of a sea of human. I wish you could come back to me. Everything is gone but the results of our last night together. Why did you have to be so brave after the hell we have been thought. You stayed so we could escape. What a fool I have been, you showed me your love.

After finishing, she wiped her tear stained face, pulled out a box of tissues, wipes her eyes, slipped her pad and pencil into her pack, takes out a blanket wraps it around herself. Then leans back looks at her tummy and feels the movement as she drifts into sleep.

In her dream state, Angel is standing against one of the pillars with that charming smile. It makes her feel angry because in her heart she wishes it were Spike. She hears a noise then standing in his black leather coat is Spike with light around him "I made it Buffy I'm a real boy" she runs to him and gives him a hug.

"No you're my man"

"Like hell he is!" With a big smile, "I waited for you to finish baking and you're going to give him my cookie dough I don't think so."

"I'm sorry Angel but…"

"But what…"

She lets go of Spike "Angel, I love Spike" she leans up against one of the pillars and throws up.

"Buffy are you all right?"

"Yes!"

"How long has this been going on?"

"For a six months off and on. Why?"

"Buffy you have morning sickness; you are going to have a baby."

"I assume it belongs to the immortal?"

"You know the immortal?"

"Yea we have met a time or two!"

"Spike I was sick before I met the immortal, he is a nice guy but he was just a friend. I thought you were dead I need some one to talk that understood how it is to live forever he is a member of this new family that I created."

"OK, let's say for laughs I believe you then how did you get the bun in your oven?"

"It's your child Spike! You were the last male I screwed I haven't had time to screw any one else since then!"

Spike shakes his head and walks back and forth "how could this happen! Vampires don't have kids!"

Buffy is getting agitated and yells at Spike "I don't know Spike! Vampires aren't supposed to have souls either but you and Angel has them!"

While Buffy and Spike talked, Angels face got red and changed ugly and then she heard from behind her.

"Shut up both of you neither one of you is worth a dam, Spike she and that brat she cares would be better off dead."

Spike stepped in front of Buffy to protect her as she said, "I can take him!"

"Yea but you could loss the child by doing it for once let me be the man!"

With a deep breath she said "Sure but if you get into trouble I will step in!"

"Fine, if it pleases you Buffy."

"Angel calm down you knew she and I had a relationship."

"Yea, but she is a whore, Spike look at the guys she has slept with!"

"Angel no one is perfect, not even you or me, and look at what our past says about us."

"Hell Spike the Bitch is pregnant!"

"Yea I know, it could be my kid. Hell how was I to know she would be knocked up as many times as we did it in the last three year. Why now and with her?"

"Are we going to fight or yell at each other?"

"I guess it's your choice Angel."

Angel and Spike were fighting when Cordy quietly walked up behind Buffy and said, "Not again."

Buffy swung around, Cordy avoided her punches, which maddened her to no end, then the morning sickness hit so she had to stop, that was when she noted that it was Cordy.

"Cordy I thought you were dead?"

"Yes I am, I moved on to another plane of existents."

"Then what are you doing back here on earth?"

"Same thing I always do, I'm here to save Angel's ass."

As they, watch Cordy noted that Angel was different. Angel is not the same something is wrong with him!

At that moment, Buffy felt some one shaking her and hears: "You shouldn't be here little one it isn't time for you yet."

Buffy turns to see who was speaking and there was a small man with wild red hair and long beard. "Who are you?"

She was lying next to the alter where she had fallen asleep as she gets up it hits her that she is back in her own time. She leans against alter then saw two glowing eyes as she is hit from behind.

When Buffy stirred, she felt her head "Ouch that hurts" she felt her head her eyes are watching as scenes unfolds before her.

"William, William"

"I know you're here stop playing games."

"You know I wait for Cecily."

"I love you William she doesn't, when she is done with you she will throw you away like you're chaff."

"No she loves me we will be together."

"No William she love herself and no other, she will use you then she will throw you away I say."

The scene changed before her eyes, it went dark then she heard a door slam, then glass breaking. She stood in the cobble stone street, watching as a young woman was running down the street. She fallowed her the woman stopped opened a barn door, as Buffy reaches the door she hear a scream, Buffy ran opened the same barn door inside she saw William with the woman crying over him rocking his still form. When Buffy woke she hearing echoes of whispers, and looks all around the chamber; she sees eyes of orange and yellow around the walls and the sound that is heard.

"She is in love madness"

"Yes, she is in love madness"

The sound echoed around the chamber over and over until Buffy put her hands over her ear, until she saw the sets of yellow eye that were watching her, a pair of orange eyes were in front of her in the shadows.

"So it has started for you little one."

When he stepped out of the shadow, he was no more that four feet tall, hair and beard flying about, with eye that sparkled like blue gems in the torch light. In his hand, he had a walkie-talkie he clicks the button on the side then says, "Jana I found her, I repeat, I found Miss Summers".

Shaking his head "Sine why did you hit her"

Sine a slim woman with blonde hair, pointed ears brown pants, boots, vest, over a white peasant shirt, and a small creature that resembled a squirrel that hoped onto her shoulder answered with and evil glint in her eye "She looked like she was going to attack."

With a shake of his head "You fool she was in shock, if your jealousy hadn't got the better of you, you would of seen that!"

Dawn is in shock but knelt over Buffy. It was not long before Jana and the rest of the search party gets to were they are they are talking to him when Buffy came around "No the others found her wandering this old little used hall and sent a runner for me. I guess it was lucky I carry a walkie-talkie when I do my rounds down here."

"Yes Tristan we are very lucky."

Buffy said, "The walls have eyes they spoke to me."

Now, Now Buffy walls don't have eyes and it doesn't talk."

"Jana these walls do, I saw and hear them."

"Buffy lets take you up stairs and get you patched up and a bath, you look like you have been rolling around on these damp floors," said Jana.

Pulling a way from Jana then grabbing her arm "Jana I did hear and see them! Stop treating me like I'm a child."

"I know something is down here, I see it in your eye!"

"Buffy dear there are people down here the world calls them little people now days."

"Explain about the temple"

"That is a Pagan temple, Buffy when the Christian's started killing in the burning times many Pagans went underground this is where they have been coming to worship for a long time."

"And all the rooms down that hall are fitted with beds, cages and bolt from the inside and the other rooms with large animal cages in one corner, I'm in morning but I'm not dumb or blind Jana."

"Jana it's time to tell her."

"Guess your right Beth."

"Buffy we run a safe haven for creature of the night."

"A motel of sorts for demons, humans, and others that wish to have a safe place to stay" said Beth.

"So you run a motel for demons?" said Giles

"Yes Giles."

"But why?"

"I some times ask myself that too!"

Let's get Buffy up stairs I will tell you as we walk.

"Fine!"

"It is and old family business that goes back multiple generations. Our family was one of the founders of the League with new members coming in every century.

My great, great grandfather many generations removed started it with White Wolf, Altair, Guy, Kendrick and Antoine. They over the centuries had gathered humans, saved them and sat them up in businesses with vast lands they ask one thing from them was a place to stay. For them to keep a weather eye open for the evil one, and to protect them and any others that are of good heart."

"Is that how your family got this place?"

"No my grandfather was a Duke and had been one for a long time. This was actuality the second place of rest, White Wolf had one set up at that time but now there are a thousand of them all over the world."

"Did they make any other in vestment?"

"Yes most turned a profit the one that didn't was Wolfram & Hart."

"What do you mean? What do they have to do with them?"

She stops then looks down in shame "They are the senor partners."

"They are the senor partners" Xander stated.

"Yes, we value things such as love, compassion, friendship. Where Wolfram & Hart did not they valued money, power, dark magic" said Jana. As she opened the secret door to the library and the group came out.

Beth looked at her watch "We have three hours before dinner, every one up stairs to wash and change." The group didn't argue they were all feeling gritty from searching the older tunnel, unused as they were they were dusty and filled with spider webs. As they crossed the entry hall to the stairs Jana said, "Willow and Dawn I want you to help Buffy."

"Sure"

Up the stairs, the group went each disappearing into their room. Jana when into Buffy's room and started bath water for her you could see the steam behind the screen as it floated into the air.

"Girls I will take care of Buffy why don't you get cleaned up."

"Okay Jana."

"Buffy we will be back."

Buffy mumbled, "You two leave the sinking ship!"

"We should start by washing your hair, so I can see how bad that cut to your head is Buffy."

"I am fine I can wash my own hair."

"Yes I know you can Buffy, but can you sew-up your own head?"

In a sulk "No"

Jana gentle washed Buffy's head "Your lucky the cut isn't really bad, but it will need stitches if you what it to heal. I will leave you to finish washing while I get my kit."

Jana left the room, and was on her way back, down the hall was Giles pacing "How is she?"

"Sulking"

"About what?"

"Spike"

"Why about him!"

"She is in love."

"Come on he is dead!"

"That does not make her feelings any less real Giles."

He took a loud deep breath threw his hands up then down in frustration. "How are her cuts?"

"They are not down to the bone, but are very deep, so I will sew them close that way they will heal a little faster."

"I worry about her Jana."

"I know Giles but she is an adult and you are like a father to her."

"I wish…"

She put her hand on his shoulder "I know Giles, this is her trial; she will get though it you will see in time."

"I hope so!"

She returned to Buffy's room as Buffy's shadow was putting on a robe. "It's just me Buffy!"

"I do think I need the stitches my head started to bleed again."

"Sit at the dressing table and I will take care of it."

Buffy sat down, Jana with a rattail comb started to move the hair out of the way, so she could see it better it was a long cut but not deep. Jana washed her hands, laid out her kit threaded a needle she made small stitches tying each stitch as if she were in a operating room closeting the wound for a surgeon.

"Are you having headaches?"

"Yea, they are not real bad."

"That is good I will call Doctor Regan and let him know he will want an x-ray, after he looks at it. Get dressed while I call him."

An hour later, they were at the hospital and Doctor David Regan was looking at the job Jana had done. "Jana you haven't lost your touch with a needle she will have no scaring.

"That is good."

"When you going to come back to the hospital?

"David, not sure yet maybe next spring."

"Jana is one of the best surgery nurses we have."

"Yes, and you are the biggest flatter I no, you want me back at work."

"You can't blame me for trying can you."

She looked at him was going to say more but the lab Tec came in with the x-rays and ultrasound. David took them and looked at them.

"Well"

"Nothing is wrong with your brain you will heal just fine Miss Summer, but the ultrasound does show that you are carrying a male and female fetus in your womb.

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