You Have Potential
A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fan Fiction Story
Chapter 26:
We both waked in the house, and luckily no one was awake to ask us where we had been. I had went straight to bed. I felt incredibly satisfied with my self, we were one step closer to solving the Lilith problem.
Just as the sun was about to rise, I lay my head face down on my empty bed, and drifted off to sleep.
Except little did I know as soon as I fell asleep not 10 minutes later, Buffy, and Giles came into my room and woke me up for surprise training.
They came in yelling.
" Alexis! Wake up!" Buffy Yelled, and I wanted to kill her.
" I am going to test your reflexes and your response to surprise attacks in this mornings training session." Giles said looking at me from the door way. I looked u pat the perky blonde looking down at me at my bed side.
" If I slap both of you, does that count toward my surprise reflex session? You surprised me, now I am awake, and my reflexes tell me to attack! Good job!" I mocked sarcastically, still laying in bed, not wanting to move an inch. Buffy tore the covers off of myself, and I groaned getting up, obviously losing this battle.
As soon as they left I pulled a black tee shirt, and black track pants, and my old sneakers on before making my way downstairs to Giles training room. I walked in and saw Cordelia sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, and I was now officially confused.
" Um" I looked around but didn't see any one else just her. " What is going on?" She looked up at me and her eyes got white and she closed her eyes quickly. I saw her grab her head like she was in pain. I knew she must be getting a premonition. "Cordelia!" I shouted watching her now fall to the ground. I rushed to her side, and sat beside her. Not a few moments later he eyes shot open, and she started gasping for breath. She looked straight at me.
" Oh, Alexis!" She tried to sit up, " I am so sorry!"
" Sorry for what? What did you see?" she looked like she had seen a ghost, and her expression was starting to scare me a little.
" Uh… I got to go!" I didn't understand" I stood up to go after her, but Buffy jumped from behind the door and pummeled me to the ground. It took me by surprise, and I snapped out of it and quickly snapped back to reality, and pushed her off of me. Just as soon as I had the lights went out. Someone was behind me in the room, and I remembered this must be part of the training. Giles is testing me on the element of surprise of course. I closed my eyes and tuned into my other senses, and was able to sense where my attacker was coming from. I defended ,and and blocked all attacks.
Soon the lights came back on, and I came face to face with my attacker, Buffy.
" AH ha I knew it was a test!" I smirked, and Buffy took off her gloves.
" Yes, and I am surprised to say that you are very alert, given the circumstances" Giles removed his glasses and looked to the stairs to see Xander and Mike come down the stairs with some coffee.
" But what was with Cordelia, faking a premonition?" Buffy and Giles looked to each other.
" Actually Cordelia's Premonition was very much real? Did she tell you what she saw?" I stepped back and waited for it to make sense.
" Wait… Cordelia can control when she gets one?"
" She can sometimes control when she does and when she doesn't, but it is important that we know what she saw!" Giles kept insisting. I shrugged.
" I don't know, she didn't tell me, she just said that she was sorry." I hated secrets, and I knew they were all keeping something from me. " What ever that meant. Giles rubbed his chin trying to figure what I had just said out, and Buffy raised an eye brow at the doorway, like she wanted to know what Cordelia saw as well. Before I could get annoyed at everyone. I looked up in the doorway where the lights had just come on not moments ago, to the guys coming down the stairs.
" Any one order strong caffeinated beverage!" Xander walked down the steps smiling at me. Seeing Xander , and my drink of choice that I so desperately needed coming to see me really changed my mood, and it was exactly what I needed.
" Xander!" I ran up to him and wrapped my arms around him and took a cup of coffee. I kissed him on the cheek for the sweet sentiment, and looked over at Mike. " What are you guys doing here?" Mike handed Buffy and Giles a cup of coffee as well.
" We were out this morning, and thought what better way to end a training session than a hot caffeine" I smirked.
" We are hardly finished" Giles snapped.
" Alexis can take a break, and I will continue to train for a while if that is alright with you?" Buffy suggested setting down her coffee and suiting back up. Giles nodded , and I walked out with the guys.
Giles and Buffy looked to each other in the basement after we had left, in fear.
" What do you think she saw?" Buffy asked nervous about the answer.
" Considering all she said was she was sorry, and judging from all the screaming I heard from her when she went out, I'd say it was something going to happen to Alexis. That is the only the reason that I could think of Cordelia wouldn't say anything about it." Buffy nodded.
" I just hope what ever it is, she can handle it."
" Alexis is a very strong girl I believe she can handle what ever comes at her. She reminds me a great deal of you!" Buffy smiled touching his shoulder and they went back to training.
Mike, Xander and I walked outside and sat on the porch.
" So where were you last night?" I looked up to See Mike giving me a knowing glance, and Xander looking at me with curiosity.
" Oh, uh I needed to go for a walk"
" Spike went with you right?" Mike looked over at me with raised eyebrows, and I just shot him a look that said , Don't go where you are thinking. I rolled my eyes.
" Yep, he was my official slayer sitter!" I set my coffee down on the ground and stood up. " Because I cant go any where alone, with Lilith in my head!" Mike smirked and decided to put his two cents in.
" I bet you wish you had a vampire in your head again.."
" Shut up Mike!" I would kill him if he ever said how I felt about Spike to Xander. Luckily Xander being Xander didn't understand. He grabbed both o my hands in his.
" I know this must be hard, and believe me I know what it is like to have everyone always looking over your shoulder like you are in some kind of danger." I sighed.
" Xander… you don't understand!" I pushed my self out of his grasp. He really didn't understand , and I was sick and tired of people telling me they knew. The only one that ever knew me was literally inside my head, and now he is gone. He looked at me worried and hurt.
" Lexie…" I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around quickly to face him. I shook my head and stormed inside the house.
Xander looked at Mike.
" Was it something I said?" Mike smirked at the door shaking his head. He couldn't believe how I was acting, and he did know the truth.