You Have Potential

A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fan Fiction Story

Chapter 30:

Willow, Giles, Xander ,and Buffy had gone out to speak with some one from their past who may have information on Lilith. He wasn't a demon, but far too evil to have a bit of humanity in him. He was a Demi -God that could travel from many different dimensions, they call him Gabriel. Buffy dealt with him from time to time to get information out of him and they have an unspoken truce where they wont try to kill each other. He usually hangs out in fancy clubs, or bars. Buffy heard through the grape vine that he has information on Lilith. He usually gave Buffy the run around, so the trips were usually a waste of time, unless there is something in it for him.

They were walking back from talking with him, and frustrated.

" Oh yea, Buff that was useful" Xander laughed and she just looked at him with annoyance. " Lets ask the Demi God who hates us, he wont be vague at all!"

" Xander he has faced her before, and besides he did tell us something" Buffy said sternly. Xander through his hands in the air.

" He said and I Quote ' You can't find her, Lilith will find you, and if your looking she already controls you' Un quote" Giles rolled his eyes at Xander.

" I Know what he said, which is why I am going to talk to Alexis and find out what else she may know, I have the feeling there is some thing she isn't telling us."

" Buffy just be careful what you say to her, we don't want her to think she isn't important to us." Giles warned. She just nodded and Willow Giles and Xander all looked at each other in worry.

They needed to walk by the very cemetery that Reyna and I had went to, to get back to the house. Little did I know how close they actually were.

Reyna watched everything, and watched me fall to the ground. She was in a panic, and started to look around. Lilith was no where to be seen , and no one else for that matter. She began to wonder if this was the moment that Lilith had chosen to take over.

" Alexis?" She leaned down and propped up my head on her lap to look at me. I didn't wake up. " Alexis wake up!" She tried not to panic. She needed to think of a spell to help her out so tried to levitate me successfully, and made sure I safely got back. Reyna knew that she was strong, but right now she doubted exactly how much she was to handle all of this right now. However as she tried to levitate me out of the cemetery, is when Willow had spotted us.

" Reyna?" Willow whispered at first trying to figure out what was going on, and then she saw. " Rey!" She shouted until she turned around and losing her concentration causing me to fall to the ground. This must have been what brought me back to consciousness. I felt my head pound, and heard voices around me. Reyna turned around nervously while Willow ran to her. Buffy and Xander ran behind her with Giles right behind.

" Will" She sighed " It's Alexis, I think Lilith did something to her!" Xander bent down and ran his hand down the side of my face. I could faintly hear his voice calling my name. I slowly came to with the sound of his voice calling me. My eyes flickered open and I saw Xander's face looking down on me with worry and hope.

" Xander?" I couched trying to regain my strength. He leaned down and kissed my forehead and held me close to him.

" Yea, I'm here Alexis!" I tried to sit up in a hurry when I remembered what exactly happened.

" Wait, I saw her… Lilith..She" I tried to explain what had happened but he shushed me.

" Don't worry about her right now, We need to get you back" I started to shake and went unconscious again. This must have scared every one including Xander. He picked me up and carried me back. Everyone was silent the whole way back to the house. Xander put my in bed, then headed back down stairs with everyone else.

Hew looked right at Reyna, who sat on the couch with Willow. She looked to be mentally beating herself up for what had happened. She felt guilty, and knew she shouldn't have went but did anyway, because Alexis was her friend.

" So, I'm going to be the first one to ask what everyone is thinking." He walked over to Reyna and folded his arms. " What the hell happened tonight?" Willow looked from Xander to Reyna. She knew Xander was hurting and also how guilty Reyna felt, so she intervened.

" Now wait a minute Xander, don't gang up on Rey, can't you see she is already beating her self up about it. We don't know that it is any ones fault!" They stared at each other, over the battle of their girlfriends. Reyna hated everyone fighting especially now. She stood up between them two.

" It's ok Will, I understand what your trying to do, and what Xander is. He is just protecting the one he loves." She smiled at him and he just nodded at her and unfolded his arms to let his barrier down. They all sat down except for Reyna was started to explain what happened.

" Well, I had come over here originally because I forget that you were going to be out on an important mission with Buffy and the others" She looked at Willow. " I was about to go back just stay and wait for you to return, that's when I saw Alexis. She looked trapped, and alone. I hated seeing her like that, she had been nothing but a good friend to me since she arrived, just like the rest of you. She was going to sneak out and patrol the cemetery for something to do, she had a lot of pent up frustration. I cant say that I blame her though" Now she was the one to fold her arms. It was like she was able to tap into my own thoughts, but that was impossible.

" Reyna, we were only doing it for Alexis's own good, we wanted to be able to protect her against Lilith!" Xander tried to explain calmer than he was originally, but only on the outside.

" Do you really think she feels that way?" Reyna shot back. Then continued to explain what had happened. " So I went with her, and for hours there was no action. It was actually quiet. We were about to head back here and call it a night, that's when Alexis stopped and stared at a crypt. I didn't know what she saw, but she made her way toward it. It looked dark and vacant. I thought she was just being thorough, or maybe saw a vamp or something, but as soon as she opened the door." She stopped sighed and relived the moment before starting again. She thought maybe she missed something crucial, or important. " We both saw Lilith staring at us, but she only seemed to care about Alexis, she didn't care we were both there. She came toward her, and Alexis didn't move, even though I yelled at her to get out of there and come with me. It looked almost like Lilith was controlling her. Then this was weird." I paused again. " She touched Alexis, and this light appeared. I didn't see what happened through the light, but when it was gone, so was Lilith and Alexis was unconscious on the ground." She let out the breath she seemed to be holding in and sat back down. Willow grabbed her hand in hers and started to rub it to reassure her that she didn't do anything wrong.

Buffy and Giles looked at each other and nodded.

" Reyna's right, Alexis probably feels like she is weak and defenseless. We know Lilith is always one step ahead of us, even before we realize it. She is connected to Alexis, and now she may even be closer to her than we all hoped."

Giles stepped up to finish what Buffy was trying to say.

" I think what Buffy is trying to say is that we can't afford to turn our backs on each other now, we are stronger when we are together." He took his glasses off and leaned against the wall. " That's why we have to get closer to Alexis and figure out Lilith's plan. If our demon is tuned into Alexis and us, maybe we can turn the tables on her. We have to try to get Alexis to hold on to all of the humanity she has left, before we figure out how to stop Lilith." Buffy nodded and everyone else seemed to understand even if they didn't like it.

I woke up in my bed with a giant head ache. I tried to remember what exactly happened. I knew that I had gone patrolling with Reyna. I remember confiding in her about Xander's proposal, and how my feelings for Spike are clouding my judgment. I slowly got out of bed and tried to remember what happened next. For some reason I could not. I stared at my self in the mirror and I really looked like hell. I closed my eyes, but then when I opened them back up I saw Lilith's face laughing at me, with the faint sound of that soul piercing giggle. It send a chill up my spine. I hurried up and closed my eyes again. This time when I opened them back up I saw just me again. If I didn't know any better I could have sworn my eyes flashed red. I tilted my head and walked out of the room and needed to find some one else.