You Have Potential

A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fan Fiction Story

Chapter 35:

I stared back at Spike in fear, how could I really be the slayer? I mean yes, what he had said made sense ,but that meant that some one I cared about was dead.

" Are you alright love?" I looked at him and sighed, trying to find the words.

" I just wish I knew …" I felt a pang in my head. " I wish… Oh no…" I went into another premonition. Spike watched me and waited for me to come back too.

It looked like I was in the woods, I was standing outside, in the middle of night, surrounded by nothing but trees. I looked all around me and saw nothing. I started to walk around, but there was no one or nothing there.

" Hello?" I shouted Just then I saw some one run right past me screaming, and then crash to the ground right in front of me. I gasped and then dropped to the ground. I felt scared and alone when I recognized the girl that was at my feet. It was Faith. She had blood trickling from her neck, and was holding tight to her side, that also seemed to be gushing blood. She was panting for breath and struggled to move. She looked to be looking right at me, but that was ridiculous, because I wasn't really there just re living it.

" You" She tried to sit up, and I looked behind me to see a dark shadow coming toward her. That's when I recognized the shadow as it came into view. I would recognize that evil giggle any where, it was haunting me and sent chills up my spine to think.

' Lilith' I whispered to my self just staring at her. She stood over Faith, and smirked.

" Time to Make room for the next one… this one I get to pick" I looked back and forth from Faith to Lilith. Faith was struggling to fight death and her. " It gives me great pleasure to kill a slayer, but I am not nearly as strong as I would like to be" Faith moaned in pain as her death came closer. " Oh don't worry, your death will help bring forth my strength and the end of you, and the beginning of my kind." That's it, this has been planned. Spike was right I was the slayer now, but this time it was more than that. I watched as Faith's last breath and her light went out. Lilith disappeared with a grin on her face and I got sent back to reality.

I gasped for breath when I came back to, and the first thing I saw was Spike staring at me with worry, and that only made it harder. I broke down in tears, and Spike pulled me close to him. He held me tight as I took comfort in his arms.

Little did I know that while I was having my premonition, so was Cordelia, except it wasn't just any premonition, but the exact same one. She was trying to catch up with Xander one minute sitting there on the couch, reliving her feelings and having them all rush back to her, when she was pulled in. When Cordelia came back into reality she was in shock, and stared at Xander.

" Cordy, what is it, what did you see?" He asked but she just looked up and slapped him in the arm. He rubbed his arm.

" Ow! What was that for?"

" Faith!…" HE was confused. " You slept with her!"

" Yea… but that was a long time ago… after you and I so…wait" He paused. " You saw that?"

" No, I saw her die, but I saw that years ago, I was just reminded of it seeing that vision. I always wanted to smack you for that one."

" You saw that…" Cordelia looked a little hurt as she tried to focus her thoughts else where and look around the room. Then it hit Xander. " Wait what do you mean you saw her die? Faith is dead?" Cordelia looked more worried than Xander was, and it only made him more worried.

" Xander, Alexis is in more trouble than you think. Lilith has been planning what ever she is planning for a really long time. She choose her, and killed Faith so that she will become the next Slayer. For some reason she needs her specifically, and her strength." Xander stood up and stated to pace in one spot then ran a hand through his hair.

" Go get Buffy and the others!" She stood and came closer to Xander.

" What about Alexis?"

" I will get her, I need to break it to her gently." Xander watcher Cordy run into the basement to get the others while her walked up to get me.

I couldn't believe what I had just seen.

" Lexi, what did you see?" I leaned up and looked at Spike. He wiped the tears from my eyes gently and I sighed.

" You were right, I didn't want you to be right , but you are."

" About what then?"

" I saw her death, Faith's" I watched his eyes get big. " But that's not all." I started to panic again. " She was murdered by Lilith. She has been working on manipulating my timeline since before I was born. She needs me, specifically me, and she needed Faith dead so that I could become the next slayer." I put my head in my hands, then looked back up at him scared of what was going to happen next. "I don't know what she needs me for but it is going to be the rise of great evil and the down fall of all humanity."

We stared into each other's eyes, unmoving, and I wondered if this was the last time we would look at each other that way, and if this was the last time I would ever be myself. Would I never get the chance to be me again. I started let my mind wander. I really didn't know when or how long it would be until Lilith takes back over, and this time stronger, with me unable to come back from it this time, because I would have to be stupid not to think she wouldn't be stronger than the last time. I couldn't just let her take over my humanity with out trying to fight back. I leaned in closer to him, and put my hand on his cheek, and laid a soft but sweet kiss on his lips. I was about to pull away, when he closed the gap between us again, and this time it was more than just a sweet kiss, I kissed like it was the last time I would ever get to. I took in all of him. However I heard a sound from behind us, it was some one clearing their throat. I jumped back and looked up to see Xander standing in the door way, with his arms folded, and he looked so hurt, like I had just killed him, or rather his love for me.

" Xander?" I whispered I couldn't say anything else, I wanted to say so much, to explain, but nothing came out. I hated hurting him like that, and I hated that he saw that most of all, even though he already had a feeling, but I just gave him confirmation. We all just stood there, neither of the three of us saying a word, but the tension in the room filling up. Finally he spoke.

" I came up here to tell you of the premonition that Cordy just had about you… well technically about Faith being dead and Lilith controlling your time line to make you the slayer" He nodded. " But I guess you already know that because it turns out you had the same premonition." I listened to Xander explain how Cordelia and I had the same premonition, and I thought that I was a bit odd. I bit my lip out of nervousness. He shook his head.

" You know I would find this funny if it wasn't so sad.." I looked at him, half knowing what he must feel. " It it all as to do with the women I fall in love with… and that evil…" He seethed " Dead!" this time he started to laugh, but not in a funny way. He came closer to him and he looked like he was going to hurt Spike, I didn't now what I was thinking I let my instincts take over.

" Xander don't!" I stood in front of him to protect Spike.

" What is it with this vampire? Huh? What is so special about him?" he questioned but looked at me with so much hurt. I let a tear fall from my face again.

" I'm sorry" I whispered and looked at the ground and then walked past the both of them to the living room to find the others, but before I could leave I pulled the stake out of Xander's pocket.

Those two just stared at each other again, in anger and frustration.

I wasn't playing games anymore, and I wasn't playing it safe. I knew what was going to happen, I have seen it, now was the time to play hard ball. If Lilith wants a slayer, she isn't going to get one she is going to get two. I marched down the stairs to the living room where everyone was gathered.

" Ok listen up, I'm through playing nice, Faith is dead, and Lilith manipulated my timeline to make sure I ended up as the slayer. If she wants strength and a fight she's going to get it!"