Another Chappy beta'd and ready for you :D
I really really liked this chapter a lot ... this one was a little tougher to edit though .. your descriptions repeated the same words a lot .. like the words foliage, and skitter. lol. So, I changed the words up a bit to make everything flow better. I also added a couple of he said, she said things ..
so, re read it .. make sure I didn't mess anything up :D
Okay then .. I'm gonna go now. I LOVED it ^_^ Can't wait to read the next one. You're telling a good story my friend :D
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Hi, my sister xtina-chan beta'd this chapter. Thank you sister! I hope you guys enjoy. Please review.
As they continued following the path that the map told them to take, Angel noticed a small spot of land that was way too flat to be a part of the rest of the desert. He pointed it out to the others, and they walked toward it.
Xander knelt down, swiping his hands over the sand for a minute. He stopped, rising back up. A large patch of metal was now revealed to them.
"About bloody time," Spike spoke up.
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Xander went down the stairs first, with the others following closely behind him. They started walking down a long hall, examining the surrounding walls, which were crawling with various life and foliage. They all made disgusted faces as the bugs and rats skittered across the floor … the only living things in this abandoned laboratory. The walls were also cluttered with all sorts of lab equipment that would have made Fred squeal with joy.
Eventually they made it to they end of the hall, which grew into a much bigger and rounder room, filled with test tube upon test tube. They studied the tubes walking beside them, peering into them, and wondering why they were empty. Spike felt an uneasy tingle roll down his spine, and he turned around. There, in front of him, was the only tube that had anything in it.
"Look guys, over here … I think this is the only one with someone in it."
"It looks like some sort of ..." Angel trailed off.
"Like some kind of body … " Spike leaned against the side of the tube.
Xander was studying the space around him, and he noticed how the foliage didn't touch this tube, and how the bugs and rats didn't skitter in front of it either. Faith instinctively leaned in to touch the glass. That's when it shattered.
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Everybody jumped back looking at the Skeleton that was now lying on the ground. It's form was slowly developing new layers of muscle and skin. Suddenly, the insects and rats couldn't get out of the room fast enough, and all of the plant life that surrounded them had vanished, leaving the room looking relatively normal.
After a few minutes the skeleton had turned into an ordinary human body. It's head peered up at the lot of them.
"Liam" it stated after a moment.
There before them was a young girl. She had long black hair, with bangs covering her forehead, and deep chocolate eyes that matched Angel's. She was now looking at only him.
"Kathy," Angel asked. To say he was surprised was a total understatement.
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She looked up at him not being able to believe her own eyes. My brother, she kept telling herself. My brother … my brother … my brother … is here. Why is his hair so funny? What's with his clothes? Who are these people around him? One memory quickly floods back into her brain, stopping her internal rambling.
~~Kathy heard a knock at the door, so she walked across the room to answer it, hoping it was good news and not anymore bad. After her brother died, Kathy would not speak a word to anyone. She only looked and nodded her head when needed. Her mother's foot steps could be heard in the distance, knowing that when Kathy opened the door she would not speak to whomever it was. Slowly, she gripped the knob of the door and turned to open in it.
"Liam," she said in a hoarse whisper because of being silent for so long. She tried again. "Liam!" She jumped into his arms. "I knew you'd come back as an angel."
Her mother was now running, remembering what her husband had told her … not to invite anybody in.
"Kathy no," she screamed.
"Invite me in sister, wont you?" Liam smiled at her crookedly.~~
She continued staring at him, but her expression had changed from joyous to pure fear.
"You're gonna kill me," she stated, and it looked like Angel's mouth had gone dry.
"No Kathy I'm not." He took off his jacket, feeling aware that everybody was watching him, and he wrapped it around his little sister. "Guys I think it's time to go home."
Spike looked at Angel and nodded with a very confused look on his face, but he made his way out the room. Faith followed him. Xander on the other hand, didn't move.
"What's going on," he asked him.
"Kathy is my sister," Angel replied sighing. "Please Xander …" he then trailed off wanting the boy to follow Spike and Faith.
Xander left.