What comes after
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-Buffy the Vampire Slayer › Het - Male/Female › Buffy/Oz
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
23
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4,589
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6
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Chapter 11: Reality Unfolding
Chapter 11: Reality Unfolding
Buffy remained immobile, her eyes closed and breathing shallowly.
Willow refused to move from her side and that meant that Xander wouldn’t move as well, unwilling to be separated from her.
Giles left and returned shortly after with tea for all, which they were grateful for. Willow felt frozen to the bone, but the hot tea and the heat of Xander’s body surrounding her were helping her feel warm again.
Giles sat in the recliner again and immediately took Buffy hand in his.
“Any change?”
Xander replied with a deep sight. “She has not moved, nothing”
“There must be something we can do” Giles mind was working a mile a minute, but couldn’t find any solution for the situation.
“She said she was afraid she couldn’t be able to come back, she told me. We have to help her, but I don’t know what to do”
There was a long silence, until Xander spoke.
“No we don’t”
Giles was aghast. “We can’t just leave her there, we can’t”
“Yes we can, because WE can’t call her back, we tried and it didn’t work, but He can”.
“For the love of God, Xander, what are you talking about? Have you lost your mind?”
“No, actually I’m using it for a change, we need Spike. He can call her back, I know it, don’t ask me how. And we have to help him. He deserves that. You can do it, right?” he said, turning to Willow.
“You brought Buffy back; you can do the same for Spike. He is in hell, Will, we have to save him, and Buffy will wake up if he calls her”.
“They shared their souls” Willow said softly. “I felt it when Buffy shared her memories with me. Before she left the Hellmouth, they held hands and their hands caught on fire, but it didn’t hurt, and she felt a light inside her, a beautiful light. I could feel it too, it was warm and bright and so soft, like silk after is been under the sun. I think it was Spike’s soul. I remember thinking it was the most wondrous thing, that his soul could be so pure”.
“You think that’s why Buffy has been having this dreams?”
“Oh, Giles, I thought you understood by now. Those aren’t dreams. Am I right Will? You were there, it was real” Xander said, his voice conveying complete certainty.
“They shared their souls, and now her soul is leading her to him. She’s shearing hell with him, only from the outside, unable to intervene. But if he lost his soul, how is it possible? I don’t understand”
Giles was horrified. “You mean to say that she has been visiting hell all this time? That those are not dreams? We have to wake her up! We have to wake her up! BUFFY!!” He started shaking the slayer again and screaming her name, completely out of his mind with fear.
Xander got up and leaving Willow on the mattress went to the other side of the bed and placed his arms around Giles, forcefully stopping him, and taking a step back so that there was distance between the distraught watcher and his charge.
Giles realized what he had done and the reality of their situation came crashing down on him, unable to take any more, he turn and buried his face in Xander’s shoulder, crying openly and without reservation into the younger man’s shirt.
Xander’s eyes were moist as well, and Will’s tears were evident as he hugged the watcher to him and said “We’ll get her out. We will”
Buffy remained immobile, her eyes closed and breathing shallowly.
Willow refused to move from her side and that meant that Xander wouldn’t move as well, unwilling to be separated from her.
Giles left and returned shortly after with tea for all, which they were grateful for. Willow felt frozen to the bone, but the hot tea and the heat of Xander’s body surrounding her were helping her feel warm again.
Giles sat in the recliner again and immediately took Buffy hand in his.
“Any change?”
Xander replied with a deep sight. “She has not moved, nothing”
“There must be something we can do” Giles mind was working a mile a minute, but couldn’t find any solution for the situation.
“She said she was afraid she couldn’t be able to come back, she told me. We have to help her, but I don’t know what to do”
There was a long silence, until Xander spoke.
“No we don’t”
Giles was aghast. “We can’t just leave her there, we can’t”
“Yes we can, because WE can’t call her back, we tried and it didn’t work, but He can”.
“For the love of God, Xander, what are you talking about? Have you lost your mind?”
“No, actually I’m using it for a change, we need Spike. He can call her back, I know it, don’t ask me how. And we have to help him. He deserves that. You can do it, right?” he said, turning to Willow.
“You brought Buffy back; you can do the same for Spike. He is in hell, Will, we have to save him, and Buffy will wake up if he calls her”.
“They shared their souls” Willow said softly. “I felt it when Buffy shared her memories with me. Before she left the Hellmouth, they held hands and their hands caught on fire, but it didn’t hurt, and she felt a light inside her, a beautiful light. I could feel it too, it was warm and bright and so soft, like silk after is been under the sun. I think it was Spike’s soul. I remember thinking it was the most wondrous thing, that his soul could be so pure”.
“You think that’s why Buffy has been having this dreams?”
“Oh, Giles, I thought you understood by now. Those aren’t dreams. Am I right Will? You were there, it was real” Xander said, his voice conveying complete certainty.
“They shared their souls, and now her soul is leading her to him. She’s shearing hell with him, only from the outside, unable to intervene. But if he lost his soul, how is it possible? I don’t understand”
Giles was horrified. “You mean to say that she has been visiting hell all this time? That those are not dreams? We have to wake her up! We have to wake her up! BUFFY!!” He started shaking the slayer again and screaming her name, completely out of his mind with fear.
Xander got up and leaving Willow on the mattress went to the other side of the bed and placed his arms around Giles, forcefully stopping him, and taking a step back so that there was distance between the distraught watcher and his charge.
Giles realized what he had done and the reality of their situation came crashing down on him, unable to take any more, he turn and buried his face in Xander’s shoulder, crying openly and without reservation into the younger man’s shirt.
Xander’s eyes were moist as well, and Will’s tears were evident as he hugged the watcher to him and said “We’ll get her out. We will”