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15 - Splinters
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Thanks everybody for the lovely comments! And I'm not sure when the boys are going to do it. I like my fics with a lot of plot. Let me know what you think. *hugs*
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OIB 15 Splinters
Magic Box – Giles’ office
"What? But… why should Cordelia say such a thing?" Giles splutters. He tries to get out of Willow's tight embrace. It's clear to everyone that such close body contact, especially with an emotionally unrestrained girl, is uncomfortable for him. Helplessly, Giles looks over at Wesley who seems to be rather glad not to be in Giles' place.
"Cordelia, would you please explain?" Giles asks the ex-cheerleader, while he awkwardly pats the redhead's shoulder.
"I had this vision. It's the reason Angel and I came to Sunnydale in the first place. I couldn't make sense of it. There was Buffy, and… and Xander. He was bitten by Spike. Spike was killed by Buffy. It was all really weird. I didn't know if it was a vision of the past or things to come…" Cordy shrugs.
Tara seems pretty much unaffected by the news of Xander's death. She's worried about her girlfriend. Shyly the blond witch manages to get to Willow and seconds later the redhead clings to her instead of Giles who gives Tara a thankful look.
"Is there anything else, Cordy?" Wesley asks, dreading the information. Angel's absence worries him very much. Adding to his concerns, was the fact that there had been a few weird changes in Angel's attitude and behaviour over the last few months.
"I, erm, I think, I mean, I could be wrong but, erm... Angelus is back."
This sentence always works like a whip lash - it brings everyone to a complete stop for a couple of moments.
Eventually, Drusilla, still in Gunn's securing embrace, breaks the silence: "Daddy!" she cries in joy and claps her hands. Buffy whips around, checking everywhere for the dark vampire but can't see him. She grabs Drusilla around her neck with both hands.
"Daaaddyyy will be gone soon." Buffy threatens. "And then I'm going to dust you. Slowly." Giles wrinkles his forehead at his slayer but doesn't say anything. Buffy goes back to the lobby of the Magic Box, the others follow her. The slayer opens the weapons cabinet and grabs a sword.
"What are you doing, Buffy?" Willow asks, her voice trembling under tears.
At first, Buffy doesn't answer, then she turns around just before going out of the door. "I'm going to find Spike and Angelus and I am going to kill them. I should have done it way before. I could have saved everybody a lot of trouble… Ms. Calendar, Giles, me. And when I find Xander, if he's one of them, I'll dust him too. That's my job." With that the slayer storms out of the shop.
"Oh god!" Willow cries. "She's going to kill Xander! We can't let her! Giles, we have to do something!" Giles takes off his glasses, starts polishing them. "Actually, Willow, as hard as this may seem, I am afraid, the slayer, Buffy, is perfectly right. It's time to end this nonsense with souled, chipped vampires. There is nothing left of the Xander he was, if he has gotten himself turned. Then he is just another vampire who needs to be dusted before he murders innocents."
"Nooo! Giles! You can't mean that! No! Tara… we have to… have to do something… we need to…" Willow's sobs get so bad, she can't speak on. Tara just keeps her arms around her, holding the crying girl.
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While the loud discussion between Willow and Giles goes on, Cordelia manages to get Wesley's attention and they go a few steps back. They talk quietly to each other now.
"Wes, something is wrong. I don't know what but it has to do with Buffy. She can't just go and kill Angel - even if he actually is Angelus - or Spike or Xander! We could get Willow to soul them or something."
"But Cordy, you said yourself, that it is Angelus; that he's out there hunting with Spike. I’ve seen some changes in Angel over the last few months and…"
"But Wesley! He's our boss. He doesn't deserve to be given up on so easily by us. And who's going to pay us? We have to get to him before Buffy does." Cordy scrunches up her face, deeply in thought.
While they both think about a plan, Wes uses the time to also watch his princess with adoration. He is not jealous of Gunn he discovers, he'd just like to stand over there with them as a unit. Gunn's strong arms are embracing Drusilla and he stands there holding her secure for the others, from the others and herself, like the rock Drusilla called him. He also notices that these two make a beautiful couple because they are the opposites of each other.
"I've got it!" Cordy whispers suddenly, breaking Wes out of his thinking process. "What?" He asks surprised and feels guilty under Cordy's annoyed gaze. "We need Willow to locate Angel and Xander and to en-soul them. We have to talk to her!" Wesley nods but can't think of a way to get the witches alone without being obvious to Giles.
"OH! Ouch! Oh! Owww!" Cordy starts moaning suddenly.
Afraid she's getting another vision Wesley grabs her but she shakes him off.
"What's wrong? Vision?" He asks concerned and Cordy rolls her eyes at him.
"Oh! Just woman problems!" Cordy massages her belly, drawing Wes' look down there. "Oh!" He says, embarrassed and looks away quickly.
"I think I have to lie down… Willow, Tara, can you get me into the training room and give me… something… help me somehow witch-like?" Cordy looks expectantly at Willow who seems to be completely perplexed but Tara seems to have caught on. She shoves her girlfriend in the direction of the training room. "I'm sure we can help with some… powder. Leaves and snail eyes…"
"Ewwww!"
"Snail eyes?" Willow asks, her forehead scrunched up, but she enters the training room and Tara closes the door behind them.
Unsure what to do now, Wesley stays just where he is. Seconds later the door to the training room opens again and Cordy pops her head out: "Wesley, would you please come too? We could use your help."
"I… of course!" Wesley stutters and then follows Cordy inside the training room.
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Giles, in the meantime, has focused completely on Drusilla and Gunn.
"Well," he starts and Gunn involuntarily tightens his grip around Dru. "since it's only a matter of time until Buffy has slain the Aurelius Line… I think we could help her a little. Don't you agree with me, Mr. Gunn?"
“Just Gunn. And if your plan is to find Buffy and get the situation under control… I’m, well, we are with you.”
Giles shakes his head, barely suppressing a sardonic smile. “I’m quite sure Buffy can manage on her own.”
Very slowly a warning tingles up Gunn’s vertebrae. “You’ve got an awful lot of trust in your slayer.” Gunn says carefully, shifting his weight from foot to foot, getting ready for… well, whatever. This Giles guy makes him nervous.
“She is very well trained and at the peak of her body performance. And she’s got a lot of experience, especially with these vampires.”
“Still, two Master vampires with together over, what, 400 years and a fledge, should this Xander be turned to their condition, against one slayer…”
“Well, you really shouldn’t worry about her. A fledge is easy to dust. Don’t you fight them yourself?!” Gunn nods and Drusilla digs her fingernails deeply in his underarm. “And Spike is completely harmless with this chip in his head. He can’t even think about hurting a human without an excruciating pain shooting through his body.” Giles grins.
Gunn tries to understand the information. Chip-controlled vampires?
“So, what kind of help do you have in mind then?”
“Oh, well,” Giles turns to the weapons cabinet and gets a stake and a sword out. “you are a clever guy Gunn, why don’t we get rid of just another monster? It would help Buffy as the broken link will weaken the others.” Giles advances very fast on Gunn and Drusilla, the stake raised. Gunn turns to protect Dru, pulls her behind him. The stake sinks into Gunn’s shoulder. Gunn roars like a lion. Shocked, Giles jumps back.
Despite his injury, Gunn grabs Drusilla and shoves her through the shop towards the door, yelling at Dru to hurry. Giles follows them. “Get in the truck, Dru!” Gunn yells, when they’re finally outside. Blood is running down his arm and the wound burns. Still, he lifts Dru up so she can pull herself through the open passenger door window. He runs around the truck and gets in the driver’s seat, turns the key in the ignition.
Dru is nearly inside when she suddenly screams. Giles must have grabbed her foot and is pulling her out again. Gunn puts the truck in gear and then holds out his injured, bloody arm to Dru. She grabs it but the blood makes it hard for her to hold on. “Hold on!” Gunn yells through gritted teeth and steps on the gas. Dru’s fingernails go deeply into his flesh, Gunn groans but keeps pulling. Finally, with a last hard jerk Drusilla is inside. They’ve managed to shake Giles off.
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tbc
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Thanks everybody for the lovely comments! And I'm not sure when the boys are going to do it. I like my fics with a lot of plot. Let me know what you think. *hugs*
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OIB 15 Splinters
Magic Box – Giles’ office
"What? But… why should Cordelia say such a thing?" Giles splutters. He tries to get out of Willow's tight embrace. It's clear to everyone that such close body contact, especially with an emotionally unrestrained girl, is uncomfortable for him. Helplessly, Giles looks over at Wesley who seems to be rather glad not to be in Giles' place.
"Cordelia, would you please explain?" Giles asks the ex-cheerleader, while he awkwardly pats the redhead's shoulder.
"I had this vision. It's the reason Angel and I came to Sunnydale in the first place. I couldn't make sense of it. There was Buffy, and… and Xander. He was bitten by Spike. Spike was killed by Buffy. It was all really weird. I didn't know if it was a vision of the past or things to come…" Cordy shrugs.
Tara seems pretty much unaffected by the news of Xander's death. She's worried about her girlfriend. Shyly the blond witch manages to get to Willow and seconds later the redhead clings to her instead of Giles who gives Tara a thankful look.
"Is there anything else, Cordy?" Wesley asks, dreading the information. Angel's absence worries him very much. Adding to his concerns, was the fact that there had been a few weird changes in Angel's attitude and behaviour over the last few months.
"I, erm, I think, I mean, I could be wrong but, erm... Angelus is back."
This sentence always works like a whip lash - it brings everyone to a complete stop for a couple of moments.
Eventually, Drusilla, still in Gunn's securing embrace, breaks the silence: "Daddy!" she cries in joy and claps her hands. Buffy whips around, checking everywhere for the dark vampire but can't see him. She grabs Drusilla around her neck with both hands.
"Daaaddyyy will be gone soon." Buffy threatens. "And then I'm going to dust you. Slowly." Giles wrinkles his forehead at his slayer but doesn't say anything. Buffy goes back to the lobby of the Magic Box, the others follow her. The slayer opens the weapons cabinet and grabs a sword.
"What are you doing, Buffy?" Willow asks, her voice trembling under tears.
At first, Buffy doesn't answer, then she turns around just before going out of the door. "I'm going to find Spike and Angelus and I am going to kill them. I should have done it way before. I could have saved everybody a lot of trouble… Ms. Calendar, Giles, me. And when I find Xander, if he's one of them, I'll dust him too. That's my job." With that the slayer storms out of the shop.
"Oh god!" Willow cries. "She's going to kill Xander! We can't let her! Giles, we have to do something!" Giles takes off his glasses, starts polishing them. "Actually, Willow, as hard as this may seem, I am afraid, the slayer, Buffy, is perfectly right. It's time to end this nonsense with souled, chipped vampires. There is nothing left of the Xander he was, if he has gotten himself turned. Then he is just another vampire who needs to be dusted before he murders innocents."
"Nooo! Giles! You can't mean that! No! Tara… we have to… have to do something… we need to…" Willow's sobs get so bad, she can't speak on. Tara just keeps her arms around her, holding the crying girl.
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While the loud discussion between Willow and Giles goes on, Cordelia manages to get Wesley's attention and they go a few steps back. They talk quietly to each other now.
"Wes, something is wrong. I don't know what but it has to do with Buffy. She can't just go and kill Angel - even if he actually is Angelus - or Spike or Xander! We could get Willow to soul them or something."
"But Cordy, you said yourself, that it is Angelus; that he's out there hunting with Spike. I’ve seen some changes in Angel over the last few months and…"
"But Wesley! He's our boss. He doesn't deserve to be given up on so easily by us. And who's going to pay us? We have to get to him before Buffy does." Cordy scrunches up her face, deeply in thought.
While they both think about a plan, Wes uses the time to also watch his princess with adoration. He is not jealous of Gunn he discovers, he'd just like to stand over there with them as a unit. Gunn's strong arms are embracing Drusilla and he stands there holding her secure for the others, from the others and herself, like the rock Drusilla called him. He also notices that these two make a beautiful couple because they are the opposites of each other.
"I've got it!" Cordy whispers suddenly, breaking Wes out of his thinking process. "What?" He asks surprised and feels guilty under Cordy's annoyed gaze. "We need Willow to locate Angel and Xander and to en-soul them. We have to talk to her!" Wesley nods but can't think of a way to get the witches alone without being obvious to Giles.
"OH! Ouch! Oh! Owww!" Cordy starts moaning suddenly.
Afraid she's getting another vision Wesley grabs her but she shakes him off.
"What's wrong? Vision?" He asks concerned and Cordy rolls her eyes at him.
"Oh! Just woman problems!" Cordy massages her belly, drawing Wes' look down there. "Oh!" He says, embarrassed and looks away quickly.
"I think I have to lie down… Willow, Tara, can you get me into the training room and give me… something… help me somehow witch-like?" Cordy looks expectantly at Willow who seems to be completely perplexed but Tara seems to have caught on. She shoves her girlfriend in the direction of the training room. "I'm sure we can help with some… powder. Leaves and snail eyes…"
"Ewwww!"
"Snail eyes?" Willow asks, her forehead scrunched up, but she enters the training room and Tara closes the door behind them.
Unsure what to do now, Wesley stays just where he is. Seconds later the door to the training room opens again and Cordy pops her head out: "Wesley, would you please come too? We could use your help."
"I… of course!" Wesley stutters and then follows Cordy inside the training room.
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Giles, in the meantime, has focused completely on Drusilla and Gunn.
"Well," he starts and Gunn involuntarily tightens his grip around Dru. "since it's only a matter of time until Buffy has slain the Aurelius Line… I think we could help her a little. Don't you agree with me, Mr. Gunn?"
“Just Gunn. And if your plan is to find Buffy and get the situation under control… I’m, well, we are with you.”
Giles shakes his head, barely suppressing a sardonic smile. “I’m quite sure Buffy can manage on her own.”
Very slowly a warning tingles up Gunn’s vertebrae. “You’ve got an awful lot of trust in your slayer.” Gunn says carefully, shifting his weight from foot to foot, getting ready for… well, whatever. This Giles guy makes him nervous.
“She is very well trained and at the peak of her body performance. And she’s got a lot of experience, especially with these vampires.”
“Still, two Master vampires with together over, what, 400 years and a fledge, should this Xander be turned to their condition, against one slayer…”
“Well, you really shouldn’t worry about her. A fledge is easy to dust. Don’t you fight them yourself?!” Gunn nods and Drusilla digs her fingernails deeply in his underarm. “And Spike is completely harmless with this chip in his head. He can’t even think about hurting a human without an excruciating pain shooting through his body.” Giles grins.
Gunn tries to understand the information. Chip-controlled vampires?
“So, what kind of help do you have in mind then?”
“Oh, well,” Giles turns to the weapons cabinet and gets a stake and a sword out. “you are a clever guy Gunn, why don’t we get rid of just another monster? It would help Buffy as the broken link will weaken the others.” Giles advances very fast on Gunn and Drusilla, the stake raised. Gunn turns to protect Dru, pulls her behind him. The stake sinks into Gunn’s shoulder. Gunn roars like a lion. Shocked, Giles jumps back.
Despite his injury, Gunn grabs Drusilla and shoves her through the shop towards the door, yelling at Dru to hurry. Giles follows them. “Get in the truck, Dru!” Gunn yells, when they’re finally outside. Blood is running down his arm and the wound burns. Still, he lifts Dru up so she can pull herself through the open passenger door window. He runs around the truck and gets in the driver’s seat, turns the key in the ignition.
Dru is nearly inside when she suddenly screams. Giles must have grabbed her foot and is pulling her out again. Gunn puts the truck in gear and then holds out his injured, bloody arm to Dru. She grabs it but the blood makes it hard for her to hold on. “Hold on!” Gunn yells through gritted teeth and steps on the gas. Dru’s fingernails go deeply into his flesh, Gunn groans but keeps pulling. Finally, with a last hard jerk Drusilla is inside. They’ve managed to shake Giles off.
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tbc
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