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What comes after

By: Walksoftlytonight
folder -Buffy the Vampire Slayer › Het - Male/Female › Buffy/Oz
Rating: Adult +
Chapters: 23
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Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
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Chapter 17: Arrivals

Chapter 17: Arrivals

After they explained their plan to her, Buffy asked for a break and suggested they ate.
She was still pale and her hands continued to shake, she thought maybe some food would help.

Xander looked at his watch and, seeing that it was some minutes past four said, “Wow, how times fly! It’s almost time for tea. What would you like to… Holy shit!”

“Xander?”

“Dawn, she was coming in this late afternoon and there’s no way to get to the airport on time now, she’s going to be so pissed!”

The door opened and they heard Dawn’s voice. “She’s not going to be as she arrived in an early flight and took a taxi”.

Dawn left her bag by the living room door and lunged herself at her sister. Embracing her with all her strength. “Never do that to me again, I was scared out of my mind”.

“Dawn, I’m so happy you are here. But I’m afraid I can’t promise that”.

Buffy and Willow exchanged a look, Giles saw that and asked. “What do you mean, you are awake now, you are Ok!”
Willow saw the fear in his eyes as well as in Dawn’s. “It’s a matter of time. If we cannot find Drussilla soon it may happen again, Buffy can’t remain awake forever, I have some herbs, but…”

Silence felt in the room. Everyone thinking of possible solutions and discarding them just as fast.
There was only one answer.

“Then we need to get that crazy bitch here, who’s on psychotic vamp detail?” Dawn wanted to know.

“Angel’s trying to find her, Dawn, we’ll know as soon as he does”.

“Then lets eat and tell me the plan, but keep it lively so that Buffy doesn’t fall asleep on us. Giles, you are hereby forbidden to enter into the details, Willow can do it and Xander can insert inappropriate jokes as he sees fit. It’s his main form of contribution anyway”.

Buffy was smiling at her sister, and the mood had lightened considerably with the presence of Dawn’s exuberant energy. Everyone was grateful for her arrival. Together they made their way into the kitchen.

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It was almost midnight and the friends remained in the kitchen, talking and eating ice cream at Dawn’s request.
They were discussing the possibility of attempting a locator spell for Drussilla when they heard a commotion outside.

They all got up and went into the porch where they were met by the incredible image of Angel, with a very angry Drussilla tied like a sack over his shoulder and a big piece of tape over her mouth, running in circles after a screeching Clem.

The demon saw them and started screaming even more loudly, his extra skin flapping every which way.
Still running in circles with Angel in fast pursuit and Drussilla bouncing and muttering under her gag.

“I think somebody should help him”.

“Clem?”

“No, Angel, Clem can go like that for hours”. Dawn had a big smile on her face, her sister was laughing and her friend had come to visit. She liked the friendly demon a lot, so as the level of the shrieks increased, she stepped forward to intervene.

“Angel, leave him alone!”
“But he’s a demon, Dawn!”
“Really? How did you figure that out?”

Clem stopped running and took refuge behind Dawn, placing her between himself and the big vampire as a human shield.
“He just started running after me for no reason. I merely said hello to him”.

“Is alright, Clem, Angel’s just like that, you know? All: kill now, ask questions later”.
Dawn was giving Angel the evil eye, and he turned to the others for some kind of explanation, but before he could open his mouth, Buffy came running down the steps and towards them with her arms opened.

“Buffy, I’m so happy to…” Angel started to say.

“Clem! it’s so good to see you!”. She embraced the big demon. “What are you doing here? we haven’t talk in ages”.

Dawn turned around as the others came to greet Clem as well. “I gave him directions here, Buffy, he said he needed to see us, and we where on line when Xander called. You don’t mind, do you?”

“Of course not. Clem, you know you’re always welcome”.

Everyone was gathered around Clem and Angel was getting increasingly annoyed. “Can anyone please tell me what the hell is going on?”
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