Future Children

Title: Future children 7/9
Author: Spikewil
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Summary: In Angel’s office, five children appear. They claim to be from the future. Which child belongs to which couple?
Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Joss Whedon, not me. *sniff*
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
Pairing: Spike/Xander, Wesley/Angel(us), Gunn/Giles, Willow/Cordy, Dawn/Tara, (mentions of Fred/Lorne)

A/N 1: character death.


***2004 – 4 p.m.***


“Harmony? Call my family, except for the children, for an urgent meeting in my office,” Angel ordered his secretary through the intercom.

“Yes, boss,” Harmony answered.

Within ten minutes the family was anxiously waiting for Angel to explain the urgency of the meeting.

“Someone has been summoning Dibra demons,” Angel told them worriedly.

“Dibra demons, aren’t they demons who worship their summoner and can be used as personal slaves?” Spike questioned.

“Yes, that’s them,” Wesley answered.

“Do we know who has summoned them?” Xander asked worried.

“Not yet, but I have my suspicions. Anyway, we need to research these demons. We have to know how to kill them,” Angel instructed.

“Suspicions? You already know who it is, am I right?” Giles asked, having a pretty good idea about the identity of the summoner himself.

“Perhaps our future children would like to help?” Cordelia suggested, not wanting to force Angel into telling them.

“I prefer to let them rest after yesterday’s training. They were exhausted,” Angel answered, ignoring Giles’ comment.

They all nodded their agreement and sat around the conference table to start their research on the demons.


***9 p.m., Spike and Xander’s apartment***

Micky woke up when she heard a knock on the door. She sleepily stood up and walked through the living room to open the door. Nobody was there, although she did smell a scent that was familiar to her. She was about to turn when she spotted a note on the floor. Micky bent down to pick it up when she finally recognized the scent. Aunt Buffy had been there.

Micky sat on the couch, opened the note and read the one sentence.

Be in the fighting arena tonight at 10 p.m.!

Meanwhile, David was running towards Spike and Xander’s apartment and met his other cousins on the way. They were all holding a similar note in their hand. When they stood in front of the door, they knocked at the same time.

She heard a loud knock on the doorgaingain. For the second time in a few minutes she opened it, now facing her cousins.

“Hey guys!” Micky greeted before allowing them to enter the place.

“Did you get a note as well?” Damian asked the now wide awake young woman.

“Yes, I did. You too, huh?” Micky responded. “I think Aunt Buffy wants me dead!” she dryly stated.

“You think?” Liz said sarcastically.

“This is it. Tonight we’ll kill her, even if it’s the last thing we’ll do!” Ann announced angrily.
oth others agreed, even though it would hurt their younger parents that their children had to kill the blonde Slayer. But Aunt Buffy was a danger to the future and they had promised their parents and the PTB that they would do this.

Micky looked at the time and saw it was another hour before they would have to show up at the arena.

“Let’s train in the parking lot. I will place a barrier so no one can see us,” Micky suggested.

“Okay,” Liz answered and left the apartment. She walked towards the elevators knowing her cousins would follow.


***Meanwhile, in the conference room***


“Guys, I found something!” Xander exclaimed. “It isn’t much, it just says here that the demons have to be killed at the exact same time as the person who summoned them.”

“What about this part at the end?” Giles asked when he spotted a small picture. He took the book from Xander’s hands and looked for further information on the dagger depicted in it.

“Angel, these are the knives we received from you as a welcome-to-the-family gift!” Willow mentioned when she saw the drawing of dag daggers.

“Why don’t some of us get the daggers while the others try to find more information about them?” Gunn suggested.

Everyone nodded and Spike, Gunn, Wesley, Dawn and Cordy left to quickly walk to their apartments and retrieve the daggers.


***Meanwhile, in Buffy’s apartment***


Buffy was looking at the four demons sitting across from her. They were devoted to her and did everything she asked them to do.

She looked at the time and noticed she had to wait another hour before the future children would show up at the arena.


***9.15 p.m., the conference room***

“Angel! The dagger is gone,” Wesley called out, looking stressed.

“Xander! I can’t find the dagger,” Spike called out, worried about the disappearance of his Sire’s gift.

“Giles! The knife is gone,” Gunn said distressed.

“Tara! The dagger, it’s gone,” Dawn cried out.

“Willow! The knife is missing,” Cordy shouted from across the hall.

Xander, Angel, Giles, Dawn and Cordy all held their stressed lovers.

“Uhm...guys, where are the children?” Xander asked quietly, realising that he hadn’t seen Micky or her cousins since last night. They should be awake now.


***10 p. Fig Fighting arena***


The A.I. gang were running towards the fighting arena. They had heard the rumour that Buhad had challenged the five future children. When they entered the gym, they saw Buffy standing in the middle of the arena with four Dibra demons.

Angel walked towards the middle only to be stopped by a barrier.

“Buffy! What the hell are you doing?” Angel screamed angrily.

“I’m finishing your future. Those children will die, even if it’s the last thing I do. Then I will control this world like it was supposed to,” Buffy shouted back. She moved her hand and the demons positioned themselves in front of her.

Silence.

Everyone looked at the entrance of the arena to see the five young people had entered. They were each wearing black leather pants and a tight stretchy, sleeveless shirt. Each child had a dagger hanging from their belt.

The gang recognised their daggers immediately. They walked towards them and tried to stop their children.

Micky looked sympathetically at her father before turning back to her cousins.

“David, take third base. Liz, take first base. Damian, you take second base and Ann, you take fourth base,” Micky ordered, before stepping towards her fathers.

“I love you both!” Micky whispered to Spike and Xander before she calmly walked towards the barrier.

“Micky!” Spike cried out tearfully. He couldn’t lose his daughter.

“There’s a barrier. You can’t step into the field,” Angel warned her and was surprised to see her stepping through the barrier.

“Who do you think made the barrier?” Micky asked.

“Oh! Why? We can help!” Angel replied.

“No, you will not help!” Micky informed her family. “Enter,” she whispered knowing only her cousins could hear her.

The entire gang gasped when they witnessed their children moving further into the arena, walking effortlessly through the barrier.

“Angel, we have to help them,” Willow stated.

“You heard Micky. She has done something that prevents us from helping in helping them,” Spike answered instead.

“I will not allow them to be without help,” Tara stated, before calling on her Goddess to help them in case they needed it.

Willow looked at her wife and when Cordy nodded her head, Willow did the same and together the witches stood ready to break through the barrier in case the children needed their help.


*****


Inside the barrier, Micky let her cousins take a lasok aok at their parents before the battle started while she she kept a watchful eye on the demons and Buffy. *Remember our practice,* Micky mentally warned her cousins.

David watched his parents hug each other before watching their fight. He winked at them, hoping it would comfort them for a while. He knew this fight was going to end ugly. He wasn’t sure all of them would survive, but he had a feeling at least one of them was going to die.

Ann looked at her fathers, her eyes full of love. She silently mouthed the words ‘I love you’ before facing the demons again. She had prepared herself for this fight and she knew one of her cousins would die. Her instinct had always been right on previous occasions.

Liz looked at the demons first and then glanced at her mothers. She saw that Tara was already standing ready with her magic, in case they would need it. She smiled at them and received a tiny smile in return.

Damian was watching his mother, Willow, standing next to his Aunt Tara. Their eyes were turning black and he knew instantly they would have back up in case something went wrong. He also knew they were the only two who were powerful enough to break Micky’s barrier. He turned back and waited for Micky’s orders.

Micky felt that her cousins were ready and she spared herself one more glance towards her fathers and smiled.

Buffy took advantage of her distraction and ordered the demons to attack Micky. Buffy, herself, stood still between the second and third base, trusting the demons would do the job.

Micky heard the thundering noise of the heavy footsteps and quickly checked if her cousins were ready to fight. She ordered them to stay still until she gave them the signal for their assault. When she faced the demons again, they were too close and she was slammed into the barrier between the first and fourth base, without a chance to react.

The demons did everything in unison and attacked Micky again. They frowned when they hit air.

Micky had jumped over the demons and was standing behind them. She jumped high and kicked the closest demon in the face.

The demon felt his nose break and grabbed it with both hands, screaming in pain.

Micky watched how the other demons grabbed their noses as well. The young woman signed her cousins that it was time for them to join in and also sent them the message how the demons can be hurt.

Liz, David, Ann and Damian had witnessed their cousin flying through the air as well as the fact that if they hurt one demon, the other three were hurt as well.

Liz left her base and attacked the closest demon. She aimed for the stomach and face and was glad to hear the other demons shout in pain, reaching for the same spots where she had hit the demon.

David, Damian and Ann each attacked a demon, causing the demons as much pain as possible.

Micky, however, walked towards Buffy, who was watching the fight intensively and didn’t notice Micky walking towards her.

Buffy only noticed Micky when she hit her in the face.

“You didn’t think you were going to win, did you?” Micky sneered angrily.

“You bitch!” Buffy screamed.

Spike and Xander had walked along the sidelines to watch their daughter challenge Buffy. The Slayer had apparently accepted the challenge because she suddenly charged their daughter.

“Why doesn’t she let us help?” Spike asked desperately, hitting the barrier with his fists.

“She wanted to protect us and they are here to kill Buffy,” Xander answered while taking his lover in his arms.

Micky knew her Aunt had broken several ribs with her round kick. The bruises caused by the slam she had suffered from the demons was still noticeable as well. She glanced behind Buffy to see her parents watching the fight with tears in their eyes. She hardened at the sight and furiously attacked Buffy. Face, chest, sch ach and legs were attacked. When the young woman was done attacking the Slayer, she stepped back and watched Buffy lying on the floor.

“Come here!” Buffy ordered the demons back to her. It was time to finish the children’s lives.

Micky quickly ran back towards her cousins to see each one was hurting badly. They had to finish this fight quickly, before more people ended up getting hurt.

*Grab your dagger and stand ready. Each of you take the demon in front of you. I will take Buffy,* Micky sent the message quickly.

The family stood outside the barrier and watched the two groups getting ready to attack one final time. Each member had their hands on the barrier, waiting anxiously for the outcome of the battle and hoping their children would survive.

Buffy and the demons ran towards the five children, ready to kill them once and for all.

*Wait until the last possible moment…* Micky said, trusting that they would throw at the same time.

At the end of Micky’s sentence, each child threw the dagger towards the demons and Buffy. Time went slow, the demons faltered and fell to their knees, staring at the daggers protruding from their chests.

Liz, Damian, Ann, David and Micky knew it was over and let themselves drop to the floor, exhausted from the fight. The barrier was broken and the entire family swarmed towards their children.

Buffy knew she was defeated, but she wouldn’t rest until she had her revenge. She took the dagger from her chest and threw it at the children before dropping dead on the ground.

“NOOOOOOOOOOO!” Spike and Xander howled when they saw their daughter being struck by the dagger.

Micky felt pain and looked down. The same dagger she had thrown at Buffy was now protruding from her own chest. She coughed and felt herself being embraced. She knew she was dying; she knew the stab was fatal. Her vision turned black and she died in her daddy’s arms before she could say her final goodbye.

Everyone heard the howl and turned towards Spike and Xander. They saw the two men holding their limp daughter, blood flowing on the floor surrounding them.

“Micky, wake up! You can’t die! Please, wake up!” Spike cried out.

“Oh god..no,” Liz breathed tearfully.

Damian screamed before letting go of his mother and running towards his best friend and roommate. “Please, no. Micky, wake up!”

Ann was quiet. She couldn’t believe Micky was dead. Her cousin had saved them all. She cried and turned into her father’s embrace.

David was shocked. The girl who had been the strongest woman he had ever met, was dead. He stood up and looked at Aunt Buffy who was lying on the floor. He couldn’t help but kick the dead body before screaming out his pain.

“What’s happening?” Spike said surprised, when his daughter started flickering and before he could do anything, Micky was gone.

Liz, Damian, David and Ann were flickering as well.

“It’s time for us to go home. We will see you soon,” Damian answered before disappearing, tears still flowing down his cheeks.