Disclaimer: *hysterical laughter*you actually think I own these so called characters?? Thankfully no!!! They belong to Whedon and Co. Don’t sue cuz I only have a few CDs to my name. Rating: R to NC-17 Spoilers: post surprise.... and everyone's dead or so she thinks. Angelus was never cursed in becoming 2.Also we have Anya, Tara, Wesley and Dawn around and maybe Gunn and Lorne. Distribution: You want it? You’ve got it!! Just tell me Feedback: will be appreciated Dedication: to all the B/A 'shippers out there for keeping the faith and most especially to Summi*g* and to my beta Britanyca (you are an absolute doll) Pairing:B/Aus. I probably will have more Summary: After Surprise Angelus has been hunting Buffy down. She ran away. Now he has found her!!!! Authors note: Trine is an astrological term for highly compatible and Venus is the planet symbolizing Love. In my story I've used SMG's real birthday April 14 because I need her to be an Aries (I'm one too *grin*) and need Angelus to be a Leo so I've assumed his B'day to be July 29 cuz I need it to be that way for a prophecy I'm gonna Introduce. '...'-Thoughts *********************************************************************************************** Title:Venus Trines with Midnight (Part 1/?) Author:Netra April 14,2005. The rain fell relentlessly. She looked outside and saw that not a soul was out on the streets. She was overcome by an overwhelming sense of foreboding. The rain finally stopped, so she got up and reached for her coat. It was almost midnight and she would turn twenty-four soon. She wondered if anyone remembered her birthday or they would have, if any of them were still alive. They had all died one by one. Willow, Giles, Xander, her mother, Dawn, Cordelia, Anya even Wesley and Tara. None of them had been able to vanquish him. Even Willow and Tara had been no match. One minute they were standing next minute they were down. After Dawn died, Buffy couldn't take it anymore. She ran away from Sunnydale, from California, from the States. She couldn't bear to be near anything that reminded her of past-cherished memories. Memories that she would take with her to her grave: fond remembrances of her fallen Angel. She couldn't help but notice that on the very day she had first made love to her Angel, she should be filled with a deep sense of foreboding. She stopped outside a dilapidated shack. She looked at her watch, it was just twelve. ‘The witching hour!' she thought as she checked her pockets for her stakes. It was there. ‘Old habits die hard!', she thought. Buffy wandered slowly along the road seemingly leading to nowhere; finally ending up neared the beach. She looked up to see Venus shining brightly.’ Venus trines with midnight’ she thought. The irony of it was not lost on her. She didn't realize she had been sitting on the beach so she get up and started to walked back. She hated nights like these. Free nights always gave her too much time to reflect. Reflections always lead down the one-way road to Angelus. Buffy knew he'd find her sooner or later and she wasn't afraid of that. What she was afraid of was what he would do after he found her. Angelus was an extremely mercurial demon. She didn't know whether he would be merciful enough to kill her painlessly and fast or turn her into a child of darkness like himself to torment until the end of time. She was so lost in her thoughts that she never saw a large body in front of her until she bumped headfirst. "Watch where you're going....", she trailed of, as she looked into a pair of eyes darker than ebony and as black as sin. Expressionless, unfathomable and unpredictable as their owner... ******** Part 2 "Did you think I wouldn't find you?" Angelus asked. "No," Buffy replied. He circled her like a predator circled its prey. "Then why have you been hiding from me?" His voice was emotionless as his face. "I don't know. Slayer instinct I guess," she answered. "I ran ever since I found out Willow and Giles and everyone was dead." "They're not dead!!" He laughed. "What? You're lying!!!" She cried out incredulously. "Buffy, Buffy, Buffy. You know me better than anyone else. I may be a lot of things but liar certainly ain't one of them." He laughed again. Tears began to form in her eyes." but why would someone make me think they are dead??" *April, 2001 Buffy walked into the Magic box and she called out, "Giles? Giles? You in there?" When no one answer, she marched into her training room only to found all of them lying on the floor; Willow, Tara, Xander, Anya, Cordelia, Wesley... all of them lay there motionless. "No! No!" She ran out the room and headed towards her home. When she walked in and stumbled on her mother’s and sister’s bodies spread on the floor. She was speechless with grief and couldn't bear to be in this town anymore. * She had taken the first plane out of town. She landed 4 hours later in London. She spent six months there before she left for France. She spent two years there but she later left for Italy and had spent the last 2 and a half years in Venice. All those images came rushing back to her like a tidal wave. "They must be so worried about me." She thought out loud. "Actually they aren't" Angelus told her. "Huh? What do you mean?" she was confused at his words. "They believe you’re dead, I should know… I told them." he explained, enjoying the look of anguish that crossed her ever expressive face. "You didn't!!" "I did,” he replied. “And besides aren't you getting a little redundant with the disbelieving?" "Bastard!" she retorted. "Did you ever doubt it?" he told her with a smirk. "How did you find me and why went looking for me?" she asked changing the subject. "If I was blind I'd see you. Besides what kind of husband would I be if I don’t go looking for my wife after she has disappeared?" he questioned. "Husband?” she queried while a quiver running through her body. "Yes, husband. What my sissy soul didn't tell you was that when he gave you that claddagh ring he married us to you according to Irish laws." "Oh" was all she could manage. "But then again that's not a bad thing after all. Sure, the first time round wasn't good... but as they say; practice makes it perfect huh Buff?" And that was the last thing she remembered before blackness swamped her and she could think no more. ********** Note: In this part we go back to 2001 to find out what exactly happened and why Angelus is looking for Buffy. Part 3 2001, At the mansion, "I want them gone.” Angelus told one of his minions, Dave. "You mean dead? Don’t you sire?” Dave said with a glint in his eyes. "No! You moron! You always think with your stomach. They are of no use to me dead!” Angelus replied "Then Sire, What do you want me to do?" "I want you to make them seem dead. She should think that either I killed them or had them killed." "Why do you need her to think so, Sire?" "Buffy has survived for so long because of her friends and family. Without them, she has no reason to go on fighting. She fights to protect them. They connect her to the world outside demons, apocalypses and death. If she thinks they are dead then she will be broken and easier take. But if she wants to continue fighting me I don't mind fighting her down to submission." "As you wish Sire!” Dave said and left to carry out his duty. With happy thoughts of Buffy naked in his arms, in absolute abandonment. Angelus went looking for his leather duster. He needed a kill to work out the energy in his body. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` At the Magic box, "Giles? Willow? Anya? Anyone?"Buffy called out She walked in and saw only in her worst nightmares. Everyone was dead! Willow had her neck at an odd angle. She couldn't make out how the others had been killed but they were all dead. Tears fell down unshed. She turned and ran out. Once outside she hailed a cab and left for the airport. Dave had been watching her from the shadows. He saw the anguish on her face and went to report to his Sire. “Sire it is done.” he said “Well done! I will reward you.” Angelus told him not intending to reward him at all ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Days later, Buffy was still missing and now Angelus had grown tired of waiting and was about to go look for her when her friends came barging in. “You know, it’s not fair that demons can’t enter homes unless invited but humans can enter theirs without invitations.” he quipped. “Where’s Buffy?”Willow questioned without preamble. “ Dead!” he said. Silently making up his mind to go looking for her while her friends gave up. “What do you mean dead?” “Dead as in not breathing!” he replied. With that he pushed them out of his door and went toward his garage. He was going to go looking for Buffy and was going to make anyone who harmed or touched her in any way ,die a most horrible and painful death. ********** Part 4 A soft movement from next to him brought him back from his trip down memory lane. Angelus looked at Buffy. She was growing restless. He pulled her against him and tried to soothe her. She smiled contentedly."Angel", she murmured.” Angelus growled softly, but she quietened down and went back into a deep slumber. Angelus got up and walked toward his adjoining study. He needed to finish translating that prophesy. He had been through every book he knew but he still couldn’t find the meaning of Gotterdammerung.So he sat down and went back to checking and rechecking. All he knew was that it concerned him and his beautiful blonde slayer. He knew not from the prophecy because that was so obscure but from instinct. He looked outside his window and saw the rosy glow of dawn speed over the sky. He walked toward the windows and looked at the spreading dawn. He felt and unaccustomed and unusual tug at his heart. Angelus shook it away almost as soon as it came. It was fairly light. He looked at the clock it was nearly seven.’The early bird catches the worm’, he thought. He walked back toward his room careful not to step into the growing patches of sunlight. One ray fell on Buffy's face emphasizing the innocence and purity of her features. There was a serene smile on her face. A part of him was loath to wake her up. But the part that wasn't dominated. He walked closer to the bed and said "Wakey, wakey, lover! Rise and shine!" "Huh? Where am I?" Buffy asked disoriented. She sat up straight and looked at him.” Why am I still breathing?” she asked feeling her pulse. "Why Buff! I’m hurt. Not everything involves killing you,” he answered.” Get up and get ready for breakfast, I’ll be waiting for you in the dinning room,” with that he left the room 'So far so good.’ she thought. She headed for the bathroom. She stepped into the bathroom and headed to the shower stall .On entering she noted that all her favorite toiletries were there. It unnerved her how well he knew her. She sighed and switched on the tap deciding to forget for a few brief moments everything except the ecstasy of the water falling over her. ********** Part 5 NC-17 An incessant pounding aroused Buffy from her reverie. She got up and wrapped herself in one of the plush towels .She walked toward the door and opened. "About time you came out”, Angelus informed her with a very annoyed expression which soon changed as Buffy stepped into his full view. His eyes raked over her in blatant lust. He reached fro her and grabbed her roughly for a kiss. She resisted his kiss at first but a warning growl ensued from his throat. She gave in hating herself for letting him affect her. Angelus' tongue invaded her mouth and dueled with her for supremcy. Sometime during this prelude he towel fell off and he scooped her and unceremoniously dumped her on the bed. He trapped her deceptively small body between his powerful thighs and pulled of his shirt. He bent down and gave her another searing kiss. His mouth then left hers. She gave a small whimper of protest. She had been without him for so long that she never him to stop touching her. "Missed me haven't you, Buff?” She didn't answer. Angelus bent down again and started pressing wet open-mouthed kisses on her jaw line moving lower and lower down her throat and to the valley between her breasts. She gave another whimper. His mouth covered one breast and started nipping and sucking on one dusky nipple while his hand played with the other. Then he switched. Her hands gripped his shoulders, her nails digging into his skin. He moved lower to taste the warm flesh over her belly and lower to the nest of curls in between her legs. He slipped his tongue inside and her hips bucked wanting more of him inside her. He replaced his tongue with one finger and the two and finally three. He long skilled fingers stretched and played her like a finely tuned instrument. "Please!” she cried out. "Please what Buff? What do you want?” Angelus asked. "I want you inside me now!” she cried He moved up to catch her mouth for a kiss. She could taste herself on him and was repelled and aroused at the same time. He unzipped his pants to release his already hard cock from the confines of his pants. With one thrust he entered her slick passage. Buffy arched of the bed and began to move her hips to the rhythm of his thrusts. The waves of her orgasm crashed over her and she screamed his name as she came and a few seconds later he came too spilling his long dead cold seed inside her. She fell back onto the bed. Sated and spent. "Lovely breakfast Buff!” Angelus smirked down at her.” Get dressed and come down for breakfast.” with that Angelus got off the bed and zipped himself up and pulled his shirt back on. Buffy lay on the bed for a few moments. Silent tears rolled down her cheeks. She berated herself for giving herself up so completely. She wiped her tears and got up. She had found a few dresses in the armoire .She then left the room to face the inevitable ********** Part 6 Sunnydale, 2001 “Willow are you sure, he said that Buffy was dead?” Giles asked “He said dead as in not breathing”, Willow responded emotionlessly “That’s impossible. There’s no body no indication of her death anywhere.”Cordelia put in her two cents. “If you think Buffy being dead is one hell of a problem, guess who else is in town?”Xander gushed as he ran into the Magic Box panting. “I’m almost afraid to ask, but who?” Giles questioned him. “Spike!” “Oh Lord!” Wesley exclaimed.” That’s just what we don’t need.” “Willow I want you and Tara to do a spell. I want to know for certain that Buffy’s dead.” Giles ordered. “The rest of us we will put our heads together to find a way to get rid of Spike.” Sunnydale, 2005 “It’s been four years and we still haven’t been able to find Buffy.” Willow said sadly. “Yes but at least we know she’s alive.” Tara tried to comfort her “Eureka! I’ve found her!” Wesley cried. “Where did you find her?” Giles asked coming out of the store on hearing Wesley’s shout. Now all those present were sitting up straight. Anya, Xander, Cordy, Willow, Tara, Even spike and another guy called Riley Finn. About four years ago Spike had come to Sunnydale. A Government organization called ‘The Initiative’ had captured him and implanted him with a chip. Finding nowhere else to go he came to the remnants of the Scooby gang claiming Druscilla found out about the chip and kicked him out .The remaining Scooby gang had closed down the initiative and were joined by one its members, Riley Finn who said he wanted to help them fight evil. “She’s in Venice, Italy.” Wesley said basking in all the attention. ********** Part 7 Angelus was talking on the phone when Buffy walked into the room. He hung up when he saw her entering. "I didn’t know you had a mansion in Venice." She began. "I have a mansion in almost every country in the world." He replied. "Eat your breakfast fast we are leaving town as soon as you're finish." " Why?" "One of your Watchers found out your whereabouts so I presume they know you‘re not dead." "How did he find out where I was?" "In LA there is a place called Caritas, a demon karaoke bar. The demon that owns it can read people’s minds, tell the future etc. but only when they sing. So we’re leaving because after four years of searching for you I’m not about to let you go." Half an hour later they were packed and ready to go. "Where are we going?" Buffy asked. Just because she was his prisoner, didn't mean she wasn’t about to let him order her around. "Are you going to object to where I’m taking you?" Angelus inquired silkily. Buffy didn’t respond, but sulkily opened the door and sat down. "Put on your seat belt. I refuse to be caught because you're not putting on your seat belt." He ordered her. She did as told, but with a pout on her face. "Buff," he started, as he got in. “Just because I haven’t hurt you yet, doesn’t mean I won’t ever it would be in your best interest. If you do as I tell you". With that he stated the car and headed toward the airport. ********** Part 8 Buffy and Angelus entered his Parisian mansion. They had been traveling for nearly one and a half days. She looked around her and noticed the mansion was more of a palace than anything else. And also it was away from the rest of the city. It unnerved her that he would go to such lengths to keep her friends from finding her. "You look tired Buff. I think you should rest," Angelus' voice cut into her musings. " “ What? Oh! Rest. Yeah, I guess I could use some sleep." She replied. He motioned for her to follow him. He took her hand as she came and stood closer to him. Angelus led her up to a large marble staircase, which will lead to the bedchambers. "How many rooms do you have in this palatial home of yours?” She queried curiously. "Hmmm 'bout 20!" "What the hell do you do with so many rooms?" "You'll find out soon enough, Buff." He responded with a smirk. She didn't reply. Angelus stopped in front of a large oak door and opened it. It led into one of the largest and most luxurious bedrooms she had ever seen. "You can choose your side of the bed. I really don't care," he said. "You'll rest now. I have some things to take care of and some old acquaintances to threaten." with that comment he left. Buffy strolled to the bed and lay down. She sighed in contentment as she felt her muscles relax. She switched off the lamp and was soon fast asleep. **************************************************** "This is so good. Just you and me," Buffy said. "I love you, Angel." "I love you too, sweet. You know I can't stay long right?" he asked. "Yeah."She queried. "I wonder why Angelus doesn't want my friends to find me.” "Because he's afraid." Angel answered her curious question. "Afraid?" Buffy cried incredulously. "You have got to be kidding me? What is he so afraid of?" "Of losing you. Venus Trines with midnight. Long ago there was this prophecy. It said when the lamb lies down with the lion... There will be Gotterdammerung.So or millennia of peace." At her blank look, Angel explained more in detail. "You being born on the fourteenth of April are the lamb Angelus being born on the Twenty ninth of July is the lion. Your mating with him will bring about absolute destruction or peace. The powers know this and want to prevent it. That's why they inconspicuously leave clues for your friends to find you." With that he leaned down to kiss her but suddenly he pulled away. "I have to go, he's back now. Remember, I love you no matter what." He was gone before she could reply. Buffy felt the bed shift with Angelus' weight and realized he'd come to join her in her nap. She turned toward him. She decided she'd ask Angelus about the prophecy later. Right now her mind was too heavily fogged with sleep to even think about it. She closed her eyes once again and went right back to sleep. TBC…
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