Title: Shine
Part: #3
Disclaimer: The characters from the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer are not mine, they are the creation of Joss Whedon's genius and Mutant Enemy.If you plan on posting this on your web site please include my name and the disclaimer, and notify me.
Rating: PG
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“Delightful child” Spike said sarcastically to Doyle.
“Yeah she’s a real chip off the old block” Doyle replied quietly pointing at Cordelia. Spike chuckled and relaxed back against his chair to listed to the rest of the story.
“Very well then, Angelus had returned…”
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Buffy’s eyes sprung open and she began to survey her new surroundings. The mansion. She was back at the mansion, but she wasn’t herself.
“Morning lover, I was starting to think you were never going to wake up” Angelus said from a chair at the side of her bed.
“Angelus”
“The one and only”
“Ha, this feeling, what is it?” Buffy said sitting upright.
“That is the feeling of freedom, your no longer tied down to that annoying soul. You can do anything you want now, and the best part, you’ll never feel guilty” Angelus stated.
“No I was referring more to how god damn bloody hungry I am,” Buffy said getting up, “take me out to eat” Buffy demanded.
“Any requests?”
“Yes actually, I know this quaint little place on campus,” Buffy said smiling.
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“Giles its really, really bad” Willow said bursting through the door with Oz in tow.
“What Willow, calm down, speak slowly and tell me” Giles replied.
“It’s Riley. He’s been murdered” Willow said obliviously disturbed by what had happened.
“Oh God, does Buffy know?”
“No I haven’t been able to find her anywhere, she’s like disappeared off the face of the earth”
“Typical Buffy timing, do you know who or what did it?” Giles asked fearing the answer.
“Well, the police officer said severe neck wounds which spells…”
“Vampire”
“And that’s not the worse part! It happened in his dorm so that means…”
“He would have had to have know the assailant to invite them in”
“Exactly”
“This most certainly is not good! We must inform Buffy” Giles said.
“Oh don’t trouble yourself, Buffy already knows” Buffy said from the open door way.
“Buff what do you mean I just found out and I was there, not when it happened but when they found him” Willow stated.
“Who?” Buffy said excitedly.
“What?” Willow asked.
“Who found him?” Buffy repeated.
“Um Forest, I think, he was pretty distraught”
“Ha, how perfect” Buffy said.
“Buffy what’s the matter with you” Willow stated.
“Nothing, except I didn’t plan on Forest finding him. Ha how poetic!”
“Buffy what are you saying?” Willow asked.
“She’s saying” Angelus said as he slipped one of his arms around Buffy’s waist, “that she might have had a little bit to do with Riley’s… incident”
“Angel! No wait those pants, Angelus!” Willow said.
“It seems I gave myself away, damn I thought it would have taken you longer to figure it out, as you can see it took lil’ Buff here just a fraction too long” Angelus said, as he tried to walk in to Giles’s house. An invisible barrier knocked him back. “Seems you’ve been busy since I was last here Willow, it saddens me to see that you don’t trust me”.
“Buffy, you’re not…” Willow said shakily.
“A vampire, yes Willow, I sorry to say I have moved on and up may I add. You should try it you know, it’s liberating”.
“Buffy…” Giles said.
“That’s my name” Buffy replied.
“How-how did this happen?” Giles asked.
“She got bit” Oz said holding Willow and trying to absorb what was going on.
“Oz, you’ve always had a way with words,” Buffy said.
“Ha I agree, I think he’d make a fantastic childe, what about you my sweet?” Angelus interrupted.
“The will be no childe making of any kind here” Willow said.
“Oh not to worry Will, we need to get some brains in the family, how about you join him? How about the whole Scooby gang becomes the undead Scooby gang? I like the sound of that!” Buffy added.
“And to answer your question Rupert, I made her. Drucilla payed me a visit and helped me out with that whole soul thing. Then she just was getting on my nerves so I might have kind of killed her a little bit. But I have something much better now” Angelus said as he pulled Buffy to him.
“Angelus, I’m board, lets go and play!” Buffy pouted.
“Ha, ha, alright my sweet, I’m getting board of this little game as well. Where do you want to go?”
“What about Xander, I’m sure he’s at home. He’s always fun to play with!”
“Xander no you cant Buffy” Willow yelled as Oz held her back from the door and out of Buffy and Angelus’s reach.
“Oh I think I can, and I think I will, Will. Ha, ha, will, Will, get it, I crack myself up!”
“So we’ll be seeing you later gang” Angelus snorted “Hold your breath till then. We would, if we could breath”. Angelus and Buffy turned and slinked away laughing.
“We-we can curse them, both. I know I can do it Giles” Willow pleaded.
“It won’t work on a slayer Willow. Technically her soul is still with her trapped inside her, watching what she does. You can’t give her something that she’s already got. And Angel, he’ll lose it to Buffy as soon as we give it to him”
“What are you saying? Are you saying that there is nothing that can be done? Because I don’t buy that Giles I just don’t!” Willow said.
“We can reseach, there maybe a way.” Giles said knowing he was speaking a lie. “And just to be on the safe side we should find Faith, she may be our only hope. What about Xander…”
“Oh my god Xander, I have to ring him and tell him not to invite Buffy and Angel in, can I use your phone”
“By all means” Giles said.
“Giles, about Faith how are we going to find a slayer that doesn’t want to be found?” Oz asked as Willow flew to the phone in a blind panic and started to dial the numbers.
“I have a feeling that she will come to us when she learns of what has happened to Buffy. Well I hope, because if she does not want to be found, there is little chance she will be” Giles replied bleakly. He though of what had just happened and quietly mourned the passing of perhaps the best slayer ever and the closest thing he had and will probably ever have to a daughter.
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“Who is it?” Faith yelled as she head banging in the front of Spike crypt. “I would seriously consider showing yourself now, because I am totally in the mood for some violence” she continued as the figure at the door fell limply to the floor. Faith went over to the body, happy that they had saved her the trouble of knocking them out. She grabbed their short matted hair and lifted their face up so she could she who the perpetrator was. “Oh my God… Spike” she said as she saw the vampire’s bloodied face and broken body. All Spike could do is moan and try and swat her away, which in the process caused him more pain. For Spike, being helped by a slayer was the perfect end to a perfect night. It seemed that the whole world was out to see him dust… and nothing could make his predicament worse. If only that were true!