Author: Siobhan
Title: Is Cuma Liom?
Part: 4/5
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
Dedication: For the wonderful Clarey who keeps me in my vicarious sb talk
[Is Cuma Liom? IV]
After a moment's hesitation he knocked on the door and groaned inwardly when Xander was the one to answer it.
"Deadboy! What are you doing here? Come to visit the old home land?"
Angel just glared at him in irritation.
"Xander who's at the door? Angel! You're here. Why are you here?"
"It's nice to see you Willow. Could you invite me in? Please."
"Oh yeah right of course come on in."
"Angel, hello. How've you been?"
"I'm fine thanks Giles. You"
"Fine, fine."
At this point everyone in the room turned to look at Anya.
"What? Oh right. Hello Angel. How are you?" she asked smiling proudly.
"I'm fine thank you Anya."
Tara stood shyly to the back of the room while they were all catching up.
"Oh Tara you haven't met Angel yet have you? Angel this is Tara. My girlfriend."
Tara glowed inwardly hearing Willow introduce her as her girlfriend.
"Hi Angel."
Angel was surprised to say the least that Willow was dating a girl but she seemed happy so he didn't comment.
"Hello Tara. It's nice to meet you."
"Ok with that aside Angel, don't get me wrong, I mean it's nice to see you `n all, but why are you here?"
"Cordelia had a vision. She said Buffy was in trouble so I came to help."
"Speaking of Buffy. She has been gone on awfully long time. She was supposed to just get Spike and come back. I wonder what's taking her."
"I ran into Buffy on my way in. She's fine. She just needed to em talk to Spike about something."
"Why would she need to talk to Deadboy Jr.?"
Angel decided not to tell the gang about what he had overheard Buffy saying. He had already caused enough trouble by telling Spike.
"I'm not sure. Why are you in Ireland anyway?"
"I was e-mailed a prophecy by an Irish nun, Sr. Elaine. It predicted the end of the word and we thought it best to come and check it out."
"Can I see it?"
Giles handed Angel the book Sr. Elaine had lent him.
"Ok everybody. It looks like we're headed into deep research mode. Extreme sugar dose anyone?"
~~~
"Slayer, wait."
Buffy kept on walking ignoring Spike's calls.
"Buffy, please."
She stopped at that. The only other time she had heard him use her name was while he was under Willow's spell and that was in the middle of a battle.
"What do you want Spike. To laugh at me? Fine, go right ahead."
"I just want to know if it's true."
"If what's true," she's be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of making this easy for him.
"What Angel said, is it true? Are you falling for me."
"No!... yes, maybe. I don't know Spike. I'm not sure what I feel anymore."
"But you feel something? For me?"
"Yes I feel something I'm just not quite sure what it is yet. I just realised I might have some feelings for you. It's a bit early to be proclaiming my undying love for you."
"What about Angel? What are your feelings for him?"
"I care about Angel. I always will, but what we had has been over for a long time now and we both know its better that way. I've accepted it."
"So what do you want to do now?"
"I don't know Spike, I really don't. I guess I just need some time."
Spike could see the conflicting emotions crossing her face and decided not to press the matter any further for now.
"Tell you what Slayer why don't we go get that drink I promised you."
~~~
"I've found something"
"What is it Angel?"
"Hold on while I translate, oh no. We have to find this thing now."
They all looked at him in expectation and waited for him to continue.
"This demon, she is actually an ancient Irish sorceress called Maebh. She was extremely powerful in her time and even ruled half of the country. She loved causing misery and pain and once even started a war over her husband having one more bull than her. Anyway they managed to strip her of her power but not kill her. Since then she has been biding her time in human form waiting for the time to be right for her to regain her power."
"And how exactly will she do that."
"From what this says I would say she already has them back to some degree if she has been seen in demon form. According to this however she must take several human lives before she will regain her full strength."
"Any lives?"
"No. It says here it has to be the lives of people who knew and trusted her at one stage."
"Oh god, Giles, didn't she use to work in the local school?"
~~~
Loreto Secondary School
Maebh wandered through the corridors of the school she had been forced to work in as a mortal for the past ten years. She despised everything about the place and would take considerable joy in exacting her revenge. The only problem was deciding where to start.An evil grin began to form on her face as she decided on the perfect person.
Quietly and unnoticed she slipped into room twenty-eight. Miss. O' Donoghue, one of the teachers who had always grated on her nerves was currently lecturing one of her students.
"I don't believe you."
"Miss. Really I could not find the answer," Clare sighed for the fifth time.
Maebh slipped back into her guise as the mild mannered Miss. Hayes and coughed politely in order to get Miss. O' Donoghue's attention.
"Could I speak to you for a moment please."
"Of course. We'll go out into the corridor. Just hold on a second. SIOBHAN – stop whispering. Ok lets go."
Once out on the corridor Maebh showed her true demon-self but before Miss. O' Donoghue even had a chance to scream she pulled out her axe and decapitated her.