FIC: And the Dead Shall Walk (2/?) Rewrite

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Date: Sat Nov 18, 2000 9:20am
Subject: FIC: And the Dead Shall Walk (2/?) Rewrite.


Title: And the Dead Shall Walk (2/?) rewrite
Author: Red Demon
Email: eternal_light2000@xxxxxxxxx
Disclaimer: Joss, Mutant Enemy, The WB, and 20th Century Fox own all 
things Buffy.
Pairing: Buffy/Willow
Rating: PG
Distribution: Take it but keep my name attached and send me an email.
Feedback: Wanted Desperatly. 
Summary: Sequel to Life on My Block. Buffy home and has just had a 
major fight with Kat.
Authors Note: This is the rewrite to the second part of this fic. So 
ignore the orignal part two and part three. Thank you.

PART TWO

She stumbled down the dark alley holding her swollen stomach. She 
pulled the tattered clothes that she'd stolen around her, trying to 
out-run them but she was too weak. They followed her, taunting her.

Angel laughed at her as she fell to her knees. "Does it hurt lover?" 
He pulled the sword out of his chest. "You killed me.

"Jenny's dead eyes gazed through her. "Giles blames you. We could've 
had a great life together but you killed me." Her neck fell limply to 
one side unable to support her head.

Kendra stood over her holding her neck blood dripping from her hand. 
"If you hadn't let your heart get in the way, I'd be alive. I'm dead 
because of you."

The room shifted and she was in the hospital her wrists hand-cuffed 
being led down the hallway by police officers. She jerked away from 
them trying to get free but they tackled her to the ground. She felt 
her head crack on the floor but her eyes remained locked on the 
blurry figure of her crying daughter being carried away by another 
policeman.

Buffy screamed, jerking awake. She blinked several times trying to 
adjust to the bright sun coming in the windows. She gingerly rubbed 
at her swollen eyes. Her hand came away wet. She must have been 
crying in her dreams. Every time she slept they got worse and 
worse. She didn't want to tell anyone about them unless she
wanted to end up in a sanitarium.

Slowly she stood and stretched. It felt weird to be waking up in a 
soft bed and to be wearing real clothes but she didn't deserve to
be on the outside. She'd ruined so many people's lives. She
sighed and wandered how did she end up where she did. What was she 
supposed to do with her life. She hadn't graduated high school
so she couldn't go to college.

She could always sell her artwork to support her daughter but how 
much of a life could she give Kat if Kat didn't want her in her
life.

Kat didn't want her in her life. The thought struck Buffy hard. 
At that moment she felt so much pain. Ten times the pain she had 
experienced with her arm. Kat had disowned her.

The sound of Willow moving around in the kitchen brought her out of 
her musings. Buffy grabbed the garbage bag from beside her bed and 
quickly shoved her few possessions into it. She knew what she had to 
do and she had to do it now.

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Buffy watched Willow through sad eyes. It was the only way& the
only way that anyone could move on with their lives. She had to do 
it now or else& no just do it now.

"I have to go." Buffy gripped the garbage bag hard, her
fingers started to turn white from the pressure. "I don't
belong here Willow." She watched Willow's expression change from
shock to anger. "I may belong in your heart but I don't belong in
your or Kat's lives."

Willow swallowed knowing that this was the only option that either of 
them had. She wished it hadn't come to this.

"Where will you go?"

"I don't know." She fingered the scars on the end of her
right arm. "Somewhere where I wont be reminded what I used to be 
capable of."

"I have an Aunt in D.C& she would love to take a look at your
arm. If you would want her to."

Buffy smiled at the sincerity in Willow's voice. She would miss
the redhead but things had changed. Her friends had changed. She
didn't belong with them anymore.

"Maybe. Look Wills, I gotta go." Buffy bent down and kissed
Willow for the first time. Willow's lips were softer then she had
imaged. She felt Willow's hand tangle in her hair. She felt a
desire start inside her that she hadn't felt in a long time. Slowly
they came up for air.

"I'll keep in touch but don't try to find me." With
that she walked out the door knowing that if she stayed a second 
longer she wouldn't be able to leave.

"Be careful Buffy." Willow whispered to the closed door.

END PART TWO