Slayer
Forever
By Steven Williams
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for an
exceptional amount of debt for a man my age.
Note:
This was written as a response to a challenge I saw here a couple of day’s
ago. I accidentally erased it so I’m not sure if this meets all the
requirements, if not Mea Culpa.ell me what you
think.
Back
Story : I’m gonna mess with cannon for both stories here so pay
attention. Firstly Highlander: Season 6 didn’t happen, and Duncan never
killed Richie.
BtVS:
Buffy died at the hands of the master, and became immortal, but no one
thought anything of it cause Xander performed CPR. Then we follow canon
until Becoming part 2 where Willow was killed by Angelus minions whenthey
attacked the library. Buffy killed Angelus, and stopped Acathla, but never
left town, planning to attend Willow’s funeral before leaving. Because
Willow has now become immortal, Buffy never ends up leaving. The two
notice the Buzz, but not being able to find a source just learn to ignore
it. Again we follow canon until the point where the story starts which is
about 2 months after The Body.
Buffy
grabbed Anton’s sword in one hand and her lover with the other and hustled
out of the warehouse. Amanda directed them to a little red convertible,
and told them to get in.
“Uh,
there’s only two seats.” Willow stammered.
“So
sit on her lap” Amanda replied shortly, but with a
smile.
“I
like this plan already.” Buffy said, hopping into the car, and pulling
Willow into her lap. “Oh, no. The seatbelt won’t fit. I guess I’ll just
have to hold you the whole way home.” The blonde’s broad smile belied the
sorrowful tone of her voice, as did the hand that was creeping up the
redhead’s leg.
“Stop
that!” Willow laughingly swatted at her lover’s
hand.
“Aren’t you two cute?” Amanda asked
sarcastically. “Now how do we get to your house?”
*****
When
the three women arrived at Buffy’s house, they found Xander sittingon the
porch.
When
he spotted them he asked “Hey did you hear the one about the two blonds
and a redhead sitting at a bar?” Then he noticed the sword in Buffy’s
hand. “Trouble?” he asked all semblance of the joker having
disappeared.
“Not
anymore, but you may as well come in cause we have a lot to talk about.”
Willow said. One look in eyes convinced her best friend to shut up and
soldier.
“Um,
guys, maybe we should talk about this in private.” Amanda began to object
to the boy’s inclusion.
“Amanda” Buffy interrupted her“If we
don’t tell him now, we’ll just waste time telling him later, so we may as
well do it now.”
“Tell
me what?” Xander looked perplexed, and slightly worried. “She’snot from
the council is she? There a new big bad in town?”
“The
council?” Amanda asked.
“Yeah, we have some things to tell you
too.” Willow said as she opened the door and ushered everyone
in.
*****
After
an hour and a half of being the calm eye of the storm Buffy was aboutto
snap. Xander didn’t believe in immortals, Amanda didn’t believe in
vampires or demons, and Willow didn’t believe that she was going tohave
to learn to use a sword.
“STOP” the slayer growled, andeveryone
froze in mid-sentence. “Ok, now this is what is going to happen. Amanda
and Xander are going to leave, Willow’s going to go to our room to gather
her thoughts and I’m going to explain this to Dawn who should be home in
five minutes. Tonight at eight Amanda will meet me here, and join me on
patrol, that should sort out the vampire and demon question. After patrol,
at around ten, Amanda and I will meet Xander and Willow at the Bronze.
Tomorrow morning Amanda will come over and will work out a schedule to
teach me and Will what we need to know to survive in this
game.”
“What
about Giles? When are we going to tell him.” Willow asked after several
deep breaths to help her regain her calm.
“After I tell Dawn, you and I are going
to Giles to find out what he knows about immortals. Does anybody haveany
questions?” Nobody moved. “The Go.”
Within seconds the room was empty except
for Buffy, who sat down to await the arrival of her sister.
*****
Buffy
had to use a knife to cut her hand open to convince her sister that she
wasn’t going crazy. Amanda had done it to prove her healing ability, and
so Buffy figured it would work for her. And it did, but damn if it didn’t
hurt.
Anyway after convincing her littlesister
that she was incapable of dieing, the two sisters gathered up Willow and
drove to the Magic Box.
“Giles?” Buffy called out as they walked
into the shop.
“He
just left. He said he’d be back in half an hour.” Anya replied, looking
kind of bored, like she always did when she wasn’t taking money from
people or carping Xander’s diem.
“Anya, you’ve been around for a while,
have you ever heard of a race of immortals, that run around with swords,
playing some game?” Willow asked.
“Yeah, they can be so fun. I remember
once this woman wished that her husband would fall from his horse and
break his neck. Was she surprised when he walked into the house laterthat
evening, like nothing had happened. That’s when I realised that he was an
Immortal. Those immortals,
man do they put on a show. Wait how do you know about
Immortals?”
“A
woman tried to rob the gallery last night, I felt this weird buzz from her
and then she tells me that I’m immortal, and so is Willow.” Buffyreplied
a little tersely. She still didn’t like Xander’s girlfriend, but put up
with her because she made Xander happy.
“You’re Immortal? An Immortal slayer? I’m
glad I’m not a demon anymore, cause that’s one of the few things the
higher orders of demons fear, a slayer who cannot die.” Anya
said.
Just
then the shop bell rang and Giles walked in.
“Giles
we need to talk.” Buffy said.
TBC