Story: The Catalyst: What Is And Used To Be

["Femvamp " <femvamp000@xxxxxxxxx>]

TITLE: The Catalyst: What Is And Used To Be 
AUTHOR: Femvamp	
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FEEDBACK: Oh please. You wouldn't want me to beg, would you?
DISTRIBUTION: You want it? It's yours. Just tell me where you put 
it.
SPOILERS: Revelations 
DISCLAIMER: Joss Wheadon and many others own the characters of BtVS 
(lucky bastards). 
NOTE: One again I usual actual lines from show.


Cordelia and Angel walked back to Angel's mansion in near silence. 
Cordelia was contemplating her last statement. Her mind was going 
back to the events that followed all the adults in town turning to 
teenagers. The events that occurred after had changed her life 
forever.

"Could that be the catalyst?" Cordelia whispered to herself.

"What?" Angel asked.

Cordelia stopped walking and stood silently for a moment before she 
spoke, "I think I know what I am here to stop Angel, but I need to be 
sure." Cordelia looked up at the night sky, "But morning is coming 
soon, we need to get back."

"You're not going to tell me, are you." Angel said as the entered the 
mansion.

"I've already told you too much."

Angel just nodded as he saw Kate sitting in a corner, "Well I see our 
wayward vampire has returned home."

Cordelia frowned, "You have no idea."

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A few days later 

Cordelia had just returned from the Bronze when she heard a familiar 
voice. It was Buffy. Cordelia motioned Kate to follow her and after 
a few moments of pure fear and hatred Kate followed her. Cordelia 
knew that Kate had mixed feelings about "her master." Kate had never 
liked Buffy, and now, things were worse. Especially with the constant 
battle Kate fought with her demon.

Cordelia watched as Angel taught Buffy some new moves. She knew that 
Angel knew she was watching but he pretended not to notice. Besides, 
Cordelia knew that when Buffy was around, he would notice World War 
Three. Cordelia smiled. They were a cute couple....at least at 
first. Then again she knew that Buffy was meant for someone else, and 
Angel was meant for something else. They both had different 
destinies. If they had known that then, maybe all the pain would have 
been avoided.

Cordelia tried not to grimace when she saw Angel and Buffy kiss. It 
took all of her self-control and her slowly failing control over Kate, 
to stay where she was in the shadows. Buffy could not know she was 
here. History had to happen like it did.

"Everything but one event." Cordelia whispered to herself.

"It's not hard" Buffy said with resolve, "Cold turkey, is the key to 
quitting."

Cordelia knew that it wasn't that easy to quit something you loved. 
Whether it was drinking, smoking, love, or hate. Quitting was the 
hardest thing to do. But sometimes it needed to be done.

"You think they make a patch for this?" Buffy said desperately.

Cordelia sighed. She really didn't want to see this. It was all too 
sad. So she took Kate's hand and they quietly left the mansion. 
Outside Cordelia shivered. It wasn't cold out, so she knew something 
else was wrong. She was going to check it, but Kate ran in the other 
direction.

"Damn." Cordelia ran after Kate.


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A man walked out of an airport. It was getting late, and from what he 
heard, Sunnydale was not the place to be in at night. It really 
didn't matter though. This would be his home, at least until he 
finished his business. Then it didn't matter. He could go, anywhere 
and it all be the same to him. All he wanted was one thing. One 
thing he deserved. The one thing that by all rights, he should have 
been given a long time ago. He wanted the slayer.

"And I'll make you pay too, Mr. Giles."


TBC