Story: The Catalyst : Destiny's Fool

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TITLE: The Catalyst: Destiny's Fool 
AUTHOR: Femvamp
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SPOILERS: Lover's Walk
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Destiny's Fool

Cordelia Chase looked at the man who for the last five years had been 
the source of all her nightmares......and laughed. 

"You?" 

Wesley's face turned red and shouted, "She was mine. I was supposed 
to get her."

"What are you talking about?" Cordelia continued to laugh.

"They promised her to me...not Rupert Giles."

Cordelia stopped laughing, "Let me get this straight, all of this 
because the Watcher's Council passed you over?"

"They promised her to me!" Wesley shouted.

"Poor little watcher boy, didn't get his own slayer to play with." 
Cordelia smiled, "It is just too clique."

"Damn you!" Wesley attacked Cordelia.

Cordelia had been waiting for this moment for five years and she was 
ready. Cordelia punched Wesley in the nose and he went down.

"I thought you were ten feet tall!" Cordelia shouted as she kicked 
him, "I though you had horns!" Cordelia punched him in the stomach, 
"With red eyes." Cordelia kicked him in the groin, "And long teeth." 
Cordelia kicked him in the head, "But you're nothing." Cordelia 
continued to kick and punch the fallen watcher, "Nothing, but 
destiny's fool."

"She was mine." Wesley gasped.

"You would have made a terrible watcher." Cordelia kicked him in the 
head and continued to kick him for a long time.

"I think he's dead." 
Cordelia turned around and saw the goddess she had seen a long time 
before.

"Who are you?" Cordelia asked.

"I told you, my name is not important."

"Why are you here?"

"To thank you." The goddess smiled and then disappeared.

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That night

Cordelia, Angel, and Kate walked through town. The two vampires 
follow where Cordelia is heading. 

"So are you going to tell us where you're going?" Angel says after 
awhile.

"To see if killing Wesley was enough to change things."

"So you did kill him?" 

"I said I would."

"Cordelia....."

"I know Angel.... It's OK. I can live with the blood on my hands."

Angel just nodded.

The three continued to walk for awhile. None of them said anything. 
After awhile they heard an ambulance in the distance.

"NO!" Cordelia yelled and then ran toward the sound.

Angel and Kate ran after her. They followed her to what looked like 
an abandoned warehouse. As the hid behind a bush Angel saw two men 
run into the building with a gurney. After what seemed like forever 
they walked out carrying someone.

"My God." Angel looked at Cordelia.

"This wasn't supposed to happen." Cordelia cried, "I thought I 
changed it."

Angel watched the scene unfold, He watched as the ambulance took off 
with Giles in the back. He watched as Oz wandered off leaving Willow 
and Xander behind. He had no idea what was happening but he knew it 
was big.

"He cheated on me.....with Willow." Cordelia cried.

"I'm sorry."

"I thought I changed it."

"Maybe...." Angel paused, "Maybe this was meant to happen."

Cordelia looked at him in horror.

"If this didn't happen, you might have stayed with Xander. You 
wouldn't have gone to Los Angeles. You wouldn't have met Kate."

Cordelia turned around and saw Kate in full vampire form. Even as a 
vampire, Kate was still beautiful.

"Kate?"

"You wouldn't have fallen in love with her. " Angel paused, "You told 
me that you were told that she was your reward."

"Yes."

"Well you would never have gotten your reward if you had not 
gotten.....hurt."

Cordelia looked on as Xander and Willow left the scene. After a few 
moments Cordelia got up and left. Angel was right, she knew it . 

"Lets go home."

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"Cordelia."

Cordelia opened her eyes and noticed that there was no ground below 
her. She stood up and standing in front of her was the goddess.

"You did good, Cordelia."

"What's going to happen, now?" Cordelia asked.

"What was meant to happen." The goddess smiled, "Buffy and Willow 
fill fall in love and defeat the darkness. Giles will marry the 
slayer's mother. Oz will unite the werewolves. Doyle and Spike will 
find their own destinies. Xander and Anya..." The goddess smiled, 
"Those two will find adventure and love in the strangest of place... 
then again what new with that..."

Cordelia smiled, "And Angel?"

"Angel will find what he is looking for."

"Redemption." Cordelia said softly.

"Yes...and a whole lot more."

Cordelia smiled, "So what now?"

"Now, destiny is back on track.... You will cease to exist."

Cordelia nodded, "I knew that already."

"You are not afraid?"

"I will live through her."

The Goddess smiled, "And she will have a very interesting life, my 
dear."

Cordelia smiled, "What about Angel?"

"He will not remember what has happened." As the goddess faded away 
she spoke, "He was right though. Some things are meant to happen."

Cordelia woke up and watched Kate sleep. Like most vampires, when 
Kate slept, she slept like the dead. Cordelia smiled and kissed Kate 
on the lips. Then she closed her eyes and they both faded into 
nothing. They were both at peace.

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Cordelia Chase drove out of Sunnydale like a bat out of Hell. The 
farther she got, the faster she drove. When it came to the little 
Podunk town, there was no such thing as too fast or too far.

It was time for a change. That's all Cordelia knew. It was time for 
her to make something of her life. She was going to be an actress. 
She was going to be a star. Of that, Cordelia had no doubt. 

There was nothing back in Sunnydale for her. Yeah there were her 
friends, but they had their own bothers and Cordelia was tired of it. 
She wanted a life where the biggest worry was whether or not you 
needed plastic surgery. Not whether or not you were going to survive 
the night.

Cordelia drove. She drove to forget the past. She drove to forget 
how much she missed Xander. She drove to forget how devastated she 
had been when he had cheated on her. Cordelia drove away from her 
past and toward her future. 

Cordelia was going to be a star. It was her destiny.




THE END


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