challenge

["angel ruiz" <montevallo64@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a fic for the challenge.

Title: Dark Future
Disclaimers: Joss owns Buffy and co, not me. :(

On with the story!


The Slayer, a woman once known as Buffy Summers, sat back in her chair and 
thought about what she was going to do for entertainment that night. [I 
could always have Willow tell her stories of how everything used to be.] [No 
that would mean going back, remembering what happened.] The blonde 
straightened herself and pressed the intercom button. "Yes?" "How many times 
do I have to tell you that when you talk to me you are to call me The 
Slayer?!" "None. I mean not anymore, your...The Slayer." The blonde smiled 
as she thought of the vampire she was talking to cowering in fright. "I need 
you to tell Will to come to my office." "Ofcourse. Right away-" The vampire 
gulped, afraid that anymore delay might anger The Slayer, but it didn;t 
matter she had already turned off the intercom.


Willow Rosenberg sat in her room remebering days filled with friendship and 
love. [If only it could still be that way.] Willow laid down on her bed. She 
knew her Buffy was inside the person she and everyone else called The 
Slayer, some where, she just had to figure out where. That was the whole 
reason she had stayed when Buffy had lost herself to her darkside. All of 
the others, Joyce, Xander, Anya, had left.
KNOCK! KNOCK! She opened the door to find a very frightened vampire. [Must 
have just seen Buffy.] "The Slayer chooses to see you know." Willow followed 
him out of her room, but walked passed him and opened the door to Buffy's 
office. The vampire watched as "Will" went in and wasn't harmed by The 
Slayer. He had only been working in The Slayer's office for a week, but he 
knew no one went into that office without knocking. And expect to come out 
alive. He had heard rumors, that The Slayer had once been nice and sweet, a 
real do-gooder, and had had friends. But he had always thought it to be 
lies, now he knew why the red haired woman lived in a room without guards.


The Slayer watched Will's movements, wondering what kind of mood the woman 
would be in. The red head sat down in the chair next to Buffy, and decided 
to let "The Slayer" start the "conversation". The Slayer was amused by the 
defiance she saw in the woman face. "You think that you are better than me? 
That just because you- never mind." The blonde put on her most charming 
smile, the one that had helped her gain control over Sunnydale. "Will... 
Will" She waited for some response from Will. [Dammit! She's going to make 
me say it!] "I'm not going to say it Will! Don't think that just because I 
let you stay by my side that I'm the person I used to be!" No response. Not 
even a flinch as The Slayer raised her hand to strike her. Willow knew what 
she was dong she had played this game before, if she could get Buffy to say 
he real name she might be able to talk to Buffy. SMACK! Willow's head swung 
to the left. "Don't make me do it again!" SMACK! Willow's head was sent back 
in the opposite direction this time. Blood oozing from a wound caused by the 
rings on Buffy's hand. No response. "Fine! Willow!" The woman's head came up 
to look into the eyes of her, once, best friend. "Yes?" "How do you feel 
about going out to dinner? We can go anywhere." The red head did know, and 
she shuddered remembering all the times they had gone out and her Buffy had 
killed someone just for looking at them the wrong way. "Okay Buffy." SMACK! 
"How many times do I, just stop saying it!" "All right, if that's what you 
want Buffy." The blonde looked close to tears. "Will." Willow started to 
repeat her name over and over. "Will, Will! Stop it! Please Willow!" The 
blond started to cry, sinking down to the floor hugging herself. Willow 
stopped and went over to her Buffy, holding her, soothing away the pain that 
came associated with her name. "Its okay. Its okay." Her Buffy started to 
shake and just repeated "Buffy" over and over again. Willow knew what was 
going on and just continued to hold her Buffy.

FLASHBACK
(About a year ago. Buffy is 21.)

Buffy sneaked into the factory, crouching behind crates and other boxes to 
block the vampires's view of her. [Looks like the info was right. 7 vamps.] 
The head vampire started to talk, apparently to a hostage. "WHat do you say? 
Would you look at that boys, the watcher doesn't want to talk!" The vampire 
laughed at his imitation of a British accent. "Lets see if we can't fix 
that." He turned around and pulled a gun from underneath his coat. "Would 
you like to talk now?" Giles said nothing. Buffy crept out from behind the 
boxes trying to get a full view of the vamps and the hostage. 
"AAAAAGGGGGGGHH!" Buffy felt her heart stop as she realized who had just 
screamed. [Giles!] Buffy leapt out from behind the boxes, and took out the 
two vamps slosest to her. Giles' vision blurred as he felt the blood leaving 
his leg, and thought he had gone crazy when he saw Buffy jump out from 
nowhere, and start fighting vampires. The leader turned around and saw the 
slayer taking out his friends. [I'll get her for this!] He ran and grabbed 
the watcher, before the slayer could notice him. Buffy jumped up, avoiding 
the vamps rush, and kicked him in the back, causing him to land on some wood 
and turn into dust. Buffy turned in a circle to see how many more vamps 
there were, but saw no one. "Doesn't anyone want to play?" Jake, the vampire 
leader, stepped out into the slayer's field of vision. "I do. But just to 
make it a bit more interesting lets invite another to play." He pulled Giles 
out from behind some crates. Buffy went white as she realised that there was 
in fact a gun pressed to Giles's head. "Okay you win." "No. Now see that 
wasn't very fun. Why can't the three of us play?" Buffy looked at Giles, 
surprised that he was actually mouthing the word "run". Buffy shook her 
head,"How about you and me. You wouldn't want someone to say that the only 
way you beat me was because I was worrying about my watcher." The vampire 
smiled. "Okay!" Buffy breathed a sigh a relief. BANG! Giles's body slid down 
the vampire, covering him in blood. "Are you ready now?" "No! Giles!" Buffy 
rushed over to her watcher, crying. "Giles!" She pulled him into her lap. 
"It's okay...It's okay." Giles moved his lips. "No! Save your strength. You 
still have to..." "B- Buff-y..." Giles's eyes rolled back towards the light, 
away from the slayer. "Are you ready yet!" Buffy turned around, seeing only 
a vampire, a thing, who had taken away one of her family. "Yeah." Buffy 
tackled the surprised vampire and quickly shoved Mr. Pointy into his chest. 
"Too bad you weren't."

END OF FLASHBACK


"Its okay. I've got you. Your Willow has you." [How can she still love me 
after everything I've done?! I killed people, innocent people, threatened to 
and have hit her! I wish it could all go back!] "How can you stay here?" "I 
stay because I love you. I know that your still there, and I wouldn't ever 
give up on you. I know that you hurt, that you thinks Gile's death is your 
fault-" "It is! How can you stay with someone who causes their friends and 
family to get hurt, and die!" Willwo just coninues to hold the woman she 
loved.

tbc? let me know.

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