FIC: Dark Future

["angel ruiz" <montevallo64@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 

>--- In buffywantswillow@y..., "angel ruiz"

wrote:

>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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