FF::RoL II:: Revelations and Realizations (12e/?)

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Well kind folks and gentle gutter dwellers, this is it for tonight. As I
promised I'll go away after this final part of chapter 12.It really did
get kind of out of hand but now many of you should be happy with the out
come.

So settle back, relax, kick your feet up and I hope you enjoy the ride.
TTFN
Later
Alex
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Full disclaimers can be found with part 1 at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buffywantswillow/message/8661 
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Revelations and Realizations (12e/?)
by: Alex P.
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After several long sweet minutes the two lovers reluctantly separated
both 
gasping for air. When they again looked into each other's eyes it was 
a repeat of the promises of further, greater expressions of their 
passions in the near future. 
A suggestive smug smirk came to Faith who was very proud of the
obviously aroused condition of her lover that 
had resulted from their kiss.

"Alright I'm sure I can arrange for your conditions to be met." 
Cheryl agreed once the two women were once again aware of her 
presence "but don't judge Jeffery too harshly, he wasn't going to 
kill her, he only came back to increase her security so no one else 
could harm her. He was only contemplating killing her because he was 
following the orders of someone he thought reliable."

"You know doctor, our kind have heard those excuses from your 
profession before" the Seer said quietly, her voice filled with the 
irony she saw in Cheryl's defence of Jeffery. "I believe the last 
physician that used that excuse as he tortured and murdered our 
predecessors was a man named Mengele, DOCTOR Josef Mengele. Do you 
find that name familiar my dear doctor?"

Cheryl shivered at Cordelia's inference by comparing Jeffery to the 
well known and despised Nazi and infamous war criminal, who had been 
known as the "Butcher of Auschwitz-Birkenau". She had been required 
to read accounts and transcripts of the atrocities the doctor had 
committed in the name of medical advancement in her medical ethics 
class in med school. 

She remembered how it caused her weeks of nightmares after seeing the 
photographs of his "handy work". 

"Never Cordelia, I will never allow anything anywhere close to that to
happen again as long as I live." Cheryl swore vehemently she was still
shivering 
and the pictures of those victims flashed into her mind bringing 
tears of horror and regret to her eyes. "Why do you say your 
predecessors were there? How do you know?"

"Doctor, please." Cordelia sighed as she was assaulted by the visions 
of the Slayer, witch, seer and watcher of that time, being
systematically butchered 
alive by the infamous doctor. "Now isn't the time to discuss this 
maybe later when emotions are not so high, just be happy with knowing 
that it is one of the real draw backs to being given the sight."

"Cordy, please...don't...do.. this.. to... yourself." Faith croaked 
at her soulmate knowing exactly what she was seeing as the Goddess 
had explained to her at the temple, "It...wasn't...you ...it... 
wasn't... her...no one...could...have... stopped...
it...Watchers...b-betrayal..again."

The Goddess had told Faith the whole sordid story and how Cordelia 
had seen them die horribly and had taken the guilt of her predecessor 
upon herself. One of the things the Goddess wanted Faith to do was 
convince Cordelia that it had been a betrayal of the Watchers Council 
that had landed those poor men and women in the concentration camp, 
and not some failure or cowardice on the seer's part. Cordelia nodded 
slowly
and sadly still not convinced.

<>Don't worry Cordy<> Faith promised silently, <>I will get you past 
all this if it takes our entire lives. I just wish TPTB hadn't shown you 
the deaths of all the Slayers and their supporters over the 
centuries. Nobody should have to bear that.<>

The only thing Faith could do for now was hold Cordelia's hand and 
comfort her.

>From the far corner a forgotten Jeffery was startled out of his 
guilty revere by the harsh insistent beeping of his pager. He hurried 
out of the room embarrassed by his presence; he went to the nurses' 
station and called the number given him by the device. 

He was only gone a few minutes and when he returned he had a confused 
and awestruck look on his face.  

"I...ah...well I have to leave." The man said, "It appears that 
Alexander Harris has begun to show signs of regaining consciousness. 
Since I am no longer needed here I will go attend to him."

He looked over at Cordelia with a thousand and one questions written 
on his face but didn't ask after seeing the sad and slightly hostile 
look on her face. He wondered how she knew about Harris and how she 
was going to react when she found out it was Giles that ordered 
Faith's death and speaking of Faith how was it that Faith was in such 
good shape after being in a deep coma for four years.

"I think you will find Xander in as good shape as my Faith." Cordelia 
said as if reading his mind. "And don't worry about our relationship 
with Giles. There are powers at work here far beyond the scope of 
even your training doctor."

She turned back to Faith dismissing the man from her mind as if he 
was of little consequence to her any longer.

Cheryl watched the entire exchange with a curious eye, she didn't 
really understand all that was going on here but from what she'd 
learned from Jeffery and from her own observations she was sure a 
phenomenal change had come over both young women. 

She wasn't sure but she was beginning to believe that the change 
wasn't all a bad thing. Shaking off these thoughts she turned her 
attention back to setting things up for her new soon to be 
transferred patient, making sure her every order had been followed 
about their room and scheduling the first of an exhaustive battery of 
test for both young women and being sure they were scheduled at the 
same time.

There was no way Cheryl was going to face this strong willed protective
woman again, not if she could help it. The doctor knew she was being
entrusted with a great responsibility and she was determined not to fail
these two unusual young women in any way.

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END 12e
TBC in ch. 13
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There ya' guys, the last of chapter 12, so what cha think? Is it worth
going on or am I wasting time here? I really need to know so please
feedback on this so I'll know whether to abandon this in favor of
another project. See ya'.
Later
~AP~
(Unofficial Village Idiot, 
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And The Child Satan Always Wanted.)
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