FIC: TT&T (Chapter 8: The Fall of Cordelia Chase)

["cilia" <cilia@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all...

The title says it all doesn't it, Ms. Chase meets Al'x, then there is some
future talks with our favorite couple and then Cordy gets confused....
Okay now for the future this story will get more complex as some of the gang
take of for Peru while some stay in Sunnydale, so there will be chapters
soon with no B/W what so ever....

Enjoy...

Stefan Cilia

Through Thick and Thing
Cilia

Chapter 8: The Fall of Cordelia Chase

The gang sat around the table playing Trivial Pursuit when there was knock
at the door, the clock struck ten and Spike stopped in mid throw.
"Do we want to answer?" Buffy asked. Silence and another knock at the door
as the clock rang again.
"You're spineless every single bloody one." Spike stated as he rolled and
then stood.
"Spike stay." Al'x said with a grin and stood.
"Now Al'x be nice." Willow said as she picked up the dices.
"Who me?" Al'x asked as he pulled the cloak of his chair and made for the
door.

Cordelia was about to knock again. She was intend on giving Xander Harris a
piece of her mind for disappearing for a year and not even bothering to call
them and then maybe they'd remember old times together. Then the door opened
and she lost her ability to speak.
"Hello Cordy." A man who looked like Xander said and flashed grin that made
her go numb.

Al'x had learned long ago that this particular could melt almost anything
female, be it elves or humans it almost never failed.

Angel looked over the shoulder of the stunted girl.
"Hello Xander." He said with a nod.
"Angel." Al'x nodded back.
"Al'x let them in will ya." Spike yelled. "It's getting cold in here."
"Come in please." Al'x said with the same grin.
"Cordelia you okay you look a little flushed?" Angel asked
"What?" She asked. Angel gave an almost smile.
"In you go." Angel said and pushed her inside and guided her to the couch.

Stjar'a studied the silent girl while Al'x recounted his story to her and
the man they called Angel. There was something about the girl's aura she
couldn't place and the vampire's aura just didn't make sense, the colors
were off and didn't match anything she'd ever seen, it was much the same
thing she'd been seeing on the one called Spike.
"And that's pretty much it." Al'x finished.
"So what do we call you now?" Angel asked.
"Al'x would be fine."
"You.. you're old." Cordelia finally said.
"Why thank you for noticing." Al'x said.
"No I mean you're older then all of us now."
"Guess so."
"Well I wouldn't." Joyce elbowed Spike.
"And you guys have no problem with this?" She asked and looked around.
"No not really he's still more or less our Xander." Buffy answered.
"Why don't we get you to bed." Joyce said. "It looks like you have had a bit
of a shock." She added and let her upstairs.
As soon as Spike heard the doors close he started laughing.
"You. you're old." He said in a British accented mimic of Cordelia's voice.
Willow and Angel tried to glare at him, but gave up and started laughing.

* * * * *

"We were a bit mean weren't we?" Buffy asked Willow later as they lay in
bed.
"Maybe but that look was just priceless."
"Hey what happened to the bighearted, care for all, Willow?"
"She's still around."
"So what do we do now?" Willow asked.
"About what?" Buffy asked.
"The message from the other side?"
"We probably should stay here for a while, I mean make sure Faith is doing
her job and all."
"And maybe get a place?" Willow suggested.
"Why would you. oh." Buffy said with a smile.
"As much as I love the company of ALL our friends and family, I know by fact
that both Spike, Czar and Angel all have excellent hearing." Willow said.
"We could fix up the mansion." Buffy suggested.
"Who owns it anyway?"
"Spike bought it legally soon after he become Prince and since he's going to
Peru to look up on the Incans."
"He is?" Willow asked.
"He's curious about the message about going south and walking in light
really got to him. Plus he says that he's had it up to here with our
sweetness." Buffy answered."
"We're not that." Willow started, but stopped.
"So is Luna okay with him just going off to find himself?" Willow then
asked.
"She's the one who told me love is about trust and don't forget I did the
same for you."
"I know." Willow said and kissed her cheek.
"Then we have some data to sort through." Buffy said.
"So is that what you call this?" Willow asked and lifted the sheet.
"No those are two perfectly shaped breasts." Buffy stated deadpan.
"And this?" Willow asked and threw the sheet on the floor.
"Me want." Buffy answered in a Cave-Slayer voice

* * * * *

Cordelia sat on the back porch and gazed up at the stars.
"It's a beautiful night." Stjar'a said and sat next to her.
"Al'x talked about you allot during the first few months." Stjar'a went on
and glanced at Cordelia's face.
"He did, did he?"
"Yes said he missed your little." She stopped to search for the right word.
".spats."
"You know him pretty well then."
"He's been my friend for seven years and he's saved my life more then once,
but if you tell him I said that I will deny every word."
Cordelia smiled.
"How did he become so."
"Sexy." Stjar'a said.
"I was going to say bold, but hey."
"The village needed a champion, someone who knew how to fight, so he did
just that."
"Xander a champion?"
"You've never seen him fight have you."
"Well no, not since."
"That explains it then." Stjar'a said and looked up at the moon and there
was silence for moment.
"I think the nights were one the hardest things for him to get used to."
"What?"
"We have two moons."
"Must offer up some pretty romantic nights then."
"Yep."
"Hmm Stjar'a I hate to ask this and I'm sure Slayer minor has already."
"We're not lovers if that's what you're thinking. He's more of a brother to
me."
"So he's still."
"Ripe for the picking. Yes, but I doubt he'll be receptive to your
advances." Stjar'a stated. Cordelia face hardened at the insult, but then
her face softened as the truth sank in.
"I figured as much. It must terrible to loose someone like he did." Cordelia
said showing this total stranger a side of her she rarely displayed.
"It was, but no matter what has happened to him he's never lost his joy of
life."
"So there have been others?" Cordelia asked hopefully.
"He's man and a very attractive one by my realm's standard. That and being a
warrior tends to get you into things that later require a certain."
"Release."
Both women giggled.
"What about you?" Cordelia asked looking at the girl, which she didn't doubt
was no girl at all despite her appearances.. Stjar'a smiled a shy smile.
"No!"
Stjar'a nodded.
"Never?"
Stjar'a shook her head. Felling her cheeks turning red.
Cordelia looked at the elf and smiled.


* * * * *

"I'm telling you he knows." Giles stated as they walked through the
graveyard.
"Don't be silly Giles. He was just teasing you." Faith assured him.
"No I wasn't." Came a voice from the shadows and Al'x stepped out of them.
"How?" Faith asked.
"I've learned to keep my eyes open."
"So what will you do now?" Giles asked.
"Nothing. I just wanted to be sure what had changed." He said and before
they could reply he was gone.
"That man is to smart for his own good." Faith stated.
"Well there isn't a whole lot we can do and I'm sure that Xan. I mean Al'x
will keep this to himself."
"It's just top bad I can't threaten him into keeping his mouth shut. Now
that would make me feel a whole lot better." Faith said with a smile.
"Lets go kill something shall we." Giles suggested.
"Good idea G-man."

* * * * *

Stjar'a's face hover above her own, coming closer and closer. The dream
shattered.
"What the hell was that?" Cordelia asked herself when she woke up. Soaked in
sweat and feeling a familiar warmth.

Outside on the soft ground under the moon Stjar'a slept. A gentle smile
gracing her lips.

Giles was pressed against the cold wall of a mausoleum grinning at the
assault of a Slayer.

Buffy hugged Willow closer in her sleep. While Willow stroked her lovers
stomach.

Angel and Czar threw a demon out a window at Willy's.

Wesley and Amy had both fallen asleep over a books and Joyce was covering
the with blankets with a motherly smile on her face.

Spike called his lover, assuring her that he lived another night.

Al'x walked through the streets of the place he'd once called, then finding
himself at Cordelia's door he looked at it and turned away. His path did not
lead here.

The world was quiet that night as the wheel of life spun while a new thread
was being made.