Come Back
by Kirsty
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Title:Come Back
Author :Kirsty Dalziel
Disclaimer: Joss and Co. Owns them I just Borrowed
Summary:Buffy Visits an Old Friend
Feedback: yes please at kirstydalziel@hotmail.com
Distribution: Ask Me (not that anyone would want it)
Notes: this is my first posted attempt at a Story so please be kind
Rating: PG (No Swearing no sex, just a sad story)
Buffy took a deep breath as she showed her staff pass to the nurse
behind the desk. The nurse Barley glanced at it, she smiled "How are
you this Week Dr Summers?" Buffy returned the smile "I'm ok, how is
she?" the nurse lost her smile and answered with the same words she
used last week and the week before and the week before that in fact
every week for the last 10 years "The Same" Buffy nodded and walked
on through the corridor. As Buffy walked down the corridor she felt
the same emotions as she did every time Guilt, Anger and most of all
Sadness . With all the Slayer strength that coursed through her
Body, she had to use every bit to put one foot in front of the other.
As the slayer she had Faced more evil than any normal person could
ever imagine and as a psychiatrist she faced people like this every
day, and yet this walk every week was more frightening than anything
she had ever known.
Buffy arrived at room 336 Composed her self and lightly knocked the
door then opened it enough to peek in seeing her Friend sitting in
the high back chair beside the bed made Buffy take another deep
breath, then she fully opened the door and walked in, the room
seemed cold but the occupant did not mind, After quietly closing the
door Buffy turned to her friend and slowly approached, she then sat
on the bed so she could take Willows pail Hand "Hi there Will, How
are you this week?" Willow sat on staring out into nothingness with
her vacant eye's that where a few shades lighter than they where 10
years ago, Buffy knew she would get no answer but still every week
she hoped, Hoped that one week there would be life in the eyes that
had remained empty for so long that her hair would once again be
shinny and not Dull and lifeless that her skin would hold the Rosy
Glow that got redder the more embarrassed she felt. Buffy wished for
all this and more for the Friend that had given up everything to save
her, Buffy's mind replayed the events that had occurred the day she
had lost not just one of her Friends but two
Ten years before
Willow sat in front of her computer typing lightly on the keyboard
trying not to wake the sleeping slayer who had been out until four in
the morning on a very heavy patrol she had killed more than 10
Vamps , Which meant that some big Evil was Brewing in Sunnydale, home
of the hellmouth, Giles had asked her put the Date into a program she
had written that performed calculations to produce what that date was
in many of the calendars that where in the books that Giles used,
armed with the print out she had decided to do some web searching to
see if she could bring any information to the gang meeting that noon,
it was now eleven and they would have to leave soon, just as the
thought entered Willows mind Buffy's internal clock woke her up,
Willow was amazed that Buffy only slept in when she wanted to and
that she could set herself to wake up any time, even if it was only
an hour after she went to sleep. A wide awake Buffy Sat up in her bed
and smiled over to the amateur Wiccan "Hi Will how's it going?",
Willow Sent all the information she had collected to her printer and
then turned to Buffy "Good morning, Well I ran today's date and the
next few days through the program then I did some web searching, I
found a few references but I think We will need Giles's Books to find
anything worth reporting" Buffy stood and grabbed the robe that lay
on the bottom of her bed "well it's a start, I'll get dressed and we
can head out" Willow nodded and checked the printer but did not fail
to notice the slight limp that the Slayer had when she had walked
from the room Many worries passed through Willows head but she shook
them off, they would know more once they spoke to Giles. It was then
that Willow received an E-mail from the address it looked like one of
her Wiccan chat friends that she had found from endless net surfing,
It read
Wiccanwill, I have just came across information on a
prophesy that is going to play out soon it is called the
prophesy of Oroan I have no other information hope this helps
Good luck! Blessed be
Willow had put out an E-mail to all the people she knew on the net to
see if they had heard anything of interest and thankfully they had
come through for her once again, she barley had time to look this
prophesy up when a fully dresses Slayer came back into the room and
announced it was time to leave so Willow noting that Oroan was a
Gayana Demon and also it had something to do with the Eclipses she
packed up her printouts and laptop and they headed out
After many Researching hours Willow was congratulated on providing
the best lead but in her normal modesty told them that is was not
herself that found out about the Oroan prophesy but a friend, still
Buffy smiled happily at her saying "But Will your the one with the
connections, take a compliment" Willow simply blushed more. It had
turned out that the up and coming eclipse would allow this Oroan
Demon free on the world,which in the collective opinion of the gang
was not a good thing, Buffy Thought a moment if this thing can be
freed during an Eclipse then why did we not see it during the Mayors
ascension there was an eclipse then?" Giles Cleared his throat
slightly and the Group knew they where in for a long explanation but
witty and easily bored Xander saved them from it, Renewing Buffy's
Happiness that he was still hanging around "Giles before you star the
Eclipse is tomorrow so can we have the Clip notes version " Giles
seem rather put out "Well ...... Yes .....I suppose Basically to
release the demon Certain rituals need to be said and spells cast as
well as the effects of the Eclipse and of course the Hellmouth and
most of the Demons in town where either in league with the Mayor or
where Fleeing for there lives so no one could make the preparations"
Buffy brightened at the news "Well that's great we stop the rituals
hence no Demon entrance we all go home" Giles looked at her shook his
head slightly and absently cleaned his Glasses "What?" Buffy asked
but she knew the answer "Well" Giles continued with his
explanation "It's not as simple as that " Buffy sighed "I knew you
where going to say that" Giles Continued as if no one had
interrupted "The rituals to summon this Demon will already be in
place so we need cast a counter spell but we need to find where the
summoning will take place to cast the counter spell" Xander sighed
and sensed a lot of Reading and talking coming on "Well this Demon
doesn't sound so bad why can we let him come then Buffy kills him
THEN we all go home?" Giles replaced his Glasses turned to
Xander "Well this Demon is summoned in the darkness of an Eclipse
because is surrounded in dark energy if you get within a few feet of
it,it creates darkness around some ones soul they will be alive but
they will not function,best described as a living Zombie" the whole
Group became quiet as they reflected on the news then Willow broke
her long silence and the silence of the group by simply saying "So
what's the Plan"
Present day
Buffy Began to talk in the way she did when ever visiting her in a
babble on information Buffy was sure (although there was no
scientific proof to back it up) that Willow could still hear her and
when she found away to bring Willow Back she wanted her to be up to
date on everything that had happened in their lives "Well Xander
said to say "Hi" we all went shopping the other day him, Anya and I,
it was nice I bought Xander Jr. and little Willow bathing suits they
will look adorable in them when we have there pool party I cant
believe they are 6 so soon when I showed them the suits they gave me
a big hug and said "Thank you Aunty Buffy" I also bought them
sneakers and told them they where from their Aunty Willow I just know
they will love you when you meet them and I also think that one Day
Little Willow will make a great witch and when I find this cure you
can teach her all you know" Buffy as always tried to sound cheerful
as she spoke "you will come back to me one day Willow When I'm not
seeing patients or patrolling (although lately the new Slayer has
been doing most of that she really is nice so different from Faith)
I'm working on your Cure I think I may be on to something" Buffy did
not say anything more if Willow could hear her she did not want to
get her hopes to high "you know something Willow If I was one one of
my patients I'd tell them they where hanging onto a Dream and that
they need to face reality but I'm not ready I haven't lost you yet
but willow you need to fight it as well, try to find your way through
the fog come back to me,Xander,Anya and the Twins we all need you"
Buffy wiped some of the tears from her eye's "Xander unveiled his
Display of Pieces named after you, yeah "The Willow Collection" is
doing well I have my study redecorated to fit in the delicate
designs, it was a hit, who knew that Xander's Carpentry business
would be such a successes,Anya is in Heaven with all the money he is
making,Although I think the name dropping she did also help I can
hear her now 'Well if the furniture is good enough for the prominent
Dr Summers psychologist to the world I'm sure it is good enough for
you', she always did have a way with words, she does call me that in
front of her friends I tell her just to call me Buffy, and that
writing a few books and appearing on Ricki Lake a few times does not
make me psychologist to the world, But she will not listen I think
she would Call me 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' if she thought she
would get away with it although 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' does have
a nice ring to it" Buffy remained quiet for a few moments then more
tears began to fall "I'm so sorry Will I was suppose to protect you
but I didn't" then her thought returned back to that fateful day
Ten years Before
Willow sat quietly reading and rereading the spell she had to cast
practicing wish herb was to be added at what time so that when they
needed to cast it she would be ready, and of course it was she that
would do the Casting Giles had done a lot of witch craft in his day
but Willow had developed her power and she was the best person for
the job but still there was a knot in her stomach but she knew that
it would disappear when the magical energy engulfed her it always
did, she had just finished another successful practice under Giles
unwavering scrutiny when Xander and Buffy returned Buffy lazily flung
herself into the chair "Well Giles Xander and I played a perfect Game
of good cop bad cop and Willy finally after much talk and head
punching gave us the location of this big ceremony it's in one of the
old Warehouses not Far from Spike and Dru's old place, I'm going to
write a very strongly worded letter to the council about that place
it should be demolished" Giles nodded his head slowly he had sifted
through Buffy's little speech and had come out with the information
and discarded the rest "Yes the plan is coming together" Buffy
nodded "Well we should all get some sleep it's going to be a long day
tomorrow we have a plan We go to the warehouse during the eclipse
and then Willow says the spell while we protect her that's the plan
everyone get some rest"
On the way back to the Dorm Willow kept repeating the spell over and
over until Buffy Could stand it no longer "Will, everything is going
to be fine you will do great we will save the world and then live
happily ever after, Well perhaps not but still everything will be
fine" Willow Smiled at her best Friend "I know it will but I need to
make sure everything goes perfect" Buffy nodded then put her arm
around her friends shoulder and they walked on.
The next day they had fought there way into the Warehouse many
Vampires Died in the process not that the scooby gang mourned them or
anything. Willow sat on the floor in the center of the large empty
building which smelled as if it once stored Raw meat, and started her
spell. When she was only a few words in she saw a Vampire bit into
Giles neck then breaking it "GILES!!!!!" was all Willow could say
Buffy must have seen it too because she called out to Willow "Willow
go on" Willow looked desperately at her friend and seen Tears in
Buffy's eyes "He would want you to go on" Willow started to chant
again as she seen Buffy dust several more Vamps including the one
that had killed Giles although that one suffered more than even the
Vampires Buffy had dusted post Angel break up When she was half way
through the Vortex she was trying to close began to open but only
two feet from where Willow was casting her spell Buffy noticed this
seconds after Willow and started to run towards her calling her name
but Willow having put in the last herb placed her hand up and stopped
Buffy with some sort of magical force Field "Willow let me through I
need to help you" by this time the tears where flowing down her
cheeks, Willow also had tears in her eye's "Buffy I need to do this
For the World, for Giles, for you, remember it's my own choice, I
love you"a Dark shadow shrouded Willow as she breathed the last of
the spell then in a wash of light the room became so bright Buffy
had to shield her eye's then it was normal again the light had
finished of the rest of the Vampires and the large room contained two
lifeless body's, Buffy and Xander one body dead and the other very
much alive
Present Day
They had all mourned Giles and Buffy Still missed him but she still
mourned Willow every day and visited her "Grave" every Weekend and
every night she went to sleep thinking of the Book she would read the
next day in order to find a way to bring her friend back Buffy stood
to leave"Willow come back to me I know you did this for me but I
Would Give my life for yours" Buffy wiped a tear from her eye and
stood to leave when she got to the door she turned "I'll see you next
week I Love you" Buffy left the room and it became still, so still
Willow could hardly stand it and when she heard the trailing voice of
Buffy saying "Take Care of her" a single tear slide down her face and
inside Willow Screamed