Whatever You Say
by TutorGurl
Chapter 18
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"Xander?" Willow choked out, when she saw that the mystery guest was none other than her life long best buddy. "You're in on this?" Xander smirked and stepped closer so that they were mere inches apart.
"Come on, Will," he teased, shaking his head. "You think I was just going to sit back and watch as everything is taken away from me? And by my best friend no less."
"The fact that you're a jackass, has nothing to do with me," Willow snapped at him. Xander chuckled before punching her hard across the face. Willow was dazed for a moment. She turned to the side and spit out the blood in her mouth before turning back to face Xander. Spike and Angelus watched the interaction with amusement.
"Well, who knew the little bit had it in her?" Spike asked rhetorically. He turned to Angel. "Did you know she could be so feisty?"
"She'd have to be for Buffy to be into her," he commented. Willow ignored their conversation and kept her focus on the boy in front of her.
"I thought you hated Angel?" Willow questioned. "Why would you ever work with him?" She continued to try to struggle free of the chains.
"I realized that we both have something in common," he said, glancing back at the vampires. "All three of us, actually." Willow gave him a questioning look.
"And what would that be?" she asked. "The fact that you're all psychotic bastards?" Spike and Angel both smiled at her, clearly impressed at her attitude. Xander gave he a sick smirk.
"You know, Will?" he began. Willow's insides curled at the look on his face. This certainly wasn't the Xander she knew and loved. This was some hollow shell of the boy she used to know. There was definitely something up with him. "I like you like this. You should be this bitchy more often. I'm starting to see what Buffy sees in you. You talk that to her in the bedroom?" Without a second thought, Willow spit in his face.
"Shut your mouth," she yelled at him. He just continued to smirk as he slowly wiped the spit off his face. "Don't you dare talk about our relationship like that."
"I don't know if you noticed," he teased, gesturing at the chains around the redhead's wrist. "But you aren't exactly in the position to be making demands right now."
"Well, the way I see it, if I know Angel and Spike as well as I think I do, they're going to torture me until I'm insane, anyway." She looks past Xander to the vampires to see if she was correct. They looked at each other and nodded.
"Yeah, yeah, I think that was pretty much the plan," Angelus confirmed, turning back to the redhead. "Thought I must admit, it takes some of the fun out of it when you knows it coming."
"Sorry," she grimaced. She turned back to Xander. "I also know that if they don't kill you after they're done with me, than Buffy will. And if there's still a breath in me, I'll be there to see it." Xander's face dropped at his her words, but he quickly covered it up.
"Whatever," he muttered. He decided that he was bored with her and walked back over to where Angelus and Spike were. "So, what's the plan?"
"What plan, boy?" Spike asked. "We have Red, we kill Red, Angel's soul is gone forever and Angelus and I kill the slayer before reigning chaos over Sunnyhell. What part of the plan done you get?"
"The part where Buffy come in here and kills us all," Xander answered. Before he knew what was happening, Angelus had Xander by the throat and pushed up against a wall.
"What are you talking about?" he demanded. "The slayer doesn't know where we are. Unless you know something we don't know." He tightened his hold on his neck. "Do you know something we don't know?" Xander tried to explain himself but he couldn't get the words out through the vice grip Angelus had on him.
"Hey, Soul Man," Spike called. Angelus turned his head to look at him, not loosening his grip. "Don't you think it might be a little hard for him to spill, what with the death grip you have on him?" Angelus smirked at him and nodded. He let go of Xander and he dropped to the floor, gasping for air.
"Sorry there, big guy," he said to Xander. He grabbed his collar and pulled him to his feet. "Now, what are you talking about?"
"The fact that you seem to forget that Buffy foils all of your plans," he answered, shaking free of the vampire's hold. "What makes you think that she wouldn't do it this time?" Angelus thought about it and smirked. He reached up and patted Xander on the cheek, roughly. Xander didn't like the look on his face.
"Well, because we're gonna have a man on the inside," he answered. Xander's eyes widened as he realized what he was saying. He shook his head frantically. "Oh, yeah. Here's what you're gonna do, Xand-Man. You're gonna got to the library and pretend to be the good old Scooby member. If they seem to be coming on to our where abouts, then you can just derail them on a different course. You think you can do that?"
"No way," he stated. "Look at me. Look at what Buffy did to me last time. There is no way I can go in there and come out alive. She'd sooner rip me to shreds than look at me right now." Angelus didn't seem to be listening to his ranting.
"You're going to go to the library and you are going to keep a watch out."
"And if I don't?" Angelus smirked.
"Then you'll be joining Willow over there," he said, pointing to where Willow was bound and gagged, hanging from the ceiling. "But we'll be hanging you from somewhere else, if you catch my drift." Xander gulped and looked back at Willow.
"Okay, so I'm gonna go," he said before running form the room. The three of them stood in silence until they heard the main door slam shut. Angelus turned to face Willow, who was giving him a dirty look.
"She'll kill him, you know," she stated, staring at the door her former friend had just exited through.
"I'm counting on it," he said. He shrugged and walked over to the table, grabbing a knife. He examined it, before walking over to where Willow was hanging. She looked down at the knife in fear before conjuring up all her courage and looking him in the face.
"And then she'll kill you." He lunged forward and buried the knife in Willow's left thigh. She let out a piercing scream as she felt the dagger slide into her skin. He smiled at the pain on her face as he pulled it out. He held up the bloody knife at eye level. He reached out and slowly licked the blood off of it, savoring the taste. Willow closed her eyes, trying to hold back the tears.
"Yummy," he commented as he licked the knife clean. "You're so sweet. I can't wait to taste you whole." He winked at her before turning and walking out of the room, followed close behind by an amused Spike. It wasn't until she was sure they were gone that she finally let the tears fall.
"Please, Buffy," she whispered. "See through him and save me."
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"But if fang kills Red, wouldn't that kill him too?" Faith questioned, finally breaking the silence that had fallen over the group after Giles had informed them of Angelus' plan.
"It would just kill his soul," he explained. "You see, it is only their souls that are linked, so if Willow were to die, Angel's soul would be gone forever."
"So, that's bad, right" Cordy asked. Buffy shot her a death glare. "No, I know the Willow dying part is obviously bad, but what about the Angelus part?"
"What do you mean?"
"Just, wouldn't it be easier for you to kill him if you knew there was no chance of getting Angel back?" Buffy shook her head.
"Believe me, I will be having no trouble killing him this time," she shot back. "I'm actually looking forward to it."
"Aren't we all," came Xander's voice from the doorway. All four of them wiped around to face him. All three girls giving him dirty looks. Giles looked at him in surprise.
"Xander, what happened to your face," he asked, noticing how beat up he looked. He had dried blood on his face, a fat lip and a very black eye. He looked eyes with Buffy and shrugged.
"I beat the crap out of him," she said, the guilt she felt over it early, completely disappearing the moment she saw him. "And I'm about to do it again." She stood up so fast, the chair she was sitting in fell to the floor. Faith immediately stood up too and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Calm down, B," she warned. She sat Buffy chair back up and pushed her down into it. "Trust me, he makes one comment and I'll hit him myself."
"Xander, what are you doing here?" Cordy demanded in a very anger voice. Giles watched everyone in confusion, not knowing what was going on. Xander tried to think of something to say quickly.
"Just came to see the G-Man," he answered, throwing him a look. "Since he's the only one around here that isn't mad at me. What's with the Scooby meeting and why wasn't I invited?"
"I don't know about the last part, but we're trying to find Willow," Giles answered, sensing that the other three didn't want to talk to him. "It appears that Angelus is back and he and Spike have taken Willow." Xander pretended to look surprised.
"Oh man," he sighed, running a hand over his face. He saw Buffy was giving him a strange look and decided that he had to get out of there. He couldn't stay cool under her gaze. "Ah, you guys stay here and keep researching. I'll head over to Willy's to see if he's heard anything." Before anyone could argue, He turned and walked towards the door. Buffy watched him go. Her eyes widened when she saw a glowing patch on the bottom of his jeans. Buffy knew exactly who put it there.
"Willow," she whispered. Giles, Faith and Cordy looked questioningly at her.
"What was that Buffy?" Giles asked. Buffy snapped out of her daze and torn her eyes away from the door to find that everyone was staring at her.
"I'm gonna go back to Will's and see if Angel left anything," she said, standing up and walking to the door. "Then I'm gonna patrol, see if any vamps know what's up. I'll check in later," she called back over her shoulder as she walked out the door. Just as she got in the hallway she saw Xander exiting the school. She narrowed her eyes and quickly followed him. "Come on, Xander. Lead me to my Willow."
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