Love and everything that goes with it
by Bwriter
Part fifteen
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Part fifteen
Willow sat, her gaze locked on the clock above the fire place.
The others had been gone for four hours. The battle had finally come.
And she couldn't shake the thought that she would never see Buffy again.
She trembled and barely noticed when Xander wrapped her up in a hug, nor did she notice the tears that fell from her face.
"They'll be fine, you'll see. The good guys always win."
Willow stood up angrily and marched away before stopping and spinning around to face Xander, Cordy and Oz.
"The good guys only win in the movies Xander. Something's wrong, I know it. I can feel it."
Turning, she ran into Buffy's room and threw herself on the bed, sobbing and breathing in the comforting smell of her lover.
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The fight had started, unsurprisingly, at the high school. It didn't stay there for long though.
They were now outside the school, fighting in the Quad, and losing.
Angel tackled the demon from behind, Faith from the side, and Buffy head on.
It wasn't what she was expecting.
Where she was expecting it to be massive, it was only a little over six feet tall.
Where she was expecting it to look like a creature straight out of a horror movie, it didn't. It looked almost human. The only tell tail signs were the red eyes, the fangs, and the strength.
Buffy dodged a kicked that she was sure would have really hurt and rolled to the side to regroup, closing her eyes and thinking of Willow.
/time for that later. Get up and finish this so we can get back to her/
Buffy's eyes opened and met Angel's.
The sun would rise soon.
They needed to finish this.
They both knew what was at stake, no pun intended, if they didn't kill the demon before the sun rose.
He gave a nod and his gaze shot to Faith when she screamed.
The demon had bitten into her shoulder.
Enraged, Angel, hell Angelus as well, howled and charged, aiming a vicious swing with his sword to the demons arm.
He connected. But the sword got stuck halfway through.
Needless to say, the demon didn't take kindly to that.
"Shit. Faith, double back behind Buffy."
Faith follow his order moved over to Buffy.
"This fucker dies tonight."
Buffy looked up when she heard a howl.
Fang, Lou and Spike had finally made it through the Vampires, demons and god only knew what else that had stopped them.
Faith, Angel and Buffy had been fighting solo the entire night.
All three in a pretty bad way.
The others had stayed behind to take care of the demons followers.
Something they didn't think about before. That the demon would have supporters.
"Calvary's here."
Angel bounded back to avoid fangs and spotted the others at the same time as Buffy.
Turning, he growled and charged, knowing that the rest were behind him.
They fought hard and fast, but the demon wasn't showing any signs of slowing down.
The only advantage they had, was that it would be daybreak soon.
/hurry it up already! I want Willow/
'tell me about it'
"Why do you fight me? It would be much easier if you didn't, your deaths would be quick, though still painful." That was what the demon was saying, but nobody could understand.
All they could hear was loud grunting noises.
"Angel!" Faith's shout had Angel ducking just as the demon took aim at him with one of the swords they gang had brought with them.
/let me out/
Buffy actually paused in her fighting, moving out of the way and letting Spike take her place.
'are you for real? We're kind of busy here'
/if you let me out, I can do far more damage than you, you always hold back/
'I'm not holding back! I know the risks'
/you also know, that between me and Angelus, this thing doesn't stand a chance/
'so that's why the powers needed us to have souls! Get real, there's nothing you can do that I can'
/the only reason we were given souls, was to make us fight on their side and you know it. They couldn't risk us being fighting against them/
Buffy never responded. Her gaze sought out Angel, seeing him still fighting.
"Angel!" Angel turned when he heard Buffy's shout.
She motioned him over.
"Right now? I'm kind of busy here Buff."
"It's important." They didn't have much time.
Lou took Angel's place as he left to go to the sidelines to talk to Buffy.
"This had better be important." He eyes never let Faith, making sure his lover was okay.
"You have to let Angelus out."
His head whipped around to face her.
"You've gone mad!"
Buffy tugged on his arm when he started to head back to the fight.
"You know I'm right. I'm sure Angelus has been talking to you, just like my demon has been to me. You know they can hurt this thing. It's not like they would be free, just that they would be in control for the fight."
Angel closed his eyes, listening to his own demon agree with Buffy's.
"It's that, or everyone here dies."
That clinched it for him.
Faith was not allowed to die tonight.
Reverting back to game face, Angelus growled and watched as Buffy did the same.
"Finally, free and we have to save the damn world Childe. How ironic."
Buffy's demon smirked at her Sire before joining him in facing the demon.
The fight was about to turn in their favour, but they still had to beat the rising sun.
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Willow jerked away. She had fallen asleep, her head buried in Buffy's pillow.
Looking at the clock, she saw that it was only a few minutes until sunrise.
"Let them be okay... please god let her be okay."
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The demon was on its knees. The combined attack of the Slayer, Lou, Fang, Spike, Buffy and Angelus having finally crippled it.
Buffy and Angelus had been ruthless. Spike had watched his Sire before their eyes met.
Seeing that it was Angelus in control, he allowed himself to hope that he would see Dru again.
Faith stepped back as Lou took her place.
"Angel, right side."
Angelus send a hard look her way, confusing Faith.
No-one told him what to do.
But seeing as how it was his mate, he made the exception.
Buffy kept one eye on her Sire, revelling in the violence.
'you won't be in control for long'
/god will you just let me enjoy this/
Shaking her to clear thoughts of the soul, Buffy's demon charged at the same time everyone else did.
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"Will? They should be back soon, you want to come out and have some food?"
Willow didn't acknowledge Xander, she just stared at the wall, a blank look on her face.
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It was over, but they were too late.
The demon was too weak to move. It was just laying there on the grass, trying pitifully to stand and escape the rising sun.
Angelus stared in horror as the sun began to rise.
There was a building a good fifty feet from where they were now. The door had been smashed in when Faith was threw against it.
But they would never reach it in time, they would be dust first.
Faith wasn't about to let her lover die, even if he was acting strangely.
Gathering up the rest of her strength, Faith ran at Angel and threw everything she was into it.
Jumping in the air, she used her momentum to throw them back.
It wasn't enough to clear the entire distance, but Angelus had an inkling of what his mate was doing, and smoking, he sprinted across the distance that separated him from safety.
Just as he reached the shade, he fell to his knees, howling out his rage as one of his Childer turned to dust.
tbc