Aftermath and College
by Bwriter
chapter four
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Chapter four
a/n Adamanteus Aer = Steel Air
Buffy was patrolling with Faith around town, with Tom by their sides.
"So B. You okay after earlier?"
Buffy shrugged but answered as well.
"I will be. I should be over this by now, I mean, its been two years. But, its Will, I don't think I'll ever move on."
Faith looked at Tom to find him looking back at her, a look of contemplation on his face.
"Well B, think about it later because we have company."
Buffy rolled her eyes.
"Where have you been Faith? These guys have been trailing us from three blocks down."
Buffy turned just as the Vampires reached them.
The Buffy that faith remembered would have opened the fight with a quip of some sort, this new Buffy never bothered, she just launched herself at the closest Vampire, before moving onto the next.
Tom keep a close eye on Buffy, making sure that she was doing okay and not getting too caught up in the fight.
Faith was still battling the Vampire she had started on when she saw Xander, Anya, Kim and Willow running over to them, stakes and crosses out.
"Hey B!"
Buffy turned to look at Faith and followed her line of vision.
There was no way her friends were getting involved in this. One of the main reasons she left in the first place was to become a better Slayer so that she could keep them out of fights.
Stopping her fight she raised her arms.
Tom saw what she was doing and stopping fighting, yelling at her not to.
The Vampires turned to Buffy as she was the biggest threat, but they weren't her intended targets this time.
"Adamanteus Aer, Circling arms, raise a wall."
As the gang reached them they found their way blocked by an invisible force.
Buffy ignored them and turned back to the remaining five Vampires.
"Faith, you okay?"
Faith was looking between the gang and Buffy, her mouth hanging open.
"I will take that as a yes. How about you T?"
Tom nodded his head yes.
Buffy, happy that Faith and Tom were doing okay, launched herself into the group of Vampires, and the fight began again.
Willow watched with awe as Buffy created a shield that was strong enough to block out four people.
Thinking fast, she tried to come up with a counter spell, but she had to be honest, her spells never really worked like she wanted them too. More than likely, she'd end up hurting someone.
Kim looked over to see Willow staring at her ex-girlfriend, a look of awe on her face and couldn't help the jealously she felt.
Turned her attention back to the fight, Willow noticed that all the Vampires were gone now.
Buffy raised her arms again.
"Adamanteus Aer, Circling arms, remove this wall."
The force that had been keeping them out left and Xander, who had been leaning against it, fell forward, only to have Buffy catch him before he could hit the ground.
"Thanks, and what the hell did you just do?" Xander asked while he straightened himself.
"Something very foolish." Tom was not happy, and it showed in his voice.
Buffy begged him with her eyes not to start anything, but he was too angry.
"You could have hurt yourself! What if the fight had not ended so quickly?"
Buffy walked to him on what the gang now saw as shaky legs.
Just as she stumbled, he caught her.
"It was worth the risk."
Tom looked down and could see that she was close to blacking out.
Swallowing he nodded his head.
"You know I worry."
Buffy gave him a soft smile before giving into the darkness that was beginning to surround her.
"What's wrong with her?"
Everyone heard the worry in Willow's voice, including Kim, though she couldn't blame the redhead for being worried, as the blonde Slayer had just passed out.
Tom looked up.
"Seems she values your lives more than her own."
With that said he turned and began the walk back to Buffy's house, not surprised when everyone fell into step with him.
"Could someone call Mr Giles?"
Xander nudged Anya and she handed over her cell phone.
"Hey Giles its Xander... there was a little problem on patrol... no Faith is fine... she's fine too, well I think so anyway... something weird happened then she passed out, we're heading over to her house now... right see you then."
Xander handed Anya back her phone can told Tom that Giles was on his way over to Buffy's now.
Willow was walking in between Kim and Faith.
Kim reached down and held her hand, but Willow let go and grabbed Faith's in an unconscious move. She needed to fell the strength of the Slayer right now. Pity it wasn't the one she really wanted holding her hand.
Kim looked away and wondered, not for the first time since the blonde had shown up, if her relationship with Willow, was still a relationship. The blonde had been home a day, as Willow had yet to give her one kiss or even give Kim her entire attention for more than two minutes at a time.
They reached Buffy's house just as Giles was pulling into her drive way.
"What happened?" He looked at Tom who was carrying Buffy.
"She used the Adamanteus Aer during a fight."
Giles looked confused.
"But why..."
He trailed off as he looked around him.
"Never mind."
Tom still wasn't happy over what Buffy had done, and he let Giles know it.
"She knows the risks! If this is what happens when her friends are around, then from now on, she patrols alone."
Xander took offence to that.
"We weren't patrolling with you three tonight, we were coming back from the movies and saw the fight! And we've patrolled with her before and nothing like that has ever happened."
Tom wanted to hit him, unfortunately, he was holding Buffy in his arms.
"She's not the same. What she did tonight, that could have seriously hurt her. If she hadn't killed the Vampires, she would have drained herself, then they would have killed her. She put your safety above her own, knowing the cost if it all went wrong, and now to top things off, she's going to have to deal with the withdrawal!"
Tom had said his piece and left the gang staring opened mouthed as he entered Buffy's house followed by Giles.
Willow took a few steps forward, wanting to make sure Buffy was okay, before remembering that it wasn't her place. 'Not anymore.'
tbc