Obsession
by Bwriter
part 19
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Giles paced the library, waiting for the others to arrive.
They had to do something. He had called the council as soon as he had come to after being hit over the head, again.
The head of the council himself had assured Giles that a special operation team would be sent, and true to his word, they had arrived in Sunnydale two days later.
The problem was, that was a week ago and they still hadn't located Willow.
They had tried using magic to track her, but the Vampire's had counter spells to block their location.
The only thing Giles knew for sure, was that they were still in America.
The worst thing was the not knowing. The Slayer line no longer ran through Willow, so even if the Vampire's had killed her, the council would be none the wiser as no new Slayer would be chosen.
Giles stopped his pacing as the doors opened, giving a small smile to Jenny as she came up to him.
At the look on her face, he frowned. It was somewhere between hopeful, worried and proud.
Jenny looked into the kind eyes of the man she loved, and prayed to any god listening that he would still love her in return after she revelled her true identity to him.
"Rupert, there is something you need to know."
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Willow threw down her cards, smirking as she once again won the round.
She felt Gunn tense beside her and knew the reason.
Ever since she had mated with Buffy, she could always tell where her lover was, and right now, she had just emerged from the basement.
Giving him a small smile, she stood up and stretched her tired muscles, smiling at the low growl she heard from her lover.
"I'm going to go and take a bath."
Buffy's gaze followed Willow's ass as her lover left the room, before she turned her attention to her boys.
"Gunn. Come here."
Gunn stood up and made his way over to his Sire.
Buffy looked up into his gaze and without warning kicked out, bringing him to his knees.
Vamping out, she struck, her fangs tearing into the skin on his neck.
Buffy took as much as she could without draining him dry, aware of her other Childer in the room, but knowing they would not interfere with this.
When she felt she had weakened him enough, she pulled away and threw him into Penn's arms.
"Put him in his room and bring him blood. Keep him away from me for now."
Gunn's eyes lowered, his entire being screaming at him because he had angered his Sire.
Penn moved to carried out Buffy's order as Wes burst into the room.
"Sire, we have a problem."
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Giles looked between the faces of his friends before turning his gaze on Jenny.
"You are sure this can work?" His voice, usually so soft when he was speaking to her, was hard and cold.
She nodded her head, too chocked up to speak. She knew he was going to be mad at her.
"Giles, it's a great idea, but what's to stop them just taking it away again?" Xander was angry but knew that this could be the only way to get Willow back to them.
Giles sighed.
"Hopefully, Angel can get Willow out of there before the other's realise that he is no longer Angelus.
Tara looked up from the spell that would restore Angel's soul.
"Buffy is his Sire, wouldn't she be able to tell the difference?"
"Yes, but we have no other options other than to re-curse Angel."
"Actually watcher, that's not entirely true."
Everyone's gaze went to the blonde that was standing in the doorway.
Giles had his crossbow pointed at her before anyone could move.
"You are either incredibly brave, or stupid. What makes you think I wont kill you now?"
Darla smirked at him and moved closer, not trying to defend herself in any way.
"Because, I know where your Slayer is, and I know how you can get her back."
Giles didn't lower his weapon, but he motioned for her to step further into the room.
"Speak."
Darla smiled, flashing her fangs at him.
"Its simple really. Why bother to curse Angelus, when you can go straight for the top dog?"
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"What is it Wes?" Buffy would have loved nothing more than to be up in that bath with her lover, but something about the look on her Childe's face bothered her.
He was worried.
For her she realised.
Wes stepped close to Buffy's side.
"I contacted Williams. The council has sent a Special Ops team to Sunnydale, but that is not what worries me. I just got off the phone with one of the minions we left in Sunnydale to watch the Slayer's people," Wes paused and knew that Buffy was not going to like this new development. "Darla is there with them. The humans were planning on restoring Angelus' soul, she gave them the idea, to restore yours Sire."
At once, Angelus and Penn were on their feet, growling out their anger.
Buffy looked shocked for a moment before closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, even though she didn't need the oxygen.
"Do we know when?"
Wes nodded his head and looked at her with sad eyes.
"Sometime in the next twenty-four hours."
Buffy cursed and stared pacing.
Angelus picked up an end of the couch and threw it with all his strength, before an idea came to him.
"The Spell, the one used to cure me, we can do that!" He looked so hopeful, Buffy hated to let him down.
"Childe, that spell can only be used once. And we already used it. You were the first Vampire to ever by cursed with a soul, that was the only reason the spell worked."
He deflated before her eyes.
"Is there any other way?"
Buffy shook her head and turned to Penn.
"Go and bring Gunn back."
He left and she turned to her remaining Childer.
"Angelus, go to the basement and kill everyone down there."
She turned from them and took the stairs two at a time to get to Willow.
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Willow sighed as the warm water soothed her sore muscles.
The fight had been great, but she wasn't fully up to power, and her body just couldn't do what it was supposed to.
As she sank a little further into the water, a feeling washed over her, and not a good one.
She could feel anger, so strong she knew it wasn't coming from her and she suspected it came from Buffy.
It left as quickly as it had arrived, but then Buffy was there, standing in the doorway.
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Willow stood in the living room with everyone else, and she tried not to gasp at the state of Gunn, who sat in the corner drinking bag after bag of blood.
Buffy had come into the bathroom and told her they had a problem and to get dressed.
When she had reached the bedroom, she found leather pants, a tank top, her new boots and a leather duster all lying on the bed.
When she had gotten downstairs, she knew something was wrong.
Turning to Buffy, she was surprised by the look of pain in her lovers eyes.
"What is it?"
Buffy sighed before pulling Willow tight against her.
"Wes got word from Sunnydale. Darla is there and helping your watcher. They somehow got hold of a copy of the curse used on Angelus to give him back his soul. They are going to use it again."
Willow's eyes widened before her gaze moved to the Vampire in question.
She looked from each Vampire in turn, and noticed that they were gazing at Buffy.
When Willow's gaze reached her again, Buffy nodded her head.
"They are going to curse me."
Willow' s grip on her lover tightened.
"What do we do?"
Buffy smiled.
"There's nothing we can do. They want you back, and this is how they are going about it. They haven't been able to track us through magic, so they see this as their last hope."
Willow pulled back and looked at her lover.
"So what, you've decided you like being evil and don't want me?"
Buffy's eyes flashed golden before she got herself under control.
"No. You are my Mate. I'll always was you."
Willow was surprised by the relief she felt.
"When are they going to do it?"
Buffy nuzzled Willow's neck and nipped at her pulse.
"Sometime in the next twenty four hours."
Willow pulled back, and not caring that they had an audience, leaned in, kissing Buffy passionately.
Buffy growled and pulled her Mate closer, putting all her desperation into the kiss.
Willow pulled back and cupped Buffy's cheek.
"I don't want to lose you." The words shocked her. She shouldn't care that an evil Vampire was about to be re-cursed with a soul, but she did care, and said evil Vampire was her Mate.
Buffy was about to reassure her, when she fell to her knees, bringing Willow with her.
Angelus knew what was happening and he crouched before his Sire, his brothers following.