Author's Note: Thanks to Kristin M. for the banner for this chapter!!! {{hugs}} Some of the dialogue and action in this chapter is a direct quote from the transcript Passion (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Season 2 episode 17) written by Ty King. To make some parts fit, I had to rearrange the order of some events. The parts that are in red, are from the transcript that Ty King wrote.
I have tried to stay with canon as much as possible, but there are some things
in this chapter that I think maybe fanon instead of canon. For those who don't
know, canon is something that was shown on the screen, something that was said
about the show by creators, any of the behind the scenes crew members or cast
members. Fanon is something that has been accepted by the fans because of it
being used in fanfiction a lot or because it just makes since. Example of canon
would be the term "Sire" for a vampire who turns another vampire. Example of
fanon is the term "childe" (or any other spelling of the word "child" ) as the
vampire who was turned. However, I couldn't get away from these terms and some
other things that maybe considered fanon. A few of the things at the end of this
chapter may not even be fanon, but they are used by a lot of fanfiction authors
who write the character Angel and I found as I was writing these things slipping
into my story. So please forgive me if you came up with idea and I didn't give
you credit. Just email me and I will give you credit.
Words in italic and surrounded by quotation marks are Buffy and Angel using their telepathic bond and only Buffy and Angel can hear them. I have italicized for emphasis and for thoughts not heard by others. Just look at the context and you will know which is which. :-)
This time the Irish Gaelic Translations are at end of chapter.
Thank you ekimmuh for the real quick beta on this chapter! :-)
{{Hugs}}
Since the following week was Spring Break for
Buffy, Buffy and Angel went on a honeymoon. While they were gone they explored
the telepathic bond that they had and found out that they could only communicate
telepathically when touching bare skin to bare skin. Angel also felt the bonds on the demon living
inside him loosening. Before it was like they were one being. He was just a
demon with a human sense of right and wrong. Now, it was like he was a human
with a demon living inside him whispering to him things to do. He had the choice
weather or not to do them though and he just ignored the demon's taunting. He
didn't want Buffy to worry so he didn't say anything to her about it. Buffy,
however, knew that Angel could hear the demon. When they were touching bare skin
to bare skin she could also hear him. She didn't know that this was something
new and she didn't know that Angel felt like he was slowly loosing control over
the demon. "So how was Ireland?" Willow asked a week later
when Buffy came to school. "It was great! I loved seeing where Angel grew
up. It was so gorgeous!" Buffy then excitedly but gently grabbed Willow's elbow
and continued, "Will! He has a private jet! I wasn't sure how we were going to
get there, since he had said that he couldn't trust an airplane, but he let me
know that when he found out about the Necro-tempered glass, he bought a plane
with Necro-tempered glass! He told me that he bought the plane just so that he
could take me to Ireland for our honeymoon." Buffy was grinning from ear to ear. "I'm happy you had fun," Willow said. "So what did you guys do for Spring Break?" Buffy
asked. "Oh you know, just hung out. Nothing demony
happened while you were gone," Xander said. "Well that's good," Buffy answered back.
A month later, Buffy and Angel were in L.A. for
her dad's birthday. While they were there, they met the gang of vampire hunters
that had saved Hank. "Thanks for saving my dad," Buffy was saying. "Hey, it's what we do," Gunn said. "Yeah, but it's dangerous for you to do it," Buffy countered. "And I bet you don't
even get a thank you." "Not usually. Your dad is the only one that has
ever thanked us," one of the boys said. "How long have you been doing this?" Buffy asked. "About a year and half now," the girl said. Buffy thought she remembered the leader
introducing the girl as his younger sister, Alana. Buffy thought about the
answer for a second. It seemed as though they had started hunting vampires when
she left L.A. for Sunnydale. After she realized this she said, "Well, don't look
for anyone else to be thanking you." "How is it that you know so much?" One of the
teens asked. "I'm The Slayer," Buffy said. "Slayer? What's that?" Gunn asked. "The Chosen One ... he one girl in all the world
with the strength and skill to fight and kill vampires and other demons ...," Buffy
explained. "Never heard of a Slayer. You're so little. You
couldn't possibly be a threat to a vamp," Gunn snorted. Angel smiled and full of pride for his wife,
said, "Care to patrol with us tonight?" "Sure. We'll cover you. You have no idea what
you're getting yourself into." Angel and Buffy just smiled. Buffy went into in
the kitchen where Hank was washing the dishes and said, "Dad, we're going to
patrol. We'll be back in a few hours." "Alright, Honey. Be careful." "We will." "Angel, take care of my little girl." "I will, Hank. After all, she's my wife," Angel
smiled. "Ya'll are married?" Gunn asked surprised. Buffy nodded as Angel said, "Yeah." "Do you know who the Master vamp is around here?" Buffy asked. "You want to go after the big guy?" Gunn asked
skeptically. One of the other boys spoke up, "Let's start off with the babies. There were
a couple of vamp attacks the other night." "Sure, just stay out of our way. We need to warm
up and fledglings are easy to stake." Angel said as he put his arm around
Buffy's waist and unnoticeably put his thumb under the hem of her shirt so that
he was touching bare skin. "You take the vamps while I protect the kids. I'm
worried that they are in over their heads." Buffy nodded. Gunn and his gang took them to a
cemetery and while they were waiting for one of the vamp victims to rise, Buffy
and Angel were looking at the crossbows that the vampire hunters were using.
"These are nice," Angel said. The ones we have in Sunnydale are better. But
what do expect from a bunch of kids who have no backing from the Watcher Council
or any money. After waiting for half an hour, Angel
took Buffy's hand and said telepathically, "I can hear him starting to rise.
It shouldn't be much longer now." Buffy just nodded her head. It wasn't
long after that the fledgling made it's way to the top of the ground and climbed
out of the grave. When the newly risen vamp was standing on the ground, Buffy
gave it one of her quips and thus began the fight. When Buffy sent the fledgling
flying into a gravestone simply by kicking him, the vampire hunters were
impressed with her strength, but were still leery about Buffy going up against
the "Big Guy." "Well, well, what do we have here?" a vampire
said from the shadows. "I thought The Slayer was on the Hellmouth," he continued
as he came out of the shadows. "Well I was, now I'm here. Who are you?" Buffy
asked. "Your worst nightmare," the vampire said. "Really? I thought I killed my worst nightmare last year." "And who was that?" At the same time, Angel turned to the vampire
hunters and whispered, "Stay out this. Let us handle it." He then stepped out of
the shadows and told the vampire who Buffy had killed, "The Master of Aurelius." "Angelus, is that you?" "Yeah, it's me." "What have you been up to this past century? The
last time I saw you, Darla had you, Dru, and Spike in Romania. Let's see that
was what…1898?" "Yeah, Simon, it was 1898." "So if she killed The Master, doesn't that make you The Master of Aurelius
now?" "Yep." "Who are you?" Buffy asked. It obvious that this
vampire knew her husband but that he didn't know about Angel's Soul. "Well, Slayer, this is Simon. He's an older brother of mine." "Heard she killed Darla." "Heard wrong. She got too possessive. I staked
her myself. She wouldn't leave me alone after I tried to leave her," Angel said. Simon grinned, "You were always her favorite,
Angelus, The Scourge of Europe. Her pride and joy." Then he started to talk to
Buffy again, "No, Slayer, the Master wasn't your worst nightmare. Angelus is.
Boys! It's dinner time and The Slayer is on the menu," Simon said as the ten
minion vamps started to surround them. "Leave Angelus alone or he will kill
you." As all ten attacked Buffy, Angel jumped into the
fight and helped her. The Vampire hunters watched in awe as Buffy and Angel
fought the vampires as one. Within minutes, Angel and Buffy had deposed of the
vamps and Angel had Buffy from behind and in front of Simon. Not only had he
morphed into his vampire features, but he had pulled back Buffy's hair so that
his Mark showed. "She bears my Mark, Simon! She's Mine! You dare
order an attack on my Mate?!" Angel growled. Buffy took advantage
of Simon's shocked state and planted a stake into his heart and he turned to
dust. "Well that was fun," Buffy said. When she turned
around, she saw the gang had their cross bows trained on Angel. "Guys?" "He's a vamp," Gunn said. "He has a Soul! He's good. He fights for our side; the side of good." "What was the Big Guy talking about?" "Put down the crossbows and we'll tell you," Angel calmly said. On the way back to Hank's house, Buffy and Angel
told the gang about Angel's curse and how he now fights for the good side. The
gang of vampire hunters weren't sure of Angel's intentions. For all they knew,
he was just pretending. They kept a close eye on him. One of them discreetly
trained a crossbow on him at all times the whole way back to Hank's house. When
they got back to the house, they all had cake and ice cream, while Angel and
Buffy explained everything. A few minutes after the vampire gang left, the
phone rang. "Oh hi, Willow," Hank said after he answered the phone, "Sure. She's
right here." He called out to Buffy and said, "Buffy, it's Willow." Buffy got up from the couch and walked over to
the phone and said, "Hi, Wills, what's up?" "Buffy, it's Miss Calendar. Devlin is back in
town. He ... he ... Buffy he killed her! He killed Miss Calendar!" Willow said breaking
into sobs. "Are you sure?" Buffy said as grief started to
set in and she went pale. "Yes. There was a note to you that said, 'Soon,
Slayer' and it was signed 'Devlin'," Willow said through tears. "Oh my God," Buffy said as she dropped the phone. Angel was beside her before she fell to the
floor. He caught her and then picked up the phone. "Willow, what's wrong?... Oh
no. We're on our way back. Don't let Giles out of your sight! If I know him,
he'll go after Devlin himself. Do you have any idea where they are? ... OK. We'll
be there in half an hour or so ... Thanks, Will. Bye." "Angel, what's going on?" Hank asked. "I'm sorry, Hank. We have to go. Jenny was killed. We have to get back home
before Giles does something to get himself killed." "Yes, of course. Drive safely," Hank said
concerned. "I will," Angel assured him. Then he turned to Buffy and using their
telepathic bond, said, "Come on, Muirnín, we are going to go find them and
deal with this now." Buffy gave a slight nod as a tear
ran down her face. Angel drove as fast as he could and made it to
Giles' condo in 45 minutes. "Giles," Angel yelled as he rushed inside leaving
Buffy sitting inside the car. "Giles!" Angel noticed that Giles' good weapons
were missing. "Damn!" When got back outside Buffy and the car were gone. Damn
It, woman! You just couldn't wait for me, could you? He would have to walk
or run. Buffy arrived at the crypt just in time to see Giles pour gasoline all around
it. Then he went inside before she could stop him. She rushed inside to find
Giles on the floor unconscious and Devlin standing above him. Buffy kicked him
in the face and Devlin tried to hit her back but she ducked. They fought as the
crypt started to be engulfed in flames. Buffy was about to stake Devlin when he
pointed out that Giles was about to burn. She ran over to Giles and Buffy woke Giles
and got him to his feet, and she supported him as they make their way from the
building. They both exited the building coughing from the smoke. Giles pushed
Buffy away from him. "Why did you come here?! This wasn't your fight!" Giles shouted. She punched him in the jaw, and he spun and fell to
the pavement. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" She demanded to know as
she began to cry and crouched down to hug him. He cried and hugged her back.
"You can't leave me. I can't do this alone." The next day at school, Willow
walked into Miss Calendar's class room and said, "Hi. Principal Snyder asked me
to fill in for Miss. Calendar... u-until the new
computer science teacher arrives. So I'm just gonna stick to the lesson plan she
left." She walked around to the front of the desk and
looked over the books and things that were there. Willow put down her own books, and in the process
nudged a few books aside a little. As a result a yellow disk that Jenny had set
next to the books gets pushed off of the edge. It fell between the desk and the
small filing cabinet next to it. It hit the floor and spun around a few times
before coming to rest leaning against the side of the cabinet. The next afternoon,
Giles knelt down beside a gravestone that read
"Jennifer Calendar" and laid some flowers on her grave. He looked at her name on
the headstone for a moment before standing back up. Buffy was there next to him. "In my years as... Watcher... I've buried... too
many people. But Jenny was the first I've loved." Giles sadly said. Angel walked into the library with Buffy that
evening. "Well, well, well, I sure hope that you had fun while Miss
Calendar was being killed. If you were here, she still would be alive!" Xander
accused Buffy. Buffy just stood there. Xander had just confirmed
what she had thought. She had spent all night crying and telling Angel how it
was her fault. Angel had tried to comfort her and reassure that it wasn't it her
fault and that no one blamed her. Buffy finally cried herself to sleep. Angel
was stunned into silence when Xander said that. And what went on next didn't
help him keep control of the demon any. "Xander! It was her dad's birthday. She had to go
see him!" Willow rebuked Xander. "Well she's the Slayer, she can't just leave town
like that!" Xander yelled back. Buffy turned around and without saying a word,
ran out of the library. "Harris, if you don't shut your mouth right now I will
do it for you!" Angel warned as he slipped into his vampire face. "She already
blames herself enough for this when it isn't her fault! You have no idea how
this has effected her." Angel grabbed Xander by the throat and continued, "Don't
you ever, ever
jump down my Mate's throat again, or I will
rip yours out! You want to blame somebody, fine! Blame me! You don't
blame her for wanting to see her father for any reason! You can't possibly know
that Buffy got only a little bit of sleep last night. She cried herself to sleep
and then she cried in her sleep. I was the one who held her all
night while she cried. Don't you ever blame her again!" Angel then
let go of Xander and walked out of the library to go find his Mate. Xander rubbed his throat as he watched Angel
leave. Willow spoke up never taking her eyes away from the swinging doors. "He
has a point. It's not her fault." And then she looked at Xander and chastised
him again, "And you had no right to yell at her that way." By the time Angel had caught up with Buffy, he
looked human. "Buffy, Baby, he was wrong; it wasn't your fault at all. We all
thought that they were out of town and no longer a threat to Sunnydale." "It doesn't matter. He's right. I'm The Slayer. I
can't just take off like that." "Leannán, it's not like you took off and no one
knew where you were. Giles even told you to go see your father for his
birthday," he sighed. "Xander has no idea what he is talking about." Buffy
didn't say anything, just kept walking while trying to dry her tears. Her Mate
walked beside her. He was careful not to touch her bare skin while he argued
with himself,
Damn it, Soul Boy!
What do I say? Tell her that he didn't
mean it,
the Soul replied. He did mean it!
I saw it in his damn eyes. I'm not going to lie for that bastard. Damn
it, Angelus, he's grieving and he didn't mean it. I'm not going to
lie to my Mate! Hey! You asked me for
help. And I'm telling you what I would say. I really think that it was just the
grief talking. That doesn't
excuse him. No, it doesn't. I swear, Soul
Boy, he talks to her like that again, and I will drain him. Trust me, I feel the same
way. The problem with
that is, you won't follow through with it. I will. While the scent of her pain
is intoxicating, I should be the only one to bring her pain, so just tell me
what to do to convince her that it's not her fault, he then heard laughter back in the corner
of his mind. You ought to know that you
can't convince Buffy of anything. After a
moment's silence, Angelus heard,
Remind her about Devlin always
competing with me. "Leannán, listen to me. Devlin has always tried
to be me, even when we were human. And after Darla turned him for me, the
competition continued. Matter of fact, I taught him to zero in on one victim and
then slowly kill off the people closest to the person he had zeroed in on. I
taught him that when he killed someone close to his target to make sure that his
target or someone closer to the target was the first person to find the body. It
sounds like that is exactly what he did. He killed Jenny, knowing that she was
close to you. Then he put her in Giles' bed knowing that Giles was even closer
to Jenny than you and he was closer to you than Jenny was. He is still trying to
be me! So, if anyone is to blame besides Devlin himself, it's me." "If I had just been here, I could have stopped it." "Bullshit! If we were here, there is no way of
knowing that we would have been close enough to Jenny to save her. We don't know
where she was killed! She wasn't killed in or near Giles' apartment. That much I
know. She was deliberately placed and arranged in Giles' bed. I saw it, Leannán.
If I didn't know any better, I would have said that I did it." Buffy stopped and looked him in the eyes and he
knew that no matter what he said she would always blame herself. He sighed and
as he looked passed his Mate, he saw an empty alley.
Well if I can't get
her to stop blaming herself, maybe I can make her forget about it. Wait, not here!
No, not here
-- in the alley, Dumbass. Oh, damn it! You've rubbed off on me! Shut the Hell up
and don't say anything, he
then pulled his Mate to him in an embrace. While gently but passionately kissing
her, he backed her into the empty, dark ally. He backed her up against one of
the buildings' wall and before Buffy knew it; her skirt was hiked up around her
hips. Buffy looked into her Mate's eyes and asked, "How long have you been in
control?" Angelus sighed, "Since Harris yelled at you." Buffy nodded then asked, "Is he hurt?" "No, he's not hurt." "What did you do?" "I told him that if he ever talked to you like
that again, I'd kill him," Angelus said deliberately leaving out the fact he had
also grabbed her friend by the neck. He didn't even allow it to enter into his
mind, because he knew that she would be able to hear it through their bond. They
were now holding hands. Buffy nodded again and then said, "Don't do that.
He's my friend." "He's a pampas ass that needs to be taught a
lesson," Angelus countered and then sighed. "So, what do we do now?" "Well, what are you going to do?" "What do you mean?" "I mean are you going to go around killing,
maiming, and torturing those that I'm supposed to protect?" Angelus thought about how to best answer her
question. No doubt he wanted to do those things. "If I do, would you stake me?
Could you stake me?" Buffy let go of his hand, looked down to the
ground and then looked back into his eyes and said, "I don't want to, but if I
have to, I would." I hope. "So, you're saying that I can't torture, maim, and kill innocent humans?" "Any humans." Angelus rolled his eyes and Buffy
continued, "The only human blood you get is mine." Buffy laughed and said, "Don't
look so surprised. You just drank from me not five minutes ago." "I'm just surprised to hear you say it is all." "So, what are going to do?" "Let's see, I have two choices. 1. Go out
maiming, torturing, and killing anyone I want just for fun, and possibly get
staked by my own Mate, or 2.," Angelus took her hand in his and continued, "Have
Slayer blood anytime I want and add to that fact that The Slayer is my Marked
and Bonded Mate ... huuummm," he pretended to think about it for a minute. "... I
think that 2 is the better choice," Angelus smirked. Buffy smiled, then remembered something, "Oh and Angelus ..." "Yes, Leannán?" "You will be faithful to me." Angelus sighed and said, "Yes, Leannán." "I want to hear you say it." "I will be faithful to you." "And the no killing…" "I will not maim, torture, or kill any innocent human." "Any human," Buffy amended. "Buffy, Baby, that I can't promise. If a human
poses a threat to you or anyone that you or I consider family then I won't hold
back. I will protect our family, Leannán." Buffy thought about this and said, "OK, I can see
that. If something ever happens that anyone who is a part of our family, our
friends, or I am in danger from a human and you are around, you can do what you
have to do to protect us. But only do what have to do. Which means if it doesn't
call for deadly force, then you don't get to kill." "Agreed," Angelus said after hesitating. Buffy
pulled his head down to her and captured his lips with hers for a passionate
kiss before they continued on their way. "Uh, Leannán, your car is back at the
school. Are you sure you want to walk home?" "Oh. Right. I needed to get out of there and I
didn't think to drive the car." "Well, you really shouldn't have been driving
anyway. I don't think that you could have seen through the tears," Angelus said
compassionately. "True." "Baby, when did you realize that the soul wasn't in control?" "Oh, I started to suspect the first time you
called me 'Baby'," Buffy smiled. "But I really didn't know until you had walked
beside me for 15 minutes and never touched me. I figured that you didn't want me
to know it was you." After a minute, Buffy asked a question of her own, "What
happened to your soul?" "It's still here. I can hear him. When Xander yelled at you, he was stunned
and I pushed him aside and took over." "So, just because he was stunned you could take over?" "No. Ever since the Bonding Ceremony I've been
able to come forward more. We used to be blended together; just my memories were
his and his conscience was mine. But after the Bonding Ceremony, we started to
separate. It's like two people in here now," Angelus said tapping his head. "Like a duel personality?" "Yeah, I guess." "So, you two, can give each other control?" Angelus shrugged. He was enjoying his time with
his Mate and he didn't want to give it up, but he asked, "You want me to give
control back to the soul now?" Buffy sensed his apprehension and smiled and
said, "I'd like to spend some time with you if that's okay." Angelus smiled and said, "You don't need to ask
if it's okay or not, Leannán. I like being the one in control." "Yeah, well, I will want to spend time with the soul in control, too, you
know." "I know," Angelus sighed. He knew that sooner or
later she would want the soul. But things were working out better than he
thought they would. She wanted to spend time with him, too. Then something occurred to her, "Angelus, how did
Devlin get into Giles' apartment?" "What do you mean?" "You said that he put her in Giles' bed, how did
he get in Giles' apartment without an invitation?" Angelus sighed he had hoped he wouldn't have to
explain this to her, but he should have known that he would have to, "There are
some vampires that will hire other demons to go into people's homes to either
drive them out or do other things. The only way for Devlin to be able to have
Giles find Jenny in his bed was for him to hire a demon that didn't need an
invitation to do it for him." "Oh." Buffy knew the implications of what her
Mate just said but didn't want to dwell on the fact that her Mate might have
hired a demon to go into someone's home to scare them out of a safe place just
so he could kill them. Nor did she want that fact confirmed. So she didn't ask
if Angelus had ever done anything like that. It wasn't recorded in the Watcher's
Diaries or in Angelus' personal journals that she had read. And if it happened,
she really didn't want to know about it. A/N: Thank you to Maquisleader for the
permission and idea of Angel being able to hear Angelus in his head and using a
different font for Angelus. From now on Angelus' thoughts will be in italics
and
MacKenzie Print
and Angel's thoughts will be in italics and
Amaze,
but make sure that your computer has these fonts installed.
If you need me to send them to you in email,
just email me and ask.
The MacKenzie Print, is my own
printing handwriting. I spent hours making this font and I know it's
messy, but it's my own handwriting, so I know you will need to download it.
LOL You can only get this font from this page or from me personally
emailing it to you. :-)
Amaze Normal Font (Angel's thoughts)
MacKenzie Print (Angelus' thoughts)
Angelus may get out of character, but
please remember that this is a different universe and in this universe he fell
in love with Buffy and by going through the Bonding Ceremony, Buffy showed that
she love all of Angel, not just his soul. Angelus knows this and therefore his
actions are different than what they would have been in the show. If you can beta a long chapter within a
week's time (there are a couple of chapters in Book 2 that are 30 plus pages
these chapters I will ask for 2 week return), and would love to beta for the
last chapter of Book 1 and the following Books, please let me know in your
review. (An upside to beta'ing is that you get to read the chapter as soon as I
finish with it and you get to see the chapter evolve. You also get to help me
make the chapter better. When I have writer's block, I ask my beta's for ideas
before I ask anyone else.) I do have typos and I need someone with
good American English grammar/spelling skills. I also would like some one to
make sure that I have the characters in character. I know that Angelus will be
out of character in some parts due to the way that this universe is set up, but
I don't want him to be any more out of character than necessary to make the
story work. The background for this page came from
http://www.grsites.com/ I just made it
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Irish Gaelic Translations
http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/
Muirnín definition... n sweetheart m4
Leannán definition... n lover m1;
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