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Coming Back	By : Vulnerable Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > Slash - Male/Male > Spike(William)/Xander > Spike(William)/Xander Views: 6867 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Willow calmly walked across UC Sunnydale campus away from Lowell house and the burnt out Initiative. The slight breeze blew her red hair, softly around her face. It was still dark out and she cautiously glanced around herself every now and again to make sure no Hellmouth creatures were about.
There were no left over demons that she could find and by the looks of the remains of the building, if she were a demon, she would of got away from there ages ago. It may have been burnt up but it still gave her chills. She had also, just to double check, cast a quick spell to see if there were any demons in the vicinity, thankfully there were none, but now she was tired from the amount of power that she had been continually using over the past couple of days. However she managed to control the drooping of her eyelids and the many yawns overtaking her.
The breeze picked up quickly and wisped around her, picking up her long skirt as she tried to contain as much modesty as possible. As she finally controlled it�s wayward flying, she swung round and bumped into someone in her path. She lost her balance momentarily but managed not to fall over. Although the other person wasn�t so lucky.
Willow turned towards the blonde girl who was righting herself onto her knees and collecting the scattered books that surrounded her.
�I�m so sorry.� Willow began as she kneeled down next to the girl.
�N-n-no. It w-was my fault. I-I wasn�t watching where I w-was going.� she gave a heavy breath at the end like it was an exertion to speak.
�No really it was my fault. How could I have not knocked into someone spinning like a windmill.� She gave a smile to the girl who looked away, blushing furiously, which went unnoticed by Willow because the blonde girl was leaning away from her picking up some more of her books.
�Let me help.� Willow said still smiling and proceeded in picking up the books nearest to her.
She noticed some of the symbols and names on the books as she picked them up and her brows knitted together in confusion, many, if not all of the books were witchcraft. As she made to retrieve the last book, so did the blonde girl and their hands landed on it at the same time in a pile one on top of the other. Willow quickly pulled her hand back, not understanding why she was starting to feel the rise of heat in her cheeks from the upcoming blush. She slowly got to her feet and brushed her skirt off. The other girl had the same reaction as Willow, blushing a vivid red while grabbing up the book stammering and stuttering as she also got to her feet.
�I-I-I I�m sorry. . .� the girl began, but was cut off.
�There�s nothing to be sorry for. Um, so . .� Willow stopped short not really knowing what to say and then started to get nervous, so just began a random ramble. �Do you go to UC Sunnydale? I do. Wow it�s fun, but at first I was a little worried that I wouldn�t get along with anyone and the teachers would be all poop-y, but they�re not. I actually like all of them and them me, well I hope because I�ve never actually asked, but they smile at me a lot and say good work Miss Rosenberg or Willow, whichever they feel like. So do you? And, oh, how rude. I�m Willow, what�s your name?�
The girl stared blankly at her for a minute, the babble having stunned her momentarily, before she responded.
�I-I�m T-T-Tara.� she smiled and ducked behind the curtain of her blonde hair. �I d-don�t think I got you�re, um, f-first question.�
�Oh. Well that doesn�t matter. So, some nice books you got there.� she started leadingly. �Very different kind of reading material. Kind of occult looking.�
�Um..�
�Listen I�m not judging you or anything, I�m just wondering if you�re planning on raising any demons or maybe trying to open the Hellmouth.�
�H-H-Hellmouth?� Tara asked looking more then a little bit confused.
Willow waved off her comment �Never mind.� she shifted nervously, �Just so I know though. You�re a good witch, right? A nice white witch, who does healings and helps people. Please say yes.�
�Yes�
�Oh good! Wait you�re not just saying that are you? You better not be because I have power too you know. I could, I could blow you up, right now. Yep little bits of you lying around on the floor and then I�d laugh, but that does make me sound kinda evil.� she frowned slightly, but continued quickly. �I�m not though.�
�I know, y-your aura, it, well it glows so b-brightly. It�s a strong white pulse, very l-lovely.� Tara added as she ducked behind the curtain of her hair and Willow blushed lightly. �It means y-your very p-powerful as well.�
�I�m not powerful though, not at all. I can barely float a pencil at times. My magic is very up and down, not very good with the control, just ask my friends.�
�Y-You�ll improve.� then with none of the stammer and in a more stronger voice Tara added, �I know you will.�
�Oh.� Willow blushed, she seemed to be doing that a lot around this girl and she thought that getting out of High School would have finally stopped that, but nope, still happening. �Um, let me walk you back to your room. It isn�t safe at night here.�
�Ok then.� And they walked off back to Tara�s dorm room.

* * *
Buffy was still standing near the far side of the room holding herself for comfort. So much had happened in such a short time, trust was given and thrown back in her face so many times by those she thought close to her. She looked towards Riley at that and then the trust that was given back by the most unlikely of people, well vampires. Then again Xander had been just as trustworthy when human and if what she had talked about with Willow and actually read in Giles� books, yeah that�s right read, then the vampire standing by an old enemy was still so much her friend.
Really though what she still couldn�t believe was that her once love had returned from the dead. He had turned to dust right in front of her face and now he was back, well assumed he was back if the evidence from the vampires and the raging howl was anything to go by.
She thought she had gotten over him, dealt with her feelings of sadness and in essence his rejection of her by how he had treated Xander, but even the thought of him being back was wonderful. The hope that after everything they could still be together, if it really was Angel and if Xander held so much of who he was then wasn�t it right that if this was Angel, he was still so much himself, but whatever happened to him made him crazed, which meant that maybe they could fix him.
Looking round at the others, she saw that they were just as nervous as she was, maybe more, particularly the soldiers. Then again could she blame them, especially after what they had gone through. Glancing over at the pile of dead bodies she shivered, how could they get over having so many of their men killed and then have the murderer saved, she had an idea of how many of them would react. The fact Angel had done that, her Angel, made her feel sick. What had turned him so cruel? How was he even back?
She leaned against the wall her legs barely managing to hold her up as she contemplated reason after reason for Angel being the way he was. Her arms wrapped tighter around her and she barely felt as she hugged herself to the point of bruising. Everyone around her was blocked out as she continued to think.

* * *
Spike held a still shaken Xander on the opposite side of the room from both the soldiers and Buffy. While part of Spike was happy that his Sire had somehow returned from being staked, another was worried. Angel had been more then slightly crazed that night in the library when he had attacked both Spike and Xander. And even now that madness seemed to have continued if the pile of bodies were anything to go by.
He wondered what had cracked him so badly. Angelus had been a right bastard that�s true, but crazy, ok maybe a little, but not this bad. Sure he�d whip just as soon as he�d kiss you, but that was just the way he was. And Angel that soul having wanker was too uptight, no way would he detach himself from the slayers apron strings long enough to actually think for himself let alone cause complete and utter chaos. It made him wonder, just what the fuck was going on.
Spike noticed that Xander was slowly starting to calm down with the comfort he was showing him, even in a room full of soldier gits. He felt their bond tingle across his brain and he realised that although calm on the outside Xander was still uncertain about everything happening. Spike was just glad he had been training him, true he wasn�t as strong as Angel, but he would definitely be able to hold his own. And besides it was still not certain if it really was Angel at all, everything was circumstantial at this point.
�You alright luv?�
�Yeah better at least. I�m just worried. How are you doing? I mean, he�s back. And from the looks of it, very much insane.�
�Nothing much different there luv, you haven�t met Angelus. He was a few fruit loops short, if you get what I mean, but still this is a bit much even for him. Sure he liked his torture and mayhem like any vamp, but not being here to gloat about it, nah not his style.�
�Yeah you did mention that a couple of times. And from all the stories you�ve told me about him, I�m very close to shitting myself and that�s not even possible for me anymore.�
Spike chuckled at his mate before his attention and many others in the room were drawn to Drusilla, who was being propped up by the mutt as her legs seemed to have given up on her.
�Bad, naughty. Not right!� she clawed at the space in front of her, hissing through her fangs. �It�s crawling, seeping and growing. Nasty thing, blocking out my eyes. Blind, can�t see. It�s foul and retched.� she rubbed furiously at her eyes, her vision making her believe that she actually couldn�t see. Oz carefully pulled her hands away and gently caressed her hair as she eventually started to calm down.
�What�s the matter Dru?� Spike asked, bringing his hand forward to stroke her shoulder, �Was it about Angel?�
�Angel, Angelus. Neither and none and then the other. Beast with teeth and claws, snapping, slashing and spilling blood.� she pointed over to the pile of dead soldiers. �All wrong, can�t touch it, not yet. It seeps and crawls. And grows!�
�What is she on about?� Buffy questioned as Dru quieted back down, Oz holding her firmly to him.
Spike hadn�t even noticed her come up beside him, �Not sure, but it seems Angel may not be the one doing whatever happened to those lot.�
�Then who is?� Riley got in before Buffy could.
Immediately after it was said another howl could be heard, but this sounded pained, almost like it was made by a wounded animal. The next minute a heavy scratching against the concrete floor was made out and it was getting nearer, along with a faint snuffling. Everyone turned to where it was coming from, the main doors leading further into the mansion.
Dru suddenly spoke, almost obnoxiously loud in the silence except for the sound of the upcoming problem.
�It seeps and crawls and grows.� Oz pulled her further away from everyone else and further away from whatever was coming through those doors. The hairs on his neck were raising along with Spike, Xander and Buffy as their bodies took on a tenseness of caution and anticipation.
They all knew that whatever was coming was what they had been looking for and anxiously waited. Suddenly there it was, it was the size of an average sized man, but hunched over. It�s feet had large claws and so did the fingers. The sound of their clicking against each other and the floor was loud in the silent room.
�Oh my God!� one soldier gasped seeing the elongated fangs appearing from the mouth slowly dripping saliva along as it went.

* * *
Buffy was the first to come out of her stupor and grabbing up a free standing candle holder went straight for the demon. She swiped once, twice with the end of her weapon but it made no difference. With each hit on the demons head it easily glided through the supposed solid mass ending up with a thick slime coated on the end of the candle holder as it passed all the way through. However as soon as the demon reached out with it�s claws it was able to leave a bloody swipe across her midsection. Everyone saw this confused and angered her, so she kept swiping and dodging the long claws.
Eventually Xander and Spike joined in the attack. They used fists, which was nearly as bad as using the candle holder. Instead of going straight through the demons body their fists got stuck, leaving them open for clawing swipes or lunges by the fanged mouth.
Buffy was tiring, blood dripped from cuts in her arms, legs and torso. Spike and Xander had finally released themselves using all their strength they had pulled their fists out and were just about to get candle holders of their own when a large jolt of electricity left the demon dazed, a thick glob of part of it�s leg was halfway across the floor and slowly tried to reform itself to the whole body. They all turned to find Riley holding one of the left over Initiative weapons in his hand. He shot again this time half the demons face splattered against the wall, the thick splodge started to slid back over to the demon as it seemed to collapse into one mass that bubbled on the floor.
It moved gradually at first away from the people surrounded it, until finally like a shot it slid out the room they followed quickly Buffy, Xander and Spike being the faster as Riley trailed along at the back, gun still in his hand. They went down nearly every corridor in the mansion, but eventually came upon a darkened room. The Slayer and both vampires were first in and watched as the mass seemed to seep into a darkened corner. In that corner however was a figure. It gave a pained wheezing gasp as the mass that was a demon disappeared behind his body.
A stronger breath was let out a while later. Then suddenly a dull light flared in the room, the figure huddled closer into itself trying to crawl further almost into the wall. The group turned round to find Riley lighting a row of candles on a shelf near the door. Buffy gave him a glare but they all turned back to the man, now they could make out some of his face. Buffy walked closer, a scowl on her face, but she didn�t notice the shock on Spike�s.
The side of the man�s face rippled showing the face of same demon they had just fought, before it disappeared back under the skin. The man gave a shiver and twitched enough that his head knocked against the wall. Buffy gasped at the site she had just witnessed and the man, as if she had just realised she was there, turned towards her.
She gapped in astonishment at what she saw and now Drusilla�s rambled words made more sense. She whispered out his name as she stood in complete shock, hand coming to her mouth involuntary at seeing what she just couldn�t believe.
�Angel�
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