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Two years Ago
A group of people gathered in the dark. They all held candles that cast a shadow on everyone’s faces. One of them murmured words barely above a whisper.
When she was done she looked up at the rest of them and tears were streaming down her face.
“This is what she’d want.” The woman said wiping the tears away.
“Yes.” Someone answered.
The group huddled around an open grave. A casket, waiting to be lowered into the ground, was above it. Pictures, clothes, a book, a movie, a stake, a cross, holy water, and a stuffed pig, among other things were in the casket. They were burying anything that Buffy had once loved, since they couldn’t bury anything else like a body they figured this more appropriate.
Willow had just done a protection spell for the ground a spell that would protect Buffy’s soul, which would let it find peace. Giles, Willow. Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Gunn, and Wesley all held candles.
They all closed their eyes as Willow murmured more spells and blessings. No one spoke, they just said whatever they had to say in their thoughts. It was more personal that way. Then as one was finished a candle was blown out and then another until all the candles were blown out. Everyone placed their candles on the ground and then watched as the casket was lowered into the ground. Tears dropped to the ground as the friends huddled to say goodbye in any way they could. Cordelia, Gunn and Wesley put a rose on the ground and then walked off leaving Giles, Xander, Willow and Angel alone.
“We won’t let that thing go around any longer, Buffy I promise.” Giles said silently and the other three nodded.
Willow wiped away the tears from her eyes. “We love you Buffy. We’ll miss you.” With that she took Xander’s hand, who was silent throughout the whole thing, and both of them placed a rose on the grave. Giles walked up and murmured something silently and put a rose on the grave and walked off with Willow and Xander.
Angel stood beside the grave like Buffy had when her Mother had died. He put a rose on the grave and took a moment. It wasn’t a real goodbye, yet. But soon he would kill the thing that was once her and finally give Buffy her rest. She wouldn’t want that thing around. He would kill it for her. He kissed took Buffy’s claddagh ring out of his pocket. He would keep it until he could really say goodbye. He then walked away before tears could fall.
Our world’s Angel and Buffy
For the second time since arriving to this other world or universe or whatever you want to call it Angel had been knocked unconscious again. And not for the first time wished he hadn’t. Before he passed out he saw Buffy fall to the ground and hoped she was ok. Now he was panicked, trying to open his eyes but only seeing black spots from the pain of the one or two arrows in him.
I shouldn’t have trusted them, they could have been vampires or I- no my alter-self could have been Angelus. He thought but decided against it, he couldn’t really have known, especially with Xander’s heart beating.
He then opened his eyes, ignoring the pain, and looked at his surroundings. He gritted his teeth as he moved Xander got him good. Why were he and Xander working together in the first place? He shook his head; even in an alternate universe there was nothing normal with himself and Xander working together. And what with the trap, were they evil in this dimension? Was it normal for other Buffy’s and Angel’s to show up in this world? He snapped out of his reverie and surveyed the room. It was dark, damp, most likely a sewer and there was no way out unless you traveled through the way they came.
He turned around and checked on Buffy. It was worse than he thought. He crawled over to her. She was breathing, slowly though. She had two arrows in her. She had one in her side, and one in her shoulder.
“Buffy?” he whispered gently, brushing the hair out of her face. He knew she probably hurt her head, he didn’t know how bad it was but he could take a guess and say really bad. He decided against moving her. He jumped up to the top where they had dropped in. He brushed up against the door and brought his hand down in pain, they had put holy water around it. Damn. He jumped up again banging on the door. Nothing happened and all he got was another hurt hand. He growled and did it again but this time pushed. He fell back in exhaustion after about five more times. Blood fell down hid arm where he had been hit with the arrow the wound had reopened. The arrow in his leg stayed in because it was almost impossible for him to take it out. He gritted his teeth against the pain and got up to try one more time.
Our world people
“Do you think its safe to go in?” Andrew asked.
“Yeah, I think so. I mean it doesn’t look evil does it?” Willow said as they slowly made there way across the street.
“Hey there’s Fred, and Gunn and Wesley.” Willow said before she could get an answer. She picked up her pace and then ran toward where they were.
“Hey guys-Cordelia?”
“Oh hi willow. I’m Cordelia just not your Cordelia.”
“Umm, ok um…where’s Spike?”
Cordelia paled at the name, but covered it up quickly. Fred answered with,“He went to go find Buffy and Angel”
Cordelia nodded. I hope Angel and Xander don’t find him first. She thought bitterly. “Um.wait here I’m going to go in and see if anyone’s around, you know so you guys don’t shock you’re doppelgangers.”
Everyone nodded and Cordelia motioned toward a garden. “How about over there?” They all walked over and sat down and Cordelia went inside.
Our worlds Spike
“Bugger.” Spike muttered after about ten minutes of being led on another chase and not finding anything. He would pick up their scent and then that would lead him to a dead end.
Now he was outside a building and Buffy and Angel’s scents were as strong as anything else he could pick up. Why would Buffy and Angel be in there ? He thought and then decided to go in anyway.
The inside was musty and old but the scent was even stronger. “Buffy? Angel?” He called. He walked around, the place looked deader than him. Then he heard the noise. At first it sounded like a grunt, then a yell. He stopped walking around and realized it was coming from down below. He walked over to something that looked raised. He pulled it up and realized it was a door. He cursed as he felt a searing pain on his hand and realized it was holy water.
He finally got the door opened and he looked down. “Spike!” Angel called to him.
“Angel what in the bloody hell are you doing down there?” Spike said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
“Spike, Buffy’s down her she’s hurt help me with her.”
“Oh, okay.” Spike lowered himself to the ground helped Angel lift her up and then helped Angel up.
“Will she be okay?” Spike asked looking at Buffy, who probably looked worse than she was, she would heal and be okay.
“Yes.” Angel answered. Then he whispered. “I hope.”
“We need to get her to a hospital.” Spike said.
“No, we don’t live here. Remember?” Angel asked.
“Yeah but-.”
“We should just meet up with Willow and Giles and everyone else and get some first aid.” Angel said and Spike nodded
They both carried Buffy as they made their way out. They walked in silence down the street neither one knowing what to say. As they walked down the street they stepped on newspapers. One floated their way by some mysterious wind, as if it was a sign from up above. It was a newspaper from two years ago. It was the obituary section, this particular page read:
Summers, Buffy Anne
Buffy Summers died last Friday in her hometown of Sunnydale. She is missed and loved
The page is then torn out but the rest reads:
She is survived by her friends and sister and father.
If the two had seen that maybe it would have explained what was to come.
This world’s People
“Cordelia is that you?” Giles asked from behind the desk in the lobby.
“Yeah, I just went for a walk. Is anyone else here?” Cordelia asked.
“I believe Fred is upstairs and Wesley…I think Wesley might have gone out.”
“Oh okay. They didn’t say when they’d be back, huh?”
“Well they are probably looking for Buffy and Drusilla, I believe that vision you had may lead us to them finally.”
“Or just lead them into another confrontation that gets them killed.” Cordelia muttered remembering all the times Xander and Angel had come home, if you can call this home, looking like hell.
Cordelia took a deep breath. “Giles I think-.” There was a scream from the garden and Cordelia ran out.
“What?” She hissed.
“Oh ignore him. Andrew just saw a Gagnar demon for the first time.” Dawn said shrugging.
“Okay you know what go in the back. If Angel or Xander come and see you you’ll die.”
“Whaddya mean if-?” Xander asked but Cordelia shushed him.
“Look you people are different in this world. Things are a lot different. I’ve got to show them, my world people, that you guys are here to help. So send a global thing Willow and get everyone here. Except Spike.”
“Why not-?” Dawn asked.
“Just trust me. Everything will be explained soon. I hope.” Cordelia told them and waited for them to move to the back.
This World's People
Gunn and Willow walked down one street to the next, when nothing happened they thought about going to the Hyperion but decided to find Angel and Xander first. They had just turned around a corner when they saw them. Angel and Xander, both walking toward them.
”Did you find Buffy?” Willow asked and Xander nodded.
“Yeah, she hired one of those illusion demons. I think she wanted to get us all together and kill us. Probably figured this was easier. We locked them in the old building, you know the one.” Xander said and Willow nodded.
“So I say we head back, I mean we got rid of Buffy for now right? I say we sleep or something.” Gunn said and they walked the rest of the way to the Hyperion.
When they got there everyone was gathered in the lobby. It reminded Angel of the first time they had gotten together, right after Buffy died.
Cordelia sat up and looked at them. “Guys, uh maybe you should sit down.”
Willow sat down but Angel and Xander stood.
“I umm, I had a vision. It was from another Cordelia from another world and there are umm some people here from the another world you have come to umm…make it better.” She looked at everyone seriously and then Xander blinked and then started laughing hysterically.
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