DISCLAIMER: Like i said in part one..yada yadda yadda don't own Buffy ...entertainment...
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Part Two
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Grabbing a silver knife from the box, Buffy gently sliced her arm and let the blood run into one of the cups. She winced between clenched teeth. Taking the cup, the other cup, knife and book, she unlocked the cage. She kicked angel over onto his back. Through half closed vamp eyes, he glared at her and tried to speak. Buffy grabbed him by the hair and recited from the book:
With my blood I cleanse you and lock away the demons
She poured the blood down Angel's throat. He made weak movements in protest. Again from the book she said aloud:
With your blood
I take the evil from within
Taking the knife, she grabbed Angel's arm and sliced it, letting the dark, almost black liquid run into the cup.
"Gross," mumbled Buffy, "this is like some sick reverse vamp thing…" as she looked into the cup, "oh well, here goes nothing" she threw her head back and let the thick chilly liquid run down her throat,
"yuck…" groaned Buffy.
From the floor, Angel weakly hissed.
"Almost done," thought Buffy.
She grabbed the ring off of Angel's hand. It had suprised her that he hadn't removed it. She took off her ring as well and went back to the table. She placed the two rings in the white candle and continued reading:
White for good
White for pureness lock the demon away!
She pinched sand from the pentagram and placed a bit in each of the cups, then tossed the rest into the white candle. A wind suddenly whipped through the library, making the candles flicker. Books started falling off of the shelves. The door started swinging open and close and a hideous howling filled the room. Buffy yanked her cross off from around her neck and walked towards Angel:
From the cross came light
and love out of darkness
and hate vanish memories of evil
Buffy was yelling now, the howling was deafeningly loud:
I vanquish you!
She was above Angel. She pressed the cross against his forehead. The whole world seemed to shake and lightning flashed as the howling became screaming. Angel, although drugged, screamed in agony as smoke rose from the cross and blood trickled out of his mouth. All of a sudden, in a huge flash of light, a surge of energy sent Buffy sprawling across the floor.
Silence
Buffy painfully pulled herself off of the floor. Panting, she grabbed a stake from the box, which was now spilled on the floor. She limped toward where Angel lay in the cage. His face was normal now, peaceful, with a burnt cross mark on his forehead. But she still couldn't be sure it had worked. Slowly, Buffy started crying.
"Oh god…" wept Buffy. It would be so hard for her to kill him if it hadn't worked…it would be so hard for her to be with him if it did work. It wasn't fair. She was only 17. "why couldn't I have been a normal teenager?" she thought.
Angel stirred on the floor. Buffy readied herself. He slowly opened his eyes. The coldness that had been there was gone, but it could be a trick. If the spell had worked, he wouldn't remember anything past when he lost his soul.
"Buffy…" mumbled Angel, then he noticed the stake in her hand. He glanced quickly from side to side. "where am…..oh god no….." as he looked up at Buffy with a confused look on his face, "please don't tell me that's meant for me…" looking at the stake.
"Angel…" choked Buffy, "I….You….I'm so sorry…"
"Buffy, did I…" asked Angel.
Buffy nodded through tears, "It's all my fault…" and she sank to her knees beside Angel.
Noticing the blood on her Angel asked "Buffy…did…did I hurt you?"
"…." Buffy sat silent. How could she tell him? He had hurt her in ways that couldn't be measured physically, and how would she tell him about Teresa and Jenny? How he had tried to kill Willow.
"How long...How long was I…him?" Angel asked.
"five months," sobbed Buffy.
"You have to tell me what I did," said Angel, "please…"
"You…" began Buffy, "said mean things…and you...you…turned Teresa into a vam…and Jenny … you…" Buffy couldn't go on. Flashbacks of "was it good for you too?" written in blood on the wall flooded her mind. Images of a mutilated uncle. Willow being so close to being killed.
Angel slowly fumbled to his knees. He looked at Buffy, but couldn't for long. "I'm so sorry" he whispered, barley audible. He reached to hold Buffy, but she recoiled before he could even touch her.
"I didn't want to do that!" Buffy thought, "this is so hard…"
Angel looked at her again his eyes were wet with tears. He looked at her bloody nose and sliced arm.
"You have to go," said Buffy, "its gonna be awhile before anyone will be able to…accept you around…Giles…and Xander, they won't want to see you...they know it's not your fault, but…"
Angel nodded and stood up slowly, still weak from the sedative. He touched his forehead, feeling the cross mark. "How did this happen?" asked Angel quietly, "was it…"
"Its my fault," said Buffy sadly.
"No, it's not...we couldn't have known" said Angel as he held out his hand to help Buffy up off of the floor. Buffy looked at the hand warily. She cautiously put her hand in his, "It is him…isn't it?" Buffy thought as she stood up. Wiping her eyes, she looked at Angel.
"Look, you have to go…leave town for a while...not forever…just a while…" said Buffy.
Angel leaned forward to give her kiss, but Buffy pulled away. Angel nodded. He looked around the library. It was a mess. "What did I do?" he wondered. Buffy headed towards the door.
"Its almost daylight," she said, "you have to go…leave town for a while, when you get back we can talk…maybe," and with that she walked out the door. It was so hard.
Angel looked at the white candle and noticed the two rings. He scooped them out and put them in his pocket. He turned towards a window, which had blown open and hopped out of it and walked off into the night.
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