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2006-12-21 03:20:15 UTC
"The Buffy Effect..." VII...
A shortie...
PG-13
Disclaimer: No, Joss, no...I make no claims, put that thing down! It's
all yours and ME's.
Spoilers for Angel to this week...Flee at once!...
Summary: Similar to my Immortal Beloved series of sketches, and my
Semi-Parallel Lives bits mostly just short brainstorming ideas for
other tales...As with both of those, some bits may be multipart, others
just a few lines...
Part B...
"What do you expect from me, Slayer?..." a hard, cynical sneer, but
the sincere question buried within...
"Not a thing, William..." Buffy smiled at him... "Just thought
you might like to try another kind of dance with me just once..."
"Begin the Beguine, eh?...Nice to see your mum's managed to pass on
a little taste..." he nodded at the CD player she'd brought into
his lair and started without a word three minutes ago... "Artie
Shaw's version always did it for me..." the faintest grin...
"So...?" she eyed him, standing within two feet...
"Desperate since the poof soldier boy left are we?...Well, never let
it be said William the Bloody ever made a lady beg...Ok if I
lead?..."
"I insist..."
He put an arm round her and led her about the dank room...
"You're still good, Will..." she eyed him...
"They taught us properly in my day...Though you aren't bad for a
modern girl..." he swung her around in a hard turn and spin...
"Thanks...But I meant it on the spiritual level..."
He paused...A very hard stare...
"All right...You've had your fun with the castrated
vampire...What's this about?..."
"You were ready to marry me last week..." she eyed him... "Not
even a little interest now?..." she indicated a desire to continued
the dance and he reluctantly complied...
"Hmmn...Perverse, Slayer...What happened, Red spell you again and
you're in 'vamp meat, now' mode?"
"No..."
"Just the ole death wish making you play with fire?...Beware,
girl...I will get this thing outta my head one day when you least
expect it and...Buffy...?"
"Why are you crying?..." stopping, he stared at her...
"You care..." she said simply, not wiping the tears...Not an
accusation...A simple statement of fact...
"No...No, I don't...In fact, I'd simply like to know the reason
so I can rejoice in it..." he took her hand and resumed the dance...
"You care...I feel it...But you don't know why...Or why it was so
easy to love me when Willow hexed us last week..."
"Get help, girl...I think Red's spell is still clinging..." he
told her coldly...Another turn and spin...
"I thought so too...Or maybe that you..." she nodded, deftly
slipping around a large marble bench at her side... "And I had Willow
do a full spell review..."
"Not me, if I'd done it you'd be groveling at my feet..." he
swung her around and spun her...
"She didn't find a spell...Just an aural halo..."
"Oh?..."
"An intense one...Seems I've lived before..."
"Ah, the Slayer ego kicks in...So, who were you?...
Cleopatra?...Theodora?...Saint Mary Magdalene?..."
"Cicely Addams Walthrop..." she looked him dead in the face...
"That's how I told him..." Anne smiled at Previous... "Though
it was a week before he began to believe me...We managed to keep it
secret for nearly a year while I tried, I tried everything I
could...Everything but Angel's curse...Cause no way was I making him
suffer that...Then Willow...My Wiccan best friend who never lifted a
magical finger to help me save my husband, threatened to tell the
others if I didn't give him up...Unfortunately I still had a moral
sense and didn't kill her..."
"And he killed you?..."
She gave a cool smile... "He let me stay here...With him...After
Giles killed me...Accidently, of course...He was aiming to kill
Will...Hurt loads too, given the chip and all...Not to mention
dangerous with Giles and the guys taking potshots at us and him not
able to fight back..."
"Giles killed you?..."
"Right through the heart with Cupid's arrow..." Anne grinned...
"But I wasn't about to let him take Will away from me, whatever his
concerns, the bastard...All of them...They could have helped us, helped
me save him...At least let us go and find some safe place...But they
chose Duty and I chose Love...I'm inclined to think I made out
better..."
"So you see, sister..." she grinned at her superhuman twin... "We
are very much the same...And share the same goal, if perhaps not the
same universe..."
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A shortie...
PG-13
Disclaimer: No, Joss, no...I make no claims, put that thing down! It's
all yours and ME's.
Spoilers for Angel to this week...Flee at once!...
Summary: Similar to my Immortal Beloved series of sketches, and my
Semi-Parallel Lives bits mostly just short brainstorming ideas for
other tales...As with both of those, some bits may be multipart, others
just a few lines...
Part B...
"What do you expect from me, Slayer?..." a hard, cynical sneer, but
the sincere question buried within...
"Not a thing, William..." Buffy smiled at him... "Just thought
you might like to try another kind of dance with me just once..."
"Begin the Beguine, eh?...Nice to see your mum's managed to pass on
a little taste..." he nodded at the CD player she'd brought into
his lair and started without a word three minutes ago... "Artie
Shaw's version always did it for me..." the faintest grin...
"So...?" she eyed him, standing within two feet...
"Desperate since the poof soldier boy left are we?...Well, never let
it be said William the Bloody ever made a lady beg...Ok if I
lead?..."
"I insist..."
He put an arm round her and led her about the dank room...
"You're still good, Will..." she eyed him...
"They taught us properly in my day...Though you aren't bad for a
modern girl..." he swung her around in a hard turn and spin...
"Thanks...But I meant it on the spiritual level..."
He paused...A very hard stare...
"All right...You've had your fun with the castrated
vampire...What's this about?..."
"You were ready to marry me last week..." she eyed him... "Not
even a little interest now?..." she indicated a desire to continued
the dance and he reluctantly complied...
"Hmmn...Perverse, Slayer...What happened, Red spell you again and
you're in 'vamp meat, now' mode?"
"No..."
"Just the ole death wish making you play with fire?...Beware,
girl...I will get this thing outta my head one day when you least
expect it and...Buffy...?"
"Why are you crying?..." stopping, he stared at her...
"You care..." she said simply, not wiping the tears...Not an
accusation...A simple statement of fact...
"No...No, I don't...In fact, I'd simply like to know the reason
so I can rejoice in it..." he took her hand and resumed the dance...
"You care...I feel it...But you don't know why...Or why it was so
easy to love me when Willow hexed us last week..."
"Get help, girl...I think Red's spell is still clinging..." he
told her coldly...Another turn and spin...
"I thought so too...Or maybe that you..." she nodded, deftly
slipping around a large marble bench at her side... "And I had Willow
do a full spell review..."
"Not me, if I'd done it you'd be groveling at my feet..." he
swung her around and spun her...
"She didn't find a spell...Just an aural halo..."
"Oh?..."
"An intense one...Seems I've lived before..."
"Ah, the Slayer ego kicks in...So, who were you?...
Cleopatra?...Theodora?...Saint Mary Magdalene?..."
"Cicely Addams Walthrop..." she looked him dead in the face...
"That's how I told him..." Anne smiled at Previous... "Though
it was a week before he began to believe me...We managed to keep it
secret for nearly a year while I tried, I tried everything I
could...Everything but Angel's curse...Cause no way was I making him
suffer that...Then Willow...My Wiccan best friend who never lifted a
magical finger to help me save my husband, threatened to tell the
others if I didn't give him up...Unfortunately I still had a moral
sense and didn't kill her..."
"And he killed you?..."
She gave a cool smile... "He let me stay here...With him...After
Giles killed me...Accidently, of course...He was aiming to kill
Will...Hurt loads too, given the chip and all...Not to mention
dangerous with Giles and the guys taking potshots at us and him not
able to fight back..."
"Giles killed you?..."
"Right through the heart with Cupid's arrow..." Anne grinned...
"But I wasn't about to let him take Will away from me, whatever his
concerns, the bastard...All of them...They could have helped us, helped
me save him...At least let us go and find some safe place...But they
chose Duty and I chose Love...I'm inclined to think I made out
better..."
"So you see, sister..." she grinned at her superhuman twin... "We
are very much the same...And share the same goal, if perhaps not the
same universe..."
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