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Chapter three: Giles to the rescue

Buffy walked into the lounge room and headed in the direction of the phone.

Giles was currently residing in England, but at the present moment in time was in Rome on council business and was staying in a motel nearby.

She pulled open the draw of the phone stand and took out the card that had the motels phone number and dialled and waited for the person at the service desk to patch her through to Giles’ room.

After a few moments of ringing, he finally picked up.

“Hello?”

“Hey Giles its Buffy”

“Oh Buffy, how are you”

“Um, I’ve been better” she told him truthfully

“What’s wrong?” Giles asked, suddenly very concerned

“You know how when you came back to Sunnydale and I said that one day we will see each other when something bad, apocalyptic or majorly freaky is going on?”

“Yes”

“Well, today isn’t that day” she sighed “could you possibly come here with whatever books you have on prophecy’s involving vampires with souls?”

“Ok, I don’t have a lot with me, but I could bring some that may help with what you’re trying to do” he said

“Thanks Giles that would be great”

“Just one thing though Buffy, what is it that you are trying to do?” Giles asked, with a hint of amusement in his voice

“Oh sorry, I must have left out that small detail, maybe you should wait til you get here before I tell you”

“If you tell me now, I’ll some idea of what books I need to bring” he said, and hearing Buffy sigh again knew he had won this little debate

“Fine, Angel showed up on my doorstep today as well as the supposed-to-be-dead Spike and they are both human” Buffy told him and stayed quiet so Giles had time to absorb the information, but after a full moment of silence, she began to worry

“Uh, Giles, you still with me?”

“Oh dear Lord”

“Yeah, kind of hard to take in, which is why I need your help”

“Oh dear Lord” she heard him say again

“Ok Giles, relax, I need you sane” Buffy told him

“Oh dear Lord, I’ll be right there” and before Buffy had the chance to answer the line went dead, she shook her head, hung up the phone and went back into her room

“Did you get a hold of the watcher” Spike asked

“Yeah, he’ll be here soon” Buffy told him, sitting on the end of the bed again

“Did you tell him about us?” Angel asked

“Yeah, he was a little shocked…to say the least, there was quite a few ‘Oh dear Lords’ then he hung up on me” she told them before directing her attention to Spike “can you tell them what happened when Giles gets here? I think he needs to know, and if Angel knows to maybe he could help us find some answers”

“Sure pet” Spike replied

“Thanks”

“What are you talking about? What does Spike know that I don’t?” Angel asked, a little jealous that he was being left out of something between Buffy and Spike

“I’m not telling the story again so you can wait til Giles gets here peaches” Spike told him with a smirk

“Uh, Buffy, I’m just curious, but the Immortal isn’t going to be showing up any time soon is he? Something tells me he wouldn’t be to happy to see us” Angel asked

Buffy turned to look at Spike who had his head hung down, not making eye contact with her

“How did you guys know about me and the Immortal?” she asked, slightly angry at Spike for bypassing that detail in his previous recount

“Oh, we came to Rome a few months ago to save you from him, only to find out you were dating him” Angel told her

“Oh, well you don’t have to worry about him, we broke up ages ago, it was never serious” she told them, afraid that Spike had been hurt when he found out

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that” Angel told her, not at all being truthful, and judging by the look Buffy was sending his way, he knew she didn’t believe him

There was an awkward silence in the room before Buffy spoke up

“So, how are you two feeling?”

“I’m ok, you know, a little dazed and I have a really bad stomach ache…remind me not to eat chocolate and apples together again” Angel said, placing a hand on his stomach, Buffy giggled a little before asking Spike the same question

“I’m ok, better when your watcher gets here I think” Spike said

“I agree, I think as soon as Giles gets here and we straighten things out, we’ll all feel a lot better” Buffy said and as if on cue, there was a knock on the door

“Speak of the devil” Buffy said before exiting the room to answer the door

Buffy opened the door and was greeted by an armful of books which she assumed were hiding Giles.

She stepped aside and he entered the house and dumped the books on the table

“That was a quick trip” Buffy commented

“Yes, I wanted to get here as soon as possible, I may of sped a little” Giles admitted

“Giles! I am shocked” Buffy teased him “thank you for doing this though”

“That’s quite alright, I…Oh dear Lord”

Buffy turned to look behind her and noticed that Spike and Angel had appeared from the bedroom, she turned to face Giles who had a shocked expression on his face and had visibly paled

“Uh, hi Giles” Angel greeted weakly

“Hey watcher” Spike greeted a lot louder

“I, uh, oh dear Lord” was all Giles could manage to say

Spike gave him a funny look before turning to Buffy

“I thought you told him about us?” he asked her

“I did” she replied defensively

“Then why is he so weird?” Angel asked quietly

“Sorry, Buffy did tell me that you were back but it’s somewhat of a shock to actually see you for myself” Giles explained. There was along pause, Buffy sighed knowing she would have to be the one to take control

“ok guys, grab the books and go into the lounge room, Spike explain to Giles and Angel what happened and I will bring us something that is full of caffeine” she told them, happy that they followed her instructions

Buffy stood in the kitchen leaning against the bench waiting for the kettle to boil. She ran her right hand through her hair and closed her eyes.

What was she going to do? Of course she was happy to see Spike and Angel again and having them back as human was truly wonderful but she had never felt so torn. She never thought she would’ve gotten the chance to see Spike again, it had hurt her so much when he hadn’t believed that she loved him, she had dreamt so many times about getting him back and what she would say to him but now, he was back in her life for real and she had no idea what she could say.

And to make matters worse, Angel was back, he was finally human and they had a chance to be together, it was what she always wanted but she wasn’t so sure she wanted it anymore, she was so confused and didn’t even know if either of them wanted to be with her still, she was sure Spike was hurt when he found out about her and the immortal and her and Angel had been apart for years. Tears formed in her eyes but she rapidly blinked them away, now was not the time to break down, she had to be strong.

Buffy was pulled out of her thoughts by the sound of the kettle boiling and set about making coffees for everyone except Giles who had a cup of tea.

She walked back in to the lounge room carrying the beverages on a tray and was met by everyone’s confused looks.

“What’s the what?” she asked, placing the tray down onto the table

“Well, Spike just finished telling his recount of events and well…” Giles started but suddenly seemed at a loss for words

“It isn’t possible” Angel said

“What isn’t?” Buffy asked curiously, taking a seat next to Giles

“it isn’t possible that I’m here, alive and human, I wasn’t supposed to be the one in the prophecy, in order to become a member of the Black Thorn and take down Wolfram and Hart I had to sign away my part in the prophecy, meaning I would never get it” Angel explained

“Did you know about this?” Buffy asked Spike

“No, I didn’t, but maybe it doesn’t matter because he didn’t receive the shan-shu prophecy, it was given to him” Spike suggested with a shrug of his shoulders

“Well, what does the prophecy actually say?” Buffy asked

“Well, we don’t have a definite translation of it but...” Giles began, leaning over to grab an old looking book “what I can translate basically says that a vampire with a soul will avert the apocalypse, save the world and be made human as his reward, but it doesn’t name anyone specifically, so it could be referring to either Spike or Angel seeing as they both fulfilled it, so it seems that Spike was rewarded because Angel signed his chance away” Giles said without thinking

“So, I don’t deserve it then, I was just second best and the only choice they had left” Spike said seeming upset

“There’s no way to know for sure” Angel said, feeling the need to make him feel better, after all, he did owe Spike a lot “It could have been you”

“Doubtful” Spike grumbled, he always had to come second best to Angel

“Spike, you both fulfilled the prophecy, so therefore you both deserve it, there’s no telling which one of you would have gotten it had Angel been in the running” Buffy told him

“Actually there may be a way to find out” Angel said, being suddenly struck by an idea, Giles, who had been rather quiet up until that point seemed suddenly very interested

“And how is that?” Giles asked

“Well, we could go and visit the oracles and ask them” Angel said, feeling very proud of himself

“And you know a way that we could contact them?” Giles asked him

“Yeah, you just have to find the gateway and go in, but you have to take a gift” Angel told him, deciding it wasn’t a good idea to leave out that little detail

“And there is a gate way here in Rome?” Giles asked

“There should be, there is a gateway in every city, I’m not exactly sure where but we could do a locator spell to find it” Angel suggested

“Ok the, we’ll do that” Giles said, rising from his chair “Lets go”

“Um Giles, could I maybe stay here?” Buffy asked “I’m a little tired”

“Of course Buffy, it is rather late and you’ve no doubt had a very long day, you stay here and Spike, Angel and I will go and come back as soon as we have spoken to the oracle” Giles told her

“What are we gonna give the buggers?” Spike asked

“Oh I know” Buffy exclaimed, rising from her seat and walking over to her weapons chest and pulling out a battle axe

“Here, this should do” she said, handing the axe to Spike

“Are you sure you’re willing to give away one of your axes pet?” Spike asked, knowing how attached she became to weapons

“Yeah” she replied with a shrug of her shoulders “It’s never been one of my favourites”

“Ok then, let’s go” Giles said, eager to find some answers

Buffy walked them to the door and shut it behind them. She leaned her back against it and slid down, finally letting her tears fall


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Giles had driven around the city trying to find a magic shop and once they were finally successful they brought the supplies they needed and completed the spell to find the gateway to the oracles.

As they were driving, Giles pinched the bridge of his nose trying to prevent the headache he was getting, caused by the two incredible immature people sitting in the back seat arguing about directions.

“Would you both bloody well shut up, I am the one driving therefore I will decide what direction we will take: Giles snapped then let out a sigh of relief when the bickering stopped, but it didn’t last long.

“Nice going poof, you made Giles mad” Spike accused

“Well Spike, if you weren’t trying to argue with me he wouldn’t be mad so it’s you fault” Angel retaliated. Giles sighed again and shook his head giving up, for two people who were so old, the acted really childish sometimes.

He eyed them in the rear-view mirror, Giles believed that their fighting was just a cover up, he thought the only reason they fought was because they enjoyed it.

After Spike had died back in Sunnydale, Giles had discovered a newfound respect for the then vampire and regretted not making more of an effort to see and accept his changes when he had the chance, at first he hadn’t believed Buffy when she was so certain he was a changed man, but now, after seeing and hearing about his sacrifices, he had no doubt in his mind what so ever. He did however feel sorry for Buffy, it must have been a huge shock for her, having the two people she had ever loved back as human, it couldn’t be easy so he decided he would help her in any way he could to make this easier on her.

They finally arrived to the place where the gateway was supposed to be and ventured underground into the sewers. It didn’t take them long to find what they were looking for, it was a huge marble archway that was sealed off.

“Why is it always under the post office?” Angel wondered aloud and was rewarded with strange looks from both Giles and Spike

“Ok, do we have the gift ready?” Giles asked, eyeing the axe that Spike held up and deliberately trying to avoid Angel’s previous question “and we have the incantation to open rhe gateway, now, which one of you is going to go in?” he continued waiting for a reply which never came

“I’m not doing it, it has to be a champion remember” Giles told them firmly

“Yeah, or someone who is really smart and has helped save the world multiple times, say, a watcher” Angel hinted hopefully

“Oh fine, I’ll do it, give me the axe” Giles said, not in the mood for another argument

Spike handed Giles the axe as Angel did the incantation, the gateway opened and Giles cautiously entered.


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“Hey Spike?” Angel said as they awaited Giles’ return

“What?” Spike snapped, really not in the best of moods

“Um, I just, and I, I mean…” Angel stuttered

“Spit it out” Spike said impatiently

“Thankyou” Angel told him, Spike turned around to face him

“I know we’ve had our differences in the past, but this, what you did, even if you didn’t do it for me, I still appreciate it so much and I just…thankyou” Angel told him, certain there were no words to express how grateful he truly was

“Uh, you’re welcome” Spike replied uncomfortably, he really wasn’t used to touching, heartfelt thankyou moments with the grand sire, but decided it was something he could get used to


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Giles stepped into the bright room and blinked a few times to try and adjust his eyes.

“What have you brought us lower being?” asked one of the oracles as they stepped forward

“I have brought you a battle axe, it is extremely old and used in combat by the slayer” Giles told them, rasing the hand that held the axe in it and watched as it flew from his grasp

“I like it, a very powerful weapon indeed” the female oracle said as Giles breathed a sigh of relief

“Ask your question” Said the male, who was nowhere near as friendly as the other one

“I am here to inquire into the shan-shu prophecy” Giles told them

“Ah, you want to know why both vampires were made human instead of just one” the female said

“Yes, from what Spike has told us, it was only supposed to be Angel who was brought back”

”that is correct, William was supposed to shan-shu, but gave up so Angel could take his place, Angel did not receive his life, it was given to him”

“Then why is Spike here?” Giles asked confused

“William made a great sacrifice, he was giving up his chance to be human, be with the woman he loves and have a life of his own, we felt he needed to be rewarded for it, so we made him human, it is now up to the girl to decide who she gives her heart to”

“It’s a permanent thing then, they are human forever?” Giles asked, wanted to check

“They will live their lives out as humans, they still possess the strength to protect the lower beings, they’re are champions and will live that way until they die a mortal death” the male answered

“So…” Giles began

“Your question has been answered” the male oracle continued and with a wave of his hand Giles was back outside the gate-way where Angel and Spike were waiting

“What did they say Giles?” Angel asked as he helped him lift Giles up from the floor

“Spike chose you to shan-shu but as a reward for his sacrifice, he was made human as well” Giles explained, choosing to leave out the bit about Buffy and the part about Spike being the real one chosen, that would just create arguments and competition.

“So, it’s real? We’re human forever?” Spike asked

“Yes, that’s what they said; you will live and die as humans but still maintain the strength as a champion”

Both Angel and Spike were silent for a few moments, letting this new information sink in…it was real, they were alive and now they both had a shot at getting Buffy to be theirs.

Spike knew he had little chance of succeeding, his and Buffy’s relation-ship was never a simple one, and now tall dark and forehead was a real boy, she would never choose him, but that did not mean he wouldn’t try.

Angel knew that Spike was hurting, Buffy would never choose Spike over him, he just hoped she let him down gently.

“We should really get back to Buffy” Giles said, pulling them out of their thought, they didn’t reply but followed him back to the car

When they arrived back at Buffy’s after a strangely silent ca ride, Giles used the spare key to let himself into the house and found Buffy asleep with her head resting on an open book

“She must have been tired” Angel whispered as he and Spike walked inside and spotted Buffy’s sleeping form

“Yes, she has had a long day, you two were a big shock for herm there is no doubt that she would be emotionally drained” Giles told them “Angel, will you carry her to her bedroom? Spike I want to speak with you”

Spike wasn’t to keen on letting Angel be the one to Carry Buffy, but let it go due to the serious tone in Giles’ voice

When Angel was out of hearing range Giles spoke up

“I just wanted to say thankyou” Giles said, shocking Spike “and that I’m sorry, I really admire you, making the choices that you have and doing what you’ve done, you are certainly a better man than I ever gave you credit for”

“Um, thanks, I guess, I’m sorry, I’m just not use to all this ‘thank Spike’ stuff” Spike admitted shyly

“I know, but I wish to make up for the past, I’d be willing to give you a second chance if you can find it in yourself to give me one” Giles said, extending his hand, he hadn’t believed Buffy when she told him Spike had changed, but now, he truly knew he had. Spike accepted the given hand and shook it

“Deal” he said, unable to form any other words

They both headed off for the kitchen to celebrate with a glass of scotch

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Angel scooped Buffy up in his arms and smiled when she instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck, he carried her into the bedroom and placed her gently onto the bed and covered her with a blanket. He watched her for a few moments before leaning down to kiss her forehead.

“Spike” Buffy mumbled in her sleep, Angel leant in closer so he could hear

“I wasn’t lying, when I told you I loved you” she whispered before turning over and snuggling into the blanket

Angel stood up and walked over to the door, perhaps his future with Buffy wasn’t as certain as he had hoped; maybe she did have feelings for Spike?

It didn’t matter though, nothing was going to get in Angels way, he was human now and he was going to make sure Buffy was his girl again, even if he had to fight Spike for that chance.





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