Walking with Justin

[buffyxsummersx]

Nothing could have prepared me for the direction things were about to take at the moment. Tonight was supposed to be about Homecoming. Celebrating. I think it's what Willow would have wanted. I couldn't say the same for Cordelia. She's a vampire now. She doesn't care. Although, we could have celebrated for her in a different. Well, for

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[no_fear_justin]

"Look, I'm not going to kill you. It's just a bit of a shock that you have a soul, too. In the prophecies, it was always believed that Angel was the only vampire with a soul. But, I guess you wouldn't be in the books if this happened to you, recently."

I didn't know about any prophecy type of stuff. Adria and Brandy, being British and in the house with Fangdan and Rory, who had done this to me, knew about them, but never really discussed anythign with me.

"I don't know much about prophecies, Buffy, but it seems to me that if it was prophecized, it was probably prophecized long before it happened to me. I don't see how anyone or thing could know that Rory was going to do that to me, to set me up like that, or that the Sofilar demons' holy watered blood wouldn't kill me upon contact..."

"This did happen recently, right?"

I nodded.

"Angel told me so many stories about when he was cursed with his soul. He felt guilty for all the people he killed. You're probably feeling that way, huh?"Here was where I dropped it on her, only I could

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I had regained a semblance of my equilibrium and had made my way into my offices. I knew that the dead bodies were a problem and that the police would arrive, but on this occassion, there was nothing supernatural about it.

I also knew that Buffy and Faith were trying to fend off a plot involving the shooters and that Xander had gone to find them, but apart from that, I...I knew very little.

I didn't know if Buffy was okay. I didn't know if Faith was okay. I didn't know what had become of the assassins, or if they had killed anyone else and I wanted to challenge them and find Buffy and Faith, but the pheno-barbitol was making me weak and I was of no use to anyone in my current state.

Then I saw Buffy, and if I had more strength, I would have hugged her. A strange man was with her and I wondered about who he was, but I didn't feel up to figuring out who he was, at the moment. I was just glad that she was okay. The strange man grabbed me a glass of water and Buffy handed it to me.

"Giles, you were shot with a tranq. Do you remember

[buffyxsummersx]

"Angel. I have heard of Angel. He was a terror in the days. My sires knew of him. They said he was beautiful and legendary, and that he was cursed by Gypsies for ravaging their community and their most wholesome of daughters. As for me, I was hit by guilt. A lot of guilt, but mostly, Buffy, I saw you and knew that I had to find you. You were so beauti...you were in danger and I could see it and had to get to you. I feel remorse and want to atone for that. I don't know who's pulling my strings or making me see you, but I just assumed that with you was were my penance could be filled..."Justin almost called me beautiful. Well, I guess he did, but covered it up, nicely. I was a little taken back. Did he know about me this whole time? It was a little surreal. It helped that he knew about Angel's past. Talking about Angel, right now, wasn't something I wanted to do. Angel isn't around, anymore

[no_fear_justin]

My challenge at this point, was to resisit my attraction for Buffy. I wasn't used to restraint. For my whole life, both human and vampire, I didn't have a problem with women coming to me, or with them turning away my advances. It was amazing to me that this was the girl that had been dominating my dreams and thoughts for so long and she was even more stunning in the flesh.

"I-I just thought someone did this to you. We didn't get the bad guys. Justin, here, helped me and Faith. He's a vampire. But, he has a soul."

"That's exactly what I said, but he's telling the truth, Giles. Justin, this is my Watcher, Giles. Giles, meet Justin."I had the feeling of tension and could sense Buffy's. This Giles character struck me as irritable, yet he had an air of sophistication to him, even though, at the moment, he was filled with either anger, or surprise and probably both

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"I-I just thought someone did this to you. We didn't get the bad guys. Justin, here, helped me and Faith. He's a vampire. But, he has a soul."

I might have been a trifle out of it thanks to the pheno-barbitol, but there was no question that hearing that another souled vampire made me think of nefarious and rather terse things. Angel's influence on Buffy had led to brutal and macabre things in Sunnydale, and to say that I wasn't concerned, was an understatement.

Still...I...I held my tongue in check for the moment.

"That's exactly what I said, but he's telling the truth, Giles. Justin, this is my Watcher, Giles. Giles, meet Justin."

It was quite obvious that this, of course, attractive being, already had a slight hold over Buffy. I just hoped that she could differentiate the truth from the lies and that she was prepared to deal with the consequences of what might come of this new friendship.

"Hello, Giles. Your relation to Buffy is..."Well, that was rather rude, and I suddenly wondered how it was that he came to have a soul, or

[buffyxsummersx]

It was cute how nervous Justin was around Giles. Well, I mean, he's cute anyway, but even cuter when he's nervous. A smile formed on my lips. Justin even asked what his relation was to me. Giles didn't like that too much. So far, this was going in the wrong direction.

"I'm Buffy's watcher, Justin. And as a watcher, I know all things about vampires throughout history, having...having studied them. Now I am aware how Angel got his soul, but what I want to know, is how it is that you came about getting yours?"Oh, great. He had the snotty English tone. I knew it wasn't a good sign. "Giles." I whispered to him and nudged his arm. He glared at me. Like, he was allowed to say it the way he did. Sure, have no consideration for my new friend, who happened to save my life, tonight. I should have known he would react this way

[no_fear_justin]

"I'm Buffy's watcher, Justin. And as a watcher, I know all things about vampires throughout history, having...having studied them. Now I am aware how Angel got his soul, but what I want to know, is how it is that you came about getting yours?"

It was obvious to me what was happening, and in another life, I might have hurt the old guy, but that wasn't the case now. He called himself a watcher and I wasn't filled with recollections about watcher tales from Adria or Brandy, but I did hear of them before. Watchers gave guidance to slayers, so I didn't get angered with him. If I wanted to work with Buffy and hopefully so much more, then I had to get along with him. After all, his mission was to help Buffy, which was he same mission for me.

I was about to answer, when Buffy spoke up.

"Wait. Giles, this happened to him, recently. He wasn't really cursed with a soul."I cringed, but didn't show it. I knew that this Giles had probably heard of the Sofilar's, the great vampire-hunting benevolent demons of Europe, and he would look at them as

[no_fear_justin]

"Well, I was in London meeting up with Rory, who blamed me for Brandy's death on a cruise ship at the hands of a lynch mob. He sired Brandy and she was his lover, but she left after two centuries, came to America, and along with Adria, they sired me together. Brandy was my lover, and Rory knew it and resented me for it. He hated me more when he found that she had died. He blamed me for it and lured me into a situation where I had to fight the Sofilar demons. I had heard of them from my sires, and was told of their powers, abilities and what they could do to a vampire. I didn't seek them out, nor did I ever just pray on helpless people for blood. They came after me. I don't know how Rory knew where they would be, but they attacked me, and I defended myself. I killed two of the three and when fighting with the third, I was bitten before killing it. I know that the holy water in their veins was supposed to kill me instantly, a dust explosion, but it didn't happen. I also know that they never failed against a vampire in the past, not one