The Redeemers
The Redeemers
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Faith/Willow, Buffy/Spike, Xander/Anya
Summary: What happens to the gang after the fall of Sunnydale?
Disclaimer: I do not own BtVS or AtS or any of its characters, just borrowing them.
Sunny Dale Academy for Slayers
Things had changed a lot in the past 6 months. After Sunnydale was sucked into hell and hellmouth was destroyed, Buffy and the scoobies literally had no place to go. Willow's family had long ago left her because of their homophobic ideas, and Xander's family still weren't speaking to him after his failed wedding with Anya. Buffy and Dawn could rarely contribute since their only living family member was their father, and no one knew where the hell he was.
There was only one place they could go and that was with Giles to England. That's where they set the Sunny Dale Academy for Slayers (the Sunny Dale only added to commemorate the fallen city) or SDAFS. With thousands of new slayers activated all around the world and no watchers to watch them, Giles opened a watchers academy to train non-slayers for the job.
With the help of Willow's magic and the coven who had helped her control it, all the new slayers were brought to the academy like a boarding school and all the watchers went to Giles' academy. Willow loved the whole idea, claiming that she was the Dumbeldore to the slayers' Hogwarts.
Faith had called her a dork and Xander laughed. Buffy and Giles were clueless as usual with pop culture references, and as a response Dawn bought the Harry Potter series and forced them to read it.
Everything was completely different for the Scoobsters, which means they were much more relaxing.
For one Faith, Robin, and Andrew tagged along on the trip to England, Faith because she didn't want to go back to jail, Robin because the academy needed a principal and he lost his old job by default, and Andrew because he had no where else to go.
In the long run the decision was beneficial. Robin was excellent at running a school and all that estrogen mixed in with demonic super strength was actually kept tame. Even his short and extremely sexual relationship with Faith didn't distract the man from doing his job. All Buffy had to do was train the girls once in the morning before they went to their regular high school classes then at night at the local cementary.
While Buffy did that, Faith took care of the patrolling duties. At one point Buffy even took a three-month vacation traveling the world and Faith gracefully filled in while Kennedy and Rona did the patrolling.
Kennedy and Willow did date for two more months before Kennedy wanted to explore more possibilities. Unlike Willow she was the type of girl that liked to experiment and live it up before settling down. Willow wasn't too heartbroken, she didn't love her but she was extremely turned on by her. She couldn't resist a woman in power. That was one of the things she loved about Tara. Tara had so much power, and even when Willow surpassed her she was still more powerful because at least she could control her own power.
Xander was still grieving over Anya and surprisingly found himself befriending Andrew who seemed to have made a bond with Anya before she died. Xander loved hearing Andrew telling the stories about him and Anya getting supplies at the hospital and them having a wheelchair fight. It was a side of Anya that she didn't show much and before Xander's relationship with her turned sour they had those moments all the time.
He thought after the breakup she lost that flair, but she hadn't. In fact she became even more wonderful. She became more compassionate and caring, so much that when at first she fled from the apocalypse and returned afterwards she then fought bravely in the face of certain doom and sacrificed her life for someone else. Someone who at first was considered evil.
But that's the thing with Buffy's close net group of people, they are all redeemers. Angel killed hundreds before getting his soul, Faith was a cold-blooded murderer, Willow killed two people and almost destroyed the world, Andrew killed Johnathan and activated an ancient hell-seal, Spike killed mercilessly as William the Bloody including two slayers, Giles had killed Ben (though he thought no one witnessed that very neccesary murder), and Buffy herself tied him, Willow, and Dawn before letting a demon loose on them.
They were all redeemers, all making up for something.
In a way Xander felt a little guilty for Anya's death. Maybe it was his subconscious saying he needed to be a redeemer as well to fit into Buffy's gang, or maybe it was that underlying guilt that said maybe if he would have paired with Anya instead of pairing her with Andrew, she would still be alive.
Then of course Dawn or Andrew or both would have been killed. It was a conflicting emotion that Xander just couldn't shake and that added to the fact that he could no longer work construction with only one eye, he was just plainly a mess.
Andrew was a solace. He had saved a lot of the money he stole from the banks in his trio days and he opened a bar/clubs exclusively for the girls of the slayers academy and the students of the watchers academy. It was like the new Bronze and Andrew didn't hesitate to make Xander his partner in the business.
When naming the place they reached an agreement almost instantly. They called it Anya's.
Though Xander didn't want to admit it, he and Dawn were the true innocents, the ones that turly had nothing to atone for. But they were prepared for their turn. They just hoped that when it did come, they would be able to be saved without being killed.
Dawn was the one least worried about it. She knew Buffy would never allow that to happen. That even if Dawn were converted into a vampire, Buffy would have Willow curse her with Angel's curse even if it meant an eternity of a loveless life.
With that in mind, Dawn lived at ease. She didn't insist so much on going patrolling or being involved with Buffy's activities because she knew that Buffy had real backup now. So she focused her attention on her new high school and her night classes at the watcher's academy. Evidently Giles saw the watcher in her and started training her personally.
And to think all of these changes happened in only six months. Buffy was still amazed at how much happier she was now that the weight of the entire world wasn't on her shoulders. She even had time to go to college with Willow, Andrew, and Faith. Yes, Faith too!
Buffy studied for psychology having got a good feel for it with her counseling job. Willow was a double major in computer technology and Wiccan studies (though that was at the coven's school rather than the university). Andrew went into medicine and graphic design, he managed to do both simply because he was a genius. And Faith was training with the police academy there.
But knowing the world of Buffy and her friends, it wasn't a surprise when trouble came a-knocking. After six months of blissful peace, Buffy was starting to get worried that nothing serious had happened! So when reports of a hellish witch-demon burning a town to the ground arrived at the academy, the scoobies gathered together ready for their next adventure.
...........................................................
A Hell Dimension
Time moves much faster in this realm. In only 6 Earth months, three centuries have passed by here, but it felt much longer when there's nothing but torture and pain.
It was on that very same day when the with-demon attacked that Spike realized that he would rather die out of existence (as what happens if you die in Hell) then take another century of torture. Having his soul only made the torture a million times worse, but he was strong. If he could fight a disabling chip, the first controlling his brain with a trigger, and his destructive love for Buffy, then he could survive this.
So when they were walking him back to his cell he seized his chance. With a well-maneuvered punch he knocked his guard out. Then the race began. Demon-guards from all around lunged at him with their teeth bared and Spike ran. Hell dimensions were like labyrinths and often portals to other dimensions can open.
This was the vampire Hell dimension but from stories Angel told him he knew exactly where the portal to the demon Hell dimension was. After all if he was going to escape, he couldn't do it alone.
He ran directly to the portal making sure to get enough distance so that he could knock out another guard and steal his clothes. It was thick black pants, a skin tight black shirt, and a thick vest made out of metal, along with a metal mask.
So when the guards caught up he simply blended in with them pretending to be looking for the rogue vampire.
The leader of the group barked out orders in his language which luckily Spike understood. He was paired with a female guard, which couldn't have been more perfect. The moment they were alone, he pinched the spot between the shoulder and neck that made people nap and the demon-guard was down.
Spike quickly undressed her and tucked the uniform under his arm. He ran at full speed to the portal and jumped in before anyone could even see him. He wasn't sure if she was here at first, he thought that she might've died in the battle too but he wasn't sure.
Then when his torturer showed him an image of everyone moving forward with their lives and saying that they were better off without him, he tried to shake off his hurt by simply noticing that she wasn't there.
She had to be here.
In his disguise, which luckily was the same as the demon-guards in this dimension, Spike walked in between the cells, glancing into every single one. Tortured demons lived in each one, some of them looking strong like he had been and others curled up into the fetal position completely broken.
Then he saw her. She was one of the broken ones, rocking herself slowly muttering intelligible things that no one could hear but herself. Spike's heart lurched, he actually cared for her and wished he had arrived sooner. Maybe he would have been able to save her from the torture she had been submitted to.
Using the keys he stole, he unlocked the cell and grabbed her arm. She didn't even fight or hesitate, she simply followed him. Though he did her mutter, "is it already another day?"
When no one was looking he tugged her into a corner. She looked bewildered and confused.
"Look at me," he said, "put the uniform on."
"W-why?" She said nervously.
Spike removed his helmet and revealed his face that had a large scar on the temple but other than that intact.
"Spike!" She cried.
"Shhh," he said, "put on the uniform and helmet Anya."
Anya's eyes flickered with a spark of hope and though her body was trembling with sheer fear, she quickly dressed and put on the helmet. Spike replaced his own helmet as Anya asked, "what are we doing Spike? How long do you think we can pose as demon-guards?"
"We're not gonna pose as demon-guards Anya," Spike said guiding her to a similar location as the vampire dimension hoping he could find another portal.
"Then what are we doing?"
Spike tugged on Anya's arm and she followed him as he responded, "we're getting the hell out of here."
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Faith/Willow, Buffy/Spike, Xander/Anya
Summary: What happens to the gang after the fall of Sunnydale?
Disclaimer: I do not own BtVS or AtS or any of its characters, just borrowing them.
Sunny Dale Academy for Slayers
Things had changed a lot in the past 6 months. After Sunnydale was sucked into hell and hellmouth was destroyed, Buffy and the scoobies literally had no place to go. Willow's family had long ago left her because of their homophobic ideas, and Xander's family still weren't speaking to him after his failed wedding with Anya. Buffy and Dawn could rarely contribute since their only living family member was their father, and no one knew where the hell he was.
There was only one place they could go and that was with Giles to England. That's where they set the Sunny Dale Academy for Slayers (the Sunny Dale only added to commemorate the fallen city) or SDAFS. With thousands of new slayers activated all around the world and no watchers to watch them, Giles opened a watchers academy to train non-slayers for the job.
With the help of Willow's magic and the coven who had helped her control it, all the new slayers were brought to the academy like a boarding school and all the watchers went to Giles' academy. Willow loved the whole idea, claiming that she was the Dumbeldore to the slayers' Hogwarts.
Faith had called her a dork and Xander laughed. Buffy and Giles were clueless as usual with pop culture references, and as a response Dawn bought the Harry Potter series and forced them to read it.
Everything was completely different for the Scoobsters, which means they were much more relaxing.
For one Faith, Robin, and Andrew tagged along on the trip to England, Faith because she didn't want to go back to jail, Robin because the academy needed a principal and he lost his old job by default, and Andrew because he had no where else to go.
In the long run the decision was beneficial. Robin was excellent at running a school and all that estrogen mixed in with demonic super strength was actually kept tame. Even his short and extremely sexual relationship with Faith didn't distract the man from doing his job. All Buffy had to do was train the girls once in the morning before they went to their regular high school classes then at night at the local cementary.
While Buffy did that, Faith took care of the patrolling duties. At one point Buffy even took a three-month vacation traveling the world and Faith gracefully filled in while Kennedy and Rona did the patrolling.
Kennedy and Willow did date for two more months before Kennedy wanted to explore more possibilities. Unlike Willow she was the type of girl that liked to experiment and live it up before settling down. Willow wasn't too heartbroken, she didn't love her but she was extremely turned on by her. She couldn't resist a woman in power. That was one of the things she loved about Tara. Tara had so much power, and even when Willow surpassed her she was still more powerful because at least she could control her own power.
Xander was still grieving over Anya and surprisingly found himself befriending Andrew who seemed to have made a bond with Anya before she died. Xander loved hearing Andrew telling the stories about him and Anya getting supplies at the hospital and them having a wheelchair fight. It was a side of Anya that she didn't show much and before Xander's relationship with her turned sour they had those moments all the time.
He thought after the breakup she lost that flair, but she hadn't. In fact she became even more wonderful. She became more compassionate and caring, so much that when at first she fled from the apocalypse and returned afterwards she then fought bravely in the face of certain doom and sacrificed her life for someone else. Someone who at first was considered evil.
But that's the thing with Buffy's close net group of people, they are all redeemers. Angel killed hundreds before getting his soul, Faith was a cold-blooded murderer, Willow killed two people and almost destroyed the world, Andrew killed Johnathan and activated an ancient hell-seal, Spike killed mercilessly as William the Bloody including two slayers, Giles had killed Ben (though he thought no one witnessed that very neccesary murder), and Buffy herself tied him, Willow, and Dawn before letting a demon loose on them.
They were all redeemers, all making up for something.
In a way Xander felt a little guilty for Anya's death. Maybe it was his subconscious saying he needed to be a redeemer as well to fit into Buffy's gang, or maybe it was that underlying guilt that said maybe if he would have paired with Anya instead of pairing her with Andrew, she would still be alive.
Then of course Dawn or Andrew or both would have been killed. It was a conflicting emotion that Xander just couldn't shake and that added to the fact that he could no longer work construction with only one eye, he was just plainly a mess.
Andrew was a solace. He had saved a lot of the money he stole from the banks in his trio days and he opened a bar/clubs exclusively for the girls of the slayers academy and the students of the watchers academy. It was like the new Bronze and Andrew didn't hesitate to make Xander his partner in the business.
When naming the place they reached an agreement almost instantly. They called it Anya's.
Though Xander didn't want to admit it, he and Dawn were the true innocents, the ones that turly had nothing to atone for. But they were prepared for their turn. They just hoped that when it did come, they would be able to be saved without being killed.
Dawn was the one least worried about it. She knew Buffy would never allow that to happen. That even if Dawn were converted into a vampire, Buffy would have Willow curse her with Angel's curse even if it meant an eternity of a loveless life.
With that in mind, Dawn lived at ease. She didn't insist so much on going patrolling or being involved with Buffy's activities because she knew that Buffy had real backup now. So she focused her attention on her new high school and her night classes at the watcher's academy. Evidently Giles saw the watcher in her and started training her personally.
And to think all of these changes happened in only six months. Buffy was still amazed at how much happier she was now that the weight of the entire world wasn't on her shoulders. She even had time to go to college with Willow, Andrew, and Faith. Yes, Faith too!
Buffy studied for psychology having got a good feel for it with her counseling job. Willow was a double major in computer technology and Wiccan studies (though that was at the coven's school rather than the university). Andrew went into medicine and graphic design, he managed to do both simply because he was a genius. And Faith was training with the police academy there.
But knowing the world of Buffy and her friends, it wasn't a surprise when trouble came a-knocking. After six months of blissful peace, Buffy was starting to get worried that nothing serious had happened! So when reports of a hellish witch-demon burning a town to the ground arrived at the academy, the scoobies gathered together ready for their next adventure.
...........................................................
A Hell Dimension
Time moves much faster in this realm. In only 6 Earth months, three centuries have passed by here, but it felt much longer when there's nothing but torture and pain.
It was on that very same day when the with-demon attacked that Spike realized that he would rather die out of existence (as what happens if you die in Hell) then take another century of torture. Having his soul only made the torture a million times worse, but he was strong. If he could fight a disabling chip, the first controlling his brain with a trigger, and his destructive love for Buffy, then he could survive this.
So when they were walking him back to his cell he seized his chance. With a well-maneuvered punch he knocked his guard out. Then the race began. Demon-guards from all around lunged at him with their teeth bared and Spike ran. Hell dimensions were like labyrinths and often portals to other dimensions can open.
This was the vampire Hell dimension but from stories Angel told him he knew exactly where the portal to the demon Hell dimension was. After all if he was going to escape, he couldn't do it alone.
He ran directly to the portal making sure to get enough distance so that he could knock out another guard and steal his clothes. It was thick black pants, a skin tight black shirt, and a thick vest made out of metal, along with a metal mask.
So when the guards caught up he simply blended in with them pretending to be looking for the rogue vampire.
The leader of the group barked out orders in his language which luckily Spike understood. He was paired with a female guard, which couldn't have been more perfect. The moment they were alone, he pinched the spot between the shoulder and neck that made people nap and the demon-guard was down.
Spike quickly undressed her and tucked the uniform under his arm. He ran at full speed to the portal and jumped in before anyone could even see him. He wasn't sure if she was here at first, he thought that she might've died in the battle too but he wasn't sure.
Then when his torturer showed him an image of everyone moving forward with their lives and saying that they were better off without him, he tried to shake off his hurt by simply noticing that she wasn't there.
She had to be here.
In his disguise, which luckily was the same as the demon-guards in this dimension, Spike walked in between the cells, glancing into every single one. Tortured demons lived in each one, some of them looking strong like he had been and others curled up into the fetal position completely broken.
Then he saw her. She was one of the broken ones, rocking herself slowly muttering intelligible things that no one could hear but herself. Spike's heart lurched, he actually cared for her and wished he had arrived sooner. Maybe he would have been able to save her from the torture she had been submitted to.
Using the keys he stole, he unlocked the cell and grabbed her arm. She didn't even fight or hesitate, she simply followed him. Though he did her mutter, "is it already another day?"
When no one was looking he tugged her into a corner. She looked bewildered and confused.
"Look at me," he said, "put the uniform on."
"W-why?" She said nervously.
Spike removed his helmet and revealed his face that had a large scar on the temple but other than that intact.
"Spike!" She cried.
"Shhh," he said, "put on the uniform and helmet Anya."
Anya's eyes flickered with a spark of hope and though her body was trembling with sheer fear, she quickly dressed and put on the helmet. Spike replaced his own helmet as Anya asked, "what are we doing Spike? How long do you think we can pose as demon-guards?"
"We're not gonna pose as demon-guards Anya," Spike said guiding her to a similar location as the vampire dimension hoping he could find another portal.
"Then what are we doing?"
Spike tugged on Anya's arm and she followed him as he responded, "we're getting the hell out of here."