Family Matters 15
Title: Family Matters
Author: Dark Wyldchilde (wyldchilde37@yahoo.com)
Rating: NC-17 This is a sequel to Rebirth, and so will push limits. This is for adults ONLY.
Pairing: Buffy/Faith/Tara
Setting: With "Rebirth" I took the BTVS world in a whole new direction, this story continues in that direction.
Summary: Buffy has been turned and turned both her sister slayer Faith as well as Tara and made them both her immortal lovers, with their full consent. Turned by her sister Dawn and with the help of the soul-free Angelus Buffy is the new Master and has set up shop on the Hellmouth.
Spoilers: Bits and pieces from seasons 6&7 of Buffy and 4&5 of Angel.
Disclaimer: While this story stemmed from my objections to where they took Buffy the Vampire Slayer from season 6 on, but I can not deny the genius that first made such a wonderful show. This is in no way meant to challenge their rights, and is purely a non-profit work of fan fiction.
Wyld’s Notes: This is a DARK fic. While the rating gives an indication my main characters are NOT heroes, they will not only not be doing any good deeds they will be doing many evil ones.
Chapter 15.
"No..." Xander took a breath. "No Buffy, I'm sorry I know it is a gift to you. I know what it means for you to offer, but no. I can't."
Buffy's arms dropped. "It's ok Xander. I get it. It's that strength that makes me want to turn you in the first place, but I won't turn someone against their will. I didn't do it to Giles, and I wont do it to you."
He took another breath, nodding, almost more to himself. "Thank you."
"Would it be wrong for a vampire to say "Thank God"?" Looking over they saw the opened vampiric stretcher where Angelus was laid out waiting for the Black Knights to bring him blood beyond the emergency stores they had already fed him while he was unconscious.
Buffy trotted over, looking down. "Welcome back."
Angelus was looking up. "You know, I can see right up my jacket right now."
Buffy shrugged. "I think everyone in this room has seen me naked at one point or another. Body issues, and modesty are for the living."
Angelus raised his voice a bit. "Faith, Tara, I hope you two understand just how much I hate you both right now."
Tara was smiling widely. "I understand completely."
Faith had a more subdued smirk. "Yep."
Angelus looked back to Buffy. "Could you help me sit up please?"
Buffy shook her head as she knelt down next to him. "Best if I don't. Tara has examined you, and determined that with the damage Holtz did your right side is basically being held together by skin. The Black Knights are getting you blood, and with this rig they have you on they'll be able to carry you out if we need to move you before you are healed, but you need to stay as still as possible until that point."
"I NEED to find Darla!"
When Angelus looked ready to try to get up, Buffy put a light hand on his chest. "The Knights are looking for her too. The Scoobies don't know them, and unless they happen to catch their lack of a reflection won't even know they are vampires. Our Knights will be able to find Darla without tipping the New Scoobies off, and then get us so we can save her. If we do it ourselves they may stake her just to make sure we can't get her back."
Angelus looked like he wanted to disagree, but couldn't. "Who the Hell are the Black Knights?"
Buffy smiled. "Our brood of warrior elite vampires. When Dawn and Faith went minion shopping at Wolfram and Heart they found those who TRULY believed in evil, and would consider it an honor by serving evil by serving us for eternity."
Angelus was actually quiet as he thought about that. "Ok, I get that. Now what's one of the New Scoobies doing here?" After Buffy summarized what Xander saw, and Angelus confirmed that was the daughter that he had turned he voiced an idea that no one else had considered. "It would have had to have approached Holtz a good century before it tried to get me to turn on you, but the fact that it brought him AFTER I got Darla pregnant seems to say that Holtz, Darla and I are just means to an end, the baby."
The Knights might not have realized the full implications like Angelus had, but they figured a pregnancy would require certain supplies, and had used that to track the Scoobies. Sarah was telling them what they found as Buffy put on a set of the military style pants, and combat boots in her size while forgoing the full set for a sleeveless black top.
The reason the woman was presenting the info instead of Hauser was because the New Scoobies were holed up in a women's health clinic that was currently surrounded by one pack of abortion rights activists while encircled by a right to life group.
Xander was shaking his head. "That's not Willow. She wouldn't hide behind innocent people!"
Sarah barely gave the mortal a glance. "That might be the case if she was still sane, but our female members have managed to cycle into the rights group and heard people talking about how Willow was getting back together with Tara. They were saying she had called the rights group. "
Everyone look surprised at that, but none more so then Tara. The blonde witch them grimaced. "The First, I DID die. So it's obviously using my form on Willow. One of the others probably called the right to life group."
Sarah's expression asked the obvious question and Buffy quickly sketched in the First and what they had come up with up to now. She then paused. "We should get everyone together for a meeting."
Sarah shook her head. "It's getting close to sunrise as it is. If we're going this evening we should go now."
Buffy bit her lip. "Time isn't our friend here. If were right and the baby is their objective they could be inducing labor right as we speak. All right ladies we're the ones that could get inside without raising an alarm so we're going to do so. I want Hauser and the guys mixing in the right to lifers so they can back us up."
Xander then spoke. "What about me?"
Buffy smiled. "If our guys have to force their way in you won't want to be a part of what they do, and even if they don't I won't make you fight the other New Scoobies... I'm sorry Xander but I think they are truly lost." When he looked ready to scoff her voice softened. "I might not have my soul Xander, but my actions are my own. At this point were pretty sure at least half of those remaining are under the control of the First Evil."
Faith suddenly broke in. "Could explain how they were able to kick our asses so thoroughly."
Buffy smirked at her lover. "It's kind of you to say "our" since you were no where near there at the time, but yeah you're probably right."
Sarah, have the girls cycle as close to the building as possible. There's three besides yourself right?" At the nod Buffy continued. "Ok Dawn and I will meet one, Faith another and you and Tara will join up with the third. Once we get inside we look room to room until we find Darla. The guys will be circling outside ready to come in on our signal. Xander? Can I leave you alone here with Angelus?"