Title: Return to me Book one part 1/? I ultimatly plan on writing four
> separate books to this series.
> Author: Paris
> E-mail: [email protected]
> Rating: same as show mayeb a little more in future parts I will warn you
> Disclaimer: I don't own anything, Joss does, and WB, Fox, Mutant Enemy,
etc.
>
> Author's Comments: Feedback please! This is my first attempt at writing
> Buffy fanfic besides the Fan Episodes. I beg of you please let me know
what
> you think. The start is a little slow, but trust me it gets better.
> Distribution: If you want it you can have it just please tell me where
and
> please have my name with it.
> Summary: This Buffy /Angel crossover takes place after Hush and Parting
> Gifts. There will be tons of surpries and returning and departing
> characters. So please stay tuned.
>
>
>
>
>
> Looking out the window, Cordelia Chase let out a sigh of boredom. She
> couldn't believe how slow business had been recently. Nobody was in
> trouble, nobody was being followed by demons or vampires, which meant
nobody
> needed their help. It also meant no more visions.
>
> "What are you thinking about Cordelia?"
>
> Cordelia turned to see Angel standing in the doorway. She hadn't heard
him
> come upstairs. Then again she never did.
>
> "Just how quiet it has been. I probably just jinxed us though, so watch
out
> for the creatures that go bump in the night," Cordelia walked back to her
> desk and sat down. The computer screensaver had been on almost all day.
> Cordelia was almost beginning to enjoy watching the little fish swim
across
> the screen.
>
> "You weren't thinking about Doyle?" Angel asked.
>
> "Actually, I was just about there," Cordelia took a sip of her coffee and
> closed her eyes.
>
> She had thought about Doyle almost non stop since that night. His heroic
> death was still a very vivid memory. So was the beautiful kiss that they
> shared seconds before he sacrificed himself. She traced her lips with
her
> index finger.
>
> "I was. That's why I came up here. I didn't want to think about him
> alone," Angel looked at Cordelia. She knew he was concerned about her.
She
> had barely been much company since Doyle's death.
>
> For the first few days she searched the office for things to remind her
of
> him. Then she had the first vision and realized that the little Irish
man
> had passed his gift onto her when they kissed. She spent the next day
> kissing everyone in sight trying to get rid of it. Since then she hadn't
> spoken much. Not to Angel, not to Wesley, not even to her agent who
called
> a couple of times about commercial auditions. She couldn't handle
another
> audition like the one for the stain remover. She had balled her eyes out
> when she was supposed to be cheerful.
>
> "Angel, I just wish I had had more time with him. I never even went out
> with him. The night he died I was going to let him take me out,"
Cordelia
> smiled at the memory. "I didn't even care that he was half-demon. I
still
> liked him."
>
> Cordelia remembered her initial response to the news. She wasn't so much
> shocked that he was half-demon, just hurt that he never told her.
Although,
> she would never be sure how she would have reacted if he had told her in
the
> first place, she could understand now why he hadn't.
>
> "You know things will get better and it will get easier to be without
him,"
> Angel had been trying everything he could to convince her of this. If
> anyone could it was him. He had walked way from Buffy and as the days
past
> it got a little easier.
>
> "I know Angel, but for now I would just like to be"Cordelia stopped
> suddenly.
>
> "Cordelia?"
>
> Cordelia grabbed her head and let out a loud moan. Her eyes rolled into
the
> back of her head as she fell out of her chair.
>
> "Angel, it's Buffy," she managed to whisper before she fainted.
Title & Number: Return to me book 1 part 2/?
> Author Paris Hansen
> Email Address [email protected]
> Content/Rating primarily same as the show, for now. COuld get worse
later
> though so I will keep you posted
> Summary: This Buffy /Angel crossover takes place after Hush and Parting
> Gifts. So yes Doyle is dead, sorry! There will be tons of surprises and
> RETURNING and DEPARTING characters. So please stay tuned and keep all
that
> in mind.
> Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to Joss Whedon and
Warner
> Bros, no copyright infringement is intended"
> Distribution: If you want it you can have it just please tell me where
and
> please have my name with it.
> Author's Note: I thrive on feedback so please send me some. Thank you
to
> the people who sent me feedback for part one. I am sending this to lists
> that I didn't belong to the first time around so please e-mail me if you
> didn't get part one and want it. Ultimately I plan on writing four
books.
> Dedication (not required
>
>
> Retunr to me book one part 2/?
>
>
> Buffy didn't really want to go to class today. Actually she never really
> wanted to go to class, but she knew she would be in serious trouble if
she
> didn't. Professor Walsh was a hard ass when it came to attendance and
she
> would definitely notice if Buffy wasn't there. Willow was walking beside
> her chatting about something with another student from class as they
walked
> into the room.
>
> "So Buffy, have you talked to Riley about that really important thing
yet?"
> Willow asked as they sat down. "You know the whole weird commando/slayer
> thing."
>
> Buffy shook her head. She had been up all night trying to figure out how
> she was going to explain things to Riley. They hadn't really talked
since
> the night they defeated the Gentlemen. A few awkward hi's here and a few
> sideways glances there, but nothing real significant. One of them would
> always leave class right away, never lingering in case of the impending
doom
> that their conversation might bring. She had tried numerous times to
> approach him, but just couldn't do it. This was harder than she had
> thought. With Angel he had already known even before she had. She never
> had to explain it to anyone else before. They all kind of knew or had no
> reason to know.
>
> Walsh spent the entire class period lecturing about something, Buffy just
> hoped Willow had taken notes. She had somehow drowned out the noise of
the
> entire room and daydreamed the entire time. She had daydreamed about
> telling Riley and fighting Riley and of Angel. All things she didn't
need
> in her life at the moment. Occasionally, she had caught Riley staring at
> her in between daydreams. She ahd tried her best not to make eye contact
> with him, but it didn't really work.
>
> As soon as class was over she grabbed Willow's arm and started dragging
her
> towards the door. "Let's go," she said.
>
> "You know you guys are going to have to talk about it sooner or later.
You
> can't keep avoiding each other like you have been," Willow pointed out
for
> the millionth time.
>
> "I couldn't agree more," said a voice from behind them.
> "Riley," Buffy said as she turned around.
>
> "Uh, I think I am going to go fond Tara and see if she can help me with
eth
> Amy thing," and with that Willow was off, leaving Buffy and Riley alone.
>
> "Okay, fine lets talk. We can go back to my room, it's a little more
> private," Buffy offered.
>
> "Alright."
>
> They walked in silence to Stevenson Hall. Buffy watched the people
around
> her enjoying the sunshine and their lives. She wished that she could be
> doing that, but that was never going to happen. She would never be able
to
> date normal people, hang out in the sunshine without discussing patrol
the
> night before or some threatening demon. Not as long as she was the
slayer
> she couldn't.
>
> She led Riley up to her room and sat down on her bed. He sat down on
> Willow's bed facing her. Just seeming her staring at her reminded her of
> the day after they killed the Gentlemen. They came to her room and sat
in
> the exact same spots and stared at each other for hours. Three hours
into
> the staring contest Willow had come rushing into the room with some
> important information and Buffy had to leave. Riley was left standing in
> the middle of Buffy's room calling her name.
>
> "Buffy"
> "Riley"
> They managed to start at the same time, which was a good sign to Buffy.
At
> least he was willing to tell her his secret also. Unlike Angel who
waited
> weeks to tell her he was a vampire. She shook her head. Again she was
> comparing Riley to Angel.
>
> "You go first," they said again.
>
> "Ok Riley. What I have to tell you isn't easy. It's something I'm not
> supposed to tell anyone, but I feel that you deserve to know and you kind
of
> already know form that night," Buffy dropped her eyes to her lap and
fiddled
> with the claddaugh ring she still had on her finger. "I'm the slayer."
Title & Number: Return to me book 1 part 3/?
Author Paris Hansen
Email Address [email protected]
Content/Rating primarily same as the show, for now. COuld get worse later
though so I will keep you posted
Summary: This Buffy /Angel crossover takes place after Hush and Parting
Gifts. So yes Doyle is dead, sorry! There will be tons of surprises and
RETURNING and DEPARTING characters. So please stay tuned and keep all that
in mind.
Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to Joss Whedon and Warner
Bros, no copyright infringement is intended"
Distribution: If you want it you can have it just please tell me where and
please have my name with it.
Author's Note: I thrive on feedback so please send me some. Thank you to
the people who sent me feedback for part one. I am sending this to lists
that I didn't belong to the first time around so please e-mail me if you
didn't get part one and want it. Ultimately I plan on writing four books.
"Are we there yet," Cordelia whined from the backseat. She had climbed back
there about an hour before to try and take a nap. Unfortunately she had
never fallen asleep.
"We have about a half an hour left until we reached Giles' house. I hope
he' home and awake. You did remember to call him before we left right?"
Angel looked into the rearview mirror hoping to catch Cordelia if she tried
to lie. He had asked her to call because they couldn't leave until it had
gotten dark out and he wanted to make sure that no matter how late it was
Giles would be there to let them in.
"Yes, I called him. I told him at the latest we would be there by midnight.
He didn't seem to happy that we were coming," Cordelia pointed out.
Angel knew Giles wasn't happy to see them. Cordelia maybe, but definitely
not him. As far as Giles was concerned, Angel was a very bad distraction
for Buffy. Angel had wanted to just go to Sunnydale save Buffy and leave.
He didn't want to disturb anyone or stay at anyone's house, but all that
changed when Cordelia forced him to bring her. He knew all she wanted to do
was help, but in the long run she could be a burden, but as she pointed out
she would be a great necessity if she had any visions.
"Well its about eleven fifteen now so we are making good time," Angel tried
to change the subject. He hoped that Cordelia would get bored and try to
fall asleep again.
"This is going to be so much fun Angel. It's going to be like old times.
All of us fighting together to help Buffy, I can't wait," Cordelia was
almost giddy.
Cordelia spent the next half an hour reminiscing about the good old days.
Angel hadn't seen her this happy since before Doyle died. Suddenly, he was
glad that she had come along. They pulled up in front of Giles' house about
midnight. Angel started to feel a little unsettled about seeing everyone.
He kept trying to let Cordelia's enthusiasm envelop him, but he still knew
that nobody wanted him here.
"Cordelia, I should have stayed in LA and just called them to tell them that
Buffy was in danger. Nobody wants me around especially Buffy and Giles,"
Angel said as he parked the car.
"Oh shut up Angel. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. It is your duty to
protect everyone I have visions about and that includes Buffy," Cordelia was
trying to reason with him. He knew she was right, he was doing what was
right whether anyone wanted him there or not.
"I guess your right. Let's go in and explain everything to Giles," Angel
got out and grabbed Cordelia's two suitcases and then his own bag. He
didn't understand why she insisted bringing so much crap, but decided it was
just because she was Cordelia. She had to look good at all times even when
she was fighting vampires and demons.
Cordelia practically ran to the front door. Angel could tell she as trying
to hide her excitement, but he knew she was ready to see her friends. She
hadn't made very many friends in LA besides Doyle and now that he was gone
she only really had Angel and Wesley.
Angel lugged the three bags to the door. By the time he got there Cordelia
was already inside and Giles was holding the door open.
"Hello Angel," Giles reached for one of Cordelia's suitcases offering to
help Angel out.
"Hello Giles. It's good to see you," Angel said as he walked into the
house.
"So tell me why you are here," Giles insisted as soon as Angel had set the
bags down.
"Cordelia might be able to tell you a little more than I can, but in a
nutshell Buffy's in trouble," Angel announced.
Title & Number: Return to me book 1 part 4/?
Author Paris Hansen
Email Address [email protected]
Content/Rating primarily same as the show, for now. COuld get worse later
though so I will keep you posted
Summary: This Buffy /Angel crossover takes place after Hush and Parting
Gifts. So yes Doyle is dead, sorry! There will be tons of surprises and
RETURNING and DEPARTING characters. So please stay tuned and keep all that
in mind.
Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to Joss Whedon and Warner
Bros, no copyright infringement is intended"
Distribution: If you want it you can have it just please tell me where and
please have my name with it.
Author's Note: I thrive on feedback so please send me some. Thank you to
the people who sent me feedback for part one. I am sending this to lists
that I didn't belong to the first time around so please e-mail me if you
didn't get part one and want it. Ultimately I plan on writing four books.
"So how'd it go?" Willow asked as she handed Buffy a bowl of ice cream.
Willow had come home about an hour after Riley left. She had decided not to
pry right away, knowing that things might be a little touchy.
"It went suprisingly well. I explained to him the whole chosen thing and
how that meant I must fight all the demons and vampires in Sunnydale. I
also tried to tell him about the Hellmouth, but he already knew about that,"
Buffy answered in between spoonfuls of ice cream.
"And..how did he explain the whole commandos thing?" Willow was really
interested in knowing what the deal was with the guys who had captured
Spike. Ever since Spike had told her about them she was dying to get more
information.
"He said they have a lab under their frat house that is under top security.
They store the vampires they catch in cages. He said they run tests and
place devices in them that keep them from harming living things like the one
in Spike," Buffy explained.
"Did he say why?" Willow asked. She was intrigued with the underground lab
full of vampires.
"He said he was recruited his freshmen year by Professor Walsh. I guess
she's the ringleader. She has never said who she works for or why, just
that they need to capture these vampires to keep them from killing. She has
basically made Riley and the others believe that all vampires are bad. They
run tests on them and treat them like guinea pigs. I may not like vampires
very much, but nobody deserves to be treated like that against their will,"
Buffy stopped when the phone rang.
Willow looked at the clock. "Who would be calling at twelve thirty in the
morning?"
"Hello," Buffy answered. "What? Okay Giles we will be right there."
"What's going on?" Willow asked as soon as Buffy had hung up.
"Giles said we really need to get to his house as soon as possible. He also
said we need to be very careful," Buffy got up and grabbed her jacket off
of the chair in the kitchen.
"I wonder what is going down," Willow said as she followed Buffy out the
door of their dorm. They hurried out of Stevenson and onto campus. The
walk to Giles' was a fifteen minute walk that Buffy hoped to shorten.
"Buffy, hey Buffy," someone yelled from behind them. Buffy turned around to
see Riley running towards them.
"I thought you were on patrol," Buffy said as she continued to walk quickly.
"Just got done. Where are you guys off to in such a hurry?" he asked.
"There's an emergency at Giles'," Willow answered knowing that Buffy wasn't
going to.
Do you guy want a ride? I have the keys to the car," Riley offered.
"That would be wonderful," Buffy stopped and motioned for Riley to lead the
way.
Five minutes late they pulled up in front of Giles' house. Buffy rushed to
the door followed by Riley and Willow. She didn't even bother knocking on
the door, knowing that Giles was expecting her. Half way in Buffy stopped
dead in her tracks.
"Angel?"