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Disclaimer: I don't own anything, please don't sue me, I have no money. Some of the dialog is from Buffy episodes Where the Wild Thing Are written by Tracey Forbes and New Moon Rising written by Marti Noxon.
Chapter 16: Bad moon rising
Buffy and Angel were patrolling on the campus near the Lowell house. “It seems real quiet, maybe we should just call it a night”, Buffy suggested, her fingers making mindless patterns on his hand without her even noticing.
“Yeah, maybe we should”, he whispered and leaned into a kiss. Soon the kiss turned more passionate and they stumbled back till her back hit a tree. He pulled away from her lips concentrating on her neck. She pulled in a ragged breathe and threaded her fingers in his hair.
“Maybe we should go to my dorm room, it's closer... And Willow is with Tara”, she suggested breathlessly and soon all thought disappeared from her mind as Angel sucked roughly at the scar.
“Yeah”, he mumbled against her neck but soon their moment of passion was interrupted by a growl. They pulled apart and attacked the vampire that noticed far too long that it wasn't a easy pray he had spotted. Buffy pounded her fists into the vampire before kicking him, sending him flying several feet landing on Angel who grabbed him and continued what Buffy had started. Buffy quickly grabbed the crossbow and aimed at the vampire Angel was holding in his iron grip but before she could shoot, Angel and the vampire were tackled down by a demon with horns. Angel jumped quickly to his feet and Buffy handed him a stake.
“You take fangs, I'll get horny”, she said and blushed when she realized what it sounded like. “I umm... mean... You know what I mean”, she corrected and attacked the demon while Angel went after the vampire. It didn't take long till the demon was dead on the ground and the vampire was dust. They met in the half way and took a hold of each others hands without over noticing.
“That was weird”, Angel said while his fingers were threading and unwinding between hers then slowly sliding their way up her arm to her shoulder. “Yeah”, she whispered breathlessly.
“Demons and vampires don't work together”, Angel added but his mind was busy with other things. “I know, that's why it's weird. We should tell Giles, it's very Giles-y thing”, she said and leaned into his touch as his balm cupped her cheek.
“Yes, we should”, he confirmed and leaned to kiss her, first gently to her cheek till he trailed down to her lips capturing them gently. The kiss grew with passion and soon they found themselves in a heated embrace. Angel pulled away and started dragging her towards her dorm house with no resistance.
“We'll tell Giles later”, she said and he nodded.
“Tomorrow.”
“First thing”, she added and pushed her against the wall of a dorm house in the dark corner. She attacked his lips and he lifted her to his arms, her legs wrapping around him instinctively. He pushed her against the wall and they lost themselves in passion.
The gang had gathered at Giles' apartment discussing the event of night before. Buffy was sitting on Angels lap and playing with the short hair on the back of his neck while her other hand playing with his fingers.
“There's always been great discord between them. And yet you say that the vampire went to the demon's aid. The two of them working as a team”, Giles clarified in wonder.
”Everything except giving each other little pats on the behind.”
”Extraordinarily odd. As a rule, demons have no empathy for species other than their own. In fact, most consider vampires abominations, mixing with human blood and all”, he explained and gave Angel an apologetic smile.
”So what brought these two together?” Willow asked. ”Not what, but who”, Angel answered her and Giles nodded in understanding before saying Adam's name.
”Think about it. Who better to bring a bunch of demon types together than someone that's made up of a bunch of demon types?”
”So he's, um, bridging the gap between the races?” Tara asked uncertainly.
”Huh. Like Martin Luther King. But probably a lot less eloquent… and with the… evil… so, different than Martin Luther King. Let's move on”, Willow said and went quiet as she thought about it more.
”Well, I'd suggest that for the next several nights, you two concentrate your patrol in that same area. If you find any other peculiar pairings or groupings let me know”, Giles said ignoring Willows rambling.
”Can't tonight, we're going to the party at Lowell house”, Buffy answered and Giles looked at her giving her a look that told he wasn't happy. ”We're going to keep an eye out for the commandos”, Buffy explained seeing the look he was giving her.
”Are you certain it is a good idea?” Giles asked her taking off his glasses and starting to clean them. ”Yeah”, she confirmed squirming a little in Angels lap. He grabbed her hips keeping her still while trying to make the move as unnoticeable as possible.
“You're welcome to come with us to the party”, Willow offered but Giles shook his head. ”As much as I long for a good kegger, I have plans. The Espresso Pump.” ”What are you doing?” Tara asked.
”I'm… it's a meeting of grown-ups. It couldn't possible be of interest to you lot.”
”You have grown-up friends?” Willow asked somewhat accusingly. ”A few.”
”We should go take care of that demon problem”, Angel said to Buffy and she nodded. ”Yes, that demon problem. Guys, we need to go. See you later”, she said and dragger Angel along with her, giving him only time to grab his blanket. Everyone turned to look as the couple darted to the sunlight. Anya who had been quiet because of the fight with Xander was the one to brake the silence.
”They've been having a lot of demon problems lately, even during the day. I bet it's a codeword for sex. Everyone else is having sex except for me”, she said and huffing crossed her arms in front of her.
Buffy pulled her shirt on and turned to look at Angel who was appreciating the view. He just smirked as she rolled her eyes, sometimes he was just like every other male on the planet.
“Sorry, I have to go”, she said and walked to him before leaning in for a kiss. She tried to pull away but he took a hold of her arm and pulled her into his lap. She let out a slight scream through the kiss but didn't let it break. Finally he released her lips and with a self-satisfied smile smoothed her hair back.
“You're a bad man”, she whispered still breathless from the kiss. He just laughed and let her get up from the couch.
“You know, I have to go to the party. We need to know what the Initiative is up to and Willow wants me to get to know Tara. And I have to spend some time with my friends, I've been neglecting them for... other activities”, she explained like she was trying to justify herself.
“I know. You deserve some fun”, he assured her and gave a small squeeze to her hand. “I'm having fun with you”, she said and leaned in for a gentle kiss just barely touching his lips.
“And if you come by with some demon problems, just stop by at the party, I'm sure the others will understand”, she whispered against his lips and quickly pulled away out of his reach. She gave him a innocent smile and started walking away.
The party was nice, it was good to spend some time with her friends for a change and she didn't even notice that Riley had been staring at her nearly the whole time she had been there. Xander was telling them what happened with Anya earlier that day and Buffy couldn't help but laugh.
“You sure know how to pick them, Xander”, she said to him with a smile playing on her lips.
“Yeah, I'm starting to question my sanity. Am I crazy?”
“I don't know if there's a right answer for that”, Buffy answered still smiling but her smile just grew when she felt the familiar feeling of Angel being near. She turned and scanned the crowd looking for him.
“Is she alright?” Xander asked seeing the absent look and broad smile on his friend. “Yeah, it's just the Angel tinkling”, Willow told Xander and Tara before turning to Buffy.
“Maybe this is a good time to tell I borrowed the new peasant top and accidentally spilled something purple-y on it. Do you still love me?”
“Sure”, was Buffy's distracted answer till she realized what Willow had tried to say. “What about the top?” she asked but was again even more distracted when she found Angel making his way towards her.
“Buffy”, he whispered and got the breathy 'Angel' in return. Tara was watching the exchange in fascination while Xander just scowled, of course Angel had to come and steal Buffy away. “I need to talk to you”, Angel said and Buffy nodded before turning to her friends.
“Sorry guys, I'll be right back”, she said and lead Angel away from the crowd. Angel kept looking around himself feeling distracted till he finally turned back to Buffy who was looking at him slightly worried.
“This house feels weird”, he stated and again glanced around him suspiciously. “Maybe it's because the Initiative is right under it”, Buffy suggested but Angel shook his head after short time of considering the option.
“Not that kind of weird, something else. Like here is something else.”
“Don't worry about it”, she said and ran her hand up and down his arm but stopped when something like strong electricity ran through both of them. When she pulled her hand away like the touch had burned, she was breathing heavily, her eyes hazed with lust she stared at Angel.
“This can't be good”, she whispered. “Definitely not”, he agreed, his fingers trailing up her arm before cupping her neck and bending down for a kiss. The kiss got more intense by the second, Angel wrapped his arms around her and pushed her against the wall, lifting her in the air. Her fingers were working on the buttons of his shirt when they pulled away from the wall and he placed her back on her feet.
“Come on”, she said grabbing his hand and quickly leading him upstairs where they stepped in the first bedroom door they could find. He lifted her back in his arms and slammed her against the door, working on the lock with his other hand. Quickly they shed their clothes, they couldn't seem to stop touching each other. Angel pulled out of the door with Buffy still in his arms and with few long strides they reached the bed.
A scream echoed through the house. Angel released Buffy's lips and quickly looked at the door. “Was that Willow?” he asked out of breathe and turned to look at Buffy who was under him in the bed. “I don't know”, she answered and grabbed the back of his neck pulling him into another heated kiss. All thought of Willow was lost in their mind as the kiss only grew more passionate.
When weirder and weirder things started happening and the party goers started running away in panic, the scooby gang knew what they had to do.
“We need to find Buffy”, Willow voiced the obvious. “Yeah, but where did they go?” Xander confirmed.
“I bet they went to have sex”, Anya piped up and looked Xander grudgingly. “They did not go have sex!” Xander protested.
“I... I saw them go upstairs”, Tara said awkwardly.
“I told you, they went to have sex.” The gang glanced at the stairs before quickly going upstairs banging on every door they could find and yelling Buffy's and Angel's name. Finally they all gathered in front of Riley's door and started banging on it. “Buffy! Angel!” Willow yelled but there was no answer and the door wouldn't open.
Buffy pulled away from Angel and looked at the door. “Did you hear something?” she asked trying to steady her breathe.
“Not a thing”, he answered and pulled her into another kiss rolling them around so that she was under him. She wrapped her arms around him deepening the kiss and pulling him even closer if it was possible.
“Buffy!” Willow yelled again but a thread of vines started to snake from under the door and she jumped back. Xander tried to open the door by using his shoulders but it wouldn't budge and they were interrupted when the whole house started shaking.
The house started clearing from partiers, the scooby gang along with them and as soon as the people were out the house shifted back to eerie calm. Xander tried to go back inside but he was thrown out, literally and they decided to go for Giles' help, all except Tara shocked to find him singing in the Espresso Pump.
While the gang was searching, Buffy and Angel were still adsorbed in each other, not getting enough. Without them noticing the vines started tracing the house growing along the walls and covering everything. Angel rolled to his back but didn't let go of her hand, tracing small patterns on the skin. Very pale Buffy shifted to her side and reached out to him.
“You're too far away. I can't stop touching you”, she whispered exhausted and rose to on top of him. He pulled her into a gentle kiss that kept growing more heated before he rolled them around.
Xander and Anya tried to make their way to the room while the others were chanting for the children. When Xander and Anya finally reached the door, he hesitated before starting to bang the door.
“What are you doing?” came Willows voice from behind them, startling both of them. “Willow! What you doing here?” Xander asked.
“The kids disappeared, I figured you could use the help. Why aren't you breaking down the door?”
“You go in there, you're her best friend so she won't kill you, and you're a girl so he won't kill you”, Xander suggested. “What you mean he wouldn't kill me? You think the poltergeist made him evil?” Willow questioned slightly confused.
“Not in the strongest sense. But if I saw a naked Buffster, her growly boyfriend would kill me before I could blink. Or maybe scratch my eyes out and stomp on them but I like the whole seeing thing. And there is no way I'm letting Anya see a naked Angel! So you are the only option.”
“You big baby”, Willow said playfully and pried the door open. Angel and Buffy jumped to sit on the broken bed, pulling the sheet around them. “Willow! Can't you knock?” Buffy chided embarrassed of the situation.
“Glad you guys are alright”, she just said before pulling the door nearly closed. Buffy and Angel looked around them, Buffy more embarrassed than Angel.
“We should go, before the owner of this room comes back”, she said and rose from the scattered bed to look for her clothes. A proud smirk rose to Angel's lips as he thought what they had done in Riley Finns room, he couldn't help but feel like a animal marking his territory.
“What are you smirking about?” Buffy asked suspiciously and pulled her shirt back on. “Nothing”, was the only answer she got and he too got up from the bed that was now in pieces.
Half an hour after Buffy and Angel had left the house, the Initiative commandos returned. Riley returned to his room but stopped dead on his tracks as he saw what condition it was. First he thought it might have been from the shaking but then he noticed the bed and what condition it was in. Forrest walked behind him and slammed his hand to his shoulder whistling in awe.
“Wow, Ri. Someone got some heavy riding tonight. It was about time you got over the slayer chick. Good for you, man”, he said slapping him once more before leaving. Riley was fuming with anger and now he was certain that it had been Angel in his room. He was going to pay, he swore in his mind and slammed the door shut.
The gang had gathered at Giles' place the same evening. “This is embarrassing. But what caused the poltergeistiness?” Buffy asked sitting next to Angel on the couch but trying not to touch him.
“We are not certain, a massive sexual energy in the house or very charged act itself”, Giles explained, taking off his glasses and starting to clean them so he wouldn't have to look at the couple. Angel glanced at Buffy and whispered to her ear: “I think it was us who started it. The building the other night, it was Lowell house.” Buffy turned to look at him blushing furiously.
“Would you two stop that already, you caused one poltergeist already, we don't need another in Giles' house”, Anya said and Buffy blushed even more.
“I'm sorry guys. If we hadn't lost our self control the way we did, none of this would have happened. It's good thing nobody got hurt.”
“True”, Anya piped and turned to Angel saying: “Feel shame.” “That's my girlfriend”, Xander said in fake proud voice.
“Don't worry about it, Buffy. You were under a powerful influence of the spirits, you couldn't help yourselves”, Willow assured with a small smile.
“Yeah, we had no control over ourselves, we just had to do it. I couldn't stop touching him.”
“Hey! How 'bout we do not talk about Angel-touching?!” Xander interrupted.
“That must have been horrible”, Willow said sympathetically ignoring Xander. Buffy stared at Willow for a moment, then glanced at Angel before agreeing: “Yeah, horrible.” She just didn't sound too convincing.
Few days later the gang was at a meeting at Giles'. “It's been really quiet out there, it's weird”, Buffy said with a huff. “That usually means something big and bad is happening”, Willow clarified to Tara.
“What I've heard from underground, the Initiative is full of demons”, Angel told them. “Something must be going on, it's strange that they find plenty to capture when I don't find even one to kill”, Buffy said sounding little jealous. Angel smiled at her, she just looked so cute when she was sitting on the edge of the table, arms folded in front of her and a small pout on her lips.
“Yes, well, till we know more of the situation, you need to careful and keep an eye on if there is any strange occurrences.”
“Well that was a perfect waste of an hour”, Anya said and Giles turned sharply to her.
“I have had enough of your snide remarks...” he started but stopped when the door opened and everyone turned to look at the comer with stunned expressions.
“Oz”, Willow breathed. “Hey”, he answered with a small movement of a hand. “When... when did you come back?” she stammered still confused of him being back. “Pretty much now”, was his answer.
“I don't want to sound like a grandmother but you don't call, you don't write”, Xander said and Oz shrugged. “Sorry.” “So, are you here-here or just passing through?” Buffy asked worried of her friend.
“Let's not bombard Oz with questions. Would you like some tea?” Giles said as the voice of reason. “Thanks, but I think I'll pass. Angel, thanks for the tip”, Oz said and everyone turned to look at Angel who didn't seem to pay attention to it.
“You're welcome. How was Tibet?”
“Peaceful.”
“Did it help?”
“Yeah.” Buffy looked at both of them in turns and then leaned to Angels ear. “You are so gonna make you 'fess up once we get home”, she whispered to him.
“Willow, can we talk tonight?” Oz asked again turning to his former girlfriend. “Umm... sure”, Willow stammered nodding her head. “Okay, I'll go see Devon, maybe I can crash there. It was good to see you guys”, he said before leaving.
Buffy returned back to the mansion after meeting with Willow who had told her about the mixed feelings she was having and about the true relationship between her and Tara. She found him reading in front of the fire place, he immediately lifted his gaze from the book to her.
“Buffy”, he whispered her name and got a soft 'Angel' in return. She sat next to him leaning into his large form and sighed.
“How was Willow?”
“Confused, Oz being back and having the control over the wolfy side of him. And she and Tara are... more than friends... so that complicates things even more. She doesn't want to hurt anyone but someone is bound to get hurt”, she answered sighing deeply after finishing and melting against him.
“She'll do what her heart tells her to”, Angel assured and smoothed her hair back. She lifted her head and gazed to his eyes before reaching out and running her hand along his cheek.
“I love you, I just want you to know that”, she whispered her voice full of emotion. Angel looked at her not knowing what it was all about. “I know. I love you too, more than you know”, he whispered and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. He pulled back and watched her face for a long while.
“Are you okay?” She smiled assuringly. “Yeah, I'm fine. Just little mood swings. I don't really know where they're coming from”, she answered sniffling her nose. She started to rise from the couch, turning back to him and offering her hand.
“We should to see Giles before we go for a patrol.” He nodded and took a hold of her hand before getting up.
They went to Giles' apartment but it didn't take long till Tara ran through the door out of breathe and clearly upset.
“The Initiative... they... they took Oz... He changed... and... and they captured him”, she stammered while trying to catch her breathe. Before anyone could say anything, they heard amused giggle from the door and saw Spike leaning to the wall with cigarette hanging on his lips.
“What are you doing here, Spike?” Buffy asked not having the patience to deal with him. “Heard the wolf boy was the newest lab rat”, he answered with a chuckle and earned several glares his way. Buffy turned to Giles, dismissing Spike.
“I need you to call Willow, tell her to come here, we need her computer skills, maybe she can cut the power from the Initiative and we can sneak in without anyone noticing.” Giles went to the phone dialing the number. Xander turned to Buffy clearly concerned.
“How are we going to get in, I thought your clearance was canceled.”
“We just need someone with a clearance and eyes intact.”
“Or you could go around the back. I know the way, there's been talk underground. I want to get back at those buggers and I could use some cash”, Spike said nonchalantly and took a long breathe from the cigarette. Both Buffy and Angel looked at him suspiciously but they didn't have a choice, they needed to get Oz out before something bad happened.
“Fine, but you're not getting any money before Oz is out”, Buffy answered with a voice that left no arguments but that didn't mean Spike wouldn't protest. “Come on, slayer!”
“No, Spike. It's a insurance that this isn't one of your little traps.”
“Come on, I want to get back at those bloody wankers that put this bloody chip on me head! It's not like I could even suggest a truce to those gun happy twats, they would make me a lab rat before I could speak!”
“Still not getting a penny before we all are out”, Buffy answered folding her arms in front of her. “Fine. And you people call me evil”, Spike mumbled.
Spike lead the gang to the Initiative while Giles, Anya and Tara stayed back hacking into the system and cutting the power. They made their way to the bedroom of colonel McNamara and she poked him with her crossbow waking him in the process. He quickly looked around the room, Spike and Xander watching the door, Willow standing in the background and Angel looking very menacing beside Buffy.
“You know who I am?” Buffy asked and McNamara nodded. “Then you don't want to mess with us. Get dressed. You are going to hand Oz to us.”
“The werewolf? We are not just going to let you people walk out of here with the animal”, McNamara threatened but didn't manage to convince the gang.
“We are not going to let you 'people' torture and poke your needles at a human being. You are not any better than the creatures you experiment with, you have no right at playing with nature. Haven't you people seen any movies!?” Buffy said and signed with her crossbow him to move.
They walked along the corridor towards the holding cells but they were stopped by commandos coming from both directions. Buffy lifted the crossbow to McNamara's head and looked at the commandos pointedly.
“Stay back or I'll do a William Burroughs on your leader here!” she threatened but only reseaved confused looks from everyone except Angel. ”You'll bore him to death with free prose?” Xander guessed still confused.
”Was I the only one awake in English that day?” she sighed and then clarified to the commandos: ”I'll kill him!” She pushed him forward and they stopped in front of Oz's cage.
”Get him out”, she ordered and grudgingly he did as told. Oz stepped out of the small room and Willow tried to approach but Oz lifted his hand to stop her. Her eyes widened in concern as she saw the hand starting to change and quickly she took a step back. Angel stepped forward and gave Oz support while they made their way to the elevator with McNamara as their guarantee.
Riley stepped forward and looked at Buffy pleadingly. ”Buffy, don't do this”, he pleaded but she just shook her head. ”I'm already doing it”, she answered and closed the elevator door.
Once they arrived to the house, Buffy smashed the control panel with her fist and pulled the wires out snapping them cut. She stepped out the elevator still pointing the crossbow at McNamara.
”You're not gonna get away with this”, he threatened and Buffy just rolled her eyes. ”Yeah, yeah”, Buffy answered bored.
”He is nothing more than an animal, not worth saving. What we do saves lives!” he ranted and Willow had had enough. She grabbed the tazer rifle from Xander and stomped to colonel McNamara knocking him out with the butt. McNamara fell unconsciously to the ground and everyone looked at Willow, stunned.
”Nobody talks about my ex-boyfriend like that”, she just explained little stunned of her own action.
”Go Willow! Remind me not to mess with you”, Buffy grinned and they all started to leave the building.
