Changing
Tomorrow 5
by
Danielle
** emphasis
// thoughts
Xander had time to think //Not Buffy’s mom!// before the wash of Buffy’s
emotions overwhelmed him. Before he could recover, he was witnessing the vampire
being tortured by a God. Instead of the warm fuzzies he expected, he felt
everything Spike felt. Agony and resolve poured forth. Dawn was worth
everything, and pride welled up in the darkest, farthest corner of his heart.
Xander proposing to a girl named Anya in the basement of the Magic Box.
//Ex-vengeance demon.// Spike and Xander could feel the dread in the lovers’
hearts as they tried to find happiness while preparing for another epic battle.
Dawn, the sweet little sister he never had, tied to a tower and
bleeding, her blood opening a portal. The vampire watched himself thrown to the
ground by an old man as demons flew out of the portal below. The overwhelming
sense of failure stabbed at his heart.
Sobbing, vampire and human
watched Buffy dive into the portal to close it, then clawing out of her own
grave. Every ounce of pain, fear, and suffering she felt, they felt as well.
All of the Scoobies singing and dancing. //What the fuck?// from both
parties. Utter shock as they watched Spike kiss Buffy and more than a little
squicked at how much that other Spike loved her.
Then they watched,
fascinated, as the other Spike had sex with Buffy. Xander’s arousal could be
felt in the link, and the vampire stored that information away for later. The
building fell around the Slayer and Future Spike as they writhed together in
passion. //The higher powers must be very, very stoned…//
Despair and
fear and shame as Xander left Anya at the altar.
Spike nearly went mad
from the emotional backlash as he saw himself trying to rape the Slayer.
Xander’s rage dulled only when the knowledge hit: the desperation, rejection,
all the mind games brought to a head...//That is happening over my dead body!//
Spike and Xander had seen enough, they wanted out of the future if it was this
bad...but they couldn’t stop.
Tara and Willow standing in Buffy’s house,
blood splattered over Willow as Tara dies. //Nooo!// Buffy getting shot in the
heart. Xander raged within his mind. //I’ve seen enough! I don’t want to know
anymore!//
The poisonous vibes coming off of Willow made Spike and
Xander scream to escape this nightmare. Then the scenery changed again.
//Oh great, more of *my* bloody future// Spike thought as he watched a
beaten, bloody version of himself get a soul. Xander sobbed helplessly as he was
racked with the emotions of the newly ensouled vampire.
Something creaked
in the boy’s mind as he viewed this horrific show. His heart was beating too
fast and he could feel the years filling his head with a sickening crawling
sensation. This was too much to take. Spike felt all of this and tried to send
comfort through their bond. He wasn’t sure why, but he felt oddly protective
just now. Xander calmed a bit, steadying himself for the rest of the nightmare.
Spike, on the other hand, was having an emotional crisis. He didn’t want
to care for the good guys, much less become one of them. Seeing their struggles,
and getting to know them as Future Spike had was stuffing new morals and
feelings into his unbeating heart. The vampire was in a tailspin, but he knew
this was just the beginning.
Willow with black hair and veins on her
face, killing a brown haired man. //Retribution//. The scenes were changing
faster. Demons with no eyes and something called the First Evil. A priest
gouging out Xander’s eye. //Oh god, oh god, oh god!// Buffy and Angel kissing
switching to Buffy and Spike sleeping next to each other. And endless army of
super vampires. Anya dying, Spike dying...
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