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Date Posted: 22:09:41 08/08/02 Thu
Author: WillowX
Author Host/IP: AC9DEEA4.ipt.aol.com / 172.157.238.164
Subject: Children of the Earth (8/10) Part 2

Continued from Part 1

�The wind, the rain, the earth, the fire�these are your allies my child. Learn to call upon them for help and they will aid you.� Hope instructed.

A small ball of fire formed in her hand. I watched as it hovered over her open palm, emanating heat and light. I extended my left hand out in the same fashion and opened it, palm face up.

�Fire!� I exclaimed and a hot fire ball appeared.

I extended my right hand out in the same fashion and exclaimed, �Wind!�, and a small tornado formed on my palm. I was pleased with myself. In the last few hours alone I had grown stronger. Suddenly out of nowhere, my body was hit by a sudden burst of energy knocking me off my feet again. The wind and fire disappeared.

�What was that for?� I screamed.

�You allowed yourself to be distracted again my child. Distractions will get you killed. You must never loose touch of the world around you. Methos intends to kill you before you grow stronger. He can sense you already my child. I can no longer shield us.� She explained.

�You must learn to sense the danger coming. Anticipate the attack. Try again.� She instructed.

I got up off the ground dusting myself off. Extending my arms out in front of me, palms up, fireball in one hand and wind tunnel in the other.

�Good. Good. Now�close your eyes.� She instructed. �Reach out with your senses. Anticipate your attacker.�

I closed my eyes and felt the warmth of the sun on my skin. The air was hot and the sound of birds chirping and passing cars resonated in my ears. That�s when I felt it. The attack was coming from behind. I turned suddenly and threw the wind tunnel that hovered in my palm at her. I watched in fear as the tiny wind tunnel turned into a vortex of energy. It hit Hope in the middle of the chest and her body flew in the air across the yard. She landed on the fallen fence that Faith knocked down last night.

�I said anticipate not ambush.� She said without getting up.

�I sorry.� I apologized in my baby voice.

�Don�t give me the innocent �I sorry�. You�ve been wanting to knock me on my ass since I did it to you this morning.� She said as she got up slowly picking leaves and branches out of her hair.

�Now�.close your eyes again and tell me what you feel.� She instructed. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. Suddenly a multitude of emotions overcame me. Love� hate� fear � happiness � sadness� The longer I stood there the more feeling came flooding. One after the other a reminder of the beauty of the human race.

�Good my child, now narrow your search�what is your lover feeling right now?� She asked.

I centered my thoughts around Buffy and instantly doubled over in pain. �Ahhhh pain�I feel pain�ahhhhh� I groaned as I fell to the floor holding my head. The pain was overwhelming.

�Yes. She is in pain. Never loose sight of her feelings again. She is you. You are her. Together you are whole. You must know yourself as effortlessly as your blood knows the paths from your heart to your brain�knows that you�re whole. Don�t make the same mistakes I made my child.� I looked at her near tears. The pain in my heart devastating.
I got up again and staggered to the house.

When I walked in the kitchen Faith, Xander and Anya were all around the counter carving stakes. They looked at me puzzled.

�Where is she?� I asked.

�Upstairs. Faith offended her.� Anya provided.

�Shut up.� Faith responded.

I continued walking through the house as the sounds of their bickering drowned out in the background. I went up the stairs, down the hall to our room. She was no where to be seen. But I could hear the sound of the shower running. I went around our bed and towards the bathroom door.

When I opened the door to the bathroom a huge puff of steam let out. My skin instantly moistened from the hot vapor and the only thing I could hear was the roaring sound of the shower running.

�Buffy? Baby? Are you ok?� No answer. She�s really starting to freak me out. What if she fell and broke her head and died or something�AGAIN? Oh no this is bad�this is really bad�this can�t happen now.

�Buffy baby�are you in there? Are you ok?� Still no answer� but this time I thought I heard the sound of whimpering.

�Buffy baby� answer me� you�re freaking me out here!� I pleaded but she didn�t reply. That was it. I gave her three chances. I�m coming in.

I pulled the curtain expecting to find her sprawled out lying in a pool of her own blood. Instead she was balled up in the corner with her knees neatly tucked under her chin and her arms hugging her legs. She was sitting under the pouring hot water crying her eyes out. The moment I pulled the curtains her whimpering quickly turned into thunderous howlers of anguish. Her face was flushed and she was panting fiercely through labored breaths. The pain was so great I felt someone had torn my own heart out. I had never seen Buffy cry like this before. Sure I�d seen her eyes water here and there � but not like this. Never like this.

�Oh Baby! What�s wrong? What happened?� I stammer out kneeling by the tub to touch her.

She shook her head from side to side avoiding my questioning eyes. What�s wrong with her? What happened? Why is she crying like this?

�Oh Buffy please talk to me baby. You�re really starting to scare me. What�s wrong? Please tell me.� I pleaded with her. I reached in and took her face into my hands. I wanted her to look at me. I needed for her to look at me. I needed to get through to her. To see what was wrong.

Her eyes were nearly swollen shut and I couldn�t bare to see her in such pain. I tried convincing her one last time. �Baby please�please�let me help you.� I begged with my own eyes near tears. She looked at me with a pained expression and held my gaze for a moment before she broke down.

�Oh Willow�I miss my mom soooo much. Every day I miss her. Every single day Willow. I want her back Willow. I need her back. I need her.� She shrieked out in pain. I was speechless. I couldn�t believe she felt she had to hide from everyone to cry. Why would she hide her pain from me? Why does she always have to be the strong one�even when she�s in pain? Why did she always wait until she broke?

�I can�t do it Willow. I can�t. The only thing she asked me to do before she died was take care of Dawn. And now I�ve failed her. I failed her Willow. It was the only thing she asked of me and I failed her.� She whaled. The moment the words came out of her mouth I felt my body weaken. I knew this moment would come someday I just didn�t expect it to be now. She never truly had the chance to mourn her mother�s death but it seems that the sense of helplessness she felt from Dawn�s kidnapping has dredged up old feelings�old regrets� old pain.

I climbed into the tub fully clothed and sat next to her. Pulling her body close to me I cradled her in my arms as I tried soothing her with my words.

�Sssshhhhh Ssssshhhh Buffy. You haven�t failed anybody. You haven�t failed.� I whispered to her.

�I did Willow. I did. This was all my doing. I let him into this house. I let Dawn believe he was a friend when he wasn�t. I put her life in danger Willow when I knew he was a killer. I failed Mom and I failed Dawn. I don�t have the strength anymore Willow. I can�t do this.� She finished through her flood of tears. She was exhausted.

�Now you listen to me Buffy�� I rose my voice so she would hear me �Dawn is not dead. She�s alive. I know she is because I can feel her. She�s alive and scared and she�s waiting for you to come. You WILL save her. You CAN do this.� I said sternly.

�You can feel her?� She asked softly.

�Yes. I can feel her. She�s very scared Buffy. But she is also very confidant that you�ll save her. She believes in you Buffy. She trusts you. Now it�s time for you to believe and trust in yourself.� She buried her face in my chest crying. I held her tightly to me waiting for her pain to subside. Slowly her cries of pain turned to small whimpers again. This was my lover� my hero�my Slayer�but she was also human, equipped with the myriad of human emotions. My heart ached to see her like this. It burned at the sound of her tears but part of me felt privileged that she�d found comfort in my arms and that my words of encouragement had soothed her. She looked up at me with tearful.

�You�re all wet.� She said softly motioning towards my clothes. I was so caught up in the moment that I completely forgot that I was fully clothed. Instantly the weight of the wet garments began to weigh heavy on me.

�Oh jeez�yeah I forgot.� I whispered back while running my hands through her hair. Her breathing had practically returned to normal but her grip was still tight around me. That�s when the idea hit me.

�Buffy�can I bathe you?� I asked softly. She looked at me intensely through exhausted eyes. They were filled with all sorts of emotions all at once. Love�pain�passion�sadness�desire. After of few seconds she nodded affirmatively.

I pried myself away from her arms and stood. Removing my heavy clothing I watched in awe as her eyes danced over my skin. She loved to look at me naked and I loved to look at her too.

When I had removed the last piece of clothing and dumped them all in the sink, I eased back in the shower with her. Coaxing her to sit back against the tub and relax, I took the soap and rubbed my hands against it until I had worked up a nice thick lather. Taking her left foot in my hand I softly lathered it�running my knuckles up and down the base of her foot, zigzagging my fingers between her toes leisurely. I continued this action with her right foot, massaging slowly careful not to move to quickly so the experience was that more pleasurable.

I watched as she closed her eyes and laid her head back. She was enjoying it and that was my green light to continue. I worked my way up her legs slowly with long luscious strokes. I felt as her legs weakened at my touch, as they widened to allow for better access. I tugged at her knee softly to get her attention.

�Buffy baby, we have to change positions if you want me to finish the rest.� I whispered softly. She opened her eyes suddenly with a questioning gaze and I motioned for her to scoot closer to me. Once she had moved a few feet closer, I stood and stepped over her settling down where she had been lazily sitting before. I opened my legs wide, wrapped my hands around her waist, and pulled her back to lay on my chest. My sex was firmly pressed against her back and her head was laying on my left breast. I started running my soapy hands over her breasts and felt how they instantly hardened at my touch. I massaged her breasts with my slippery hands for a while as I sucked softly on her ear lobe. A small moan escaped her lips to which I replied softly in her ear �I love you baby.�

I reached out and grabbed the shampoo bottle that was standing on the floor by the tub. I worked my soapy fingers into her hair creating a lather. Softly and effortlessly I massaged her scalp with my fingertips. I leaned us forward a bit until her head collided with the flow of the showerhead. Slowly I continued massaging her head as the soapsuds washed away. There was only one place left to wash before I was done.

Sitting back on the tub I waited anxiously until she had settled back on top of me. Once she had, I snuck my arm out from around her back, under her arm, until I reached her belly. There I started working my way down. I felt the rise and the fall of her stomach as her breathing increased from the sheer anticipation of what was coming next. I raked my fingers over the course curls of her sex and felt as she trembled in my arms, opening her legs wider at my touch. I scrubbed softly as I felt her sex become more slippery with each stroke.

She turned suddenly and whispered into my mouth. �Oh Willow baby please make love to me.� She pleaded. My heart weakened�.as if she had to beg me to do it. I kissed her lips passionately, trying with all my might to transfer the feelings I was having in that moment to her through our lips. Her moans of desire were echoing through my body as I thought of what to do next.

I stood and turned off the water. She looked at me quizzically as a smile ran through my face. Bending down, I scooped her up in my arms. She was a lot heavier than I expected but I could handle it. She looked at me in surprised awe as she whispered, �Will what are you doing? You�re going to hurt yourself.� She finished.

I stood tall in the bathroom holding her in my arms like a baby and assured her �Hey�you�re not the only strong one in this family. I�ve been known to do some heavy lifting here and there.� I said with a smile.

She nodded and wrapped her arms around my neck burying her head in my chest. I walked slowly through the bathroom door into our room. We were soaking wet and I was being extra special careful not to slip. Chanting in my head the whole time: I will not fall I will not fall I will not fall I will not fall I will not fall.

I�ll never hear the ending of it if I actually drop her.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

If she drops me she�s never hearing the ending of this.

Just then, I looked up into her eyes and all my fears were quashed�there�s no way she�s ever letting me go.

She walked slowly from the bathroom into our bedroom. Her arms carried my body effortlessly. She was a lot stronger than she looked�but then again I already knew that. I was clutching to her tightly�.not because I was afraid�.but because I loved the feel of her body pressed against mine. It was fulfilling�she was the missing link of my life.

When we reached the bed she gently placed me on the covers. My body was soaking wet and so was hers. The water glistened over her skin as she climbed on top of me dripping warm droplets from her soaked mane of red hair over me. She smiled at me softly and tenderly�the most beautiful and gentle smile I�d ever seen�and I couldn�t help but smile back. I hadn�t smiled all day but she coaxed it out of me.

Leaning in slowly she ran her lips over mine. It wasn�t really a kiss�it was more of a caress. She was caressing me with her lips. Shivers ran down my spine as I felt the heat of her breath on my lips. I wanted her more than ever. I wanted to loose myself in her. Forget about the world around us and the problems that were threatening our very existence. I wanted one last stolen moment with her�just her�in her arms.

Deciding to seize the day I claimed her lips with mine passionately. She was taken a bit of guard at first but quickly regained her control. I loved how she had taken the initiative of all this. She was absolutely adorable. Her hands roamed my slippery body freely. Grabbing and squeezing and tweaking and rubbing.

Her caresses paused at my breasts for a moment as she reluctantly pulled our lips apart. She looked at me with a playful grin and whispered, �I�ll be back.� Her mouth moved slowly as she kissed and sucked her way down. First my neck then my shoulder until finally her lips made it down to my needy nipples. She opened her mouth wide and covered my left breast completely as her hand idly played with the right one. Her tongue was working its magic on my nipples and I felt my sex melt at every touch. I opened my legs wide letting her body comfortably settle between them before I wrapped them around her back. Now she was my captive. She pulled away from her task and looked at me sexily.

�Come� on Baby loosen the thunder thigh grip�I�m almost there. I promise.� She said softly over my wet nipples as she ran her hand over my thigh down to my butt and gently caressed it.

I loosened my grip and she began heading down between my breast gently kissing and nipping along the way. Both her hands were massaging my breasts as she continued to kiss her way lower and lower. Down my belly and over my bellybutton where she playfully stuck her tongue in giving me an unexpected whirl.

My heart was pounding and I could hardly think anymore. That�s when I felt it�her lips touched my folds. I felt my body tremble at her touch. Nobody knew how to touch me the way she did�nobody. I opened my legs as wide as possible and grabbed her head pulling her closer and closer to my sex�tangling my fingers in her wet hair. I could hear the muffled sucking sounds of her mouth and lips.

�Oh Willow�oh�� I moaned.

She moved her lips for a moment as I felt her fingers enter me. A surprised gasp escaped my lips�I wasn�t expecting that. Slowly and gently she pumped her fingers in me. She turned her hand so that her palm rested on my nub. Without removing her hand she had climbed back on top of me and was now whispering in my ear words of affection and encouragement.

�I love you Buffy. I�m here for you always. We�ll be strong together�I promise.� She whispered gently as I felt the swell of tears in my eyes again. This was it. My body was quaking uncontrollably. With one giant moan I felt my muscles stiffen and my panting stop�and then of course�.came the light.

*** �Where're you meeting Angel?� I heard her voice call from behind the bathroom door.

�Here. After trick-or-treating. Mom's gonna be out.� I said as I adjusted my hair in the mirror. Tonight will be memorable.

�Does he know about your costume?� She asked again still hiding behind doors.

�Nope. Call it a blast from his past. I'll show him I can coif with the best of 'em.� I finish turning to face the bathroom door. What can possibly be taking her so long?

�Okay, Willow, come out. You can't hide in there all night.� I said.

�O-okay, but, but promise you won't laugh?� She said doubtfully.

�I promise.� I assured her. I�d never laugh at her. The door of the bathroom opened slowly as she stepped out from behind it. She was wearing a black leather mini skirt with a tight red top that accentuated her cleavage and her cute belly button was showing. I felt my stomach flip and my legs weaken. She was so HOT.

�Wow!� Quick quick say something cool. �You're a dish!� DISH? Damnit! Where the hell did that come from? Nobody says dish anymore. I don�t even know what that means. Just smile and nod�smile and nod�.maybe she won�t notice. Oh god. She�s beautiful�.and scared. She shook her head at me doubtfully and grabbed the alternate costume, a sheet with the word Boo on it, is she nuts? I quickly grabbed the sheet from her and tossed it aside.

�I mean, really.� Honestly, truly, completely�.HOT HOT HOT!

Willow looks so uncomfortable. Her eyes are shifting from side to side and she�s nervously squirming to cover herself. I love to see her nervous. There is something completely and utterly erotic about it. EROTIC? Did I just think that?

�But this just isn't me.� She squeaked and followed with the cutest pout ever. Yes. Even her pouts are cute! I don�t know how much longer I�ll be able to keep up this charade.

�And that's the point.� I explain as I walk around her to look at our reflections in the mirror. �Look, Halloween is the night that not you *is* you, but not *you*. Y'know?� I�m not even making sense anymore. She�s making me woozy. Can�t think clearly�. Hey! Doorbell! Thank god for small miracles�.who knows where this could of lead.

�Oh! That's Xander. Are you ready?� I asked staring into her eyes in the mirror.

�Yeah. O-o-okay.� Yeah�it�s confirmed� nervous Willow is gorgeous.

�Cool! I can't wait for the boys to go non-verbal when they see you!� I said giving her one last look�.yes tonight will be memorable indeed.***

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

�What could be taking them so long?� I asked concerned. B didn�t look too good.

�They are probably having orgasms.� Anya explained as she blinked at me blankly. What is wrong with this chick?

�You know�coitus�intercourse�getting busy�� She explained as I looked at her in shock. Not that sex shocks me�please! But she does. She�s so overly-blunt she puts me to shame. Apparently she misunderstood my look of shock for a look of confusion and decided that a visual was in order. Taking the pez dispenser that was lying on the counter, she did and ok sign with her fingers, and shoved the pez dispenser in and out of the hole. Smilling with a stupid grin the entire time. �Like this�you know?... sex? Or� maybe not�they probably don�t do that�� She continued to explain confusing herself in the process.

�Anya! Put the pez dispenser away please. What did I say about doing that?� He asked annoyed.

�Sorry�I was just explaining. They are always having sex�.one time I came by during the middle of the day��

�ANYA!!! Please�.not that story again!� Xander interrupted with a disgusted face. �Yes Faith. Buffy and Willow are always at it. They are like bunnies or something.� He offered as an explanation for Anya�s explanation.

�XANDER!!!� Anya interrupted, �the world might end today and you�re bringing up those hippity-hoppity fluffers�what kind of sick thing is that?� She exclaimed in fear.

Oh God�nothing can explain her�nothing!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

The time has come. We finally arrived at Sunnydale. The air smelled like death. I loved it.

Such evil.

Such chaos.

Such fear.

We stepped out of the airport waiting for a cab. Rupert Giles turned to me concerned. I was getting tired of his questioning mind already.

�If you�d like I can call Buffy and have her pick us up.� He explained. There is no need to call Buffy. She doesn�t need to know we are here.

�On second thought Methos, there is no need to call Buffy. She doesn�t need to know we are here.� Rupert said. I smiled internally�what a weak mind he has.

I take a good look at my surroundings and breathe deeply. I can feel everything. She�s here. I can feel her fear. She is afraid of me. I smile broadly at the mere thought.

�What are you smiling at Methos?� Witherspoon asked.

�Like the American�s say�this party is just getting started.� I said with an evil smile.

To be continued in Chapter 9 �The Evil in Us All�

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