Title: Night Of Frights 5/5
Author: Savage
Pairing: B/G
Rating: M
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Joss, but the story
Author note: For Heidi, here you go girl ;-)
Giles couldn’t handle being passive anymore. When he felt Buffy’s tongue slip between his lips, he opened up further to her and deepened the kiss. For several moments , neither of them remember where they were or that they were trying to get out of this place to save their lives. The only thing that mattered , that was on their mind, was each other.
And the kiss.
Giles’ groan was swallowed by his slayer as she smiled against his lips.
"Wow"
"hmm…" Giles couldn’t think, much less talk. He just rested his forehead against hers and smiled.
"If I’d known you were that a good of a kisser, I would have kissed you years ago" She told him before Giles was ripped from her arms, and thrown across the room.
He hit the wall so hard, the wind was knocked out of him.
"GILES?!"
Buffy ran to his side but as she got within a few feet of him, she stopped dead in her tracks. The thing that was after them, appeared. It’s dark form floating in front of her watcher.
"Get away from him!"
"So defensive… Loyal. I like it"
"Go to hell!"
" Oh I plan on it. With you as my bride"
Buffy made a disgusted face as she glanced at Giles. He was still trying to catch his breath.
"Sorry, all ready had a relationship like that. Not going there again"
"We’ll see…." The creature growled as it started to flow towards Buffy. Before she could react, something hit the demon, knocking it back and holding it in place. The thing let out a strangled howl as Ethan Rayne came from behind Buffy and smiled.
" ‘ello luv"
"Ethan?!" Buffy was in shock.
"Miss me?"
Before she could answer, Giles called Ethan’s name. Ripper’s old friend smiled before walking to him.
"Well, don’t you look like hell?" Ethan said with a smile
"Shut up and get us out of here" Giles groaned as Buffy ran to him.
"Ethan, I don’t wanna know how your holding that thing or how you even knew to find us here, but if you get Giles out of here and to the ER, I’ll let you live"
Ethan laughed.
"Well now, isn’t that kind of you"
"Ethan!" Giles voice was stern as Ethan grinned.
"All right, all right"
The sorcerer started chanting something and the next thing Buffy and Giles knew, they were standing in the middle of the ER.
"Wow, you really brought us here" Buffy said a little stunned.
"He’s…Ethan’s not like he use to be" Giles manage to say as he was leaning on Buffy more. A doctor was coming on call when he saw Giles almost falling over. He ran up to them to help the watcher to stand, and called for help.
"Wait, where you taking him? I wanna go with him!"
"I’m sorry Miss, you cant. As soon as we get him all patched up, I’ll come get you"
Without saying anything else, the doctors took Giles and headed back into the examining room.
"He’ll be ok"
Buffy turned to look at Ethan.
"How do you know?"
"Rippers strong, I know"
Buffy watched him for moment before she started to pace.
"How did you know where to find us?"
"it’s a long story really-"
"Then try the cliff notes"
With a sly smile, Ethan grabbed a cup of coffee from the vending machine.
"Sense Ripper’s return, we’ve become close friends again. The bond we use to share long ago through magic , kinda of, re-bloomed. We’re able to tell when the other’s in danger like we use to. I could tell something was wrong with Ripper so I performed a locating spell and the rest is history"
"Except for the part about how you stopped that thing"
"After locating Ripper, I was able to see what was wrong and why he was calling out to me. I did a spot of research and …."
"Calling to you?"
Ethan nodded.
"For help. He was terrified he wouldn’t be able to find you and get you out of there. Alive. I honestly have never felt that kind of panic hit him before. Sort of…un nerved me as well. Usually Ripper is much more in control than that "
"Yeah, well, I’m, sure he thought he was dying"
"No. That wasn’t it"
"How do you know?"
"It was you. He was scared to death he wouldn’t be able to protect you"
Buffy felt her heart clench as she listened to Ethan. Poor Giles. Her poor watcher. He was so dedicated to her…he was suffering and all he could think about was if she was all right. She was going to make it up to him, she was going to show him how much he meant to her as soon as he was better.
A sudden thought made Buffy stop and take a seat across from Ethan.
"You really think he’ll be ok?"
"I do"
**
Several hours passed before the doctor came to get Buffy.
She was now in Giles’ room, sitting at his bedside, holding his hand. Thanking TPTB he was all right and they stopped the bleeding. From what the doctor told her , they had to give him a blood transfusion because he lost so much. But he was fighting, and he wanted to make it. The doctors could tell.
Because no matter what went wrong, he continued to pull through.
"Giles?" She whispered his name when she saw his eyes starting to open. "Your ok big guy. You made it"
He smiled but closed his eyes again.
"Are you safe?"
"Yeah, both of us are. You’re in the hospital"
He made a face that clearly stated he didn’t wanna be there. It made Buffy giggled.
"The sooner you accept it and move on the sooner I can get you home"
He opened his eyes then. Her voice sounded to tempting not to look, to see what her expression was.
"Oh, really?"
"Umhmm" She answered with a sexy smile while she moved from the chair and softly, gently, sat by his side. Still holding his hand. "There’s a lot of things we need to talk about. Good things before you start to worry. Don’t think I cant tell, I see those cute little lines around your eyes starting to stand out"
He smiled at her as his fingers squeezed her hand tighter.
"Does this mean, I can come home?"
"Home?"
"To Sunnydale, with you"
"I thought- I thought England was your home?"
"It was. Not anymore. Not sense I meet you. My home has always been where you are, Buffy. Don’t you know that by now?" He was grinning as she leaned into him and placed a soft kiss to his lips.
"I do now"
The kiss grew deeper as Giles pulled her closer. He forgot about his stitches till one of her hands laid on his side and cried out in pain.
"Oh god! I’m sorry! Giles, are you ok?"
"Y-Yes. It’s, its ok "
"Oh, I’m such a goof! I am *so* sorry honey"
He smiled at her through his agony and reached for her again.
"It’s all right darling, kiss me, It’ll help with the pain"
Buffy laughed but didn’t pull away and in fact kissed him with everything she had. Neither noticed Ethan standing in the door way watching them.
The sorcerer never thought he would see the day where he would save Ripper’s ass. And even stranger than that, he was happy he could…. Lord he hoped he wasn’t going soft. But just incase, when Ripper returned to the states with his Slayer, Ethan decided he would pay them a small visit.
"Be safe, be happy, be seeing you…." Ethan whispered with a sly smile.
The couple on the bed continued kissing, never knowing Ethan had been there or what he had planned for them in the future.
The end