Winters' Interlude : Catfight

Winters Interlude: Catfight story II in the Winters Trilogy by Misty Flores mistiec_flores@yahoo.com Rating: PG-13 for violence, and sexual innuendo
Genre: Highlander/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover.
Pairings: Buffy/Angel, Xander/Cordelia, Willow/Oz and Joyce/Giles
Teaser: A Winters Sequel/flashback. Angel returns and asks Buffy and Cordelia for help. A familiar turn of events force Cordelia to recall a time when a distraught Immortal lover swore revenge on Winters' killer, and almost destroyed all that Cordelia loved.
Disclaimer: Double Disclaimer once again, Highlander is owned by Rysher, Buffy is owned by the all mightly Joss. I own nothing. Okay?
Author's Notes: This story is for Nickle, who was sharp enough to pick up a small line in the looong story of "Winters Are Always Harsh"and realized that Cordelia actually killed two Immortals in her two years, and wanted to know who the other Immortal was. Well, here's the missing part of Winters, the story of the OTHER immortal Cordelia killed, and how she happened to decide to come back to Sunnydale, hope you guys like it. Nickle, this ones' for you! :-)
Special Guest Star: Famke Jennsen as Magdalene.

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And nestled in his arms, Cordelia felt the calm return to her, his chest rising and falling against her back, his face buried in her neck as he immediately drifted off to sleep. She sighed, burrowing herself tighter in his embrace, almost as if she desperately needed it. Because only when she was in this man’s arms was she able to even venture to believe that everything would work out. That it would all be okay. And now, as her eyes finally closed, she could almost believe it. Almost.

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Oh, God, what did he look like? Was he still as beautiful as she remembered? Of course he was, he would never age, like Cordelia, he would continue to be the beautiful man that she remembered. Oh, God, she couldn’t do this, not right now, not the way she was feeling.

She was glad Cordelia was back, she was so glad Cordelia was back, but now she felt so damn alone, she was the fifth wheel everywhere, and the love that was passionately shared by all four of her friends only made things worse for her, because she had once felt an intensity like that, an aching in her heart that she had never felt, and she couldn’t deal with it, she couldn’t deal with again. It had almost killed her the first time.

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"Wait." Buffy sat up, still trying to comprehend what happened. "She came after us?"
Cordelia swallowed, and nodded. "Yes."
"Without us knowing?" Willow repeated. Another nod.
"And you were here too, I mean, before?"
Another nod.

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Willow smiled, conceding. "I guess. She stalked us, Oz. Do you remember what she said? She was actually watching us before she made contact. She seems disturbed, scared of something, more scared than I’ve ever seen her."
"Yeah?" Giles and Oz both looked at her.
“Something’s wrong.”
"Willow what are you driving at?"Willow looked lost in thought, and concern flooded her pretty eyes.
"I'm saying that I think Cordelia's going through something. And it's scaring me." She trailed off, her forehead furrowing. "And I think it scares her most of all."

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Mag just smiled, pushing her fists further into her coat. “Cordelia Chase, resident May Queen, most popular and rich girl in school, is stalking her friends.”
Cordelia was silent, her eyebrows furrowed, swallowing hard. “ You’re not gonna kill them, Mag. I won’t let you.”
“I think I will.” She retorted. “I’ll destroy everyone of your precious Scooby Gang, beginning with her, and ending with Xander, and then you’ll be just like me.” Her
last words came out enunciated, strong and firm. “Alone. Alone, desperate.... and CRAZY.”

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“I’m NOT leaving, Cordy.” He said again. “I love you. And you love me. You need me.”
“No, I don’t, Xander.” She whispered, shaking her head furiously. “No, I don’t. I’m selfish. I can make it on my own, I can.”
He closed his eyes, and then using as much strength as he could, her pulled her to him, kissing her harshly. She struggled, but he held on for dear life, holding her so tightly she could scarcely move.
"No!" She pushed against him, finally losing all control, "Dammit, Xander, no, stay away from me! I'm going to get you all killed ! I destroy everyone that I love, Xander!" Tears began to stream from her face, and as he still held his grasp strong, her knees gave out, and the couple sank onto the street, their arms wrapped around each other, Cordelia sobbing uncontrollably.