Forgiveness Is The Key
Author: Alicia a.k.a Lady Angel Email: [email protected] Rating: PG Timeline: Season Four Summary: Oz kills Tara... Spoilers: New Moon Rising and Fear, Itself... Dedication: For Naomi, whose loyalty to Oz and Willow shall prevail! Well, in this fic, anyway...
The night was eerily silent as Willow and Tara returned to UC Sunnydale. THey had just delivered their news to the gang. They were now, officially a couple. They hadn't spoken since they had left Giles' apartment, they were enjoying just strolling along, their hands linked. A low growl came from behind them. All of a sudden, Tara found herself being knocked to the ground, and she felt sharp claws ripping into her chest. The last thing she saw in the seconds before her death, was Willow, beautiful Willow, pulling at the tail of a large werewolf, screaming, "Oz! Nooooooooo...!" *~*~*~* Oz awoke to find himself caged. Not that that was anything unusual around the full moon, but it wasn't his cage. His cage had bars and was part of an old crypt, it didn't have white, disinfected walls... He sat up, realizing he was naked, he looked around for some clothes. THere was a pile of them in the far corner of the cell. He quickly adoned them and sat down again, with his back against the wall. And he waited... *~*~*~* Willow had tried to stop them. Not very hard though. Riley and his troops had spotted Oz in his werewolf form, ripping out Tara's heart, and they had zapped him. Willow began sobbing again as she remembered what Oz had done to Tara. Tara... Willow had loved her so much, but Oz had destroyed that. She had known immediately that it was Oz, she could feel him. The man loved had killed the woman she loved... Loved... Yes, Willow realized.. She still loved Oz! She had to save him! There was no telling what the Initiative might do to im... *~*~*~* Oz frowned, Riley was standing outside of his cell, looking shocked. "Oz?!?! You are Oz, right?" "Yeah. What am I doing here? I guess the better question would be, where am I? Riley relaxed. "You're in a military facility that deals with demons. That's all that I can tell you, apart form why you're here. Obviously, because of your werewolf status, but last night we came upon you killing a young college student, a girl named Tara." Oz stiffened. "Willow..." He remembered her being there... Riley looked depressed, "Yeah, Willow was there. She was Tara's lover. Oz had known this. He could smell it, which was why he had lost control and changed, which was why the girl, Tara, was dead. Oz was desolate. He had killed someone. He had killed the woman that Willow loved! How could she ever forgive him...? *~*~*~* Nightfall... Willow had set off to rescue Oz. She knew that it would be much easier getting in and out of the Initiative when most of them were out patrolling. It took her half and hour to find the exit that Spike had escaped through. Willow then cast a spell so that the video surveilance cameras wouldn't pick up on her presense. She could hear growling and screaming coming from all directions. Some of the things she witnessed walking down the corridors, she wouldn't wish upon her worst enemy. Which some of them were, but that was beside the point! Willow paused. This is ridiculous, she thought. There was no way that she would find Oz searching the way she was. She decided to try the guiding spell once again... The last time she had attempted that spell, had been when she had tried to find Buffy and the others in that house last Halloween, when that tiny Fear demon had nearly scared them all to death...until they had met him of course... Willow quickly recited the spell. The tiny blue light appeared and flew off. Willow followed it, hoping that this time it would work... *~*~*~* The blue light stopped in front of one of the cells lining the corridor when she heard a familiar growl. Oz! The spell had worked! Willow thanked the goddess for guiding her, so all she had to do now was get him out of the cell. She had been prepared for this. She had pocketed the keycard Buffy had been issued. She hadn't used it to get in, otherwise the Initiative would have been alerted to her presense, but she had to use it now... *~*~*~* He could smell her. His mate. He had to remember not to hurt her... He sniffed the air again. Another one was coming... *~*~*~* Willow heard another door being opened just as she let the Oz-wolf out. He went charging past her to the exit. Walking towaards them was Buffy's boyfriend, Riley Finn. Oz immediately pounced on the TA and ripped out his throat. Willow just shrugged her shoulders. The way she saw it, Oz had done Buffy, and the world, a favor. All they had to do now, was get the hell out of the Initiative... *~*~*~* As the sun rose, Oz morphed back into his human form. It took him a while to recognize his surroundings. Willow's dormitory... He couldn't believe that Willow had rescued him. Especially after what he had done to Tara. He got up off the floor and put on some clothes, just as Willow walked into the room. She just stood there looking at him for a minute, then she leapt into his arms... "Oz! I'm so glad that you're okay!" Then she jumped back and thumped him upside the head. "But you killed Tara! How could you?!?!" Oz frowned, She's mad, but she's not outraged. Strange... Willow gave him a gentle smile as she went back into his arms and held him tight. Oz was relieved as she snuggled closer into his embrace and said, "But as long as I still have you, it's okay. Just don't leave me again...okay?" Oz just smiled. The End
