Stay With Me (a Tillow/Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanfic)

Buffy

I heard shouts and put on my shoes.

"Giles! Going out, heard something." I shouted to Giles and then spoke to Dawn.

"Pause the movie until I get back, stay inside, I don't know what that was." we had been watching a movie and she paused it and kept on eating the popcorn.

"Don't eat all the popcorn." she smiled mischievously. I walked out of the door and into the dark night. A few minutes I walked into the park and saw drops of blood on the pavement. My pace quickened. I stopped at the scene, Tara and Willow's limp bodies lay on the grass.

"Willow! Willow! Can you hear me?" I shook her and turned her into her front, her neck and back was drenched in blood, as well as her arms. A few feet away Tara stirred and rolled onto her back.

"Please Willow, wake up! Please be alive, please be alive." my hands were shaking. She started to moan.

"I need you, don't go. Please. Were friends, were best friends." she was pleading with someone.

"Willow, I'm here. Come on. Wake up." I shook her softly.

"No use. She isn't talking to you." Tara spoke in a weak sort of whisper. I ran over to her.

"Oh my god Tara! What happened?" my voice was frantic.

"He's back. Kartan's back." Then her head fell again.

"Who is Kartan? TARA! WHO IS KARTAN?!!" I shouted and shook her violently.

"Buffy! Where are you slayer?" I heard Spike's voice as he walked around the trees. When he saw all the blood he hurried to my side.

"What happened?" he asked just as Tara stirred again.

"Tara look at me. Do you know what happened? Look at me!" I tried to make Tara's eyes follow mine but they kept straying away.

"I - he - it was my fault." she could barely make a sentence. Her eyes found Willow's mangled body and she tried to sit up but her bloody arms wobbled and collapsed.

"She's fine, unconscious. Kept saying stuff about "staying" or something do you know what that means?" she replied almost immediately.

"Yes. Kartan tortures to kill. He didn't finish the job, I don't know why." she shivered at the name.

"Spike, get Tara home safe. You and Dawn take care of her, tell the others to come back and help me get Willow home." I ordered Spike in a shaky voice. He helped Tara up and half carried her all the way home. About 5 minutes later, Giles, Anya, and Xander came running.

"Buffy! What happened? Why is she - who did - is she - what?" Xander spluttered as he sprinted to Willow's side.

"I'm not sure, just help me get her home." Xander lifted her bridal style and carried her home. Once we got her home we put her in bad and started to put mercurochrome on all of her cuts. A sudden shriek made me drop the bottle. It was coming from Tara's side of the bed. I carefully crept to her side of the bed and noticed that her eyes were open and she was rigid.

"Don't kill them! Kill me! It's my fault. Kill me! I have nothing to live for anymore!" she wailed and thrashed violently.

"Tara, listen to me. Come on. Wake up. Please explain to me who is being killed." I shook her but was afraid of what she was capable of in this state. She relaxed but was breathing heavily. Her eyes opened suddenly and I jumped back a little afraid of what she was going to do next.

"My family is dead, all dead. Every single one. Kartan killed them, all except me." her eyes closed again and her breathing relaxed. I carefully walked out of their room and downstairs.