AN ~ Takes place during the Second seasons after Darla has left but before she comes back pregnant.

Epilogue

The empathic one born, nameless, under a new moon,

will seek the demon with human essence.

Thrice blood will be spilled,

Twice evil will defile.

Blood drained to the point of death will righten wrongs,

purify soul and bestow new existence.

CAPTER ONE

Babe stared at her boyfriend in near disgust, as he lay on their russet, stained sofa half asleep even though it was midday. They had been dating for years but it was only since they had moved in together that things had started to change between them. Before that he had always been so warm and loving, honest and open, now he was cold, cruel and harsh.

"What's wrong sweetie?" she asked him, hoping that he tone was more concern than criticism. She didn't want to upset him. He seemed like a completely different person to her now and she was unsure how he would react this time. Before he had always been so full of life, he had always been taking her out on dates or to parties. Shortly after she had moved in though he had changed and not for the better. Now he only left the apartment at night and never took her with him, or told her where he went, he spent his days napping. It was as if a cloud of depression had settled over him and no matter what she did she couldn't help him shift it. He only came alive at night, just before he left the apartment. She needed to know what had changed him. Up until now she and tried to stay out of his business so not to anger him further, but enough was enough. What had changed? was he seeing someone else, behind her back? Had she done something to upset him that he couldn't talk to her about? She didn't know, but she needed to find out. She knew she should leave him, but she loved him enough to give him another change, he had been such a good person before, he deserved at least that much from her in her eyes. He may not have been the same person she had fallen in love with now, but she wanted the old Stan back so she stayed, she put up with his moods, the insults and even the violence.

Stan remained silent. He just stared ahead, as if unable to hear her, or unwilling to listen. The first time he had got like this she had thought at first that he had fallen asleep with his eyes open.

"You've changed." Babes continued, hoping to prompt a response from him. The reaction she got however was not the one she wanted.

"Why don't you read my mind? Then you can tell me what's wrong huh!" Stan snapped, suddenly on his feet. He grabbed her brutally by the shoulders, clutching hard. "Go ahead! Read my mind!" He looked her straight in the eye. She wanted to avoid his gaze but she held it, she stared into his once loving, now hollow eyes, hoping to find some sign of his former self. Anything that would give her hope that he was still there, a shred of the man that she loved could still be there.

It was too much for her, she let out a sob as the dam broke and the tears were set lose and made a rush for it down trembling checks.

"I…I can't." she stammered.

"You know Babe I'm not the one who has changed, it's you. You used to have a freaky supernatural vibe about you. Now you're just a freak." He pushed her back against the wall, pinning her there.

"Useless bitch. You never had a problem getting your hocks in before" He pulled at her skirt, pulling it up round her waist. "though maybe you're not completely useless."

"Please Stan, no!" she begged him, knowing what was coming. He had done it to her before and left the scars there and elsewhere to prove it. She clawed at his hold he had on her throat, as her tears started trickerling down her checks. Stan held his grip tight until the blood pounded in her ears, her vision blurred and her head spun. She felt Stan's free hand fumble down her and seized her inner thigh, squeezing a old wound he had inflicted on her previously and she felt it reopen under his pressure and the blood flow down her leg. She wanted to scream, in pain and in terror but she couldn't breathe. His grip on her throat was much too tight. As the pain over took her she blacked out.

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