"Master..."
Archived at the Buffy Rebecca verse,
Disclaimer: All BTVS characters remain the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant
Enemy, and all other owner/creators of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series...
PG-13/Borderline R
Summary: An alternate series one story, just before "The Harvest"...What if the Master had learned about...The Jacket...? And had more flexibility in his ability to adjust his battle plans...?
Spoilers for Him...
Part II...
"Aren't we gonna do anything?..." Xander eyed Giles as the Watcher grimly poured over his book...
Willow by the phone...
"We are doing something, Mr. Harris..." Giles glanced at him.
"We are awaiting a conference call with the Council and I am reviewing every possible bit of useful information I can find..."
"This Luke and his Master could be sucking Buffy dry ri..."
"Shut your damned mouth, boy and sit down!..." Giles hollered at him."
You think I don't know that?
He slammed his book closed and jumped up...
Calming a bit...
"My apologies...Despite my appearance, my instincts are not really suited to the Watcher lifestyle..." he smiled faintly. Removing and wiping his glasses carefully...
"Miss Rosenberg..." he sighed.
"Can I count on you to deliver all the information I have here..." he tapped the stack of papers and
books... "To the Council members when they call...?"
"Me? The Council?..." she squeaked a bit.
"Mr. Harris and I must make some effort. But it's probably more vital now that the Council has this information for the next Slayer..." he eyed her.
"The fate of Humanity may hang on this..." he patted the stack. "And on your ability to deliver this information clearly and precisely."
"Well...In that case...Shouldn't you..?" she paused.
"I've failed my charge..." he sighed. "And Xander is right...We must "do anything" that we can..."
Possibly my meager abilities will help...Though I doubt it...
Ok...Willow nodded.
"Good luck..." she smiled and waved as they left...Heavily armed...
"So...I suppose there's no point in asking if you think she's dead..." Xander stared at the Watcher as they got into Giles' car...
If this Luke has her under thrall...Giles grimly noted...And snapped again...
"God damn you, boy! Why didn't you kill that thing...?" he raged at Xander...
"Was your worthless life too precious to risk for her...?!"
"I...We...weren't near enough...I only had a stake..." Xander hesitated.
I...Thought she could handle it...She's always been a take-charge type in the short time since we met, ya know...he feebly noted. Clearly near tears...
Giles sighed again...
"The correct answer to such a rude question, Xander, is... 'Why weren't you there, Giles...?'...Or, if you choose to be kind... 'I understand...It wasn't your fault, Giles...'"
Xander nodded...Staring back...
"It wasn't your fault, Giles..."
….
Main Theme (Come Softly to Me)
"I understand...Heinrich..." Buffy er...Bunny, now...A little renaming test joke Heinrich had tried to see how good his hold on her was...nodded. As she knelt before Him...In all His Glory...
Especially His cool Jacket...
"But...Why can't I be with You now...Darling...?" she eyed that powerful face, the experienced, careworn face of a Leader...
Her Leader, now...
Oops...God, how stupid and dumb a blonde can I be...she thought...Heinrich?...In front of his minions...That's no way to address the Leader...The God...Of the underworld...
"You need me, Master..." she noted.
"Yes...Bunny..." Heinrich smiled on her...
Bunny the Vampire's Slave...Darla whispered to Marie in the back with a nudge...
"I do need you. But your place is in the Light. Fighting for me against those who would try tosurprise me at my most vulnerable moments..." Heinrich noted solemnly.
Bastards...she growled.
"Cowards...I'd kill them all..."
Even...Mr. Giles...? Heinrich eyed her...
If you want him dead, Lord...He is gone...Bunny...er Buffy nodded solemnly...
"Your...Mother?"
Ummn...she eyed him.
"She's a wonderful homemaker..." she eagerly noted.
"Could really keep this place in tip-top shape...And the place you'll have when we get you out of here..."
Course...she noted to herself...Narrowly eyeing the female vamps about her...
I do not need more competition...And Mom is rather hot stuff...Closer to my Heinrich's age and all.
But if he could just see her as a servant, maid kind of thing...I could deal...
"Well...Lets leave that matter for later..." the Master smiled on his devoted Slayer.
"By the way...You destroyed Luke quite exquisitely...The additional torture was excellent...A wonderful adaptation of my methods to your own..."
"Thanks..." she beamed happily.
Glad you enjoyed it...
Ummn...If you'd like more...? she hopefully eyed the females...
"Not at this time, dear..." the Master raised a hand...
"And you should be returning to your friends...Convincing them that you're absolutely fine...Which of course, you are...Not a bite mark on you..." he noted.
Finding out what your dear Mr. Giles and his Council has up his sleeve for me...
"Do I hafta go?...I'm really not very good at the research thing..." Buffy sighed.
"As for the spy thing...I'm so dumb, really...I might blow it in the first ten minutes."
"Can't I just stay and protect you, Master?" she pleaded.
And maybe...Make you happier than you've been in several centuries...Your little love...Bunny...
"Why you little slut..." Darla rose up in fury. Several other females rising as well...
"Ladies!" Heinrich growled.
"My Slayer is now my lieutenant...And you will protect and follow her as you would me...Understand?"
A chorus of yes...
"Buffy..." the Master eyed her kindly.
While I appreciate the offer...
"At least before I go back...Please...Hein...er Master..." she begged.
I've never had anyone before...Be my first...Please...
She put a hand on his shoulder...Kissing him on the lips softly...
Ummn...He stared at her...This was a turn of events he hadn't quite...
And if truth be told...A somewhat embarrass ing turn...Given the sad truth about Heinrich Nast...
In his life, famed throughout Europe, one of the Pope's favorite singers...
Soprano.
"Oh..Am I Buffy again...?" she asked as she kissed him again. Running hands down his chest...
Above ground...Yes...he gasped a little...
Haven't felt quite like this in...
"Bunny we'll keep for down here...Between us..." he smiled.
Whoa...she'd just shown herself quite capable and enthusiastic for a virgin...
Though she was a bit surprised to find him...Lacking something...
"Who did this to you, Heinrich?" she growled darkly. Forgetting decorum in her concern...
He waved a hand...Bunny, please...The minions...he whispered.
This is my private matter...Not to be spoken of...
Oh...she nodded. Psychology class coming to the rescue...Poor Heiny...No wonder he was so world-conquest obsessed...
Just needed a compassionate, loving, powerful woman with incredible latent sexual powers to help him find contentment...And peace...
This wasn't just a service to Him...Or a rapturous joy for herself...she told herself...It was really a service to Humanity...
"Everyone...Out..." he croaked out to the others...As they stared at the rather unbelievable spectacle...
Me...? Buffy wanly stared at him...Stopping...Having begun to unbutton...
Oh...No...Bunny...he shook his head.
Please continue...By all means...
"Darla..." he called sternly to her. Or as sternly as he could under the remarkable circumstances...
"No ambushing my Slayer later. Obedience means absolute loyalty to her, until death. Your
death...Understand...?"
Yes, Master...she sighed sadly.
"I could do that a thousand times better..." she groused to Marie as they left. Shutting the door to
His chamber reluctantly.
The kid's utterly inexperienced...You'd think he'd turn to a competent professional for the first time in so long...
"First time...Ever..." one of the other females hissed quietly...
"You don't say..." Darla asked eagerly.
OH...!...came a groan from beyond the door...The minions turned in shock...
"Alls well!" Heinrich's faint cry of reassurance...