Kennedy shifted uneasily, she moved to raise her hand to her temple an action she had become fond of since her head aces had started. Her mind once again was jumbled and unclear. The slayer felt her arms pulled back, realization hitting her that her arms were chained with some sort of metal along with her legs which were restrained in a similar fashion. Her eyes opened but yet there was still darkness. She tried to calm her mind but without warning a scream of agony filled her ears, the source was familiar to her yet she couldn't place it. She pulled again at her restraints but had no effect except causing more pain to her wrists that she was sure were bleeding since she felt a warm liquid drip down her arm, much different then the water dripping down her face from her forehead. Once again shutting her eyes tightly she tried to clear her muddled thoughts, to center herself as she once so easily had done so many times before. Thoughts slowly became less confused. The slayer blocked out the sound of chains rattling and the far off sound of chanting, along with the pain that filled her body. Suddenly it was just her. No sounds, no thoughts just her. Willow

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Miss. Reys paced her small office back and forth trying to calm herself as she tightly held the cell phone as if it was her only means for life. The dark room was only lit from the dim light coming from the vacated hallway. The woman stopped mid stream as she looked down at the cluttered desk full of papers and books and then the book shelf under the window that had almost every book pulled out and scattered. Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes before pacing back and forth one more time before storming out not even bothering to shut the door as she jogged down the hall. Stopping at the large doors hiding the library, she tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear and took one deep breath before calmly walking in. Ramon leaned up against the counter searching threw books while he continued to look at Jennifer who was seated behind the counter. Luis and Nikki sat as the table as they idly flipped the pages five at a time obviously not paying attention to the words while Willow sat on the small landing of blue, carpeted stairs to the far left.
"Have we…?'
"Still nothing. We've been at this for…." She paused as she looked at Luis's watch. "Five hours. And we got nothing."
"Well with how you read I can see why." The witch said not bothering to look up from her book.
"You got something to say witchie."
"I think I said it."
"You know if your "girlfriend" didn't go around getting captured so much maybe we wouldn't be so reluctant to find her." Nikki said as she stood up and walked to the other side of the table where she leaned against. "Cause when we do find her, we all know she's just going to end up missing again. Hell it's no wonder the slayer didn't like her."
"Enough! I don't care weather you hate her, love her, or want to sleep with her." Miss. Reys ended as she looked over to Luis who tried to hide his face. "She is the third slayer. My responsibility, I will not be confessing her death on in a few hours. I already have six more to do."
"Six more?" Ramon asked walking over to the table, book still in hand.
"Yes. There's a total of eighteen dead. Deaths? Excuse my English.' She apologized to Willow as she herself made the way to the table. "I've been in contact with Mr. Giles, this makes the story interesting. There are no other accounts of bringers, only here."
"Just here? Aqua?"
"So there here for Kennedy?" Nikki asked her tone softer then before.
"I--I'm not sure."

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Once again the young slayer took a deep breath in before quickly pulling at her arm restraints as hard as her tired body would allow. Closing her jaw as tight as she could not to scream from the pain, as this time she was sure the liquid dripping down her arm was blood. Relaxing against the wall her breath was raspy while she ignored the pain that came from her salty sweat dripping into her eyes. She wrapped the chains around her hands and clamped her mouth shut before pulling yet again. This time the chain that held her right arm in place came away sending all her weight onto her opposite arm the remained held back. Once again a scream filled the air only this time it was her own. Quickly she used her free hand to pull off the blindfold exposing the cave. She paused to look at the sight around her but decided against it as she used both hands to brake free of the remaining restraints. Kennedy let herself lay on the dust filled ground for a minute letting the sand around her ankles and wrist turn red. She was soaked of blood and sweat while her body trembled with pain, her mind racing while her head and heart throbbed so loud she was sure they were about to explode. Slowly opening her eyes while her head stayed resting, her eyes set on the long hall like way that had many limp bodies of girls hanging on the wall, similar to the fashion she imagined she was. Pushing her self up she limped over to the nearest body. Placing her two fingers on the girls wrist searching for any sign of life, but was unsuccessful. She did this repeatedly to each and everyone of the girls down the line until she reached the end exposing a fork in the road. Pushing her body against the wall she tightly shut her eyes and tried to focus, and remember which way she was brought in. Flashes of last night came rushing back. Willow. The bringers. Feeling her body being dragged along the floor for what seemed like forever, but what seemed more important was she remembered making a right turn. Or was it left? No definitely right…left for sure. Opening her eyes looked each way before going straight. Holding onto the wall for support she went as fast as she could. After at least twenty minutes of walking the hall came to an end and made the choice for the turn for her. As she continued around the corner she ran straight into a limp body on the ground. Kneeling down to the brown haired girl she turned her onto her back exposing her face. "Faith?"

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Willow sat in the pew looking out the large stain glass window as she listened to the sermon in Portuguese. Looking next to her she saw both Nikki and Luis listening intensely which was a surprise to her, for these two of all people to suddenly turn into little angels. She quickly looked behind her seeing Miss. Reys and Ramon deep in prayer. Quietly she slipped out and walked the hall back to the library, it was amazing at this time any other day the hall would be packed but not today which only made it so much more apparent to her how much she didn't fit in, yet again being her just reminded her strangely of high school.
"Hey." Jennifer greeted with a smile as Willow walked in. "I….I'm sorry I can't find any thing."
"Just the same stuff?"
"Yeah. Miss. Reys says after mass my brother and Nikki will be sent out. Maybe…we could…do a spell?" Willow looked at her for a minute before looking down to the ground. She started to play the pros and cons. But the only real question was, how much was Kennedy worth to her? She sighed loudly before starting back toward the door.
"Bring the supplies and meet me in my room in fifteen."

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"Are we sure this is the spot?" Luis asked as he leaned against a mausoleum while Nikki looked around.
"Yeah."
"Oh damn! Your worried?'
"Shut up!' She yelled as she hit him on the arm as hard as she could. "Besides she's kinda cute."
"What's that have to do with anything?" He asked as they started walking again, surveying the area that was so empty it was almost scary.
"I'm not worried about her so much as the fact that I won't get to---" She stopped mid sentence as she suddenly turned behind herself. "Did you hear that?"
"Yeah. Is that---" Without any other words they both went running toward the source of the scream.

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Kennedy took Faith's limp wrist and felt for a pulse not more then a second later she found it. Gently placing her arm back down she sat back and just looked at her for a minute. Her wrist were raw, and pealing. She had a burse on her neck in the form of a hand print while half of her face had been blood covered from a deep gash on her cheek bone. She gently placed her hand over her cheek, causing the older woman to stir but still not to awake. Still gently she shook her until her eyes slowly began to open. Her deep, chestnut colored eyes stared up at her meeting her now dark green ones.
"I didn't know you had green eyes."
"You look like you've been through hell, and your worried about my eyes?" Kennedy asked as she started to stand up, extending her hand that was quickly taken. The older slayer tried to walk on her own but they both soon realized that it wasn't happening. Wrapping her arm around the young girls shoulder, before they continued on their way. "When did you get here?"
"I don't know. Last night, night before to be truthful it's all kind of a blur. I was coming to visit you and Red, meet a guy at a club and next thing I know I staring up at you." She finished while she used her free arm to wipe blood away from her eye.
"Some guy. Which way?" She asked as they once again came to a two way turn.
"That smell. Follow it."
"What are you a German Sheppard or something?' Kennedy joked as she tried to keep her grip on the other slayer who now had almost all her weight on her.
"No. I just remember it." As they continued walking this time they both fell silent, trying not to express the tremendous amount of pain they were feeling or the fact that they were glad to see each other. With each step they took the smell got stronger and stronger making both of the slayer's stomachs turn. It was so awful, almost unbearable.
"Stay here." Kennedy said placing Faith against the wall as she turned into the next hall which was the source of the smell. She leaned against the wall where she was placed, closing her eyes she took a few deep breaths until her eyes jolted open at the sound of Kennedy choking, bent over in the corner holding on to the wall.
"What happened?"

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"Poop!" Willow yelled as she threw the thick but small candle across the dark room making the younger witch a bit sacred.
"Come on. There's more spells we can do, things we can try she's only been gone for…" She trialed off as she looked to her watch. "Nine hours. Look she's strong, smart and most of all…" She paused as she got up and walked over to the witch who was flushed. "She's in love with you. She'll do what ever it takes to get back to you. So as long as she has you….I don't think she'll ever give up trying to find you." Willow's eyes fell to the ground. It was ironic that the one person she thought would be causing trouble for her and Kennedy but yet here she was comforting her, actually she was the only one out of the new group that seemed to care at all. "She'll be ok, I promise." She continued as she took the older woman's hand in her own.
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"Nik?" Luis asked tenderly as the young girl pushed herself off the mausoleum wall.
"You will never tell anyone. Understand." She ordered as she wiped her mouth, sniffed and then wiped her eyes that were still a bit teary.
"Nikki the girl was…..it's ok to---"
"Stop. We're going to go back and report what we saw. Say there's still no sign of the Kennedy spawn and wait for further instructions." She continued to bark orders at him as she started walking away.
"Wait we can't leave her like this!" He looked between his friend and then to figure on the ground. "It's not right." He slid off his dark brown, leather jacket and placed it over her face and what else of her top body it covered.

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The two slayers stood together looking over the room full of bodies. Bodies that we so mutilated they couldn't even really look at them. Kennedy wrapped her arms around Faith's waist as they got ready to move until suddenly Kennedy was flying forward onto her face while the older slayer went falling back wards hitting her head on the wall. Kennedy tried to push herself up but was kicked back down, this action repeated until the hooded figure pulled Kennedy up by her hair with one hand and pulled out a knife with the other. He moved the knife toward her but in one swift motion she grabbed a hold of his wrist with one hand and spun around using her leg to kick out his legs. Once hitting the floor still holding his wrist she turned it on him.

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"The body was skinned." Luis informed the group that was all seated around the table. Ramon in his normal fashion while Nikki stayed toward the back. "Did you hear me? Skinned!" he said repeated this time looking to Willow who was trying to hide and his sister who was off in her own little world. "Skinned!"
"We heard you." Nikki said hitting her hand on the counter.
"The fact that you just found a skinned girl where Kennedy went missing is not exactly great news." Ray said as he looked over to Willow.
"What? You starting with me vaca?"
"I'm not starting any thing I'm just saying that you can be a little insensitive."
"Well I'm sorry I don't have the feelings of a 14 year old girl. I care that she's missing but--"
"Shut up! Just shut up!" Willow yelled as she slammed her book down and then starting to storm out until two large police officers walked in.
"Mr. Agular?" He asked making Luis turn around as his eyes nervously shifted between Nikki and the two men. "You are under arrest." He continued as the one officer read his rights even though he didn't understand them while the other placed the cuffs on him.
"What is going on here?" Miss. Reys asked as she came through the doors.
"Ma'ma. Today we found a body of a young girl, in the grave yard near town, this young mans jacket was found over her. And last night a boy fitting his description was asking about the murders."
"Wha---what will---?"
"If the paramedic places him then your…."
"Nephew." She answered quickly.
"Nephew will be in some serious trouble."
"The--the girl do you know anything?" Willow asked softly as she stopped one of the officers.
"Ma'am.."
"Please. Anything." She pleaded with him.
"She was between 17 and 20. Athletic, good shape, dark brown eyes…..I'm sorry ma'am that's all…"
"Thank you." She let out in a whisper as she started back toward the table where Miss. Reys went to place a hand on her back but she jerked away.
"That's a lot of the girls it doesn't mean that it's her."
"I know, thank you."
"Just do what we do in times like this, have faith." Ramon was cut off by Miss. Reys who just shook her head as she took a seat.

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"Brat? What's wrong?" Faith asked as she pulled herself up as she watched the young girl stair at the bringer, knife still in hand. "that's new." She added as she saw a small puddle of blood begin to grow.
"Come on." Kennedy said as stuck the knife in her belt and started back toward Faith who was staring at the body.

TO BE CONTINUED