Battle of the champions chapter 4
AN: I only own the plot and any original characters that you might see here.
At the rebuilt Wolfram and Hart offices in Los Angeles Lilah was having a meeting with Hamilton who was her liaison for the duration of the game that they were going to play against the champions of the light.
"So we have six out of seven champions and I have a team of vampires standing by to get Faith Lehane" said Lilah
"Good and make sure your team knows that Lehane is a dangerous opponent" replied Hamilton
"I know that Marcus as I saw her beat up my colleague Lee Mercer until his face was bloody although he probably deserved that beating" replied Lilah
"Now regarding your other former colleague Lindsey McDonald the Senior Partners are pleased that he wants to go to the holding dimension as one of our champions. As it saves them from ordering his execution and they are expecting either Angel or Spike or one of the evil champions will tear him into shreds" said Hamilton
"Might I ask why the Partners have felt that Lindsey needs to die" asked Lilah
"Why Lilah are you concerned about your old rival now?" asked Hamilton with a mocking grin.
"No it's just that Lindsey had been a worthy opponent when we worked at the firm under Holland Manners" said Lilah and that time felt so long ago when she, Lindsey and Lee were competing to impress their boss Holland Manners and trying to deal with Angel's interference and now Lee was dead and the Partners were planning Lindsey's execution and she was only the one left in their good graces.
"Well the Partners feel that Lindsey is too much of a wild card for them to control as he has interrupted a few of the Senior Partner's plans for this dimension and they are bit concerned by his relationship with Eve" said Hamilton seriously.
"Well I agree that Lindsey just can't be trusted and that Eve's loyalty is no longer with the firm and her interest is only in helping Lindsey survive this and getting revenge on Angel" replied Lilah and she did not like the other brunette who she thought was Lindsey's replacement for Darla and a part of her laughed when she heard that Angel slept with her under Lorne's influence.
"If Lindsey survives the contest then the Senior Partners have a nice hell dimension picked out for him that is one of their worst prisons saved for those who have earned a spot on their hate list and can I count on your support to take Lindsey into custody if he gets back from the dimension that he went to" said Hamilton
"What about Eve? As I don't think she would let us take her snuggle bear into some hell dimension" asked Lilah
"Well Eve tries anything to help Lindsey to escape then she is to be executed on the spot" replied Hamilton with an icy tone.
"Yes and you can count on me to do what needs to be done and I never liked Eve very much and she is a liability to the firm that needs to be taken care of. Although I do hope that she goes to the holding dimension to die with Lindsey at the hands of the Beast or one of the other evil champions"
'Very good Lilah and the Senior Partners want you to know that if you keep up the good work then the CEO spot will open up for you" said Hamilton encouragingly and Lilah smirked back at him and she had fantasies of running Wolfram and Hart and she could do a better job as CEO than Angel or Lindsey.
Meanwhile at the Hyperion Hotel the young Slayers were having their lunch and they were enjoying a brief break in fighting the forces of darkness.
"Has anyone seen Connor as he was supposed to be back hours ago" asked a worried looking Holly
"Maybe he went to check on his family Holly and the guy can take care of himself" replied one of the other Slayers.
"That's right and I remember him fighting at Angel's side and the dude has some serious skills" added Robin Wood and he had been impressed by the younger man's skills.
"Look Holly if you are really worried about your boyfriend then maybe you should call him or something" added Faith
"I tried that already but it going to voice mail" replied Holly
"I will tell you what the girls and I will search for Connor and see what has happened to him" said Robin
"Thank you Robin and I am terribly worried about my boyfriend as this is not like him to go missing" replied Holly feeling a little better although she wanted Connor back and in her arms.
Suddenly one of the windows smashed as someone threw in a Molotov cocktail which exploded and the Slayers ducked for cover.
"Oh shit!" screamed out Faith and another bottle was thrown in and another part of the Hyperion caught fire.
"What is going on Faith?" asked a blonde Slayer looking scared.
"I don't know but we must escape otherwise we might burn to death or end in the hands of some demon Mary" replied Faith and the Slayers quickly followed her out through a back entrance but there was a van blocking their path as Lilah had given the vampire team detailed blue prints of the Hyperion Hotel and the surrounding area.
"Here they come boss" said one of the vampires to another.
"Right and remember boys Ms. Morgan wants Faith alive and if anyone kills that Slayer I will make personally make the idiot scream" replied the leader
"Right whatever you say boss"
"Yes and the bounty on Faith's head is enough to make us rich" and in saying that the vampire leader rolled down the window of the van and levelled a rifle to his shoulder and he sighted Faith helping her fellow Slayers escape and aimed at her and in his human life he had been a big game hunter who had bagged lions in Africa during the nineteenth century and Slayers was just another form of dangerous game. He fired once and Faith toppled over and she had been hit in the shoulder with a tranquilizer dart.
"Faith" screamed Robin Wood seeing his girlfriend unconscious in the street and a part of him wanted to go back and help her. but he remembered that he had all these young Slayers in his care and he had to get them to safety now that the Hyperion had been compromised and while they were shaken none of them had been hurt during the attack. A group of vampires came out from the van that was blocking their path and after killing a few Slayers they had managed to grab Faith and carry her back to their van before the van roared away and the driver gave Robin a taunting grin
"Mr. Wood what will happen to us now as Faith has been kidnapped and Connor is now missing" asked a Chinese Slayer.
"Well first of all we must go back as I don't think that they are coming back to attack us as they just wanted Faith and I am going to call the Council and give them the bad news" said Robin authoritatively while trying to keep himself together. The girls looked at each other and Holly was fighting back sobs as she could now imagine what had happened to her boyfriend.
"Faith? Come on wake up Slayer" said a voice as if from far away and Faith's head felt a little fuzzy and finally the person gave her a sharp slap in the face. Her brown eyes snapped open and she tried to punch her attacker.
"Calm down it's just me" said a familiar looking blonde
"B is that you?" said Faith trying to get her thoughts together and she remembered being hit in the shoulder by a dart and she had hoped that her fellow Slayers had managed to get out safely.
"How did you get here B?" asked Faith
"They kidnapped us Faith" said Buffy wisely and she remembered the Immortal smashing her on the head with an expensive vase.
"I know that B and who kidnapped you?" asked Faith
"Never go and confront an ex-boyfriend as it never goes well" replied Buffy wisely.
Faith blinked but then smiled as she saw two familiar faces in the room with them.
"Buffy and Faith is that you?" asked Angel
"Angel" whispered Buffy
"I think that we've been nabbed by Wolfram and Hart" said Spike
"Yes and I agree with you Spike for once" replied Angel
"If the leaders of Wolfram and Hart were here I would make them beg for death and then rip out their spines" growled Illyria
"Right and you hang on to that as it might come true Smurfette" said Faith
"So they have grabbed six of us" said Buffy and she had noticed Willow trying to figure a way out.
"Actually it is seven of us" croaked a new voice belonging to a slender young man with light brown hair and blue eyes.
"Connor is that you" asked Angel
"Who is this?" asked Buffy with some suspicion and she had feeling that she recognized the young man from somewhere.
"This is Connor Riley" introduced Faith recognizing her young coworker.
'That's right and it is nice to meet you Buffy as I heard about you" said Connor.
"Well I saw you Junior fighting at Angel's side after the sod took on the Circle of the Black Thorn" said Spike and Buffy now remembered seeing him at Angel's side. she had thought that he was part demon as no normal human could fight like the way he did.
"Well Angel means a lot to me Spike "replied Connor and Angel looked rather shocked by his son's admission.
"Join the club kiddo" said Faith
"So moving on does anyone have any ideas why they took us" said Buffy
"Well we better find out what they want from us as they have some kind of magic nullifying ward in place" said Willow who had been frowning in concentration.
"So we can't get out Red" said Spike in some frustration.
"We need to find a way out as people will be worried about us" said Buffy and she was thinking of her sister, Xander and Giles.
"Well you can't find a way out as we have sealed you in until the games begin" said a new voice.
"Lilah" growled both Angel and Connor.
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