DEATH AND NIGHTMARES (1.01.04)
Autum's still in the dunes. She's surrounded by a sea of mangled corpses. She goes over to a body of a man, and pulls her sword out of him. She walks towards the Voice. She sighs, disappointed in him.
"You should have warned them, sweets. People should always know what they're getting into, don't you agree?"
"They knew it. They thought I was embellishing."
"Well, screw that, then."
"What?" Voice smiles at her, enjoying her anger. "A waste of your talents."
"More like a waste of my time."
"Time isn't that precious to you."
"Doesn't mean I like to waste it, love." Autum digs around in her pocket. Finally she pulls out a bag of Skittles. She offers some to the man that had just tried to kill her. "Skittles?" stuffing as many in her mouth as she can.
"No thanks."
"Come off it, they're de-lec-ta-ble." She draws the word out as if savoring that too.
"Other things more so."
"Ah, but have you ever 'tasted the rainbow'" She grins at her humorless pun. Of course he wouldn't understand, having just teleported into the dimension. She throws the bag at him. He catches it... just as it explodes.
"BITCH!!" He screams at her.
"So what?" she laughs at his anger, "You think that's supposed to offend me? Hello!! You just tried to kill me, you should have known better."
"I'll get you for that."
"How sweet!" She mocks him, "Goodbye, ducks. Thanks for the welcoming party. Makes it worth the trip."
Voice yells out to her, poison filled hatred in his every word, "Will it be worth the trip when you burn, witch?"
Autum whips back to face him, "Like you're so pure? Get a handle on it, pet."
Voice raises his arms, ready to begin casting his spell. "Subvenio phasmatis. Rego mihi contineo ventulus. Acerbus unus, transporto vestrum amicas gero caelum fons noctis. Tribuo mihi salus me. Contego mihi secrus…" Autum throws a ball of fire at him, eyes red. But Voice tries to continue on, ". Contego mihi secrus mei inimicus atiqui addo mihi vires quatenus… AHHH! (English version Come to me Spirits. Guide me and bring peril on the winds. Oh, Dark Ones, send your minions on cloud of night. Allow me to save myself. Protect me from…Protect me from my enemy, and give me the strength to…)" He gets hit again.
Autum advances on him, continuously throwing fire at him. Shrill shrieks fill the air. Autum turns, trying to see where they came from. A massive amount of gargoyles are flying right at her. She takes her stance, throwing her fire at them. The ones she hits crumble, and fall to the earth. Autum holds the arms out, raising her palms and face to the sky. Lightening strikes her with full force. She channels the extra energy at her targets. There's one left, and her built up energy is almost gone. What with the whole, lightening passing through her. She lets out one word..."Comburo (Burn)." The gargoyle catches on fire, screams, writhes, and falls apart. It's wing flies off and hits Autum in the head. She passes out, and Voice drags her away
Buffy's lying in her bed, asleep at night. She wakes up and walks over to her mirror. She stares at her reflection. In a flash of lightening, Autum's standing by the bed in a black nightgown. She walks towards Buffy. Lightening flashes, Autum's gone. Buffy turns
Buffy wakes up in bed, still night. Autum stands at her mirror. Buffy gets up and goes over to the woman.
"It's awful' bothersome, innit." Autum asks her, sadly.
"What is?"
"Trying to find me."
"Where are you?"
"Lost, lost always so lost."
"Where did you get lost?"
"Doesn't matter, doesn't care. Too much. TOO MUCH!" Autum is edging on hysterics by now.
"Who? Who doesn't care?"
Autum turns to face Buffy, a knife sticking out of her chest. "Everyone." she tells the Slayer coldly.
Buffy isn't sure what to think, her senses are going off the wall, "What are you?"
Autum leans in as if to tell a secret. "Look, look. You can stop it." She's getting very excited over something the Slayer doesn't understand, "You know, you can make it all stop, tell me how."
"I don't know"
At hearing this, a piece of Autum's sanity is torn away, "Please! Please tell me how." Buffy has no idea what to do with the sobbing woman before her.
"I-I can't"
Autum stops crying and stares at Buffy. Now unnervingly calm, she pulls the knife out of her heart, "You want help." She starts circling Buffy like a predator.
"Yes."
"What do we get in return." Autum asks, balancing the knife on her finger, experimentally. Without Buffy having said a word, she nods. "Memories for you. Want to know them all. Done." She grabs Buffy and slams her into the wall. "Sorry, sorry." She apologizes, once again crying, "But you see, you wanted to know..." She slashes at Buffy with the knife.
Buffy wakes up in bed and goes to the door, still night. When she looks in she sees images passing in the hallway, like a river.
Autum laughing
Holy water
Crucifix
Autum drenched in blood
Dead men
Angel laying dead (human Angel)
A stake
Darla speaking
A necklace
Autum, eyes red
A pool of blood
First Slayer
Autum whispering, Buffy leans closer to hear what she says, "Abs quisnam neco(one who slays)…. Slayer."
Buffy wakes up, it's morning. Willow's frantically knocking on the door.
"Buffy? Are you up yet?"
"Yeah, Wils."
"Come down then. Xander made food, and there's gonna be a Scooby meeting after breakfast."
"Ok." Buffy rolls over and stares at her mirror. Maybe they should destroy it, just in case...