Amy Madison's Home, 0130 hours, the previous night.
After another celebratory session with each other following confirmation that Major Sheppard was dead thanks to the call from Tara, Warren had Amy perform a ritual that made her look to future events so that they could see what the Scoobies would be up to the next day. He wanted to get this over and done with so that they could start on the next stage of the plan, ruling over the demons of Sunnydale with Amy by his side. Amy had told him that looking into the future was going to be difficult, and they won't get everything they need to know.
"It's against nature, and nature will push back" said Amy as she shrugged in bed, "but what the hell? I'll give it a wack."
"Good girl" said Warren grinning, "now get to work."
As Amy lifted off the ground while lights danced all around her, she told Warren about the visions she was getting. Buffy, Tara, and Willow heading to the funeral home being followed by a white van, then a man with glasses bumping against Tara; then there was a flash as she watched Buffy getting into that same van with that stranger, but Amy couldn't see who was in that van. She then told Warren, while her eyes were pure black, that there was another white van watching the Summer home, that they would probably take action if they see Warren approaching the house.
"No" said Warren as Amy jerked awake and her eyes returned to their usual colour, "they won't see me approaching the house."
"What's your plan?" asked Amy as she looked up at a grinning Warren.
Outside the Summers Residence, van with Major Sheppard, twenty minutes before leaving for Funeral home. 1320 hours.
A woman in a floral dress was walking past one of two the white vans that were watching the Summers home, the same white vans that Amy had seen in her vision. The woman, who was really the last of Warren's robots hidden with a glamour spell as a beautiful woman, then crouched down once reaching the back doors. She then reached into her purse and took out a block of C-4 connected to a detonator that was connected to a cell phone which she attached to the bottom of the van. She then turned around and walked away, all while avoiding all the rear-view, and side mirrors. As she walked away, she then made the long way around to the other van at the other end of the street while whistling.
All the while, its master was in a black van that was parked blocks away from the Summers house, and the two white vans. The young man was given a glamour spell by Amy that would disguise him as a demon. He knew that those watching the Summers house were most likely military, so they'd be taken out first… and then he would drive his van to the doorstep of the Summers house where he would activate the glamour, and use the weapons in the van to kill the people inside the house.
"They just have swords and knives" said a gleeful Warren as he watched the monitors from the back of his van, "good luck with bullets. I know Buffy will be going into one of these vans so… bye-bye Buffy. And the other van? Your friends will come out when they hear the explosion, and that's when I'll kill them all.. and you'll die in an explosion with whoever is in that other van. I' so excited I'm shaking."
Warren looked maniacally at the feeds from the cameras in the Funeral Home; he broke inside the building the previous night after Amy's vision and put a wireless transmitter that would send the feeds to his receiver which was in his van a few blocks away from the Summers house. Warren could see everything on his monitor, including all traffic camera feeds after he hacked into the city's systems.
"I've got it all figured out. Buffy" said Warren, "time to say bye-bye to your friends, time to say bye-bye to Willow and Tara cause Rack and Amy are gonna have so much fun with them."
A block away from the funeral home, 1320 hours.
Buffy was sitting in her jeep with Daniel by her side was as she stared at Major Sheppard who was looking back at her grimly. She then felt the jeep moving slightly as Daniel got out of the passenger side of the vehicle and motioned Buffy to follow him out, and into the van. Still in disbelief about what was happening, Buffy stormed out of the jeep before slamming the door, she then rushed past Daniel and jumped into the van before pushing the technician away who was reaching for his sidearm, and then grabbing Major Sheppard by his collar and slamming him to the wall of the van.
"What the hell is this?" asked Buffy enraged as she picked Major Sheppard up before slamming him against the wall again. It was then that she felt a weapon being pointed at her head from the technician, as well as hearing weapons being cocked by two men outside the van doors; one was the driver, and the other was the passenger. All of them were pointing their weapons at Buffy who held Major Sheppard up by the collar, while Daniel was trying to calm everyone down.
"Weapons down" said Daniel as he stood between Buffy and the soldiers outside, while pointing at the technician, "down, all weapons down."
"Sir" said the technician as he looked at Daniel.
"Miss Summers" said Daniel as he looked at the young woman, "please, we need to work together to bring Tara and Willow back."
"Buffy" said Major Sheppard as Buffy pushed him against the wall again while Daniel was shouting at the soldiers not to shoot, "I was attacked in my hotel room after I got back. Someone used magic based weapons to try and kill me. I managed to escape, but… I mean you know what happened with the hotel. Look I don't know how, but I heard a voice in my room.. Warren's voice."
'Warren?" asked Buffy as she loosened her grip slightly, but then tightened it again before telling the man that Warren was dead, "he died in that explosion at the police station. It was in the news."
"Did he really?" asked Daniel as Buffy looked at him.
"All of you, weapons down" said Major Sheppard as Buffy looked back at him, "weapons down, that's an order."
"But, sir" said one of the soldiers outside.
"Weapons down" said Major Sheppard again as the soldiers looked at each other before lowering their weapons slowly.
"Buffy" said Major Sheppard as he looked back at the blonde Slayer, "Tara told us that Warren built a robot girlfriend… that he was actually good at it."
"She said it looked real" said Daniel as Buffy looked at him, "Miss Summers, is it possible that the one the police said died could have been a robot?"
"You've got to be kidding me!" said Buffy as she let go of Major Sheppard who was glad to be back on the floor of the van.
"We asked Tara to hide the truth from you guys" said the Major as Buffy glared at him, "we knew that Warren would make his move once he found out I was really dead, but we weren't sure if he tapped your phones."
"So when Tara called…." said Buffy as she rubbed her forehead.
"Don't blame her" said Daniel as Buffy looked at him, and then at Major Sheppard again.
"You used us as bait" said Buffy with her hands on her hips, "that's exactly what I expected from the military, and…."
"We've got another team watching your house" said Major Sheppard, "one of our satellite's is watching your neighbourhood for any signs of Warren. We're using any pictures of him to run facial recognition. We know if he's going after your friends, then he'll want to get them all in one go.. so he'll attack your house. Once he comes out into the open, our team moves in and takes him into custody."
"But if you knew that Major Sheppard was alive" said Daniel, "then Warren would have tried something worse to get him, before coming to you guys. Or h could have laid low, and we would never be able to catch him.. until it was too late."
"I know what happened with the Initiative" said Major Sheppard, "most of it anyway. And technically, we're not supposed to be even talking to you since we've been told by the Watcher's Council that we can't approach you."
"But this is pretty urgent, Miss Summers" said Daniel, "we need your help, and whatever knowledge you have about magic. Like I said, this is completely out of our element."
"Fine" said Buffy as she looked at Daniel, "you were in the funeral home, right?"
"Yes"
'What did you see?"
"Tara and Willow were heading to the other room" said Daniel, "another woman was behind them, and when I went through the other door, they were gone."
"Gone? As is poof with a lightshow, or just gone?"
"Just gone" said Daniel as he looked at Major Sheppard before both of them looked at Buffy, "poof?"
Outside the Summers Residence, a few blocks away, 1325 hours.
Warren was looking at the video feed of Buffy rushing into the van before he noticed it moving from side to side. Warren couldn't help but laugh as he thought about what was happening as the two soldiers in the front cabin rushed out to the rear of the van and raised their weapons.
"I wish I could see what was going on inside the van" said Warren as the soldiers slowly lowered their weapons before heading back to the front cabin, and into their seats, "hah, now you're the ones who'll be the first to go."
Warren took out a phone and dialled a number just as one of his glamoured robots, the one who planted the C-4 underneath the van that carried Daniel and Major Sheppard, walked into the Sunnydale Police station. The robot put its hands on the front desk as a police officer came over to ask if she needed any help.
"No" said the dark haired robot in a southern voice as it placed its purse on the desk while the police officer looked on confused, "but you might."
The officer looked on as the robot opened its purse and showed the officer the remaining two Hellfire bombs that remained in the bag.
"Displodo" said the robot as the resulting explosion destroyed the robot and killed ten officers, and a few detectives, while wounded fourteen others while the rest ran out through the back way in case the building were to collapse with the hotel. At the same time, a call was given out to the police units, as well as the fire department, to head to the station to help the wounded.
Prometheus, Orbit of Earth, at that same time.
"Ma'am" shouted one of the personnel on the bridge manning one of the scanning stations, "we've detected an explosion in Sunnydale."
"Where?" asked Colonel Carter as she rushed to the scanning station and the Captain pointed to a map of Sunnydale. The scan then zoomed in to show the police station, along with several police officers rushing out of the back doors as more police cars arrived, as well as personnel from the fire department, "damn it."
The Colonel frowned and looked back over her shoulder and asked Major Marks to contact Home World, and tell them what's happening. While her back was to the screen, the Colonel didn't see a line of numbers which was actually noticed by the Captain at the sensor station.
"Ma'am!" shouted the Captain as Colonel Carter turned around again, only to see another explosion close to the Summers house which was marked in red. The Colonel and the Captain, who was manning the scanning station, looked in horror as one of the surveillance vans, carrying six military personnel to watch over the Summers house, was blown up.
"Marks!" shouted Colonel Carter as she looked over her shoulder, "get me the SGC, we need a team ready to head to that house, now. And get me Dr. Weir."
A block away from the funeral home, 1328 hours.
While Buffy couldn't believe that Major Sheppard was alive after that bad of an explosion at the hotel, and the part that Tara played in hiding the truth from them; she pushed everything to the back of her mind while trying to think about who could do something like this.
'Who could've Warren worked with to kidnap both Tara and Willow from right under us?' thought Buffy to herself.
"Buffy?" asked Major Sheppard as the monitor in the van turned on.
"Dr. Weir?" asked Daniel as he looked at the dark haired woman.
"Dr. Jackson" said the woman just before she laid her eyes on Buffy who was standing in the background, "I…. hello."
"Buffy Summers" said Major Sheppard before he motioned towards Dr. Weir, "Dr. Elizabeth Weir, my boss."
"You're not a psycho or…." Said Buffy before she was interrupted by .
"While I'd like to continue this, Miss Summers" said Dr. Weir, "I need all of you to get out of the Van.. now."
"Elizabeth?" asked Daniel.
"The surveillance van outside Miss Summers home just exploded" said Dr, Weir as Buffy looked on shocked, "our… satellite detected a transmission just before the explosion… we think you could have a bomb as well. Dr. McKay's been trying to contact you but your phones have been going directly to voicemail. Get to the Summers house.. use a cab… anything. Go."
"Copy that" said Major Sheppard as he looked at everyone, "out.. out of the van now."
"We're sending bomb technicians to your location" said Dr. Weir, "and reinforcements to Miss Summers home."
"The police?" asked Buffy.
"There was another explosion at the police department" said Dr. Weir, "you won't be seeing police back-up there for awhile."
"Warren" said Buffy shaking her head, "I'll kill him."
"Elizabeth" said Major Sheppard, "send reinforcements now."
"We've got a team heading to the city in two minutes" said Dr. Weir nodding her head, "get out of there."
"We're leaving now" said Major Sheppard as they got out of the van. The Major then told the Soldiers to give him and Daniel their sidearm's, while they wait for the bomb technicians, "stay away from the van, and prevent anyone, except for our own people, from getting in there."
"Police?"
"Make sure they know what's going on before they do anything" said Major Sheppard.
"Understood" said the soldier before Major Sheppard turned and asked Buffy for the keys, which she turned over to the man since she didn't want to argue, especially with her friends in danger. They then got into the jeep before the Major sped off towards the Summers home.
Back on the Prometheus, Colonel Carter was looking at the burning wreckage of the van when the scanners zoomed out and then back into the Summers residence and the surrounding neighbours as she watched people pouring outside onto their lawns to see what was going on. It was just then that a black van sped onto the front lawn of the Summers home, narrowly avoiding an older man who then pushed a young girl, and another young man back into the house as a red skinned creature with black horns, and leathery wings walked out the side doors of the black van with two rifles and started firing.
"Marks!" said the Colonel as she ran to the screen on the port side of the ship, "get me the SGC."
Major Marks nodded his head and then pressed a few buttons before Colonel Carter could see Walter's face on the other side of the screen.
"Walter" said the Colonel, "is SG-3 ready?"
"Two minutes, ma'am" said Walter as General Landry rushed down the stairs behind the Gate technician.
"Colonel Carter" said the General, "he's taken action?"
"Yes, sir" said the Colonel.
"Colonel Reynolds and his team are almost ready for beam out" said the General as he looked at something off-screen before he looked back at the blonde Colonel on the Prometheus, "lock on to the tracking beacon in their vehicle in three minutes."
"Understood" said the Colonel nodding her head before she headed to the scanner. She watched the creature continue shooting into the house for a horrific three minutes before the General gave the go ahead. The Colonel then gave the order to Major Marks to commence beam out. Colonel Carter, and a few other personnel, watched as a black van appeared in a flash of light behind Warren's van as the red skinned creature dropped the weapons in shock. The Prometheus crew watched as the rear doors opened before Colonel Reynolds and his team rushed out, while the red skinned creature made a run for it. Colonel Reynolds pointed his fingers towards the house as two of his men rushed into the house while he and another member of his team ran after the creature.
Once they were off-screen, Colonel Carter went back to the port side screen where Walter and the General were still on-screen when suddenly Colonel Reynolds' voice came over the speakers at the SGC saying that Warren Mears was zatted.
"I saw a red creature" said Colonel Carter, who knew that Colonel Reynolds could hear her as well, "he had wings and everything."
"He must have been wearing some holographic technology" said Colonel Reynolds, "but I can confirm it's him. What would you like to do with him, General?"
"Take him to the Army base" said General Landry, "I want two of your team to remain. I'll have Dr. Weir send Dr. Beckett and some personnel from the Army base. They should be at the house as soon as possible."
"Understood" said Colonel Reynolds as he and the other member of his team, Major Griff, brought the unconscious Warren to the black van and dumped him on the floor with his hands cuffed. The Colonel then told Major Griff to get inside and close the doors, "if he moves, shoot him with the Zat again."
"Understood, sir" said the Major as Colonel Reynolds ran into the house where two of his men were watching over the two men comforting the crying young girl. The Colonel then turned to the both of them and told them that they were to guard the house until another team from the Army Base got there. The two SG-3 members nodded their heads before stationing themselves at the front door while the Colonel looked at Giles, Dawn, and Xander and asked them if they were alright.
"Yes" said Giles as he fixed his glasses while he tried t o come up with an explanation for the officer standing in front of him, "that thing you… you saw was a… a…."
"It's alright, sir" said the Colonel, "explanations aren't necessary."
"But" said Giles, "we never heard any car pull up, or…."
It was then there came a squeal of tires followed by a girl shouting.
"Dawn!" shouted Buffy as she rushed past the guards outside and ran into the house as Colonel Reynolds stepped aside to let the blonde through to the living room where she hugged her sister. It was then that Daniel, and Major Sheppard walked in. Buffy then looked back at Major Sheppard and then at Giles before introducing the both of them.
"You're Tara's brother?" asked the Watcher as he looked on surprised, "your death must have been…"
"Sorry" said Major Sheppard.
"Death?" asked Dawn and Xander together.
"You died?" asked Dawn as she held on to Buffy.
"Warren Mears tried to kill me, I escaped and…."
"Warren?" asked Xander as he picked up an axe, "where is he?"
"He's gonna pay for everything" said Major Sheppard as he put his hands up, "believe me, he'll pay for everything he did. But right now, we have a much bigger problem."
"Tara and her friend have been kidnapped" said Daniel.
"What?" asked Giles.
"Tara knew that I wasn't dead" said Major Sheppard, "and since Warren seemed to be going after you guys, we figured he wanted me out of the way. So we made him think I died, so that he'd come after you sooner. We had you guys guarded the whole time."
"The van" said Xander shocked, "the one that exploded."
'I don't know how he found out" said Major Sheppard, "but he did. We don't have any proof, but considering that he needed the distraction, he may have bombed the police station."
"Oh dear lord" said Giles as he rubbed his forehead.
"And he could have blown up our van up too" said Daniel, "but we don't know why he didn't, or why he chose to attack now if he thought we weren't dead. IN either case, we'll be asking him that question. But for right now, we have Tara and her friend missing."
"What happened?" asked Dawn.
"I went into the funeral home to keep an eye on them" said Daniel as Colonel Reynolds told Major Sheppard that he'll take Warren to the Army base. He then left after telling Daniel that another team from the Army base should be at the house in a few minutes. Nodding his head, Daniel then said goodbye to the Colonel before continuing talking to Giles and the others, telling them what he saw.
"Just vanished?" asked Giles.
"Yes" replied Daniel
"Any idea?" asked Major Sheppard, "anyone other than Warren who could have something…"
"No" said Dawn with her eyes opened wide in realization as she looked at Buffy, "Buff?"
"What?" asked the blonde Slayer, "Dawnie? What?"
"Warren hates you" said Dawn.
"Who hates Willow and Tara?" asked Xander softly.
"Amy" said Buffy and Dawn together.
"Willow said that Amy wasn't too happy when she told her never to come near her again" said Buffy, "I don't know if that means she hates her but…. I mean it's a start."
"Amy?" asked Daniel.
"She's a witch" said Dawn as Daniel looked at her with an eyebrow raised, while Major Sheppard looked at Buffy with his eyes wide open and discretely waving his hands while trying to tell her that he didn't tell anyone about witches, "Willow was all up on dark magic and Amy introduced her to this dealer and… I mean Willow doesn't do it now since Tara broke up with her and she wanted her back so…"
"Dawn" said Giles and Buffy.
"What" said Dawn as she looked at Giles and Buffy, "look, Willow's missing so do we really have time to play this game? I mean.. come on, John and…. I don't know the other guy… I mean they're here to help so…. Come on."
"Sorry" said Daniel as he stepped forward, "in all the mess I forgot to introduce myself. Dr. Daniel Jackson."
"Dr. Jackson?" asked Giles as he put his glasses back on and walked towards him, "Rupert Giles."
"Dr. Rupert Giles" said Daniel as he shook his hand, "you were the former curator of the British Museum, PhD in history and archaeology from Oxford University. You also dabbled in folklore and mythologies. I used some of your papers for my dissertation on Ancient Egypt. You dropped out of academia, I mean I was looking for any new publications but never found anything recent."
"Everyone thought you were dead" said Giles after shaking each other's hands, "I mean both physically, and professionally."
'Yeah" said Daniel, "that book's gonna be the death of me."
"You wrote a book?" asked Dawn as she jumped over next to Giles while grinning at Daniel.
"O… k, back to Tara and Willow?" said Major Sheppard as he looked at the worried look on Xander before looking at Giles, "if this Amy took the both of them, how do we find them? And do we know where they could be?"
"There's a place we can find out" said Buffy as she cracked her knuckles, "and since this involves two of my best friends, I'm coming with you."
"But…." said the Major.
"Where we're going" said Buffy, "they don't fear the military, they fear me."
"And this place is?" asked Daniel.
"Willies Bar" said Buffy.
Rack's Place, 1400 hours.
Tara slowly awoke feeling nauseas from the teleportation spell that was used against both her and Willow. She found herself in a room with a bed in one corner, and pillows all over the floor and a table in the center. She tried to move but found that she couldn't.
Shaking her head to get the cobwebs out, Tara looked at the sleeping figure of Willow whose body was place at an angle on a table while her hands and feet were tied down by green bindings of magical energy. Tara then looked at herself and found that she was in the same state.
"Will" said Tara as she turned to her girlfriend who made a noise before opening her eyes.
"I'm gonna be sick" said Willow before she shook her head, "teleportation spell."
"I know" said Tara as she watched Willow struggle against the bindings, "Will, don't…. those can only be taken off by the one who casted the spell. And try not to use any magic, those bindings absorb magic and…"
"So knowledgeable" said a male voice as Willow's eyes went wide while Tara tried to look back over her shoulder at whoever was coming through the door that just opened behind her."
"Rack" said Willow with venom in her voice.
'Rack' thought Tara to herself as she looked at Willow, 'the same warlock Willow told me about, the one she went to with Amy for dark magicks.'
"What're you doing, Rack?" asked Willow as she tried to struggle, "what…"
"Oh Shut up" said another female voice as Willow's and Tara's eyes opened wide. Tara knew she heard the woman's voice only once, but it was seared into her memory. But she knew that Willow had known the Witch who walked into the room, and closed the door behind her, for much longer.
"Damn it, Amy" said Willow, "what the heck are you doing?"
"Just having my revenge" said Amy as she walked towards Willow and ran her fingers up the redhead's arm and then touched the binding. A spark of green energy leapt from the binding to Amy's hand before she stepped back and smiled, "such power."
"Amy" said Willow, "this is stupid."
"Willow" said Tara shaking her head.
"Shut up" said Amy as she looked at Tara, before she nodded at Rack, "you're his."
"What?" asked Willow as Tara looked at Rack, a scraggly haired, older man who was smiling at Tara as he walked towards her, "Rack… don't you dare… Rack!"
"You had everything" said Amy as she walked towards Willow, "now listen. You had everything.. all the power… everything.. I felt you growing so much without training that… damn it! You were.. are better than me. I want that power. I want people to come to me… not to you… not to you!"
Amy then calmed down and stepped back while glaring at Willow.
"I've had to do so much more just to be half as good as you" said Amy while Willow struggled against the bindings while Tara shook her head in fear while Rack was reaching for her chest, "but you… you're growing everyday without knowing it. I want that… I want that power until you're drained."
"And this one" said Rack as Willow looked at the fear in Tara's eyes, "I feel her purity… so pure. I want a taste… I want to walk in her soul."
"No!" shouted Willow as Rack put his hand into Tara's chest as the blonde witch arched her back and screamed. Over Willow's shouts and Tara's screams, Amy was smiling and Rack was laughing as white magical energy travelled up his hand while at the same time he was looking through Tara's memories. He saw her playing with her mother, he saw her mother training Tara, then the day of her death… he then had flashes of memories of Tara being abused by her father, brother and Cousin. He saw her meet Willow for the first time as something clicked in the young woman…. He saw her become more self confident, more in control than she had ever been. He saw all of her memories with Willow, and then he went on to the memories of meeting Major Sheppard for the first time.
Rack then pulled out his hand smiling at Tara who had stopped screaming and was now panting while hanging her head.
"I knew you tasted like vanilla" said Rack as Willow screamed at Rack to drop head. Laughing the man then turned to Willow and wondered aloud what Strawberry and Vanilla would taste like together.
"No" said Tara softly as she looked up as Willow screamed when Rack put his hand into her chest while red coloured energy travelled up his hand.
"Give me a taste" said Amy.
"Here" said Rack as he placed his hand on Amy's chest while red and white energy leapt from the warlock's hand into Amy who arched her back and opened her mouth with euphoria. Tara looked on as Willow screamed while Amy's eyes turned black as she rose into the air and was plastered onto the ceiling while she was rubbing her hands all over herself, at the same time saying that it was her best experience ever.
Smiling Rack took his hand out of Willow's chest and stepped back. Turing around, he looked at Tara and told her that she was a rarity. Her magic was so pure, it was rare.
"And people like rare, they pay a lot for rare" said Rack as he extracted some of Tara's magical energy, and then put his hands together as the energy mixed with Willow's, and then with his.. and finally.. with some of the dark magic he hoarded. Tara looked on as he laughed before putting it into Willow.
"No!" shouted Tara as Willow arched her back as her eyes turned black while she pulled her head back while screaming in pleasure. Rack then stepped back and watched as Willow pulled her head back down and gave a seductive smile.
"Goddess" said Willow as she moaned, "that was so good…. Wow."
Willow could hear herself speak, she wanted to stop as she looked at the horror on Tara's face… but she couldn't stop. The sensation she was getting from being injected with the mixture of magic was too much.
"Umm" said Rack as he looked at the moaning Willow and then at Tara, "not enough."
"No" said Tara as she struggled as Rack stopped and just looked at Tara.
"I've been thinking" said Rack as he approached Tara while Willow was moaning for more, "having you with all this white magic would mean I lose money."
"No" said Tara as Rack placed his hand over her chest.
"I'll take enough to last years" said Rack, "and then I'll corrupt you like I did my strawberry. You'll be my vanilla."
"Vanilla" laughed the high Willow as she hung her head before looking up and begging Rack to give her another hit.
"Me too" laughed Amy from the ceiling.
"Soon" said Rack as she looked at Willow, before he turned to Tara again, "now where were we? Oh… right."
Tara screamed out loud as Rack extracted Tara's magic.
The blonde witch could see a white ball growing in Rack's hand as she continued to scream due to the pain of her magic being forcefully extracted. What seemed like hours to Tara, it was only a few seconds as the pain vanished.
"Thank you" said Rack as he carried the white glowing orb to a wooden chest which he opened with magic. He then carefully placed it in the chest before locking it and waving his hands, making it vanish into thin air. He then walked back towards Tara as black energy jumped before one of his hands to another. Tara watched in fear as the magical energy jumping from one hand to the next became faster and faster before he turned and shot a surge of black magical energy into Willow who screamed in pleasure while begging for more.
"Willow" begged Tara crying as the redhead laughed, at the same time trying to move her hands while using her magic, which in turn was being absorbed by the bindings around her wrists and feet. Tara saw Willow's bindings glowing brighter and brighter as her magic was being absorbed. But Tara knew that Willow was absorbing dark magic, the blonde witch knew what Dark magic made the redhead do.. and she feared for her girlfriend.
Tara then saw Rack looking back at her with a grin.
"Can't have another source of white magic out there" said Rack as he walked towards her, "don't worry though, your body will generate white magic in a few days… purifying your body. Like I said, you're rare. But once I run out, I'll come for you again… you and my strawberry can't escape me. After you get hit.. hell… I bet that you'll come back for more on your own. But I'll say no… to you at least. My Strawberry though, she's welcome anytime."
"Rack" said a moaning Willow as she looked at Tara through her black eyes. Tara could tell that the redhead was doing everything she could to stay in control, she could tell the redhead was already high, but trying her best to keep her mind intact, "I… I…. give me more… no…. stop… you.. you hurt her, I… I… will kill you.."
"Small threat" said Rack as he gave Willow another burst of dark magic that made her moan ever more. He then brought his hands forward towards the blonde witch and fired a burst of dark magic into Tara. Tara screamed as her eyes, just like Willow and Amy, became as black as night. The dark magic coursing through her body as it set off every known pleasurable sensation in her body at once. Tara screamed in pleasure, but she retained enough control to beg Rack to stop. She kept on screaming in pleasure and begging the warlock to stop. This went on until she was telling Rack to give her more dark magic.
"Rack" said Willow as she looked at her girlfriend writhing on the table, her eyes as black as night; black because of the intense dark magic Rack was pouring into her. Rack kept on mocking Tara that he was making her impure until her body cleaned itself off the darkness using her own pure white magic, "st… stop."
"Willow! Tara!"
"Tara!"
Rack stopped what he was doing just as Tara's scream stopped and she hung her head down. He then heard the sounds of grunting as if someone was fighting outside, before the door to his room was smashed open thanks to one of his customers bring thrown through it.
"I told him I had an appointment" said Buffy as she ran into the room followed by Daniel and Major Sheppard who had their weapons raised at Rack while looking around before noticing Amy on the ceiling laughing while still writhing.
"Let them go" said the Major as he and Daniel then looked at Rack.
"Guns" said Rack calmly as he waved his arms and the guns vanished from their hands just as Buffy gave Rack a punch which pushed him back. Wiping the blood that was coming off his nose, rack looked at Buffy as the Major waved his hand and the warlock was thrown against the room until he hit a wall hard and slid down.
"Ok" said the Major as he looked at his sister who looked back at him with black eyes, "get them down."
"Will" said Buffy as she ran to Willow who looked at her with her own black eyes, "oh Will, what did he do?"
"Let them go" said Daniel as he looked at the warlock.
"Don… don't look at me" said Tara softly as she closed her eyes and turned her face away from the Major.
"It's ok" said the Major as he reached for the energy bindings which only managed to shock him as he jumped back.
"You can have them back, for now" said Rack as he waved his hand as Tara's bindings vanished and she fell towards the floor, but was instantly caught by Major Sheppard.
"Put hands around my neck, Tara" said the Major as he picked her up into his arms while she kept her eyes closed, not wanting to scare her brother away with something that he hadn't seen before. As for Willow's bindings, they solidified before flying into Rack's hands. Willow slid to the floor, but before she could fall… Buffy caught her.
Rack then waved his hand as Amy vanished from his ceiling.
He then smiled at the group in front of him and said that it was time they left his establishment. Rack was about to wave his hands, to make the group vanish when he realized he couldn't move.
"No" said Willow with a hard voice as she pushed Buffy away in anger and held the warlock in place by raising her hand.
"Willow" said Buffy as she tried to pull Willow back, "no… don't do this."
"He… he threatened me and Tara" said Willow in rage as her hair became jet black right in front of them while Rack looked around confused, "he'll always come after us… he'll always do this to her… not anymore!"
"Willow!" shouted Buffy as the redhead brought her other hand up, and with all the rage she felt… she spread her hands away from each other and screamed. The others watched helplessly as Rack's jacket, shirt, trousers and skin was torn in half away from his body. All that remained was a mass of muscle that collapsed onto the carpet as Willow fell back into Buffy's arms.
"Dear god" said Buffy as she looked at the horrific sight in front of her, and then at her best friend, and then again at the mass that used to be Rack, "what did she do?"
"What she had to do" said Major Sheppard as he looked at Buffy, with Tara in his arms while Daniel took Willow from the blonde Slayer's shaking hands and carried her in his arms.
"She killed someone in cold blood" said Buffy as she turned to Daniel and the Major, "how.. how can she get back from that?"
"With your help" said Daniel as he looked at Buffy, and then at Willow who was sleep in his arms.
"She did what she had to do to protect Tara" said Major Sheppard, "from what I understand, you're fighting a supernatural war. In any war there are casualties, and this man was the enemy."
Buffy just looked back at the mess, and shook her head before quietly telling them that they needed to get out of there.
"Yeah" said the Major as he turned around with Tara in his arms, "let's go."
TBC.