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Life of the Slayer: Sunnydale's Little Secrets
Chapter Fourteen
When the Good Get Bad
Previously...
"W-Warren a-and the others" Tara said nervously as the slayer and vampire barged into the house, panic rising.
In the dining room the whole gang sat around the table, sad looks on all their faces. Dawn's eyes were pink and heavy and she looked pale.
"Dawnie, what happened?" Buffy asked as she rushed over to her side.
Dawn couldn't answer. What ever Warren had used on her, made her feel incredibly tired and sick still.
"When we got here she was like that" Anya said.
"What do you mean?" Buffy asked confused, "How long have you been here?" realisation had finally began to dawn it's ugly head.
"She was already gone when we got here." Xander explained slowly.
"If we hadn't have taken the long way home..." Willow sobbed.
"Where the bloody hell is Phoebe?" Spike snapped.
"They took her" Giles stated with utter shock.
"Oh God" Buffy gasped.
She suddenly felt very faint. She began to breathe deeply, but that only made her feel worse. Her knees felt shaky and unstable and eventually she collapsed. Luckily Spike caught her before she fell. As soon as his strong arms wrapped around her, she fell apart. She cried until she couldn't cry any more.
"It's all right luv, we'll get her back" Spike whispered in her hair as he gently rocked her back and forth.
But Spike felt sick. He never knew until know that that was even possible for a vampire, but he indeed felt sick. If the group weren't around he'd probably cry too , but he had to be strong. Not for them, but for Buffy. His head felt oddly light. The thought didn't seem real. His little girl had been taken. The balance between good and evil could tip, and it wouldn't be in their favour.
"I'll do a locator spell" Willow announced. No one argued with her.
"Anya and i will go out and search the area" Xander added, grabbing his jacket and escorting his fiancée to the door.
"I-I'll take care of Dawn" Tara offered, leading the young brunette up to her room with a cold flannel on her forehead.
"I'll make us all some drinks" Giles said, it may not be the most helpful offer, but it was helpful none the less.
"I'm gonna rip his bleedin' head off" Spike suddenly growled, the sickness soon turning to anger. "If she's hurt..." he cut himself short, the thought too awful to think about.
"I cant find her" Willow suddenly said, "But i can only locate powerful beings, my guess, they've bound her powers"
"I don't care what's right and wrong any more. When i find him, i am going to kill him" Buffy stated, her voice disturbingly calm and even.
Giles re-entered the dining room with a steaming pot of tea and some mugs placed on a silver tray. He gently placed it on the table, trying to avoid the wires from Willows lap top. Surprisingly, Giles had also warmed a mug of blood for Spike too. The vampire noticed this and both shared a smile.
"So, what do you plan to do now?" Giles asked, sitting down with a heavy sigh.
"What can we do?" Buffy asked rhetorically. "We don't know where they are and there's no way of finding out"
"There may be one way" Willow said quietly.
All heads turned to her as her face took a dark serious feature. She looked between each of them.
"There's a spell or a ritual that allows you to seek anything you desire. It taps into your deepest roots, frees all your senses. It makes you primal, running purely on instinct and emotion. The stronger the emotion the more precise."
"And what's stronger than parents wanting back their baby" Buffy said.
"Exactly" Willow continued, "But hate and anger is also strong. You both have a lot of that. If you have too much, you could turn dark and with the power you both have, it might be too risky"
"We'll do it" Spike said firmly.
"Spike, it might not..." Buffy was about to reason with him.
"Bollocks, slayer...it's the quickest, maybe the only, way to get her back and you bloody well know it" he looked at her.
"Fine, lets do this" she said, grabbing his hand.
"Buffy, i don't think i have to remind you that this is very risky" Giles said, in his father like tone.
She smiled softly at him. "So Will, what we gotta do?" Buffy asked, drying some tears from her face with her sleeve.
"Well..."
Meanwhile...
Phoebe looked around the dark, dank room. Although she had no powers, she still had enhanced senses, due to being half vampire half slayer. A normal human would struggle to see anything, but she saw everything clear as day. The three strange men, which she didn't like at all, had gone up the stairs across the room about an hour ago. They hadn't treated her too badly. She had been fed and the short one with brown hair changed her nappy. But she missed her mum and dad. Plus she had a headache from trying to use her powers, which obviously were not functional at the moment.
She had no idea where she had been taken. The room was just above ground. She could tell because there was a small window where the moon's ghostly light leaked in. Even at her age she loved the night and to gaze at the moon. It must be her vampire side.
Just as she sat down in the almost comfortable crib, footsteps could be heard descending the stairs on the far side of the room. There was a quiet click and the light bulb in the centre of the ceiling came to life.
"Hello, small powerful one" the blonde haired man said. "I am Andrew and i will be your storyteller for the night" he smiled brightly, but Phoebe simply raised an eyebrow at him. He coughed awkwardly, hiding his embarrassment. "Gather round child, for i have an enlightening tale to tell..."
Phoebe stared at the man named Andrew and sighed. At least she wasn't alone. But this better be a good story, other wise as soon as she got her powers, there'd be hell to pay...
"Far away, in a most unusual place, lived three little pigs..."
Oh, he was gonna pay...
Back at the House...
The candles flickered high to the ceiling, their flame a golden orange with hints of greens and blues. It's white wax dripped onto the wooden floor as the spell was repeated for the final time. In the centre of the magically made circle, both vampire and slayer sat holding tightly to each others hands. Sparks of energy flew in all directions. Giles watched from the safety of the doorway as a bright light began to engulf the occupants of the lounge. As Willow chanted the final words, the white light flashed, blinding all temporarily.
Although Willow felt slightly dazed from the power of the spell, she still found the energy to make sure it worked correctly.
"Buffy? Spike?" they didn't even twitch, there eyes stared blankly ahead, she shakily got up off the floor, "How d-do you feel?" she hesitantly walked towards them.
Suddenly both jerked violently, before collapsing back. They were once again still, but more aware of their surroundings.
"I have the worst bloody headache" Spike complained, rolling over.
"And I've lost the feeling in my fingers" Buffy moaned as she glanced at their still entwined hands.
"Sorry luv" Spike slowly released her hand.
"Did it work?" Giles asked, moving cautiously into the room.
"Yeah" Buffy sighed, "I can smell, hear and feel every thing. I have never felt so connected...it feels..."
"Bloody awful" Spike groaned clutching his head. "How comes you aint got the bleedin' migraine?"
"Oh, my head does hurt. I just know how to channel the pain. My Watcher told me how" Giles smiled proudly at her.
"That's just great, but now what do we do?" Spike asked as he began to stand up, helping Buffy up as he did so. They both felt a little shaky, but they could definitely feel a new energy coursing through them.
Suddenly something crashed through the window. A few shards of glass merely missed Willow as she quickly dodged them. The stone like object rolled onto the floor just inches in front of both Spike and Buffy's feet. They looked at it curiously. Before finally, Buffy bent down and picked the rough, dark grey object up from the floor.
It was icy cold, and though it looked rough, it's surface was smooth and shiny. It was dark grey with small tints of emerald green in it. Though Buffy was holding it, Spike found himself gazing just as hard at it as she was. Both their eyes were fixed firmly on it. After a few minutes passed, and neither moved, Giles decided maybe he should say something.
"May i inspect it?" he asked sheepishly, remembering that the spell Willow performed could backfire, and though the two blondes before him were indeed Buffy and Spike, they were also much more. They were more animal like, and though they currently didn't act that way, the very slight thing could change them.
Both vampire and slayer, either ignored the older man completely or simply didn't hear, as their gaze continued to stare at the object. At first glance, one would assume it was simply a rock, but that was soon becoming apparent to not be the case.
The front door opened and Xander and Anya walked in, with defeated faces.
"We had no luck" Xander said, hanging his coat up. "And what's with the hole in the window? Another job for the Xand man, i see" though usually this was something everyone would joke about, the humour was obviously lacking in the tense atmosphere.
"Oh God" Anya gasped, quickly hiding behind Xander.
"What is it?" Giles asked her.
"That stone. That's not a normal stone. Get it out of here" she shrieked.
"Ahn, honey, calm down" Xander said, turning to face her. "What's with the rock?"
"It pulls out your inner demon. It feeds on everything good inside you until all that's left is bad."
Giles's eyes widened and so did Willows. This thing was feeding on the good inside Buffy and Spike and they were already treading on the fine line from turning primal. If this thing succeeds, then both slayer and vampire will be the ultimate primal evil.
"Quick, Giles do something" Willow shouted as the older man was closer to the pair.
He acted quickly, hitting Buffy's hands hard, hoping to knock the stone from her grasp. Unfortunately the thing seemed to be stuck to her hands like glue. Ignoring the obvious pain this might cause his slayer, he stood back slightly and kicked her hands hard. This time the stone did fall from her grasp. As it fell to the floor, it vanished on impact.
"Good lord, Buffy are you OK?" he asked, slightly breathless.
But something was wrong. The second Giles had finished his sentence, they knew something was wrong. As if in slow motion, simultaneously Buffy and Spike's heads turned towards him. Xander felt Anya back away, and pull on his sleeve as she quietly opened the door.
"Anya, we cant leave" he said sternly, but quietly.
"We have to go...now" she was strangely firm, but yet panicky at the same time.
Xander noticed the unusual fear in her eyes.
"Buffy, Spike..." Giles said quietly as he began to back out of the room. As he stepped back he fell into Xander, who turned away from his fiancée.
"Oh God" Anya shrieked, "We're too late"
Staring back at them were cold empty eyes. They were of the darkest black and they focused hard on the trio before them. Willow had not yet seen them as she stood across the room, not loving the terrified looks on her friends faces.
"Willow can you bring Dawn up some aspirin?!" Tara shouted from the top of the stairs.
Everyone had forgotten about them. Dawn and Tara were oblivious to the spell downstairs.
Suddenly Buffy broke her gaze from the trio. Her head turned upwards and she sniffed the air. It was then for the first time, everyone noticed the darkened roots in her hair. Soon Spike too began smell the air. Something had got their attention. A low deep growl escaped Spike and his features flashed with anger. Buffy too began to growl, which unsettled her friends even more.
"Warren" she hissed, almost snake like, but her voice was still that of Buffy.
"Kill" Spike grunted and Buffy smiled wickedly at him.
Both slowly crouched on the floor. Everyone stared at them too bemused and shocked to do anything. Suddenly, Spike and Buffy leapt through the window with the speed and grace of a cat. They were gone before the remainders of the window hit the floor.
To Be Continued...
AN: So, here you go...i hope you liked this. I thought, lets have a different character go evil in my au season six and then i thought lets have more than one character go evil in my au season six...so this was what i did...but can Buffy ever be truly evil, like the stone has supposedly made both her and Spike...and will they kill Warren? And can the spell be reversed before any one gets hurt...and will Andrew find a better story to read Phoebe? You'll have to find out in the next chapter...i will post it quicker if i get loads of reviews:)
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