Spike jumped up from his chair when he heard the door of his cript being slammed open. He groaned when he saw a blond head bouncing in like it was her house. "What do you want, slayer? Want me to show you how to knock on doors before coming in?"
"I much more want to know how to shut your mouth, Spike." Buffy pushed the vampire in the wall and he grunted. "Now, you're going to tell me all you know about Crows."
He cocked his eyebrows. "They're birds. You know, those big black things with wings that can fly? Well, that's it." He hissed when the slayer punched him and he knocked his head on the rock. "Back off!" he growled.
"Spike, I'm not in the mood for games tonight. Tell me what I want to know and I'll leave you alone. Beside you can always go kill a demon after I'm done with you. Since you're neutered, it's the only way left for you to get rid of that tension."
Buffy never saw it coming. She fell back hard when a fist connected with her jaw. She quickly jumped on her feet and her eyes narrowed when she saw the female crow looking at her furiously. A figure slipped from the darkness of Spike's cript and pulled the redhead to his chest. "I can't believe it! Spike! You were hidding them here?!"
The vampire sneered. "They simply are humans who were killed brutally and want revenge, slayer. Leave them be."
"Like hell I am! You can't help them! It's not right to help demons!"
"And what about old friends?" a gentle voice asked.
Startled, Buffy turned back to the two Crows and froze when she saw their black and white face disappeared to reveal a much more human appearance. But the biggest surprise was when she saw who the woman was. "Willow," she whispered. Then, she fainted.
The redhead frowned. "Never would I have thought Buffy would faint upon seing me."
"You're not the only one, Red," Spike replied. He picked up the slayer and dumped over his shoulder. "Come on. Lets go to the Magic Box. The Scoobies always hang out there." He lead the way to the door, the two Crows following closely.
"I know, Spike," Willow said. "I was one of them, remember?" They walked silently until they reached main street. "What am I going to tell them? We can't just go in, dump Buffy at their feet, then go out to kill the last one."
"Who's the last one, pet?" He shrugged when she didn't answered him. "It's ok. Keep your secret until you feel the need to tell me." They approached the Magic Box. "You two should probably go inside in disguize. I don't think I can watch another slayerette faint."
Eric laughed and passed his hand in front of his face. His makeup made him look insane while he laughed. "Lets give them a show!"
Spike kicked opened the front door of the Magic Box and stepped in, the unconcious slayer slumped on his shoulder. "Honey! I'm home!" The two Crows followed him, smiling at the vampire's antics.
Xander jumped up and failed to notice the two undead staying in the back. "Spike! What did you do to Buffy?"
"Nothing, Chubs. She fainted." He threw the blond slayer at him, then slumped into a chair. "I've come bearing gifts," he said, gesturing toward the entrance. He grinned when he heard several gasps around the room.
Willow's eyes narrowed when she saw Giles pick up the crossbow and fire at them. She looked down when the arrow hit her chest. She pulled it out and threw it at the watcher's feet. "It's not nice to shoot arrows at dead people," she said in her distorted voice.
"What did you think bringing them here?!" Xander cried. "Now, they're all going to kill us!"
Anya rolled her eyes and put her hand on her boyfriend's arm, stopping him from doing anything stupid, like punching the grinning vampire. [He's up to something.] She frowned at Spike, then shrugged when he just stared at her. "Xander, they won't kill anyone here. I told you before. They are here to make things right. We did nothing to them so there's no point in attacking us."
The angry watcher walked to the Crows and poked Eric with his finger. "What right did you have to hurt my slayer? Demon or not, I can't let this pass." Giles was punched hard and he fell on the floor, holding his jaw.
"Sorry, Giles," Buffy said, stepping between him and the undead. "There will be no revenge in this place." She turned around and stared deep into green eyes. Tears welled up and rolled down her cheeks. "God, Will!" She sobbed. "I missed you so much!" She jumped in the redhead's arms, holding on to her, afraid she would disappeared if she let go.
Everyone watched in awe as the makeup disappeared from Willow's face. "I missed you too, Buffy." She whrapped her arms around the shaking slayer. "But I'm here now."
Xander sat down, his legs unable to hold him anymore. He couldn't believe it. Willow was one of the Crows. "Willow," he whispered. Then he fainted.
Eric frowned. "It's getting kind of repetitive tonight." He sat down next to Spike around the table.
Suddenly, Willow froze. Buffy shook her. "Will? You alright?"
The other Crow stood up and took the redhead's hand. He sighed. "It had to be now, didn't it?" He asked to noone. Then he turned to her friends. "Her link to this world, the crow, is communicating with her. She's having a vision of where the third guy is."
"Oh. My. God. It was you who eviscerated the initiative member, wasn't it?" The slayer asked. She gulped when the man nodded. She hesitated asking. "What happened to Willow?" She asked gently.
"I want to know too," a tired voice said. Xander sat up, rubbing his eyes.
Spike was suddenly interested in the conversation. When he had asked, Eric hadn't want to tell him, but he had doubts about what they did to her. "Tell us, Eric. They need to know... I need to know."
The dark haired man nodded. "She was cornered by three drunk men. They threw her down and raped her a couple of times each. She was severly beaten. One of them tried to strangle her, but she managed to escape him. She ran a few meters before they caught up with her. She was stabbed. The rest you know." He hugged Willow close to him and kissed the top of her head.
The bleached vampire closed his eyes. [That's what I feared.] He controlled his anger and turned back to Eric. "Tell me, mate. Who's the third one?"
"I much more want to know how to shut your mouth, Spike." Buffy pushed the vampire in the wall and he grunted. "Now, you're going to tell me all you know about Crows."
He cocked his eyebrows. "They're birds. You know, those big black things with wings that can fly? Well, that's it." He hissed when the slayer punched him and he knocked his head on the rock. "Back off!" he growled.
"Spike, I'm not in the mood for games tonight. Tell me what I want to know and I'll leave you alone. Beside you can always go kill a demon after I'm done with you. Since you're neutered, it's the only way left for you to get rid of that tension."
Buffy never saw it coming. She fell back hard when a fist connected with her jaw. She quickly jumped on her feet and her eyes narrowed when she saw the female crow looking at her furiously. A figure slipped from the darkness of Spike's cript and pulled the redhead to his chest. "I can't believe it! Spike! You were hidding them here?!"
The vampire sneered. "They simply are humans who were killed brutally and want revenge, slayer. Leave them be."
"Like hell I am! You can't help them! It's not right to help demons!"
"And what about old friends?" a gentle voice asked.
Startled, Buffy turned back to the two Crows and froze when she saw their black and white face disappeared to reveal a much more human appearance. But the biggest surprise was when she saw who the woman was. "Willow," she whispered. Then, she fainted.
The redhead frowned. "Never would I have thought Buffy would faint upon seing me."
"You're not the only one, Red," Spike replied. He picked up the slayer and dumped over his shoulder. "Come on. Lets go to the Magic Box. The Scoobies always hang out there." He lead the way to the door, the two Crows following closely.
"I know, Spike," Willow said. "I was one of them, remember?" They walked silently until they reached main street. "What am I going to tell them? We can't just go in, dump Buffy at their feet, then go out to kill the last one."
"Who's the last one, pet?" He shrugged when she didn't answered him. "It's ok. Keep your secret until you feel the need to tell me." They approached the Magic Box. "You two should probably go inside in disguize. I don't think I can watch another slayerette faint."
Eric laughed and passed his hand in front of his face. His makeup made him look insane while he laughed. "Lets give them a show!"
Spike kicked opened the front door of the Magic Box and stepped in, the unconcious slayer slumped on his shoulder. "Honey! I'm home!" The two Crows followed him, smiling at the vampire's antics.
Xander jumped up and failed to notice the two undead staying in the back. "Spike! What did you do to Buffy?"
"Nothing, Chubs. She fainted." He threw the blond slayer at him, then slumped into a chair. "I've come bearing gifts," he said, gesturing toward the entrance. He grinned when he heard several gasps around the room.
Willow's eyes narrowed when she saw Giles pick up the crossbow and fire at them. She looked down when the arrow hit her chest. She pulled it out and threw it at the watcher's feet. "It's not nice to shoot arrows at dead people," she said in her distorted voice.
"What did you think bringing them here?!" Xander cried. "Now, they're all going to kill us!"
Anya rolled her eyes and put her hand on her boyfriend's arm, stopping him from doing anything stupid, like punching the grinning vampire. [He's up to something.] She frowned at Spike, then shrugged when he just stared at her. "Xander, they won't kill anyone here. I told you before. They are here to make things right. We did nothing to them so there's no point in attacking us."
The angry watcher walked to the Crows and poked Eric with his finger. "What right did you have to hurt my slayer? Demon or not, I can't let this pass." Giles was punched hard and he fell on the floor, holding his jaw.
"Sorry, Giles," Buffy said, stepping between him and the undead. "There will be no revenge in this place." She turned around and stared deep into green eyes. Tears welled up and rolled down her cheeks. "God, Will!" She sobbed. "I missed you so much!" She jumped in the redhead's arms, holding on to her, afraid she would disappeared if she let go.
Everyone watched in awe as the makeup disappeared from Willow's face. "I missed you too, Buffy." She whrapped her arms around the shaking slayer. "But I'm here now."
Xander sat down, his legs unable to hold him anymore. He couldn't believe it. Willow was one of the Crows. "Willow," he whispered. Then he fainted.
Eric frowned. "It's getting kind of repetitive tonight." He sat down next to Spike around the table.
Suddenly, Willow froze. Buffy shook her. "Will? You alright?"
The other Crow stood up and took the redhead's hand. He sighed. "It had to be now, didn't it?" He asked to noone. Then he turned to her friends. "Her link to this world, the crow, is communicating with her. She's having a vision of where the third guy is."
"Oh. My. God. It was you who eviscerated the initiative member, wasn't it?" The slayer asked. She gulped when the man nodded. She hesitated asking. "What happened to Willow?" She asked gently.
"I want to know too," a tired voice said. Xander sat up, rubbing his eyes.
Spike was suddenly interested in the conversation. When he had asked, Eric hadn't want to tell him, but he had doubts about what they did to her. "Tell us, Eric. They need to know... I need to know."
The dark haired man nodded. "She was cornered by three drunk men. They threw her down and raped her a couple of times each. She was severly beaten. One of them tried to strangle her, but she managed to escape him. She ran a few meters before they caught up with her. She was stabbed. The rest you know." He hugged Willow close to him and kissed the top of her head.
The bleached vampire closed his eyes. [That's what I feared.] He controlled his anger and turned back to Eric. "Tell me, mate. Who's the third one?"