Wasting My Hate (continued)
Disclaimer: See previous chapter
Author: Spike's Little Brother (aka me)
Note: In all of my fanfics, I keep to School Hard, meaning that it was Angelus and not Dru who turned Spike - how else can one explain what Spike said to Angel in that episode, which was and I quote: You think you can fool me? You were my sire, man! You were my... Yoda!
Dedicated to: The people who truly do care really care about me, i.e. the ones who cared enough to stay with me and not leave me saying that it's for my own good - I love you guys with what's still here, still holding onto the hope that you all give me whenever you talk to me.
I see my hands, I see my feet
I feel that blood that pumps in beat
But where the hell's my mind goin' now?
"Why is he like this?" a quiet voice asked Giles who sighed before he turned to the newly awakened Buffy, she, Xander, and Willow having woken up mere moments before while Giles and Shang had deinvited Spike from everyone's home, leaving only the public places open to him. "H-he-he-e-he h-at-es me so much." The blond slayer began before she broke down into tears. "I-I-I-I was so cruel to him." She said as she cried in Giles's lap as he hugged her tightly.
"I have no idea why he is behaving this way Buffy, but it is clear from the spell Shang put you under a-and-an-and his own actions, that he is not the Spike we all knew." The ex-watcher said sadly before he turned back to Shang. "How did you and umm Spike meet?" he asked
Shang smiled fondly, "I met William sometime before the Boxer Rebellion - along with Angelus, that was before I tried to convince the Master to ally himself with the now dead emperor of Outworld, sadly that fool would not go along with my master's offer and I had to deal with him."
Giles blinked, "you fought the master?" he asked, trying to hide the fear in his voice; obviously Shang was a powerful sorcerer but they had had no idea that he was *that* powerful - nor had they encountered someone with the power that Shang hinted at. "How did you fare?"
"Very well actually, for all his power, the master was not needless to say one of my better opponents." He said calmly. "But we are sadly getting off track. I was at the Boxer Rebellion (in hiding from Shao Khan) stealing souls in an effort to survive. I saw William kill a slayer then go into another room with Drusilla, I took the slayer's soul, and Spike upon seeing me tried to fight me. I bested him then commented on his fighting abilities as well as his love for Drusilla and offered to teach him more. I'd already known about Angelus's soul so I figured-"
"That Spike would be a logical candidate for you," Buffy said coolly and Shang nodded once. "And you two have been friends ever since?" She asked curiously, still coming to grips with the fact that Spike's soul was out to destroy things, instead of create.
"Very much so. True to my word I trained William, showed him things even Angelus had been frightened to learn, such as resurrection spells; to which I did pass along the warning that those things never go quite right," he replied before he paused. "They are nothing alike." He said as he read her soul. "In life Angelus was a drunk who spent his time whoring himself out to any woman he happened to like."
"Whereas Spike was a poet whose life was shattered by love and he gave into Angelus because he offered him the things he wanted." Buffy replied sadly, remembering how Cecily and her cohorts had shattered the then human William's heart.
"And Angelus completed the vicious circle" Shang said in disgust, "I assume you saw his memories on who actually turned him correct?"
Buffy nodded, remembering very vividly how Angelus had seduced Spike with his promises, before he'd then bitten him, Darla standing off to the right and watching as Angelus drained the blood and the life out of William, before cutting himself and then slit his own wrist and forced William to feed.
She'd remembered screaming when she saw William wake up - fresh from the grave, feeling better about himself - only to have Angelus rip that feeling from him by beating, torturing and raping him repeatedly, Darla helping whenever William "screwed things up".
"Yes" she said meekly as she tried to not meet Shang's gaze, tears in her eyes as she tried not to cry, she'd done just what Angelus had done to Spike and he'd not complained one bit at all to her or any of the others, she was a witch, she'd hurt him so terribly and he'd come back for more, hoping that she would love him. "H-ho-h-how-how could he forgive me?"
"How could he not, I mean to him well you know what you represented to him." Shang countered and Buffy looked up and smiled at him.
"You have this weird thing about you, you're supposed to be some powerful demon sorcerer (whose evil might I add) yet you're trying to save someone who's not even above your level of fighting."
"Yeah, why is that?" Xander asked as he entered the room, "Dawn's asleep but she's really shook up - hell we all are." He stated, feeling guilty for what had happened - especially after he'd felt Spike's emotions concerning them all.
"It's because William is a friend, I consider him to be family, hence the reason why I made him and his siblings my blood family." Shang said as he looked at them both. "She will be fine, Dawn is one of the strongest people I know - regardless of the fact that she has no soul, she is well far more human and carefree then anyone I have met in a long time. It is very refreshing for me."
Buffy smiled a bit, "thanks … Shang" she said the words feeling foreign in her own mouth as she looked at the demon sorcerer. "You are a good friend - even if you are evil." She teased.
Tsung chuckled a bit and nodded slowly, "partially. The rest is because I need souls to keep my body from falling apart as it were."
"So you're a necromancer" Giles said, frowning a bit. "The council in Dublin-"
"Cannot detect me unless I wish for them to do so," Shang said before he yawned. "I suggest we all head for our homes, William's a lot smarter then Angelus is but for the moment we have an advantage."
Nodding Buffy silently cried - in times like this she would turn to Spike for help, yet now he wasn't here; his demon howling in agony over what his soul was doing. Apparently the powers had a rather funny sense of irony, one (she hoped) wouldn't kill them all…
Good day, how do
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
…William for the most part grinned to himself as the third human body fell (his demon screaming in rage to be let out).
That, he thought to himself was rather odd, then again Spike was an odd demon, no he wasn't just odd, He was downright an incompetent moron who could never even hope to be what William was now.
*Soon* he thought to himself as he went over the amulet of Raka'shi'ras one more time, letting out a cold and utterly ruthless laugh as he thought of just how the amulet would accomplish that - once it caught the sun's light.
Slowly he turned and looked at the book he had picked up from the mansion, Angelus had been a genius, a naïve one but one nonetheless. He'd tried to destroy the world and while William's demon hated that, William actually liked the idea of destroying all humanity, with all the emotions gone from this world, there would be no more: Love, hatred, fear, bigotry, jealousy, greed, and especially guilt, and sorrow.
Looking once more at the circular shaped bronze colored amulet, William ran a finger along its surface. It was a work of art the amulet was, with four different gemstones in the middle and a ring of diamonds along the border, it would channel the sun while he stayed in the shadows and spoke the words - causing the energy of the warm sun to curse everyone and everything, making everything emotionless and free, free of the emotions that plagued their lives!!
But he needed a few ingredients first in order to complete the spell and those ingredients were probably found at the magic shop, which put another smile on his face, his now twisted and vengeful soul squirming gleefully as it thought of all the things that he could do to Buffy and the others.
For a moment a pang of guilt and horror washed through him before he threw those two emotions back at their source. "Sorry Spike but you are not in charge here anymore, nor will you ever be for failing me." He said to himself, knowing that his demon was trying to wrest control from him.
If anything, he *hated* Spike more then anyone else and come Thursday night, he would purge himself of his demon's emotions and then he would be free as would the world…
**************
Buffy tossed and turned in her bed, her mind going over the things she'd done, mulling over the way she had acted to Spike, the way she had crushed him so utterly, before her mind floated to another place…
…She was at the mansion, staring at a strange amulet before something stabbed her in the back and she turned to see William there, grinning demonically, laughing at her as she staggered to the floor.
"You were the last person or should I say thing that I expected to see Elizabeth," he said in a snobbish tone as he kicked her in the side once and she gasped in pain, looking up at him. He wore an upper-class suit and black dress pants, his duster on the floor beside her. "Come sunrise the entire world will be cleansed and there is nothing you can do nothing to stop it."
"Spike? Please" she began before he kicked her harder and laughed at her cruelly.
"He cannot help you Ms Summers, he's too weak to do that." He said before he sat down and then she felt his fangs in her neck - and she began to feel her life leaving her…
"No" she moaned before she woke up with a start and glanced around, and began to cry again. Spike was gone, she had made him leave her, she had abused his love with her cruelty and now the only person who understood and accepted her in ways she had never imagined before was seeking revenge. "Nonononononono!" she said as she began to sob.
"Buffy?" a voice asked and she turned to see Dawn standing in the doorway looking at her in concern, "what's wrong?" she asked as she sat down.
"I-I-I-I-I mi-is-miss-miss him," she said as she began to sob again, Dawn trying to sooth her. "How could I have been so stupid, how could I have let him slip from my fingers Dawn?" she asked as cried her heart out. "I love him so much and now he's gone, all because of me"
"It was because of Angelus wasn't it?" a calm voice said and both girls turned to see Shang enter the room. "Forgive me but when a soul is crying out in agony I can well I can sense its despair." He explained.
Buffy nodded once and Shang sighed as he sat down beside her. "I won't say anything you don't already know but yes you did screw up as the term may be. But you need to remember the good times you had with William, that is the only thing keeping me from being as depressed as you are over this whole incident."
"How could he forgive me all those times?" Buffy asked as she cried, remembering the times when she had beaten him and used him, then the time where she had told him that she had to leave because it was killing her. "I-I-I-I-I was so horrible to him," she said as she sobbed again.
"Because William loves with all his heart, soul or no soul and that's what made him so amazing." Shang stated with a small smile. "He is how you say a keeper, or he will be once we find out how to remove his soul."
Buffy offered the dark haired man a small smile, "I can see what he sees in you" she said as she found her voice again, "and what I should have seen in him." She added quietly, inwardly blaming herself. "I ne-nee-need to go the Magic Box, there's something I need to ask Giles." She said and the sorcerer nodded once.
"May I accompany you lady Elizabeth?" he asked and Buffy froze upon hearing the word "Elizabeth", she remembered William also calling her that - just before he killed her in her dream.
"Buffy?" Dawn asked hesitantly, as she looked at her sister in concern. "Are yo-y-yo-you okay?" Dawn asked as she squeezed on her sister's hand tightly.
Buffy blinked then snapped out of her reverie; "I don't know," she answered before she looked at Dawn's loving expression and then hugged her tightly. "Shang? Can you watch Dawn?" She asked. "I need to call Giles"
He inclined his head in a short bow, "I will" he promised before he smiled along with them.
"Thanks" she said sadly before Willow walked in and Buffy smiled a bit. "Ung can't a girl get a moment's peace?" she said as she tried to joke a bit in order to make the other girls and Shang laugh, though inwardly she felt like her heart was still twisted and broken in two - she missed Spike so much.
"Now when that girl is the Slayer who is sworn to do her duty I imagine." Shang deadpanned, imitating Giles and earning a mock glare from the three girls.
"Gee thanks," Buffy said as she tried to hide a smile. "You've got an interesting bedside manner" she quipped and Shang laughed pleasantly.
"I suspected as much." He said before he left the room and Buffy dressed quickly.
"Dawn? I-I-I need to go" Buffy told her sister. "I know you'll want to help me but this is something I have to do on my own." She said as she looked at her sister before Shang reentered the room and shook his head.
"You should not go Ms Summers - not until we've found out how to undo what has been done." He said slowly, "despite your dream."
"Ya know? It's really creepy when you do that." Buffy said in a half joking manner.
"William told me that once," he said with a shrug. "Still my suggestion remains as it was before. You cannot face William by yourself, not until we figure out a way to remove his soul. Spike would not want you to go off "half-cocked" as he would put it." Shang observed.
"He's right Buffy," Willow said as she looked at her friend, "we have to make with a plan."
"How though?" she asked this time with tears in her eyes. "He knows me better then I know myself"
"It depends on whether or not he is relying on all of the demon's memories and skills," Shang pointed out with a frown, he could sense her fears and it hurt that such a young girl could feel so out of place like this, and although Shang would normally have looked down on her and the others with disgust and contempt
Now though he was being nice to them, while other humans and beings were beneath his efforts, these Scoobies as they called themselves, this group of people who acted like a family (albeit sometimes a dysfunctional one), this group of hero's were his family and by all the souls he had taken, all the people he had murdered, and by all the power he had craved … he, Shang Tsung the demon sorcerer from the earth realm would die to protect them…
…And nothing would stand in his way as he did this, as he brought back his friend and adopted brother - no matter what the consequences…
…William slowly picked up the now glowing amulet with a large dark opal in its center; the eye of Kali was a brilliant silver color and even though it had been hidden for all these years in the sewers of Sunnydale it remained as brilliant as the day it had been forged by the Thugee cultists in India during their rebellion.
The amulet was said to contain more then enough power to ultimately bring about the end of all humanity itself, something that William was going to enjoy destroy anyways now that his hatred of emotions had come full circle.
He smiled then slowly cut his right wrist and dripped blood onto the eye, which glowed a bit almost as if something was seeing him through it.
The mansion's candles began to flicker out as a strong wind blew all around him, and he felt power coursing through his undead body, power and hatred growing in him.
He saw the pain of everyone spurned by their loved ones, his hatred growing as he fed off of their hatred. He saw people being emotionally destroyed like he had been and his hatred for emotions and feelings grew even moreso. William felt Spike struggle to fight back but he knew that his other half wouldn't win, he was too weak, still reeling from the rejection he'd been dealt and his own sad and pathetic attempt to convince Buffy Summers to love him.
"Den'y'a l'rina'us q'ue'tias; in these words I begin the preparations for the end." He said in a somewhat eerie voice, feeling power flowing through his mind itself. "In the words I speak the emotions will be driven out with myself acting as a vessel" he said as he felt the spell combine itself with the restoration and imprison Spike in darkness.
William snorted as he felt the demon try to regain control of the body; it was in vain they both knew though why his demonic half kept trying was beyond him. He laughed at the pain his demon was feeling even as power engulfed him, making him stronger.
The mansion suddenly was ablaze with a dark blue energy barrier, the flames from the candles glowing bright blue, demonic shapes appeared in the mirrors, the sons and daughters of Kali herself appeared giving William more power. They screamed and laughed in glee as they felt another demon join their dark family
Spike screamed mentally as he tried to fight back, tried to stop himself from going after the world and those he loved but the shroud and restoration spell were keeping him effectively imprisoned inside his own body. He prayed to a God that could never hold anything but contempt for him, prayed for a way to keep this from happening even so far as to praying that someone would give Buffy the strength to stake him.
It was all he could do now apparently…
…As William grew in power and reveled in the demons that were cheering him on, he didn't notice the pale golf ball headed man who watched from the shadows, watched and smiled malevolently as he felt William's rage and anger grow…
Yes, the man thought to himself, William would make an excellent pawn in his plan for revenge against both Spike and Shang Tsung…
…Shang's eyes widened as he felt an incredible darkness, he staggered back and turned to the others, his mouth having gone dry. "The eye of Kali" he said in absolute horror
Good day, how do
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
Authors Note: hehehehehe what pray tell is the eye of kali? And who is the man whose watching William's every move? Conclusion'll be coming up soon, to quote Stan Lee - Until Next Time True Believers - EXCELLSIOR!!!
Disclaimer: See previous chapter
Author: Spike's Little Brother (aka me)
Note: In all of my fanfics, I keep to School Hard, meaning that it was Angelus and not Dru who turned Spike - how else can one explain what Spike said to Angel in that episode, which was and I quote: You think you can fool me? You were my sire, man! You were my... Yoda!
Dedicated to: The people who truly do care really care about me, i.e. the ones who cared enough to stay with me and not leave me saying that it's for my own good - I love you guys with what's still here, still holding onto the hope that you all give me whenever you talk to me.
I see my hands, I see my feet
I feel that blood that pumps in beat
But where the hell's my mind goin' now?
"Why is he like this?" a quiet voice asked Giles who sighed before he turned to the newly awakened Buffy, she, Xander, and Willow having woken up mere moments before while Giles and Shang had deinvited Spike from everyone's home, leaving only the public places open to him. "H-he-he-e-he h-at-es me so much." The blond slayer began before she broke down into tears. "I-I-I-I was so cruel to him." She said as she cried in Giles's lap as he hugged her tightly.
"I have no idea why he is behaving this way Buffy, but it is clear from the spell Shang put you under a-and-an-and his own actions, that he is not the Spike we all knew." The ex-watcher said sadly before he turned back to Shang. "How did you and umm Spike meet?" he asked
Shang smiled fondly, "I met William sometime before the Boxer Rebellion - along with Angelus, that was before I tried to convince the Master to ally himself with the now dead emperor of Outworld, sadly that fool would not go along with my master's offer and I had to deal with him."
Giles blinked, "you fought the master?" he asked, trying to hide the fear in his voice; obviously Shang was a powerful sorcerer but they had had no idea that he was *that* powerful - nor had they encountered someone with the power that Shang hinted at. "How did you fare?"
"Very well actually, for all his power, the master was not needless to say one of my better opponents." He said calmly. "But we are sadly getting off track. I was at the Boxer Rebellion (in hiding from Shao Khan) stealing souls in an effort to survive. I saw William kill a slayer then go into another room with Drusilla, I took the slayer's soul, and Spike upon seeing me tried to fight me. I bested him then commented on his fighting abilities as well as his love for Drusilla and offered to teach him more. I'd already known about Angelus's soul so I figured-"
"That Spike would be a logical candidate for you," Buffy said coolly and Shang nodded once. "And you two have been friends ever since?" She asked curiously, still coming to grips with the fact that Spike's soul was out to destroy things, instead of create.
"Very much so. True to my word I trained William, showed him things even Angelus had been frightened to learn, such as resurrection spells; to which I did pass along the warning that those things never go quite right," he replied before he paused. "They are nothing alike." He said as he read her soul. "In life Angelus was a drunk who spent his time whoring himself out to any woman he happened to like."
"Whereas Spike was a poet whose life was shattered by love and he gave into Angelus because he offered him the things he wanted." Buffy replied sadly, remembering how Cecily and her cohorts had shattered the then human William's heart.
"And Angelus completed the vicious circle" Shang said in disgust, "I assume you saw his memories on who actually turned him correct?"
Buffy nodded, remembering very vividly how Angelus had seduced Spike with his promises, before he'd then bitten him, Darla standing off to the right and watching as Angelus drained the blood and the life out of William, before cutting himself and then slit his own wrist and forced William to feed.
She'd remembered screaming when she saw William wake up - fresh from the grave, feeling better about himself - only to have Angelus rip that feeling from him by beating, torturing and raping him repeatedly, Darla helping whenever William "screwed things up".
"Yes" she said meekly as she tried to not meet Shang's gaze, tears in her eyes as she tried not to cry, she'd done just what Angelus had done to Spike and he'd not complained one bit at all to her or any of the others, she was a witch, she'd hurt him so terribly and he'd come back for more, hoping that she would love him. "H-ho-h-how-how could he forgive me?"
"How could he not, I mean to him well you know what you represented to him." Shang countered and Buffy looked up and smiled at him.
"You have this weird thing about you, you're supposed to be some powerful demon sorcerer (whose evil might I add) yet you're trying to save someone who's not even above your level of fighting."
"Yeah, why is that?" Xander asked as he entered the room, "Dawn's asleep but she's really shook up - hell we all are." He stated, feeling guilty for what had happened - especially after he'd felt Spike's emotions concerning them all.
"It's because William is a friend, I consider him to be family, hence the reason why I made him and his siblings my blood family." Shang said as he looked at them both. "She will be fine, Dawn is one of the strongest people I know - regardless of the fact that she has no soul, she is well far more human and carefree then anyone I have met in a long time. It is very refreshing for me."
Buffy smiled a bit, "thanks … Shang" she said the words feeling foreign in her own mouth as she looked at the demon sorcerer. "You are a good friend - even if you are evil." She teased.
Tsung chuckled a bit and nodded slowly, "partially. The rest is because I need souls to keep my body from falling apart as it were."
"So you're a necromancer" Giles said, frowning a bit. "The council in Dublin-"
"Cannot detect me unless I wish for them to do so," Shang said before he yawned. "I suggest we all head for our homes, William's a lot smarter then Angelus is but for the moment we have an advantage."
Nodding Buffy silently cried - in times like this she would turn to Spike for help, yet now he wasn't here; his demon howling in agony over what his soul was doing. Apparently the powers had a rather funny sense of irony, one (she hoped) wouldn't kill them all…
Good day, how do
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
…William for the most part grinned to himself as the third human body fell (his demon screaming in rage to be let out).
That, he thought to himself was rather odd, then again Spike was an odd demon, no he wasn't just odd, He was downright an incompetent moron who could never even hope to be what William was now.
*Soon* he thought to himself as he went over the amulet of Raka'shi'ras one more time, letting out a cold and utterly ruthless laugh as he thought of just how the amulet would accomplish that - once it caught the sun's light.
Slowly he turned and looked at the book he had picked up from the mansion, Angelus had been a genius, a naïve one but one nonetheless. He'd tried to destroy the world and while William's demon hated that, William actually liked the idea of destroying all humanity, with all the emotions gone from this world, there would be no more: Love, hatred, fear, bigotry, jealousy, greed, and especially guilt, and sorrow.
Looking once more at the circular shaped bronze colored amulet, William ran a finger along its surface. It was a work of art the amulet was, with four different gemstones in the middle and a ring of diamonds along the border, it would channel the sun while he stayed in the shadows and spoke the words - causing the energy of the warm sun to curse everyone and everything, making everything emotionless and free, free of the emotions that plagued their lives!!
But he needed a few ingredients first in order to complete the spell and those ingredients were probably found at the magic shop, which put another smile on his face, his now twisted and vengeful soul squirming gleefully as it thought of all the things that he could do to Buffy and the others.
For a moment a pang of guilt and horror washed through him before he threw those two emotions back at their source. "Sorry Spike but you are not in charge here anymore, nor will you ever be for failing me." He said to himself, knowing that his demon was trying to wrest control from him.
If anything, he *hated* Spike more then anyone else and come Thursday night, he would purge himself of his demon's emotions and then he would be free as would the world…
**************
Buffy tossed and turned in her bed, her mind going over the things she'd done, mulling over the way she had acted to Spike, the way she had crushed him so utterly, before her mind floated to another place…
…She was at the mansion, staring at a strange amulet before something stabbed her in the back and she turned to see William there, grinning demonically, laughing at her as she staggered to the floor.
"You were the last person or should I say thing that I expected to see Elizabeth," he said in a snobbish tone as he kicked her in the side once and she gasped in pain, looking up at him. He wore an upper-class suit and black dress pants, his duster on the floor beside her. "Come sunrise the entire world will be cleansed and there is nothing you can do nothing to stop it."
"Spike? Please" she began before he kicked her harder and laughed at her cruelly.
"He cannot help you Ms Summers, he's too weak to do that." He said before he sat down and then she felt his fangs in her neck - and she began to feel her life leaving her…
"No" she moaned before she woke up with a start and glanced around, and began to cry again. Spike was gone, she had made him leave her, she had abused his love with her cruelty and now the only person who understood and accepted her in ways she had never imagined before was seeking revenge. "Nonononononono!" she said as she began to sob.
"Buffy?" a voice asked and she turned to see Dawn standing in the doorway looking at her in concern, "what's wrong?" she asked as she sat down.
"I-I-I-I-I mi-is-miss-miss him," she said as she began to sob again, Dawn trying to sooth her. "How could I have been so stupid, how could I have let him slip from my fingers Dawn?" she asked as cried her heart out. "I love him so much and now he's gone, all because of me"
"It was because of Angelus wasn't it?" a calm voice said and both girls turned to see Shang enter the room. "Forgive me but when a soul is crying out in agony I can well I can sense its despair." He explained.
Buffy nodded once and Shang sighed as he sat down beside her. "I won't say anything you don't already know but yes you did screw up as the term may be. But you need to remember the good times you had with William, that is the only thing keeping me from being as depressed as you are over this whole incident."
"How could he forgive me all those times?" Buffy asked as she cried, remembering the times when she had beaten him and used him, then the time where she had told him that she had to leave because it was killing her. "I-I-I-I-I was so horrible to him," she said as she sobbed again.
"Because William loves with all his heart, soul or no soul and that's what made him so amazing." Shang stated with a small smile. "He is how you say a keeper, or he will be once we find out how to remove his soul."
Buffy offered the dark haired man a small smile, "I can see what he sees in you" she said as she found her voice again, "and what I should have seen in him." She added quietly, inwardly blaming herself. "I ne-nee-need to go the Magic Box, there's something I need to ask Giles." She said and the sorcerer nodded once.
"May I accompany you lady Elizabeth?" he asked and Buffy froze upon hearing the word "Elizabeth", she remembered William also calling her that - just before he killed her in her dream.
"Buffy?" Dawn asked hesitantly, as she looked at her sister in concern. "Are yo-y-yo-you okay?" Dawn asked as she squeezed on her sister's hand tightly.
Buffy blinked then snapped out of her reverie; "I don't know," she answered before she looked at Dawn's loving expression and then hugged her tightly. "Shang? Can you watch Dawn?" She asked. "I need to call Giles"
He inclined his head in a short bow, "I will" he promised before he smiled along with them.
"Thanks" she said sadly before Willow walked in and Buffy smiled a bit. "Ung can't a girl get a moment's peace?" she said as she tried to joke a bit in order to make the other girls and Shang laugh, though inwardly she felt like her heart was still twisted and broken in two - she missed Spike so much.
"Now when that girl is the Slayer who is sworn to do her duty I imagine." Shang deadpanned, imitating Giles and earning a mock glare from the three girls.
"Gee thanks," Buffy said as she tried to hide a smile. "You've got an interesting bedside manner" she quipped and Shang laughed pleasantly.
"I suspected as much." He said before he left the room and Buffy dressed quickly.
"Dawn? I-I-I need to go" Buffy told her sister. "I know you'll want to help me but this is something I have to do on my own." She said as she looked at her sister before Shang reentered the room and shook his head.
"You should not go Ms Summers - not until we've found out how to undo what has been done." He said slowly, "despite your dream."
"Ya know? It's really creepy when you do that." Buffy said in a half joking manner.
"William told me that once," he said with a shrug. "Still my suggestion remains as it was before. You cannot face William by yourself, not until we figure out a way to remove his soul. Spike would not want you to go off "half-cocked" as he would put it." Shang observed.
"He's right Buffy," Willow said as she looked at her friend, "we have to make with a plan."
"How though?" she asked this time with tears in her eyes. "He knows me better then I know myself"
"It depends on whether or not he is relying on all of the demon's memories and skills," Shang pointed out with a frown, he could sense her fears and it hurt that such a young girl could feel so out of place like this, and although Shang would normally have looked down on her and the others with disgust and contempt
Now though he was being nice to them, while other humans and beings were beneath his efforts, these Scoobies as they called themselves, this group of people who acted like a family (albeit sometimes a dysfunctional one), this group of hero's were his family and by all the souls he had taken, all the people he had murdered, and by all the power he had craved … he, Shang Tsung the demon sorcerer from the earth realm would die to protect them…
…And nothing would stand in his way as he did this, as he brought back his friend and adopted brother - no matter what the consequences…
…William slowly picked up the now glowing amulet with a large dark opal in its center; the eye of Kali was a brilliant silver color and even though it had been hidden for all these years in the sewers of Sunnydale it remained as brilliant as the day it had been forged by the Thugee cultists in India during their rebellion.
The amulet was said to contain more then enough power to ultimately bring about the end of all humanity itself, something that William was going to enjoy destroy anyways now that his hatred of emotions had come full circle.
He smiled then slowly cut his right wrist and dripped blood onto the eye, which glowed a bit almost as if something was seeing him through it.
The mansion's candles began to flicker out as a strong wind blew all around him, and he felt power coursing through his undead body, power and hatred growing in him.
He saw the pain of everyone spurned by their loved ones, his hatred growing as he fed off of their hatred. He saw people being emotionally destroyed like he had been and his hatred for emotions and feelings grew even moreso. William felt Spike struggle to fight back but he knew that his other half wouldn't win, he was too weak, still reeling from the rejection he'd been dealt and his own sad and pathetic attempt to convince Buffy Summers to love him.
"Den'y'a l'rina'us q'ue'tias; in these words I begin the preparations for the end." He said in a somewhat eerie voice, feeling power flowing through his mind itself. "In the words I speak the emotions will be driven out with myself acting as a vessel" he said as he felt the spell combine itself with the restoration and imprison Spike in darkness.
William snorted as he felt the demon try to regain control of the body; it was in vain they both knew though why his demonic half kept trying was beyond him. He laughed at the pain his demon was feeling even as power engulfed him, making him stronger.
The mansion suddenly was ablaze with a dark blue energy barrier, the flames from the candles glowing bright blue, demonic shapes appeared in the mirrors, the sons and daughters of Kali herself appeared giving William more power. They screamed and laughed in glee as they felt another demon join their dark family
Spike screamed mentally as he tried to fight back, tried to stop himself from going after the world and those he loved but the shroud and restoration spell were keeping him effectively imprisoned inside his own body. He prayed to a God that could never hold anything but contempt for him, prayed for a way to keep this from happening even so far as to praying that someone would give Buffy the strength to stake him.
It was all he could do now apparently…
…As William grew in power and reveled in the demons that were cheering him on, he didn't notice the pale golf ball headed man who watched from the shadows, watched and smiled malevolently as he felt William's rage and anger grow…
Yes, the man thought to himself, William would make an excellent pawn in his plan for revenge against both Spike and Shang Tsung…
…Shang's eyes widened as he felt an incredible darkness, he staggered back and turned to the others, his mouth having gone dry. "The eye of Kali" he said in absolute horror
Good day, how do
And I send a smile to you
Don't waste, waste your breath
And I won't waste my hate on you
Authors Note: hehehehehe what pray tell is the eye of kali? And who is the man whose watching William's every move? Conclusion'll be coming up soon, to quote Stan Lee - Until Next Time True Believers - EXCELLSIOR!!!