Part 17
Stepping
into Darkness
Part 17
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There was a stunned silence as Fliq
growled at Angelus. She stood up and her face changed back, her
blue eyes teary as she looked from Cordelia to Giles, and then to
Spike.
"Oh," Angelus wiped his
dry eyes. "Isn't this just heart wrenching?" he
straightened up and looked at Fliq his face suddenly void of any
emotion. "Oh, come on, Fliq, you let out my secret, it was
only fair. I had plans to play Angel for a while, kill them all
from the inside," he laughed. "Well, I could still kill
them all from the inside, eh lover," he winked at Cordelia,
who was still motionless. "I had plans for Buffy, Willow,
even you and especially Cordelia." He turned back to
Cordelia and winked at her as she took a step back. He laughed,
"Everybody got to play." He looked at the shocked faces
around the room.
"I think it's story time, don't
you, Fliq?" Angelus grinned. "Once upon a time two
Slayers were born, only months apart. The one in America, became
a Slayer a 15, fell in love with a gorgeous, sexy, amazingly well
endowed, smart vampire and proceeded to fuck the soul out of him.
A year later she takes a trip to LA to visit the resouled vampire
he turns human, they get groiny for one perfect night before he
makes the ultimate sacrifice allowing everyone except himself
forget that day so that he can be the heroic brooding wonder
again." Angelus inhaled and wiped a tearless eye, "Ah
young love." He turned and laughed at Buffy, "Of course,
our Slayer knows nothing about this, so she moves onto a real
live action doll hero, Riley Finn. Only he got fed up of her too.
"Meanwhile, in the back streets
of Scotland, our second Slayer grows up knowing that she is
destined to slay all the things that go bump in the night. And
when two of us get together we tend to do that, hell, screw that,
we can do it with more than two," he laughed, then turned to
face Giles. "Of course, this is no ordinary Slayer, this one
decides to strike out for some attention and blow up Watcher
Wesley's clothes as he's holding an important meeting. Receiving
a lecture for her wrongdoing, she hides her spell casting
activities. She goes out looking for something to do and finds
this wonderful place called the Sanctuary. She meets our bleached
blond friend and they fall in love.
"Then our first Slayer dies,
but don't worry folks, it's only for a few minutes, thus
activating the next Slayer, who manages to stay alive for a total
of five minutes." Angelus laughed at Fliq, "Must've set
a new record there, Fliq. Our second Slayer was activated and
attempted to slay her new boyfriend, neither of you two had much
luck with that activity did you? She fights him to the ground,
but can't bring herself to kill him."
Angelus clutched his chest and
leaned against the wall, "Oh the love. But of course, his
batty ex-girlfriend turns up and strikes from behind."
Angelus fell to the ground
theatrically, "Our bleached hero is torn, he can save her,
but should he? She might hate him, and no one's ever turned a
Slayer before, who knows what could happen? Ah, the possibilities.
But of course, love, and his fangs, win the day. Our Slayer
awakes to find out what her lover has done. A demon inhabits her
body, but it can't control her. Soul intact, she flees, leaving
our blond friend to beg his insane ex to take him back, while she
tries to deal with her inner turmoil," Angelus gasped, then
stood up and sighed. "Over time, our Slayer learned to live
with the vampire within and, hearing of an evil prophecy came in
search of the other Slayer, but what will her reaction to
all of this be? Well folks, tune in next time to find out."
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Angelus laughed as he looked around
the room. He stepped towards Vampire Willow and pulled her into
his side. She sighed, "I'm bored. Can we play now?" She
looked at him from lowered lashes and smiled innocently.
"Oh, I think it's time for a
game." Vampire Willow growled appreciatively and then
laughed lightly as she walked to the back of the room and pulled
the knife from Riley's chest, causing him to cry out in agony.
All eyes in the room turned to Riley
as he was unceremoniously pulled from his position on the floor.
Buffy stared at Riley, trying to make him understand, begging all
higher beings for the chance to let him know she was sorry. Riley
met her gaze with teary eyes and smiled. Angelus pulled the
chains from their place in the wall and hauled him forward with
such force that he landed a few feet in front of the grinning
vampire.
"Now, to the games."
"Let him go," Buffy aimed
her crossbow.
"Oh, that was funny,"
Angelus laughed. "Do it again."
Spike pulled Fliq's discarded
crossbow from the floor and stood at Buffy's side, aiming
alongside her, "You heard the girl, let him go."
Angelus laughed, "Oh Spikey.
Aren't you wondering why you're doing this?"
"Oh, I'd say maybe 'cause you're
a big wanker and I think I like Sunnyhell the way it is."
Vampire Willow giggled, "Can I
show him?" She growled into Angelus' ear.
"Growl in my ear like that
again, and you can do whatever the hell you want,"
Vampire Willow growled and turned to
face the room. "Come here little witch," she grinned at
Tara, who was skulking in the doorway behind them. The blonde
witch smiled and sauntered across the room, winking at Willow as
she passed.
"Yes?" she asked
innocently as she stepped between Angelus and Vampire Willow.
"I think it's time we showed
Spikey why he's such a nice little puppy," Vampire Willow
grinned as she swept the girl's hair back and licked her throat.
Angelus growled into her other ear and Tara shivered, kicking her
foot backward into Riley before looking back at the group and
raising her arms. Suddenly the room was filled with a blue light.
Red lightening was thundering around the room from Tara's pointed
fingers. The witch was surrounded by an aura of red light that
was increasing as a red stream of energy flowed from Spike,
feeding it. Suddenly Tara dropped her arms in one quick motion
that snapped everything back to reality.
"Whoa, what a rush,"
Angelus laughed. "You see, Spikey," he said, kicking
Riley hard in the stomach, "you had all this evil in you and
it was going to waste with your impotence." He laughed as
Spike growled, "Down boy, oh wait, that was the problem,
wasn't it?"
He kicked Riley again before
continuing, "Our little witch here had been feeding from you
for months. Even before the thing with Glory, which sounds like a
blast, sorry I missed that. Our little friend here has been
sucking you dry for months, one little dream inserted into your
head had you falling for the Slayer and that was enough." He
sighed and turned to Willow with a smile on his face, "You
know, if you weren't so powerful, none of this would have
happened."
"What?" Willow asked
stepping forward slightly.
"Ignore him, Red." Spike
said through gritted teeth.
Tara laughed and stepped closer to
the group, "You made little old me jealous, Willow. You had
so much powerso I decided to borrow some."
"A nice little witch with a lot
of power could put it to much better use than an impotent vampire."
Vampire Willow said as she wandered back towards Wesley.
"And believe me does she put it
to good use," Angelus wagged his eyebrows at Willow as
Vampire Willow began to rub her hands across Wesley's chest
"But she didn't know she was
sucking up all that evil stuff. She had our sexy little Spike all
thinking about the Slayer."
Tara smiled, "Who would have
thought dreams could change someone so much."
"So we have everything to our
advantage, makes our plans a lot more fun." Angelus winked
at Cordelia, "And believe me precious, we have plans for you."
"See, you keep saying we, but
this wasn't even your plan," All eyes turned to Fliq. "It
couldn't have been. You were only turned a short while ago, and
saying that, you're not even really turned, are you?"
Angelus growled. "I think
everyone else would beg to differ. What do you think, Riley?"
he asked kicking the man in the chest. "And just ask the
Watcher," he nodded towards Wesley who was gritting his
teeth as Vampire Willow grazed her teeth along his neck, her
hands wandering inside his open trousers, "Hey Giles,"
he laughed. "Bringing back any memories?"
"Try all you want, Angel, but I
can see what's happening now. You were surrounded by green light,
there's a spell on you, that's all. Break that and you're back to
being Angel again."
"Just a big fluffy puppy with
bad teeth," Spike smiled.
Angelus growled, "Nice try,
Spike. You're weak, and after tonight you won't be hurting
anything except your reputation."
"With no due respect, mate, I'm
not the one being called Puppy by a crazed red head who wants to
play."
"No, you're being called Spikey
by a drunk red head, who I'm sure would love to play. What d'ya
say, Will? You up for it?" Angelus laughed.
Spike growled and moved forward
slightly as Vampire Willow placed a hand on Angelus' shoulder.
"Puppy I'm bored. This world's no fun," she licked his
neck and he growled. "Can't we just kill them all?"
Angelus pulled Riley to his feet.
"What a great idea," he growled, snapping Riley's head
to the left.
"NO!" Buffy jumped through
the air, kicking Angelus to the ground as the others engaged the
countless vampires that flocked the room.
Angelus laughed and pulled himself
to his feet as the two moved into the back, near the fountain,
"I love it when you talk dirty." He kissed her roughly
before smacking her face with the back of his hand. "I love
my women at my feet." He looked at her lying on the floor
then bent down and picked up a wooden bar from beside her. "Oh
look at this, it was just lying there," He said as Buffy
pulled herself to her feet. "What are the chances? Oh well,"
he cracked it over Buffy's head and the petite Slayer fell to the
ground again.
"Well, I hate to love you and
kill you, butno wait, that's exactly what I love to do,"
he raised the bar above his head and prepared to strike, when a
foot slammed into his face from the side, taking him by surprise.
Fliq stood in front of him prepared
to fight, "Leave her alone."
Angelus laughed, "Why bother?
You don't honestly think she cares about you, do you? You lied to
her. She hates you."
"Oh I wouldn't say that,"
Buffy replied with a punch to his stomach. "People fight,"
she smiled, kicking him in the kneecap causing him to kneel,
"then they make up." Buffy smiled, "I love my men
kneeling before me." She grinned at Fliq as Angelus pulled
himself to his feet. She turned back to face him, "Fliq,
suit up."
Fliq slipped into game face and
together the Slayers prepared to face Angelus. He looked from one
to the other then smiled impishly, "I'd love to stay and
chat, but it looks like you two have something else to take care
of." Buffy and Fliq turned around to see their friends
rounded up by a large congregation of vampires. They ran into the
room.
Vampire Willow grinned as Angelus
walked into the room and pulled her into him as he growled. They
turned to look at the fight before them as the Slayers and their
friends tried to stay alive. Tara stood at their side and Vampire
Willow pulled the blonde witch into her side, kissing her cheek
and laughing lightly as they watched the Slayers fall to the
ground. A howl echoed through the room and they watched as the
moon was swallowed by the night.
...and the darkness will engulf us
all.
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END OF PART 17
Sorry if the start
was boring, but I had to get it out of the way!!!