Chapter Twenty-Four
By the time night fell, Darry was getting slightly worried about her cousin.
"How much trouble can she get into?" Dawn asked, trying to reassure her friend.
"Plenty." Buffy answered, sitting beside Darry and Dawn on the foldout bed. "This is Sunnydale." She added.
Darry turned to her. "Thank you very much." She said, sarcasm dripping from her voice.
Buffy shrugged. "Just trying to help." She said.
"How?" Darry asked.
Anya and Xander entered the room and joined the three on the couch. "Still no sign of her?" Xander asked.
"What do you think?" Darry asked.
Xander shrugged and looked away from Darry. "Just trying to help." He said.
"Will you people stop saying that?" Darry hissed, and got off the couch. "How could you possibly help by saying that she could be dead by now?" Darry asked, looking over at Buffy. "Or asking stupid questions?" Darry added, looking at Xander.
"The only way to help is to her from her, right now!" Darry added.
Suddenly, a rock came flying through the window, shattering the glass and almost hitting Darry in the head. The girl ducked and the rock went colliding into the back of the couch.
"That's the second time that's happened." Buffy muttered as they all turned to look behind them.
Darry looked up and shook some glass off her head. She crawled on her hands and knees and retrieved the rock. Darry noticed that there was a note tied to the rock. She pulled the note off and opened it.
"'Slayer and Darry come out and die.'" Darry read. She handed the note up to Buffy.
"I know this hand writing." Buffy remarked.
Outside the Summers house, Kellie looked over at Spike.
"Do you really think this will work?" She asked the vampire.
Spike nodded and dragged on his cigarette. "Yes, there is nothing that can go wrong with this plan." Spike said.
In the cavern under Sunnydale's streets, the man was planning. He was planning a way to get rid of the Slayer.
"The Slayer can mess up my prefect plans; I have waited too long down her to have a simple girl mess up my prefect planning." The man grumbled to himself.
"I must get rid of her. The last demon I sent was destroyed by her with no trouble, on her part." The man added. "I must create a stronger foe." He said. With those words, he chanted a few verses in a language that might have been Romanian.
With another bright flash of light, a demon appeared in the cave. This demon looked fiercer then the last; it was a reptile like demon, resembling a raptor. The demon looked up at his master.
"I need you to go above ground and kill the Slayer." The man commanded. "Now." He added.
"It will be done." The demon replied and scampered out of the cavern.
Buffy and Darry peered cautiously out of the house through the open door.
"Do you see anything?" Darry asked Buffy.
Buffy squinted her eyes. "No." The Slayer answered.
"Darry! Where are you?" They heard a voice call.
Darry looked over at Buffy. "That's Kellie alright." Darry informed.
"Kellie, what do you think you're doing?" Spike hissed and punched the girl in the arm. He was rewarded by a searing pain in his head.
Kellie winced and rubbed her shoulder. "What was that for?" Kellie whined.
"What are you doing?" Spike asked.
"Well, its no fun if they don't know we're out here is it?" Kellie asked.
"Oh, they know we're out here." Spike answered.
"I don't think they're out there." Anya remarked as she joined Buffy and Darry at the door.
Buffy turned to the ex-demon. "They're out there because we just heard them. Now, we're going to go find them." Buffy said.
Buffy and Darry left the house and left Anya standing in the foyer. "Have a nice evening and don't get killed." Anya called after them and shut the door.
Buffy pulled a stake out of her pocket and handed it to Darry. "What do I need this for?" Darry asked. "I'm not going to slay Spike and I sure as Hell am not going to slay Kellie." Darry added.
Buffy shrugged. "Just take it." She whispered.
Buffy could see Spike and Kellie attempting to hide behind the oak tree in the front yard. "Okay, you go around back and I'll take the front." Buffy said.
Darry broke away from Buffy and headed around to the back of the tree.
Spike saw Buffy before she got to the front of the tree. "Ah Slayer, I knew you would come." Spike said.
"Yeah, with a note like that I couldn't refuse. It makes me feel all tingly inside to read the words 'Slayer come out and die'. Yeah, I just love it when I read those words; makes me wanna come out and spread some holiday cheer." Buffy said, her voice flat.
Kellie made a face. "You're not funny Slayer." She said. When Buffy shot her a 'don't go there look' Kellie added, "I mean Buffy."
"Kellie what are you doing with a loser like Spike?" Buffy asked.
"He is not a loser." Kellie growled.
"See, someone appreciates me." Spike said and dragged on his cigarette.
Darry came up behind Kellie, brandishing the stake. Kellie whirled around, very surprised to see her cousin.
"Yeah, I think I got that same tingly feeling." Darry said.
Kellie looked over at Spike. "Don't look at me, I can't fight her." Spike muttered.
Kellie took off running down the street, afraid of what her cousin might do to her. Spike took Kellie's cue and took off after her; Buffy and Darry looked at each other and then gave chase.
Kellie didn't know where she was running to but that didn't really matter. Buffy and Darry seemed really mad when they had come to fight her and Spike. Maybe being bad wasn't such a good idea but Spike had made it seem so appealing and after all he was so cute. She found it hard to turn him down. Kellie glanced behind her and saw that Spike was following her. That must mean that Darry and Buffy were following them as well.
Kellie decided that she had had enough running. After all, she was bad now wasn't she? She could fight Buffy and Darry; or at least she could fight Darry. Kellie stopped running and turned around to face the oncoming trio.
Spike quickly joined her side and raised his fists. "Bloody hell, what good that'll do." He muttered.
Buffy and Darry arrived a few seconds later. Darry realized that they were in Weatherly Park, where she had fought the demon when she was a werewolf.
"Spike, I'm not going to tell you again: stop bothering me." Buffy grumbled and balled her fists.
Darry handed Buffy the stake that she still carried and glanced over at Kellie.
"Kellie, what the hell are you doing?" Darry asked, surprised that (number one) her cousin would even think about being bad and (number two) that she would keep it up this long.
"I'm bad now." Kellie answered. "I'm sick of everyone treating me so bad." Kellie said, she looked over at Spike. "So, I'm with Spike now; we're bad, scary villains." Kellie said.
Darry started laughing. When she managed to stop she said, "Oh yeah, what could be scarier then 'look out it's the terrifying Kellie-gang ooh.'" Darry started laughing again.
Kellie stomped her foot. "Stop laughing!" She commanded. "This is exactly what I'm talking about. No one cares about me." Kellie cried.
Darry stopped laughing. However, before she could say a word there was a roar of furry and a demon leapt out of the bushes behind Kellie.
The demon roared the leapt at Kellie; Darry pushed Kellie out of the way and the demon tackled her. Darry cried in pain as the demon's claws tore into her still unhealed arm.
Darry grabbed the demon's muzzle and tried to keep it away from her face and neck. In a split second, Buffy was at her side pulling the demon off of her.
The demon roared. "Slayer." It growled and launched itself at Buffy.
Kellie was by Darry's side, dropping to her knees. "Are you alright?" Kellie asked.
Darry didn't have time to answer because it was clear that there was too much melee to do so at the moment. Buffy was wrestling with the demon and it was hard to tell who was winning.
Spike went to Buffy's aid and pulled the demon off of the Slayer, throwing it to the ground. That was not a good idea. The demon leapt at Darry and Kellie again; Kellie screamed and ducked but Darry met the demon's attack with a little less then werewolf strength.
The demon, however, knocked Darry to the ground. Darry found herself unable to get up, for the demon was somewhat stronger then she was.
"Stay away from my cousin!" Kellie yelled and kicked the demon in the side.
The demon roared and turned to face Kellie. It leapt but Spike grabbed its tail and stopped it in mid leap. Spike slung the demon in Buffy's direction.
The Slayer was ready for it, with the stake raised. The demon collided with the stake and impaled itself. It died in mid-roar and disappeared in a bright flash of light.
"Another one of those demons?" Buffy asked, grateful for Spike's help. Spike nodded.
Kellie helped Darry up; Darry cradled her arm and looked over at her cousin. "Thanks." She muttered.
Kellie looked at Darry and smiled. "No, thank you; if it wasn't for you that thing would have jumped on me. Thank you Darry!" Kellie cried, perhaps over dramatically and threw her arms around her cousin's neck.
Darry returned the embrace. "No problem." She said.
Kellie turned to look at Spike. "And thanks for saving me too." She added.
Spike smiled in spite of himself. "No problem." He said, trying to mimic Darry's coolness.
Buffy smiled and opened her mouth to speak but before she could Kellie interrupted her with another 'Thank you!'
"Let's go home." Buffy suggested.
Spike headed to this crypt and the three girls headed back to the Summers house.
By the time night fell, Darry was getting slightly worried about her cousin.
"How much trouble can she get into?" Dawn asked, trying to reassure her friend.
"Plenty." Buffy answered, sitting beside Darry and Dawn on the foldout bed. "This is Sunnydale." She added.
Darry turned to her. "Thank you very much." She said, sarcasm dripping from her voice.
Buffy shrugged. "Just trying to help." She said.
"How?" Darry asked.
Anya and Xander entered the room and joined the three on the couch. "Still no sign of her?" Xander asked.
"What do you think?" Darry asked.
Xander shrugged and looked away from Darry. "Just trying to help." He said.
"Will you people stop saying that?" Darry hissed, and got off the couch. "How could you possibly help by saying that she could be dead by now?" Darry asked, looking over at Buffy. "Or asking stupid questions?" Darry added, looking at Xander.
"The only way to help is to her from her, right now!" Darry added.
Suddenly, a rock came flying through the window, shattering the glass and almost hitting Darry in the head. The girl ducked and the rock went colliding into the back of the couch.
"That's the second time that's happened." Buffy muttered as they all turned to look behind them.
Darry looked up and shook some glass off her head. She crawled on her hands and knees and retrieved the rock. Darry noticed that there was a note tied to the rock. She pulled the note off and opened it.
"'Slayer and Darry come out and die.'" Darry read. She handed the note up to Buffy.
"I know this hand writing." Buffy remarked.
Outside the Summers house, Kellie looked over at Spike.
"Do you really think this will work?" She asked the vampire.
Spike nodded and dragged on his cigarette. "Yes, there is nothing that can go wrong with this plan." Spike said.
In the cavern under Sunnydale's streets, the man was planning. He was planning a way to get rid of the Slayer.
"The Slayer can mess up my prefect plans; I have waited too long down her to have a simple girl mess up my prefect planning." The man grumbled to himself.
"I must get rid of her. The last demon I sent was destroyed by her with no trouble, on her part." The man added. "I must create a stronger foe." He said. With those words, he chanted a few verses in a language that might have been Romanian.
With another bright flash of light, a demon appeared in the cave. This demon looked fiercer then the last; it was a reptile like demon, resembling a raptor. The demon looked up at his master.
"I need you to go above ground and kill the Slayer." The man commanded. "Now." He added.
"It will be done." The demon replied and scampered out of the cavern.
Buffy and Darry peered cautiously out of the house through the open door.
"Do you see anything?" Darry asked Buffy.
Buffy squinted her eyes. "No." The Slayer answered.
"Darry! Where are you?" They heard a voice call.
Darry looked over at Buffy. "That's Kellie alright." Darry informed.
"Kellie, what do you think you're doing?" Spike hissed and punched the girl in the arm. He was rewarded by a searing pain in his head.
Kellie winced and rubbed her shoulder. "What was that for?" Kellie whined.
"What are you doing?" Spike asked.
"Well, its no fun if they don't know we're out here is it?" Kellie asked.
"Oh, they know we're out here." Spike answered.
"I don't think they're out there." Anya remarked as she joined Buffy and Darry at the door.
Buffy turned to the ex-demon. "They're out there because we just heard them. Now, we're going to go find them." Buffy said.
Buffy and Darry left the house and left Anya standing in the foyer. "Have a nice evening and don't get killed." Anya called after them and shut the door.
Buffy pulled a stake out of her pocket and handed it to Darry. "What do I need this for?" Darry asked. "I'm not going to slay Spike and I sure as Hell am not going to slay Kellie." Darry added.
Buffy shrugged. "Just take it." She whispered.
Buffy could see Spike and Kellie attempting to hide behind the oak tree in the front yard. "Okay, you go around back and I'll take the front." Buffy said.
Darry broke away from Buffy and headed around to the back of the tree.
Spike saw Buffy before she got to the front of the tree. "Ah Slayer, I knew you would come." Spike said.
"Yeah, with a note like that I couldn't refuse. It makes me feel all tingly inside to read the words 'Slayer come out and die'. Yeah, I just love it when I read those words; makes me wanna come out and spread some holiday cheer." Buffy said, her voice flat.
Kellie made a face. "You're not funny Slayer." She said. When Buffy shot her a 'don't go there look' Kellie added, "I mean Buffy."
"Kellie what are you doing with a loser like Spike?" Buffy asked.
"He is not a loser." Kellie growled.
"See, someone appreciates me." Spike said and dragged on his cigarette.
Darry came up behind Kellie, brandishing the stake. Kellie whirled around, very surprised to see her cousin.
"Yeah, I think I got that same tingly feeling." Darry said.
Kellie looked over at Spike. "Don't look at me, I can't fight her." Spike muttered.
Kellie took off running down the street, afraid of what her cousin might do to her. Spike took Kellie's cue and took off after her; Buffy and Darry looked at each other and then gave chase.
Kellie didn't know where she was running to but that didn't really matter. Buffy and Darry seemed really mad when they had come to fight her and Spike. Maybe being bad wasn't such a good idea but Spike had made it seem so appealing and after all he was so cute. She found it hard to turn him down. Kellie glanced behind her and saw that Spike was following her. That must mean that Darry and Buffy were following them as well.
Kellie decided that she had had enough running. After all, she was bad now wasn't she? She could fight Buffy and Darry; or at least she could fight Darry. Kellie stopped running and turned around to face the oncoming trio.
Spike quickly joined her side and raised his fists. "Bloody hell, what good that'll do." He muttered.
Buffy and Darry arrived a few seconds later. Darry realized that they were in Weatherly Park, where she had fought the demon when she was a werewolf.
"Spike, I'm not going to tell you again: stop bothering me." Buffy grumbled and balled her fists.
Darry handed Buffy the stake that she still carried and glanced over at Kellie.
"Kellie, what the hell are you doing?" Darry asked, surprised that (number one) her cousin would even think about being bad and (number two) that she would keep it up this long.
"I'm bad now." Kellie answered. "I'm sick of everyone treating me so bad." Kellie said, she looked over at Spike. "So, I'm with Spike now; we're bad, scary villains." Kellie said.
Darry started laughing. When she managed to stop she said, "Oh yeah, what could be scarier then 'look out it's the terrifying Kellie-gang ooh.'" Darry started laughing again.
Kellie stomped her foot. "Stop laughing!" She commanded. "This is exactly what I'm talking about. No one cares about me." Kellie cried.
Darry stopped laughing. However, before she could say a word there was a roar of furry and a demon leapt out of the bushes behind Kellie.
The demon roared the leapt at Kellie; Darry pushed Kellie out of the way and the demon tackled her. Darry cried in pain as the demon's claws tore into her still unhealed arm.
Darry grabbed the demon's muzzle and tried to keep it away from her face and neck. In a split second, Buffy was at her side pulling the demon off of her.
The demon roared. "Slayer." It growled and launched itself at Buffy.
Kellie was by Darry's side, dropping to her knees. "Are you alright?" Kellie asked.
Darry didn't have time to answer because it was clear that there was too much melee to do so at the moment. Buffy was wrestling with the demon and it was hard to tell who was winning.
Spike went to Buffy's aid and pulled the demon off of the Slayer, throwing it to the ground. That was not a good idea. The demon leapt at Darry and Kellie again; Kellie screamed and ducked but Darry met the demon's attack with a little less then werewolf strength.
The demon, however, knocked Darry to the ground. Darry found herself unable to get up, for the demon was somewhat stronger then she was.
"Stay away from my cousin!" Kellie yelled and kicked the demon in the side.
The demon roared and turned to face Kellie. It leapt but Spike grabbed its tail and stopped it in mid leap. Spike slung the demon in Buffy's direction.
The Slayer was ready for it, with the stake raised. The demon collided with the stake and impaled itself. It died in mid-roar and disappeared in a bright flash of light.
"Another one of those demons?" Buffy asked, grateful for Spike's help. Spike nodded.
Kellie helped Darry up; Darry cradled her arm and looked over at her cousin. "Thanks." She muttered.
Kellie looked at Darry and smiled. "No, thank you; if it wasn't for you that thing would have jumped on me. Thank you Darry!" Kellie cried, perhaps over dramatically and threw her arms around her cousin's neck.
Darry returned the embrace. "No problem." She said.
Kellie turned to look at Spike. "And thanks for saving me too." She added.
Spike smiled in spite of himself. "No problem." He said, trying to mimic Darry's coolness.
Buffy smiled and opened her mouth to speak but before she could Kellie interrupted her with another 'Thank you!'
"Let's go home." Buffy suggested.
Spike headed to this crypt and the three girls headed back to the Summers house.
