The blonde girl walked slowly toward Faith, her hips swaying. She laughed
delicately when the brunette slayer scooted backward. Faith growled at the
involuntary chill that ran down her back. No way was this prom queen china
doll going to intimidate her.
"So, I guess we're going to skip the introductions? Just get right on to
the fighting?"
"You silly girl. There isn't going to be any fighting. The Whisper said in
a heavily accented voice. She reached Faith and ran a hand lovingly over
her face and neck. "I'm not going to give you the chance. You are going to
die trussed up like a pig. Once I have taken your body I will kill your
companion as my final sacrifice. Then nothing will be able to stop me.
"Oh, goody. Trussed up like a pig, sounds like my ex-boyfriend's idea of a
good time."
"Kill her!" The Whisper shouted to her minions. The girl was beginning to
annoy her.
The Ecketi demons advanced on Faith as a unit. Two of them unchained her,
picked her up and carried her to the alter where another was standing,
holding a switchblade.
"I don't even get a ceremonial dagger or Mayan sacrificial knife or
something. I feel loved." Faith said sarcastically. Her efforts at wit were
ignored though and the demon with the knife brought it above his head. But
before he could swing it down in a fatal arc Willow and Angel came bursting
through the entrance with the rest of the slayerettes and Spike behind
them. All of them were brandishing some sort of fire. Angel aimed the
crossbow in his hands and let loose a bolt which found its target in the
shocked demon that had been about to kill Faith. He dropped the knife in
surprise and let out a horrible scream. The tip of the bolt had been
covered in nitroglycerin and was burning out his insides. The demons
attacked. Giles, Wesley, Cordelia and Xander were pulled into the fight
before they had a chance to prepare. A demon grabbed Xander and shoved him
into a wall, another swung a scimitar at Giles who jumped back narrowly
missing the tip, three more surrounded Cordelia who bravely held them back
with the torch she was carrying as Wesley attempted to pull them away from
her.
Spike and Willow ran to opposite sides of the room and held out there
hands. Willow called up power mentally showing Spike how to do it. Slowly
the energy started to seep out of them. From Willow heat and fire flew
forming a semi circle of power that rose like a wall around her. From Spike
came an artic chill and ice that burst out of him urgently to form the
second half of the circle. Together the wall of power they built rose and
spread through out the chamber. And then Willow began to chant. Spike soon
caught on to the words and from their voices came a pure magick, neither
good nor evil. It was a magick of perfect balance.
The Whisper, who had been about to take out the brunette slayer herself,
turned and screamed in horror. She could feel a ripping inside her because
of the two and she knew that the Huntress and her Hunter were here. They
were going to stop her. Like Hell.
The Whisper started toward the closest of the couple, Spike. As she stalked
past a fallen body on the floor a leg kicked out instinctively knocking her
over. The Whisper struggled to get up but something was holding her down.
Looking over her shoulder she saw a newly conscious blonde slayer standing
above her. The slayer smiled and wiped away a bit of blood from the oozing
cut on her forehead.
"You didn't think I was out of the game, did you?" Buffy said before
viciously kicking the demon in her stomach. "I just needed a break before I
kicked your ass." Buffy punctuated each word with a kick. She went for one
more to the demons face but this time the Whisper caught it and flipped the
girl onto her back. She got up and ran down toward Spike.
"I cannot believe I just helped Spike not get killed." Buffy mumbled before
running over to Faith. "After this is over I'm going to soak in a bath
until I'm permanently wrinkly." The blonde slayer said. She finished
cutting off the binding that was wrapped around Faith's wrists and then ran
back to the fight.
Wesley was now standing in front of the Whisper but she only waved a hand
and he flew backwards cracking his arm with a sickening pop when he landed.
The Whisper reached the wall of magick and grabbed at Spike but her hands
seemed to slip over his skin, not able to hold on. The Whisper felt a
shiver of power go through her and glanced past Spike. Far in the corner
stood Giles holding a glowing crystal and whispering fervently.
"Do you think that your puny power is going to stop me. A child's
protection spell is hardly a weapon against me." The demon whispered softly
into Giles's mind. He stiffened, suddenly unable to move. He could barely
breathe his body was so stiff. She had paralyzed him with a thought but to
no avail his childish protection spell held and she could not touch either
Hunter or Huntress.
"Drushcel, come to me!" The Whisper called out. Her demon minions froze at
the name and several died because of there hesitation. Feeling smug at
killing several of the Ecketi, Cordelia and Xander smiled but soon their
grins faded as a long wormlike demon slithered into the chamber from the
dark shadowed tunnel in the back. It slid across the church destroying
everything in its path.
"That wasn't in the book." Wesley whispered through his pain.
"What is it?" Cordelia asked.
"I have no idea."
"I think it's the Druschel." Xander said
"Oh" Cordelia said
