Chapter Two - Night of the Trophy
"Oh, bloody hell!" Spike was beside himself with
worry, fear--yes, fear!--and a great deal of anxiety.
"What the bloody hell do you think you
were doing?! Do you have any idea what you just did?"
"I had no choice."
"Oh, you had no choice, did you? Do you think we
have any other choice now but to run like bloody hell?!"
The woman with the black hair shook her head. "We
can't run, Spike. That just isn't an option."
Spike shook his head. "Oh, you are one daft bitch,
I'll tell you that much. If you think I'm going to stay
here waiting for the Slayer to come a knockin'...you're
bloody crazy!" He turned his head to regard the two young
ladies chained to the cavern wall behind him. "She's going
to kill us."
"Spike, d-don't listen to her," Willow pleaded.
"If you let us go, we--"
Faith shook her head and snapped her fingers. "Hey.
Be quiet, Red. This is for your own good." She pulled
something out of a pack she had brought with her. It
looked like a statue.
Spike looked at it curiously. Willow and Dawn
couldn't see it because Spike was in the way. "Buffy's
going to be so pissed," he told Faith.
Faith shook her head. "No...she won't be. Not if
we're successful here. That's why the Watcher's Council
made it look like a kidnapping . Send in a few guys with
guns and Buffy'll be looking elsewhere. At least for a
while."
"What exactly is that thing?" Spike asked her. "It
looks like a trophy."
Faith nodded as she carried the trophy toward
Willow. "It is a trophy."
She held back her feelings as she looked at Willow.
"It's where Katherine Madison was sent when she tried to
send Buffy into a different plane of existence.
Only...only somehow, Katherine wasn't sent there." She
looked into Willow's eyes. "Willow was."
Dawn looked at her with confusion. "What are you
saying? Spike? What is she talking about?"
Spike shook his head. "I don't know, pet." He watched
Faith carefully. "Are you telling me that Willow
Rosenberg is inside that trophy...and some other person
named Katherine Madison has been living inside of Willow's
pretty little body?"
Faith nodded. "Since the tenth grade. Willow
was 15." Faith regarded Willow now, and Willow was angry.
Her face was in a deep scowl. "The binding spell will
hold. I have the Watcher's Council to thank for that.
They've been watching Willow for a long time now."
She put the trophy in the young woman's face. "But
it's time to switch them back now. Make things right." She
began to speak in Latin. Faith had been empowered to do
this by the Council. She spoke the spell. Willow and the
trophy started glowing. Suddenly, there was a whirlpool of
wind, and Faith was knocked to the ground. When she got
back up she looked at Willow.
Willow looked around in confusion. Her eyes were
wide with fright. "Oh-ohmigod! Ohmigod!
Wh-what...wh-ere?" She stared at Spike, then at Faith and
then at
Dawn. She didn't know any of them. She began to cry.
Then she screamed.
Faith looked at Spike. "It worked. We can let
them down now...but...Willow is going to need a lot of
help." She looked at her with concern. "She won't
remember the life that Katherine Madison has been
living. She'll remember that first few weeks, when Buffy
first arrived."
Willow was incoherently babbling on and looking
around fearfully.
Suddenly, someone rose up from the ground. It was
Katherine Madison - a very pissed Katherine Madison.
"You're going to pay for that!" she said to Faith. She
threw the trophy at Faith and ran from the
cavern. She had to regain her power.
Faith ran after her, but she was gone. When she
returned, Spike had unchained Willow and Dawn, and Dawn
was holding Willow in an attempt to comfort her. Willow
just cried and stared around at her unfamiliar
surroundings.
Faith looked at them. "Now...now we take her to
Buffy."
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"Oh, bloody hell!" Spike was beside himself with
worry, fear--yes, fear!--and a great deal of anxiety.
"What the bloody hell do you think you
were doing?! Do you have any idea what you just did?"
"I had no choice."
"Oh, you had no choice, did you? Do you think we
have any other choice now but to run like bloody hell?!"
The woman with the black hair shook her head. "We
can't run, Spike. That just isn't an option."
Spike shook his head. "Oh, you are one daft bitch,
I'll tell you that much. If you think I'm going to stay
here waiting for the Slayer to come a knockin'...you're
bloody crazy!" He turned his head to regard the two young
ladies chained to the cavern wall behind him. "She's going
to kill us."
"Spike, d-don't listen to her," Willow pleaded.
"If you let us go, we--"
Faith shook her head and snapped her fingers. "Hey.
Be quiet, Red. This is for your own good." She pulled
something out of a pack she had brought with her. It
looked like a statue.
Spike looked at it curiously. Willow and Dawn
couldn't see it because Spike was in the way. "Buffy's
going to be so pissed," he told Faith.
Faith shook her head. "No...she won't be. Not if
we're successful here. That's why the Watcher's Council
made it look like a kidnapping . Send in a few guys with
guns and Buffy'll be looking elsewhere. At least for a
while."
"What exactly is that thing?" Spike asked her. "It
looks like a trophy."
Faith nodded as she carried the trophy toward
Willow. "It is a trophy."
She held back her feelings as she looked at Willow.
"It's where Katherine Madison was sent when she tried to
send Buffy into a different plane of existence.
Only...only somehow, Katherine wasn't sent there." She
looked into Willow's eyes. "Willow was."
Dawn looked at her with confusion. "What are you
saying? Spike? What is she talking about?"
Spike shook his head. "I don't know, pet." He watched
Faith carefully. "Are you telling me that Willow
Rosenberg is inside that trophy...and some other person
named Katherine Madison has been living inside of Willow's
pretty little body?"
Faith nodded. "Since the tenth grade. Willow
was 15." Faith regarded Willow now, and Willow was angry.
Her face was in a deep scowl. "The binding spell will
hold. I have the Watcher's Council to thank for that.
They've been watching Willow for a long time now."
She put the trophy in the young woman's face. "But
it's time to switch them back now. Make things right." She
began to speak in Latin. Faith had been empowered to do
this by the Council. She spoke the spell. Willow and the
trophy started glowing. Suddenly, there was a whirlpool of
wind, and Faith was knocked to the ground. When she got
back up she looked at Willow.
Willow looked around in confusion. Her eyes were
wide with fright. "Oh-ohmigod! Ohmigod!
Wh-what...wh-ere?" She stared at Spike, then at Faith and
then at
Dawn. She didn't know any of them. She began to cry.
Then she screamed.
Faith looked at Spike. "It worked. We can let
them down now...but...Willow is going to need a lot of
help." She looked at her with concern. "She won't
remember the life that Katherine Madison has been
living. She'll remember that first few weeks, when Buffy
first arrived."
Willow was incoherently babbling on and looking
around fearfully.
Suddenly, someone rose up from the ground. It was
Katherine Madison - a very pissed Katherine Madison.
"You're going to pay for that!" she said to Faith. She
threw the trophy at Faith and ran from the
cavern. She had to regain her power.
Faith ran after her, but she was gone. When she
returned, Spike had unchained Willow and Dawn, and Dawn
was holding Willow in an attempt to comfort her. Willow
just cried and stared around at her unfamiliar
surroundings.
Faith looked at them. "Now...now we take her to
Buffy."
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