Melissa
Chapter 3
Buffy and Riley walked hand-in-hand across the park. It was early evening, and the sky was a beautiful pink, because the sun was setting. They had been quite for sometime now, first they had talked about how Buffy and her mum was coping then it moved to, then silence. Buffy stopped and turned to Riley. "I had better get home, to see how my mum is." "Okay, I'll walk you back." Riley kissed her, which put a smile on her face, and then they headed for Buffy's house. A piece of cloth landed on their faces, it was covering their mouths and noses. They both began to struggle, but after a few seconds they fell to the floor in a heap.
When Buffy awoke she found herself lying on her side on a wooden floor. She went to move but she couldn't. Her body felt heavy. She looked around: Riley was slumped in a chair, and it looked like they were in an underground cabin as she could see the soil walls through the wood keeping it together. Then she notice Spike sitting in one of the corners, he was wide-awake with his hands behind his back, and his feet were tied to together, there was also a pile of wood next to him.
Then Melissa appeared in front of her, with what looked like a mobile, apart from there was a spike coming out of the top. The tip of the spike was starting to glow red.
"Don't want to lose you again, do we?" Melissa jabbed the end of the spike into Buffy's arm. Pain rushed through her as though her arm was on fire. Melissa pulled out the spike, and it went back into the mobile.
Out of the corner of her eye, Buffy saw Spike get his feet free. He stood up and started walking over to Melissa. Buffy stared back at Melissa so she didn't draw attention to him. Then Melissa fell to the floor. Buffy looked up to see Spike had knocked her out with a bit of wood from the pile. He went over to Riley and checked for a pulse then went back to Buffy and picked her up.
When they got out of the cabin, Buffy could just about move her body. Spike sat her against a tree and put her headscarf around the cut on her forehead.
"Riley?" She whispered as he tied the scarf into a knot.
"He's dead, I'm sorry." Spike stood up; "I'll go get him."
He turned around to go back in when the cabin exploded. Spike pushed Buffy to the ground, then used his body as a shield to protect her from flying bits of rubble.
After half an hour the area around the cabin was clear, Riley had made sure of that. He had watched Spike take Buffy home. He walked over to Melissa's lifeless body, lying on the cold ground. He bent down and pealed a piece of hanging skin from her cheek. Then he stood up grabbed her by her arms and started dragging her alone her forest floor, now he would take her to Dawn and their new hideout.
Spike helped Buffy up the steps to her house and noticed the door was slightly open. He sat Buffy on the porch and said, "Stay there."
He knew she wasn't going to argue, she was still weak. He opened the door and crept in. "Miss Summers?" He called out. He looked in the sitting room, but that was empty. Then he slowly headed her the kitchen, still looking around as he walked.
When he entered the kitchen Buffy's mum was standing with her back to him. "Miss Summers, are you alright?"
Joyce fell to the floor to reveal Dawn, who had her vampire face on. Spike smiled, now he could beat her if she posed a threat. Dawn picked up a bag then ran passed him and out of the house. Spike followed, but stopped when he got out of the house.
"Was that Dawn?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah look like she came here for some clothes." Spike answered
"Mum?"
Spike bent down to her. Buffy knew what that meant: she was alone. Spike saw tears forming in her eyes. He picked her up and carried her inside and up to her room.
"I'll go find the others, tell them what's happened." Spike said. He was about to turn around when Buffy grabbed his arm.
"No, you stay here."
Spike didn't argue, instead he sat on her bed and pulled her in for a hug.
Melissa's eyes slowly opened. She was thinking about sitting up, but her body was aching a lot.
Melissa left it for half an hour before sitting up. When she did she looked around: the room she was in was small, the walls were wood, the small window was covered with a blanket, the bed she was on was wooden with a thin mattress and there was a table with a mirror on it.
She swung her legs off the bed to see that she was in an oversized dress. She stood up and walked over to the mirror. When she looked in it, she was horrified to see that her face was scared. The most noticeable scar was going along her left cheek.
She heard the door open and she jumped around to see Riley and Dawn standing in the doorway. Dawn was holding her clothes and necklace. Melissa snatched them off her; throwed them onto the bed then pushed Riley into the wall.
"What have you done to me!?" She shouted.
"Calm down. We can talk about this." Riley pushed Melissa away from him. He knew she was angry, he could see it on her face and in her eyes. "You died in that explosion at the cabin. You know the one that was meant to kill Buffy Spike and me. Well it didn't. Anyway I brought you back, but I had to use technology as well."
"You mean I'm a robot?" Melissa asked. "Ha. Well that's just great isn't it!" Melissa started walking around the room not knowing what to do, think or say. Then she stopped, and turned slowly to face Riley. "You know what Riley, I never have liked you." She walked over to him and pushed him back into the wall. Her face turned into that of a vampire. "Never have, never will. Because I know your not really on my side. Want to know how I know?" Her voice was soft and gentle, even if it was coming out of a demons mouth.
"How?" Riley struggled but couldn't move her hand from his neck.
"I never scratched my mark into you. So now I think I will." She sunk her fangs deep in to his neck.
Riley let out a cry of pain. But that didn't stop Melissa drinking his blood nor did it convince Dawn to help him.
An hour later Riley was dead. Melissa had drunk him dry then beheaded him. She and Dawn were now getting their big night ready.
"Tonight, baby, we're going to watch Sunnydale go up in flames." Melissa laughed, and pulled a grinning Dawn in for a hug. She knew this had to work, trouble was, there was no one to keep off Buffy while Dawn and her cause havoc, or maybe there was.
Buffy and Riley walked hand-in-hand across the park. It was early evening, and the sky was a beautiful pink, because the sun was setting. They had been quite for sometime now, first they had talked about how Buffy and her mum was coping then it moved to, then silence. Buffy stopped and turned to Riley. "I had better get home, to see how my mum is." "Okay, I'll walk you back." Riley kissed her, which put a smile on her face, and then they headed for Buffy's house. A piece of cloth landed on their faces, it was covering their mouths and noses. They both began to struggle, but after a few seconds they fell to the floor in a heap.
When Buffy awoke she found herself lying on her side on a wooden floor. She went to move but she couldn't. Her body felt heavy. She looked around: Riley was slumped in a chair, and it looked like they were in an underground cabin as she could see the soil walls through the wood keeping it together. Then she notice Spike sitting in one of the corners, he was wide-awake with his hands behind his back, and his feet were tied to together, there was also a pile of wood next to him.
Then Melissa appeared in front of her, with what looked like a mobile, apart from there was a spike coming out of the top. The tip of the spike was starting to glow red.
"Don't want to lose you again, do we?" Melissa jabbed the end of the spike into Buffy's arm. Pain rushed through her as though her arm was on fire. Melissa pulled out the spike, and it went back into the mobile.
Out of the corner of her eye, Buffy saw Spike get his feet free. He stood up and started walking over to Melissa. Buffy stared back at Melissa so she didn't draw attention to him. Then Melissa fell to the floor. Buffy looked up to see Spike had knocked her out with a bit of wood from the pile. He went over to Riley and checked for a pulse then went back to Buffy and picked her up.
When they got out of the cabin, Buffy could just about move her body. Spike sat her against a tree and put her headscarf around the cut on her forehead.
"Riley?" She whispered as he tied the scarf into a knot.
"He's dead, I'm sorry." Spike stood up; "I'll go get him."
He turned around to go back in when the cabin exploded. Spike pushed Buffy to the ground, then used his body as a shield to protect her from flying bits of rubble.
After half an hour the area around the cabin was clear, Riley had made sure of that. He had watched Spike take Buffy home. He walked over to Melissa's lifeless body, lying on the cold ground. He bent down and pealed a piece of hanging skin from her cheek. Then he stood up grabbed her by her arms and started dragging her alone her forest floor, now he would take her to Dawn and their new hideout.
Spike helped Buffy up the steps to her house and noticed the door was slightly open. He sat Buffy on the porch and said, "Stay there."
He knew she wasn't going to argue, she was still weak. He opened the door and crept in. "Miss Summers?" He called out. He looked in the sitting room, but that was empty. Then he slowly headed her the kitchen, still looking around as he walked.
When he entered the kitchen Buffy's mum was standing with her back to him. "Miss Summers, are you alright?"
Joyce fell to the floor to reveal Dawn, who had her vampire face on. Spike smiled, now he could beat her if she posed a threat. Dawn picked up a bag then ran passed him and out of the house. Spike followed, but stopped when he got out of the house.
"Was that Dawn?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah look like she came here for some clothes." Spike answered
"Mum?"
Spike bent down to her. Buffy knew what that meant: she was alone. Spike saw tears forming in her eyes. He picked her up and carried her inside and up to her room.
"I'll go find the others, tell them what's happened." Spike said. He was about to turn around when Buffy grabbed his arm.
"No, you stay here."
Spike didn't argue, instead he sat on her bed and pulled her in for a hug.
Melissa's eyes slowly opened. She was thinking about sitting up, but her body was aching a lot.
Melissa left it for half an hour before sitting up. When she did she looked around: the room she was in was small, the walls were wood, the small window was covered with a blanket, the bed she was on was wooden with a thin mattress and there was a table with a mirror on it.
She swung her legs off the bed to see that she was in an oversized dress. She stood up and walked over to the mirror. When she looked in it, she was horrified to see that her face was scared. The most noticeable scar was going along her left cheek.
She heard the door open and she jumped around to see Riley and Dawn standing in the doorway. Dawn was holding her clothes and necklace. Melissa snatched them off her; throwed them onto the bed then pushed Riley into the wall.
"What have you done to me!?" She shouted.
"Calm down. We can talk about this." Riley pushed Melissa away from him. He knew she was angry, he could see it on her face and in her eyes. "You died in that explosion at the cabin. You know the one that was meant to kill Buffy Spike and me. Well it didn't. Anyway I brought you back, but I had to use technology as well."
"You mean I'm a robot?" Melissa asked. "Ha. Well that's just great isn't it!" Melissa started walking around the room not knowing what to do, think or say. Then she stopped, and turned slowly to face Riley. "You know what Riley, I never have liked you." She walked over to him and pushed him back into the wall. Her face turned into that of a vampire. "Never have, never will. Because I know your not really on my side. Want to know how I know?" Her voice was soft and gentle, even if it was coming out of a demons mouth.
"How?" Riley struggled but couldn't move her hand from his neck.
"I never scratched my mark into you. So now I think I will." She sunk her fangs deep in to his neck.
Riley let out a cry of pain. But that didn't stop Melissa drinking his blood nor did it convince Dawn to help him.
An hour later Riley was dead. Melissa had drunk him dry then beheaded him. She and Dawn were now getting their big night ready.
"Tonight, baby, we're going to watch Sunnydale go up in flames." Melissa laughed, and pulled a grinning Dawn in for a hug. She knew this had to work, trouble was, there was no one to keep off Buffy while Dawn and her cause havoc, or maybe there was.