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Fighting In the Fray
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Buffy saw the confusion in the eyes of her vampire companions. He was their family, he was threatening a creature which was kind of important to both of them. This was Angel's disgrace. She was a creature that he had made insane. Angel would never kill her, he felt too responsible. Forever his soul would torment him the most about her. This was Spike's companion of over a hundred years. They had been together through more than Buffy could imagine.
It was a tough spot.
Buffy bit her lip. She was going to hate herself for doing this. She was going to hate herself for once again following her heart. However she knew what she had to do. She would rather die than to stand before someone she loved and see all that love disappear. She had seen it happen too many times. She had seen those that she loved turn away and tell her that it wasn't going to work. She had endured love broken too many times. That was hard enough to endure.
It wasn't her past loves that helped her make the decision. It was something even more painful. She remembered the way that Parker had looked at her in her dreams. That look of disgust on the face that once had cherished her was the reason that she did what she now did.
She couldn't bear for another man to hate her. Brooding over a lost love was the definitely the lesser of two evils.
She touched Willow's arm and had her send a message.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer would save Drusilla because of one thing.
Because she loved a vampire.
****
Spike looked at her from the corners of her eyes. Angel looked at her in open shock. They heard the message that Willow inserted into their heads.
Buffy nodded almost invisibly and the fray began.
****
Fighting isn't as easy as it can seem. It is confusing and even the most skilled have trouble knowing where everything is coming from.
Three lone fighters were together linked by Willow, hoping to overcome the Anointed One's spell on vampires. On a whole this was dangerous.
In the pieces it was confusing.
****
Willow stood back, watching all of the action. She had quickly learned how to link them. It was a tough, spell but she could get them feel each other.
****
Angel and Spike were fighting the onslaught of vampires that were emerging to protect their master. Buffy attempted to sneak towards Drusilla.
The Anointed One stood in her way.
Buffy looked at him.
He cocked his head, "You are protecting the vampires."
His voice was toneless.
"You know you are not supposed to be here, you are wrong."
Buffy pulled out a stake, "Oh well. I haven't heard that before. It doesn't really work, I think I'll stake you now."
"I'm so scared."
The child reached out a hand and Buffy was motionless.
"You can't defeat me."
Buffy closed her eyes and felt Willow's presence wash over her.
"I can't. But we can."
Buffy reached out and lunged for the child.
She was stopped by Drusilla. Dru reached out and began to fight Buffy with an agility that Buffy had seen in the vampiress. It was strange. The Anointed One watched her.
Then Buffy realized that Drusilla was only half there. Half of the half that she was ever really acting on a aware level. Now she was only the vessel of the Anointed One.
This made Drusilla the perfect fighter.
Buffy was able to match her for a short time, but soon she was over powered. Drusilla knocked her against a far wall. Buffy was knocked unconscious.
Her fall drew the attention from both vampires. All the sudden they were overcome by rage. They were so full of agony that Willow had to fight to hold on to them. If she lost contact with them they would be open to the Anointed One's power.
Then a vampire came up behind her. Willow had to fight. As she fought she lost her focus.
Drusilla looked away from the fallen form of Buffy and she looked at her sire and her lover.
"Goody," she said happily as the pair gazed at her with anger.
****
Both vampires slipped away from Willow's grasp. They were both fueled with too much emotion to hold the tenuous connection.
Willow felt them slip away from her grasp. They suddenly turned on each other. They circled each other. Both were looking at each other in game face.
*Buffy!* Willow screamed injecting her with all the power she could. She turned and staked the vampire in back of her and then turned back to focusing on Buffy. The vampires were lost to her now. She couldn't shield them from the power of the Anointed One. She needed Buffy now.
Buffy opened her eyes. She was blocked by a vampire. She was so confused. She didn't know what was going on.
Buffy did a roundhouse kick and knocked the vampire in her way away. She saw the scene of the two men circling each other, waiting to kill each other.
Buffy hesitated and the vampire she had just kicked came upon her and grabbed her. She struggled in his twisted embrace.
"I am choosy about who I let touch me," Buffy muttered as she struggled. She couldn't escape though. The mind control that the Anointed One put on these demons was strong.
The first vampire was joined by another and they held her fast. The Anointed One came up to her and caressed her face.
"No darling, you aren't."
Buffy shuddered. This child had seen her naked body. This child had a vampire sexuality buried within an innocent face. It made Buffy sick.
"I brought you into hell. You took my hand. Then you let the master touch you. You let him drink from you. Your body now doesn't bear the mark, but you are my father's."
The child motioned towards the figures of Spike and Angel. The pair were exchanging blows that shook the earth surrounding them.
"Those children don't matter. I am the last childe of the Master."
Buffy was immobile in the grasp of the two vampires.
She rolled her eyes, "Please, now do you say that you are going to make me your queen."
The almond eyes studied her, "Of course not. I've got a beautiful dark Queen."
Drusilla came up behind him and purred in his ear. The vampiress didn't seem to notice that this was not only illegal, but highly wrong. He was a baby. However she licked his ear seductively.
Then the child did something that completely turned Buffy's stomach.
He vamped out.
Buffy screamed.
****
Spike looked up. One of his eyes was swollen. He could still taste the way that he hated Angel. The way that he just wanted to kill the wanker. All those years of standing next to the stupid bint, being hurt and dominated. He just wanted to hurt him in return. To make him feel what it was like to be at the whim of another.
However the scream drew his attention. It broke him from the fog.
Angel however was under the spell. Angel approached Spike and held him tight. Spike realized that there was no way that he could escape on his own.
"Red," Spike growled, "Mojo him."
The witch had been watching the scene unfolding with horror. She was at a loss at what she should begin to try to do. She had lost them all.
Willow nodded, feeling very scared. However this is the bit of hope that she needed. She closed her eyes and centered herself. She began to chant.
Spike fought his way from Angel, but Angel was still intent on the battle.
Spike saw the child lean in to the neck of his Slayer. He saw the fangs and suddenly nothing else mattered. There was something primal in him. He wasn't human. His instincts were something stronger. Adrenaline was nothing compared to this animal answering the call of nature. There was something fueling him that was raw and pure.
This was the woman who bore the marks of a claim. This was a creature who made him feel.
"Mine," Spike growled and thrust himself at the child.
****
Pandemonium turned to chaos.
Spike wrestled with a the child. A stake came out from the folds of his leather.
****
"You missed the heart!" Buffy screamed as the two vampires approached her again, ready to offer her to the child again. He was still alive.
Spike rolled his eyes, "I'm so sorry. I am so used to staking children."
They both knew that Spike was distracted. The child had power over him.
****
Then Willow joined their minds in a flash of gold.
They were together, they were whole. They had all of the strength that each individual had within themselves.
They didn't know which one of them moved, they all were in control.
***
The child was grabbed and there was no defense. His minions were unable to help him in any way. They were kept away from the other two vessels.
The child was thrown against a wall like a rag doll.
A stake came out.
At the same time Drusilla came up behind that unit.
The child looked at her, bade her to hurry.
She looked up in anger at the figure in front of her. It was pure rage.
At the same second that the Anointed One felt a stake enter his heart another heart was pierced.
Fighting In the Fray
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Buffy saw the confusion in the eyes of her vampire companions. He was their family, he was threatening a creature which was kind of important to both of them. This was Angel's disgrace. She was a creature that he had made insane. Angel would never kill her, he felt too responsible. Forever his soul would torment him the most about her. This was Spike's companion of over a hundred years. They had been together through more than Buffy could imagine.
It was a tough spot.
Buffy bit her lip. She was going to hate herself for doing this. She was going to hate herself for once again following her heart. However she knew what she had to do. She would rather die than to stand before someone she loved and see all that love disappear. She had seen it happen too many times. She had seen those that she loved turn away and tell her that it wasn't going to work. She had endured love broken too many times. That was hard enough to endure.
It wasn't her past loves that helped her make the decision. It was something even more painful. She remembered the way that Parker had looked at her in her dreams. That look of disgust on the face that once had cherished her was the reason that she did what she now did.
She couldn't bear for another man to hate her. Brooding over a lost love was the definitely the lesser of two evils.
She touched Willow's arm and had her send a message.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer would save Drusilla because of one thing.
Because she loved a vampire.
****
Spike looked at her from the corners of her eyes. Angel looked at her in open shock. They heard the message that Willow inserted into their heads.
Buffy nodded almost invisibly and the fray began.
****
Fighting isn't as easy as it can seem. It is confusing and even the most skilled have trouble knowing where everything is coming from.
Three lone fighters were together linked by Willow, hoping to overcome the Anointed One's spell on vampires. On a whole this was dangerous.
In the pieces it was confusing.
****
Willow stood back, watching all of the action. She had quickly learned how to link them. It was a tough, spell but she could get them feel each other.
****
Angel and Spike were fighting the onslaught of vampires that were emerging to protect their master. Buffy attempted to sneak towards Drusilla.
The Anointed One stood in her way.
Buffy looked at him.
He cocked his head, "You are protecting the vampires."
His voice was toneless.
"You know you are not supposed to be here, you are wrong."
Buffy pulled out a stake, "Oh well. I haven't heard that before. It doesn't really work, I think I'll stake you now."
"I'm so scared."
The child reached out a hand and Buffy was motionless.
"You can't defeat me."
Buffy closed her eyes and felt Willow's presence wash over her.
"I can't. But we can."
Buffy reached out and lunged for the child.
She was stopped by Drusilla. Dru reached out and began to fight Buffy with an agility that Buffy had seen in the vampiress. It was strange. The Anointed One watched her.
Then Buffy realized that Drusilla was only half there. Half of the half that she was ever really acting on a aware level. Now she was only the vessel of the Anointed One.
This made Drusilla the perfect fighter.
Buffy was able to match her for a short time, but soon she was over powered. Drusilla knocked her against a far wall. Buffy was knocked unconscious.
Her fall drew the attention from both vampires. All the sudden they were overcome by rage. They were so full of agony that Willow had to fight to hold on to them. If she lost contact with them they would be open to the Anointed One's power.
Then a vampire came up behind her. Willow had to fight. As she fought she lost her focus.
Drusilla looked away from the fallen form of Buffy and she looked at her sire and her lover.
"Goody," she said happily as the pair gazed at her with anger.
****
Both vampires slipped away from Willow's grasp. They were both fueled with too much emotion to hold the tenuous connection.
Willow felt them slip away from her grasp. They suddenly turned on each other. They circled each other. Both were looking at each other in game face.
*Buffy!* Willow screamed injecting her with all the power she could. She turned and staked the vampire in back of her and then turned back to focusing on Buffy. The vampires were lost to her now. She couldn't shield them from the power of the Anointed One. She needed Buffy now.
Buffy opened her eyes. She was blocked by a vampire. She was so confused. She didn't know what was going on.
Buffy did a roundhouse kick and knocked the vampire in her way away. She saw the scene of the two men circling each other, waiting to kill each other.
Buffy hesitated and the vampire she had just kicked came upon her and grabbed her. She struggled in his twisted embrace.
"I am choosy about who I let touch me," Buffy muttered as she struggled. She couldn't escape though. The mind control that the Anointed One put on these demons was strong.
The first vampire was joined by another and they held her fast. The Anointed One came up to her and caressed her face.
"No darling, you aren't."
Buffy shuddered. This child had seen her naked body. This child had a vampire sexuality buried within an innocent face. It made Buffy sick.
"I brought you into hell. You took my hand. Then you let the master touch you. You let him drink from you. Your body now doesn't bear the mark, but you are my father's."
The child motioned towards the figures of Spike and Angel. The pair were exchanging blows that shook the earth surrounding them.
"Those children don't matter. I am the last childe of the Master."
Buffy was immobile in the grasp of the two vampires.
She rolled her eyes, "Please, now do you say that you are going to make me your queen."
The almond eyes studied her, "Of course not. I've got a beautiful dark Queen."
Drusilla came up behind him and purred in his ear. The vampiress didn't seem to notice that this was not only illegal, but highly wrong. He was a baby. However she licked his ear seductively.
Then the child did something that completely turned Buffy's stomach.
He vamped out.
Buffy screamed.
****
Spike looked up. One of his eyes was swollen. He could still taste the way that he hated Angel. The way that he just wanted to kill the wanker. All those years of standing next to the stupid bint, being hurt and dominated. He just wanted to hurt him in return. To make him feel what it was like to be at the whim of another.
However the scream drew his attention. It broke him from the fog.
Angel however was under the spell. Angel approached Spike and held him tight. Spike realized that there was no way that he could escape on his own.
"Red," Spike growled, "Mojo him."
The witch had been watching the scene unfolding with horror. She was at a loss at what she should begin to try to do. She had lost them all.
Willow nodded, feeling very scared. However this is the bit of hope that she needed. She closed her eyes and centered herself. She began to chant.
Spike fought his way from Angel, but Angel was still intent on the battle.
Spike saw the child lean in to the neck of his Slayer. He saw the fangs and suddenly nothing else mattered. There was something primal in him. He wasn't human. His instincts were something stronger. Adrenaline was nothing compared to this animal answering the call of nature. There was something fueling him that was raw and pure.
This was the woman who bore the marks of a claim. This was a creature who made him feel.
"Mine," Spike growled and thrust himself at the child.
****
Pandemonium turned to chaos.
Spike wrestled with a the child. A stake came out from the folds of his leather.
****
"You missed the heart!" Buffy screamed as the two vampires approached her again, ready to offer her to the child again. He was still alive.
Spike rolled his eyes, "I'm so sorry. I am so used to staking children."
They both knew that Spike was distracted. The child had power over him.
****
Then Willow joined their minds in a flash of gold.
They were together, they were whole. They had all of the strength that each individual had within themselves.
They didn't know which one of them moved, they all were in control.
***
The child was grabbed and there was no defense. His minions were unable to help him in any way. They were kept away from the other two vessels.
The child was thrown against a wall like a rag doll.
A stake came out.
At the same time Drusilla came up behind that unit.
The child looked at her, bade her to hurry.
She looked up in anger at the figure in front of her. It was pure rage.
At the same second that the Anointed One felt a stake enter his heart another heart was pierced.