Buffy: The Bargain Chapter 2
The Hidden Clause.
Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Buffy. This plotline is mine, as I've been toying with it for a few weeks now.
On the Ghosts Roads, Lucy stood staring at D'Hoffryn.
"Why don't you take a picture. It'll last longer." He quipped.
"What did you do?" She demanded.
"Lending a helping hand." "Like the one you lent me fifty years ago?"
"Hey, you wanted to see the world's fair, so I helped you."
"Yes, and you almost enslaved me too."
"You didn't meet the goal of having the best day of your life."
"Just because it didn't make my list didn't mean I wasn't having fun."
"Hey, so you found a loophole, I set you free."
Lucy almost shot daggers from her eyes. "Did you tell Kendra about the failure rule?"
"She'll find out if she doesn't kill Drusilla."
"Let me guess, you're going to try to pull every means of stopping her."
"Do you know me or do you know me?" D'Hoffryn said and vanished.
"Not if I can help it." Lucy said and went to find Willow again.
Meanwhile in Sunnydale, Kendra was still on her journey to the cemetery. On the way there, she broke off a tree branch and had it armed in case she needed a stake. There wasn't that much action that night. In fact, she didn't need the stake at all. She found a crypt with some fresh footprints around it.
Spike, of course, was inside. At the time that Kendra kicked her way through the door, he was watching a tape of Passions. He had a robe on and a pair of old pants. He was also starting to doze off when the crash woke him.
"Doesn't anybody in this town know how to bloody knock?" He asked as he stood up.
"Hello, Spike." Kendra said.
Spike made a face of utter confusion, he knew he saw her before, but he couldn't place her. "Who are you?"
"The name's Kendra." She whipped out the stake. "The slayer that your girlfriend killed."
Spike crossed his crypt and threw on an old white T-Shirt. "Dru?"
"Yes, Drusilla." Kendra started looking around the crypt at the dusty old knickknacks. "And I've come for payback."
Spike laughed at that. "Miss by the book? Is gonna use payback?" He cracked up laughing. "I'm sorry, but revenge isn't in the slayer's handbook." He walked over to her. "Are you becoming a rogue slayer now, pet?"
Kendra grabbed him by the shirt and touched the stake over his heart. "Listen, I've had enough of that. Now you're either going to help me, or you'll be dust in the morning."
"Woah." Spike said, clearly taken aback by Kendra's force. "Why so forceful?"
"I'm only living for five days." Kendra said softly.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know where Drusilla ran off to." Spike said. "But I know somebody who does."
"Who?"
"Another Vampire, Harmony."
"How do I find her?"
"She lives near L.A. now. I could take you there." Spike offered.
"Why are you being so nice?" Kendra asked, suspiciously.
"It's not like I can bloody kill you anymore. What with this chip in my head."
"It would be nice to have some company, can you drive?"
"Yes. I still have the old Winnebago." Spike said, leading Kendra out to the front of the cemetery. There sat the Winnebago that the Scooby gang used to escape Glory. It was still complete with all of the holes that the knights cut into it. "It looks a junker but it still works." Spike commented as he lead Kendra into the seat.
Within a few minutes, they were off.
About the same time, Willow and Tara sat in their room in the Summer's house. Willow felt uneasy as Lucy was trying to signal her that they needed to talk.
"Close your eyes and clear your mind." Willow said to Tara as she finished lighting the candles. The two joined hands and chanted. This time, Lucy was more urgent than ever and the chanting had to go faster. Finally, Lucy appeared over the candle.
"Why didn't you float in like last time?" Willow asked.
"Friend Willow, something dreadful has happened on the ghost roads."
"What's wrong?"
"Kendra got the help of an ancient demon, known as D'Hoffryn. This guy is bad news. He promises life for a short time, but if a certain goal isn't met, the person becomes his personal slave."
"Did he tell this to Kendra?" Tara asked, concerned.
"No."
"We have to do something." Willow stated.
"Yes, I'm going to go along with Kendra and help protect her from D'Hoffryn. Would you two look up some kind of extension spells or something that'll insure Kendra's safety should she fail?"
Willow and Tara nodded.
"What if we bring her here to help her?"
Lucy shook her head. "No, I overheard D'Hoffryn say that any old friends couldn't see her or the spell would be broken. She'd be his slave anyway."
"Well, we'll keep looking." Willow announced.
"Yeah, you can count on us." Tara added.
"Hey." Dawn called from downstairs, "Is anybody gonna help me make lunch?"
Willow and Tara looked at each other.
"I'll go help." Tara offered. She kissed Willow and then left.
"And we'll get back to being serious girls after lunch." Willow promised Lucy.
"Okay, then, I'm off to find her. I just hope D'Hoffryn hasn't gotten to her yet." She said as she disappeared from the room.
D'Hoffryn heard every last thing the three girls had said. He also heard everything that Kendra and Spike talked of. It was time to start working, and work fast. First, he cast a spell to make the night last unusually longer. Then, he summoned a Vampire known only as Behemoth to block the highway that went past Harmony's new residence.
The Hidden Clause.
Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Buffy. This plotline is mine, as I've been toying with it for a few weeks now.
On the Ghosts Roads, Lucy stood staring at D'Hoffryn.
"Why don't you take a picture. It'll last longer." He quipped.
"What did you do?" She demanded.
"Lending a helping hand." "Like the one you lent me fifty years ago?"
"Hey, you wanted to see the world's fair, so I helped you."
"Yes, and you almost enslaved me too."
"You didn't meet the goal of having the best day of your life."
"Just because it didn't make my list didn't mean I wasn't having fun."
"Hey, so you found a loophole, I set you free."
Lucy almost shot daggers from her eyes. "Did you tell Kendra about the failure rule?"
"She'll find out if she doesn't kill Drusilla."
"Let me guess, you're going to try to pull every means of stopping her."
"Do you know me or do you know me?" D'Hoffryn said and vanished.
"Not if I can help it." Lucy said and went to find Willow again.
Meanwhile in Sunnydale, Kendra was still on her journey to the cemetery. On the way there, she broke off a tree branch and had it armed in case she needed a stake. There wasn't that much action that night. In fact, she didn't need the stake at all. She found a crypt with some fresh footprints around it.
Spike, of course, was inside. At the time that Kendra kicked her way through the door, he was watching a tape of Passions. He had a robe on and a pair of old pants. He was also starting to doze off when the crash woke him.
"Doesn't anybody in this town know how to bloody knock?" He asked as he stood up.
"Hello, Spike." Kendra said.
Spike made a face of utter confusion, he knew he saw her before, but he couldn't place her. "Who are you?"
"The name's Kendra." She whipped out the stake. "The slayer that your girlfriend killed."
Spike crossed his crypt and threw on an old white T-Shirt. "Dru?"
"Yes, Drusilla." Kendra started looking around the crypt at the dusty old knickknacks. "And I've come for payback."
Spike laughed at that. "Miss by the book? Is gonna use payback?" He cracked up laughing. "I'm sorry, but revenge isn't in the slayer's handbook." He walked over to her. "Are you becoming a rogue slayer now, pet?"
Kendra grabbed him by the shirt and touched the stake over his heart. "Listen, I've had enough of that. Now you're either going to help me, or you'll be dust in the morning."
"Woah." Spike said, clearly taken aback by Kendra's force. "Why so forceful?"
"I'm only living for five days." Kendra said softly.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know where Drusilla ran off to." Spike said. "But I know somebody who does."
"Who?"
"Another Vampire, Harmony."
"How do I find her?"
"She lives near L.A. now. I could take you there." Spike offered.
"Why are you being so nice?" Kendra asked, suspiciously.
"It's not like I can bloody kill you anymore. What with this chip in my head."
"It would be nice to have some company, can you drive?"
"Yes. I still have the old Winnebago." Spike said, leading Kendra out to the front of the cemetery. There sat the Winnebago that the Scooby gang used to escape Glory. It was still complete with all of the holes that the knights cut into it. "It looks a junker but it still works." Spike commented as he lead Kendra into the seat.
Within a few minutes, they were off.
About the same time, Willow and Tara sat in their room in the Summer's house. Willow felt uneasy as Lucy was trying to signal her that they needed to talk.
"Close your eyes and clear your mind." Willow said to Tara as she finished lighting the candles. The two joined hands and chanted. This time, Lucy was more urgent than ever and the chanting had to go faster. Finally, Lucy appeared over the candle.
"Why didn't you float in like last time?" Willow asked.
"Friend Willow, something dreadful has happened on the ghost roads."
"What's wrong?"
"Kendra got the help of an ancient demon, known as D'Hoffryn. This guy is bad news. He promises life for a short time, but if a certain goal isn't met, the person becomes his personal slave."
"Did he tell this to Kendra?" Tara asked, concerned.
"No."
"We have to do something." Willow stated.
"Yes, I'm going to go along with Kendra and help protect her from D'Hoffryn. Would you two look up some kind of extension spells or something that'll insure Kendra's safety should she fail?"
Willow and Tara nodded.
"What if we bring her here to help her?"
Lucy shook her head. "No, I overheard D'Hoffryn say that any old friends couldn't see her or the spell would be broken. She'd be his slave anyway."
"Well, we'll keep looking." Willow announced.
"Yeah, you can count on us." Tara added.
"Hey." Dawn called from downstairs, "Is anybody gonna help me make lunch?"
Willow and Tara looked at each other.
"I'll go help." Tara offered. She kissed Willow and then left.
"And we'll get back to being serious girls after lunch." Willow promised Lucy.
"Okay, then, I'm off to find her. I just hope D'Hoffryn hasn't gotten to her yet." She said as she disappeared from the room.
D'Hoffryn heard every last thing the three girls had said. He also heard everything that Kendra and Spike talked of. It was time to start working, and work fast. First, he cast a spell to make the night last unusually longer. Then, he summoned a Vampire known only as Behemoth to block the highway that went past Harmony's new residence.