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BLAH. BLAH. THE USUAL STUFF.
NOTES: THIS CHAPTER IS ABOUT MEPHISO'S PAST.
DISTANT REVELATIONS
Buffy and Sita stood in the graveyard dusting them self down. It had been a week since Mephiso and the boy had had arrived. The boy hadn't wakened up and Mephiso had assured them that he would be fine with time. Willow started to spend a lot of time with him, even though he was still a sleep. "You now I've been here for a week and every night we seem to find more demons to fight."
"Well welcome to life on the Hellmouth. Every night a new darkness." Buffy turned to Sita. "Did you now Mephiso before or what? Cause he hasn't said more than two words about himself."
"I'll tell you every thing but this isn't the place, even tombstones have ears." She looked around. "Come on I parked the car over here." She headed towards the black Porsche parked next to the gates. "That another thing all the graveyards! How many dose this place need?"
"A lot. Lots of demons leave lots of bodies." She giggled, "Lets go it is nearly dawn and the end of another night of killing the un-dead." She stopped mid stride. "That's not right? You can't kill something that's dead. Great that will bug me for a week now!" She made a face
"Well you said it. Lets go I'll try and take your mind off it." She took along deep breath. "I would swear." she looked around.
"What is it?" Buffy looked around nervously. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing lets go."
* * *
Unknown to them, except Sita's nose, they had been watched from the shadows by a bleached blond figure. It watched them as they moved through the graveyard. 'I wonder who that was with her? Great, now I've got two blondes to deal with!' He stepped back into the shadows. He lit a cigarette and took a draw. 'Look at me all souled up and nowhere to go, but they see soon enough.'
* * *
Buffy and Sita entered the house by the back door. Buffy turned to her Sita. "Keep quiet I don't want to wake the others." She tiptoed across the kitchen careful not to make a noise.
From the figure appeared from the shadows of the hallway it crossed the kitchen and opened the refrigerator casting light over the room. Dawn turned to see her sister ant the vampire staring back. "Hi guys good night?" Her voice shaken.
"Do you know what time it is? Its after 5 in the morning!" Buffy had gone from concerned big sister to mother in a split second.
"This is a sibling matter nothing to do with me." Sita quickly left the room before the fireworks began. She walked into the living room and found willow sitting her head buried in a book, fast asleep. She silently entered and took a seat. She glanced at the unconscious cause of all of this he hadn't moved since they had left. She let out a sigh, 'Will he ever wake up?' Evidently her sigh was enough to wake Willow, or the racket the Summers sisters were making. Wathever the cause the effect was identical.
Willow woke up with concern and sleep in her eyes. "What's wrong?" The concern was in her voice as well.
"Nothing, just a family tiff." The sound of footsteaps pounding up the stairs and the door slamming, Sita and Willow looked at celing, "It's over now any way."
Buffy entered the room with a sour look on her face. And collapsed into the chair near the door. "Sisters!"
"Well I bet she saying the same up there." Willow caught Buffy's eye and regretted saying anything.
"Well I wasn't running around the house at 5 am when I was here age!" Buffy sighed and relaxed into her chair.
"No you were out running around fighting vampires until 5." Sita started to giggle after she saw the look on Buffy's face.
"Hey that, not the point! Any way we have other things to talk bout."
"Ah yes, the mysterious Mephiso and his past." She looked into the eyes of the slayer and witch. "I met him in Rome over 2000 years ago. I was going through a phase of going back to my youth. Mindless killing violence was the order of the decade. A return of the bad old days. I had just killed a particularly fat senator for coming on a little to strong. My stomach was full of blood and my face was covered in it. I was wiping it of when he came in all black and mysterious. He smiled at me over the bloody floor.
'That was a messy kill. You really should have kept it clean.'
I had a stomach full of blood and was I no mood to talk. So I attacked him. Lets say it wasn't my brightest move. He blocked every punch and kick, he flung me aside like a rag doll.
'Sita, relax I'm not here to hurt you.'
This infuriated me even further no one knew my ancient name, my real name. Back in they day I would kill them in a heartbeat. I attacked him again and again. Finally he grew tired of my attacks and attacked me. There was a blur in front of me and a lot of pain. I crumpled to the ground, coughing up blood I looked at him. For the first time I saw the age in his eyes. 'What are you?'
'You'll find out in time.'
Over the next few days while I healed, he told me. For some reason it took longer that normal for me to heal, I think he cursed me or something."
"So, even back then he was faster than you." Buffy stared at the vampire in an astonished daze.
"Yeah and I think he got faster with age like I have. See time doesn't slow you down if it doesn't effect you."
There was a nock at the door. The three girls looked round to afraid to move. Sita sighed and got up to answer it, already sensing who it was. "Speak of the devil!" She said opening the door.
"You where talking about little old me! I am honoured that three warriors essential to the universes survival were talking about me in this time of peril." Mephiso entered without invitation, and so did Cerberus. The black beast walked over and lay down at Willows feet, but not before giving Buffy a bad look. By this time Sita had retaken her seat. "So what do you want to now?"
"About you. Your past." Buffy looked at the figure now standing in the middle of her living room.
"Well it would be better if I showed you." He conjured an orb of light in his palm and whispered some mystical incantation. All four where suddenly took to a large open field with to great armies on each side. "Don't worry this is just a image. Think it as a video but with 3d and smells." On the right the army was made up of what looked like men and other creatures, white banners fluttered over their heads. Their armour gleamed in the sun beautiful silver and bronze. The army on the left was in stark contrast, it was made up with brutal creatures ugly and scared. It was made up of Orcs, Trolls and the scum of hell and a foul odour came from much of them. The banners above them where blacker than any night. "This is the battle for earth, it happened at the very dawn of creation. The first evil raised an army of demons to conquer the newly formed earth. The forces of light gathered to stop them. Angels and soulful demons gathered in to a massive force." They looked and saw what looked like a star shining in the sky. "That is Michael, the warrior of heaven." On the other side stood two shadowy figures.
Buffy looked at them. "Who's that?"
"That, my dear slayer, is me and my brother Hannder. The captains of the first." He said with a note of pride. "We were the most powerful of all evils creations to that point. Armies would shudder in our presence, the darkness incarnate." He said as if remembering the name bestowed on them. Buffy and willow looked at the warrior in a new light, as a thing to fear. Sita as unmoved she had seen and hard it all before. "I wasn't always good you now, and I never said I was." The army of darkness roared and jeered at its unmovable opposition that stood as statues. Suddenly a great horn blow from the dark ranks and the two armies descended on one another. They saw Mephiso literally tearing his way through the lines of good. He ripped limbs off the warriors that stood in his way as did his sibling. Until they reached a clearing in the chaos where the star now stood on the ground.
'Be gone fiends of hell! No longer deface this earth!' Michael said with great force staring at the to sibling with great intensity.
Hannder was the first to speak. 'Oh great defender of heaven you should return to your charge! Rather than defend this place from us.' He attacked flinging himself at the angel, he seemed to pass through Michael and appeared at the other side. A smile crept across his face as Michael fell to his knees, grabbing his side. 'The great Michael felled by a lowly demon such as.' He stopped as a great pain came across his face, he looked at his brother. 'Meph.' His body dissolved with a crack of sounded like thunder.
The battle slowed down to almost a stop as all turned to centre of calm. 'Brother! No!' The image of Mephiso cried out stretching his arm to where his brother had stood. He turned to Michael his eyes more filled with rage. 'I shall tear your wings from off your back!' He launched himself at the kneeling angel careful not to repeat his brothers mistake. The two flung kicks and punches at each other only to have them blocked.
The fought for over a week continuously never stalling or faltering. The battle was over the firsts army driven back but still they fought. Until a weakened Michael look skywards. A column of light fell from the sky engulfing him. 'Coward! Can you not face me fairly!' The image froze. Mephiso turned to his companions. "this is when it happened where my destiny was altered for all time, my epiphany!" The image began moving the young Mephiso charged at the angel unleashing a deadly kick. But it never found its mark he froze, encircled in light. Many voices could be heard all saying the same thing in unison.
'Thing of darkness become that of light! To you this power we bestow of soul and strength, wisdom and love!'
* * *
The image fell away dissolving back in to the Summer living room, Buffy stumbled back in a daze. Grasping her head she looked at Mephiso. It took a second for her to regain her bearings. "Where.?"
"We're back now, back in your house Buffy." Sita said reassuringly from her side. "How do you feel? That was a cruel trick to play pulling us out so soon Mephiso! You now they would need time to recover." She turned her attention to the young witch who was doing better.
"I am sorry but I am still a demon." Mephiso said a large grin on his face.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the couch as the figure stirred and opened his eyes. "Christina?"
NOTES: THIS CHAPTER IS ABOUT MEPHISO'S PAST.
DISTANT REVELATIONS
Buffy and Sita stood in the graveyard dusting them self down. It had been a week since Mephiso and the boy had had arrived. The boy hadn't wakened up and Mephiso had assured them that he would be fine with time. Willow started to spend a lot of time with him, even though he was still a sleep. "You now I've been here for a week and every night we seem to find more demons to fight."
"Well welcome to life on the Hellmouth. Every night a new darkness." Buffy turned to Sita. "Did you now Mephiso before or what? Cause he hasn't said more than two words about himself."
"I'll tell you every thing but this isn't the place, even tombstones have ears." She looked around. "Come on I parked the car over here." She headed towards the black Porsche parked next to the gates. "That another thing all the graveyards! How many dose this place need?"
"A lot. Lots of demons leave lots of bodies." She giggled, "Lets go it is nearly dawn and the end of another night of killing the un-dead." She stopped mid stride. "That's not right? You can't kill something that's dead. Great that will bug me for a week now!" She made a face
"Well you said it. Lets go I'll try and take your mind off it." She took along deep breath. "I would swear." she looked around.
"What is it?" Buffy looked around nervously. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing lets go."
* * *
Unknown to them, except Sita's nose, they had been watched from the shadows by a bleached blond figure. It watched them as they moved through the graveyard. 'I wonder who that was with her? Great, now I've got two blondes to deal with!' He stepped back into the shadows. He lit a cigarette and took a draw. 'Look at me all souled up and nowhere to go, but they see soon enough.'
* * *
Buffy and Sita entered the house by the back door. Buffy turned to her Sita. "Keep quiet I don't want to wake the others." She tiptoed across the kitchen careful not to make a noise.
From the figure appeared from the shadows of the hallway it crossed the kitchen and opened the refrigerator casting light over the room. Dawn turned to see her sister ant the vampire staring back. "Hi guys good night?" Her voice shaken.
"Do you know what time it is? Its after 5 in the morning!" Buffy had gone from concerned big sister to mother in a split second.
"This is a sibling matter nothing to do with me." Sita quickly left the room before the fireworks began. She walked into the living room and found willow sitting her head buried in a book, fast asleep. She silently entered and took a seat. She glanced at the unconscious cause of all of this he hadn't moved since they had left. She let out a sigh, 'Will he ever wake up?' Evidently her sigh was enough to wake Willow, or the racket the Summers sisters were making. Wathever the cause the effect was identical.
Willow woke up with concern and sleep in her eyes. "What's wrong?" The concern was in her voice as well.
"Nothing, just a family tiff." The sound of footsteaps pounding up the stairs and the door slamming, Sita and Willow looked at celing, "It's over now any way."
Buffy entered the room with a sour look on her face. And collapsed into the chair near the door. "Sisters!"
"Well I bet she saying the same up there." Willow caught Buffy's eye and regretted saying anything.
"Well I wasn't running around the house at 5 am when I was here age!" Buffy sighed and relaxed into her chair.
"No you were out running around fighting vampires until 5." Sita started to giggle after she saw the look on Buffy's face.
"Hey that, not the point! Any way we have other things to talk bout."
"Ah yes, the mysterious Mephiso and his past." She looked into the eyes of the slayer and witch. "I met him in Rome over 2000 years ago. I was going through a phase of going back to my youth. Mindless killing violence was the order of the decade. A return of the bad old days. I had just killed a particularly fat senator for coming on a little to strong. My stomach was full of blood and my face was covered in it. I was wiping it of when he came in all black and mysterious. He smiled at me over the bloody floor.
'That was a messy kill. You really should have kept it clean.'
I had a stomach full of blood and was I no mood to talk. So I attacked him. Lets say it wasn't my brightest move. He blocked every punch and kick, he flung me aside like a rag doll.
'Sita, relax I'm not here to hurt you.'
This infuriated me even further no one knew my ancient name, my real name. Back in they day I would kill them in a heartbeat. I attacked him again and again. Finally he grew tired of my attacks and attacked me. There was a blur in front of me and a lot of pain. I crumpled to the ground, coughing up blood I looked at him. For the first time I saw the age in his eyes. 'What are you?'
'You'll find out in time.'
Over the next few days while I healed, he told me. For some reason it took longer that normal for me to heal, I think he cursed me or something."
"So, even back then he was faster than you." Buffy stared at the vampire in an astonished daze.
"Yeah and I think he got faster with age like I have. See time doesn't slow you down if it doesn't effect you."
There was a nock at the door. The three girls looked round to afraid to move. Sita sighed and got up to answer it, already sensing who it was. "Speak of the devil!" She said opening the door.
"You where talking about little old me! I am honoured that three warriors essential to the universes survival were talking about me in this time of peril." Mephiso entered without invitation, and so did Cerberus. The black beast walked over and lay down at Willows feet, but not before giving Buffy a bad look. By this time Sita had retaken her seat. "So what do you want to now?"
"About you. Your past." Buffy looked at the figure now standing in the middle of her living room.
"Well it would be better if I showed you." He conjured an orb of light in his palm and whispered some mystical incantation. All four where suddenly took to a large open field with to great armies on each side. "Don't worry this is just a image. Think it as a video but with 3d and smells." On the right the army was made up of what looked like men and other creatures, white banners fluttered over their heads. Their armour gleamed in the sun beautiful silver and bronze. The army on the left was in stark contrast, it was made up with brutal creatures ugly and scared. It was made up of Orcs, Trolls and the scum of hell and a foul odour came from much of them. The banners above them where blacker than any night. "This is the battle for earth, it happened at the very dawn of creation. The first evil raised an army of demons to conquer the newly formed earth. The forces of light gathered to stop them. Angels and soulful demons gathered in to a massive force." They looked and saw what looked like a star shining in the sky. "That is Michael, the warrior of heaven." On the other side stood two shadowy figures.
Buffy looked at them. "Who's that?"
"That, my dear slayer, is me and my brother Hannder. The captains of the first." He said with a note of pride. "We were the most powerful of all evils creations to that point. Armies would shudder in our presence, the darkness incarnate." He said as if remembering the name bestowed on them. Buffy and willow looked at the warrior in a new light, as a thing to fear. Sita as unmoved she had seen and hard it all before. "I wasn't always good you now, and I never said I was." The army of darkness roared and jeered at its unmovable opposition that stood as statues. Suddenly a great horn blow from the dark ranks and the two armies descended on one another. They saw Mephiso literally tearing his way through the lines of good. He ripped limbs off the warriors that stood in his way as did his sibling. Until they reached a clearing in the chaos where the star now stood on the ground.
'Be gone fiends of hell! No longer deface this earth!' Michael said with great force staring at the to sibling with great intensity.
Hannder was the first to speak. 'Oh great defender of heaven you should return to your charge! Rather than defend this place from us.' He attacked flinging himself at the angel, he seemed to pass through Michael and appeared at the other side. A smile crept across his face as Michael fell to his knees, grabbing his side. 'The great Michael felled by a lowly demon such as.' He stopped as a great pain came across his face, he looked at his brother. 'Meph.' His body dissolved with a crack of sounded like thunder.
The battle slowed down to almost a stop as all turned to centre of calm. 'Brother! No!' The image of Mephiso cried out stretching his arm to where his brother had stood. He turned to Michael his eyes more filled with rage. 'I shall tear your wings from off your back!' He launched himself at the kneeling angel careful not to repeat his brothers mistake. The two flung kicks and punches at each other only to have them blocked.
The fought for over a week continuously never stalling or faltering. The battle was over the firsts army driven back but still they fought. Until a weakened Michael look skywards. A column of light fell from the sky engulfing him. 'Coward! Can you not face me fairly!' The image froze. Mephiso turned to his companions. "this is when it happened where my destiny was altered for all time, my epiphany!" The image began moving the young Mephiso charged at the angel unleashing a deadly kick. But it never found its mark he froze, encircled in light. Many voices could be heard all saying the same thing in unison.
'Thing of darkness become that of light! To you this power we bestow of soul and strength, wisdom and love!'
* * *
The image fell away dissolving back in to the Summer living room, Buffy stumbled back in a daze. Grasping her head she looked at Mephiso. It took a second for her to regain her bearings. "Where.?"
"We're back now, back in your house Buffy." Sita said reassuringly from her side. "How do you feel? That was a cruel trick to play pulling us out so soon Mephiso! You now they would need time to recover." She turned her attention to the young witch who was doing better.
"I am sorry but I am still a demon." Mephiso said a large grin on his face.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the couch as the figure stirred and opened his eyes. "Christina?"