"Protecting the World - One Slayer at a Time" The Series Part II
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Title: Protecting the World - One Slayer at a Time (Part II)
Pairing: None Really...everyone from AtS + Dawn.
Rating: R
Spoilers: Season 4 Angel (plot)
Disclaimer: Angelus is in my closet and he is all mine. Actually the only thing I have is the plot of the story line. Mutant Enemy and Joss W. are the lucky ones.
Summary: You should read Part I first then this.
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Dawn slowly opened her eyes and rolled over in the bed.
"Buffy?" She quickly sat up in the bed and looked around. It wasn't Buffy, it was him. Dawn jumped a little when she saw him. "Oh, oh my GOD!" She quickly threw her covers off and got the stake off of the night stand next to her.
"Ah, nice to see you too, Dawnie baby." Dawn was out of the bed looking around to see how she was going to get out.
"Shut up!" Angelus walked closer to Dawn as she began looking around again, except faster and faster. "B-Buffy is so going to kick your ass so you-" She stopped. He was laughing and nothing Dawn had said was funny to her.
"Princess…" He continued laughing more. "You haven't heard?" Dawn got a worried look on her face as her grip tightened on the stake. "Your 'wonderful' sister that could um, kick MY ass, well…she sort of laying downstairs most likely dying as I speak." Dawn gasped. "and the reason no one is up here getting me right now is because they are too worried about her. Guess no one cares about poor Buffy Jr."
"Just…shut up!" She screamed hoping that if Angelus was right someone downstairs would hear her.
"Look, sweetie I hate to be the bringer of bad news but-" Angelus frowned.
"Oh no you fucking don't!" Dawn screamed again. She was wanting to know why no one was up there yet.
"You're too right. I love it actually!" Angelus smiled and walked faster to Dawn. Dawn had no other choice but to climb over the bed. It was too late he grabbed her foot and she fell. Angelus jumped on the bed and was over Dawn. He bent down and punched her face. "Besides, where did you get such a dirty mouth???" Dawn screamed for help. She was wiggling the best that she could but Angelus had her pinned. Dawn knew it wouldn't help her at all but she spit right in his face and flinching she got off the bed. The bedside scraped her shoulder and stood with her back to the door. "Gross you just spit on me you bitch!"
"Oh, now where did you get such a dirty mouth?" She smiled and looked at the cuts and felt her face like it was on fire. The door opened and she quickly turned around. She sighed deeply. "Wesley!" He ran right past her but he saw that the window was broke and Angelus was gone.
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Dawn was numb. She felt nothing. She looked around the room. To her surprise and everyone around her she wasn't crying. She was just still. Dawn found a spot on the wall and sat her eyes on it.
"Wesley." Fred whispered to him. "Should we do something? Maybe get her something?" Wesley was about as quite as Dawn that day. "Maybe we could talk her into going up to the bed and trying to-"
"Fred. Buffy just died. Dawn can't handle this right now. Let her grieve however she wants to." Wesley was staring at the figure sitting in the chair with her arms around her knees. Fred sighed.
"I'm going up to my room. I'm going to try and research a little more on this new evil." Wesley nodded and Fred walked up the stairs and was out of vision.
"Wesley." Gunn walked over. He wasn't whispering like Fred was. "Look. Is there anything at all that we can do? I mean I know what the girl is going through and it just seems like-"
"She has no one, Gunn. Her family in Sunnydale got wiped out. The only person she even likes to talk to is Spike. She's hurt and scared and she doesn't know what to feel or do, for that matter."
"Where is he anyway…Spike?" Gunn glanced back over at Dawn.
"Trying to go get Angelus. They use to be friends and Spike things he can get Angelus back here. D-Dawn doesn't know." Wesley rubbed his neck.
"I'm going to bed. If you want to take turns taking watch on the place and Dawn just wake me up, alright?" Wesley nodded and Gunn paced a few steps then turned back. "Wes. She needs someone right now. Don't let her down, okay?" Gunn smiled and was quickly up the stairs. Wesley folded his arms and looked around. His eyes stopped at her and trailed her body up and down.
"Da…Dawn." She didn't look up and he didn't think she would. "Look. I know your hurt and you think you have no one but I promise you that everything in the end will-"
"PROMSIE?!?!?" Wesley was shocked she was yelling or even talking. "I've heard enough of those from everyone." Dawn quickly jumped off the couch and ran up stairs. When she opened the door to her room she slammed the door. Her face fell into her hands and she began to sob and mumble.
Downstairs Wesley stood shocked and confused. He didn't know what to do and knew he really couldn't stop her from feeling alone. What else could he do? When trying to comfort she did that, ran away. He need to comfort her but she wouldn't let him touch her. The 'promise' word was too hard for Dawn to hear.
Dawn kept her hands to her face. She cried and cried until her face was completely wet. She walked over and sat down on the bed quickly grabbing a pillow and cried more and more. Without Buffy what was the point of living now. This time there wasn't a Willow to bring her back. This time is was a for-sure thing that Buffy, the Slayer, would never be back. Dawn scraped the tears off of her face and sniffed.
"Dawn, sweetheart." Dawn thought she was loosing it. Now, she was hearing voices. Voices that sounded like…
"Buffy?" Buffy had appeared right before Dawn's eyes. So real it hit Dawn and she couldn't move.
"Dawnie…you need to listen to me now." Buffy slowly walked over to her and bent down by the bed. "You have to do something, Dawn. You have to do something that will save you and everyone here. You need to kill Angelus and-"
"You're not real." Dawn snapped out of it, yet her words were still soft and weak from the crying.
"What? Dawn you-"
"You're not real." Dawn's voice was stronger than before. Buffy sighed and smiled.
"Of course not. Angelus killed me. That's why you need to kill him. Dawn do you want me to die in vain?"
"You're not real."
"Yes. We established that already. Now on to more serious things." Buffy touched Dawn's face. "Kill Angelus."
"W-why should I?" Dawn flinched as Buffy pulled a hair back behind her ears.
"Why? Because he murdered me. He made me scream and beg for my life then he snapped my neck, and" Dawn began to shrivel up and cringe her pillow. "drank from my neck. He took me from you, Dawnie. Don't you want revenge don't you want him to die." Dawn mumbled something. "What was that?"
"Of…course I want him to. More than anything." Buffy smiled. "I'm…I'm not strong enough."
"That's where I come in to help." Dawn looked quickly up at her. "Spike."
"Spike?" Buffy nodded. "What can he do."
"More than you think." With that Buffy's image that Dawn was seeing was gone. Dawn looked around and then sighed. If Spike was going to help her she needed to find him as soon as possible. She slipped on her shoes and snuck out the window. Dawn's feet hit the ground and she looked around. Walking with her arms hugged around herself Dawn flinched and the words that 'Buffy' just told her were going through her mind.
"Dawn?" Dawn quickly snapped around and put her fists up. "Please. You couldn't hurt a fly." Angelus put his hands deep into the pockets of his duster.
"Don't want to hurt a fly…I want to hurt a vamp." Dawn's bold words quickly followed with her holding a stake tightly. Dawn began to walk closer to Angelus.
"You have no idea what you're getting yourself into."
"Yes. I do actually. You killed my sister and your gonna try to kill me. But…I'm gonna kill you." Angelus laughed which made Dawn cringe inside. His voice soon turned into a whisper.
"Hey. Kid. Let's be reasonable about all this okay?" Dawn raised her eyebrow. "Who said we wanted to kill you?"
"……we?" Dawn looked around and out from the corner of the darkness came a familiar face. "Spike. You son of- "
"Drusilla. I'm the son of Drusilla. But-" Spike kissed Dawn's forehead. "Dawn…I am a vampire. I love blood and since I already got some of your good 'ole sis your looking pretty tasty right now."
"So…what you came here and you and Angelus have been planning this crap ever since?" Angelus and Spike exchanged glances and nodded. "You sick fucks."
"Surprised?" Angelus licked his lips.
"Just quit talking. If you're going to kill me and eat me just do it." Dawn gripped tighter on the wooden stake. Spike laughed and raised his hand.
"Actually I like to eat then kill. My meat is always fresh, bit. You should know that." Dawn yawned and looked down at her watch.
"Well, ya see I'd like to get back to the hotel to sleep. Oh, hey boys didn't you know that it's already 5:48 am. Mh, guess the sun will be up soon."
"Bloody Hell. Little Miss Bitch is right. Got so caught up with the meal didn't even realize it." Spike shrugged. "I could use a quick snack though before I heroically dropped Dawn back at the hotel."
"What?" Dawn and Angelus both looked at him puzzled.
"Angelus. I'm surprised you didn't think of this. Now, picture this:" Spike walked over and put his hand on Angelus' shoulder. He pointed over at Dawn. "Little Miss Muffet gets a little bite taken out of her. I carry her into the hotel, granted that we will drink enough to make her so weak that she doesn't talk or anything like that alright?"
"Yeah. Then…"
"Then, I tell the group that she ran out to escape and then Angelus drank from her. The group won't even realize anything is wrong with me."
"You think I'll stay quiet." Dawn shook her head. "I won't. When I get able to talk again-"
"WHEN…when is the key word, Dawnie. Besides, by then it will be too late."
"So step one of this plan is what?" Angelus asked Spike.
"Well, step one is to feast." Spike smiled and looked over at Dawn.
...more...to...come...
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Title: Protecting the World - One Slayer at a Time (Part II)
Pairing: None Really...everyone from AtS + Dawn.
Rating: R
Spoilers: Season 4 Angel (plot)
Disclaimer: Angelus is in my closet and he is all mine. Actually the only thing I have is the plot of the story line. Mutant Enemy and Joss W. are the lucky ones.
Summary: You should read Part I first then this.
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Dawn slowly opened her eyes and rolled over in the bed.
"Buffy?" She quickly sat up in the bed and looked around. It wasn't Buffy, it was him. Dawn jumped a little when she saw him. "Oh, oh my GOD!" She quickly threw her covers off and got the stake off of the night stand next to her.
"Ah, nice to see you too, Dawnie baby." Dawn was out of the bed looking around to see how she was going to get out.
"Shut up!" Angelus walked closer to Dawn as she began looking around again, except faster and faster. "B-Buffy is so going to kick your ass so you-" She stopped. He was laughing and nothing Dawn had said was funny to her.
"Princess…" He continued laughing more. "You haven't heard?" Dawn got a worried look on her face as her grip tightened on the stake. "Your 'wonderful' sister that could um, kick MY ass, well…she sort of laying downstairs most likely dying as I speak." Dawn gasped. "and the reason no one is up here getting me right now is because they are too worried about her. Guess no one cares about poor Buffy Jr."
"Just…shut up!" She screamed hoping that if Angelus was right someone downstairs would hear her.
"Look, sweetie I hate to be the bringer of bad news but-" Angelus frowned.
"Oh no you fucking don't!" Dawn screamed again. She was wanting to know why no one was up there yet.
"You're too right. I love it actually!" Angelus smiled and walked faster to Dawn. Dawn had no other choice but to climb over the bed. It was too late he grabbed her foot and she fell. Angelus jumped on the bed and was over Dawn. He bent down and punched her face. "Besides, where did you get such a dirty mouth???" Dawn screamed for help. She was wiggling the best that she could but Angelus had her pinned. Dawn knew it wouldn't help her at all but she spit right in his face and flinching she got off the bed. The bedside scraped her shoulder and stood with her back to the door. "Gross you just spit on me you bitch!"
"Oh, now where did you get such a dirty mouth?" She smiled and looked at the cuts and felt her face like it was on fire. The door opened and she quickly turned around. She sighed deeply. "Wesley!" He ran right past her but he saw that the window was broke and Angelus was gone.
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Dawn was numb. She felt nothing. She looked around the room. To her surprise and everyone around her she wasn't crying. She was just still. Dawn found a spot on the wall and sat her eyes on it.
"Wesley." Fred whispered to him. "Should we do something? Maybe get her something?" Wesley was about as quite as Dawn that day. "Maybe we could talk her into going up to the bed and trying to-"
"Fred. Buffy just died. Dawn can't handle this right now. Let her grieve however she wants to." Wesley was staring at the figure sitting in the chair with her arms around her knees. Fred sighed.
"I'm going up to my room. I'm going to try and research a little more on this new evil." Wesley nodded and Fred walked up the stairs and was out of vision.
"Wesley." Gunn walked over. He wasn't whispering like Fred was. "Look. Is there anything at all that we can do? I mean I know what the girl is going through and it just seems like-"
"She has no one, Gunn. Her family in Sunnydale got wiped out. The only person she even likes to talk to is Spike. She's hurt and scared and she doesn't know what to feel or do, for that matter."
"Where is he anyway…Spike?" Gunn glanced back over at Dawn.
"Trying to go get Angelus. They use to be friends and Spike things he can get Angelus back here. D-Dawn doesn't know." Wesley rubbed his neck.
"I'm going to bed. If you want to take turns taking watch on the place and Dawn just wake me up, alright?" Wesley nodded and Gunn paced a few steps then turned back. "Wes. She needs someone right now. Don't let her down, okay?" Gunn smiled and was quickly up the stairs. Wesley folded his arms and looked around. His eyes stopped at her and trailed her body up and down.
"Da…Dawn." She didn't look up and he didn't think she would. "Look. I know your hurt and you think you have no one but I promise you that everything in the end will-"
"PROMSIE?!?!?" Wesley was shocked she was yelling or even talking. "I've heard enough of those from everyone." Dawn quickly jumped off the couch and ran up stairs. When she opened the door to her room she slammed the door. Her face fell into her hands and she began to sob and mumble.
Downstairs Wesley stood shocked and confused. He didn't know what to do and knew he really couldn't stop her from feeling alone. What else could he do? When trying to comfort she did that, ran away. He need to comfort her but she wouldn't let him touch her. The 'promise' word was too hard for Dawn to hear.
Dawn kept her hands to her face. She cried and cried until her face was completely wet. She walked over and sat down on the bed quickly grabbing a pillow and cried more and more. Without Buffy what was the point of living now. This time there wasn't a Willow to bring her back. This time is was a for-sure thing that Buffy, the Slayer, would never be back. Dawn scraped the tears off of her face and sniffed.
"Dawn, sweetheart." Dawn thought she was loosing it. Now, she was hearing voices. Voices that sounded like…
"Buffy?" Buffy had appeared right before Dawn's eyes. So real it hit Dawn and she couldn't move.
"Dawnie…you need to listen to me now." Buffy slowly walked over to her and bent down by the bed. "You have to do something, Dawn. You have to do something that will save you and everyone here. You need to kill Angelus and-"
"You're not real." Dawn snapped out of it, yet her words were still soft and weak from the crying.
"What? Dawn you-"
"You're not real." Dawn's voice was stronger than before. Buffy sighed and smiled.
"Of course not. Angelus killed me. That's why you need to kill him. Dawn do you want me to die in vain?"
"You're not real."
"Yes. We established that already. Now on to more serious things." Buffy touched Dawn's face. "Kill Angelus."
"W-why should I?" Dawn flinched as Buffy pulled a hair back behind her ears.
"Why? Because he murdered me. He made me scream and beg for my life then he snapped my neck, and" Dawn began to shrivel up and cringe her pillow. "drank from my neck. He took me from you, Dawnie. Don't you want revenge don't you want him to die." Dawn mumbled something. "What was that?"
"Of…course I want him to. More than anything." Buffy smiled. "I'm…I'm not strong enough."
"That's where I come in to help." Dawn looked quickly up at her. "Spike."
"Spike?" Buffy nodded. "What can he do."
"More than you think." With that Buffy's image that Dawn was seeing was gone. Dawn looked around and then sighed. If Spike was going to help her she needed to find him as soon as possible. She slipped on her shoes and snuck out the window. Dawn's feet hit the ground and she looked around. Walking with her arms hugged around herself Dawn flinched and the words that 'Buffy' just told her were going through her mind.
"Dawn?" Dawn quickly snapped around and put her fists up. "Please. You couldn't hurt a fly." Angelus put his hands deep into the pockets of his duster.
"Don't want to hurt a fly…I want to hurt a vamp." Dawn's bold words quickly followed with her holding a stake tightly. Dawn began to walk closer to Angelus.
"You have no idea what you're getting yourself into."
"Yes. I do actually. You killed my sister and your gonna try to kill me. But…I'm gonna kill you." Angelus laughed which made Dawn cringe inside. His voice soon turned into a whisper.
"Hey. Kid. Let's be reasonable about all this okay?" Dawn raised her eyebrow. "Who said we wanted to kill you?"
"……we?" Dawn looked around and out from the corner of the darkness came a familiar face. "Spike. You son of- "
"Drusilla. I'm the son of Drusilla. But-" Spike kissed Dawn's forehead. "Dawn…I am a vampire. I love blood and since I already got some of your good 'ole sis your looking pretty tasty right now."
"So…what you came here and you and Angelus have been planning this crap ever since?" Angelus and Spike exchanged glances and nodded. "You sick fucks."
"Surprised?" Angelus licked his lips.
"Just quit talking. If you're going to kill me and eat me just do it." Dawn gripped tighter on the wooden stake. Spike laughed and raised his hand.
"Actually I like to eat then kill. My meat is always fresh, bit. You should know that." Dawn yawned and looked down at her watch.
"Well, ya see I'd like to get back to the hotel to sleep. Oh, hey boys didn't you know that it's already 5:48 am. Mh, guess the sun will be up soon."
"Bloody Hell. Little Miss Bitch is right. Got so caught up with the meal didn't even realize it." Spike shrugged. "I could use a quick snack though before I heroically dropped Dawn back at the hotel."
"What?" Dawn and Angelus both looked at him puzzled.
"Angelus. I'm surprised you didn't think of this. Now, picture this:" Spike walked over and put his hand on Angelus' shoulder. He pointed over at Dawn. "Little Miss Muffet gets a little bite taken out of her. I carry her into the hotel, granted that we will drink enough to make her so weak that she doesn't talk or anything like that alright?"
"Yeah. Then…"
"Then, I tell the group that she ran out to escape and then Angelus drank from her. The group won't even realize anything is wrong with me."
"You think I'll stay quiet." Dawn shook her head. "I won't. When I get able to talk again-"
"WHEN…when is the key word, Dawnie. Besides, by then it will be too late."
"So step one of this plan is what?" Angelus asked Spike.
"Well, step one is to feast." Spike smiled and looked over at Dawn.
...more...to...come...