Rocksworth, about, 11:00pm
Willow had been practicing for a while, and was now working on teleportation. She wasn't really getting anywhere, so she decided to pack it up and head home.
Suddenly, a thing Willow had never seen careened out of the bushes toward her. Before she could even react, it sprung at her; it's demonic face contorting into that of a vampire. As it knocked her to the ground, she screamed. Out of nowhere, it was thrown into a tree. Willow jumped up to see what happened.
A tall woman in her mid 50s ran up to Willow. "Are you alright?" she asked Willow, helping to dust her off.
"Yep." Willow answered. She stuck out her hand. "I'm Willow Rosenberg. Not that I'm not grateful or anything, 'cause I am, but who are you?"
"Kate Manning", the woman took Willow's hand.
"How did you do that? Throw that demon into the tree, I mean?"
"I'm a fellow witch. That's one of my powers. I can move things with my mind if I concentrate really hard. Also the visions. That's how I knew that you needed my help." While Kate explained hereditary witches, the demon started to get up.
Willow was so intrigued by her new found friend's stories that she didn't notice that the demon/vampire mix was sneaking up behind Kate. It threw a fireball at close range into Kate's back. Willow screamed and ran to Xander's car, which she had "borrowed" to get to Rocksworth.
It hit her with one of the fireballs in the back, and the force knocked her over. Kate was still unconscious, and it was starting to feed on her. At a loss, Willow tried the teleportation spell. It worked, and the thing left. It didn't go far, though. She heard it crash down in the surrounding forest.
She dragged Kate to Xander's car and drove to the Sunnydale Hospital, where she told all the doctors the revised, non-demon version of what she knew. Then she headed back to Buffy's.
"What do you think?" the whitelighter who found Jessi and Leo asked the council anxiously.
"Jessica Manning will be fine. We are detaining her to find out what she knows about the thing that attacked them."
"And Leo?" she asked.
"We can't seem to heal him. Our doctors found traces of darklighter poison in his wounds."
"What?" "Amanda, listen for a minute!" one of the elders, Emily, scolded. She knew what good friends Amanda and Leo had become, but she had to finish explaining what they had learned.
"We're doing the best the we can, but let me be perfectly honest with you. We can only think of one way to save him. By what we've been told, the creature was a cross between a demon and a vampire. The most powerful demon killers are the Charmed Ones, and the most powerful vampire killers are the slayer and her infamous Scooby Gang. Combing the powers of the two groups might be enough to kill it."
"But.." Amanda interrupted
"Let me finish!" Emily said, a bit peeved. "If you don't let me explain, then we can't help Leo."
"Sorry."
"We also think that since such a combination of vampires and demons isn't natural, that it probably has been made by the Source of all evil. Destroy the demon, and destroy its hold on Leo. Killing it should heal him. The current slayer lives in Sunnydale. Her name is Buffy Summers, and her watcher is Rupert Giles. The Charmed Ones are Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell, and they're living in San Francisco."
"How much time do we have?"
"A few days, give or take. You should hurry. Since you're such good friends with Leo, you'll get the job done."
"Then I'll see you later." Amanda said.
"One more thing: his wife, Piper, just got the power to blow things up. You might want to be careful, the power gets unpredictable when she gets emotional." Emily added. Then Amanda was gone.
San Francisco
"Ok, now I'm getting upset. Where is he?" Piper asked. They had moved the book downstairs in the parlor so that they could eat some lunch.
"We don't know, honey, but we really do think that he's ok." Phoebe said optimistically.
"Bull." Piper muttered. "You can tell that he's hurt or lying in a ditch somewhere in Pittsburgh."
"Pittsburgh?" Prue asked.
"Oh, I don't know!" Piper yelled, standing.
"Leo! Get down here! Get down here now!" Upset, she blew up the sandwich that was currently in her hand.
"Whoops. Damn. That was a good sandwich, too."
At that moment, Cole shimmered into the background behind Piper. He heard her yelling at her sisters, and apparently a sandwich, so he decided to leave.
"And where do you think you're going? Tell me what you know, Cole." Piper said without even turning around. Prue snickered. Cole sighed.
"The Source has made a new evil in the form of a demon/vampire hybrid, and he set it loose last night in a nearby town, called Rocksworth. It attacked 3 witches and a whitelighter, but I don't know who they were. It has the power to throw fireballs tainted with darklighter poison, making it all the more deadly." Piper turned about four shades of green before she answered Cole. In a quiet voice, she asked,
"How do I kill it, and how do I know if it's Leo that got hurt?" Cole didn't have an answer for her.
"I'm sure that it's not Leo that got hurt." Phoebe said to her sister.
"How do you know that?" Piper screamed, "You don't!" Then she left her hands drop to her sides, exploding the potted tree next to Cole in the process. Her powers were really starting to get out of control.
'So these are the Charmed Ones' Amanda mused. She had orbed into the hallway just as Piper started to yell at a man named Cole. She tentatively stepped into the room. Piper spun around at the sound of footsteps.
"And who the hell are you?!"
"My name is Amanda. I'm a friend of Leo's. I'm also a whitelighter."
"Is he ok?" Piper asked.
"For the time being, yes. He was attacked last night." Her voice drifted off as she looked over at Cole.
"He's ok. He knows everything, and he already told us." Prue interjected.
"Ok then." Amanda said, after they had exchanged names.
"There's only one way that they know of to save Leo. Joining the powers of the Charmed Ones and The Vampire Slayer could reverse the effects of the darklighter poison, and save his life."
"Wait! I saw something in here. " Phoebe frantically flipped through the book.
"Here!"
The Slayer
The Vampire Slayer is one girl in a generation who is chosen to fight the vampires and general evils. A Watcher is chosen to guide and train her to fight.
Slayers live a short time, and are usually teenage girls of 15-22 years of age when chosen. Some are raised for their calling from birth, isolated from family, friends, and anything that would distract them from battling the forces of darkness. Even though they usually just deal with vampires, Slayers have been known to save the world on occasion and fight demons.
"Sounds kind of like us." Prue muttered under her breath.
"Where is she? The slayer, I mean."
"In Sunnydale. It's like, an hour and a half away. Her name is Buffy Summers. I was planning to visit her and see if she'll help us." Prue took charge.
"Ok. Amanda and Piper, you can go visit the slayer. Phoebe and Cole will go see what they can find out, and I'll see if I can find out who else got attacked." Everyone split off into different directions and then was gone.
Willow had been practicing for a while, and was now working on teleportation. She wasn't really getting anywhere, so she decided to pack it up and head home.
Suddenly, a thing Willow had never seen careened out of the bushes toward her. Before she could even react, it sprung at her; it's demonic face contorting into that of a vampire. As it knocked her to the ground, she screamed. Out of nowhere, it was thrown into a tree. Willow jumped up to see what happened.
A tall woman in her mid 50s ran up to Willow. "Are you alright?" she asked Willow, helping to dust her off.
"Yep." Willow answered. She stuck out her hand. "I'm Willow Rosenberg. Not that I'm not grateful or anything, 'cause I am, but who are you?"
"Kate Manning", the woman took Willow's hand.
"How did you do that? Throw that demon into the tree, I mean?"
"I'm a fellow witch. That's one of my powers. I can move things with my mind if I concentrate really hard. Also the visions. That's how I knew that you needed my help." While Kate explained hereditary witches, the demon started to get up.
Willow was so intrigued by her new found friend's stories that she didn't notice that the demon/vampire mix was sneaking up behind Kate. It threw a fireball at close range into Kate's back. Willow screamed and ran to Xander's car, which she had "borrowed" to get to Rocksworth.
It hit her with one of the fireballs in the back, and the force knocked her over. Kate was still unconscious, and it was starting to feed on her. At a loss, Willow tried the teleportation spell. It worked, and the thing left. It didn't go far, though. She heard it crash down in the surrounding forest.
She dragged Kate to Xander's car and drove to the Sunnydale Hospital, where she told all the doctors the revised, non-demon version of what she knew. Then she headed back to Buffy's.
"What do you think?" the whitelighter who found Jessi and Leo asked the council anxiously.
"Jessica Manning will be fine. We are detaining her to find out what she knows about the thing that attacked them."
"And Leo?" she asked.
"We can't seem to heal him. Our doctors found traces of darklighter poison in his wounds."
"What?" "Amanda, listen for a minute!" one of the elders, Emily, scolded. She knew what good friends Amanda and Leo had become, but she had to finish explaining what they had learned.
"We're doing the best the we can, but let me be perfectly honest with you. We can only think of one way to save him. By what we've been told, the creature was a cross between a demon and a vampire. The most powerful demon killers are the Charmed Ones, and the most powerful vampire killers are the slayer and her infamous Scooby Gang. Combing the powers of the two groups might be enough to kill it."
"But.." Amanda interrupted
"Let me finish!" Emily said, a bit peeved. "If you don't let me explain, then we can't help Leo."
"Sorry."
"We also think that since such a combination of vampires and demons isn't natural, that it probably has been made by the Source of all evil. Destroy the demon, and destroy its hold on Leo. Killing it should heal him. The current slayer lives in Sunnydale. Her name is Buffy Summers, and her watcher is Rupert Giles. The Charmed Ones are Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell, and they're living in San Francisco."
"How much time do we have?"
"A few days, give or take. You should hurry. Since you're such good friends with Leo, you'll get the job done."
"Then I'll see you later." Amanda said.
"One more thing: his wife, Piper, just got the power to blow things up. You might want to be careful, the power gets unpredictable when she gets emotional." Emily added. Then Amanda was gone.
San Francisco
"Ok, now I'm getting upset. Where is he?" Piper asked. They had moved the book downstairs in the parlor so that they could eat some lunch.
"We don't know, honey, but we really do think that he's ok." Phoebe said optimistically.
"Bull." Piper muttered. "You can tell that he's hurt or lying in a ditch somewhere in Pittsburgh."
"Pittsburgh?" Prue asked.
"Oh, I don't know!" Piper yelled, standing.
"Leo! Get down here! Get down here now!" Upset, she blew up the sandwich that was currently in her hand.
"Whoops. Damn. That was a good sandwich, too."
At that moment, Cole shimmered into the background behind Piper. He heard her yelling at her sisters, and apparently a sandwich, so he decided to leave.
"And where do you think you're going? Tell me what you know, Cole." Piper said without even turning around. Prue snickered. Cole sighed.
"The Source has made a new evil in the form of a demon/vampire hybrid, and he set it loose last night in a nearby town, called Rocksworth. It attacked 3 witches and a whitelighter, but I don't know who they were. It has the power to throw fireballs tainted with darklighter poison, making it all the more deadly." Piper turned about four shades of green before she answered Cole. In a quiet voice, she asked,
"How do I kill it, and how do I know if it's Leo that got hurt?" Cole didn't have an answer for her.
"I'm sure that it's not Leo that got hurt." Phoebe said to her sister.
"How do you know that?" Piper screamed, "You don't!" Then she left her hands drop to her sides, exploding the potted tree next to Cole in the process. Her powers were really starting to get out of control.
'So these are the Charmed Ones' Amanda mused. She had orbed into the hallway just as Piper started to yell at a man named Cole. She tentatively stepped into the room. Piper spun around at the sound of footsteps.
"And who the hell are you?!"
"My name is Amanda. I'm a friend of Leo's. I'm also a whitelighter."
"Is he ok?" Piper asked.
"For the time being, yes. He was attacked last night." Her voice drifted off as she looked over at Cole.
"He's ok. He knows everything, and he already told us." Prue interjected.
"Ok then." Amanda said, after they had exchanged names.
"There's only one way that they know of to save Leo. Joining the powers of the Charmed Ones and The Vampire Slayer could reverse the effects of the darklighter poison, and save his life."
"Wait! I saw something in here. " Phoebe frantically flipped through the book.
"Here!"
The Slayer
The Vampire Slayer is one girl in a generation who is chosen to fight the vampires and general evils. A Watcher is chosen to guide and train her to fight.
Slayers live a short time, and are usually teenage girls of 15-22 years of age when chosen. Some are raised for their calling from birth, isolated from family, friends, and anything that would distract them from battling the forces of darkness. Even though they usually just deal with vampires, Slayers have been known to save the world on occasion and fight demons.
"Sounds kind of like us." Prue muttered under her breath.
"Where is she? The slayer, I mean."
"In Sunnydale. It's like, an hour and a half away. Her name is Buffy Summers. I was planning to visit her and see if she'll help us." Prue took charge.
"Ok. Amanda and Piper, you can go visit the slayer. Phoebe and Cole will go see what they can find out, and I'll see if I can find out who else got attacked." Everyone split off into different directions and then was gone.
