As Drusilla backed into the shadows, the door to Giles' apartment opened
and the slayer stepped out. She headed toward the closest cemetery...intent
on finding the military commandos, or at least one of them.
"One is all I need," she smirked to herself. "I have questions and they have the answers and I am NOT feeling in a generous mood tonight." She hurried off, her mind focused on finding them, so focused she passed right by Drusilla without feeling the twinge of uneasiness that usually accompanies her awareness of evil lurking nearby.
Drusilla looked on after Buffy. "Miss Edith was right. She is the centre of the evil. It surrounds her."
Drusilla could see it, floating around the slayer like a cloak. She laughed maniacally.
*
Inside Giles was making tea in his kitchen, ignoring Spike and his constant blathering.
"Since when did I go from Watcher to babysitter...ok, vampire-sitter? I'm sure the counsel would find this all very amusing...then again, probably not. They would probably chastise me for not staking the vampire and being done with it."
Thinking about the counsel and their directives brought back memories of how they had almost gotten his slayer and her mother killed, memories he would have rathered done without.
"To hell with them," he thinks, "Bloody idiots!"
So preoccupied with his thoughts, it hasn't yet dawned on him that Spike is no longer running off at the mouth.
*
Spike is in the middle of a bloody good tirade when suddenly he stops...that feeling again. Powerful, familiar, insane....Dru!! He looks out the window again and sees his dark goddess.
"When did you get back to town?" He sends through their link. "Better yet, why are you here?"
Drusilla sings along the link of darkness, power, and visions she's had. "I'm here to see the end of the slayer and the beginning of hell on earth."
"You're not going to keep all the fun for yourself, are you pet?" Spike asks. As answer Dru opens the door...unable to come in until Spike invites her in. She crosses swiftly to him, untying the ropes binding his arms. They leave...seconds later Giles comes back into his living room to find Spike gone and his front door standing wide open. "Bloody hell!"
*
Buffy had been perusing the graveyard for hours, but all she had come up against so far were two fresh vamps, which she quickly dispatched. Unaware of anyone watching her...she decided to sit against a headstone and wait....meditating to clear her mind...before she felt someone standing nearby.
"Alright" she says "...I know your there. I can still feel you, Angel." He stepped out of the shadows...faced creased with concern. "What?" she asks. "Some big evil coming that I can't fight alone?" She added this sarcastically.
Angel looked in her eyes and said simply, "Yes."
Buffy shook her head. "So, that's why your here? To fight some big, bad evil and then disappear again? Thanks but I can handle it." She moved to brush past him, but he snagged her arm.
"You can't fight this alone. You'll need all of us. Giles, me, Willow, Xander, even Anya. This is big Buffy, bigger than the Master, bigger than the mayor's ascension..." He watched the anguish on her face.
"Yeah, let's remind me of that swell night. The night you walked away without even looking back. The night I thought my life would end without you. You left a gaping hole where my heart was, did you even care what it did to me?" She put her head in her hands.
"Buffy, you know it had to be that way. If I looked at you...I wouldn't of had the strength to leave you. I hurt too, remembering what we had...knowing we could never have that again. I'm sorry if I hurt you, but I was hurting you staying here. No matter where I am...you are always in my mind, my heart, my soul. I love you Buffy and God help me...I always will."
Buffy almost allowed herself to step into his arms...but sanity restored itself and she said, "Let's get Giles and the others...maybe between him and Willow, they can find out what we're up against." She turns to walk off, turns back and says, "Angel...I'll always love you too." Then she turns briskly and heads for Giles' apartment, not looking to see if Angel is following her.
*
Meanwhile Spike and Drusilla were getting "re-acquainted" in Spike's crypt. Suddenly Dru sat straight up.
"...Oooo...it's coming, I can feel it. Ahhhh...so dark, so evil. The moon is whispering to me..."
Spike raised up on his elbow to watch his dark queen. "What does it tell you, love?" He inquired.
"That it's coming and they'll be hell to pay!" Drusilla laughd and started to dance. "Come my darling...dance with me, dance to the music. Can you feel it?"
Spike got up and took Drusilla in his arms. "I've missed you, baby," he said.
*
Later, at Giles' place...the Scooby Gang all reported for duty. Buffy and Angel were looking through Giles' stash of weapons. Xander and Anya looked through a variety of books on the occult, demons, etc. Willow and Giles were scanning the net to see if they can come up with any leads on this new evil. Hours later the Scooby Gang gathered around the living room, looking dejected. No one had come up with a thing.
Suddenly Willow brightened, "Giles, could we do like a demon location spell? Or, or maybe summon the goddess A'rethorea? Maybe she could tell us what evil is coming..."
Giles gave Willow a stern look, removed his glasses and started to clean them with his handkerchief. "Willow, you know you are no where near being able to perform the magicks you are suggesting...even with my help, it would be next to impossible"
Anya took this opportunity to chime in. "The summoning spell requires three supplicants. I can help. I've done those spells like a cajillion times."
Suddenly looking at Giles, Anya melted under his hot glare.
"No magicks...is that clear?" he intoned strongly.
Willow grimaces and rolled her eyes.
"Yeah got it. No magick...no fun..." she muttered sourly.
"One is all I need," she smirked to herself. "I have questions and they have the answers and I am NOT feeling in a generous mood tonight." She hurried off, her mind focused on finding them, so focused she passed right by Drusilla without feeling the twinge of uneasiness that usually accompanies her awareness of evil lurking nearby.
Drusilla looked on after Buffy. "Miss Edith was right. She is the centre of the evil. It surrounds her."
Drusilla could see it, floating around the slayer like a cloak. She laughed maniacally.
*
Inside Giles was making tea in his kitchen, ignoring Spike and his constant blathering.
"Since when did I go from Watcher to babysitter...ok, vampire-sitter? I'm sure the counsel would find this all very amusing...then again, probably not. They would probably chastise me for not staking the vampire and being done with it."
Thinking about the counsel and their directives brought back memories of how they had almost gotten his slayer and her mother killed, memories he would have rathered done without.
"To hell with them," he thinks, "Bloody idiots!"
So preoccupied with his thoughts, it hasn't yet dawned on him that Spike is no longer running off at the mouth.
*
Spike is in the middle of a bloody good tirade when suddenly he stops...that feeling again. Powerful, familiar, insane....Dru!! He looks out the window again and sees his dark goddess.
"When did you get back to town?" He sends through their link. "Better yet, why are you here?"
Drusilla sings along the link of darkness, power, and visions she's had. "I'm here to see the end of the slayer and the beginning of hell on earth."
"You're not going to keep all the fun for yourself, are you pet?" Spike asks. As answer Dru opens the door...unable to come in until Spike invites her in. She crosses swiftly to him, untying the ropes binding his arms. They leave...seconds later Giles comes back into his living room to find Spike gone and his front door standing wide open. "Bloody hell!"
*
Buffy had been perusing the graveyard for hours, but all she had come up against so far were two fresh vamps, which she quickly dispatched. Unaware of anyone watching her...she decided to sit against a headstone and wait....meditating to clear her mind...before she felt someone standing nearby.
"Alright" she says "...I know your there. I can still feel you, Angel." He stepped out of the shadows...faced creased with concern. "What?" she asks. "Some big evil coming that I can't fight alone?" She added this sarcastically.
Angel looked in her eyes and said simply, "Yes."
Buffy shook her head. "So, that's why your here? To fight some big, bad evil and then disappear again? Thanks but I can handle it." She moved to brush past him, but he snagged her arm.
"You can't fight this alone. You'll need all of us. Giles, me, Willow, Xander, even Anya. This is big Buffy, bigger than the Master, bigger than the mayor's ascension..." He watched the anguish on her face.
"Yeah, let's remind me of that swell night. The night you walked away without even looking back. The night I thought my life would end without you. You left a gaping hole where my heart was, did you even care what it did to me?" She put her head in her hands.
"Buffy, you know it had to be that way. If I looked at you...I wouldn't of had the strength to leave you. I hurt too, remembering what we had...knowing we could never have that again. I'm sorry if I hurt you, but I was hurting you staying here. No matter where I am...you are always in my mind, my heart, my soul. I love you Buffy and God help me...I always will."
Buffy almost allowed herself to step into his arms...but sanity restored itself and she said, "Let's get Giles and the others...maybe between him and Willow, they can find out what we're up against." She turns to walk off, turns back and says, "Angel...I'll always love you too." Then she turns briskly and heads for Giles' apartment, not looking to see if Angel is following her.
*
Meanwhile Spike and Drusilla were getting "re-acquainted" in Spike's crypt. Suddenly Dru sat straight up.
"...Oooo...it's coming, I can feel it. Ahhhh...so dark, so evil. The moon is whispering to me..."
Spike raised up on his elbow to watch his dark queen. "What does it tell you, love?" He inquired.
"That it's coming and they'll be hell to pay!" Drusilla laughd and started to dance. "Come my darling...dance with me, dance to the music. Can you feel it?"
Spike got up and took Drusilla in his arms. "I've missed you, baby," he said.
*
Later, at Giles' place...the Scooby Gang all reported for duty. Buffy and Angel were looking through Giles' stash of weapons. Xander and Anya looked through a variety of books on the occult, demons, etc. Willow and Giles were scanning the net to see if they can come up with any leads on this new evil. Hours later the Scooby Gang gathered around the living room, looking dejected. No one had come up with a thing.
Suddenly Willow brightened, "Giles, could we do like a demon location spell? Or, or maybe summon the goddess A'rethorea? Maybe she could tell us what evil is coming..."
Giles gave Willow a stern look, removed his glasses and started to clean them with his handkerchief. "Willow, you know you are no where near being able to perform the magicks you are suggesting...even with my help, it would be next to impossible"
Anya took this opportunity to chime in. "The summoning spell requires three supplicants. I can help. I've done those spells like a cajillion times."
Suddenly looking at Giles, Anya melted under his hot glare.
"No magicks...is that clear?" he intoned strongly.
Willow grimaces and rolled her eyes.
"Yeah got it. No magick...no fun..." she muttered sourly.
