Mya wakes up to find herself outside of her warehouse. She looks around her to see the trash that has collected about. Mya then remembers her flashbacks from her parents, to the funeral, to the night she left. She remembers on that night where she found a friend to live with for a while. It took her forever to find a place to stay until she got enough money to rent a flat. After she found herself a steady job as a bar manager, her life seemed to fall back into place again. Mya senses the sunrise coming in about an hour and half and decides that she has to get inside before she crumbles. She struggles to get up as the First appears before her as Spike.
"Pet!" The First says with mock compassion as it covers its mouth with its hands, "What, in dear God, happened?"
Mya snorts as she manages to get seated on a box that she finds nearby. She sighs as she looks over herself to find her clothes tattered and her body covered in cuts and bruises.
"Wow," The First says as it seats itself next to Mya, "I never knew you came from such a messed up family."
'Learn something new everyday,' Mya thinks.
"Damn that father of yours. That guys was just plain rude." The First ponders out loud.
'Rude? Rude! That is what you think rude is?' Mya fumes.
"You're the one to gloat, right?" The First replies evilly.
'What are you getting at?' Mya thinks.
"You killed her," The First answers, "You saved her once, why didn't you save her again?"
'That's not true!' Mya screams in her head.
"Why not?" The First pushes, "I mean, if a 10-year-old could do it, why can't a 15-year-old?"
'It was out of my control,' Mya thinks.
"Puh," The First snorts, "You're could've been at home caring for her, but no. You had to go to school and become all knowledgeable."
Mya looks away as she thinks. She thinks about the suffering and the pain that everyone in her family went through. She thinks about all the times that she's gone to school and she enjoyed herself while her mother was hurting so much at home. Mya goes into a trance as she relives her life and all the times that she has let her mother down.
"But you agree with me, don't you?" The First asks as it turns into Mya's father, "I deserved to die."
Mya looks sullenly back at the First as she looks at the grim face of her father. She looks back at the wickedness of her father, something she hasn't seen in half a lifetime.
"But your mother, she didn't. She was too nice of a person. And then there was your brother." The First continues.
'Don't you dare say anything about him,' Mya threatens.
"Sorry to say," The First says as it turns back into Spike, "I don't have the time. Buffy is expecting me."
'Wait!' Mya thinks but the First has already vanished.
Mya knows that the First is ready to start it's battle and she needs to go warn Buffy before it's too late. She doesn't want anything to happen to her family. Mya grimaces as she stands up and starts towards her journey. She doesn't have a lot of time left since the sun is due in an hour. But she's going to try and save her family this time.
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A/N: Sorry about the short chapter! I just had to make this one short because I had to. You'll get it when my fic is completed : ) ! I only got 2 more chapters to go : ( .
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