Chapter 5
Note: sort of short chapter. enjoy.
Lucifer glared at William as he walked into the parking lot .
"She's alive!"
"Technically yes. I finished the job didn't I?"
"Yes. but."
"Don't worry, a new slayer will still be called. It's the body that's the weapon, not the person's spirit."
"I see that you did some research."
"Yes, a lot. Very interesting stuff. and I used to think that there were only Immortal watchers. But no, there are also vampire slayer watchers. You'd think they'd be a little more original with the name."
Lucifer huffed, "Alright alright. Yes you got the job done."
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"My reward."
". I didn't specify whether I would tell you after which job." Lucifer grinned, baiting William
William pulled out a sword that was lying hidden in the trunk of his car. "Wrong answer. I always get what I want."
"Touché"
William laughed a little as he examined his sword. "One more chance."
"Are you threatening me mortal?"
William didn't answer, in a flash he disappeared and reappeared above Lucifer, sword poised a ready to slash him in half. Lucifer rolled his eyes as he materialized his own sword and struck upward.
As William was falling, he angled his foot, so that he could kick away from Lucifer's sword. Then he gracefully back-flipped and landed with barely a click from his shoes. Lucifer stalked over to him. "Not bad. but lets make this more interesting, no weapons."
William tilted his head a little and raised a scarred eyebrow. Lucifer threw his sword into the air and it disappeared without a trace. William then finally tossed his sword over to this car. William came back quietly and asked, "Fist fighting are we?"
"No, just anything other than using weapons."
William shoved his hands into his suit, "I see."
Lucifer leaped forward as slashed at William with his very sharp and long claws. William only calmly leaped back, inches away from the claws.
"Come on!" Lucifer shouted, "Fight back."
William took his hands out of his pockets and shrugged.
Lucifer mentally laughed 'this is too easy, he doesn't even know how to fight without weapons, and yet he takes my challenge. Arrogant and suicidal.'
Lucifer shook his head, "Alright, I'll take pity on you. You can even land the first 2 blows on me and I won't even fight back."
William hesitantly walked towards Lucifer until they were only a foot apart. Lucifer haughtily held his hands out. "Come on weakling. You think you're rich and rule the word. Twirling that stupid sword of yours like a pansy. I bet you can't even bruise me."
William's face remained blank and neutral.
"Well?! What are you waiting for?" Lucifer laughed.
William hands darted out in a flash and pressed a pressure point on Lucifer's neck.
"Is that the bes." Lucifer's eyes widened. "I can't move."
William smiled. "That's only my first hit."
"That's freaking cheating. Unfreeze me you worm!"
William just held his palm out flat, parallel to Lucifer's chest, only an inch away.
"This is my second hit." William stated in monotone
Before Lucifer could say anything, a blast impacted him so hard that he was knocked unconscious. Every fiber of him screamed in pain as the darkness came.
William looked down at Lucifer's body for a few seconds and then with a sharp click of his heel, he turned around and left.
~~~
Fred happily walked into the apartment, but her expression soon changed when she saw the solemn group, "Ummm. guys, are you okay?"
Gunn walked over and hugged her, "Sort of, well, not really. Angel's worse, it seems that there's a really powerful bad guy in town."
Fred quietly glanced at Angel's pacing figure.
"I hope so.. Anyways, how was your trip?"
"Oh, Lorne is just fine. He actually is going to visit. He'll be here in a few days, you know, just to check up.on us."
"Angel.um already called Buffy and her friends, they'll be here as soon as her ex-watcher meets up with her."
Fred nodded quietly, "This is really serious isn't it? Who is this guy?"
"Not too sure, but Angel suspects that it might be 'family'."
Fred clutched onto Gunn's arm a little harder as a sinking feeling came over her.
~~~
Cordy worried her lower lip as she thought about the situation. "I still don't think that it's him."
Wesley shrugged. "Well, I don't know. I'm thinking that your judgment might be impaired by how kind he was."
"NO!. look, I just have this feeling."
"Well. there could be another way to confirm it."
Cordy looked at Wesley with much interest. "How?"
"We could go out to lunch with him and we could bring the team along, Buffy and her friends. And then we could assess the situation."
"Isn't that a little overwhelming? I mean between Angel Investigations and the Scoobies, we have about a dozen people."
Wesley shrugged, "It was just an idea." ~~~
William silently studied the top managers that were talking to him.well, more like trying to weasel out of doing their damn job.
"Well sir, I mean, if the stock for that company goes down." the manager pitifully assumed.
William slammed his hand down on the table. "I don't want to hear 'the worst case scenario when I know there isn't going to be one. We've spent the last 10 months building things to this stage. If there is a problem, tell me the solution, don't whine and simper about how it could become worse! Your jobs are to fix the problems!"
Another, older manager spoke up, "It just doesn't seem very viable now sir, your father would have."
"My father's archaic ways no longer work in today's business world. Or did you not learn that lesson the last time you failed to acquire MGE Inc. And who are you to assume that this takeover will fail. You have only been on this project for the last few weeks! Whereas, I've followed this damn thing through the beginning, we are going to buy out Kai Corp.! Don't you ever question my authority again old man!"
The old manager shrank away from William's wrath and mumbled several useless apologies.
"This meeting is adjourned." William venomously spat out as he exited the meeting room.
On the way out William's secretary handed him the phone. "A Miss Cordelia Chase is on the phone."
William took a deep breath, dispelling the anger that was boiling in him after screaming at his yellow-bellied managers, and picked up the phone.
"Hi Ms. Chase, it's nice to speak to you again.. Uh huh. lunch with you and some of your friends?. when? . next Wednesday?"
William's secretary immediately checked William's schedule and gave an approving nod.
"Yes I'm free next Wednesday..uh huh. alright, see you then."
Without asking, William's secretary quickly typed , "Lnch mting" into William's schedule.
William smiled at her. "Thanks Sharon, even when the world is falling apart and no one even remembers what their real job is, I can always count on you. What would I do without you?"
Sharon lowered her glasses and seriously looked him in the eye, "You'd starve. Your dinner is in your office. And I do suggest having more than one meal a day and more than 4 hours of sleep."
William laughed as he walked down the hall, "Eating and sleeping are way too over-rated."
~~~
Lucifer gave a pained moan as he slowly came to, the sky was already dark.
"Shit", he muttered. Slowly he sat up and remembered the events that had occurred not too long ago. 'well maybe quiet a while ago.' Lucifer thought as he realized that he was out of it for the last 6 or 7 hours.
After stifling some of the pain, he slowly stood up. "Great, I haven't been trashed like that since."
Lucifer's eyes widened, "No it can't be. can it?"
He took a few steps forward, "Yes, maybe that's it. That explains how he could beat the crap out of me, and all that disappearing stuff. Damn. but why would they possess him?"
Lucifer shook his head as he disappeared from the parking lot. 'Why the hell would a demon god possess William for? Damn, now I have to go figure out which one possessed him.' ~~~~
Outside of the airport in San Diego a 16 year old girl swiftly rode her newly bought bicycle northward.
A medium sized black cat poked his head out of the basket and spoke, "Can we rest yet? I mean we can't get to San Francisco in 5 days, no matter how hard you push. And I don't want to get killed on the highway. I know you're tired."
"Shut up Koko," The raven haired girl muttered. He hair was cropped very short and it sort of bounced like a puff ball as the wind passed by her hair. She was wearing a dark blue blouse blouse that was tied with a brown leather cord at the waist. Along the edges of her blouse, there golden colored star, moon and sun patterns. She wore black jeans pants and carried a worn, dark red messenger bag that was clearly overstuffed.
"But Aoide, I'm hungry," the cat raised his voice to a higher pitch.
Aoide* shoved the straw basket close, which smacked her cat in the head.
"If you don't let me eat, I'm gong to chew a hole in your basket! And then I'm going to eat your hand!" The cat screamed from within.
Aoide spotted a diner and parked her bike. Then she got off and listened to her cat in the basket. The furious shaking from within indicated that indeed Koko was chewing on the basket. Annoyed, Aoide locked the lid of basket and unlatched it from her bike, then she threw it into the air and spun it a couple of times.
Finally, she unlocked the basket and dumped out her dizzy cat.
"If I ever catch you chewing on this basket again; I'll play baseball with it, with you locked inside. Got it?!"
The cat wobbly nodded and mutely followed her into the diner
~~~ Cont..
* Aoide-In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song.
Note: sort of short chapter. enjoy.
Lucifer glared at William as he walked into the parking lot .
"She's alive!"
"Technically yes. I finished the job didn't I?"
"Yes. but."
"Don't worry, a new slayer will still be called. It's the body that's the weapon, not the person's spirit."
"I see that you did some research."
"Yes, a lot. Very interesting stuff. and I used to think that there were only Immortal watchers. But no, there are also vampire slayer watchers. You'd think they'd be a little more original with the name."
Lucifer huffed, "Alright alright. Yes you got the job done."
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"My reward."
". I didn't specify whether I would tell you after which job." Lucifer grinned, baiting William
William pulled out a sword that was lying hidden in the trunk of his car. "Wrong answer. I always get what I want."
"Touché"
William laughed a little as he examined his sword. "One more chance."
"Are you threatening me mortal?"
William didn't answer, in a flash he disappeared and reappeared above Lucifer, sword poised a ready to slash him in half. Lucifer rolled his eyes as he materialized his own sword and struck upward.
As William was falling, he angled his foot, so that he could kick away from Lucifer's sword. Then he gracefully back-flipped and landed with barely a click from his shoes. Lucifer stalked over to him. "Not bad. but lets make this more interesting, no weapons."
William tilted his head a little and raised a scarred eyebrow. Lucifer threw his sword into the air and it disappeared without a trace. William then finally tossed his sword over to this car. William came back quietly and asked, "Fist fighting are we?"
"No, just anything other than using weapons."
William shoved his hands into his suit, "I see."
Lucifer leaped forward as slashed at William with his very sharp and long claws. William only calmly leaped back, inches away from the claws.
"Come on!" Lucifer shouted, "Fight back."
William took his hands out of his pockets and shrugged.
Lucifer mentally laughed 'this is too easy, he doesn't even know how to fight without weapons, and yet he takes my challenge. Arrogant and suicidal.'
Lucifer shook his head, "Alright, I'll take pity on you. You can even land the first 2 blows on me and I won't even fight back."
William hesitantly walked towards Lucifer until they were only a foot apart. Lucifer haughtily held his hands out. "Come on weakling. You think you're rich and rule the word. Twirling that stupid sword of yours like a pansy. I bet you can't even bruise me."
William's face remained blank and neutral.
"Well?! What are you waiting for?" Lucifer laughed.
William hands darted out in a flash and pressed a pressure point on Lucifer's neck.
"Is that the bes." Lucifer's eyes widened. "I can't move."
William smiled. "That's only my first hit."
"That's freaking cheating. Unfreeze me you worm!"
William just held his palm out flat, parallel to Lucifer's chest, only an inch away.
"This is my second hit." William stated in monotone
Before Lucifer could say anything, a blast impacted him so hard that he was knocked unconscious. Every fiber of him screamed in pain as the darkness came.
William looked down at Lucifer's body for a few seconds and then with a sharp click of his heel, he turned around and left.
~~~
Fred happily walked into the apartment, but her expression soon changed when she saw the solemn group, "Ummm. guys, are you okay?"
Gunn walked over and hugged her, "Sort of, well, not really. Angel's worse, it seems that there's a really powerful bad guy in town."
Fred quietly glanced at Angel's pacing figure.
"I hope so.. Anyways, how was your trip?"
"Oh, Lorne is just fine. He actually is going to visit. He'll be here in a few days, you know, just to check up.on us."
"Angel.um already called Buffy and her friends, they'll be here as soon as her ex-watcher meets up with her."
Fred nodded quietly, "This is really serious isn't it? Who is this guy?"
"Not too sure, but Angel suspects that it might be 'family'."
Fred clutched onto Gunn's arm a little harder as a sinking feeling came over her.
~~~
Cordy worried her lower lip as she thought about the situation. "I still don't think that it's him."
Wesley shrugged. "Well, I don't know. I'm thinking that your judgment might be impaired by how kind he was."
"NO!. look, I just have this feeling."
"Well. there could be another way to confirm it."
Cordy looked at Wesley with much interest. "How?"
"We could go out to lunch with him and we could bring the team along, Buffy and her friends. And then we could assess the situation."
"Isn't that a little overwhelming? I mean between Angel Investigations and the Scoobies, we have about a dozen people."
Wesley shrugged, "It was just an idea." ~~~
William silently studied the top managers that were talking to him.well, more like trying to weasel out of doing their damn job.
"Well sir, I mean, if the stock for that company goes down." the manager pitifully assumed.
William slammed his hand down on the table. "I don't want to hear 'the worst case scenario when I know there isn't going to be one. We've spent the last 10 months building things to this stage. If there is a problem, tell me the solution, don't whine and simper about how it could become worse! Your jobs are to fix the problems!"
Another, older manager spoke up, "It just doesn't seem very viable now sir, your father would have."
"My father's archaic ways no longer work in today's business world. Or did you not learn that lesson the last time you failed to acquire MGE Inc. And who are you to assume that this takeover will fail. You have only been on this project for the last few weeks! Whereas, I've followed this damn thing through the beginning, we are going to buy out Kai Corp.! Don't you ever question my authority again old man!"
The old manager shrank away from William's wrath and mumbled several useless apologies.
"This meeting is adjourned." William venomously spat out as he exited the meeting room.
On the way out William's secretary handed him the phone. "A Miss Cordelia Chase is on the phone."
William took a deep breath, dispelling the anger that was boiling in him after screaming at his yellow-bellied managers, and picked up the phone.
"Hi Ms. Chase, it's nice to speak to you again.. Uh huh. lunch with you and some of your friends?. when? . next Wednesday?"
William's secretary immediately checked William's schedule and gave an approving nod.
"Yes I'm free next Wednesday..uh huh. alright, see you then."
Without asking, William's secretary quickly typed , "Lnch mting" into William's schedule.
William smiled at her. "Thanks Sharon, even when the world is falling apart and no one even remembers what their real job is, I can always count on you. What would I do without you?"
Sharon lowered her glasses and seriously looked him in the eye, "You'd starve. Your dinner is in your office. And I do suggest having more than one meal a day and more than 4 hours of sleep."
William laughed as he walked down the hall, "Eating and sleeping are way too over-rated."
~~~
Lucifer gave a pained moan as he slowly came to, the sky was already dark.
"Shit", he muttered. Slowly he sat up and remembered the events that had occurred not too long ago. 'well maybe quiet a while ago.' Lucifer thought as he realized that he was out of it for the last 6 or 7 hours.
After stifling some of the pain, he slowly stood up. "Great, I haven't been trashed like that since."
Lucifer's eyes widened, "No it can't be. can it?"
He took a few steps forward, "Yes, maybe that's it. That explains how he could beat the crap out of me, and all that disappearing stuff. Damn. but why would they possess him?"
Lucifer shook his head as he disappeared from the parking lot. 'Why the hell would a demon god possess William for? Damn, now I have to go figure out which one possessed him.' ~~~~
Outside of the airport in San Diego a 16 year old girl swiftly rode her newly bought bicycle northward.
A medium sized black cat poked his head out of the basket and spoke, "Can we rest yet? I mean we can't get to San Francisco in 5 days, no matter how hard you push. And I don't want to get killed on the highway. I know you're tired."
"Shut up Koko," The raven haired girl muttered. He hair was cropped very short and it sort of bounced like a puff ball as the wind passed by her hair. She was wearing a dark blue blouse blouse that was tied with a brown leather cord at the waist. Along the edges of her blouse, there golden colored star, moon and sun patterns. She wore black jeans pants and carried a worn, dark red messenger bag that was clearly overstuffed.
"But Aoide, I'm hungry," the cat raised his voice to a higher pitch.
Aoide* shoved the straw basket close, which smacked her cat in the head.
"If you don't let me eat, I'm gong to chew a hole in your basket! And then I'm going to eat your hand!" The cat screamed from within.
Aoide spotted a diner and parked her bike. Then she got off and listened to her cat in the basket. The furious shaking from within indicated that indeed Koko was chewing on the basket. Annoyed, Aoide locked the lid of basket and unlatched it from her bike, then she threw it into the air and spun it a couple of times.
Finally, she unlocked the basket and dumped out her dizzy cat.
"If I ever catch you chewing on this basket again; I'll play baseball with it, with you locked inside. Got it?!"
The cat wobbly nodded and mutely followed her into the diner
~~~ Cont..
* Aoide-In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song.