Chapter 14
Note: another long chapter. urg.. ummm. This part is a little gruesome. You'll see what I mean. If you think that the rating should be changed to an R, please tell me privately and I'll do it. I don't feel like dealing with the fanfiction.net moderators and having my story plucked out on and deal with all that mess. And besides, if you do report me to the moderators. I just wont finish the story. period. After all, this is the only place I am posting it at. Or, I will finish the story but I will only send the remaining chapters to a select few. Sorrie if I sound mean, but I've been snubbed several times by fanfiction moderators and I am totally sick of it.
***Nemiphoren growled viciously as he tore himself from the worm's hold, as he got away he grabbed the few remaining ones and stomped on them. He quickly rushed to Will's side as the small dirty-blond haired boy was consumed by another mass of worms. Nemiphoren tore them away frantically and he dug his hands into the pile, trying to pull the weak boy out. These creatures had a stronger hold on Will. As Nemiphoren busily tried to free Will, he didn't notice that the worms began to merge together to become a black shadow of a being. It has wicked neon green eyes, its entire body has no consistent form, and it moved like lighting. (Think of Ink (is that how you spell her name?) from Batman Beyond.)
The Creature grabbed the back of Nemiphoren's neck, pulled him up and punched him in the face until he was barely conscious. Then it dropped Nemiphoren on the ground like a limp doll and slinked over to Will. Will whimpered, "No. please, no again. I can't!. please!"
The Creature smiled sinisterly, making no noise as it laughed at Will's futile begging. Then it walked behind the boy and wrapped its hands around him. One the Creatures arms wrapped around his waist and the other held him from the left shoulder and then it began to whisper painful things into Will's ear. Will began to hyperventilate as the words sank in and the creature began to assimilate into his body.
At this time Nemiphoren started to come around once more, but it was too late. By the time he got over to Will, the Creature had disappeared into Will's body. Nemiphoren let out a small whine as he hysterically picked Will up and shook him. "Come on, don't let him beat you again. Not again. No., you'll die. You're stronger than that! You can force him out! . please?. oh god. if only you could believe in yourself. It could never take advantage of you!
(flashback)
"Hey man! Watch it!" Will said as he shoved Nemiphoren's foot away from his head. Nemiphoren growled at the middle-aged man who was the human soul that currently his roommate. Will laughed, "Aw come on, no one likes to have someone's foot on their head."
Nemiphoren smiled, "At least some one's a little happy now."
Will frowned and returned to his depressed state. Nemi rolled his eyes and gave a deep sigh. "Now, don't do that again."
"You brought it up."
Nemi got off the couch and sat on the floor next to Will. "It still hurts that much?"
Will blinked back a few tears, "Yeah, still feel worse than when Cecily rejected me or when Dru left us."
The demon soul looked sad at the mention of Dru's name. He really loved Dru, Will loved her too, but not as much as he did. Will always helped him with all the romantic stuff that kept Dru by his side for centuries. And then there was Buffy, Will loved her first and slowly he managed to also make him fall in love with her too. It was ridiculous, demons didn't love Slayers. And yet he still loved her. The thing was, he was always more practical and levelheaded than Will was. Will was devastated when Buffy told him to that she could never love him, till now, he was still depressed over her. He himself hadn't gotten over Buffy, but he didn't really show it. But Will knew that he hurt too, he just never said anything.
Will moped quietly as Nemiphoren rubbed his back in circles, even though Will was a grown man, he was till as innocent as a child. Never really tainted, no matter what Nemiphoren did. Other souls were usually self- righteous and all that rot, but Will usually let him be. They really had no quarrels, Will's personality was just really pacifying.
-- Spike had been wandering around for a bit, he had just arrived in a small village, almost in the middle of nowhere in China. And then he encountered the Creature. ---
Will looked around worried, "Something isn't right. The atmosphere feels strange."
Nemiphoren nodded in agreement, "I'm getting really trippy vibes 'ere."
Will yelped as he saw the creature approach them. "What the heck is that?!"
Nemiphoren grabbed Will's arm and backed themselves away slowly. " I have no idea what that is and I don't think I want to find out."
Will nodded nervously and gulped. In that instance the Creature disappeared in a flash and tossed Nemiphoren to the side as it attacked Will. Will stood there, frozen in fear. The Creature gave a soundless laughed and then pounced on Will. There was a small struggle, but eventually Will's spirit gave out and the Creature assimilated into his body. Nemiphoren screamed, "Nooooo!!" as he rushed over to Will.
"Will?!" Nemiphoren asked as he shook Will's limp body. "Will. wake up man, this ain't funny."
Then Nemiphoren turned Will's head and saw that Will's pupils and iris had disappeared, only leaving white.
--- The Creature had totally taken over Will, driving him insane with dreams that turned to heart wrenching nightmares and whispers about how worthless he was. Nemi had seen all this happen every time he touched Will's body, but he could never wake Will up from his coma-like state.
It wasn't until almost five months later when Michael had entered Will's body, had they finally exorcised the Creature from Will's spirit body and kept it at bay. But the effects were devastating. Will's mind was completely fried for months after the experience. He could never sleep well due to his fear that his dreams would become nightmares. He didn't trust himself to do anything right and he would always sit in some quiet corner muttering derogatory mantras until Nemi found him and shook him out of it. But the worst of all that the creature had done to Will was that it had managed to regress Will's body and mental state to that of a sickly and dying nine-year-old boy.
(flashback end)
Nemi hadn't even realized he had started cry until he noticed the wet drops splash onto Will's face. 'This can't happen again, it'll kill him. It'll kill the both of us.' Nemi drew Will's lifeless body into his arms and held him tightly, almost as if he was protecting Will from some sort of danger. But it was already too late.
~~~ Michael flung Lucifer up against the wall once they had disappeared to a random, deserted area. "What the hell did you think you were doing?!"
Lucifer angrily shoved Michael back. "I didn't know okay? So just back off."
"My host is going to die and you're telling me to forgive and forget?! You stupid piece of- "
Lucifer held his hand up to stop Michael. "I didn't say that I wanted your forgiveness. I was just saying that I didn't know it was you."
"Bull!"
"I didn't dammit! Once I 'fell', I haven't been able to sense the other Archangels, including you. And you usually don't interfere directly in mortal lives, so you can see why I would assume that you were a hell god."
Michael narrowed his eyes, but let the matter drop. Lucifer usually didn't lie to him.
"Okay then, I also have another issue to bring up. Why did you want to keep me from finding a host? And yes I know why you sent me on those missions."
"Well, why did you follow them?!"
"Because I needed to talk to you."
"Couldn't you have done it sooner?!"
"My host wouldn't have understood, most mortals don't."
"So you had to wait until your host wasn't watching over your shoulder or when you left the body. Now, what did you want to discuss?"
" The final battle, it's not even anymore."
Lucifer rolled his eyes, "Duh. With you on their side, of course I can't win."
Michael sighed as he looked up, "No, if I were to stay away from the battle, you'd still lose significantly."
"What are you saying?"
"Metatron just got a power boost from God, he's been secretly tapping into his power."
Lucifer froze, "You're kidding. How strong is he?"
"About the both of us combined."
"Geez! What has been happening since I 'fell'?"
"Metatron has become corrupt, he's using his status of 'God's voice' to have angels carry out his own selfish ends."
"Well, won't God punish him?"
"Not if he's/she's trillions of light-years away creating other civilizations or dimensions."
"Sh*t.I'm so screwed."
"No, actually not just you."
"What?"
Michael gave another sigh as he sat on top of a wooden crate nearby. "Metatron never understood why God said that 'there has to be a balance'. He figures if he destroys all the monsters and beings in hell, he'll have an easy job. It doesn't work that way. There are three possible outcomes from the final battle. One, you win, world becomes a chaotic demon home."
"Well, I never said I wanted to win."
"I know. Two, it comes down to a stalemate. Everything goes back to the way it was. Everyone is fine. Life goes on. This is the outcome I'm striving for."
Lucifer nodded, "same."
"And then Three, Metatron wins. Have you ever read "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells?"
Lucifer nodded. "Yes."
"Remember how in the future all the humans lived an ephemeral life, they lost their intelligence, they knew of the monsters and ran away like cowards instead of fighting back. Humans became easy pickings because they were stupid and naïve. Every time one human died they would be forgotten within an hour and no one will ever admit that it happened. That's what's going to happen. Demons are terrestrial creatures, they will always still be around, but humans won't have the knowledge or the intelligence to fight back."
Lucifer's mouth slowly opened as he realized what Michael meant. "It's like Adam and Eve never ate from the tree of knowledge."
"Exactly."
"We can't let him win." Lucifer said in a determined voice.
Michael nodded. "I know, that's why I'm helping you this time."
~~~
Dawn returned to the room that Buffy and Spike were in once Willow told her that the spell was ready. Buffy quickly removed the blanket that she had placed on Spike's body and quickly let the others into the room. Buffy, the Scoobies, Angel and his team sat in a circle around Spike's body, each of them held a handful of maroon dust. Anya and Giles slowly chanted as they waved two candles over Spike's body on opposite sides. Then they placed some quartzes and crystals on Spike's face and in his hands. As Anya finished the chant everyone blew the dust in their hand toward Spike. Then they sat back and quickly each of them fell into a deep slumber
~~~
Buffy and the group slowly woke up, only to find themselves in Buffy's home. She walked around and examined the objects suspiciously, then she tried to pick up a plate but found out that her hand passed right through it. The others looked at her and nodded, knowing that they were just spectators.
Suddenly they saw another older Buffy walk into the house and groan as she took off her uncomfortable high heels, put her purse on the counter and collapse on the couch. Buffy walked over to her and yelled out a few times, but the older Buffy didn't' notice her or the others. As Buffy stood there looking at her counterpart the door rattled as someone put in the key and opened the door. It was Spike, out in the sunlight! And not only that he was wearing a casual suit and holding two giggling children in his arms. The girl managed to wiggle from Spike's grasp and then ran over to her younger brother and she tapped his nose. "Tag!" she exclaimed, "You're it!"
Then she ran up stairs in a hurry. Spike let go of his son and let him chase his sister up the stairs. The group gave Spike a strange look, but they didn't' say anything. Spike quietly sauntered over to the older Buffy, sat down on the couch and snuggled with her.
"How was work today?" He asked as he placed a soft kiss on her lips, pulled her onto his lap and played with her back hairs on her neck.
"Tiring, I really don't like working with teenagers. Too hormonal."
Spike chortled softly at her comment.
"What?"
He kissed her again, "It's not good to be a hypocrite, luv."
She playfully smacked him and he untangled himself from her embrace. She gave him a confused look.
He gave her an Eskimo kiss, "I'm going to go out and get us some pasta for dinner from Pernice's" ( Italian restaurant, I didn't want to name it something cheesy like Luigi's or Mario's or the Mario brother's.shudders.)
She smiled and hugged him, "You're a lifesaver."
"And you are a delicious chocolate mousse cake."
She smacked him for his ridiculous pun and he laughed as he went out again.
In that instant, the group was transported to the restaurant where Spike was getting his order. While he waited he ran into the local bakery and got a chocolate mousse cake and some flowers from the flower shop.
And then the scene returned to the house once more as Spike walked home with a delighted smile, unable to wait for how his wife reacted to his little treat for her. He flung open the door calling out, "Honey I'm home!"
He paused for a bit, waiting for a reply, which he didn't get. He slowly closed the door behind him and started up the steps. Suddenly the strong smell of blood filled his nose. Whatever Spike was carrying was dropped on the floor in that instant as he rushed up the stairs. "Ricky? Lizzy?" He called out to his children. He held his breath as he opened the door to his kid's room.
Spike's eyes widened in horror as he felt bile rise up to his throat and he quickly rushed towards the bathroom.
Both Ricky and Lizzy where hung to death by a rope tied to their ceiling fan.
During that time Fred and the others walked up the stairs, wondering why Spike had rushed up. Then they saw Spike dash out of his children's room and toward the bathroom. Everyone gave each other a weird look. Since Fred was in front, so she was the first to open the door. She screamed as she backed away and ran towards Gunn. The others shuddered or whimpered as they turned away. Buffy was shaking, terrified that 'her children' were killed in such a way. Giles hurried over to Buffy and held her tightly.
"Don't worry, it's not real. It's not real.. It's not real. It's just a nightmare."
Then Buffy remembered Spike and ran towards the bathroom. As she set foot in the bathroom, she noticed that the ground was covered in pinkish looking water. Spike had forgotten about his urge to vomit and he was staring at the bath, which was still overflowing with the pinkish water. The curtains were drawn around the bathtub, so you could only see the bottom portion.
Spike's breaths were loud and erratic as he slowly approached the bathtub. With shaky hands, he slowly drew back the curtain. The bath was filled with dark red blood and his wife with her throat cut open. Spike screamed as he kneeled by the bathtub staring at his wife, her eyes were still open and looking sideways at the wall. He let out a heart wrenching sob as his tears spilled over, nervously he reached over and closed his wife's eyes and then collapsed on the wet ground.
Buffy stood there frozen at the doorway. Seeing herself dead like that was ghastly and she started to cry as she saw Spike collapse onto the ground. Then she heard a sinister voice whispering around the room.
"It's all your fault." It whispered. "Your fault. it's all your fault Spike. You killed her."
Spike shook his head, "No, I was away. go away!"
"You killed her, you killed your children. You're a monster." The eerie voice continued.
Spike looked around in fear and began to back towards the wall and away from the bathtub. " I didn't kill them!"
"Yes you did. Yes you did. yes you did." The voice echoed and bounced around the bathroom walls.
"Shut up! Go away!" Spike screamed as he clutched his head
"It's all your fault. see."
Buffy suddenly noticed that a knife and blood covered Spikes hands, which wasn't there a second before.
Spike looked down at his hands. "No.. no .. I didn't!"
"Yes you did. yes you did. You killed them. You killed them. You're a monster, you don't deserve to live." The voice continued.
Spike dropped the knife and tried to wash his hands at the sink. But instead of water coming out, fresh warm blood came out of the nozzle.
"You're a killer, you're a killer. You kill those that you love. You killed your family. That's right."
Spike began to sob once more and he dashed out of the bathroom and tried to run downstairs. But the voice kept following him. He slipped on one of the steps and tumbled down the stairs, twisting one of his legs. Then the voice came again. Stronger this time.
"You can't run. You can't hide. You killed them. You're always being watched. You're a killer, you need to die."
The group had jumped back when they saw Spike dash out of the bathroom and fall into a heap down the stairs. Buffy soon followed as she closed the bathroom door.
She gave the others a serious look and said, "Whatever you do, don't go in there."
They gave her a small nod as they watched her run down the stairs and sit down next to Spike. She knew that he couldn't see her or the others, but maybe she could find some sort of way to help. As Spike rocked back and forth repeating in a mantra that he didn't do it, Buffy noticed that he was getting smaller. No, he was becoming younger. Soon, she was watching a 9- year-old Spike crying and shaking where the older Spike had been. Buffy gasped.
Suddenly, the house disappeared and Buffy and the group found themselves out in the middle of a dark, dead forest with dead black trees everywhere and a black sky. Soon, monsters started to come out of the darkness and the younger Spike got up and started to run for his life.
~~~
Nemiphoren frowned. In the past he was able to enter Will's dreamscape while the Creature possessed Will. So, why couldn't he now?
Nemi concentrated harder as he held Will's wrist and then he felt his mind float away from his body.
'There we go.'
~~~ Leng anxiously tapped her fingernails on her pull out table on the airplane. Something was wrong with William now. She could sense it, in fact, it was practically screaming at her. Nimbly she got out of her seat and surreptitiously walked towards the restrooms on the plane. She closed the door, but made sure not to lock it and disappeared.
In the next instance she reappeared in William's penthouse. Leng walked into William's room, not finding him there. When she turned around, she found herself face to face with Aoide. And faster than Aoide could breath Leng gripped her throat and pinned her to wall.
"Who are you and where is William?!"
~~~ Cont.
R&R pweeeaaase?
Note: another long chapter. urg.. ummm. This part is a little gruesome. You'll see what I mean. If you think that the rating should be changed to an R, please tell me privately and I'll do it. I don't feel like dealing with the fanfiction.net moderators and having my story plucked out on and deal with all that mess. And besides, if you do report me to the moderators. I just wont finish the story. period. After all, this is the only place I am posting it at. Or, I will finish the story but I will only send the remaining chapters to a select few. Sorrie if I sound mean, but I've been snubbed several times by fanfiction moderators and I am totally sick of it.
***Nemiphoren growled viciously as he tore himself from the worm's hold, as he got away he grabbed the few remaining ones and stomped on them. He quickly rushed to Will's side as the small dirty-blond haired boy was consumed by another mass of worms. Nemiphoren tore them away frantically and he dug his hands into the pile, trying to pull the weak boy out. These creatures had a stronger hold on Will. As Nemiphoren busily tried to free Will, he didn't notice that the worms began to merge together to become a black shadow of a being. It has wicked neon green eyes, its entire body has no consistent form, and it moved like lighting. (Think of Ink (is that how you spell her name?) from Batman Beyond.)
The Creature grabbed the back of Nemiphoren's neck, pulled him up and punched him in the face until he was barely conscious. Then it dropped Nemiphoren on the ground like a limp doll and slinked over to Will. Will whimpered, "No. please, no again. I can't!. please!"
The Creature smiled sinisterly, making no noise as it laughed at Will's futile begging. Then it walked behind the boy and wrapped its hands around him. One the Creatures arms wrapped around his waist and the other held him from the left shoulder and then it began to whisper painful things into Will's ear. Will began to hyperventilate as the words sank in and the creature began to assimilate into his body.
At this time Nemiphoren started to come around once more, but it was too late. By the time he got over to Will, the Creature had disappeared into Will's body. Nemiphoren let out a small whine as he hysterically picked Will up and shook him. "Come on, don't let him beat you again. Not again. No., you'll die. You're stronger than that! You can force him out! . please?. oh god. if only you could believe in yourself. It could never take advantage of you!
(flashback)
"Hey man! Watch it!" Will said as he shoved Nemiphoren's foot away from his head. Nemiphoren growled at the middle-aged man who was the human soul that currently his roommate. Will laughed, "Aw come on, no one likes to have someone's foot on their head."
Nemiphoren smiled, "At least some one's a little happy now."
Will frowned and returned to his depressed state. Nemi rolled his eyes and gave a deep sigh. "Now, don't do that again."
"You brought it up."
Nemi got off the couch and sat on the floor next to Will. "It still hurts that much?"
Will blinked back a few tears, "Yeah, still feel worse than when Cecily rejected me or when Dru left us."
The demon soul looked sad at the mention of Dru's name. He really loved Dru, Will loved her too, but not as much as he did. Will always helped him with all the romantic stuff that kept Dru by his side for centuries. And then there was Buffy, Will loved her first and slowly he managed to also make him fall in love with her too. It was ridiculous, demons didn't love Slayers. And yet he still loved her. The thing was, he was always more practical and levelheaded than Will was. Will was devastated when Buffy told him to that she could never love him, till now, he was still depressed over her. He himself hadn't gotten over Buffy, but he didn't really show it. But Will knew that he hurt too, he just never said anything.
Will moped quietly as Nemiphoren rubbed his back in circles, even though Will was a grown man, he was till as innocent as a child. Never really tainted, no matter what Nemiphoren did. Other souls were usually self- righteous and all that rot, but Will usually let him be. They really had no quarrels, Will's personality was just really pacifying.
-- Spike had been wandering around for a bit, he had just arrived in a small village, almost in the middle of nowhere in China. And then he encountered the Creature. ---
Will looked around worried, "Something isn't right. The atmosphere feels strange."
Nemiphoren nodded in agreement, "I'm getting really trippy vibes 'ere."
Will yelped as he saw the creature approach them. "What the heck is that?!"
Nemiphoren grabbed Will's arm and backed themselves away slowly. " I have no idea what that is and I don't think I want to find out."
Will nodded nervously and gulped. In that instance the Creature disappeared in a flash and tossed Nemiphoren to the side as it attacked Will. Will stood there, frozen in fear. The Creature gave a soundless laughed and then pounced on Will. There was a small struggle, but eventually Will's spirit gave out and the Creature assimilated into his body. Nemiphoren screamed, "Nooooo!!" as he rushed over to Will.
"Will?!" Nemiphoren asked as he shook Will's limp body. "Will. wake up man, this ain't funny."
Then Nemiphoren turned Will's head and saw that Will's pupils and iris had disappeared, only leaving white.
--- The Creature had totally taken over Will, driving him insane with dreams that turned to heart wrenching nightmares and whispers about how worthless he was. Nemi had seen all this happen every time he touched Will's body, but he could never wake Will up from his coma-like state.
It wasn't until almost five months later when Michael had entered Will's body, had they finally exorcised the Creature from Will's spirit body and kept it at bay. But the effects were devastating. Will's mind was completely fried for months after the experience. He could never sleep well due to his fear that his dreams would become nightmares. He didn't trust himself to do anything right and he would always sit in some quiet corner muttering derogatory mantras until Nemi found him and shook him out of it. But the worst of all that the creature had done to Will was that it had managed to regress Will's body and mental state to that of a sickly and dying nine-year-old boy.
(flashback end)
Nemi hadn't even realized he had started cry until he noticed the wet drops splash onto Will's face. 'This can't happen again, it'll kill him. It'll kill the both of us.' Nemi drew Will's lifeless body into his arms and held him tightly, almost as if he was protecting Will from some sort of danger. But it was already too late.
~~~ Michael flung Lucifer up against the wall once they had disappeared to a random, deserted area. "What the hell did you think you were doing?!"
Lucifer angrily shoved Michael back. "I didn't know okay? So just back off."
"My host is going to die and you're telling me to forgive and forget?! You stupid piece of- "
Lucifer held his hand up to stop Michael. "I didn't say that I wanted your forgiveness. I was just saying that I didn't know it was you."
"Bull!"
"I didn't dammit! Once I 'fell', I haven't been able to sense the other Archangels, including you. And you usually don't interfere directly in mortal lives, so you can see why I would assume that you were a hell god."
Michael narrowed his eyes, but let the matter drop. Lucifer usually didn't lie to him.
"Okay then, I also have another issue to bring up. Why did you want to keep me from finding a host? And yes I know why you sent me on those missions."
"Well, why did you follow them?!"
"Because I needed to talk to you."
"Couldn't you have done it sooner?!"
"My host wouldn't have understood, most mortals don't."
"So you had to wait until your host wasn't watching over your shoulder or when you left the body. Now, what did you want to discuss?"
" The final battle, it's not even anymore."
Lucifer rolled his eyes, "Duh. With you on their side, of course I can't win."
Michael sighed as he looked up, "No, if I were to stay away from the battle, you'd still lose significantly."
"What are you saying?"
"Metatron just got a power boost from God, he's been secretly tapping into his power."
Lucifer froze, "You're kidding. How strong is he?"
"About the both of us combined."
"Geez! What has been happening since I 'fell'?"
"Metatron has become corrupt, he's using his status of 'God's voice' to have angels carry out his own selfish ends."
"Well, won't God punish him?"
"Not if he's/she's trillions of light-years away creating other civilizations or dimensions."
"Sh*t.I'm so screwed."
"No, actually not just you."
"What?"
Michael gave another sigh as he sat on top of a wooden crate nearby. "Metatron never understood why God said that 'there has to be a balance'. He figures if he destroys all the monsters and beings in hell, he'll have an easy job. It doesn't work that way. There are three possible outcomes from the final battle. One, you win, world becomes a chaotic demon home."
"Well, I never said I wanted to win."
"I know. Two, it comes down to a stalemate. Everything goes back to the way it was. Everyone is fine. Life goes on. This is the outcome I'm striving for."
Lucifer nodded, "same."
"And then Three, Metatron wins. Have you ever read "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells?"
Lucifer nodded. "Yes."
"Remember how in the future all the humans lived an ephemeral life, they lost their intelligence, they knew of the monsters and ran away like cowards instead of fighting back. Humans became easy pickings because they were stupid and naïve. Every time one human died they would be forgotten within an hour and no one will ever admit that it happened. That's what's going to happen. Demons are terrestrial creatures, they will always still be around, but humans won't have the knowledge or the intelligence to fight back."
Lucifer's mouth slowly opened as he realized what Michael meant. "It's like Adam and Eve never ate from the tree of knowledge."
"Exactly."
"We can't let him win." Lucifer said in a determined voice.
Michael nodded. "I know, that's why I'm helping you this time."
~~~
Dawn returned to the room that Buffy and Spike were in once Willow told her that the spell was ready. Buffy quickly removed the blanket that she had placed on Spike's body and quickly let the others into the room. Buffy, the Scoobies, Angel and his team sat in a circle around Spike's body, each of them held a handful of maroon dust. Anya and Giles slowly chanted as they waved two candles over Spike's body on opposite sides. Then they placed some quartzes and crystals on Spike's face and in his hands. As Anya finished the chant everyone blew the dust in their hand toward Spike. Then they sat back and quickly each of them fell into a deep slumber
~~~
Buffy and the group slowly woke up, only to find themselves in Buffy's home. She walked around and examined the objects suspiciously, then she tried to pick up a plate but found out that her hand passed right through it. The others looked at her and nodded, knowing that they were just spectators.
Suddenly they saw another older Buffy walk into the house and groan as she took off her uncomfortable high heels, put her purse on the counter and collapse on the couch. Buffy walked over to her and yelled out a few times, but the older Buffy didn't' notice her or the others. As Buffy stood there looking at her counterpart the door rattled as someone put in the key and opened the door. It was Spike, out in the sunlight! And not only that he was wearing a casual suit and holding two giggling children in his arms. The girl managed to wiggle from Spike's grasp and then ran over to her younger brother and she tapped his nose. "Tag!" she exclaimed, "You're it!"
Then she ran up stairs in a hurry. Spike let go of his son and let him chase his sister up the stairs. The group gave Spike a strange look, but they didn't' say anything. Spike quietly sauntered over to the older Buffy, sat down on the couch and snuggled with her.
"How was work today?" He asked as he placed a soft kiss on her lips, pulled her onto his lap and played with her back hairs on her neck.
"Tiring, I really don't like working with teenagers. Too hormonal."
Spike chortled softly at her comment.
"What?"
He kissed her again, "It's not good to be a hypocrite, luv."
She playfully smacked him and he untangled himself from her embrace. She gave him a confused look.
He gave her an Eskimo kiss, "I'm going to go out and get us some pasta for dinner from Pernice's" ( Italian restaurant, I didn't want to name it something cheesy like Luigi's or Mario's or the Mario brother's.shudders.)
She smiled and hugged him, "You're a lifesaver."
"And you are a delicious chocolate mousse cake."
She smacked him for his ridiculous pun and he laughed as he went out again.
In that instant, the group was transported to the restaurant where Spike was getting his order. While he waited he ran into the local bakery and got a chocolate mousse cake and some flowers from the flower shop.
And then the scene returned to the house once more as Spike walked home with a delighted smile, unable to wait for how his wife reacted to his little treat for her. He flung open the door calling out, "Honey I'm home!"
He paused for a bit, waiting for a reply, which he didn't get. He slowly closed the door behind him and started up the steps. Suddenly the strong smell of blood filled his nose. Whatever Spike was carrying was dropped on the floor in that instant as he rushed up the stairs. "Ricky? Lizzy?" He called out to his children. He held his breath as he opened the door to his kid's room.
Spike's eyes widened in horror as he felt bile rise up to his throat and he quickly rushed towards the bathroom.
Both Ricky and Lizzy where hung to death by a rope tied to their ceiling fan.
During that time Fred and the others walked up the stairs, wondering why Spike had rushed up. Then they saw Spike dash out of his children's room and toward the bathroom. Everyone gave each other a weird look. Since Fred was in front, so she was the first to open the door. She screamed as she backed away and ran towards Gunn. The others shuddered or whimpered as they turned away. Buffy was shaking, terrified that 'her children' were killed in such a way. Giles hurried over to Buffy and held her tightly.
"Don't worry, it's not real. It's not real.. It's not real. It's just a nightmare."
Then Buffy remembered Spike and ran towards the bathroom. As she set foot in the bathroom, she noticed that the ground was covered in pinkish looking water. Spike had forgotten about his urge to vomit and he was staring at the bath, which was still overflowing with the pinkish water. The curtains were drawn around the bathtub, so you could only see the bottom portion.
Spike's breaths were loud and erratic as he slowly approached the bathtub. With shaky hands, he slowly drew back the curtain. The bath was filled with dark red blood and his wife with her throat cut open. Spike screamed as he kneeled by the bathtub staring at his wife, her eyes were still open and looking sideways at the wall. He let out a heart wrenching sob as his tears spilled over, nervously he reached over and closed his wife's eyes and then collapsed on the wet ground.
Buffy stood there frozen at the doorway. Seeing herself dead like that was ghastly and she started to cry as she saw Spike collapse onto the ground. Then she heard a sinister voice whispering around the room.
"It's all your fault." It whispered. "Your fault. it's all your fault Spike. You killed her."
Spike shook his head, "No, I was away. go away!"
"You killed her, you killed your children. You're a monster." The eerie voice continued.
Spike looked around in fear and began to back towards the wall and away from the bathtub. " I didn't kill them!"
"Yes you did. Yes you did. yes you did." The voice echoed and bounced around the bathroom walls.
"Shut up! Go away!" Spike screamed as he clutched his head
"It's all your fault. see."
Buffy suddenly noticed that a knife and blood covered Spikes hands, which wasn't there a second before.
Spike looked down at his hands. "No.. no .. I didn't!"
"Yes you did. yes you did. You killed them. You killed them. You're a monster, you don't deserve to live." The voice continued.
Spike dropped the knife and tried to wash his hands at the sink. But instead of water coming out, fresh warm blood came out of the nozzle.
"You're a killer, you're a killer. You kill those that you love. You killed your family. That's right."
Spike began to sob once more and he dashed out of the bathroom and tried to run downstairs. But the voice kept following him. He slipped on one of the steps and tumbled down the stairs, twisting one of his legs. Then the voice came again. Stronger this time.
"You can't run. You can't hide. You killed them. You're always being watched. You're a killer, you need to die."
The group had jumped back when they saw Spike dash out of the bathroom and fall into a heap down the stairs. Buffy soon followed as she closed the bathroom door.
She gave the others a serious look and said, "Whatever you do, don't go in there."
They gave her a small nod as they watched her run down the stairs and sit down next to Spike. She knew that he couldn't see her or the others, but maybe she could find some sort of way to help. As Spike rocked back and forth repeating in a mantra that he didn't do it, Buffy noticed that he was getting smaller. No, he was becoming younger. Soon, she was watching a 9- year-old Spike crying and shaking where the older Spike had been. Buffy gasped.
Suddenly, the house disappeared and Buffy and the group found themselves out in the middle of a dark, dead forest with dead black trees everywhere and a black sky. Soon, monsters started to come out of the darkness and the younger Spike got up and started to run for his life.
~~~
Nemiphoren frowned. In the past he was able to enter Will's dreamscape while the Creature possessed Will. So, why couldn't he now?
Nemi concentrated harder as he held Will's wrist and then he felt his mind float away from his body.
'There we go.'
~~~ Leng anxiously tapped her fingernails on her pull out table on the airplane. Something was wrong with William now. She could sense it, in fact, it was practically screaming at her. Nimbly she got out of her seat and surreptitiously walked towards the restrooms on the plane. She closed the door, but made sure not to lock it and disappeared.
In the next instance she reappeared in William's penthouse. Leng walked into William's room, not finding him there. When she turned around, she found herself face to face with Aoide. And faster than Aoide could breath Leng gripped her throat and pinned her to wall.
"Who are you and where is William?!"
~~~ Cont.
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