ALL BLOODY CONSPIRACY
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Chapter Three
"Home Alone"
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Sunnydale, California
March 1 2003 12:24 PM
When the light went out they all were sleeping on the ground, Amanda was lying over Andrew that was facing the grass of the backyard garden. Spike was lied down the stairs of the small terrace with his legs up in a very stupid position, maybe the pain was the factor that made he wake up first, like awaken of a bad dream he got frightened and made a involuntary somersault down the stairs raising down in crawl position, he took half a second to figure out what was going on, the next half he got a incredible jump back to kitchen terrified when he noticed that he was exposed to sunlight. "Bloody hell" he checked himself looking for sunburns or maybe worst dusty dismemberment.
"Ykes, still in one piece!" How? He was tempted to try it again, but two hundreds of fear implicit reflex blocked him.
"Hey loving couple! Wake Up!" he screamed very loud but nothing happened, he couldn't understand how Andrew's snore didn't wake the girl, by the way they looked kind cute, the vampire wasted almost ten minutes screaming aloud to the sleepyheads on the garden, in vain, Spike looked around to find some to throw, he though about throw a vase, it could hurt the youngsters. He put in action the best joker idea he could think, he attached a rope on the spigot "Wet dreams coming!" He pointed the beak of the rope in their direction and waited for the water that never came, he checked it out taking off the attachment, no water at all, he tried also the spigot of the kitchen with no success, the house plumbing was dry.
"Fine! I will give a try" He stretched out his hand waiting to fell something when it got lighted with the high-noon sun. Well no burn, no smoke, no pain, am I free now? Baby steps headed him to the ones on the garden, he wasn't on the sun since he-dunno-when, so it was kind fascinating.
He kneeled and shouted "UNDER ATTACK!"
Amanda jumped in Spike throat pressing him on the land. Damn idea he thought "hey girl!!" In a impulse of self defense Spike pushed his right feet on his belly and forced it to set himself free, but this movement threw Amanda several feet away.
Andrew gasped with his snore and kept tossing for a minute.
Spike helped Amanda to raise from the ground "Are you ok little one?"
"Fine! Next time take it easy, I was just scared, okay?"
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean too" he collected the strange object that was dropped on the grass.
"Damn Spike, what are you doing here...outside, and how?" she inquired.
"How can I know, I just did, what a pretty phenomena happened here before, It could be a consequence of that, those white sounds and light"
"White light and sound?"
"Sure." Paused "Hey do not correct me!" Spike was kind happy to be on sunlight and a little dizzied too.
Both got inside, letting poor Andrew still on the ground, tired of hoping for help, he made the way himself after some balks.
"Wait! Stop! Listen!" Spike stopped the line the followed him in the corridor. "Listen to! Nothing! it's complete silence. Each one leaded to a different way trying to confirm this theory, and it was right, a noiseless silence was floating over that house, odd enough to worry the scoobies. Andrew turned on the TV and the others ones gathered him a second later.
"Look" he zapped hundred of times, and showed to the rest of the group "all channels... they were frozen!" They watched it, all stations he tuned were transmitting but the image was frozen and there's also no sound coming from it. "A new era on the TV, static shows" he joked utilizing the absence of Xander (the official producer of joker quotes).
"Off course it is, time has stopped" Spike walked until gets closer of the clock on the wall, look it's still 12:24, adding that we must have slept for more than one hour" He stared in front of it, ignoring the murmuring of the youth, thinking about all those events that happened in the last 30 minutes, at least the last 30 minutes according with this new Sunnydale local time, that object and then the light effect, it must be related "We need to find the Slayer" this phrase filled the expectations of Andrew.
"I told you that! You owe me a buck!"
"Am I in this level of being predictable?" he shocked his head "Well, it also must be the reason of my presence on sunlight without a single damage, I'm not a rocket scientist, but if the time is stopped the ions emitted by the Sun that hurts me are standing still and not inflicting on me, so..."
"Cool, maybe the radiation only happen when ..." Andrew tried to add getting closer of the vampire.
"GEEK!" Amanda yelled and got his attention to other immobile stuff on the room, through the window she noticed that cars, people, trees and birds were completely immobile too. "Spike, I think it's only us that are able to move"
"Yep, and I also think that was a direct attack, someone want us out of action for some time" Spike wondered again about that day, after the last moments the whole world went crazy: now the time collapse, what is coming next?
"Is this black magic?" Amanda questioned the worried vamp.
"No, it is not, if it was, I think I would be able to feel it. This attack was worst, maybe something that magic would not be useful on our defense as well" this pause caused Amanda make a bitter face expecting no good news "... It is damn cold technology"
"Who in the world could have such power?" Amanda tried to validate that theory
"Those damn Riley's friends, but I have informers looking after their movements, they are really out of business."
"Who is Riley?" the other two questioned in unison.
"Never mind, you two are too new here" he didn't stop to walk in circles, he had to think quickly because an imminent attack was obvious. "I think this effect disrupted the time sequence, making a second last like a decade --"
"A time disruption like when Captain Picard and Data found themselves in the elevator?"[1] Andrew interrupted, this commentary made a Amanda stare at him with a very frozen sight
Spike halted for a moment, he kind of remembered this episode, the vampire watched much television, even when he was bad, what also a bad vamp should do during the daylight? "Yep, except that we are not bumping into ourselves and here the time is stopped not leaping wrong like a scratched record. And I am also not bald and french!"
Amanda moved her pissed looking to him "I can't believe this!"
"What!?" he got embarrassed "Well, there should be a limit over the neighborhood, we need to get out of this house, in any minute..." he paused when he looked to the clock and it still was 12:24 I mean in any minute of this minute "...the ones who discharged that light should be here after us". When Andrew opened the front door Spike interview "A non-demon power must be struck with a similar weapon, we need guns"
After a five minute search they gathered themselves back on the front door, Spike found a Shotgun and Andrew took the gun the Willow brought home when she was ruled by Warren's thoughts [2].
They were ready to leave the house when a red ball of energy hit entrance. "What hell" they ran back and closed the door, through the door's glass the could see at least three strange bald demons coming into their spot. "Well forgive me! It's not 100% tech, nowadays mix them may be more effective!"
[1] Star Trek TNG - 1x24 - We'll Always Have Paris
[2] BtvS - 7x13 - The Killer In Me
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To Be Continued
Next (4): Welcome the Imps
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Chapter Three
"Home Alone"
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Sunnydale, California
March 1 2003 12:24 PM
[1] Star Trek TNG - 1x24 - We'll Always Have Paris
[2] BtvS - 7x13 - The Killer In Me
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To Be Continued
Next (4): Welcome the Imps
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