Chapter 2
Giles was still passed out on the concrete floor when Ethan arrived back at the warehouse that evening. He tested the chain bonds to make sure his prisoner was still secured by his ankles and wrists, the ends of the chains bolted to the ceiling and walls. Ripper could barely move, let alone escape. Ethan laid down on his cot to contemplate the last few days, and rest before morning would bring the Slayer.
Ethan had been fairly certain that Giles would have hidden the earring, and would not disclose it's whereabouts easily. It hadn't been too difficult for Ethan to hire a few thugs, clonk Giles on the head, and bring him to this location. Then Ethan proceeded to beat him to a bloody pulp. He thought that as Giles weakened, he'd confess the hoop's location. But Giles was resilient, and had remained tight lipped. When Ripper had passed out for the third time that night, Ethan had come up with this new plan. The Slayer. He remembered how Buffy had come to her Watcher's aid during Eygone's brief reign in Sunnydale, and when Ethan had turned his old friend into a demon. That had been a laugh at first, until the bloody Slayer ruined everything. That army troop had carted him off into the Nevada desert, dropping him in the middle of bloody no where! But that had turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
He had wandered around aimlessly for sometime until finding the cave to sleep in for the afternoon. He thought after a nice rest he'd be in better shape for travel, and it would be cooler in the night. So he had cleared out a space on the stone floor and drifted off, exhausted from the previous days activities. That is when Eygone had come to him in the dream.
When Ripper and Ethan were in their heyday, Eygone had been a friend. A powerful friend when invoked. If not for Randall's death, Ripper might still be with Ethan. They had a special friendship back then. Not a homosexual one, like many had thought, but they were as close as brothers. They had called upon Eygone to bless their friendship. Eygone had forged them each a gold hoop earring to wear as a symbol of their bond. They both had worn each with pride, until Randall's death. Ethan had put his in a box in his bureau, and in time forgot about it. He never knew what Giles had done with his.
Now Eygone had come to him in a dream. Ethan was shown what riches he could own, his will being done all over the world, if he wore both earrings at once. Eygone had done more than bless their friendship, and the earrings. He had placed his power into them, and whoever possessed and wore both earrings at one time would own that power. Ethan had risen with a new purpose. He had to get Giles earring, and wear it with his own. He had gone home to London, and found his earring, and put it immediately in his ear. He felt nothing. There was no power. But there would be when his other ear was pierced with the second gold hoop.
It took months to get his passport worked out. Sunnydale's last visit had set him back some in terms of traveling. But finally he had clearance, after deploying much magic, and returned to this Hellmouth of a town. Now the earring was almost in his grasp.
Giles wouldn't talk. Ethan had known that immediately, so he didn't even waste his time. He had secured this abandoned warehouse and had Giles chained up as soon as he had been captured. Ethan paid off the thugs, and bade them leave. When Giles had first awakened to his prison, he saw Ethan wearing the earring, and immediately paled.
"So, Ripper, have any good dreams lately?" Ethan had toyed with the hoop in his ear, scrutinizing Giles face. Ripper revealed nothing, but in that silence, Ethan had known that Giles had dreamt of Eygone too, and knew what the earring meant. Ethan sighed. If the dream had been his alone, which he pretty much assumed it wouldn't be, then getting the other earring would have been easy. He could have just stolen it from Ripper's house, or asked for it even. But the thugs had ransacked Giles' apartment and had not found it. And with that one little question, Ethan knew that Giles was privy to the earrings' powers. He couldn't have destroyed it without Ethan knowing. Eygone had forged the hoops, and only that demon could destroy them. Neither would ever summon Eygone again on purpose, and didn't even know how too after their last battle, with Eygone seemingly lost within that bloody vampire's soulless body. But somehow Eygone had lived. That was now certain.
"Where is it, Ripper? I know you kept it close. You had to, our bond tells me."
But Giles had remained silent.
That's when Ethan had started to beat his old friend. But it wasn't really Ethan. The Ethan of friendship was gone. Even the Ethan that worshipped chaos and caused such turmoil in Sunnydale was gone, replaced by a power hungry image of what used to be. Giles didn't recognize this man at all. What this man had become caused terror within Giles very bowels.
Finally Ethan had dispersed with the beatings. It wasn't doing any good, and after Giles had passed out for the third time, he was afraid he'd do more harm than good. If Giles died he'd never find the earring. So he sat and thought up another plan. That was when the Slayer came to mind. That perky blonde young woman. She held Giles' heart in her hands. He would lure her here, trap her here, and torture her. That would break Giles. He'd give up anything for his Slayer.
So he had written the note, and put it under her door. He was almost his old self then. The plan filled him with glee. Now he just had to sit back and wait for the festivities to begin! He slept, waiting for morning to arrive.
When Giles came back to consciousness awhile later, Ethan was asleep on the cot. It took Giles a moment to recollect where he was, but as soon as he saw Ethan, it all came back.
He tried to stretch his sore muscles, but the bonds holding him prevented much movement. His body was racked with pain, and lying on the concrete floor wasn't helping. He slowly moved his appendages around, trying to get blood to flow through them. He tried to keep silent, because he didn't want to wake Ethan, so he gritted his teeth and kept his moaning inside.
After the blood was pumping a bit, he looked around his prison again. Just concrete walls and concrete floors. No windows, and only the one door across from him and Ethan's cot. It seemed he was in the basement of some warehouse. He didn't think he'd leave this place alive, unless Buffy could find him. She would. He had faith and trust in her. He just hoped she came soon. And then he'd tell his Slayer to hold Ethan down. Ripper wanted to pummel Ethan himself!
As soon as Giles had seen Ethan wearing that old earring again, he knew what his old friend and new enemy was after. Eygone's power. Giles had been shown that dream too, not long ago. Unlike Ethan, however, Giles knew that Eygone would never give over his power so willingly to anyone. It had to have been some kind of trick, or trap. Giles was sure that the gold hoop earrings did possess power if worn together by the same person, but he wasn't so sure the wearer would not come to harm. Or harm others. Eygone was evil. Eygone reeked chaos. Ethan loved both.
Giles knew immediately that trouble would come. He hadn't realized that Ethan would be so consumed however. The Ethan he had known was gone, replaced by nothing but darkness. He had to make sure that Ethan never found his old earring. The worst of it was, Giles wasn't sure where it was himself!
The beaten Watcher was interrupted out of his musings when Ethan began to moan on his cot. They weren't the moans of pain however, but of pleasure.
Ethan was having one heck of a good dream!
The lady had come and knelt before him. Her honey colored hair fell past her shoulders. She was the most voluptuous woman he had ever seen. "What's your name, sweetie?" he asked. She smiled up at him, and with her smoky voice said, "Rene. But shhh." she placed her finger on his lips. "No more talking."
Rene pressed him down on the cot, and climbed up and straddled his waist. Ethan was greatly aroused, and she ground her hips onto his. She continued to smile, and her eyes captivated him. Slowly she removed her red silk blouse, revealing her black lacy bra. He reached up to touch her, but she stopped him, holding his arms down at his side. "No touching!" She growled at him. Her strength was unbelievable.
She ran her forehead down his chest, still pinning his arms at his sides, and unbuttoned his jeans. Ethan gasped, and writhed beneath her. She smiled up at him. Only then did she release his arms, but he obediently kept them at his sides. Then she ripped his jeans off. She smirked when she saw that he wore no underwear. She smiled wickedly at him. But this smile was different. When Ethan saw it, his blood ran cold. It wasn't the smile of a sexy seductress anymore. Gone was Rene. In her place, was Eygone. He deflated immediately, and then, to his surprise, Eygone took him in it's/her mouth, and bit it off as if it were a hot dog at the ballpark.
Ethan screamed, and sat up on the cot. He was alone. It had been a dream. The sweat was pouring off of him. He opened up his jeans and looked in. He sighed in relief when all was well. Only then did he remember Giles. He looked up and glanced at his prisoner. Giles was gazing at him with his Ripper glare. Ethan just glowered back, and then stood up. It was getting to be morning, and he needed to double check his preparations for the Slayer's arrival.
Giles was still passed out on the concrete floor when Ethan arrived back at the warehouse that evening. He tested the chain bonds to make sure his prisoner was still secured by his ankles and wrists, the ends of the chains bolted to the ceiling and walls. Ripper could barely move, let alone escape. Ethan laid down on his cot to contemplate the last few days, and rest before morning would bring the Slayer.
Ethan had been fairly certain that Giles would have hidden the earring, and would not disclose it's whereabouts easily. It hadn't been too difficult for Ethan to hire a few thugs, clonk Giles on the head, and bring him to this location. Then Ethan proceeded to beat him to a bloody pulp. He thought that as Giles weakened, he'd confess the hoop's location. But Giles was resilient, and had remained tight lipped. When Ripper had passed out for the third time that night, Ethan had come up with this new plan. The Slayer. He remembered how Buffy had come to her Watcher's aid during Eygone's brief reign in Sunnydale, and when Ethan had turned his old friend into a demon. That had been a laugh at first, until the bloody Slayer ruined everything. That army troop had carted him off into the Nevada desert, dropping him in the middle of bloody no where! But that had turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
He had wandered around aimlessly for sometime until finding the cave to sleep in for the afternoon. He thought after a nice rest he'd be in better shape for travel, and it would be cooler in the night. So he had cleared out a space on the stone floor and drifted off, exhausted from the previous days activities. That is when Eygone had come to him in the dream.
When Ripper and Ethan were in their heyday, Eygone had been a friend. A powerful friend when invoked. If not for Randall's death, Ripper might still be with Ethan. They had a special friendship back then. Not a homosexual one, like many had thought, but they were as close as brothers. They had called upon Eygone to bless their friendship. Eygone had forged them each a gold hoop earring to wear as a symbol of their bond. They both had worn each with pride, until Randall's death. Ethan had put his in a box in his bureau, and in time forgot about it. He never knew what Giles had done with his.
Now Eygone had come to him in a dream. Ethan was shown what riches he could own, his will being done all over the world, if he wore both earrings at once. Eygone had done more than bless their friendship, and the earrings. He had placed his power into them, and whoever possessed and wore both earrings at one time would own that power. Ethan had risen with a new purpose. He had to get Giles earring, and wear it with his own. He had gone home to London, and found his earring, and put it immediately in his ear. He felt nothing. There was no power. But there would be when his other ear was pierced with the second gold hoop.
It took months to get his passport worked out. Sunnydale's last visit had set him back some in terms of traveling. But finally he had clearance, after deploying much magic, and returned to this Hellmouth of a town. Now the earring was almost in his grasp.
Giles wouldn't talk. Ethan had known that immediately, so he didn't even waste his time. He had secured this abandoned warehouse and had Giles chained up as soon as he had been captured. Ethan paid off the thugs, and bade them leave. When Giles had first awakened to his prison, he saw Ethan wearing the earring, and immediately paled.
"So, Ripper, have any good dreams lately?" Ethan had toyed with the hoop in his ear, scrutinizing Giles face. Ripper revealed nothing, but in that silence, Ethan had known that Giles had dreamt of Eygone too, and knew what the earring meant. Ethan sighed. If the dream had been his alone, which he pretty much assumed it wouldn't be, then getting the other earring would have been easy. He could have just stolen it from Ripper's house, or asked for it even. But the thugs had ransacked Giles' apartment and had not found it. And with that one little question, Ethan knew that Giles was privy to the earrings' powers. He couldn't have destroyed it without Ethan knowing. Eygone had forged the hoops, and only that demon could destroy them. Neither would ever summon Eygone again on purpose, and didn't even know how too after their last battle, with Eygone seemingly lost within that bloody vampire's soulless body. But somehow Eygone had lived. That was now certain.
"Where is it, Ripper? I know you kept it close. You had to, our bond tells me."
But Giles had remained silent.
That's when Ethan had started to beat his old friend. But it wasn't really Ethan. The Ethan of friendship was gone. Even the Ethan that worshipped chaos and caused such turmoil in Sunnydale was gone, replaced by a power hungry image of what used to be. Giles didn't recognize this man at all. What this man had become caused terror within Giles very bowels.
Finally Ethan had dispersed with the beatings. It wasn't doing any good, and after Giles had passed out for the third time, he was afraid he'd do more harm than good. If Giles died he'd never find the earring. So he sat and thought up another plan. That was when the Slayer came to mind. That perky blonde young woman. She held Giles' heart in her hands. He would lure her here, trap her here, and torture her. That would break Giles. He'd give up anything for his Slayer.
So he had written the note, and put it under her door. He was almost his old self then. The plan filled him with glee. Now he just had to sit back and wait for the festivities to begin! He slept, waiting for morning to arrive.
When Giles came back to consciousness awhile later, Ethan was asleep on the cot. It took Giles a moment to recollect where he was, but as soon as he saw Ethan, it all came back.
He tried to stretch his sore muscles, but the bonds holding him prevented much movement. His body was racked with pain, and lying on the concrete floor wasn't helping. He slowly moved his appendages around, trying to get blood to flow through them. He tried to keep silent, because he didn't want to wake Ethan, so he gritted his teeth and kept his moaning inside.
After the blood was pumping a bit, he looked around his prison again. Just concrete walls and concrete floors. No windows, and only the one door across from him and Ethan's cot. It seemed he was in the basement of some warehouse. He didn't think he'd leave this place alive, unless Buffy could find him. She would. He had faith and trust in her. He just hoped she came soon. And then he'd tell his Slayer to hold Ethan down. Ripper wanted to pummel Ethan himself!
As soon as Giles had seen Ethan wearing that old earring again, he knew what his old friend and new enemy was after. Eygone's power. Giles had been shown that dream too, not long ago. Unlike Ethan, however, Giles knew that Eygone would never give over his power so willingly to anyone. It had to have been some kind of trick, or trap. Giles was sure that the gold hoop earrings did possess power if worn together by the same person, but he wasn't so sure the wearer would not come to harm. Or harm others. Eygone was evil. Eygone reeked chaos. Ethan loved both.
Giles knew immediately that trouble would come. He hadn't realized that Ethan would be so consumed however. The Ethan he had known was gone, replaced by nothing but darkness. He had to make sure that Ethan never found his old earring. The worst of it was, Giles wasn't sure where it was himself!
The beaten Watcher was interrupted out of his musings when Ethan began to moan on his cot. They weren't the moans of pain however, but of pleasure.
Ethan was having one heck of a good dream!
The lady had come and knelt before him. Her honey colored hair fell past her shoulders. She was the most voluptuous woman he had ever seen. "What's your name, sweetie?" he asked. She smiled up at him, and with her smoky voice said, "Rene. But shhh." she placed her finger on his lips. "No more talking."
Rene pressed him down on the cot, and climbed up and straddled his waist. Ethan was greatly aroused, and she ground her hips onto his. She continued to smile, and her eyes captivated him. Slowly she removed her red silk blouse, revealing her black lacy bra. He reached up to touch her, but she stopped him, holding his arms down at his side. "No touching!" She growled at him. Her strength was unbelievable.
She ran her forehead down his chest, still pinning his arms at his sides, and unbuttoned his jeans. Ethan gasped, and writhed beneath her. She smiled up at him. Only then did she release his arms, but he obediently kept them at his sides. Then she ripped his jeans off. She smirked when she saw that he wore no underwear. She smiled wickedly at him. But this smile was different. When Ethan saw it, his blood ran cold. It wasn't the smile of a sexy seductress anymore. Gone was Rene. In her place, was Eygone. He deflated immediately, and then, to his surprise, Eygone took him in it's/her mouth, and bit it off as if it were a hot dog at the ballpark.
Ethan screamed, and sat up on the cot. He was alone. It had been a dream. The sweat was pouring off of him. He opened up his jeans and looked in. He sighed in relief when all was well. Only then did he remember Giles. He looked up and glanced at his prisoner. Giles was gazing at him with his Ripper glare. Ethan just glowered back, and then stood up. It was getting to be morning, and he needed to double check his preparations for the Slayer's arrival.
