Rise to the Light
Chapter 6
By BonBon
Arriving at the warehouse, Randy surveyed the area. He stepped into a side alley and motioned for the kids to follow.
"It doesn't appear as if they have many guards. Theres about 6 plus Drusilla and that Gypsy person Stress mentioned. I suggest we split up, Jack, Stress and BonBon go in the front and Spin and I will come in a side window."
"No, heres da real plan, Spin and BonBon distract them. You and Stress grab Pisky and I'll be around to backup whoevah needs it" Jack said
"now look here young man, I'se done this most of my life and we need to kill those vampires, not take back a friend and then run for our lives" Randy fixed Jack with a hard glare.
"And I'se been sneak attackin my whole life. Rushin in all at once is a big trap"
"Randy and Stress sneak in and get Pisky, Jack and Spin divert them, I'll be backup. That way you both win. Happy?" BonBon put in
They grumbled an agreement and Stress and Randy snuck towards the back. Spin waited a few moments and then gave the door a kick, It cracked and split open. She charged in. A vamp jumped in front of her and lunged for her throat. Spin backhanded it and shoved a stake through its heart, It exploded into dust.
"wow, dats kinda cool" She grinned and slammed her stake into the chect of another vampire.
Stress and Randy entered through the back and looked around for Pisky.
They saw her, sitting at Drusillas feet, sucking on the neck of a child.
"They turned her" Randy said and reached for his stake.
"No, we're rescuing, not staking." Stress seized the stake and tossed it away.
"Its too late, we must stop her, look, shes killed a child. I don't care what she used to be, she evil now."
Stress glanced at Pisky, slurping up the Child's blood. "Ok" he whispered, clutching her stake. She approached the two from behind. Drusilla spun around and grabbed her by the throat. Choking, she dropped the stake. Desperately, she grasped for the holy water in her pocket.
WHAM! Jack had grabbed a chair and smashed it over Drusilla's head. Stress leaned against the wall gasping as Drusilla whimpered and ran off.
Pisky snatched Jacks legs and sunk her fangs into it. Jack kicked at her but didn't shake her completely. Spin ran past and dumped a bottle of holy water on her head. Steam and smoke poured from the wound and she shrieked and danced about the room trying to stop the burning.
Gypsy, seeing that all the minions had been slayed, slung Pisky over her shoulder and took off.
"Get her!" Spin yelled, already running after her. The others followed. After a block, Randy stopped and leaned against a building
"I cannot run anymore"
Stress, Jack and BonBon slowed next to him, they were panting heavily.
Ahead of them, Spin was lagging behind. In a last attempt, she tossed a stake towards Gypsy's heart. Instead, it slammed into Gypsy's shoulder. She paused to glare back but disappeared into the night.
Spin stormed back to the other.
"Why didn't you stop her? Do I have to do everything?"
"You're a slayer, you can run faster, so yeah you do hafta do everything" BonBon retorted.
"well, you coulda put some kinda spell on her"
" I only know 3 frickin incantations, and I don't even know what they do!" BonBon pouted and sat down on a curb.
"Spin, Pisky is a vampire now. I'se really don't tink dat savin her would help.
She'd prolly just eat us. Look what she did ta my leg" Jack said, pointing to the bloody punctures in his leg.
"Look, lets go back to the LH, regroup and figure out where we go from here ok?" Stress asked.
Everyone agreed and they departed back to the LH.
Race spun around upon hearing his name. Bookie was standing there, anxiously staring at him. He stepped back and rubbed his eyes. She was still there.
"heya Race" She said again
"heya" he squeaked, not sure if he should be happy or scared. Its not often your dead girlfriend pops up on the anniversary of her death.
"uhh, so whats up?" Bookie asked nervously, attempting to make the conversation semi-casual. Or at least distract him for awhile.
"nothing, I was jist, uhh, visiting your grave. Which I thought you were in."
"I'se know. I'se watched you. It was nice, the things you said. It made me happy to hear that."
"I miss you, what happened? I mean, how can you be in the ground and here in front of me at da same time? I'se confused" Race stepped up to her until they were looking each other right in the eye.
"uhh, I, well, lets go somewhere else. I mean we're in the middle of a cemetery, now exactly a place I'd like to pour my heart out to ya" Bookie lied. She'd take him as far away Spike and Drusilla as she could.
"shoah" Race grabbed her hand and instantly flinched and pulled in back. "you'se real. Not a ghost and, and you're so cold."
"I, I know, I promise I'll explain the coldness and other stuff when we get where we're going" Bookie was desperately nervous. She could tell him the truth and risk losing him or she could lie, say she was in a hospital the past year and has to drink blood and is allergic to sun. Would he believe that? Even she didn't believe that. No, she had to tell him the truth even if it meant she would lose him. There wasn't much chance she would be able to stay with him as a vampire anyway.
Race took her hand again and smiled at her. Bookie headed towards the docks, trying to figure out the best plan.
Aura laid in bed. Her head ached and her whole body was sore. Rolling over she saw Spike sitting in a chair next to her bed. She screamed, but he covered her mouth with his hand.
"bloody be quiet will ya, don't wanna wake gramps downstairs" He hissed. He took his hand away.
"Wha-what are you doin here?" Aura asked, unsure of his intentions
"Dru came back and had your friend. I thought she mighta hurt you and I was right. Nasty bruise ya go there"
"You cared enough to come see me?" She asked excitedly
"well I was havin a slow night. Plus I like you. You're a real piece of work"
"uhhh, thanks, I think. Well how did you find me?"
"how many newsies lodging houses can there be?" Spike rolled his eyes and lit up a cigarette. "want one?"
I'se don't think headaches and smokes go together" Aura replied, laughing
"no they don't. So what is there to do in tis town? Seems pretty bland to me"
Spike puffed away on his cigarette and propped his feet on her bed
"I'se sell papes and go toTibbys, that's a restaurant, and Meddas she a dancer."
"Da Swedish Meadow Lark? You shouldn't be seein that show. She does burlesque you know" He chided her.
"Dats her, nevah saw her do burlesque though. I'll have to check that out some time. I bet its hilarious."
"Damn straight it is, a woman of her age actin likes shes your age. Shameful." Spike moved around in his chair trying to get a comfortable position.
"sorry, hard chairs, they suck. Wanna sit on the bed? Its bouncy at least" Aura offered
Spike shrugged off his coat and plopped down on the bed. Laying his head next to hers and propping his feet up on the boards at the end of the bed.
Aura was dancing inside. Hes laying with me, hes laying with me, and he took his coat off. Hes naked under those clothes! Ooo, naked spike, naked spike, naked me, eek, forgot I was only wearing a nightgown. She tried to keep a straight face and be serious.
"So how good is the food at Tibbys?" Spike restarted the conversation
"great! I go there everyday"
"with your boyfriend?"
"no, I don't have one" Aura answered.
"Good, I want you to take me there." Spike stated.
"uhh, sure, I mean, I guess I could, Drusilla too?" She hoped not
Spike guffawed. "bloody hell no. She isn't a big fan of food"
Aura looked at him, puzzled.
"Besides, it will be nice to have a real woman out to eat. One who doesn't cry and whine all the time. A girl who can take care of herself"
Aura was beyond excited. She was going out with Spike on a date. Yippee!
"So I'll stop by tomorrow around 6 and get you and we'll go to Bitty's" Spike said, standing and pulling his jacket on.
"Its Tibbys and that's sounds great"
"Bye luv"
After he left, Aura squealed and jumped around. He called me Luv and we're going out! Momentarily, she forgot about Drusilla and Pisky.
Arriving at the warehouse, Randy surveyed the area. He stepped into a side alley and motioned for the kids to follow.
"It doesn't appear as if they have many guards. Theres about 6 plus Drusilla and that Gypsy person Stress mentioned. I suggest we split up, Jack, Stress and BonBon go in the front and Spin and I will come in a side window."
"No, heres da real plan, Spin and BonBon distract them. You and Stress grab Pisky and I'll be around to backup whoevah needs it" Jack said
"now look here young man, I'se done this most of my life and we need to kill those vampires, not take back a friend and then run for our lives" Randy fixed Jack with a hard glare.
"And I'se been sneak attackin my whole life. Rushin in all at once is a big trap"
"Randy and Stress sneak in and get Pisky, Jack and Spin divert them, I'll be backup. That way you both win. Happy?" BonBon put in
They grumbled an agreement and Stress and Randy snuck towards the back. Spin waited a few moments and then gave the door a kick, It cracked and split open. She charged in. A vamp jumped in front of her and lunged for her throat. Spin backhanded it and shoved a stake through its heart, It exploded into dust.
"wow, dats kinda cool" She grinned and slammed her stake into the chect of another vampire.
Stress and Randy entered through the back and looked around for Pisky.
They saw her, sitting at Drusillas feet, sucking on the neck of a child.
"They turned her" Randy said and reached for his stake.
"No, we're rescuing, not staking." Stress seized the stake and tossed it away.
"Its too late, we must stop her, look, shes killed a child. I don't care what she used to be, she evil now."
Stress glanced at Pisky, slurping up the Child's blood. "Ok" he whispered, clutching her stake. She approached the two from behind. Drusilla spun around and grabbed her by the throat. Choking, she dropped the stake. Desperately, she grasped for the holy water in her pocket.
WHAM! Jack had grabbed a chair and smashed it over Drusilla's head. Stress leaned against the wall gasping as Drusilla whimpered and ran off.
Pisky snatched Jacks legs and sunk her fangs into it. Jack kicked at her but didn't shake her completely. Spin ran past and dumped a bottle of holy water on her head. Steam and smoke poured from the wound and she shrieked and danced about the room trying to stop the burning.
Gypsy, seeing that all the minions had been slayed, slung Pisky over her shoulder and took off.
"Get her!" Spin yelled, already running after her. The others followed. After a block, Randy stopped and leaned against a building
"I cannot run anymore"
Stress, Jack and BonBon slowed next to him, they were panting heavily.
Ahead of them, Spin was lagging behind. In a last attempt, she tossed a stake towards Gypsy's heart. Instead, it slammed into Gypsy's shoulder. She paused to glare back but disappeared into the night.
Spin stormed back to the other.
"Why didn't you stop her? Do I have to do everything?"
"You're a slayer, you can run faster, so yeah you do hafta do everything" BonBon retorted.
"well, you coulda put some kinda spell on her"
" I only know 3 frickin incantations, and I don't even know what they do!" BonBon pouted and sat down on a curb.
"Spin, Pisky is a vampire now. I'se really don't tink dat savin her would help.
She'd prolly just eat us. Look what she did ta my leg" Jack said, pointing to the bloody punctures in his leg.
"Look, lets go back to the LH, regroup and figure out where we go from here ok?" Stress asked.
Everyone agreed and they departed back to the LH.
Race spun around upon hearing his name. Bookie was standing there, anxiously staring at him. He stepped back and rubbed his eyes. She was still there.
"heya Race" She said again
"heya" he squeaked, not sure if he should be happy or scared. Its not often your dead girlfriend pops up on the anniversary of her death.
"uhh, so whats up?" Bookie asked nervously, attempting to make the conversation semi-casual. Or at least distract him for awhile.
"nothing, I was jist, uhh, visiting your grave. Which I thought you were in."
"I'se know. I'se watched you. It was nice, the things you said. It made me happy to hear that."
"I miss you, what happened? I mean, how can you be in the ground and here in front of me at da same time? I'se confused" Race stepped up to her until they were looking each other right in the eye.
"uhh, I, well, lets go somewhere else. I mean we're in the middle of a cemetery, now exactly a place I'd like to pour my heart out to ya" Bookie lied. She'd take him as far away Spike and Drusilla as she could.
"shoah" Race grabbed her hand and instantly flinched and pulled in back. "you'se real. Not a ghost and, and you're so cold."
"I, I know, I promise I'll explain the coldness and other stuff when we get where we're going" Bookie was desperately nervous. She could tell him the truth and risk losing him or she could lie, say she was in a hospital the past year and has to drink blood and is allergic to sun. Would he believe that? Even she didn't believe that. No, she had to tell him the truth even if it meant she would lose him. There wasn't much chance she would be able to stay with him as a vampire anyway.
Race took her hand again and smiled at her. Bookie headed towards the docks, trying to figure out the best plan.
Aura laid in bed. Her head ached and her whole body was sore. Rolling over she saw Spike sitting in a chair next to her bed. She screamed, but he covered her mouth with his hand.
"bloody be quiet will ya, don't wanna wake gramps downstairs" He hissed. He took his hand away.
"Wha-what are you doin here?" Aura asked, unsure of his intentions
"Dru came back and had your friend. I thought she mighta hurt you and I was right. Nasty bruise ya go there"
"You cared enough to come see me?" She asked excitedly
"well I was havin a slow night. Plus I like you. You're a real piece of work"
"uhhh, thanks, I think. Well how did you find me?"
"how many newsies lodging houses can there be?" Spike rolled his eyes and lit up a cigarette. "want one?"
I'se don't think headaches and smokes go together" Aura replied, laughing
"no they don't. So what is there to do in tis town? Seems pretty bland to me"
Spike puffed away on his cigarette and propped his feet on her bed
"I'se sell papes and go toTibbys, that's a restaurant, and Meddas she a dancer."
"Da Swedish Meadow Lark? You shouldn't be seein that show. She does burlesque you know" He chided her.
"Dats her, nevah saw her do burlesque though. I'll have to check that out some time. I bet its hilarious."
"Damn straight it is, a woman of her age actin likes shes your age. Shameful." Spike moved around in his chair trying to get a comfortable position.
"sorry, hard chairs, they suck. Wanna sit on the bed? Its bouncy at least" Aura offered
Spike shrugged off his coat and plopped down on the bed. Laying his head next to hers and propping his feet up on the boards at the end of the bed.
Aura was dancing inside. Hes laying with me, hes laying with me, and he took his coat off. Hes naked under those clothes! Ooo, naked spike, naked spike, naked me, eek, forgot I was only wearing a nightgown. She tried to keep a straight face and be serious.
"So how good is the food at Tibbys?" Spike restarted the conversation
"great! I go there everyday"
"with your boyfriend?"
"no, I don't have one" Aura answered.
"Good, I want you to take me there." Spike stated.
"uhh, sure, I mean, I guess I could, Drusilla too?" She hoped not
Spike guffawed. "bloody hell no. She isn't a big fan of food"
Aura looked at him, puzzled.
"Besides, it will be nice to have a real woman out to eat. One who doesn't cry and whine all the time. A girl who can take care of herself"
Aura was beyond excited. She was going out with Spike on a date. Yippee!
"So I'll stop by tomorrow around 6 and get you and we'll go to Bitty's" Spike said, standing and pulling his jacket on.
"Its Tibbys and that's sounds great"
"Bye luv"
After he left, Aura squealed and jumped around. He called me Luv and we're going out! Momentarily, she forgot about Drusilla and Pisky.