Title: The Way "End of Days" Should Have Been
Author: Bunny and Lucky
Disclaimer: The characters belong to the god Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy *Grr-Arg*
Rating: PG-13 (Like always)
Feedback: **** YEAH! We love all those who've reviewed! XOXOXOXO!.
Chapter Title: Here We Go
Summary: An attack happens in the house and Buffy and Spike head for Olympus.
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Dawn rubbed her eyes slowly and sat up. She had fallen asleep leaned on her headboard. Gazing down at Connor, she laughed. He was on the foot of her bed, his body was sprawled across it, but the tips of his toes were on the floor. They had talked a long time and must had fallen asleep in the middle of it. He seemed much calmer towards the end.
Connor flinched at her laughter and sat himself properly on the bed. Glancing at the clock, she saw it was six in the morning. "I'm gonna go get some breakfast. I'll bring some up for you." Grinning, Dawn got up and slipped out the door.
"So?" The teenager jumped and saw Deanna. "How'd it go? You weren't hurt were you?"
"No, I wasn't. It went fine. I think you should go talk to him now." The Slayer immediately went for the door. "Warning you now, he'll be a little. . distant at times. But just keep talking normally and keep the conversation going."
"Do you think, he'll get out soon?" asked Deanna, nervously with worry in her eyes.
"I'm not sure. But he is a lot better. Amazing what a couple of hours of straight talk can do." Dawn shoved her to the door and began to trek on downstairs.
"That's why we should do this now," came Buffy's voice from the kitchen. "No other time is going to be calmer and who knows when another time frame is gonna open up again?" Dawn stood at the doorway and could see everyone clearly. Her sister was by the stove while Wesley and Fred were sitting at the island and Giles standing.
Giles took off his glasses. "You have no idea how long you'll be gone and we have no way to reach you if there's trouble."
"Yes, but there's so many questions that aren't answered. Like why Spike was brought back in the first place. We don't know that."
Wes spoke up. "He could know and is purposely keeping it a secret to go to Olympus for a holiday."
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on! Do you have any idea how stupid that sounds?"
Dawn jumped up and yelped when Spike touched her shoulder. "No more spying, Bit."
Buffy's eyes widened at her boyfriend leading Dawn. "How long have you been standing there?"
"Since around 'this calmest time'."
Spike came around and stood next to Buffy ( a little closer than usual, noted Dawn ) asking, "What's going on here?"
"Running Olympus by people and they're not jumping for joy."
"Well, wait a minute," said Fred thoughtfully. "I think it would be good if they went." Both Watchers opened their mouths to protest when she cut them off. "Buffy's arguments have been a little more favorable in my book. And true, we don't how long they'll be gone. Granted we are missing our a Slayer and a god. . but we'll still have Faith and Deanna."
There was a pause. "So you're jumping?" asked the Slayer.
Fred smiled. "Like one of those big, cute Mexican beans." Buffy smiled. After things calmed down, she promised herself a long talk with the Texan.
"I'll be jumping like a lonpemj," said Dawn excitedly. Everyone stared at her blankly. "As in the demon. Come on I thought you two would have known that at least," she said to Wes and Giles.
Giles put his glasses back on, "Well, yes, we do."
"Of course we do. It's just odd that you know of that kind of demon."
"Do you, know what he uses as a diversion."
Staring at them like idiots, she answered, "Jumps around everywhere. How he gets away."
"What are his preferences in food?" asked Wes.
"People who have lots and lots of money. Thinks they taste better the richer they are and why are you asking me all this?"
"No reason," said Wes.
"So," drawled out Buffy. "Can we go?"
"I still think you should wait until after the next big thing happens," said Giles. "Then it would be fair to."
"Do you smell that?" interrupted Spike.
"Not really," answered Fred. "What's it smell like?"
His eyes widened before he yelled, "Get on the ground!" Quickly everyone followed the direction as black light surrounded the kitchen. Spike stayed up and went along the wall to where he reached the doorway. He punched the air and was rewarded by a satisfying crack. Thanatos became visible and his black power lightened enough for the others to see what was going on. "Don't you ever get a hint?" asked Spike as he did a roundhouse kick to his head.
"I would, but Hades orders. Now apparently, you remember everything." Thanatos did three quick jabs to the shoulder and a kick to the stomach, which hit. Spike came back with a swift upper cut across the chin, sending him further into the room and away from the door. He hit Thanatos over the head with his elbow and punched his head twice.
Dawn began to crawl slowly to the door. She was going to get out and warn everyone about the freaky-gods presence. Maybe that would help them somehow. She reached the door and began to crawl outside, when she heard Thanatos say, "Oh no, sweetcheeks. You're staying here." She scrambled up and heard Spike give an 'omph' being thrown into a wall.
"He's here!" she yelled from the doorway and heading to the stairs. "Thana- " All of a sudden, she became dizzy and sunk down onto the floor. She vaguely remembered being picked up and had a hand on her throat.
"Finally I have you!" exclaimed the god. "You know Hades has been wanting you dead for awhile? With your little talks with the boy, it looks like plans are going to have to change."
Spike stepped into the hallway. "Put her down. This is between you and me."
"You see that the thing. It's not when I attack more than one person that you're with." Thanatos grinned madly. "Let's see how much electric shock she can handle." He tightened his grip before Spike could raise an arm and began pulsing black waves into her.
Dawn screamed.
Less than ten seconds later, Thanatos was face down on the floor and had released Dawn.
Connor and Deanna drug Dawn away from him and into the living room. Spike picked him up. He drew Thanatos's sword and chopped his head off. Instantly, the black light in the kitchen stopped and Thanatos's body turned into narcissus and cypress flowers. The flowers shriveled up into dust.
***
The scenario had caused every other person to come downstairs quickly. Deanna had been with Connor talking about family when Dawn's scrame came. Connor had got up instantly and got out the door. It took the girl a minute to realize what had happened before following.
Willow and Tara explained that the spell was to keep Connor inside the room until he stopped sulking and found something to do with his life besides fighting demons. Apparently at that moment, Connor had wanted to protect a life, instead of kill the demon after the life.
Dawn was conscious shortly after and was fine, just a little bit shaky.
The only problem left was Buffy's unwillingness to go to Olympus. "Go!" emphasized her sister for the last time. "I told you I'm like a lonpemj. Full of jumpiness for you to go. So go."
"What if someone else-"
"Thanatos is dead. And now that Connor's out, you have two Slayers and a. . .really strong boy. That was a pathetic description." After another fifteen minutes of persuasion, she left with Spike to go to the gazebo.
***
Earlier that morning, Spike opened up the letter Hermes had given him. It explained to return to the place he first was returned and ask for Zeus's guidance and a pass into the gates.
Instantly, their vision was obstructed into blank whiteness. It came back with the sight of clouds. There were clouds everywhere, and nothing else. Buffy looked down at her feet. "Okay. That's just freaky." Spike looked down and saw that they were on a cloud as well.
"Well, finally you get here!" exclaimed a voice. They looked up at a fluffy cloud above them. "I've had to stay here for days." They turned around to find the voice. "It gets rather boring doing nothing." Both whipped around again, but couldn't find the source of the voice.
"Hermes!" yelled Spike. "Get you're astral shoes down here now!"
In a flash a small man in a white T-shirt and blue jeans appeared. "Could've asked nicer. Oh, is this her?" Hermes looked at Buffy. "You know she can't wear that right?"
"Excuse me?" asked Buffy lost completely.
"Hold on." He left and was back within fifteen seconds. "Women have to wear dresses on Olympus. This should do it. You can give me your old clothes and I'll put them someplace safe." The fast moving man held out a peach colored dress. "Just go on behind that cloud. No one can peek. And don't worry about falling, because the clouds are so stable up here, whenever Poseidon comes to visit and he gets one of his temper tantrums. . . let's just say it holds a lot of damage."
Buffy took the dress grinning. Hermes talked fast and was a fun person. She put on the dress with a little bit of reluctance. She really hated dresses, even though it was beautiful. It was sleeveless, with thick straps and the bosom was wrapped around horizontally ending in a high waist with a gold chain around it. Buffy kept the ruby ring and gold chain necklace on. Deciding to also keep her hair down, she stepped out.
Apparently it looked amazing because neither man spoke for a moment. "You'd think I would've come out naked," said Buffy shrugging.
Spike just smirked at this and Hermes turned a slight pink. "You might want to sit down for this." Just as they had finished his instructions, when the cloud they sat on flew through the air, with Hermes running right beside it. It stopped shortly thereafter before a golden gate with perfect white clouds surrounding them. When Hermes stepped onto the other cloud, a staircase appeared, leading up to the gate. As they got off, Hermes advised, "When you get in, try not to talk to anyone, they've all gotten a little bit antsy with the Hades rising slowly thing. So just keep walking until you get to Zeus's room. Toodles!" He was gone.
"You ready, luv?" asked Spike holding out a hand.
Buffy grinned, putting her hand into his, "As ready as I'll ever be."
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TBC. . .
We're sorry they didn't make it to Olympus this time! It would've been to long, so had to break it up. Plus we wanted to get this out quickly.
Author: Bunny and Lucky
Disclaimer: The characters belong to the god Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy *Grr-Arg*
Rating: PG-13 (Like always)
Feedback: **** YEAH! We love all those who've reviewed! XOXOXOXO!.
Chapter Title: Here We Go
Summary: An attack happens in the house and Buffy and Spike head for Olympus.
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Dawn rubbed her eyes slowly and sat up. She had fallen asleep leaned on her headboard. Gazing down at Connor, she laughed. He was on the foot of her bed, his body was sprawled across it, but the tips of his toes were on the floor. They had talked a long time and must had fallen asleep in the middle of it. He seemed much calmer towards the end.
Connor flinched at her laughter and sat himself properly on the bed. Glancing at the clock, she saw it was six in the morning. "I'm gonna go get some breakfast. I'll bring some up for you." Grinning, Dawn got up and slipped out the door.
"So?" The teenager jumped and saw Deanna. "How'd it go? You weren't hurt were you?"
"No, I wasn't. It went fine. I think you should go talk to him now." The Slayer immediately went for the door. "Warning you now, he'll be a little. . distant at times. But just keep talking normally and keep the conversation going."
"Do you think, he'll get out soon?" asked Deanna, nervously with worry in her eyes.
"I'm not sure. But he is a lot better. Amazing what a couple of hours of straight talk can do." Dawn shoved her to the door and began to trek on downstairs.
"That's why we should do this now," came Buffy's voice from the kitchen. "No other time is going to be calmer and who knows when another time frame is gonna open up again?" Dawn stood at the doorway and could see everyone clearly. Her sister was by the stove while Wesley and Fred were sitting at the island and Giles standing.
Giles took off his glasses. "You have no idea how long you'll be gone and we have no way to reach you if there's trouble."
"Yes, but there's so many questions that aren't answered. Like why Spike was brought back in the first place. We don't know that."
Wes spoke up. "He could know and is purposely keeping it a secret to go to Olympus for a holiday."
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on! Do you have any idea how stupid that sounds?"
Dawn jumped up and yelped when Spike touched her shoulder. "No more spying, Bit."
Buffy's eyes widened at her boyfriend leading Dawn. "How long have you been standing there?"
"Since around 'this calmest time'."
Spike came around and stood next to Buffy ( a little closer than usual, noted Dawn ) asking, "What's going on here?"
"Running Olympus by people and they're not jumping for joy."
"Well, wait a minute," said Fred thoughtfully. "I think it would be good if they went." Both Watchers opened their mouths to protest when she cut them off. "Buffy's arguments have been a little more favorable in my book. And true, we don't how long they'll be gone. Granted we are missing our a Slayer and a god. . but we'll still have Faith and Deanna."
There was a pause. "So you're jumping?" asked the Slayer.
Fred smiled. "Like one of those big, cute Mexican beans." Buffy smiled. After things calmed down, she promised herself a long talk with the Texan.
"I'll be jumping like a lonpemj," said Dawn excitedly. Everyone stared at her blankly. "As in the demon. Come on I thought you two would have known that at least," she said to Wes and Giles.
Giles put his glasses back on, "Well, yes, we do."
"Of course we do. It's just odd that you know of that kind of demon."
"Do you, know what he uses as a diversion."
Staring at them like idiots, she answered, "Jumps around everywhere. How he gets away."
"What are his preferences in food?" asked Wes.
"People who have lots and lots of money. Thinks they taste better the richer they are and why are you asking me all this?"
"No reason," said Wes.
"So," drawled out Buffy. "Can we go?"
"I still think you should wait until after the next big thing happens," said Giles. "Then it would be fair to."
"Do you smell that?" interrupted Spike.
"Not really," answered Fred. "What's it smell like?"
His eyes widened before he yelled, "Get on the ground!" Quickly everyone followed the direction as black light surrounded the kitchen. Spike stayed up and went along the wall to where he reached the doorway. He punched the air and was rewarded by a satisfying crack. Thanatos became visible and his black power lightened enough for the others to see what was going on. "Don't you ever get a hint?" asked Spike as he did a roundhouse kick to his head.
"I would, but Hades orders. Now apparently, you remember everything." Thanatos did three quick jabs to the shoulder and a kick to the stomach, which hit. Spike came back with a swift upper cut across the chin, sending him further into the room and away from the door. He hit Thanatos over the head with his elbow and punched his head twice.
Dawn began to crawl slowly to the door. She was going to get out and warn everyone about the freaky-gods presence. Maybe that would help them somehow. She reached the door and began to crawl outside, when she heard Thanatos say, "Oh no, sweetcheeks. You're staying here." She scrambled up and heard Spike give an 'omph' being thrown into a wall.
"He's here!" she yelled from the doorway and heading to the stairs. "Thana- " All of a sudden, she became dizzy and sunk down onto the floor. She vaguely remembered being picked up and had a hand on her throat.
"Finally I have you!" exclaimed the god. "You know Hades has been wanting you dead for awhile? With your little talks with the boy, it looks like plans are going to have to change."
Spike stepped into the hallway. "Put her down. This is between you and me."
"You see that the thing. It's not when I attack more than one person that you're with." Thanatos grinned madly. "Let's see how much electric shock she can handle." He tightened his grip before Spike could raise an arm and began pulsing black waves into her.
Dawn screamed.
Less than ten seconds later, Thanatos was face down on the floor and had released Dawn.
Connor and Deanna drug Dawn away from him and into the living room. Spike picked him up. He drew Thanatos's sword and chopped his head off. Instantly, the black light in the kitchen stopped and Thanatos's body turned into narcissus and cypress flowers. The flowers shriveled up into dust.
***
The scenario had caused every other person to come downstairs quickly. Deanna had been with Connor talking about family when Dawn's scrame came. Connor had got up instantly and got out the door. It took the girl a minute to realize what had happened before following.
Willow and Tara explained that the spell was to keep Connor inside the room until he stopped sulking and found something to do with his life besides fighting demons. Apparently at that moment, Connor had wanted to protect a life, instead of kill the demon after the life.
Dawn was conscious shortly after and was fine, just a little bit shaky.
The only problem left was Buffy's unwillingness to go to Olympus. "Go!" emphasized her sister for the last time. "I told you I'm like a lonpemj. Full of jumpiness for you to go. So go."
"What if someone else-"
"Thanatos is dead. And now that Connor's out, you have two Slayers and a. . .really strong boy. That was a pathetic description." After another fifteen minutes of persuasion, she left with Spike to go to the gazebo.
***
Earlier that morning, Spike opened up the letter Hermes had given him. It explained to return to the place he first was returned and ask for Zeus's guidance and a pass into the gates.
Instantly, their vision was obstructed into blank whiteness. It came back with the sight of clouds. There were clouds everywhere, and nothing else. Buffy looked down at her feet. "Okay. That's just freaky." Spike looked down and saw that they were on a cloud as well.
"Well, finally you get here!" exclaimed a voice. They looked up at a fluffy cloud above them. "I've had to stay here for days." They turned around to find the voice. "It gets rather boring doing nothing." Both whipped around again, but couldn't find the source of the voice.
"Hermes!" yelled Spike. "Get you're astral shoes down here now!"
In a flash a small man in a white T-shirt and blue jeans appeared. "Could've asked nicer. Oh, is this her?" Hermes looked at Buffy. "You know she can't wear that right?"
"Excuse me?" asked Buffy lost completely.
"Hold on." He left and was back within fifteen seconds. "Women have to wear dresses on Olympus. This should do it. You can give me your old clothes and I'll put them someplace safe." The fast moving man held out a peach colored dress. "Just go on behind that cloud. No one can peek. And don't worry about falling, because the clouds are so stable up here, whenever Poseidon comes to visit and he gets one of his temper tantrums. . . let's just say it holds a lot of damage."
Buffy took the dress grinning. Hermes talked fast and was a fun person. She put on the dress with a little bit of reluctance. She really hated dresses, even though it was beautiful. It was sleeveless, with thick straps and the bosom was wrapped around horizontally ending in a high waist with a gold chain around it. Buffy kept the ruby ring and gold chain necklace on. Deciding to also keep her hair down, she stepped out.
Apparently it looked amazing because neither man spoke for a moment. "You'd think I would've come out naked," said Buffy shrugging.
Spike just smirked at this and Hermes turned a slight pink. "You might want to sit down for this." Just as they had finished his instructions, when the cloud they sat on flew through the air, with Hermes running right beside it. It stopped shortly thereafter before a golden gate with perfect white clouds surrounding them. When Hermes stepped onto the other cloud, a staircase appeared, leading up to the gate. As they got off, Hermes advised, "When you get in, try not to talk to anyone, they've all gotten a little bit antsy with the Hades rising slowly thing. So just keep walking until you get to Zeus's room. Toodles!" He was gone.
"You ready, luv?" asked Spike holding out a hand.
Buffy grinned, putting her hand into his, "As ready as I'll ever be."
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TBC. . .
We're sorry they didn't make it to Olympus this time! It would've been to long, so had to break it up. Plus we wanted to get this out quickly.