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: Pretty, pretty please!
Chapter Title: Erinyes
Summary: After the movies and more angst!
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"Shouldn't they be back by now?" asked Willow nervously. No one had asked where either girl had gone, but they were fairly certain that it wouldn't stay that way much longer.
Fred pulled back to curtain to look outside momentarily. "Well, maybe the movie ran later than expected. I hear at the end, after all the credits, there's a creepy little 'movie' with the monkey."
"But even with that!" Fred looked back inside.
"How about we give them five minutes, then-" Deanna and Dawn came inside giggling. "Or how 'bout five seconds."
"Where have you guys been?" asked Willow. See looked at the Slayer's arm was scratched deep. "Oh, my god. What happened?" No one noticed Giles coming down the stairs quietly.
Both girls were glowing with pride when Deanna explained. "It was just a vampire. I got tackled by it and hit a rock. But, oh my god, it was so cool. Cuz, Dawn is amazing!"
"Dawn's amazing how?" questioned the red head.
"She so knew what to do. Cuz when the vamp tackled me, I thought I was done for and yelled for Dawn to help me. She just said to do this thing with my legs that would turn it over, so I could pin it. But, after I did that, he shoved me off, but luckily I grabbed a tree branch. Then, Dawn was telling me all of these directions about blocks and kicks and stuff. And then finally, POOF! I staked him! Without her, I so would be dead right now."
"You would not. I didn't tell you everything to do. You did do this instinctive thing when you broke his nose and then you knew when to stake him, which was perfect timing."
Giles calmly turned, and walked back upstairs, oblivious to all there. "Well, let me at least look at that," said Fred, leading Deanna to the coffee table to bandage her shoulder.
"How did you know what to do?" asked Willow.
Dawn blushed. "Since Buffy and Spike left for Olympus, Connor's been teaching me all this stuff about defense and offense. It's really cool, and actually works. Unlike Buffy teaching me. It was mostly just speeches, no action."
Willow looked down to cover a laugh. She was right though.
"There you go! All better!" exclaimed Fred, patting the shoulder gently. The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" yelled Xander from the dining room. Fred got up and walked into the hall, to spy on who it was. "Hello?" questioned Xander when he saw six dogs standing there.
One sniffed the air, and barked at the others. They ran off into the night.
Xander closed the door and started to walk away when the doorbell rang again. Instead of six dogs, there was six voluptuous women standing there. "Hi," said a brunette with a southern twang. "We're lookin' for our dogs. 'ave they passed by 'ere?" Willow came and stood by Fred to watch.
"Yeah, just a minute ago-"
Willow started backing away. "Willow?" asked Fred. "You okay?"
"Don't you see them?" she asked. "Go away!" she yelled to the women. Xander had turned to look at Willow, then when he looked back, they were gone. "Get away from me!" she yelled again.
"What's happening?" asked Tara coming in with Andrew and Faith.
"Wow what is that!" exclaimed Faith.
"It looks like it's from Dinotopia in the episode where-" began Andrew before he, Willow, and Faith were thrown backwards.
"What's happening!" demanded Xander, helping up Faith. "Tara can you see anything?"
"Stop it!" yelled Faith. Andrew began swatting at something.
She shook her head. "There's a black cloud in front of them. I-It looks like guilt, o-only different."
"Different how?" asked Fred.
"They're moving!" exclaimed Tara. "One shadow's going upstairs, two are going into the other room!" They heard Giles yelling from upstairs, then Spike and Connor from the kitchen.
"Get away from us!" yelled Willow desperately, trying to scoot away from the thing invisible everyone else's eyes.
"What the hell is going on?" demanded Buffy storming in from the other room.
"I-I-I don't know," stuttered Tara, frazzled a bit from the recent turn of events. "Maybe, we should get them in-into separate rooms."
***
Dawn was currently sitting on the shift with Faith. Everyone was going from person to person, trying to ease their mental pain. The people who weren't with the 'patients' were either resting or researching. Since this had all started, she had been on two breaks, one research run, and was now watching Faith. In about a day's worth of time.
She was currently looking through a large book with Greek mythology. Wesley's guess was whatever was attacking everyone had to do with Hades who was of Greek origin. So now she was flipping through the pages of a very old book trying to find something that would do this. Faith started to move about.
Everyone had just laid still after they were put into separate rooms, their eyes glazed over slightly, and the only sign they were alive was their chests moving. "Brat?" asked Faith quietly. She was white and had deep circles under her eyes.
"Faith, you should lay down."
"It was horrible. . ." muttered Faith quietly, sitting up.
Dawn gave her a glass of cold water. "What did it look like?"
The Slayer drained the cup, before explaining. "It had dogs head, bat wings sticking out of the back, freaky snake hair-" she stopped and looked past Dawn, who was flipping through her book as fast as she could. "It's back. It's a different one. Go away!" yelled Faith. "I'm sorry I did it, all right! I had to kill her!"
Dawn shook Faith gently. "Is this it?" she asked holding open a page. "Is this what you saw?"
She nodded before being knocked against the wall and mumbling incoherently again. Dawn laid her back down before running downstairs with the book. She tossed it in front of Wesley. "It's an Erinyes. More commonly know, a Fury."
Wes picked up the book, "How do you-"
"Faith snapped back for a minute. Apparently these things change who their torturing after a while, because she was sane when she told me." Buffy, who was on research duty with Wes, peeked over his shoulder. "Oh! And the dogs Xander saw, were Harpies. They go around finding victims for the Erinyes'."
"But why didn't they attack us?" asked Buffy. "Seems Hades would want us all gone."
"Because they only attack those who have killed a mortal or relative," explained Wes. "They use a type of mental torture on the victim to have them relive the experience and lead them to types of hallucinations that 'happened' afterwards. It especially tortures those who have killed someone in their immediate family."
"And after awhile," added Dawn, "The effects of the Erinyes will either kill the person or put them in a deep sleep."
"Thus weakening our ranks," finished Buffy. She stood up. "I need to go. I'm not back in three days, have Tara chant this and do whatever he says to do." She handed Wes a piece of paper with writing on it. She headed over to the chest and grabbed out the scythe.
"Where you going?" asked Dawn.
"To pay Hades a visit," she said, walking out of the house.
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TBC. . .
It'll probably be about a week or two before the chappie comes out, cuz of finals. Who else feels like burning down the school at that time? And doesn't it seem like the teachers pile on a TON of homework before it? *Counting hands* Thought so. ;-)
Author: Bunny and Lucky
Disclaimer: The characters belong to the god Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy *Grr-Arg*
Rating: PG-13 (Like always)
Feedback: Pretty, pretty please!
Chapter Title: Erinyes
Summary: After the movies and more angst!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
"Shouldn't they be back by now?" asked Willow nervously. No one had asked where either girl had gone, but they were fairly certain that it wouldn't stay that way much longer.
Fred pulled back to curtain to look outside momentarily. "Well, maybe the movie ran later than expected. I hear at the end, after all the credits, there's a creepy little 'movie' with the monkey."
"But even with that!" Fred looked back inside.
"How about we give them five minutes, then-" Deanna and Dawn came inside giggling. "Or how 'bout five seconds."
"Where have you guys been?" asked Willow. See looked at the Slayer's arm was scratched deep. "Oh, my god. What happened?" No one noticed Giles coming down the stairs quietly.
Both girls were glowing with pride when Deanna explained. "It was just a vampire. I got tackled by it and hit a rock. But, oh my god, it was so cool. Cuz, Dawn is amazing!"
"Dawn's amazing how?" questioned the red head.
"She so knew what to do. Cuz when the vamp tackled me, I thought I was done for and yelled for Dawn to help me. She just said to do this thing with my legs that would turn it over, so I could pin it. But, after I did that, he shoved me off, but luckily I grabbed a tree branch. Then, Dawn was telling me all of these directions about blocks and kicks and stuff. And then finally, POOF! I staked him! Without her, I so would be dead right now."
"You would not. I didn't tell you everything to do. You did do this instinctive thing when you broke his nose and then you knew when to stake him, which was perfect timing."
Giles calmly turned, and walked back upstairs, oblivious to all there. "Well, let me at least look at that," said Fred, leading Deanna to the coffee table to bandage her shoulder.
"How did you know what to do?" asked Willow.
Dawn blushed. "Since Buffy and Spike left for Olympus, Connor's been teaching me all this stuff about defense and offense. It's really cool, and actually works. Unlike Buffy teaching me. It was mostly just speeches, no action."
Willow looked down to cover a laugh. She was right though.
"There you go! All better!" exclaimed Fred, patting the shoulder gently. The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" yelled Xander from the dining room. Fred got up and walked into the hall, to spy on who it was. "Hello?" questioned Xander when he saw six dogs standing there.
One sniffed the air, and barked at the others. They ran off into the night.
Xander closed the door and started to walk away when the doorbell rang again. Instead of six dogs, there was six voluptuous women standing there. "Hi," said a brunette with a southern twang. "We're lookin' for our dogs. 'ave they passed by 'ere?" Willow came and stood by Fred to watch.
"Yeah, just a minute ago-"
Willow started backing away. "Willow?" asked Fred. "You okay?"
"Don't you see them?" she asked. "Go away!" she yelled to the women. Xander had turned to look at Willow, then when he looked back, they were gone. "Get away from me!" she yelled again.
"What's happening?" asked Tara coming in with Andrew and Faith.
"Wow what is that!" exclaimed Faith.
"It looks like it's from Dinotopia in the episode where-" began Andrew before he, Willow, and Faith were thrown backwards.
"What's happening!" demanded Xander, helping up Faith. "Tara can you see anything?"
"Stop it!" yelled Faith. Andrew began swatting at something.
She shook her head. "There's a black cloud in front of them. I-It looks like guilt, o-only different."
"Different how?" asked Fred.
"They're moving!" exclaimed Tara. "One shadow's going upstairs, two are going into the other room!" They heard Giles yelling from upstairs, then Spike and Connor from the kitchen.
"Get away from us!" yelled Willow desperately, trying to scoot away from the thing invisible everyone else's eyes.
"What the hell is going on?" demanded Buffy storming in from the other room.
"I-I-I don't know," stuttered Tara, frazzled a bit from the recent turn of events. "Maybe, we should get them in-into separate rooms."
***
Dawn was currently sitting on the shift with Faith. Everyone was going from person to person, trying to ease their mental pain. The people who weren't with the 'patients' were either resting or researching. Since this had all started, she had been on two breaks, one research run, and was now watching Faith. In about a day's worth of time.
She was currently looking through a large book with Greek mythology. Wesley's guess was whatever was attacking everyone had to do with Hades who was of Greek origin. So now she was flipping through the pages of a very old book trying to find something that would do this. Faith started to move about.
Everyone had just laid still after they were put into separate rooms, their eyes glazed over slightly, and the only sign they were alive was their chests moving. "Brat?" asked Faith quietly. She was white and had deep circles under her eyes.
"Faith, you should lay down."
"It was horrible. . ." muttered Faith quietly, sitting up.
Dawn gave her a glass of cold water. "What did it look like?"
The Slayer drained the cup, before explaining. "It had dogs head, bat wings sticking out of the back, freaky snake hair-" she stopped and looked past Dawn, who was flipping through her book as fast as she could. "It's back. It's a different one. Go away!" yelled Faith. "I'm sorry I did it, all right! I had to kill her!"
Dawn shook Faith gently. "Is this it?" she asked holding open a page. "Is this what you saw?"
She nodded before being knocked against the wall and mumbling incoherently again. Dawn laid her back down before running downstairs with the book. She tossed it in front of Wesley. "It's an Erinyes. More commonly know, a Fury."
Wes picked up the book, "How do you-"
"Faith snapped back for a minute. Apparently these things change who their torturing after a while, because she was sane when she told me." Buffy, who was on research duty with Wes, peeked over his shoulder. "Oh! And the dogs Xander saw, were Harpies. They go around finding victims for the Erinyes'."
"But why didn't they attack us?" asked Buffy. "Seems Hades would want us all gone."
"Because they only attack those who have killed a mortal or relative," explained Wes. "They use a type of mental torture on the victim to have them relive the experience and lead them to types of hallucinations that 'happened' afterwards. It especially tortures those who have killed someone in their immediate family."
"And after awhile," added Dawn, "The effects of the Erinyes will either kill the person or put them in a deep sleep."
"Thus weakening our ranks," finished Buffy. She stood up. "I need to go. I'm not back in three days, have Tara chant this and do whatever he says to do." She handed Wes a piece of paper with writing on it. She headed over to the chest and grabbed out the scythe.
"Where you going?" asked Dawn.
"To pay Hades a visit," she said, walking out of the house.
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TBC. . .
It'll probably be about a week or two before the chappie comes out, cuz of finals. Who else feels like burning down the school at that time? And doesn't it seem like the teachers pile on a TON of homework before it? *Counting hands* Thought so. ;-)