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"The end's coming , my sweet. No one is stopping it this time. we could stay forever. No stopping us now." Dru smiled wickedly at him.
"She's right. Something big is coming and only the ones who cheat, lie and steal are making it out." This voice was different, it sounded somehow familiar, but he couldn't quite remember where it could be....
"Eden," he choked out.
"Surprised to see me? William, William, William, I expected better of you. Then again, you never were the brightest in the family." the woman, Eden, smirked.
She was the same as he remembered. Her features echoed his own, but that was as far as their similarities went. His cousin, Eden and he had grown up as close as a brother and sister. They had been the best of friends. She was witty and charming. He was shy and good-natured. They accented each other perfectly.
"You...you aren't..you're not dead, you can't be here," he stumbled over the words.
"Well, that's partially true. We both know I'm not a vampire. Your sense-y vampire thing made you sure of that, but I am dead, or at least I was. You see," she said sitting on the table in the underground hole/cavern/Spike's apartment, "I died when I was, let me see...I guess I was nineteen, it was about a year after you and your mother were killed. I was murdered in a street by some petty criminals. I was stabbed, actually. Hurt quite a bit." Eden said with a laugh, recalling the whole ordeal.
"Sweet story, really, but that doesn't explain why you're back," Spike said aggravatedly.
"Ooh, this is a good story. You're going to love it, Precious," Drusilla giggled.
Buffy woke up to find Willow in a sleeping bag next to her bed. She'd crashed at Buffy's hotel, since it was too late to go back to the Institute. Allison was curled up sleeping on the couch in the corner of the room. Buffy leaned over to look at the clock. She'd slept all of two hours. She suddenly had to get up. She had to wake up, walk out of the room, and go talk to him. She had just enough time to scrawl out a note.
Willow-
Had to see Angel. Take Allison home. Don't wait up.
Buffy
~8 hours later~
Fred watched Angel in his office. He hadn't said more than two words since he came back to Wolfram & Hart last night. She was worried about him. He had been really depressed since Cordy died, but he never cut them off completely like he was doing now. Something was hurting him. She always felt unsafe when he hurt. If something was bad enough to hurt him, then what could it do to her? She wasn't weak and defenseless anymore, and she didn't idealize Angel as she had when they first met, but he was still a security blanket for her. Except, he wasn't a blanket, he was a blood drinking dead man who used a lot of hair gel
"I can't believe she still... How could I have said..." Angel's thoughts were a mess after what had just happened with Buffy.
~6 hours earilier~
"Why am I here? What good could possibly come of this?" Buffy asked herself.
"God damn it. Here goes nothing." She said finally getting the courage to knock on the door of Angel's apartment.
Angel woke up groggily. Why would someone be here at 5 AM? Anyone who knew him knew it was early and the sun was already up, so he was obviously trying to sleep. He stumbled to the door and opened it, still half sleeping.
"Buffy?"
"Angel, I need to talk to you."
"Let me start at the end of me being totally human. So, I was sent to heaven, or a higher plane, or whatever, because I had been a good little girl," Eden smirked tracing a pretend halo around her head, "but it didn't suit me very well. Actually, it didn't suit them very well. I kind of liked it there. You see I had this big evilly sitting in the pit of my stomach. It was just waiting to come out, but back then they couldn't send me to Hell for something I hadn't even become yet, but I couldn't stay in heaven. I had bunches of big hairy evil in me, so they sent me back here to live out a life as I would have if I hadn't been killed, besides it being a century and a half later. So, they expected to just let me stay here, until I died of old age, by which time they thought I'd have the evil come out. Too bad for them, I was on a faster time clock," Eden giggled.
"You're evil already." Spike said it, quietly mourning the loss of his cousin.
"MmmHmm," Eden nodded, "but I've decided that I am not too keen about the idea of going to hell, so I'm brewing a little apocalypse that will destroy all the dimensions. Fun, fun, fun."
"Yeah, great plan! You do realize that even with these little things" Spike held up an amulet," you're still not going to make it, considering nothing will exist!"
"Oh yeah, those are only part of the plan. They'll come in handy though. Okay, so here's what's gonna happen. First I go get your little slayer's friend, and then I'll steal their magic essencey mojo and then I make us and all of the human race disappear for a minute while this is all happening a new dimension is created that is far more fun than this one. For one thing, I'l be adding a few new aspects to the human psyche. Like, the essential need for servitude to us. And then...."
*bang*
"Damn." Eden whispered as she fell to the ground and the blood pooled around her body.
"Hi, Spike," a familiar voice said as she put the gun back in her purse
"Hey, Cordelia."
"The end's coming , my sweet. No one is stopping it this time. we could stay forever. No stopping us now." Dru smiled wickedly at him.
"She's right. Something big is coming and only the ones who cheat, lie and steal are making it out." This voice was different, it sounded somehow familiar, but he couldn't quite remember where it could be....
"Eden," he choked out.
"Surprised to see me? William, William, William, I expected better of you. Then again, you never were the brightest in the family." the woman, Eden, smirked.
She was the same as he remembered. Her features echoed his own, but that was as far as their similarities went. His cousin, Eden and he had grown up as close as a brother and sister. They had been the best of friends. She was witty and charming. He was shy and good-natured. They accented each other perfectly.
"You...you aren't..you're not dead, you can't be here," he stumbled over the words.
"Well, that's partially true. We both know I'm not a vampire. Your sense-y vampire thing made you sure of that, but I am dead, or at least I was. You see," she said sitting on the table in the underground hole/cavern/Spike's apartment, "I died when I was, let me see...I guess I was nineteen, it was about a year after you and your mother were killed. I was murdered in a street by some petty criminals. I was stabbed, actually. Hurt quite a bit." Eden said with a laugh, recalling the whole ordeal.
"Sweet story, really, but that doesn't explain why you're back," Spike said aggravatedly.
"Ooh, this is a good story. You're going to love it, Precious," Drusilla giggled.
Buffy woke up to find Willow in a sleeping bag next to her bed. She'd crashed at Buffy's hotel, since it was too late to go back to the Institute. Allison was curled up sleeping on the couch in the corner of the room. Buffy leaned over to look at the clock. She'd slept all of two hours. She suddenly had to get up. She had to wake up, walk out of the room, and go talk to him. She had just enough time to scrawl out a note.
Willow-
Had to see Angel. Take Allison home. Don't wait up.
Buffy
~8 hours later~
Fred watched Angel in his office. He hadn't said more than two words since he came back to Wolfram & Hart last night. She was worried about him. He had been really depressed since Cordy died, but he never cut them off completely like he was doing now. Something was hurting him. She always felt unsafe when he hurt. If something was bad enough to hurt him, then what could it do to her? She wasn't weak and defenseless anymore, and she didn't idealize Angel as she had when they first met, but he was still a security blanket for her. Except, he wasn't a blanket, he was a blood drinking dead man who used a lot of hair gel
"I can't believe she still... How could I have said..." Angel's thoughts were a mess after what had just happened with Buffy.
~6 hours earilier~
"Why am I here? What good could possibly come of this?" Buffy asked herself.
"God damn it. Here goes nothing." She said finally getting the courage to knock on the door of Angel's apartment.
Angel woke up groggily. Why would someone be here at 5 AM? Anyone who knew him knew it was early and the sun was already up, so he was obviously trying to sleep. He stumbled to the door and opened it, still half sleeping.
"Buffy?"
"Angel, I need to talk to you."
"Let me start at the end of me being totally human. So, I was sent to heaven, or a higher plane, or whatever, because I had been a good little girl," Eden smirked tracing a pretend halo around her head, "but it didn't suit me very well. Actually, it didn't suit them very well. I kind of liked it there. You see I had this big evilly sitting in the pit of my stomach. It was just waiting to come out, but back then they couldn't send me to Hell for something I hadn't even become yet, but I couldn't stay in heaven. I had bunches of big hairy evil in me, so they sent me back here to live out a life as I would have if I hadn't been killed, besides it being a century and a half later. So, they expected to just let me stay here, until I died of old age, by which time they thought I'd have the evil come out. Too bad for them, I was on a faster time clock," Eden giggled.
"You're evil already." Spike said it, quietly mourning the loss of his cousin.
"MmmHmm," Eden nodded, "but I've decided that I am not too keen about the idea of going to hell, so I'm brewing a little apocalypse that will destroy all the dimensions. Fun, fun, fun."
"Yeah, great plan! You do realize that even with these little things" Spike held up an amulet," you're still not going to make it, considering nothing will exist!"
"Oh yeah, those are only part of the plan. They'll come in handy though. Okay, so here's what's gonna happen. First I go get your little slayer's friend, and then I'll steal their magic essencey mojo and then I make us and all of the human race disappear for a minute while this is all happening a new dimension is created that is far more fun than this one. For one thing, I'l be adding a few new aspects to the human psyche. Like, the essential need for servitude to us. And then...."
*bang*
"Damn." Eden whispered as she fell to the ground and the blood pooled around her body.
"Hi, Spike," a familiar voice said as she put the gun back in her purse
"Hey, Cordelia."
