Ok, here's the next part.
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The Hybrid's Wrath
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Smith leapt into the air just as Willow unleashed a giant ball of fire. The projectile flew under Smith's legs, colliding into the wall behind him and exploding, sending concrete through the air.
The giant alien spider landed, and with a smirk looked at Willow. "Is that the best you've got?" He sneered.
He was answered by a burst of energy that smashed into his chest, knocking him through the air and against the wall, his back collided into it, and he slumped for a moment. Then his eyes opened, filled with rage.
And he charged.
* * *
The fight between Jack and David was pretty equal. David had more experience than Jack, but since Jack wasn't killable, it helped even the score out.
Finally David lashed out with a kick, knocking the sword out of Jack's hand. Then he lunged.
A moment later, he fell to the ground, and looked at the gunshot wound in his chest. He raised his head as Jack walked over and picked up his sword.
"You cheated," David said, anger in his voice, as he rose to his feet.
Jack suddenly lashed out, his sword slicing through the air and decapitating the vampire, who turned to dust.
"Pirate," was Jack's response.
* * *
Lucian slowly walked down the hall, not knowing where he was going except after Mashirra. He had unshed tears in his eyes but he ignored them, the only thought on his mind was tracking down the creature that took the life of his precious love, and ripping its skull out.
Sonja's dead...
He shouldn't have left her side, even for a second. If he had been near her he could have knocked Mashirra back...he could have saved her.
But he hadn't, and now she was dead, and so soon after being reunited with her.
She's dead...
A growl began to build in his throat, which grew into a roar as he broke into a run.
Don't worry my beloved. I will make sure that he pays for what he did to you. And then...
Lucian looked down at the blade he held in his hand; the one he had extracted from his coat sleeve.
I will be joining you. We'll be together again... I hope.
* * *
Mashirra slowly walked down the hall, his body tensed in case of an ambush.
He looked cautiously around the room he walked into, his arms in defensive position.
There was no sign of anyone else in the room other than himself. He slowly relaxed and turned around.
Almost instantly he was knocked backwards with the force of a wreaking ball. His body collided into the opposite wall with a sickening thud. He slumped to the floor.
He found himself staring at a pair of black boots. Raising his head he found looking at Lucian. His shirt and coat were no longer on, revealing a metallic blue skin. His ribcage was almost twice its size, and his eyes were pitch-black. His clawed fingers twitched in anticipation, and he snarled, revealing his fangs.
Mashirra tried not to look worried as he rose to his feet. The look that Lucian was giving him was sending chills down his spine.
Then the hybrid spoke. His voice was deeper and gravelly, but he could tell it was Lucian's.
"You took the life of the woman I loved," Lucian said, his voice carrying sadness to it, in addition to the rage. "You took my future."
Lucian looked at the floor for a moment, closing his eyes. A single tear slipped out.
Then he looked back at Mashirra. "So now, I'm going to take something very special from you. Your last breath!"
* * *
Gabriel looked at Sonja's body with an almost normal looking expression. Of course, he was just hiding what he was thinking.
He was trying to imagine what Lucian was going through at the moment, but he couldn't. This was most likely because he had never lost the love of his life twice, let alone the same exact person.
The half demon was snapped out of his thoughts as the wall next to him exploded, and something rather large fell into the room.
"What the hell…?" Gabriel trailed off as the thing, which appeared to be a half spider, half human, rose to its four feet.
Smith looked back and forth between the hole, and Gabriel. He was wounded, bleeding in several spots.
Then, making up his mind, he lunged at Gabriel, but the half demon back-flipped away, his feet colliding into the spider's jaw, knocking him to the ground.
"You insolent little…" Smith snarled as he charged, backhanding Gabriel, and knocking him back ten feet. "You're going to wish…"
Then he heard a noise, and looked towards the hole too late.
A fireball erupted from the hole, and he had only one second to scream before it hit him. He vanished in an explosion. Gabriel shielded his eyes as light filled the room.
When the smoke cleared, both Gabriel and Willow, who floated down to the floor, stared at Smith's burnt carcass.
Willow gave a bitter smirk directed at the corpse. Then, she saw Sonja's body. Her eyes widened.
"Oh no," She whispered as she walked over to the body, kneeling besides it.
"I know," was Gabriel's response, as he joined her, looking at the body.
Willow stared sadly at Sonja, a feeling of sudden anger taking over her.
They had captured Lucian, dragging him into this against his will, and then he had been reunited with her, after seeing her die over six centuries ago.
And now she was dead yet again.
"No."
Gabriel looked at Willow as she looked down at her own hand, even as it started to glow as she chanted something.
"Willow, what are you doing?" Gabriel asked.
"I'm not letting her die," was the witch's response before she continued chanting.
Gabriel was about to say something else, but then closed his mouth, knowing that interrupting a witch could have rather chaotic consequences. Instead he just nodded as she continued to chant.
Then, she placed her hand on Sonja's chest, and the energy from her hand flowed into the hybrid's body.
Nothing happened.
Willow just lowered her eyes. Gabriel simply stared. He had expected it not to work, but he was still rather sad about it.
And then, the blood around Sonja started to disappear, as it flowed back into her. Gabriel and Willow watched, dumbfounded as the energy crackled around Sonja's body, closing the wound on her chest, as if it had never been there.
And then Sonja opened her eyes. She sat up with a gasp, panting heavily. After a moment her breathing returned to normal, and she looked at Willow and Gabriel. "I, was I dead?" She finally asked, and the other two nodded in response. Then she asked another question. "Where's Lucian?"
"He went after Mashirra."
Sonja nodded and quickly rose to her feet. She had to find him
* * *
Mashirra smashed into another wall, his blood sticking to the metal as he slid down to the floor.
He was bleeding in at least a dozen spots, several large gashes torn into his flesh.
"Come on!"
Lucian walked foreword, the only thing on his mind was to make this creature suffer immensely for killing Sonja.
Mashirra slowly rose to his feet, confusion flashing in his eyes as Lucian just stood there. "Take your best shot," the hybrid snarled. "Hit me."
Mashirra tilted his head to the side. What was the hybrid trying to do?
"HIT ME!!!!"
Mashirra shrugged to himself, before charging. He reared back his fist, and struck.
Lucian hadn't expected the blow to be that painful, since Mashirra seemed to be a normal human, besides his shapeshifting powers.
He was proven VERY wrong, as he was almost instantly knocked back all the way across the room with the force of a wreaking ball. His back slammed into the wall, before slumping to the floor.
...okay, that was really stupid...Lucian thought, as he struggled to stay conscious.
Mashirra walked over, a smirk on his face. Finally reaching the hybrid, who was rising to his feet, he lashed out with a foot, pinning him to the floor. Reaching down, his hand grabbed the pendant around Lucian's neck and yanked it free.
"I think this will make a nice souvenir," he stated as he held it in one hand.
Then he lashed out with a clawed hand, aiming for Lucian's heart...
...it never reached its destination.
Lucian grabbed the arm, and opened his eyes, and Mashirra was almost disturbed by the look of rage and pure hatred that was being given to him.
And then with a rather sickening noise, Mashirra's arm was shattered. .
He screamed as he let go, stumbling backwards. Lucian ran foreword and flipped up, kicking Mashirra in the head and causing him to drop the pendant, which Lucian quickly scooped up.
"This is mine," Lucian hissed as he quickly put it back on, then he charged.
Mashirra never had a chance, as Lucian's clawed hand lashed out, tearing into his stomach. Mashirra screamed in pain before Lucian threw his coat blade into one of the walls. Practically dragging Mashirra over there, who was struggling to get free, he yanked.
Mashirra found himself looking at his own innards, as Lucian glared at him. "This is going to hurt," was all Lucian said before tying the shapeshifter's own intestines around his neck. Then he wrapped it around the coat blade, hoisting Mashirra up.
Lucian wasn't satisfied with letting Mashirra die that way however.
He lashed his clawed hand out, and tore into Mashirra's chest, ripping his heart out. Then, as he crushed the organ, he smashed the fist foreword, crushing his skull.
Mashirra fell from the coat blade, finally reaching the end of the hybrid's wrath.
Lucian looked at the blood covering his hand, and all the energy he felt in his body from attacking Mashirra instantly disappeared.
And it left him with the cold, merciless truth.
He had lost her again.
He raised his head to the ceiling, and cried out.
"SONJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
And then, he fell to his knees, no longer having the energy to stand. And he wept.
Then, looking up at the coat blade hanging from the wall, he reached out, pulling it free. He looked down at the weapon, before closing his eyes.
"We'll be together soon, Sonja," he whispered, as he raised the blade preparing to stab it into his own heart.
"Lucian!"
Lucian's eyes snapped open as he looked up. His eyes widened as Sonja ran foreword, kneeling in front of him.
The blade fell from his hands.
For a moment he did nothing, just stared at her. Then, he reached his hand out to touch her. He knew this wasn't real, that she was dead, again. But still…
Finally he spoke. "I'm sorry," he whispered. "I promised I wouldn't let anything happen to you…and I couldn't keep it." He lowered his head, staring down at the floor.
Sonja felt tears coming to her eyes as the state her lover was in. "You didn't fail me Lucian," she whispered as she cupped his chin, raising his face. "You could never fail me."
Lucian blinked, disbelief still present on his face. "Sonja?" He whispered, reaching out and touching her face. Sonja nodded, and then less than a second later Lucian was hugging her tightly to him, as he silently cried. "I thought I lost you again," he whispered as he pulled away, kissing her fiercely.
"No," Sonja answered as she pulled away. "We'll always find each other, always."
Lucian nodded before kissing her again.
"I hate to interrupt." The two broke apart when they noticed that Gabriel was standing there. "But we still have the time machine itself to deal with."
The two nodded before standing up. Lucian looked at Gabriel with a questioning look.
The half demon shrugged. "Miracles occur. That's all I have to say…well, that, and that it's useful to have a witch on the team."
