Journey
Episode 5
Buffy's House:
"I'm gonna have to fix these windows forever!" Xander complained, "Everytime I fix them, they get broken again. I'm doomed!"
No one was listening. The rest of the gang was sitting in the living room looking depressed. No one was saying a thing. Buffy was frustrated with why the First would want Spike. The only thing that she could think of was it wasn't finished with him yet.
"I can't take it anymore!" Annabelle yelled, "We can't just sit around here and wait for the Bringers to come back and attack again."
"They're not coming back," Buffy said, "They got what they came for."
"What was that?" Kennedy asked.
"Spike," she replied.
"Buffy," Giles began, "We will get him back, I promise."
Underground:
The ancient vampire was pounding Spike into the wall of the cave. Spike wasn't even putting up a fight. He just let the vampire continue the severe beatings.
"How can you put up with this?" Drusilla said, "All you have to do is come to our side and it will all stop."
"Never!" Spike yelled.
"And why's that?" Dru questioned, "Why do you stay on their side? You aren't human. You're a demon."
"Because she believes in me," he said in a weak voice.
"Give it to him," Dru told the vampire.
The ancient vampire grabbed Spike by his feet and dragged him to a small pond in the cave. He grabbed Spike by the neck and shoved his face in.
Buffy's House:
"I have some news," Giles said, interrupting the silence.
"What's that?" Willow questioned.
"There are still more potential slayers out there somewhere in the world," he began, "They are all in danger of being killed by the First's minions."
"And?" Xander questioned.
"I have to find and bring them here to Sunnydale," he finished.
"How are you going to find them all?" Buffy asked.
"I have the locations of some of them," he went on, "I just have to go and bring them all here."
"You can't go by yourself," Buffy stated.
"You're right," he agreed.
"I'm going with you," she said.
"No, Buffy," Giles told her, "You are needed here. You are the leader here. Cindy will aid me in my quest for the potentials."
"Sounds good, Giles," Cindy agreed.
"I'm coming too," Jake added.
"No," Giles said, "Buffy needs all the help she can get here."
"But…" Jake argued.
"No buts," Giles said, "Cindy and I will leave tomorrow morning."
Downtown Sunnydale:
"You're leaving me again," Buffy said.
"I'm sorry, Buffy," Giles replied, "But I need to find these other potentials and bring them here. They are at risk out there in the world."
"But I can go with you. You won't be safe out there," Buffy argued.
"That's why Cindy is coming," Giles stated, "The others need you here to lead them, to protect them. You are the strongest one and only you will be able to protect them."
Buffy and Giles were walking through downtown Sunnydale. Giles had decided to go patrolling with her, while Cindy stayed at the house and protected the potentials. Everything was pretty quiet throughout the city. It seemed as if the vampires and demons knew the First was coming.
"It's a quiet night," Buffy said.
"And it has been for a while," Giles agreed.
"The vampires and demons know what is going on," she guessed, "They don't want to mess with the evil that created them."
"That is probably true," Giles stated.
The two continued their walk until they reached a forest at the edge of town. They had turned around and were about to head back the way they came when Buffy turned back towards the forest.
"I have a bad feeling about this place," she spoke.
"What do you mean?" Giles questioned.
"I can feel the evil. There's something in there," she said.
She stepped off the street and through the trees. Giles followed.
"Buffy, this is too dangerous!" Giles yelled, "We are out here with no weapons, walking into the woods where you claim there is evil afoot."
"Giles, we'll be…Aahh!" Buffy was cut off when she fell through a hole in the ground.
She landed on her back in a dimly lit cave. She hurt her back in the fall. She wasn't exactly sure where she was or where the light was coming from.
"Buffy!" Giles called from the hole, "Are you all right?"
Buffy slowly sat up and rubbed her back. She knew it was probably a bruise already but knew it would heal shortly.
"I'm fine!" she yelled up to Giles.
She stood up and looked around the cave. There didn't seem to be much of the way of anything in there. That's when she heard a noise from behind her. She turned around, but didn't see anything.
A dark shadow fell over her and she turned around to come face to face with a hideous vampire-like creature. It growled at her. Buffy jumped back and gave it a roundhouse kick, which did nothing. It grabbed her foot in midair and swung her into the wall of the cave. There was a crack as she hit the cave wall. It was her ribs.
"Buffy!"
Giles shouted from above, "What's going on down there?"
She stood up and the vampire
ran at her. She grabbed her stake and shoved it into the vampire. She stared in
horror. The vampire still stood and was smirking at her. He pulled the stake
out of its chest and thrust it at her stomach. She dodged, but barely. The
vampire swung the stake and it slashed across her chest. It grabbed Buffy by
the neck and lifted her off of the ground.
"Buffy!"
Giles yelled, "Where are you?"
Buffy gasped for air as the
vampire's grip tightened. She began to see black spots around her eyes. This
was it. This was the end for her. She couldn't fight off this vampire that was
immune to stakes, immune to her attacks.
"Giving up already?" someone asked.
Suddenly Buffy was no longer being held by this super vampire. She was surrounded by darkness.
"Mom?" Buffy asked.
"Are you going to give up that easily, Buffy?" her mom asked, "Are you going to let yourself get killed just like that?"
"Mom, it's too strong. I can't beat it with stakes. It's got me and now it's too late," Buffy said.
"No Buffy, it isn't too late," her mom said, "You can still turn it around. You can still escape."
Buffy didn't say anything. She just watched as the ghost of her mom began to disappear.
"It isn't too late, Buffy. It isn't too late."
And with that, Buffy was back to reality. She was back in the super vampire's grip. She suddenly felt a burst of adrenaline. She grabbed the vampire's hand and began prying it off of her neck. She kicked it in the chest, causing it to stumble backwards. She dropped to the ground.
"Giles!" Buffy shouted, "There's something down here!"
She jumped up towards the hole that she fell through and began pulling herself up. The super vampire ran towards her and grabbed her leg, pulling her down.
"Buffy!" Giles shouted and grabbed her arm and began helping her out.
The super vampire was pulling her back down. It had a strong grip around her leg.
"It's got me!" she shouted trying to pull herself out of the hole.
Giles' grip strengthened as he tried to pull her out. Buffy was using all her strength to pull herself out of the cave and away from this super vampire. Just when Giles almost lost his grip, the sun rose.
"Buffy, the sun!" Giles shouted.
The vampire let go of her leg when the sun shone on its face. It screamed in pain. Giles managed to help pull Buffy out of the hole.
"Giles, what was that?" she questioned, catching her breath.
"It is called a Turok Han. A Neanderthal type vampire, the vampire that other vampires fear," he informed.
"Where did it come from?" she asked, rubbing her side.
"I'm not sure, though it's probably is an agent of the First. These creatures were considered myth," he told her.
"Guess not anymore."
Buffy's House:
Giles and Cindy had left a few hours ago for their journey to find more potential slayers and bring them to Sunnydale. Buffy had gone to sleep so that she could be refreshed to deal with the potentials later. She didn't know how she was going to tell them that there was a super vampire walking around.
Buffy woke up and headed into the family room, where everyone was seated.
"Are you going to tell them about this Ubervamp?" Xander whispered as she sat down next to him.
She didn't answer him. She cleared her voice and looked at the four potentials. They all looked puzzled at what was going on.
"Alright, listen up," she began, "I have some rather bad news."
"What is it?" Kennedy asked.
"There is an ancient vampire on the loose," she went on, "One that cannot be killed with stakes. It's called a Turok Han and it's very dangerous, invincible to regular attacks."
"A vampire unaffected by stakes?" Molly asked.
"Did you slay it?" Annabelle asked.
"No, I didn't. It almost had me, if it wasn't for the sun," Buffy replied.
"You mean to say that it's gonna come after us?" Molly questioned.
"That's why everyone is staying inside," Buffy stated, "No one leaves after sunset, no matter what. This Ubervamp could be lurking the streets anywhere."
Underground Cave:
"Give up!" Dru told him.
Spike was now chained up onto the cave wall. The Ubervamp and the First, in form of Drusilla were watching him.
"You cannot continue to resist me!" she shouted.
"She will come for me," Spike began whispering, "She will come for me. She will come."
Dru leaned in to hear what Spike was mumbling under his breath.
"She will come for me, she will come," he continued muttering.
"No, she won't!" Dru shouted.
"I will not give up," Spike mumbled.
"She doesn't care about you living or dying. If she hasn't come yet, she won't be here at all."
"She will, I know she will."
Buffy's House:
"What about Spike?" Molly asked.
"What about him?" Buffy questioned.
"How are we getting him back?" she asked, "I mean with that Ubervamp and the Bringers on the loose."
"I'm not sure," Buffy answered, "But I know we have to find a way to."
"But Buffy, if you couldn't even kill that Ubervamp, then how do you expect to get Spike back?" Annabelle questioned.
"I don't know!" Buffy yelled, "I don't know what to do! I'm just as stumped as you all are!"
Annabelle looked kind of scared at Buffy's sudden burst of anger. She backed down and sat in her seat.
"Look," Buffy began, "I'm sorry for snapping. I'm just as frustrated and scared as all of you are. And I'm not sure what to do about everything. All this responsibility has just been slammed on me and I don't know what I'm doing."
