Part 12
Cynthia pushed her anger aside, deciding she'd better return to the house before someone got suspicious. For one thing she needed some idea of just what she could do with her power as a Slayer.
She'd been a pet to a demon she had been obsessed with. She had had no thoughts of life outside that. She'd been the human eyes, ears and provided her body whenever it was needed, but completely powerless.
Okay, the power she had now was certainly not what she had thought - but she had power. Might as well see what it could do. Besides, there was this mysterious blue demon person to deal with. She had to admit, that had sparked her curiosity.
"Have I missed much?" she asked, walking into the house.
The group was gathered in the living room. Ellen's car was gone from the driveway.
"We have a bit of a crisis. Dawn's still missing," Tara explained.
"Ellen has gone as well, so you're to remain here so we can start training you," Giles put in.
^Great^ Cynthia thought miserably. That meant no chance of getting away. "And what about this demon thing upstairs?"
"The breed is called Ekrishinia. They're from a dimension known as Iszhnar."
"Mainly colourful demons who do bizarre things," Anya put in, interrupting Giles's explanation.
"So the demon version of the Twilight Zone?" Xander piped up.
"Something like that," Anya said with a careless shrug.
"So what's this Ekrishinia doing here then? Cynthia was not in the mood for banter, especially banter where she didn't really get the joke.
"As far as we can tell she was summoned here. She's been plucked from her world into a completely different scene. There was a rebellion there or something along those lines," Willow added. "She's slipping in and out of consciousness, her English isn't too brilliant but we've found a demon language translator on the web," she nodded to the lap top set up on the coffee table, "so we can just about work out what she's trying to tell us."
"And on top of this, this Dawn girl has gone AWOL?" Cynthia leaned against the doorway. None of this made any sense to her. So much for exploring her new powers.
She had to make up her mind on what she wanted to do here. She was going round in circles trying to decide. There was her obsession with her master, and something reluctantly nagging her to do her duty as a Slayer. She was going to explode if she didn't come up with some sort of plan.
"So we're no further on than when I left the house this morning?" Cynthia looked around the group.
"We know a little more about the demon species, but apart from that we're kind of stumped." Willow was staring at the floor rather than looking into Cynthia's eyes.
Deep thinking was really not Cynthia's thing. Watching and learning was. Forced into the front of an unfamiliar scene was another thing she was going to have to get used to. Slayers were supposed to be in charge and know what to do. She was totally clueless.
"What about a locator spell of some kind?" she suggested. "That could be a start on where to find Dawn." It was about the best she could come up with.
"We should have thought of that earlier." Tara's eyes rolled.
"We've been kind of distracted, but it's a starting point. We'll go find one. Should be easy enough."
Cynthia moved aside as Willow and Tara stood up and left the room while she wandered into the kitchen, her mind still in whirls. Maybe she could find a spell to get herself out of this whole Slayer gig. The *other* thing she could think of in that respect, was to become a vampire.
It was another option to consider.
As Cynthia thought of her predicament as a Slayer, something more disturbing was occurring to her. The name of the species Ekrishinia was ringing bells somewhere in her mind, but she couldn't figure out why.
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Cynthia pushed her anger aside, deciding she'd better return to the house before someone got suspicious. For one thing she needed some idea of just what she could do with her power as a Slayer.
She'd been a pet to a demon she had been obsessed with. She had had no thoughts of life outside that. She'd been the human eyes, ears and provided her body whenever it was needed, but completely powerless.
Okay, the power she had now was certainly not what she had thought - but she had power. Might as well see what it could do. Besides, there was this mysterious blue demon person to deal with. She had to admit, that had sparked her curiosity.
"Have I missed much?" she asked, walking into the house.
The group was gathered in the living room. Ellen's car was gone from the driveway.
"We have a bit of a crisis. Dawn's still missing," Tara explained.
"Ellen has gone as well, so you're to remain here so we can start training you," Giles put in.
^Great^ Cynthia thought miserably. That meant no chance of getting away. "And what about this demon thing upstairs?"
"The breed is called Ekrishinia. They're from a dimension known as Iszhnar."
"Mainly colourful demons who do bizarre things," Anya put in, interrupting Giles's explanation.
"So the demon version of the Twilight Zone?" Xander piped up.
"Something like that," Anya said with a careless shrug.
"So what's this Ekrishinia doing here then? Cynthia was not in the mood for banter, especially banter where she didn't really get the joke.
"As far as we can tell she was summoned here. She's been plucked from her world into a completely different scene. There was a rebellion there or something along those lines," Willow added. "She's slipping in and out of consciousness, her English isn't too brilliant but we've found a demon language translator on the web," she nodded to the lap top set up on the coffee table, "so we can just about work out what she's trying to tell us."
"And on top of this, this Dawn girl has gone AWOL?" Cynthia leaned against the doorway. None of this made any sense to her. So much for exploring her new powers.
She had to make up her mind on what she wanted to do here. She was going round in circles trying to decide. There was her obsession with her master, and something reluctantly nagging her to do her duty as a Slayer. She was going to explode if she didn't come up with some sort of plan.
"So we're no further on than when I left the house this morning?" Cynthia looked around the group.
"We know a little more about the demon species, but apart from that we're kind of stumped." Willow was staring at the floor rather than looking into Cynthia's eyes.
Deep thinking was really not Cynthia's thing. Watching and learning was. Forced into the front of an unfamiliar scene was another thing she was going to have to get used to. Slayers were supposed to be in charge and know what to do. She was totally clueless.
"What about a locator spell of some kind?" she suggested. "That could be a start on where to find Dawn." It was about the best she could come up with.
"We should have thought of that earlier." Tara's eyes rolled.
"We've been kind of distracted, but it's a starting point. We'll go find one. Should be easy enough."
Cynthia moved aside as Willow and Tara stood up and left the room while she wandered into the kitchen, her mind still in whirls. Maybe she could find a spell to get herself out of this whole Slayer gig. The *other* thing she could think of in that respect, was to become a vampire.
It was another option to consider.
As Cynthia thought of her predicament as a Slayer, something more disturbing was occurring to her. The name of the species Ekrishinia was ringing bells somewhere in her mind, but she couldn't figure out why.
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