The End Is Near
Disclaimer: Don't own anything, well I do own almost every dvdbox collection, a few books and the soundtracks, but that's it. The rest belongs to Joss.. But I do own Alyssa.
Summary: Things start to heat up between the residents of the Summers Mansion when everyone wants to lead.
Chapter 2 / In The Heat
Summers Mansion
I close my eyes and wait a moment before I open them again. Still can't believe it. A demon? It's like I'm frozen in my chair. Why don't I run or better, why don't I fight? I try to move but my legs and feet won't move. I close my eyes again, telling myself if I wait long enough, the demon might be gone. But then I wonder. If it really is a demon then why isn't he moving in on me, why won't he attack? I would have been dead, two or three times already, by now. I gently open one eye, but I don't see too well with just one, so I decide to open the other too. When my eyes are both opened, I see why I wasn't trying to run. There was nothing there. I look around, stand up and try to walk. I can. I bring myself to fighting mode and go into defense. No need to. Whatever I saw, it's gone. Probably bored that I didn't attack. Or better, scared of me. I don't look too well in the morning you know. I giggle. Just some morning madness. Nothing wrong with that. I slowly walk to the door. Looking back just once, I decide it was nothing but a bad dream. Just wasn't relaxed enough, or maybe too much. I decide not to think about it anymore. When I walk in, I smell fresh baked pancakes and heart several noices. Everyone's awake.
2 hours later
After finishing breakfast, I walked up to my room to get dressed. I open the closet and try to pick something. But being a girl, it doesn't always goes that fast. I decide a leather black short skirt together with a white tight sweater will do. I brush my hair till it shines, I put up a little make-up and look in the mirror. I like who I see. Just hope the outfit doesn't effect the guys downstairs.
Slowly I walk downstairs. When I reach the hall, the smell of cookies reach me. Andrew was baking again. That's what he had been doing ever since he got held hostage in the Summers Mansion. I take a quick peak in the kitchen before entering the living room. I see Robin at the other side of the room. He thinks I don't know he's watching me, but he is. I can feel his eyes burning in my back. I walk on. Actually I'm looking for Giles. I would really like to know who he would react. I walk on, curiously. But I don't find him. That means he's either at his own home or at the Magic Box. Quickly I look for Anya, but I learn she's not around either. Giles must be at the Magic Box then.
When I walk on, not knowing exactly where too, I end up in the basement. I find Buffy and Faith training, fighting each other. They are witnessed by Spike and a bounche of potentials. They have to learn how to fight, and what better way to learn, to watch the two slayers fight. After a few minutes they stop, turning to the potentials. Telling them how to do it, how to fight. Now it's up to them. They make pairs and start training. Silently I look at them. It doesn't look good. Will take a long way for them to end up as good as Buffy and Faith. If they ever turn out so good.
Buffy and Faith had sat down in a corner. I slowly walk over to them.
"They have a long way to go."
They look at me. Faith is the first one who starts talking.
"Yeah they have. But they're ok. Fine, in some way. Too each other they're fine."
"But they never witnessed a demon. Or a kill. They have been too protected. By all of us."
"By one person in general, right?", Faith laughs. "Old, boring and British?"
"How'd you know?", I laugh. "But it is true you know. He could have picked some that had a little more experience. But no, we get the once with the least experience. So we could form them in any shape we would want to."
"Well, tell me 'bout it. He's handeling it the wrong way. He just doesn't see it."
"Yeah, but try telling him. Really, he's the most stuborn man I have ever met. You try and talk about it, he just won't listen. Like everything he does is right on."
I look at Buffy. She hadn't said a word, but I knew words about Giles didn't hurt her anymore.
"Let's have a meeting, say tonight, after dinner. To talk things through again, see what we got so far. We must miss something. It's not getting any clearer. Oh yeah, we need to let the wannabes know that someday it's gonna be the beginning. Someday will be the end. As long as they keep believing we will all survive, fighting won't get any better. They have to know that some of them might not win, might lose their lives. It's important for them to know they are not invinsible."
"So tonight after dinner we meet. I'll go spread the word." Faith stands up and walks out of the basement, starting to spread the word about the meaning. Meanwhile Buffy just still sits in the corner, wrapped around her own thoughts. I decide to let her be, and walk away. Thinking about what I'm gonna tell them tonight. Tonight would be the beginning. Tonight everyone would learn the truth.
To be continued...
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