A/N: Hey, guys! I just want you to know that this chapter may shock and surprise you, but I hope that you won't kill me and that you'll R&R, and of course...ENJOY! ^,~ LoL
"Who are you?"
The man smirked, returning dryly, "Considering the current situation, babe, I'd say that you're in no fuckin' position to be askin' any questions."
"Bull shit!," Electra spat, rapidly gaining courage as she began to struggle about within her captor's iron-like grasp. "I think that I have the right to know what the hell you're doing here and what you have planned for me!"
The man chuckled, agreeing coyly, "Fair enough, babe...I'm here to bring you to Derek. I do, however, have a few other things in mind, right about now."
Electra bristled the moment that his gloved fingers ran along the curve of her hip, her leg immediately flailing backwards and kicking him directly in the groin.
Doubling over like a dead-weight, the man cursed brusquely under his breath as Electra escaped his taut grasp and leapt out of the tub, only to immediately feel his hand grip her tightly about the ankle and hold her firmly in place.
No longer able to support herself, Electra cried out in utter astonishment, her body toppling over headfirst before she cracked her skull against the side of the sink and entered the frightening world of darkness and repose.
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"So where's that tall, lanky fella that spent the night with you?"
Faye glared daggers at the desk clerk whom had addressed her as she handed him her room's card key, returning crisply, "My business is none of yours. If you have any sense of propriety, whatsoever, you'll let me leave without asking anymore goddamned questions!"
The desk clerk blanched. "I-I'm real sorry, miss....it's just that I get mighty worried about beautiful young women who're alone in these parts. Earth's not a very safe place, ya know."
"Yeah," Faye returned bitterly. "I know. Why else do you think I'm leaving this Godforsaken hellhole?"
The desk clerk eyed her in a scrutinizing manner for a brief moment, then shrugged it off, prying absently, "You leavin' to chase after that fella? T'ain't too wise, miss. He might not want you, anymore."
"Shut up!," Faye suddenly screeched, by this point well beyond having had all that she could take. "My sex life is none of your business! I-I appreciate your concern, and all, but please just leave me alone!"
Before he could even reply, she was gone, tears streaming freely down along her pale, satin sheeks as she ran in hot pursuit of the shuttle station with the hopes of actually escaping her pain and finding a future; somewhere to belong.
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Her eyes gently fluttering open, Electra gradually came to realize that her captor had had the decency to re-clothe her body, her gaze suddenly narrowing once a familiar man happened to enter the room.
"Derek."
"Electra," he acknowledged, smirking with obvious amusement. "It's so very good to see you again, my dear."
"Wish I could say the same," she returned coldly, her olive green eyes simmering over with sheer hatred as she shakily sat up and turned to face him. "If you brought me here to tell you where Spike is, you're wasting your time. I don't know where he is, and I never have."
Derek smirked. "No, actually....this time I'm not interested in the whereabouts of Mr. Spiegel. It's that Mr. Holland fellow that intrigues me at the moment."
Electra paled. "Davis? But why?"
"Because I want him dead....that's why!," Derek thundered, immediately turning on her in an instant. "That filth made a fool of me, Electra, and I don't allow rookies like him to get away with it!"
"But that's ridiculous!," she argued, now trying her best not to reveal how terribly frightened she had become. "Everyone gets shown up at least once in their lives, Derek.....so deal with it!"
He snorted. "Electra, my dear, you are so naive. Have you forgotten what an important role Davis plays in Mr. Spiegel's life? If we wipe him out, just think of the possibilities!"
"Excuse me....we?," Electra interjected, desperately hoping that she had heard otherwise.
"That's right....we," Derek acknowledged, grinning broadly from ear-to-ear. "I'll come up with the execution plan, and then you'll carry it out. We'll be an unbeatable team."
"You sick bastard," Electra commented in a voice barely above a whisper, her eyes blazing into his own like two fiery embers as she dared to take a sudden step forward. "I will never work by your side......ever."
Derek smirked. "Oh, but I think you will."
"Why?"
"Because I have your family," he elucidated dryly, thus causing her to stiffen on impulse. "If you don't do as I ask, I will kill each and every single last one of those sniveling bastards right in front of your eyes."
Electra began to tremble at this, her iron visage quickly collapsing due to the terrible predicament laid out before her, her voice soft and defeated as she questioned dejectedly, "What do you need me to do, then?"
Derek just merely smirked in return, fore he had won.
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"Hey."
"Oh!," Katy exclaimed, immediately whirling around in order to receive her caller, but not before, however, she could stop the portable coat rack from toppling over and onto it's side. "Shit."
Davis smirked. "It's ok....I always seem to have that sort of effect over women. It's just a gift, I guess."
"You think you're real cute, don't you?," Katy teased, smirking as he stooped over in order to help her pick up the slight mess. "I do, however, appreciate you stopping by."
"Well when I heard that you were being released from the hospital, I had to," he admitted, blushing slightly.
"Oh?"
Davis swallowed. "Yeah, well...ya see......I-I've been thinkin' a lot about you lately, and your little accident made me realize how much I'd miss you if were to....you know....leave me, or something. I guess what I'm trying to say is....well.....I love you, Katy."
"Oh, Davis!," she wailed, tears welling up within her shimmering hazel eyes as she leapt forward and wrapped her arms about his form in utter adoration. "I-I love you, too, and-oh, God, I thought you'd never say this to me! I was just so sure that you had feelings for Electra!"
Davis smiled into the crook of her neck, returning warmly, "Not anymore....she was the one, however, that made me realize how much I truly care about you."
"Really?," Katy questioned, beaming as she gazed up into her lover's eyes with sheer euphoria.
"Well, I-"
Brrring.
"Hang on a sec," Davis urged, much to Katy's chagrin, "I've gotta take this call....it could be important."
Parting from his lover and lifting his cell phone up to his ear, he acknowledged professionally, "Hello? Holland, speaking.....whatcha need?"
"Davis?"
"Electra?," he returend, quieting his voice slightly with the hopes that Katy could no longer overhear him. "What's wrong? You sound troubled."
"I am," she acknowledged, trying her best to mask the slight tremor within her voice as she took a deep, cleansing breath. "I-I need your help.....I was just about to make a surprise attack on Derek since I found out his location and all, but I then decided that I needed some reinforcements. I'm terribly sorry for any inconvenience on your behalf, but do you think that you could possibly help me out?"
Davis nodded. "Of course.....where are you?"
"The hospital's rooftop, as incredibly weird as that sounds. Come up here by yourself for your own secrecy and protection."
"Got it. I'm on my way," Davis acknowledged, hurriedly hanging up before pocketing his cell phone and turning to Katy in a flash. "Katy, I've got to go to the rooftop....no questions asked. Will you be alright here by yourself?"
"Well yes, but-"
"Good.....I'll be back soon. Love ya," Davis immediately interjected, giving her a quick kiss before bolting towards the door and leaving his lover standing there in a state of absolute shock.
"Well what on earth could be so damned important that made him leave me like that?," Katy wondered, cocking her head to the side as she subconsciously scratched her head in utter confusion. "Well one thing's for sure...nothing takes anything from Katy M. Brewer, so I'm gonna go after him and bring him back!"
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"Electra...I got here as fast as I could....where are the other reinforcements?!"
Electra bowed her head in shame, absolutely refusing to face her comrade as she returned softly, "There are no reinforcements, Davis....this was all just a big set-up in order to get you up here."
"Huh? What the hell are you talking about?," Davis demanded, terribly confused. "What's going on?!"
"I'm sorry, Davis," Electra returned sorrowfully, her hand shaking like gelatin as she retrieved her gun from within her hip-holster and whipped around so that it was now aimed directly between his eyes. "I wish that things didn't have to be this way......really, I do."
Davis blanched, his limbs trembling as he felt as if his legs were about to give out from beneath him, his voice cracking slightly as he managed to choke, "W-what's this all about Electra? I-I-I don't understand! What's going on?!"
"Derek made a proposition with me which entitled the exchange of your life for my family's, so I had no choice other than to accept. I am so sorry....believe me...I don't want to do this," she insisted, tremulously clicking back the hammer to her revolver as she miraculously managed to look him in the eye. "Please forgive me for what I must do, Davis.....please."
"Electra-"
"Good-bye, Davis," she breathed in interruption, squeezing her eyes shut as she shakily pulled back on the trigger and awaited their unforeseen fates.
BANG!
Choking on his own blood, Davis collapsed admist a burst of copious scarlet, Electra beginning to tremble upon seeing him as she realized aloud, "I killed him......oh, my God, I fucking killed him!!!"
"Electra, I-oh, my GOD!!! What did you do?!!"
Electra gasped, whirling around in order to intercept the intruder, Katy's large eyes filled with such pain and woe upon seeing her fallen lover that Electra felt as if her own heart were being ripped out, instead, as she watched the young woman run over to Davis' side and throw herself upon him in sheer agony.
"Katy.....I-"
"No!," she screamed, "don't you dare say anything to me, you murderous bitch! I hope that Davis' life is enough to satisfy your sick lust for blood, because now he's dead! You hear me?! DEAD!!!"
"No," Electra denied softly, tears beginning to prick along her long, kohl lashes as she shook her head back and forth in denial, "NO!"
"Yes!," Katy shrieked in response, her eyes glimmering over with a lust for vengeance as she suddenly stood up from her lover's body and held out her hand. "Give me your gun."
Electra paled. "My....gun?"
"Yes....your gun!," Katy repeated shrilly, by this point hiccuping amidst her tears. "Please, Electra! I need it!"
"Very well," she agreed, reluctantly holding it out for her ex-comrade to take. "If you wish to kill me, then please do. I know for a God-given fact that you won't accept my apology, so that's the next best thing."
Katy wordlessly snatched the gun from Electra's outstretched hand and began to tremble, her gaze firm and unwavering as she brought it up before her and leveled it out.
"Oh, God forgive me," Electra breathed, closing her eyes in order to prepare herself for the unknown that laid ahead. "Please forgive me."
BANG!
Electra braced herself, but was completely thrown off-guard the moment that she realized that she had not been shot.
Warily opening her eyes she gasped, her heart splitting directly down the center once she laid her eyes upon the sight unfolding before her.
There, lying a top Davis' lifeless body was Katy, a small, eerie smile that appeared to show that she was now at peace plastered upon her lips and leaving behind a cold, frigid sensation that chilled Electra's guilty conscience to the very bone.
A/N: ::coughs:: Yeah, I liked Katy and Davis, too, but I had to end the love triangle SOMEhow, right??? LoL I also MAJORLY apologize for having like no Spike/Faye, whatsoever, but I promise that from here on out it's ALL about them! Until then, please review! It means SO much to me! ^_^ Luv ya bunches! ^,~
3 Kendra Luehr