Chapter Five - Enter Unspeakable Evil
Glory paced back and forth in rage. She had know idea how had the Key and where they would hide it. Her minions had found nothing either. Here on the Hellmouth the Key had many places of hiding, but where was the question. Braking things had long grown boring and there was just nothing left to vent her outrage on. Angrily she stamped her foot like a spoilt little girl and shrieked.
"When will you find that damn Key!"
"We are trying to Mistress, we are"
She glared at her minion, Jinx, god nothing was getting done around here. So she'd have to do it herself. Yes if she did searching, she by her divine power would find the Key and then her minions would be punished, severely, for having made her do it herself. But Glory grimaced at the thought, and then remembered she wouldn't really have too. There was always pathetic little Ben that she could send on the hunt and that was what she planed to do.
"Fine then, I'll do it myself" she snapped and turned on her heal.
There was a collective gasped among her minions as they all realized instantly what that meant, they would suffer if they didn't find the Key before their mistress and the effort would have to be tripled. They tried to have her stop, well those that didn't mind getting beaten for it, but Glory just walked on and all the while smirking at their foolish attempts.
At the door leading out of her, she then reverted to Ben and now instead of the Hell Goddess with a bad perm, stood the tall brown haired young doctor. Ben starred around at his surroundings with confusing and then with no further hesitation opened the front door and left. Why was she always doing this? It had gotten worse now... he didn't even have a life of his own now... she would end out making him lose his job. It was night and he hadn't realized it had gotten that late. When he looked at his watch, it read 12:00 a.m. in flashing florescent blue. He should be at the hospital. So with a groan, he rubbed his temples and continued on.
"Ewww" squealed the sickened and frustrated voice of a young girl. "We were destined to be together? Make me want to gag".
"Likewise pet" replied the voice of a boy the sounded as though there was equal distaste his too.
"Will you both you just can it already? You've been going on about this for fifteen bloody minutes" the voice of an irritated man snapped, and the two other grumbling voices ceased.
Ben stopped and listened. That was odd for a three people to be out at such a late hour, and kids at that.
"You know luv, it isn't like you're the best the world had to offer me you know. Skinny, scrawny and not all that good looking" the boy chided and there was a gasped of indigence from the girl. And then the boy continued. "I would rather decease then want you, but then again I'm already screwed ain't I... because you are that decease"
"Shut your mouth whelp" the snarled and slapped the boy up side the head.
"Hey now, I resent that. I never thought that in all your days William that you would resort to comparing me to Harris"
"Now you listen here, the both of you. I'm getting sick and tired of hearing this garbage. All the both you do is bicker like immature little kids. If I didn't know any better I would say that you were siblings – and isn't that ironic. I want to hear me out. You are my brother James, but Dawn is my friend. I don't not want to hear from somebody that you've badmouthed her ever again. Now you Dawn, you are my friend and not to mention the slayer's lil sis, but like I said to James, he is my brother. I swore a long time ago that I would protect him and I can tell that you pick most of the fights in the first place. So I'm telling you that you don't have to love each other or even like each other for that matter, I only ask that you learn to tolerate on another. Is that too much to ask of you?"
"Yes William, I'll tolerate" James muttered.
There was silence.
"Dawn...?" William prodded.
"Fine! I'll leave him alone" Dawn snipped.
Ben had no clue what this whole conversation was about. The people talking he couldn't see very well from his hiding place and even that was making him twitchy. Something was wrong. He wanted to investigate this, but he also didn't want to.
"No, I wont do it" he whispered the mantra over in his head while the voices continued to talk.
"Well you're now nibblet. Just make sure that the slayer doesn't catch you"
"I will"
"Ooh does that mean we can leave now?"
"Yes James, we're leaving. Now shut your face"
The opening of a house door did not immediately follow the sound of the two men retreating. Ben stepped out of his covering and saw that on the porch of a house not too far away stood the young girl. It was Dawn Summers, the girl he had met at the hospital when her mother was admitted. He could feel 'her' trying to push through and to take over the body and he did only manage for a moment to get his wish. Before she went though, he saw a brief shimmer of green light radiate off of her and then nothing.
Glory stood on the street smiling at her find. All it had taken was a little walk and now she had found the Key. But the Key was with the slayer and that meant she would have a slight problem taking it. Well tomorrow would mean a whole new horizon. Soon... soon she would be able to leave this wretched world.
Silently Dawn slipped into the house without making a sound. She was about to go up the stairs when she noticed that the kitchen light was on and that there was the soft sound of crying. Upon invest agitation, she found that it was Buffy at the table, holding the phone and crying into her arms.
"Buffy are you alright? What happened?" Dawn asked trying to get the words past a lump of fear that was begging to form in her throat.
Buffy looked up at her younger sister and Dawn noticed that the slayer's eyes were bloodshot. She must have been crying for a long time.
"Two phone calls in one night" Buffy whispered with eyes downcast. "Two losses in one day"
"Buffy, what are you talking about?"
"They're dead Dawnie, they're dead"
"Who's dead?"
Dawn started to panic.
"Mom and Dad"
"What!? Who?"
She stood in horrified shock, unable to move and unable to cry. Her eyes burned and her heart pounded and the rest of the world seemed to have gone silent. Both, both of their parents were dead.
"Mom?"
"Mom... it was a tumor... the doctors just called. They found out too late... tried to do surgery at the last minute, but they still lost her..."
Buffy's voice was starting to crack and Dawn's composure was slipping. And she had thought that finding out that she was half of the Key was bad... this was worse.
"And Dad?"
"Dad... it was a plane crash. That was an hour before mom. It went down in Spain... there were no survivors. It hurt... the phone rang and I just knew... I knew that more was coming... that dad was gone... but never mom. We are alone now Dawnie... I feel so alone"
That was what made Dawn burst into tears. Her knees buckled and she went down on the kitchen floor. Seconds later Buffy was holding her tight as if there was no one else in the world. Her sobs were uncontrollable and it was joined be more of Buffy's own. It was just the two of them now. All alone.
"We... we still have everyone" Buffy tried to sooth the both of them, to make the numbness in her mind go away. "There's Giles and Willow and Tara. Also Xander and Anya... and... and Spike too"
Spike... he would help. Buffy's heart was shattered and everything just seemed to not be real. Spike, she was begging to like that bleached vampire. He was always there... even if it was with his brother now. James had helped too.
"Th... they... just...just went... home"
"What?"
"Spike and James... that was were I... I was if you were wondering"
"Then we go there. Now"
"What? You mean... you've never like Spike enough for that. You'd always have rather going to one of the Scoobies' places"
"... Sometimes people change... I don't know, but I think I've changed" Buffy sighed and pulled herself and Dawn to their feet.
"You like him now, don't you?" Dawn asked.
"I think I do" Buffy replied. "I kissed him... it felt kinda nice"
"So that's why you dumped Riley?" Dawn smiled weakly and rubbed her eyes with her sleeve. "I'm happy you like Spike"
Without any more words, Buffy went and locked the front door and then the two sisters left out the back. Everything was different now. Would they ever really heal form this? Only time could tell.
"William... do you feel that" James asked suddenly looking towards the crypt door.
Spike turned to look also and felt a tingling sensation run up his spine.
"It's the slayer and the Bit. But what in the blue hell are they doing here?"
"Beats me"
But it was the knock on the door that made everything stranger. Buffy never knocked and that was part of her thing that she had – all slayer bad ass an all. Slowly he got to his feet and went to the door. When he opened it however, the sight was even more shocking then ever. It was Buffy and Dawn all right, red eyed from crying and standing out there shivering.
"What happened luv? What's wrong?"
"Can we stay here tonight?"
James jaw nearly dropped to the floor.
"Why?"
"Mom died..."
Spike ushered the two sisters into the crypt instantly upon hearing those two words leave the slayer's mouth. James couldn't speak at all when Buffy launched herself into William's arms and he just held her, whispering gentle words of hopes to her. Dawn on the other hand just cam and sat down beside him.
"I don't want to fight any more"
She had taken the first step in making things batter.
"Then we won't pet" he sighed.
"You want to call a truce? Buffy did with Spike once. I know that no matter how much I hate you, I'll never be able to forget the fact that you are practically my brother. We did share the same ball of energy once right?"
"Sure... so that also means we have to be on the alert too. We do have a skanky hell goddess after us. This isn't as bad as it gets, it gets worse"
"Ooh goody, we get to be the object of the next apocalypse. How could it get any worse?" Dawn frowned.
James snickered and turned to her with a lopsided grin and pointed to Buffy and Spike.
"They're kissing"
"Eww. Icky and oddly sweet at the same time"
"I second that... well good night pet"
"What? Where are you going? You can't leave me with this!" Dawn cried out as James jumped to his feet.
"To bed pigeon. I have my own room on the third level. We'll be distanced. Have fun!"
"But..."
James was gone down the steps to the second level and was out of earshot before Dawn could say another word. Crossing her arms, the teenage girl just groaned.
"Love... it just got worse"
Hey! I managed to get another one done! This chapter is dedicated to 'Sugar High' for telling me not to wait. I figured I give up a little rest to get in another since so many people liked and reviewed the last chapter. I'll keep writing when I get the chance and just to make it clear again – Dawn and James and not going to get together, soulmates or not. But anyway, have a great summer. Later!
Glory paced back and forth in rage. She had know idea how had the Key and where they would hide it. Her minions had found nothing either. Here on the Hellmouth the Key had many places of hiding, but where was the question. Braking things had long grown boring and there was just nothing left to vent her outrage on. Angrily she stamped her foot like a spoilt little girl and shrieked.
"When will you find that damn Key!"
"We are trying to Mistress, we are"
She glared at her minion, Jinx, god nothing was getting done around here. So she'd have to do it herself. Yes if she did searching, she by her divine power would find the Key and then her minions would be punished, severely, for having made her do it herself. But Glory grimaced at the thought, and then remembered she wouldn't really have too. There was always pathetic little Ben that she could send on the hunt and that was what she planed to do.
"Fine then, I'll do it myself" she snapped and turned on her heal.
There was a collective gasped among her minions as they all realized instantly what that meant, they would suffer if they didn't find the Key before their mistress and the effort would have to be tripled. They tried to have her stop, well those that didn't mind getting beaten for it, but Glory just walked on and all the while smirking at their foolish attempts.
At the door leading out of her, she then reverted to Ben and now instead of the Hell Goddess with a bad perm, stood the tall brown haired young doctor. Ben starred around at his surroundings with confusing and then with no further hesitation opened the front door and left. Why was she always doing this? It had gotten worse now... he didn't even have a life of his own now... she would end out making him lose his job. It was night and he hadn't realized it had gotten that late. When he looked at his watch, it read 12:00 a.m. in flashing florescent blue. He should be at the hospital. So with a groan, he rubbed his temples and continued on.
"Ewww" squealed the sickened and frustrated voice of a young girl. "We were destined to be together? Make me want to gag".
"Likewise pet" replied the voice of a boy the sounded as though there was equal distaste his too.
"Will you both you just can it already? You've been going on about this for fifteen bloody minutes" the voice of an irritated man snapped, and the two other grumbling voices ceased.
Ben stopped and listened. That was odd for a three people to be out at such a late hour, and kids at that.
"You know luv, it isn't like you're the best the world had to offer me you know. Skinny, scrawny and not all that good looking" the boy chided and there was a gasped of indigence from the girl. And then the boy continued. "I would rather decease then want you, but then again I'm already screwed ain't I... because you are that decease"
"Shut your mouth whelp" the snarled and slapped the boy up side the head.
"Hey now, I resent that. I never thought that in all your days William that you would resort to comparing me to Harris"
"Now you listen here, the both of you. I'm getting sick and tired of hearing this garbage. All the both you do is bicker like immature little kids. If I didn't know any better I would say that you were siblings – and isn't that ironic. I want to hear me out. You are my brother James, but Dawn is my friend. I don't not want to hear from somebody that you've badmouthed her ever again. Now you Dawn, you are my friend and not to mention the slayer's lil sis, but like I said to James, he is my brother. I swore a long time ago that I would protect him and I can tell that you pick most of the fights in the first place. So I'm telling you that you don't have to love each other or even like each other for that matter, I only ask that you learn to tolerate on another. Is that too much to ask of you?"
"Yes William, I'll tolerate" James muttered.
There was silence.
"Dawn...?" William prodded.
"Fine! I'll leave him alone" Dawn snipped.
Ben had no clue what this whole conversation was about. The people talking he couldn't see very well from his hiding place and even that was making him twitchy. Something was wrong. He wanted to investigate this, but he also didn't want to.
"No, I wont do it" he whispered the mantra over in his head while the voices continued to talk.
"Well you're now nibblet. Just make sure that the slayer doesn't catch you"
"I will"
"Ooh does that mean we can leave now?"
"Yes James, we're leaving. Now shut your face"
The opening of a house door did not immediately follow the sound of the two men retreating. Ben stepped out of his covering and saw that on the porch of a house not too far away stood the young girl. It was Dawn Summers, the girl he had met at the hospital when her mother was admitted. He could feel 'her' trying to push through and to take over the body and he did only manage for a moment to get his wish. Before she went though, he saw a brief shimmer of green light radiate off of her and then nothing.
Glory stood on the street smiling at her find. All it had taken was a little walk and now she had found the Key. But the Key was with the slayer and that meant she would have a slight problem taking it. Well tomorrow would mean a whole new horizon. Soon... soon she would be able to leave this wretched world.
Silently Dawn slipped into the house without making a sound. She was about to go up the stairs when she noticed that the kitchen light was on and that there was the soft sound of crying. Upon invest agitation, she found that it was Buffy at the table, holding the phone and crying into her arms.
"Buffy are you alright? What happened?" Dawn asked trying to get the words past a lump of fear that was begging to form in her throat.
Buffy looked up at her younger sister and Dawn noticed that the slayer's eyes were bloodshot. She must have been crying for a long time.
"Two phone calls in one night" Buffy whispered with eyes downcast. "Two losses in one day"
"Buffy, what are you talking about?"
"They're dead Dawnie, they're dead"
"Who's dead?"
Dawn started to panic.
"Mom and Dad"
"What!? Who?"
She stood in horrified shock, unable to move and unable to cry. Her eyes burned and her heart pounded and the rest of the world seemed to have gone silent. Both, both of their parents were dead.
"Mom?"
"Mom... it was a tumor... the doctors just called. They found out too late... tried to do surgery at the last minute, but they still lost her..."
Buffy's voice was starting to crack and Dawn's composure was slipping. And she had thought that finding out that she was half of the Key was bad... this was worse.
"And Dad?"
"Dad... it was a plane crash. That was an hour before mom. It went down in Spain... there were no survivors. It hurt... the phone rang and I just knew... I knew that more was coming... that dad was gone... but never mom. We are alone now Dawnie... I feel so alone"
That was what made Dawn burst into tears. Her knees buckled and she went down on the kitchen floor. Seconds later Buffy was holding her tight as if there was no one else in the world. Her sobs were uncontrollable and it was joined be more of Buffy's own. It was just the two of them now. All alone.
"We... we still have everyone" Buffy tried to sooth the both of them, to make the numbness in her mind go away. "There's Giles and Willow and Tara. Also Xander and Anya... and... and Spike too"
Spike... he would help. Buffy's heart was shattered and everything just seemed to not be real. Spike, she was begging to like that bleached vampire. He was always there... even if it was with his brother now. James had helped too.
"Th... they... just...just went... home"
"What?"
"Spike and James... that was were I... I was if you were wondering"
"Then we go there. Now"
"What? You mean... you've never like Spike enough for that. You'd always have rather going to one of the Scoobies' places"
"... Sometimes people change... I don't know, but I think I've changed" Buffy sighed and pulled herself and Dawn to their feet.
"You like him now, don't you?" Dawn asked.
"I think I do" Buffy replied. "I kissed him... it felt kinda nice"
"So that's why you dumped Riley?" Dawn smiled weakly and rubbed her eyes with her sleeve. "I'm happy you like Spike"
Without any more words, Buffy went and locked the front door and then the two sisters left out the back. Everything was different now. Would they ever really heal form this? Only time could tell.
"William... do you feel that" James asked suddenly looking towards the crypt door.
Spike turned to look also and felt a tingling sensation run up his spine.
"It's the slayer and the Bit. But what in the blue hell are they doing here?"
"Beats me"
But it was the knock on the door that made everything stranger. Buffy never knocked and that was part of her thing that she had – all slayer bad ass an all. Slowly he got to his feet and went to the door. When he opened it however, the sight was even more shocking then ever. It was Buffy and Dawn all right, red eyed from crying and standing out there shivering.
"What happened luv? What's wrong?"
"Can we stay here tonight?"
James jaw nearly dropped to the floor.
"Why?"
"Mom died..."
Spike ushered the two sisters into the crypt instantly upon hearing those two words leave the slayer's mouth. James couldn't speak at all when Buffy launched herself into William's arms and he just held her, whispering gentle words of hopes to her. Dawn on the other hand just cam and sat down beside him.
"I don't want to fight any more"
She had taken the first step in making things batter.
"Then we won't pet" he sighed.
"You want to call a truce? Buffy did with Spike once. I know that no matter how much I hate you, I'll never be able to forget the fact that you are practically my brother. We did share the same ball of energy once right?"
"Sure... so that also means we have to be on the alert too. We do have a skanky hell goddess after us. This isn't as bad as it gets, it gets worse"
"Ooh goody, we get to be the object of the next apocalypse. How could it get any worse?" Dawn frowned.
James snickered and turned to her with a lopsided grin and pointed to Buffy and Spike.
"They're kissing"
"Eww. Icky and oddly sweet at the same time"
"I second that... well good night pet"
"What? Where are you going? You can't leave me with this!" Dawn cried out as James jumped to his feet.
"To bed pigeon. I have my own room on the third level. We'll be distanced. Have fun!"
"But..."
James was gone down the steps to the second level and was out of earshot before Dawn could say another word. Crossing her arms, the teenage girl just groaned.
"Love... it just got worse"
Hey! I managed to get another one done! This chapter is dedicated to 'Sugar High' for telling me not to wait. I figured I give up a little rest to get in another since so many people liked and reviewed the last chapter. I'll keep writing when I get the chance and just to make it clear again – Dawn and James and not going to get together, soulmates or not. But anyway, have a great summer. Later!