(A/n): Because I diet of strictly chocolate chip cookies and Red Bull can
make you do anything, here's another chappie!
Chapter 14: Trip to the Center of the World
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"Cool your jets, Rebecca Allerdyce. Or should I say Judia?" Becca's eyes narrowed at her previous name as Virginia sauntered up to her.
"Your reputation precedes you, even if it's one you're not particularly fond of."
Becca smirked. "Who said I didn't love it. It's just that it was a lifetime ago. Just like your hair style, 'Oh, Sorceress of Bad Home Hair Perms'." Becca mocked a slight curtsy, causing a few snickers.
Virginia glowered at the young girl but shook of her witty retort. Instead she looked at the slight frown on her friends' faces and the defensive frame of Lindsey.
"So you haven't told them, yet?"
Becca shrugged, hoping that the slight clenching of her jaw would go unnoticed. "There's nothing to tell. Judia is a name that no longer pertains to me."
Virginia nodded her head as she began to pace around her. "Ah, yes. The half-breed tamed you well."
Becca seethed, grabbing the moving target by the throat to halt her. "Never call Doyle that! He deserves better. And before you start marking things as tamed make sure they won't snap your neck in two."
Becca let go of the woman and adjusted the lapels of her jean jacket. Virginia smirked as she rubbed her throat. "Yes, that's good. Now if we could just focus all that anger on your true target."
Suddenly, a large black portal opened up above Becca and swallowed her whole. Before Lindsey, Chloe and Lawson could get to her; a swarm of ubervamps began scurrying from the dining room ceiling into the living room floor. The fight was on...
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"There's a hole in the world. It just feels like we should've known." Spike whispered.
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Becca fell into what seemed like the basement of the mansion. It was completely decked out in torture equipment.
"Hope you like this room a bit better." Virginia Bryce said, making her presence known to the younger woman.
Becca shook her head from side to side as she gingerly got up off the ground from her sitting position. "Sorry. Still not my type of digs but I'm sure it's ever S&M fan's Candyland." Virginia grinned, taking it as a compliment.
Becca looked around then at the sorceress. "Where are my friends? If anything happens to the..."
"Which friends?" Virginia interrupted, taking a step toward Becca. "Because the friends you came here with are fine. Well, at least they will be. It's those you left behind you should be worried about."
Becca narrowed her eyes. "What's wrong."
"Illyria, a very ancient and powerful demon, is about to walk the world once more and she plans to do it in the body of one of your friends. The one they call, Winifred Burkle I believe."
Becca's eye widened and her heartbeat picked up considerably but she remained impassive in her expression. "Can Angel save her?"
"He can. But he won't for if he does he will be killing tens of thousands of people." Becca licked her lips and swallowed the bile that was steadily increasing in her throat. After what seemed like an eternity she forced her eyes to meet with Miss. Bryce's gaze.
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because it had to do with the nature of the price you must pay. Here sit down." Virginia hopped up onto the altar that was in the middle of the room. Becca eyed it warily, noting the shackles and dried bloodstains that were still there.
"Come on, don't be a big baby." Virginia said.
Sighing, Becca hopped onto the altar and Virginia began.
"When I left Wesley, I left to become an occult expert. I didn't want to become what my father was but I guess you know as well as anybody blood is hard to outrun. And Daddy's Little Girl is a title you'll have forever. At least, you'll learn that lesson soon enough."
Becca frowned but continued to listen.
"Anyway, I learned about many things as an occult expert, including what that bird on Lindsey's chest is. It's called the Phoenix."
Becca gaped. "What?! How lame is that?! Every X-Men fan in the world knows who that is! What kinda whack ass..." Virginia held up a hand to hush Becca.
"Just because a couple of snot-nosed, pimply faced geeks know what it is doesn't discredit its power. It's Lindsey destiny to be the priest of the Phoenix as soon as she rises again from the fires." Virginia turned to face Becca and grabbed one of her hands.
"We must let Fred die so that she can rise again from the ashes and take her rightful place."
Becca squeezed her hands, fighting back the tears of anger that threatened to well up in her eyes. "And what if I don't believe you? What if this is all some elaborate plan to kill the woman that's boning your ex?"
Virginia pried her hands away from the teenager's death grip. "You'll have to believe because if you don't not only will Fred die but you will lose two very powerful allies."
Becca was about to ask what exactly Virginia was talking about when she said 'two' allies but stopped when she hopped off the altar and closed her eyes, seemingly in deep concentration. When Virginia opened her eyes they seemed to be filled with regret.
"It is done." She whispered. "Winifred Burkle is dead. I'm sorry." Becca took in a shaky breath, starting to feel a bit faint. Virginia took her by the hand and helped her off the altar.
"I think, I finally understand." Virginia whispered. "The only thing someone like yourself who has literally been through Hell is losing a friend. It's like losing a piece of yourself."
Becca finally let a tear fall. "How do I know you are telling the truth?"
"Because you can sense sins and if I were betraying you, you would've felt the minute you transported into my living room."
Becca sighed knowing she was right. "What do I have to do?"
Virginia shrugged. "Simple. You have to die to save Fred." And with that Virginia opened another portal that she and Becca stepped through. Their destination would be the whole in the world.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A large, gray demon with what looked a bit like a very demonic canary cage around his face, stepped off the elevator and into the min reception office of Wolfram & hart. Everyone was son busy working on Winifred Burkle's case because of fear for his or her friend or fear of being shot that no one really took notice. Demons' roaming the halls was a fairly common event. Although this one seemed a bit more otherworldly than most...
Nonchalantly, the demon went on about his business, moving knowing through the halls as if he'd been through them time and time again. He stopped in front f a door with a sign that said, "Warning: Security Clearance Needed." Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his I.D., swiping it. When the little red light on the door turned green and beeped him in, he walked in effortlessly and walked down the long corridor. When he finally reached the door he was looking for, he punched his hand through the small window and snapped the neck of the previously sleeping Pavayne who was inside.
Just as calmly as he had come in, he left the offices of Wolfram & Hart and retreated back down into the parking lot. He entered the little dark blue sports car and went to the little Hell dimension he called home. He had a heart to rip out at 4...
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R&R Please
(A/n): Because cliffhangers are fun. Damn. That didn't take me as long as I thought. Still, I just wiped out the last part of my three part saga but I plan to have it done by this weekend.
Chapter 14: Trip to the Center of the World
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Cool your jets, Rebecca Allerdyce. Or should I say Judia?" Becca's eyes narrowed at her previous name as Virginia sauntered up to her.
"Your reputation precedes you, even if it's one you're not particularly fond of."
Becca smirked. "Who said I didn't love it. It's just that it was a lifetime ago. Just like your hair style, 'Oh, Sorceress of Bad Home Hair Perms'." Becca mocked a slight curtsy, causing a few snickers.
Virginia glowered at the young girl but shook of her witty retort. Instead she looked at the slight frown on her friends' faces and the defensive frame of Lindsey.
"So you haven't told them, yet?"
Becca shrugged, hoping that the slight clenching of her jaw would go unnoticed. "There's nothing to tell. Judia is a name that no longer pertains to me."
Virginia nodded her head as she began to pace around her. "Ah, yes. The half-breed tamed you well."
Becca seethed, grabbing the moving target by the throat to halt her. "Never call Doyle that! He deserves better. And before you start marking things as tamed make sure they won't snap your neck in two."
Becca let go of the woman and adjusted the lapels of her jean jacket. Virginia smirked as she rubbed her throat. "Yes, that's good. Now if we could just focus all that anger on your true target."
Suddenly, a large black portal opened up above Becca and swallowed her whole. Before Lindsey, Chloe and Lawson could get to her; a swarm of ubervamps began scurrying from the dining room ceiling into the living room floor. The fight was on...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"There's a hole in the world. It just feels like we should've known." Spike whispered.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Becca fell into what seemed like the basement of the mansion. It was completely decked out in torture equipment.
"Hope you like this room a bit better." Virginia Bryce said, making her presence known to the younger woman.
Becca shook her head from side to side as she gingerly got up off the ground from her sitting position. "Sorry. Still not my type of digs but I'm sure it's ever S&M fan's Candyland." Virginia grinned, taking it as a compliment.
Becca looked around then at the sorceress. "Where are my friends? If anything happens to the..."
"Which friends?" Virginia interrupted, taking a step toward Becca. "Because the friends you came here with are fine. Well, at least they will be. It's those you left behind you should be worried about."
Becca narrowed her eyes. "What's wrong."
"Illyria, a very ancient and powerful demon, is about to walk the world once more and she plans to do it in the body of one of your friends. The one they call, Winifred Burkle I believe."
Becca's eye widened and her heartbeat picked up considerably but she remained impassive in her expression. "Can Angel save her?"
"He can. But he won't for if he does he will be killing tens of thousands of people." Becca licked her lips and swallowed the bile that was steadily increasing in her throat. After what seemed like an eternity she forced her eyes to meet with Miss. Bryce's gaze.
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because it had to do with the nature of the price you must pay. Here sit down." Virginia hopped up onto the altar that was in the middle of the room. Becca eyed it warily, noting the shackles and dried bloodstains that were still there.
"Come on, don't be a big baby." Virginia said.
Sighing, Becca hopped onto the altar and Virginia began.
"When I left Wesley, I left to become an occult expert. I didn't want to become what my father was but I guess you know as well as anybody blood is hard to outrun. And Daddy's Little Girl is a title you'll have forever. At least, you'll learn that lesson soon enough."
Becca frowned but continued to listen.
"Anyway, I learned about many things as an occult expert, including what that bird on Lindsey's chest is. It's called the Phoenix."
Becca gaped. "What?! How lame is that?! Every X-Men fan in the world knows who that is! What kinda whack ass..." Virginia held up a hand to hush Becca.
"Just because a couple of snot-nosed, pimply faced geeks know what it is doesn't discredit its power. It's Lindsey destiny to be the priest of the Phoenix as soon as she rises again from the fires." Virginia turned to face Becca and grabbed one of her hands.
"We must let Fred die so that she can rise again from the ashes and take her rightful place."
Becca squeezed her hands, fighting back the tears of anger that threatened to well up in her eyes. "And what if I don't believe you? What if this is all some elaborate plan to kill the woman that's boning your ex?"
Virginia pried her hands away from the teenager's death grip. "You'll have to believe because if you don't not only will Fred die but you will lose two very powerful allies."
Becca was about to ask what exactly Virginia was talking about when she said 'two' allies but stopped when she hopped off the altar and closed her eyes, seemingly in deep concentration. When Virginia opened her eyes they seemed to be filled with regret.
"It is done." She whispered. "Winifred Burkle is dead. I'm sorry." Becca took in a shaky breath, starting to feel a bit faint. Virginia took her by the hand and helped her off the altar.
"I think, I finally understand." Virginia whispered. "The only thing someone like yourself who has literally been through Hell is losing a friend. It's like losing a piece of yourself."
Becca finally let a tear fall. "How do I know you are telling the truth?"
"Because you can sense sins and if I were betraying you, you would've felt the minute you transported into my living room."
Becca sighed knowing she was right. "What do I have to do?"
Virginia shrugged. "Simple. You have to die to save Fred." And with that Virginia opened another portal that she and Becca stepped through. Their destination would be the whole in the world.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A large, gray demon with what looked a bit like a very demonic canary cage around his face, stepped off the elevator and into the min reception office of Wolfram & hart. Everyone was son busy working on Winifred Burkle's case because of fear for his or her friend or fear of being shot that no one really took notice. Demons' roaming the halls was a fairly common event. Although this one seemed a bit more otherworldly than most...
Nonchalantly, the demon went on about his business, moving knowing through the halls as if he'd been through them time and time again. He stopped in front f a door with a sign that said, "Warning: Security Clearance Needed." Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his I.D., swiping it. When the little red light on the door turned green and beeped him in, he walked in effortlessly and walked down the long corridor. When he finally reached the door he was looking for, he punched his hand through the small window and snapped the neck of the previously sleeping Pavayne who was inside.
Just as calmly as he had come in, he left the offices of Wolfram & Hart and retreated back down into the parking lot. He entered the little dark blue sports car and went to the little Hell dimension he called home. He had a heart to rip out at 4...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
R&R Please
(A/n): Because cliffhangers are fun. Damn. That didn't take me as long as I thought. Still, I just wiped out the last part of my three part saga but I plan to have it done by this weekend.