Epilogue
My eyes were burning. Such on odd thing, to be dead and still be hurting.
Wait, was I dead? I blinked, or at least I think I blinked, but there was nothing to see. There wasn't light or darkness, just nothing.
And my eyes were still burning.
"Stop moving else you're going to kill yourself." It was my own voice.
Lucky for me I never listened to my own advice. My hands groped around for something, but all I could feel was the floor beneath me. I was rather certain it was the floor, or the ground. It felt like hard, dry stone, however my arms felt so heavy and my body so tired, that I wasn't sure I was making things out right. In any case I pushed off of it so that I could sit up.
"I said stop moving!"
"Damn it, I must've finally gone crazy. I wouldn't yell at myself like that," I murmured.
There was a sigh, and I could almost picture myself shaking my head in annoyance. It was so like me to say something stupid, and so like me to yell at such a stupid remark. But which one was me? They weren't the same mes. I was starting to confuse myself.
"Elisabeth, just relax for a moment. I didn't go to all this effort just to get myself killed."
I blinked again, trying to see something. "Airaei?" I asked, searching the room for her.
"Ah, you do think. That's good. Maybe you'll be fine after all." I felt something forced into my outstretched hands, but no one around to put it there. I pulled the item close to me and something splashed out, a liquid. "Drink."
I listened, sipping the drink lightly. It was cold, and as I swallowed it a shiver spread through me. But I kept drinking, and the more I drank the clearer things became. The burning in my eyes faded, and my body didn't feel so heavy. Energy spread through me and I felt warm.
"Better?" Airaei asked.
I nodded. "Much, thanks. Where am I?"
There was a pause before Airaei spoke. "My own world. An instant cure to death for you."
"What?" I asked.
"You had to go and be dramatic and get yourself killed. I must say you were almost too far to save. Had I been any slower this magic wouldn't have been enough. But I gathered what strength I could and made a make shift universe here. Pure magic," Airaei explained.
"Oh," I murmured. My body must have fed off it and regrown. "How long have I been here?"
"A week? Maybe longer. You absorbed so much I had to link this world to the vault, steal some of its magic for you. You'd best do something worthwhile with your life to make it worth all my trouble."
I smiled. Airaei seemed made, but I knew she was glad I'd survived. A part of her was in me, and I was glad, too. "So it's all magic? No wonder nothing's here. I mean, I can't see a thing."
I felt something flutter by me, like a gentle wind. Airaei's voice came from a different part of the room. "There isn't much here, surely not much to see..." she murmured, "but you would see it. You would see it if you could."
I frowned, confused. "What?"
Again she sighed, this time sadly. "I couldn't save all of you, and the magic you'd indured didn't want you saved. It attacked you so that you would die, if I hadn't whisked you away your whole body would be mangled and torched. But the light only touched your face," I felt the wind brush my forehead, trickle over my nose. "Your eyes are dead, Elisabeth. You won't see anything."
Again I blinked and my hands went to my face. I didn't feel any scars, there were no marks on me that I could tell. My fingers traced my eyes, and I felt nothing wrong. My eyes were still there. "I can't feel anything..." but I couldn't see, either. Airaei wouldn't lie. The knowledge made my body feel heavy all over again, even the wind that wrapped around me reassuringly held no comfort. "I should be glad..." I started, "I should be glad I'm not dead, right? I mean, that light could destroy everything in the room, right? The Boss would have suffered, too, and everyone..." Fear gripped me. "Alucard? Zeke?" could they be dead?
"Are fine." Airaei assured me. "Different powers freed them. All creatures in the Boss's world were torn out in time. You were too close to the power to be freed, but they had time. Everyone who entered the vault left the way they came in." My body relaxed again.
"Good. At least they are safe. Are they still in Sunnydale?" I asked.
"No, forgive me. I meant they are where they first interred the vault. Dexion is on a small island in the Mediterranean, and your friend Zeke. Where was it.... Seattle I believe?"
Nodding I replied. "So they're both safe."
"Safe as can be expected."
"Where will I be going?" I asked.
"I must return you to Sunnydale, it is the only place available," Airaei said regretfully.
"That's fine," I murmured.
The wind fluttered, blowing about me. "There's no time to wait, I'm sorry but they won't let me use any more magic. I must let you go now."
I smiled to Airaei, "Thank you, for helping me."
A warm breeze touched my face, but then it was gone, and the floor beneath me began to bend. As if it turned to mush I began to sink into it, then it was gone all together and I was falling, but slowly and controlled. I didn't gain speed as I traveled, but I grew tired, so tired that I knew it wasn't natural. However I wasn't afraid of it and I let myself drift off to sleep.
I dreamt of an explosion. Of Sunnydale being destroyed and the Slayers escaping. I dreamt of a creator in place of the city with the hot sun shining down on it. I dreamt of Zeke in his apartment taking a nap on his couch while a CD played in the background. Then I saw Alucard in a plane, his window pulled down to block out a sunrise as he flew west. I knew he'd beat me back to Sunnydale. When I arrived, he'd be waiting.
I smiled in my sleep as I looked at the world. One last time.
For the thankyous:
Ana: I like it too, though I was tempted not to add the prologue and let everyone think her dead because I don't like this part so much. But it's done!
Soniadg: I'll read your story! Scout's honor. Just haven't been on fanfic much. Sorry for the wait, hope it was worth it. I don't think I did anything stupid to Zeke. He's still alive! . (Here that Maude! I wasn't lying when I said I wouldn't kill him)
Innogen: All night? Wow, I wouldn't have done that. Thanks . I love the british accent, it's on the top five best accent lists, or it should be. Thanks for the review!
Beyond the silence: . Yeah, you're just cool. Thanks for reviewing the whole story, huggles you sorry if you have to reread it again.
Mikkifavo: It ended! It did! points to ending Yeah, I don't write much with normal charectors, only because I screw them up so badly. So I make up my own and I don't screw 'em up at all! .
Soniadg: Todd didn't have a romance with Liz because... well... I didn't want it to go that way. I think we knew they kinda liked each other a bit, but Liz was more focused on alucard and Todd just wasn't the person to push it.
Ninii: huggles you too I love your reviews! You're wonderful.
Maude: .
okay, crappy thank yous, I know, but I'm tired now, just typed about ten pages. looks tired Sorry for the delay. There were actually Leggett reasons for some of it. School, chores, clubs, sports, work, cars, friends, life in general. Got into a fight yesterday though, (not physical) and I got pissed, and I wondered what would make me feel better, and I realized finishing this story would feel pretty damn good. So I did it. And I'm happy. dances all happily And I'm just rambling so I'll let you go.
Questions? Comments? Funny stories? Till next time!
Rave
My eyes were burning. Such on odd thing, to be dead and still be hurting.
Wait, was I dead? I blinked, or at least I think I blinked, but there was nothing to see. There wasn't light or darkness, just nothing.
And my eyes were still burning.
"Stop moving else you're going to kill yourself." It was my own voice.
Lucky for me I never listened to my own advice. My hands groped around for something, but all I could feel was the floor beneath me. I was rather certain it was the floor, or the ground. It felt like hard, dry stone, however my arms felt so heavy and my body so tired, that I wasn't sure I was making things out right. In any case I pushed off of it so that I could sit up.
"I said stop moving!"
"Damn it, I must've finally gone crazy. I wouldn't yell at myself like that," I murmured.
There was a sigh, and I could almost picture myself shaking my head in annoyance. It was so like me to say something stupid, and so like me to yell at such a stupid remark. But which one was me? They weren't the same mes. I was starting to confuse myself.
"Elisabeth, just relax for a moment. I didn't go to all this effort just to get myself killed."
I blinked again, trying to see something. "Airaei?" I asked, searching the room for her.
"Ah, you do think. That's good. Maybe you'll be fine after all." I felt something forced into my outstretched hands, but no one around to put it there. I pulled the item close to me and something splashed out, a liquid. "Drink."
I listened, sipping the drink lightly. It was cold, and as I swallowed it a shiver spread through me. But I kept drinking, and the more I drank the clearer things became. The burning in my eyes faded, and my body didn't feel so heavy. Energy spread through me and I felt warm.
"Better?" Airaei asked.
I nodded. "Much, thanks. Where am I?"
There was a pause before Airaei spoke. "My own world. An instant cure to death for you."
"What?" I asked.
"You had to go and be dramatic and get yourself killed. I must say you were almost too far to save. Had I been any slower this magic wouldn't have been enough. But I gathered what strength I could and made a make shift universe here. Pure magic," Airaei explained.
"Oh," I murmured. My body must have fed off it and regrown. "How long have I been here?"
"A week? Maybe longer. You absorbed so much I had to link this world to the vault, steal some of its magic for you. You'd best do something worthwhile with your life to make it worth all my trouble."
I smiled. Airaei seemed made, but I knew she was glad I'd survived. A part of her was in me, and I was glad, too. "So it's all magic? No wonder nothing's here. I mean, I can't see a thing."
I felt something flutter by me, like a gentle wind. Airaei's voice came from a different part of the room. "There isn't much here, surely not much to see..." she murmured, "but you would see it. You would see it if you could."
I frowned, confused. "What?"
Again she sighed, this time sadly. "I couldn't save all of you, and the magic you'd indured didn't want you saved. It attacked you so that you would die, if I hadn't whisked you away your whole body would be mangled and torched. But the light only touched your face," I felt the wind brush my forehead, trickle over my nose. "Your eyes are dead, Elisabeth. You won't see anything."
Again I blinked and my hands went to my face. I didn't feel any scars, there were no marks on me that I could tell. My fingers traced my eyes, and I felt nothing wrong. My eyes were still there. "I can't feel anything..." but I couldn't see, either. Airaei wouldn't lie. The knowledge made my body feel heavy all over again, even the wind that wrapped around me reassuringly held no comfort. "I should be glad..." I started, "I should be glad I'm not dead, right? I mean, that light could destroy everything in the room, right? The Boss would have suffered, too, and everyone..." Fear gripped me. "Alucard? Zeke?" could they be dead?
"Are fine." Airaei assured me. "Different powers freed them. All creatures in the Boss's world were torn out in time. You were too close to the power to be freed, but they had time. Everyone who entered the vault left the way they came in." My body relaxed again.
"Good. At least they are safe. Are they still in Sunnydale?" I asked.
"No, forgive me. I meant they are where they first interred the vault. Dexion is on a small island in the Mediterranean, and your friend Zeke. Where was it.... Seattle I believe?"
Nodding I replied. "So they're both safe."
"Safe as can be expected."
"Where will I be going?" I asked.
"I must return you to Sunnydale, it is the only place available," Airaei said regretfully.
"That's fine," I murmured.
The wind fluttered, blowing about me. "There's no time to wait, I'm sorry but they won't let me use any more magic. I must let you go now."
I smiled to Airaei, "Thank you, for helping me."
A warm breeze touched my face, but then it was gone, and the floor beneath me began to bend. As if it turned to mush I began to sink into it, then it was gone all together and I was falling, but slowly and controlled. I didn't gain speed as I traveled, but I grew tired, so tired that I knew it wasn't natural. However I wasn't afraid of it and I let myself drift off to sleep.
I dreamt of an explosion. Of Sunnydale being destroyed and the Slayers escaping. I dreamt of a creator in place of the city with the hot sun shining down on it. I dreamt of Zeke in his apartment taking a nap on his couch while a CD played in the background. Then I saw Alucard in a plane, his window pulled down to block out a sunrise as he flew west. I knew he'd beat me back to Sunnydale. When I arrived, he'd be waiting.
I smiled in my sleep as I looked at the world. One last time.
For the thankyous:
Ana: I like it too, though I was tempted not to add the prologue and let everyone think her dead because I don't like this part so much. But it's done!
Soniadg: I'll read your story! Scout's honor. Just haven't been on fanfic much. Sorry for the wait, hope it was worth it. I don't think I did anything stupid to Zeke. He's still alive! . (Here that Maude! I wasn't lying when I said I wouldn't kill him)
Innogen: All night? Wow, I wouldn't have done that. Thanks . I love the british accent, it's on the top five best accent lists, or it should be. Thanks for the review!
Beyond the silence: . Yeah, you're just cool. Thanks for reviewing the whole story, huggles you sorry if you have to reread it again.
Mikkifavo: It ended! It did! points to ending Yeah, I don't write much with normal charectors, only because I screw them up so badly. So I make up my own and I don't screw 'em up at all! .
Soniadg: Todd didn't have a romance with Liz because... well... I didn't want it to go that way. I think we knew they kinda liked each other a bit, but Liz was more focused on alucard and Todd just wasn't the person to push it.
Ninii: huggles you too I love your reviews! You're wonderful.
Maude: .
okay, crappy thank yous, I know, but I'm tired now, just typed about ten pages. looks tired Sorry for the delay. There were actually Leggett reasons for some of it. School, chores, clubs, sports, work, cars, friends, life in general. Got into a fight yesterday though, (not physical) and I got pissed, and I wondered what would make me feel better, and I realized finishing this story would feel pretty damn good. So I did it. And I'm happy. dances all happily And I'm just rambling so I'll let you go.
Questions? Comments? Funny stories? Till next time!
Rave