Sadness, Anger and Vengeance (Ep 4)
Buffy steps closer to Pike, his face expression still very confused she smiles slightly, and takes a deep breath,
"Pike, I'm a vampire slayer" she stares at him to see his reaction, his face is expressionless now, he doesn't blink for a few seconds longer than normal, then without changing his expression, he just says
"Ow" then faints, Buffy rolls her eyes and smirks a little, she kneels down next to him and puts her hand on his shoulder and rocks his body to wake him up, he moans at first then opens his eyes slowly, she smiles warmly and he just moans again from the impact of the floor to his head, she takes his hand and helps him up to his feet,
"Are you ok?" she asks worried, he nods his head and rubs the back of his head,
"Yeh but I thought I heard you say you were a vampire slayer" Buffy nods,
"I did," she says and his face returns to its expressionless state, Buffy sighs, "I know it's a lot to take in but those men that I was fighting they were vampires and they want to kill me" she says in one breath and then smiles innocently, Pike takes a deep breath,
"Okay, so you're a vampire slayer and they were vampires, that's explains everything" he says, Buffy smirks a little, then lowers her head,
"I understand if you don't want to see me anymore, my life is pretty..." Pike cuts her off,
"... Exciting" Buffy lifts her head with wide eyes,
"Well I was gunna say dangerous, threatening, and not exactly a life but ok" Pike chuckles, and Buffy smiles, then turns to Merrick, who smiles at her, she sighs a sigh of relief,
"Well that went better than..." suddenly a a knife stabs Merrick in the back making him topple over onto the ground, Buffy eyes widen and she runs straight to his side,
"Merrick" Merrick!" she panics and turns his body onto its back, his eyes are wide and he's gasping silently for air,
"Buffy, you made me proud, you're gunna be a terrific slayer" Buffy tears fall,
"I will I promise with your help" Merrick shakes his head,
"No, it's my time, I have taught you all you need to know" Buffy shakes her head and more tears fall, Pike is staring at the scene and keeping an eye out for any other attacks,
"Merrick please I need you, I still need you, I have more I have to learn please you cant leave me" Merrick smiles warmly,
"You can do this Buffy, dig deep and believe in yourself" with that' he takes his last breath, his head tilts to the side, because Buffy his holding him up, Buffy's eyes widen and she lets lose all the tears, she buries her head in the crook of his neck and cries, Pike watches, with pain showing on his face...
From the shadows Angelus and Spike stand with big grins on their faces, they watch as she cries and chuckle, Angelus turns to Spike,
"Now we'll see how strong she is without the old man" Spike snorts and starts to leave Angelus takes one last look at her tears and with a satisfied smirk he turns around and leaves.
Buffy lifts her head up, sensing the vampires presence with angry and pain in her eyes she softly lays Merrick's body down and stands up, Pike walks over to her in comfort and puts his hand on her shoulder she turns round to face him, and he can see her anger, she turns to face the direction Angelus and Spike went and runs, she runs.
Pike watches her go takes one last look at Merrick's lifeless body and follows.
Buffy ran as fast as she could fuelled by anger and revenge, through the trees and gravestones in the cemetery, she stops dead in her tracks when her vampire sensors go off, she looks right and glares at the surroundings, she knows that's the way the vampires went and it just causes her to get more pissed, Pike catches up out of breath from running so fast, he stands next to Buffy and looks in the direction she is, he looks back at Buffy's face which hadn't flinched, he walks a little closer and puts his hand on her shoulder, Buffy looks at him and he can tell how angry she is and that she is on the verge of blowing,
"I promise you I'll help you kill them" he says looking in her eyes, she looks back in the direction she had been staring at then back at him and smiles a sad smile,
"They killed him" she says just above a whisper, Pike pulls her into a hug,
"I know, shh, I promise you they'll pay" she sniffs back her tears and looks at him,
"No Pike you don't understand this is my fault, they were after me not him I killed him" she breaks down in tears and Pike's face is horrified at what she just told him, he pulls away from the hug and stares into her eyes,
"Buffy look at him, you didn't kill him, they did, this isn't your fault so don't blame yourself" she calms down then her face turns to rock again and all the pain she was feeling a moment away transformed into anger and fury,
"You're right this isn't my fault," she look back into the trees in which the vampires ran, "It theirs" Pike looks at Buffy, and gives her another hug, she falls into it but doesn't shed another tear, her face still staring into the darkness of the cemetery.
Buffy and Pike are walking up the drive of Buffy's house she hadn't said any thing since they left the cemetery, Pike looks at her worried he holds her shoulder to stop her walking into her house she turns to face him,
"Are you going to be ok?" he asks with concern in his voice, she smiles slightly and nods her head,
"Yah Pike I'll be fine, thanks, goodnight" she turns her back on him and walks into her house, he looks at the closed door for a few seconds then turns and leaves.
Buffy walks straight up to her room without a word to her parent, they look at her with concern, Buffy walks into her roiom and closes the door, she walks over to her desk and opens the top draw inside is holy water, 2 stakes, and a cross, she runs her fingers over the cross and sighs deeply, she slims the draw closed and looks at her reflection in the mirror, a tear falls from her eye, when she notices she scrunches her face up wipes the tear away and her face turns to stone (Not literally) with no emotion at all on it, a knock at the door snaps her out of her thought and she spins round to face her door, her mums voice comes from the other side,
"Hunny are you ok?" she asks with a concerned voice, Buffy makes her best attempt to sound happy and ok,
"Yah mum I'm fine, I'm going to bed now kinda tired night" she waits for her mums reply and turns back to her mirror, then she spins and looks at her window she rushes over to it and opens it the cool air blows across her face drying any tears that had fallen, she sits on her windowsill and looks out at the dark sky, she turns her head and faces the direction of the cemetery, you can see part of it from where she sat on her windowsill, her face turns angry,
"You Fuckers Will Pay" she said with spite, she spins her body round and jumps down from the windowsill, she turns round and closes the window, she goes to change then crawls into bed.
The knife spins through the air as it rips through the flesh on his back, he falls to the floor with a gasp of shock and pain, she runs over to him and turns his body over...
"Dig deep and believe in yourself" a tear fall from her check onto the ground as he takes his last breath and dies.
Buffy shoots up from her sleep with sweat on her forehead and tears in her eyes, she looks at her surroundings she's in her room laying in bed, she sighs, and bows her head into her hands and starts to cry, after a few minutes, she looks up her eyes are red, but wide, and her face has an unreadable expression, her lips curl up into a small smile, and she whispers,
"Thanks Merrick" she lies back down and falls into a peaceful sleep.
Buffy hits the alarm clock that is buzzing as she climbs out of bed, she rubs her eyes which are stinging, she walks over to her mirror and takes her brush to brush her hair, she walks out of her room and into the bathroom to wash up, 10minutes later she heads back to her room to get dressed, she pulls out a pair of black leather trouser, and a black tank op she takes her leather jacket and flings it on, she walks over to her mirror again and looks at her reflection her hair is messy which is the style she was going for her makeup, is purple eye liner with blood red lipstick the tips of her hair dyed red, she produces an evil looking smile and leaves her room she bounces downstairs into the kitchen and grabs a piece of toast, her mum made, when Joyce turns round she jumps at the sight of her daughter, she takes a breath then speaks,
"Uh hunny, you going for a new look?" she asks pointing at her daughters get up, Buffy looks at her outfit and smiles,
"Well just felt like something different don't worry mum" she says with a smile to reassure her mum, Joyce smiles then sighs again,
"Uh hunny today your father and I will be sighing the papers for the divorce, I want to be absolutely sure you're ok with this decision" Buffy smiles and nods her head,
"Deffinatly you and dad, aren't getting along and haven't been for a long time and I think a divorce is for the best" Joyce sighs a sigh of relief and smiles at her, Buffy jumps up from her seat,
"Oh I gotta go bye mum" she runs out the room and up the stairs, she opens her top draw and takes out the holy water, the 2 stakes and the cross, she throws them into her bag she runs back down stairs shouts bye to her mum and is out the door.
Buffy walks down the road to the cemetery, her face is full of controlled, which she wont let out until she finds Angel and Spike, she walks into the cemetery and straight to the place Merrick was killed, his body was gone and there was no sign that anything ever happened, she carries on walking until she gets to the part of the cemetery she sensed they had gone the night before, she turns in that direction and stops, she opens her bag and pulls out one stake the cross and holy water, she tucks the stake in her trouser and the cross and holy water in the inside pocket of her jacket, then she carries on in the same direction the vamps had gone last night.
In the factory, Spike and Angel are getting drunk,
"Ahh man, that was fun did you see her face, full of poain and tears I'll never forget that look in her eyes," Angel says happily, Spike snorts,
"She's a bloody stupid bint, thinking we'd let her get away that easy" Angel and Spike both start laughing.
Buffy starts to walks faster when she senses the vampires, she gets to the edge of the cemetery and sees n old factory, she jumps over the fence of the cemetery and runs across the road to the factory she sneaks to the back entrance, she can hear the two vampires laughing and she gets more and more angry when she hears what they are saying.
Spike stops laughing which causes Angel too, they look around their surrounding and sniffing the air, they both smile and jump down from where they were sitting,
"Slayer!" Spike yells mockingly through the factory, Angel sniffs the air again and turns to Spike,
"She fuelled on pure anger and rage" a smirk hits his face, "This'll be fun" Spike starts to laugh.
Buffy walks through the factory when she hears the vampires call her she tenses, she jumps onto crate above her and walks across them, she sees the two vampires looking around, a small smirk shows on her face and she chuckles a little bit of anger and frustration, Angel looks up at her and grins,
"Slayer" Spike looks up at her and smirks,
"Ell luv" Buffy jumps down from the crates and goes into a fighting stance, her fist ready to fight and tension in every muscle in her body, Spike eyes her up and down, "Don't you look nice Slayer, love the tight top" he smirk, Buffy tenses even more
'Dig deep and believe in yourself'' Merrick's voice goes through her head, as it does all the tension in her body decreases and she stands up out of fighting stance, Angel smirks at her and walks slowly toward her, Buffy watches his movement carefully,
"You wont win" she says with less anger and more point-of-fact in her voice, Spike snorts, Angel glares at her, and his vampire face shows his yellow eyes beaming down on her green eyes, he walks closer to her and she doesn't move, he stops dead in front of her, Buffy smirks at his cockiness, and in one quick movement she punches him in the face and with that one blow he goes flying into a bunch of cracks on the opposite side of the factory, Buffy smirks, then looks at Spike, who was looking in the direction Angel went flying he turns back to her and smirks,
"Nice one slayer" she walks closer to him, not taking her eyes of him, he tilts his head back and smirks, "Come on then luv lets dance" he punches her in the face, knocking her head back, she spins round and kicks him in the stomach, he staggers back then regains his balance, she rushes towards him and punches him in the face and then in the stomach, he looks up at her and punches her in the face and backhands her, she turns round and jumps up onto the crates away from him, he jumps up to her she spins round and punches him, making him fall back down on the floor, she jumps down and lands on top of him, his body locked to the floor by her, he smirks,
"Like being on top ai slayer" Buffy has a disgusted look on her face, she grabs the stake from her trousers and points it to his chest he watches with horror, Buffy smirks,
"Told you, you wouldn't win" and she pushes the stake into his heart, his eyes stare into hers her smirk never leaving her face, as he turns to dust beneath her, she jumps to her feet and wipes her clothing, she turns to face Angel who is only just pulling himself of the floor, she walks over to him, her smirk gone and anger replaced, he looks at her then looks around he doesn't she his childe,
"Where's Spike?" he asks with spite still in vamp face, Buffy's smirk returns,
"Blowing in the wind" she lets of a little giggle as he charges at her, she backs up and kicks him in the face, he staggers back and growls deep in his chest, he punches her in the face then kicks her in the stomach, she falls to the floor in pain, he grabs her by the shoulder and pulls her face up and punches her twice she drops her head to the floor, he circles her and she watches his feet move round her, when he stops in front of her she lifts her head and throws the holy water at his face, he yells in pain and holds his face with his hands, she stands up and watches with angry amassment at his pain, she grabs her stake and holds it out ready for the kill, when he takes his hands way from his face, it is burned and sore, she smirks and stabs the stake into his chest, he looks at the stake then lifts his head to look at her, an evil smirk forms on his face as he turns to dust, Buffy smiles as the dust falls to the floor, she looks around the factory, then jumps up onto a crate, she turns her body around and walks toward the window, she looks down at the concrete below and jumps, she lands on her feet and looks back at the factory one last look before she turns and walks away.
Buffy steps closer to Pike, his face expression still very confused she smiles slightly, and takes a deep breath,
"Pike, I'm a vampire slayer" she stares at him to see his reaction, his face is expressionless now, he doesn't blink for a few seconds longer than normal, then without changing his expression, he just says
"Ow" then faints, Buffy rolls her eyes and smirks a little, she kneels down next to him and puts her hand on his shoulder and rocks his body to wake him up, he moans at first then opens his eyes slowly, she smiles warmly and he just moans again from the impact of the floor to his head, she takes his hand and helps him up to his feet,
"Are you ok?" she asks worried, he nods his head and rubs the back of his head,
"Yeh but I thought I heard you say you were a vampire slayer" Buffy nods,
"I did," she says and his face returns to its expressionless state, Buffy sighs, "I know it's a lot to take in but those men that I was fighting they were vampires and they want to kill me" she says in one breath and then smiles innocently, Pike takes a deep breath,
"Okay, so you're a vampire slayer and they were vampires, that's explains everything" he says, Buffy smirks a little, then lowers her head,
"I understand if you don't want to see me anymore, my life is pretty..." Pike cuts her off,
"... Exciting" Buffy lifts her head with wide eyes,
"Well I was gunna say dangerous, threatening, and not exactly a life but ok" Pike chuckles, and Buffy smiles, then turns to Merrick, who smiles at her, she sighs a sigh of relief,
"Well that went better than..." suddenly a a knife stabs Merrick in the back making him topple over onto the ground, Buffy eyes widen and she runs straight to his side,
"Merrick" Merrick!" she panics and turns his body onto its back, his eyes are wide and he's gasping silently for air,
"Buffy, you made me proud, you're gunna be a terrific slayer" Buffy tears fall,
"I will I promise with your help" Merrick shakes his head,
"No, it's my time, I have taught you all you need to know" Buffy shakes her head and more tears fall, Pike is staring at the scene and keeping an eye out for any other attacks,
"Merrick please I need you, I still need you, I have more I have to learn please you cant leave me" Merrick smiles warmly,
"You can do this Buffy, dig deep and believe in yourself" with that' he takes his last breath, his head tilts to the side, because Buffy his holding him up, Buffy's eyes widen and she lets lose all the tears, she buries her head in the crook of his neck and cries, Pike watches, with pain showing on his face...
From the shadows Angelus and Spike stand with big grins on their faces, they watch as she cries and chuckle, Angelus turns to Spike,
"Now we'll see how strong she is without the old man" Spike snorts and starts to leave Angelus takes one last look at her tears and with a satisfied smirk he turns around and leaves.
Buffy lifts her head up, sensing the vampires presence with angry and pain in her eyes she softly lays Merrick's body down and stands up, Pike walks over to her in comfort and puts his hand on her shoulder she turns round to face him, and he can see her anger, she turns to face the direction Angelus and Spike went and runs, she runs.
Pike watches her go takes one last look at Merrick's lifeless body and follows.
Buffy ran as fast as she could fuelled by anger and revenge, through the trees and gravestones in the cemetery, she stops dead in her tracks when her vampire sensors go off, she looks right and glares at the surroundings, she knows that's the way the vampires went and it just causes her to get more pissed, Pike catches up out of breath from running so fast, he stands next to Buffy and looks in the direction she is, he looks back at Buffy's face which hadn't flinched, he walks a little closer and puts his hand on her shoulder, Buffy looks at him and he can tell how angry she is and that she is on the verge of blowing,
"I promise you I'll help you kill them" he says looking in her eyes, she looks back in the direction she had been staring at then back at him and smiles a sad smile,
"They killed him" she says just above a whisper, Pike pulls her into a hug,
"I know, shh, I promise you they'll pay" she sniffs back her tears and looks at him,
"No Pike you don't understand this is my fault, they were after me not him I killed him" she breaks down in tears and Pike's face is horrified at what she just told him, he pulls away from the hug and stares into her eyes,
"Buffy look at him, you didn't kill him, they did, this isn't your fault so don't blame yourself" she calms down then her face turns to rock again and all the pain she was feeling a moment away transformed into anger and fury,
"You're right this isn't my fault," she look back into the trees in which the vampires ran, "It theirs" Pike looks at Buffy, and gives her another hug, she falls into it but doesn't shed another tear, her face still staring into the darkness of the cemetery.
Buffy and Pike are walking up the drive of Buffy's house she hadn't said any thing since they left the cemetery, Pike looks at her worried he holds her shoulder to stop her walking into her house she turns to face him,
"Are you going to be ok?" he asks with concern in his voice, she smiles slightly and nods her head,
"Yah Pike I'll be fine, thanks, goodnight" she turns her back on him and walks into her house, he looks at the closed door for a few seconds then turns and leaves.
Buffy walks straight up to her room without a word to her parent, they look at her with concern, Buffy walks into her roiom and closes the door, she walks over to her desk and opens the top draw inside is holy water, 2 stakes, and a cross, she runs her fingers over the cross and sighs deeply, she slims the draw closed and looks at her reflection in the mirror, a tear falls from her eye, when she notices she scrunches her face up wipes the tear away and her face turns to stone (Not literally) with no emotion at all on it, a knock at the door snaps her out of her thought and she spins round to face her door, her mums voice comes from the other side,
"Hunny are you ok?" she asks with a concerned voice, Buffy makes her best attempt to sound happy and ok,
"Yah mum I'm fine, I'm going to bed now kinda tired night" she waits for her mums reply and turns back to her mirror, then she spins and looks at her window she rushes over to it and opens it the cool air blows across her face drying any tears that had fallen, she sits on her windowsill and looks out at the dark sky, she turns her head and faces the direction of the cemetery, you can see part of it from where she sat on her windowsill, her face turns angry,
"You Fuckers Will Pay" she said with spite, she spins her body round and jumps down from the windowsill, she turns round and closes the window, she goes to change then crawls into bed.
The knife spins through the air as it rips through the flesh on his back, he falls to the floor with a gasp of shock and pain, she runs over to him and turns his body over...
"Dig deep and believe in yourself" a tear fall from her check onto the ground as he takes his last breath and dies.
Buffy shoots up from her sleep with sweat on her forehead and tears in her eyes, she looks at her surroundings she's in her room laying in bed, she sighs, and bows her head into her hands and starts to cry, after a few minutes, she looks up her eyes are red, but wide, and her face has an unreadable expression, her lips curl up into a small smile, and she whispers,
"Thanks Merrick" she lies back down and falls into a peaceful sleep.
Buffy hits the alarm clock that is buzzing as she climbs out of bed, she rubs her eyes which are stinging, she walks over to her mirror and takes her brush to brush her hair, she walks out of her room and into the bathroom to wash up, 10minutes later she heads back to her room to get dressed, she pulls out a pair of black leather trouser, and a black tank op she takes her leather jacket and flings it on, she walks over to her mirror again and looks at her reflection her hair is messy which is the style she was going for her makeup, is purple eye liner with blood red lipstick the tips of her hair dyed red, she produces an evil looking smile and leaves her room she bounces downstairs into the kitchen and grabs a piece of toast, her mum made, when Joyce turns round she jumps at the sight of her daughter, she takes a breath then speaks,
"Uh hunny, you going for a new look?" she asks pointing at her daughters get up, Buffy looks at her outfit and smiles,
"Well just felt like something different don't worry mum" she says with a smile to reassure her mum, Joyce smiles then sighs again,
"Uh hunny today your father and I will be sighing the papers for the divorce, I want to be absolutely sure you're ok with this decision" Buffy smiles and nods her head,
"Deffinatly you and dad, aren't getting along and haven't been for a long time and I think a divorce is for the best" Joyce sighs a sigh of relief and smiles at her, Buffy jumps up from her seat,
"Oh I gotta go bye mum" she runs out the room and up the stairs, she opens her top draw and takes out the holy water, the 2 stakes and the cross, she throws them into her bag she runs back down stairs shouts bye to her mum and is out the door.
Buffy walks down the road to the cemetery, her face is full of controlled, which she wont let out until she finds Angel and Spike, she walks into the cemetery and straight to the place Merrick was killed, his body was gone and there was no sign that anything ever happened, she carries on walking until she gets to the part of the cemetery she sensed they had gone the night before, she turns in that direction and stops, she opens her bag and pulls out one stake the cross and holy water, she tucks the stake in her trouser and the cross and holy water in the inside pocket of her jacket, then she carries on in the same direction the vamps had gone last night.
In the factory, Spike and Angel are getting drunk,
"Ahh man, that was fun did you see her face, full of poain and tears I'll never forget that look in her eyes," Angel says happily, Spike snorts,
"She's a bloody stupid bint, thinking we'd let her get away that easy" Angel and Spike both start laughing.
Buffy starts to walks faster when she senses the vampires, she gets to the edge of the cemetery and sees n old factory, she jumps over the fence of the cemetery and runs across the road to the factory she sneaks to the back entrance, she can hear the two vampires laughing and she gets more and more angry when she hears what they are saying.
Spike stops laughing which causes Angel too, they look around their surrounding and sniffing the air, they both smile and jump down from where they were sitting,
"Slayer!" Spike yells mockingly through the factory, Angel sniffs the air again and turns to Spike,
"She fuelled on pure anger and rage" a smirk hits his face, "This'll be fun" Spike starts to laugh.
Buffy walks through the factory when she hears the vampires call her she tenses, she jumps onto crate above her and walks across them, she sees the two vampires looking around, a small smirk shows on her face and she chuckles a little bit of anger and frustration, Angel looks up at her and grins,
"Slayer" Spike looks up at her and smirks,
"Ell luv" Buffy jumps down from the crates and goes into a fighting stance, her fist ready to fight and tension in every muscle in her body, Spike eyes her up and down, "Don't you look nice Slayer, love the tight top" he smirk, Buffy tenses even more
'Dig deep and believe in yourself'' Merrick's voice goes through her head, as it does all the tension in her body decreases and she stands up out of fighting stance, Angel smirks at her and walks slowly toward her, Buffy watches his movement carefully,
"You wont win" she says with less anger and more point-of-fact in her voice, Spike snorts, Angel glares at her, and his vampire face shows his yellow eyes beaming down on her green eyes, he walks closer to her and she doesn't move, he stops dead in front of her, Buffy smirks at his cockiness, and in one quick movement she punches him in the face and with that one blow he goes flying into a bunch of cracks on the opposite side of the factory, Buffy smirks, then looks at Spike, who was looking in the direction Angel went flying he turns back to her and smirks,
"Nice one slayer" she walks closer to him, not taking her eyes of him, he tilts his head back and smirks, "Come on then luv lets dance" he punches her in the face, knocking her head back, she spins round and kicks him in the stomach, he staggers back then regains his balance, she rushes towards him and punches him in the face and then in the stomach, he looks up at her and punches her in the face and backhands her, she turns round and jumps up onto the crates away from him, he jumps up to her she spins round and punches him, making him fall back down on the floor, she jumps down and lands on top of him, his body locked to the floor by her, he smirks,
"Like being on top ai slayer" Buffy has a disgusted look on her face, she grabs the stake from her trousers and points it to his chest he watches with horror, Buffy smirks,
"Told you, you wouldn't win" and she pushes the stake into his heart, his eyes stare into hers her smirk never leaving her face, as he turns to dust beneath her, she jumps to her feet and wipes her clothing, she turns to face Angel who is only just pulling himself of the floor, she walks over to him, her smirk gone and anger replaced, he looks at her then looks around he doesn't she his childe,
"Where's Spike?" he asks with spite still in vamp face, Buffy's smirk returns,
"Blowing in the wind" she lets of a little giggle as he charges at her, she backs up and kicks him in the face, he staggers back and growls deep in his chest, he punches her in the face then kicks her in the stomach, she falls to the floor in pain, he grabs her by the shoulder and pulls her face up and punches her twice she drops her head to the floor, he circles her and she watches his feet move round her, when he stops in front of her she lifts her head and throws the holy water at his face, he yells in pain and holds his face with his hands, she stands up and watches with angry amassment at his pain, she grabs her stake and holds it out ready for the kill, when he takes his hands way from his face, it is burned and sore, she smirks and stabs the stake into his chest, he looks at the stake then lifts his head to look at her, an evil smirk forms on his face as he turns to dust, Buffy smiles as the dust falls to the floor, she looks around the factory, then jumps up onto a crate, she turns her body around and walks toward the window, she looks down at the concrete below and jumps, she lands on her feet and looks back at the factory one last look before she turns and walks away.