Title: The First Seconded
Author: Falcon-Rider falcon_rider@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13 for Angst and ect. And CD
Disclaimer: I own nothing 'cept the plot and Nich. Oh and a few others…
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Part Thirty Four
Lessons
21 days
She fell out of her chair to the freshly polished tiled floor. Her hands stung at the contact but she didn't notice. Images flashed in front of her eyes, inside her eyes. Her mind.
Dawn was out of her seat in a flash and kneeling next to Nich. The seer gasped as the images fell away and sat up quickly.
"Are you alright?"
Nich looked up at the teacher and nodded. Her hand pushed a strand of hair that had fallen into her eyes behind her ear. "Could I go use the bathroom?"
"Of course," The teacher nodded. He was still concerned though and decided to do something that would put his concerns at ease. "Dawn, why don't you go with her? Just to make sure nothing else like this happens."
"Sure," Dawn nodded and followed Nich out the door.
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"N-No one hit me," the blonde turned to face Echo. "Really I'm fine."
Echo gasped in alarm as the pretty girl she had seen in the mirror's face was rotten.
"Oh my gawd."
"He can't help you now, no one can help you now." It smiled, black teech and dark gums showed. "Just like no one could help me then."
Echo moved as if to back up against the wall, but she didn't make it.
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"You shouldn't be running!" Dawn called grabbing Nichs arm as they hurried down the hall.
"I'm fine," the seer growled pulling her arm away. "I'm just in a hurry!"
Just before the reached the bathroom Dawn grabbed Nich and forced her to a stop in the hall using her new strength.
"Hold it, you just had some sort of seizure attack thing and now you're running full speed ahead down the hall, a slippery tiled hall. Do you want to get yourself hurt?"
"I'm fine, but Echo won't be if I can't get in that bathroom now."
"What are you talking abou-" Dawns voices was cut off by a muffled scream.
"Bloody Hell," Nich grumbled as she and Dawn jumped toward the door.
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Arms wrapped around her and a growl filled her ear causing her to scream into a torn and rotting hand.
The door top the Girls Bathroom swung open and Nich, followed closely by Dawn, ran into the room.
Nich growled and jumped toward the creature holding Echo hostage. She didn't make it and was knocked aside. She hit the mirrored wall above the faucet after a rotting and balding janitor threw her away from her intended target. The mirror didn't shatter due to not being made of glass but it bent and dented.
Nich rolled onto the floor knocking a stick figurine down with her. Her face was hidden by her long hair as the janitor grabbed her neck from behind and tightened his grip.
Dawn, however, managed to make it to Echo. The young slayer punched the dead Jekyl-Hyde in the face and grabbed his arm. Echo's struggling and Dawn's help let the teen get free of the Jekyle wannabe.
"Get out of here!" Dawn called to her as she kicked at the Hyde. He grabbed her leg mid kick and twisted her to the side causing her to lose balance and fall to the floor.
The blonde corpse to the side pulled at Echo's arm as she ran toward the door.
Echo turned to face her with wide eyes.
"No one escapes this school and no one ever cares. You're all going to die."
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Nich was pulled of her feet, struggling to breathe she slammed her elbow back into the dead man's face and growled. As she stuggled her face shifted slightly, her brows disappeared and the boned shifted leaving a slightly bumpy appearance (think Delenn on B5 without the head bone structure thing). Her canines elongated slightly and grew sharp but her eyes… the once green of the contacts shifted to the purpose full dark blue. Her wavy hair still covered her face but Nich saw the change in the mirror.
Feeling a burst of energy Nich slammed her foot backwards causing even the dead man to cringe and stumble back. Nich rolled her body into a sitting position and flung herself out of his loosened grasp.
The seer turned and kicked him in the face, "Sorry about the dirty fighting, it's just dieing wouldn't look good on my permanent record right now."
The lights sparked as a hand shot up from the floor and grabbed her ankle, "What the hell!?"
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As Dawn went to et up hands shot through the tiled floor and latched onto her arms and legs. The teen screamed ad the floor gave out.
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The blonde holding Echo disappeared and she fell along with her friends into the dark and dirsty, but not yet musty, basement.
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Outside the basement the bell rang for class to change.
*****
Spike sighted as the students filed out of the classroom. The Vampire turned slayer turned history teacher wasn't used to this torture. He never wanted to answer another question about his "College life", girlfriends, or, especially, his age again
He glanced at the clock and a ghost of a smile lit his lips. Planning period, time to take a break from the nightmare that was teaching. He leaned back in his chair and ran a hand through his blonde-brown hair unintentionally messing it up and letting a few stray curls form. Spike yawned and picked up the teacher's version of the world history book to decide on what he was going to cover this week.
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Nich groaned, the seer had landed on her stomach and one of her ribs was sore and probably bruised from landing on a large bit of rubble. Her throat ached from where the janitor had grabbed her and she knew she was going to regret moving and this entire daredevil act later.
Sitting up she ran a hand over her face and groaned. What a way to finally figure out what type of demon you are half of.
Afew feet away Echo nudged Dawn's shoulder causing the slayer to bolt upright.
"Nichole?" Dawn asked quietly as she stood. The room was dark and she could barely see. "You alright?"
"Kinda," The seer avoided looking toward her friends as she stood. Her eyesight was normal even in the dark. Side's she didn't know how to shift out of her demon face. "Are you two okay?"
"A little bruised…" Echo trailed off crossing her arms and shivering slightly. "What were those things?"
"Angry spirits of some sort I think, and probably from the old High School," Nich said slowly as she looked around for a way out.
"Like ghosts?" Echo raised a skeptical brow.
"Yah, like ghosts. Only they could touch us…" Dawn trailed off. "Manifestions! They're manifestions!"
"Mani-what?" Echo glanced at her confused.
"Manifestions, spirits that are called by some sort of object usually." Dawn shrugged. "Or something like that. I skimmed through a section in one of…" She trailed off at the look Echo gave her. "It was in one of my sister's friends sci-fi magazines, something to do with X-files or something."
"Way to go research girl," Nich mumbled. "There's a passage over here we can go through."
"Then let's get going, this place is staring to creep me out," Echo tried to moved passed Nich but the seer stopped her with a hand on her shoulder.
"Let me go first, I have excellent night vision." She brushed past her and walked on down the corridor.
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"We, are lost." Echo announced as she picked up an eraser she had tripped on and tossed it to the side. "There sure seems to be a lot of junk down here for the school just being built."
Dawn nodded. "Yep on both accounts. Think we should call someone?"
Nich nodded, "I left my cell in my bag though."
"I have one," Dawn took the small black phone out of her pocket. "So who are we going to call?"
"I'll call my brother, he works in the school after all," Nich took the phone out of her hands before she could protest and dialed his number.
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Spike groaned as the phone awoke him from his unintended nap, "'Ello?"
"Heya Bro, I kind of need some help."
"Are you already in trouble?" Spike asked raising an eyebrow. "How'd you manage that?"
"Uh, evil spirits? I'm kinda stuck in the basement as well."
"Stuck in the basement? You don't-"
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"That's your nasty habit and ew," Nich rolled her eyes. "Could you just get down here?"
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"Alright, I'll come save the day," Spike replied. "Sacred duty and all… is there something wrong with your voice."
"No, uh just slightly muffled by my inheritance, can you just get down here?!"
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Nich tossed Dawn the phone after hanging up, her face entering Dawns range of sight briefly.
"What's wrong with your face?"
"I'm fine, its just a cut."
"I didn't see a cut," Dawn glanced at Nich suspiciously.
Nich shrugged, "Its just a cut. I probably have a black eye too with my luck." The seer began to continue down the hall. "We better keep looking for the exit."
"Aren't you supposed to stay where you are when you're lost?" Echo asked nervously following close behind Nich.
"And be evil-spirit food?" Nich raised an eybrow at her in the dark. "I'd rather not."
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To be continued in: Trial and error
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