Something Wicked This Way Comes
Chapter 15: Goodnight Sweet Prince
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Disclaimer: The characters of Btvs and Ats belong to Joss Whedon, not myself.
Summary: See pervious chapters
Sentences all in Italics are thoughts and one or two words are emphasized.
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"I just want to say something before we all going running blindly into this massacre," said Andrew as he gripped his sword tightly.
"What's that?" asked Buffy.
"I love you guys, and I know you'll probably just laugh it off, but I'm serious. You guys are like my family and you all mean a lot to me."
To Andrew's surprise nobody laughed, instead Dawn pulled him into a brief hug.
"I think we all feel that way," said Dawn as she pulled away.
"You're all gonna be fine," said Angel.
"What makes you so sure?" asked Xander.
"Cause this isn't about you guys," said Angel as he turned to look at Spike. "It's about me and Spike, you guys are just caught in the middle."
"What do you mean it's not about us?" asked Buffy. "This is our forte, I mean, this is what we've been doing for almost eight years now."
"This is all about the Shanshu prophecy and the only thing mentioned in that prophecy is an epic battle and the vampire with the soul. Last time I checked, Spike and I were the only two who qualified for that position."
"But you signed your chance away," pointed out Wesley.
"I signed Angel, my name's Liam, so it doesn't count."
"How clever," said Willow.
"I best be going," said Spike. "I've got an army to lead to the slaughter."
"Good luck," called Fred as she watched Spike walk away.
"I wish we were all that confident," commented Xander.
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"Are you sure this will go off without a hitch?" asked Alise as Spike entered the church.
"Everything's going to go according to plan," said Spike as he looked Alise right in the eye.
"And they'll all fall down," sang Drusilla.
"Of course they will," said Alise. "After all, it's what Spike has planned, isn't it?"
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"Okay, let me make sure I have this straight," said Xander as the group did last minute preparations for battle. "Illyeria, Angel, Spike, and Faith all went out last night and took out the Circle of the Black Thorn, right?"
"Yeah," said Faith. "It was pretty easy."
"Okay, and now we're going to fight this oncoming demon horde to the point of victory, lead it to the church where there's a whole army of vampires waiting for us, and then Willow's going to unleash the coup de gras?"
"That sounds about right," said Buffy.
"And with any luck, this will all go according to plan?"
"Uh huh."
"I'm amazed by the amount of preparation," commented Xander.
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"Do you hear that Spikey?" asked Drusilla as she tilted her head to the side.
"What is it Pet?" asked Spike.
"It's the sound of pain. It's singing its sweet song to us Spikey. Dance with me my Prince?"
"Of course," said Spike as he began to lead Drusilla in a box step.
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"This sucks," yelled Xander over the roar of the battle.
"Will you stop complaining already?" shouted Dawn as she cut the head off a demon. "There are more important things you should be worrying about."
"Fine. I'll shut up now." Xander ducked as a large troll like creature swung a hammer at his head.
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Buffy ducked the punch aimed at her head and landed one of her own in the demon's solar plexis. The demons staggered back, giving Buffy the perfect opportunity to sever its head from its body. She then looked around to see how her friends were doing. Dawn and Xander seemed to be multitasking by having a conversation and killing demons at the same time. Faith was handling her own well, as were Angel and Gunn. Wesley was blowing demon's apart with his shotgun while Fred was engaged in a fight with a nasty looking three headed demon armed with nothing, but her sword.
On the other side of the battlefield, Illyeria was ripping demons apart with her bare hands while Willow and Giles were using magic. Andrew was staying alive somehow, but Buffy couldn't quite tell how he was doing it. The group was doing surprising well, but Buffy wished Spike could've given them a hand with at least part of the fight instead of going to the church to keep the vampires busy.
He totally got the easy way out on this one. Thought Buffy.
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"Oh Spikey, it's magnificent," said Drusilla as she stared off into space. "I wish you could see what destruction's being unleashed."
"Tell me what you see Luv," said Spike, eager to know what was going on outside, even if it was just a second hand description from a vision.
"There's blood everywhere. It's screaming and the sound's music to my ears. That naughty slayer's still alive and that makes Miss Edith angry."
Thank hell they're okay. Thought Spike.
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"How much longer?" called Andrew.
"Just a little bit," replied Buffy as she swung her sword and cut off a demon's arm. "Wills' spell can only kill so much."
"I can't believe we're actually making it so far." Andrew cut the leg off a tall slimy demon.
"I told you everything would be fine," said Buffy reassuringly.
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Spike looked around the deserted church, or at least it looked deserted. The church was an old two story building with a basement full of hidden rooms and tunnels. There was a balcony that was packed full of vamps as was the basement, but you couldn't see anything just by standing in the first floor.
"Are you ready?" Alise seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Yeah, what about you?" replied Spike.
"I live for a good massacre," said Alise. "Although the crucifix kind of makes my skin crawl."
Spike looked up the aisle to the large wooden cross that hung behind the altar.
"Snot that bad."
"Speak for yourself."
"They'll be 'ere any minute now."
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"We should get going before any more of them show up," said Buffy as she killed the last of the demons and picked up her sword.
"The sooner we get this over with, the better," said Xander as Buffy began to jog toward the church.
"I can't believe we're walking into the belly of the beast," said Xander.
"Stop being such a wimp," said Faith.
"Yeah, we made it through Sunnydale," said Dawn.
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Buffy walked into the church to see Spike standing in the middle of the aisle, just like he said he would.
'Ere's where the acting starts. Thought Spike.
"Spike what the hell are you doing here?" asked Buffy in mock shock.
"Did you really think I'd be on your side when the line was drawn?" asked Spike.
"But, I-I . . ."
"Trusted him?"
Buffy turned to see Alise walking toward her from the other end of the aisle.
"Our Spike is a rather talented actor. Excuse me," Alise inched her way between Xander and a pew before continuing up the aisle. "It must be painful to realize that someone so close to you has screwed you over."
"How could you?" Buffy addressed Spike.
"Slayer, Slayer," said Spike with a shake of his head. "You swore up and down I was evil, but no one believed you, so you let down your guard. You let me get close to you," Spike raised his eyebrow suggestively. "And just when you trust me completely, I show that you were right all along. I thought you were better then that."
"I could say the same for you," replied Buffy hatefully.
"Naughty, naughty," said Drusilla as she came from the left. "You shouldn't talk like that. I ought to cut out your tongue."
"Dru darling, why waste your time with her?" asked Spike.
Buffy knew he was acting, but Spike's show of affection toward Drusilla made a bit of jealousy begin to grow in her stomach.
"I want to taste her Spike," said Drusilla as she came to stand next to him.
"Why not me instead?"
Drusilla smiled wickedly before raking one of her long nails down Spike's cheek. She watched in delight as little droplets of blood began to appear and just before they fell she ran her tongue over the cut closing it.
"You taste like death Spike and I love it."
"And I you." Spike gave Drusilla a passionate kiss.
"I think I'm gonna be sick," commented Xander.
"Is there a reason for all this?" asked Buffy, eager to get the show on the road.
"Yes," said Alise.
"And what is it?"
"We're going to kill you."
"The three of you?" asked Buffy.
"No, we have backup." Alise snapped her fingers and all the vamps poured out of their hiding places.
"Is this a good time to panic?" asked Andrew quietly.
"No," whispered Dawn.
"Is this all you've got?" asked Buffy.
"I'm sure it'll be more then enough."
"I doubt it," Said Buffy as she lunged at Alise and the fight was on.
The vamps were much easier to kill compared to the demon's the group and just got done fighting and Faith easily killed eight of them within the first five minutes of the fight. Willow and Fred went off to the side to get the spell ready for the coup de gras, while Wesley and Giles provided protection from the vamps. While the rest of the group set to work on the vamps, Buffy went after Alise.
"I don't know why you bother fighting," said Alise as she ducked one of Buffy's punches. "You're just going to lose." There was a sickening crack as Alise's fist connected with Buffy's cheek.
"What makes you so sure?" asked the slayer as she kicked Alise in the side.
"Face it. You're all washed out." Alise jumped up as Buffy moved to kick her legs out from under her. "You didn't bother to quit while you were ahead and now you're gonna die."
"Where do you get all of this false confidence?" Buffy's boot hit Alise square in the face.
"Come on, you didn't even notice that Spike was selling you? What kind of Slayer are you?"
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Spike joined in the fray, staking any vamps that crossed his path. When the fight broke out Drusilla had gotten pushed away from him and now he couldn't find her, which could or could not be a good thing.
"Howdy stranger," said Faith as she staked the vamp she'd been fighting.
"Hey." Spike staked the vamp in front of him. "Did you see where Dru got off to?"
"I think she headed upstairs," said Faith.
"Thanks." Spike took off for the stairs.
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"You're not as quick as I thought you'd be," said Alise as she punched Buffy in the stomach. "Are you slipping in your old age?"
"Bite me," snapped Buffy as she went to kick Alise.
"Ooh, I'd love to," said Alise as she grabbed Buffy's foot.
"What's with you evil women bent on taking over the world? I mean, do you all get together and swap ideas? Cause you're all the same." Buffy kicked Alise in the stomach and then kneed her in the face.
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Spike came up the stairs just as Drusilla through a candlestick at his head.
"You've betrayed me Spike!" screamed Drusilla.
"What do you mean?" asked Spike, hoping he could play dumb.
"You're tainted, just like before. Your kiss of death has turned to ashes in my mouth." Drusilla spit on the floor to emphasize her point.
"Dru, just calm down," said Spike. "I don't want to hurt you."
Drusilla lunged at Spike, clawing at his face. Spike grabbed her by the wrists and head butted her.
"I said I didn't want to hurt you, never said I wouldn't if you pushed me."
Drusilla pulled free from Spike's grasp and raked her hand down the side of his face, leaving a trail of bloody claw marks from his forehead to his neck. Spike pulled his stake from his pocket just as Drusilla lunged at him.
"Spike," said Drusilla as she turned to dust.
"I'm sorry Dru." Spike turned and hurried back down the stairs.
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"What's wrong?" asked Fred as she looked at the globe sitting in front of Willow. "It's supposed to be glowing, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it has to glow or it won't go off on its own," replied the red head.
"So what happens if it won't glow?"
"Someone will have to activate it."
"How do you do that?"
"You'd have to smash it with something, but the force of the spell would kill a normal person."
"So, we're screwed?" asked Fred.
"Not exactly," said Willow as Spike came down stairs.
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Spike.
Spike stopped walking as he heard a voice inside his head.
Spike, can you hear me?
Red? Thought Spike.
Yeah, I'm using the mental walkie talkies from when we fought Glory.
All right.
How do you feel about possibly sacrificing yourself once again?
What do you mean?
The spell's not working, and I need someone to smash the Globe of Herezade.
I'll do it.
Are you sure?
Positive.
Willow stood up and picked up the Globe of Herezade.
"What are you doing?" asked Fred as Willow threw the globe with as much force as she could muster.
"Possibly saving the day," replied Willow.
Fred watched as the globe traveled in an arc across the room as if it were happening in slow motion. The globe moved through the brawl that was going on and safely into Spike's waiting hand. As soon as Spike touched the ball time seemed to speed back up and it was only a matter of seconds before Spike sent the globe crashing to the ground, releasing a blast of light.
As the light dissipated the group found the church empty except for themselves. Fred looked around, but didn't see the two vampires that were on their side.
"Uh, where are Spike and Angel?"
"Right 'ere," said Spike as he slowly ands painfully got to his feet.
"Over here," added Angel as he too stood up.
"Uh, are you guys okay?" asked Willow.
"Yeah, just a little sore is all, why?" replied Angel.
"Cause you're both standing in pools of sunlight."
Spike and Angel both looked up to see that the globe had in fact blown two holes into the roof, one right by where each of them were standing, and the sun was shining down on them.
"Wow," said Angel. "Talk about unexpected."
"But it was expected," said Buffy as she walked over to the two.
"Just because you want something to happen Luv, doesn't mean it's any less creepy when it actually happens," said Spike.
"Well, I guess this really was the end all be all," said Buffy.
"Guess so," said Angel.
"I think we need to celebrate," said Faith as she put her arms around the two former vampires. "What do you say?"
"I'm in," said Angel with a smile. "Sides, life's too short, might as well have fun while you can."
"That's the spirit," said Spike.
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The End
I know the ending sucks, but what can I say? I have a short attention span and I needed to move onto to something new. Please review!