HEY ALL AVES WITH ANOTHER EXCITING CHAPTER OF "THE END OF ALL THINGS" GOTTA SAY THE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN MUCH APPRECIATED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THEM. I'VE GOT A LOT A QUESTIONS SENT TO ME AND THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS READ TO FIND OUT.
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CHAPTER 3
HOPELESS SITUATIONS
"So, have you talked to Spike yet"
Buffy turned around giving her sister the most irritated look she could muster. "Don't start Dawn. We are looking for supplies, I don't want to talk about this right now".
"He looks miserable."
"Dawn!" I have lost twenty five slayers tonight, Xander and Robin can barely walk, I find out Angel has a son, and to top it all off I come to save him and he blames me for starting what he thinks is the worst apocalypse ever! So, Spike is the least of my worries right now so please just drop it!" Dawn frowned, crossed her arms, and put on that bratty pose that Buffy despised so much. "Look, Dawn I'm sorry, let's just catch up with Willow and see if her group had any luck finding anything."
"Fine," Dawn muttered. Buffy suddenly stopped and looked around. "Now what?" her sister asked.
"Shhh!" Buffy hushed her. "I hear something, come on this way quietly."
Buffy led her sister down a narrow alleyway, trying to stay in the shadows, and trying not to think about deserted L.A. seemed even for two in the morning. A scream caused Buffy to quicken her pace, rounding the corner of the alley straight into a pack of some the most gruesome looking demons she had ever saw. Twelve of them, the type, Buffy had no idea, but they were big about 6'5 each, sharp teeth, sharp claws, gray and very ugly. Dawn caught up with her sister and saw Buffy slowly backing up. "Buffy what?"
The creatures heard Dawn and turned around to face them. "More pretties," one snarled.
"More eat," another growled.
The demons moved trying to circle the girls revealing the source of the scream in the process. "Oh my God!" Dawn shrieked. A young woman, torn open brutally, her blood and organs lying on the ground, well some of them, the rest were in the claws and teeth of the demons. Dawn was mortified. "They ate her," she croaked.
"Dawn run!" Buffy yelled.
"But,"
"No buts Dawn get out of here!"
"Buffy I can't, there are more behind us."
Buffy turned to see six more of the things. One licked a long tongue along its teeth. "Eat old one," it hissed.
Another nodded. "Take younger, we enjoy her first then eat her too," it wheezed in what sounded like a laugh.
Dawn shivered. "They won't touch us." Buffy swore. They slayer went into action leaping at one of the nearest demons going for a standard flying kick, but things didn't go as planned. Her foot was caught in the demon's claw. "Oh no," Buffy whispered. She was slammed to the ground face first.
"Buffy!" her sister screamed. The slayer was able to look over and see five of the things pinning Dawn down trying one licked her face. "We take," it hissed.
"Dawn, no please God," Buffy whispered herself now being held down by multiple demons.
One sank a claw into her flesh and then licked the wound. "We eat you now," it growled.
The slayer kicked and struggled but it was no use. She closed her eyes and prayed that somehow she would live through this.
"Well, I heard you survived the big boom but I didn't believe it till I saw your sorry ass with my own two eyes."
"Good to see you too Faith," Spike mumbled.
"Ah lighten up bleach boy I'm glad to see you're going to be around for this, whatever this is going on. I got a feeling we're going to need all the help we can get."
Spike nodded in agreement. "Yea, I think this might be it. The big one, and here we are sitting in this blooming relic licking our wounds, while our fearless leaders fight, sulk, and run off. Angel walked down the stairs as Spike finished his statement. "Well speak of the devil."
"Shut up Spike, where's Buffy?"
"B took Willow, Dawn, and couple of the slayers on a food run," Faith answered. "and by the way hello Angel, nice to see you, your looking good."
Angel nodded. "You too Faith, how are you?"
"Five by Five as always."
"Good, seen Giles?"
"Yea he's in that far office with Andrew I think they are trying to find out some info on our big bad battle."
"Thanks," Angel said as he walked off.
Faith watched the vampire leave. "Tall, dark, and brooding as always."
Spike was about to reply to the remark when doors, windows, and even a couple of the walls of the Hyperion blew apart. "Attack!" Spike yelled.
"Slayers, defensive positions!" Faith commanded as a horde of assorted demons, vamps, and other nasties poured into the hotel. The army of slayers, and other warriors reacted quickly and the battle was on.
Angel was making his way to discuss a possible plan of action with Giles when the attack came. He reacted quickly running to his old weapon's case where he had kept a few back up toys in case he needed them. A red monster leaped his way only to be relieved of its head. "I hate déjà vu," he remarked. He looked and saw the army pouring into the Hyperion. "Wow only about two thousand this time. How did I get so lucky?" The vampire grabbed another blade and dove into the fray.
"You must have really pissed somebody off." Faith quipped as she buried an axe into the forehead of a nasty puke green thing.
"Yea, well talk to tall, dark, and brooding one. This was all his idea." Spike replied as he fought off a creature he swore he saw in the Star Wars cantina scene. "Lucky the last time," he thought to himself, but I doubt I going to live this one out."
Hamilton stood just outside the hotel watching the demon army continues its assault. "I believe it is time I joined the fun" he thought as he made his way to the building.
Illyria finally had an outlet for her rage. Since coming to the old hotel all she had done was watch the others avoid her. Even Spike and Angel had barely spoke to her. She had felt odd during that time, like she had wanted someone to speak to her. She felt like being around the lower beings, but now those feelings were buried and she once again fought. She reveled in the carnage as she punched holes in the vital areas of several of the things attacking her. "More violence!" she screamed. "I wish for more, come to me, Illyria commands it! Come to me and I will destroy you! More!" She screamed over and over as her attackers kept coming.
Angel continued his assault on his attackers. He moved with blinding speed, slicing and cutting left and right totally lost in the battle. He didn't notice that ten slayers were defending the wounded holding off demons trying to enter the infirmary where Xander, Robin Wood, and seven others lay. He didn't see another group of slayers protecting Giles and Andrew as they feverishly searched for some sort of magic that might protect them, and he never saw the fist that hit him on his temple knocking him to the ground. "Hello again Angel," Hamilton said as he towered over the vampire. "I believe we have unfinished business."
Images of a time he thought forgotten flashed through his mind as he fought, a dark, horrid place full of fear and despair, a place he was feared and called the Destroyer. Connor tried not to think of that place, and he tried not to enjoy the killing he was doing. However, deep down, he loved every second of it. His heart raced, and with demon he slew, his smile got a little larger. He killed again and again until his vision caught a familiar form. It was that creepy lawyer guy, and he was holding his father by the throat.
"Dad!" Connor screamed. He began to fight his way to his father all the while hoping they could survive what was quickly becoming a hopeless situation.
