Chapter 29: final battle
Phobos stared down at the vampyr in front of him white mist now flowing off his chest. His face crack into a crooked grin has Spike stared towards the floor. He turned slowly to address his new master. "Now were we?" He asked His face morphed to its vampire form and he glared at Phobos. "Oh yeah that's right I was just about to kill you," He grinned.
Phobos clenched his teeth in rage Will was sure she could see a blood vessel along his forehead inflating like a miniature balloon. And his eyes looked almost like golf balls now. "How can you resist?" He managed to force out of his clenched teeth not sure how much harder he could grind them before he accidentally cracked a tooth.
"You think having soul is what makes me who I am?" Spike asked not expecting an answer. "Having no soul didn't stop me from offing two slayer's and even before that I made a choice albeit a some what forced choice but a choice none the less to become a champion and reclaim what becoming a demon took from me,"
"You see Phobos I decide who am and what I fight for. Sure has a vampire I may have less of a conscience but it doesn't mean I can't fight the good fight," Spike explained to a boiling mad Phobos. "And right now I intend to reclaim something of mine that's bin taken,"
"Maybe have after the this you and me sweet slayer could…?" Spike started.
"Unless you want to wind up in a hospital bed Spike I suggest you don't finish that sentence," Buffy smiled. "Will free your friends me and Spike will go after Phobos,"
"Right!" Will replied. She flew up to see her friends each in a different coloured orb that matched their respective elements and magical shackles made of a white mist binding and gagging them. "Hold on guys I'll have you out in no time," Will said pulling out the heart.
She held out the crystal orb causing beams of pink energy to shoot out and through the orbs freeing the captive Guardians.
"We're out!" Hay Lin cheered.
"And pissed!" Irma added.
"Everyone ok?" Will asked quickly. "Good. Now lets go kick some Phobutt!" She added with a wicked smile.
Phobos looked up to see the reunited Guardians advancing on him plus one vampyr and one Slayer. "No!" He cried. He pulled a lever next to his throne that was disguised has a sword rack and vanished into the hidden door way.
"Lets get after him girls!" Will yelled. The sound of the large throne room door's opening grabbed Will's attention and she turned to see a massive horde of uber-vamps about to charge. "Oh boy!" She sighed.
"What are those things?" Hay Lin asked.
"Playmates what do you think?" Spike smiled. "You wanna?" He winked at her before charging into the fighting the zone.
"Ok their vampires," Will 'explained. "So Irma holy water! Cornelia stakes! Taranee flame em!" With that the five charged into battle each with their assigned positions. Spike had already knocked back several of them waiting for the Guardians to join the fray leaving Buffy to examine the hidden door.
After a moment she had figured out how to open it and was quickly down the corridor. About two minutes into it she reached a door similar to the one were she and Will had encountered the orbs. She entered the room to discover what appeared to be some sortof of weighing scales. They were gold and highly decorated the attention to detail was amazing and by all accounts the device was a master piece made to look like a man blindfolded who was tied to a cross like sculpture similar to a holy cross Buffy thought each of his hands were out stretched holding two dragon claws which appeared to vanished round the back of the sculpture and sitting on the weighing platforms that were sculpted like shields were two glass containers each containing a glowing white mist one situated on each arm.
Spike and angel's souls Buffy knew.
"Well well look who's back," Came a voice from behind the slayer. Her own voice she realised.
"Didn't I already destroy you?" Buffy replied.
"You don't think its that easy do you?" It takes more than blowing up one city to destroy something has old me. Of course after this little ritual is finished you'll get to see first hand what one of the oldest and most powerful 'evil's in existence is capable of,"
"So that's your big master plan you got tired of being incorporeal and decided you wanna be able to play properly?"
"Well don't get me wrong walking through walls convincing people to commit suicide and having legions of minions to do my bidding is cool an all but sometimes nothing beats the hands on approach you know?"
"To bad it ain't gonna happen anymore,"
"And whys that?" The first/Buffy asked assumed.
"Because I'm "gonna do this," Buffy said has she move to knock one of the containers down. However instead of it breaking a powerful jolt of magical energy forced her back.
"Ah ah! No touching now," The first/Buffy said waving her finger disapprovingly.
Back in the throne room Spike and the Guardians were fending off the uber-vamps no matter how many they killed there seemed to be ten more to take their place.
Hey where's Buffy Will thought examining the battle, 'grounds. She flew off leaving the others to battle the uber 'vamp's and quickly discovered the secret passageway open. So that's were she went! Will thought taking off down the corridor after 'her. She entered the room with the sculpted weighing scales to see Buffy half unconscious on the floor.
"Buffy!" She called rushing to her side.
"Will! Use that jewel on that thing!" Buffy said struggling to rise to her feet.
"And you must be the keeper of the Heart of Candracar," Will spun to see a new Buffy standing behind has well has the one struggling to her feet.
"What the…?" she asked confused. "Buffy in stereo?"
"Ignore her use the heart! Now!" the floored Buffy yelled.
Will ignored the new Buffy and produced the heart she aimed it at the sculpted scales device. Its pink energy flowed over the device shattering the protective magical energy field and the two containers with Spike and Angel's souls inside of them.
"Theirs two many of em!" Taranee yelled throwing fireballs left and right incinerating dozens of vampires with every shot but every time just many took their place.
"We gotta try something new!" Hay Lin called. At that moment a blinding flash of light lit up the room taking every uber vamp with it. Has the light faded the Guardians noticed a glow emanating from Angel and Spike's chests.
"Well that worked," Irma shrugged. Has Angel 'rose to his feet to join Spike.
"Spike?" Angel asked weakly squinting his eyes has if he were trying to focus his vision.
Spike stared at Angel for a few moments 'has if to confirm who he was looking at. "Yup. Old dark and broody's back," He grinned grabbing Angel by the shoulder.
"Well not bad," Buffy/first said arms folded her form shifted taking on the identity of the late rebel leader. "To bad it doesn't help your boy friend though," He added in Caleb's voice before vanishing into nothingness.
The two re-entered the throne room to find the others waiting for them. Buffy rejoined Spike and Angel. "So you guys are both…?" She asked.
"Yup to vamp's plus souls just the way you like em," Spike answered for her.
"Guess its time to head home then," Buffy said has the three turned to leave.
Will who was still celebrating with her friends and listening to Irma's re-enactment of the battle she looked to see the slayer leaving and called after her.
"Hey wait what about Caleb?" She called after Buffy.
Buffy sighed and turned to face her. "I'm sorry Will but there's nothing you can do for him-" Angel cut her off reaching into his pocket he pulled out a vile of glowing green liquid and tossed it towards Will who caught it clumsily.
"Mix this with his blood it will solve your problem," He said.
The three turned to leave again With Buffy and Spike staring bewilderedly at Angel.
"You had a cure for being a vampire this whole time and you never told me?" Buffy said confused.
"Or me?" Spike yelled offendedly.
"Angel shrugged. "I was "gonna," He insisted has the three walked off.
