Chapter 18
Faith the Ascended Slayer
A day and a half before Faith and Spike meet Xander
Boston Mass.
A little girl and her mother huddled together on a floor, in a dark and dank warehouse. Both of them had been herded there, like cattle, by men with messed up faces.
"Mommy, are we going to be okay?" the little five year old girl with blonde hair, asked her mother.
"We're gonna be fine." her mom answered back. 'God I hope so.'
"Yes, you will be fine." a voice said out of the darkness. "Until my sire gets here and drains you dry, that is." he said stepping into the light. He was a black man, that looked like he was probably in his thirties, wearing a black business suit.
As he walked over to them, the skylight suddenly exploded and a dark figure dropped through it and on the floor in front of him in a crouch.
"How much you want to bet that you want hurt them?" Faith asked as she looked up at him.
"You." Trick growled as he slipped into his vampiric visage and two vampires appeared behind him.
"Finally, some four way action." Faith said as she stood up as the vampires surrounded her.
"So you're the elusive Faith?" Mr. Trick asked as he circled her and checked out her body. "Mmmm...very nice."
"I'm glad you like what you see." Faith said as she got in a defensive pose. "Your boss said the same thing before I offed him."
"You lie." one of the vamps said from behind her. "The great Kakistos, couldn't fall at the hands of someone like you."
"Sorry, but your boyfriend is dead." Faith said immediately angering the vamp. As he threw out a sidekick, she caught his foot, opened palmed striked him in the kneecap shattering his leg. Pushing him to the side she turned, caught another vamps by the fist as he tried to punch her and broke his arm at the elbow.
As the demon howled in pain, she took a stake out of her duster and stabbed him in his unprotected heart. Walking through it's ashes as it blew in the wind, she turned and threw her stake with deadly accuracy at the vampire that was withering on the floor with it's broken leg. As it looked up at her in shock, it burst into ashes. Looking around herself, she saw that Mr. Trick was long gone.
"You...you saved us." the little girl said as she ran up to Faith and threw herself into her arms, in a hug.
"Thank you." the girls mother said as she walked up to them.
"No prob." Faith said as she held the little girls hand.
"You're cold." the girl said as she looked up at Faith. Usually when she held her mothers hand, she would feel some kind of warmth, but with her new friend she didn't.
"What were those things?" the woman asked, ignoring her daughters comment.
"The same thing I am." Faith said as her face changed into that of a vampires. Tossing the little girl away from her like a rag doll, Faith lunged at the mother and sank her fangs into her neck. Leaving her to scream off into the night.
"You're getting good at this killing thing luv." Spike said to Faith as she walked out of the warehouse. He was leaning up against a car he had stolen, with a grin on his face as he watched his newest lover and childe sashay up to him. He had killed Mr. Trick when he had ran out of the warehouse. Usually he didn't kill fellow vampires, but he had to admit...it was fun.
"You know it's wicked wierd." Faith said back to him as she wiped some blood off of the corner of her mouth. "I'm a vampire now but I keep getting this wicked feeling to hunt and kill demons."
"You don't get that feeling about me do you?" Spike asked.
"All the time." Faith said as she pulled a stake out of her jacket and put it up to his chest. "You're like an itch, I need to scratch."
"Then let me scratch it for you." Spike said as he knocked the stake out of her hand and pulled her into a passionate kiss. "Now come on." Spike said as he pushed away from her. "We're gonna go to Sunnyhell. I'm gonna take you to somebody that'll explain to you what you are."
Suddenly Spike heard the little girl, scream from inside of the warehouse.
"You left the kid alive?" Spike asked as he gave her a look.
"What's the use of committing a crime if you don't leave a witness?" Faith asked. "Now come on, let's get the hell out of here." she said as she got into the car. Looking from over to Faith to the warehouse, Spike put a smile on his face and got in the car, driving off into the night.
Sunnydale
Ahriman's Mansion
a couple of hours before they meet Xander
"You my dear are an Ascended Slayer." Ahriman informed Faith as he sat down on a throne like chair. "You are the second one in history as a matter of fact."
"An Ascended Slayer." Faith said trying to get use to that title. "Damn that sounds sweet."
"Quite." Ahriman replied. "You have the powers of both a vampire and a Slayer. The only vampiric weaknesses you have are decapitation and fire or sunlight."
"But what happened to the first Ascended Slayer?" Faith asked.
"Her name was Camille." a voice said out of the shadows. Looking back Faith and Spike saw Buffy step out of the shadows.
"So little miss Sunnydale decided to grow some balls?" Spike asked as he vamped out and charged her. Merely lifting up her hand, a glow of green energy flowed out of Buffy's hand and Spike was hurled off his feet and thrown forcibly into a wall.
"Bloody hell." Spike said as he looked up at Buffy as she lowered her hand.
"Spike allow me to reintroduce you to my sister." Ahriman said with a smile as Buffy/First sat in his lap. "Faith, Spike this is my sister Lilith, but you knew her as the First, Spike."
"So I see that your little spell worked?" Spike asked as he stood to his feet.
"That would be correct." Lilith answered. "Now can I finish my story?" she asked.
"Go ahead." Faith said as she reached into her lovers duster pocket and pulled out his zippo lighter and a pack of cigs. "I'm listening."
"As I was saying her name was Camille and she was hmmm...I think the fifteenth Slayer and she was from Africa. Anyway to make a long story short, before the Watcher's Council was formed, the few people who knew of the Slayer went all over the world to collect potentials. Before they were able to get to Camille some vampires attacked her home and killed off her parents. At the same time, a vampire was trying to turn her, the slayer at the time died and the slayer essence went inside of her."
"But what makes them all special and ascended?" Spike asked. "I knew some blokes who offed a few slayers and turned them, but they were never special."
"That's the beauty of the slayer essence." Ahriman said with a grin. "It's actually from a demonic presence. So when the essence of a vampire and the slayer enter the body at the same time, they fight to be dominate but it ends up being a stalemate."
"So that's why, I still want to kill demons." Faith said in understanding.
"Exactly, now you two crazy kids get out of here." Lilith said as she stood to her feet. "Go and do the killy thing." As the two walked out of the room, Lilith looked over at her brother and saw a little tear in his eye. "What the hell is the matter with you?"
"My little boy is growing up." Ahriman said as he began to laugh. "But seriously, what do you think of Faith?"
"She'll do." she answered. "But what if they succeed in killing Xander and the others?"
"I don't think that it'll really matter. With our combined powers and with Faith our enemy will be destroyed."
"For our sake, I hope you're right. Now come on let's start the ritual to ressurrect Mundus."
"So soon?" Ahriman asked as he stood to his feet.
"Now is the best time. We should do it while the son of Sparda and his little friends are distracted."
"And what the hell do you want me to do?" Vergil asked as he walked out of the shadows.
"Go." Ahriman said waving a dismissive hand to him. "Go and join the others." with a cocky smile on his face, Vergil dissappeared through the darkness of the night.
"I wouldn't say that, luv." Spike said at the end of the Jamaican slayers little speech. It was funny to him because he and Faith had been standing outside watching them for a few minutes and they hadn't even noticed them. "Because, I believe alot of bad is going to happen."
"Spike?" Kendra asked as she and Xander jumped up from the swing-set.
"In the flesh." he said with a little bow.
"Ken go and get Buffy and the others." Xander whispered.
"But..."
"Just go." Ignoring her instinct to stay, Kendra ran into the house to get the others.
"So Spike, who's the bimbo?" Xander asked as he looked over at the leather clad Faith, making her growl.
"Easy, luv." Spike said to her as he held her back. "Actually mate, she used to be just like your sister."
"What are you talking about?" Xander asked confused.
"She used to be a slayer."
"You son of a bitch!" Xander growled.
"Now..now don't get your knickers in a twist."
"Enough of this bullshit, talking." Faith said as she cracked her knuckles.
"Then go ahead, baby." Spike said as he took a step back. "You know I love to watch." with a growl Faith shifted into her demonic visage and charged Xander.
Xander opened with a flying kick at Faith, who quickly rolled out of the way on the ground. Getting back to her feet, Faith back-flipped over Xander's next kick. She dodged a third kick, ducked a fourth, and finally retaliated with a spinning attack of her own, taking Xander down.
Flipping back to his feet, Xander was barely able to duck another spinning kick from the vampiric slayer. Seeing that her opponent might anticipate her moves, Faith hesitated for a moment and then beared down on her enemy with a kick and a couple of punches. The force of the blows sent Xander back down to the muddy ground as Faith striked him again.
Infuriated by being beaten by a girl...again Xander charged at her, throwing a powerful high-kick, which she ducked. With a smile she retaliated with an onslaught of spinning kicks and punches; forcing Xander onto the defensive ... Xander spin-kicked towards Faith and took her down with a side-kick.
"My new jacket." Faith said as she looked down at her muddy clothes. "You're so dead, yo." she said flipping back to her feet.
Seeing that he might have an advantage, Xander then rushed Faith, throwing a kick and two punches. Faith blocked the first, dodged the second, and knocked Xander back to the ground with the aid of a couple of kicks. She then landed another strike upon her downed opponent
and then stepped back.
"Fucking pathetic." Faith said as she kicked him in the ribs and spit on him.
"Damn, beaten up by a little girl." Spike said with a shake of his head. "That is pathetic." Suddenly both vampires heard something. Like a deer in a forest, both of their heads shot up and they saw the Scooby Gang running out of the house with various weapons. "The calvery has arrived."
"Xander!" Trish yelled out as she and the others ran up to his prone body on the ground.
"That's me." Xander said with a wince as he stood to his feet.
"Spike?" Angel growled as he saw the bleach blonde.
"Oi, it wasn't me peaches." he said as he threw his hands up in mock innocence. "It was 'er"
"So you're Angel?" Faith asked as she looked the souled vampire up and down. "Spike was right. You do have a big ass forehead."
"Bitch." Buffy mumbled as she and Angel ran to fight Spike and Faith.
"Trish you, Oz, Willow and Giles get everybody out of the house." Xander said as he stood all the way to his feet and grabbed his jacket and sword from her.
"What about you?" she asked. "You can barely stand on your feet."
"Oh, he's just going to die." Vergil said as he stepped out of the shadows. "Nice to see you again brother."
"You'll have to get through me first demon." Kendra spat out as she stepped in front of Xander with her scythe held up high.
"No." Xander said as he pushed her behind him. "This is my fight."
"But you're..."
"Ken go." Xander told her. "I need you to get mom out of the house and as far away from here as you can. I..I need you to protect her if anything happens."
"Okay." Kendra replied with a nod to her head. She didn't like the look in her brothers eyes. It was if he were saying goodbye. Looking back at Trish and the others, they ran to the house to do as Xander had asked.
"That was so touching." Vergil said as he folded his arms over his chest. "It makes me wish I had a little sister. Maybe I'll just take her. But it want be in a brother and sister way if you know what I mean."
Unsheathing his sword in anger and his hair turning white, Xander rushed at his older brother. His earlier fatigue forgotten. With a lightning quick move, Vergil trapped Xander's forearm, pivoting it and planting a boot in his ribcage. Then the two of them went at it, unleashing a flurry of kicks, blocks, and punches. Vergil then got Xander in a back-choke, twisting out of it, Xander threw him over his shoulder, only for him to neatly cartwheel and spring back to his feet.
Xander then ducked beneath one his brothers kicks, then trapped his foot, giving it a savage twist. CRACK! As he howled in pain Xander backhanded him with a blow so strong that it knocked Vergil to his knees. In a heartbeat, Vergil's sword was out and against Xander's throat, just as Xander's sword was now against his. It was now a stalemate.
Before they could so much as move a muscle the ground started to violently shake, throwing several of the Scooby Gang off of their feet. As Xander looked up from his position on the ground, he saw a huge black hole opening up from the ground. He watched in horror as a massive hand reached out of the hole and touched land, making it shake and rumble as it did.
As the demon finally came out, it stood almost nine feet tall, with large red horns, black eyes, and it looked to be carved out of pure stone.
"Lord Mundus." Vergil muttered under his breathe.
As the fear inspiring demon looked about the world, he had long departed from, his eyes finally fell on Xander. Then it smiled.
"Holy shit." Xander said to himself as the demon started to walk towards him.
Alternate Earth
Demon dimension H
"Huuuh." a figure with white hair mumbled as he finally got out of his nightmares. Standing up from behind his desk, he wiped some sweat from his forehead.
"Dante are you alright?" a beautiful blonde woman asked as she ran into the room. She didn't want to embarress him, but she had for the first time since she'd known him, heard him scream.
"I'm fine, Trish." Dante said with a sigh. "It was just another one of my nightmares."
"The same one you've been having for months? You already killed, Mundus." Trish said as she walked over and sat on his desk. "So why the hell are you keep having dreams about him?"
"I don't know." Dante replied as he grabbed his red overcoat and Rebellion. "But he's not the only thing that was disturbing about my dream. My brother Vergil was there and this young boy in trouble... just nevermind." he said with a shake of his head. "Let's go out and kill things." he said as he walked out of his detective agency.
A/N Can anybody guess why I choose the name Lilith for the First's name? I'll give you a hint, it's based off of an old jewish myth.
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