Chapter 3: The Royal Princess
Spike looked around. He had just regained consciousness and he had figured out a couple of things. One, he was chained to the ceiling by his wrists. Two, he was alone. Three, his coat was on the floor like it didn't mean anything.
The door to the room opened and Spike turned his head. Cecily walked in, smiling devilishly. She walked up to Spike and her face changed to a vampire face.
"How'd you do it, William?" She asked walking in front of him.
"Do what?" He asked, barely coherent.
"Destroy the Hellmouth in Sunnydale," she explained. She had obviously just heard about it because she sounded amazed.
"Magic," Spike replied.
Cecily groaned. She looked at Spike and slugged him in the face. She grabbed his face with her hand and looked into his eyes.
"It doesn't matter either way. The fact that you destroyed it makes you a candidate to open one," she said happily.
"What!" Spike asked wide-eyed.
"Something that caused that much destruction to a Hellmouth and has a soul could easily please the fates."
"Bloody hell," Spike said rolling his eyes.
"I assume that's what it'll feel like," Cecily said walking away.
She turned around and looked at Spike. Her face changed back to a that of a normal woman.
"Your partner and the slayer will be the first to die. Just thought you should know," Cecily said smiling.
Spike's face vamped out. He pulled on the chained until they came right out of the ceiling. He was about to attack Cecily but three tranquilizer darts hit him in the back.
"You're an idiot, William," she said walking up Spike, who was on his knees.
She kicked him in the face and he fell over, completely unconscious. She walked out of the room and the vampires that had been hiding chained Spike back up.
Buffy, Willow, Giles, and Faith were on a first class jet to Cleveland. Xander was going to meet them there. Dawn had called. Spike had been gone for over three days. She had called back an hour ago. Xander had arrived not to long before she called. Faith was holding a sword, Giles was holding a crossbow, Willow was empty handed, and Buffy was holding the Scythe of the Vampire Slayer. (The One Willow used to change the potentials into slayers.)
"Spike's being held in a warehouse. There is a grand total of six vampires and twelve demons inside. We're guessing one of the vampires is Cecily and Spike is another," Buffy explained.
"That shouldn't be that hard. Maybe the two of us should go in solo, B," Faith said standing up.
"Yes that should be simple enough," Giles said cleaning his glasses. "Um, how did we manage to get a first class, private, jet, to Cleveland."
"We, kind of, a…" Willow stuttered.
"That's enough," Giles said putting his glasses back on.
Buffy, Willow, and Faith smiled.
A few hours later the jet landed in Cleveland. Giles and Willow went to Spike and Dawn's place, while Buffy and Faith went to the warehouse.
The two slayers found the front entrance and looked in a window. Spike and some female vampire were inside. Spike was chained to the ceiling. His shirt was off and there was a lot of blood on his torso. Buffy and Faith guessed it was his because it looked like he was in a whole lot of pain.
"Alright, let's bust in. I'll get Spike, you take out the vampire," Buffy said looking away from the window.
"Got it. Let's go," Faith said walking up to the front door. Buffy walked up next to her and they kicked the door down. The vampire and Spike turned. Buffy recognized the vampire from pictures. It was Cecily. Faith dashed for Cecily and stabbed at her. Cecily jumped back and kicked Faith.
Buffy broke one of the chains that Spike was hanging from. She broke the other one and Spike fell to his feet. He grabbed his shirt and put it on. He put on his trench coat and looked at Buffy.
Faith jumped as Cecily tried to trip her from the ground. Cecily jumped up and punched at Faith. The slayer blocked with her arm and kicked Cecily in the stomach.
Cecily saw that she was going to lose. She had to deal with two slayers and Spike. She turned around and ran to a hole in the ground. She jumped down and pulled a sewer lid over. Faith ran after and tried to pull the lid up but she couldn't. Cecily had blocked it with something.
"Damn it!" Spike yelled running up next to Faith.
"She got away?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah." Faith replied.
Faith went through the rooms and took out all the demons and vampires. When night fell Buffy, Spike, and Faith went back towards the house. They walked in and Spike was surprised to see that Dawn had cleaned the place up.
"Everything go as planed?" Giles asked.
"She got away," Buffy said setting the scythe on the table.
Cecily was running through the sewers. She had left the warehouse hours ago but anyone could come after her. She doubted her sewer lock would work for very long. She turned left and saw someone ahead. Cecily could tell that it was a vampire. She was pretty sure it was William.
"Leave me alone, William," she yelled.
She turned and ran in the other direction. She could here that Spike was following her. He was laughing but it sounded strange. It sounded more feminine. Cecily turned and saw a split in the rode. She turned left and ran into what looked like someone else's hide out. It was dry and somewhat livable for a vampire. Cecily broke a chair and took one of the legs. She stood next to the door so she'd have an advantage over who ever it was. Cecily could here the footsteps right outside the door. She swung around and drove the chair leg at who ever it was. Before the chair leg made it close to the vampire a hand grabbed Cecily's arm. Cecily couldn't tell who it was but it was obviously a woman wearing a dress. She stepped into the light.
"Chase is over, pretty," Drusilla said smiling.
Cecily broke away.
"Who are you?" Cecily asked regaining her courage.
"The baby doesn't remember. I'm your mommy," Drusilla said slightly hurt.
Cecily was confused.
"I killed my mother," Cecily said smiling.
She raised her arm and tried to stake Drusilla. Drusilla caught to attack and threw Cecily into the wall.
"My William needs to be taught a lesson," Drusilla said smiling even more insanely than usual.
"Who are you?" Cecily demanded, getting to her feet.
Drusilla walked up to Cecily and smiled.
Buffy, Willow, and Dawn were walking in the mall's food court. Dawn was sipping a soda and holding three bags.
"So what have you and Spike been doing?" Willow asked.
"Killing demons," Dawn replied.
"I wish you had someone else here to help," Buffy said as they sat down.
"Well get some food," Buffy said walking towards a Chinese place. Willow followed leaving Dawn at the table alone. Dawn sat there for a minute before a guy walked up to her. He had long brown hair all around and deep blue eyes.
"Hi," Dawn said uncertainly.
"Hi, I'm Conner," he said extending his hand.
"Dawn," she said shaking his hand.
"I'm looking for a Radio Shack. Do you know if there's one in this mall?" He asked.
"Down the stairs, make a left, last shop before the door," Dawn said quickly.
She obviously visited the mall a lot in the last two months.
"Thanks," he said nodding.
Dawn watched him walk away and Buffy and Willow came back with food.
"Who was that?" Buffy asked sitting down.
"Someone who wanted instructions," Dawn replied.
"Really? Is that all?" Willow teased.
"So, uh, how's are things with Kennedy?" Dawn asked.
Willow smiled.
Spike, Xander, and Giles were walking in a graveyard. Giles had a sword in his hand, Xander was holding a loaded crossbow, and Spike had a stake in his jacket. They had been stony to each other most of the day. Spike stopped walking.
"What?" Xander asked.
"Look forward," Spike said pointing ahead.
Faith was up ahead beating on some vampire. A moment later it was a pile of dust. Spike sniffed the air.
"Drusilla?" Spike whispered.
"Oh yeah," she said from behind them.
Faith ran up to them and the four men turned. Drusilla and Cecily were standing there smiling.
Author's Notes: Chapter 4 will be up soon. Please R&R.