Bloody Debt – Chapter 3
An hour and half after the meeting Kennedy was in her room, already changed and sitting on the bed, holding a little black box. Inside there was a white gold band ring with three diamonds on it, a big one at the center and the little ones at each it side.
"Next time ..."
"Next time what?" Willow entered the rom.
Kennedy quickly hid the box inside the inner pocket of her jacket and turned to her girlfriend, a goofy smile on her face like she wasn't hiding anything from Willow "Hum... next time I'll have my day off and nothing will stop that...yeah, that's it..."
"What were you doing before I arrived?And what are you hiding?" Willow looked suspicious at her girlfriend.
"It's nothing ... hiding nothing. I thought you were going to join me on the shower" Kennedy changed the subject very fast.
"It was my plan, but Giles wanted to see a couple of protecting spell. And don't change the subject".
"What subject? I'm not hiding anything. Relax, Red".
"Ok... Kenn?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you really wanna go tonight?"
"Nope, but I have to. It's my duty".
"But you've rights too..."
"But I couldn't sleep knowing they're out there and I'm not helping".
"I know. Promise me you'll be careful".
"I'm always careful"
"The last time you said that, you had three broken ribs and a huge cut on your stomach".
"Don't worry" Kennedy held her tight and kissed her neck "I'll be fine and tomorrow I'll make up for you on our postponed date. I'll make it more special than I would do today".
"I can hardly wait" Willow kissed the brunette's lips tenderly and soon they deepened the kiss, but they pulled apart when oxigen became an issue.
"Wow... I think I should patrol more often" the slayer smirked and kissed the redhead one more time. Then they held their hands, interlocking their fingers and went to the library.
A few hours has passed since Buffy and the others slayer started patroling the cemitery and they had found nothing.
"So... where's the frightening gang?" Faith asked impatietly.
"Maybe they saw us and didn't wanna attack a lot of slayer. We could split in little groups" Kennedy suggested.
"Good idea. I want five groups, leadered by me, Faith, Kenn, Rona and Vi. In case you found something and lost control of the situation, give any sign and we'll backup you. At the sun rise get back here."
So the groups split, each leader with five slayers in training. Kennedy and her group went to the darkest part of the cemitery, where there were lots of trees full of braches that made the place darker.
Sunddely they heard a noise coming from the trees. Kennedy raised her hand, ordering the girls to stop and be quiet to know if something was close. Nothing. They kept walking and one more time they heard the sound, louder now.
"Sshh... I'm going to check it. Stay here, if something happen call Buffy and the guys" Kennedy whispered and entered the woods.
It was darker in this part of the mini forest, but because her slayer's power she could see perfectly. She walked carefully, her crossbow always in front of her in case she had to act quickly. She wasn't seeing anything out of normal, but her "spider sense", as Andrew liked to call, was catching a weird vibe not far away from her and it was giving her a sensation that something bad was about to happen. And the set around her wasn't helping too, everything reminds where she was, a cemitery. Nothing had life, rotten trees everywhere, exhaling a putrid smell and the wind was blowing, shaking the branches, the noise made the slayer shiver. 'Great, I've been fighting against evil for two years and a little wind creeps me out. Very brave you Kennedy'.
Sunddely, she felt something move at her right side, but before she could act, she was knocked on her head, lost control and felt on the ground. Her crossbow flew and stopped near her agressor.
Kennedy got up with a little difficult, trying to find the person who hit her, but because the strength of the attack, her sight was blurred, so when she finally got face to face with the attacker, she couldn't distinguish a lot of things, just that it had a medium stature, black hair and it was a guy. She thought she'd seen a third eye at his forehead, but wasn't sure, maybe it was because she couldn't see cleared.
The slayer even dizzy attacked the stranger, trying to punch him on the face, but the man dodged and hit her again on the head, sending her against a tree. Kennedy became disoriented and fell on her knees. Not in the mood to be defeated, the brunette got up leaning on the tree, touched her face and felt a warm liquid fell from her temple. She was hurt and bleeding. That made her feel humilated, 'cause she was one of the best slayers and a mere guy was kicking her ass pretty good. Kennedy straightened up ignoring the pain on her head and her shaking legs, and attacked. Before she could deliver a blow, the third eye opened slowly, making her stop like she was hypnotized. The eye that had a white iris was focused on Kennedy, without blinking a moment, like it was entering the brunette's mind, acquiring her memories, reading her thoughts. Kennedy felt like her thoughts weren't hers anymore, like her memory didn't belong to her anymore. This invasion on her mind was causing her a strong headache, she was feeling abused and like she would explode at any moment. She wanted to scream, run away, do something to stop this agony, but couldn't... the only thing she was able was feel more and more pain. Seconds later the iris became chocolate brown, the same color as the slayer's, the he let her go. Kennedy fell, her knees hitting hard the floor and her hands on her head, tears falling over her face. She was trying to understand what had happend, but she couldn't remember anything, just that she was feeling a horrible pain. Like someone had taken something really precious from her. The demon didn't wait her to recover and hit the brunette's stomach, sending her against the tree one more time, leaving her unconscious. When he was sure the girl was out of action, his body started to change into Kennedy's.
As soon as the transformation finished, the fake slayer satisfied with her work, took the crossbow from the floor and walked at the direction that the real slayer came from.
Getting out of the trees, 'Kennedy' found her pupils wainting for her a little concerned, 'cause they've heard some battle sound, so they sent one of their friends to bring Buffy.
"Kennedy, are you ok?" Sally, one of the slayers in training asked.
"Yese, I'm great..." 'Kennedy' answered with a dark voice, but it passed unnoticed by the others girls.
"We heard some fight ... did you find something we could slay?" Sally asked again.
"Yes..." she smirked and lifted the crossbow that was in her hand "You..." and shooted a bow between the girl's eyes. Sally kept stand for a few seconds till she fell lifeless on top of Kennedy's feet. Her face showing confusing and the blood pouring from her wound, forming a puddle on the floor.
The girls let a horror scream when they saw their friend dead, her eyes staring into nothing. One of the girls looked at the 'slayer' and asked almost voiceless.
"Kennedy, ar-are you crazy?"
"Yes..." the 'brunette' gave a dark smiled while she approached slowly the girl that questioned her, after she kicked the dead body to the side.
"Wh-why Did you d-do that?"the girl took a couple of steps backwards, trying to increase the distance between her and the older slayer.
"Like I said, I'm crazy... crazy to kill."