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Balance chp 20: Balancing Act
Angel waited for Connor to stand, to move, but he didn't. Neither did Calista who lay in the centre of the dome. Angel could see them but they didn't get up. In a state of panic he flung himself at the dome that was pulsing slightly. He was thrown back so hard that he went flying, crashing right into Spike, who let out a string of curses. The two landed in a heap. Angel kicked Spike away, and got to his feet. Suddenly the light of the dome increase and they had to shield her eyes.
"What's happening?" shouted Kennedy.
"Show time!" answered Buffy. The dome exploded, sending a wave of energy that sent them all flying. The light became too bright even with closed eyes and seemed to engulf the whole world. Angel raised his head a bit disconcerted but once the black spots disappeared from his vision, he was inevitably drawn to the glowing light above him. His jaw dropped in utter awe as he saw a most reverent and magnificent sight.
An angel, an honest to goodness angel was hovering above them. Their long shining grey hair was caught up in an unfelt breeze and they were clothed in a grey robe, tied with a black and white belt. From their back were two wings, protruding from the shoulder blades. One was white and covered with feathers, as an angel's should be. But the other… the other was black and looked more like a bats wing then anything else, or a demons wing. As the light dimmed slightly Angel realised with wonder that the angel was Calista. Her robe, at a second glance, had black markings on the back forming a scale, with a white one on the front. Calista was the Angel of Balance! She opened her eyes and looked at Cordelia with a neutral face, no emotion present. Cordelia turned and tried to run away, but Balance waved her hand in an almost bored way, and white rings appeared around her wrists and ankles, bringing her to a complete standstill. She screeched in fear and anger. Balance made a beckoning motion with her hand and Cordelia flew up into the air to be level with her. She struggled but the rings held tight, Balance had her secure.
"You have had many names." Balance spoke, her voice empty, void of all emotion. "But I will call you what you were once called, long ago, Kai' Enna."
"I liked the name Cordelia!" she pouted
"But it is not your name, it is the name of the woman whose body you have possessed, therefore I shall address you as Kai' Enna." Kai' Enna glared but remained silent. "I have been sent to stop you from upsetting the balance of this world. You are a danger to it so you must be done away with." There was no malice, nor was there compassion, in the voice, only the cold facts.
"You can't do this to me I'm a Power that Be!"
"That is of no concern to me, for I do not answer to the Powers, you should know that." Kai' Enna, began to struggle again and in frustration she screamed,
"Why not stop The First? It is even more of a danger then me!"
"The First Evil is also in danger of disrupting the balance, however, only so as long as you are here with it, two great evils in a world of one solid good. It matters not to me which of you I abolish as long as one of you is gone the balance will be restored." From her robe she drew a dagger, the very dagger Calista had taken from the hotel. Without another word she drove the dagger into the large stomach of Kai' Enna, who screamed. Balance cut upwards, slicing the belly open. From it came a… thing. No one could begin to fathom what it was. It was glowing sickly green, and it was writhing with tentacles squirming in every direction. One felt quite ill just watching it. Cordelia's body went limp and the white manacles faded from her. She then fell, Balance was in no more need of her and she could only give her attention to the thing she'd been sent to do. Spike and Angel just managed to catch her between them as they jolted themselves out of their stupor. Angel looked at Cordelia and saw that her stomach had returned to normal, not even a scar. She was also unconscious. They laid her down and then Angel saw Connor for the first time. He'd been lying on the ground unconscious since Calista became Balance. Meanwhile above, Balance caught the monster in a red bubble. The creature writhed inside it recoiling as its tentacles touched the bubble, which began to shrink. Balance was holding her hand out and was slowly bringing her fingers and her thumb together. The bubble got smaller and smaller, compressing the monster, until, as her fingers and thumb touched, it was gone. It had been literally squeeze out of existence. Balance sighed softly then without any warning, all the awing power and might vanished and Calista, back to normal, was left floating more then twenty feet above the air. She dropped like a stone. Only vampire quick reflexes on Angel and Spike's part saved her. Her head lolled to the side as she too left consciousness behind, diving into that sweet pool of oblivion.
I know it's short but this was a chapter all on its own. It wouldn't have made sense to add more on.
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