A New Freedom
Bring It (Snakes on a Plane), Cobra Starship
Samuel L. Jackson:
"That's it!
I have had it with these motherfucking snakes
on this motherfucking plane!"
Times are strange
We got a free upgrade for
snakes on a plane.
Fuck 'em, I don't care.
Pop the cheap champagne,
we're going down in flames, hey.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
So kiss me goodbye.
Honey, I'm gonna make it out alive.
So kiss me goodbye.
I can see the venom in their eyes.
Goodbye.
It's time to fly,
to make the skies align
with the serpentine
lounging in their suits and ties.
Watch the whores parade
for the price of fame, hey.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
So kiss me goodbye.
Honey I'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye.
I can see the venom in their eyes
So kiss me goodbye.
Honey, I'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye.
I can see the venom in their eyes
Goodbye.
Ladies and gentlemen
These snakes are slitherin'
with dollar signs in they eyes
with tongues so reptilian
This industry's venomous
with cold-blooded sentiment
No need for nervousness
It's just a little turbulence.
So kiss me goodbye.
Honey I'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye.
I can see the venom in your eyes
So kiss me goodbye.
Honey, I'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye.
I can see the venom in their eyes
Goodbye.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
We seem to be losing altitude
at an alarming pace
Midtown downtown
Snakes on a block
I suggest you grab your ankles
and kiss your ass goodbye.
Chapter Five: Bring It
Elizabeth was gone. It was as simple as that. As soon as she had awoken Buffy had started fighting for dominance in this body. The slayer had taken over, even without her slaying powers.
Her friends stood at her side; Willow and Xander friends as always, Giles her true father figure- the one she always remembered. Oz was in pain as his memories were coming back to him, the migraine and the memories of his werewolf form and anything he had ever done in that form sending him to his knees with Willow attempting to help him.
Anya had informed them that her memories were coming back in spurts. Centuries of memories as the demon and small glimpses at her life as a mortal after having her powers taken away.
Cordelia was still pretending that she didn't remember anything. That she was still normal, while everyone around her evolved into parts of their old selves, some with only an hour worth of memories and others with centuries coming in intervals.
Faith had not been far behind Buffy in meeting them in the library. Her smirk apparent and as familiar as her leather clothes.
"So what exactly is going on? I haven't gotten my powers back." Buffy looked to Giles.
"I'm just a girl now too. Gypped." Faith joked, sliding a hip onto the edge of the book check out counter.
"I'm not sure you'll be receiving your old powers. Just as I'm almost positive that Oz will not be turning back into a werewolf, or Spike and Angle back into vampires." Giles paused, turning and looking at the collection of books on the shelves. "The school isn't even quite like it was before, my books are not here. It's just as if everything is normal. As if the only thing that goes bump in the night is evil mortal men. The only vampires here belong to Ann Rice."
"There were other vampire authors." Willow pointed out from Oz's side.
"Yes, well of course. I just meant to say that they're fiction here."
"What you're really saying is we're unemployed. We are normal apart from knowing what happened in that other realm?" Buffy spoke up, looking at each one of her friends from another life. "I mean, technically, we are free?"
"Well, that's not to say that Vampires don't exist here. There are numerous realms. We could have just as easily intersected with our lives in the realm that Anya created when she granted Cordelia's wish." Giles removed his glasses to wipe the lenses on his shirt.
"Ew. That would have sucked." Xander pointed out.
"I created a what? When did I do that?" Annie looked confused, memories of Anya not yet reminding her of everything she had done through her long life.
"When you were still a demon…The first time." Willow helped."
"But there are still people missing." Buffy questioned. "What about Dawn?"
"She very well may not exist in this world at all. She wasn't born a mortal in our realm as it is." Giles spoke softly, knowing Buffy's and the rest of the group's attachment to the younger sister. "Other people may not have been here in this area at this time in this life.
"I do still think there's a reason we were sent here. Perhaps vampires are not what we're here to fight. There are other horrors that even we didn't have to worry about when we lived in Sunnydale."
"Horrors such as?" Buffy questioned. "I mean. We all spent a life time fighting horrors that people don't even know in this world. Horrors that people in this realm are only starting to remember. Largely due to what? The fact that I woke up and we still live over a damn Hellmouth?"
"It's hard to say, Buffy. I know as much about this world as you I'm afraid. The memories people are receiving themselves may very well put all of our lives in danger. If they remember everything, who they were, who we were, everything we did in that other life. All of their deaths."
"It could cause mass chaos." Willow shuddered.
"Bring it." Faith urged.
TBC