It was mid afternoon Buffy and the others were in the limo discussing last minute plans and strategies they were headed into town and the roads they were using shouldn't have to wait her grand mother said "do you see that"
Buffy asked "what"
She turned as her limo window turned black Buffy said "what the hell"
Buffy assistant rolled down the window and she was snatched out Buffy couldn't save her she just shut the window "what the hell is going on"
Kristine said "look like someone got your message and didn't like it very much"
Buffy tried to see out it was black she said "I can't fight in this"
Willow said "my lighting spell"
Cordelia said "it can enhance it"
Buffy said "because instead of taking the fight to them I think there bring it back to us" she looked at her out fit "good thing I wore a pants suit today"
Buffy cleared there vision and saw that it was a bunch of ninja and vampire her grand mother said 'they haven't taken all the light"
Angel looked out the back window "Turn the car around!" Angel's yell broke Buffy out of her stasis. The darkness in the sky was moving, she realized, moving directly toward them.
Buffy said "the Immortal"
Kristine said "damn I knew I should have killed him when I had a chance"
Buffy said "Great grams"
The driver hit the pedal for all it was worth and threw the car into a sharp turn, skidding over onto the nearly empty country lane that led back into the toward the hellocopter port.
Buffy said "you think we can make it back to the helicopter"
Angel said "it all depends"
Directly ahead of them was Xander's car, the vampires having realized as well what was going to happen any moment now. Some other cars tried to turn as well, but people had begun to panic now.
Cars crashed into one another, people screamed, the ground shook with the thunder of running feet, screeching cars.
The magic slammed down right in the middle of the road, a solid wall of black that immediately cut the concrete like a knife. The entire road roared as it was blown apart, drowning out the people's screams. flinging cars right into it's depths
"Faster," Buffy yelled as the road began to crack beneath them.
"I am going as fast as I can," he driver gritted through clenched teeth, slamming the pedal right through the car's floor. as the world around them was reduced to screams and thunder, the car shaking and roaring like a wounded animal. Behind them the ground broke away into the river of molten lava, hundreds of cars and people tumbling down helplessly. There limo had drawn up beside Xander's car and they, as well as several other cars who had turned around in time, managed to stay ahead of the crumbling structure by a hair's breath.
"We won't make it," Dawn screeched as the car lurched and seemed to float freely for a moment, only to hit solid ground a moment later. driver stepped on the brakes with all her strength, bringing them to a screeching halt right beside Xander's car. In the felid 20 feet away
Xander climbed out and ran over to them, the sunlight completely gone. "Are you all right?" they looked inside, checking on all of them.
"Just peachy!... my publicist got lost back here" Buffy mentioned
Faith climbed out as well they had made it off the road and back onto the field. As had Xander. As had about five or six other cars.
The road and all the other cars that had been on it were gone.
"I guess going to our fight spot is out the question at the moment?" Faith looked out across the landscaped.
"We're in trouble," she muttered.
"You don't know the half of it!" Buffy's comment caused Faith to look up. The darkness that had descended over the area was near absolute, only a very dim gloom that seemed to suffuse the air all around allowed them to see anything at all. At least those of them with near-perfect night vision. Every normal human would probably be completely blind.
Which meant that they would not be able to see the literal army of moving shadows that was advancing on them right at this moment?
"Trouble," Faith repeated numbly.
Buffy said "were in trouble were going to need light and fast not a lot of us can see and most of our night vision friends on our side won't be here soon enough Kristine"
"This does not look good," Angel muttered under his breath, looking at the mass of ninja and vampires approaching them.
She said "Willow… Cordelia home with me help me now" The wraith-like creatures barely stood out amidst the near-total darkness that had descended over Ireland. Even Angel's superior eyesight he was surprised he still had could only keep track of them when they moved. The moment they stood still they faded into the background, concealed amidst the regular shadows.
"Dawn, Buffy get behind me," he heard Buffy whisper to the her sister, who probably had no clue what was going on around her they were standing in a circled facing outward around Kristine, Willow and Cordelia. Angel doubted any normal human would be able to see anything in this darkness.
Angel carefully reached into his coat. While he had hoped for Buffy, Faith, and the other slayers had slaly gotten to the head quarters and to the battle ground before they would have to face these creatures again he had not survived more than 2 ½ centuries by being careless. The apparent country-wide failure of technology place Ireland back into the licks of hi time was but a minor drawback. After the events in the headquarters and the castle building they had made sure that it would not hinder him much.
"Close your eyes," Kristine yelled, the tree witched combined there power as a light shot up into the are and created a net of sparkled and blinding light almost that made it like the brightest part of the day it burned most of the real vampires leaving the demonic ninja standing out with stark clearness.
Buffy smirked "so you did prefect the sunlight spell"
Willow smiled "I tweaked it a bit" People screamed and started running as the carnage ensued, leaving their useless cars behind and running off into the far darkness he het didn't reach
"Get out of here,… think the rest of us can hold them off until you get the other slayers the helicopter port isn't that far away" Angel yelled at the two Slayers flip kicking a vampire and then spin kicking him
Buffy said "hell know you go we'll say" she said chopping off the head of th nearest ninja and kicking another
Faith said "besides the damn car won't start"
Angel said "ever head of walking" he ducked a blow and sliced another
Buffy chopped the head off two doing a spin kick "not with this crowd"
Angel said "that would we your perfect cover"
Buffy said "if you say so" she and faith ran back the others running backward cover them and Willow doing what she could with her magic's they hadn't been running long when the Immortal came to a stand in front of them just out of the light nets grasp where the light wouldn't hurt
Buffy said "hum no one ever said you were a warlock as well"
He said "many things that you don't know about me"
She said "I already got that"
He said "why are you persistent on stopping me your crown should have been mine a long time ago look at what you not giving it up has caused"
Buffy said "it may have but like hell I would giving it to you know what you could do with it if I gave it to you" someone cleared there throat behind her and she turned and was hit in the face with a hard object she never saw coming when went into slow motion as she fell she saw Willow and Kristine fighting but were blown back by the Immortals magic a force field cover them and Buffy blacked out
Buffy lay on the dungeon floor of the Immortals place trying to figure out how she got tricked so well when it hit her a white light completely covered her and she saw it
She found herself in the white room full over people sitting at the conference table that at cream with of white roses on it Buffy said "the white rose table… original"
"Sit slayer" to clocked figure said as she sat she realized they were oracles
She said "where am I"
A glowing white being said "you're at the white rose table where all the conduits for the powers that be stay"
She said "you're the round table my grand mother was telling me about"
The oracle nodded "and you are now a part of powers of good"
Buffy said "higher being"
The original said "closes living thing too it next to your friend Cordelia"
Buffy said "were in the mist of a battle what we are going to do now this was not planned to go down this way"
The Auguries stated in a windy sing song voice "no it was not" Buffy said "what do I do and how will you help…"
The group smiled.
Buffy woke up she smell the floor burning then see rolled as the floor cracked and she barely missed falling into it she saw the lava begin to come up from the ground she rolled over but it was coming up on one side and that was where she need to get out she didn't know how she was going to get out until a little girl appeared out of no where strike the chains she had her face Angels eyes and Spikes smile and a beautiful sword only person she new it belong to was Angel. She got outside running just ahead of the lava carrying the little girl in her arms
Angel was barking orders as he ran to the helicopter pr thy had to copter he and one jet Angel said "Xander go on the jet get as many slayers as you can and get back to the battle felid
Xander said "were exactly is that going to be exactly"
Angel said "go and call me once you get the girls together… Willow Kristine and Cordelia go to the safe location that you can do the magic's"
Kristine said "you got it"
Willow said "we're on it"
Faith said "were are you going"
Angel said "were taking a copter back to the Immortals home I'm willing to let that's where they are"
Italy
The outside of the castle had quickly descended into chaos when while Kristine and the others got to the
England
Kristine and the others got to the Covent Looking up Willow studied the building they stood in front of. Covent castle of magic's, the oldest and tallest castle. Giles had told her that it was magic cental and she had spend her time there after Tara
"we're going in there?" Cordelia had walked up to them.
"Not in there," Kristine muttered, dropping her gaze. "Under there."
It took them five minutes to get inside do to the gate and the vast walk way. Another ten to find the area that they were looking for in the maze that was the magic castle A broad stairway, lit by a seemingly endless number of torches, leading down into the gloomy spiral star case.
"I think this is the place?" Cordelia looked at Willow, her own magic's at the ready.
"I get the feeling we have a lot of stairs ahead of us." Kristine said
As fast as they dared the three people began their descent.
It was chaos Buffy reach the outside of the castle she said to the little girl "are you okay"
She nodded "let me down… I need to help"
Buffy said "it's to dangerous"
She said "I know… But I have to" she looked in the little girls face and more and more she saw herself the little girl ran off
It was a battle field when Faith got there "There"
Angel looked and saw Buffy but there was a bunch of demons and vampires in between and they fought. To get to each other in the light of the fires Buffy was able to see the movement of her friends as they came closer to her.
As they fought the battle slowed and they found it easier to kill and they reached other quick Angel said "are you okay"
Buffy said "the little girl"
Angel looked seeing the small dark hared girl shooting magic from her hands her eyes glowed a beautiful blue it was hypnotizing if you looked at it to long Angel even from the distance could see the simarities in them bother there features she was what he envisioned there own child to look like some day as they watched as the little girls sliced at the largest of the closest demons but what she didn't see was the Immortal come up behind her Buffy said "NO"
Buffy didn't even know the little girls name but she felt a connection to her as she grabbed her own stomach in fear she ran toward him Dozens of Ninjas vampires and slayers alike surrounded the girl, who was screaming and sobbing for all her little lungs were worth. She was still alive.
With a ferocity that almost frightened her Buffy and Angel tore into the vampires. The primal force that had touched her, the Slayer, was fully unleashed, all of its strength focused on obliterating those that threatened the little girl. The world around her was reduced to enemies and allies, all her senses going into overdrive as she moved on pure instinct. Swinging the two swords, striking them down as she found them.
Faith and Angel were half a step behind her, Angel lost in the same fighting madness as his wife. The two of them fell into rhythm, moving almost like a single entity, and the ninjas were all but helpless before them.
Faith wielded her dragon-forged blade with deadly accuracy, glancing cuts more than enough to unleash dragon's fire on her enemies she was going to have to thank will for giving it to her for her birthday. The Ninja demons and Vampires screamed as half their number went up in flames during the first few seconds.
"We're coming for you, Kathy," Buffy yelled at the young girl not even knowing how she knew all of the sudden the girls name came to her, fighting to reach her through the mass of opposition. The vampires and rogue slayers took her from the Immortal tried to rip her back, slashing at her with knifes and weapons, trying to strangle her with deadly hands.
At the same time none of it touched Buffy or Angel, they barely noticed them. They were nothing but obstacles, things that had to be removed in order to reach Kathy.
"Buffy!" Katharine saw her, a flicker of hope appearing on her face.
The aeies prepared to move it out the captain a of the military unit said "there is a war happening along the European lines betweens Italy England and Rome A.N: I don't know if any of hose three are near each other but it works for the battle… in the Buffy world anything can happen
The sergeant said "we move out we start the attack at sun down"
Riley came in the room "I will not allow this to happen sergeant"
He said "I out rank you stand down solider… or you will be held in the brig"
Riley said "yes sir" as they were moved out Riley watched he had to get to the others before they did he had to leave now.
It all happened so fast.
One moment Buffy was hugging a crying Katherine to her chest, overwhelmed with joy at having come in time to save the girl, the next she heard Faith yelling something and the hairs on the back of her neck stood up.
There was a noise behind her, a vampire falling over her into dust. Buffy tried to turn around, raising her arms to defend the girl, but she was too slow. Immortal huge figure struck, his sword slicing through the air towards Buffy's neck. Wild instinct made her move, she threw her body down and to the side, and instead of slicing through her throat the sword glanced off the top of her head, the impact sending her sprawling, stars exploding before her eyes.
"Kathy," someone screamed. Angel?
"to slow slayer," the Immortal growled. Buffy saw him raise his sword once more.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The air around Katherine was shimmering again, Buffy did something she didn't even know she could do she through her hands out and a forceful appeared around the girl pouring her magic into a force field to protect her from the killing blow. Angel was in shock at it, Faith was moving toward them, but more vampires appeared without warning, swarming on them like ants.
"Thus does our enemies' plot fail." The sword sliced through Buffy's force field without even slowing down and Katherine's scream fell silent. Angel didn't know why but he felt like some one stabbed him through his hear to watched that child die as Buffy screamed "NOOOOOO!!" she grabbed her stomach
"something just happened," Willow muttered,
"oh god, were too late," Cordelia repeated, staring down into the darkness with wide eyes.
"Not yet we're not," Kristine dragged them both with her, going further down the stairs. whatever it was that the Immortal was planning it was bad and getting worse b the minute they didn't have the time to sit around and think about it any more if they were going to take the fight back thy had to do it now
Pushing all of Buffy's pain and fear aside, closing down their magical bond as far as Kristine could, she joined their two friends as they ran down the stairs.
In a cavern, deep below convents castle the artifact known simply as the white magic stood silent in the dark. For over a thousand years it had stood like this, quiet and impassive, surrounded by an invisible barrier that would keep man, demon, and god away from it, sealing it for the sake of the world. All of the covenants magic and power was barred under the ground and built it these brick when the old ones first made the castle the barrier could only be seen in the light of the white flames, when the torches glare reflected off it, twinkling like a thousand little stars.
Then the stars went out.
Ireland, Italy and England were in flames. Most of the people were either out on the streets, driven into madness by a force none of them understood, or huddling in the dubious safety of their homes, hoping that the insanity and the violence would pass them by.
Outside the black barrier that had enclosed the area of Ireland, Italy and England there was a flurry of activity. Military units were gathering, trying to figure out a way to break through the darkness. Civilians were evacuated from the surrounding areas as fast as humanly possible.
Many eyes all over the world were on the three areas, worry having heard nothing form Italy's Queen in this chaos, for in some way they all knew that something terrible was happening there. Through some sense none of them was able to describe they could feel it, could feel that something monstrous and horrible was about to enter their world and that and the triangle of the three plays was its door.
So they watched, they waited, and they prayed.
Buffy slowly managed to force herself back to full consciousness, shaking off the headache that was humming behind her forehead. She was not entirely sure what had happened, but she knew this kind of pain only too well from catching will after a spell and her dabbling with her great grand mother. Magical-backlash-effect. When a spell had been forcibly broken and the feedback had sent her reeling.
With a start she remembered what spell she had woven last. Katherine! The Immortal had tried to kill her and Buffy had tried to keep him away, trying to protect his intended victim with a force field. Then his sword had hit her field and she had been knocked for a loop. Did that mean...
When her vision finally cleared she saw that it meant exactly that.
"Katherine," she whispered, struggling to her feet.
About twenty feet in front of her Buffy was kneeling on the grass, her blonde hair matted with blood, cradling something to her chest. Something that did not move something that was covered in blood, so much blood. Faith was kneeling by her side, staring at the thing in Buffy's arms with eyes wide with shock, muttering something under her breath. Buffy's body was shaking with sobs.
"No!" Willow managed a few shaky steps, bringing her closer to the two Slayers and the... the thing. She had to think of it as a thing, otherwise...
Katharine was now laying in was lying Angel's arms, her eyes open and staring up at Buffy with supreme disinterest. The emptiness in those eyes was terrible to behold, staring out of a pale face sprinkled with blood. Buffy found that her hands and knees were shaking, everything inside her refusing to believe that this had happened. They were the good guys. They were supposed to win, supposed to protect the people that depended on them. If they could not even save one little girl, then what...
Buffy's thoughts were cut off when the city was suddenly bathed in a crimson glare, a hundred times brighter than the light of the fires. The ground shook and then Buffy looked up just in time to see the time to see to vortex open between England and Ireland; the demons were attacking all over. Red fire covered the sky through vortex in a ref swirled Something moved inside the flames, something dark and terrible. Buffy began to scream.
Buffy slowly managed to force herself back to full consciousness, shaking off the headache that was humming behind her forehead. She was not entirely sure what had happened, but she knew this kind of pain only too well from atching will after a spell and her dabbling with her great grand mother. Magical backlash effect. When a spell had been forcibly broken and the feedback had sent her reeling.
With a start she remembered what spell she had woven last. Katherine! The Immortal had tried to kill her and Buffy had tried to keep him away, trying to protect his intended victim with a force field. Then his sword had hit her field and she had been knocked for a loop. Did that mean ...
When her vision finally cleared she saw that it meant exactly that.
"Katherine," she whispered, struggling to her feet.
About twenty feet in front of her Buffy was kneeling on the grass, her blonde hair matted with blood, cradling something to her chest. Something that did not move, something that was covered in blood, so much blood. Faith was kneeling by her side, staring at the thing in Buffy's arms with eyes wide with shock, muttering something under her breath. Buffy's body was shaking with sobs.
"No!" Willow managed a few shaky steps, bringing her closer to the two Slayers and the .. the thing. She had to think of it as a thing, otherwise ...
Katharine was in was lying Angel's arms, her eyes open and staring up at Buffy with supreme disinterest. The emptiness in those eyes was terrible to behold, staring out of a pale face sprinkled with blood. Buffy found that her hands and knees were shaking, everything inside her refusing to believe that this had happened. They were the good guys. They were supposed to win, supposed to protect the people that depended on them. If they could not even save one little girl, then what ...
Buffy's thoughts were cut off when the city was suddenly bathed in a crimson glare, a hundred times brighter than the light of the fires. The ground shook and then Buffy looked up just in time to see the time to see to vortex open between England and Ireland, the demons were attacking all over. Red fire covered the sky through vortex in a ref swirled Something moved inside the flames, something dark and terrible. Buffy began to scream.
"It's not over" Something penetrated past the haze that had lowered over Angel. he did not know how much time had passed since the world had come to a halt all around him, reduced to the bloodied form lying in his arms, consisting of nothing but pain and regret. Buffy watch Angel She had failed. She had promised Katherine that she would keep her safe, that no one would be able to harm her. Only that promise was now lying in pieces at her feet, broken just like Katherine's small body was lying broken in Angel's arms.
Buffy calmed and she found hers sitting there a voice in her head Katherine she went over to Angel and Faith She should have been faster, should have been stronger. The Immortal was just another demon, she should have sensed its coming in time, should have been able to fend it off. Only she had not and Katherine had paid the price. who wee around the little girl she touched Angel hand "Angel!"
Was there someone calling out to him? No, could not be. Who would want to speak to a failure like him? The great and powerful vampire, older and stronger than any other vampire in history had ever been, and yet he could not even save one little girl. What use was he to anyone?
And he looked at hand then the frills eyes opened
Buffy said "Katherine"
She said "yes"
Angel said "we're sorry"
She said "you... were not meant to save me"
Buffy said "we should have tried harder "
She said "I was here to show you"
Angel said "show us what"
She said "what is possible"
Buffy thought "my power… that was the first time I used it"
She nodded "yes"
Buffy said "we can win this"
She said "you can"
Buffy looked at Angel taking his hand "we can"
The military units stationed on the shores of Italy carried enough firepower to reduce the city to ruins several times over. The soldiers manning them had been briefed that some kind of supernatural event was taking place in Italy, England and Ireland, because they could see it though the vortex opening something that had cut the city off from the rest of the world, something that might prove to be dangerous for the world as a whole. They also knew that, should it be deemed necessary, they would be ordered to use the firepower at their fingertips to destroy New York, along with its million of inhabitants.
Some of them had cringed. Some of them had even refused to take part in this. Others had just nodded, saluted, hiding their feelings of dread and revulsion deep inside. Most of them had prayed that this worst case would never come to pass, that the whole thing would be resolved peacefully.
Now, though, they all feared that they had been wrong.
The first anyone saw of the creatures emerging from the fiery vortex was a pair of eyes. They demons of all shapes and size came from all over the place and then they were attacking all over they began shooting as they came near.
The soldiers stared at them, their brains refusing to make sense of what their eyes saw an explosion separating into thousands upon thousands of wraiths, scurrying through the buildings like a plague of locusts, falling on the terrified people of in the triangle of the three cities put together, Rome London and Galway.
The screams could be heard all the way across the vortex's and finally snapped the soldiers out of their shock.
"Open fire!" the chief yelled at the one that had been frozen in shock No one was quite sure who had screamed the order, whether it was a general or a lowly foot soldier, but no one cared. Moments later, even as a second tentacle reached from one of the attaching demons, the thunder of weapons fire filled the air.
Buffy had all but forgotten in the turmoil of the last few hours. She felt his desperation. Something was happening, something even more terrible than that little girl dying in his arms. It was happening right now, all around her, and she needed to open her eyes.
Buffy's eyes snapped open just in time to see the second of the giant tentacles of the demons burrow into the bedrock of the island, a sheer endless number of demons peeling off from its flaming surface. The Slayer inside of her finally reared its head again, coming out of the valley of despair Katharine's death had banished it to. Yes, she had failed to protect the girl the girl that, but right now that did not matter any longer. She would grieve later, would grieve for the girl who she had felt so strongly for, but not now. Now the world was in danger and it was her job to protect it.
They saw as here was rockets going through the sky gun fire and Buffy's view she said "Angel we have to go"
The girls final woods were "remember your power" before she disappeared and Buffy saw the blue light go through her she grabbed her stomach.
"Looks like the battle has started without us," she mumbled, only now becoming aware of Faith kneeling in front of then, staring at Katherine.
"She's gone," she saw it whispered. "Are you okay"
"I know," Buffy told her, wiping a tear from her face. "I'm fine" she and Angel got up "But now we have to save the world, Faith, Angel. You ready?"
Her chocolate eyes turned away from Buffy and took in the monstrosity of demons, seemingly untouched by the destruction unleashed against it. They both knew that this thing was Regina, was the monster The Immortal and Ninja had been trying to hide. This was the reason they were here now.
"Let's get the bastard," Buffy forced out between clenched teeth.
They both jumped to their feet, startling Buffy whose eyes were fixed to the monster, dragging her along as they started running. Buffy did not know what they would be able to do against The Immortal and Regina, but that did not matter even in the least. One way or another it would pay for Katherine's death. Oh yes, it would pay... it didn't matter that Katherine was only here to die that gave Buffy all the fuel she need to Finish this
Riley reached the head quarters Pike and Spike were looking out the windows "This definitely isn't good!"
"Do tell!" Pike glared at him looking back out the window at The sky was almost blood read with fire and flames,
Riley said "the only good thing about it is the military is out there to busy trying to save themselves then worrying about trying to stop the slayers"
Spike said "that peachy captain card board" more demon pouring out of the dimensional vortex with every passing second. Missiles thundering in from somewhere off the island set them ablaze by the hundreds
Pike said "we need to think"
Xander came in "I don't even thin were going to be able to get out of here in a jet… how come Giles never saw this he always so on top of thing"
Spike said "one you might not have to there is a triangular vortex in the center you can just walk through it and end up in the next country… and this isn't the first time Giles miss interpreted a prophecy" he watched there were always more to take their place and their high-pitched screams assaulted the vampire and three humans ears' sharpened senses.
Pike looked back out "but you have to get to it first" Most of the vortex was filled with something that neither Spike nor any of them had words to describe. Demons they ad ever seen of glistening black scales, flames dancing around them like a suit of armor, blazing red eyes gazing on them with contempt and hunger, huge black tentacles for arms reaching I for victims and other smashing into the bedrock of the three areas.
Xander looked out "we got to get the slayers together and get out there now"
Pike said "it's a start"
Buffy Angel and Faith reached the Military Area Buffy said "stand down this is not your fight" human were running for there lives and vampire were having a free feed for all , while the Military were doing their best to dislodge it. So far, though, they had not met with much success on the demon front
The commander said "you have no right to tell me what to do you have no right you don't even know how to handle the situation"
Angel said "do you… because you seemed to be doing so well"
Buffy said "this is what I do"
He laughed "destroy… because you seemed to be doing very well"
Buffy said "if you o smart do you know what will kill them because you sure as hell appear like you don't"
"I don't fuckin' believe this," a soldier mumbled, having shot a missile from a rocket launcher into the things, which achieved absolutely no effect. "Maybe we should try to spit at it."
Buffy said "don; you see your doing nothing too them but upsetting these creatures"
"Move aside!" Faith pushed the men out of her way, brandishing an enchanted sword on loan from the artillery back at head quarters that had been magically blessed. It was not as powerful as the dragon blades Willow had forged for her but she had lost that somewhere in the battle earlier that night or was it still day, but she figured anything that could cut through the armor of a tank without even denting had to be good for something. Maybe she should apologize to the very frightened tank commander later on for trying out the sword on his vehicle
"What are you ...," the soldier began, only to fall silent when he saw the blade in Faith's hands glow in an eerie purple and pink lighting net around it. That, coupled with the murderous look in her eyes, vanquished any thoughts he might have had about stepping in her way.
Buffy said "let us handle it"
He said "you three and what army"
Buffy smiled "this one" as she saw her army of nearly three hundred thousand slayer coming there the vortex to met them "because we have officially declared war" she picked up Angels sward and the scythe in the other hand Angel had two, double bladed battle ax that had bee enchanted "lets go people" Faith swung the blade with all her might and struck the glistening black scales of one of the demons as it came toward her spot exploding like molten lava when the blade hit it.
Buffy did the same with scythe as Fire erupted where the blade met the demon's skin, a blinding explosion that left Faith and Buffy seeing spots and patting out some flames that had jumped onto her clothes. An angry red gash was visible where she had struck, some kind of black liquid oozing out of the two demons and hitting the ground with a hiss like acid, setting the grass on fire.
Though some part of them was feeling smug about having inflicted a wounds, "Well, Rome wasn't demolished in a day," Faith mumbled and kept slashing at the tentacles of the demons, planning to put a sword like this on her wish list for Christmas. The witches had all the best toys and she did not?... she was going to have to bring tat up at the next board meeting she just had to survive for it.