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Watcher's Council Headquarters
Kitchen
June 16, 2007
6:59am
A light goes on in the kitchen and a child about seven years-old walks in holding a teddy bear. She has jet-black hair, piercing blue eyes and wearing some pajamas. She walks over to the refrigerator door and grabs the door. Before she opens it, Giles bumps into her with great force, knocking over the child.
"Blast it…" he yells as he falls over the prone girl. An arm quickly grabs him before he falls completely over. Giles looks up at his savior and recognized the face.
"Whoa there, guy. You almost smashed an innocent slayer before her prime."
The man pulls Giles up to his feet and young slayer grabs hold of the man leg. He looks down and smiles at the little girl.
"You've come home, Xander."
Xander picks up the little slayer and kisses her forehead, "Sure did, Elise. But I have a question for you?"
The little girl smiles, "What?"
"Why were you in the kitchen before everyone else?"
She acts like she thinking before she answers, "I was looking for Twinkies."
Xander gives a fake frown and then begins to tickle the little girl, "That's the right answer, sweetie." Giles can only stand back and watch as the man that he watched grow up was giving Elise the one thing the Xander didn't have… a father figure. Even with his missing eye, he still able to look you in the eye and make you feel like everything is okay.
"Where have you been?" Elise asks.
Xander looks at Giles for some help, but Giles just looks at him, 'Whatever, old man.'
Xander turns to the little girl, "I was in Australia trying to find potentials just like you. But the were none there."
"So the tracking system we created came up with a false lead?" Giles piped in.
Xander puts the little slayer down, "Well, finding a potential, yes but I found something else."
"What?"
Xander leans his back on the counter, "I found this town that was completely disserted except for a few locals talking about the end of days," Xander crosses his arms, "I thought they were just religious freaks until an earthquake hit the town, splitting it down the middle. It went from one part of the town to the other."
Giles gets close to Xander, "Why didn't you contact us?"
Xander backs away from Giles as much as he can, "Okay first, someone isn't vest fully clean this morning," Giles steps back, embarrassed, "and second, the earthquake was an isolated incident. I found no evidence of supernatural involvement."
Giles lets it sink in, "So, have you had any other visions since you last called?"
Xander is about to answer, when he hears feet falling quickly on the hardwood floor. Both of the men and the little slayer turn to find Buffy, with a stake in one hand and a hairbrush in the other.
"Buff, what were you going to do? Stake me then brush my hair?" Xander stated as he tried not to laugh.
Buffy realizing that she still had her brush in her hand, quickly dropped both items on the ground and rushed up to the one eyed White Knight and gave him a hug.
"I missed you." Buffy said as she squeezed harder.
Xander began to gasped for air as Buffy squeezed harder and harder, "Buff… I missed… you too… Air!"
Buffy let go of her friend and blushed. Elise walks over to Buffy leg and hugs her. Buffy looks down at the little slayer and pats her head, "Why don't you go up stairs and wake up Dawn. She'll be glad to hear Xander is back."
Elise nods her head and runs out of the kitchen, leaving the veteran's in the kitchen, "So what did you find in Australia?" Buffy asks as she sits on a stool next to the counter.
"It was strange, really. I found this old…" Xander's story was cut off by Giles' cell phone. Giles quick goes in search of the small phone. Not finding it immediately he exhales with frustration and quickly leaves the two friends to wonder who was calling.
Giles walks out the backdoor to stop the sound from reverberating within the mansion. He finally gets the phone out of his pocket.
"Rupert Giles speaking…" he says slightly out of breath.
("Giles?")
"Who is this?"
("It's Faith.")
Giles nearly drops the phone. This was the first time he had talk to her since the destruction of Sunnydale, "Hello, child. It's good to hear your voice."
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North Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, Ca
June 16, 2007
12:12am
Faith leans against the car as Demitri stands by the edge of the highway. A sad smile creeps up her lips as the Watcher babbles on and on, "Hey, G… calm down… everything is fine…" Faith looks across at Demitri, "For now anyway."
("So how are things out there in California?")
"Five by five, so far… We are heading to a vampire hive here in town. But that's not the reason why I'm calling."
("What is it, dear?")
"Who's this Demitri guy you sent here?"
There is silence on the other line a moment; ("He's a friend of mine from a while ago. Why do you ask?")
Faith rolls her eyes, "Giles, the man is a fuckin' hitman. When were you going to tell me this?"
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Giles moves the phone away from his mouth an curses under his breath, 'How much do you did you tell her, you daft prick.'
He quickly puts it back, "Faith, all the things he has done in the past is just that… in the past. For every horrific thing he has done in his life, the man is bound by a code of ethics that neither you nor I can comprehend. He is a good man by nature but the things he has seen in his life are… to say the least, events that would make us go insane."
There is a pause, like Faith was contemplating the argument Giles had given her, ("But Giles, you should have seen the way he killed this vampire we ran into. The word 'overkill' doesn't do it justice.")
Giles exhales, "Yes, his style is a tad bit unorthodox but remember, Faith, your style mirrored his own at one time."
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Faith looks down her feet, "What is this, "This Is Your Fucked Up Life." Look, G, thanks for the guilt trip, but I'm serious. This guy's vibe is changing every second. One minute he's Don Juan and the next, he's the Terminator. I don't get it."
("Your generation and its metaphors… How to explain this…") Giles pauses as he collects his thoughts, ("Demitri is very emotionally handicapped individual. Yes, he can go from hot to cold very quickly but not without a purpose. He possibly treated you the way he did because his normal persona would not allow you to trust him otherwise.")
Faith quickly looks at Demitri who has not moved an inch since she got on the phone, "Giles, can I trust him?"
("You can trust him with your life… I trusted him with mine…")
Faith looks closer at Demitri and then back to the ground, "Giles, you really know how to talk to a girl…"
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("…you know that")
Giles blushes, "Thank you for the compliment, Faith. Now, is there anything else you would like to know?"
("When was the last time you talked to Wood?")
"He went to Brazil to find more potentials. He left about three months ago. That was the last time anyone had seen him, really."
There is a pause, ("Oh… okay. Well, if you see him let him know that I'm okay.")
A sad smile creeps up Giles' lips, "If we see him, I will let him know."
(Later, Giles…) and with a click of the phone, she hung up. Giles closes his phone and sighed. Giles walks into the kitchen with a sad face, that didn't go unnoticed by either Xander or Buffy.
"What's wrong? Was it that Demitri guy?" Buffy piped up.
"Who's Demitri?" Xander questions.
Buffy looks at Xander, "Later," and then turns her attention back to Giles.
"It was Faith, Buffy. But before you start asking questions, let's head to my study. Would you mind?"
Xander raises his hand, making Giles exhale with frustration, "We're not in high school, Xander. What is it?"
Xander slowly lowers his hand, "When did we establish communication with Faith again?"
Giles rolls his eyes and walks away from the young man and his slayer.
Xander shrugs and they follow Giles, not knowing the outcome of the conversation.
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Faith closes her phone and walks over to Demitri. Like a gargoyle watching over a castle, he was looking out at the horizon. She looks down at his hands, intertwined with each other. His shirt still soaked from the flash of rain they had earlier. His hair was now pulled into a ponytail so she could see his eyes as the moon reflected off of them.
"Have I given you any reason to distrust me, Ms. Lehane?" Demitri asked to the prone slayer.
Faith was startled by the break of silence, "One side of me is telling me to run for the hills. But this other side of me… I don't know…" Faith sighs loudly, "Trusting people is not one of my best features, but Giles says I can trust ya…" Demitri turns to Faith, "so with you I will make an exception."
Demitri turns to the slayer and grins, "Believe me… you won't be disappointed."
Faith and Demitri return to the car and continue heading west on the highway.
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"So what's the stitch?"
Demitri pulls some paperwork from a side compartment and hands it to Faith, "Giles' contact reported that most of the disappearances were happening in this area," he places his finger on a map that Faith was holding, "He then pin-pointed the center of the activity."
Faith looks down at the map, "All the houses here are nothing but mansions," Faith's get wide, "Are you telling me that one of those rich bastards is a vampire?"
Demitri nods, "It's either that or a vampire had decided that since they killed the tenets living there, might as well reap the rewards."
"But with that many disappearances, there should be more than one vamp."
Demitri pulls out another piece of paper, "Not necessarily. It seems that the people of Laguna Beach has their very own serial killer right under their noses."
Faith begins to read the piece of paper, "Robert Samson, a known serial killer, was released from his life sentence last week as a result of pardon from the governor… What the fuck? How could this sick fucker get off like that?"
"It gets even better… Samson was under surveillance for two days before he himself disappeared. He was last seen at the local cemetery… at around 11:00pm."
Faith takes all of it in and then she looks at the day the report came in, "This was reported four weeks ago… what does this have to do with the missing people?"
"When I was talking to the receptionist at the hotel, she stated that this guy had been seen around town the day people started to go missing."
"So this guys a vamp?" Faith questioned.
Demitri shook his head, "He was seen during the day. And the first reported disappearance was during the day. He must be kidnapping people in the middle of the afternoon."
Faith looks through the paperwork, "But the reports say that that after the first day, most of the people are taken in the middle of the night including the mayor's son."
Demitri turns onto an intersection before answering; "If those reports are true we have a problem…" he pushes his foot harder on the acceleration, making the car roar with power.
Three minutes later…An extremely pale security officer is sitting on a stool in his booth, as he feels light on his face. He looks up to find a classic car sitting right at the gate entrance. He tries to get a better look at whose inside, when the headlights turn off along with the engine. He picks up a flashlight and walks over to the car. He clicks on his flashlight to find a beautiful raven-haired woman in the driver's seat.
"What can I do ya for, miss?" The security guard asked as he gave the inside of the car a once over with his light.
Faith looks at the security guard for a moment, "I'm a little lost, I'm trying to get back on the freeway. Could you help me?"
The guard looks around with his flashlight a little more before he looks at Faith again, "Sure, I have a map in my booth. I'm terrible at giving directions from memory, so if you wouldn't mind, could you follow me?"
Faith thinks about it, 'D, this better work.' Faith nods and steps out of the car. The security guard stands in awe at the flawless frame of the Slayer for a moment before heading to the booth.
Faith follows the man to the booth and sits down on the stool. The man pulls out a map and points, "We're right here and you want to go this way."
Faith bends down closer and her hair cascades down her shoulders to expose her neck. The security guard turns and looks at her neck. He begins to feel a hunger sweep over him as he concentrates on her neck. His face quickly goes demonic.
"So you're saying that this route should take me out of here?" Faith asks innocently.
The man was now breathing very heavy as he answers, "Your not going anywhere," and grabs the slayer by the neck.
Faith smirks, "That's what you think."
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Demitri walks out of the darkness to find the car stationed in front of a mansion both he and Faith thought was the vampire hive. He is now wearing a black duster trench coat and a jet-black fedora. His pant legs now have straps with stakes in the sheaths. In one hand he has a custom-made samurai katana and in the other was a cigarette. He walks up to the back bumper of the car when he hears crashing coming from the booth.
He drops his cigarette and proceeds to quickly move towards the booth, 'I should have done this. She's been out of the…'
In mid-thought, he witnessed the security guard getting thrown out of the booth. And before it could hit the hood of the car, he turned to ash. Demitri watches in amazement as Faith walks out of the decimated security booth wiping herself off.
Demitri grins to himself, 'Never underestimate a slayer.'
She walks over to Demitri and looks up at him, "Impressed?"
Demitri smiles slightly and walks back to the trunk, "My impression of you as never changed, Faith."
Faith inwardly smiles and follows Demitri. The trunk latch opens to the weapons already in plain view. Faith quickly grabs two knives, "Hello, boys… ready to make mommy happy?"
Demitri grabs two desert eagles and put them in his holsters. Demitri looks deeper into his trunk as Faith marvels at her knives. She then turns her attention down at a katana that was propped up next to Demitri. She puts the weapons on top of the car and grabs the katana. She begins to examine the katana and the first thing she notices how light the katana was. The slayer physiology gave her super human strength but she was still able to feel the difference in weighted objects. As she examined it closer, the hand guard had many Japanese symbols on one side and a yin/yang symbol that was created with a dragon and a tiger.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Demitri voice made her jump a little. She looks at him with some embarrassment and tries to hand it back to him. Demitri quickly puts up his hands, "Go ahead and take a look at the blade. I know you want too."
Faith slowly pulls the katana out of it sheath and examines it carefully. She finds more Japanese symbols on one side was a dragon and tiger intertwined etched into the metal. Faith is about to ask about the sword when she hears something in the distance. Demitri grabs the katana out of Faith's hand and quietly closes the trunk.
Faith and Demitri hid behind what was left of the booth and wait for whatever was coming their way.
They didn't have to wait long as two vampires came into view. Both of them still had dirt and mud on their clothing, making them newly risen vampires. They look around and notice that there was a car at the entrance gate and the security booth was destroyed.
One of the vamps grabs a remote and press a button the makes the gate open inward. They both inspect the car and then the booth.
"Where the hell is Brandon?" One of the vamps said as he looked under the car. Once he got up, he turned to his partner and noticed he was not moving.
"Jeff?" He questioned, as he got closer. He got in front of his partner and found him with his eyes wide and staring straight ahead of him.
"What's wrong, dude?" He smacks Jeff on the shoulder and to his horror he watches half of his friend slide off his body before both halves turn to ash.
The vampire jumps out of the way of his ash-ing friend, "What the fuck?" He turns to leave and has a gun pointed at his forehead. The darkness was covering his attacker's face but through his new eyes, he could see that his fedora was covering his eyes.
"Now this scenario can go two ways…"
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"So Rob… what are we going to do with this?" A vampire asked as he kicks the mayor's son. Robert and a female vampire are embracing and turn to look at the fledgling. Robert lets go of the woman and squats in front of the child with a look of sadness.
"It would be a shame to let this child go to waste, wouldn't Kathryn?" Robert asked as he continues to look at the child. The female vampire kneels down next Robert and grabs the child's chin.
"He is so innocent looking…" she roughly takes her hand away from the child and looks at Robert, "I bet he tastes sweet."
"I get first taste, dear…" Robert pulls a knife out from his boot and gently cuts the boy's cheek. He then licks the blood off the blade, "Tasty."
The child looks towards the far wall to find many bodies piled upon each other. He squeezes his eyes closed and began to cry.
Kathryn gets closer to boy and her face becomes rigid, "It will hurt only a little bit." She opens her mouth to reveal her elongated canines and starts dipping lower on the boy's neck.
Her decent was interrupted as the fledgling come stumbling through the front door. Rob jogs over to the fallen vampire and grabs him by the collar, "Don't you know it is impolite to disturb people when they are eating?"
The vampire looks up at his boss and begins to shiver with fear, "The Slayer's here."
Rob looks up with confusion when the fallen vampire turns to dust. "What the…" is all Rob could say when a fist hits him in the face. He staggers back, catching the attention of Kathryn. Rob feels his nose and finds it bleeding profusely. Looking for the person who hit him, he finds Faith standing in front of him with both knives in her hands.
"So your that psycho that went missing, huh? You don't look so scary." Faith said as sheaths her knives. Rob looks at the petite slayer and laughs.
"This is going to be fun," he pulls out his knife again, "I can't wait to feel you insides all over my body."
Faith cringes a bit, "Try me."
The man lunges for Faith when a bullet strikes his ear, making stop in his tracks. He starts running his hands over his ear and feels large piece that was missing. He looks past the slayer to find Demitri behind her with smoke coming out of the barrel of his gun.
"YOU SHOT MY FUCKIN' EAR OFF, YOU MOTHERFUKA!" Rob screamed. Faith smirks at the man in front of her.
"Oh, you thought I was comin' here without some back up?"
Rob holds his ear and begins to bark orders, "Frankie, get her…" He hears no response and turns to find no one behind him. He looks confused and then with a revelation, he squeezes his eyes shut before looking down on the ground. He finds an ash pile where Frankie was standing.
Kathryn also looks down at the ash pile and then up at Faith. Then, with superhuman speed, tackles Faith into the other room, leaving Demitri and Rob alone. Demitri turns to watch Kathryn and Faith tumble on the ground, before he turns his attention back at Robert.
Robert starts tossing the knife from one hand to the other, "I'm gonna cut ya in half, boy!"
Demitri carefully places his katana down on the ground. Then slowly takes off his trench coat and then his fedora, giving the serial killer a good look at whom he's about to face. Demitri closes his eyes and starts to snicker.
"They said that you had a talent for frightening your victims with just one look," Demitri opens his eyes and a blood red light emanated from them, "Do I frighten you?"
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Faith and Kathryn tussle on the ground until the vampiress kicked the slayer off her, knocking her against a wall. Kathryn quickly gets to her feet and rams Faith further into the wall. Faith falls to the ground gasping for breath as the vampiress looks down at the fallen slayer.
"I've never killed a slayer before…" she grabs Faith by the throat and lifts her over her head, "Well, there's always a first for something."
She slams Faith's lifeless body down on the ground, creating an impact crater. Faith grabs the vampiress legs and trips her, smacking her head on a thick slab of concrete protruding out of the floor. Faith slowly gets up off the ground and notices blood on the floor. She quickly realizes it her blood and begins to looks for the source. She feels the side of her face and to her shock, she finds a gash next to her eye.
"You fuckin' bitch!" Seeing that blood seemingly set her off and she starts kicking Kathryn in the abdomen. After five kicks, Faith picks up the battered vampire and then roundhouses her to put and exclamation point on the fight. Kathryn goes flying into the next room. She lands next to Demitri's katana and coughs up blood on impact. She stares daggers into Faith and try to grab the weapon. Faith's eyes widen then throws one of her knives into the vampiress hand, which were inches from the katana.
The vampiress screams out in pain as smoke begins to bellow out of the wound.
'If I only had these weapons a few years ago…" Faith thought as she advanced towards the prone vampire. Faith gets to Kathryn and keels over the defeated vampire. She starts punching the vampiress face and doesn't stop until her face is unrecognizable.
Faith pulls out the other knife and is about to cause the final blow, when she hears a scream. Faith turns around to see where it came from. All he could see was the small boy crouching in a corner but no Demitri.
The vampire takes the chance and grabs Faith's neck, "If I'm gonna die, your comin' with me." The vampire then uses the last bit of her strength and pushes both her and Faith to the ceiling. Faith gets the brunt of the force and has the wind knocked out of her. Kathryn twists her body enough for Faith to take all of the fall and places her knees in between them. The vampire lands on Faith's chest with sound of bones crushing under her skin. Faith, with jolts of pain flowing through her body, kicks the vampire in the back, knocking the vampire off of her.
Faith slowly gets up and looks the vampire in the eyes. Kathryn looks at the rogue slayer with confusion, "Why won't you just die."
Faith smiles a little bit, "Haven't you heard?" Faith coughs and a droplet of blood runs off her lip, "We don't die… We multiply!"
Kathryn screams and runs towards Faith. Faith closes her eyes, preparing for what might be the end…
Faith then hears the sound of gagging coming from the vampire in front of her. She opens her eyes slightly and then quickly snaps them open. Kathryn is standing in front of her holding her neck, with blood pouring out of her mouth. Faith takes a closer look at Kathryn's neck to find a stake lodged.
Faith turns to find Demitri leaning against a pillar with his arms crossed. Faith, with her last ounce of strength, grabbed the vampire's head and smashed her face down on the floor.
Faith slowly got up and limped over to Demitri, "You know you could have intervened at anytime, you know."
Demitri just nodded and the beat down woman looks back at the vampire, "Where's her boyfriend?"
"He's been taken care of." Demitri said as he placed his trench coat over Faith.
"Good," was the last thing Faith said before she passes out. Demitri quickly caught her and gently places her next to the pillar. Demitri looks around the living room to find the mayor's son. He finds the boy next to turned over couch holding his knees, rocking back and forth.
Demitri walks over to the boy and crouches next to the boy and looks at the boy, "What's your name, son?"
"Bobby…"
"My name is Demitri and I'm here to take you home, Bobby. Is that okay with you?"
Bobby slowly nods his head and stands up. Demitri does the same and extends his hand out to the boy. Bobby pauses for a moment then grabs a hold of Demitri's hand. As they walk towards Faith, Bobby stops and turns towards the far wall, "What's going to happen to him?"
Demitri turns to what Bobby was talking about, "He will never hurt another person again."
As they get closer to Faith, Demitri let's go of Bobby's hand and picks up an unconscious Faith. Bobby picks up Demitri's hat and presented it to him, "I think this is yours?"
Demitri looks down and smiles, "You hold it for now." Faith, while Demitri's attention was on the little boy, had wrapped her arms around Demitri's neck.
Demitri feels the shift of weight and looks at Faith, who is sound asleep. Bobby catches Demitri looking at her, "Is that your wife?"
Demitri looks at Faith for a moment longer and then down at the boy, "No, she's not. But she is a good friend of mine."
The boy nodded and led they way out of the mansion with Demitri walking closely besides him. As the three of them passed the destroyed security booth, Demitri and Bobby hear a screech coming for the home. Bobby stops in his tracks while Demitri continues forward. The child turns slightly to the house and then back to Demitri, "Did you hear that?"
Demitri doesn't answer and continues towards his car. Bobby shrugs and quickly catches up to Demitri. Once at the car, Demitri places Faith in the passenger seat and turns to the child.
"Now I need you to get into the car… I will be taking you home shortly. Can you promise me that you will stay in the car?"
Bobby quickly nods his head and gets in the car. He watches as Demitri makes a trip back into the mansion.
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Kathryn has tears in her eyes as she looks up at the wall in front of her. Her face is extremely pale, even for a vampire. Her entire lower body is covered in blood from not only her mouth but from a stake protruding through her neck. With her last bit of strength, she screeches into the night as she pulls out the stake. She is about to give up when she finds a body on the pile that she and her lover made. She crawls to the body slowly and to her amazement, the body still has a pulse. Kathryn, quickly and painfully, bends down to feed off the body. She is about to sink her teeth into the body's wrist, when she hears footsteps behind her.
"Only be sure that you do not eat the blood… for the blood is the life… and you may not eat the life with the flesh… You know ever time I hear that quote, it reminds me of your kind," Demitri states as he walks towards the fallen vampire.
Kathryn turns to find Demitri, with katana in hand. She tries to talk but the pain is too intense. She points up at the wall. Demitri looks up at the wall to find an extremely pale Robert Samson, pinned to the wall with four stakes. His neck has been visibly broken and his tibias are just as visible.
"Oh, he's very much alive. A vegetable… but alive. I normally just take out my victims but I thought that it would be too much of an easy exit for me just to kill him. Now he will live out his days drooling from the mouth in mental institution."
Demitri turns his attention back to the weak vampiress on the ground, "Now, I want answers and I want them now." He grabs her blouse and lifts her to his eye-level.
"Why have the vampires begun to resurface?"
She looks into Demitri's eyes and they have turned completely black. She begins to say something when Demitri feels a jerk in her body. Demitri looks in her eyes and see fear… true fear.
"Puzzle box…" was all Kathryn was able to get out before her entire body turned to ash. Demitri looks ahead of him to find a short guy in a leather trench coat and a fedora in the shadows. Demitri looks closer and finds a crossbow in his hands.
"Since you did my job for me, I am obliged to ask you who you are."
The short man steps out of the shadows to reveal more of his person. Under the trench is a very loud Hawaiian shirt and very small horns on his forehead.
"The names Whistler… you must be Demitri Drake?"
Demitri continues to stare and the short man in front of him. He notices that this "Whistler" is not showing any fear, which is new behavior since this guy clearly knows enough about him, "How do you know about me?"
Whistler drops the crossbow to the ground, "How can not know about you. You… one of the most feared assassins in the world. Not to mention the fact that your real name means "The Tortured One."
Demitri, seeming unnerved by the revelation continues the conversation, "Seeming that you know a lot about me, why don't you cut to the chase. What do you want?"
Whistler walks up to Demitri and looks up at him, "My associates, the Powers That Be, are in the business of keeping the balance between good and evil."
Whistler begins the walk around Demitri casually, like doesn't have a care in the world, "And after those slayers not only closed the most potent Hellmouth in the world but that Wiccan activated all the potential slayers…" Whistler stops at Demitri's side, "…We just can't allow this imbalance to continue."
"You want something from me?" Demitri asked through gritted teeth.
"They told me you were smart," Whistler turns to Demitri, "It simple really. Whatever deal you made with that so-called Watcher… break it. Abandon the slayer and go away."
Demitri looks down at the balance demon, "And if don't comply?"
Whistler grins, "Then you'll die like the rest of them."
Demitri walks away from the small demon, "You want me to go back on my word and turn my back on the slayers and their associates. And if I don't I will die just like them." Demitri stops, "What do I get out of this deal if I take it?"
Whistler looks triumphant, "The knowledge that you get to live another day… plus the sum of ten million dollars."
Demitri contemplates the deal that's in front of him. Whistler preparing to get the answer he wants, he turns back to pick up his crossbow when he feel pain coursing through his body. He slowly feels around to find a stake protruding through his chest. He turns to find Demitri standing there with a blank face.
"You have made a big mistake, kid," Whistler pulls out the stake and drops it to the ground, "These heroics are only gonna get you killed."
A slight grin comes to Demitri's emotionless face, "Is that a promise or just an empty threat?"
He looks down at the stake and then back at Demitri, "And you really think that would've killed me."
"No, but you should have seen the look on your face," Demitri teased, "I'm going to make this easy for you… walk away. Forget that we had this conversation… consider this a pardon."
Whistler starts to laugh, "Your not as smart as the Powers like to think you are. You had a shot to walk away from this without a scratch… now you'll be nothing but a casualty of war. Your mother would be so proud."
Once the words were said, Demitri pulls out his Desert Eagle and without looking, aims it at the balance demon. Whistler beings to laugh again, "You've already tried to kill me with a stake, what makes you think that will work? I'm immortal, kid."
Demitri answers without looking at him, "It won't…" lowers the gun and shoots Whistler in both kneecaps. Whistler quickly drops to the floor screaming in pain as Demitri walks slowly up to the downed demon. He squats down next to Whistler and his eyes quickly turn blood red, "…but you can't stand without your knees."
As Demitri dips closer to Whistler, his eyes light up with the same blood red color, "You tell the Powers That Be that the slayers are under the protection of "The Tortured One" and if they decide to continue this crusade, we will have to test their so-called immortality."
Demitri stand up and walks away from the prone demon. As he exits, he gives one last look, "By the way, the next time I see you, you are dead."
Demitri, with a smile, turns back around and leaves the mansion as Whistler looks on with a sinister look. He quickly stands up and runs at the door when he abruptly stops. Feeling another presence, he turns to the wall and notices Samson's finger twitching.
And with a smile, he walks up to the crucified serial killer, "I have a proposition for you…"