Forever Fight As One
Author's note – The Final Chapter sorry it took for ever but I had to get my computer fixed and I spent for ever fixing this chapter there is no Steve in this chapter but he will be back in the Christmas special which will be up at the beginning of December.
Please Review I won nothing. I only own Layla and Melissa.
Final Chapter – The hardest thing in this world is to live it, so live.
Layla walked around the streets alone and Glory's minions found her and took her and to Glory. Darcy comes around a corner, pauses to gaze upward for a moment, and then continues. The others follow, now all in a group. Clint carries a crossbow, Jane a baseball bat. Xander also has the bag of weapons on her back. They all stop walking and look up.
Shot from below of the tower rising up into the air above them. They all stare at it.
Xander says to everyone, "Shpadoinkle."
"What is that?" Jane asked everyone.
Wesley said to her, "The portal must open up there."
I looked at Willow, "Will, you're up." I told her.
"Need anything?" Bruce asked her with a wry smile.
Willow told him, "I could use a little courage."
The crazy people are still doing various things with machinery and metal. Darcy enters; she walks in muttering to herself, goes over to a pile of bricks and picks one up. A hand grabs Darcy's shoulder from behind and spins her around.
"What are you doing here?" Glory asked Darcy. Willow appears beside Glory.
Willow said to Glory, "She's with me." Willow grabs both Glory's and Darcy's heads. They all scream as blue lightning begins to flicker around them. Bright blue light appears to stream from Glory's head to Darcy's. Suddenly a blast of power separates them. All three go flying in different directions. Willow crashes into a pile of wood. Glory lands on her back on the concrete, sits up as several minions run over.
"What the frickin' hell did that bitch do to me?" Glory asked her minions. The minions look at each other, then at Glory.
The minion said anxiously, "You look fine. Truly."
Glory clutching her head, "She made a little ... she made a hole. Uh, I need a brain to eat." She told them.
"Oh, take mine, oh groove-tastic one!" the minion said to her bowing.
Glory said to him, "I said a brain, you worthless dirt!" She puts a hand to her forehead and begins to walk, distractedly, as the minions follow her with concern.
"Big day. I got places to be, big day. Need a brain." Glory said again to them. She looks at something directly in front of her, scoffs.
"Suppose I could always use yours." She said to me, I smiled.
I said to her, "Okay then." Buffy stands there with her hands clasped behind her back. I continue on to say, "Come and get it."
Glory was still staring at me. Glory starts to smile, then looks away and moves her arms as if in pain.
I said innocently, "You don't seem very well."
"Your little witch bitch ... gave me kind of a headache there." She said removing her ceremonial robe, revealing the simple black dress underneath. "But if you think this is gonna last more than eight seconds…"
I said to her, "I noticed you're talking, whereas in your position, I would attack me."
The minions have taken Glory's robe as she continues to stand there looking weakened.
"Oh, most sweaty-naughty-feelings-causing one, should we..." the minion asked her.
Glory told them, "Go guard the girl. This is a ... this is a, a..."
"Diversionary tactic?" the other minion asked.
Glory shouted at them, "Go guard!" The minions scurry away. They pull a bunch of crazies away from their work and gather them around the base of the stairs leading up to the tower. Glory still standing there unsteadily.
"It's strange; you're not as blurry with speed as usual either." I said to her.
Glory said to me, "The witch..."
"It's not her." I said to her, I produced the Dagon sphere from behind her.
"Might be this." I said to her, Glory looks alarmed. I continued on to say. "I heard it's supposed to repel you. So my guess is...you probably shouldn't touch it, either."
I tossed the sphere at Glory, who catches it instinctively. The sphere lights up and seems to warp the air around it when it touches Glory's hand. She makes a pained face, drops her hand to her side. She slowly crushes the sphere and the light goes out as it crumbles.
She said to me, "You're gonna wish you…" I punched her in the face. Glory stumbles back and then I kicked her, and then punch her again, and again, and again. The minions and crazies gathered around the stairs mutter and look around nervously as the fight continues.
"Stand fast! Kill anyone who dares approach! This will be our day of glory!" The minion shouted at the crazies.
The other minion said, "Well punned."
"Well, it just called out to me." the minion said to him, suddenly an arrow appears in his chest and he falls back. Clint was holding his crossbow, having just shot the minion. Natasha and Wesley are beside him. They rush forward and begin fighting the minions, while Clint stays behind. Wesley blocks a minion's staff while Natasha beats on another one with her bat. Angel gives a loud battle cry and jumps on two minions at once, bearing them to the ground. Wesley slices at a minion with his sword. A minion has Steve around the waist as another one approaches. Steve fights them both. Layla looks down and her eyes widen as she spots Melissa.
Melissa flips Glory over and slams her down on a pile of bricks, tries to punch her but Glory rolls aside and Melissa ends up punching the bricks. Melissa tries to punch again and Glory grabs her arms, throws her across the room. Willow sits up among broken pieces of wood, looks at Melissa fighting Glory, and looks over to her left.
"Darcy!" Willow shouts as she crawls over to where Darcy lies unconscious in a pile of debris. Jane makes her way other to stay with her.
"Darcy?" Jane asked her, Darcy's eyes open. She looks at Willow, Dawn and Jane.
"Man what happened?" Darcy asked them both.
Jane smiled, "Glory mess ya head up." She told her, Willow smiled.
Glory stands up straight and says, "You know what?" Melissa punches, but Glory grabs her fist.
"I'm feeling a little better. And now? I'm a little bored." She told Melissa.
Melissa said to her, "Oh, I'm sorry. Cause you're about…" Glory kicks her in the face. Melissa's head goes flying off, leaving her body standing. We can see the wires exposed in the neck. The body falls over as Glory stares in bewilderment. When it hits the floor, sparks fly out of the neck.
Glory said while staring, "Hey, wow, the Slayer's a robot. Did everybody else know the Slayer was a robot?" Glory smiles in triumph as the real Melissa appears behind her.
"Glory?" Melissa asked her, Glory stops smiling, turns. Melissa hits her with Olaf's hammer. Glory flies across the room, crashes into a wall.
"You're not the brightest god in the heavens, are you?" she asked her.
Layla shouted, "Melissa! I'm up here!" Melissa looks up.
Layla screams at the top of her lungs. "Melissa!"
Melissa runs toward the tower, leaps over a pile of bricks and onto the stairs. A minion confronts her but she punches him and throws him over the side. Glory picks herself up, looks over and sees Melissa running up the stairs.
"Oh no you don't!" Glory said to herself.
Layla screams, "Melissa! I'm up here!" There's one last level after which the stairs end and the only way up is via ladders. Melissa is ascending onto this level as Glory appears in front of her and hits her. Melissa hits Glory with the hammer, then Glory kicks her into the scaffolding. They exchange a few more blows and Buffy loses her grip on the hammer, which goes flying. It gets caught in some chain that's hanging off the tower. Glory grabs another piece of chain and uses it to swing around the side, knocking Melissa side as Melissa tries to reach the hammer. Melissa falls aside, gets up, takes another kick from Glory and swings around the scaffolding, kicks Glory, ducks a punch and goes around Glory, kicks her from behind.
Layla looks down and shout, "Melissa!" Melissa tries to continue climbing but Glory hits her in the leg, making Melissa gasp in pain. They exchange some more blows, then Melissa resumes climbing up the outer scaffolding. Glory goes around beside her and climbs up as well, kicks Melissa as she's scaling up a pipe. Melissa slides back down to the previous level. Melissa runs up a ramp, kicks Glory in the face, runs down the ramp again and manages to free the hammer. She swings it at Glory and hits her couple of times, also hits a ladder which falls aside. Glory hits Melissa in the face and she loses her balance. As she falls backward, she grabs Glory and they both fall off the tower.
They both hit the concrete below, a few feet away from each other. The hammer lands nearby. Angel was still fighting two minions at once. Melissa gets to her feet. Glory does too. Melissa grabs Glory by the shoulders and pushes her away. Glory winds up a few dozen feet away, beside a wall.
"You lost your hammer, sweet cheeks. What are you gonna hit me with now?" Glory said to her. Melissa looks at the wall. Glory turns to the wall also, just as The Hulk crashes through the wall and into Glory. It crashes through a second wall, deposits Glory on the other side, and swings back.
Melissa said to her, "Whatever's handy." Melissa turns and runs off. Melissa grabs the hammer it as she runs past. Angel, Natasha, Steve, Clint, and Wesley were taking refuge behind something.
"Has anyone noticed we're going backwards?" Natasha said to everyone. Angel straightens up to peek over the top of the machine. A brick hits him in the forehead. He ducks down again, looking annoyed.
Angel said to her, "It's crossed my mind." Shot of the group of crazies standing between them and the stairs, glaring at them. There are also a few minions.
Wesley said panting. "As long as…Melissa can keep Glory down...long enough, it doesn't matter. There's only a few minutes left to start the ritual." Melissa was hitting Glory with the hammer. Glory doesn't seem able to fight back, just stands there reeling each time Melissa hits her. Layla was looking down at the fight. Suddenly she looks up and gasps. She see's Amora standing at the other end of the platform, inside the tower.
"You can help me. Untie me. Please. Help me, she's coming." Layla asked Amora.
Amora said while walking forward, "Well, it seems she's running a bit late, is the thing. And, uh, if her Splendidness can't be here in time to bleed you..." Layla looks scared and anxious as she realizes she's not on her side.
Amora whispers to her, "Hey! Kid. Wanna see a trick?" Layla looks fearfully at her. Suddenly she produces a large shiny knife, holds it up in front of his face. Layla gasps and cringes. Xander leaps over a fence and comes to join the others. The others are all still crouched behind their shelter, looking up at the tower.
"How we doing?" Xander asked them.
Jane tells him, "So far it's a tie."
"We haven't got up to Layla, but then neither has anyone else." Wesley tells them.
Loki says while still gazing up, "Someone's up there." Willow on the other side of the warehouse, with Darcy and Dawn behind her. Her lips don't move as she communicates telepathically to Loki.
"Is there someone up there with Layla?" Willow says to him telepathically.
Loki answers, "Yeah, can't tell who."
"Are you talking to us?" Clint asked him,
Willow telepathically says, "Get up there. Go now." Loki peers out uncertainly. The crazies and minions are still in battle stance.
"Yeah, but…" Loki says to her.
Willow shouts at him, "Go!" Loki gets up and charges out as the others stare at him in surprise. The entire crowd of minions and crazies suddenly parts into two halves like the Red Sea. They all yell in surprise an unseen force is shoving them aside as Loki runs through. He reaches the stairs and leaps up them without slowing. Loki gets to the last level, runs up the ramp and begins climbing the ladder. Amora produces a pocket-watch and looks at it as Layla watches him fearfully.
"We are going home Amora now." Oki said to her.
Layla shouted, "Loki!" Amora whirls around as Loki strides slowly forward.
"Come on, Amora. Let's you and me have a go home back to Asgard." Loki said to her. She took a shot at him and she missed but he caught her and teleported. Melissa continues hitting Glory with the hammer. Glory has blood running out of her nose. She gives Melissa an anguished look.
"You're just a mortal. You couldn't understand my pain." Glory said to her.
Melissa said to her, "Then I'll just have to settle for causing It." she hits Glory with the hammer again. Glory reels to the side, recovers and turns back.
"You can't kill me." she told Melissa
"No..." she hefts the hammer, "but my arm's not even tired yet." She said to her as she hits Glory again. She falls to her knees. She looks up at Melissa, gasping, on the verge of tears.
"Stop it." Glory begged her.
Melissa says to her, "You're a god. Make it stop." She goes over to Glory, kneels beside her and hits her several more times. We don't see Glory during this, just Melisa as she slams the hammer down over and over. Glory is lying there with blood covering half her face. She morphs into someone else. Melissa stops hitting.
"I'm sorry." He says.
Melissa tells him, "Tell her it's over. She missed her shot. "She goes. She ever, ever comes near me and mine again..."
"We won't. I swear." She drops the hammer and hurries away to help Layla. He breathes painfully. Wesley comes over and kneels beside him.
"Can you move?" Wesley asked him.
The man says, "Need a...a minute. She could've killed me."
"No she couldn't. Never. And sooner or later Glory will re-emerge, and...make Melissa pay for that mercy. And the world with her. Buffy even knows that...and still she couldn't take a human life." The man is listening to every word.
"She's a hero, you see. She's not like us." Wesley said to him.
He asked, "Us?" Wesley suddenly reaches down and puts his hand over the man's nose and mouth, holding them shut. The man struggles weakly as Wesley keeps him still. Wesley keeps his calm expression throughout.
"Here." Melissa said to her.
Layla said to her, "Melissa, it hurts." Layla's bloody feet.
"I got it. Come here. You're gonna be okay." Melissa said to her, a few drops of Layla's blood drip over the edge. In mid-air they meet something, and a small circle of light appears, quickly growing. Melissa leads Layla limping across the platform to the tower entrance. Layla stops, turns to Melissa.
Melissa says to her, "Go!" Thor dropped on the platform and took Layla down to the other. Tony dropped on the platform to "Melissa, it's started." she turns as they can both see the light of the portal. The portal grows ever larger and suddenly Manhattan's main street as a huge bolt of lightning opens an enormous hole in the middle of the street. People scream and run away. The portal crackles and sending out lightning. A large building is hit by lightning and burning to a shell in instants.
Demon creatures in the walls of the building, screaming in pain, the lightning continues to crackle out of it. Wesley and Angel stares upward. The ground shakes. The crazies and minions fall to the ground. Clint and Natasha holding each other while and staring up at the portal. The others are also staring up, turning to look in each other.
"Clint!" she pushes Clint aside as a bolt of lightning goes by and a pile of bricks falls on her head.
Melissa turns back to Tony as he continues staring at the portal.
Melissa says tearful, "I'm sorry."
"It doesn't matter." Tony says to her.
Melissa gets a realization look on her face. Flashback to Angel from earlier.
"Cause it's always got to be blood." He said to everyone. Flashback to a dream of the first slayer Melissa had beside the fire in "Intervention."
"Death is your gift." She told Melissa.
Melissa said "Death..."
Melissa frowns and turns around slowly. The platform extending into the air in the distance, holes seem to be opening in the sky. The sky is growing lighter as the sun tries to rise. Melissa looks peaceful. She turns back to Tony, took his mask off and stared wide-eyed.
"Melissa...no!" Tony said to her.
Melissa said to him, "Tony, I have to."
"No!" Tony said to her.
Melissa told him, "Listen to me. Please, there's not a lot of time, listen." Melissa holds Tony by the upper arms and continues talking to him, Tony begins to cry. Lightning continues to crackles behind them. She strokes the side of Tony's face, and then kisses him deeply. He continues to cry. Melissa turns and she runs down the platform as Tony stays there and breaks. Melissa swan-dives off the end of the platform and into the portal she falls into the portal and hangs there motionless, making expressions of pain.
Everyone heard through there headsets, "Tony, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I will always love you. But this is the work that I have to do. Tell Wesley…tell Wesley I figured it out. And, and I'm okay. And give my love to my friends. You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Tony, the hardest thing in this world...is to live in it. Be brave. Live, for me."
It's sunny and pretty with lots of trees and grass. A small bunch of flowers lies on the grass in front of a headstone.
It reads:
Melissa Dee
1991-2012
Beloved Sister
Devoted Friend
She Saved the World a Lot