Back again! Thanks to everyone who reviewed/followed/ favorited it really makes my day to see them! Also thank you to the reviewer who had the idea with Katie, I will DEFINITELY be using that, I already know where I'm going to put it so thank you for that bit of genius :) Anyways on to the story, not really sure how I feel about this chapter but I decided to put it up anyways shrugs Enjoy all!
P.S. I totally forgot Buffy's middle name was Anne! Thank you to the reviewer who reminded me of this, as a Buffy fan I'm disappointed in myself lol. Totally coincidental, it was simply the name that came into my head when writing.
P.S.S? Anyone else read the afterellen interview with Jess Brittain? Not feeling to good about the way Naomily is going to end guys, especially after this "The aim was to write interesting drama – not just to showcase their loveliness. And whilst it might be a difficult ending for some..." I'm a bit worried guys.
I don't own skins/ buffy because if I did skins would be on tv in the U.S.
I wake up freezing. I'm back inside of the cave, the cave that haunts my dreams, quite literally. I wake up, as I always do, completely soaked, in a puddle. I recognize my surroundings, realizing that I am in the cave, this fact should have been enough to put me on edge. I've never had this nightmare and been aware that I've been having it. I always wake up in the cave completely disoriented, heavy, cold, and unaware of where I am or if I'm dreaming or awake. In this case I know for a fact that it's the cave from my dream and I know that I'm sleeping, I know that this isn't real. Knowing this still does nothing to ease the fear that encapsulates me when I hear a scream from farther on in the cave. The scream sends an instant chill throughout my body, it felt as if someone taken a needle full of liquid Nitrogen and inserted it into my veins. I knew that to get to the bottom of whatever was going on, I had to go further into the cave. Something, in my experience, that has never ended well.
I take my first few tentative steps forward, gaining more confidence with every short step. Slowly and carefully I reach a break in the cave. It was the same cave that I usually turn up into in my regular dream, the cave that has changed my life forever. Something though is off about the cave this time, but before I can figure out what it is I hear a voice male voice from somewhere within the cave.
"So nice of you to join us Miss Campbell. Forgive me for not showing my face to you but I must take certain precautions, as I'm sure you know." I look a few feet in front of me to see a man in an ordinary button up cotton shirt and khakis of moderate build, with a full head gas mask making it impossible to see any of his features and to hear his real voice.
He continues on confidently. "Let's play a little game shall we Miss Campbell? You see I have someone, someone who is very important to you, someone who's life very much depends on the outcome of this very game. You see here's how it's going to work, it's very simple. You against one of my best vamps, just one, no tricks. You beat him and your friend goes free and subsequently you, with no one stopping you. You lose and your friend dies and I force you to watch right before I drain the blood slowly from your veins. Any question?"
I know that this isn't the time for a wisecrack but I was feeling vamp? Please I can do that in my sleep, literally and figuratively. Plus, I'd be lying if I said that Buffy's wisecracks weren't rubbing off on me. "Just the one really... Are you my mummy?" I smile at him sweetly. I couldn't help myself, as soon as I saw the gas mask I immediately thought of Doctor Who, can you blame me?! I wish that I would have been able to see his reaction but the mask prohibited that. What I did see though was him raise his hand and signal forward for someone and him walk away to my right. I look into the darkness, straining my eyes trying my hardest to see anything. It's eerily quite and it seemed to have gotten significantly colder. I continue to stare into the abyss until I hear quite footfall. I brace myself for the impending vampire, positioning myself in a fighting stance and picking up a stake I see on the ground. I was still not prepared for what I would see...
The vampire comes charging out of the blackness, the sharpest set of teeth I have ever seen, bald head, and red eyes, with pointed ears and a sickeningly white complexion that makes the bald vampire even more frightening. "Oh god... it can't be."
"Oh yes Miss Campbell it can. I'd like to introduce my very own Turok-Han, or as I'm sure you know them by... the ubervamp."
And in this moment I am completely and utterly terrified. I had heard the stories of the ubervamps from Buffy and Faith, never really concerned because I had thought they were gone, completely wiped out by the slayers in the Hellmouth a few years ago, but I guess that's not the case. I know that they are tough and almost impossible to kill, Buffy only doing so with a special ax that she has found that could pierce their skin. Before I could contemplate further, the ubervamp attacks. He charges at me directly, quicker than I have ever seen anything move and I'm able to half dodge his tackle, still taking a large hit from the vamp, immediately knocking the wind out of me. I fall to the ground harder than I ever have and am instantly filled with dread. I get up to see the vamp charging again, this time I get out of the way and roundhouse kick him in the back of the head, which I'm pretty sure hurt me more than I hurt him. I quickly run over to land a few more blows but I can't help but feel like the vamp is allowing me to hit him, almost like placating a child just to shut them up for a bit. I feel myself start to tire out, which rarely happens, and the vamp strikes. A hit to my head, side, ribs, legs, arms, everywhere, I feel like there are six people attacking me all at once and I'm powerless to it. I feel the blood running down my face and all over my body but I try to fight back, for whoever it is that this mad man has, I have to save them. I get up from the ground slowly and hit the vamp in the head again with a big kick, but he catches my leg before I can put it down. He has it near his mouth and his grip is stronger than steel, it felt like my leg was stuck between two metal clamps. Before I can get away he bites down, draining a lot of my blood, making me even more weak. He throws my leg to the ground, causing me to fall, and begins to rain on punches, now even more powerful because of my blood. My entire body is broken, my spirit defeated, I lay there begging for death.
"It's seems Miss Campbell that you have lost." At this I remember that he has someone, someone important to me and that thought is enough to fill me with fear all over again. I can deal with my own death, but being responsible for someone else's death, once again someone close to me, is to much to handle.
I push myself up onto my elbows and quickly fall back down, to weak to hold myself up. I feel the ubervamp lift my head up by the back of my neck, forcing me to look forward, which is where I see the man in the gas mask pacing in front of a chair. I can't make out who is in the chair, the clothes are to big and they have a hood over their head, also being beaten to a pulp certainly doesn't help with my vision.
"You see now you must pay the price. My dear girl, I would say this won't hurt a bit, but I would be lying. I have a feeling this will hurt you quite a bit." At this he lifts the hood off the person in the chair and my heart drops to the floor.
"Please... please no." I barely whimper out.
"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Naomi, didn't that insufferable watcher teach you to never beg. Really what are they teaching slayers nowadays!?"
"Anyone... but... her. Please... just take... me." My breathing becoming difficult, even I can hear the blood building in my lungs.
"Naomi..." I hear her plea, fear evident in all of her features. "Just know... I don't blame you. It's not your fault. I love you..."
"E...E-Emily. I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry Naomi, we'll be together again soon. Follow me Naoms" She looks at me directly in the eyes, fear no longer present, only the bravery that I have associated with my Emily since I've known her is present.
'I... love you to." I can feel the tears start to fall down my face, matching hers. I see the knife in his hands and I try my hardest to struggle out of the vamps grip.
"Emily, no...no...no!" I see the knife touch her neck, and with a quick swish of his wrist, it's over.
"EMILYYYYYYYY!" I cry and thrust and scream with every ounce of my soul until I can cry no more. It felt like someone had just ripped out my heart from my body only to have it stepped on before my eyes. I feel oblivion slipping over me and I embrace it, if only to stop this horrible pain in my chest. I close my eyes, giving up the fight with my last thoughts being the redhead and her name on my lips... "Emily."
"EMILY!" I wake up screaming her name out into my dark room, covered in sweat and freezing. I reach up to my face blotchy and swollen, obviously from crying in my sleep. I grab my pillow and clench it in my arms and bring it into my chest. Laying in the fetal position, I cry myself back to sleep.
I wake up the next morning from only a few hours of sleep, none of it peaceful. I roll over and sit up, putting my feet down on the floor, I put my head into my head, trying to prepare myself for the day to come.
"Your dream was different this time." It wasn't said in a questioningly, simply in a matter of fact way.
"Yeah, it was Eff. How did you know?"
"Your aura. It's black today, black and red. Normally it's brown... like Freddie's eyes." We sat in silence for a few minutes, not uncomfortable or anything which is what I love about Effy, we never feel the need to fill the silence.
"I'm here when you want to talk about it." With that she sends me a small reassuring smile and quietly heads out of the room. I grab my things deciding that a shower will hopefully help to get my head on straight and get ready for the school day ahead.
It had been almost a week since the club and the fateful meeting with Emily and we haven't really talked since. It's not that we were avoiding each other, it was simply that we weren't exactly going out of the way to interact with each other, and the entire group was catching on especially now that they have all agreed to take Katie and Emily into the fold. Everyone could tell that something had happened between the two of us but no one wanted to bring it up. I wanted nothing more than to be able to go back to the way that it was, this past week of school was the loneliest that I've ever felt and Roundview. So imagine my surprise than when I heard the voice of my favorite Redhead at the end of the day. I look to my left to see her leaning against the lockers looking at me in a way that only she can do.
"Hey." A small but hesitant smile on her face but I can't help but notice that it doesn't fully reach her eyes.
"Hey." I can't do this. I can't not have her in my life. She's said one word to me and it was enough for me to want to take back everything I said the other night, take back all of the promises that I made to myself. I just want Emily and this had never become more apparent than it is right now. I prepare myself to apologize.
"Listen-"
"I'm so-"
Both of us trying to speak at the same time, causing us both to nervously giggle for a bit before I tell her to go first.
"I just wanted to apologize for the other night, I shouldn't have kissed you."
"Emi-"
"Please just let me finish." I nod, and smile grimly.
"I shouldn't have kissed you and I'm sorry for that but I just want us to go back to the way we were you know?"
"Yeah, I do Ems."
"Great, great...good. So... friends yeah?"
Friends. Who knew that one single word could hurt so much.
"Yeah... friends." I smile at her, attempting to hide my raging emotions that are all jarring for release, though I think I did a pretty shit job because Emily stares into my eyes for a while longer. Just as she opens her mouth to say something, someone calls her name. We both look to our left find a girl.
"Hey Ems! I was looking for you. We still on for that coffee now?"
"Oh uh, yeah Anne, just give me a minute? I'll be right out." Anne. That bitch from the club who was dancing with Emily. I quickly slam down my walls, trying with all of my might to keep Emily out, she can't see how much this is hurting me.
"So Anne eh?"
"Um yeah, I-I uh went back after to you left and we talked for a bit. She's nice."
"Thought you didn't do dates?"
"I don't normally... maybe the right person hadn't asked me yet." She looks me directly in the eyes when she says that last part like she was telling me this is what you could have had.
"Right... wouldn't want to keep her waiting then. I'll see you Monday Ems." With that I walk away and out of the doors to the school not giving a shit that I'm missing training, quickly walking to my favorite spot, a large tree in the middle of a field. It's always been my place of peace, apart from my lake but I couldn't be arsed to bike there now. It's also the spot that Effy knows to find me when I'm having a particularly bad day. I go here knowing that she'll look for me here once she realizes that I'm not in the library for training. No sooner do I think this when I see her walking towards me. I feel her sit next to me, lighting a cigarette. I lean my head on her shoulder, needing the comfort of my best mate.
"You should just tell her know."
"I can't do that Eff, I need to keep her safe... besides she just wants to be friends." I hear a scoff.
"What are scoffing at, she just told me five minutes ago!"
"Please Naomi, stop using that excuse. The day that Emily wants to be just friends is the day that Cook chops his dick off." I chuckle at that, no way in hell would Cook ever do that, which is obviously her point. I quickly want to change the conversation away from me, already saying what I wanted to say to Eff.
"So Effy, what's going on with Katie then?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Deliberately not making eye contact with me.
"Elizabeth Stonem, are you blushing?! Oh my God, you are! Well now you have to talk."
"Nothings going on... not yet anyways."
"If anyone deserves to be happy Effy it's you and if Katie does that then go for it." We change positions for a bit and this time Effy puts her head on my shoulder, both enjoying the silence.
A while later I hear Effy say, "You deserve it to you know, to be happy. So promise me Naoms, next time there's an opportunity, take it. Don't let anything get in the way, not even slayer issues. Do it for me, do it for Freddie. Promise me Naomi."
I look into Effy's eyes seeing more emotion than I have in a long time and for once I fully understand what she's saying. We have to live, in honor of Freddie. We can't keep sacrificing our happiness thinking that any second something could happen, that's no way to live and it's no way that Freddie would want us to live.
"I pomise Eff, I promise."
From what I'm hearing about the new episode it's amazing hdfbwugbjgwekjf. If anyone has a good download link for Fire later on please please PLEASE send it to me in a message! I literally can't wait to watch it.