From: ~~Kimber <kacoe@xxxxxxx>
1. The slime flies
2. Cordelia kicks some head
3. Willow finds closure
4. Giles worries (what else is new?)
Have fun. . .this one is peppered with an extra
helping of my sick, twisted humor.<IMLH>
~~Kimber
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Title: Untitled (6/?)
Author: Kimber (kacoe@xxxxxxx)
Disclaimer: All BTVS characters belong to Joss
Whedon and Mutant Enemy.
Summary: (No summary yet.)
Spoilers: Everything is fair game. This is set
three years or more after Buffy and
Willow graduate college.
Distribution: Pat Kelly, Rodrigo, Gary Thompson,
Syrenslure and Serendipity. Anyone
else, e-mail me please.
Author's Notes: The more feedback I get the more
fic I write….nuff said.
Thoughts are enclosed in < > and flashbacks are
enclosed in <<< >>>
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“Giles?”
“Hmm?”
“This thing with Quentin. I didn’t like him very
much to begin with but . . .”
”It bothers you we left him in the cell with Ethan.”
“Yeah. What if he was telling the truth? Then
we’ve sealed the fate of an innocent man.”
“Quentin was hardly innocent, Buffy, I can assure
you of that. Remember his explanation
about Willow and Cordelia’s connection?”
“Yeah. I felt like a real jack-ass.”
”Well, he was completely correct. He knew of their
connection in detail and he knew that
Willow gave Cordelia her ring. You and I were the
only other people that knew she had the
ring.”
“You knew?”
“Um, yes, well. . I was out in the hall when you and
Cordelia were exchanging words. Only
that time I didn’t get caught.”
“You were lurking? You’re the last one I’d ever
think of to pull an Angel.”
”I fear for your safety, Buffy, all of you. If
anything were to ever happen, I don’t
think I’d ever forgive myself for it.” He sighed.
“Yet here we sit, Willow is Immortal
and you’re a vampire. I just feel like I’ve failed
all of you.”
She reached out and touched his shoulder. “We’ll be
okay, Giles. We’re gonna go in
there, kick some demon ass and go home.”
He smiled at her and nodded.
He noticed that Willow was being led in by Spike and
brought her attention to it. “Look.
. .I can’t believe it!”
Willow was arm in arm with Spike. He was leading
her up a set a stairs. She caught their
attention, motioned to Spike and gave the ‘okay’
signal with her hand. He looked up and
nodded. It was done in an instant, but they got the
message.
Buffy whispered. “He’s on our side.”
He nodded. ”Looks that way. We could use all the
help we can get.”
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“My fellow kindred. . your Queen has arrived!”
Cheers erupted from the crowd of 20 or so demons.
They pumped their weapons in the air
and chanted ‘Long live the Queen!’.
Spike handed Willow off to Richard and bowed low.
From the door they just came through,
Angelus emerged and took his place on the other side
of the stage. He and Spike exchanged
a brief look then stared out to the crowd.
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“Giles! Did you see that?”
“I saw. Let’s hope it means what we think it does.”
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Cordelia was led out by another demon and thrown to
the ground in front of the stage.
Richard spoke. “The hour of evolution is upon us.
Soon we will be the perfect race, the
only race worthy of inhabiting this earth! Even as
I speak, you’re old Queen is dying.
She has passed her prime and must be put to rest.
Will the new Queen present to take her
place, we will achieve what we’ve fought so long
for. Immortality! We will be
unstoppable!”
“The Queen must die! Long live the Queen!” The
chant took on an eerie rhythm, pounding
out each syllable in their brains. The pitch they
reached was inhuman and they all had to
hold their ears, fearing their eardrums would
literally explode in their heads.
“Now! Let the ritual begin!”
Cheers erupted again and suddenly five demons
appeared from an adjacent corridor. They
wore robes encrusted with jewels and carried daggers
in both hands. Silently they marched
over to the female and in unison knelt in front of
her in a circle.
The creature stirred, but didn’t really move. Buffy
noticed that her skin had taken on a
pale gray color and her movements were slow and
awkward. She was indeed dying, probably
from producing so many offspring. <Screwed to
death.> She gave a little chuckle.
Again in unison the grabbed her and carried her up
to the stage. A stone slab emerged
from beneath the floor and she was placed on it,
gently. They shackled her arms, wrists,
neck and torso. She struggled the tiniest bit, but
it was no use. She was then gagged
and a black hood was tied to her head.
The five demons turned to Richard and waited. He
nodded his head and together they raised
their right hands and the daggers were slammed into
various parts of her body. The
undertook the task of carving into her flesh, her
head, her arms. Green ooze flew
everywhere and the crowd scrambled to the edge of
the stage. The demons continued to cut
her up into small, manageable pieces and began to
throw the pieces into the crowd. Giles
noticed one demon caught a piece of the flesh and
pushed his way to the front of the
stage. He caught Willow’s attention and hungrily
devoured it. Almost immediately he took
on a deep green luster. This entire display
couldn’t be described as anything but
controlled chaos. Each demon that caught a piece of
flesh did the same in turn.
He leaned in and whispered to Buffy. “They’re
courting her. Trying to prove themselves
worthy.”
She grimaced. “Ugh, that’s disgusting!”
“It’s an animalistic mating ritual. The one that
digests the most is considered the
dominant male in the room.”
She shook her head and turned away from the carnage
in front of her. “Giles. . does that
mean they. . “
”They’re vying for her attention. I suppose you
could say the one with the best green
wins. Then he’ll mate with her and . .”
”Nope, no way. . not gonna happen. NOBODY is gonna
mate with her. . .especially those
things!”
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