Reminding the Fallen
by zenithar
Chapter 3
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Disclaimer: Joss owns it all. grrrr
Everything up to the episode Empty Places has happened, just a few changes from the last season. One: Wood and Caleb did not show up. Two: So obviously much changeings to endings of series. Also the weapon that Buffy got is changed to an actual scythe.
Knowing something must be up if Spike's Desoto was back Kennedy and Dawn started calling out for Willow. Instead of hearing replies of some sort the two just heard what sounded like a very loud argument coming from the kitchen so they began heading though the living room to get there. However what they found in the living room caused both of them to stop. Lying on the couch was an unmoving woman, not even her chest was stirring. The woman's body was covered by the black full length duster she wore while her face was hidden behind a strange veil and her hair was covered by the hood it was tucked into. It looked as though they should have been able to see right though the veil and to the face behind it, but the strange fabric seemed to be continuously... shifting, keeping the wearers face from view.
Dawn asked "Do you think she's dead?" noticing the unmoving chest.
Kennedy seemed to only partially hear Dawn, "I don't know, there's... something familiar about her...." Kennedy said as she was slowly creeping up to the prone figure. When she was at arms reach away, Kennedy leaned over the body and reached out to remove the veil.
"I don't thi-" Dawns sentence was cutoff immediately when the veil was removed revealing someone she knew very well. Her own sister, Buffy, lay as unmoving as the dead before her. Buffy looked the same as the last time she saw her. Only difference this time was the slayer was a little paler and her face looked peaceful, as if she were only asleep. "Oh, god... Buuffyy" she slowly whined out. Falling on her backside as tears began to form in her eyes.
Kennedy could only look on in shock. "Wow, never thought the old battleaxe could be kil-" her voice was suddenly choked off by Buffy's hand taking grip of it. Just as rapidly Buffy's eyes shot open and she sat up.
"Buffy? Buffy! You're alive, but... what are you doing?" Dawn at this point had finally gotten up off the floor. "Let go of Ken!" Not even taking her eyes from Kennedy, Buffy slowly let her face shift. At first it was simply her eyes beginning to change color to a golden amber, then ridges began to form on her forehead, and last the trademark of her new status showed itself through the grin that had formed, her fangs. Dawn couldn't even scream, she could only look on in horror as Buffy turned Kennedy's neck away from her exposing the vein. Still frozen in place Dawn watched as Buffy nuzzled Kennedy's neck before licking over the vein and then ever so slowly biting in. In few short moments Kennedy was drained and Buffy could look up again at her sister, only this time Dawn could see her face fully: soulless eyes looked hungrily at her while her tongue snaked out and licked at the remaining blood on her lips. Letting Kennedy's body hit the floor with a sickening thud, Buffy got up and began to move towards Dawn. Only after hearing the disgusting thud did Dawn snap out of her paralysis and let out an earsplitting scream.
This at last brought a game-faced Spike and startled Willow into the room. The witch immediately rushed to Kennedy's side while Spike moved to confront Buffy "You're not supposed to be up yet!"
"Aww, and why not Spiky? I thought you'd love to play with the new me even more than the old?" she said as she looked at him cutely, or as cute as a vampire could. She slowly walked around the couch to Spike causing him to backup some.
"Well, luv, that's the thing. I thought I would too but there's this troublesome thing called my soul that doesn't quite think you'd want to do that. Being the way you are right now and all."
"Soul, shmoul," she said dismissively, "the way I see it is, we can now fuck each other and I wouldn't feel like shit for doing it. So, what do you say?" Turning her back on Spike she looks at Dawn hungrily. "That is right after I get some more to eat."
Taking the opening offered Spike punched Buffy in the back of the head causing her to stumble forward some. Turning back around growling Buffy lashed out at Spike sending him back into the kitchen. Struggling to get up Spike taunts her "Now luv, control yourself in front of the 'bit. Don't want the children seeing a luvers spat." drawing Buffy past Willow towards the kitchen door.
With tears falling down her face Willow closed Kennedy's eyes and stood up. Facing Buffy's back with coal black eyes screaming out "You stupid demon!" Muttering an arcane word and throwing her hands out, Buffy was sent flying into a wall. While Buffy began to shake her self out of the wall Willow continued. "I know I should destroy you where you stand, for Buffy's sake if nothing else. But we need her. Again! And once more it looks like I have to be the one to bring her kicking and screaming back to this hell." As black tears fell from her obsidian eyes, Willow cast another spell making Buffy crumble to the floor unconscious. Going to the floor herself Willow let go of the power she had drawn to herself and cried. Cried for Kennedy, for Buffy, for herself, and for what she knew she had to do.
Getting out of the kitchen Spike went over to where the strange veil fell and picked it up replacing it on Buffy and moving her back onto the couch. Once done with that he moved over to check on Dawn "You ok 'bit?" he asked quietly.
Looking at Spike with tears in her eyes "I just found out my sisters a vampire and watched her kill a friend! DO YOU THINK IM OK!? I mean, what are we going to do? Stake her? Replace her soul?" turning her rant on Willow, "and what the hell were you talking about?"
"Hey! Leave Red out of this for now. Just calm down and we'll talk about what the hell is happening and we'll even get Giles bac-"
Cutting Spike off Dawn just forged ahead "Calm down! My sisters dead, again!, and you want me to calm down! And how is Giles involved with this? If he had a hand in thi-"
Finally loosing his patience Spike let out "Damn it! If you'd shut up for one bloody second I'll tell you. Now sit down shut up and listen. What Red and I were 'discussing' earlier with Giles when you two came in and had things go to hell was what we were going to do with her." Indicating Buffy, "Looks like there's another prophecy about our favorite little slayer here, and it relates directly to her new status. And before you ask, no I didn't turn her." Taking out a cigarette and lighting it Spike moved over to Willow and put a hand on her shoulder only to have it shrugged off.
This managed to shut Dawn up, in fact she now just sat there staring at Spike with a confused look upon her face. "But if not you... then who? It's not as if your every day vamp could have gotten her, and I sorta thought that if she could take out the First Evil then there wouldn't really be any vampire that could take her... right?"
Moving to sit in an empty chair Spike answered "Well it wasn't just an everyday vamp that beat Buffy, in fact it was a vampire that I thought was just a legend," a look of remembrance crossed Spikes face, "I saw her die, but I couldn't do a damn thing to save her."
"Wait then you were there when Buffy was tu-" Dawn got cutoff by Spike defending himself.
"There was nothing I could do. When I got to her she had already drank from the ancient's wrist." Hearing the sound of someone stepping through the front door Spike stopped.
Coming into the living room was Faith. "Hey every-," spotting Kennedy lying on the floor with Willow crying nearby, "oh god, what happened?"
Chuckling almost hysterically Dawn answered "Buffy's home," pointing over to the still figure on the couch.
"What? You mean the stiff right there is B?" moving to the head of the body she was about to reach out and remove the veil when Spike stopped her.
"No! Don't touch that." Slapping Faiths hand away.
"What? I was just going to take the thing off her face."
"Ya, I know what you were going to do and that 'thing' on her face is about the only thing keeping us alive." Shaking his head Spike went over to an armchair and sat down on one of the arms. Muttering under his breath, "Stupid thing keeps her asleep but also keeps her from putting off the right vibes."
Easily picking up the muttered words "What do you mean the right vibes, all I'm getting from her is nothing, meaning B's dead. Now are you going to tell me what killed her so we can go out and kill it or not?" showing Faiths ever present impatience.
"That's just the thing, she's not dead and we need her to kill the thing that killed her. And as much as I'd luv to go into story mode right here and now I think it might be a bit better if Red here were in a little better state of mind. Not to mention I'd rather only have to do this once."
Putting all the pieces together, "You mean B's a vamp now?" Faith looked shaken by the news. Shaking her head to clear it she then drew a stake from her jacket "I know she wouldn't want to be one of 'em, we should just do it and get it over with." Pulling her arm back to strike Willow's hand suddenly appeared on Faiths arm.
Willow finally managed to contain the tears that kept seeking to escape, "A much as it would probably be what Buffy would want we need her again. Giles apparently found a prophecy that talks about a turned slayer and her continued existence will be needed to beat the one that turned her. Now were going to call an emergence Scooby meeting and get Giles on the phone so we can see if there's another option than bringing Buffy back."
Authors note: I'm sure some of you may feel a little bit of a let down with me making Buffy a vampire (and not having her go semi evil) but this is what I had planned from the beginning.
Please give me feedback, if you don't tell me what's bad you'll keep getting the same crap I've been writing.