"Well hello, Red.... Look who's here, luv. Its Red Riding Hood herself... How have you been Red..." Spike stepped into the lighted part of the room... But Darla stayed in the shadows.... Willow was nervous and a bit confused...
Since the Hadron Collider had started up, portals to other realms have been opening up all over the world. After finding Bloody Willow slaughtering people in Chicago, I tracked her to an abandoned store in a suburb where her motley crew were assembled and they had cornered another Willow from another realm. Among their coven was another Spike and a Darla from Bloody Willow's world....
"Spike, you died a long time ago..." Willow looked at him, wondering if he was some kind of illusion or doppelganger. "The pipe organ fell on you and you died. I was there when they burned your corpse."
"Yes, well. That was another Spike, Red. You see, when you walked through the door over there, you walked through a portal to another reality. A new world.... The Spike you knew may be dead and gone... But, the rumours of MY demise, luv, are very much... exaggerated." Spike walked up to Willow and stroked her cheek.... "Say how would you like to be immortal luv?"
"Touch me and the slayer will kill you," Willow straightened her back and looked Spike in the eyes.
"Slayer?.... I killed five, sweet cheeks... One more will make no difference to me." Spike moved close to Willow and whispered in her ear.... "And any way there's no Slayers here."
"I wouldnt be so sure." whispered Willow to Spike....
"You are brave for a weak little school girl with no powers. I will give you that...." Spike lit a cigarette and took a drag on it, blowing smoke into Willow's face. Then he stroked her hair and smiled. "You and I and my Willow are going to have a lot of fun together real soon, luv." Spike reached behind Willow and cupped the back of her head, then he pulled her close and kissed her on the cheek.... "Until Willow comes back we can play with Darla for a while... after we turn you of course."
"My girlfriend wouldnt like that," Willow said....
"Oh, a girlfriend, I like her more already," said Darla stepping out of the shadows... "I want to turn her Spikey."
"Sore thing, luv... And who is your girlfriend, cutie?" asked Spike. He kissed her again with a hungry look in his eyes.. then he felt something pierce his back and he shouted in pain as it pierced his heart...
"That would be me," said Kennedy as Spike turned to dust. Kennedy leaped from the rafters of the old abandoned store and stood between Darla and Willow. "The Slayer."
"No!" Darla shouted and jumped on Kennedy, knocking her to the floor and trying to rip her throat out...
Kennedy rolled her over and tried to drive a stake through her heart. Darla was older and stronger than Spike and not easy to kill one on one. Spike had been taken by surprise from behind when Kennedy threw a stake into his back and finished him, but an elder vamp like Darla was no push over.... Kennedy told Willow to run in case she didnt win, but Willow would not leave her... She looked around for a weapon and saw an old broom in a corner of the empty store. As Willow threw the broom to Kennedy, she shoved Darla into the wall nearby and snapped the broom in two like a twig... She threw one piece of the broom at Darla, but Darla ran around her and grabbed Willow from behind, draining her for the power, she dropped her to the floor like an old toy and smiled at Kennedy who was too shocked to move.
Darla saw an opportunity and charged Kennedy at top speed, but Kennedy was ready and lifted the stake for protection instinctively.... Darla ran into the stake and fell back bleeding to the floor. The stake had not pierced her heart, so Kennedy staked her again. Darla screamed in agony as the stake pierced her dark heart and turned her to dust.
Kennedy turned to Willow to check for vital signs but it was too late. She was gone... Kennedy cried as she held her lover in her arms for the last time.... She couldnt see for the tears filling her eyes. She couldnt hear for the sound of her heartbeats. She didnt notice as Bloody Willow came up behind her and reached for her throat.
Willow had tracked her gang to the store just in time to hear them scream in pain as they turned to dust and she was going to make the Slayer pay dearly for this... As Willow took Kennedy's throat into her hands, I threw the stake in my pocket as hard as I could... By the time I reached the Slayer, Bloody Willow was turning to dust and screamng....
Kennedy just sat there rocking her dead lover in her arms as I reached her and asked if she was okay....
"Kennedy? You okay?" I asked, but she just stared off into the shadows...
"Finish it," she said... "Do it!"
I turned and walked away....
When the team arrived, they asked Kennedy to come back with us. Since the portal to her home world was gone, she agreed and joined the team eventually.... but that is another story.
Since the Hadron Collider had started up, portals to other realms have been opening up all over the world. After finding Bloody Willow slaughtering people in Chicago, I tracked her to an abandoned store in a suburb where her motley crew were assembled and they had cornered another Willow from another realm. Among their coven was another Spike and a Darla from Bloody Willow's world....
"Spike, you died a long time ago..." Willow looked at him, wondering if he was some kind of illusion or doppelganger. "The pipe organ fell on you and you died. I was there when they burned your corpse."
"Yes, well. That was another Spike, Red. You see, when you walked through the door over there, you walked through a portal to another reality. A new world.... The Spike you knew may be dead and gone... But, the rumours of MY demise, luv, are very much... exaggerated." Spike walked up to Willow and stroked her cheek.... "Say how would you like to be immortal luv?"
"Touch me and the slayer will kill you," Willow straightened her back and looked Spike in the eyes.
"Slayer?.... I killed five, sweet cheeks... One more will make no difference to me." Spike moved close to Willow and whispered in her ear.... "And any way there's no Slayers here."
"I wouldnt be so sure." whispered Willow to Spike....
"You are brave for a weak little school girl with no powers. I will give you that...." Spike lit a cigarette and took a drag on it, blowing smoke into Willow's face. Then he stroked her hair and smiled. "You and I and my Willow are going to have a lot of fun together real soon, luv." Spike reached behind Willow and cupped the back of her head, then he pulled her close and kissed her on the cheek.... "Until Willow comes back we can play with Darla for a while... after we turn you of course."
"My girlfriend wouldnt like that," Willow said....
"Oh, a girlfriend, I like her more already," said Darla stepping out of the shadows... "I want to turn her Spikey."
"Sore thing, luv... And who is your girlfriend, cutie?" asked Spike. He kissed her again with a hungry look in his eyes.. then he felt something pierce his back and he shouted in pain as it pierced his heart...
"That would be me," said Kennedy as Spike turned to dust. Kennedy leaped from the rafters of the old abandoned store and stood between Darla and Willow. "The Slayer."
"No!" Darla shouted and jumped on Kennedy, knocking her to the floor and trying to rip her throat out...
Kennedy rolled her over and tried to drive a stake through her heart. Darla was older and stronger than Spike and not easy to kill one on one. Spike had been taken by surprise from behind when Kennedy threw a stake into his back and finished him, but an elder vamp like Darla was no push over.... Kennedy told Willow to run in case she didnt win, but Willow would not leave her... She looked around for a weapon and saw an old broom in a corner of the empty store. As Willow threw the broom to Kennedy, she shoved Darla into the wall nearby and snapped the broom in two like a twig... She threw one piece of the broom at Darla, but Darla ran around her and grabbed Willow from behind, draining her for the power, she dropped her to the floor like an old toy and smiled at Kennedy who was too shocked to move.
Darla saw an opportunity and charged Kennedy at top speed, but Kennedy was ready and lifted the stake for protection instinctively.... Darla ran into the stake and fell back bleeding to the floor. The stake had not pierced her heart, so Kennedy staked her again. Darla screamed in agony as the stake pierced her dark heart and turned her to dust.
Kennedy turned to Willow to check for vital signs but it was too late. She was gone... Kennedy cried as she held her lover in her arms for the last time.... She couldnt see for the tears filling her eyes. She couldnt hear for the sound of her heartbeats. She didnt notice as Bloody Willow came up behind her and reached for her throat.
Willow had tracked her gang to the store just in time to hear them scream in pain as they turned to dust and she was going to make the Slayer pay dearly for this... As Willow took Kennedy's throat into her hands, I threw the stake in my pocket as hard as I could... By the time I reached the Slayer, Bloody Willow was turning to dust and screamng....
Kennedy just sat there rocking her dead lover in her arms as I reached her and asked if she was okay....
"Kennedy? You okay?" I asked, but she just stared off into the shadows...
"Finish it," she said... "Do it!"
I turned and walked away....
When the team arrived, they asked Kennedy to come back with us. Since the portal to her home world was gone, she agreed and joined the team eventually.... but that is another story.
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