My Immortal

Chapter Eleven


The Mansion was a hive of activity. Darla had the minions all gathered. Dru was stood beside Darla, both in their game faces. Darla dismissed the minions, they all took the exits and went to carry out the orders . Darla smiled viciously. Dru giggled. The Hellmouth was about to wake and release the Master. A large vampire came out of one of the rooms off of the main room. He stood before Darla and bent down on one knee. She offered him her wrist and hissed as his fangs sunk into her porcelain skin.

"My blood is your blood. My soul is your soul."

Darla bent her head back as power flowed through her, Luke accepted her offer

"My body is your instrument."

Darla leant down to Luke and drew a three-pointed star on Luke's forehead with the blood still flowing from her wrist. Darla continued the ritual.

"On this... most hallowed night... we are as one. Luke is the Vessel!

Darla's smile widened as she continued

"Every soul he takes will feed me. And their souls will grant me the strength to free myself. Tonight I shall walk the Earth, and the stars themselves will hide!"


Luke stood and stretched his chest. With a nod towards Darla he left to feed, knowing that with each life he took, he would empower her, making her unstoppable. Darla spun round to Dru .

"I'd like to see how the Slayer intends to stop the Harvest now"

Giles answered the door and found Buffy stood with the Blonde that he assumed was Spike. She walked in, her stature giving off her anger and tension.

"Invite him in Giles"

It wasn't a request. Giles took his glasses off and frowned.

"I will do not such thing. Buffy he is a killer and I will not allow him access into my home. I do not want to wake to find he has killed me"

Spike laughed

"If I killed you , how would you wake up , idiot, and this blokes your Watcher Buff?"

She briefly smiled at Spike before she turned back to an irate Giles

"Look , the Harvest has started, Spike felt the power through his bond with Darla, which means Angel should have felt it too, is he here?"
"No, he left a short time after you this afternoon. He was going to return tomorrow afternoon"
"Do you know where he's staying?"
"What are you planning Buffy? "
"We're going now, it has to be stopped before Darla has the power to open the Hellmouth and free the Master"

Giles grabbed his coat, a crossbow and his keys and headed to the front door. Spike stepped aside to allow him to pass. Buffy followed Giles out of the condo and Spike followed them.They arrived at Angels basement flat and as much as he hated the fact that Spike was going to be part of the assault on the Mansion, he knew that they needed as much muscle as they could get. The journey to Crawford Street was tense. Buffy sat in the back with Spike. Giles kept watching them in his rear view, even though he couldn't actually see Spike, he knew that Spike could see the threat and mistrust in his eyes. Angel just watched the houses go past the window. Spike held Buffy's hand and watched her face as it contorted with thought.

Giles parked a block down from the Mansion and opened the trunk of the car. Buffy drew out a large sword and smiled. Angel reached for the other sword, Spike rolled his shoulders and picked up the axe, Giles held onto the crossbow and a baseball bat that had been sharpened to a deadly point. He closed the trunk and walked to the three others.

"So we expect Darla and Dru to still be inside, Angel, Buffy, you should concentrate on them, Spike, back them up, I shall keep any minions that remain , occupied "

Everyone nodded. Buffy marched ahead, Spike followed her, Angel walked with Giles. He straightened his back and switched to his game face.

"The power, it's gaining, Darla can't be far off completing the ritual. She will be heading towards the Hellmouth once it's finished. Where is it?"
"Under the library in the high school, should we head the head there?"

Angel shook his head and carried on towards their destination. Buffy stopped and bent over, clutching her stomach. Spike immediately wrapped his arms around her and helped her to sit on a short wall. Angel reached them and bent to see to Buffy, earning a warning growl from Spike. Giles was cautious in his approach, and was taken back by the younger vampires reaction.

"Will you quit it Spike"

Buffy looked at Spike and grimaced.

" I'm not liking this Giles, I used to get this in the beginning, last time was when I went up against the vampires at Hemery. There's more than just Darla and Dru in there. I think we should team up, Giles, you team up with Angel, I'll team with Spike. Don't look at me like that, you two don't trust him, this way I get to keep an eye on him and I'll be the one to stake him if he is working with Darla and he's set us up"

Angel wasn't happy and the looks that both he and Giles were casting at Spike , told Buffy that they both would both like to bury a stake in his heart right then.Spikes smug grin wasn't exactly helping. Buffy sighed , she stood and walked stiffly towards the Mansion.


Darla stood beside the fire , her eyes glowed gold and her smile was the only indication that the ritual was working. Somewhere in Sunnydale, Luke was draining victims and suffusing her with power. Dru had her fangs buried in a young boy , she retracted them and stared at Darla. The young boy fainted from bloodloss and Dru dropped him to the marble floor and stepped over him. She narrowed her eyes and whispered .

"Daddy is coming, he has Sparkles with him and the bad puppy, they come to stop you Grand Mummy"
"Let them come Dru, both our boys can watch as I drain the life from the Slayer, perhaps we should take bets as to which one of them will cry the most as she dies"

Both vampires laughed maniacally.

"Dru? Honey? If you have finished with the boy, get one of the simpletons to remove him, unless you wish to turn him as well?"
"He gave me indigestion, too much junk food"

Drusilla rubbed at her stomach and wrinkled up her nose.



The door swung open and Angel ran in first closely followed by Spike and Buffy, Giles came in last. Buffy ran straight to Darla and received a blow to the face, she spun into the wall and raised her sword. Darla leapt at her, she seemed to fly across the room and landed in front of her. Darla licked her fangs and sniggered.

"You can't beat me, all the time your here more die, the stronger I get with each life that is taken"

Buffy punched Darla and sent her back a few paces, enough to swiftly kick her in the chest and send her crashing through the low table that sat before the fire. Darla laughed again, shaking off the remnants of the wooden table and standing again. Buffy looked beyond the vampire and narrowed her eyes. Buffy bought the sword up and swung it up to eye level. She brought it down to slash Darla across the chest. Darla yelled and then roared her anger , she took a step towards Buffy and missed with her punch as Buffy spun to the left.

Angel had managed to subdue Dru quickly and Giles shot a minion with the crossbow. Spike had staked four minions and then looked over at Buffy to see that she was fairing well against Darla. He looked towards Angel as the stake sunk into Dru's chest. He shrugged as she turned to dust and fell to the floor and Angel stepped through it to grab the minion that was about to sink his fangs into Giles' neck.

Buffy round house kicked at Darla and knocked her back towards the rear door. Darla saw Dru turn to ash and growled loudly. She looked around her, taking in the sight of minions dusting fast at the hands of her family and the Slayers Watcher. She smiled at Buffy and ran out of the door into the night. Buffy looked back over her shoulder and ran after her. Spike just saw the flash of her sword disappear out of the door. Spike swore and , after checking that the Watcher and Angel were handling things, he followed her out into the night.


Darla made it to the school. She broke the lock with ease and ran through the corridors. The double doors to the library stood before her, she looked back before she ran through them. Buffy ran past the lockers and into the library. She skidded to a halt.

Light shot out of Darla's chest and burst through the floor of the library. Concrete and linoleum shot up and heat radiated from the hole that was now growing in size. The smell made Buffy gag . The shock froze her to the spot. Spike walked into the library and watched the spectacle before him. He looked down at Buffy and looked up at the ceiling. He ran at Darla and punched her hard, sending her forward into the hole. Buffy snapped out of her daze and watched as the two vampires went down into the Hellmouth. Buffy jumped down into the hole.

The heat was unbearable, that was the first thing she noticed. The second was that Darla had achieved her goal. The Master stood before Darla and smiled . Spike was laying unconscious at the foot of a large vampire .

"Luke, why don't you make our guest as comfortable as young William"

Darla smiled at Buffys obvious fear. Buffy fought the large vampire but he overpowered her. It felt like the Hellmouth was draining her energy. The Master called Luke away and he stepped down. His mouth twisted in a smile, well Buffy guessed it was, she couldn't tell. Luke threw her down, Buffy yelled as the sharp rock broke her ribs, and knocked the breath from her. The Master grabbed her by the neck and lifted her with ease. He stared into her eyes and laughed.

"Did you not read the scroll girl? I couldn't leave this prison of mine if you hadn't of come here. I have you to thank for my freedom and that thought will haunt your dying breath."

The Master glanced back at Spike.

"Such a disappointment to us. You know I have no idea what it is with the male Aurelians, all of them have a tendency to become white hats, it's disappointing really."

Buffy looked over at Spike and frowned.

"Yes, young William has , of sorts, he's not as tainted as Angelus"

The Master looked at Buffy again and smiled, he smelt her and laughed.

"Well, there's a surprise, it's you, you bleed through him"

He turned her head to the side and growled. His eyes remained on the bite mark and his tongue danced over his fangs and lips.

"He marked you and you let him?"

Buffy shrugged, inwardly hoping that the bite would do as Spike had planned. She took pleasure in the fact that this obviously pissed the Master off.

"Why not? At least he's still a looker, between us both your looking a little haggard, must be the heat"

The Master roared at her and thrust Buffy against his chest. His hand tightened it's grip on her throat as he moved in for the kill. His fangs tore into her neck, her scream echoed through the cavern. Her eyes closed as she felt the strong pulls on her veins. Blackness consumed her and she went limp in the arms of the Master.