Lust

Chapter 13: Resurrectio


Ronwe smiled as Hecate walked into the room. She fought the urge to hit him as she forced herself smile back at him, hoping it looked evil enough.

“What’s with the celebrations Ronwe. Did you finally figure out a way to kill Amdis” she asked curiously as she looked down over the rail that prevented them from falling into the pit that his workers were working in.

“Unfortunately the only way she is going to fall is if we take her demon soul away or if she gives up her humanity. And the only item capable of ridding her of her humanity is was the same sword that killed her wretched lover Eve” he growled, though his smile stayed on his face. Hecate nodded at him, not liking the look in his eyes.

“But you are working on getting the slayer to come to your side. Wouldn’t that balance the fight into our hands” she asked him. He shook his head and frowned,

“She got to her first. I don’t know how, my men have seen her with the slayer, but they still haven’t found out where Amdis is hiding. I have given up on trying to win the slayer over” he growled as he gripped the rail. Hecate couldn’t help but smile at him.

“She manages to get under your skin doesn’t she” she goaded him. He shook his head and smiled.

“She will pay for the punishment I received from Lucifer for failing. But that is all well in the past right now. I still managed to take away one of her champions, but right now I have even better news” he said, missing Hecate’s expression.

“Shit who did he get to?” she thought, she shook her head, focusing on Ronwe. “And what is it? Please tell me what evil thing you have figured out that will help our war” she said, her voice dripping with evil. Her stomach turned in pain as she continued her act by running her finger down Ronwe’s arm. “He would have been cute if he wasn’t so vile” she thought as he smiled at her.

“Well it was said that the sword Lucifer used had a brother sword. One that could take a demon’s soul. Everyone knows the minute you take the demon soul of an immortal, they because helpless, mortal” Ronwe smiled as he led her down the steps to the pit. The workers stopped and bowed as Ronwe walked past them.

“I know the legend. But it was said to just be a myth to help keep the immortals and Noble Demons in line. And that like its brother, if an innocent, a human’s blood touches the blade it loses its power. The swords were said to be created by powerful mages to aid the humans in the final battles of the Reign of Demons” Hecate said, worry growing inside of her. Ronwe smiled as he pulled back a curtain, revealing a black sword stuck in a stone, red markings glowed on the blade. Hecate gasped at it, Ronwe mistook it for a gasp of wonder.

“I would like you to meet Espada de Obscuridad, the brother sword of Lucifer’s Espada de Clarear” Ronwe laughed as they looked over the sword.
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“What do you mean we have a problem?” Buffy asked as she saw the entire gang in the living room. She saw some new faces as well, “I see the girls have started to arrive” she said smiling at them. They waved a silent hello as Willow motioned for Buffy to sit down next to Kennedy.

“A couple weeks ago a contact of mine in Africa sent me a fax” she started but Buffy interrupted her.

“They have fax machines in the middle of the rainforest” she asked causing Dawn to roll her eyes at her.

“That is not the point” Willow continued, glaring at her. Buffy blushed and looked down at her hands.

“My contact has been following the movement of the remaining bringers, letting us know if there is any mass congregation of them. We wanted to stop them before they could bring The First back” Willow paced back and forth in the room, the fear growing in her eyes. Buffy stood and walked in her path, grabbing Willow by the shoulders.

“What did the fax say” she said coldly, her eyes showing no emotion.

“It said that bringers all over the world have been disappearing” she said, shaking her head no at the relief in Buffy’s eyes.

“How is that a bad thing Wills” she asked her letting her shoulders go.

“They aren’t dead disappearing Buffy. They are going into other dimensions. If they were here we could track them and stop them from resurrecting The First, but outside our dimension we can’t” she said, trailing as Buffy looked around the room. She stared out into space for a minute before a look of pure determination settled into her eyes. She squared her shoulders as she turned to directly face the group.

“Xander and Dawn, I want both of you to stay here. Who is the person in charge of these girls” Buffy pointed to the girls that just arrived. A light haired girl stood up.

“My name is Dana, you put me in charge of the branch in Arizona” she said, stepping forward.

“I remember, I trained you myself, I just didn‘t see you there” Buffy said, smiling at her apologetically. Dana smiled back at her.

“Alright Dana, Xander is going to bring you and your girls over to the barracks. He is going to get you situated. I want you to help break your girls off into two pair teams. These girls will be looking after each other. When I get back I will explain everything to you” she said as Xander nodded at her. Dawn came in from the kitchen.

“Buffy I just got off the phone from the groups in Ohio and Boston. They both arrived at the same time and will be here in a couple minutes. Also Maine called and said they will be delayed because of increased activity at their end. Apparently some demons tried to wipe out the entire base, but no one has been killed” Dawn explained. Buffy shook her head,

“We all have to move fast. Dawn I want you to stay here and help the girls when they arrive, Xander knows what to do. I then want you to get on the phone and get a hold of the rest of the bases. If you can’t get a hold of South America or Africa let me know right away, and don’t forget Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Russia” she said, smiling at her young sister. Dawn nodded, motioning for Xander to move the girls. Kennedy walked up to her,

“What do you want me to do?” she asked as Helena came up beside her.

“And what about me,? I know none of these girls” she asked worriedly. Buffy grabbed her head as too many thoughts rushed through them. Willow shook her head at them. Buffy looked up, smiling softly at them, then at Willow.

“I know she is your girlfriend, but she is still a slayer and I need her at the main base” she thought as Willow looked at her incredulously.

“You want her to stay there?” Willow thought, the pain evident in her voice. Buffy nodded, her eyes growing sad as Willow face filled with sorrow. Kennedy looked between them, anger growing in her eyes.

“Will you guys take to us instead of in your own heads” she growled forcing Buffy and Willow to snap out of there telepathy.

“Sorry” Buffy said as she pulled the rest of her coat on. “You and Helena are going to be partners. Go grab whatever you want to bring with you because you both are going to be staying at the main base” Buffy said looking over at Giles who stayed quiet throughout the whole thing. “I need you to come with me” she said softly to him. He nodded and walked outside. Kennedy grabbed her arm, forcing her to face her.

“I am not leaving Willow” she growled.

“You won’t have to leave her” Buffy growled back, squaring off against her. Kennedy back down at the look in Buffy’s eyes.

“Eventually we will all be there but for now I have over three hundred girls heading this way and I need to go take care of something. You have been with me the longest and have the strongest leadership skills, I need someone to keep the peace. Now do what I tell you or deal with the consequences” she ordered as she walked out of the house. Willow smiled sadly at her, Kennedy looking at her helplessly.

“We’ll talk about it later” she said, kissing her. Kennedy nodded as she pulled Helena towards the basement. Willow sighed as she rushed outside to see Buffy climbing into the driver’s seat.

“Um Buffy” she started, Buffy’s hand stopping her.

“We have no time to argue, just get in” she said as she closed the door. Willow sighed as she got into the car. Buffy put the car in reverse, the sound of the tires squealing against the ground echoed in the empty street as she sped away towards the outer skirts of the town, her eyes drifting towards the warehouse as they passed it.

Andrew came walking downstairs, looking around the living room and dining room.

“Where did everyone go?” he asked the empty room.
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Faith sat on the roof as she looked at the stars sparkling against the dark sky. A smile crept on her face as she thought about the day she spent with Buffy. It had been a long time since anyone ever made her feel… she shook her head, trying not to allow the sentence to finish in her head.

“She made you feel like you were human again” a voice came behind her. Faith shot up off the roof, floating away from it.

“What the…” she growled as she stared at the figure behind her. Her eyes softened as the moon illuminated the girl.

“It’s you isn’t it” Faith said softly. The young girl smiled at her.

“Well I am sure I’m not The First. After the last battle not even The First has the strength to astral project” she said as she walked over to the edge of the roof, holding her hand out to Faith’s. Faith reached for her hand but she passed right through it.

“A ghost” she said sadly, looking into the young girl’s eyes.

“Yes I’m a ghost Faith, Amdis, Vera… Ardere” the young girl smiled at her. Blood tears were brimming in Faith’s eyes.

“How are you here, The Powers?” Faith asked, looking up into the sky. The young girl laughed.

“No The Powers have their own messenger. I am here like I have been for the last 5 billion years, to watch, to wait. Something big is coming and you need guidance, otherwise your battles will be in vain” she said sadly.

“Why can’t anyone give a straight answer” Faith chuckled softly, looking up into the moonlight.

“You never did” the young girl laughed as she turned towards the distant road leading to the mansion. She turned back to Faith who looked at her curiously.

“Don’t be afraid to love her, don’t be afraid of the feelings she gives you,” the girl said before fading into the night.

“Don’t go” Faith reached out to stop her, but she was already gone. She looked out into the distance, the sound of a speeding car reaching her ears as she saw it turn towards the mansion. She closed her eyes, taking in an unneeded breath. She faded into the wind, reappearing in her bedroom. She grabbed a form-fitting tank top and pulled it over her fighting top. She faded downstairs, waving the books she was reading back into the shelves and waved the prophecy books onto the huge desk.

“Time to meet the family” she thought as she heard the car skid to a stop.
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Buffy jumped out of the car as walked around the front of it, waiting for Willow and Giles to follow her. Willow leaned into Giles for support as they both came around to the front, Giles holding his heart while Willow held her stomach.

“I don’t care from now on I am driving” Willow said as Giles nodded his agreement. Buffy just rolled her eyes at them as she walked around towards the courtyard. Willow and Giles looked at each other quizzically as they followed her.

“Um Buffy can you explain to me why we are at Angel’s Mansion” Willow asked her as Buffy stopped to face them.

“This is where she is staying” Buffy said calmly. Giles looked at her as he removed his glasses, polishing them.

“You should have told us that Buffy. Furthermore you should have told use a lot more about her before you took us here. We don’t know what kind of demon she is. She could be setting us up” he said, startled by a voice that came by the doorway.

“I don’t play those games, if I wanted you dead, you would be” a voice said, floating in the air. The group turned to the source of the sound. Buffy smiled as she walked up to Faith, hugging her. Faith returned the hug, smiling down at her.

“Long time no see there B. Miss me already” she teased as she motioned for everyone to follow her inside.

“I wish I was here on pleasure instead of business” Buffy said as she followed Faith into the living room. Her face turned red with blush as she realized what she said, causing Faith to turn to her. Faith smirked at her, raising her eyebrow. Faith turned around and faced the small group. Giles gasped at her beauty as Willow eyes her suspiciously.

“Well hello again Red, nice to meet you. Where is your over-zealous girlfriend? I have another shirt she can destroy for me, it has this pesky stain that I can‘t get out” she said sarcastically, earning a glare from Willow. Faith smiled at her, then smiled again when she saw Buffy roll her eyes.

“Um yes well my name is Rupert Giles” Giles said extending his hand. Faith smiled at him, taking his hand in a firm handshake.

“My name is A…” she started before thinking against it. “My name is Faith, it is a pleasure to meet the man that defied the council and survived” she smiled at him.

“Ah yes well the council… let’s just say they became weak over the last hundred years” he muttered, polishing his glasses.

“Yes they have, but they always had clean glasses” Faith teased as she turned to Willow.

“And we have the witch, a very strong one at that. And I detect a bit of darkness in you as well. Well that is not surprising, everyone has a dark side that gets lose every once in a while” Faith said motioning for everyone to sit. Glasses of water appeared on the table in front of the three as she sat down in her chair, leaning back into it. Buffy immediately picked up the glass while Giles and Willow stared at it suspiciously. Faith chuckled as Buffy glared at them.

“I bet you have let your dark side out many times” Willow growled at her. Faith smiled at her,

“I like you, you are very intuitive. But I bet you can still sense my human soul. I’ve only met a few demons who have retained their human soul. And two that actually went looking for it” she said, causing Buffy to frown at her.

“So you said you were here on business. What’s the What” she asked as she waved her hand, a glass appearing in it.

“Will can explain it better than I can” Buffy said turning to Willow.

“The bringers are disappearing. We think they want to resurrect The First in another dimension then bring it back here” Willow said bluntly. Buffy looked over at her,

“Or not” she said turning to gauge Faith’s reaction.

“I know” she said as she stood up.

“What?” Buffy asked her, anger filling her eyes.

“It is inevitable that The First is resurrected. It can never be destroyed, just slowed down. A good friend of mine has been keeping tabs on the movement of the Underworld for me, the bringers have been disappearing from this dimension into another for a couple months now” she said nonchalantly, sipping her drink. Buffy’s eyes glazed over in anger,

“You knew all this time, I’ve could have had the girls ready by now!” she yelled at her.
Faith shook her head at Buffy.

“That would have been a huge mistake. Ronwe has been watching you and your bases for quite sometime now. He knows your movements and he knows whether or not you have figured things out. If you moved your troops like that months ago he would have had them wiped out. It is best to move slowly. I know some girls have already arrived and they are entering your house. But they are not leaving are they. That will tip him that something is up and before long your base will be discovered” Faith said as she put her glass down and stood up. Buffy looked at the floor before sitting down.

“How do you know all of this” Buffy asked her quietly.

“I’ve been around for a couple billion years, I’ve picked up on a few things. An example would be the demon that followed you from your house to the mansion. See right now he is outside quietly watching us, but he is a his lower class demon, so he don’t know I know that he is there until…” she trailed as she faded out of the room suddenly. A few seconds later she reappeared with a demon at her feet, unconscious. “Until I appear behind him and knock him out” she smiled cockily. Willow looked at her incredulously as Giles took his glasses off again. Buffy snarled as she walked over to them.

“Wake up” she growled, kicking the larger one in the stomach. He roared awake, jumping to his feet. Faith smiled at him as he looked at her in fury, looking him dead in the eye as she snapped her fingers, shackles appearing on his legs and arms as he flew back to the wall.

“Be a good boy and I’ll make your death quick” Faith chuckled as Giles stood up.

“Is that a god?” Giles asked as Willow came up behind him.
“What becomes of a god after he gives himself over to Ronwe. He used to be Nacon, the Mayan God of War. Ronwe at the time was working on ways to strip gods of their powers and turn them into high class demons. Nacon was one of his earlier experiments. Completely destroyed his human soul and made him into a second-class demon not even worthy to fight in an army” Faith said in disgust as Nacon looked up at her.

“I would have died a god if you didn’t capture me for him” he growled at her. Faith looked away shamefully.

“What?” Willow asked forcefully. Nacon looked at her.

“We had this great battle, a war between the gods and the Nobles because the Gods wanted their invulnerability. We would have won, she was to help us. But something happened. We invaded Beasthorn and she was fighting for their side. Atlantis was gone and so was her soul. She destroyed anyone in her path, my son and her friends, without batting a single eye” he growled at her, hatred dripping from his voice. Buffy looked at her in shock as Willow looked at her angrily. Giles just studied her, watching her fight the emotions back.

“You are no better then they are” she growled at her. Faith just looked at her without emotion,

“I know you Ronwe, but you hate me even. I know the power he has over you but I want to stop him. Unfortunately, you will give me away to him. For that I cannot allow you to live anymore. I am sorry I betrayed you my old friend” She said calmly to him.

“You were never my friend. Death will not stop me from gaining my revenge nor will I tell you anything, AMDIS” he hissed at her, laughing as she grabbed his head, reading all of his thoughts. She smiled at him,

“That is okay, you have given me enough” she said, snapping his neck.

“You were the reason he became this” Willow said venomously at her as she stood up. Buffy immediately by her side, searching her eyes.

“I told you I did things in my past that I will never forgive myself for. But I will never forgive myself if I let him win” she said quietly to her, Buffy nodded at her. Faith looked down at Nacon, kneeling in a ceremonial bow.

“Forgive me, old friend” she said quietly. She stood up when Giles cleared his throat.

“Um he said Amdis, the immortal?” he asked her as she turned around to face him.

“That was the name that Lucifer gave me when I become a Noble Demon. I will explain everything to you in due time. All you need to know is that my human soul is in control of my body” she said as she waved Nacon’s body from the room.

“So what happens when your demon soul takes over” Willow asked her.

“As long as I have a reason to control my dark side, you don’t need to worry. But be careful, I still have a short temper” she growled, her eyes flashing yellow. Willow gulped as she sat back down on the couch.

Giles looked around the room, noticing the books on the desk. “Are those..” he started as he walked over to the desk.

“Yes they are the ones that I took from Ronwe’s study. I know them, but I was never good at the prophecy thing. I’ll leave that to you G-man” Faith said as Giles motioned Willow to help him bring the books to the car.

“It’s going to be hard to get Red to trust me” Faith smiled at Buffy. Buffy scrunched her eyes as she rubbed her temples.

“Everything is going so fast” she said as Faith walked over to her, pulling her into a hug.

“I promised I would be here if you need me” she said pulling back to look at Buffy. Buffy smiled up at her.

“Thanks” she said as she heard the car horn.

“Okay I will see you tomorrow when my head is clear and we can devise how we are going to hide the girls, while we do that Giles and Willow will looked over the prophecies” she said as they walked to the door. Faith nodded at her as Buffy stepped through the door, stopping to look at her.

“Are you going to be okay, everything just happened so fast and weird tonight and my first reaction was to run to you” she said, blushing again. Faith smiled as she leaned down a little to whisper into her ear.

“I’m glad you feel comfortable to come to me for help B” she said softly, her lips grazing Buffy’s lips. She shuddered as the horn blared again.

“I better go” she said as she practically ran from the courtyard. Faith watched the car disappear, crossing her arms as she leaned against the doorframe.

“You can come out Tay” she said as she turned to stare at the spot Hecate was hiding.

“Geez little tree doesn’t like you” she said as she walked over to the door, looking over where Buffy’s car used to be.

“What did you find out” Faith said as she looked up at the sky.

“One of the worst things you need to hear, but it can wait, I’m tired and I deserve a little rest time” she said as she walked back into the living room. Faith turned her eyes to the sky as the beginnings of dawn peaked over the horizon.


a/n: again sorry for the mix up and another shout out to Ar who is definately one of my top fans luv ya. I'll update soon. In the right order this time too.....just after i finish reading that new harry potter book...no worries though, it will only take me 8 hours to read this one, its sooo short.