My Immortal

Chapter 30

Tension hung in the air as the house filled ,Giles stood in the main room, beside the fire place. He had somehow managed to to get a white board and had put the names of every one involved in the prophecy up on it. He paced , obviously going over everything in his mind . He knew of Willow and Tara, but had yet to meet them properly. Faith sat in her usual pose, relaxed, leg over the arm,listening to her Ipod and strumming to some loud band with a heavy bass.

Angel looked as though he was wound so tight he would snap,Buffy came to the conclusion that most of his tension was derived from the fact that Spike was now living with them. Shrugging she sat on Spikes lap, his hands under her top , stroking the skin on her stomach.

"What time did you arrange for the girls to get here?"

Giles looked at his watch

"They'll show , I'm sure of it, Willow isn't someone to be late or not turn up, she'd consider it rude"

Giles smiled at Buffy and nodded, yet continued his pacing. Spike huffed. He'd been gagging for a fag , this waiting making him edgy, He settled for bouncing his leg up and down and strumming his fingers where they lay on Buffy.

Across town , in a warehouse conversion, a tall, heavy set vampire sat on a throne like chair. A minion bent to one knee and held a heart aloft.

"An Ancient Sire, over three hundred years old. "

"I didn't know there were any that old left here , that is a surprise, hand it over"

The minion held the heart out to his Master, his head bowed to the floor. The Master vampire took the heart and inspected it. Happy with the offering, patted the minion and gave him permission to hunt for himself.The minion rushed out of the room and out into the night.

Kakistos stood, held the heart to the ceiling .

"Great one, grant me the power , allow me to absorb the knowledge and strength held within this unbeaten flesh"

His gruff voice echoed within the room. Lightning flashed from the ceiling, hitting the heart that he still held up, passing through him . Kakistos fell to his knees as the lightning faded and bowed to the floor. After a brief time recovering from the electrical blast, Kakistos stood and ate the heart,

The sensation of power surging through his veins made his legs buckle. Kakistos sat on his 'throne' and held his head as all of the memories associated with the previous owner of said heart, invaded his mind. Kakistos growled as the power infused itself within the demon . He felt strong, stronger than anyone , like he could take on the world and defeat it with a single blow from his fist. As the magic died down, he smile wickedly . It was time he found that bitch, the Slayer , and gave her back the pain she caused him. He stroked the scar on his cheek and vowed to return it in kind before he drained her blood and sucked the marrow from her bones.

Willow and Tara arrived at the Mansion and entered nervously. They stood holding hands and smiling , trying to reassure each other. Spike nudged Buffy and nodded towards them and raised a brow. Buffy frowned and shrugged. Faith acknowledged them with a quick nod their way but did take the earphones out of her ears and looked towards Giles.

"Hey"

Willow smiled again nervously and waved, making Spike shake his head, like they were all scary and intimidating? Okay so they might look it, especially if you knew they were vampires and Slayers. He cleared his throat and smiled back, trying to put his 'I'm, a good guy and won't eat you ' look on.Tara blushed and hung her head trying to hide behind her hair. These two certainly didn't look as if they could kick demon ass if their lives depended on it. More likely to run screaming for the hills.

Buffy stood and embraced Willow and Tara, which seemed to ease the girls. They took seats opposite Spike and Buffy and looked towards Giles.

"We have established the role Buffy and Spike have, they are basically the Warriors and defend this world from the evils that may threaten it, that also includes threats from other dimensions. Faith is the Warrior of light and Angel is the Warrior of darkness, I am, understandably the Wise one. My job is to research and aide you all with any information that may help you.Angel and Faith fight along side you, just as they did before.Willow, your part in this is to be the Protector of magics, and as far as I can tell you will become a very powerful Wicca, your job is to perform magics that help Buffy and Spike. Tara, you are the Key. You unlock portals to other dimensions. Whilst it is unclear how or when you will help, it is also Willows task to see that you remain 'hidden' and to protect you.

Willow, the Higher Being gave this to Buffy last night and said that you would know what to do to unlock it's power. Apparently, it can raise an army that will fight with you all, and that you would know when to use it to release it's power. "

Giles handed the weapon to Willow.

"I can feel it, the power. It hums , I can feel the power surging through me. Wow!"

Buffy took the scythe and held onto it again, feeling the same power that Willow had. Spike raised a brow as Buffy handed it to him.Spike felt the rush of power and smiled. He handed it to Faith.

"That's wicked cool G, it feels like it's vibrating"

Angel held it and frowned , he'd never felt anything so pure in it's power before.

"So the scythe seems to allow it's power to be felt by all of you. I , myself did not feel the sensations that you all felt. I can only assume that it is because I am human.The Higher Being meant for it to be Buffys and I think to be safe, she should be the one to keep it with her at all times. We do not know if the power within the scythe can be harvested by evil .I'm sure you will all agree with me when I say that that would be the last thing we need."

Everyone agreed.

"It's late, I can appreciate that, but I feel we need to find out exactly how Tara uses her powers and tomorrow I shall start training Willow. Can I assume that Buffy and Spike will be training with you both now?"

Faith and Angel looked at each other. Faith shrugged and begrudgingly, Angel nodded.

"Then that is that taken care of. I would like to sit in on the sessions, just to see how your powers differ from Faiths and Angels, if you two don't mind?"

Buffy and Spike both answered

"Not at all"

"Thank you. I think that is all for now. Until we find more information, there's not much else to do. Can I suggest we all meet here and do some research tomorrow"

"Great, and I thought being vamped would at least save me from dusty books and research"

Giles rolled his eyes at Buffy , then smiled as she poked her tongue out at him. He had to admit, being turned hadn't changed her personality much at all.The Watchers Council could learn a lot from this group. Not that he was about to let them know. Their answer would be to stake first and ask questions later. Not that they were any kind of a threat to Spike or Buffy now.

Kakistos slowly made his way through the streets of Sunnydale. His minions walked behind him, there just in case they encountered the Slayer. Not that Kakistos had anything to fear, far from it, but why should he waste precious energy fighting her when he had a group of vampires that would lay their lives down for his. He needed a fresh kill and so made his way to the liveliest part of town.

"Sir, it is said that the Slayer frequents this bar regularly, are you sure you wish to hunt here?"

"Very certain. She'll be no match for me now. Last time I fought her, she got lucky.If she hadn't of had that concealed blade, she would never would have got away"

Buffy and Spike walked Tara and Willow back to their dorms on campus. Once the girls were safely home, the two vampires decided to patrol. Walking the old routes gave Buffy a nostalgic buzz, she closed her eyes and centered herself and felt a powerful vampire, and close. Spike lit his fag and looked behind him, his attention being bought back to her by the slap to his chest.

"Hey!"

"Feel that?"

Spike frowned and took a look around

"Yeah, strong bugger, must be old, like Master Aurelius himself old"

"How old was that?"

"Thousand years give or take"

"No wonder he was all bat face and ugly. So this vamps that old?"

"The power says so , but it feels off somehow"

"Got that message too"

Buffy sniffed

"What's that smell too?"

"Sulphur, magics my guess "

"Let's go see what the hell it wants here in our town shall we?"

"Right with you pet, just be careful"

"Always"