Lust

Immortale Cuore

Buffy quietly walked through the cemetery, absentmindedly twirling the stake in her hand, as she argued with her mind.

“Okay so she might not be the bad guy. But she made the bad guy so wouldn’t that make her the bad guy? But she didn’t kill me when she had the chance. But then she could be waiting for the right moment to kill me. And what’s with the Latin. C’mon I don’t speak it so you would think demons would stop using it. Is she a demon? If she is as old as Wills thinks she is then that means she could be a demon. God why can’t I be attracted to humans” her last thought making her stop dead in her tracks.

“Whoa wait a minute where the hell did that come from” she said out loud, taking one step back as the vamp flew past her. She chuckled as he scrambled to his feet.

“Hello slayer, I can’t wait to taste you” the cocky vamp said, dusting off. He looked like he was a teenager, with a really bad 80’s hair cut. Buffy smirked at him.

“Can you come up with something different? Ooh I know how bout Ow ow my head” she said, the vamp looking confused. She shot her leg out, coming hard across vamps face.

“Ow oww my face” the vamp howled, grabbing his knee.

“Wow I should open a school to teach vamps new phrases” she bantered, driving the stake deep into his chest. She grunted, satisfied at the sound of the vamp dusting. She stood up, smirking at the phrase she used on a vamp before the battle with glory. “I enjoy using that one” she said continuing to walk as if nothing happened, remembering this vamp she dusted outside the magic box. She continued to babble in her head, not noticing the dark demon appear behind.

“Slayer” Ronwe said his lip still tender. Buffy spun around, pulling out the dagger that Amdis left for her. Ronwe recognized the dagger, his eyes flashing red. Buffy crouched down ready to attack. Ronwe put his hands up in defeat, walking back into the moonlight.

Buffy looked at the damage that was done to his body. He looked like a human but the smell of demon hung over him.

“Who are you” she asked, still in attack mode.

“I am Ronwe, the demon of knowledge and high advisor to Lucifer. I came to talk to you about your visitor today” he said, motioning to the knife. Buffy slowly stood back up, still cautious. The demon would have been handsome if he didn’t look like he was put through a meat grinder.

“Did she do this to you?” she asked, motioning to his wounds.

“Yes she did, and it is not the first time she has beaten me over the years” he said dropping his arms. “I wanted to tell you to be cautious around her. She wasn’t known as Alala for her beauty. She is a Noble Demon, part of the highest circuit of demon. She has powers and abilities beyond your comprehension and she is never afraid to use them. Nor has she followed the rules of being neutral when it comes to good or evil” Ronwe said smiling as the darkness settled over the slayers eyes. “Good” he thought, “Soon Amdis will have no one to help her defeat me.”

“What is it that you want from me?” Buffy asked lowering the dagger. “This doesn’t make sense; she has been nice to me, helping me fight off my inner demons. Is she after something else?” she thoughts.

“I want you to beware of her. Don’t let her to close. She can destroy everything in a blink of an eye, but she likes playing and will use anyone you love against you” Ronwe said, turning his back. Buffy stared at the mangled tattoos on his back, something telling her that she had seen them somewhere before.

“What should I do if I see her” she asked, playing along. Ronwe turned to her, giving her a smile. She would have thought it was a gorgeous smile, except it made her skin crawl in disgust. She played along with him, making him think he had wooed her to believe him. He tossed an amulet to her.

“Just wear this. It will warn you when she is near. Hold the amulet in your left hand, with your right slice a small cut in your left hand and let the blood hit the center of the amulet. One of my men or I will come right away” he said, happy that his plan was working. Soon the slayer will be against Amdis and his plans to destroy the world will come true. “Happy hunting slayer” he said, disappearing.

Buffy shook her head to clear her thoughts, staring down at the amulet. The markings were similar to the ones on his back. “Where have I seen them before” she asked herself walking back to Revello drive.

Amdis watched from the distance as Ronwe talked to the slayer, her eyes almost glowing pure gold in fury. She stood up in the tree; thoughts of the amount of pain Ronwe was going to feel when she was done filled her head as she disappeared.

“Willow! Kennedy!” Buffy yelled out coming through the door. She hid the dagger in her back pocket, planning on researching it later when the other girls were asleep. There was something about the dagger that it appeared only she could unlock. Willow and Kennedy came scrambling out of the living room, adjusting their shirts, shit-eating grins on their. Their hair was wild. Buffy smirked at them pointing to their hair. They both blushed profusely, fixing their hair.

“Buffy” Willow squeaked, “You’re home early” she muttered running past her into the kitchen. Kennedy and Buffy laughed as they followed the redhead.

“Yea Buff what’s the what. I was just getting her loosened up and now she is all tight again” Kennedy said, earning a hard smack from her lover.

“Kennedy I will make you sleep on the couch” Willow warned, a spark of mischief in her eyes, remembering the last time she made Kennedy sleep on the couch. Kennedy shuddered, shaking her head. Willow turned to Buffy, whose grin at the two women’s antics was contagious. “So what’s the what Buff” she said, pouring herself a cup of tea. Buffy only came home early when something was up.

“Well...” Buffy said, telling them about her meeting with Ronwe, showing her the amulet. The same look of recognition appeared on Willow’s face.

“These markings, where did we see them?” she asked looking at Buffy, who was just as lost as she was. Kennedy peered at the amulet.

“I don’t know either, but you are right. They are familiar” she said grabbing the amulet. Suddenly it started to glow a bright blue. Kennedy looked at Buffy, who had spun around.

“What the hell” Willow said, grabbing Kennedy as all three of the women backed out of the kitchen onto the back porch.

“It lights up when that woman is near” Buffy growled, reaching for the dagger.

Amdis materialized in the house. “What the fuck am I going to do” she said, opening her mind to find the occupants of the house. She felt the glow of the amulet, growling. “That little piece of scum” she growled, disappearing into air. She hovered outside the back of the house as the slayer led two women out the back. Amdis felt enormous white energy coming from the redhead, and enormous primal energy from the younger brunette. “Another slayer and a witch” she thought, sniffing the air. Buffy pulled the dagger out, looking around, the amulet still in the younger slayers hand.

“Buffy where is she?” the redhead asked. Buffy shook her head as they stopped in the middle of the moon soaked yard.

“I don’t know” she said looking around, but never up. Amdis shook her head.

“You would think that by now slayer, especially after that loser Ronwe told you I was a Noble demon, that you would think I had the ability of levitation” Amdis said, standing in the air, her arms crossed. All three of the women looked up violently, Buffy and Kennedy both snarling as Willow started to chant a protection spell.

“Be Gone!” Willow shouted. A huge force of energy striking Amdis. She let herself be thrown back, disappearing.

Willow stood there proud of herself. Kennedy kissing her on the cheek, “My little witch” she said patting Willow’s shoulder. Buffy still stayed tense, her eyes on the still glowing amulet. They heard a chuckle and all three of them spun around, facing an amused Amdis.

“You are very powerful little tree. But I’m a 5 billion year old demon with many apocalypses under my belt. I can handle a simple banishing spell” she said at Willow’s disbelief. Buffy and Kennedy both rushed her at the same time, Buffy throwing a kick while Kennedy faded off to the side with a punch. Both girls stumbled as their attacks hit the air. Amdis appeared behind Willow, who turned around shaking in fear.

“How many times do I have to tell you Buffy that I don’t want to hurt you” she said, her arms still crossed. Willow scrambled away from her. Buffy stood up, but Kennedy still attacked.

“Kennedy Stop!” Buffy yelled, but not in time to stop Kennedy. Kennedy’s kick hit Amdis directly in the stomach, and sent Kennedy flying back into the ground. Amdis looking down at her torn shirt, which now revealed her muscular stomach. She tore it off, leaving her in nothing but a sports bra. Her upper body looked like it was cut out of marble, each muscle lean but ripped. Faint scars trailed her body as her skin shone against the black tribal tattoos. One just above her right elbow stood out the most, it was tribal design, but it didn’t look at elaborate as the others. It was two images merging together, Buffy realized, using her slayer ability to look closely at it. The spikes of it led to a 9 and a 6 in the center, it was harsh yet soft at the same time. It was beautiful.

Amdis felt the slayer’s eyes roaming over her, dropping to the tattoo on her arm. Her eyes dropped to the one tattoo that Eve loved. She shook her head, willing the goose bumps down. She looked down at Kennedy, who was being helped to her feet by the redhead

“I am not here to fight. I am here to see what the slime Ronwe told her. Then I will be gone. I am also here to take that amulet” she said, crossing her arms. Her muscles rippled under her tight skin. The moon light making her look like she was glowing. Buffy picked the amulet up from the ground, glowing violently.

“Why do you want the amulet” she asked, gripping it.

“Because not only will your bloody summon Ronwe it will also summon his servants. I believe you met them already. The true vampires” she said, walking to her. Her body moved like a panther as Willow and Kennedy watched in awe of the powerful beauty in front of them. “Ronwe has found another way to open the seal. He made that amulet from his own blood and mine. It was made when I was made, to help find me when I took off. Now that both of our powers have grown, so has the power of the amulet. If your blood touches it, he can open the seal. Don’t you recognize the markings? They are the same ones as on the seal” she said, grabbing her hand. She turned it over, opening the slayers hand. Buffy’s memories raced in her mind as it finally clicked.

“They are the same markings as on his back” she muttered, looking up into Amdis’s chocolate brown eyes. Emerald and gold specks mixed with each other, making her eyes glow.

“I may have created the first; I may have made sure that it could not just run rampant through the world. But I am not the one that converted the seal, I am not the one that sent it after you” she said softly, her hands still on Buffy’s. She could feel Buffy’s heartbeat speed up. Buffy looked into Amdis’s eyes, getting lost in the darkened pools. She felt Amdis gently lift the amulet out of her hand. She felt the violent warmth of the amulet as it glowed brightly at Amdis’s proximity. “You can never let your blood touch the amulet or the battle you just won will be fought again” Amdis said, quietly but forcibly, putting the amulet in her pocket. Amdis stepped closer, her armor materializing over her body, wrapping itself around her as she stopped close enough so only the slayer could hear her. “I know what he told you and I know you have no reason to trust me, but I ask you to. Ronwe is up to something and I am going to find out, but I’ve been away for far too long and he somehow is getting stronger by the day. I may be strong, both magically and physically but he has Lucifer on his side always with the hell dimensions. I may have allegiances but Lucifer is still reigning. If he succeeds in whatever he plans, the balance will be violently altered. I have done things I am not proud of in my lifetime, but I do know what needs to be done” Amdis said, her hand still holding Buffy’s. Buffy’s head swarmed at Amdis’s proximity to her.

“I don’t know what to do” she replied softly look down again. Amdis shuddered at Buffy’s soft words, her breath tickling her. She lifted Buffy’s chin, looking her in the eyes, letting the green in her eyes shine through.

“Follow your heart” Amdis whispered, fading into the gentle wind that brushed past them.

Willow slowly approached Buffy, watching her stand still in the night breeze, her hands hung loosely at her sides as her hair brushed over her face. “Buffy” she softly said, walking in front of the blonde slayer. Buffy’s head hung low, her bangs moving softly in the breeze. “Buff” she said again, reaching out to touch her. Buffy lifted her head, her eyes shimmering in the moonlight. “Buffy are you okay?” Willow asked her.

“Yea I’m going to be fine. We need to do some research” she said walking over to where the dagger laid in the grass.

“Where did you get the dagger” Kennedy asked looking at the dagger. It created shadows across the ground as Buffy moved the dagger in the moonlight.

“Don’t worry about that now. Right now we have to find more things out about that damn seal and the Noble Demons” she said, turning and walking into the house. Willow and Kennedy scrambled after her.

Amdis watched from above, taking out the amulet. It glowed brightly at her, its blue glow slowly turning red as her anger slowly burned through her. “Very soon” she growled, turning violently in the air, disappearing, the wind whipping where she was.

Couple days later

Buffy stood quietly next to an excited Willow, laughing as Kennedy inched away from her, pretending not to know her.

“Don’t think I don’t see you moving away from me Kennedy” Willow said, still jumping up and down, waving her hands in the air to get their friends attention. Xander jumped up and down waving his arms in the air mimicking Willow, rushing at them. Giles, walking behind him shaking his head. Buffy laughed as she and Kennedy walked over to Giles as the childhood friends hugged each other like they haven’t seen each other for years.

Giles put down his luggage, opening his arms to Buffy and Kennedy, who both hugged him. The stepped back looking at Willow and Xander, Giles taking his glasses off, polishing them, mumbling something about needing to buy more tranquilizers for his trips with Xander. Buffy chuckled as Willow and Xander came over holding hands.

“Ahh my lovely one and only slayer” Xander chuckled, kissing Buffy on the cheek.

“Hello my man sized Xan-man bear” she said, pulling him in for a hug. He turned to Kennedy looking her over.

“Do we hug?” he asked, smiling at her.

“I think we’re too manly” Kennedy said smiling at him. He laughed, hugging her. Giles motioned for the girl that was standing off to the side of the small group.

“Everyone I would like you to meet Helena. She speaks perfect English so we can get started back to the house and finish the pleasantries there” Giles said, motioning towards the airport exits.

“Really do hate airports don’t you G-man” Buffy smiled as he looked exasperatedly at her.

“You have no idea”.

The car ride was quiet as the group made their way through Sunnydale.

“It’s getting crowded again” Giles said, gripping the door handle as Buffy zigzagged through the streets. Willow and Xander were clinging to each other; Kennedy’s dancing with laughter as she sat in the very back with the very calm Helena. Both young slayers calmly moved with the jerky movements of the car. Buffy smiled as she took another sharp turn.

“Yeah the town is finally started to come alive. I kinda miss how it was all deserted; you know have the run of the place. Now I guess we have to pay for our groceries again” she joked, laughing as Giles tried to clean his glasses while gripping tightly to his seat.

“Well yes I guess that would seem so” he sputtered, sighing in relief has the sign for Revello drive appeared on the corner. Buffy turned on the road, Willow getting squished by Xander as he fell against her. She glared over her shoulder at Kennedy who was laughing at her. Buffy pulled sharply into the driveway, all the occupants of the lurching forward as the eldest slayer hit the brakes, the car inches from the garage door. Buffy smiled brightly at everyone, enjoying the looks of pure terror on most of their faces. She hopped out of the car, doubling over with laughter as Xander flew out of the car lying on the ground, kissing it.

“Dear heavenly earth oh how glad I am to be safely on you again. I swear I will never leave you again my love” he yelled, spreading his arms, hugging the ground underneath him. Willow stumbled out of the car behind him, falling against the side of it. Her face was pale, her hand clutching at her stomach.

“Kennedy next time Buffy offers to drive, don’t say anything” she said to her lover as she climbed out of the car, behind her was Helena who was shaking her head. She liked these people, they were interesting. Giles walked around, cleaning his glasses.

“Yes Kennedy, please do keep your mouth shut. I think I can speak on the behalf of the rest of us we did not fight so many apocalypses to just die of fright. I would rather face hordes of demons than having to drive with Buffy again” he muttered, quickly rushing past Xander who was still kissing the ground. Buffy laughed, her eyes twinkling with mischief. She walked into the house with Giles, leaving a very amused Kennedy and Helena watching Xander as Willow tried to pry him off the ground.

“So they already did the whole in every generation there is one chosen to fight against all evil yadda yadda yadda” Buffy said, sitting down across from Helena. She nodded, looking around at the others that were perched on various chairs. Buffy took a sip from her iced tea. “Cool, can take the man out of the watcher but you can’t take the watcher out of the man” she smiled at Giles as he cleared his throat. “So that was true until I became a slayer. I died another slayer was called, but as you can see I didn’t stay dead so suddenly there was two. Kendra was the second slayers name, but she was killed and the line reset itself. Until last summer when ‘The First Evil’ decided it was tired of being unknown and made itself known. To fight the First I realized that I just couldn’t send in potential slayers, which is what you were until I, with the help from Willow, unleashed the slayer’s power and now every girl who has the potential to be a slayer will become one” she said in one breath. Helena just looked at her, trying to comprehend what she said.

“So you mean that from now until the end of the world there are going to be many slayers” she said, her accent coming through heavily.

“Pretty much” Buffy said, smiling at Helena’s nonchalant attitude.

“So what is it that you want from me really? I mean Mr. Giles and Mr. Xander” Xander cut her off.

“Helena I told you before you can just call me Xander” he said, clasping his hands at her.

“Err Xander” she continued. “But they told me you would tell me the rest. So what do you want me to do” she asked looking around again.

“Well since you are still 16 we want you to continue school, but at a special school for slayers in England. There you will meet hundreds of other girls going through the same thing you are going to go through and there will be people who will help you. There are over fifty of these schools all over the world and we are setting one up in South America so when it’s done we can send you there. We will train you to control your powers, understand different languages, study history and myths behind demons, witches and slayers. The Watcher’s Journals which used to be banned from Slayers will become your textbook” Buffy said, standing up and walking over to Helena, sitting next to her. “If you feel like this is too much then we will give you time to think it over with your parents, we don’t want to rush you.” Buffy said softly, taking the dark-haired slayers hand. Helena smiled at her.

“My parents are okay and I like the idea of being with other girls who deal with this as well” she said, pausing as she looked down.

“What is it?” Willow asked.

“I don’t want to go back to South America though. I want to see the world, experience new things” she said softly.

“That is okay, is there any place specifically?” Buffy asked her, smiling at the young girl’s excitement.

“New York. My uncle visited there once and said he wished he could live there. Si yo quiero” she said, slipping back into Spanish.

Buffy chuckled, “That’s great, and my own sister is there so you will be taken care of. You are going to stay here for a little while though, so we can smooth out all of the paper work” Buffy said patting her on the shoulder. She stood up, motioning to Kennedy. “Ken will show you to the guest room and will get you settled” she said.

“C’mon Dulce I’ll show you around town afterwards to” she said putting her arm around Helena, glancing back at Buffy worriedly. Buffy nodded, understanding what Kennedy meant. Giles didn’t miss the glances.

“What’s the matter” he asked, once he was comfortable that both of the young slayers were out of earshot.

“The First wasn’t the first” Buffy said, leaning back into the couch. Xander shot forward in his seat.

“What the hell does that mean!” he asked, looking at Willow.

Buffy sighed, looking back at Willow. They couldn’t find out anything, unable to gain access into the old archives. Only Giles had that kind of power. “Which I am going to have to change” Buffy said, looking at Giles, who looked suddenly very old. “The thing that made the First and the Powers that Be has been paying a visit. It seems like the battle with “The First” was just a skirmish at the beginning of a very bloody war” she said sadly, going into detail about everything that has happened in the last week and a half. She told him about her feelings, well some of them anyways. She sat there as Willow filled in her a while. She didn’t understand what she was feeling.

“Why do I feel like the world has stopped every time I see her” her last thought was as she jumped into the conversation with Willow.

Title means Immortal heart.
Alala means warrior princess.