Death Sealed II
Death Sealed II
Author: Caliadragon
Fandom: Buffy
Catagory: AU
Pairings: Spike/Xander
Archive: Any list I send it to, those with previous permission and my archive.
AN: Set not long after the First has been defeated. Faith is a vamp. The LA
crew is in Sunnydale. Spike is souled, but not chipped. He still has moments
of dementia.
Thanks to Edi for the beta.
Title: Death Sealed VII
Warnings: Angst and Torture
AN2: Thank you to everyone for the lovely fb. This is for everyone who gave me ideas. I decided that Xander will not kill his father. I have something else in mind for him.
Summary: Spike, Buffy and Angel deal with the first of Xander's rapists while Xander deals with Dru.
Darkness has fallen
A broken heart has called
Friends have gathered
Evil will be amongst the fallen
Xander shivered slightly as Buffy and the two elder vampires dragged Jake down the stairs. He was to be restrained, and the three would mete out their own justice. Xander turned his attention back to Dru. The female vampire was curled up against him, whimpering softly.
"Kitten, I wanna go to the place of glass." Xander looked at her for several minutes, before realizing that she meant his apartment. He nodded, he didn't really want to be in the same place as the man who raped and beat him. Perhaps it was cowardly. He knew that his friends and family would let him be the one to finally kill Jake, but he couldn't do it. Even now that Jake couldn't hurt him, he was afraid of the man.
Willow and Dawn stood up at the same time. "We'll go with you. I want to talk to Dru and see if there's anything I can do for her. Tara and I have been working on a spell that would control Spike's dementia. I think we could use it on Dru as well."
Xander nodded; he wanted the spell to work. Xander had never really understood why Spike and Angel were forced to feel guilt about crimes committed when they were possessed. After all, no one blamed him for nearly raping Willow and trying to kill Buffy when he had been possessed by the hyena.
Now Dru was in the same position. All three had had themselves permanently souled. Angel had gone and suffered through the same torment that Spike had, in return for the permanent return of his soul. He never wanted to lose it again.
Turning his attention back to the girls and Dru, he stood and left the house. His first look at the night through his new senses made him weep. It was incredible! Dru crooned to him and they all climbed into Willow's car.
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Jake howled in pain as, one by one, his fingers were broken. The slayer stared down at him with hated filled eyes that promised a great deal of pain before he was finally staked. The demon in him howled as well. Only instead of pain, it was rage that resounded in the vampire. Rage at being resouled, rage at knowing that his time in his new form would be short lived. The stupid human he inhabited had gone and enraged Angel and Spike. Two of the most dangerous vampires on the mortal plane.
Every demon knew about Angelus and Spike. The demons that resided inside of them had been tamed, integrated and accepted by the mortal souls that shared their forms.
Now, because of the human he inhabited, his first time on the mortal plane in nearly a century had been ruined. Instead of bathing in blood and pain, he was going to be the one in pain, and bleeding.
Jake howled again as he was stripped bare, and both clothing and flesh fell way. Buffy didn't let his howls distract her. In fact they fed her resolve. She knew that this creature had destroyed her Xander. Had caused him to bleed and to scream. That fed her rage and changed her mind about torture. Once upon a time, she would have thought she was above that. Not any longer.
She turned, and lifted the longer white taper that had been dipped in holy water, then spun the vampire around by his chained wrists. With a vicious lunge she embedded the candle into the vampire's rectum and watched as smoke curled out of the abused opening. She sneered and spun him back to face her. The vampire had begun to beg, and blood tinged tears ran down his cheeks.
"This is only the beginning, monster. You should never have touched Xander. After I'm through with you and we feed you human blood so that you can heal, Angel is going to take his turn. Then Xander's mate, Wil, will take his turn. And only after you've suffered as much as we feel you can, will we stake you," Buffy purred as she lifted another candle. Unlike the other one this one was lit. She began to spot burn him, making him scream in pain.
Behind them, Angel and Spike were smiling like proud parents. Their turns would come soon. In the meantime, theyld eld enjoy the suffering that Buffy was inflicting on the monster that dared to touch what was theirs.
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Xander walked into his apartment and felt a strange sense of unreality. The place was full of his things, but they seemed wrong, somehow. There was a faint tinge to the air and he dropped to his knees suddenly, howling out his grief.
Everything was lost. His job, his home, the future he had planned for himself. What would he do now? Who would he be now?
Title: Death Sealed VIII
Summary: Xander deals with what he has lost.
Desperation calls to me
Fate changes will
I cry to heaven
I cry to hell
My fate changed by
Evil's will
Xander knelt, screaming out his pain and anguish. Dru crooned lightly as she enveloped the grieving boy from behind. He was just beginning to realize all that he had lost. His future, the job he loved. How was he supposed to care for himself? He had been, finally, content. Happiness was something he never really expected, but he had found something he was good at, and now he could do it no longer.
He cursed the fate that created him. He cursed his father and the men who had hurt him. He did not realize that he was giving voice to his curses. Nor did he realize that Hallie stood in the background watching. D'Hoffryn had not actually killed her. Instead he had punished Anya by making her believe that Halfrek was dead.
The demon lord had been listening when the explanations had been given. Hallie's screams of rage echoed through the palace and D'Hoffryn smiled. He turned to the demoness and nodded. "You will give him his vengeance. Then you will tell Anya you are alive. She is better as a human than a demon." Hallie smiled tightly and flashed away.
"I WISH MY FATHER COULD FEEL THE PAIN HE HAS INFLICTED!" Xander screamed. The women in the room gasped aloud. Xander was too lost in his pain to realize that he had made a wish on the hellmouth.
"Wish granted!" Hallie cried triumphantly. All but Xander turned to face her. Hallie smiled, "Tell Anyanka I am alive, and will be by for tea soon." Then she disappeared. But before she did, she worked her magic on Xander.
All his pain, all his fear bled away. His sorrow became duller. Knowledge of who and what he was became clear. He had lost nothing. Xander was a true vampire, a daywalker.
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Tony Harris looked around his livingroom and cursed blearily. His whores had disappeared. He could find his wife and son nowhere. Four days had passed and still Eliza had not come home, and his useless son refused to return his phone calls.
Tony smiled darkly and began to rub at the erection that was forming. He was imagining all the pain and fear he would inflict upon his property. He grunted in foul pleasure as he imagined each of them writhing in pain as he made them bleed, and pounded into their bodies with his hard cock.
Hallie flashed into the room and looked at the mortal on the couch with disgust. At one time he would have been considered handsome, perhaps even sexy. Until you looked into his cold, dark eyes. "Anthony Harris," she growled.
Tony looked up and gasped in shock, "Who the fuck are you?!"
"Justice," Hallie laughed coldly, and waved her hand. Seconds later Tony began to scream and writhe on the chair.
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Pain burned through his body and blood began to pour from thousands of wounds. He felt each and every violation he had ever inflicted upon his wife and son. He felt the rapes, from the first to the last rape he had ever taken part in.
Hallie watched as his bones snapped and his skin tore from wound after wound. Blood splattered on the walls, the floor and upon the furniture. Each wound imprinted itself on his mind and the taint in his soul shone for all the world to see.
The last thing Tony Harris felt before he died was the despair that brought Xander to his wish. Cold laughter filled the room as Death came to claim his gift. He blew Hallie a kiss and laughed with pure pleasure. Hades had another soul for judgement. If Hallie had any say in it he would go to the darkest pits of Tarturus.
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Xander sat staring at the space that the two detectives had just vacated. Beside him sat his mother, also staring into space. His father was dead. Xander knew the wish he made had brought it on and could not bring himself to feel guilty. Tony Harris' death was not vengeance; it was justice.
Now he and his mother were truly safe. Jake was dead. Spike had dusted him, and had arrived at the apartment just before the police arrived. The two detectives had seemed relieved to hear that both Xander and his mother had alibis for the time of his father's death. Apparently it had been gruesome.
Spike and the others wached Xander and his mum, waiting to comfort them if it was needed. Suddenly Eliza began to laugh, then Xander joined her. Mother and son threw themselves intch och other's arms. "He's dead," Eliza sobbed.
"We're free," Xander whispered, and he cried in joy and relief.
Death Sealed IX
Summary: The next of Xander's torturer's is hunted.
Beneath the moon
Blood flows like
a demented god's boon
Vengeance is come
Celebrate evil's ruin
Mike Thomas glanced around him furtively. He was terrified and running for his
life. In the last few days two of his friends had gone missing, and were
probably dead. This evening, as he was leaving his job at the electric company,
he found a note under the windshield wiper of his car. He shuddered as he
remembered what it said and moved faster.
\\Flashback//
Mike scowled when he saw the plain white paper on his car. With a sense of
irritation he yanked it from under the windshield wiper. He started to throw it
away, but a strange compulsion filled him and he turned it over and read the
words with growing fear and horror.
Michael Thomas:
You have been found guilty of rape and have been found responsible for the death
of our friend, Xander Harris. For your crimes against both him and his mother
you will suffer. You thought our friends' prey. Now you will be the prey. Run if
you dare, but know we will find you and you will die at our hands. Just as your
friends Anthony Harris and Jack Harlow did. With pain and shame.
It was signed simply Vengeance. Mike had jumped into his car and driven home.
Taking only enough time to snarl at his lousy excuse for a lover and pack up a
few things. He was getting out of town as soon as possible. With any luck the
people after him would take out their frustrations on Trevor and not bother to
look for him.
Only those plans hadn't come to fruition. As he left his house he realized that
his tires had been slashed and so he had taken Trevor's car. By then it was dark
and he was sweating fearfully.
Before he had gone a hundred yards a surge of energy bolted through the car and
it stuttered to a stop. He had seen two women standing in the road and watched
in horror as they joined hands and threw a hugel ofl of power at the car. In
terror he had jumped out and run. Their laughter had followed him into the
night.
As he ran he became aware of the sounds of pursuit. It sounded like he was being
hunted by a pack of wild animals. Eerie laughter and snarls had echoed in the
night and Mike knew he was being herded away from any source of help that might
come to him.
He heard a long, mournful howl rip through the air and whimperd in fear as he
felt primal terror. Unable to run any further, he fell to his knees and looked
around him. He was in the middle of a field. Shapes made their way from the
surrounding trees and headed straight for him. He was shocked to see that his
tormentors were all kids. As they got closer he could see that they all carried
weapons. Bats, swords, and knives were all clutched in their hands. One girl led
a large dog, but Mike was terrified to see human intelligence in its eyes. As
well as pure hatred.
The girl's face shifted and he whimpered as he looked into amber eyes. "Well,
looks like Ozzy led us to some fun."
Mike shrieked in pain as they began to rain blows upon him, and yards away a
group of fledges ran for their lives. Everyone in the demon community had heard
about what had happened to the Slayer's mortal friend and they were all
terrified that, once the humans were dead, they would turn to the demon world
with their terrifying vengeance.
Faith laughed and let her demon to the fore as she became her own weapon,
raining blows and death on the man who had hurt her friend.
They all stopped the beating when the man lost consciousness. Kyle looked over
at the pack then to his lover, Larry. "Let's finish it and leave him for the
carrion eaters," Larry said. Faith nodded and released Oz. With a howl of
triumph, the werewolf surged forward and, with a snap of inhuman teeth, he
severed the man's spine, then turned and ripped out his throat.
As one, the hunters turned and left the body where it lay crumpled. No one
looked back or cared to. In their minds and hearts justice had been done. None
of them noticed the silent figure of death seize the shade that had once been
Mike Thomas and pull him from his body. Nor did they hear the gods' laugh over
what fate lay in store for the spirit. Hades had another soul for punishment.
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Xander sat in his apartment with his lover at his side. He had buried his father
today. There had been no pomp and barely any ceremony. They had laid him to
rest, then had left him there without a backward glance.
His mother was settled into the guest room at Willow's apartment and the house
was on the market. Neither of them ever wanted to return to that horrid place.
They had taken all that they wanted and either sold or given away what was left.
They had learned from their father's lawyer that he had saved everything he had
ever taken from either of them. The inheritance left by Xander's grandfather to
the two of them was intact and all of it was now theirs. Xander had already
decided that he was giving up the apartment. It had too many windows and not
enough room for his lover or his mother. Giles had found a house not far from
Buffy and Willow, and Xander had purchased it. They would be moving in in a
week.
For now, he was curled up against his lover and was safe. Xander didn't think
about the three men still left alive or the fact that his friends were hunting
one of them as he and Spike sat there. He couldn't, it hurt too badly and
reminded him of what he had been through.
Instead, he thought of the life ahead of him and the love he had found in his
friends and in Spike. He thought about the fact that he could now rest, knowing
that his mother would never be hurt by his father again. That thought alone got
him through and gave him peace.
Title: Death Sealed X
Summary: Vengance seeks its next target.
Title: Death Sealed X
Summary: Vengance seeks its next target.
Black as night
Cold as hate
He is death
He is the blight
Tonight he meets light
Tonight he dies
Tonight Vengeance prevails
Craig Beman looked at the grave markers in front of him and felt cold rage fill
him. Everything he had worked for was falling apart. Three of his compatriots
were either dead or missing and their families beyond his touch.
Jake and Mike's families really held no interest to the Dark Warlock. In truth
they were just a passing thought. His mind was on Tony Harris' family. The wife
and son had acted as a power source for him for several years now.
Craig had known the minute he met the family that the young boy and his mother
were a perfect power source for him. They were both so innocent and pure.
Anthony had once been a good man, but as they say power corrupts and Anthony was
a perfect example of that.
Craig had placed many spells on the man's family over the years. Unlike his
foolish friends, Craig knew what existed in the darkness onnydnnydale. He also
knew that the boy had been fighting the darkness over the years.
Unknown to Xander, he had been helping Craig along for several years. The boy
and his friends had eliminated many of Craig's less than satisfied customers.
The Mayor, the Master and countless other demons.
Through it all he had used blood, pain and sex to bind Anthony and the rest of
their little circle to him. The fools had never realized that the dark desires
that they gave into were feeding him and his power.
In the last few years Craig had seen most of his plans backfire or fall apart.
He wasn't sure how or why Xander was thwarting him or even if he knew that he
was doing it. All Craig knew was that the boy had thwarted him. He had even
broken the spell that Craig had placed on the little Wizard. Andrew had overcome
the compulsion that Craig had placed on him. Warren had been killed,
unfortunately. The boy was improving in his schemes. The First had had great
plans for the boy.
Somehow Xander had overcome the spell he had placed on the White Witch in their
group. She should have finished raising the temple, but the boy had overridden
the panic and pain that he had infected the girl with.
His employer had been very disappointed with the ome ome and Craig was glad that
Xander and his friends had managed to defeat the First. Craig really hated to
think what the founder of evil would have done to him in the long run.
With a sigh Craig turned away from the graves and walked into the rapidly
falling twilight. As he walked from the cemetery, three men appeared in front of
him, and three women behind him. Craig raised an eyebrow as he realized who they
were.
"We've come for you, Sorcerer," Tara said coldly.
She was the one who had cas t the last spell to seek out the latest of the men
who had harmed her friend. What she had been shown stunned and enraged her. How
the Scoobies had managed to miss this man's part in all of their troubles over
the years Tara did not know, but she was going to be a part of his destruction.
Craig sneered at the little witch. Even surrounded, he was not afraid. He knew
very well that he was strong enough to out match any of them, or so he thought.
In seconds, spells and hex's began to fly. Screams of pain and rage tore through
the air and shouts of triumph and loss echoed in the night.
As the last spell tumbled around them, power hung heavy in the air. Wes and
Andrew sat on the ground slightly dazed. Giles was holding Dru and trying to
shake off the effects of a debilitating hex.
All four turned their attention to the last two standing. Willow turned to her
lover and smiled. Raising Tara's hand up to her mouth she kissed it gently then
turned he r attention back to the dark wizard. Craig Beman lay in a bloody heap.
The last spell that Tara had thrown had cursed him with all of the evil that he
had ever inflicted.
There was no way to identify the twisted and vile creature that lay in front of
them as human. Tara took a deep breath and looked down at her family and smiled.
Shifting her hold on Willow, she used the lasther her magical reserves to shift
them away from the scene of their battle.
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When they reappeared in Xander's living room, Tara collapsed onto the floor
beside Willow. She groaned slightly as she felt herself lifted and looked up
into worried brown eyes. She smiled gently and burrowed into his arms. "It's
okay, Xander, we're just tired. A little rest and we'll be fine," she said
wearily.
Xander smiled at her and watched the magic users all fall into a healing sleep.
He knew from his connection to Willow that they had won. He knew that there was
only one left. He had no idea who, or how the man would meet his end but Xander
did know that, with his family, he was safe.
The End For Now