Straight from the Heart (Spike) Part 20

((Read the Memo. Still third person till I say other wise)) Last time, Melony had come home to find the current generations Slayer had massacered the demon guards, and had been in the middle of taunting said Slayer to the point of sending her into shock when a noise like breaking glass from the dining room distracted her. Irritated, she left the paralysed girl and flew into the dining room to see what the fuss was about, almost falling to the ground at what she saw. The window was shattered and the tables and chairs broken into various pieces, but it wasn't any of those things that stopped Melony in mid flight; it was the sight of Theresa's and Emily's bodies that lay bleeding and mutilated amongst the wreckage. From the looks of it, it was their bodies being thrown through the window that caused the noise. *How?* Melony demands of the thin air. *The Slayers in there, so who...?* Infuriated and ready to live up to her signature sin, she darts through the huge hole in the window to see who's out on the lawn, and what she sees this time really does bring her down to the earth. The massacred remains of the rest of the Fallen are scattered across the back lawn, blood stained feathers littering the ground. *Ah Melony, just in time.* Lucifer hails her from above, standing on the second floor balcony railing. *I was worried that the girl was giving you some trouble, so naturally I had to diverge your attention to where I needed it.* *Lucifer! You did this? But why? You said we'd destroy the world together!* Melony yelled, outraged and confused. *Yes I know, and we will, but not right now. You see, right now you're all far too young and weak. In order to obtain our goal, sacrfices must be made. The seven of you, specifically. But don't worry, you'll be reborn a few decades from now, and I'll make you all stronger than your wildest dreams!* he proclaims. *Unfortunatly, your sisters failed to see the wisdom of this, and dared to attack me so naturally I had to be a little rough in their execution. I do hope you're smarter than they were, Melony. I'd like to leave this world with the memory of at least one of you minimally marred.* *YOU BASTARD!* Melony screams and shoots up into the sky, flying straight at her former master. With a look of annoyance, he pulls out a gun and shoots, but Melony manages to swerve out of the way and successfully knocks the gun out of his hand on her way up. With a snarl, Lucifer extends his wings and follows. The two take part in an aerial battle; punching, clawing, and kicking at each other, trying to rip out each others hair and feathers while blocking the others attacks. Slayer long forgotten, Melony soon realises she's outmatched and decides to try and make a break for it. Making as if to attack his eyes so he'll cover his face, Melony veers a sharp left instead and flies as fast as she can. Behind her, she hears Lucifer laughing cruely. *Oh Melony, don't tell me you really think you can escape ME?* Knowing he'll pursue, Melony doesn't even look back or answer and just flaps hard, zig zagging and alternating her altitude to make it more difficult to keep up. But all to no avail, because after a half hour of the chase, Lucifer apparently gets bored and moves directly above the Fallen of Wrath and punches her in the back between her wings hard, breaking her back. Melony screams and almost falls, but Lucifer grabs her by her wings at the last minute. Dangling helplessly and in severe pain, Melony pants hard and manages to speak. *You'll pay for this.* she hisses. *You say that now, but you'll sing a different tune when you awaken stronger than you can imagine in a few decades.* Lucifer replies unconcerned, then with a jerk he rips out her wings. With one final scream of agony, Melony falls to earth. And thus ends the terrible life of the sadistic Evil Melony. Let's get back to the present, shall we?
YES PLEASE!!!
YESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!
I died again? How many times are you going to kill me?!
((Back to first person!)) You awake with a scream, once again to a curtain of red feathers. Unwilling to face what lies beyond this barrier after all the horror you witnessed in that dream, you keep your wings where they are and look down at your lap. You notice that your wrists are once again bound to the chair, and the sequins on your dress are shimmering in what looks like the light from fire. *Melony, are you awake?* you hear Theresa ask from her place nearby. Reluctantly, you fold back your wings and see the six other girls staring at you, eyes bloodshot and full of fear. A quick glance at your surroundings shows that the fire light is coming from the torches surrounding all of you. *It's been two days.* Charlene says. *You remember how he said that hopefully we'd get our memories back before the full moon in two days? He sounded like he had something planned.* *What do you think he's going to do?* Jessica asks. *I don't know, all I know is that it's not going to be good.* Emily replies. You hear a sound coming from your right, and all of you direct your attention to the doors, which begin to open and two lines of hooded figures march through, each holding a single unlit candle, who form a circle around all of you. Feeling your already immense fear begin to grow, you can't help but fidget and pull helplessly at your bonds. Once the circle is complete, two men carrying a pedastal come in and place it in the middle. Following them, Lucifer comes in with his book, which he places upon the pedastal. Smirking as he observes the seven of you, he snaps his fingers, and the two men leave. Moments later there's a loud noise, and the roof slowly but surely begins to open, bathing the room in the cold white glow of moonlight. *There are still a few hours left until midnight, which is when the metamorphisis begins, but the process for ensuring your unquestionable loyalty to me is rather delicate and must be done without a single mistake. Not a moment too soon or too late. However, I suppose there's still enough extra time left in the schedule to permit one final look at the world before it's destroyed.* Lucifer says, and the two men come back in with a big screen television on wheels. One of them hands Lucifer the remote, and he turns it on. Question time! What do you think Lucifer will make you watch?
Cartoons, the old style ones with anvils and dynamite featuring the world being blown up.
A horror movie full of blood and guts and brains.
A war movie.
*-ews concerning the rash of homicides of young women recently.* the anchorman says. *Police have found no leads and are strongly advising everyone to say indoors at night and to lock all windows and doors.* *Pathetic fools, soon it won't matter.* Lucifer scoffs before going off to do whatever it is that has to be done before the ceremony. The hooded people surrounding you remain absolutley motionless like statues. You pull again at your bonds, tears prickling your eyes. *Spike...* you whisper quietly. *And now for the weather report. Looks like it's gonna be warm and sunny the whole week.* This one's a bit short but it's time to move on so, um... Choose an emoticon!
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((Fast Forward 30 minutes)) Lucifer turns off the television and has it wheeled back out of the room, then lights the candle of one of the hooded figures before walking over to stand at his pedastal. Going clockwise, they pass the flame lighting the candles one by one. When every candle is lit, Lucifer opens the book and begins to speak in it's strange language. For several long minutes, it seems like nothing's happening. Unable to do anything else, you glare heatedly at Lucifer as he continues. A deep, burning hatred for the monster that orchestrated this whole thing begins to well up inside of you as you scowl, intensifying by the second. You begin to imagine doing horrible things to him, like ripping out his feathers one by one and sticking them into different places of his body like some grotesque pin cushion. Then, horrified with yourself for even thinking something so heinous, you shake your head violently in an attempt to remove the images. But not only do they stay in your head, the urge to follow through with them is growing stronger. Your arms and legs begin to strain against the chains that keep you bound to the chair, while you desperatley attempt to regain control. Lucifers voice rings through your ears almost painfully, penetrating your brain. His voice grows louder, then out of nowhere an ear splitting crash interrupts, and suddenly your whole world turns bright bloody red.
WHAT HAPPENED?!
Is it Spike?!
GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!!! D:<
((Third person)) The doors burst open, sending the sound of the impact and cracking wood echoing throughout the room as Buffy and Spike stormed in, followed closely by Xander. Lucifer and the hooded figures whirled around to face the intruders, while the seven girls bound to the chairs suddenly went limp like puppets with their strings cut.
*The gig is up, Lucy. You're going back to Hell where you belong.* Buffy stated. Spike spared a quick glance at Melony, then focused his attention on the first Fallen.
*Fools! Do you realise what you've done?* Lucifer roared.
*Well let's see, from the looks of things I'd say we just crashed your big shin dig.* Xander replied.
*Oh you wish it was that easy, don't you?* Lucifer sneered, opening his wings in preparation for flight. Within a split second there was a flash of red and Lucifer was sent skidding across the floor. He swiftly back handed his assailant, who managed to avoid injury by performing a series of backflips. Buffy and Xander gasped while Spike just stood in shock when they saw that the attacker was Melony; her eyes glowing bright red as she snarled at the raven winged man. The remaining six easily broke their manacles and calmly stepped forward; the color of their irises now the same as their wings. When Melony attempted to charge again, Sarah and Jessica quickly grabbed her and held her back while they and the others laughed quietly. Lucifer stood up and dusted himself off, ignored the blood dripping down his cheek from being clawed, then gave Buffy a filthy look.
*Did you honestly think it would be as simple as barging in guns ablazing and just interrupting some ritual and that would stop them from transforming?* he asked scathingly. *Well Slayer, the moment those girls stepped foot in this wretched town they sealed their fate. Allowing their wings to sprout so close to the Hellmouth insured that the evil within them would reawaken under the right conditions, namely the full moon. The only thing your actions have accomplished tonight was to prevent me from gaining control of them!*
*Which means now we get to pay you back for that lovely stunt you pulled.* Charlene butted in, right before she and the others charged at him. Lucifer leapt into the air, the girls following after leading into an aerial brawl. With the Fallens thus occupied, Lucifer's followers rushed the trio, drawing forth weapons from underneath their robes. Buffy, Spike, and Xander concentrated on fighting the group.
*This is nothing more than an inconveniance! I've had this planned for over a millenia; what's a couple more decades?* Lucifer states as he beats away his attackers. *It's still win-win for me; either they destroy the world and I come back to pick up the pieces, or they get killed by either you or some demon and I wait for their reincarnations again.* He finally flees from the girls' onslaught and with a burst of flame disappears. RANDOM QUESTION: pick a song.
Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie
What You Waiting For by Gwen Stefani
Hips Don't Lie by Shakira
*Thanks for the help, Slayer.* Charlene(henceforth called Sloth)calls. *It's been fun, but we've got places to demolish, people to corrupt.* With that, the seven crash through the windows and fly out single file. Melony(henceforth called Wrath) pauses and turns to look down at Spike. *Bye Spike, catch you later.* she calls with a wink, before flying off with her sisters. And that does it for this quiz. See you later: don't worry, next one should come much sooner, but I'm sorry to say my Jack fans will still have to wait. I leave you with this: choose an RPG video game series.
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Mana
Final Fantasy

*gasp* Poor Spike, he goes through all that trouble and comes to save the girl he loves, but now she's become a super evil monster bent on destroying the world. But he's not willing to believe you can't be saved. Have no fear, quiz taker, for this is NOT the end of your romance. Spike's willing to move Heaven and Hell to get you back.