Chapter Two

What Did You Say?

“Look I’m confused if all the vampires are soulless and don’t kill humans how do they feed?”  Buffy was pacing again and she was making Giles and Willow dizzy.

Giles just watched her he was amazed by the power that radiated off of her; even he could feel it and he had no magical powers at all.  He was not sure at first if Willow was correct in bringing her here but now that he was in the same room with her there was no doubt in his mind that she was the One.  Now he just had to make sure that she didn’t go anywhere and that the right Master Vampire claimed her.

Giles was so lost in his thoughts that he didn’t answer quickly enough for Buffy.  She walked over to him and waved her hand in front of his face “Hello anyone in there?”

Giles shook his thoughts away and fixed her with a stern look. “Yes ah where was I?”

“You were about to enlighten me on the vamps food source?” she waited.

Giles cleared his throat “Yes, yes of course...well besides the rations of animal blood that they are given most of the their nutrients come from…ahem…feeding on their slayers.”

She stood there and looked at the man that was her watcher or wasn’t, she wasn’t too sure anymore. She was feeling completely lost and confused not to mention she was sick to her stomach at the life of a slayer in this world.  Maybe she didn’t have it so bad in her world after all.  “So slayers are not only their whores but their food source? Great world you have here.”

“Ms. Summers it is not that simple.”

“Please stop calling me that, it’s freaking me out.  Buffy, just call me Buffy.”

“Alright Buffy when the prophecy was revealed it was discovered that at some point in the future there would be a dark power that comes and unless stopped would eventually wipe out both races.  So the pact was created and slayers were created and trained for other purposes.  Purposes that would in the end endeavor both races to survive. Now imagine a new race, a race of hybrids with the strength, speed and immortally of a vampire, and the heart and compassion of a human.  It’s incredible really if you think about. ”

“Yes I’m just blown away by the idea.”  She interrupted Giles.

Giles was getting a little peeved at the Slayers flippant attitude and her sarcastic remarks.  “Miss. Summers do you not understand our circumstances here! A dark force is coming to destroy us all! This is a dire situation that we must rectify and quickly!”

Buffy not happy with the tone he was taking with her got right in his face “Listen Giles, I already told Willow and I’ll tell you.  I DON”T CARE!  Do you hear me!  This is not my world!  I’m not the Slayer of this world you obviously have an abundance of slayers here so you don’t need me!  Besides I did my duty, REAL DUTY not just fuck and feed duty, I earned my reward and I WANT TO COLLECT IT!” She slammed her hands down on the table.

Giles was just as mad now at the selfishness of this girl “Buffy I understand that you are upset and I understand that you do not want to be here.  But there is nothing, and I repeat nothing that we can do about that now.  You are here to stay and I strongly advise you to GET USE TO IT!”

Buffy was livid.  Who did these people think they were playing God like this.  Well she might be forced to stay here but there was no freaking way that she was going to become some vampire’s whore and food supply.  There was only one way that she would even consider doing that…but the way her luck was going what were the odds that he would be here.

“Fine I guess I have no choice I’ll stay, I’ll hang low and I won’t cause any problems. But I am not throwing myself up on some auction block to be picked up by some bloodsucker!  Not happening. No way.  I don’t care what you say.”

“Buffy I understand that you disagree with the role of a Slayer in this world.  But you must understand that they do not mind their roles in fact they are quite content.  Many of them have formed emotional attachments to their masters and are quite happy.”

Buffy snorted, “Content?  Happy?  Are you sure about that Giles maybe they’re just scared with nowhere to run and no one to help them.”

Giles walked up to the Slayer he really was trying to be patient with her.  He liked her and understood her reluctance and confusion. Perhaps if he gave her some time to better acquaint herself with this world and the master vampires, she would be more willing to cooperate.  In fact, that is what he was hoping for; given time and the chance to meet whom he believed to be The Champion that she would agree wholeheartedly. “It is inconsequential, I will not argue with you on this matter.”

“But we always argue!  I like arguing with you!”  Buffy sarcastically whined.  This Giles was just like her Giles., some things always remain the same.

Giles rolled his eyes and prayed for patience “Buffy I will agree to give you time to become accustomed to your surroundings and get used to the idea of why you are here.  But you will attend the feast tonight.  You will meet everyone and you will be cordial doing it.  However, at next month’s feast you will join your sister slayers in the Ritual of the Chosen.  And you will do it happily.”

Buffy’s eyebrows went up at that, happily?  I don’t think so Brit Boy but let him think what he wants until I can come up with a plan to get the hell out of here.

***

Spike threw open the doors to the mansion and strolled inside.  He was actually quite happy. After his little rendezvous with the mysterious slayer he had taken his potion and fucked Dawn till she was screaming with pleasure. He was, at the moment, content.

So he had decided to come to the mansion and screw around with Angelus his favorite hobby.

“Angelus!”  He screamed throughout the empty living room.  He walked down the hallway to the library calling for him as he went. “ANGELUS!  Where are ya, you gel haired bastard!”  Suddenly he was grabbed by the throat and pushed up against the wall.

“Are you looking for me William?”  The voice came from the darkened shadow but he didn’t have to see the face to know whom it was that held him in a death grip.

“Angelus I was just looking for you mate.”

Angelus snorted at Spike, he didn’t like him, never did and often wondered why he ever sired him to begin with. In fact it took all the self-control he had not to kill him every time he saw him.  But he did promise the Master so he was forced to put up with him “So I hear as you bellow your way through my home.”  He dropped him and turned away walking back into the library.  “What do you want?”

Spike stared daggers into the darker man’s back as he nonchalantly walked away from him like he was some lowly minion and not giving him the respect of a Master Vampire that he deserved.  Okay so maybe he was a newly appointed Master Vampire and maybe Angelus was his sire but still that didn’t change the fact that he deserved respect and Angelus showed no signs of ever giving him that.

“I came to tell you that there was a new slayer in town.” 

Angelus scoffed he was one of the few that held no faith in this prophecy.  A hybrid race of vampires and humans was crazy; the idea alone that a vampire could give life was preposterous.  Plus the idea of mating with one wasn’t a big turn on in his book because there was no way that a human, slayer or not, could live after he fucked them.  Shit half the time he left Drusilla near dead and she was a master vampire. The way he saw it they were only good for one thing…feeding. 

“I really don’t care Spike.”

Spike sneered at Angelus he knew that he didn’t believe in the prophecy and frankly he liked it that way.  Because the least interested Angelus was the better off he was. 

“Yeah but this one is different.  She reeks of power.”  Spike didn’t stop to consider why he was even bothering to tell Angelus this.  He only wanted to annoy him and figured that this was a good excuse.

Angelus rolled his eyes at Spike’s gullibility and sat back down in his chair picking up the book he was reading trying to ignore the blonde vampire.

“The witch brought her here from another dimension.  She thinks she is The Chosen One.”

The Chosen One…  “Spike there is no such thing as The Chosen One.  When will you learn that prophecy is bullshit and nothing more!  For centuries vampires have been fucking slayers and in all of that time not once has any of them conceived.  Now get out and leave me alone.”

Spike was used to Angelus blowing him off so he continued like he hadn’t even heard him “She’s a handful, that one.  She threw me across the room without even breaking a sweat.”

Angelus smirked that was something he would have liked to see, if he believed it.  But Slayers did not fight back they were meek and submissive.  That was another reason why he never took one to his bed.  He liked his partner with a little bit of monster in her.

“Sure she did Spike. Right after she told you to fuck off.”

Spike’s eyes popped out of his head “How did you know that did Drusilla tell you that??”

Angelus looked up from his book and looked at Spike.  The expression on his face was one of complete and utter seriousness and he started to wonder if maybe there was some truth to his tale now.

His curiosity was peeked “What do you mean Willow brought her here from another dimension.”

“Just what I said mate, she took her to Giles and of course I followed and overheard their conversation.”  He walked around the room fingering the books that lined the shelves.  Why anyone would waste their time reading was beyond him. 

“Giles said that Willow had been watching her for years.  She comes from a dimension where slayers are actually trained to kill vampires.  Can you believe that?”

Now he was definitely interested.  A slayer trained to kill. 

“She was none to happy to be here I can tell you that.  She said something about being tired of sacrificing for the world, and some bullshit about how she would never mate with a vampire.  She sounded almost affronted at the idea.” Spike had been insulted by that notion.

But Angelus wasn’t insulted if anything he became even more interested, that was if Spike was telling the truth.  He guessed he would have to attend the feast tonight and see for himself.

“Giles told her he would give her till the next feast to get used to the idea.  But then she would be chosen like the rest of the lot.  He’s going to present her tonight at the feast.” He tried to gage Angelus reaction to all of this.  He had seen a spark of interest in his eyes.

Angelus eyed Spike suspiciously “Since when do we share information, why are you telling me this?

Why indeed, he didn’t know either so he shrugged “Honestly I don’t know, I only wanted to annoy you.  Did it work?”

Angelus just snorted at him. “So what are you inviting me to attend with you William?” Spike growled at him he hated it when he used his human name.  Again…no respect!

But he just smiled at him, now was not the time for confrontations “Why not I thought we could attend together I want to see the look on your face when you see her, and when you finally come to realize that the prophecy is true and that I am The Champion.”  He couldn’t resist throwing in at least one barb.

Angelus just laughed at him though “Spike you know what if you are The Champion and she is The Chosen One, then I will save you the trouble and stake myself, because then the world is truly lost.”

Chapter Three

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