…Meteorologists are flocking to the small town of Sunnydale after what was reported to be, an unusual electrical disturbance by witnesses who were passing the cemetery last night . . .
. . . Becky holds up a large hunting knife. She glares at the both of them.
“This is how this is going to work. For every person I know of that you either hurt or killed I’m going to hurt you three times as much.”
“Don’t do this.” Angel replied, “if you kill that girl it’s going to eat at you for the rest of you’re life. Vengeance doesn’t solve anything.”
“It’s not about vengeance,” she replied, “it’s about survival.”
“No this is about vengeance,” Angel corrected, “if it was about survival we’d both be dead by now.”
Angel noticed willows intrudingly shocked expression out of the corner of his eye. He kept his game face on and stared down the future slayer. Becky walked slowly up to Angel.
“You’d know all about that wouldn’t you Angelus. You’ve forced me to survive for years not noting whether or not I was going to be killed today or tomorrow. You made me fight twenty-four seven without letting up.”
“That’s what did it isn’t it?” Angel asks softly
“Did what?”
“That’s what shut down your heart.” he replied
Becky moved in until she was two inches away from his face.
“You think you know me?” she asks viciously
“Yeah.” he replies not missing a beat.
Becky steps away. She faces the vampire and folds her arms.
“Fine. Who am I then?”
“You’re a leader, or you used to be,” Angel started, “you were responsible for at least two hundred people. You’re a skilled fighter, I learnt that first hand . . .”
Angel looks closely at the necklace that Becky is wearing. He smiled a little smile and looked her in the eye
“ . . . And you’re wearing the Star of Asgeroth. Which tells me you’re not from around here.”
Becky unfolded her arms. She was surprised by the vampire’s accurate description of her but she never lost her poker expression
“What do you know about the star?” she asks
“I know you’ve made yourself a demon target by wearing it. The Star of Asgeroth is incredibly dangerous if I were you I would hide it somewhere where no one can find it.”
“Can’t take it off.” she replied.
She wondered to herself why she was humoring her nemesis. There was something about him that didn’t sit right. Angel tilted his head and looked curiously at Becky.
“Who told you that?” he asked curiously
“Someone I trust.” She replied seriously
“Was that the same someone who told you that the only thing the star does is create temporal folds?”
Becky glared at Angel. Flipping the knife over in her hand she threw it at the pole willow was leaning against. It embedded itself a few inches from her head. Becky moved back into intimidation range.
“Start talking.” She growled.
Angle stared at her straight back without answering. Becky frowned. She moved over to Willow and pulled the knife from the pole and held it against her chest.
“Fine we’ll do it your way,” Becky continued angrily, “for every second you don’t tell me what I want to know. This girl looses a strip of skin. If we get to two minutes she looses her life.”
Willow started to shake her head wildly. She could feel the blade pressed hard against her chest. Angel remained silent he simply watched as the slayer in front of him stood in the prone position. Becky looked extremely angry with Angel then turned her attention to willow. She raised the knife ready to make the first incision. She looked at the crying girls face. That’s when she realized something . . .
. . . She couldn’t do it . . .
“You’re not a killer.” Angel commented
“You don’t know anything vampire.”
“I know that you don’t want to hurt that girl. I can see it in your eyes.”
Becky tried to make the first incision again and again she stopped herself. She glared at the vampire who looked seriously back at her in return.
“If you kill her. It will haunt you. You’ll be sent to a dark place that you can never come back from and you’ll remember it forever . . . like the other one.” angel continued.
Becky moved away from willow in surprise. She looked at the vampire.
“It wasn’t you’re fault.” He said softly
Becky shook her head. She had never allowed Angelus to get under her skin before so how was he able to do it this time?
“It wasn’t you’re fault.” He continued.
Becky started to shift awkwardly. All of a sudden images of Pete began to flood back into your head.
“It wasn’t . . .”
“SHUT UP!” Becky screamed, “How do you know? you were there!”
“I can smell him on you.” Angel commented, “I can smell the others as well. You have at least two dozen vamp smells on you that can’t be washed away by soap. You also mentioned Angelus which tells me that what you did you did it to save a lot more lives.”
Becky folded her arms uncomfortably.
“How do you know I killed him?”
“I didn’t. Your reaction told me. There is a big difference between being a slayer and being a killer. You’ve spent so long being a soldier that you lost sight of what‘s make you human.”
“Stop that!” she growled at him, “stop acting like you care!”
“I’m only telling you the truth.”
Becky began to feel tears begin to form in her eyes. She marches up to Angel and holds the knife to his throat. She felt her hand being to shake. Out of pure frustration she throws the knife into the wall next to her and storms out of the building.
“Nothing? You found nothing?” Buffy yelled at her Watcher.
Giles wiped his eyes tiredly. He leans back from the pile of books surrounding him and stretches.
“I didn’t find nothing, exactly, just a lot of things that pointed in different directions.” He replied tiredly
“So you found nothing.” Buffy corrected.
“Well . . . yes, unfortunately.”
The library door burst open and Xander and Jesse walked in.
“Good morning happy people.” Xander announced cheerfully.
They both stop and examine the scene. Xander frowns
“Good morning sad people?”
Neither the slayer nor the watcher looked up at him. Getting the hint Xander and Jesse take a seat next to them.
“Good morning incredible depressed people.” Xander finished.
“Hey.” Buffy replied
“How’s the search for super psycho?” Jesse asks
“It’s a bust,” Buffy replied as she picks a book she noticed on the floor, “anyway, how did you guys know.”
“Guess who our newest school celebrity is?” Xander commented.
Buffy looked at Xander with surprise.
“You’re kidding.”
“Nope. Word’s gotten around that we have a genuine superhero on campus. I heard at least a dozen guys planning on asking her out.”
Buffy rolled her eyes and started to absently flick through the book. Giles stood up.
“Well unfortunately,” Giles said, “We still have very little to go on at the moment. If you two would like to assist me there are some books that have just arrived that might shed some . . .”
“Wait.” Buffy interrupted
She looked down at the page she just turned to in complete surprise. The illustration was of a necklace. It was a five pointed star with vine wrapped around each point with a ruby like crystal in the center.
“I’ve seen this,” she continued handing the book to Giles, “This is the necklace she was wearing.”
Giles read the text closely
“The . . . Star of . . . Asgeroth.”
Giles read through the Manuscript carefully, during which he sat back down in surprise.
“Giles what is it?”
“Well, according to this, the Star of Asgeroth has the ability to create temporal folds.” Giles
Xander looked at Giles confused.
“And for the people just tuning in that means?” he asked the watcher
“It means that Becky is quite possibly from another time.”
“Wait. She’s from the future?” Jesse asks
“I didn’t say that, but yes, most likely.”
Buffy though about what happened last night. She shook her head slowly.
“So you’re telling me that she could be a slayer.”
“Yes, unfortunately.”
“A second slayer in Sunnydale can’t be bad. Right?” Jesse asks
“The way Becky’s been acting. We’re all in trouble.”
“Aw man,” Xander replied, “and I was saving trouble for Thursday.”
Becky entered Sunnydale high still feeling the effects of last night’s conversation with Angel. She still couldn’t figure out how he got to her but she decided to put it out of her mind. As she approached her locker she noticed someone waiting for her.
“We need to talk.” Buffy said as Becky placed her backpack inside
“No we don’t” Becky replied as she walked off.
Buffy chased after her. Overtaking Becky she stood in her path.
“Oh no future girl. You don’t get to leave that easily.”
Becky folded her arms. She not entirely surprised that she found out where she was from. Giles always found a way.
“I’m guessing you want to talk about last night.”
“For starters.” Buffy replied.
The two girls stared at each other for a moment.
“Alright I’ll guess I’ll say it,” Buffy continued, “You a slayer aren’t you?”
“Does it matter?”
“It does when you start marching through my territory.”
“You think you’re in control don’t you?”
Becky moved in closer.
“You’re not. Neither of us is. It’s the vampires that are really running the show. We’re just movie ushers throwing people out who are being too noisy. The sooner you realize that the better.”
Becky tried to walk off but Buffy put her hand on her chest. She looked from the hand to the angry looking Buffy. In one smooth motion she grabbed Buffys hand, swing around and threw her over her shoulder. Buffy landed heavily on her chest momentarily winding her. Becky walks up. She puts her foot on Buffy’s back and also grabs one of Buffy’s arms, pulling it back unnaturally.
“Do you know how easily I could break you’re arm slayer.” Becky threatened, “touch me again and you’ll find out.”
Buffy tried to break out of Becky’s grip but found that she couldn’t. This worried her. Becky seem to have strength that surpass her own. From around the corner Xander walked in. he sees Becky holding Buffy to the ground.
“Hey!” he yelled as he charged towards Becky.
Without looking up Becky grabbed Xander by the collar and threw him into the lockers he fell painfully to the ground. Becky released her grip and walked off to her first class. Xander crawled his way over to Buffy. Buffy was staring in complete shock at Becky’s strength.
“ . . . So she just throws me away like I’m nothing” Buffy explained to Jesse.
They were all in the gym waiting for Gym to start. Buffy kept glancing over at Becky who was sitting on the other side of the class. Usually Becky sat alone but today she had a swarm of people around her.
“Okay, settle down people.” Coach Foster
The class quieted down and looked at the Gym teacher.
“ As you know,” Coach Foster continued, “Sunnydale might be a small town but it is extremely dangerous. So for this lesson I decided that we would do some self-defense training. Now I’m going to need a couple of assistants.”
Coach Foster scanned down her roll.
“Okay. Miss Simmons would you please come down here.”
Becky stood up and headed down next to Coach Foster. As she did so the heard the collective whispers of her classmates. Coach Foster looked down her list again.
“And . . . Miss Summers please join us.”
Xander, Buffy and Jesse gave each other a look. Buffy quickly moved down to the other side of Coach foster.
The Coach moved the two girls into their first position. Buffy could help feel a little worried by the way Becky was looking at her. As they were demonstrating a basic flip Becky whispered to Buffy
“You never learned did you?”
Buffy became angry and flipped Becky onto the ground.
“Buffy,” Coach foster commented, “This is only a demonstration please be more careful.”
“Sorry.” Buffy replied.
Coach foster nodded and went to help Becky back onto her feet. She was startled how quickly Becky flipped herself back up.
“Thank you ladies now I’m going to need another two people.”
As Buffy walked back to the seats Becky stopped her by standing in her way. Buffy frowned she tried to move passed but Becky blocked every direction. Buffy tried to push past her. Becky put her hand on Buffys chest and pushed her back hard. Buffy went flying back into the wall and landed roughly. Becky walked up slowly as Buffy climbed painfully to her feet.
“You still think you’re in control slayer?”
Buffy looked around at the stunned crowd. Usually she never liked any kind of audience when she had to fight.
“Can we talk about this later?” Buffy insisted quietly
“No. You and me have business.” Becky said harshly
Buffy leant against the wall as Becky approached. She tried to run again but was slammed back against the wall by the throat by Becky.
“It’s your fault.” Becky continued
While Becky was focused on Buffys face Buffy managed to kick her in the ribs sending her flying out of the way. Buffy dropped to the ground and gasped for air.
“Okay,” Buffy said between gasps, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Again Becky was on her feet at amazing speed. She glared at Buffy with a look of fiery death.
“You helped her!” Becky snarled.
Becky had definitely lost it in Buffy’s opinion. She decided to tread carefully because Becky’s unusually greater slayer strength.
“Helped who?!” Buffy replied
“The witch!”
Buffy and Becky began to circle each other like gladiators in arena. Each Slayer on guard. Coach Foster tried to intervene but was stopped by Xander and Jesse. Buffy narrowed her eyes
“What witch?” buffy replied
She looked at Becky’s expression and the penny dropped. Buffy looked shock.
“Willow.” Buffy continued
“I had to make her understand.” Becky replied viciously
“Where is she?”
“You still think you’re in control.”
Buffy shrugged
“You seem to know a lot about me. You tell me.”
Becky stopped circling.
“Alright, you’re not in control. You waste too much energy on stupid jokes, you’re easily blindsided, you concentrate too much on you’re appearance. And you waste time on activities like cheerleading.”
“What are you talking about I haven’t been cheerleading since . . .”
That niggling feeling turned it’s self back into a memory. Buffy remembered where she had seen her before. Buffy’s shock increased.
“ . . .Hemery. That was you?” Buffy continued, “are you spying on me?”
Becky walked over to a basketball lying near the crowd. She played with it lightly in her hands as she wandered back in front of buffy.
“I had to know what you could do.”
Buffy shrugged
“How was I?”
“Disappointing.” Becky replied
She threw the basketball at Buffy’s head. Having no time to react the ball hit with extreme force. Becky ran up and attacked with a few punches to Buffy’s ribs followed by an uppercut. Buffy collapsed onto the ground. As Becky approached Buffy flipped up and clipped Becky on the chin. Caught of guard Buffy hit Becky with a series of body and headshots.
Xander and Jesse watched on in shock.
“Oh this is not going to end well.” Xander replied.
Back in the library Giles studied the Chronicles of Naull. His surprise grows the more he learns about the amulet. Giles took off his glasses and looks shocked.
“Oh good lord!” he exclaimed
Giles grabs the book and rushes out the library. He enters the Gym about a few minutes later. Xander and Jesse see this and rush over. Giles looks at them frantically.
“Where’s Buffy I need to talk to her now!”
“Ah . . . she a little busy right now.” Jesse replied as he gestured to the fight.
“What? . . . oh”
By that stage the fight had become more intense, neither slayer wanting to give up the advantage. At a moment of weakness Buffy knocks Becky back with a spin kick. The audience scurries out of the way as Becky crashes hard against the stand. Buffy jumped in but was kicked back by Becky. Becky painfully pulled herself back onto her feet. This fight had been harder then she predicted and she has the cuts and bruises to prove it. She picked up one of the broken boards from the stands and marched up to Buffy. Before Buffy could stand she struck her across the head sending her back down onto the floor. Buffy looked up at her with fear as Becky threw the board away. Becky stared down at the Slayer. It was then that Angel’s words floated through her head.
You’re not a killer
She looked at Buffy in a state of shock. She kept seeing flashes of Pete’s face. Becky slowly looked around the stunned and fearful crowd. She had spent a good part of her life fighting people like Buffy but, as she looks around now, this was the first time it didn’t feel right.
In a panic Becky fled the Gym. Just before she left she briefly locked eyes with Giles. This made her feel even more uneasy.
Giles, Xander and Jesse ran to the Center of the Gym. They helped her get to her feet.
“Are you alright.” Giles asked in concern
Buffy winced in pain. Xander and Jesse held her up as she looked to the exit of the gym.
“There is something seriously wrong with that girl Giles.” She replied
“We’ll get her to the nurses office.” Xander commented as he and Jesse help Buffy walk away.
Giles watches them leave. He slowly walks over to Coach Foster who was still stunned by the super powered fight she just saw. He took off his glasses and started to clean them
“I think it’s best if you don’t mention it to anyone.” He said softly
“I’m not even sure what I would say.” Coach foster replied.
Becky wandered around the streets of Sunnydale. She hugged herself nervously as she tried to fight back the emotions that were trying to engulf her.
What did that vampire do to her? All they did was talk and now she beginning to second-guess every move she’s made.
From an alleyway she heard a scream. Becky rushed in quickly to see two large burly men attempting to rape a young girl. Becky watched this for a moment. She knew this wasn’t her goal for coming back here so she decides to move on. As she wandered off she heard the girls cry of panic again. Becky froze in her tracks. Her body began to fill with frustration. Not standing the feeling any longer Becky turned and ran down the Alley.
The girl fought back as hard as she could but both men were too strong for her. She was just about to give up hope when Becky jumped in and kicked both men in the head sending them flying in opposite directions. Becky stood in front of the girl just itching for a fight. She wasn’t disappointed as the men lunged at her. Becky grabbed one of the men’s oncoming fists pulling him down and countering with a knee to the head. She ducked the swinging punch of the other man and kicked him in the stomach. He doubled over and Becky knocked him out with a powerful uppercut. The other man got back no his feet and charged at Becky. Becky ran at the wall bounced off and spun kicked the Man in the head taking him down for the count.
Becky landed and looked at the frightened girl. She had the most relieved look of anyone she had ever seen.
“Oh god, thank you,” the girl exclaimed, “thank you so much.”
Becky turned and walked away. When she got half way down the alley she heard the girl say.
“Wait . . . I don’t know where I am. Can you help me get home.”
Becky closed her eyes. When she did she heard more of Angels words.
You’ve spent so long being a soldier that you lost sight of what’s make you human.
Becky turned back. She walked up to the girl and knelt down. Looking into the girl’s eyes she found herself smiling.
“Hey it’s okay,” Becky said softly, “I’ll get you home.”
It was early afternoon when Becky arrived at the warehouse. It took a little while to find where the girl lived and it felt good to see the smile on her parents face at her safe return. She entered the warehouse and walked up to her two prisoners. When she entered the light she looked long and hard at Angel.
“You’re not Angelus.” She said seriously
“No I’m not. My name is Angel.” Angel replied
“You look like him.”
“I was him once.”
Becky folded her arms and tilted her head with curiosity.
“What happened?”
“A curse. Got my soul back,” Angel replied looking at Becky very carefully, “looks like you got something back to.”
Becky sighed softly. She wandered over to Willow and started to unchain her. She helped the frightened girl back onto the ground.
“I’m not sure you can accept this but I’m sorry,” Becky, said quietly to Willow
Becky started to help willow out of the warehouse.
“Hey!” Angel called out, “are you going to untie me?”
Becky stopped and looked at the vampire
“You show me something today. You have my thanks. But I still don’t know if I can trust you.” Becky
Giles held the icepack against Buffy’s head. She winced as the cold water reacted with her giant bruise.
“We have to find her now Giles. This girl is dangerous.”
The Scooby’s sat around the library impatiently. Giles puts down the icepack and walks around to the front of the group.
“I’m afraid that it’s a lot worse then that Buffy.”
Buffy rolled her eyes
“Oh great. That just makes my day.”
Giles picks up the Chronicles of Naull and scans through it again.
“According to my research. The Star of Asgeroth’s power is not limited to just sending people to other centuries. It has the ability to destroy entire dimensions.”
“That’s bad isn’t it?” Xander replied
“Indeed. Think of this reality like a mirror stacked up against a large group of other mirrors. If the stars power is triggered it will be like throwing a rock at it.”
“No more fun house,” Buffy replied, “But Giles how am I supposed to fight her? She is faster then me and way stronger.”
“I think it’s best if we keep our distance until we can find a way of disabling her abilities.”
The sound of the library door closing caught the group’s attention. Becky stood awkwardly in the doorway carefully holding Willow.
“Willow!” Xander exclaimed as he rushed over to his friend.
Xander quickly took Willow and rushed back to the group. Buffy stood up and put herself between the Scooby’s and Becky.
“So come back for round two?” Buffy asked coldly
“No.” Becky replied nervously
“Then, aside from returning our friend, why are you here?”
“To give you the truth.”
“Right, ‘cause that’s going to make everything all better. Well be the best of gal pals after.”
“I think you want to hear this.”
Buffy folded her arms and glared at Becky.
“Alright miss Simmons. You have ten seconds to dazzle me.”
Becky sighed. From it’s hiding place Becky pulled out her PDA. Pressing in a few commands she hands it to Buffy.
“My name’s not Simmons. It’s Summers. You’re my aunt”
Principal Flutie looked flabbergasted. He leaned against his desk in shock at the news his two visitors had just given him.
“Well this is just unforgivable,” He exclaimed, “I knew that Simmons girl was trouble from the first time I saw her.”
“We think she’s potentially dangerous to others. She has a history of delusional behavior.” The male of the pair said calmly
“Well I’ll just summon her to the office right now and we’ll sought this mess out.”
As he picked up the phone he looked at the female of the pair.
“You know it’s uncanny. You look just like one of our students.”
The person on the other end of the line answered.
“Could you please send miss Simmons to my office. Thank you.”
Principal flute hung up the phone and sat back down at his desk.
“I’ll assure you that we will get to the bottom of this Mr. . .”
“Angelus,” the man replied with a smile, “call me Angelus.”
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