“We have a problem.” Giles said placing down his fifth book
Xander looked at his friend in curiosity
“Just one?” he replied
“It’s concerning the Star of Asgeroth. There will be some difficulty destroying it.”
Buffy paced anxiously at the end of Giles’ room.
“How do you mean?” she asked
“According to my research there is only one way.”
“Which is?”
“It’s linked to an ancient prophecy,” Giles replied consulting his notes.
Buffy and Xander looked at each other uneasily.
“And do we know what it is?” Buffy asked
“Unfortunately no, the information is extremely sketchy, and the details of this prophecy and are not listed.”
“So what now?” Xander asked
Giles removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes.
“I’m not sure. I don’t have half the resources that I had back in Sunnydale. If only I still had a copy of the Chronicles of Naull. That is the only reference in existence that contains the precise details of the Star of Asgeroth.”
“Which Angelus has let’s not forget that.”
“Okay so let me break this down,” Buffy pondered, “we need to find this prophesy to destroy the star but we can’t do that without the chronicles, right?”
“Essentially.” Giles replied
“So where can we find this book?”
Giles though. He swung around in his chair and shuffled through his notes until he pulled out a small scrap of paper.
“I did receive this a few years ago.”
Buffy took the scrap of paper. It looks like an inventory list of books. Giles had highlighted the entry about the chronicles.
“Did you work out where this place is?”
“Top corner.” Giles replied calmly
Buffy looked at the top section of the paper. It simply had one name.
“Wolfram and Heart? You mean the evil lawyer guys who started this mess?”
“That book is located in their central library housed in their vault.”
Buffy shrugged in confusion.
“So why aren’t we going?”
“Because Angelus sent this to me thinking I wouldn’t notice.”
“But that was years ago.”
“Even so Buffy I can’t take that risk. Especially now that the colony has been betrayed.”
“Giles if we don’t do it the lives of millions in the other dimension are at stake.”
“So have you got the plan?” Angelus asked calmly
“I don’t like it.” Becky replied
Becky looked over the design plans of the old Wolfram and Heart building.
Angelus walked over and joined her. Although the only he wasn’t physically in the room with her she still felt the comfort of his presence.
“What’s wrong with it?” Angelus asked
“You have everybody grouped together in a tight pack. I know Byron, he works well in this formation.” Becky replied
“Then what do you suggest?”
Becky turned and looked seriously at her father.
“Simple, divide and conquer. Split them up into smaller groups and I can guarantee you that they will drop like rocks.”
Angelus smiled and ruffled his daughter’s hair.
“That’s my girl, always the thinker.” He replied
Becky smiled. She doesn’t know why but this the way Angelus treats her now feels reassuring. It’s almost as if that giant void inside her is slowly getting filled.
“Thanks dad.” She remarked
“Hey did you get that present Will sent you?”
Becky showed him the gloves she was wearing. She looked at them in confusion.
“Yeah but, I’m not sure what they do.”
“Will tells me that it will help keep the troops in line.”
Becky wasn’t one hundred percent sure what that meant. She was about to inquire when there was a knock at her door. Angelus evaporated into thin air as Becky rolled up the plans.
“What is it?!” she yelled to the door
The door slowly opened at Rebecca walked in. she looked around Becky’s bunk room with curiosity.
“Oh it’s you,” Becky said blandly, “I’m surprised your guard bitch took her eye off you.”
Rebecca glared at her.
“We need to talk.” Rebecca said angrily
“Don’t people say you’re crazy if you talk to yourself?”
“Shut up.” Rebecca snapped at her
Becky looked her up and down calmly.
“Alright I’ll play your game. What do you want to talk about?”
Rebecca walked up. She leaned down and matched Becky’s eye level.
“Club Hellmouth.” She said forcefully
“What about it?”
“What did you do?”
“My job.”
“I severely doubt that.”
“Thought the girls were a threat, took them out. It’s simple math.”
“I wouldn’t call slaughtering innocent people simple. You must have worked out at some point Wolfram and Heart were playing you.”
Becky shrugged. Rebecca stood up, folded her arms and shook her head slowly
“So it’s true, you are as dumb as you look.”
Becky sneered angrily. She got to her feet and walked into Rebecca’s personal space.
“I’ve killed people for saying less.”
“Yet strangely I’m still standing,” Rebecca replied calmly, “Why is that?”
Becky glared at her angrily. Rebecca stared back calmly. She turned and started to walk.
“I wasn’t spoilt like you. I had to fight to get what I wanted. Don’t come busting into my room throwing your ‘holier then thou’ crap at me!”
Rebecca turned back.
“You had to fight huh. Is that what you have to tell yourself to sleep at night? I’ll guarantee you that some day the blood on your hands is going to start eating away at you and it will keep on eating until all that is left is just an empty shell.”
Rebecca left the room. Becky snarled and threw a small table at the closed door. Angelus reappeared.
“Well that was a pretty speech.” He said
Becky turned to him fiercely
“Why can’t I kill her?”
“Easy there tiger,” Angelus replied, “We still need her for the apocalypse. Once we’re back to one dimension you can go to town on her but until then she lives.”
Becky frowned angrily. Angelus looked at her worried. He perked up when he remembered something.
“I never said anything about hurting her. Just make sure she lives.” He replied happily
Becky looked over to him and smiled Evilly. She walked over to her father and hugged him.
“You’re a good girl Becky. Now run along and play with your sister.”
Xander and Buffy walked through the halls of the colony. Buffy couldn’t help notice that Xander kept looking at her.
“What?” she asked finally
“Nothing, it just weird seeing you is all.” Xander replied
“Aren’t I usually around in this dimension?”
“Yeah but every time I see her she tries to punch me and suck my blood. Its kind of a mood killer.”
“Oh.”
They walk into the Mess Hall to find Byron talking to Goddess Willow.
“I think I can organize that.” They over heard Byron say
“Good ‘cause if I’m right this should solve it completely.” Goddess Willow replied
“Solve what?” Buffy interrupted
Goddess Willow turned and smiled to her.
“It’s a surprise for Vampire me.”
“This sounds juicy” Xander replied
“I still owe her for the time she used me to get the Gem of Amarrah back in Sunnydale.”
Xander looked confused. Buffy patted him on the shoulder reassuringly.
“Don’t worry Xand different timeline. My brain hurts just trying to work it all out.” She said, “ So do you think you can help us Byron?”
Byron thought about it.
“I’m going to need to run this past Becky first.” He said thoughtfully
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Buffy replied
“It would be better all round if Becky was kept out of the loop.” Goddess Willow continued.
Byron looked at each of them. He nodded in agreement then walked out of the room. Byron didn’t think keeping Becky in the dark was the best idea but he had a feeling it was the right thing to do.
Rebecca walked into the mess hall. She noticed Shona and Nighthawk sitting at one of the tables and went to join them. Shona looked at her seriously
“What’s up?” she asked
“Had a little chat with my double.” Rebecca replied
Shona and Nighthawk looked at each other with concern.
“I don’t want you goin’ near her.” Shona warned, “I don’t trust her.”
“Neither do I that’s why I went alone.”
“She is, like, uber creepy,” Nighthawk said, “The way she just stares right through you like a window.”
“What did trigger happy sally have to say for herself?” Shona asked
“It’s not what she said that worries me.” Rebecca replied, “It’s what she didn’t say. She hiding something and it’s big.”
“Want me to pound it out of her?” Shona asked
Rebecca gave her a look. Shona put up her hands defensively.
“I’m just offering is all”.
“We have to be careful. I have a funny feeling this isn’t gonna end well.” Rebecca said seriously
Becky walked down into the tech room. Inside Frag was moving frantically to and fro. On his way back to the computer he noticed her and stopped.
“If you come to yell at me don’t bother. The maps will be done when they’re done okay.”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Becky asked
“That maps for the big book run to Wolfram and Heart, you get the chronicles of gnaw or something. I’m getting them organised as fast as they can.”
“What run?”
“You don’t know? . . Oh right, you don’t know.”
Becky folded her arms and glared at him. Frag looked nervously at her.
“Wanted something?” he asked
“The lights shorted out in the rec room. Need you to fix it.”
“Isn’t that a maintenance job? . .” Frag started
He caught the full blast of Becky’s stare.
“ . . . Which I’m going to do now.” He said anxiously as he dashed out of the room.
Becky checked if the coast was clear. She moved to the computer and checked out the maps. Typing quickly she began to alter the path the group would be travelling. Once she was done there she moved over to the crates holding the tazer rifles. She opened them and began to rip out the power cells for each one. There was going to be a fight it just wasn’t going to be a fair one.
“So are we ready to go?” Angel asked
“Almost we’re waiting on Frag with those maps.” Byron replied
“And when were you planning on telling me?” Becky demanded from the doorway of the Mess hall
The group turned to look at her. She walked in purposefully and stared at her second in command.
“Byron?”
“Sorry Becky I didn’t want to bother you with this,” he explained, “It’s just a small thing.”
“A small thing, which is pumping most of the resources of this colony.”
“Why do you care?” Rebecca asked
Becky turned and glared at Rebecca. She stormed up and grabbed her roughly by the collar of her shirt. Becky slammed her against the wall hard. Before she could do anything else she felt the barrel of Shonas gun pressed against the back of her head.
“I think that’s enough out of you.” Shona said, “I also think you’re gonna let the nice lady go.”
Becky turned and stared at Shona. She released Rebecca and stepped away. At that moment Frag stepped in with the maps.
“Alright I’ve got a course mapped out that should get us there safely . . . “
He stopped and stared at Shona and Becky.
“Is this a bad time?”
“No frag it’s not.” Becky replied, “We’re just about to leave.”
Becky turned and looked at the group seriously.
“Let’s go.”
The group quickly filed out of the mess hall. Just before Rebecca left Becky forcefully pushed her back in. she stood in front of her double and stared at her.
“Don’t think were done yet.” Becky said intensely, “Once this is over I want to find out who the real Becky is.”
“I think we know that already.” Rebecca replied
Again Becky looked her up and down.
“Personally I think actions speak louder then words.”
“You don’t know how true that is.”
Angelus and Vampire Willow watched as the bus from Colony 17 pulls up to the dead end.
“Just like clockwork.” He said happily
“Are we gonna have some fun now?” Vampire Willow asked
Angelus smiled at her. He walked around and wrapped his arms around her waist.
“Of course Will what kind of party host would we be if we didn’t invite our guests?”
They looked down at the group as they slowly piled out of the bus.
Frag looked at the map confused.
“This is not the way I put down.” He said
“Maybe you just made a mistake.” Xander said as he looked over his shoulder
Frag gave Xander an annoyed look.
“Please! Don’t insult me like that.”
“Alright, we’ll get back on the bus and see if we can find the right way.” Byron said.
The group turned to climb back on to the bus. Just before they got close it exploded, knocking everybody back and sending a huge fireball into the air. They all stood slowly and stared.
“What the hell just happened?” Becky demanded.
Rebecca stared at her curiously.
“This isn’t good.” Xander commented
“And it ain’t gonna get any better.” Shona commented as she noticed the sea of vampires walking towards them.
The group tried to huddle closely but was scattered by Vamps dropping out of windows into the middle.
They pulled apart quickly and examined the situation. Byron looked over to his troops
“Tazers!” he yelled
The colonists aimed their weapons and pulled the trigger.
Nothing.
They examined their weapons closely. Byron looked around seriously as Angelus and Vampire Willow walked through the crowd. Angelus looked at them playfully.
“You know I’ve always said you should never trust computers they’ll just lead you into all sorts of problems.”
“What the hell do you want?” Becky yelled at him
Again Rebecca looked at her curiously. Something wasn’t right about Becky’s attitude. Angelus looked over to Becky in mock annoyance.
“Guys can you deal with her?”
A large group of vamps jump Becky. She fights them but eventually Becky’s dragged away. This doesn’t sit right with Rebecca it just seems too easy.
“What are you going to do with us?” Byron asked
“We’re gonna have lots of party games.” Vampire Willow replied.
Vampire Willow raised her arms and chanted. There was a big flash of light and most of the group vanished leaving Byron and his troops alone. The vamps quickly move in as Byron and the colonists move back until they press hard against the wall.
Goddess Willow opens her eyes. She slowly gets to her feet and looks around. Vampire Willow had separated her from the rest of the group and place her somewhere else.
“Goody,” Vampire Willow said as she wraps her arms around Goddess Willows waist, “Now I have you all to myself.”
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