. . . . The crowd scuttled to the wall. From the sea of vampires a huge explosion erupted sending smoke and debris flying into the air. The colonists coughed and waited to see the results. They recoiled in fear, as the vampires emerged unscathed from the cloud. Xander looked to Byron
“Any other ideas?”
Byron shook his head sadly. He looked at his friend
“Nope,” he replied, “there’s only one thing left“
Byron looked back at the vampires seriously. He reached into the cargo pockets of his pants and pulled out a small crystal. He tossed it at one of the vampires who caught it effortlessly. A look of pain crossed his face as he looked at the crystal as it started to glow brightly. There was a bright flash of light and the vampire was set alight eventually turning to dust. Byron smiled victoriously as the surrounding stopped and looked.
“THROW ‘EM!” he ordered
The vampires watched in horror as the air suddenly became full of glowing crystals. They turned and bolted as large portions of the group started to turn to bur and turn to dust. Xander looked at one of the crystals curiously.
“So . . . why didn’t we use these first?” he asked Byron.
Byron shot him a look. Xander put his hands up defensively
“Hey I’m just asking.”
Byron didn’t reply. He was just glad Goddess Willows plan worked.
~ Colony 17, hell dimension – 1 hour ago ~
“How did you get five crates of Beamolic crystals?” Goddess Willow asked Byron as they entered the mess hall
“I don’t know,” Byron replied innocent, “We found them while collecting salvage in this weird looking building. Figured we could find a use for them, why?”
Goddess Willow smiled to herself.
“I think I have an idea to deal with your vampire problem.” She replied
Byron looked at the white haired woman curiously.
“What?” he asked anxiously
“Beamolic crystals are used for holding and releasing energies. I’ve been working on a spell to break the Vampires invulnerability I think we can use these crystals as some kind of . . . bomb thing.”
“You mean like a hand grenade?”
“Yeah I think so. I can charge them up before we go for the book. Do you think you could get them to me?”
Byron smiled at her happily.
“I think I can organize that.” Byron said
“Good ‘cause if I’m right this should solve it completely.” Goddess Willow replied
“Solve what?” Buffy interrupted walking up to the pair of them
Goddess Willow turned and smiled to her.
“It’s a surprise for Vampire me.”
. . . Vampire Faith walked over and knelt down on the section of roof trapping Nighthawks leg. This caused more pressure-making Nighthawk scream in pain.
“It looks like it’s just you and me mask girl.” Vampire Faith as she held Nighthawk onto the ground, “I glad I made some room especially for you.”
Vampire Faith leaned in. Nighthawk closed her eyes and Waited. Just before Vampire Faith sunk her teeth in Nighthawk opened her eyes angrily. He shoved the crystal Buffy slipped her roughly into Vampire Faith’s chest. As it glowed brightly Vampire Faith looked down at Nighthawk in surprise
“Not the lone ranger!” Nighthawk yelled
There was a bright flash of light Vampire Faith jumped up as flame engulfed her. Nighthawk looked seriously at her as Vampire Faith turned to dust. She flopped back onto the ground and breathed heavy sight of relief.
Rebecca struggled against Becky’s strength but to no avail. The uber-slayer had a firm grip around her neck. Angel watched anxiously as Becky slowly began to apply pressure.
“Poor daddy,” Angelus said in mock sadness, “powerless to stop his baby girl from dieing. And he tried so hard as well.”
Angelus reached inside his pocket. He pulled out the Star of Asgeroth and bounced it lightly in his hand.
“If only you knew how to destroy this thing you could save everybody.”
Angel looked over at Rebecca. He nodded subtly to her and she nodded back. Moving quickly Rebecca lifted her right leg and kicked out Becky’s left. Becky toppled onto the floor releasing her grip. This got Angelus’ attention. As soon as his eyes shifted from Angel he lifted his legs and kicked Angelus in the chest, releasing his grip. Angel dropped to his feet and charged his double slamming him hard against the wall. He started to pound his face and body with a series of blows followed by a knee to the stomach. As Rebecca watched Becky slowly climbed back onto her feet. She was about to grip Rebecca’s head when her double caught her in the stomach with her elbow putting Becky off balance. Stepping back she flipped Becky over her shoulder slamming her hard into the ground. She put her foot on Becky’s throat and glared down at her.
“Little tip for next time. Try breathing quietly.” Rebecca remarked
Becky grabbed her leg and twisted suddenly. Rebecca swung around and was forced onto her knees. Becky flipped back up and put her back in headlock cutting off her air supply.
“I’ll remember that.” Becky growled as the slayer turned blue.
Realizing that there wasn’t much time left. Rebecca used all of her strength and pushed off the ground. She flipped over Becky forcing her to release her grip. Rebecca landed on her feet and, using her slayer strength, tossed Becky across the room before she could get back on her feet Rebecca charged at her catching her in the chest with a flying kick. Becky sailed back and smashed through a load-bearing pole. As she struggled to her feet the roof above began to creak. Suddenly it collapsed on top of the uber-slayer bringing three other rooms above it with her.
Angel and Angelus stopped fighting long enough to witness what looked like the end of Becky. Rebecca used this moment to catch Angelus off guard. She moved in and struck him with an uppercut. Angelus stumbled back. He had not time to recover as Angel kicked him in the chest. The coordinated attacks by the slayer and the vampire forced Angelus against the far wall. As he hit the wall he looked at the both of them and laughed.
“Wow. It’s great to see a family do pointless things together,” Angelus said smugly, “you both know you can’t win. Look around you the apocalypse is nearly finished and as long as I have the star there is nothing you can do about it.”
Rebecca looked at Angelus curiously. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the Star of Asgeroth. She held onto the chain and swung it in front of him.
“What you mean this thing?” she asked innocently
Angelus frowned. He fished around inside his jacket pocket and felt something unusual. He pulled it out and examined it. The small crystal in his hand started to glow brightly. Angelus looked up at the smug looking Angel.
“You son of a bi . . .” He said angrily as there was a bright flash of light and Angelus burst into flames.
They covered their eyes as Angelus exploded into dust. Angel looked at her curiously.
“Where did you learn to do that?” he asked curiously
“Paid a couple of guys on campus ten bucks to show me.” Rebecca replied smugly, “money well spent I’m thinking.”
Rebecca dropped the star into her hand. Suddenly she felt the strangest sensation go up her arm. It didn’t feel like pain it was more a warm tingly sensation. This was weird it felt like this the first time she held the star something must have changed.
“Rebecca?” Angel asked curiously.
Rebecca shook the sensation away and looked up at Angel. There was something in her expression that didn’t sit right with him.
“I’m okay,” she replied distantly, “it’s been a long week.”
Angel nodded. Rebecca looked past him to the collapsed section of the building.
“Don’t think we’re gonna have anymore uber-slayer problems.” Rebecca continued.
“Looks like it,” angel replied thoughtfully, “come on we better find the others.”
Meanwhile Shona and Buffy ran as quickly as they could through the building. Vampire Buffy was hot on their heals and gaining fast. They both rounded a corner and soon realized that it was a dead end. They turned just as Vampire Buffy arrived.
“What’s with the running? Didn’t you get the memo? Us vamps rule this world.” Vampire Buffy said
“You mean rule as in Angelus tells you what to do and you follow like obedient puppies?” Buffy replied
“Like you didn’t follow Giles like that,” Vampire Buffy replied
“No that that’s what’s called working in a team.”
“Are we killing her now or what?” Shona asked
“I think this is a good a time as any.” Buffy replied.
Buffy and Shona rushed Vampire Buffy. Caught her at full speed sending her flying down the hall. As the two slayers stormed down to continue Shona pulled out the crystal from her pocket. Vampire Buffy saw this and realized quickly it was bad news. Waiting for the right moment she caught Shona’s hand with a spin kick forcing her to drop the crystal. She then kicked Buffy in the face followed by tripping Shona onto her back. Buffy quickly regained her footing and charged at her double clothes lining her onto the ground. She tried to hold her down but since Vampire Buffy knows all of her moves she easily knocked Buffy off from on top of her. Vampire Buffy jumped back onto her feet and smiled victoriously at the two slayers.
That was short lived when Rebecca, brandishing a piece of fallen roof, struck her from behind. Shona looked up at her with relief.
“Need a hand?” Rebecca asked helping Shona back onto her feet.
“I think they have everything under control.” Angel said from behind them.
Shona picked up the disguarded crystal and tossed it as hard as she could at Vampire Buffy. It struck her on the head and began to glow. There was the brilliant flash of white light and Vampire Buffy burst into flames. Both Shona and Buffy looked relieve at their sudden arrival.
“You guys okay?” Buffy asked Rebecca and Angel
“All good. Though I cant say the same for my double.” Rebecca replied
“What happened?”
“Had an encounter with a collapsing roof.”
Shona’s eyes opened wide.
“Nighthawk! She’s still trapped up there!” she exclaimed
Nighthawks head was swimming. This was the second time she had blacked out from the pain of her leg. She looked around hazily and thought people were standing over her but is wasn’t fully registering. Suddenly the weight pressing on her broken leg was lifted and a feeling of relief came across her.
Angel carefully scooped her up off the ground as Buffy, Rebecca and Shona put the section of roof back onto the ground. Buffy inspected Nighthawks leg.
“Looks pretty bad. Think we need to get her to the doc back at the colony.” She said seriously
Nighthawk looked up at Angel and smiled.
“Mommy?” she asked groggily
“Not exactly.” Angel replied
Goddess Willow finished gathering the energy she needed she gathered it into a ball at tossed it at Vampire Willow. Vampire Willow smiled. The carpet holding her in place exploded and she rolled out of the way of the oncoming energy. Turned around by the blast Goddess Willow lost sight of her double. Suddenly she felt someone grab her hair. Vampire Willow pulled her around and slammed her head against the wall. She then kicked her in the back sending her topping to the ground. Vampire Willow raised her hand and Goddess Willow felt her throat begin to close over. She dropped to the ground gasping for air.
“I wanted to be your friend.” Vampire Willow said upset, “But you still want to be friends with that mean Angel.”
Goddess Willow glared up at her. Her throat was nearly completely closed over making it impossible to talk. Looking behind her she noticed a chair lying on its side. She concentrated hard and the chair slowly hovered into the air. It flew across the room and hit Vampire Willow Square in the back at incredible speed. This broke her concentration long enough for Goddess Willow to climb back onto her feet. She punched her double across the jaw and sent her flying to the other side of the room. Goddess Willow quickly gathered energy and shot it at her double. Vampire Willow countered with a force field. After a few moments both Willows stopped.
“You didn’t think that was gonna stop me did you?” she asked smugly
Goddess Willow smiled in return.
“No I didn’t” she replied and gestured Vampire Willow to look down at her feet.
Vampire Willow did so just in time to see a bright flash of light. To her horror she burst into flames and exploded into dust.
Byron and Xander checked over the colonists as the others returned from their individual adventures. Xanders looked at them anxiously
“What happed?” he asked
“Vampire Willow.” Angel replied still holding Nighthawk carefully.
Xander rolled his eyes.
“Great can’t wait to see what Angelus is gonna do to us next.”
“Actually that’s no longer gonna be an issue.”
Xander looked curiously at Angel
“Sorry could you say that again into my hopeful ear.”
“Angelus is dust.” Angel replied
“But we still have to deal with Vamp Willow.”
There was a bright flash of white light and Goddess Willow appeared next to them. She smiled at them excitedly
“That’s one Vampire-Witch completely Dustified.” She said
Xander leaned up against the van in shock.
“So . . . This is all over?” Xander asked in shock
“Almost,” Buffy replied, “We still need to find a way of destroying that Star of Asgeroth. Which you do have right?”
“Rebecca’s keeping it safe.” Angel replied.
Rebecca sat nearby on a rock. She held the star in her hand and just stared at it. The still felt the strange energy running through her arm. It almost feels like she was supposed to have the star. She not exactly sure how she know this but it felt right
It felt like it was her job to destroy it.
Slowly she got to her feet and turned to face the rock. She knelt down on her knees and readied herself.
This was it. In one swift stroke both worlds will be safe and the threat of Angelus and the Vampire-Witch will finally come. Rebecca breathed in and raised the star to strike . . .
Suddenly her arm was grabbed. Rebecca was thrown violently to the ground. She looked up in shock as Becky knelt on her chest pinning her to the ground. From her cargo pocket she pulled out the second hand gun she got form the Wolfram and Heart armory and pressed it against her forehead. Shona walked over to try and find Rebecca. Becky noticed Shona approaching and pressed the gun harder into Rebecca.
“Back of guard dog!” Becky yelled, “Unless you want your friends brain matter sprayed all over the ground.”
Shona stopped moving. She glared at Becky angrily.
As Nighthawk was getting patched up at the van she noticed the stand off between Becky and Shona. She covered her mouth in shock.
“Oh my god.” She said quietly
“What?” Xander asked
Nighthawk pointed over to the drama unfolding and Xander stood up in shock.
“Buffy!” he called out catching the slayer generals attention along with everyone else’s. Slowly the group filed around Shona. Becky scanned the crowd and glared angrily when she saw Angel. Angel slowly walked forward.
“That’s enough Becky it’s over. Angelus and Vampire Willow are dead.”
“It’s not over Angel,” Becky replied.
Suddenly the area was surrounded by thousands of vampires. Unbeknownst to the team at colony 17 Angelus instructed his vampire army to follow Becky if anything happened to him and Becky was taking full advantage of this.
“This is where the rules change,” Becky yelled to the crowd, “No more toying with the enemy, no more games! It’s either kill or be killed. You have three days get ready.”
“For what?” Byron asked
“For me to destroy colony 17. I suggest you get back there get ready because there’s gonna be no one left standing.”
The crowd stood in Silent shock. Becky looked around the crowd furiously.
“Do you want me to kill you all right now? MOVE IT!” she yelled
The crowd started to file quickly back into the bus. Angel stepped forward to try and collect Rebecca.
“Not so fast Vampire!” Becky yelled at him
She stared into the terrified eyes of Rebecca.
“She stays with me.” Becky continued fiercely
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