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Author's Note:See the previous chapters' note to know when this happens.
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Part Ten
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As the restraints fell off of her, Buffy suspiciously looked at Lilith as she held out food from the familiar golden arches to her. Lilith rolled her eyes and sighed delicately.
"It's not poisoned, Slayer. I need you alive until the full moon,"she said exasperated."And I still need you alive for the ritual that I'm going to perform."
Buffy slowly reached for the food. She was famished."And when is that? Tomorrow? A week?"
"Two more nights, Slayer. Here,"Lilith said as she handed a napkin to her and then a bag."something to wear."
Buffy polished off the rest of her burger and drink before she looked at the bag suspiciously."You went to Yvette's? That's the most exsclusive store for miles! Cordelia can't even get through the front door there!"
"Only the best for you, Slayer,"said Lilith calmly as she reached for a french fry with her hand. She watched with amusement as Buffy tore through the bag to reveal a beautiful shimmering pale ice blue satin-and-silk dress. She smiled gently as she heard Buffy squeal with obvious pleasure.
"It's beautiful!"Buffy then looked at Lilith suspiciously."Why? If you're going to kill me, why the dress?"
Lilith ignored the question and looked up at the ceiling. She looked who held a large mirrior, chair and a shoji screen in their hands. She motioned them to place it accross from Buffy. Her tentacle of hair reached to a near by brush. She motioned for the vampires to leave, and they did so quickly in the near by tunnels. Lilith then smiled at Buffy.
"Why the dress and all this stuff? Answer me!"
"You remind me of my daughter, Slayer,"Lilith smiled sadly. Buffy looked at her astonished.
"You have a daughter?"
"Had. She's dead now. By baby has been dead for the past ten thousand years,"Lilith said sadly. She motioned for Buffy to change her clothes."Change your clothes and let me brush your hair, and I will tell you a story."
"And what this is all about?" Buffy demanded as she moved towards the shoji screen. Lilith smiled at her.
"You, Slayer, will play the most important role in all this. I am going to kill all the vampires with your help, and the rest of humanity as well."
"Like hell I will,"Buffy started she looked for a place to get through, but Lilith's hair spread out like a net, preventing her from moving from her corner.
"You cannot escape, Slayer,so you might as well stay and listen to my story,"Lilith said calmly."We will soon move from this place, these tunnels, into somewhere else, where you can feel the sun. Now change your clothes or I will for you. A lady must always be careful of her appearences, especially amongst her enemies."
"What's that bull? Where are we going?"Buffy said angrily. She refused to move behind the screen, but Lilith soon moved the screen with her hair in front of her. Buffy grumbled.
"We are going to a place near by, where the vampires will gather, and where you will have access to a garden and the sun. These tunnels are quite musty, dark, drafty and no good for sun creatures such as us,"Lilith said as Buffy finally emerged from behind the screen. She smiled at the vision that Buffy made."I see that I picked right. Now sit here in front of the mirror, and I will tell you my story."
Buffy sat like a statute in front of Lilith. "So why are you going to kill all the vampires? Aren't you buddies with them ?"
"No, I am not. I despise them with all my heart and I will destroy them all, if it's the last thing that I ever do on this misbegotten world,"said Lilith coldly. "Now let me tell you my story, ten thousand years ago, I had a daughter. Her name was Hawweh."
"Whee? You named your kid after a sound like 'buzz'? "
"No, it's pronounced like whee with a 'v' at the end,"said Lilith impaitently."Her name was Hawweh, and she was beautiful. My beloved husband and I loved her so very much, she was...the best of both of us, Slayer, and infinitely precious. In the mornings she would smile at the sun and wake up with a laugh. At night, she would sleep with a smile while clutching to her father."
Lilith smiled absently. Buffy saw the love that shone on Lilith's face through the mirror, and had to turn away. Lilith's smile of love faded to a face that was one of sorrow."She was only four when she was murdered, Slayer. Four. Hardly more than a baby."
"What happened?"
"A vile couple made a deal with the vampires. Adan and Lith joined with the vampires to bring back the Old Ones, the demons that once ruled this world before the coming of man,"Lilith said harshly. Lilith continued to brush Buffy's hair once more."It is hard to say, but Adan was once a good man, but after he had married Lith, he changed. To something evil. Promises were made for an eternal life for him and his wife, at the expense of me and my child. Promises that were never delivered."
"What happened?"
"The ritual that was performed was botched. They killed my child before the killed me. I stood there...chained...as the vampires slit the belly of my daughter...and drank her blood,"Lilith said in a monotone.
Buffy's eyes met Lilith's in the mirror in horror."Oh, God! Where-where was your husband?"
Lilith smiled sadly."He was chained next to me, slowly being tortured by the vampires. When they released me, I fought against them, and my beloved broke free...The ritual, because it was performed wrong, had devastating effects upon me...and my home..."
"What-what effects?"
Lilith smiled sadly as her eyes again met Buffy's in the mirror."I became the monster that you see now. A creature that drains the life force of anything that her hair touches. I can see the sun, but only for a few hours, I miss the sun..."
"And your home?"
"It is at the bottom of the ocean, the energy from the ritual destroyed my land, so Atlantis is now at the bottom of the sea, eaten by ugly and strange fishes, that thrive in its murky depth,"spat Lilith."my husband, and I escaped on a ship, but the force of the waves caused him to go overboard. He is lost to me as well because of the damn vampires."
"So, why kill humanity?"Buffy asked hesitantly. Lilith smiled slightly again as she resumed to brush the knots out of Buffy's hair."I mean it was the vampires that killed your daughter."
"Yes, but as the ten thousand years passed. I discovered one thing about humanity. And it is this, destruction seems to be their purpose. Adults destroy this world, parents kill children and people kill people, so all that I will do, is help them kill themselves, all in one shot,"said Lilith pleasently.She looked at Buffy in the mirror."I only wish that you were not needed for this ritual, I do like you,Slayer."
"So then let me go."
Lilith shook her head."I need you, Slayer. You have, because of your revival, the energy that I need to perform the Dance of Shiva. I have waited ten thousand years to avenge my daughter, and when the full moon comes on the Night of Gaia, I will wait no longer."
Lilith looked at Buffy."Sleep well, Slayer. The vampires will not harm you, but you will not escape."
"My friends will find me."
"I think not, Slayer. Even if they do, it will not matter,not one bit. We will all die, soon. After ten thousand years, I am begining to crave it."
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thought Spike as he merged with the shadows again. In the dark, he started to plan.
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