Forgotten Conscience - Chapter 81: Chapter 81

Spike's POV
I duck as a chair comes flying at me.
Adam's been throwing things around for a few minutes now. You'd think Dr. Frankenstein would've installed a rage suppressor in a guy with this much power.
"Hey bits and bytes, what's with the adrenaline rush? I thought you were Mister Calm and Collected with your master plan mate?"
"Riley."
"What did Captain Cardboard do now?"
"He's dead."
Dead?
"Well good for him, can't say I'm gonna miss the drugged up bloke. Tell ya what, I'll go out and get a pint of scotch or something and we'll celebrate."
He comes at me, grabbing me by my throat and lifting me off my feet.
What the hell is with people grabbing me by the throat? Doesn't anyone realize that crushing my windpipe wouldn't do anything except stop me from talking? Course this guy could take my head off with one hand if he wanted to.
"Riley was part of my plan, he was supposed to be my brother in arms. Mother wanted us to rule together. Now he's gone and my plans are ruined."
He lets me go and moves to the middle of the cave among his surveillance equipment.
He's just gonna give up? Geez what kind of a ponce is he?
"Look mate, you're not going to just give up are you? For evil's sake man you're supposed to be all big and bad, so be all big and bad... find yourself a new little brother to hang off you and continue with your master plan."
"No... there can be no one else, I'll have to do this without Riley."
"There ya go mate, I say good riddance to bad rubbish. Let bygones by bygones. You've got your fresh demon parts locked up in The Initiative, ready to tear into your fresher than fresh human parts. I say let the flood gates open and watch your little puppets ripped to shreds."
"Perhaps it would be for the best. I no longer have a timeline to keep up, however..."
However?
"However?"
He turns to look at me.
"Well come on then Tony Robins, spit it out."
"I need the slayer."
God damn it, why does everything always come back to the slayer with me?
"Yeah well, we all need the slayer one way or another. Personally I prefer the slayer dead myself but I can't do nothing about it with this soddin' chip in my head."
"I do not wish the slayer dead, not until she's served her purpose."
"I'd rather her purpose be pushing up daisies but that's not something I can help her with."
"Your chip will be removed as soon as you bring me the slayers."
"Right then and how was I gonna do that again?"
The audio equipment in the cave kicks in.
I think he's got it wired to respond to certain voice patterns, nifty skill.
"The bitch deserves to die."
Adam looks at one of his monitors and I inch a little closer.
"But Forrest..."
"She killed Riley man. We can't let her get away with that."
"Course not, Riley was like family to us. But we don't know that Buffy did this."
"She's a killer, that's what she does. She kills things. Riley went to see her and he ends up dead. That doesn't give me a lot of reason to believe she didn't do it."
Ooh, another one going after the slayer. Might mess up jigsaw boy's plans though.
"Forrest..."
"I'm going after Buffy man, and you can either help me or get out of my way."
"You know I'm with you buddy, it's just..."
"Good, get some of the guys together and suit up. We'll start at the scene of the crime and move outward in a circular pattern."
"Okay."
Looks like things are about to get better.
"Your human parts seem to be looking to mess up your plans."
He starts to the cave exit.
"They won't get a chance."
"Yeah? How's that then? What are you gonna do?"
He looks at me before leaving.
"Send the slayer a message."
Ooh, sounds like fun.
Willow's POV
Buffy's in love with Faith? Buffy and Faith? Faith and Buffy? When did this happen? How did this happen? Since when is Buffy gay?
I'm still sitting her at Giles'.
I'm supposed to be reading this book but all I can think about is Buffy... and Faith.
Buffy's in love with Faith? Does that mean Faith feels the same way? Since when does Faith give a damn about anyone but herself? Was it the amnesia? Could having no memory have changed Faith? She did seem a lot nicer when she had no memory even with everything she had to deal with. She was still a lot nicer and an all around better person than usual.
Most of all we actually managed to get along with Faith, which gets harder to do with the more you get to know her. There is something different about Faith though, she talked Buffy out of killing that Watcher guy which, I gotta say I didn't see that coming. Maybe having no memory helped Faith to see Buffy from a different perspective. Maybe it helped her to care about someone other than herself.
What if it grew into something more? But what about Buffy? When did Buffy start falling for Faith? Was it the amnesia? Did Faith having no memory make Buffy see a different side of Faith? Did it make certain... feelings emerge? They must be pretty strong feelings for Buffy to be willing to kill to stop her from leaving. I've seen Buffy do some pretty weird things for love, Angel in particular made her do some crazy things but she never would've killed an innocent for him. These must be some powerful feelings she has. A little too powerful if you ask me.
What if it's the spell? She is kinda insano-girl as of late. Maybe the spell worked we just didn't realize it? The original spell used on Faith was designed to amplify her anger and hatred for Buffy, making Faith obsessed with it in a way, the counter spell was supposed to help Faith deal and release the anger, using Buffy as the anchor. Buffy is very much in control of her feelings, most of the time, and creating a bond between them was supposed to give Faith some of that control to help her deal.
It makes sense that they would get closer I mean, who wouldn't with that kind of connection being made? Especially with the existing connection being what it was. But what if? Oh my god, that's it.
"Guys, I think I've figured it out."