9. Busting Out

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The door slowly swung open, as Spike, Illyria and Wesley braced themselves. Then, a short balding man with large glasses walked in. Spike frowned, then scoffed at the man, who adjusted his glasses

“You gotta be kidding me! You’re escorting us out? I could snap you in half”

The man looked nonplussed as he removed his glasses and tossed them aside, then snarled, revealing his mouth full of fangs as his eyes turned red

“Now that’s a little better”

The man’s arms mutated into four long, sharp ended tentacles and he gained another two feet in height, his body bulking up in muscle mass as he advanced on the trio

“Hey, Leery, you wanna take this guy?” Spike asked

Glaring at him, Illyria headed towards the demon, as it snarled and lashed out at her. She dodged, before grabbing a tentacle, as two struck her in the stomach. Spike rushed forth, tackling the demon, as it wrapped three tentacles around him and threw him off, while throwing Illyria off at the same time. This allow Wesley to strike the demon across the face, as he then ducked the tentacles, only to get uppercutted, as Illyria and Spike grabbed two tentacles each, holding the demon at bay, as Wesley got up and snapped the demon’s neck, ceasing its actions. Dropping the body, Spike saw that the door was still open and charged outside, straight into several vampires, tumbling over head over heels, as Illyria and Wesley followed him out. A vampire swung his fist at Illyria, but she caught his arm, then delivered a crushing blow to his ribs, before throwing him aside, as Wesley blocked a vampire’s punch and aimed a kick at his kneecap. The vampire howled when his knee was snapped backwards, as Wesley then followed through with a left hook that took the vampire down

“Leery, find Dawn,” Spike called

He booted a vampire in the stomach, throwing him down, as another vampire snarled and lunged at him. Throwing him aside, Spike spun around and backhanded a third vampire, as a fourth vampire swung a stake, but Spike grabbed his arm and flipped him onto his back, then staked him through the heart. Meanwhile, Illyria was smacking vampires aside as she searched for Dawn

“What is going on here?” came Twilight’s voice

“Seems like we have some unwanted visitors,” Buffy replied, “Isn’t that what you wanted, Twilight?”

A vampire struck Illyria across the face, then swung his other fist. Illyria caught his wrist, before fixing him with a death glare, then drove her boot into his stomach, before throwing him aside like a rag doll, finding a set of stairs and heading up it, as two vampires came flying down at her. She easily smacked them aside, then came to a door. Slowly opening it, she saw Dawn huddled against the far wall

“Illyria?” Dawn asked, “Is it really you?”

“I am the one and only,” Illyria replied

She snapped the chains easily, before checking Dawn over, then started to take her from the room. However, Buffy stood in their way, her vamp face on

“And just where do you think you’re going, missy?” she asked

“Buffy, you’re a…a vampire?” Dawn cried incredulously

“Gee, you catch on real slow”

“Get out of my way,” Illyria demanded, standing to her full height

Buffy shrugged and stepped aside. Illyria went to leave with Dawn, but Buffy punched her in the race, before throwing her aside, then knocked Dawn out with a single blow. Illyria spun around with an infuriated look on her face, swinging her fist, but Buffy dodged the blow and landed a haymaker, then grabbed Illyria by her hair and tossed her down the stairs. Illyria came to a stop at the bottom, before slowly rising up, as Buffy leapt down and struck her in the face, knocking her down

“And you call yourself a god-king?” Buffy mocked, kicking Illyria through the air

Spike threw a vampire aside after dodging a fist, then backhanded another vampire, before ramming a stake through his back. The vampire burst into dust, as Spike then struck another vampire, then kneeing him in the jaw, then tossed him into another vampire, taking them down. Meanwhile, Wesley was holding his own against several vampires, blasting three aside with a ball of magic, then blocked a vampire’s fist and sank his fist into the vampire’s chest. His fist was covered in magic, which was discharged into the vampire, blasting him through the air. Another vampire lunged at Wesley, only to disappear out of thin air, reappearing seconds later, but covered in large cuts and wounds, blood splattering his body, having just been quickly sent into a savage dimension, where a second lasted several minutes. Wesley smiled at his handiwork, before sending two more vampires through a blood red portal

“Hey, Spike old buddy!”

Spike stopped his pummelling of a vampire to look up at the nearest balcony, seeing Lucas standing there, waving and laughing. Staking the vampire, Spike knocked down another vampire, before heading towards Lucas. At the same time, Wesley had just staked the last vampire he was fighting, before turning around and seeing Twilight hovering just before him

“Hi, Wesley”

Crack!

Wesley groaned when he hit the ground, some twenty feet away from Twilight. He cracked his neck, then rose higher into the air, as Wesley got to his feet, his left palm glowing red, before launching a magical fireball. Twilight batted it aside, then catching the second fireball out of midair. He stared at it, then closed his fist completely, destroying the fireball

“Magic. I hate magic. It’s destroying the world. I am salvation for the world”

“That’s what every delusional villain say,” Wesley retorted

“You think your sarcasm will save you?”

Twilight flew at Wesley, slamming him against the rock wall. Wesley groaned, as Twilight started floating up, dragging Wesley up against the wall. The ex-Watcher gritted his teeth in pain as wounds were cut into his back from the sharp rocks. His hand glowed, before blasting Twilight away. He caught himself in mid air as Wesley landed on his feet, before staggering. Seizing his chance, Twilight flew down and slugged Wesley across the jaw, then threw him across the cavern. Hitting the floor, Wesley groaned, his back aching in pain while his shirt was wet from his blood. Slowly getting up, he just managed to dodge Twilight’s fist, but the backhanded sent him staggering, while a second blow dropped him to the ground

“What happened, Pryce, you relied too much on your magic powers?”

Twilight punched Wesley across the face, then lifted him up, before delivering a kick to his stomach that sent him flying into the opposite. Landing on his hands and knees, Wesley tried to calm his mind, focusing his magical energy throughout his body. As Twilight flew at him, Wesley unleashed it all, blasting Twilight back through the air, while also knocking down everyone in the nearby vicinity

Meanwhile, Illyria and Buffy were getting to their feet again, as the ex-Slayer closed the gap, slugging Illyria in the face, followed by an uppercut, then a kick to the stomach. Illyria staggered back, dodging Buffy’s fist and punching her in the stomach, then grabbed her shirt and threw her through the air

“You have power, but it’s not enough against mine,” Illyria stated

“Oh, you underestimate my power, Blue Bitch,” Buffy said, getting up

Dodging both of Illyria’s punches, Buffy punched her in the jaw, then punched her again, before catching her fist and ducking under her arm, kicking her in the stomach, then the face, before slinging her aside. Illyria rolled back onto her feet, catching Buffy’s foot, but the ex-Slayer launched her other foot into Illyria’s face, knocking her back. Regaining her stance, Illyria narrowly dodged Buffy’s fist, spinning around her and elbowing her in the back, but Buffy whirled around quickly, driving her fist into the back of Illyria’s head and throwing her forward, then elbowed her in the back, before kicking her in the stomach, rolling her along the ground

“Pathetic, absolutely pathetic,” Buffy said, “For an Old One, I didn’t think you would bleed so easily. You have power, but it’s not enough against me”

Just then, Wesley appeared before Buffy, blasting her back with a wave of magic, before grabbing Illyria and creating a portal. Stepping through with Illyria, he appeared in the control room, just as Spike reached it, while Lucas was leaning on the desk, his vamp face on along with an amused smile

“We’re getting out of here,” Wesley told Spike

“You go, English. I’ve got some unfinished business with this lad here”

“If we don’t leave now, we’ll get killed”

“Well, stop anyone from entering here, kay? I’ll handle it”

“Very well then”

Wesley muttered a few words, as a red barrier appeared on the door. Another portal appeared which Wesley and Illyria then disappeared through, the latter fixing Spike with a sad glare. He returned the glare, watching as she disappeared through the portal and it faded away from sight. Cracking his neck, Spike turned back to Lucas

“So, where were we?”

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