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“God, it stinks in here!”
Spike travelled down the oesophageus, stabbing the Vorax into the muscle wall to prevent himself from falling down into the stomach
“Brilliant idea, William. What now?” he muttered to himself
Flicking out a stake, Spike held himself to the throat, as he removed the Vorax, before slashing at the muscle. It contracted, rumblings brewing about and rattling Spike. Shaking his head, he looked down to see the bottom suddenly light up with flames. Spike continued his hacking and slashing, slipping out of the throat, just as flames blew past. Finding himself constricted by muscle and blood, Spike began ripping away with the Vorax as best as he could, trying to make his way to Firestorm’s brain. Thrusting with the Vorax, Spike struck open space and crawled his way inside. However, he wasn’t near the brain, but in a small space where large globules were forming. Spike then realized he had reached the area where the Galraedias were being created
“Right then, let’s take care of these bastards”
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Illyria landed a crescent kick onto a Galraedia, then deflected a Galraedia’s claws, before snapping its neck and taking down another Galraedia with its corpse. Firestorm snapped his jaws, narrowly missing Dracula, who slashed with his sword, striking the massive dragon on the snout. He roared and slashed Dracula across the chest, ripping three large lacerations across his torso. Dracula cried out, falling down, as a bolt went up Firestorm’s left nostril. Roaring, Firestorm breathed flames at Connor, who dived out of the way. Dawn also fired a crossbow bolt, which landed in Firestorm’s soft flesh under his throat. Snarling, he went for Dawn, as Buffy leapt up, slicing her scythe into Firestorm’s throat and ripping downward. Blood covered the Slayer and splattered on the road, as Firestorm cancelled his attack and flew up onto a building roof. The blood started to bubble, forming large eggs and hatching into more Galraedias
“Perfect. More little dragon babies,” Cordelia said
Firestorm smashed a building apart with his claws, dropping debris onto the road. Lindsey and Kate dived out of the way, as Cordelia aided them with her minor telekinesis, deflecting the debris, as a Galraedia came at her, swinging its large claws. Angel stepped in, blocking the blow with his sword, before decapitating the demon. Faith punched a Galraedia in the face a few times, before snapping its neck, as another Galraedia dodged around Wesley’s gunfire, before grabbing the shotgun. Wesley kicked the Galraedia in the groin, before levelling the shotgun and blasting its head off
“Something I don’t understand,” Kate said, “If you decapitate them, they don’t spawn more, but any other injury does”
“I believe it’s to do with the brain,” Wesley said, “Remove the brain or sever the spinal cord prevents enzymes being spread to create more demons”
Illyria was busy beating up any Galraedia that came near her, that others were too afraid to approach her, so she went to them, breaking their necks as she went, an angry look of determination upon her face as she made her way towards Firestorm
“Illyria, there you are, you pathetic excuse for an Old One”
“You can call me whatever you want,” Illyria said, “But I’ll be the one who defeats you”
“You can try, but I’ll just destroy you like I destroyed your lover”
“You’ll find that Spike is a very hard person to eliminate”
“I doubt that. He tasted kinda like chicken. Wonder how you’ll taste”
Illyria was about to say something, but realized that it wasn’t the time or place, so keep her mouth shut, as Firestorm lunged at her. She flipped backwards, kicking him in the jaw. Rearing up from the blow, Firestorm shot a jet of flames at the ex-goddess, as she threw a dagger at him, followed by another two, striking Firestorm in the throat
“You’re gonna pay for that!”
Firestorm reared back his head, as his mouth started to glow, but then, two missiles slammed into his chest. He roared, as the assault helicopter blasted him with bullets from the minigun. Two more helicopters flew nearby, unloading bullets into Firestorm, before hovering nearby, as Slayers descended on zip lines
“Slayers, take them down,” Buffy ordered
“Nice one, B, bringing in the cavalry,” Faith smirked, booting a Galraedia
Three more assault helicopters arrived, blasting bullets and missiles into Firestorm. He roared in pain and rage, as a few military soldiers descended from one of the choppers, landing amongst the battle and firing away at the Galraedias, as one of the last soldiers landed and faced the others, recognition passing over several of them
“Riley?” Buffy asked in disbelief, “What are you doing here?”
“Heard about a massive dragon rampaging through Los Angeles,” Riley replied, “We’ve been sent in to contain and destroy the threat”
“Very nice of you to arrive,” Angel said, “Very timely”
“Angel,” Riley said, straightening himself and glaring at the ex-vampire
“Okay boys, let’s curb that testosterone,” Cordelia said, “In case you have forgotten, there’s a massive dragon that wants to eat us and his little hellspawns”
Firestorm roared and spread his vast wings, before taking off into the sky, flying towards the nearest helicopter and tearing it apart with his claws. The other helicopters fired at him, his splattered blood creating more Galraedias, as a few of them joined him in the air, flying inside a helicopter and tearing everyone apart. The helicopter crashed into a building and exploded, as Firestorm doused another helicopter in flames, leaving three left. They flew at Firestorm, blasting him with bullets and missiles, before swerving away from his claws and flames. Firestorm dived and twirled around the gunfire, before snatching a helicopter out of the air and removing the rotors, then throwing it towards the road. It slammed into the bitumen and exploded, pieces of deadly shrapnel spiralling through the air. Connor cried out as several pieces sliced into his back as he shielded Dawn, as Wesley and Cordelia quickly put up a protective barrier
“Connor, you okay?” Angel called
Connor and Dawn were against a building wall, trying to hide themselves, as Dawn removed Connor’s jacket and lifted up his shirt, before slowly removing the shrapnel. Angel and Lindsey covered them from the demons. Buffy swung her scythe, beheading two Galraedias at once, as Riley fired a single round into a Galraedia’s head. His men were firing away at Firestorm, as he snapped his jaws, biting a soldier in half, before breathing flames. A few Slayers fired with their crossbows, preventing several deaths, but not all, as Firestorm swiped with his claws at the Slayers, as they responded with swords. However, as Firestorm’s offspring fell, more sprang up in their place, their numbers increasing rapidly and threatening to overwhelm everyone
“This is not gonna end well,” Faith said
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Spike decapitated a Galraedia, before impaling another and planting his boot into the chest of a third Galraedia. Removing his sword, Spike beheaded another Galraedia, as more came at him. Unfurling the chain, Spike snapped it forward, striking three Galraedias at once, but more were still coming. Swinging the chain low, he tripped them up, before turning and hacking away at the wall. A Galraedia tackled him, ripping through the muscle. Spike drove his elbow into the Galraedia’s chest, before breaking out of its grip and stabbing it through the throat
“Right then, where are we?” he asked, looking about
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Firestorm seized a Slayer in his jaws and bit down on her torso, silencing her screams, before swallowing her whole. Snarling in enjoyment, he unleashed a blast of fire onto a few soldiers, roasting them, as the battle raged nearby. Firestorm spied Illyria fighting against two Galraedias and went for her, but suddenly seized up, before thrashing about in agony. He let out a deafening roar, falling onto his side and destroying a few buildings, as Spike came ripping out of his good remaining eye. He landed on the road, covered in blood, as all the Galraedias followed Firestorm to the grave
“So, what’d I miss?” Spike asked with a grin
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