Okay, just so you all know, Firestorm actually doesn't belong to me, he belongs to whoever wrote the Buffy/Angel book, Heat. Good book, better if you like Bangel (which I don't), but anyhow, moving on before I rant, here's the next chapter

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“Nothing but a common vampire, huh?” Spike asked, standing upon Firestorm’s body as he lit a cigarette, “Who’s laughing now?”

“You have done well and greatly earned my respect,” Illyria said, “You defeated Firestorm. A common vampire against an Old One. You truly are a Champion”

“Please, pet, you’re making me blush,” Spike smirked, before kissing her

“Once you two are done with the hanky-panky, maybe we can get down to it,” Angel called, “There’s still a lot of demons to take care of”

“Off you prance then,” Spike called, “You go slay the big nasties”

Angel rolled his eyes and headed off with Cordelia, as Spike and Illyria stepped down from Firestorm’s body, before heading over to Connor and Dawn

“Come on, lad, on your feet. You’ll heal”

“Thanks for the concern,” Connor muttered, getting to his feet

“Nice one destroying the dragon,” Dawn said, “Gross though”

“Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. Now come on, more killing to happen”

Connor grabbed his sword, as Dawn reloaded her crossbow, before following after Spike and Illyria, while Buffy and Riley were leading the soldiers and Slayers through the streets. Wesley and Faith returned to the Hyperion, as the ex-Watcher entered the office and started going through the books

“Whatcha looking for?” Faith asked

“A way to remove the blocking spell from the sun,” Wesley replied

“Okay then. I’m gonna go join the others”

Faith turned to leave the office, but came across Elena, who was staring at her

“Who are you?” the young girl asked

“I’m Faith and I’m guessing you’re Elena, right? Spike’s little hellspawn?”

“Yes, I’m Elena. What can you do, Faith?”

“I’m a Slayer, which means I gotta go out there and slay with your dad. Bye”

Faith stepped around Elena and left the hotel, heading out onto the streets

“Kids,” she muttered, before coming across a small group of demons, “Come on, boys”

One of the demons, which had a large open maw filled with fangs, snarled and lunged at Faith, only to end up picking its fangs off the road after a powerful kick to the jaw. Faith whirled around from the kick to deliver a second kick to another demon’s chest, throwing him back, then slashing upwards with her daggers, slicing open a third demon. The rest of the demons seemed to back away from Faith, as she playfully pouted

“Oh come on, guys, I’m just getting started”

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Spike was twirling the chain around in front of him, while whistling a small tune. Illyria was nearby, tuning out his whistling, while Connor and Dawn were talking to each other under their breaths, following behind the older couple

“You shouldn’t talk so loud,” Spike said, “The nasties can hear us coming”

“You’re the one yelling at us to quieten down,” Dawn said

“I’m not yelling, Nibblet”

“Both of you hush it right now,” Illyria snapped, “We have company”

A massive worm-like demon was towering above the group. It had a humanoid torso and arms, while its mouth covered most of its face and it had two small eyes. However, the bottom half of the demon was a massive, thickly muscled tail that held its upper body up, somewhat like a cobra

“A Perstelik demon,” Spike said, “Haven’t seen one for about seventy years”

“Their eyes can shoot acid,” Illyria noted

“And they hate humanity – oh look, we all look like humans”

Dawn aimed with her crossbow and fired, as Illyria threw two daggers into the Perstelik’s flesh. It roared and lashed out with its large hands. Spike snapped the chain, getting the hook imbedded in the Perstelik’s shoulder, before pulling himself towards the large demon. It swatted at him, slamming him against the alley wall. Spike crashed atop the dumpster and rolled off, as Connor rushed in, hacking at the demon’s tail, but it grabbed him, trapping his arms and lifted him off the ground, however, a crossbow bolt from Dawn caused the demon to drop Connor back to earth

“Thanks,” he called, getting to his feet

Illyria grabbed a large steel pole and used one of her daggers to sharpen one end, then threw it like a javelin, impaling the Perstelik through the chest. It roared and fired twin streams of acid towards Illyria. She jumped out of the way, as Spike got to his feet, before grabbing a nearby broken air conditioner and ripping the small fan out

“Yeah, this will do nicely”

He hurled it through the air, impaling it into the Perstelik’s right eye. It snarled in anger, thrashing about and crashing into the walls, as Illyria dodged its attacks, while throwing daggers. It fired a stream of acid, striking her right shoulder, but she quickly sliced the armour off, as Dawn fired another bolt. The Perstelik charged at her, but Connor ran in, leaping up and stabbing the demon in the chest. It smacked him aside, as Spike stabbed the Vorax into its tail. It spun around, shooting acid at him, but he leapt out of the way, as Illyria threw a few more daggers. It lashed out at her, as Dawn fired another bolt, this time, taking out its remaining eye. The massive demon thrashed about in pain, as Spike grabbed a steel pole and climbed up a steel structure nearby, as the Perstelik grabbed the dumpster and threw it in a random direction. However, the direction that it threw it in was where Dawn was standing. Illyria dived at Dawn, taking her down as the dumpster flew overhead, as Spike jumped off the structure, ramming the pole through the Perstelik’s head. As it trashed and finally came to a rest, Spike slid down the body and grinned

“That wasn’t so bad. Everyone alright?”

“Yeah, I’m fine thanks,” Dawn said, getting to her feet, “Thanks,” she added to Illyria

“Alright, let’s go and see what more big baddies we can beat up,” Spike said

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“Got it,” Wesley cried

He moved about in the office, finding the items he needed, even travelling to the occult store to get the last of the items he needed, then went back to the hotel and started working on the spell, while chanting the incantation

“This won’t do”

Wesley grabbed the shotgun and rose up, whirling around as he did, but Pavayne was faster, moving the shotgun away and booting Wesley in the stomach, wrenching the firearm away and tossing it aside. Wesley responded by firing a small ball of energy into Pavayne, blasting him across the lobby, then grabbed the shotgun and aimed it towards the Reaper, who had gotten to his feet and struck Wesley with telekinesis, smashing him through the front doors of the hotel and out into the garden

“Now, where is she?” Pavayne asked himself, looking around

At that moment, Wesley came back inside, followed by Faith, Angel, Dracula, Buffy, Riley and Cordelia, while Lindsey, Oz and Kate were the next to arrive

“Ah, Angel, it has been a while,” Pavayne said

“Matthias. How was your prison? Comfy?” Angel asked

“What’s the bloody attraction here?” Spike asked, coming into the hotel

“Spike, there you are,” Pavayne said, “You, I’m going to kill first”

Spike spread his arms wide

“Take your best shot then, mate”

Pavayne fired a blast of telekinesis that knocked everyone aside, leaving Spike standing on his own, then opened up a portal behind the peroxide vampire. He frowned and looked over his shoulder, as Pavayne charged at him, tackling him into the portal, as it closed up behind them and everyone starting to get to their feet

“What the hell just happened?” Buffy asked, “Where did they just go?”

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