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“Where’d Connor get to?” Spike asked

“Went patrolling,” Lindsey replied

“Idiot boy”

Spike left the room and sniffed out Connor’s scent, tracking him down to the lower section of the ship, as it lurched, signalling its movement. Spike hurried on, turning a corner and finding Connor up against the wall, surrounded by vampires and women in tight leather. Withdrawing a stake, Spike moved in silently, ramming it through a vampire’s heart. Everyone whirled around when the vampire turned into dust, as Connor took his chance and struck Gunn across the jaw. Vampires leapt at Spike and he had a hard time fighting them all off. Lucky for him, Lindsey and Illyria arrived

Connor struck a female demon across the jaw, before kicking another woman in the stomach, throwing her back into Gunn. A vampire punched Connor in the face, but he managed to duck the vampire’s next swing and staked him, before getting struck by one of the women. Illyria slammed two women together, knocking them out cold, as a vampire lunged at her. She threw him aside without batting an eyelid, as Lindsey staked the vampire and took on another

Spike struck a female demon, throwing her into two of her companions, before kicking a vampire in the stomach and doubling him over. Rolling over the vampire’s back, Spike kicked another vampire in the face, before staking the one behind him, as Gunn made his retreat into the bowels of the ship. Spike dodged a vampire’s leg and slammed him against the wall, then rammed the stake through his heart. A few remaining vampires and the women quickly took off after Gunn

“We should go after him,” Connor said

“We could do that and we’ll get slaughtered,” Spike said, “Non would be down there, as well as Gunn and a whole heap of demons”

“But Elena is down there as well,” Lindsey said

“For now, we bide our time. We’ll strike later”

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“Spike is on the ship?” Non asked, “Doesn’t surprise me”

“They’re gonna attack us later,” Gunn said, “I can tell they will”

“Don’t worry, my little vampire. We’ll be ready for them”

“Why don’t we take them out when they’re not expecting it?”

“Because they will be expecting it. They’re on guard. From what I understand, Spike and Illyria are lethal together, Connor is formidable, as is Lindsey”

“So we just sit and wait for them?”

“Well, if you want to, you can take the ship for me. I want it for myself”

“Sounds like a challenge. Does anyone here know how to steer a ship?”

“I can,” Spider replied, “This is gonna be so much fun”

“Wait until sunset,” Non said, “And then take out everyone. Workers, passengers, the captain. I want this ship to be mine when we arrive in England”

Non smiled and turned to Elena, who was crouched against the wall

“Doesn’t that sound like fun?” she asked, “England. It’s where your father used to live. And terrorise”

“I know something that is even more fun,” Elena said, “Watching my daddy kick your ass all over the place”

“Yeah, munchkin, we’ll just see about that”

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Night had fallen, as Gunn led his vampires out onto deck. Spider and the women were moving throughout the rooms, tossing the passengers out through their bedroom windows, as well as locking all the doors in the dining room, where a majority of passengers were eating dinner. Several vampires were locked in there as well, as Gunn and his gang made quick work of the men on deck

“Something’s going on,” Connor said in the dining room

“We know about that,” Spike said, wearing a suit he had stolen, “Just wait”

Illyria was in her Fred form, wearing an elegant dress, while Lindsey and Connor were also wearing a suit. Tonight was a special night, as it was the celebration of the first night of the maiden voyage of the Serenity. An elegant feast had been prepared and everyone had been invited. But now, a different feast was taking place

Gunn and Spider reached the captain’s cabin together and silently broke in. He was in the middle of getting ready for the celebration, when Spider stabbed him in the back with her spider legs she had summoned from her back. The captain groaned, as Gunn quickly snapped his neck, before getting dressed in his clothes

“Alright then, milady, let’s go to dinner,” Gunn said

Gunn and Spider headed into the dining room, let in by a few of Non’s women, who locked it behind them. Spike smelt Gunn as soon as he came in and braced himself for what was coming next. Illyria subtlety shifted her body back to normal, whilst still wearing the dress, while Connor and Lindsey also got ready

“I won’t talk for long,” Gunn said, “Hell, my speech is quite short. And that is: let’s start the feasting!”

The vampires in the room promptly vamped out and began attacking everyone. People screamed and ran to the doors, finding them blocked by Non’s bodyguards. Spike rose up from his seat, throwing a knife into a vampire’s eye. Illyria transformed her dress into her armour, as she kicked a vampire in the face. Connor took his shirt and coat off, revealing his ordinary T-shirt underneath, as well as the small daggers strapped around his torso. He removed a dagger and stabbed a vampire in the throat, as Lindsey transmuted his pocket-knife into a broadsword and decapitated a vampire

“They’re ruining our plan,” Spider said

“We knew this was going to happen,” Gunn said, “Things will be fine”

“Stop standing around and take them out,” Non ordered, suddenly appearing

Spike ducked a vampire’s fist and staked him, as Connor punched a vampire down, before grabbing a chair and smashing it across another vampire’s face. Lindsey beheaded a vampire, as a second vampire kicked him onto a table. Illyria uppercutted a vampire, sending him flying through the air. Gunn vamped out and charged at Spike, tackling him around the waist. Meanwhile, Non’s eyes began glowing bright orange and all the passengers in the room start choking and gagging. Their life-forces were drained into Non, leaving their bodies as shrunken, zombified corpses

Feeling the amount of power inside her, Non left the stage and headed over to Illyria, punching her in the jaw, before throwing her to the ground and kicking her in the stomach, then picking her up and tossing her across the room. Illyria crashed into several tables, sliding along the floor, as Non slammed her fist into her face, knocking her out. Meanwhile, Spike had the upper hand over Gunn, blocking and parrying his moves. Gunn growled in frustration and lunged at Spike, who threw him down, before taking out a stake and ramming it into Gunn’s heart

“Sorry mate,” he said as Gunn turned into dust

Connor had his head slammed into the floor by Non, getting knocked out, as Lindsey slashed at her. She caught the blade and tossed him through the air, crashing against the wall and falling slump to the ground. Spike whirled around, getting a sword rammed through his chest. He groaned, clutching at the blade as he sank to his knees. Non leered at him and brought her foot down onto his face, knocking him out

“There, that wasn’t so hard now,” Non said, “Shame about Gunn though. He was a useful ally. Guess not anymore. Take them down”

Spider and the women entered the room, before picking up Spike and the others, then taking them down into the cargo hold

“Daddy!” Elena cried, seeing her unconscious father

“Your daddy’s having a sleep,” Non said, “Now shut up and sit down”

Elena cuddled up to the wall, as Spike, Illyria, Connor and Lindsey were thrown into a cage each. Non grinned and turned to Spider

“Keep the course going for England. I wanna be there soon”

“Of course”

Spider did a small bow, before heading upstairs, as Non grinned at her prize

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