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The locket turned out to be the key. The locket and all three of Lena's daughters blood. The trip to the hell dimension turned out to be not for nothing after all. Not that it saved Lexi though. No, we lost her anyway. I kept trying not to obsess over that loss and what it meant about the prophecy. She'd asked if I thought I could kill her, and I answered her honestly. Yes, yes I could kill her. Would I do it? I wasn't sure. For now my focus was on taking the senior partners out. I'd have to deal with Lexi after that was finished.
Did I want to kill her? Yes and no. Yes because I loved her, and I hated the idea of some monster walking around with her face. No because I loved her and I knew enough about demons now to know that all of Lexi wasn't gone. Soul or no soul, the little girl I helped to raise was still in the demon. I felt twisted and conflicted, so it was just easier to focus on this battle. Faith took charge and let everyone know where they would be. Then Alec showed up, and yeah fine I was glad to see him. I was having a hell of a time trying to figure out how I could lead all these girls and still protect them, and now I had someone who could help.
"Alright, listen up," I told the girls who were still in the gym after those going on the solo or small team missions took off. "I'm counting you off by twos. The ones will stay with me, and the twos will go with Alec. When we reach the law firm we will spread out. Willow is going to be between the two groups. Her magic is strong so don't get too close, and don't focus on anything she is doing. Your focus is on living. You want to survive this fight. You want to take the demons out and live so do not lose your focus out there."
They wouldn't all make it. They were just kids, and Alec, Willow and I were about to lead some of them to their last fight. I couldn't think too much about that because this was a war. Part of war was casualties right? Right. Easier to handle when they weren't little girls with superpowers.
"Everyone is to keep the radios that Harry passed out. You're keeping in touch with Seth through the radio. You're only to contact him if we need medical help or if you're in trouble and need back up. Try not too get too separated from the group. if we stick together we can try and keep them boxed in."
Or they would keep us boxed in. I wasn't sure about leaving the kid in charge of communications, but he seemed ready to handle it. It was better than not having anyone around I supposed. Counting the girls off I noticed the look that Nicole gave me. Right she was with me.
Once the groups were divided we headed out, walking briskly with weapons firmly in our hands. There was an eery silence between us, or maybe I was tuning everyone out. I wanted to take out as many demons as possible, and save as many of these girls as possible. The tasks sort of conflicted with each other.
I stopped outside the law firm and took a step forward. Looking over at Alec and Willow I gave them a slow nod of the head. The girls were behind us, lined up, ready to face whatever they threw at us. It wasn't a long wait.
There was a crack in the sky like lightening and then there was a swirl that I recognized immediately as a portal. Gripping my sword tight I called out to Willow. "Do whatever you can to close it as fast as you can." Yeah, big request, I knew, but she was our best hope at closing that damn thing. Unfortunately I had a bad feeling that the only way it was going to close was when the partners were gone from our dimension.
Demons of all shapes and sizes began to emerge, including a big ass dragon like last time. I couldn't chase the dragon despite it trying to breathe fire on us because I needed to stay close to the girls.
"Oh my god," one of the girls screamed as what looked like an army of demons emerged. We had our work cut out for us.
Hurling myself toward a group of three huge demons with scaly red skin and purple eyes I fought as hard and fast as I could. The quicker I got them out of the way the faster I could move on to the next. I just had to remember I wasn't Connor now. I had to be the destroyer. The girls needed me to destroy as many of these demons as possible so they wouldn't be overwhelmed.
I could hear screams and I could smell blood. Human blood. They were already starting to fall, and all I could do was to keep fighting. The demons were fast, but not very experienced so as soon as I cleared through three out, I moved toward another group.
Fight them, kill them, move to the next.
Forget the screams. Ignore the blood.
Fight them, kill them, move to the next.
I was so lost in the fight that I couldn't keep track of who was among the injured. I knew that Fred had the flame thrower. I knew that Cordelia was fighting with the girls. But I couldn't keep watch on anyone. All I could do was fight past the injuries I received and work on killing them as fast as I could.
Then I saw Sarah and Tyler in the line of fire. "GO NOW," I screamed at both of them as Sarah grabbed Tyler's hand and moved back.
The demon that had them cornered was huge with two heads and four arms. He took a swipe at me and before I could dodge him, his claws sliced across my chest opening me up. I could feel the blood pouring out, but I fought past the pain. Hurling myself off a car, I lunged at him, lopping off one head. I repeated the move and got the second. Just as he fell, I realized I was falling too.
The world went black.
Did I want to kill her? Yes and no. Yes because I loved her, and I hated the idea of some monster walking around with her face. No because I loved her and I knew enough about demons now to know that all of Lexi wasn't gone. Soul or no soul, the little girl I helped to raise was still in the demon. I felt twisted and conflicted, so it was just easier to focus on this battle. Faith took charge and let everyone know where they would be. Then Alec showed up, and yeah fine I was glad to see him. I was having a hell of a time trying to figure out how I could lead all these girls and still protect them, and now I had someone who could help.
"Alright, listen up," I told the girls who were still in the gym after those going on the solo or small team missions took off. "I'm counting you off by twos. The ones will stay with me, and the twos will go with Alec. When we reach the law firm we will spread out. Willow is going to be between the two groups. Her magic is strong so don't get too close, and don't focus on anything she is doing. Your focus is on living. You want to survive this fight. You want to take the demons out and live so do not lose your focus out there."
They wouldn't all make it. They were just kids, and Alec, Willow and I were about to lead some of them to their last fight. I couldn't think too much about that because this was a war. Part of war was casualties right? Right. Easier to handle when they weren't little girls with superpowers.
"Everyone is to keep the radios that Harry passed out. You're keeping in touch with Seth through the radio. You're only to contact him if we need medical help or if you're in trouble and need back up. Try not too get too separated from the group. if we stick together we can try and keep them boxed in."
Or they would keep us boxed in. I wasn't sure about leaving the kid in charge of communications, but he seemed ready to handle it. It was better than not having anyone around I supposed. Counting the girls off I noticed the look that Nicole gave me. Right she was with me.
Once the groups were divided we headed out, walking briskly with weapons firmly in our hands. There was an eery silence between us, or maybe I was tuning everyone out. I wanted to take out as many demons as possible, and save as many of these girls as possible. The tasks sort of conflicted with each other.
I stopped outside the law firm and took a step forward. Looking over at Alec and Willow I gave them a slow nod of the head. The girls were behind us, lined up, ready to face whatever they threw at us. It wasn't a long wait.
There was a crack in the sky like lightening and then there was a swirl that I recognized immediately as a portal. Gripping my sword tight I called out to Willow. "Do whatever you can to close it as fast as you can." Yeah, big request, I knew, but she was our best hope at closing that damn thing. Unfortunately I had a bad feeling that the only way it was going to close was when the partners were gone from our dimension.
Demons of all shapes and sizes began to emerge, including a big ass dragon like last time. I couldn't chase the dragon despite it trying to breathe fire on us because I needed to stay close to the girls.
"Oh my god," one of the girls screamed as what looked like an army of demons emerged. We had our work cut out for us.
Hurling myself toward a group of three huge demons with scaly red skin and purple eyes I fought as hard and fast as I could. The quicker I got them out of the way the faster I could move on to the next. I just had to remember I wasn't Connor now. I had to be the destroyer. The girls needed me to destroy as many of these demons as possible so they wouldn't be overwhelmed.
I could hear screams and I could smell blood. Human blood. They were already starting to fall, and all I could do was to keep fighting. The demons were fast, but not very experienced so as soon as I cleared through three out, I moved toward another group.
Fight them, kill them, move to the next.
Forget the screams. Ignore the blood.
Fight them, kill them, move to the next.
I was so lost in the fight that I couldn't keep track of who was among the injured. I knew that Fred had the flame thrower. I knew that Cordelia was fighting with the girls. But I couldn't keep watch on anyone. All I could do was fight past the injuries I received and work on killing them as fast as I could.
Then I saw Sarah and Tyler in the line of fire. "GO NOW," I screamed at both of them as Sarah grabbed Tyler's hand and moved back.
The demon that had them cornered was huge with two heads and four arms. He took a swipe at me and before I could dodge him, his claws sliced across my chest opening me up. I could feel the blood pouring out, but I fought past the pain. Hurling myself off a car, I lunged at him, lopping off one head. I repeated the move and got the second. Just as he fell, I realized I was falling too.
The world went black.