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 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:53 pm
Oz couldn’t wait for help. He ran upstairs into Kennedy’s bedroom. He quickly grabbed the blankets on the bed and hurried downstairs. He covered Kennedy’s body as best he could. He touched her forehead, but found her to still be cold. He could still see Kennedy trembling.
“This is not good at all.”
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:56 pm
Atticus could feintly hear the voices discussing. They seemed to echo as if it were a distant memory or dream. All he could feel was the pain in his stomach, and he had nearly gone into shock. It was cut open and they were messing around doing...God knows what to him. Of course it would heal soon...that was their logic for doing so, but Atticus couldn't be in anymore pain then having his stomach cut open and played with.
One doctor lifted Atticus' drooped head up by his hair and shined a light in both of his eyes.
"Still very concious." he voice echoed in his mind. "Alright, leave it alone, let the wound heal itself. Time to move onto something else..."
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:13 pm
Riley ignored her and continued on to the next door, punched in an entirely different sequence of numbers, and entered the real experimentation room... and stopped dead in his tracks.
"What the holy happy horseshit is going on here!"
He took one look at the subject splayed out and bounded into the room.
"Who the HELL is responsible for this? Who ordered it? Someone better say SOMETHING god DAMMIT."
He was beyond furious. Only Sam and himself were allowed to give any orders regarding the subjects. He grabbed the nearest doctor by the collar and yelled in his face, "I said TALK, soldier. Who ordered this disgusting display? It sure as hell wasn't me, I can tell you that much."
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:13 pm
Kennedy felt the energy force pulling away from her body, dropping her like a used up towel. It took a lot from her. She can feel how fragile her soul actually was at this point. She could pull herself together to get through this. Potential slayers could do that. However, her mind, body and soul had already suffered multiple stabs that wreaked her state of being all together.
Willow was her only...her one and only. She knew she did wrong and did her best to repent just to be that couple that seemed perfect. But that can never happen. The sin was done and it could never be forgotten. Kennedy knew that she instigated everything. Her heart sank deeper into an abyss of solitude. To see Willow with another person hurt a lot. To see her with a man, hurt more. To see that Willow chose him over her...that was automatic death.
Kennedy could feel herself beginning to shut down to only sulk over her loss. She would do anything to have Willow back...she would give anything just to.....
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:16 pm
Buffy had at first bumped into Riley when he stopped suddenly, then clutched his shoulder so she wouldn't fall, then DID fall when he pulled away suddenly and began freaking out.
Reaching up to grab the edge of a metallic gurney, she slowly stood, her jaw dropped. There was Atticus... and he was just.. bloody and... were those his intestines?
Her eyes widened, and she slowly approached where he lay strapped down, all too aware of the men surrounding him. They may be doctors - or whatever - but they were still military. That meant trained. That meant fight. Unless they did take orders from Ry, and it wasn't looking so much like they did.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:23 pm
The beast howled at his attacker’s direction. He glanced back at the human communicator.
“If she is one of yours, I recommend she let us be before she gets hurt. My obligations are to speak with you and your stronger ones, not with the meek and mild.”
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:26 pm
The doctor hadn't expected one of his own team to grab him by the collar and shake him and shout in his face.
"Mrs. Finn gave us orders to continue with the experiment!" His voice was shakey and he cleared his throat to see if that woud help.
Atticus attempted to look up to see what was going on, but the drug had weakened his muscles and he couldn't move still. He could recognize that voice though...it was that b*****d, Riley...
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:30 pm
Riley was shocked. What the hell, he and Sam were supposed to have equal authority.
"Get the hell out of here now. Right now. All of you. Get my wife here. Now."
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:30 pm
Lorne's jaw was dropped when he saw everything going on. It was worse than he had invisioned. Atticus looked terrible! He couldn't think of the words to say...and he really didn't want to draw any attention to himself seeing as how he could be the next target...so he stayed by the door ready to run.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:31 pm
As the doctors began filing out of the room, Buffy approached Atticus. She understood what Riley had been trying to say about him, but he just looked all too human to her. She began loosening the ties around his wrist.
"Lorne? Will you help me?" Her voice cracked. How could these wounds NOT hurt him?
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:33 pm
The men nodded their heads, each saying "Yes sir" in a fearful voice and then headed out to get the Mrs, and go about their business elsewhere. One man contacted Riley's wife on the radio, explaining in a shakey voice what had happened.
"I'm on my way down." Sam said cooly as she hung up the radio and began to make her way to the operation room.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:38 pm
Willow was now tired of this.
Release me now. I can help you with what you want just as well as i could floating around.
You've got no right to hold me in this manner - it's disrespectful.
Willow doesn't like to be disrespected.
She turned to Phoenix, who appeared distressed.
Go inside. Tend to Kennedy. Take that insane vampire with you. Over there. By the tree.
Willow turned her gaze back toward the ugly thing in front of her.
If I have to repeat it, it will be too late.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:40 pm
It took a minute for Buffy's voice to make itself known in Lorne's head. Finally, his brain kicked on and he jumped a little, rushing into the room and helping her unstrap the tortured man. He looked down at Atticus who rolled his head over, opening his eyes to cracks and looking straight into Lorne's eyes.
Atticus so disoriented and shocked that he didn't know what to think or say at that point. All he could see was a green man...and he couldn't comprehend if it was human or not...not to mention his mind was stuck thinking in the past where he was left by the demons to die and being carried away by the Black Cross.
"Kill...me..." he said softly as a single tear dropped from his eye.
Lorne looked away from Atticus when the words were said. He looked up at Buffy, giving her a look that basically said 'Thank God we're here'.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:41 pm
Buffy moved on to the restraints around his neck. Jesus, he must have really fought them.
"Riley, I'm done. I'm taking him back to Cleveland with me. And you're letting me use that plane."
She turned to Atticus, giving him a reassuring smile.
"I promise, you'll be ok."
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:44 pm
Sam had just entered the room and saw everything go down. Her first reaction was Riley with Buffy?! What the HELL was going on here? Her second reaction was how they were releasing the subject from the operating table! And the third reaction was...there was a Green demon in the room too? A new experiment maybe?!
"Riley, dear...what are you doing. Why is SHE here and what is she doing with our TEST SUBJECT?!"
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