The massive battle begins; Part seven.

[backintweed]

I heard Xander just on the fringes of going outside, heard him...heard him as if I were blessed with the hearing of a vampire. Set against the backdrop of demons screaming and howling and the crashing down of the deluge of the sky, I heard him say, without preamble, that Willow needed to go dark. To me, considering what was out there, I couldn't

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[clairexbennet]

There was no time to think or figure out what was going on around us. Chao had been killed instantly. I couldn't help but think how I would have regenerated if that demon bit my head off. Would my head grow back? Damn, that could be the end of me. Okay, I need to focus. I'll be damned if a demon tried to bite off my head. I'd kill the hell out of it before that happens

[ethicallydevoid]

Outside, Eve dead inside the Hyperion, I rushed along the streets. The demons were everywhere and a few of them were attacking stray humans, but most of them were like an army going after a target, heading in one direction

[backintweed]

"This is crazy, Giles. Where are all of these monsters coming from?"Having just watched Chao Ahn die, and knowing, undoubtedly that many of my other slayers might invariably face the same fate in this cacophony of noise and violence, I first focused on being swift with my sword, keeping Claire near me to protect myself and her, and killing everything that came at us

[clairexbennet]

"Unless I am mistaken, Claire, these demons, most of them, anyway, live below ground, and aren't visible to the public. They kill and maim, on occassion, I am sure, for they are demons, but unless I am mistaken, they are all out tonight because they have a specific target in mind. They seek the very being responsible for this because that being killed their Master. They seek retribution against Angel, and will kill anything else in their way from getting to him."I looked over at Giles. "Why Angel? What did he do? He must have done something really bad for this to happen." There was a bright light that went through the streets. "Did you see that, or were my eyes playing tricks on me