Angel character study #1
I took the userinfo at its word when it said "short." 190 words.
A "Becoming" moment:
She looks like Darla. It shouldn't be the first thing that comes to mind, but there it is. The Slayer is blonde and sucks on her candy the way Darla sucked on babies' hearts. His stomach churns at that memory and he forces himself to look at her, bathed in sunlight, innocent and cruel. She's the chosen one, and although Slayers have always been Spike's pet project, not his, he can't help but consider the implications.
There's a Slayer in the world. One girl chosen to fight against his kind, to wipe away the plague that is vampirism, the ugliness, the blind hunger, the cruelty, the empty elegance that was his lifestyle. She can purge the world; it's her sacred calling. And maybe -- no -- maybe -- she might be able to purge him.
He rolls up the window, sits in the funk of three weeks' unwashed skin and hair, the scent of stale rats' blood simultaneously disgusting and appetizing, and he makes up his mind. Because she looks like Darla, and is nothing like her, he'll live for her until he has to die for her. He's hoping it's soon.
A "Becoming" moment:
She looks like Darla. It shouldn't be the first thing that comes to mind, but there it is. The Slayer is blonde and sucks on her candy the way Darla sucked on babies' hearts. His stomach churns at that memory and he forces himself to look at her, bathed in sunlight, innocent and cruel. She's the chosen one, and although Slayers have always been Spike's pet project, not his, he can't help but consider the implications.
There's a Slayer in the world. One girl chosen to fight against his kind, to wipe away the plague that is vampirism, the ugliness, the blind hunger, the cruelty, the empty elegance that was his lifestyle. She can purge the world; it's her sacred calling. And maybe -- no -- maybe -- she might be able to purge him.
He rolls up the window, sits in the funk of three weeks' unwashed skin and hair, the scent of stale rats' blood simultaneously disgusting and appetizing, and he makes up his mind. Because she looks like Darla, and is nothing like her, he'll live for her until he has to die for her. He's hoping it's soon.