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After the end	By : Eagleblaze Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Tara/Willow Views: 2350 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Willow tried to yank her weighted feet back, instinctively raising her arms to protect herself when the demon charged for her, swinging the sledgehammer. It collided with her arm, eliciting a shriek of pain along with a crunching noise. With her so far uninjured arm, she raised the stick, swinging it at the demon in vain. It grabbed her wrist with its slimey hand, raising the sledgehammer. Eyes widening, she tried to yank herself away. Willow screamed in agony when the sledgehammer slammed into her outstretched arm, causing the bone to crack, stabbing right through the skin to stick out. Seeing her own exposed bone and the blood it had caused made her nauseous enough to freeze, giving the demon the chance to slam the sledgehammer between her ribs and stomach, catching both in an agonizing blow. She found herself unable to make the noise of a scream this time, only gasping in torment. If the demon hadn't grabbed her back, she would have fallen to the ground. He sent another blow higher into her ribs, the sound of each of them snapping and crunching echoing in Willows ears while her mouth hung open in a silent scream. This was worse than the whip - she didn't think anything could be worse than the whip! So much worse. She was wishing for a death that wouldn't come. He struck in the same place, this time letting go of her as he did, sending her crashing to the floor with a wheezed shriek. She writhed in agony on the floor, screaming at the intense pain on both her legs being smashed with the hammer. She was nudged onto her stomach with the end of the sledgehammer, bringing tormented whines. Just as he started to raise the sledgehammer to strike her spine, she started to shimmer out of this reality. {They did it! They've saved me!} The lead demon sneered at her,
"Stupid girl. They cannot get you back for longer than 2 seconds on the outside. You'll be right back here soon. Enjoy the few seconds you get." Her heart sank, vision blurring as her eyes snapped open in a new place. She saw Tara, locking eyes in a pleading manner. {Oh god! Oh god I can't go back there!} She reached a hand towards Tara in an effort to cling to her, words finally coming,
"..Help.." Then everything fluttered back to the other dimension, right as the sledgehammer descended onto her back. She finally managed a scream of unbearable agony when her spine was smashed, followed quickly by her pelvic and tailbone. She slumped to the ground, motionless other than her labored breathing and sobs.
"Alright, I think this battle is over. It's clear who the winner is." The boss demon laughed, nodding to the other demon. The demon set the sledgehammer down before picking her up roughly and tossing her out of the pit. She hit the ground with a mix of a grunt and a whimper, rolling a bit before hitting the boss demons feet. While she couldn't move her body - other than her face - it didnt seem to numb her body of pain as paralyzed people normal are. She guessed this was something altered for the boss demons pleasure and her torment, just like not being able to die here. She struggled to regain her breathing, but the pain was so unbearable that she couldn't focus on anything but that. {Oh goddess..} She internally groaned, shrieking when she was picked up roughly again. {And the gang can't get me out! I'm stuck here unless my body dies!!} She bit her lip, groaning when she was bounced from the demons walking. {Oh goddess.. Tara.. Please.. Please just kill me.. She'll know that's what she has to do, right? No.. Not Tara, that would traumatize her beyond belief. Someone else.. One of the other slayers maybe. Oh goddess, just someone - anyone! I can't bear this anymore!} The demon entered a humid cave, smirking at a small, steaming pool then back at her. "Humans are supposed to like 'hot tubs' right? Well here you go!" He tossed her as her eyes widened in fear. The pool was just wide enough and deep enough so her whole body was submerged in the boiling water, causing a gurgling scream from the searing pain. To make matters worse, she couldn't breathe. Her head was underwater. All she could do was sit there, gasping for air she couldn't receive, screaming silent screams of agony.

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Tara stumbled back, shrugging Giles's hand off.
"No! No, this isn't it!" She shrieked, tears flying from her eyes.
"There isn't much else we can do Tara." Giles whispered solemnly. Xander looked down.
"That isn't true… There's.. Another way to… help her." Tara snapped her head towards him.
"No! No way!" She quickly stumbled back over to Willows side, throwing herself over her. "I wont let you kill her! T-There has to be another way!" Everyone looked away, making her heart lurch. A sudden thought struck her, "There IS another way! T-The book! Where is it?!" Giles looked to her in shock,
"No, you can't use the book Tara! You can't do that, its far too dangerous!" Buffy stepped to her side, helping her to stand.
"Then I'll go with her." She stated firmly, interrupting when Giles went to object. "I'm not going to leave Willow in some hell dimension.. When I died.. She brought me back because she thought that /I/ was in some sort of hell dimension.. She.. She thought i was suffering, so she did a spell that could've been very dangerous to her..! And.. And I wont let her suffer because she wouldn't have let me! Besides.. I'm the slayer. Its my destiny to protect people from demons, isn't it?"
"But Buffy we don't even know if the spell would succeed in taking one's powers-"
"A witch's power is what its for, right?"
"That doesn't mean it won't-"
"And it was meant to transfer people to this hell dimension, so who says it actually takes powers away?" Buffy glanced at Willow, then back to Giles. "If we aren't back in three days and we're screaming by then… kill us." Giles's eyes widened,
"Buffy.."
"Please, Giles. Do this for me.. Do this for Willow." Tara nodded to Buffy, silently thanking her. Giles glanced at Willow, her face constricted in pain. After a couple minutes, he finally sighed, looking down in defeat.
"I'll start gathering the supplies.. We shouldn't do this here."
"What?!" Xander stepped forward, "You know i want Will back as much as you guys - shes my best friend - but how is risking Buffy and Tara's lives going to do anything?! We don't even know we can kill the guy from the dimension!"
"But Jane said when she 'killed' him, she got out! And she doesn't even have Slayer strength!"
"But how is putting you two at risk doing any good if it doesn't work?!"
"What good is sitting around and letting her suffer?!" Tara squeezed her eyes shut, biting her lip.
"You know I don't want to do it, but Giles said-"
"That we should kill her?! This could work!"
"It could also fail! She wouldn't want you two to die trying to get her back!"
"She probably doesn't KNOW what she wants at this point Xander! Shes in hell!"
"BOTH OF YOU STOP!" Tara finally screamed, her face red. "I'm going and theres nothing you can do to stop me! So either help me, or stay out of my way!" This quieted the room and Xander looked down. Dawn stepped towards her, tears streaming down her face. Buffy gasped as if she forgot her sister had come with them, hugging herself in guilt.
"I know I can't stop you but please… be careful. I.. I can't lose you again… either of you.." Tara calmed, hugging Dawn.
"Don't worry sweetie, you won't. We're coming back, and we're bringing Willow with us."

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Willow willed her body to move, to thrash, anything to escape the pool. She couldnt breath, move, or think very well, her mind slowing at the lack of oxygen. Though she knew it couldn't actually be. She wasn't deprived of oxygen in her actual body, so this was only her mind. Willow grimaced, noticing the water was getting increasingly hotter. She guessed it had been hours since he threw her in here by the light changes of the cave and his activity. She could still see him moving about from under the water, forcing her eyes to stay open despite the agony it caused when boiling water rushed in, needing to have /some/ sort of control over what was happening. She winced at every scream she heard from other girls, relieved when he took breaks from torturing them. It was funny, really. Even while she herself was being tortured, she couldn't help but want to help the other girls. If she were being honest, she had started growing more concerned for them then herself. Her years as a scooby had trained her mind to help others in danger, even more so than she had before. Sure, she had always been timid before the scoobies, but she always had something that made her care for and take care of others before herself. Maybe that was why she was in this mess. Why she snapped with the magic. She had gotten so used to being 'old reliable' that she had changed herself to impress and help the others further. She had wanted her helping to go beyond tutoring and computers. She didnt want to be mousy Willow. She wanted to help Buffy. In the end, she had made Buffys life and job harder. {She wouldn't have to suffer through slaying anymore if I hadnt pulled her from heaven.} Willow reminded herself bitterly, snapped from her thoughts with a gasp of shock when the water suddenly went cold. She started choking on the water she had inhaled, unable to flail at the choking. She could only cough, gag and choke. This process of course had been repeated over the hours she had been there before this, besides the water changing temperatures, because she would gasp on reflex at the lack of air. But the water changing temperatures sent her into slight shock, a fresh gurgling scream torn from her blue lips as the water went back to boiling in a flash, the change causing her eyes to flutter and roll back multiple times, though unconsciousness wouldn't claim her.
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