The Park, Friday Night

[demonbelthazor]

Continued from here.


The quiet darkness of the park is broken as Darth Maul Belthazor comes flying through the air from the direction of the Rare Books Shop. He hits the ground with enough force to make a small crater and lies still.

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe stiffened with a sharp cry of pain.

Such rage was washing over her...so much anger and...pain...pain...

COLE!!! her brain screamed even as she curled up in pain and the river of emotions. </>COLE!!!

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[demonbelthazor]

Cole twitched.

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe could feel him and she tried to reverse it. If she could feel him, maybe she could make him feel her?

"Cole?" She pleaded.

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[demonbelthazor]

Darkness. Empty. No...star. So bright....

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe looked around the room and saw the necklace that Cole had given her. She reached for it and held it tightly to her chest. God, please, let him feel her like she could feel him.

"Cole...Cole, love...please come back to me.... Phoebe's eyes filled with tears and they slipped down her cheeks as she held the necklace to her heart. "COLE!! Don't let him take you from me."

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[demonbelthazor]

He reached up toward the star. "Phoebe...."

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[sensethevisions]

Cole...come home...come home to me, love...

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka made it to the park a few steps ahead of Piper. It wasn't hard to find Bel.

She knelt next to his still form and checked him for lifesigns. Still breathing at least.

"Piper, do you do any healing?"

[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor twitched.

[absolutesnark]

"I don't heal," Piper said, glancing at Belthazor. She suddenly felt helpless.

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"Fuck." Now what? Think, Valentine. She stood, pacing. "He's beat up pretty bad. He'll be stronger in this form. But if we take him to the clinic like this... Gah. No." Illyana. "Piper, can you trust me on this?"

[absolutesnark]

Piper looked at her. "We may have our differences, Beka, but I do trust you."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka looked down at her hands, which were shaking. And then at Bel. After her conversation with Anakin...when this was over and her promise to Bel about Angelus kept, she'd be doing a lot of thinking.

"I'm not sure we're as different as you think, Piper," she said meeting her gaze. "I'm going to call Illyana. She can heal Bel."

[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor groaned. "Phoebe...."

[absolutesnark]

Piper peered at Belthazor when she heard him say Phoebe's name. She then glanced back at Beka. "I should go to Phoebe. It's probably best I'm not around when Illyana gets here."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka nodded. "Yeah. And Phoebe will be worried sick. Thanks, Piper. I think we'll be OK here until Illyana comes."

[thedarkchylde.livejournal.com]

A wide circle of light opened up and Illyana stepped through. She was dressed in silver and white and she came to Beka's side.

"What happened?"

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"Long story, Snowflake," Beka said with a tired sigh, standing to greet her. Then she realized it really wasn't a very long story at all. "Bel got into a fight. Piper and I were able to stop it, barely. Bel's hurt, and I need you to heal him."

She reached out and stroked Illyana's cheek. "And I need you not to ask any questions, or speak to anyone about this."

[thedarkchylde.livejournal.com]

Illyana leaned into Beka's touch for a moment and then straightened to go to Belthazor's side. She kneeled beside him and held a hand over him. She withdrew her hand and looked at Beka.

"I can heal him completely...but we should take him to Limbo to do so..."

Illyana dropped her head and it was obvioulsy by the tension in her shoulders that she was hiding something.

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka knew from Illyana's manner, and the fragmented sentences that there was more to it than this. "What aren't you telling me?" she demanded. "We have no time for games."

[thedarkchylde.livejournal.com]

Illyana raised hurt eyes to Beka. "I'm not playing games Beka," she said softly. "I'm telling the truth...I can completely heal him...but if we don't use Limbo...then the simple fact of the matter is that healing him will kill me."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka softened immediately, reaching out to stroke her hair. "Why didn't you just say so? If we have to go, then we go. But we do it quickly, no interaction with anyone else, and we come back. And you come back with us. OK?"

[thedarkchylde.livejournal.com]

Illyana nodded and turned back to Belthazor, stretching her hands above them. A wide circle of light opened up around Beka and Belthazor and the three of them disappeared.

When they appeared in Limbo, a very huge purple demon was immediately at Illyana's side.

"What's going on, boss?" He asked in a sort of a hiss. "You were gone too long this time, we could feel you fading away. You know you can't survive like that."

Illyana shook her head. "No time for that right now, S'ym," she said in a very authoritative voice. "Pick him up and place him - GENTLY - on the altar."

"Who is he?"

"Questions later, S'ym. He's in need of my healing/"

S'ym looked suspiciously at Beka and then at the red and black demon that Illyana was healing.

"Why'd you bring a frail into Limbo, boss?"

Illyana growled and her horns and tail appeared. She grabbed S'ym by the throat and lifted him up, then threw him. "I said LATER, S'ym. DO NOT PISS ME OFF!" She snarled at the demon she had just tossed...who was easily at least three times her size. "I said...place him gently on the altar and do it now."

S'ym picked up Belthazor and placed him on the large stone altar. "Oh, and S'ym?"

"Yeah, boss?"

"You ever refer to her like that again and slicing you open and letting the yunglings feed on you for three years will be what you beg for."

[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor tried to push himself up at S'ym laid him on the altar. "What...what's going on?" he said groggily.

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka rested a hand on Bel's arm. "Illyana had to bring us to Limbo to heal you."