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Chronicles: The Black Widow Title: Once Bitten Twice Shy Chapter: Prologue Rating: R Spoilers: The Gift and beyond. Pairing: Willow/Buffy eventually Crossover: Spiderman/Buffy Beta Reader: Scotty Welles Shadow Mage Note: This is Alt Disclaimer: Not mine, not now, not ever. <><><><><><><> Season One <><><><><><><> The lab was empty, the students of Sunnydale High School running from the school the minute the last bell rang. It didn't matter though, she loved school, and she loved science. The idea of discovering some new mineral or new chemical or even a new type of energy. Even as the school genius she wasn't that far a head in her studies, but she was looking forward to when she was. She double checked the latch on the aquarium holding the black widow spider safely inside, and removed her gloves. While the bite of the spider wasn't deadly, it was very painful and it not something she wanted to risk experiencing. The female spider sat close to the glass wall staring at her as she reached over for the beaker of the chemical she'd spent most of the week working on. The light blue liquid seemed to glow eerily in the dim room. She used the eye dropper to carefully drip several drops into the cage, and onto the black spider. The female ran around the cage making a painful high hissing noise, it's body shaking violently. The spider convulsed violently then flipped onto it's back. She frowned at the unmoving spider with tearful eyes. She hadn't meant to kill it, she was only trying to find a way to improve the spider's defenses. Blinking away the quantity of tears she opened the lid and reached in, gently cupping the spider in her hand. " Ouch..." She yanked her hand back and stared at the angry swollen bite on her finger. The red bite throbbed noticeably, growing bigger before her eyes. A shock of heat engulfed her body, forcing her onto her knees, gasping for breath as her lungs began to squeeze closed. Her eyes blurred with pain making it impossible to see. All her senses felt overly sensitive and over loaded. The slightest movement making the blinding pain mind numbly intense until she was on the edge of passing out. Her gums pounded against her teeth, the throbbing increasing until she felt blood flowing from her mouth, the thin sounds of her teeth hitting the floor making her over tuned ear drums sting. She screamed at the top of her lungs as the muscles in her body bunched and rearranged, new teeth pushing their way into her mouth. Her body collapsed onto the floor as the pain faded into a dull throbbing, leaving her laying on the school room floor in exhaustion. Slowly, she opened her eyes and gasped. Everything seemed different to her. Every sense in her body was reaching out, embracing her surroundings, making them part of her. On shaky legs, she stumbled towards the door, gaining strength with every step. The dark halls were illuminated in her eyes, allowing her to see with ease. The doors out into the night flew open slamming into the brick wall, shattering the glass under her gentle push. She gulped in fear and stepped back. " Oh goddess, what's happening to me?" " You've been chosen." A young man stepped out of the shadows. " The current black widows life is growing to an end. In the next few years she will retire, and you will take her place." " I think you have the wrong person. Buffy's the one you want, not me. Yep, that's Buffy, she's the chosen one, the slayer. Fighting for the good of the world, to protect it from...." " No, you're the one." The young man stepped closer to her, " You must begin training immediately, in order to prepare you." " B-b-but I don't know anything about.....about....well about whatever it is I'm supposed to know about and don't. So how am I supposed to know how to prepare if I don't know how?" " That's my job." A muscular woman wearing a skin tight black body suit with a red spider on it's chest jumped down from the side of the building. She reached up to the black mask and peeled it off. " Oh." The gorgeous black haired woman smiled at her with worn lines of having seen too much in her day. Her Asian features were exotic and tired, making the blunt short hair cut stand out even more. " We should get started, you have much to learn before you can take my place." She numbly let the woman guide her, her mind having shut down at go. <><><><><><><> Four Years Later <><><><><><><> The battle raged around her. Glory's rage crackled around them, turning it onto Buffy as she stepped forward. She took a nervous breath from her place on the top of the tower. The hell god was fighting her way to the stairs, leaving her little time. " WILLOW!!!" She slowly walked toward Dawn, drawing a small knife from underneath the yellow plaid shirt she wore. The blade easily slide through the leather binding the teenager to the two poles. She quickly pulled the young girl into her arms, hugging her tightly. " Go down the shaft and get to Buffy." " Wh-what about you?" Willow smiled sadly, and pushed her towards the stairs. " I'll be right behind you, there's something I need to do first." Dawn looked unsure but nodded slowly, " I'll see you down there." " Be careful Dawnie." Willow watched the young girl run over to the half built shaft and crawl inside. She slammed her hands together, palm to palm. White lightening danced around her hands, building around her until a strong wind wrapped around the tower. Her blackened eyes stared at the top of the stairs waiting. The blonde god stepped onto the walkway, glaring at her angrily. " Where is she?! Where's the key?!" She closed her darkened eyes and threw her head back, the white glow becoming a growing globe that engulfed them. The power flowed through her, building until she was at the end. <><><><><><><> " Where's Willow?!" Dawn spun around to the shaft with wide eyes. " She said she was behind me." Buffy ran towards the stairs as the white glow engulfed the building. There was screaming in the distance as two pairs of arms grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The deafening explosion littering the ground around them. She pushed Spike off her and got to her feet staring at the rumble around them. " Willow?" " Bloody hell what is that?" Her blue eyes looked up at the black clad woman swing away from the rumble onto the tenth story metal beam of the unfinished building. A small red spider was painted on her chest. The black form held it's right arm up and a thick string of web shot out. The figure swung out and disappeared into the shadows. She turned to the rumble where her friend had been, and walked slowly towards it. Her eyes locked onto the spider web clinging to one of the twisted platforms. " She was here." Giles stood beside her, " We don't know that...." " She was here. She could've saved her." Buffy clenched her hands in rage. " But she didn't, and she will pay for that." " I signed the release waiver, so feel free to put things in my slot anytime." - Charles Angels. Odo: Madam Ambassodor, I'm not like you. Every sixteen hours I revert to a liqiud. Lwaxana Troi: I can swim. - DS9: The Forsaken. Aeris Jade Orion Grey Fox list mommy: erslash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx erslash-adult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM: Aeris Jade ICQ: 51496263 AT&T/Pow-Wow: Jade Pow-Wow Community: Orion Web Site: http://members.fortunecity.com/aerissword/Index.html |