ff:Becoming Real Part 10

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Title: Becoming Real Part 10
Rating: NC- 17. Smut Warning not for the squeamish
Chapter Ten: Needing to Believe
Disclaimer: All BTVS characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.
Summary: Set seven years after The Reinfield. Yes it is a sequel. 
Feed Back: YES! Please!
Thanks: Cheryl Hill for the Beta. AnneBar who I miss a great deal. 

Needing to Believe

Kate once again stomped around the dungeon. She was pissed. Pissed at the
world, pissed that there were demons, pissed that her father was dead,
pissed that she never really got to know her mother, pissed that she was
still alive, pissed at these crazy people imprisoning her. What was making
it all the worse was they were being nice to her. They had bought a bed, TV
and refrigerator and set them up for her the first day. They asked her what
kind of food she wanted. Worried that there were not enough covers. They
gave her time alone while at the same time not leaving her alone for long
periods. They listened to her cussing and angry rants like they were
watching an ABC movie of the week, back when the movies were still good. 

Kate was absolutely over come with their kindness. No matter how mean,
hateful or just down right rotten she tried to be toward them they just took
it and tried to make her comfortable. It was driving her nuts. She was
almost convinced she had gotten killed and was now in hell. 

Hearing the door open, Kate picked up the one bottle of Budweiser she was
allotted a day and threw the empty bottle at one of her captors. Normally
this did no good. Buffy just caught the bottle, Willow used some kind of
magical shield that simply tossed it into the near by trash car and Tara
just made the bottle disappear.

This time it wasn't one of the witches or the slayer, this time it was
Duncan coming through the door. And this time Kate hit her mark perfectly.
The bottle hit the wall beside the door and broke into pieces sending glass
shrapnel over the whole room. Then Kate noticed the tiny cut on the side of
the girls' arm. 

"Ow" Duncan cried as real tears leaked from her eyes.

Kate just stared at the creature. She wanted the girl to grow two heads,
turn green and eat her. She wanted to beat the girl into a bloody blue pulp.
She wanted a reason, any reason to hate this girl, this thing. She wanted to
torture her, to beat her with her bare hands. But as Kate looked into the
girl's face she wondered, and not for the first time since she had been
chained up, which one of them was the monster.

Duncan had already begun cleaning up the mess. She had grabbed the broom and
was sweeping up the glass. Kate just stood there watching, waiting, as the
girl cleaned up all of the broken glass, and the food plate the girl had
been bringing her. 

"I'll have to make you another sandwich and that was the last of the roast
beef. Is bologna ok or would you like peanut butter and jelly?"

Kate could still see the tears in the girl's eyes and she had no idea how to
respond to the girl's reaction. Reinfields were passive but this was
ridiculous. It was also frightening to her. She honestly needed a reason to
hate this girl. Thing, Kate reminded herself. But at every turn, she and the
witches had responded with kindness.

You still have a piece of glass in your arm, come here and let me take it
out." Kate ordered 

"No you'll hurt me." Duncan said from the safety of the other side of the
room. 

"Just come here."

"Buffy said I could protect myself from you." Duncan replied unmoving.

"Yeah, and I bet she told you not to hurt me either." Kate laughed

"She didn't have to tell me that, you're human, I am never to hurt humans.
It is a rule." Duncan replied moving closer.

Kate just burst out laughing. It was so totally absurd. It was a demon, what
else did demons do but hurt humans. "She has turned you into a good little
pet hasn't she?" Kate replied roughly pulling the girl around to look at the
arm wound.

"I am not a pet. I am a slave." Duncan said proudly. "Miss Kitty is the
pet."

"Yeah but I bet you both have you own collars with your names on them too."
Kate said as she pulled the large piece of glass out of the girl's arm. 

"Buffy doesn't make me wear my collar any more, she threw it away when we
moved to Sunnydale. I was a good girl and didn't need it." Duncan stated as
she tried to move away from Kate. Kate just grabbed the girl and pushed her
on to bed pinning her arms behind her back. 

"You really are a good little dog. I bet she doesn't have to beat you
anymore does she?" Kate then pulled Duncan's pants down and squeezed her
bruised ass checks. Buffy had been spanking Duncan a great deal since she
had chained Kate up in the dungeon and the little Reinfields bottom was well
bruised from the slayer's belt. Not that Tara and Willow hadn't added their
own few strokes. 

"Funny, this ass doesn't look like it belongs to a good girl. It looks like
it had to be beaten a lot. But I guess you like that don't you?" Duncan just
laid there crying. Kate pulled her own belt loose out of her pants. Laughing
at the stupidity of these women to leave her in possession of her own belt
and shoe laces. Doubling the belt she then started whipping the girl. Logic
said force the girl to unchain her. Logic said the Reinfield was docile and
non-violent, getting Duncan to release her would be a snap. Logic was not in
control. Kate could have escaped a hundred times over if logic was in
charge. Both Buffy and Willow had set up a hundred ways of escape for Kate.
They were not going to release a suicidal vengeance demon, no matter how
human she was, on unsuspecting Sunnydale. So Buffy had Willow had devised
methods of magical release spells that once Kate stopped being
self-destructive would set her free. 

Kate began to swing wildly whipping Duncan across her back then across her
ass. "Come on fight me, it's no fun if you just lie there and take it." Whap
Whap Whap. "I know, how about I find something to shove up your ass." Whap
Whap Whap. "No I bet you like that too, I know how about I play with your
pussy."

"NO Please" Duncan screamed and tried desperately to wiggle away. "Please,
you can play with my ass, hurt me but not that please not that." 

"I thought something like you would like it. Pussy touching, oh fuck me baby
fuck me. Or was that one of the witches I heard last night?" Kate said
kicking the girl back on the bed.

"So tell me, I got it wrong didn't I? If I had shoved that cucumber in that
pretty little pussy of yours we wouldn't be having this conversation would
we? The bitch would have killed me, and then you? Am I right?" Whap Whap
Whap Whap "Well am I?" Whap Whap Whap "Answer me." 

"Buffy doesn't kill humans." Duncan answered. She was totally stuck with
fear and unable to move or run away. Her Reinfield sense had taken over.

"I know, let's find out. How about I fuck that little pussy of yours until
Buffy comes home and we'll see if she kills me."

"Depends on how bad you want to die." Buffy said from the door. Martha wide
mouthed at her side.
"Duncan come here, let me take you upstairs and get you cleaned up." Buffy
said gently. Duncan started to run but tripped over her own pants. Buffy
caught her and picked her up into her arms. "I am so sorry." Buffy whispered
into her ear before kissing the girl. Duncan just started crying, hugging
Buffy with all her might. As Buffy turned to go upstairs she said to Martha,
"Can you stay down here with Kate? Just keep out of reach she is not in her
right mind and is extremely dangerous now. Maybe you can ask her why she
wanted to be caught raping my Reinfield?" And with that Buffy left.

"Bitch you are going to die." Kate screamed but sunk down on the bed and
started crying. Martha just moved over and sat down beside Kate. She then
picked up the belt and tossed it across the room.

"Not going to take my shoe laces." Kate asked.

"Do I need to?" Martha replied.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Actually checking on you. Can't say I am happy with what I've found."
Martha said honestly.

"They kidnapped me." Kate stated hopefully. Maybe she could get away and
then what? Kate had no idea what she was doing.

"That is why I came, I thought that might have been the case but now I know
differently." Martha said. She was hoping she could get through to the good
woman she had once known. 

"And what do you know!" Kate said hatefully. 

"Kate you were a good cop for a long time. You understand how crime and
criminals are handled. Well in a way you have crossed a line. Just as there
are courts for humans there are laws and rules in the demon world. And you
have crossed over the line. This is the court for those matters and Buffy is
the judge. Normally she leaves humans to humans but you went way over the
line. But I am sure you know that. Would you have really raped the girl?"
Martha asked

"She isn't a girl, she is a thing, a monster." Kate spat back.

"A monster, do you even know anything at all about Duncan!" Martha said
angrily.

"She is a monster." Kate restated.

"Funny I thought it was you trying to do the raping?"

"A monster Martha. A monster. A thing." Kate screamed. Why couldn't she see
it? See them? See the Evil?

"A monster, evil, demon, thing, Martha a thing. They kill children, the
innocent. They kill...."

"Your father?" Martha whispered.

"Yes they killed my father, those things, I have to kill them. Evil, THEY'RE
DEMONS."

"You mean like Jews?" Martha again asked in a whisper.

"Jews, Martha what are you talking about, I am taking about evil, about
demons. Evil like real demons." Kate cried.

"So am I. In World War II, the Nazis killed 6 million Jews, God knows how
many gypsies and homosexuals not to mention the people that just didn't
agree with them. And the really evil part of it all wasn't that it was some
kind of purple demon pumping gases into the showers. No the real evil was
that it was people just like you and I. Normal old everyday people. And when
those normal old everyday people were asked why they did the awful things
they did, well they replied, 'Jews are evil, demons and needed to be
destroyed.' Kate, you and I both know Duncan couldn't fight her way out of a
paper bag. She has less evil in her than any creature, human or not, that I
have ever known. She would never rape anyone. The real question you need to
ask yourself is, if Buffy hadn't have stopped you, would you have hurt the
girl?" 

With that Martha went up stairs to check on Duncan. 

++++++++++++++++)

Duncan was curled up into a ball with her head on Buffy's lap. Tears falling
down her face.

"Is she ok?" Martha asked sitting down on the end of the bed.

"No" Buffy answered while running her hand through Duncans' hair. "Would you
be?"

"It didn't even happen to me and I am not alright." Martha said with a great
deal of anger. 

"How is Kate?" Buffy finally asked after a long silence, her hand never
leaving Duncans' head.

"Insane." 

"She knew I was due home. Somewhere in that brain of hers she knew." Buffy
said angrily.

"You really believe she wanted to be caught in the act." Martha asked

"Don't you. How hard would it have been for her to get free? She had control
of Duncan. Willow and I have given her so many chances to get loose."

"Then why stay. Why hurt Duncan?"

"First she doesn't see Duncan as something she shouldn't hurt. That method
she used to challenge me. Reinfields are normally killed or worse once it is
delivered. They're killed because they have been polluted, violated. It's
the same stupid philosophy they used in the Middle East where they kill
women who have been raped. Kate had to know that. Where ever she read up on
the Van Helsing thing would have talked about it. Men have written most of
the worlds books on the subject. You know what point of view the book must
have taken." Buffy was dripping with hate.

"So what are you going to do to Kate?" Martha might have been furious at the
woman but she wouldn't let her be hurt. It was clear Kate was out of her
mind.

"I don't know. Got any ideas?"

"I do." Tara said from the door.

"Tara or Kali?" Buffy asked.

"Tara, although I was with Kali when I got it." Tara explained.

"Please" Buffy asked pulling Duncan further up against her.

"First off I was watching what happened. I couldn't....K..Ka...Kal...Kali
wouldn't let me, I am sorry Duncan." Tara stuttered out. 

"Not your fault. Understand." Duncan whispered back. 

"Martha, I also heard your conversation with Kate. The part about her
crossing the line and Buffy being the judge. It was a good speech and I
think some of it Kate got." Tara said happily. "Anyway, I think with Kate
being a cop and all. She might get a trial. Only I don't think Buffy should
be the Judge. I was thinking maybe you or someone else. Buffy could be the
defense attorney. Willow could be the prosecution attorney. Maybe Angel and
Cordelia could come down and testify about what she did in LA."

The room was silent for a long time. Then Buffy turned to Duncan and asked,
"You were the one she hurt most what do you think?"

"It would have to be a fair trial." Duncan replied.

"Duncan, you do understand that Buffy needs to be the one to defend her."
Tara asked

"She is the most logical, I understand. It is my fault too. I didn't fight
back." Duncan added.

"Duncan even if you were human and you didn't fight back she still hurt you.
And it was still wrong on her part not yours." Buffy explained to the girl.
"You shouldn't have had to fight back. Duncan you did nothing wrong."

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They had offered to come down to the dungeon with her. They had told her she
didn't have to do it but something inside her said she did. It had been
almost two days since everything happened. Many plans had been put in place.
And now she was there to explain those plans to the one person they
concerned.

"My aren't we a brave little creature. What no big strong slayer to protect
you." Kate wondered why she needed to be mean to the girl and she actually
felt bad about it. She just couldn't stop herself.

"I have always been brave. I came down here to talk to you." Duncan said
purposely moving a chair infront of Kate's bed well within reach of her.

"I am impressed. I was given to believe you things were shy."

"We are. I am a little more out going than most of my race. But I am still
harmless. If you try and hurt me, you will succeed. But that isn't what I
need to talk to you about it."

"All business, hmm, don't tell me you really did like me working you over
and are back for more."

"They have decided what to do with you. How to proceed. It is my job to
inform you."

"Passed judgement already. I am impressed.

"No. You are to be held until your trial next Saturday. Buffy is normally
the judge jury and executioner of the demon world. You are a unique case.
Mostly because you're human. Because of this Buffy has found a willing and
fair Judge to hear your case, Martha Williamson. Buffy will be your defense
attorney. She will be downstairs later. She has promised to do her best and
give you a fair defense. Willow Rosenburg will be the lawyer for the
prosecution. If you have anyone you wish to testify on your behalf you will
need to tell Buffy or the court. Tara has offered her services as medium if
there are souls you wish to call. The charges you are to be tried upon are
as follows: Attempted rape of a non-human innocent Reinfield. Attempted
murder of a non human, innocent succubus."

"Innocent."

"You can argue that point at the trial. It can be the point of your
defense." Duncan offered
.
"Is that it?"

"No the last charge is the endangerment of innocent lives both human and non
human in the course of vigilante activity. Oh and Kate, none of these
charges carries the death penalty. Buffy said to tell you that."

"So what penalty do they carry?"

"Retribution. The Succubus you hurt has a family. She missed a lot of work.
So if you are found guilty on that charge you will be asked to send the
family a little money each month. Violet isn't a hateful person, I think the
sum will be something like fifty dollars a month for three years. But it
depends on the trial. The other two charges, they're a lot rougher if you
get convicted."

"How rough?" Kate asked wondering what the hell these people had in mind.

"You will be forced to live as a Reinfield for two years. Not twenty-four
hours a day. No human could handle that. They said something about you
having to get a job. But at night and the weekends when you are not working
you would have to live like a Reinfield. You wouldn't have to eat bugs or
anything. And they wouldn't really hurt you. Not really. You would have
safety words. Reinfields don't get safety words." 

"A trail huh? Figures?"

"Kate, the bottom line is, no one will really hurt you, guilty or not. That
is the important thing. No one wants to hurt you." Duncan explained. "But
there are consequences for your actions."








"I wear the cheese it does not wear me." Bald Man, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.