Re: FF: The Black Widow Chronicles: Prolugue: Once Bitten Twice Shy

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--- In buffywantswillow@y..., aerisjade@w... wrote:
> 
> 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 
> <><><><><><><> 
> hey how soon can we expect part 2
> 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.
> 
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