Down Twisted: the sumary

["tina" <Rogersjctt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

here it is, just as I promised ya'll!  Tried to do a small sumary but 
couldn't seem to make That work so, it's kind long winded. I 
apologise, I just didn't know how else to explain things!  All right, 
everyone pull up a chair and make yourselves comfortable. Before 
anyone can ask, no, Alex is Not me! She may have some of my 
personality quirks but that's as far as it goes.

                   The main folk's of our story:
Alexandra Katherine Roberts ( a stranger), Buffy Summers ( the 
Chosen one), Willow Rosenberg ( a Wiccan) and Tom Skyton ( the bad 
guy).
                    Supporting characters:
Rupert Giles ( a Watcher), Xander Harris and Anya ( rest of the 
Scooby gang), Cordilia Chase ( a former Prom Queen), Angel ( 
brooding, souled vampire) and, to lesser degrees, the parents of 
Sunnydale ( Joyce Summers, the Rosenbergs and Harris's).

CHAPTER ONE:
      Alex, Willow and Buffy meet. You learn that Ms. Roberts has 
come to town hunting for the man, and I use that term loosely, who 
butchered somone that she loves.  The Witch/ Slayer are surprised to 
find that Alex is a southerner, 30 years of age and hellbent upon 
wiping Tom Skyton off the face of the Earth for killing her baby, 
Scott Maddox.  Every bit of Alex Roberts rage can be seen within the 
depths of her dark, gray eyes and it's Buffy who senses that other 
dark undercurrents course along the edges of that woman's soul.  The 
friend's agree, after hearing her story, to help Alex search for 
Scott's killer. After a short conversation ensuses, the Southerner 
utterly stuns herself by asking the girl's if they'ed like to have 
dinner with her!  Buffy and Willow are surprised, at first,but agree 
after insisting they all need to stop by the Bronze that evening.

CHAPTER 2:
    After scarfing Chinese food and arriving at the other 
desination, all are pleasantly surprised to find that they seem to 
genuninely like eachother!  Alex, upon first meeting the girl's in 
chap 1,had found herself utterly charmed by their natural beauty and 
shocking depths of heat that so clearly radiated between Buffy and 
Willow. She , rightly, suspects neither girl are quite aware of how 
that aspect of their friendship defined their existing realationship 
or that they'ed ever have the guts to admit that it was more than 
mere friendship that was going on between them.  The Wiccan and 
Slayer, for their part, are delighted to find themselves totally 
enjoying the older woman's company.  Alexandra Roberts takes it upon 
herself to test the waters between the 2 girls in a scene I like to 
call quite amusing.  Basically, she innocently flirts with our 
favorit redhead just as the Slayer comes back after getting them 
someting to drink.  You then get a heated, little dance between a 
calm Southerner, a flustered Willow and a intrigued Slayer. Alex then 
beats a hasty retreat to their table and you get a slightly sensual, 
if I do say so myself, dance between our girl's .  In short order, 
this part ends with the Buffster patrolling, Alex driving Will home 
and then the dark woman returning to her place of residance, too 
keyed up for sleep.  She watches some movies to realease her tension.

CHAPTER 3: 
         It opens at 8:30 a.m., just as Alex is finishing up her 
exercises, with a knock at her front door. Its a somewhat nervous 
Buffy and Willow, they are there to guilt the older woman into having 
one, funfilled day before the horror that is Skyton arrives in town. 
Alex can't seem to resist their apolgetic yet hopeful expressions and 
the trio is on their way to one of Sunnydale's beaches. Would'va been 
a perfect afternoon except for one small thing.  Upon arriving at 
said beach, Alexandra Roberts finds herself wholly assulted by 
achingly sweet, beautiful memories of another coastline that is a 
full 12 years in her past.  She freaks and sends the girl's on ahead 
so that she can bring her emotions back under control.  Witch and 
Slayer make themselves comfortable out on the sand and it there they 
can finally admit, at least to themselves, how every much they'ed 
like to jump the other's bones. The southerner returns, makes an 
apology and offers a side trip to the ice cream shop for good 
measure. Then, my dear reader's, it's time to get wet-n- wild! All I 
will say is that Shyfox seemed to like this scene and that's a high 
mark in my estimation. Ice cream is then consummed and the chapter 
ends with the shocking news that the serial killing, Tom Skyton has 
entered town!

CHAPTER 4:
       In short order you find out whom the killer of humans targets 
and it ain't pretty.  He prefers to slaughter entire familes but will 
deviate if none are available.  Upon hearing That, the girl's decide 
it's time to call in the rest of the Scooby brigade. Will makes the 
call, Buffy makes a statment and realises that her mom, the redhead's 
folk's and, ironically, even the Harris's need to leave Sunnydale.  
Giles, Anya and Xander arrive shortly and the Slayer makes that new 
to the rest of the group.  It takes a while but everyone agrees and 
the plan to hunt down Skyton is brought to fruition.  This part ends 
with Giles and Alex offering the teens a place to stay while their 
folk's are away.  Rupert takes the quirky,brown haired boy and his 
former Vengance demon girlfriend.  Guess ya know what happens then, 
dont'cha?

CHAPTER 5:
      This part opens with Alex standing in front of the fridge, 
fruitlessly trying to figure out what to make for that evenings 
dinner, ( I'm a southerner, myself, so that means crispy fired 
chicken, potato salad, cucumbers/onions in vinegar and strawberry 
shortcake for dessert. It happens to be my favorite meal, guess I 
described too well because Shyfox said it made her hungry while she 
read it!). After making sure all products are ready for cooking, she 
heads out to hunt Skyton.  The second bit has the Slayer and Witch 
arriving at the house, with suitcases in hand, ( I forgot to tell ya 
that Alex gave them her key the night before).  They go inside the 
silent home and are soon standing infront of the closed bedroom door. 
They go iside and are struck dumb by the sight of the wide, double 
bed that so dominates this room.  To combate their freaky reactions, 
both girls steadfastly refuse to look in the other's direction.  It's 
then that you discover another aspect to Alexandra Roberts 
personality.  What they find is a picture on the dresser and the 
photo intrigues both teens.  It's of a clearly younger Alex, a 
sumpremly happy, genuinely relaxed Alexandra Roberts, standing 
sheltered in the strong looking arms of the boy who was holding her. 
Willow and Buffy, instinctively, agree they'll discuss it with the 
Southerner sometime that night. They lock up the residance and go off 
looking for the serial killer.  It ends, later on the afternoon, with 
Alex and Will about to begin making the evening meal.

CHAPTER 6: 
         You know how some books have what is called a fluff 
chapter?  This is it in my story.  Really, it's nothing more than 
easy, kinda teasing banter between the older woman and her redheaded 
companion.

CHAPTER 7:
        Their free, easy conversation continues on, even after the 
Slayer comes in from her short patrol. The sweaty blonde goes for a 
quick shower and Alex askes Willow how it feels to be an honest to 
God witch?  Through the course of her answser, and Alex's reply, you 
get my philosophy for tv watching. Once the Slayer returns, dinner is 
consumed.  After eating, Alex leads the teen into the livingroom and 
tells them to pick out a movie.  There is a slight, tension filled 
moment when Buffy catches sight of Alex's, obvious, enjoyment of the 
vampire genre, ( my like of vampires began way back when I was 5. You 
bet'cha, I proudly own all movies that are mentioned.).  Willow 
defuses the moment by choosing Grease 2( it's another personal 
favorite and yes, the reaction Alex describes was my own upon my 
first viewing of Maxwell and Michelle when I was all of 12 years 
old).  It ends with the flick concluding and Buffy heading off to 
bed. Willow, who stayed behind, asks the dark woman if she gave her 
bed to them in the hopes that "something" would happen?  Alex answers 
and knows that it's going to have to be Buffy she convinces to take 
that next step.

CHAPTER 8:
     In this, my reader's, you finally learn that once, a long time 
ago, Alex found herself in the very same situation, just with widely 
different circumstances.  You are also informed about the true depths 
of that woman's pain.  Alex, you see, is a molestation survivor 
who,in her sophomore year of high school, found out that her best 
friend and closest confidante ( Brett Mathews) had fallen in love 
with her. I do not go into graphic details of said abuse because I 
didn't feel that the situation  warrented it.  It was upon hearing 
Brett's confession that Alex made a hugely, stupid mistake.  In a 
nutshell, she panicked and told that boy that only friendship could 
exist between them.  The crux is she did it, knowing full well it was 
a total lie, and it cost that woman so much more than she could'va 
ever imagened.  That decision lost her the 2 years she should have 
been loving Brettan Shea Mathews but she wouldn't understand the full 
scope of it until the day of her high school graduation.  You see, 
they did finally get together but, tragically, only had five,short 
months as a full fleged couple.  I walk you through the count down to 
graduation and it's precisely 10 minutes before the festivites that 
Alex found out what happened to her beloved Brett.  He'd been killed 
in a head-on collison with a drunk, 16 year old boy.  That 
information almost destroyed Alexandra Roberts and it horrifies Buffy 
to hear about it all these years later.  This chapter ends with Alex 
explaing Exactly what she would give to have those 2 lost years back 
and that she wants nothing more than to save the blonde from having 
to feel such unessasary pain.  Buffy walks away after promising the 
Southerner that she will give serious consideration to fully loving 
Willow Rosenberg.

 CHAPTER 9:
         Well, people, it's time for the all important love scene!  
I happen to be a straight woman so, my only goal was to somehow take 
my reader into that scene between the Slayer and Witch. Christeen 
gave me the thumbs up so, I like to believe I suceeded.

 CHAPTER 10:
         Alexandra awakens the next morning, with a happy smile 
plastered across her face.  Her enjoyment of last night's events 
compells her to gift the newly formed couple with  a day devoted 
totally to themselves.  Its a short one, really, but you do find out 
that Buffy wishes to share her secret place with her new lover.

 CHAPTER 11:
         Our fave couple have picked up lunch,( burgers-fries and 
soft drinks) and are walking through one of Sunnydale's many 
cemetaries.  This first part is all about Willow, Buffy and a simple 
little tree house. It's the nice moment on the pine wood floor that 
Shyfox seemed to appreciate.  Second half has a coldly fruious Alex 
staring up at a rundown apartment window that could house Scott's 
killer.  While every part of that woman yearns to go inside and 
destroy that S.O.B., she knows it isn't time quite yet. By the time 
Alex pulls into her driveway, she's forced her face into a bland 
mask. There is no freaking way Buffy and Willow can know she's 
finally located Skyton so a prize winning performance, on her part, 
is in order. She knows what must be done and it closes with Alex 
strolling into her darkened livingroom with a cheerfully, bright grin 
ensconsed across her visage.

 CHATPTER 12:
         At 4:25 pm, Willow and Buffy enter the house and are 
stunned to find  a very, relaxed Alexandra Roberts sitting on the 
couch with her head thrown back and feet resting up on the coffee 
table.  She is listening to her boom box and so completly at ease 
that the young couple hesitates before making their presance known. 
Alex, oblivious to the fact that they are standing directly behind 
her, continues harmonizing with one of her fave '80s tunes.  I've 
been told, by my at home readers, that it's an incredibly cute moment 
when they begin clapping as the song ends.  The Southerner,in a 
dangerous mood, promptly rises to the ocassion.  Nobody wants to cook 
so they decide to order in dinner. Pizza is what they want and after 
calling the pizza joint, Alex realises they have a good 45 minutes 
before the pie arrives.  She suggest yet another movie, the choice is 
up to the girls.  Alexandra Roberts can't help but feel a little 
heartsick by the couple's choice of flick.  The movie is Liar's Moon 
and the woman knows, from previous experience, what her reaction will 
be to watching that sadly, tragic love story.

Warning, warning: chapters 13-15 deal with a extremely sensetive 
subject.  I've been pleasantly surprised by the reader's over at 
IKOLY, they seem to be okay with this part.  Let me just say that 
Alex takes this chance to share her whole self with Buffy and Willow 
and, since you know she's a molestation survivor, you outta know that 
her full story may make some people highly uncomfortable. Ah, heck, I 
dunno how to tell ya'll what happens without being overtly graphic. 
Basically, when she was six, she found the 2 people to whom her very 
sanity is owed.  They happened to be 18 and 17, respectfully, and the 
names are Michael McDaniel and Amy Fuller.  By that time period, 
Alex's only choice for dealing with her abuse was to retreat far back 
into her own mind. She was a quick study and by '76, Alexandra was so 
far back in her head that she saw the world in varying shades of gray.
It was only upon meeting Amy and Mike that true colors bled back into 
her world. They where a bloody Godsend to that girl and she adored 
that couple with all the emotion that still resided in her shattered 
heart.  In fact, it's only around Mike and Amy that Alex felt any 
part of normal.  Through the course of their friendship, Alexandra 
Roberts feelings gradually change.  Adoration turned to love and, by 
the end of this 4 year period, love became want.  Let me hasten to 
assure you that there is no true sex scene between Alex, Mike and 
Amy. I may be a darkly twisted person but even I'm Not that 
twisted!!  However, other sexual things do occur and young Alex is 
front and center for most of it.  On that note, I truelly think ya'll 
better click over and read the whole story because I don't think I'm 
explaining myself too well.  One more note, Alexandra Roberts lost 
the 2 people she loved above all others  because Mike got a job in 
Colorado and Amy,naturally, was going to join her lover.  

CHAPTER 16:
        This is all about the worst day, with the exception of 
Brett's death, of Alexandra's entire existance.  She holds nothing 
back and, by the close of her tale, Willow and Buffy are staring at 
her in twice, stunned astonishment.  It closes with Alex stating that 
there can be only 3 possible outcomes to her eventual meeting with 
Skyton. (1) she will spend the rest of her life rotting away in a 
jail cell after killing that man, (2) he'll mortally wound her as she 
delivers the killing blow or, and this is the worst of all, (3) 
Skyton will have acheieved his ultimate goal of becoming one of the 
undead and turn her.  She begs Buffy to stake her as quickly as 
possible if that where to happen.  

  CHAPTER 17:
           After the preceeding darkness of these last couple of 
chapters, I felt the need to lighten things up a bit.  It's nothing 
more than an excuse for Willow and Buffy to comfort eachother.

  CHAPTER 18:
           This is an incredibly short, dark read.  It begins with 
Alex awakening at 5:30 am and mentally preparing herself for the 
upcoming battle. It ends with the older woman sitting down on the 
opposite wall of the apartment directly facing Skyton's.

  CHAPTER 19:
           I tend to free associate when I wrote so, I let my Mom 
read this when it was done.  It is, by far, her least favorite 
chapter.  The sheer and utter darkness of this chapter sickened her 
and, who knows, it may do the same to you?  Let's picture the dark 
haired Southerner hunkered down on the floor, coldly anticipating 
Skyton's demise.  Her gun is cocked, a knee cap is blow out and, 
after another calm shot, Thomas James Skyton is residing on his back 
less than a foot inside the livingroom.  A short conversation is held 
where the man brashly attempts to throw doubt that woman's way.  
Doesn't work.  His next words are: " You came here because I killed 
someone you love, didn't you?"  Her response: " I'm here because your 
mistake that should'va never been born."  It closes with Alex 
spitting into the man's upturned face and then turning to, violently, 
kick the door shut.

 CHAPTER 20:
         We head back to suberbia for this one.  It's 6:45 am and 
Buffy Summers knows its time to awaken her slumbering lover and face 
the world.  I was all set to write out another scorching scene 
between Slayer and Witch and, right in the middle of it, I nixed that 
idea! What happens is Buffy goes to get them something to eat and, 
upon entering the silent kitchen, she goes stock still as her eyes 
fall to the plain, white envelope that sitting on the table. It has 
both her and Willow's names emblazed across the front and it strikes 
a note of terror within the Slayer's heart.  It contains a letter 
that is Alex's heartfelt goodbye to Willow and Buffy. They can only 
sit there, stunned beyond all belief by those tenderly composed 
words. Realising that precious time is slipping away from them, the 
blonde heads to the phone to call Giles. This ends with a tension 
filled ride, in Rupert Giles car, to the hotel mentioned in Alex's 
letter.

  CHAPTER 21:
         It opens with Giles pulling the car to a screeching halt 
infront of the rundown apartment building.  The Slayer has already 
vaulted from her seat, long before the car was turned off.  Willow 
joins her a heartbeat later and the 2 girl's carefully make their way 
into the former Claremont Hotel.  At this point, our girl's still 
hold out hope that they can stop Alex from killing her prey. It dies 
a quick death because the Slayer's sensetive ears can detect no 
movemet in the still air.  She pushes open the apartment's door and 
they are horrified by the terribly gruesome sight that greets their 
eyes.  A man's figure lays there, almost seeming to float within the 
dark blood that pooled around the shattered reamins of his head. For 
a moment, neither one realises that Alex doesn't seem to be around. 
They, evenutally, find her in the back bedroom. Both are broken 
hearted to see that the woman is hunkered down upon the floor, 
surrounded by a multitude of tiny objects, cluching something to her 
cheast as she rocked to and fro.  Buffy, instantly, realises that 
Alex has once again retreat inside the confindes of her own mind.  
She tells Willow that they need to get the older woman down to where 
Giles is still waiting on them.  It took a little time but their are 
sucessful in this endevor.  Rupert, apprising himself of the 
situation,makes haste to drive back to the dark woman's house.  Once 
inside, a conversation ensuses where it is decided that Alex would 
benifit more from being surrounded by her friend's and belongings and 
that the Sunnydale PD would be called at a more appropriate time.  
The concerned Watcher leaves and Buffy Summers is stuggling with the 
knowledge that she and Willow, most likely, held the keys to breaking 
Alex free from herself imposed exhile. It's here where I messed 
myself up because neither the Slayer, nor I, can really believe that 
Willow Rosenberg( as she was written on television) would willingly 
get naked and frisky while another person was watching! Not even, I 
hasten to guess, if it meant saving the dark woman,whom she'd come to 
care a great deal about, from her own self.  It ends with Buffy Anne 
Summers praying: " Please God, please let Alex possess the ablity to 
come back to us all on her own."

So ends the sumary.  I'll try and post the next chapter sometime 
tomarrow.  You now know why abore what your gonna soon be reading.  

                        Thanks for your time,
                                Tina 
       





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