Emergence

[dragonyphoenix]

Title: Emergence
Notes: Written for a prompt at open_on_sunday: Underground
Notes: Written for a prompt at comment_fic: fear:

He woke to pitch dark. “Why can't I see? I should be able to see.”

Flailing his arms, he hit something hard above him. No, not this. As he punched upwards, wood cracked open. Dirt stuck to his fingers. They've buried me alive.

His fingers grew ridges as he dug his way out. Spitting dirt, he wormed his way up through the soil until he'd pulled himself free of his grave.

There was a girl. Alone. Defenseless. He was very hungry.

He looked down, astonished, at the stake in his chest. “No,” he cried as his lips turned to dust.

Comments

[parcae-lj.livejournal.com]

Very sad, in a good way. I always wondered how the Scoobies could justify killing sentient beings who hadn't actually done anything wrong yet.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Well, on the side of the Slayer/Scoobies, he was about to attack the Slayer that killed him, thinking she was defenseless.

You raise an interesting point, though.