- Dream Weaver
Chapter 18: Time Warp
Meanwhile off the east coast of Florida beneath the waves of the Atlantic not far from the Bermuda Triangle, undetected for over half a century cruises a Nazi U-boat from World War II overlooked by time. Within the U- boat is a vampire crew, led it’s leader a demon who once led a nation into destruction, a face that’s been all too often seen in vintage black and white films, photos and history books, one who will always be remembered in infamy...Adolph Hitler. Unknown to the world at large, it was believed that he committed suicide in his Berlin bunker however...they never recovered his body.
Shortly after the war, Hitler was sired by a vampire before his escape via U-boat where he spent most of his decades in anonymity in South America now he’s again on a mission, a mission of vengeance. The former Fuhrer peered to take a glimpse of his periscope to view the different world that was above the waves that hid him from it. “Our time draws nearer and ever closer, our forces may have suffered defeat in the war and again recently in the west coast of America however this is only a setback but we will prevail”, Hitler said in a tone of impassioned thunder. His statement was followed by a wave of Seig Heils and Nazi salutes from his Nazi vampire crew.
In the U-boat amongst all those vampire Nazis who were once men was a female vampire amongst them, Drusilla accompanied by another female now turned vampire, Eva Braun. Eva turned to Drusilla and said, “I haven’t had another Walpurgis night on the Brocken,the highest peak of the Harz mountains in Germany for 60 years, when mine Fuhrer, the greatest Ipsissimus of all time and I celebrated with the First Evil himself, with all those demons, vampires, witches and Nazi SS men, every Walpurgis night, there and Wewelsberg castle”. Drusilla said, “I remember when my dear Spike tried to get me Freya’s strand back in Europe in 1940, him and I had such exciting times back in those days especially in Norway we almost destroyed the slayer lineage back then and Skrymir that frost giant ruined it for us”.
Meanwhile back in Orlando,“Spike what have you been up to since we last parted ways during the war”, Emilie asked. “Funny you should say it since I was thinking about those days myself and wondered what ever became of you”, Spike replied. “Well after the war Drusilla and I were our usual selves up until when I came to Sunnydale, the U.S. government put a microchip in my brain I became harmless to humans, fell in love with the slayer and I decided to go to Africa and get myself a soul, I come back still rejected by Buffy and I finally prove myself twice by saving the world, first in Sunnydale where I incinerated myself only to be brought back and again when you found me with Angel and his cronies fighting the big bad senior partners of Wolfram and Hart”, Spike said.
“As for me I was pretty much living like Angelus except I was not feeding off rats or humans directly, but hitting on blood banks and butcher shops in Pittsburgh until I came to Sunnydale and found Angel again and had my first encounter with Buffy and her friends later I came to Orlando only to fight a pair of battles one of them leaving me human after Giovanni and Dr. Jacobi brought me back and made me immortal in a Highlanderish way”, Emilie said. “Oh I see”, said Spike “think so much has happened in the span of six decades”, Spike added. “Well, I’m glad to see you and Angel again”, Emilie said.
“What ever happened to your green friend, Lorne?” I asked Angel. “He decided to leave before the big battle and I haven’t heard nor seen from him since”, Angel replied. “Man, what I’d give to see Buffy again”, I said to all my companions. “You’re not the only one”said a female voice from behind. As we all turned to look, it was Buffy accompanied by Willow and Xander. We all had a group hug and Buffy, Willow and Xander were introduced to Illyria and Gunn. Illyria being in her true form when no one other than those she trusted were looking. After Buffy,Willow and Xander met Illyria in her true form, she morphed back in her guise and said, “I used to be Fred well my body used to be Fred”.
“Where’s Dawn?”, Spike asked. “She’s still in Italy managing affairs while I came to Orlando”, Buffy said. “I can say the same for Kennedy in Brazil”, Willow said. Xander who was silent at first added, “I don’t mean to belabor the obvious but this smells like a semi-reunion if only Giles were here, except he’s still back in England not to mention those who are no longer with us. “Cordelia died in her coma and Wes was killed in battle”, Angel broke to Buffy. Buffy’s face turned to an expression of sadness as we all gave a moment of silence to the fallen heroes in Sunnydale and Los Angeles.
A voice on the loudspeaker of the Art Museum broke the momentary silence, “The museum is now closed please come back during our regular hours”. At that, everyone left the museum to meet the coldness of the night outside. From there we went to the Orlando Science Center to explore the exhibits until we finally reached the observatory, where we all took turns peering through the telescope to admire the universe above and beyond. Afterwards, we toured the base around the dome of the observatory to admire the beauty of the night skyline of Orlando and the stadium where the battle of Orlando was fought a year before as we kept walking. “There’s Florida Hospital where my mom works”, I pointed out.
“So what have you been doing with your life?”, Buffy asked me. “Well, I did move to a new trailer in another area in Apopka, the name of the trailer park is Brightwood Manor”, I replied. “It’s more country than city where I live now”, I added. “I heard you guys all left the country”, I added.“I feel for ice cream, anybody for Goff’s?” I suggested. “Good idea”, Giovanni replied. “I really do miss that ice cream!”, Dr. Jacobi said. “Yeah, I could have some of that ice cream again”, Buffy added. “I think it would be a new and simple experience for those who haven’t tried it”, Willow inputted. “How did you guys know we were here?” I asked. “A little angel told us in our dreams”, Xander replied. “Ok, and what vehicle did you guys come in?” I asked. “We came by cab”, Buffy added. “How about you guys?” I asked Angel, Dr. Jacobi and Giovanni. “I came in my 1932 Packard Roadster with Emilie and Dr. Jacobi”, Giovanni replied. “We got ourselves a van”, Angel said of himself and his team.
“I’m the only one who still has to avoid sunlight”, Angel added. Giovanni pulled a ring out of his hat a ring all so familiar to Angel,Buffy and Spike. The gem of Amara, which Angel destroyed four years ago. This will allow you to go out into the sun but you must always wear it, Angel wore it reluctantly at the peer pressure from Buffy and Spike. “This gem of Amara unlike the one you destroyed four years ago, is a different one this one is not made with evil magic even though it resembles the one you destroyed”, Giovanni added. “Well that’s comforting”, Angel said.
Everyone made their way to Goff’s and everyone had ice cream, “I never before tried a substance quite like it”, Illyria said. “Bloody hell, this is devilishly delightful”, Spike said. “If it’s in the hood it has to be good”, Gunn added. “Ice cream didn’t even exist in my place and time when I was human”, Angel said. “But this ice cream is like out of this world”, Angel added.Buffy, Willow and Xander enjoyed just as they did the first time. Xander said, “Gee if we sold this kind of ice cream elsewhere we’d make millions”. Giovanni and Emilie shared a banana split. “This reminds me of when some of us had that reunion with Reyes just before the battle of Orlando”, Buffy said. “This ice cream reminds me of Kennedy”, Willow added. “I believe the secret recipe is evaporated milk”, Dr. Jacobi added.
Afterwards, we all set to our next destination... Titusville. We all went east until we reached Titusville where we finally parked and met the breaking waves of the Atlantic. Beneath the darkness of the deep, Hitler the vampire king ordered the U- Boat to surface, “Go to shore and do a recon mission and return with a full report, now go!”.