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Issue 8
Created and Written by Joss Whedon
Pencilled by Karl Moline
"They'll be watching, The demons, Harth...
things I don't even know about yet. They'll all be waiting. Waiting for me
to fall. So come on guys. I'm just one girl. No big hero, no protector of
justice, not even a bona fide one-hundred-percent Slayer. So what are you
waiting for? Take me on. Hurt my world. I dare you."
Melaka Fray
CAST
SYNOPSIS
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Mel is inside the creature that is the gateway to
Hell. As she begins to pass through the creature, she starts to hack
away at its core, heading towards the brain. Outside the creature, Erin
is informed that the police are nuking the area: the whole warren is
about to become a giant fireball. Erin looks at Harth and exclaims that
she’s had enough.
Harth lunges for her and they plunge through the air. Harth taunts her
about her sibling’s respective deaths and she’s left motionless on the
ground. Suddenly, the creature roars in pain and Mel comes through its
eye, ripping it to shreds as she goes.
The demon collapses on top of Versi, and Mel crawls to her sister’s
side. Harth calls her to him and claims that she may have saved Haddyn
and the world, but she’ll never guess what’s coming next. He kisses her
and then escapes into the shadows.
The police halt their nukes because of the creature’s death and Erin is
carted away, severely injured. Urkonn tells her that she’s saved the
world and that for now, it’s all over. Mel tells him that it’s not, and
glances at Loo’s parents.
At Gunther’s place, he apologises profusely for turning Mel in, but Mel
tells him that that’s not why she’s there. She says that it’s all about
Loo. Gunther hasn’t got a clue about her and claims that he didn’t kill
her or have her killed, and Mel claims that she knows. She turns to
Urkonn and tells him that he killed Loo. “Vampires can’t come in unless
you ask ‘em. I sure as Hell never did. And they didn’t feed.”
Urkonn exclaims that he did it to push her into fighting. Mel confirms
that and then points out that he never helped her when she was near
water: he can’t swim. With that, she plunges her scythe into Gunther’s
tank and they fall in. As they fall through into one of Gunther’s
compartments, they smash the other side of the tank and before Urkonn
can get up, Mel spears him in the head with her scythe. She picks
Gunther up and places him back into his water.
Somewhere, the spirits talk between themselves and wonder what the
future holds: the city will be rebuilt, Mel will rekindle her
relationship with Erin and return to her old life – but she also has a
new life…
She is the Slayer.
TRIVIA
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Urkonn is killed in this issue as he's revealed as
Loo's killer.
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Harth escapes from the battle scene and lives to
fight again.
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Mel has reunited with Erin and has embraced her
destiny as the Slayer. The story is ended... for now.
Big City Girl |
The Calling |
Ready, Steady... |
Out of the Past
The Worst of It |
Alarums |
The Gateway |
All Hell
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