the road of destiny is never an easy one

[slayers_desire]

Every since the day she was old enough to walk and talk, April knew that she was special. It was in her mother's eyes, when she aged faster than she should have. It was the reason why her father died, fighting off Demons who wanted to try to taint 'the Chosen One'. And from that young age, April knew a lot about her destiny. About the prophecy about a vampire who would help free the world of evil, in one of the biggest battles of all time.

During her training, April came to understand more of her destiny. She also slowly learned of how someone she had always cared for also shared the same destination. That person was Rain. The Slayer who should not be, being taught by the Vampire who should not be. They both were people who should have not been there... who should not have the powers they did... and both were going to make the future a better place to be.

Of course, April had been careful in not letting Rain know of his part in this destiny. But no matter her hopes to protect him from what might be... April knew that he would face tests. And that one test would come tonight.

Looking up to the Slayer, as he meditated after his training, April softly cleared her throat. "Rain... Tell me your deepest fear."

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[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain spies the container, wondering what she's doing with it.

"Who's Zephyr?" he asks.

"Which of your fears do you want help with?"

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Zephyr is my winged kitten. I have been hoping to bring him here, if you were all right with it."

"Mmm well to help you best to deal with the Master. The coffin one should be a priority."

She places her hands on the glass container. It glows. And when the light fades, there is a black widow inside.

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"The coffin one should be easy. We'll get one big enough for two and we'll sleep in it together a few times, first with the lid open, then closed, see if we can work you out of your fear."

He jumps when he sees the spider, falling out of his chair and scrambling away from it. "A black widow?! Are you fucking shitting me?"

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I never thought of sharing a coffin with you." April seems okay with that. She bit her lip at his reaction.

"The Master in your area favors Black Widows."

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"Oh HELL no. No, wrong. Nope. There are other slayers. What about Faith? I could call her, she could take The Master out." He REALLY did look scared.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Faith could. But then why not ask Faith to slay all the others that might come afterwards."

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"The others might not have creepy venomous spiders." he says, as if that made complete rational sense. He was okay, it wasn't near him, it was all good, it was in a glass, nothing to worry about.. right?"

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"Oh. Rain... I would not put you in that sort of danger. Not until you were more used to spiders, and had anti-venom in your system. This is an Steatoda... a fake black widow."

"It is not poisonous."

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"It's not?? Are you sure? It looks like one.... and it's still gross and creepy..."

((Must sleep. HARD day today and nearly no sleep last night. Sorry to disappoint.))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I selected one that looked like a black widow, because sooner or later you will have to face a couple of real ones." April gently explained. "Just look at it. I am not asking you to do anything more than that."

((Night Night. Sleep tight))

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain looked at it. His skin crawled, breaking into goosebumps.

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"Tell me Rain, what is the thing that worries you the most about spiders." April asks gently.

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"Ughh look at them April, they're hideous, gross, spindly little legs, fat bodies, they bite, I hate everything about them."

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"You do relize that not all spiders bite. And their fat bodies and spindly little legs help them catch bugs." She calmly replied.

"Stand back. And take a couple of breaths. I am going to touch it."

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"Catch bugs or not, they're still fuckin gross." He replies, stepping back and taking some breaths, completely repulsed by her plan to touch it.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

Gently lifting the glass container, April held out her hand to the spider, and it gently crawled onto her hand.

"Gross, huh? Many might consider the spider as the Slayer of the insect world. They control other pests, and there are some spiders that will feed on other spiders." April watches as the spider sits on her hand, just checking out its surroundings. "We are fortunate that in the States, there are few spiders that are toxic to humans. And they rarely bite humans, unless they feel trapped."

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

A visible chill goes up his back when the spider is in April's hand. "You're gonna make me touch that aren't you?"

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"No. I am not going to make you do anything you are not ready to do." April said softly. Placing her hand back down towards the glass container, nudging the spider back into the case.

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"I don't know what to do." He decides to be brave. He closes his eyes and holds out his hand with the back facing up. He took a deep breath. "Do it."

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"I am not expecting you do anything. If anything, we just have to take things slow." April replied.

At his insistence, carefully, she laced her fingers in his, directing the spider to gently cross over to Rain.

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain keeps his eyes screwed shut tight. He feels it, he can picture it in his mind. He starts to hyperventilate. "Getitoffgetitoff." He says, opening his eyes in panic. He gets light headed when he sees it on him and goes down like a sack of potatoes.

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Quickly, April grabs him with her other hand, preventing Rain from hitting the floor. Balancing his weight with one arm, she removes the spider and puts it back in the glass container.

Gently lowering Rain to the ground, April checks his pulse and his breathing. Worried about him. Worried that she pushed him too hard.

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain wasn't kidding in the least about his irrational fear. He's only out for a moment before he comes to, dizzy. His hyperventilating combined with his fear had caused him to faint. He's groggy for a second before he snaps out of it with a start. "WHEREISIT?!" He brushes himself wildly with his hands.

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Moving to pin Rain to the ground, April catches his eyes and speaks in a soft, caring voice. "It is gone." That much is the truth, by now the glass container is empty, with April sending it back to where she had take it.

"Breath. Calm down."

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

He shudders, taking a breath. "God, I'm sorry. I'm such a fucking pussy." He says, angry at himself for letting something so small get him so worked up. He's always been afraid of them. Funny he could kill the most fucked up looking demons but spiders got to him.