slayers_desire | who are you... without your memories

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who are you... without your memories

Xander Harris piled all his Superman comics up against the pentagram he had engraved on the wall. He cut open his wrist, glancing over his shoulder at the woman in black behind him cautiously. She could attack him at any moment. But hopefully, his magical bonds around her wrists and ankles would keep her tamed while he was vulnerable.

They called him desperate... and after losing everyone important to him perhaps he was. Xander even mourned those that he disliked. There were very few heroes left. Times were desperate.

A few days ago Xander had captured the woman in black. She was important to his plan too. They claimed that she had the powers to make their world right again. To stop the evil. The problem was she was evil herself. Xander called her Lilith, basically because he had nothing else to call her and it seemed appropriate.

And right now, he was sacrificing the last few treasured memories he had. To fix the world, Xander needed to take Lilith to the Stone of Power. But he couldn't do it alone. He needed a hero. And his comics... this spell was his only hope.

He was asking for a Superman.

"He who seeks for the path, never knows where it will lead." The soft voice of the woman whispered behind him. Xander could feel her staring at him. He didn't care. He placed his blood onto the pentagram and opened the portal. This had to work. He had nothing else...

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"I am not a sun walker." Lilith looks at him. "I am one of the cursed."

A lot of this seems familiar to him for some reason, but he can't place his finger on why. And her admitting to vampirism doesn't bother him like he thinks maybe it should. "So action against them could be harmful to you."

"I stay behind. In chains..." Lilith sighs at her bindings. Xander glanced up at that. He sighed too.

"I could release them..."

"Why is she restrained in the first place?" Superman asks Xander. He seems to need her, and even if she is one of the 'cursed ones,' he doesn't think she looks hostile.

"She has other abilities... mind powers... the chains restrain them." Xander explained.

"She's hardly going to want to help you if you have her chained up." It seems like a reasonable precaution, though, and he can't understand why he feels protective towards her.

Xander frowned slightly, but he knew that he needed Superman on their side of things. He moved forward, and touched the chains. And released the spell on them.

Lilith started to pull at her chains, attempting to free herself. She has slight strength, that they were bending. Slowly.

He decides that a show of trust definitely couldn't hurt, and steps closer to take the chains off her himself, bending and breaking them with his strength.

Her eyes glance up at him when he breaks off the chains with hardly no effort. She isn't surprised... it was almost like she was expecting the action.

She looks at him... not even noticing Xander who is backing away slightly. Still a little nervous about setting Lilith free.

"Thank you." Lilith whispered. Two words. Two simple words.

"You're welcome. Are you all right?" He doesn't think the chains were hurting her, but being concerned for her wellbeing should certainly help her trust him. And there's genuine concern in him that seems to go beyond his desire to see everyone safe and content in the world.

"I am... physically well." She is at least making more sense. But it still seems to be a struggle to her.

"I didn't hurt her or anything. I even kept her fed." Xander defended himself. "The Demons I took her from were not kind though."

Superman glances at Xander, with only mild disapproval on his face, and nods. He looks back at Lilith. "This world seems to be in trouble. Are you willing to help us?"

Lilith reaches up to pull at her hair. There is a slight moment of hesitation in her eyes... the flight instinct strong right now. She was hurt so much in the past and she is scared of being hurt again.

"I will try."

"Thank you." For some reason his protectiveness only goes up as he sees that look in her eyes, the hesitation in her body language, like a bird on the edge of flight. "You'll be safe with me."

She rests a hand on his arm lightly. Accepting his promise. Xander moves forward. "Okay. So there is a bit of a journey ahead of us. We have to travel during night because of Lilith. But when we break at dawn, the sun will come out briefly."

"We have to get to the mountain top. Where a New Seed can be formed."

"Then we'd best get started. Lead the way." Aside from magical attacks, he feels fairly confident in his ability to defend their unlikely group, though he wishes that they were able to travel in the sun. By the sound of it, he may need the extra boost to his abilities.

With a nod, Xander goes to open the large steel doors that were protecting his little haven. They were underground. He gestured for them to follow him, making his way through the tunnels carefully.

Lilith stays at Superman's side. "Something wicked hides..."

"It often does," he says, keeping his voice low. He's curious what she knows, what she sees. She knew he relies on the sun, and she seems to know a lot more than she can say.

"Darkness dances on the leader. It doesn't feel right..." Lilith confessed softly. Looking at her hands.

"Why not?" he asks. He's not sure if the leader she means is him, or the leader of the darker forces of this world.

Lilith looks towards Xander, who has stopped to check an exit out of the tunnels. Then replies back to Superman's question. "He should be nicer."

"I should be..." She is not sure how to end that statement. And stares at her hands again.

"What?" he asks her, trying to see if she can come up with the word she wants. Something about this whole situation doesn't feel right, and he doesn't know why either.

Try as she might, the word just doesn't come and the voices in her head just get louder. She holds her fingers to the side of her head as they do.

Xander gestures for them to come to the exit of the tunnel. "We are clear to go. We need to get to the mountain."

The mountain in question is surrounded by a dark cloud of smoke and fog.

Superman supposes it'll have to wait. "It's all right... stick close to me," he tells her, and turns to face the mountain. Of course it's obscured from sight. He would feel a lot better if he could fly them both there, but with two passengers, it would be much harder to defend them if they're attacked.

Xander seems to be an expert at this. He dodges out, and weaves through the streets to a close-by car that was turned over. He waits for them to follow, before repeating the same thing. Darting through the streets, trying to stay hidden.

There are other people out right now. But upon closer inspection they are not people. They look deformed.

Lilith stays close to Superman, her hand staying on his arm.

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