Drabble

[beer_good_foamy]

For open_on_sunday and the prompt "Palm."

When They Used To Have A Show (Post-series)

She's in Brazil again, where it fell apart. 150 years of blood and madness are almost over: Spike, Angelus, Darla, Sunnydale, LA... all gone. Through the palm trees, the stars sing of a new age. Drusilla knows what's coming before she hears the footsteps approaching.

"Hey. Vampirella."

***

Willow looks up when Kennedy returns to the hotel room. "Hey, baby. Patrol good?"

"Nah. Just found one, and she hardly put up a fight. Seems we're running out of vamps."

"Y'know," Willow grins, "some might say that's a good thing..."

***

At sunrise, the warm wind ruffles the palm branches, scattering the ashes.

Comments

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I feel almost sorry for Drusilla ... seems like an ignoble way to go, for someone with her, um, style.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And yeah, I always thought Drusilla was a pretty pitiable character, as soulless monsters go... :-) But even if it may seem a bit unfair, I like the idea of a formerly big threat being easily swept away by a member of the new generation who doesn't even know who it is. Adds to the whole feeling of the times havin' a-changed, I think.

the new generation

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I have a scene in a story I've been working on in which a young OC slayer takes out a certain cowboy vampire who survived his encounter with Buffy. Come to think of it, Dru puts in an appearance in that story; she's too fun for me not to use her eventually.