A/N: Wow, has it really been THAT long since I published anything? I didn't realize. Anyway, so Frea and mxpw decided it would be a good idea for all the members of Castle Inanity to write a Halloween themed story set in the Whedonverse, and I love the Whedonverse, and I did it last year with a Firefly crossover, so I figured I'd give the Buffy/Angelverse a go. This is actually an idea I've had for some time. Problem is, I could never really work out a plot for it. It was just a series of fun ideas and scenes. But since it's a holiday story, I can get away with that. Over the next few days, I'll try to publish one scene a day, over the course of Sarah's life as a Joss Whedon-style vampire. Hopefully it will be fun to read. Thanks, and happy Halloween!
Disclaimer: I don't own Chuck or Buffy, so the characters and the ideas presented are not my own. So, yeah, what I'm saying is, don't sue. Please and thank you.
Chapter 1: The New Guy
"I don't get it," Bryce huffed.
Sarah snorted back a laugh. "Well what else is new?" she asked.
The two were waiting outside a Buy More, of all places. Two good-looking, smart (at least Sarah), capable vampires sitting in the parking lot of an electronics chain, waiting for a Buy More employee to emerge. To Bryce, it made no sense.
"I mean, what's so special about this guy?" Bryce whined. "So he's going to be your new toy. You'll just get bored with him in a few weeks, like you did with that scientist."
Sarah sighed. "Jill was different," she said. "She was never a long-term solution. She was just…nice."
"And this Charles, he's what? Some kind of sex-god?"
Sarah looked at Bryce, clearly affronted. "That's not why I want him," she said.
"So you're not going to sleep with him?" Bryce asked incredulously.
"I never said that," Sarah said quickly, defensively. "I mean, I'm sure I'll sleep with him." Bryce groaned, but Sarah ignored him and continued. "But that's not why he'll be a valued addition to our team. As I've told you already, he's a seer."
"Yeah, you've told me that already, but I fail to see how bull with no balls will help us at all."
Sarah looked at Bryce dumbly. Seriously? "You know what a steer is, but you don't know what a seer is?"
"What?" Bryce asked, shrugging. "We spent a lot of time in Texas around the turn on the 20th Century."
Well, that was true. "The blood's spicy there," Sarah said knowingly. But she didn't have time to dwell on the past at that moment. "But that's not the point. A seer, like Chuck, can see into the future."
"Oh, wow," Bryce said. He was getting excited. "So like, we could go visit ourselves in 2050?"
She didn't know how, but even after all their time together, Bryce still amazed Sarah with his stupidity sometimes. "That's…not really how it works," she said, biting her tongue, trying to resist the urge to bop him on the nose.
"Oh," Bryce said, disappointed. Then he seemed to brighten a bit. "But, we can like, go back and stop things like the Kennedy assassination then?"
"Thank God you're pretty," Sarah groaned.
It wasn't a compliment, but of course Bryce didn't get that. He just smiled, and looked generally happy (doofy) about Sarah's words. Damn her guy needed to hurry up. She really needed another sane person to share conversation. Bryce was nice to look at, but things worked better when there was someone Sarah could talk to. Things had been slow in that department since the Cleveland Incident. She still missed Carina. For the talks. And for other stuff.
But just as Sarah's mood was starting to sour, her target emerged from the Buy More.
"There's my guy," she said, a predatory gleam showing in her eye.
Bryce sighed. "Fine, I'll make myself scarce."
"Good boy," Sarah said, patting him on his head and sending him on his way.
Sarah added a little more sway to her normal walk as she strolled over towards the Nerd Herder.
He didn't see her at first, which pissed Sarah off just a bit. How dare he miss her sexy walk! But he was engrossed in whatever was on his iPhone. Nerd.
Sarah cleared her throat, and Charles looked up, finally.
"Um, can I help you miss?" he asked.
And he was nervous. It was kinda cute. "I don't know, I think you can," she replied. "You're Charles Bartowski, right?"
If he was nervous before, he was nearly wetting himself now. "I—wait, who are you? Did I do something wrong?"
"You didn't do anything wrong, Charles."
"Chuck," he corrected.
"Okay, Chuck. So, I was just—"
Sarah stopped talking when she saw Chuck's eyes roll back, and his head begin to shake back and forth. And just as it started, in a flash, it was over. Now he didn't look nervous anymore. He looked scared. Damn, is that what it looked like when he had a vision? Did he know who she was? What she was?
"Chuck, I—"
"Stay back," he said, clearly terrified. "I, um, I—Just stay back!"
Chuck began to stumble backwards. He tripped over his own feet, and Sarah sighed. No chance this was going to go smoothly now.
She gave up all pretenses of trying to seduce him. They would draw attention if things didn't turn around in a hurry. Or end. She chose the latter option.
Chuck screamed when Sarah changed. He'd probably never seen a vampire before. At least, not in full "vamp-mode." Sarah knew it had to be a shock to him to see the ridges appear on her forehead, her face all weird, eyes yellow, her teeth grow to full length. She almost took pity on him. You know if demons could have pity.
Instead, she sprang with lightning-quick grace, and attached herself to his neck. There was no fight then. He relaxed and let her drink him. But she was careful not to take too much. Just when the time was right, Sarah undid the top two buttons on her blouse, exposing her cleavage. She used her fingernail to slice herself, right between her breasts, and pressing Chuck's face just there, allowed him to drink of her.
"Bryce!" she called over her shoulder. "It's done."
"Good," Bryce said, emerging from the shadows, wiping his mouth. "I just drank an Indian guy, and you know what that does to my stomach. We can go home now?"
Sarah rolled her eyes. "Yeah, we can leave."
She gently set Chuck's body on the ground. "I'll come for you tomorrow night," she whispered to his still form.
A/N: Again, this is just one of probably five scenes I'll do. Also, I thought for Chuck to be a seer, it really should operate like the Intersect, right? Eh, it worked for me. And I'm sure some of you don't like how goofy Bryce is, but as Frea pointed out to me once, in the Buffyverse, a really good looking person is either extremely kick-ass, or dumb as a rock. Well, Sarah had the kick-ass covered, so that left Bryce with, well, you read it. Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, I'm going to try to update these daily. You guys are awesome. Peace.
