XANDER'S LAMENT
Chapter 1 - "Eye Opener"
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone. Even characters that are made up, they belong to Joss.
Author's note: This has season 6 spoilers. Not that we all didn't know what was going to happen a month before the finale, but still.
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The sun shone brightly through the window to Xander's apartment. It looked terrible since Anya left. No pleasant smelling insence, no hamper to store dirty clothes. No food in the refrigerator. He even missed the green cheese that Anya would eat all the time and stick up the kitchen. His alarm clock was mind numbing, maybe it was just the hangover talking but Xander wanted to destroy whoever came up with the idea of that anoying 'beep' the alarm clock gives. Slowly he got out of bed and pulled up the pants he had laid out on the floor.
In the kitchen, Xander went to the fridge and checked for food, but all he noticed was the floor was wet. "Oh great!" Xander yelled as he noticed his water bottle had fallen over and spilled. Xander turned around to get a towel and slipped on the floor. The ceiling turned black.
Xander woke up to the sound of pounding on his door. He got up and limped over to the door. "The boys at work won't be happy." He thought to himself as he realized his leg was real sore. He opened the door and it was Buffy. "God, what do you want?" Xander thought to himself. "Hi Buffy," he said, "What can I do for you?"
"Xander, I've been trying to call you for hours, what's wrong?" Buffy asked, completely oblivious to the fact that Xander looks like he woke up in a dump... again.
"Oh, I... uh..." Xander started, he wanted a good story to impress Buffy with, but he couldn't think of anything believable. "I slipped in the kitchen and just now came to."
"Xander is that the best thing you could come up with in a split second?" Buffy asked, she was thinking he lied to her. "It doesn't matter, something happened at the construction site." Buffy paused, and then looked sorry when she noticed the water in the kitchen and all over Xander. "Something big... Xander sorry about that, I didn't believe you at first. Come on, lets get going!" Buffy said.
"Buffy does it involve materials or my crew?" Xander asked.
"Uh, no... but demon... hellmouth... you know the drill, and with Willow not here..." Buffy trailed off when she noticed how Xander's face turned pale at the sound of Willow's name. "Xander I need you, c'mon." Buffy insisted.
"Fine, let me get dressed." In five minutes Xander was ready to go, Buffy was scoping the apartment, noticing how it went downhill since the last time she was there.
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At the construction site, which has been aptly named, 'Operation Hellmouth' by the crew, was the site of the new Sunnydale High, which is actually the old Sunnydale High, only newer. But Xander still was adding the personal touches he wished he had in highschool.
The sky was exceptionally overcast around the school, one of the many signs of some big bad coming to rampage the splendid little town of Sunnydale. "Where's the big earthquake?" Xander asked, jokingly.
The pair walked close to the place where the new library was going to be, which is where the old one was, so the hellmouth was in the same place. As they walked under the beams a big burned demon jumped out of the hellmouth. "Slayer!" It yelled, and it rushed over to Buffy, Xander jumped in its path and punched its face hard. The heat of the demon's flesh burned Xander's hand and you could hear the sizzling as Xander's hand was getting burned. The demon picked up Xander, burning threw his clothes and was about to give him a painful, scorching bear hug when Buffy pulled Xander away and started to attack the demon with a sledge hammer she found.
"Buffy! Xander yelled, bust that pipe behind you!" Xander said, pointing the water pipe that was just installed. Buffy took a whack at it, and it ruptured, sending a rush of water over the demon, which caused it to melt.
"That wasn't so bad." Buffy asked. "Xander are you ok?" She asked.
"Oh yea, Buff. I'm ok, if by ok you mean in tons of excrutiating pain because my body is almost scraped of all flesh!" Xander said as he got up. He gave Buffy a rather mean look then rushed off. He ran to the hospital's emergency room.
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Xander was lying in a hospital bed, rubbing a thick cast over his hand. All he could think about was how he was tired of helping Buffy. "All I do is sacrifice all I hold dear, and I get nothing out of it." Xander thought to himself. "I wish I could show her how I felt, give her all the pain I've had since she got here." He said quietly to himself.
Just then a flash a smoke apeared and Anya was right in front of him. "Oh great, what do you want Anya?" Xander said, the thick sarcasm didn't phase Anya, she was immortal again, so partial to most emotions.
"Hello to you too Xander." She said, as she walked over to him and ran her hand down his forehead. I heard your wish, and although technically I can't grant you a wish, I can help you succeed. When you get out, go see this guy. She slipped a business card in under his tray.
"Demons have business cards now?" He asked her.
"This isn't a demon, they only work with them." She said, and suddenly she was gone.
Xander fumbled for the card, when he finally got a hold of it, he read it over. "Hmm, 'Wolfram and Hart.' Sound's like they mean business if they've got business cards." Xander thought to himself.
Chapter 1 - "Eye Opener"
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone. Even characters that are made up, they belong to Joss.
Author's note: This has season 6 spoilers. Not that we all didn't know what was going to happen a month before the finale, but still.
* * * * * * * * * *
The sun shone brightly through the window to Xander's apartment. It looked terrible since Anya left. No pleasant smelling insence, no hamper to store dirty clothes. No food in the refrigerator. He even missed the green cheese that Anya would eat all the time and stick up the kitchen. His alarm clock was mind numbing, maybe it was just the hangover talking but Xander wanted to destroy whoever came up with the idea of that anoying 'beep' the alarm clock gives. Slowly he got out of bed and pulled up the pants he had laid out on the floor.
In the kitchen, Xander went to the fridge and checked for food, but all he noticed was the floor was wet. "Oh great!" Xander yelled as he noticed his water bottle had fallen over and spilled. Xander turned around to get a towel and slipped on the floor. The ceiling turned black.
Xander woke up to the sound of pounding on his door. He got up and limped over to the door. "The boys at work won't be happy." He thought to himself as he realized his leg was real sore. He opened the door and it was Buffy. "God, what do you want?" Xander thought to himself. "Hi Buffy," he said, "What can I do for you?"
"Xander, I've been trying to call you for hours, what's wrong?" Buffy asked, completely oblivious to the fact that Xander looks like he woke up in a dump... again.
"Oh, I... uh..." Xander started, he wanted a good story to impress Buffy with, but he couldn't think of anything believable. "I slipped in the kitchen and just now came to."
"Xander is that the best thing you could come up with in a split second?" Buffy asked, she was thinking he lied to her. "It doesn't matter, something happened at the construction site." Buffy paused, and then looked sorry when she noticed the water in the kitchen and all over Xander. "Something big... Xander sorry about that, I didn't believe you at first. Come on, lets get going!" Buffy said.
"Buffy does it involve materials or my crew?" Xander asked.
"Uh, no... but demon... hellmouth... you know the drill, and with Willow not here..." Buffy trailed off when she noticed how Xander's face turned pale at the sound of Willow's name. "Xander I need you, c'mon." Buffy insisted.
"Fine, let me get dressed." In five minutes Xander was ready to go, Buffy was scoping the apartment, noticing how it went downhill since the last time she was there.
* * * * * * * * * *
At the construction site, which has been aptly named, 'Operation Hellmouth' by the crew, was the site of the new Sunnydale High, which is actually the old Sunnydale High, only newer. But Xander still was adding the personal touches he wished he had in highschool.
The sky was exceptionally overcast around the school, one of the many signs of some big bad coming to rampage the splendid little town of Sunnydale. "Where's the big earthquake?" Xander asked, jokingly.
The pair walked close to the place where the new library was going to be, which is where the old one was, so the hellmouth was in the same place. As they walked under the beams a big burned demon jumped out of the hellmouth. "Slayer!" It yelled, and it rushed over to Buffy, Xander jumped in its path and punched its face hard. The heat of the demon's flesh burned Xander's hand and you could hear the sizzling as Xander's hand was getting burned. The demon picked up Xander, burning threw his clothes and was about to give him a painful, scorching bear hug when Buffy pulled Xander away and started to attack the demon with a sledge hammer she found.
"Buffy! Xander yelled, bust that pipe behind you!" Xander said, pointing the water pipe that was just installed. Buffy took a whack at it, and it ruptured, sending a rush of water over the demon, which caused it to melt.
"That wasn't so bad." Buffy asked. "Xander are you ok?" She asked.
"Oh yea, Buff. I'm ok, if by ok you mean in tons of excrutiating pain because my body is almost scraped of all flesh!" Xander said as he got up. He gave Buffy a rather mean look then rushed off. He ran to the hospital's emergency room.
* * * * * * * * * *
Xander was lying in a hospital bed, rubbing a thick cast over his hand. All he could think about was how he was tired of helping Buffy. "All I do is sacrifice all I hold dear, and I get nothing out of it." Xander thought to himself. "I wish I could show her how I felt, give her all the pain I've had since she got here." He said quietly to himself.
Just then a flash a smoke apeared and Anya was right in front of him. "Oh great, what do you want Anya?" Xander said, the thick sarcasm didn't phase Anya, she was immortal again, so partial to most emotions.
"Hello to you too Xander." She said, as she walked over to him and ran her hand down his forehead. I heard your wish, and although technically I can't grant you a wish, I can help you succeed. When you get out, go see this guy. She slipped a business card in under his tray.
"Demons have business cards now?" He asked her.
"This isn't a demon, they only work with them." She said, and suddenly she was gone.
Xander fumbled for the card, when he finally got a hold of it, he read it over. "Hmm, 'Wolfram and Hart.' Sound's like they mean business if they've got business cards." Xander thought to himself.