The Hunt. A mix between Buffy the vampire Slayer and John Carpenter's Vampire stories.
The sun goes down. It's Monday and there's a big frat party happening. A couple of newbies enter the party scene. They are two girls and two guys.
One of the girls sets her eyes on a blonde guy with long hair wearing cowboy boots. She heads over to the sofa where he is sitting and begins a conversation. Then the two head outside to take a walk.
"I like to breathe the fresh air," says the girl twirling around and facing the guy.
"It's the city," says the guy. "Air is not really that fresh."
The girl looks at him with smirk then wraps her arms around him.
"Want to dance?" she ask.
"I'm really not a dancer," says the guy.
"Come on I'll show you," says the girl who begins to sway back and forth. She lays her head next to his neck.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure babe." She begins to pull his collar down and licks his neck.
"Are you always this cold?" The girl then realizes something. Then the guy plunges a stake into her, but she stops it. She then kicks the guy in between the legs and he pulls away.
"Ouch!" says the guy. "Guess that's it for us. No second date. I was thinking the movies. Dark and dank." The guy pulls out a rope and tries to rope the girl. The rope goes flying through the air and is about to fall on the girl when a guy out of no where jumps in the way. The girl sneers at the cowboy and runs into the dark woods.
The cowboy ropes the guy and pulls him close to him.
"Dame," he says. "I guess you'll have to do." The guy on the floor pulls out his fangs then the cowboy pulls out a stake. He plunges it into the guy's heart by hammering the stake. The guy turns into dust. The cowboy puts his weapons away in his coat and walks back to the party.
"Okay, I'm on my way," says a man in suit getting out of taxicab and entering a building. He runs over to elevator and presses the number twenty-three. "I'll be there. I'll see you a sec. Bye." He hangs up the phone and takes a deep breath. Then his phone rings again. He picks it up.
"Hey, Xander it's Buffy." Xander puts a smile on his face. He is happy to hear from his old friend.
"Buffy. I haven't heard from you in a while," says Xander. "How have you been?"
"Oh you the usual," replies Buffy.
"That's good," says Xander.
"Xander I'll be traveling to San Diego for a couple of days," says Buffy. "I'm already in New York. I'll be there tonight."
"That's great. We can hang out. Catch up."
"Yeah. It will be fun. But the reason I'm going is because I got a tip from someone that says there's a vampire colony forming in San Diego."
"So it's a business trip."
"Yep."
"Well, I pick you at the airport."
"That's not necessary Xander I'll take a..."
"Nonsense. Gee I sound like Giles. Look Buff you'll stays with me."
"I don't want to be an inconvenience."
"Not at all Buff."
"Okay. I'll see you tonight."
"Alright. Bye."
"Love you Xand."
"Love you too Buff."
Xander hangs up and the elevator doors open. He walks out and heads to one of the offices where a whole bunch of men in suits are sitting around a table. He enters just in time. The presenter is about to begin the meeting.
An hour later Xander exits the meeting. He looks at his clock.
"Hey, Xander do you got the time?" ask one of the guys coming out of the meeting.
"Not today. My watch just stop," says Xander shaking his wrist. "Why do you need the time?"
"Cause I got meeting today with my psychiatrist" says the guy.
"Josh you have a psychiatrist," says Xander in disbelief.
"Yeah, she makes house calls. Well office calls," says the guy. "She's really great. She gets down and dirty on anything."
"Really."
"And she is not bad to looks at."
"I knew it. That's the reason."
"Xander do you really think I'd pay a psychiatrist every month just for my pleasure of looking at her. Come on you know better."
"Yeah I do." Xander stops.
"Yeah, you're right but this is serious. She's very professional. I do like that in a woman."
"Here's your mail Mr. Harris. Mr. Peterson." The mailman gives the two gentlemen their mail.
"Thanks Matt." Xander then continues to walk to his office. Josh follows him.
"Come on I'll introduce you. She's sweet."
"No thanks." Xander enters his office.
"I'll bring her by. You're going to love..." Xander slams the door. He tosses his mail on his desk and takes off his jacket. Xander then checks his pockets and heads to the door. When exits he looks down at his hands to see how much change he has and bumps into someone.
"Oh, I'm really sorry. My fault." Xander helps the person pick up their things.
"It's okay. I got it." The person looks at Xander and Xander looks at the person realizing the person is a woman. And she's a very attractive woman. The woman gets up and so does Xander.
"I'm really sorry."
"It's okay. Excuse me." The woman walks away. Xander sees her walk away then shrugs.
A half-hour later Xander's office door opens and Josh enters the room.
"Josh what do you want?" ask Xander getting off his chair.
"I told you I'd bring her around." Josh steps out of the doorway and in comes a woman with glasses and light brown hair with red/blonde highlights. Xander does a double look.
"You!" The woman and Xander say at the same time.
"You two know each other?" ask Josh.
"We cross path before. Hi, Xander Harris."
"Catia Fernandez." The two shake hands.
"Josh here has told me a lot about you."
"Really." Catia looks at Josh.
"Well, I'll leave you two love...alone." Josh walks out and shuts the door behind him.
"So what troubles you?"
"Nothing really. Sit down please." Catia sit on the sofa next to the window.
"That's not what Josh says."
"Josh tends to make things up." Xander sits in a chair next to the sofa.
"Maybe it's something about your past."
"I don't think you want to know about my past." Xander gets up and opens the door. "It was nice meeting you Ms. Fernandez."
"Like wise Mr. Harris." Catia exit the room.
A couple of hours later it is time to pick up Buffy from the airport. Xander gets stuck in a little traffic but gets to the airport just in time.
"Hey, beautiful," says Xander as he gets out of his car.
"Xander." says Buffy blushing. Xander grabs her suitcase and opens the door for the lady.
They drive off down the road. Xander turns off the radio to talk.
"So how's Giles and Dawn?" ask Xander.
"There good." replies Buffy. "Dawn has a boyfriend. His name is Connor. But don't worry. Giles, Andrew, and Robin are giving him a hard time."
"Need to send them a thank you note. And you?"
"Well, I wouldn't count another really old vampire as one."
"Buffy you gotta move on to the living. It feels better. It's normal."
"Yeah I know, but..."
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" They hear a girl scream from a distance. Xander stops the car.