The Balance V
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I don't own the Buffy and Angel characters, but the other characters and the plot are mine.
Summary: It's time for Armageddon. What fun! Yeah, right.
Special Note: This takes place immediately after the Balance IV.
The doors went flying off their hinges, one smashing through the library office window, sending shards of glass everywhere, and the other clocked Giles on the noggin, knocking him unconscious.
"Giles!" Buffy yelled. She sprang out of her chair and knelt to check on him.
Wesley immediately fainted.
"Wh-what are those things?!" Xander stammered.
"Trouble." Artemis replied.
There were at least five of the creatures standing in front of the doorway. They were all of a Lovecraftian or Tolkienish sort, with tentacles, claws, wings, multiple eyes and such. There were clearly more in the hallway and other parts of the building, as the screeches, roars, growling, and hissing could attest. There was a single human scream from another part of the building which was abruptly cut short, probably the unfortunate janitor.
Yells and cursing and bestial snarls broke out upstairs, signaling that their only other escape route was cut off.
"We need to get to the weapons." Helen whispered.
"They've got us cut off." Ares whispered back.
It was true. The original five creatures had positioned themselves in front of the book cage, and more of the monsters were pouring in through the doorway. There were simply too many to battle.
"What do we do?" Cordelia asked fearfully.
"Up the stairs. Slowly. No sudden movement." Bellona advised.
Apollo picked up Wesley, while Buffy picked up Giles. The beleaguered group made their way up the stairs, crunching on glass, and as they backed up them, all of a sudden more monsters magically appeared just where they were around the table!
"What the fuck?!" Zeus exclaimed.
"That about sums it up." Buffy responded apprehensively.
Unexpectedly the ground started quaking.
Elsewhere, Demona sat on the rooftop of City Hall, watching the "fun" in her energy globe.
"Don't you love cliffhangers, my friends?"
(Insert Buffy Credits and Ominous Music Here (DUM! DUM! DUM!))