Boys Night Out
By Ldynwaitin
Chapter One
A rotund Vampire moving much quicker than his girth allowed, practically flew over the tombstones that dotted the dark Cemetery. Three young girls suddenly found themselves standing in his way. One screamed and fainted, the other two stared blankly ahead as they tightly gripped their weapons.
"Oh this is going bloody good," Spike mumbled. "Their first outing and they're going to end up on that Vamps supper menu. You use the pointy end of the stakes!" he shouted, as he rushed towards the frozen girls. In seconds, he reached them before the rotund Vampire. It skidded to a stop, his eyes twisted in anger.
"Come on Spike, I saw them first. You know I don't like to share."
"These little nuggets are off limits Guthrie," Spike growled. He suddenly went into full Vamp-face. The other two slayers in training promptly joined their companion in a dead faint on the ground.
"Please tell me you didn't start out like that," Spike said.
"Start out like what?" The Vampire said.
"Sorry, not talking to you," Spike calmly stated. Taking out a cigarette, he quickly lit it. "And by the way, it was nice seeing you Guthrie."
"I'm not going anywhere," Guthrie shouted.
"Oh yes you are," he heard someone say from behind. Feeling a deep pain in his chest, he glanced down. He saw the sharp end of a stake sticking out. A pretty blonde girl stepped out from behind him. "Hi, bye," she sweetly said. Before he had a chance to reply, Guthrie puffed away into a pile of dust.
Buffy squatted down next to the three slumbering slayers in training. "A might embarrassing outing if you ask me," Spike mumbled. Keeping the cigarette in his mouth, he half heartily tapped one of the girls on the face. Opening her eyes, she saw Spike with smoke coming out of his mouth, and still in vamp-face. She let out a small gasp, whispered, "El Diablo," and quickly rejoined her companions.
"Spike, your face," Buffy scolded him.
"Sorry," he whispered. His face quickly molded to its human form.
"I thought that went quite well," Giles cheerily said, as he moved out from behind a crypt.
"Why didn't you stop it?" Xander growled. He quickly rushed past Giles, and checked on the three young girls. "It got to close to them." Xander threw a threatening look at Spike.
"Go soak your loaf of bread," Spike growled.
"Giles, he's talking in that rhyme slang again!" Xander shouted.
"Good heavens," Giles sighed. "It's times like this that has me missing my days training at the academy."
"Didn't you say the headmaster made your life a living hell?" Buffy said.
"Precisely," Giles said with a raised eyebrow.
"Don't be going radio rental on me," Spike calmly said.
Xander glanced at the ex-Guthrie. "It's to bad there aren't two piles of dust."
Buffy saw Spike grin from ear to ear in reply to Xander's anger. She was thankful that after all the horrors that he lived through in the First Evils cavern, the spark that she would need to aid her in her battle remained.
The young girls slowly began to wake up. "I'm sorry Ms Summers, but it's the first time I saw a real Vampire," one of the girls said as she rose to shaky legs.
"That's all right. It's good to be afraid, it gets the blood pumping," Buffy said. Hearing a scream, she rolled her eyes. "Don't they ever rest?"
"It's the witching hour luv, suppertime for Vamps," Spike said.
"I…I don't want to do it anymore," one of the girls whimpered.
"M…me either," another chorused.
"Someone has to help whoever is screaming," Buffy insisted.
"I'll go," Xander volunteered. "Hey Spike want to help, or did that demon give you the soul of a girl."
"Let's go," he mumbled. They quickly ran towards a forest that circled the cemetery.
"Giles, could you please go with them?" Buffy pleaded with him. "I can take the girls back to the house."
"But Buffy…" Giles began to protest.
"Please Giles. Spike is trying so hard to prove to you and Xander that he's a changed man. I believed in him enough to get the chip out, I want you to also."
"Very well, I shall try my best," he politely said, as he followed them.
"Thanks!" Buffy called out. "Did I ever tell you you're the best Watcher in the world."
"I'm the only Watcher," Giles called back.
"See I was right," she said, as she led the girls back to the house.
Taking in a deep breath, Giles sprinted after Spike and Xander. The screaming was coming from the forest. Xander struggled to keep up with Spike as he leisurely jogged into the thick forest. Xander saw Spike raise his head, sniffing the air, like a wolf on the trail of its prey.
"This way," he panted. They swiftly moved through the grove of trees. It suddenly opened-up, to reveal an abandoned factory. In a parking lot littered with broken concrete, they saw a young boy barely able to keep ahead of a huge demon.
"What in heavens name is that?" Giles asked as he caught up with them.
"Never seen it before," Spike said. "But from the looks of it, I'd say it wants that lad for its larder. You want first crack at it?" he invited Xander.
"Oh by all means, ladies first," Xander shot back.
"Right then," Spike said. Dipping his head down, he charged towards the demon chasing after the screaming boy.
Using a broken piece of concrete, he leapt in the air. Kicking his foot out, he dug the toe of his boot into the side of the beast. It let out a loud roar, as he swatted Spike to the ground with its clawed hands. Spinning around Spike was staring up at a row of very sharp looking teeth. "Nice dental work, can you give me the name of your dentist?" he smartly said. The beast's head lay back, as it let out another roar.
"I'll take that as a no," Spike grunted. Placing his hands behind his head, he pulled his legs in, jumping to a standing position. Pursing his lips, he leapt in the air, swinging around, he slammed his fist into the beast's face. It let out a groan when Spike heard several teeth break. Giving it a grin, and a nod of his head, Spike began to lash into the creature. Kicking, and punching it with such a force, it began to stumble back.
As Spike was fighting the creature, Xander and Giles rushed to the terrified boy.
"It was trying to kill me," the boy sniffled. Xander squatted in front of the child. "Don't worry, I promise it won't hurt you."
"Where do you live?" Giles asked the boy.
"Not to far from here," he said. "I walking with my dog, when it suddenly ran out of the forest. It tried to kill me, my dog ran off," the boy frantically shouted. Xander gently clutched the boys shoulders. "It's okay, we'll find your dog."
Hearing a roar, Giles saw Spike had impaled the creature on the prongs of a rusted old forklift. Green blood oozed out of the twin puncture wounds from its chest. Spike slowly swaggered towards them, a pleased grin set on his face.
"As you can see, I ain't no lady."
"Another monster!" the boy shouted, as he pointed to Spike. During the battle, his vamp face had manifested. Shaking his head, his human face returned.
"You don't have to be afraid of me little one," Spike told the boy. "I won't hurt you."
"What is your name?" Giles asked the tow headed boy.
"Jared, my dogs still out there. You have to find him."
"I promise, we'll do all we can to find him," Xander said.
"Know what that was?" Spike asked Giles.
"I can't say that I do," Giles said. He stared at the creature. Steam rose into the cold night from its wounds.
"It wasn't hard to kill, if that's any consolation."
"Can we look for his dog?" Xander said.
"Jared, do you know where he ran off to?" Giles asked the distressed child.
He pointed towards the dark factory. "I saw him run over there; follow me!" He rushed past Xander and Giles towards the factory.
"Hold on!" Giles called out. "Blast, he's quick."
They rushed after the boy, Xander and Giles had a hard time keeping up with him. Spike had no trouble staying with the boy. Coming to a pair of double doors, the boy squeezed through a small opening. "Come on, he's in here," the boy called out.
Unfortunately, the adults were unable to get through the small opening. A large chain held the doors shut. Grabbing the chain, Spike strained to break it. Planting his foot on the door, he leaned back, one of the rusted links snapped. He stumbled back, Giles caught him before he fell.
"Thanks," Spike mumbled.
"Your welcome," Giles said.
"Come on guys, we're losing him!" Xander shouted, as he rushed into the abandoned factory.
Entering the factory, they searched for the boy. From the looks of things, the factory had been abandoned years ago. Giles and Xander pulled out two large flashlights. Clicking them on, they saw before them lay a great open expanse. Rusted metal staircases ran down from either side. Above them, the roof had collapsed. Moonlight streamed into the factory.
"Hurry, he's over here," the boy shouted.
Giles spotted him several levels down into the factory. "How did he manage to get that far so fast?" Giles whispered.
Choosing the staircase to the right, they rushed down to join the boy. "What was this place?" Spike asked Xander.
"It used to be a television factory. My father worked here, I was going to also, when I grew up. That was until they shut it down and moved across the border." Xander shook his head. "My father never got over it," he whispered.
Coming to the level that the boy was standing, they heard him shout from below. "Come on slow pokes, he's down here." Leaning over a railing, they saw him again, several levels down.
"Never seen a lad so quick," Giles said.
"Wait a minute," Spike said. "I don't like being led further in here, we don't know what nasties may be lying in wait."
Xander was about to snap back at Spike, until he heard a soft growl. They all spun around, expecting to see a small dog. What they saw made Giles exclaim, "Oh…dear…god."
Before them stood five of the creatures similar to what Spike killed. "Bloody hell, I forgot. It's a watchers curse to have trouble following them," Spike hissed.
"It's a gift actually," Giles corrected him.
"You know what my gift is…running. How about we use that?" Xander said.
"I vote we have some fun with them," Spike growled.
"I believe that five may be a bit to much even for you," Giles said.
"Over there," Xander said. He pointed to a small catwalk that joined another platform. They rushed down the catwalk, the monsters let out an ear-splitting roar, as they followed them. Spike stayed in the rear, once they reached the end of the platform, he spun around and gripped the railing. Grunting, he began to tear the thin metal apart. First one side, then the other. The creatures were already half way down the catwalk. Giles and Xander held onto his arms, as Spike slammed his foot on the catwalk. After several tries, he managed to break the bolts that held the catwalk to the platform. He swung in Giles and Xander's arms as the catwalk began to tumble down. As he was pulled up, he saw two of the creatures fell with the catwalk. The other three managed to make it back to the other platform.
"Can you fly you ugly buggers?" Spike taunted the remaining creatures. In answer to his shout, they saw the creatures squat down, wings suddenly began to grow on their backs.
"I thought you were on our side!" Xander shouted. "Don't be giving them ideas."
"This way," Giles said. He rushed down the staircase, keeping an eye on the creatures, he saw them shaking from the strain of changing their bodies. Once the wings were formed, they flew towards the platform.
End of Chapter One
