Waking Up The Evil Dead

by Random

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DISCLAIMER:  "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and all its characters are the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, 20th Century Fox and the WB Network.  "Evil Dead," "Evil Dead 2," "Army of Darkness" and all their characters and names are property of Sam Raimi and Renaissance Pictures.  "Splattermania" written by Ginger, published by Warner Chappel Music Ltd.  "Far Beyond Metal" written by Devin Townsend, Gene Hoglan, Jed Simon, Byron Stroud and John Paul Morgan, published by Bucket of Nothing Music.

DESCRIPTION:  Buffy/Evil Dead crossover.  A mysterious book surfaces in Sunnydale and soon people start getting possessed by an evil force.  Now it's up to the gang to get things under control, all with a little help from a certain S-Mart clerk with a chainsaw for a hand.

RATING:  R

FEEDBACK:  Yes, please!

AUTHOR'S NOTE:  This was my very first Buffy fanfiction that I wrote way back in 1999.  It takes place towards the end of season three.  Thanks to Kent for pointing out my glaring omission of the term "boomstick."  And thanks to Devin, Ginger and Jason for all the music.

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PROLOGUE

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It's raw, unclean, uncut and it's all for the art of pain
Just make-up there
The effects and the movies that twist the brain
My TV screen is dripping red, with gates of hell and evil dead
I cannot wait to see it up close so slice away and go for gross again

It's splattermania, it's extra censored thrills
It's splattermania, it's zoom in on the kill
It's splattermania, I know you think I'm ill
But if you hold on tight and don't be shy
We're drilling brains and pulling eyes
It isn't real, the nation ain't in danger
It's only Splattermania
                      "Splattermania," The Wildhearts

The purpose of this exercise is to accentuate the cheesier parts
                      "Far Beyond Metal," Strapping Young Lad

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It was an unusually quiet night, and that worried Buffy.  Whenever she went out on patrol she always felt best when she found a few vampires trolling the town, looking for somebody to feed on.  But when it was quiet like this, it often meant that they were up to something, and when vampires (or other demons for that matter) where up to something it usually made for bad business all around.  Buffy could practically see her weekend plans going down the drain.  She had heard many good things about the band that was going to play the Bronze that weekend, but instead it looked like her and her friends would be spending their time off in full research mode, up to their neck in books, locked up in the school library.

                      There was a time, a few years ago, when that prospect would have made her physically ill.  The loss of social status associated with spending more than a millisecond in a library would have been more than she could have stomached.  After all only geeks did that.  But that had been a different Buffy, living in a different world. She had a done a lot of growing up in little time since then.

                      Buffy abandoned her train of thought as some noise caught her attention.  Voices, footsteps, about four our five people.  They seemed to be in an awful hurry.  She scanned the park around her but didn't see anybody.  The noise was coming closer.  Buffy quickly dove into a bush and held her stake at the ready.

                      Then she could see them: four vampires, one of them was clearly carrying something.  They seemed very nervous, which gave Buffy the feeling that what they were carrying was of no small value.  They were obviously trying to be circumspect, but they were heading right for Buffy's ambush.

                      When the vampires passed the bush Buffy was hiding in she jumped out and quickly staked the vampire closest to her.  One down, three to go.  Another vampire swung and connected with her face, which disoriented the slayer for a moment.

                      "Run," he yelled at the vampire carrying the obscure object of value.  "Get the book to the others, we'll take care of the slayer."

                      The vampire carrying what Buffy now knew to be a book ran off, as the other two slowly circled her, ready to engage her in combat.  One swung at Buffy and missed.  She quickly kicked the second one in the stomach, making him double over and then struck him in the jaw, sending him flying backwards.  She spun around and kicked the first vampire in the jaw.  She again turned the second vampire, ready to stake him, but found him gone.  The first vampire also saw his chance and quickly took to his heels.

                      Buffy decided to forget about the cowards and ran off in pursuit of the guy with the book.  Within short time she had caught up with him.  She lunged at the vampire and brought him down with a tackle worthy of an all-pro outside linebacker.  The vampire started kicking out randomly hoping to escape, but Buffy had a strong hold on him.  She struck the vampire in the stomach twice, then brought up her stake and turned him to dust.

                      Buffy slowly sat up and scanned her surroundings making sure that the other two vampires weren't coming back for more.  She dusted herself off and grabbed the bag that the vampire had been carrying.  Turning the bag upside down she saw a large book fall out.

                      Buffy's heart skipped a beat when she saw the cover.  This book was definitely different from any of the other books that she had seen in Giles' possession.  The only thing it seemed to have in common with the other book was it's apparent age.  This book was bound in what looked like leather, but it had a demented and disfigured face stretched out over the cover.  There was no writing on the book, giving a clue to its origin or contents.

                      Buffy hardly dared touch the book as she whisked it back into the bag and ran off headed for the high school library.