Chapter 2 Behind Close Shadows. Read Ally, Alive, and Blue Boy.
Damon tries to grab the figure but is unable to. He then looks at a tree where the moon is shinning on and sees a shadow on top of Buffy.
"Get him off ..." says Buffy feeling weak and unable to finish her sentence.
"I can't," says Damon. "It's a shadow." Damon tries to grab it but falls on top of Buffy.
Then a couple of feet away Xander and Dawn hear the commotion. They quickly run towards it. Xander flashes his flashlight at the scene with Damon on top of Buffy and the shadow. They see the shadow figure scream and run away from the scene.
"Buffy are you okay?" ask Xander not at all happy to see Damon on top of Buffy. Buffy signals Damon to get off of her and he helps her up.
"Yeah, thanks," says Buffy.
"What was that on top of you besides your boyfriend?" ask Xander. Buffy looks at Damon then looks back at Xander. She notices that his tone of voice sounded like a jealous tone.
"I don't know," says Buffy looking around.
"It was a shadow," says Damon.
"Oh, GREAT a psychopath shadow creature," says Buffy. "Just what Sunnydale needs."
All of a sudden a vampire comes running towards them. Damon sees it first and warns Dawn. He tells her to duck as he throws his wooden stake right into the vampires heart. Then a fire works of vamp dust occur. But from the dust comes more vamps. One of the vamps comes from behind Xander and he tosses him over. The vamp lands on the ground hard and he stakes him.
Buffy starts to fight off the big gang of vamps that begins to surround her. She kicks one in the face and the other with her elbow. Then she stakes the third one. Damon stays at Dawns side to protect her and he sees Buffy not doing so well with the vamp gang.
"Damon!" Buffy calls to him. "Take Dawn out of here." She kicks a vamp into a tree branch and stakes the next one beside her.
"What about you and Xander?" ask Damon.
"Don't worry," says Buffy as she is pushed by one of the vamps that is very strong. "Go." Damon takes Dawn away from the battlefield as Buffy takes on a strong big vamp. She gives him a double kick and swings her arms at him. He flinches a bit. The vamp is near a gravestone, which she takes full advantage as she with all her strength pushes the vampire towards the stone. He falls over the stone and into an open grave. Buffy jumps in with the vampire and stakes him. She then peeks from the top of the grave to see Xander in trouble with two vamps ganging up on him.
"Come on you guys," says Xander limping away from the two vamps. "Cut me some slack. How about a drink?" Xander tosses a bottle of holy water to both vamps faces. The vamps both scratch their faces as Buffy comes in and kicks them to the ground. Xander then hands her a stake and she dusts them both. She turns to Xander to see if he's all right. He nods then his eyes get big. Buffy's brow furrows then she turns around to see another gang of vampires.
The first one grabs Buffy before she could make her first move and tosses her to Xander. She falls on top of him, which Xander gladly thanks the vampires for doing. Though not at the moment when he is hurt. The fall for Buffy dislocates her arm.
"Ouch," says Xander. Buffy quickly gets up and helps Xander up. The vampires surround them.
"Where's a crossbow when you need one," they both say at the same time. They look at each other then face the vamps.
"I've got an idea," says Xander loudly. Buffy looks at him with a strange expression. The two start backing away from the vamps.
"What?" ask Buffy anxious to know what his big plan is as she holds her arm close to her chest.
"We run," says Xander as he grabs Buffy's good arm and starts speeding down the graveyard. The two run as fast as they could with the vamps right behind them. They head toward an alley way, which leads them to a dead end. Buffy then sees a door and kicks it open. The two enter and Xander closes the door behind them. He pushes a big shelf to hold the door close. Buffy walks into the warehouse and tries to move her arm.
"You're hurt," says Xander as he walks over to her.
"No, it's just twisted," says Buffy.
"Let me look at it," says Xander. "I have twisted almost every bone in my body." Buffy looks at him then starts to unbutton her coat. Xander helps her take it off. He then examines her and looks at her.
"It's no that bad," says Xander. "All you have to do is push it back to place."
"Do it," says Buffy handing Xander her arm.
"It's gonna hurt," says Xander as he pushes her arm back to place. Buffy didn't even flinch, but Xander felt more pain then he had ever felt. Buffy then starts to move her arm and feels no pain. She looks at Xander. (Shania Twain-When You Kiss Me/Just the beginning part, which is the instrumental part. It's the love theme for Buffy and Xander).
Then Xander helps her put on her coat and she buttons it up. The two stare at each other for moment. They begin to come closer to each other until they kiss. It last for only a minute because the vamps outside who are trying to get in interrupt them.
"Let's get out of here," says Buffy pulling Xander by the hand. Buffy finds a sewer passageway. Xander picks up the metal bars and Buffy jumps in. Xander follows.
As they walk through the sewers they get ambush by some more friendly creatures of Sunnydale. Two vamps come from the front and three come from the behind them. They start to fight the vamps as best as they can unable to dust them because of the lack of wooden stakes.
One of the vampires pushes Buffy and she almost falls into the filthy sewer water but Xander catches her. With that she manages to kick the vamp that pushed her putting her weight on Xander. Buffy then turns to Xander and grabs his hand and swings her body around kicking a whole row of vamps into the ground.
They then find an opening and attempt to reach it to escape. Xander goes up first and Buffy follows. As Buffy steps onto the pavement of the streets one of the vamps grabs her by her other boot. This feels kind of dashiavu to Xander and Buffy.
"Buffy!" says Xander pulling her up as he falls to the ground.
"Xander!" says Buffy a little terrified as she is holding his hand as tight as she can. Xander then grabs the manhole and hits the vamp over the head with it. Buffy quickly goes up and covers the hole, then falls on top of Xander. They both sigh in relief and look at each other.
"We better go," says Buffy getting up. "We've gotta find some information about this shadow creature." Xander gets up and bows his head then stops. Buffy turns to him. He looks at Buffy with a concern face. Buffy ignores it and heads to Giles'.
"Another evil creature just hit on Buffy," says Xander explaining about the shadow creature to Giles.
"What?" ask Giles taking off his glasses.
"It's a shadow creature," says Buffy.
"What did it look like?" ask Giles putting his glasses back on and looking at his book.
"Pointy horns, gross skin, bad breath," says Buffy sarcastically. "For goodness sake it's shadow creature Giles."
"Right, of course," says Giles. He retreats to his books. Buffy looks at Xander as he puts hid hands into his pockets and walks over to Giles.
"Shadow creature," says Giles. "It craves strength and power. That's why it went after you Buffy."
"Figures it wasn't for my looks," says Buffy. "So ho do we kill this thing?"
"You can't," says Giles. "Only a shadow can kill a shadow."
"That excludes swords and crossbows," says Buffy.
"There is a spell for one to become one with a shadow," says Giles.
"Lets get this spell rolling then," says Buffy. She grabs Giles's arm to look at his watch. "We better get going. We're going to be late for dinner."
Before Buffy leaves she sees two stakes on the table. She turns around to Giles. Xander stops behind her and Giles looks at her.
"Can I borrow these," ask Buffy.
"Yes, sure," replies Giles taking off his glasses. Buffy grabs the two stakes and gives one to Xander. She walks out the door and Xander follows closing the door behind him.
"Buffy," calls Xander as he follows her. She is walking down the street and stops in the middle of the street. They are about a block away from her house. She takes the stake and carves out a line on her hand.
"Buffy what are you doing?" ask Xander shock at what Buffy is doing. She puts her hand into a fist and lets the blood drip down.
In a couple minutes Xander spots some vampires coming up to them. Buffy hands Xander the other stake and gives a game face to the vamps. (No she's not a vamp. You know what I'm talking about.)
"Let's get them," says Buffy. The two begin to kick some vamp butt and none escape alive.(Whatever!)
"I'm hungry," says Buffy as she dusts the last vamp.
"Me too," says Xander looking at Buffy.
Damon tries to grab the figure but is unable to. He then looks at a tree where the moon is shinning on and sees a shadow on top of Buffy.
"Get him off ..." says Buffy feeling weak and unable to finish her sentence.
"I can't," says Damon. "It's a shadow." Damon tries to grab it but falls on top of Buffy.
Then a couple of feet away Xander and Dawn hear the commotion. They quickly run towards it. Xander flashes his flashlight at the scene with Damon on top of Buffy and the shadow. They see the shadow figure scream and run away from the scene.
"Buffy are you okay?" ask Xander not at all happy to see Damon on top of Buffy. Buffy signals Damon to get off of her and he helps her up.
"Yeah, thanks," says Buffy.
"What was that on top of you besides your boyfriend?" ask Xander. Buffy looks at Damon then looks back at Xander. She notices that his tone of voice sounded like a jealous tone.
"I don't know," says Buffy looking around.
"It was a shadow," says Damon.
"Oh, GREAT a psychopath shadow creature," says Buffy. "Just what Sunnydale needs."
All of a sudden a vampire comes running towards them. Damon sees it first and warns Dawn. He tells her to duck as he throws his wooden stake right into the vampires heart. Then a fire works of vamp dust occur. But from the dust comes more vamps. One of the vamps comes from behind Xander and he tosses him over. The vamp lands on the ground hard and he stakes him.
Buffy starts to fight off the big gang of vamps that begins to surround her. She kicks one in the face and the other with her elbow. Then she stakes the third one. Damon stays at Dawns side to protect her and he sees Buffy not doing so well with the vamp gang.
"Damon!" Buffy calls to him. "Take Dawn out of here." She kicks a vamp into a tree branch and stakes the next one beside her.
"What about you and Xander?" ask Damon.
"Don't worry," says Buffy as she is pushed by one of the vamps that is very strong. "Go." Damon takes Dawn away from the battlefield as Buffy takes on a strong big vamp. She gives him a double kick and swings her arms at him. He flinches a bit. The vamp is near a gravestone, which she takes full advantage as she with all her strength pushes the vampire towards the stone. He falls over the stone and into an open grave. Buffy jumps in with the vampire and stakes him. She then peeks from the top of the grave to see Xander in trouble with two vamps ganging up on him.
"Come on you guys," says Xander limping away from the two vamps. "Cut me some slack. How about a drink?" Xander tosses a bottle of holy water to both vamps faces. The vamps both scratch their faces as Buffy comes in and kicks them to the ground. Xander then hands her a stake and she dusts them both. She turns to Xander to see if he's all right. He nods then his eyes get big. Buffy's brow furrows then she turns around to see another gang of vampires.
The first one grabs Buffy before she could make her first move and tosses her to Xander. She falls on top of him, which Xander gladly thanks the vampires for doing. Though not at the moment when he is hurt. The fall for Buffy dislocates her arm.
"Ouch," says Xander. Buffy quickly gets up and helps Xander up. The vampires surround them.
"Where's a crossbow when you need one," they both say at the same time. They look at each other then face the vamps.
"I've got an idea," says Xander loudly. Buffy looks at him with a strange expression. The two start backing away from the vamps.
"What?" ask Buffy anxious to know what his big plan is as she holds her arm close to her chest.
"We run," says Xander as he grabs Buffy's good arm and starts speeding down the graveyard. The two run as fast as they could with the vamps right behind them. They head toward an alley way, which leads them to a dead end. Buffy then sees a door and kicks it open. The two enter and Xander closes the door behind them. He pushes a big shelf to hold the door close. Buffy walks into the warehouse and tries to move her arm.
"You're hurt," says Xander as he walks over to her.
"No, it's just twisted," says Buffy.
"Let me look at it," says Xander. "I have twisted almost every bone in my body." Buffy looks at him then starts to unbutton her coat. Xander helps her take it off. He then examines her and looks at her.
"It's no that bad," says Xander. "All you have to do is push it back to place."
"Do it," says Buffy handing Xander her arm.
"It's gonna hurt," says Xander as he pushes her arm back to place. Buffy didn't even flinch, but Xander felt more pain then he had ever felt. Buffy then starts to move her arm and feels no pain. She looks at Xander. (Shania Twain-When You Kiss Me/Just the beginning part, which is the instrumental part. It's the love theme for Buffy and Xander).
Then Xander helps her put on her coat and she buttons it up. The two stare at each other for moment. They begin to come closer to each other until they kiss. It last for only a minute because the vamps outside who are trying to get in interrupt them.
"Let's get out of here," says Buffy pulling Xander by the hand. Buffy finds a sewer passageway. Xander picks up the metal bars and Buffy jumps in. Xander follows.
As they walk through the sewers they get ambush by some more friendly creatures of Sunnydale. Two vamps come from the front and three come from the behind them. They start to fight the vamps as best as they can unable to dust them because of the lack of wooden stakes.
One of the vampires pushes Buffy and she almost falls into the filthy sewer water but Xander catches her. With that she manages to kick the vamp that pushed her putting her weight on Xander. Buffy then turns to Xander and grabs his hand and swings her body around kicking a whole row of vamps into the ground.
They then find an opening and attempt to reach it to escape. Xander goes up first and Buffy follows. As Buffy steps onto the pavement of the streets one of the vamps grabs her by her other boot. This feels kind of dashiavu to Xander and Buffy.
"Buffy!" says Xander pulling her up as he falls to the ground.
"Xander!" says Buffy a little terrified as she is holding his hand as tight as she can. Xander then grabs the manhole and hits the vamp over the head with it. Buffy quickly goes up and covers the hole, then falls on top of Xander. They both sigh in relief and look at each other.
"We better go," says Buffy getting up. "We've gotta find some information about this shadow creature." Xander gets up and bows his head then stops. Buffy turns to him. He looks at Buffy with a concern face. Buffy ignores it and heads to Giles'.
"Another evil creature just hit on Buffy," says Xander explaining about the shadow creature to Giles.
"What?" ask Giles taking off his glasses.
"It's a shadow creature," says Buffy.
"What did it look like?" ask Giles putting his glasses back on and looking at his book.
"Pointy horns, gross skin, bad breath," says Buffy sarcastically. "For goodness sake it's shadow creature Giles."
"Right, of course," says Giles. He retreats to his books. Buffy looks at Xander as he puts hid hands into his pockets and walks over to Giles.
"Shadow creature," says Giles. "It craves strength and power. That's why it went after you Buffy."
"Figures it wasn't for my looks," says Buffy. "So ho do we kill this thing?"
"You can't," says Giles. "Only a shadow can kill a shadow."
"That excludes swords and crossbows," says Buffy.
"There is a spell for one to become one with a shadow," says Giles.
"Lets get this spell rolling then," says Buffy. She grabs Giles's arm to look at his watch. "We better get going. We're going to be late for dinner."
Before Buffy leaves she sees two stakes on the table. She turns around to Giles. Xander stops behind her and Giles looks at her.
"Can I borrow these," ask Buffy.
"Yes, sure," replies Giles taking off his glasses. Buffy grabs the two stakes and gives one to Xander. She walks out the door and Xander follows closing the door behind him.
"Buffy," calls Xander as he follows her. She is walking down the street and stops in the middle of the street. They are about a block away from her house. She takes the stake and carves out a line on her hand.
"Buffy what are you doing?" ask Xander shock at what Buffy is doing. She puts her hand into a fist and lets the blood drip down.
In a couple minutes Xander spots some vampires coming up to them. Buffy hands Xander the other stake and gives a game face to the vamps. (No she's not a vamp. You know what I'm talking about.)
"Let's get them," says Buffy. The two begin to kick some vamp butt and none escape alive.(Whatever!)
"I'm hungry," says Buffy as she dusts the last vamp.
"Me too," says Xander looking at Buffy.