Chapter 7
…Standing Six Feet One Inch Tall, Weighing in at a Mangy 178 Pounds, Monty Cora!…
"I know you're just jealous 'cause I got to Buffy first," Angel snarked at Xander, hoping he would anger the young man into an early, poorly thought out attack.
Xander was used to high verbal, especially during a fight, so the comment did not affect him as he continued to circle and remained silent.
Angel slowly walked in the other direction as he tried to find any weakness in the young man's stance.
Finally, after a long moment of silence, Xander said in disgust, "This is not about Fluffy the Vampire Layer."
"So you would ruin your friendship with her just to get me out of the picture?" the vampire asked as he moved into Xander and tried to punch him.
"She'd eventually get over it," Alec responded as he surprised Angel by blocking every single punch the vampire threw even though the moves got faster and faster.
As Angel finally threw in some kicks for good measure, he realized the young man fighting him was a better match than he originally thought.
"Is that all you got, vampire?" Xander taunted as he sent a powerful blow to Angel's solar plexus that drove him back several feet. "I can get more of a workout walkin' down the street in the rain."
Angel dove back into the fight.
Xander tried to hit him again, but the vampire grabbed the young man's wrist and tossed him away.
Xander was up and back into the fray as though nothing had happened.
He grabbed the vampire by the arms, fell down and back as he kicked out with one of his powerful legs and catapulted Angel end over end.
Growling, the transgenic blurred over to the vamp as he rose to his feet and stabbed a knife into his shoulder.
In pain, the vampire roared and punched out at Xander blindly catching him in the face with his full strength.
Instead of taking the young man's head off, the X5 turned slightly to the side as he took the blow.
What followed was a beating the likes of which the vampire had never experienced in his unlife as the X5's solid fists pummeled the demon relentlessly, punishing.
Angel fell to the ground at the surprisingly powerful onslaught.
Xander had a dead look in his eyes as he pulled a stake out from the back of his black BDUs.
Angel surprisingly peaceful as he locked gazes with the young man and with pleading in his dark eyes, he said, "Please… kill me."
…Eternal Flame…
Johnathon and Willow, under Giles' tutelage worked to create the potion called The Living Flame.
Willow stirred the contents of the cauldron as Johnathon worked the mortar and pestle.
"We'll have to test this stuff," the budding mage said with a frown as he put more herb into the mixture. The more he thought, the more he worried that it might not work.
"I don't think we will," Willow sounded suspiciously confident.
Johnathon frowned as he looked at her.
Giles cleaned his glasses as he looked at the young people, "I know what the glove does."
Two pairs of eyes trained curiously on the Watcher who had his nose in a book.
