After Buffy had ordered strict instructions to the Scoobies that remained
not to leave the house under any circumstances, She left Giles' house with
Willow and Angel following straight behind her, the globe of light floating
just behind them, lighting up the way in what was now pitch blackness.
Purposefully striding forward, Buffy knew the only way to keep her cool and
not crumble under the stress was to try not to think about the impending
distinct possibility of disaster. The three of them walked in silence.
"Where first?" Willow ventured
"I have no idea where they are hiding. I say we just walk around areas where there's space for me to fight, and wait. There's nothing else we can do." Buffy replied, all the time scanning the road to either side with intense concentration. Suddenly, she heard the sound of rustling leaves behind her and she swung round to face the first Goran. To her surprise, she was actually facing two children who looked about nine.
"You have to get inside. Now." Buffy said as insistently as she could. She obviously didn't make the right effect.
"Why? Our mummy said we could play outside if we wanted to" One said. The other stuck out their tongue at her. Buffy walked further towards them, leaving Willow, Angel and the light source a few metres behind.
"Go insiā¦."
Buffy felt something grab her shoulders and she fell forward, hitting her head on the pavement.
"Willow, stay near the light!" Buffy yelled as she tried to get up. Her head ached and she felt blood trickle down the side of her face. She made it onto her feet and, spotting the Goran, delivered a kick to it's stomach. The Goran stumbled back a couple of paces, but the attack gave little effect. With the few seconds it gave, Buffy pushed the children away from the battle site. Buffy turned and ran back towards the light and the Goran followed her, but as she neared the globe's centre the Goran seemed to slow and lose it's energy. It went no further than a few yards from the centre of the globe. Buffy, who's head was still reeling slightly from the strike on the pavement, landed a back handed punch of the nose of the demon which knocked it over. Angel stepped forward and using the fighting axe he held, landed a swift blow on the demon's neck, severing the head.
"One down." Willow said.
Angel looked out at where the children had been and saw the shape of something. Out of the shadows, a second Goran stepped, ready for attack. But there was a second with it. And a third on another side. The harder he looked, the more demon's he could see, from all directions, twenty maybe thirty surrounding them, all approaching slowly.
"Loads to go." Angel replied.
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"How are we supposed to fight all these? The last one was hard enough, and there was only one of them." Buffy said, starting to panic.
Willow was racking her brains, trying to think of a way that lots of the Gorans could be disposed of in one go. She kept on thinking of how the last one had been killed and realised that they were weakened by the intense light of the globe but they had to be pretty near it for it to have an effect. Without someone risking their life and venturing out where so many of these creatures could attack, they wouldn't enter the field of the globe. Even then, it didn't kill them and Buffy would still have to fight more demons than she could handle. She glanced at her watch and then suddenly had an idea.
"Buffy, Angel, I've got it. But we need to get back to Giles' first." She said.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Buffy said, anxiously looking around.
"We fight" replied Angel.
He stepped forward, and Willow moved too, so that the globe followed. The Gorans still moved in on them, and as the group were moving closer, they became more and more exposed to the light. All of a sudden, Angel yelled "Run!" and Willow and Buffy followed him as he sprinted towards a clump of about three demons. Urged on by Angels enthusiasm, the Gorans also speeded up and galloped towards him. But, as with their predecessor, when they hit the near light of the globe, they became obviously pained. Angel swung with the axe at the nearest one, who immediately fell dead on the floor with it's head rolling in the other direction. The second was obviously a stronger demon. Angel swung at the things neck but the Goran fended off the blow with its arm, knocking the axe out of Angel's hands. It lunged forward to knock Angel over but he quickly stepped out of the way so it fell nearer the globe and on it's face. Buffy, who was standing right behind Angel slammed her stake into the chest of the demon which, although not a vampire found it hard to function with 20 centimetres of wood through it's heart. While their attentions were concentrated on this last attack a third Goran was charging at Willow, who had been temporarily left without a guard. Realising that The Goran could probably overpower her even in it's weakened state she had to think quickly. The first spell that came into her head she incanted.
"Vivat academius et quae illam regit"
With that she pointed her finger at the Goran which promptly changed into a rat.
"Why does that always happen? I meant to make it disappearā¦" Willow muttered as the three of them ran as quickly as they had the energy to back to Giles'.
"Where first?" Willow ventured
"I have no idea where they are hiding. I say we just walk around areas where there's space for me to fight, and wait. There's nothing else we can do." Buffy replied, all the time scanning the road to either side with intense concentration. Suddenly, she heard the sound of rustling leaves behind her and she swung round to face the first Goran. To her surprise, she was actually facing two children who looked about nine.
"You have to get inside. Now." Buffy said as insistently as she could. She obviously didn't make the right effect.
"Why? Our mummy said we could play outside if we wanted to" One said. The other stuck out their tongue at her. Buffy walked further towards them, leaving Willow, Angel and the light source a few metres behind.
"Go insiā¦."
Buffy felt something grab her shoulders and she fell forward, hitting her head on the pavement.
"Willow, stay near the light!" Buffy yelled as she tried to get up. Her head ached and she felt blood trickle down the side of her face. She made it onto her feet and, spotting the Goran, delivered a kick to it's stomach. The Goran stumbled back a couple of paces, but the attack gave little effect. With the few seconds it gave, Buffy pushed the children away from the battle site. Buffy turned and ran back towards the light and the Goran followed her, but as she neared the globe's centre the Goran seemed to slow and lose it's energy. It went no further than a few yards from the centre of the globe. Buffy, who's head was still reeling slightly from the strike on the pavement, landed a back handed punch of the nose of the demon which knocked it over. Angel stepped forward and using the fighting axe he held, landed a swift blow on the demon's neck, severing the head.
"One down." Willow said.
Angel looked out at where the children had been and saw the shape of something. Out of the shadows, a second Goran stepped, ready for attack. But there was a second with it. And a third on another side. The harder he looked, the more demon's he could see, from all directions, twenty maybe thirty surrounding them, all approaching slowly.
"Loads to go." Angel replied.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"How are we supposed to fight all these? The last one was hard enough, and there was only one of them." Buffy said, starting to panic.
Willow was racking her brains, trying to think of a way that lots of the Gorans could be disposed of in one go. She kept on thinking of how the last one had been killed and realised that they were weakened by the intense light of the globe but they had to be pretty near it for it to have an effect. Without someone risking their life and venturing out where so many of these creatures could attack, they wouldn't enter the field of the globe. Even then, it didn't kill them and Buffy would still have to fight more demons than she could handle. She glanced at her watch and then suddenly had an idea.
"Buffy, Angel, I've got it. But we need to get back to Giles' first." She said.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Buffy said, anxiously looking around.
"We fight" replied Angel.
He stepped forward, and Willow moved too, so that the globe followed. The Gorans still moved in on them, and as the group were moving closer, they became more and more exposed to the light. All of a sudden, Angel yelled "Run!" and Willow and Buffy followed him as he sprinted towards a clump of about three demons. Urged on by Angels enthusiasm, the Gorans also speeded up and galloped towards him. But, as with their predecessor, when they hit the near light of the globe, they became obviously pained. Angel swung with the axe at the nearest one, who immediately fell dead on the floor with it's head rolling in the other direction. The second was obviously a stronger demon. Angel swung at the things neck but the Goran fended off the blow with its arm, knocking the axe out of Angel's hands. It lunged forward to knock Angel over but he quickly stepped out of the way so it fell nearer the globe and on it's face. Buffy, who was standing right behind Angel slammed her stake into the chest of the demon which, although not a vampire found it hard to function with 20 centimetres of wood through it's heart. While their attentions were concentrated on this last attack a third Goran was charging at Willow, who had been temporarily left without a guard. Realising that The Goran could probably overpower her even in it's weakened state she had to think quickly. The first spell that came into her head she incanted.
"Vivat academius et quae illam regit"
With that she pointed her finger at the Goran which promptly changed into a rat.
"Why does that always happen? I meant to make it disappearā¦" Willow muttered as the three of them ran as quickly as they had the energy to back to Giles'.
