Title: When You Win (10/?)
Author: Brooke
Email: xandsgirl@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13/R (maybe)
Disclaimer: If I owned the show would I really be writing this. Buffy and friends are owned by Joss, Mutant Enemy, 20th Century Fox, The WB, and whoever else has rights to the show.
Summary: It might have a plot, read and find out. I do know that its kinda based on "What Dreams May Come", because that's what I was watching when I got the idea.
Spoilers: None that I can think of, it's an AU story so everyone should be safe. Distribution: My fic is your fic. Just let me know.
Feedback: Definitely!! Tell me if it sucked or if you liked it. Whatever. Just write back!
Author's Notes: … indicate thoughts, "~~" are for phone convos "**" indicates FLASHBACK. Happy reading all!
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Xander all but fell out of the mouth of the cave gasping for air, "We need help!" he shouted to a frazzled looking Giles and Anya, "The spell won't start!"
"We must say here." Giles stated as more vampires appeared from the woods, "They are trying to get into the cave, if they do there will be no stopping them."
Xander's eyes pleaded with the Watcher as he was still seemingly oblivious to the vamps that were approaching. Anya shot a wall of fire at the advancing vampires before turning to Giles. "I can go." She offered, while Xander glanced between the two of them and the cave.
"Please hurry" he begged.
"I'm going now." Anya stated as Xander ran back into the cave, "Be careful." She shouted back to Giles, who was shooting another wall of fire, before he could respond.
"Hurry up!" Xander shouted back to her as he sprinted over the rocks in the cave on his way back to the lair with Anya in tow. When they reached the cavern again Willow was still in a trance, and Buffy looked as is she was dead on her feet.
Buffy executed a front snap kick, which the Localv easily caught and used to flip her off the ground. She had been know for being able to land on her feet after that move, but this time Buffy did a full flip in the air before landing hard on her stomach and she cried out in pain. "You're the best toy I've had since I came to this retched place." The Localv mocked when she slammed to the ground.
"I can't get a clear shot off if it doesn't get off of her!" Anya yelled as she tired to aim the flame-thrower. Xander didn't respond because the minute Buffy screamed he ran for the demon again.
The Localv turned to see Xander's attack and easily hoisted him over his shoulder sending him crashing to the ground. Xander got to his feet as quickly as he could and prepared for another attack while Buffy tried to stand up, only with more difficulty.
Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew into the cavern and all eyes turned towards the mouth of the lair. "It worked! Go now Buffy!" Willow shouted excitedly as she stood up.
The Localv turned quickly and delivered a hard right hook to Buffy's head at Willow's outburst and then turned on Xander, who was moving to his wife, the Slayer's, side. The demon reached out and grabbed him by the back of the neck before he could reach her and tossed him easily to the ground in the middle of the room.
From the ground Xander saw Buffy still laying motionless in the dirt. "Xander!" Anya called as she moved to rush to his side. "No, help her. She needs to kill it now!" Xander said as he got to his feet and began circling the Localv. "That makes seven." The demon taunted as Xander angrily sized him up.
Anya obeyed and rushed to Buffy's side where she began to shake the Slayer hard. Buffy's eyes slowly fluttered open at the new movement, though she was unable to focus on anything in the room. "Buffy!" a voice echoed through her head.
"Buffy, you have to kill it now! Buffy! Come on!" Anya shouted as she pulled the other woman into a sitting position.
The Localv let out a barking laugh while he looked over Xander. Xander swallowed deeply and took a quick glance at Buffy, letting go a sigh of relief when he saw her sit up. But his relief was short lived, because the demon saw his attention change to the Slayer and used the opening.
"Xander!" Willow shrieked as the Localv charged him. The yell caused Buffy's eyes to snap back open as the demon seemingly tackled Xander, driving him into a sharp stone wall.
Xander screamed at the first contact with the demon as the crooked horn in the middle of the monster's head drove into his body. Xander felt himself being slammed into the wall and he tired to push at the Localv's shoulders as he saw Buffy standing up. He felt the sharp rocks behinds him piercing the flesh of his back and all the air being forced from his lungs. He felt his ribs snapping from the pressure as the Localv continued to crush him.
Xander tried to scream again, but found that he had no voice left. He could barely focus on the sounds in the cavern as the searing pain coursing through his body dulled into numbness. Xander tried to open his eyes to see what was happening, to see Buffy, but all he saw was black.
Buffy's body screamed as she ran hard at the demon with the dagger raised high over her right shoulder. She ignored the blinding pain as she reached the demon and swung the dagger as hard as she could, aiming at the beast's neck as it pinned her husband to the wall.
The blade sliced easily through the demons flesh only stopping briefly at its spine before sliding the rest of the way through. At the dislocation of the head the body turned into a bright greenish yellow goo on the ground until all that was left of it was the horn protruding from Xander's stomach.
Buffy stepped back as Xander fell to the ground limp.
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End Part 10