Author Note

The gangs adventure in Pylea is a short one because its only a quick in and out operation. With Slayer's Gothic's knowledge of that world, and the advantages the team enjoy in terms of tech the natives had no way of stopping them, at least not with their guard down.

Slayer Gothic - Pylea 2

Castle. Pylea

Since we'd driven to castle it hadn't taken us that long to get here, but we'd had to leave the car behind as it was too loud to bring near a settlement. We'd hidden it in some bushes, and put branches over it so that no one could see it, at least not from a distance.

Once we were moving around on foot I'd discovered that Fred was the most stealthy by far of all us, she moved moved through the trees like a Hobbit avoiding the Nazghul, only her feet weren't as hairy. I wasn't too noisy and Buffy was proving to be more stealthy then I had expected, if anyone was going to give us away it was Amy as being able to cast spells wasn't helpful in every situation.

Still we were able to safely observe the castle from a distance while waiting for the twin suns to set. It would be insane to try to get inside before nightfall and this way we got to see what kind of defences the castle had, and how many guards there were. I was not impressed by either.

"So what's this distraction you have planned" asked Buffy "I remember you mentioned something".

While the security wasn't that great, there were a number of warrior demons between us and our goal. There were too many to fight directly, and while getting into the castle wouldn't be much trouble once it was dark it would be much safer without the guards on the walls.

"Don't worry we brought Fred along for a good reason" I assured Buffy, as she wanted that rather than information "She knows the town, and were best to place our surprise".

She was also very brave. In her place I wasn't sure if I would have been willing to enter the settlement full of demons who mind eating her.

"And show time" I muttered as one of the portable stereos we'd brought a long started to blast out something by the Spice Girls.

Soon the demonic inhabitants of the village ran out of their dwellings yelling and screaming in pain, while the human slaves looked on in confusion. They weren't effected by the music, even if was tasteless.

"That was fun" Fred said as she rejoined us in hiding "I think I'm starting to like you".

Her developing a crush on me was something I could worry about later, for now the guards were my concern. The ones on the battlements looked to be very distracted, and a few had raced off, perhaps to help the townspeople. When that happened we left our place of concealment and ran up to the castle's wall.

One of the many, many questions that had come up during the planning stage was how exactly we would scale the walls without a ladder. This had actually been one the easiest things to plan for as I'd remembered a cool little toy the Fang Gang (Angel's group) had employed a few times during the TV series.

We only had three of the devices so we when we the fired grappling hooks that we connected to our wrists. Buffy grabbed Fred, and Marcie linked up with Amy. The gadgets could lift a fully grown man to the top of building so they easily handled the weight of two petite young women.

A second later a powerful mechanism fitted to the devices pulled us upwards. As if that wasn't cool enough the devices we'd just used were techno-mystical meaning they were part technology part magic.

"Can I have a weapon?" Miss Burkle requested.

I consider it for a moment.

"Do you know how to use one of these?" I asked Fred while passing her one of the two silenced pistols I carried.

Fred smiled at me.

"I'm from Texas" she said.

The bucket-like helmets worn by the Imperial Guard offered good protection from being hit over the head I imagined, but they also severely restricted peripheral vision and made it more difficult for the demons to hear us sneaking up on them. I doubted the one I killed first ever even knew I was there. Fred surprised us all by killing the next guard before I could get to him, she shot the creature in the back of the head, and he dropped to the ground with barely a sound.

"Nice piece" the Texan said "Who's your dealer?".

I decided not to give her too much information just yet, I didn't want her arming up once we got home and going on a demon killing crusade.

"From someone I know in Los Angeles" I told her.

Perhaps we would have spoken more, but that was when we ran into a slave. He seemed very surprised to see us.

"Please could you tell me where I could find Silas the Chief Priest, and the other members of the Covenant?' I asked politely.

The poorly dressed human went through several emotional reactions before he answered.

"Second door on the right" I was informed.

I then used my sleep dust to put the slave down for a nice nap, before shoving him into a broom closest. Hopefully no one would notice his absence for a while, and I'd had to make him go to sleep in case he raced off to inform someone about us. He was also a witness, but killing demons was different than killing humans, and I doubted anyone who investigated would bother to question a lowly slave.

Then we headed for the room with the priests. My plan at this point was to slaughter them all, and then grab them books before opening the portal. If that didn't work we'd take the sewer exit out of the castle and head for the Jeep. Once we were away from the demons then we would head back for the Hotspot, and make the portal.

"What is the meaning of this, cow scum?" an indignant voice asked

I blew the head off the priest at close range with my shotgun.

"Witchcraft!" someone called out.

Hearing that made me smile.

"Yep this is my Boomstick" I told the demons.

Only the humans in the room found that amusing.

"Okay, so where's the loot?' Amy asked as she pointed my other pistol at the robe wearing demons "And it better be some good stuff".

I joined in.

"And show me the books" I ordered "I want them".

They were very important to us getting out of here.

"I like books too" Fred then added.

The priests handed over the correct books in short order, once I had smashed the machine that would explode the control collars. The demons in robes were now pretty much helpless, as the guards weren't going to return anytime soon.

We were soon directed to where the shiny stuff was kept. According to Fred it all had been kept ready for the prophesied return of the monarchy even though Pylea had been without a royal family for centuries

If the golden candlesticks, silver plates and jewelled goblets scattered around were any indication as to how much the crown jewels themselves were worth, then this was looking like an even more profitable excursion than I hoped for. I was so getting a RV.

Once we had all the shiny stuff packed away we headed back to the wear the robed wearing demons were waiting under Buffy guard, and also Marcie guard, but they didn't know she was there.

"Food!" Fred exclaimed.

We got side tracked when we checked out a room that was filled with yummy things, a late night snack for the robed demons I assumed.

"Didn't she finish off all the food we gave her already?" Amy asked me "How can she be hungry again".

By my guess she'd been living on nuts and berries for months.

"I have a quick metabolism" Fred explained between bites " and there's never enough to eat around here".

Soon I'd have to do something about that. I didn't want Fred getting sick.

"When we get out of here I'll take you to one of those all you can eat places" I promised the science loving woman "But for now you need to focus on helping us get out of here before the guards find us".

Amy then poked me in the back.

"First you start looking at other girl's butts, and now your trying to get a date" she said in mock anger "Should I be worried?"

I ignored the question.

"Come we need to open a portal" I reminded the girls "Lets rejoin the others".

We had to drag Fred away from the food.

Apartment Complex. LA.

After celebrating the victory at our favourite demon bar, the team and I had made contact with my dealer, and we'd sold off some of the crown jewels. We now had enough money to fund my planned cross country tour, and then some. Even better we still had some silver plates and goblets we could sell later should we need some cash.

"You know that was really easy" Buffy commented as we counted through the piles of cash our looting had gotten us "Everything went as planned. Like when does that ever happen?".

Well I'd not meant for my Jeep to get damaged, but other than that everything had worked out. We'd even been able to walk out the front doors of the castle, thus avoiding having to use the sewer exit.

A few guards had tried to stop us, but they hadn't been a match for humans with modern fire arms and people who could use magic. At least not by themselves, however had they been able to organise it would have ended badly for us, but it hadn't and now we were rich.

"Yeah" agreed Amy "We only killed a few demons, and most of those guys were evil priests who tortured people so that was good".

I waited for a moment for something bad to happen, but it didn't. Everyone was fine.

"We did good" I then said "We saved the girl, got the treasure, and we totally wiped out a cult. Not bad for a day's work".

We'd had to kill all the eye witnesses to our presence, so that the Senior Partners wouldn't know what we'd done, but that become a none issue once we'd fired up the second boom box. As it turned out that kind of demon had an even worse reaction to Pop Music than the villagers. Blood had poured of their mouths, noses, eyes and ears. Messy but effective.

"Speaking of the girl we saved" said Marcie "Will Fred be joining the harem you've got going?".

Hearing that made me laugh.

"I'd hardly call you ladies a Harem" I then said "Its not like I'm sleeping with any of you".

Which was a damn shame.

"That might change" Amy said.

Hearing that nearly made me drop the pile of bills I'd been going through.

"Say what?" I asked as I gathered up my money.

The girls all giggled at the same time, aside from Fred as she was in the bathroom taking yet another shower.

"That's what Lorne told us about our future's" Marcie explained "He said that we all had sucky lives ahead unless we did something drastic".

Well forming a harem was drastic.

"I don't want to become a magic junkie after spending years as a rat" Amy said "I think using my magic to fight monsters and help people will keep me from turning into my mother".

Then it was Buffy's turn.

"I don't want to sleep with more vampires than humans" she admitted "I mean Angel's nice and all, but he'll lose his soul if we do it, and I don't wanna know who Spike is. You're pretty much the only human guy can keep with me, and your not so bad looking".

She might one day find out who Spike was. Hopefully moments before she staked the vamp.

"Thanks" I replied "I think".

That had been sort of nice of her to say.

"I was suppose to end up a government assassin who dies young" Marcie informed the group "I'd like to avoid that".

Fred then entered the room, and by the looks of things she had tried to mummify herself in towels. It looked cozy.

"Lorne told me that if you hadn't saved me I'd end either dead, or working for an evil law firm" the smart lady said "But not before I went crazy... well crazier".

After a few moments I thought of something to say.

"So Lorne suggested this?" I asked the young women "And he convinced you all that is was a good idea to form a harem, in just one conversation?"

I'd known that the Host was good at putting people on the track to a better life, but I'd no idea he could convince people to do such a thing.

"Pretty much yeah" Amy said "I wasn't hard to convince. I'd like to be able to practice magic without going all wicked witch, and you know not going rat is good, or getting burned at the stake. He said it could happen".

I could see why she might pick being in harem over being a rodent, or being horribly killed.

"And I can't have a normal life" Buffy said next "I can try but it won't work Lorne says, and I don't why but I trust him".

The Host was very good at what he did. Even I was willing to listen to his sage advice.

"So I might as well makes things easier by joining a team who will support me in being the Slayer. No offence to Giles, Xander and Willow, but there's no way they could get away with stealing some crown jewels, and sharing a guy doesn't seem like such a big deal now that I have a tiara".

I'd let the girls keep a few things for themselves. Enough to make them feel a little like a princess.

"So do I get to have sex with all of you?" I wondered.

No one spoke for a while.

"Yes" said Amy eventually "but we want some romance first, and not everyone wants to jump into bed right away".

That made sense, and it sounded very fair. None of the girls were exactly experienced, aside from Fred perhaps as she'd been to collage, and since they wanted to avoid crappy loves lives by being with me it was my job to make them feel, if not loved, then at least appreciated by a man or there was no point in forming the harem.

"What about me?" Fred inquired "I don't mean the romance stuff yeah I want that too. I was just wondering what you need me for, sure I can sneak around just fine, but so can Marcie, and I'm not a fighter or a witch".

I'd at least been able to predict her asking about her role within the team. It was just everything else happening that had blind sided me.

"My plan was for you to handle the science stuff" I told the tiny women from Texas "You know look stuff up. Make weapons. Seem all clever when looking into a microscope. That sort of thing".

They all confused.

"We don't exactly have a lab" Buffy pointed out.

I had also considered this.

"Part of my plan is to buy that old CRD building" I said to the girls "and to turn into our headquarters when we go back to Sunnydale"

The CRD building was the place that Moloch's robot body would have built had that demon ever gotten into the internet. The factory was still there, and no one used it, and it was for sale.

"We don't have go back until Halloween" I then reminded " so there's plenty of time to have some fun and travel the country".

Fred had perked up by now.

"Oh that sounds like fun" she said while smiling a lot "I always wanted to go to Disney World".

Which was on the other side of the US as far as I was aware. We might be able to make it there and back within a few months if we didn't get side tracked by too many adventures.

"Okay so hands up who wants me to take them to Disney World" I said.

Marcie had to verbally confirm her agreement, and also it was unanimous. Even I wanted to go, although in my case it was to check out the rides and maybe to eat great amounts of junk food.

"It will count as a big romantic gesture" I told the girls "If I have to put up with creepy mascots I better get lucky while I'm there".

The hands stayed up.

"But we all get some separate dates" Amy insisted "You can't just take us to Disney World and think that entitles you to sex. We want nice dinners, to go see movies, and walks on the beaches. You know romance".

We were in California so all that could be done with little in the way of fuss for me.

"And you have to talk us shopping" Buffy insisted "We're in LA and I haven't see the inside of even one shoe store".

That would be more of a fuss, or at the very least it would make me fussy.

"I do need clothes" Fred reminded.

That was a valid reason to hit the Mall. Well at least for them to go.

"Okay while you ladies go shopping I'm gonna rent one of those RV things" I told the girls "I think we should hit the road real soon. We've go a whole country to see".

The plan was agreed upon and soon we all left the apartment complex intending to spend some of our hard earned money.