As always when she was battling a fledgling vampire, Pat didn't give her opponent much time to land hits or to even merely fight back; a few powerful blows brought enough distance between him and her so that she could grab the stake she had tucked into her belt and pull it out, and when he charged at her again, yelling and growling, she staked him easily, smirking when he crumbled into dust.
"Poor lad", Jane commented as she moved closer, "he never had a chance. And you still fight as you did back then, too, I see. Strength and speed."
"Well, why not use what I have", Pat smirked in reply, "but you should know that by now, I also learned how to dodge and block, well, most of the time."
"I should hope so", Jane giggled, looking at the sad remains of the vampire a bit longer before she straightened up and gestured towards the north end of the cemetery, where the crypts were located. "Shall we go and see if we find this nest, then?" she suggested, making both Pat and Willow nod; the demon still took the time to put her stake back into her belt, then they started walking again, the redhead moving closer to her partner after a few steps and grasping her hand, making her smile down on her.
"Let's hope we'll be able to handle that nest on our own", she then stated, finding her cigarettes and lighting one of them up, clearly deciding that there was enough time for a smoke break, "who knows where the others are, it might take them ages to get here."
"That, and if we call Buffy on her phone, who knows if she'll hear when she's in the middle of the fight the moment we call", Willow pointed out a slight flaw in the agreement they had made before they all had split up; realizing that this was a good point, Pat grimaced and nodded, then suddenly smirked, the redhead almost automatically smiling back, momentarily surprised about how that certain smirk still made her heart jump, even after all those years.
"Maybe we won't need to call them, anyway", the demon now stated, a mischief glint in her good eye that showed her next words weren't fully serious, "maybe, Sue will hear something from the wind again and they'll come running."
"This wind thing is so weird", Willow giggled, the sound of her laughter making Jane briefly turn her head to look at them, the ice demon not inquiring about the reason for her giggling though, "and I'd really like to know if that's actually true or if she's just an oddball."
"A mix of both, probably", the taller woman chuckled in reply, making her partner giggle once more; then, Jane gained their attention by calling out their names, gesturing to the several crypts lined up ahead of them.
"There we are", she stated the obvious, "with which one should we start?"
"I guess we can ignore those tiny ones over there", Pat gave back, "not big enough for a proper nest, they'd end up eating each other. Maybe with the big one in the middle."
"Sounds reasonable", Jane agreed after a moment, while Willow nodded at once, "so who goes in first? Can I?"
"Yeah, why not", the demon shrugged, "but be careful and try not to make any noise in case they are in there and are slumbering."
"Of course, what do you think I am, a klutz?" the blonde demanded, giving the taller woman a mock glare; Pat just smirked and shrugged, making Willow wonder if in fact the other woman could be a klutz at times, then she made a mental note to herself to ask about this later and focused on Jane again, watching how she approached the crypt and carefully pulled the door open, managing to do so without making any noise; she stepped inside, but already why she did so, both the witch and the demon could hear the sounds of vampires feasting.
"Let's hope we're not too late", the redhead whispered while Jane stepped back outside and looked at them, her voice sincere when she replied, keeping her voice low as well. "There's six of them, and a girl, they're drinking from her, quite messy. So what do we do? Go in now or call for the others?"
"There's no time to call for them and wait for them to arrive", Pat decided in reply, "if that girl is still alive, we need to get her out fast. Do you know if she is?"
"I think so", Jane replied at once, to the obvious relief of Willow, "I think she was still breathing, but you're right, we gotta be quick."
"You two go inside now then", the redhead suggested, "and I'll call Buffy and ask them to come, then I'll join you and try to get out the girl, so just in case they turn out to be too many, they can barge in like the cavalry and help."
"Good plan", the demon agreed with a smirk, "let's go then, Jane, and kick some ass. Willow, as you said, try to get out the girl, but only if they are all busy with Jane and me and won't notice you, alright? I don't want them to get a taste of you."
"Same here", the witch gave back, "and please be careful, you've been injured often enough the last two days."
"I'll take care", Pat reassured her at once, smiling slightly; then, Jane asked if they finally could go inside now, making her nod; she still took the time to throw the cigarette on the ground and putting it out by stepping in on it, then stole a quick kiss from her partner before she moved forward, Jane following suit a moment later, the two vanishing in the crypt, the redhead briefly smiling to herself when she heard Pat snarl "Dinner time's over" at the bunch of vampires.
While the sounds of fighting came up inside the crypt, the redhead quickly got out her cell phone and called Buffy; to her surprise and relief, the Slayer took the call after the first ring, sounding slightly concerned when she asked if everything was okay and why she was calling.
"We found that vampire's nest you were talking about", Willow quickly explained, "Pat and Jane are inside now, fighting them, and I'll have to try and get their victim out once we ended this call, so we better make this quick. Can you come over here, just in case we'll need help? It's at the north end of the cemetery, the big crypt in the middle."
"We'll be there as fast as possible", Buffy promised, "now get in there and try to get that poor girl out, but be careful, okay?"
"I will", Willow reassured her, then ended the call without another word; she quickly put the phone back into her pocket, then entered the crypt; for a moment, all she could see was chaos, one vampire struggling to come to his feet at the bottom of the stairs which led from the entrance down to the grave area, four more of them engaged in hand-to-hand combat with both Pat and Jane, the taller demon snarling audibly as she landed punches left and right, her good eye glowing brightly red, making it quite easily for Willow to spot her in the rather dark crypt.
A few feet away from her, Jane was doing her own part of the fighting, again with that impressive elegance and grace the witch had seen from her earlier; she easily sidestepped, ducked and blocked all kicks and punches the vampires were throwing at her, landing powerful blows in return for each one.
"Seems like they don't need any help from the others", Willow muttered to herself while she moved down the stairs; there, the vampire had managed to get up by now, but he didn't even glance at her, immediately launching himself into the middle of the brawl instead, making her smirk for a moment before she hurried over to where the girl laid on the ground, bleeding from numerous bite wounds at her neck, arms and legs.
To her relief though, the girl clearly was still alive, something which showed through the tiny whimper she let out when the redhead knelt down next to her, weakly shaking her head, her eyelids fluttering as she struggled to open her eyes.
"Hush, it's okay, I'll get you out", Willow whispered, not wanting to gain the attention of the fighting vampires, "you'll be okay, I promise, just try to—"
The snarl coming from behind her was the only indicator for the danger she was in, and it startled her so much that she reacted too late; while she still tried to turn, the vampire's arms wrapped around her, pinning hers to her side, and he jerked her upwards and against his body, a pained cry escaping her when his fangs dug into her neck.
She felt him take two big, greedy gulps, unimpressed by her struggles; and then, he suddenly grunted, only to vanish into dust a second later as Pat rammed her sake into his back, with enough force to make it go all the way through to his heart.
"Thank you", the witch brought out, still stunned at how quickly and easily that vampire had snuck up on her and had overpowered her, "I can't believe I let that happen…"
"Are you okay?" Pat demanded to know in reply, eying the wounds the vampire's fangs had caused and the blood that still was seeping from them with concern; to her relief, Willow nodded at once, then gave her a brave smile, not letting it show that it actually still hurt.
"I've been bitten before", she then reminded her of her previous close encounters with vampires, "and you dusted him before he could do much damage."
"His pals have all gone dusty as well, so once we got the girl out, we're pretty much done here", the demon let her know, "she's still alive, right?"
"Yes, she is", Willow confirmed at once, "poor thing, she's scared out of her mind…"
"No surprise there", the taller woman muttered, "let me just pick her up then and let's get outta here…"
"Not yet", Jane's voice came up just as Pat bent down next to the wounded girl, making both Willow and her look at the other demon, the black haired woman frowning slightly when she saw the fresh icicle her long-time friend had made appear in her hand.
"There's something we have to get done here first", the ice demon went on before Pat or Willow had the chance to say something, "but it won't take long."
"And what would that be?" the taller woman demanded to know after a few seconds had ticked by in silence; in response, Jane just gave her a strangely cold smile – before she brought up the icicle and launched herself forward, the sharp weapon in her hand glinting in the weak light as she brought it down in an almost elegant ark, the tip aimed right at the other demon's chest.