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The Slayer Squad – Origins Episode Eleven: How I Spent My Summer Vacation Part I
By
Celgress
Sunnydale July 1997, night
A beautiful young Asian woman stood tapping her right foot impatiently beside a midsized passenger plane. She was neatly attired in a navy blue business suit which included a knee length skirt, a buttoned down high collared white shirt and black patent leather high heels. She wore her hair in a tight bun. Tasteful yet alluring makeup completed her sophisticated look. It was 3:00 am and the small airport was completely deserted. The overhead lights reflected off the tarmac which was slick from recent rain. The night was still and silent.
Checking her watch for the hundredth time the former 18th Century C.E. Slayer and current master vampire Yuki Makimura scowled. Where were Absalom's minions?
"Come forth my servants!" Makimura ordered. Out of the cargo bay of the plan scrambled ten eyeless, male vampires, in game face, wearing dark gray hooded robes. They were the dreaded Eidu monks, part of the Order of Aurelius and fanatical followers of the now deceased Master.
"What is thy bidding Mistress Makimura?" One of the Eidu asked slavishly.
"Follow me, bring our luggage", Makimura stated setting off in a random direct.
The Home of Buffy, Willow & Giles
"I hate slaying demons. Give me a vampire any night." Buffy said wiping the viscous yellowish green fluid off her uniform. She, Xander & Willow were all unmasked.
"Tell me about it." Willow said doing the same. "I'm just thankful our costumes are stain resistant."
"What do you suppose this stuff is made of?" Xander said flicking a blob of slime onto the front lawn.
"Trust me you don't want to know." Angel said looking mournfully at his ruined trench coat. A coat which he'd owned nearly fifty years.
"Darn it we're teens, well mostly." Buffy said looking at Angel apologetically. "Its' summer we should be out having fun. Not rinsing off demon goop." Buffy sniffed her gloved hand crinkling her nose in disgust.
"Good luck convincing G-Man of that. We dusted the biggest of big bads yet we still must remain 'ever vigilant'." Xander said doing a dead on Giles impression.
The four laughed pilling in behind Buffy who had opened the front door. The laughter ceased once they noticed the dimmed lights, candles and most importantly of all Giles and Ms. Calendar making out on the sofa. The four stood dumbfounded for several seconds until Buffy loudly cleared her throat.
"Ahem Giles we're home."
Jenny and Giles scrambled away from each other to opposites sides of the sofa. The two love birds were obviously mortified they had been discovered. Thankfully both were fully clothed. Xander flipped on the overhead lights with a barely suppressed snicker. Willow blushed looking away while Angel stood there with a stunned look on his face.
"G-girls I-I see your-your home early." Giles stammered more than usual. "I-I wasn't expecting you back so-so s-soon."
"Obliviously" Buffy said with a wicked smile. "Hi Ms. Calendar I hope our Daddy is showing you a good time." Giles and Jenny both blushed at Buffy's comment.
"B-Buffy" Giles started.
"Relax I was only joking besides I think you two make a cute couple." Buffy said.
Xander was about to plop down on the love seat. "Don't sit down on the furniture young man!" Giles said coming to his senses noticing Xander's suit was covered in green slime. "I'll never get that out of the upholstery."
"Sorry" Xander said sheepishly. "I wasn't thinking."
"Yuck, what exactly is that stuff?" Jenny asked desperate to change the subject.
"Demon juice" Willow said glancing once more at her covered costume.
"What type?" Jenny said.
"You don't want to know." Angel grumbled.
"So Dad" Buffy said looking at Giles with puppy dog eyes, "Can we have a small break from vampire slaying and demon hunting I don't know maybe a vacation? It is summer you know."
"So I've heard." Giles said cleaning his glasses. "I guess a small vacation couldn't do any harm, say a week."
"Yay" Willow said unable to contain her enthusiasm.
"Thank you so much." Buffy squealed putting her arms around Giles from behind. "Sorry" Buffy said with a frown noticing the slime she'd imparted on Giles' shirt. "I'll wash it later."
"I think we've had enough excitement for one night." Giles said putting his glasses back on. "We should all get some rest goodnight Angel, Xander."
"See you guys tomorrow." Xander said leaving the house Angel was right behind him. "Hey is it alright if I bring Cordy? She loves the beach."
"Yes, by all means bring Cordy." Giles sighed.
"Remember we'll be heading there late in the day, say around dusk." Buffy said giving Angel a gentle kiss on the lips. "It is only fair after all. If Xander can bring Cordy I want to bring Angel."
"Buffy that isn't necessary." Angel whispered.
"Don't argue" Buffy said. "It ruins your cuteness. I'll see you there."
After Angel and Xander left Willow headed upstairs to bed followed by Buffy, "good night Giles, Ms. Calendar", Willow said politely.
"You kids have fun" Buffy said with a wink. Both adults squirmed uncomfortably at Buffy's comment and gesture.
The Sunken Church, near dawn
"Nice place you and the boy have here Absalom." Makimura said disapprovingly surveying the surroundings, "very medieval." Makimura ran her well-manicured hand along a ledge grimacing at the layer of dust she picked up.
"Your opinion of our surroundings is of no importance Makimura." Absalom, in vamp face, said from his position atop the Master's old stone throne. Since ascending to the leadership of the Order of Aurelius upon the Master's demise, the zealot had traded in his modern clothing for a green robe reminiscent in style of those worn by Christian monks. By his right side the Anointed One looked on passively. "All that matter is can you avenge our slain Master, by destroying the accursed Slayer and her contemptible allies or not?"
"Of course, I wouldn't be here otherwise." Makimura said proudly. "Remember our deal Absalom once the so called Slayer Squad is no more we open the Hellmouth and bring about the apocalypse, as our dearly departed sire would have wanted."
"It shall be done." Absalom said.
"I pledge myself to your service Absalom new leader of the glorious Order of Aurelius and to that of the Anointed One, as I pledged myself to our sire the Master before you." Makimura said bowing low.
The Beach, dusk the following day
The entire gang was enjoying the first day of their vacation. Angel had arrived. He and Buffy were sitting on a blanket watching the first stars light up the night sky. Giles was reading a book. Willow sat nearby enviously watching Xander and Cordelia frolic in the water. The cheerleader was falling all over the young hero as usual.
"She only wants him because of his powers." Willow muttered dejectedly. "She didn't know he existed before he was the White Knight."
"W-Willow are you jealous?" Giles asked looking up from his book.
"It isn't fair" Willow said. "I've had a crush on Xander since the second grade. It wouldn't hurt so much if Xander had chosen anyone other than Cordelia, a person who has treated us both like dirt for years. What is wrong with me Giles? Why doesn't Xander want me?" Willow finished with a sniff.
"W-Willow you are a remarkable young lady." Giles said putting his book away and draping an arm around his charge. "Any young man would be lucky to call you his girlfriend. Don't judge your worth based upon Xander's or anyone else's actions or inactions. Someday you'll find the right person, until then my best advice is be yourself."
"Thanks Giles." Willow said hugging Giles back.
"Please call me Dad, Buffy does." Giles said smiling.
"Thanks, Dad" Willow said returning Giles' smile.
Nearby Buffy snuggled in next to Angel. She felt safe and secure in his strong arms. The horrors of the past six months melt away when they were together. Now if only Buffy could convince him to go for a swim. Angel hadn't brought trunks or anything. He was outfit in a silk shirt and slacks.
"Are you afraid of the water or something?" Buffy had joked when the vampire first showed up fully dressed.
"Or something" Angel had said.
It was about one in the morning when the group was leaving at the same time a small crowd of people arrived. "The place is all yours, enjoy." Buffy said to a young Asian beauty in a strange samurai type outfit.
"Please stay there is more than enough room for all of us." The Asian Beauty said.
"We really should be going." Buffy said.
"You're staying, I insist." The Asian Beauty said in a commanding voice. With a single hand she pushed the astonished Buffy back several feet. The crowd around Buffy's group slipped into vamp face.
"They're all vampires!" Cordelia shrieked clinging to Xander for protection.
"Smart girl" Makimura scoffed assuming her own game face.
"Who are you?" Giles demanded of the female demon.
"I'm Yuki Makimura, you must be Rupert Giles the Watcher. I've heard so much about you Mr. Giles. You're brats killed my sire, the Master." Makimura said coldly. "I want revenge."
"Great another pissed off Aurelian warrior", Xander said.
"Destroy them!" Makimura ordered stepping back from the ensuing fray.
Giles threw stakes, which he retrieved from the picnic basket the group had eaten from earlier, to the other humans and their vampire friend. "A W-Watcher must always be prepared." Giles said answering the curious stares he received.
While Cordelia hide behind Giles the Slayer Squad members and Angel dusted the eight vampires in a matter of minutes. All but two seemed little more than fledglings, thus they were not much of a challenge. The group then turned its collective attention towards Makimura who stood several yards away on top of a tall sand dune.
"An impressive performance my young friends" Makimura said, "until next time pleasant dreams." Makimura bowed low before vanishing into the shadows.
"What an unusually polite vampire." Giles said turning towards Angel. "Angel have you heard of her before?"
"I have, she was the Master's primary assassin. He ranked her skills above those of other elite warriors such as the Three, Luke and Zackary." Angel said grimly.
"Oh dear" Giles exclaimed.
"You haven't heard the worst part yet." Angel said.
"It gets worse?" Buffy laughed nervously.
"Yuki Makimura was a slayer before the Master turned her two hundred years ago. Owing to her Slayer roots she's a lot more powerful than most non-ancient vampires." Angel explained.
"Just what the World needed, a slayer/vampire hybrid." Xander said. "Here I thought it would be a slow summer."
"At least things can't get any worse." Willow offered hopefully.
The Catacombs of Rome
Brother Luca was forced down a narrow passageway. The old monk stumbled several times. The four vampires continued pushing him forward. At last they arrived in a large chamber illuminated by the feeble light of several oil lamps. A bearded, white haired, elderly looking man in a smart suite greeted him.
"Ah Brother Luca it is a pleasure to finally met you. I trust my Master's servants treated you well? I am Richard Straker." Straker said in a thick British accent extending his hand.
"I know who thou are Footstool of the Great Malignance." Brother Luca said refusing Straker's hand.
"I'm wounded by your rudeness Brother Luca. We can do this the hard way or the easy way. You can tell me what you know or face the wrath of my master." Straker said his expression hardening.
"Do you worse monster. I shall gladly embrace death before I trade with you or your vile master." Brother Luca said defiantly.
Straker shook his head stepping aside. A living nightmare loomed out of the shadows engulfing Brother Luca. Yellow eyes flashed, crooked fangs tore into flesh. In less than a minute a lifeless husk was all that remained of Brother Luca.
Hissing like an angry snake the millennia old master vampire Kurt Barlow wiped the last drops of blood from his mouth. Sucking the residue from his claws Barlow turned towards his most loyal servant. The primordial evil then spoke in a terrible, raspy voice.
"Hembai of Abydosis no more. The Hellomouth in distant Sunnydale is untended by a worthy guardian."
"How should we precede my Master?' Striker asked the monstrous vampire as two of the lesser demons dragged the desiccated body of Brother Luca away.
"Make the necessary arrangements we leave by ship on the Full Moon." Barlow rasped.
"At once my Master" Striker said clicking his heels. Hesitating Striker looked over his shoulder at Barlow. "What of the three champions of the Powers known as the 'Slayer Squad'? Surely they will attempt to stop us my Master."
"They are of no concern." Barlow said waving a clawed hand dismissively. "They cannot hinder me. My powers are beyond their pitiful understanding. Depart, do my bidding at once Striker."
"Thy will be done my master." Striker said leaving the chamber.
To Be Continued.
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