The Big Bad
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Buffy and Spike had been sparing for about an hour, they were hot and tired. It had been fun, Buffy enjoyed the new power she had found, and Spike enjoyed watching her. She was so free.
"I think it's time to call it a day, Giles wanted me to check in, start the actual slaying." Buffy told Spike.
"Ok pet, give me a call in the morning." He said kissing her head. She smiled up at him.
"Yeah sure."
As she went to walk off Spike called her back, "Buffy you know slaying is it dangerous?" A look of concern in his eyes.
"I don't know Giles never said, I'm sure that things happen but it can't be more dangerous than life can it?" Her expression and tone of voice care free.
Spike wasn't sure that she was right, but she was happy so he wasn't going to spoil that.
He stood watching as Buffy headed off in the direction of Giles' office, she looked back once or twice smiling at him. Spike was head over feet, after Dru he hadn't wanted to fall in love, but that girl how could he stop it? They hadn't talked about it but he just knew that she loved him as well.
They were so happy, things were perfect.
Buffy walked off to find Giles, she was so happy to be in love that she didn't hear Spike's muffled scream as one of Navocof's minions dragged him off.
~*~
Buffy found Giles pacing his office and dusty old book in his hand, when he saw her he looked at her in annoyance. She knew that he didn't like her, but she put that down to bad first impressions.
"Hey Giles."
"Hello Ms Summers. Please have a seat." His tone was short and clipped.
Something snapped inside Buffy, "Look I'm a nice person and I am the Chosen One and all that so don't you think you should try to be nice to me? By the sounds of it we're going to be around each other a lot."
Giles knew that she was right, he should try to make an effort after all if he wanted her to take his orders then he would need to be on the right side of her.
"Yes you are quite correct Ms Summers, we should both try and be a bit more understanding in this situation."
"Cool but there's one thing, stop calling me Ms Summers, my name is Buffy."
She flashed him a warm smile, and Giles thought that maybe he had got her wrong.
"Right, Buffy, I'm sorry to thrust this upon you but I'm afraid you are needed. But I have seen you fight and you already have great skill." Giles told he still pacing, it made her uneasy, something bad must be going on.
"I'm needed, like how?"
"There is a master vampire called Navocof it seems he has been waiting for the Slayer, and now he knows it is you."
"How?"
"He hacked into the councils computers, he is very good at that sort of thing. Anyway he has made a deal with a hell God and he needs you to complete the deal."
"He needs me, what does he want me for."
"Please Buffy do not become distressed too much by this but he needs your blood to complete a ritual."
Giles waited for her response expecting her to scream and cry, she never all she said, "Gross."
"Yes quite. Anyway we now his location and it is down to you to put a stop to this. You must go and kill him."
Giles really expected the hysterics to start now, a young woman faced with the task of saving the world and she seemed perfectly calm. Buffy Summers was a strange woman.
Buffy looked round the room, "So a stake through the heart, decapitation, sunlight, holy water, crosses and fire, they'll kill him." She state as she pulled various weapons into a canvas bag.
Giles watched in fascination, after reading the accounts of other Slayers, never had he heard of a young girl taking the news so well. Seeming so focused, maybe he had gotten this girl all wrong.
"I am glad to see you paid attention to my lecture, and also I have to say I am very pleased with your total focus on the task." He smiled.
Throwing the bag over her shoulder Buffy turned to him and said, "Yeah well the sooner we do this the sooner I can get back to my honey."
~*~
Spike had been drifting in and out of consciousness for the past hour, he had fully expected to be killed and he was still in no doubt that he would be.
He was chained to a wall in a lavishly furnished bedroom, a vampire's bedroom. The man who he guessed was the master had been talking at him the whole time, telling him about his plan. At first it made Spike laugh, he'd seen it in all the films the big bad tells the good guys the plan and then they get defeated. Now it wasn't funny because it looked like the big bad would win.
Navocof walked over to him, he knew what was coming, he did it about every ten minutes or so, came for a sip.
Spike opened his eyes to see the things face change into a monster face. He saw the sharp fangs clamp down on to his arm.
He wondered if this would be the last time. Sacrifices
CHAPTER TWELVE
Buffy and Giles were sat outside a large apartment building in the wealthy district of the city, preparing for battle. Giles had driven her to the location of Navocof, trying to prepare her mentally on the way. They had been sat in the car for a few minutes saying nothing to each other.
"Giles how bad will this be?" Buffy asked.
"I can not tell you, but it will be like nothing you have ever faced before." Giles responded, he wanted to tell her about how nasty Navocof could be but thought now was not the time.
"Right, well I better get in there ten." With that Buffy opened the car door and headed over to the apartment building.
Buffy felt nervous walking up the steps, what the hell was she doing. She'd come to this strange country, by herself and listened to this crazy man and now she was heading into an unknown place to attack a man with an axe.
~*~
Navocof moved away from the window, he had seen the car pull up and watched the new Slayer get out. He turned to one of his minions.
"She has arrived. Get him out of here." He motioned to Spike's body lying in the corner of the room.
"Yes sir." The vampire said as he took Spike's body and dragged it out of the room. He looked over to his master in awe, such a perfect plan that was working to the last word.
Navocof moved away from the door and waited for the Slayer to enter, 'so stupid' he thought to himself. The girl and her watcher had walked right into his trap.
~*~
Buffy kicked the door from its hinges, she saw Navocof immediately. At first panic came across her, he looked just like a normal man she had made such a mistake. Then her fears were resolved as the vampire spoke.
"You have arrived Slayer, good just in time for my party." Navocof said weighing up the young girl in front of him.
"From what I've heard evil nasties don't normally want the Slayer at their parties."
"True, but this is a party to celebrate your death." He said the words calmly as if they were set in stone.
"Don't think so." Buffy moved closer to him and kicked him hard in the stomach.
Navocof punched her hard in the face, she stood back and looked at him. He was strong, at first she had thought it was stupid of him to want to fight. He was only about five foot seven inches, but it was plain to see that his strength was unquestionable.
"Such a shame that your friend Spike won't be able to attend my little party." He said looking for the pain in her eyes.
"Spike? What have you done with him? Where is he?" She questioned. Giles had warned her about the physical pain she would encounter as a Slayer, he never said anything about emotional pain. It was painful, she had just found Spike, a man that could be her equal, a relationship that might work out because they were equal.
"I'm afraid that he is dead." He stated coldly.
Something inside her flipped, she grabbed Navocof a tossed him over her shoulder and grabbed a stake. Before she could find her target he was back up and he punched her across the back of her head.
Buffy turned to the side and kicked him in the chest, he staggered back, she kicked him again. He was nearly against the wall now but Buffy knew that she wouldn't have time to stake him. She kicked him again, this time finding his face.
"I will have your blood Slayer. They say it's the sweetest." Navocof said as Buffy swung the axe at him.
A look of shock passed over his face the split second before her exploded into dust around her.
Buffy stood still watching as the dust for the master vampire's body cover her skin. It was done, he had won, but she didn't feel like giving a victory cheer. Her heart knew too well what she had lost in the process.
She picked up her weapons and left.
~*~
Giles smiled as he saw him Slayer leaving the building, she had won. There was no way Navocof the six hundred year old vampire would have let her leave alive. She must have dusted him.
Buffy opened the car door and slid into the passenger seat. Giles noticed that her face showed great pain, the battle had been hard on her.
"Buffy is everything ok?" He asked.
"Yes, I killed him. But you know the hardest part? I know."
A confused expression clouded Giles' face, what was she talking about? What ever it was she was talking as if he should know already.
"You know what?"
"I know how hard it is going to be without him. I can feel what life will be like without him. I never told him but I think I was in love with him. No I know I was in love with him."
'Is she talking about Navocof?' Giles asked himself. Something had happened to her up there and he had no idea what, but he knew that she couldn't be talking about Navocof.
"Who?" He asked.
"Spike. Navocof had him and now he's dead." Tears started to flow from her eyes. Pain and grief filled the car.
Giles nodded a knowing nod, he knew that Slayer very rarely had a normal life with normal relationships. That being the Slayer meant may sacrifices and Spike was just the first, Buffy knew that.
TBC...
AUTHOR'S NOTES: That was the first proper fight scene I have written so I'm sorry if it was a little bit rubbish. I will try harder next time.
Oh and don't panic about Spike, trust me it will all work out.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Buffy and Spike had been sparing for about an hour, they were hot and tired. It had been fun, Buffy enjoyed the new power she had found, and Spike enjoyed watching her. She was so free.
"I think it's time to call it a day, Giles wanted me to check in, start the actual slaying." Buffy told Spike.
"Ok pet, give me a call in the morning." He said kissing her head. She smiled up at him.
"Yeah sure."
As she went to walk off Spike called her back, "Buffy you know slaying is it dangerous?" A look of concern in his eyes.
"I don't know Giles never said, I'm sure that things happen but it can't be more dangerous than life can it?" Her expression and tone of voice care free.
Spike wasn't sure that she was right, but she was happy so he wasn't going to spoil that.
He stood watching as Buffy headed off in the direction of Giles' office, she looked back once or twice smiling at him. Spike was head over feet, after Dru he hadn't wanted to fall in love, but that girl how could he stop it? They hadn't talked about it but he just knew that she loved him as well.
They were so happy, things were perfect.
Buffy walked off to find Giles, she was so happy to be in love that she didn't hear Spike's muffled scream as one of Navocof's minions dragged him off.
~*~
Buffy found Giles pacing his office and dusty old book in his hand, when he saw her he looked at her in annoyance. She knew that he didn't like her, but she put that down to bad first impressions.
"Hey Giles."
"Hello Ms Summers. Please have a seat." His tone was short and clipped.
Something snapped inside Buffy, "Look I'm a nice person and I am the Chosen One and all that so don't you think you should try to be nice to me? By the sounds of it we're going to be around each other a lot."
Giles knew that she was right, he should try to make an effort after all if he wanted her to take his orders then he would need to be on the right side of her.
"Yes you are quite correct Ms Summers, we should both try and be a bit more understanding in this situation."
"Cool but there's one thing, stop calling me Ms Summers, my name is Buffy."
She flashed him a warm smile, and Giles thought that maybe he had got her wrong.
"Right, Buffy, I'm sorry to thrust this upon you but I'm afraid you are needed. But I have seen you fight and you already have great skill." Giles told he still pacing, it made her uneasy, something bad must be going on.
"I'm needed, like how?"
"There is a master vampire called Navocof it seems he has been waiting for the Slayer, and now he knows it is you."
"How?"
"He hacked into the councils computers, he is very good at that sort of thing. Anyway he has made a deal with a hell God and he needs you to complete the deal."
"He needs me, what does he want me for."
"Please Buffy do not become distressed too much by this but he needs your blood to complete a ritual."
Giles waited for her response expecting her to scream and cry, she never all she said, "Gross."
"Yes quite. Anyway we now his location and it is down to you to put a stop to this. You must go and kill him."
Giles really expected the hysterics to start now, a young woman faced with the task of saving the world and she seemed perfectly calm. Buffy Summers was a strange woman.
Buffy looked round the room, "So a stake through the heart, decapitation, sunlight, holy water, crosses and fire, they'll kill him." She state as she pulled various weapons into a canvas bag.
Giles watched in fascination, after reading the accounts of other Slayers, never had he heard of a young girl taking the news so well. Seeming so focused, maybe he had gotten this girl all wrong.
"I am glad to see you paid attention to my lecture, and also I have to say I am very pleased with your total focus on the task." He smiled.
Throwing the bag over her shoulder Buffy turned to him and said, "Yeah well the sooner we do this the sooner I can get back to my honey."
~*~
Spike had been drifting in and out of consciousness for the past hour, he had fully expected to be killed and he was still in no doubt that he would be.
He was chained to a wall in a lavishly furnished bedroom, a vampire's bedroom. The man who he guessed was the master had been talking at him the whole time, telling him about his plan. At first it made Spike laugh, he'd seen it in all the films the big bad tells the good guys the plan and then they get defeated. Now it wasn't funny because it looked like the big bad would win.
Navocof walked over to him, he knew what was coming, he did it about every ten minutes or so, came for a sip.
Spike opened his eyes to see the things face change into a monster face. He saw the sharp fangs clamp down on to his arm.
He wondered if this would be the last time. Sacrifices
CHAPTER TWELVE
Buffy and Giles were sat outside a large apartment building in the wealthy district of the city, preparing for battle. Giles had driven her to the location of Navocof, trying to prepare her mentally on the way. They had been sat in the car for a few minutes saying nothing to each other.
"Giles how bad will this be?" Buffy asked.
"I can not tell you, but it will be like nothing you have ever faced before." Giles responded, he wanted to tell her about how nasty Navocof could be but thought now was not the time.
"Right, well I better get in there ten." With that Buffy opened the car door and headed over to the apartment building.
Buffy felt nervous walking up the steps, what the hell was she doing. She'd come to this strange country, by herself and listened to this crazy man and now she was heading into an unknown place to attack a man with an axe.
~*~
Navocof moved away from the window, he had seen the car pull up and watched the new Slayer get out. He turned to one of his minions.
"She has arrived. Get him out of here." He motioned to Spike's body lying in the corner of the room.
"Yes sir." The vampire said as he took Spike's body and dragged it out of the room. He looked over to his master in awe, such a perfect plan that was working to the last word.
Navocof moved away from the door and waited for the Slayer to enter, 'so stupid' he thought to himself. The girl and her watcher had walked right into his trap.
~*~
Buffy kicked the door from its hinges, she saw Navocof immediately. At first panic came across her, he looked just like a normal man she had made such a mistake. Then her fears were resolved as the vampire spoke.
"You have arrived Slayer, good just in time for my party." Navocof said weighing up the young girl in front of him.
"From what I've heard evil nasties don't normally want the Slayer at their parties."
"True, but this is a party to celebrate your death." He said the words calmly as if they were set in stone.
"Don't think so." Buffy moved closer to him and kicked him hard in the stomach.
Navocof punched her hard in the face, she stood back and looked at him. He was strong, at first she had thought it was stupid of him to want to fight. He was only about five foot seven inches, but it was plain to see that his strength was unquestionable.
"Such a shame that your friend Spike won't be able to attend my little party." He said looking for the pain in her eyes.
"Spike? What have you done with him? Where is he?" She questioned. Giles had warned her about the physical pain she would encounter as a Slayer, he never said anything about emotional pain. It was painful, she had just found Spike, a man that could be her equal, a relationship that might work out because they were equal.
"I'm afraid that he is dead." He stated coldly.
Something inside her flipped, she grabbed Navocof a tossed him over her shoulder and grabbed a stake. Before she could find her target he was back up and he punched her across the back of her head.
Buffy turned to the side and kicked him in the chest, he staggered back, she kicked him again. He was nearly against the wall now but Buffy knew that she wouldn't have time to stake him. She kicked him again, this time finding his face.
"I will have your blood Slayer. They say it's the sweetest." Navocof said as Buffy swung the axe at him.
A look of shock passed over his face the split second before her exploded into dust around her.
Buffy stood still watching as the dust for the master vampire's body cover her skin. It was done, he had won, but she didn't feel like giving a victory cheer. Her heart knew too well what she had lost in the process.
She picked up her weapons and left.
~*~
Giles smiled as he saw him Slayer leaving the building, she had won. There was no way Navocof the six hundred year old vampire would have let her leave alive. She must have dusted him.
Buffy opened the car door and slid into the passenger seat. Giles noticed that her face showed great pain, the battle had been hard on her.
"Buffy is everything ok?" He asked.
"Yes, I killed him. But you know the hardest part? I know."
A confused expression clouded Giles' face, what was she talking about? What ever it was she was talking as if he should know already.
"You know what?"
"I know how hard it is going to be without him. I can feel what life will be like without him. I never told him but I think I was in love with him. No I know I was in love with him."
'Is she talking about Navocof?' Giles asked himself. Something had happened to her up there and he had no idea what, but he knew that she couldn't be talking about Navocof.
"Who?" He asked.
"Spike. Navocof had him and now he's dead." Tears started to flow from her eyes. Pain and grief filled the car.
Giles nodded a knowing nod, he knew that Slayer very rarely had a normal life with normal relationships. That being the Slayer meant may sacrifices and Spike was just the first, Buffy knew that.
TBC...
AUTHOR'S NOTES: That was the first proper fight scene I have written so I'm sorry if it was a little bit rubbish. I will try harder next time.
Oh and don't panic about Spike, trust me it will all work out.