Buffy arrived at the school library shortly before sundown. Oz was
already in his cage, and waved at her. "Hey, Oz," Buffy smiled at
him.
"So, Giles, what's the big bad for the night?" she asked. Giles
was...somewhere. She looked around, for him. "Giles?" She looked back
as the door opened and Xander wandered in.
He grinned at her sheepishly, "I was bored," he shrugged.
She smiled back, "So that's what I am? A cure for boredom?"
"No," Xander replied. "Fighting demons is a cure for boredom. You're
just a welcome addition to that fun." He moved to talk to Oz then.
Giles walked out from his office. "Oh, hello, Buffy," he said. "I
thought I heard your voice. I've just been told that Spike has been
making more of a nuisance of himself lately," Giles said.
"And?" Buffy asked. This was nothing new to her, Spike and nuisance
were synonymous in her expreience.
"Eventually he's going to try to go after you again."
"Sorry, still stuck on...and?" Buffy said again. She moved to sit
next to Xander at the table, adding, "Not trying to be annoying, but
the life in danger theme is not something I'm unfamiliar with."
Giles sighed, and said, "I'm just trying to warn you, that when you
go on Patrol tonight, you should be careful."
"Got it. Careful." Buffy nodded helpfully. She smiled as Xander
reached over for her hand, and added, "And Xander will come along and
help keep me safe."
"I will?" Xander asked in surprise.
"Oh, if you _don't_ want to spend time with me, that's fine..." Buffy
sighed.
"Blackmail is not amusing," Xander frowned. "Of course I'll go with
you. I thought we were going to the Bronze tonight, though?"
"We can still do that, after patrol," Buffy assured him with a smile.
*You're not getting out of a date with me that easily.* She grinned
wider as Xander's entire face brightened at that. *Okay, so that
wasn't what you were trying.* she realized.
"Well, I'll be here," Giles said unnecessarily as Oz-wolf leapt at
his cage wall.
"I get that," Buffy replied. "We'll stop by here after Patrol."
*********
Sunnydale Cemetery #21
10 pm
"No vamps, no demons, no Spike, just boredom," Buffy said as they
reached the last cemetery of the evening.
"Works for me," Xander said.
"Okay, now we go to the Bronze for our first..." Buffy trailed off as
she sensed something nearby. She squeezed Xander's hand and then
dropped it, nodding toward a large mausoleum about twenty feet in
front of them. She pulled her stake out of her pocket, and walked
toward the mausoleum.
"Figures," Xander muttered. He had a stake of his own, and followed
Buffy. "LOOK OUT!" he yelled. Buffy turned to see the flash of yellow
eyes, and fell to the ground on her back, using her legs to propel
the wolf over and off her. "Buffy!" Xander ran over to her, and
helped her up, checking for injury.
"I'm fine," she said quickly, looking for the werewolf that had
attacked. "That's not Oz is it?"
"He's at the library with Giles," Xander said. "Isn't he?"
"Giles would have found a way to tell us if Oz got loose," Buffy
replied, not sounding certain in the least.
"How sure are you?" Xander wondered.
"Not," Buffy admitted. "Well, it's gone," she shrugged. "I say we get
back to the library to find out what exactly we're chasing." She and
Xander ran to the highschool.
"Giles!" Buffy and Xander burst into the library, and both jumped as
Oz-wolf snarled from inside the cage. "Oh, thank God," Buffy
said, "He's still there."
"Who's still where?" Giles wondered as he emerged from behind a
bookshelf upstairs.
Buffy looked up and said, "There's a Werewolf on the loose, and for a
second we were afraid it was Oz. So I need a tranquilizer gun."
"There's a trunk of supplies in my office," Giles replied.
Buffy walked into the office, and quickly found what she needed. She
walked back out into the library, and smiled apologetically at
Xander, "Sorry our date has gotten so delayed."
"That's okay," Xander said with a smile. "I've always known if we
made it this far that it wouldn't be the most typical of
relationships. And I wouldn't have it any other way."
Buffy walked up to him and hugged him, saying, "You're just too
amazing, you know."
"I'll have to figure out how to make you keep thinking that," Xander
smiled down at her.
"Ahem," Giles interrupted. "Werewolf running loose in the streets of
Sunnydale?"
"Right," Buffy nodded, stepping away from Xander. "Let's go Xan," she
said, and they left to find the wolf.
***********
There it is," Xander pointed across the street. Buffy looked, and saw
the werewolf. She ran toward it, needing to get into within twenty
feet to get a good shot. It saw her, and took off full-speed. Buffy
followed it down the street. It reached the end of a row of houses,
and Buffy shot at it. It snarled and turned to face her.
"Here Puppy," Buffy called. The wolf ran toward her, but fell
unconscious about five feet away.
Buffy looked over at Xander, who had just caught up with her. "Well,
whatd'you think?" she asked him.
"I think..." Xander gasped, "I need..." another breath "to work out
more," he finally finished with a grin.
"Besides that," Buffy replied, rolling her eyes. "Who's going to call
Giles and tell him we need a means of transportation for the
werewolf. Unless you want to try to carry it back..."
"Not likely," Xander shook his head. "Well, the nearest phone is
about a block that way," he pointed behind him. "There's a 7-11."
Buffy sighed, and turned to look at the house in front of them. It
was a two-story, wood exterior, a long wrap-around porch extending
along three sides. "I've always wondered about that place. It's been
abandoned as long as I've been here."
"It's one of those houses every town has," Xander shrugged. "Story
goes that it's cursed. Everyone who's lived there has committed
suicide."
"It wouldn't surprise me if it was cursed. We've seen stranger
things. And I _do_ get a funny feeling about it," Buffy said
frowning.
"Define funny feeling," Xander requested.
"It's not right," she said, shaking her head. To reinforce that idea,
she saw twenty vampires approaching the house from the other end of
the street. She grabbed Xander and they ducked behind a nearby
car. "It's a party," Xander remarked as they watched the vampires
enter the house.
*********
already in his cage, and waved at her. "Hey, Oz," Buffy smiled at
him.
"So, Giles, what's the big bad for the night?" she asked. Giles
was...somewhere. She looked around, for him. "Giles?" She looked back
as the door opened and Xander wandered in.
He grinned at her sheepishly, "I was bored," he shrugged.
She smiled back, "So that's what I am? A cure for boredom?"
"No," Xander replied. "Fighting demons is a cure for boredom. You're
just a welcome addition to that fun." He moved to talk to Oz then.
Giles walked out from his office. "Oh, hello, Buffy," he said. "I
thought I heard your voice. I've just been told that Spike has been
making more of a nuisance of himself lately," Giles said.
"And?" Buffy asked. This was nothing new to her, Spike and nuisance
were synonymous in her expreience.
"Eventually he's going to try to go after you again."
"Sorry, still stuck on...and?" Buffy said again. She moved to sit
next to Xander at the table, adding, "Not trying to be annoying, but
the life in danger theme is not something I'm unfamiliar with."
Giles sighed, and said, "I'm just trying to warn you, that when you
go on Patrol tonight, you should be careful."
"Got it. Careful." Buffy nodded helpfully. She smiled as Xander
reached over for her hand, and added, "And Xander will come along and
help keep me safe."
"I will?" Xander asked in surprise.
"Oh, if you _don't_ want to spend time with me, that's fine..." Buffy
sighed.
"Blackmail is not amusing," Xander frowned. "Of course I'll go with
you. I thought we were going to the Bronze tonight, though?"
"We can still do that, after patrol," Buffy assured him with a smile.
*You're not getting out of a date with me that easily.* She grinned
wider as Xander's entire face brightened at that. *Okay, so that
wasn't what you were trying.* she realized.
"Well, I'll be here," Giles said unnecessarily as Oz-wolf leapt at
his cage wall.
"I get that," Buffy replied. "We'll stop by here after Patrol."
*********
Sunnydale Cemetery #21
10 pm
"No vamps, no demons, no Spike, just boredom," Buffy said as they
reached the last cemetery of the evening.
"Works for me," Xander said.
"Okay, now we go to the Bronze for our first..." Buffy trailed off as
she sensed something nearby. She squeezed Xander's hand and then
dropped it, nodding toward a large mausoleum about twenty feet in
front of them. She pulled her stake out of her pocket, and walked
toward the mausoleum.
"Figures," Xander muttered. He had a stake of his own, and followed
Buffy. "LOOK OUT!" he yelled. Buffy turned to see the flash of yellow
eyes, and fell to the ground on her back, using her legs to propel
the wolf over and off her. "Buffy!" Xander ran over to her, and
helped her up, checking for injury.
"I'm fine," she said quickly, looking for the werewolf that had
attacked. "That's not Oz is it?"
"He's at the library with Giles," Xander said. "Isn't he?"
"Giles would have found a way to tell us if Oz got loose," Buffy
replied, not sounding certain in the least.
"How sure are you?" Xander wondered.
"Not," Buffy admitted. "Well, it's gone," she shrugged. "I say we get
back to the library to find out what exactly we're chasing." She and
Xander ran to the highschool.
"Giles!" Buffy and Xander burst into the library, and both jumped as
Oz-wolf snarled from inside the cage. "Oh, thank God," Buffy
said, "He's still there."
"Who's still where?" Giles wondered as he emerged from behind a
bookshelf upstairs.
Buffy looked up and said, "There's a Werewolf on the loose, and for a
second we were afraid it was Oz. So I need a tranquilizer gun."
"There's a trunk of supplies in my office," Giles replied.
Buffy walked into the office, and quickly found what she needed. She
walked back out into the library, and smiled apologetically at
Xander, "Sorry our date has gotten so delayed."
"That's okay," Xander said with a smile. "I've always known if we
made it this far that it wouldn't be the most typical of
relationships. And I wouldn't have it any other way."
Buffy walked up to him and hugged him, saying, "You're just too
amazing, you know."
"I'll have to figure out how to make you keep thinking that," Xander
smiled down at her.
"Ahem," Giles interrupted. "Werewolf running loose in the streets of
Sunnydale?"
"Right," Buffy nodded, stepping away from Xander. "Let's go Xan," she
said, and they left to find the wolf.
***********
There it is," Xander pointed across the street. Buffy looked, and saw
the werewolf. She ran toward it, needing to get into within twenty
feet to get a good shot. It saw her, and took off full-speed. Buffy
followed it down the street. It reached the end of a row of houses,
and Buffy shot at it. It snarled and turned to face her.
"Here Puppy," Buffy called. The wolf ran toward her, but fell
unconscious about five feet away.
Buffy looked over at Xander, who had just caught up with her. "Well,
whatd'you think?" she asked him.
"I think..." Xander gasped, "I need..." another breath "to work out
more," he finally finished with a grin.
"Besides that," Buffy replied, rolling her eyes. "Who's going to call
Giles and tell him we need a means of transportation for the
werewolf. Unless you want to try to carry it back..."
"Not likely," Xander shook his head. "Well, the nearest phone is
about a block that way," he pointed behind him. "There's a 7-11."
Buffy sighed, and turned to look at the house in front of them. It
was a two-story, wood exterior, a long wrap-around porch extending
along three sides. "I've always wondered about that place. It's been
abandoned as long as I've been here."
"It's one of those houses every town has," Xander shrugged. "Story
goes that it's cursed. Everyone who's lived there has committed
suicide."
"It wouldn't surprise me if it was cursed. We've seen stranger
things. And I _do_ get a funny feeling about it," Buffy said
frowning.
"Define funny feeling," Xander requested.
"It's not right," she said, shaking her head. To reinforce that idea,
she saw twenty vampires approaching the house from the other end of
the street. She grabbed Xander and they ducked behind a nearby
car. "It's a party," Xander remarked as they watched the vampires
enter the house.
*********