12 am
Buffy looked at her watch nervously as she saw ten more vampires
approach the house and enter. "Party isn't even close to accurate,"
she muttered. "This is a vampire orgy...EW!" she wrinkled her nose at
the unwelcome mental images induced by that thought.
She looked over as the wolf nearby growled in its sleep. "Hurry,
Xander," she said softly.
****
"Giles, I'm not going to stand here and argue with you. Are you
coming to help? Or do you have a better idea of how to deal with a
house of 30-plus vampires?" Xander was feeling very nervous being so
far away from where Buffy might be getting hurt or worse.
He sighed in response to something that Giles had said, "Fire, yeah.
We figured that much. So are you coming? Good, thank you." Xander
hung the phone back up and broke into a run, to return to the vampire-
house.
*****
Buffy looked down the street and saw Xander approaching. "Finally."
"Good, you're still here," Xander said, panting for breath.
"Where else would I be?" she asked. She grabbed him by the hand and
tugged hard, "Down!" she whispered. They watched as a vampire walked
out to the front porch, and looked around. After five minutes he
returned to the house.
"Suspicious bunch," Buffy said. "There they are!" she nodded to
Giles' car which had stopped about five houses down. Giles and
Willow jumped out and ran over to them. Willow had a make-shift
stretcher. "Where--" Willow didn't have to finish the sentence, she
saw the wolf. They silently shoved/pulled the wolf onto the
stretcher, then Xander and Giles carried it to Giles' car, where
Giles had a cage in the back seat.
When they'd returned, they had three large gasoline cans. "Willow has
a spell to keep them inside the house, but it may not last very long"
Giles said. "Which means we will all have to work fast and
simultaneously. Once the vampires realize what is going on, they will
fight that spell, and eventually try to get out. When that happens,
be careful. Demons are dangerous in all situations, but even more so
when their survival is threatened."
"No kidding," Buffy said with a roll of her eyes.
Giles regarded her, then remembered. "Oh, yes. You've done this
before."
"Yeah, except it was a gymnasium, I was alone, and I thought it would
be the last time I ever had that kind of fun."
Willow dumped a pile of cloth strips on the ground. "To get the fire
going easier."
"Very good. Willow whenever you're ready?" Giles said.
Willow nodded, and started chanting softly. Buffy kept her attention
on the house, and after several minutes heard Willow say, "Now."
Willow remained behind, still chanting, as the others ran ran toward
the house, as quickly and as silently as possible. Buffy reached the
back of the house, and first splashed gasoline on the wall. Then she
broke in the windows, and heard the others doing the same. Then she
began dousing the rags in gasoline and tossing them inside.
The screams of rage and fear soon began, and Buffy tried to close her
mind to them. A male vampire ran out of the door, and turned on
Buffy. He jumped at her, and she splashed gasoline on him. He
sputtered, and looked at her confusedly. She didn't give him time to
figure it out, she quickly lit a match and threw it on him. She felt
nauseous as she smelled the burning flesh, the creature fell to the
ground, rolling, attempting to put out the flames. Buffy reached into
her jacket pocket and retrieved her stake, putting the vamp out of
its misery. She then staked the next two vamps which ran out of the
door, and piled the remainder of the rags at the front door, lighting
them on fire. She stepped back as the flames began to take over the
porch and the back wall of the house.
*Why were the vampires getting out?* she wondered, remembering
Willow's spell. She looked over to see that Willow was fighting a
vampire, who had somehow managed to distract her from the spell and
was now trying to bite her. Buffy was about to go to her friend's
assistance when she saw that Giles had run over and staked the
vampire. Willow then returned to the spell, and Buffy watched in
amusement as a vampire ran at the open back door, but bounced back
off the invisible barrier and into the house again.
She went to the side of the house that had not been set aflame yet,
and splashed more gasoline on the walls. She broke through the
window, and threw in several burning strips of cloth. "Die already,"
she muttered, wishing she could block out the sounds of the burning
demons better. The life of a Slayer is never dull," she added
sarcastically.
*********
Buffy looked at her watch nervously as she saw ten more vampires
approach the house and enter. "Party isn't even close to accurate,"
she muttered. "This is a vampire orgy...EW!" she wrinkled her nose at
the unwelcome mental images induced by that thought.
She looked over as the wolf nearby growled in its sleep. "Hurry,
Xander," she said softly.
****
"Giles, I'm not going to stand here and argue with you. Are you
coming to help? Or do you have a better idea of how to deal with a
house of 30-plus vampires?" Xander was feeling very nervous being so
far away from where Buffy might be getting hurt or worse.
He sighed in response to something that Giles had said, "Fire, yeah.
We figured that much. So are you coming? Good, thank you." Xander
hung the phone back up and broke into a run, to return to the vampire-
house.
*****
Buffy looked down the street and saw Xander approaching. "Finally."
"Good, you're still here," Xander said, panting for breath.
"Where else would I be?" she asked. She grabbed him by the hand and
tugged hard, "Down!" she whispered. They watched as a vampire walked
out to the front porch, and looked around. After five minutes he
returned to the house.
"Suspicious bunch," Buffy said. "There they are!" she nodded to
Giles' car which had stopped about five houses down. Giles and
Willow jumped out and ran over to them. Willow had a make-shift
stretcher. "Where--" Willow didn't have to finish the sentence, she
saw the wolf. They silently shoved/pulled the wolf onto the
stretcher, then Xander and Giles carried it to Giles' car, where
Giles had a cage in the back seat.
When they'd returned, they had three large gasoline cans. "Willow has
a spell to keep them inside the house, but it may not last very long"
Giles said. "Which means we will all have to work fast and
simultaneously. Once the vampires realize what is going on, they will
fight that spell, and eventually try to get out. When that happens,
be careful. Demons are dangerous in all situations, but even more so
when their survival is threatened."
"No kidding," Buffy said with a roll of her eyes.
Giles regarded her, then remembered. "Oh, yes. You've done this
before."
"Yeah, except it was a gymnasium, I was alone, and I thought it would
be the last time I ever had that kind of fun."
Willow dumped a pile of cloth strips on the ground. "To get the fire
going easier."
"Very good. Willow whenever you're ready?" Giles said.
Willow nodded, and started chanting softly. Buffy kept her attention
on the house, and after several minutes heard Willow say, "Now."
Willow remained behind, still chanting, as the others ran ran toward
the house, as quickly and as silently as possible. Buffy reached the
back of the house, and first splashed gasoline on the wall. Then she
broke in the windows, and heard the others doing the same. Then she
began dousing the rags in gasoline and tossing them inside.
The screams of rage and fear soon began, and Buffy tried to close her
mind to them. A male vampire ran out of the door, and turned on
Buffy. He jumped at her, and she splashed gasoline on him. He
sputtered, and looked at her confusedly. She didn't give him time to
figure it out, she quickly lit a match and threw it on him. She felt
nauseous as she smelled the burning flesh, the creature fell to the
ground, rolling, attempting to put out the flames. Buffy reached into
her jacket pocket and retrieved her stake, putting the vamp out of
its misery. She then staked the next two vamps which ran out of the
door, and piled the remainder of the rags at the front door, lighting
them on fire. She stepped back as the flames began to take over the
porch and the back wall of the house.
*Why were the vampires getting out?* she wondered, remembering
Willow's spell. She looked over to see that Willow was fighting a
vampire, who had somehow managed to distract her from the spell and
was now trying to bite her. Buffy was about to go to her friend's
assistance when she saw that Giles had run over and staked the
vampire. Willow then returned to the spell, and Buffy watched in
amusement as a vampire ran at the open back door, but bounced back
off the invisible barrier and into the house again.
She went to the side of the house that had not been set aflame yet,
and splashed more gasoline on the walls. She broke through the
window, and threw in several burning strips of cloth. "Die already,"
she muttered, wishing she could block out the sounds of the burning
demons better. The life of a Slayer is never dull," she added
sarcastically.
*********