The Beast Within:
HI ya'll, if you wondering, I should have the next chapter to Eutopia done within the week. Sorry about the delay, but I've been on holidays. Standard disclaimer; I don't own anything I'm talking about, so don't nobody sue me. This is my first BtvS fic, and my second fan fic ever, so please be kind and review. If you're wondering about Wolf, NO he is NOT based on Wolverine from X-Men. Seriously. No, really. Well... maybe a little. But Wolf would kick Wolverines ass. This story is based just after Glory got her ass kicked. Dawn has become human. Anya has stayed, but Riley has gone (Yay!) On with the story...
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Journey with me into the mind of a maniac,
Doomed to be a killer since I came out the nutsack.
I'm in a murderers mindset
With a heart full of terror,
I see the devil in the mirror.
-NWA
"Ouch!" The rather large demon paused at Buffy's statement, before rushing in to attack. "Oh, no you don't" Admonished the slayer, as she back flipped, catching the ugly's chin with a boot. Buffy grinned smugly, and pulled her hair out of her face, "Slayer, 1, ugly demon-guy, 0" Her grin froze, and slowly died, as the now-extremely pissed off demon rose. It wasn't the demon that had slowed the slayer, it was the fact that there was now ten vampires behind it. She sighed "Why the hell do I ever listen to Giles? I'd like to see him do this. Yeah, he could slay, and I could do the whole watchy thing." Buffy was tied. She had been patrolling since nine o'clock, and it was currently one thirty. All because of some stupid bet she had made with Giles. She was on her own because the Scoobys had gone to the Bronze. She had been invited, but felt the beginnings of the fifth wheel syndrome. Willow had Tara, Xander had Anya, but she was alone, ever since Riley had left. 'Besides' she thought to herself 'I don't want their sympathy'
"Enough of your feeble banter, human!" Growled the demon - 'Sycosis Demon' a voice, sounding worrying like Giles corrected in her head. "Now is your time to die! Kill her!" The vampires, moved forwards quickly. Buffy took up a defensive stance, whipping out a stake. "Ok, which one of you suckers wanna be first" she asked, her light tone belittling her tense stance. The vampires moved menacingly forwards, before halting steps away from Buffy. The demon and Buff looked at the vampires in confusion. Why weren't they attacking? They looked at her fearfully, nervously shuffling their feet, not wanting to attack, but fearing to retreat. "Oh. Great. Finally, some vampires with enough sense not to attack." She groaned, "Why couldn't you guys have been around a few years ago?" They ignored her completely, which annoyed the young slayer immensely "Hello? Don't tell me I spent hours learning a witty repartee for nothing?" With a start, she realised they weren't looking at her they were looking past her, at something behind her. She started to turn, but stopped, smacking the palm of her hand against her head. "Come on. Do you seriously believe I'll fall for that one? Give the slayer some credit here!" The demon had seemed to have made a quick getaway, and the vampires remained motionless. Buffy was getting seriously pissed. "Hey! You, vampire. Me, vampire slayer. We, fight, which results in you, dead. Lets get on with it!" Buffy stamped her foot, which seemed to break their trance, and the nine vampires, who would attack an army, and/or a slayer with only joy in their hearts, broke, and fled howling. Buffy stood, to bemused to follow, slowly shaking her head. "Well, that's gotta be one for the record books" She spoke out loud, before realising she was standing in the middle of a cemetery by herself. "Gotta stop talking to yourself out loud, girl" She reproached herself, out loud. "Don't worry, it really isn't a sign of madness" A voice assured her. She spun, stake coming up, and froze, as she saw a guy standing six feet away from her, hands held up placating. "you're human" She stuttered out before regaining her senses, and clamping a hand across her mouth. He simply raised an eyebrow, reminding her of the Rock. "Of course your human, I mean, its not like you could be a demon, because demon's don't exist, and you don't look like an animal, not that I'm saying you are..." She trailed off, realising he hadn't lost his amused expression. "Who are you" She asked simply. He grinned at her.
"My name is Wolf" Buffy just looked at him, wishing she could do the eyebrow trick. He grinned again, this time sheepishly "Jason Wolfgang. Everyone calls me Wolf." She looked... Wolf over. He was about six four, two hundred and twenty pounds, and looked to be hard muscle, from what she could see under the long black overcoat, and the skintight black T-shirt. "What was it with mysterious guys, and black clothes" She wondered taking in the rest of the outfit, black leather trousers, and black army boots. Over all, he looked... like Angel. She didn't want to say it, and although Wolf, looked physically stronger, he looked a lot like Angel. "I know what your thinking" Wolf said softly, mistaking the look on her face Buffy startled looked back towards his face, but he stopped her before she could speak, "But don't worry," He leaned closer, and whispered "I don't bite" Buffy, gave a small, un-Buffy like shriek, as Wolf, stepped back, amused. He looked like Angel, dressed like Angel, and talked like Angel... But wasn't Angel. "are you okay?" He asked, though was obviously not concerned "Who are you?" Buffy repeated through clenched teeth. He coughed, which sounded suspiciously like a laugh "A friend" He replied. Buffy was slowly getting angry. 'If he says what I think he's going to say' Buffy thought fuming, "What if I don't want a friend?" She gritted out, growing angry. 'If he says it, if he dares...'
Wolf smiled "I didn't say I was..." He was cut off as Buffy, with what sounded like a snarl, shoulder charged Wolf, putting him on the ground "Okay, Ow!" commented Wolf, as he lay flat on his back. He started chuckling, stopping quickly as Buffy clenched her fist above him "Okay, time out" He pleaded. Buffy reluctantly let him up. "Who are you really!" Buffy shouted, Wolf shrugged,
"I'm a friend, hey!" he stepped back as Buffy took a step towards him "Let me finish. I'm a friend of Angels"
"So, what, this is Angel's idea of a joke?" She spat at him angrily. He smiled and shook his head. "I was in LA for a while, and I helped out Angel a few times. He told me about you, when I said I was going to Sunnydale for a visit." She shook her head vehemently "Angel wouldn't have told you!" She accused.
"Well he only told me your name, and where I could find you." He shrugged "I asked the receptionist... Cordelia?" Buffy nodded at his questioning look, "what was up with you, and she was more than happy to fill me in." Buffy groaned silently. She could picture Cordelia. "Buffy? Oh, she's like, this mad vampire slayer in Sunnydale... Did you know she tried to kill me once?" But that still didn't answer her question "Why are you in Sunnydale?" Wolf shrugged.
"Truthfully?" Buffy nodded. "You." He said. Buffy frowned.
"What do you mean, me?"
"I mean, I came here to see what the famous slayer was like." He grinned "Do you know, the first time I heard about you, the slayer who had killed the Master, it was around a small campfire in Canada?" He laughed "Demon's were telling ghost stories, and one of them started telling a spooky story about the slayer." Buffy grinned back, embarrassed. "So," He continued "I decided to see if I could find this slayer myself. I travelled through eighteen states, before finding you were somewhere in California. I took a plane flight to LA, and ran into Angel." He shrugged "You know the rest." Buffy's beeper went off, startleing them both. She looked at it, and turned to Wolf "I gotta go, Giles, my watcher will start to freak if I don't show up soon." He nodded seriously.
"Is there somewhere we could meet tomorrow?" She hesitated briefly. She didn't know this guy, and he had a dangerous air around him. Something about him she couldn't place. On the other hand, Angel trusted him... Buffy nodded briefly "We can meet at the Bronze tomorrow, say, sixish?" Wolf nodded. "Good!" Buffy smiled, "I have to go..."
"Buffy?" called Wolf, as she turned away. She turned back, dread filling her.
"Where is the Bronze?"
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"Wolf, you say his name was?" Buffy nodded confirmingly. She was back at the Magic Shop, and been greeted by the relieved Scoobys. 'a bit of an overreaction' she thought bemused, when confronted by Giles, Xander, Willow, and Tara, and, for some reason, Spike, all looking worried, until she had walked in. The expressions on their faces had been easy to read. Giles had said 'Thank God! She's safe!' to 'erp, she wouldn't like it if she knew how worried I was'. Xanders had been 'Riley is a dead man! Riley is so... Buffs back! She didn't have an emotional breakdown! Thank God! Damn! she looks hot in that leather..." Anya's had been
'That stupid slayer has gone and killed herself. Oh, well. Maybe Xander and I can have more sex now. Oh. She's back. Hey! What the hell is Xander staring at!' Willow and Tara's thoughts had been 'Ohmygodohmygodohmygod,' as the door opened 'Buffy's safe! But maybe its not Buffy, maybe it's a clone, or a evil robot, or its Spike playing a trick, cause he likes tricks, like that time...' One look at Spike's leer, and Buffy shuddered, not wanting to know what he was thinking about. "Buffy?" Giles voice broke though her musing
"Yes?" She asked. Giles was staring at her with a worried frown.
"You, what's the term these days, 'zoned out' for a minute there" Buffy shrugged, trying to look chipper than she felt "No biggie, just going over the fight" Giles nodded, apparently satisfied "I can't find anything about any demon called Wolf in this." Buffy shrugged
"I guess it was a long shot"
Giles wearily pinched the bridge of his nose "Can you recall anything about him? His appearance, movements, speech patterns, that sort of thing?"
Buffy shrugged, thinking back "Well, I was facing off these vampires, when..." Her voice trailed off in shock. "Buffy?" Giles asked, concerned. Buffy turned to him in awe "The vampires I were facing..." Giles nodded
"Yes, ten of them, I believe you said, ran off for no reason..." His voice trailed off too as he realised the significance. "And this Wolf chap was standing right behind you?" Buffy nodded. The two of them stood in silence, contemplating this development. "Giles?" Buffy asked in a low voice "What would scare the hell out of ten hungry vamps?"
HI ya'll, if you wondering, I should have the next chapter to Eutopia done within the week. Sorry about the delay, but I've been on holidays. Standard disclaimer; I don't own anything I'm talking about, so don't nobody sue me. This is my first BtvS fic, and my second fan fic ever, so please be kind and review. If you're wondering about Wolf, NO he is NOT based on Wolverine from X-Men. Seriously. No, really. Well... maybe a little. But Wolf would kick Wolverines ass. This story is based just after Glory got her ass kicked. Dawn has become human. Anya has stayed, but Riley has gone (Yay!) On with the story...
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Journey with me into the mind of a maniac,
Doomed to be a killer since I came out the nutsack.
I'm in a murderers mindset
With a heart full of terror,
I see the devil in the mirror.
-NWA
"Ouch!" The rather large demon paused at Buffy's statement, before rushing in to attack. "Oh, no you don't" Admonished the slayer, as she back flipped, catching the ugly's chin with a boot. Buffy grinned smugly, and pulled her hair out of her face, "Slayer, 1, ugly demon-guy, 0" Her grin froze, and slowly died, as the now-extremely pissed off demon rose. It wasn't the demon that had slowed the slayer, it was the fact that there was now ten vampires behind it. She sighed "Why the hell do I ever listen to Giles? I'd like to see him do this. Yeah, he could slay, and I could do the whole watchy thing." Buffy was tied. She had been patrolling since nine o'clock, and it was currently one thirty. All because of some stupid bet she had made with Giles. She was on her own because the Scoobys had gone to the Bronze. She had been invited, but felt the beginnings of the fifth wheel syndrome. Willow had Tara, Xander had Anya, but she was alone, ever since Riley had left. 'Besides' she thought to herself 'I don't want their sympathy'
"Enough of your feeble banter, human!" Growled the demon - 'Sycosis Demon' a voice, sounding worrying like Giles corrected in her head. "Now is your time to die! Kill her!" The vampires, moved forwards quickly. Buffy took up a defensive stance, whipping out a stake. "Ok, which one of you suckers wanna be first" she asked, her light tone belittling her tense stance. The vampires moved menacingly forwards, before halting steps away from Buffy. The demon and Buff looked at the vampires in confusion. Why weren't they attacking? They looked at her fearfully, nervously shuffling their feet, not wanting to attack, but fearing to retreat. "Oh. Great. Finally, some vampires with enough sense not to attack." She groaned, "Why couldn't you guys have been around a few years ago?" They ignored her completely, which annoyed the young slayer immensely "Hello? Don't tell me I spent hours learning a witty repartee for nothing?" With a start, she realised they weren't looking at her they were looking past her, at something behind her. She started to turn, but stopped, smacking the palm of her hand against her head. "Come on. Do you seriously believe I'll fall for that one? Give the slayer some credit here!" The demon had seemed to have made a quick getaway, and the vampires remained motionless. Buffy was getting seriously pissed. "Hey! You, vampire. Me, vampire slayer. We, fight, which results in you, dead. Lets get on with it!" Buffy stamped her foot, which seemed to break their trance, and the nine vampires, who would attack an army, and/or a slayer with only joy in their hearts, broke, and fled howling. Buffy stood, to bemused to follow, slowly shaking her head. "Well, that's gotta be one for the record books" She spoke out loud, before realising she was standing in the middle of a cemetery by herself. "Gotta stop talking to yourself out loud, girl" She reproached herself, out loud. "Don't worry, it really isn't a sign of madness" A voice assured her. She spun, stake coming up, and froze, as she saw a guy standing six feet away from her, hands held up placating. "you're human" She stuttered out before regaining her senses, and clamping a hand across her mouth. He simply raised an eyebrow, reminding her of the Rock. "Of course your human, I mean, its not like you could be a demon, because demon's don't exist, and you don't look like an animal, not that I'm saying you are..." She trailed off, realising he hadn't lost his amused expression. "Who are you" She asked simply. He grinned at her.
"My name is Wolf" Buffy just looked at him, wishing she could do the eyebrow trick. He grinned again, this time sheepishly "Jason Wolfgang. Everyone calls me Wolf." She looked... Wolf over. He was about six four, two hundred and twenty pounds, and looked to be hard muscle, from what she could see under the long black overcoat, and the skintight black T-shirt. "What was it with mysterious guys, and black clothes" She wondered taking in the rest of the outfit, black leather trousers, and black army boots. Over all, he looked... like Angel. She didn't want to say it, and although Wolf, looked physically stronger, he looked a lot like Angel. "I know what your thinking" Wolf said softly, mistaking the look on her face Buffy startled looked back towards his face, but he stopped her before she could speak, "But don't worry," He leaned closer, and whispered "I don't bite" Buffy, gave a small, un-Buffy like shriek, as Wolf, stepped back, amused. He looked like Angel, dressed like Angel, and talked like Angel... But wasn't Angel. "are you okay?" He asked, though was obviously not concerned "Who are you?" Buffy repeated through clenched teeth. He coughed, which sounded suspiciously like a laugh "A friend" He replied. Buffy was slowly getting angry. 'If he says what I think he's going to say' Buffy thought fuming, "What if I don't want a friend?" She gritted out, growing angry. 'If he says it, if he dares...'
Wolf smiled "I didn't say I was..." He was cut off as Buffy, with what sounded like a snarl, shoulder charged Wolf, putting him on the ground "Okay, Ow!" commented Wolf, as he lay flat on his back. He started chuckling, stopping quickly as Buffy clenched her fist above him "Okay, time out" He pleaded. Buffy reluctantly let him up. "Who are you really!" Buffy shouted, Wolf shrugged,
"I'm a friend, hey!" he stepped back as Buffy took a step towards him "Let me finish. I'm a friend of Angels"
"So, what, this is Angel's idea of a joke?" She spat at him angrily. He smiled and shook his head. "I was in LA for a while, and I helped out Angel a few times. He told me about you, when I said I was going to Sunnydale for a visit." She shook her head vehemently "Angel wouldn't have told you!" She accused.
"Well he only told me your name, and where I could find you." He shrugged "I asked the receptionist... Cordelia?" Buffy nodded at his questioning look, "what was up with you, and she was more than happy to fill me in." Buffy groaned silently. She could picture Cordelia. "Buffy? Oh, she's like, this mad vampire slayer in Sunnydale... Did you know she tried to kill me once?" But that still didn't answer her question "Why are you in Sunnydale?" Wolf shrugged.
"Truthfully?" Buffy nodded. "You." He said. Buffy frowned.
"What do you mean, me?"
"I mean, I came here to see what the famous slayer was like." He grinned "Do you know, the first time I heard about you, the slayer who had killed the Master, it was around a small campfire in Canada?" He laughed "Demon's were telling ghost stories, and one of them started telling a spooky story about the slayer." Buffy grinned back, embarrassed. "So," He continued "I decided to see if I could find this slayer myself. I travelled through eighteen states, before finding you were somewhere in California. I took a plane flight to LA, and ran into Angel." He shrugged "You know the rest." Buffy's beeper went off, startleing them both. She looked at it, and turned to Wolf "I gotta go, Giles, my watcher will start to freak if I don't show up soon." He nodded seriously.
"Is there somewhere we could meet tomorrow?" She hesitated briefly. She didn't know this guy, and he had a dangerous air around him. Something about him she couldn't place. On the other hand, Angel trusted him... Buffy nodded briefly "We can meet at the Bronze tomorrow, say, sixish?" Wolf nodded. "Good!" Buffy smiled, "I have to go..."
"Buffy?" called Wolf, as she turned away. She turned back, dread filling her.
"Where is the Bronze?"
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"Wolf, you say his name was?" Buffy nodded confirmingly. She was back at the Magic Shop, and been greeted by the relieved Scoobys. 'a bit of an overreaction' she thought bemused, when confronted by Giles, Xander, Willow, and Tara, and, for some reason, Spike, all looking worried, until she had walked in. The expressions on their faces had been easy to read. Giles had said 'Thank God! She's safe!' to 'erp, she wouldn't like it if she knew how worried I was'. Xanders had been 'Riley is a dead man! Riley is so... Buffs back! She didn't have an emotional breakdown! Thank God! Damn! she looks hot in that leather..." Anya's had been
'That stupid slayer has gone and killed herself. Oh, well. Maybe Xander and I can have more sex now. Oh. She's back. Hey! What the hell is Xander staring at!' Willow and Tara's thoughts had been 'Ohmygodohmygodohmygod,' as the door opened 'Buffy's safe! But maybe its not Buffy, maybe it's a clone, or a evil robot, or its Spike playing a trick, cause he likes tricks, like that time...' One look at Spike's leer, and Buffy shuddered, not wanting to know what he was thinking about. "Buffy?" Giles voice broke though her musing
"Yes?" She asked. Giles was staring at her with a worried frown.
"You, what's the term these days, 'zoned out' for a minute there" Buffy shrugged, trying to look chipper than she felt "No biggie, just going over the fight" Giles nodded, apparently satisfied "I can't find anything about any demon called Wolf in this." Buffy shrugged
"I guess it was a long shot"
Giles wearily pinched the bridge of his nose "Can you recall anything about him? His appearance, movements, speech patterns, that sort of thing?"
Buffy shrugged, thinking back "Well, I was facing off these vampires, when..." Her voice trailed off in shock. "Buffy?" Giles asked, concerned. Buffy turned to him in awe "The vampires I were facing..." Giles nodded
"Yes, ten of them, I believe you said, ran off for no reason..." His voice trailed off too as he realised the significance. "And this Wolf chap was standing right behind you?" Buffy nodded. The two of them stood in silence, contemplating this development. "Giles?" Buffy asked in a low voice "What would scare the hell out of ten hungry vamps?"
