TITLE:
THE BODYGUARD 4 AUTHOR: STEPHEN HOWE
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All characters belong to Joss! He created everything! Set in season 5.B/X eventually (Is there any other?) Giles is
Buffy's watcher Starts off with the big battle with Glory then jumps two years
into the future. My take on what happens in the season final is just wishful
thinking.PG-15 for adult themes. THE MAGIC BOX Buffy was
chained to her training dummy while Giles and the others stood by helplessly
and watched. " Chang should be back soon with Ryan's head in a bag!"
The creature high fived his partner." Man talk about your bonus round! The
Slayer and the Jaeger in one day. Bonuses all round I think Freedo." The other creature was sweating profusely from the
energy required to keep the witches spell bound. " Why can't we kill them
now and get back to our reward?" Chang would be seriously pissed if he missed out on the kill! You know
that dude! Besides our employer wants us to 'pleasure' the Slayer and film it
so they can sit back and soak up her ending. And Chang has this thing he does that
will blow your mind!" They heard the BMW pull up and the door
open and shut." Here he is now man." He leered at Buffy."
SHOWTIME!" They heard the doorbell tinkle and Creedo shouted out."
This way to the games room Chang we're about to start filming man so get
ready." " Oh I was born ready for this shit!" Then the door flew open striking Creedo in
mid thorax driving him to the floor. Giles could barely keep up with the moves
this stranger made. He had been witness to many battles but this! This was
inhuman in its performance and deadly skills. Before the other creature could
react to the change in circumstances he found the hand he held the gun with hit
the floor with a wet smack. He tried to block the next blow with his sword but
his opponent's sword sliced through both the sword and his arm. Before the arm
hit the ground Ryan grabbed it and held it in front of the creature. Creedo was
creeping up behind him and Ryan calmly turned the sword around and drove it
behind him and into Creedo's heart." Hold this for me Pal while I get our
friends pinkie ring." Ryan
placed his mouth over the ring finger and pulled the ring free with his teeth then
spat it into the palm of his hand. He wiped it on his trousers the bent down
and snapped Creedos finger off so he remove his. He then popped both rings in
his pocket and let the three rings tinkle against each other. " Yep pretty
soon I'm going to have the complete set then I get the decoder ring I always
wanted." Ryan gripped the hilt of his sword and pulled it from Creedo's
body." Now I'm going to give you a choice. Release the witches and tell me
who ordered the hit?" The
creature blinked three times and said through pain filled teeth. " Agn'
Rathgo SHIMBALLA! " Ryan grinned. " Is that the name or did you just
release the two Wicca's?" It whimpered. " I cannot tell you what I
don't know." Ryan looked into its eyes as it said this and he replied.
" Jeez why can't it be like the old days? Badda Bing badda boom and the
bad guy spills his guts. Ah well I suppose you can still spill your guts
though." Ryan pulls back the sword and the creature lets out a cry."
I don't know who but they live here in America and close by too!" Ryan grinned again asked
Giles." Hey Mr. Giles do you have any salt of Cremoinya here?" Willow was just coming around, as Giles was
finishing sprinkling the last of the salt over the two bodies. A voice whispered."
Ignatsio solaris minbi!" And the two corpses, and their lost appendages,
vanished in a puff of smoke. She looked around for the voice but couldn't see
anyone." Giles who, or what, else is here and just what the hell
happened?" Giles span
around and coughed. " Ugh.. Well, Willow, it appears the council was right
not to depend entirely on your Wiccan crafts. These two... Things along with a
third bound both you and Tara, along with Dawn, Buffy and myself later, and
were preparing to ... Video Buffy as they raped her." He saw the look of
fear in Willows eyes as she scanned the room. He motioned for her to relax then
told her." It's all right the operative from the council took care of all
three of them. Come and help me get these chains off of Buffy." Ryan was standing
against the wall and watched the women in the room. Now he had the time he was
amazed at them. The red head and the blonde were older versions of the girls in
his dreams. And he rubbed the bridge of his nose after hearing the blonde speak
when she recovered." I got to get out of here now!" He mumbled then
left the room. As he made his way to a taxi rank he took out his cell phone and
dialled Giles's number. As Giles answered Ryan tells him." Giles I have to
get something from my things so I'll be back as soon as I can. Tell them not to
try and use magic to find or remote view me or they'll be in for a shock!"
He flipped the phone shut and told the driver where to go. THE
MANSION. Ryan picked at his things until the medicine bottle rattled on the
floor. He bent over and picked it up, twisting the top off and shaking out a
tablet. He popped it into his mouth and gulped down the glass of water by his
side before plopping down into a chair and then tried to relax. His nose
twitched and he cursed under his breath." Jesus H Christ on a crutch!
" His eyes popped open and they appeared deep onyx as he whispered some
words then smiled at the sound of screams. He pulled his
car up and entered the Magic Box to see the shop in a state of confusion. He
held his nose as he entered and waived his hand around." Nice smell
ladies! What do you do for an encore?" Willow glared at him. " Sorry
sir but the store is closed while we try to find out..." Buffy pointed at
him." YOU! You did this didn't you?" He
looked hurt and gripped his chest." You cut me to the quick! " He
pretends to think." But the only way I could have done this is if... Oh my!
You ladies didn't try to remote view me did you?" He waives his finger at
Willow as she turns crimson and tries to look away." I did warn you!
" He looks 100% serious now." I like my privacy. The less you know
the less they need to torture you for." He clears the
table of their things then sits and motions for the others to do the same. He
takes out what looks like a medium sized cross and throws it over to
Buffy." Wear that at all times." She goes to throw it back to him.
" No thanks I already have one." She places his on the table and
pulls hers out of her top and looks fondly at it. " I promised someone a
long time ago that I would never take his cross off no matter what." Ryan
shakes his head. " Ah yes the boyfriend. Which of the many men in your
life gave you that before they dumped your ass?" Before he could blink
Buffy had him by the throat and it took all his control not to throw her away. Willow
got in his face and told him. " Some one very close gave that to her and
he gave up his life for us, and this crummy world we live in. So unless you
want to die real slow I suggest you don't insult his memory!" Ryan shook off
Buffy's hand and straightened his shirt, nodding in Willows direction."
I'm sorry. It's not just a cross Miss Summers it also doubles as a homing
beacon and a distress alarm." He holds it up and presses the centre
causing his pager to emit a high pitched alarm." If you see, or hear,
anything out of the ordinary just page me." Willow looks at it then
motions with her head. " And ours are?" " Not here." He hands the
cross back to Buffy and stops as she kisses the cross Xander had given her. He
looks over to Giles." Just before Mr. Harris died Buffy found her feelings
had changed towards him." Ryan shook his head." Oh well at least I
don't need to worry about boyfriends interfering." He looked to Willow.
" You didn't get one because you are not in my brief. " He points to
Buffy." She is the one. All of us are expendable and as long as she lives
my job is done." Willow looks at him." Fine by me Mr.
Willis! Now just how are you going to do that job?" " It's a need to know and you three don't need to
know." He slapped his knees then stood up." Look on the bright side it
shouldn't take too long for the Council to reverse the contract on Miss Summers
here then we can all relax and go back to our normal... Well semi-normal
lives." Willow asks." So how many of these assassins have
you come in contact with?" " Counting today's little effort?"
He looked up then said." Enough to keep a small pawn shop in
business." He stands up. " They're too predictable, with some
training even you lot should be able to deal with them. For instance those
three that attacked today, by rights you should have set up a spell barrier as
soon as you knew they were in town." He suddenly doubled over and he
searched for his tablets." NO! Not this soon!" The others jumped up as he placed
two pills in his mouth and asked Giles for some water. They all jumped as Dawn
entered the store." Jeez jumpy much?" She asked as she walked in.
Giles was about to tell her what happened when he noticed a blue/white spark
pass between Ryan and Dawn causing both to collapse. END OF 4 .