TITLE: Behemoth
AUTHOR: Wiccan-chick
RATING: PG13 for language
DISTRIBUTION: email me if you want it.
DISCLAIMER: You KNOW I don't own the characters, and that Joss Whedon does, but it has to be said.
FEEDBACK: please!!! be as harsh as you want...i'm into honesty.
SUMMARY: new demon...don't know what else to say...
ALSO: http://dontyson.tripod.com/behemoth.html is where I got the basic info on Behemoth from if you're interested. Ugly bastard, ain't he ;-)
NOTES: Faith never existed....just so you don't wonder....
"So, we need a spell," said Giles over the phone line.
"Yep. More magick to work. Just let me say 'yay' in anticipation." Buffy said.
"Right...so, I will start researching immediately." Giles said.
"You have fun with that."
"Goodnight, Buffy."
"Night Giles." Buffy hung up the phone and turned to her mother. "Well, I better go to bed. Demons to kill tommorow - my life is so exciting..."
~*~*~*~
The next morning Buffy stood in the school library. Giles was so engrossed in his book he hadn't noticed her walk in.
"Morning Giles." Buffy said, giving him a heart attack.
"Oh, morning Buffy."
"How long have you been here?" Buffy asked.
"All night." Buffy gave Giles a look. He continued, "But I think I've found the spell we need."
"Excuse me if I'm not enthused."
"Yes. Well, this spell does not seem extremely difficult, but it does call for some rather unusual ingredients, some which I do not have."
"Okay. But how do I find him?"
"Behemoth?"
"Elvis."
Giles gave Buffy a look, and then continued. "Well, there are a few places where he could be..." Giles trailed off as Xander and Willow entered the room.
"Morning." said Willow, sitting down. "How goes the demon hunting?"
"I found out that we need to use a spell as well as slayage to kill this guy. Giles has already found it."
"Ooh, a spell. Can I help?" asked Willow.
"Way too much enthusiasm for the morning, Will." said Xander. Willow rolled her eyes at him.
"I'm sorry Willow, but this spell is far too dangerous for you to participate in. Maybe you could help Buffy locate the demon."
"With a pendulum? 'Cos, I'm getting quite good at it." Giles gave her a dissaproving look. "Not that I've been practising. Because that would be bad."
"I was thinking more along the lines of researching what type of places Behemoth would reside in."
"Like the zoo?" asked Xander. He was ignored.
Cordelia entered the library, "Giles, I need a book."
"Well, you've certainly come to the right place," said Xander, getting up to greet her.
"What do you need?" Giles asked Cordelia.
"Something about a war in a Middle East country." she said vaguely.
"That doesn't exactly give me much to go on." Giles told her. She just raised an eyebrow and said, "It doesn't matter. Any book will do. Not like I'm going to read the thing, anyway."
Giles shook his head in amazement as he made his way up the stairs.
"So, why is everyone here? Another big-bad?" asked Cordelia.
"Yep. An elephant man demon."
"Ew. Can't we for once have a good looking demon in this town?" complained Cordelia. Xander gave her a Look.
The bell rang. Buffy groaned. "Ugh. I have English."
"Did you do the homework?" Willow asked her.
"Uh...technically, no, but I did think about doing it." Buffy smiled at Willow sheepishly.
"Buff, that's not good. You need English for everything you do."
"I know...but I think I have a pretty good grasp on the language."
Willow gave up.
~*~*~*~
Willow sat on the lawn outside with a map on the ground and a necklace, which was serving as a pendulum.
"So how does this actually work?" Oz asked his girlfriend as he watched her.
"I concentrate on all I know about Behemoth - which unfortunately isn't much- and let the pendulum find him. In theory, at least..."
"In theory? I thought you'd practised this." Buffy asked.
"I have, but it's much easier if you can slip into trance when you're doing it. And I don't want to do that here."
"Trance?" asked Xander, "Are we talking all zombie-like?"
"Not really." said Willow. She held the necklace over the map steadily and closed her eyes. Xander, Buffy and Oz all watched in anticipation. And they watched. And they watched. Xander was watching the time click past on his watch and yawning when the pendulum moved slightly. Willow's hand moved towards the direction the pendulum 'wanted' to go in. Eventually it started swinging in clockwise movements over the old zoo enclosures which were now vacant. Willow's eyes opened and she smiled when she saw the pendulum.
"Ah ha! I knew I was right about him being at the zoo." said Xander. "Now, could you find my lost socks?"
~*~*~*~
Willow and Buffy walked into the library with the map. "Giles."
"Yes?" he answered from the small library office. He walked out holding a cup of tea on a saucer.
"We think we know where Behemoth is." Buffy said, leaning against the counter.
"How did you find him?" he asked, frowning. He looked at Willow who looked at the floor, and then Buffy, who started examining the ceiling.
"Never mind that for now. Where do you think it is?"
"The vacant area of the zoo that the council is trying to sell." said Willow, "On the Caldor Street side."
"Buffy?"
"I'll go out at about seven to check it out." Buffy assured Giles.
"Good, and then you can report back in the morning. This afternoon, I will start gathering the spell ingredients that I don't have."
"Aye aye cap'ain." Buffy saluted and left the room, with Willow by her side.
AUTHOR: Wiccan-chick
RATING: PG13 for language
DISTRIBUTION: email me if you want it.
DISCLAIMER: You KNOW I don't own the characters, and that Joss Whedon does, but it has to be said.
FEEDBACK: please!!! be as harsh as you want...i'm into honesty.
SUMMARY: new demon...don't know what else to say...
ALSO: http://dontyson.tripod.com/behemoth.html is where I got the basic info on Behemoth from if you're interested. Ugly bastard, ain't he ;-)
NOTES: Faith never existed....just so you don't wonder....
"So, we need a spell," said Giles over the phone line.
"Yep. More magick to work. Just let me say 'yay' in anticipation." Buffy said.
"Right...so, I will start researching immediately." Giles said.
"You have fun with that."
"Goodnight, Buffy."
"Night Giles." Buffy hung up the phone and turned to her mother. "Well, I better go to bed. Demons to kill tommorow - my life is so exciting..."
~*~*~*~
The next morning Buffy stood in the school library. Giles was so engrossed in his book he hadn't noticed her walk in.
"Morning Giles." Buffy said, giving him a heart attack.
"Oh, morning Buffy."
"How long have you been here?" Buffy asked.
"All night." Buffy gave Giles a look. He continued, "But I think I've found the spell we need."
"Excuse me if I'm not enthused."
"Yes. Well, this spell does not seem extremely difficult, but it does call for some rather unusual ingredients, some which I do not have."
"Okay. But how do I find him?"
"Behemoth?"
"Elvis."
Giles gave Buffy a look, and then continued. "Well, there are a few places where he could be..." Giles trailed off as Xander and Willow entered the room.
"Morning." said Willow, sitting down. "How goes the demon hunting?"
"I found out that we need to use a spell as well as slayage to kill this guy. Giles has already found it."
"Ooh, a spell. Can I help?" asked Willow.
"Way too much enthusiasm for the morning, Will." said Xander. Willow rolled her eyes at him.
"I'm sorry Willow, but this spell is far too dangerous for you to participate in. Maybe you could help Buffy locate the demon."
"With a pendulum? 'Cos, I'm getting quite good at it." Giles gave her a dissaproving look. "Not that I've been practising. Because that would be bad."
"I was thinking more along the lines of researching what type of places Behemoth would reside in."
"Like the zoo?" asked Xander. He was ignored.
Cordelia entered the library, "Giles, I need a book."
"Well, you've certainly come to the right place," said Xander, getting up to greet her.
"What do you need?" Giles asked Cordelia.
"Something about a war in a Middle East country." she said vaguely.
"That doesn't exactly give me much to go on." Giles told her. She just raised an eyebrow and said, "It doesn't matter. Any book will do. Not like I'm going to read the thing, anyway."
Giles shook his head in amazement as he made his way up the stairs.
"So, why is everyone here? Another big-bad?" asked Cordelia.
"Yep. An elephant man demon."
"Ew. Can't we for once have a good looking demon in this town?" complained Cordelia. Xander gave her a Look.
The bell rang. Buffy groaned. "Ugh. I have English."
"Did you do the homework?" Willow asked her.
"Uh...technically, no, but I did think about doing it." Buffy smiled at Willow sheepishly.
"Buff, that's not good. You need English for everything you do."
"I know...but I think I have a pretty good grasp on the language."
Willow gave up.
~*~*~*~
Willow sat on the lawn outside with a map on the ground and a necklace, which was serving as a pendulum.
"So how does this actually work?" Oz asked his girlfriend as he watched her.
"I concentrate on all I know about Behemoth - which unfortunately isn't much- and let the pendulum find him. In theory, at least..."
"In theory? I thought you'd practised this." Buffy asked.
"I have, but it's much easier if you can slip into trance when you're doing it. And I don't want to do that here."
"Trance?" asked Xander, "Are we talking all zombie-like?"
"Not really." said Willow. She held the necklace over the map steadily and closed her eyes. Xander, Buffy and Oz all watched in anticipation. And they watched. And they watched. Xander was watching the time click past on his watch and yawning when the pendulum moved slightly. Willow's hand moved towards the direction the pendulum 'wanted' to go in. Eventually it started swinging in clockwise movements over the old zoo enclosures which were now vacant. Willow's eyes opened and she smiled when she saw the pendulum.
"Ah ha! I knew I was right about him being at the zoo." said Xander. "Now, could you find my lost socks?"
~*~*~*~
Willow and Buffy walked into the library with the map. "Giles."
"Yes?" he answered from the small library office. He walked out holding a cup of tea on a saucer.
"We think we know where Behemoth is." Buffy said, leaning against the counter.
"How did you find him?" he asked, frowning. He looked at Willow who looked at the floor, and then Buffy, who started examining the ceiling.
"Never mind that for now. Where do you think it is?"
"The vacant area of the zoo that the council is trying to sell." said Willow, "On the Caldor Street side."
"Buffy?"
"I'll go out at about seven to check it out." Buffy assured Giles.
"Good, and then you can report back in the morning. This afternoon, I will start gathering the spell ingredients that I don't have."
"Aye aye cap'ain." Buffy saluted and left the room, with Willow by her side.
