[Note:Vamped Buffy will be referred to as V-Buffy]
Chapter 17: Stranger in the Night
As Xander and Buffy made their way back to the library Xander began to understand what the expression, "So quite you can hear a pin drop," meant.
As they walked he kept thinking back to the weeks after what he thought was Buffy's death. How he'd shut down unable to do anything but eat and sleep and even that was hard. However, the worst part about those few weeks, that he didn't realize until just recently, was the many times he had prayed to God to bring Buffy back. Well, he got his wish as glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, but he knew that this Buffy was not a gift from God, but a Buffy from another reality. His Buffy was...{just as he thought it the image of his Buffy's face, changing into that of a vampire, popped into his head.}
So another expression seemed to dawn to him, {Be careful what you wish for}.
This realization made Xander even more sad as he and Buffy continued towards the library.
Just as Xander was doing so was Buffy, but her thoughts were a reality away. She kept thinking about how she just may have killed her only way back. She felt like screaming out loud to no one inparticular. She had accepted her destiny, reluctantly at first, but with the help of her friends she finally had accepted her role as the slayer, but then she loses Angel to Angelus and if thats not enough, she gets thrown into another reality and now she may never get back. After thinking this she starts walking faster as if on a mission. This sudden change in her caught Xander's attention.
Before he could say anything Buffy spoke out loud as he caught up with her, "I have to get to the library and find a way back." she said not stopping or slowing down.
Xander could see Buffy was starting to act like she was on the verge of a breakdown.
"Buff, stop." he said as he stood in front of her.
"Xander move!" she said forceful to Xander.
When he didn't, she tried to walk past him only to have him grab her and turn her around.
"Xander, please." she said on the verge of tears, but he didn't let go instead he did the opposite, grabbing ahold of her and trying to bring her into his embrace while she tried to break free from him.
Her struggle was for not because she was already broken.
Even though it killed him to say it he knew what she needed to hear, "We'll find a way for you to get back." Xander said as she fell into his embrace and started crying on his shoulders.
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The scene:Outside the bronze
We see a woman, mid-twentys, dark hair walking out of the bronze as she's talking on a cell phone.
"Where are you Steve?" she says talking to the answering machine in an irritated voice, "I've been waiting for two hours!"
"Steve pickup. I know you're there. I swear this is it. If you don't pickup it's over!"
After a moment she turns off the cell phone and continues to rant to herself just as a chilly gust of wind sends shivers down her back as the hairs on her neck stand up. She stops momentarily and turns around.
Nothing.
Nothing, but the sound of the wind.
She turns back around and starts walking faster as she turns the corner and bumps right into....
"Ahhh!"
After seeing who it is she calms down, but only until she begins her tirade, "Steve, where have you been? I've been waiting for two hours. I called you.....what's wrong? Are you okay?" she asks as her tone of voice goes from mad to concerned.
"I'm fine, just a little dehydrated." he says as he grabs ahold of her while his face changes and buries his fangs into her neck.
She starts yelping for help against his embrace. Just when she feels like giving up she feels that same chilly gust of air that she'd felt earlier, but this time a figure was approaching, not a figure...a man.
At that moment she found enough strength for one more cry for help as the man walked up near her and Steve, who thought his dinner was being endangered as he momentarily stopped his feeding to look at his potential opponent.
"Hel..p me." she choked out, clearly breathing her last breath.
Steve was ready to fight for his meal, but was surprised by what the man said, "Your not my concern." the man said before continuing down the street on his mission.
Steve smiled as he buried his face back into the woman and finished his feeding. It didn't take but maybe ten seconds because she was already almost drained when the man inturrepted. Just after he finished Steve looked back up at the direction the man went, thinking about having seconds, but saw no one.
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After a few seconds of taking confront in Xander's arms Buffy looked up at Xander who gave her a slight smile just as she started to unattach herself from him, "I think we need to get....Xander finished for her, "To the library."
After a moment passed between them she led the way as Xander watched her go.
{You're doing it again Harris, and just when you think you've gotten over her...}
It didn't take long for them to reach the school as they crossed the street to it. When they were just in front of the steps to the front doors they heard a loud crash from within the school. Xander was the first to react as he ran up the stairs to the doors, only to found them locked.
Xander quickly turned towards Buffy, "They're..." He didn't get to finish as Buffy flew past Xander and kicked the doors in, "Nevermind." he said following Buffy in a sprint towards the library.
Buffy was the first to the library as she pushed the swinging doors open only to wish she hadn't because just as she had entered V-Buffy dropped Giles' body to the floor as she turned to face Buffy with blood on her lips.
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Chapter 17: Stranger in the Night
As Xander and Buffy made their way back to the library Xander began to understand what the expression, "So quite you can hear a pin drop," meant.
As they walked he kept thinking back to the weeks after what he thought was Buffy's death. How he'd shut down unable to do anything but eat and sleep and even that was hard. However, the worst part about those few weeks, that he didn't realize until just recently, was the many times he had prayed to God to bring Buffy back. Well, he got his wish as glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, but he knew that this Buffy was not a gift from God, but a Buffy from another reality. His Buffy was...{just as he thought it the image of his Buffy's face, changing into that of a vampire, popped into his head.}
So another expression seemed to dawn to him, {Be careful what you wish for}.
This realization made Xander even more sad as he and Buffy continued towards the library.
Just as Xander was doing so was Buffy, but her thoughts were a reality away. She kept thinking about how she just may have killed her only way back. She felt like screaming out loud to no one inparticular. She had accepted her destiny, reluctantly at first, but with the help of her friends she finally had accepted her role as the slayer, but then she loses Angel to Angelus and if thats not enough, she gets thrown into another reality and now she may never get back. After thinking this she starts walking faster as if on a mission. This sudden change in her caught Xander's attention.
Before he could say anything Buffy spoke out loud as he caught up with her, "I have to get to the library and find a way back." she said not stopping or slowing down.
Xander could see Buffy was starting to act like she was on the verge of a breakdown.
"Buff, stop." he said as he stood in front of her.
"Xander move!" she said forceful to Xander.
When he didn't, she tried to walk past him only to have him grab her and turn her around.
"Xander, please." she said on the verge of tears, but he didn't let go instead he did the opposite, grabbing ahold of her and trying to bring her into his embrace while she tried to break free from him.
Her struggle was for not because she was already broken.
Even though it killed him to say it he knew what she needed to hear, "We'll find a way for you to get back." Xander said as she fell into his embrace and started crying on his shoulders.
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The scene:Outside the bronze
We see a woman, mid-twentys, dark hair walking out of the bronze as she's talking on a cell phone.
"Where are you Steve?" she says talking to the answering machine in an irritated voice, "I've been waiting for two hours!"
"Steve pickup. I know you're there. I swear this is it. If you don't pickup it's over!"
After a moment she turns off the cell phone and continues to rant to herself just as a chilly gust of wind sends shivers down her back as the hairs on her neck stand up. She stops momentarily and turns around.
Nothing.
Nothing, but the sound of the wind.
She turns back around and starts walking faster as she turns the corner and bumps right into....
"Ahhh!"
After seeing who it is she calms down, but only until she begins her tirade, "Steve, where have you been? I've been waiting for two hours. I called you.....what's wrong? Are you okay?" she asks as her tone of voice goes from mad to concerned.
"I'm fine, just a little dehydrated." he says as he grabs ahold of her while his face changes and buries his fangs into her neck.
She starts yelping for help against his embrace. Just when she feels like giving up she feels that same chilly gust of air that she'd felt earlier, but this time a figure was approaching, not a figure...a man.
At that moment she found enough strength for one more cry for help as the man walked up near her and Steve, who thought his dinner was being endangered as he momentarily stopped his feeding to look at his potential opponent.
"Hel..p me." she choked out, clearly breathing her last breath.
Steve was ready to fight for his meal, but was surprised by what the man said, "Your not my concern." the man said before continuing down the street on his mission.
Steve smiled as he buried his face back into the woman and finished his feeding. It didn't take but maybe ten seconds because she was already almost drained when the man inturrepted. Just after he finished Steve looked back up at the direction the man went, thinking about having seconds, but saw no one.
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After a few seconds of taking confront in Xander's arms Buffy looked up at Xander who gave her a slight smile just as she started to unattach herself from him, "I think we need to get....Xander finished for her, "To the library."
After a moment passed between them she led the way as Xander watched her go.
{You're doing it again Harris, and just when you think you've gotten over her...}
It didn't take long for them to reach the school as they crossed the street to it. When they were just in front of the steps to the front doors they heard a loud crash from within the school. Xander was the first to react as he ran up the stairs to the doors, only to found them locked.
Xander quickly turned towards Buffy, "They're..." He didn't get to finish as Buffy flew past Xander and kicked the doors in, "Nevermind." he said following Buffy in a sprint towards the library.
Buffy was the first to the library as she pushed the swinging doors open only to wish she hadn't because just as she had entered V-Buffy dropped Giles' body to the floor as she turned to face Buffy with blood on her lips.
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