[Note:Vamped Buffy will be referred to as V-Buffy]
Chapter 20: What, no tip?
Buffy had been out searching for Xander all night without any luck. She searched everywhere she thought maybe her evil twin might be keeping him. She even searched the factory where Spike and Drucilla where held up in her reality.
Her reality. {God I've almost forgotten that this isn't my reality} she thought as she sat in Giles' room with a blacket as her only cover to the cold around her.
Buffy had been in this alternate reality for almost a week now and she had all but given
up hope that she would get back to her reality since she had killed the Cytropyse demon that had thrown her into this reality. {At least I think that's what Giles called it}, Buffy thought as she heard mister knowledge guy start to wake up.
"Buffy, where..." Giles started to ask before the numbing pain in his head took over.
"Shhh, your in the hospital, remember." Buffy said as she tried to get him to sit back in his bed.
"What happened?" he asked.
"You had a run in with my...." she stopped herself when she heard the nurse come in to check his IV.
Once the nurse left Buffy was about to continue when Willow and Oz came into the room. Willow with some dognuts and Oz with some coffee. Buffy had told them to go home and get some rest after watching Giles all night while she was out looking for Xander, but it seemed it was to no avail.
"I thought I told you two to go get some sleep." Buffy said, as she accepted the coffee from Oz with a grateful smile at them both.
"We figured you'd need some sugar and caffiene to keep you going, besides I can't sleep until we find..." Willow trailed off, knowing that everyone knew who she was talking about.
After a moment, Willow continued, "Also I came back because there was something I forgot to tell you last night."
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Scene: Just outside the town of Sunnydale
Xander had been tied to the bed all night. The only way he knew it was day now was because in the room that he was in had a window about twenty feet above him that was mostly opened so Xander could see some light shining through against the wall on the other side of the room. He kept trying to tug at the ropes, but the only thing he was rewarded with was rope burns that were so bad he felt like his hands were going to just fall off. He still didn't know why he was alive. "Not that I'm complaining here." he said out loud as he looked up towards the ceiling.
"Shut up, human!" the vampire outside his door said as he made his way into the room with a tray of what looked like food.
"Uh, I didn't order room service." Xander joked, trying to focus his attention away from the numbing pain in his wrists.
"Eat." the vampire said as he shoved the tray over towards Xander.
Xander looked at the tray and was shocked to see that the food didn't look all too bad. In fact, it looked alot better than the stuff he was used to eating.
"Look, it's not that I don't appreciate your service, but....."
"Eat or I eat!" the vampire said as he morphed into his vampire face.
Despite the vampire's threat Xander continued, "How can I eat if my hands are tied!" he shouted at the vampire, with anger and a little bit of fear that he was trying to hide.
The vampire looked at him with a little hesitation before he walked over to the bed that Xander was tied to, "If you try anything, I feed. I don't care what she says."
Once he was done untying Xander's left hand the vampire stepped back and stood about ten feet from the bed with his arms crossed.
Xander didn't like an audience watching him eat, actually he didn't care if someone or in this case something watched him eat it's just he was hoping that the vampire would leave so he could try to escape.
"Uh, I'm sorry, but I left my money in my other pants so I'll have to tip you later." Xander said as the vampire stood with an smirk on his face.
"You have a quick tongue, lets see how quick it is when I rip it out." the vampire said.
"I don't think your master would like that." Xander said, {maybe I do have too quick of a tongue} Xander thought after the words left his mouth because his statement just seemed to make the vampire more angry.
"She's not MY MASTER!" the vampire growled as he came towards Xander.
Luckily for Xander, his hand was starting to get the feeling back in it, so he grabbed the fork on his tray and stabbed the vampire in the chest, making the vampire jump back in pain.
"That's it! Now I'll rip out more than just your tongue." the vampire said as started to lunge for Xander only to have someone grab him from behind and sling him against the wall where the sun shined through.
The vampire scurried out of the sun with only flesh burns as V-Buffy approached him.
"You touch him again and I'll make sure you go the rest of eternity without fangs." V-Buffy said as she held him up off the ground by the throat.
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"Mr. Wind?" Giles asked.
"Well, that's what I'm calling him since he just (Willow threw her hands out in front of her) us away like we were nothing."
Willow was telling Buffy and Giles about the run in Oz and her had with the man outside of the magic shop last night.
"Hmm..."
"Giles please don't tell me there's a demon named Mr. Wind?" Buffy asked.
"Huh? What? Uh..no." Giles said with an annoyed glance towards Buffy before continuing, "I mean I hope not."
"I'll need to do some research." Giles said as he tried to get out of bed with his head aching a little, but the main thing that kept him glued to the bed was the sudden draft up his backside that told him he needed more on than just the hospital gown before he tried to check out.
The look on Giles' face normally would have made Buffy laugh, but right now she was sleep deprived and Xander was still missing, "Fine, you check out and do the research. I'm going hunting." Buffy said, putting her empty coffee cup down on one of the tables by Giles' bed.
"Buffy I'm worried about Xander too, but if you were to run into this, umm...mystery man that Willow and Oz ran into you wouldn't know what you're up against." Giles said.
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, besides its daytime I doubt he's out and about." Buffy said as she made her way to the door.
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Scene: Outside of the espresso pump
A little boy who looks to be about five or six comes running out of the espresso pump and bumps into a man, making the boy fall to the cement scraping his knee.
We focus in on the man the boy bumped into. He seems hesitant as he looks at the kid who starts to cry for his mother as she comes out of the expresso pump a couple of seconds later, "How many times have I told you not to run off like that. I'm sorry." she says to the man as she picks the boy up off the ground.
"It's okay. I know what it was like to be a kid." the man says as he looks at the crying boy with some hesitation before continuing on down the street.
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Chapter 20: What, no tip?
Buffy had been out searching for Xander all night without any luck. She searched everywhere she thought maybe her evil twin might be keeping him. She even searched the factory where Spike and Drucilla where held up in her reality.
Her reality. {God I've almost forgotten that this isn't my reality} she thought as she sat in Giles' room with a blacket as her only cover to the cold around her.
Buffy had been in this alternate reality for almost a week now and she had all but given
up hope that she would get back to her reality since she had killed the Cytropyse demon that had thrown her into this reality. {At least I think that's what Giles called it}, Buffy thought as she heard mister knowledge guy start to wake up.
"Buffy, where..." Giles started to ask before the numbing pain in his head took over.
"Shhh, your in the hospital, remember." Buffy said as she tried to get him to sit back in his bed.
"What happened?" he asked.
"You had a run in with my...." she stopped herself when she heard the nurse come in to check his IV.
Once the nurse left Buffy was about to continue when Willow and Oz came into the room. Willow with some dognuts and Oz with some coffee. Buffy had told them to go home and get some rest after watching Giles all night while she was out looking for Xander, but it seemed it was to no avail.
"I thought I told you two to go get some sleep." Buffy said, as she accepted the coffee from Oz with a grateful smile at them both.
"We figured you'd need some sugar and caffiene to keep you going, besides I can't sleep until we find..." Willow trailed off, knowing that everyone knew who she was talking about.
After a moment, Willow continued, "Also I came back because there was something I forgot to tell you last night."
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Scene: Just outside the town of Sunnydale
Xander had been tied to the bed all night. The only way he knew it was day now was because in the room that he was in had a window about twenty feet above him that was mostly opened so Xander could see some light shining through against the wall on the other side of the room. He kept trying to tug at the ropes, but the only thing he was rewarded with was rope burns that were so bad he felt like his hands were going to just fall off. He still didn't know why he was alive. "Not that I'm complaining here." he said out loud as he looked up towards the ceiling.
"Shut up, human!" the vampire outside his door said as he made his way into the room with a tray of what looked like food.
"Uh, I didn't order room service." Xander joked, trying to focus his attention away from the numbing pain in his wrists.
"Eat." the vampire said as he shoved the tray over towards Xander.
Xander looked at the tray and was shocked to see that the food didn't look all too bad. In fact, it looked alot better than the stuff he was used to eating.
"Look, it's not that I don't appreciate your service, but....."
"Eat or I eat!" the vampire said as he morphed into his vampire face.
Despite the vampire's threat Xander continued, "How can I eat if my hands are tied!" he shouted at the vampire, with anger and a little bit of fear that he was trying to hide.
The vampire looked at him with a little hesitation before he walked over to the bed that Xander was tied to, "If you try anything, I feed. I don't care what she says."
Once he was done untying Xander's left hand the vampire stepped back and stood about ten feet from the bed with his arms crossed.
Xander didn't like an audience watching him eat, actually he didn't care if someone or in this case something watched him eat it's just he was hoping that the vampire would leave so he could try to escape.
"Uh, I'm sorry, but I left my money in my other pants so I'll have to tip you later." Xander said as the vampire stood with an smirk on his face.
"You have a quick tongue, lets see how quick it is when I rip it out." the vampire said.
"I don't think your master would like that." Xander said, {maybe I do have too quick of a tongue} Xander thought after the words left his mouth because his statement just seemed to make the vampire more angry.
"She's not MY MASTER!" the vampire growled as he came towards Xander.
Luckily for Xander, his hand was starting to get the feeling back in it, so he grabbed the fork on his tray and stabbed the vampire in the chest, making the vampire jump back in pain.
"That's it! Now I'll rip out more than just your tongue." the vampire said as started to lunge for Xander only to have someone grab him from behind and sling him against the wall where the sun shined through.
The vampire scurried out of the sun with only flesh burns as V-Buffy approached him.
"You touch him again and I'll make sure you go the rest of eternity without fangs." V-Buffy said as she held him up off the ground by the throat.
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"Mr. Wind?" Giles asked.
"Well, that's what I'm calling him since he just (Willow threw her hands out in front of her) us away like we were nothing."
Willow was telling Buffy and Giles about the run in Oz and her had with the man outside of the magic shop last night.
"Hmm..."
"Giles please don't tell me there's a demon named Mr. Wind?" Buffy asked.
"Huh? What? Uh..no." Giles said with an annoyed glance towards Buffy before continuing, "I mean I hope not."
"I'll need to do some research." Giles said as he tried to get out of bed with his head aching a little, but the main thing that kept him glued to the bed was the sudden draft up his backside that told him he needed more on than just the hospital gown before he tried to check out.
The look on Giles' face normally would have made Buffy laugh, but right now she was sleep deprived and Xander was still missing, "Fine, you check out and do the research. I'm going hunting." Buffy said, putting her empty coffee cup down on one of the tables by Giles' bed.
"Buffy I'm worried about Xander too, but if you were to run into this, umm...mystery man that Willow and Oz ran into you wouldn't know what you're up against." Giles said.
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, besides its daytime I doubt he's out and about." Buffy said as she made her way to the door.
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Scene: Outside of the espresso pump
A little boy who looks to be about five or six comes running out of the espresso pump and bumps into a man, making the boy fall to the cement scraping his knee.
We focus in on the man the boy bumped into. He seems hesitant as he looks at the kid who starts to cry for his mother as she comes out of the expresso pump a couple of seconds later, "How many times have I told you not to run off like that. I'm sorry." she says to the man as she picks the boy up off the ground.
"It's okay. I know what it was like to be a kid." the man says as he looks at the crying boy with some hesitation before continuing on down the street.
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