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HI!
It's
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don't own anything except for maybe Alicia and even then the slayer bit isn't
mine.
Thanks
to 'cy for telling me whether or not it sucks, and sorry about any spelling
problems.
Enjoy!
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and it's not finished, and I won't finish It unless I get some feedback, so
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Part
one
Half
a continent away from the tragic scene of the death of a slayer, a young girl
woke from
A
terrifying dream.
A
soft whimper escaped her lips at the realization that this was more than a
simple dream.
She
tried to call to her family for comfort, but the only word she managed to utter
was
"Slayer"
**************
2
years later
Heavy
boots pounded on concrete as Alicia chased another member of the undead into
oblivion.
"Ha!"
she yelled as her stake slammed home, burring itself deeply into the vampires
cool
flesh.
Alicia
sighed, ever since she was awaked those two long years ago this had be come her
normal
routine, hunt, chase, kill.
"Excellent."
Warren her watcher, stated coming out from behind a tombstone.
"
Yeah well, it wasn't anything special, just another vampire." she sighed,
not even out of
breath
from the chase.
"
What would you prefer, an apocalypse?"
"
Yeah...well no, I mean nothing ever happens here, that other slayer, what was
her
name?"
"Buffy"
"Yeah,
well she got to make her mark on the world, I'm just another slayer."
"
That OTHER slayer," Warren said in his best I'm-the-watcher-listen-to-me
voice
"left
the council, abandoned all previous traditions, and oh yes...got herself
killed."
"
But, still nothing ever happens here, it's Canada for gods sake, the ALIENS
even ignore
us."
"Be
thankful and leave it at that, beside if you want to go to the hell mouth,
you'll have to wait you don't need to be there until the end battle begins your
job is to stay alive until then, the council will not risk loosing you. Now go
home get some sleep, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Sure,
whatever." Alicia threw over her shoulder s she walked dejectedly away.
**********
When
she got home she immediately hopped in the shower, and began washing the vamp
dust
out of her hair.
"Can't
go to the hell mouth, my ass." she grumbled to herself as the soothing
water caressed away all the dirt grime and blood associated with being the
chosen one.
"Why
should I be stuck here, there's not real baddies around for me to fight."
Alicia
stepped out of the shower, slipped into some comfort clothes and started to
towel her hair dry.
"There
are worse places to be, I mean I could be in Toronto, we don't want to go there
do we fido?"
The
fish merely looked at her blankly, then continued swimming to the other side of
the tank.
*Sigh*
"I thought being the slayer would mean excitement and adventure, there are
more important things to be doing, for instance I heard that a polgara demon
had set up shot in Washington, I could go there maybe stop it before it killed
someone."
A
bubble escaped from fido's gaping mouth.
"Anyways
this magic thing is cool, and I'm getting pretty good at it." Alicia
stated, opening a leather bound book entitled 'Magic for life' by Willow
Rosenberg.
*Teleportation
spells.... hmmm...that looks interesting, maybe I CAN get out of here* Alicia
thought to herself having lost patience confiding in a fish. * Wow this looks
easy too all I need is ground crows feet, and a picture of where I want to go.*
Alicia
fished through her cluttered drawers for a picture of Washington; she came up
with a postcard from a friend with the J. Edgar Hoover building on the front.
The she went to the little brown cabinet in the corner which she affectionately
called the "magic box".
"Perfect!"
she exclaimed pulling out a fine gray power in a jar.
*Okay
now I just say the words and poof!...I hope* She returned to the book and
forcefully spoke the Latin phrase. There was a bright flash then suddenly
Alicia found herself landing, painfully and less than gracefully atop
a
wooden desk.* Ha! It worked!* she quickly took in her surroundings as the
practiced hunter she was, next to her beside the desk was a file cabinet,
across from her was the door, and when she looked behind her on the wall was a
poster of a UFO and the words "I WANT TO BELIEVE" under the picture.
Suddenly
she heard two pair of footsteps coming from behind the door as well as muffled
chatting.
Alicia
looked around her quickly for somewhere to go, but the dull door seemed to be
the only exit.*Not that I'm afraid I am after all a slayer* Alicia said
comforting herself.
The
door handle turned...
Alicia
leapt off the desk...
"Scully
I..." A tall dark looking man looked around the room; his words dying
instantly as her seem to recognize something was amiss.
Alicia,
hidden in a dark corner of the dark office breathed a sigh of relief.*Mortals,
HUMAN mortals*
"Mulder?"
A petite red head look questionlly at the man she had called mulder. "Is
there something wrong?"
"
I don't know Scully, something's not right look at my desk the papers are all
crumpled and misplaced."
*Yeah
that's what happens when someone drops on them from six feet up* Alicia thought
but still remained quiet.
"
Well Mulder," Scully began a little tired of her partners' paranoia.
"You're office isn't exactly the most spotless in the building, so-"
"No
Scully," Mulder cut her off. "It looks as if someone's been sitting
on them." The two agents edged further into the room to investigate.
Alicia
choose this moment to dart silently through the door, and began running down
the hall way, her loose sweat pants flapping, and bare feet slapping on the
linoleum floor.
"Mulder!"
Scully said in alarm as she and her partner race down the hall after their
intruder.
"Stop!"
Mulder said forcefully aiming his gun.
Alicia
kept running putting all her slayer speed to good use. *Geez FBI agents! I'm
screwed now!*
"Stop,
or I'll shoot!" Mulder tried again, as Scully rushed passed him.
"Shoot
Mulder!"
BANG
BANG!!!
Two
shots rang out in the lonely hallway echoing all the way to the upper offices.
Alicia knew this was coming; after all she had apparently broken into FBI
headquarters she didn't expect them to take it lying down. However with this
foreknowledge she had already begun to take evasive action; she took two quick
banking steps up the wall to her right and flipped over the agents' fire. Not
even slowing to look at the two agents dumbfounded expressions she neared the
end of the corridor turn the corner and...
Barreled
straight into Walter Skinner, knocking both of the down. As Alicia scrambled to get up, Scully and
Mulder rounded the corner, took in the situation and Yelled at skinner to stop
the fleeing girl.
Alicia
felt an iron grip at her ankle, and delivered two swift kicks to the assistant
directors face. As she was getting up she felt the weight of Mulder slam into
her side, knock the breath out of her and staggering her for an instant. Scully only needed that instant; leveling
her gun she yelled, "Freeze! Put your hands up against the wall and don't
MOVE!!!"
The
young slayer took one look at the gun inches from her face and decided that,
fast as she was, even the chosen one can't dodge bullets at this range. She
obediently put her hands up, and glared at the angry red head in front of
her. Skinner began wiping at his
bleeding nose with his handkerchief and, Mulder stood near by Scully, backing her
up if need be.
"
Agents Mulder and Scully, would you mind telling me who this young lady is, and
WHAT she is doing in a restricted area?" Skinner spat out, gingerly
touching his bruised face.
As
Mulder was going to answer a security team came running down the hallway,
alerted by the gunshots.
"
I wish I knew." Mulder said as the security team pulled Alicia up and
started to escort her to a more secure area, namely jail.
Alicia
had remained oddly silent during the exchange, plotting how she would get
herself out of this one.
"
Let's get her out of her and we can talk to her later, in the mean time, I want
you to tell me what's going on, and there better be a good reason for why I
just get myself a bruised face!"
"Sir,"
Scully began, "agent Mulder and I were just coming down to get a folder
from his office and when we came in Mulder-"
"
I noticed that papers on my desk had been moved." Mulder finished for
Scully.
"Uh-Yes,
and when Mulder and I went to investigate, she- the young girl, ran out from
the office."
"
Ah, I see. And would anyone care to explain HOW she got there or WHY?"
Skinner said growing more impatient with the whole thing.
"well-uh
we..." Scully stammered.
"It
appears that by the way the papers were moved that something landed on
them." Mulder took the lead.
Skinner
spread his hands. " So you're trying to tell me what? That she dropped out
of thin air?"
"Yes,
sir."
"Right."
Skinner sighed, leave it to Mulder to not even consider a rational response.
"And if she did drop out of thin air like you say, Mulder," Skinner
asked skeptically. " Why?"
"
I suggest we ask her that ourselves, sir."
*************
The
slayer calmly surveyed her new surroundings. *Warren told me to always see
where the exits, hideaways, and possible dangers are before taking action.
Warren* She sighed *I wonder if her even knows where I am. Man I am going to be
in SOOOOOOO much trouble when I get home.* She studied the bars of her cell.
*They don't look very strong maybe I could bend them.* She moved forward,
gripped a bar in each hand and pulled.
SCREECH!!!
The metal screamed in protest but began to give.
As
Alicia tugged at the bars, she heard the two FBI agents from earlier coming
down the hall talking quietly to each other. She stopped pulling the bars, and
stepped back, and smiled at the rather large bend in the bars.
The
two agents *Mulder and Scully?* stepped in front of her cell. The man kept his
face totally blank, But Alicia could she the fiery focus in his eyes. *I should
be careful about this one.* And the woman, although her features were carefully
controlled, widened her eyes in shock at the noticeable deformation in the iron
bars. *Ha!* Alicia thought.* They really have NO idea of who and what they are
dealing with!*
"
Hello." The tall man said in monotone. "I'm special agent Mulder, and
this is my partner special agent Scully." He paused expecting the girl to
respond with her name as well, seeing this wasn't going to work he decided just
to ask, "Can you tell us your name?"
She
considered telling them the truth, that this whole thing was an accident, but,
remembering Warrens lessons on how a normal human would never understand what
she was, and instead of telling anyone anything she should just find a fast way
out of wherever she may be, Alicia smiled evilly and whispered
"Slayer." She was going to enjoy this.
"Excuse
me?" said Scully, she didn't like the look on the girls face.
"Slayer."
Alicia said again even quieter. Both the agents leaned forward to hear, inching
into the chosen ones deadly grasp.
Alicia hand whipped out faster the mortal eye could see and grabbed
Scully and Mulder by the front of their shirts, and yanked them towards her,
slamming their bodies into the bars with a sickening crunch. The agents
momentarily stunned, could only watch as this apparently fragile woman, bent
the hard iron bars beside them and slipped through to freedom. As they got to
their feet under them again they heard shouts and gunfire coming from the way
they came. Strangely they heard the girl scream in some strange dead language,
followed by a flash. The agents came around the corner they saw ALL the guards'
unconscious but unharmed, and no sign of the girl.
"Where'd
she go?" Asked Scully startled by the ease of the escape.
Mulder
was helping a guard to his feet. "What happened?" He asked.
"I-I-I
don't know there was a flash and I was-." He pointed to the ground
completely mystified.
"Did
she disappear?" Mulder asked as Scully glared at him for even thinking
that.
**********
As
Alicia ran out of the building she was thankful that the flash spell was one of
the first she learned. *well now that I'm here I might as well find that
polgara.*
The
slayer slowed to a walk knowing that she was attracting unwanted attention by
running away from a government building, and congratulated herself on her
brilliant escape from the FBI. She pasted a newsstand and quickly glanced at
the headlines, noticing that Bush was once again making a fool of himself. As
she moved down the stand one story caught her attention:
VICIOUS
UNEXPLAINED STABBINGS!!!
Alicia
picked it up and skimmed the article wondering if it was the polgara or just a
sick example of the human condition. Whilst reading she came across the address
of the murders and committed them to memory.
"HEY!
This isn't a library! Move along or but something!" The shopkeeper yelled,
Alicia just glared, set the paper down and moved away.
*************
Meanwhile....
"No
of course she didn't disappear!" The guard answered. " At least I
think she didn't." The guard sat down and scratched his head thinking.
"I don't remember."
"Great."
Said Mulder.
"Mulder,
why don't we check the security cameras, she may still be in the building after
all." Reasoned Scully.
The
two headed to the control center hurriedly. When they got there Mulder quickly
scanned the screens.
"No
she's not in the building anymore. DAMN!" Mulder was angry now. *Something
about that girl...what had she called herself? Slayer? What is that? And why is
she here?*
"Lets
check the back logs." Scully said, placing a calming hand on her partners
shoulder. "I'll rewind the tapes."
Seconds
ticked by as Scully searched for the right time. "There." she
announced, pressing play.
The
two agents crowded around the tiny screen as they relived the scene that
happened only moments before. They watched, as the young girl slammed the
agents into the bars, ran out of her cell, and encounter the guards. Mulder
leaned forward, eyes riveted on the little picture; suddenly there was a bright
flash of light that the camera couldn't see through. When it refocused, they
saw the girl calmly step around the unconscious guards and head for the door.
"Slayer."
Mulder said under his breath, trying the word out.
"Pardon?"
Said Scully.
"Hmm?
Oh, nothing. What made the light? It seemed to come from the girl
herself."
"No
Mulder, that's impossible, probably there was a electrical malfunction or
something."
"Yeah
or something, Scully. What about the exterior cameras did they pick up
anything?"
"I'll
check." Scully took out the tape and inserted another one. "Yeah
there she is, look."
They
watched as the girl came out of the building at a run, the slowed to a walk and
stopped at a newsstand.
"What
did she pick up there?" Mulder asked pointing at the screen.
"Uh-a
newspaper?"
"Maybe
we should talk to the owner."
Scully
nodded.
When
they got outside Mulder scanned the area look for some sign that the mysterious
girl that eluded them. Scully approached the newsstand and flashed her FBI
badge.
"
Excuse me sir, I'm Agent Scully, and this is agent Mulder." She began.
"Could we ask you some questions about the young lady that passed by here
a few moments ago?"
The
guy took a drag on his cigarette. " Sure."
"
What did she pick up?" Asked Mulder.
"That
newspaper." He said pointing at THE WASHINGTON GLOBE.
"Did
she say anything to you?" Scully asked as Mulder picked up the paper and
read the front page.
"
Nah, she just kinda looked at me, then walked off, y'know?"
"
Yeah, thanks for you help." Mulder gave the man a five and took the paper
with him.
Mulder
leaned close to Scully and said to her, "We should take this up to
forensics see if we can get any finger prints, also, I think we should check
this address out."
"Why?"
"Call
it a hunch."
*************
Alicia
looked up at the street sign. * 5th and Main* She thought *It probably won't be
here but it's a place to start* Alicia looked around for the classic signs of a
demon, slime, flecks of oddly colored skin, blood.
Going
further down the street she came across a derelict warehouse. * Hmmm...Good
place to start* Pushing gently on the wood doors, Alicia looked inside, ready
for anything. What she found was a vampire nest complete with the smell.
*Oh
crap.*
**************
Mulder
and Scully took one of the bureaus' cars to the site that was indicated in the
paper.
Parking
the car, Mulder said "5th and main, her we are."
"Do
you see any sign or the girl?" Scully said straining her eyes in the
approaching darkness.
"No
I don't see the slayer."
"The
what?"
"The
slayer, that's what she said."
"What
does it mean Mulder?"
"
I thought if we didn't find anything, we could go find out."
"Where?"
"I
don't know the library maybe?"
"Whatever.
Lets just look for the girl." Scully said as she removed herself from the
car.
Just
then, the door of a nearby warehouse bust open with a dozen figures emerging
after it. Four of the group was obviously
feminine, with three of them and the rest of the others ganging up on the other
person.
As
the 11 figures circled around the one girl, she launched her attack, kicking
viciously and chanting protection spells. The FBI agents rushed down the street
ready for a fight, and as they got near Mulder recognized Alicia.
"That's
the girl Scully!" He said slightly out of breath.
"Yes,
but what is wrong with the others' faces?"
As
they watched Alicia took a piece of the broken door, and brandished it to her
attackers. The Vamps immediately took a step back.
"Slayer."
The leader said, his voice dripping with distain.
"You
bet you undead ass I am."
With
that they threw themselves at her again.
"Freeze!"
12
heads snapped around at once, the vamps snarling and the slayer yelling at them
to get back.
The
lead Vampire took advantage of the distracted slayer and came up behind her
ready to snap her neck.
Alicia
spun and slammed the makeshift stake into his chest, taking a last look at his
face before it exploded into dust.
"Bitch."
She said as the wind blew the particles away.
Mulder
took an involuntary step back, shocked.
Scully
opened fire on one of the female vamps. Three slugs slammed it to the demon and
she fell down with a grunt.
"You
shot my sister!" A male vamp yelled. Enraged he threw himself at Scully.
Seeing the imminent danger to his partner, Mulder fired his weapon. A bullet
caught the vampire squarely in the head.
"Billy!!"
The Vamp chic that Scully had shot wailed pulling herself to her feet, just as
Alicia came up behind her and stabbed her through the back, eliminating another
threat to the mortals.
'Billy'
staggered slightly but kept advancing on the FBI agent. Completely surprised by
the fact that her assailant was not lying in a pool of blood at her feet,
Scully just stood and stared at her demon. Alicia saw that the agent was not
prepared to defend herself, she swiftly dispatched the vamp she was dealing
with and sent her stake flying end over end slamming into the billys' back. The
remaining 8 vamps circled the FBI agents realizing that they would be easier
prey.
"Mulder!"
Scully yelled. "What are these things?"
"Vampires
Scully, I think they're vampires."
"Can
you kill them?"
"Yeah."
Alicia said. "Stake trough the heart is easiest, but my personal favorite
is decapitation."
Mulder
just stared at her. Billy's' sister
choose this moment to attack Mulder.
"AHH!"
He screamed as fangs raked his neck.
Alicia moved in quickly pulling the Vamp off Mulder and throwing her to
the ground. Mulder, free of his
attacker turn on a tackily dressed vamp, and delivered a vicious undercut to
his gut, hoping to knock the wind out of him. Unfortunately for Mulder he didn't
realize that vampires, being dead, don't need to breathe. The tacky vampire
glaring at him, his yellow eyes burning with bloodlust, launched a body slam,
which knocked down Mulder, causing him to trip up Scully. Alicia staked billys' sister and turned,
once again ready to save the meddling FBI agents. Before the slayer could get
to them, a vampire with a particularly scabby face stepped in front of her,
pulling out a vicious looking knife.
Alicia
eyed the knife warily. Scabby circled thinking he had the advantage, took a
swipe at the slayer. Alicia seeing the knife flash spun in a tight roundhouse
kick sending the knife clattering down the street.
The
vampire started to run for the knife but, Alicia staked him before he took
three steps.
Agent
Scully still on the ground, seeing the knife land a few feet from her face,
scrabbled to pick it up. When she reached it see pulled herself to help defend
Mulder from the tacky vamp. Alicia mean while took out two other vamps.
"Come
on lil' red, show me whatchya got." The vamp taunted. Scully lunged
forward and managed to catch the vamp in the face. Tacky boy screamed in rang
and flew at Scully. The agent whirled and brought the knife down, neatly
cutting of the vamps hand. Screaming he
backed off, cradling his stump.
Alicia
came up to Scully. "Can I borrow this?" she said pointing to the
knife.
"Uh-?"
"
I'll take that as a yes." And with that Alicia took the knife and headed
towards the remaining five Vampires. *The agents are doing okay, maybe they
aren't too bad.* One vamp approached her. The knife flashed so quickly that the
two humans didn't even see it. Neither did the Vampire, his head exploded into
dust seconds before the rest of his body. Alicia allowed herself a small smile.
The other vamps, realizing they had bitten off more than they could chew turned
and ran, screaming profanity as they went.
Alicia,
realizing that the FBI were staring, she turned around holding the knife.
"Those
were vampires?" Mulder asked quietly.
"Yes."
Answer Alicia, not sure what was going to happen next.
"They
were dead?" He continued.
"They
still are." The slayer said, realizing that this was difficult for the
agents to accept.
"Who
ARE you?" Scully asked still confused.
"Who
are you?" Alicia countered
"I
asked first."
"I
have the knife."
"Oh,
right." Scully said sheepishly.
"As
we told you before I am Agent Mulder and, this is agent Scully."
"Yeah,
why are you following me?" The slayer asked.
"
You didn't tell us your name yet." The stoic man said.
"
I know." Alicia could see this wasn't going to go well, she sighed. "
Hey you know what? I'm kinda thirsty so I'm thinkin' lets get a drink."
Mulder
looked around at the still swirling dust and thought that it was a good idea.
"Yeah." he said, "I definitly need a drink."
Scully
glanced at her partner. "There's a pub just over a block away from
here."
"Cool."
The slayer said as she started on her way.
"Wait!"
Said Scully. "Are you even legal?"
Alicia
looked down at the ground. "Well..." she began. "I'll be 18 in
two weeks."
Mulder
looked up at the stars *God, she only 17!*
Scully
looked at the young girl in front of her. "Whatever." The agent
dropped her hands to her sides. "I really need a drink, so lets just
go." She smiled at her partner, and motioned for him to get moving.
His
eyes never left the knife in the girls' hands as they walked down Main,
considering how fast she was with it; he felt he had good reason to be slightly
nervous.
Alicia
laughed to herself. *I think they're afraid of me!*
Mulder
leaned over to his partner. " Can you believe we just battled
Vampires?" He whispered excitedly.
"Mulder,
just because..." Scully began, only to be cut off by the girl in front of
them.
"'This
the place?" She asked, looking at the neon sign that said 'BEER AND
BUFFALO WINGS HAPPY HOUR'
"Yeah."
said Scully as the three-some pushed through the greasy doors.
As
they entered Mulder took noticed of the way the girl looked at everything
before she took another step. *Not that you could really see anything with all
this smoke*
Alicia
slipped up to the bar satisfied that if a threat aroused itself she could
handle everyone in the room.
"Hey...Jim,"
she said looking at his name tag, "We'll have two baskets of your wings
and, umm... what kind of imported beers do you have in here."
"What
kind of imported beer?, well we got
'foster' some sort of Japanese beer and-"
"Do
you have any Canadian beer?"
The
bartender eyed her closely. "How old are you? Lets see some id."
Mulder
stepped up to the bar. "She's with us."
"And
what are you her father?" Jim scoffed.
Mulder
was becoming extremely annoyed, he got the felling that the girl wouldn't talk
until she got her drinks and food. "Just give her the beer." He said
in a menacing voice.
"Sure
whatever, whaddo you guys want?"
Mulder
looked at Scully, "What ever you have on tap."
Alicia
smiled at the FBI agent; she was beginning to like him.
"Here
you go." Jim brought the food and drinks. "That'll be $12.60."
Alicia
looked at Mulder expectantly. He sighed and paid the bartender. Scully spotted
an empty table in a secluded corner in the bar and suggested they go sit there.
Alicia
opened her Canadian beer and took a swig. Mulder scarffed a wing. Scully looked
at them expectantly.
"Well...?"
She said impatiently.
"Mmm...beer
first, talk later." Alicia said.
Mulder
wiped his face, "normally I would agree, but...these aren't exactly normal
circumstances."
*Here
we go* Alicia thought. "What do you want to know?"
"Well
a name would be nice, that's all we wanted to know before you slammed use in
the bars." Scully said with an edge in her voice. *She still broke in to
Mulders' office* she reminded herself
"My
name is Alicia."
Mulder
nodded. "So... those were real vampires?"
"Yeah."
"And
vampires are real?"
Alicia
looked at him as if he'd gone mad. "Yes."
"Mulder
what's wrong?"
"Scully,
think about it, if vampires are real," he said excitement radiating off
him, "Then that could mean everything in the X-Files is real too."
"Mulder,
don't get to excited, just because vampires," She swallowed hard on the
word, "are real, that doesn't mean that the UFO's and all the government
conspiracies are true."
"Actually,"
Alicia broke in, "the government is aware that vampires and demons exist,
in fact about oh, three or four years ago, the began a program called the 'initiative' that was supposed to capture
and study vampires and other demons, but it eventually got out of hand so they
closed it...I think."
Mulder
and Scully stared at her in shock.
"How
do you know this?" Scully asked skeptically.
"The
uh-" She took a sip of her beer, "slayer before me was actually
involved with the program, until she found out that one of the doctors was
trying to make a demonic super solider that ended up killing almost everyone on
the team."
"Wow."
Mulder said and leaned back in his chair. " So, Alicia what exactly is a
slayer?"
Alicia
looked at him for a minute considering hoe she would answer this, after a
minute or two she said, "I'm kind of like the demons demon, I hunt them,
and kill them, or if I can't kill them I send them back to their
dimension."
*Other
dimensions?!* Thought Scully, but she said, "So you hunt all demons?"
"No,"
answered Alicia, "some demons find a way to co-exist with humans, like
Bill Gates."
"Bill
Gates is a demon?" Mulder asked surprised.
"Yeah,
I thought it would be obvious by now, he's a serpentine, they look completely
normal in public, but when they get home... well, anyways."
The
two agents took a few minutes to digest this, finally Scully asked "What
were you doing in Mulders' office?"
"Oh.
Right. That." She looked at the two agents stern faces, "Well I
kinda, landed there."
The
two agents looked at her as if waiting for more.
"
What?!?!?!" Alicia exclaimed, " I didn't mean to! The spell wasn't
specific enough."
"Spell?"
Alicia
recognized that now she probably have to start from the beginning. "Well I
was at home, just after patrol, and I was bored out of my mind, cuz we never
get any cool demons, in Canada-"
"Cool
demons?"
"Never
mind, anyways, so I got win that there was a polgara demon around these
parts-"
"What's
a polgara?" Mulder asked
Alicia
sighed, "Big ugly with spikes coming outta his arms."
The
FBI agents grimaced.
"Yeah
well, so where was I? Oh right, I thought I could kill him before he killed
anyone else, but by the looks of that paper I was to late." She shrugged.
"You
think this polgaro is responsible for the murders?" Scully said taking a
wing for herself.
"PolgarA,
but, yeah it makes sense."
"How
are we gonna explain this one to Skinner?" Scully moaned.
"Don't
ask me Scully, I'm not the one with the rational responses, 'member."
Mulder said, rubbing his neck where the Vamp, got him.
Alicia
looked at the two during this little exchange and saw the chemistry. *They must
make a good team.*
"Who's
Skinner?" She asked.
"Skinner
is our boss, you know the guy who you kicked in the face?" Scully said,
Mulder rolled his eyes.
"Oh."
The slayer looked at the bottom of the beer bottle sheepishly. "Him. Sorry
'bout that."
"It's
okay he deserved it."
"Mulder!"
Scully scolded, then smiled. "Well, maybe just a bit. Wow it's almost 3:00
am, Alicia do you have a place to stay?"
"Uh..."
She looked at the agents. "Not really."
"
You can stay with me if you like, I wouldn't put you through the horror of the
pit of sunflower seeds that is Mulders' apartment."
"Hey!"
He threw a chicken bit her way, which she deftly dodged, laughing.
"Wow.
Thank you. But first I really should look for the demon before the sun comes
up."
"Sure,
I'll leave a key for you okay?"
"Cool."
"Alicia,
I'd be kind of interested in seeing this demon, would it be okay if I came with
you?"
"Sure,
Mulder, I don't care. I'm used to having someone patrol with me."
"Really?"
Scully said.
"Uh-huh,
Warren my watcher normally comes with me. He's like my teacher." She said
before they could ask the question she knew was on their minds.
"Shall
we go then?" Scully stood up, eager to get out of the smoky room.
***********
Agent
Mulder and Alicia, stepped cautiously through an unkempt graveyard.
"You
think it'll be here?" Mulder asked.
Alicia
shrugged, "It's a good bet, it doesn't look like many people come here and
there are lots of old crypts that it could hide in."
A
nearby patch of bushes moved. Alicia and Mulder hid behind a large
tombstone. Suddenly a bleach blond
pale-looking guy in a leather duster stepped out, dusting himself of and
cautiously looked around. Alicia, immediately recognized that this man was not
with the living anymore. She launched her attacked, leaping off the top of the
tombstone, she collided with the vampire, sending both tumbling down to the
ground. Alicia was on her feet in a second, with Mulder coming out to help her.
"Hey,
back off!" The vamp yelled in a British accent. "I'm not a bad
guy!"
"Right."
Alicia said sarcastically, raising her stake.
"Stop!
Bloody slayers! Your almost as mean as Buffy."
"Buffy?
How did you know her?" Alicia was VERY confused.
"I
was on her team." He pulling himself off the ground. "You know a good
guy?"
"How-?"
"The
government put a chip in my head, can't hurt people? Jeez the council didn't tell
you about poor ol' Spike or what?"
"Spike?
As in William the Bloody?"
The
Vampire stood a little taller. Mulder just looked at the two. "So you
don't want to kill him?"
"I
haven't decided yet, so you're part of that initiative thing?"
"Spike
scratched his head. "Yeah, bloody bastards."
Alicia
chuckled. Mulder still feeling he was missing something said,
"What??"
Alicia
smiled, "He's neutered."
Spike
glared at the girl.
****************
Meanwhile
at the Scully residence...
*What
am I thinking?!?!* Scully mentally scolded herself, *Inviting a total stranger
to MY house? I must be getting lax, you'd think hanging around Mulder would
teach me to be a little more paranoid.*
Then
the other side of her brain kicked in: *Well you couldn't just let her stay
outside, could you? She's only 17!* Scully sighed, *Oh well, can't do anything
about it now, I don't want to make her angry, I saw how she used that knife.
Wait, shouldn't that be why I don't want her here?*
**************
Back
in the graveyard...
"So...you
a good guy?" Mulder asked, fascinated by the whole thing.
"No"
said Alicia.
"Yes"
said Spike.
Alicia
turned on him. "No you are not, you ARE William the bloody, no matter how
good you are now you are still responsible for hundreds of deaths, you should
pay for your crimes."
"What-?"
Spike was getting sort a nervous, "I haven't killed anyone in over two
years!"
"That
doesn't matter." She started to raise her stake again.
"Yes
it does!" Spike said, taking a step back. "I'm trying to ATONE!
You're not bothering Angel are you? He's done WAY worse than I, and he hasn't
had the pleasure of seeing your stake now has he?"
"Angel's
different-"
"Why
just because he had a soul, and fell in love with Buf- a slayer? Well
newsflash! I did too! And I may not have a soul but I've got a chip!"
*A
vampire falling in love with a vampire slayer, this night just gets weirder and
weirder.* Mulder thought considering the two.
Alicia
put her stake down. "YOU fell in love with Buffy?"
If
the vampire could have blushed he would have. "Buffy, she was..."
tears began to form, "She was special."
Alicia
thought of everything that particular slayer had done. "Yeah, yes she
was." A truce had formed between them.
Mulder
cut in before they went at each other again. "We should get you guys to
Scullys', I'm sure she'd love to look at you." He said pointing at spike
and heading back for his car.
************
Half
way across town...
Smoke
filled the room, where two men sat solemnly, waiting for the other to finish a
phone call.
"Yes
she is here...No, she's still alive...We think a spell...The initiative, are
you sure?...yes, understood." He hung up the phone, and lit a cigarette.
"Alex I want you and Finn to go and...contain...the slayer, she's a
radical, not in the formula of the plan, She's dangerous and could cost us
everything. Eliminate the problem."
"Yes
sir." Finn said, "I'll get my men right on it." He left the
room.
Alex
krychek, waited knowing the smoking man in front of him had more to say.
"Alex,
he began, "Watch him, make sure his feeling don't cloud his judgement, and
if they do..." He trailed off, no more needed to be said.
"Understood."
Said Krychek and followed after riley.