Title: A mercenary's tale (Part 2)
Author: Michael Dunbar
Summary: A personal vendetta takes Xander back to Sunnydale.
Disclaimer: Nothing, I own nothing. Joss owns Buffy. Whoever owns the resident evil tale owns that.
Timeline: After season 6
Rating: R for bad language
Spoilers: Season 6
Author's notes:
() is for thoughts
"" is for speech.
-------------------------------- (2 days later)
(Sunnydale, how brilliant)
Xander had been spending the last 8 years trying to forget that god forbidden place, trying to erase all the bad things that had taken place within that small town. It was hard but he'd done it, he'd moved on with his life, maybe not to something completely different but it was at least his choice to be a mercenary.
You may like to think that you get a choice in fighting in Sunnydale, especially if you're powerless like Xander. But in a way you don't, seeing your best friends fighting horde's of vampires doesn't give you much choice at all. It never did to Xander anyway, it might not have been destiny but it wasn't exactly a clear cut choice either.
The pain in his legs subsides as he walks along the path, looking up he sees the car at the end of the road that waits for them. A jeep painted with camouflage colours, looks like something straight out of the military.
2 days ago he'd been sitting in a hospital bed in agony and today he's walking along like nothing ever happened, on another mission. Xander's Glocks are held firmly on his hips and he caresses the holster with his hand every so often, just to check that they are in place.
The two people accompanying him don't speak much; the man is more silent than the woman.
The woman at least answer's Xander's questions when he asks.
Xander turns his head to look at her, maybe in an admiring sort of way. She definitely is beautiful, blonde flowing hair and beautiful blue eyes, not unlike a certain slayer he used to know.
"Say.. I got a question"
Xander smiles as she looks his way.
"Shoot."
"What's your two's names, I mean as much fun as it is calling you Woman and him oaf, I'd kind of like to know your moniker"
She smiles and nods her head at the big guy on Xander's other side "He's called Jack, and I'm Leticia"
"Nice to meet you" Xander replies "Although more you than him"
Leticia just smiles at the compliment, if that is in fact what it was.
They reach the car, Leticia jumps into the driver's seat while Jack walks around the vehicle and hops into the passenger side, leaving Xander to take his place in the back seat.
The car burst into life as Leticia insert's the keys and presses her foot down on the accelerator.
"Are we there yet?" Xander grins as she looks his way.
------------ (30 minutes later)
The car speeds down the highway as fast as the machine can go; every so often the vehicle switches lanes and takes over somebody.
"Not to be doubtful about this whole mission and all we've got going on" Xander breaks the 30 minute silence "But I've got a few friends in Sunnydale, well what used to be called friends, and well they wouldn't exactly let a corporation like Umbrella set up roots without looking into it first"
"The umbrella corporation is extremely secretive, only the top brass in the military actually know what the company is doing in Sunnydale, so I doubt that the civilian population even know it's there"
"Civilian? Buffy. I have so got to introduce you two" Xander says with a smile "She's not exactly a civilian, and while where on this subject since we are going to good old Sunnydale, have you two by any chance got any magnesium rounds? Wooden stakes? A massive fucking sword that's been blessed by a priest?"
Leticia cocks an eyebrow, while stoic Jack just looks at him casually.
"Let me tell you a little story, it's not a very happy one and it may give you nightmares children. So don't say I didn't warn you"
.
Author: Michael Dunbar
Summary: A personal vendetta takes Xander back to Sunnydale.
Disclaimer: Nothing, I own nothing. Joss owns Buffy. Whoever owns the resident evil tale owns that.
Timeline: After season 6
Rating: R for bad language
Spoilers: Season 6
Author's notes:
() is for thoughts
"" is for speech.
-------------------------------- (2 days later)
(Sunnydale, how brilliant)
Xander had been spending the last 8 years trying to forget that god forbidden place, trying to erase all the bad things that had taken place within that small town. It was hard but he'd done it, he'd moved on with his life, maybe not to something completely different but it was at least his choice to be a mercenary.
You may like to think that you get a choice in fighting in Sunnydale, especially if you're powerless like Xander. But in a way you don't, seeing your best friends fighting horde's of vampires doesn't give you much choice at all. It never did to Xander anyway, it might not have been destiny but it wasn't exactly a clear cut choice either.
The pain in his legs subsides as he walks along the path, looking up he sees the car at the end of the road that waits for them. A jeep painted with camouflage colours, looks like something straight out of the military.
2 days ago he'd been sitting in a hospital bed in agony and today he's walking along like nothing ever happened, on another mission. Xander's Glocks are held firmly on his hips and he caresses the holster with his hand every so often, just to check that they are in place.
The two people accompanying him don't speak much; the man is more silent than the woman.
The woman at least answer's Xander's questions when he asks.
Xander turns his head to look at her, maybe in an admiring sort of way. She definitely is beautiful, blonde flowing hair and beautiful blue eyes, not unlike a certain slayer he used to know.
"Say.. I got a question"
Xander smiles as she looks his way.
"Shoot."
"What's your two's names, I mean as much fun as it is calling you Woman and him oaf, I'd kind of like to know your moniker"
She smiles and nods her head at the big guy on Xander's other side "He's called Jack, and I'm Leticia"
"Nice to meet you" Xander replies "Although more you than him"
Leticia just smiles at the compliment, if that is in fact what it was.
They reach the car, Leticia jumps into the driver's seat while Jack walks around the vehicle and hops into the passenger side, leaving Xander to take his place in the back seat.
The car burst into life as Leticia insert's the keys and presses her foot down on the accelerator.
"Are we there yet?" Xander grins as she looks his way.
------------ (30 minutes later)
The car speeds down the highway as fast as the machine can go; every so often the vehicle switches lanes and takes over somebody.
"Not to be doubtful about this whole mission and all we've got going on" Xander breaks the 30 minute silence "But I've got a few friends in Sunnydale, well what used to be called friends, and well they wouldn't exactly let a corporation like Umbrella set up roots without looking into it first"
"The umbrella corporation is extremely secretive, only the top brass in the military actually know what the company is doing in Sunnydale, so I doubt that the civilian population even know it's there"
"Civilian? Buffy. I have so got to introduce you two" Xander says with a smile "She's not exactly a civilian, and while where on this subject since we are going to good old Sunnydale, have you two by any chance got any magnesium rounds? Wooden stakes? A massive fucking sword that's been blessed by a priest?"
Leticia cocks an eyebrow, while stoic Jack just looks at him casually.
"Let me tell you a little story, it's not a very happy one and it may give you nightmares children. So don't say I didn't warn you"
.
