Troublemakers: Slaying Bites
AUTHOR: Silence
DISCLAIMER: Joss, Fox, and UPN own all things Buffy. Lila, Scarlet & Simon are MINE. All righty?
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PART 3
Buffy lifted her pom-pom in the air and gave it a final shake. On her cue the rest of the cheerleaders followed her back to the sidelines. Buffy shook her head excitedly and turned to a cheerleader next to her. "This is such a rush, Nicole!"
Nicole blinked at her, her long lashes making her look extra dramatic, "Like, Buffy, this is just practice."
"Who cares? We lead this year." Buffy grinned, "I think that gives me a right to be totally perky."
Shaking her head with a smile Nicole began to retie a shoe, "You are just so buzzy today, girl. What's the sitch?"
Buffy shrugged, "Nothing." Buffy looked across the gym and spotted a familiar face sitting on the bleachers. "Hey, who's that guy?"
Jennifer bounded over next to Buffy, "Him? He's like in my chem class or whatever that class is. He's William. He's cute."
There was a rude snort behind them. The three turned around to see Kimberly sipping a soda and rolling her eyes, "If you like the lazy leather, 80's outlook by all means Jen, go for it."
"Not him." Buffy said. "I mean the one next to him. The guy in the silk shirt."
Nicole grinned, "Spotting silk from over here? Buffy is our own Wonder Woman."
"Har har." Buffy smiled at her. "You're so not funny. So anybody know him? I don't remember seeing him last year."
"Why do you care?" Kimberly asked, "Scoping for a replacement for the great Jeffery?"
Jen looked up hopefully, "Are you dumping Jeffery?"
"No!" Buffy said. "Of course not! It's just that the new guy helped me out this morning. I was curious is all."
"Well all I know is that he's the Billy Idol clone's cousin." Nicole said with a shrug.
"I heard he bit Wallace." Kimberly said.
"Xander?" Buffy screeched.
Kimberly looked at Buffy funny, "Whose Xander? I was talking about the blonde in a bottle."
"Oh."
Kimberly checked her watch, "Can we go now? I'm bored. I want to shop."
"Fine." Nicole muttered, "But I'm going straight home first. No way I'm touching those lockers until they are totally cleansed." She turned to Buffy, "You coming?"
Buffy shook her head, "Can't. The authority figures want me at home before five."
"Uh! You can't even get a pair shoes in that little time frame!" Jen gasped in shock.
"I know. You guys go on though. Have fun."
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"You want to talk to her."
Xander sighed. Cheerleading practice was over and he and Spike had been watching Buffy. "She wouldn't talk to me."
"You've been watching her since yesterday." Spike rolled his eyes, "Hell. If you don't go over, I will."
"You wouldn't." Xander said.
"Want to bet?" Spike grinned, "And I can make it ever so humiliating..."
"I hate you."
"I know. Now go play nice. I have a date."
"Scarlet?"
"Of course. She's a tiger mate. She makes learning fun."
Xander watched as the vampire whistled happily as he strolled away. He stood up and turned to go in the opposite direction and found him staring into a pair of very beautiful blue eyes.
"Hi, Xander."
"Buffy!"
Buffy smiled at him, "You seemed surprised to see me."
"I am. Not that I'm not glad or anything... I just... Hi." He replied nervously.
Buffy giggled, "You're not very smooth are you." She sat down and stared at as if waiting for him to join her. Naturally he obliged. She leaned back and continued, "So Xander, where are you from?"
"Sunnydale."
"Oh? My mom went there once. Some art thing. She seemed to like it. What's it like?"
Xander smiled nervously, "It's um... hell."
"Ha! That bad?"
"Yeah... If you don't mind me asking, why are you so interested in me? I mean you seem to walk with the popular crowd."
Buffy looked thoughtful for a moment, "To be honest I don't know. It just seems like I should know you. Kinda like fate and all that." She stood up suddenly. "Hey, want to see a movie with me?"
"Me? With you? Now? I just heard you blow your friends off though."
She shrugged, "I didn't feel like dealing with Kimberly's bitch mode. So what do you say?"
"Definitely!"
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Somewhere in L.A. after dark..
Lila gave her car a swift kick. "Stupid thing. I don't believe this crap!" She pulled out her cell phone only to drop it on the ground. It shattered into pieces and Lila fell to her knees wailing.
"Why me!!!!!" She cried out. Lila slowly picked up the pieces and failed to notice the footsteps behind her.
"You need some help girl?"
Lila spun around to see a very undead guy behind her. The vampire grinned at her and lunged. She rolled to the side and as she hopped to her feet, her watch began to glow. The glow spread over her entire body and when it faded she was wearing red leggings and a low cut white dress that was slit at the sides. As she stood up straight, a jacket with puffy sleeves, that was black on one side and orange on the other, appeared on her.
Lila placed a hand on her chin and feigned a look of shock. "Oh dear. A vampire! What ever will I do?"
The vampire shook his head at what just happened, "I don't know what the hell you are but our master will want you. Boys!"
A group of vampires joined the party. The leader pointed, "Get her."
"Have to catch me first!" Lila cried out. She leaped high into the air and landed neatly on a nearby streetlight. She held her hand out and a bright orange beam of light appeared in her hand. Lila grabbed the end of it and it straightened into an energy sword. She pointed the sword at the vampires, "Party time!"
She faded away only to appear right behind the leader. She swung her sword and lopped his head off. The other vampires stared at her in horror. Lila grinned at them and ran a hand through her purple hair. "Next?"
They ran and Lila sighed. The sword vanished and she aimed her hand palm up at the retreating corpses. Balls of light shot from her hand and hit the beasties with small explosions. Debris flew everywhere and bounced off the force field around Lila.
When the smoke cleared Lila was left standing alone on a very torn up street with several piles of dust. She coughed as her clothes faded back to normal. "Don't mess with a mimic." The girl walked back to her car and tripped on a fallen pipe. "DAMN IT!!"
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"Oh that was fun." Buffy said as she and Xander exited the theater. "In fact this whole thing was fun."
"Really?" Xander asked.
Buffy nodded, "Yeah! I've never had a real guy friend, ya know?"
Xander hid his disappointment, "Uh. yeah. That's me. Xander shaped friend." He sighed inwardly but smiled, "So what do you want to do now?"
"Now? Now... I have to really get home before my parents decide they actually care I'm gone." She headed for the bus stop and waved at Xander, "I'll see you tomorrow!"
"You're going to ride public transit?" He asked in a fake shock.
Buffy smiled, "Yeah. Don't tell. It'll ruin my rep."
Xander watched the bus leave with a wary sigh. He turned around to see a familiar face behind him. "Gah!!! Damn it! What is it with people sneaking up on me?!"
Scarlet blinked at him in confusion, "Huh?"
"Never mind. So what are you doing here?"
The redhead shrugged, "Spike went off to look for some food, and I'm tired. I spotted you here so I thought I'd say hi. Need a ride?"
"You have a car?"
"If you can call it that. I prefer to call it a trash compactor." Scarlet pulled out a tootsie pop and tore off the wrapper. She waved it at Xander, "Want a ride or not?"
"Sure."
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Riley Finn was walking down the street to his aunt's house when a black junk heap of a car came barreling at him. He barely felt the impact as he flew into the air and into a nearby garbage truck. (Hey... does it matter how it got there or why?)
Xander looked up from the radio he'd been toying with. "Did we hit something?"
Scarlet shrugged, "Naa. Just some useless garbage. So how was your date?"
"It wasn't a date." Xander muttered. He changed the subject, "When does Buffy find out about her slaying?"
"Um. I think in a day or two. I know tomorrow she meets Pike and all that. That reminds me, Lila wants the four of us to go out tomorrow night. So?"
"Why not. I don't know anyone else." Xander looked back on to the road. "I could have sworn we hit something..."
AUTHOR: Silence
DISCLAIMER: Joss, Fox, and UPN own all things Buffy. Lila, Scarlet & Simon are MINE. All righty?
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PART 3
Buffy lifted her pom-pom in the air and gave it a final shake. On her cue the rest of the cheerleaders followed her back to the sidelines. Buffy shook her head excitedly and turned to a cheerleader next to her. "This is such a rush, Nicole!"
Nicole blinked at her, her long lashes making her look extra dramatic, "Like, Buffy, this is just practice."
"Who cares? We lead this year." Buffy grinned, "I think that gives me a right to be totally perky."
Shaking her head with a smile Nicole began to retie a shoe, "You are just so buzzy today, girl. What's the sitch?"
Buffy shrugged, "Nothing." Buffy looked across the gym and spotted a familiar face sitting on the bleachers. "Hey, who's that guy?"
Jennifer bounded over next to Buffy, "Him? He's like in my chem class or whatever that class is. He's William. He's cute."
There was a rude snort behind them. The three turned around to see Kimberly sipping a soda and rolling her eyes, "If you like the lazy leather, 80's outlook by all means Jen, go for it."
"Not him." Buffy said. "I mean the one next to him. The guy in the silk shirt."
Nicole grinned, "Spotting silk from over here? Buffy is our own Wonder Woman."
"Har har." Buffy smiled at her. "You're so not funny. So anybody know him? I don't remember seeing him last year."
"Why do you care?" Kimberly asked, "Scoping for a replacement for the great Jeffery?"
Jen looked up hopefully, "Are you dumping Jeffery?"
"No!" Buffy said. "Of course not! It's just that the new guy helped me out this morning. I was curious is all."
"Well all I know is that he's the Billy Idol clone's cousin." Nicole said with a shrug.
"I heard he bit Wallace." Kimberly said.
"Xander?" Buffy screeched.
Kimberly looked at Buffy funny, "Whose Xander? I was talking about the blonde in a bottle."
"Oh."
Kimberly checked her watch, "Can we go now? I'm bored. I want to shop."
"Fine." Nicole muttered, "But I'm going straight home first. No way I'm touching those lockers until they are totally cleansed." She turned to Buffy, "You coming?"
Buffy shook her head, "Can't. The authority figures want me at home before five."
"Uh! You can't even get a pair shoes in that little time frame!" Jen gasped in shock.
"I know. You guys go on though. Have fun."
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"You want to talk to her."
Xander sighed. Cheerleading practice was over and he and Spike had been watching Buffy. "She wouldn't talk to me."
"You've been watching her since yesterday." Spike rolled his eyes, "Hell. If you don't go over, I will."
"You wouldn't." Xander said.
"Want to bet?" Spike grinned, "And I can make it ever so humiliating..."
"I hate you."
"I know. Now go play nice. I have a date."
"Scarlet?"
"Of course. She's a tiger mate. She makes learning fun."
Xander watched as the vampire whistled happily as he strolled away. He stood up and turned to go in the opposite direction and found him staring into a pair of very beautiful blue eyes.
"Hi, Xander."
"Buffy!"
Buffy smiled at him, "You seemed surprised to see me."
"I am. Not that I'm not glad or anything... I just... Hi." He replied nervously.
Buffy giggled, "You're not very smooth are you." She sat down and stared at as if waiting for him to join her. Naturally he obliged. She leaned back and continued, "So Xander, where are you from?"
"Sunnydale."
"Oh? My mom went there once. Some art thing. She seemed to like it. What's it like?"
Xander smiled nervously, "It's um... hell."
"Ha! That bad?"
"Yeah... If you don't mind me asking, why are you so interested in me? I mean you seem to walk with the popular crowd."
Buffy looked thoughtful for a moment, "To be honest I don't know. It just seems like I should know you. Kinda like fate and all that." She stood up suddenly. "Hey, want to see a movie with me?"
"Me? With you? Now? I just heard you blow your friends off though."
She shrugged, "I didn't feel like dealing with Kimberly's bitch mode. So what do you say?"
"Definitely!"
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Somewhere in L.A. after dark..
Lila gave her car a swift kick. "Stupid thing. I don't believe this crap!" She pulled out her cell phone only to drop it on the ground. It shattered into pieces and Lila fell to her knees wailing.
"Why me!!!!!" She cried out. Lila slowly picked up the pieces and failed to notice the footsteps behind her.
"You need some help girl?"
Lila spun around to see a very undead guy behind her. The vampire grinned at her and lunged. She rolled to the side and as she hopped to her feet, her watch began to glow. The glow spread over her entire body and when it faded she was wearing red leggings and a low cut white dress that was slit at the sides. As she stood up straight, a jacket with puffy sleeves, that was black on one side and orange on the other, appeared on her.
Lila placed a hand on her chin and feigned a look of shock. "Oh dear. A vampire! What ever will I do?"
The vampire shook his head at what just happened, "I don't know what the hell you are but our master will want you. Boys!"
A group of vampires joined the party. The leader pointed, "Get her."
"Have to catch me first!" Lila cried out. She leaped high into the air and landed neatly on a nearby streetlight. She held her hand out and a bright orange beam of light appeared in her hand. Lila grabbed the end of it and it straightened into an energy sword. She pointed the sword at the vampires, "Party time!"
She faded away only to appear right behind the leader. She swung her sword and lopped his head off. The other vampires stared at her in horror. Lila grinned at them and ran a hand through her purple hair. "Next?"
They ran and Lila sighed. The sword vanished and she aimed her hand palm up at the retreating corpses. Balls of light shot from her hand and hit the beasties with small explosions. Debris flew everywhere and bounced off the force field around Lila.
When the smoke cleared Lila was left standing alone on a very torn up street with several piles of dust. She coughed as her clothes faded back to normal. "Don't mess with a mimic." The girl walked back to her car and tripped on a fallen pipe. "DAMN IT!!"
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"Oh that was fun." Buffy said as she and Xander exited the theater. "In fact this whole thing was fun."
"Really?" Xander asked.
Buffy nodded, "Yeah! I've never had a real guy friend, ya know?"
Xander hid his disappointment, "Uh. yeah. That's me. Xander shaped friend." He sighed inwardly but smiled, "So what do you want to do now?"
"Now? Now... I have to really get home before my parents decide they actually care I'm gone." She headed for the bus stop and waved at Xander, "I'll see you tomorrow!"
"You're going to ride public transit?" He asked in a fake shock.
Buffy smiled, "Yeah. Don't tell. It'll ruin my rep."
Xander watched the bus leave with a wary sigh. He turned around to see a familiar face behind him. "Gah!!! Damn it! What is it with people sneaking up on me?!"
Scarlet blinked at him in confusion, "Huh?"
"Never mind. So what are you doing here?"
The redhead shrugged, "Spike went off to look for some food, and I'm tired. I spotted you here so I thought I'd say hi. Need a ride?"
"You have a car?"
"If you can call it that. I prefer to call it a trash compactor." Scarlet pulled out a tootsie pop and tore off the wrapper. She waved it at Xander, "Want a ride or not?"
"Sure."
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Riley Finn was walking down the street to his aunt's house when a black junk heap of a car came barreling at him. He barely felt the impact as he flew into the air and into a nearby garbage truck. (Hey... does it matter how it got there or why?)
Xander looked up from the radio he'd been toying with. "Did we hit something?"
Scarlet shrugged, "Naa. Just some useless garbage. So how was your date?"
"It wasn't a date." Xander muttered. He changed the subject, "When does Buffy find out about her slaying?"
"Um. I think in a day or two. I know tomorrow she meets Pike and all that. That reminds me, Lila wants the four of us to go out tomorrow night. So?"
"Why not. I don't know anyone else." Xander looked back on to the road. "I could have sworn we hit something..."