Friends
He pushed the cafeteria tables up against the door, making it impossible for them to open. Xander backed up next to Jake, who had was scared. They both were. They should have stayed in the meeting room.
"Damn, man, this is all your fault! We should have just stayed put, man," Jake complained to Xander.
"Well, she could have used our help!" Xander defended himself.
"Man, she's a Slayer. She doesn't need our help!" Jake screamed back.
"Whatever, let's just hope this plan of yours works," Xander said, rolling his eyes.
It was suddenly quiet throughout the whole prison, or from what they could hear. The cafeteria was in the middle of the prison, giving off a surround sound effect. Suddenly, the doors started to shake, like a large group of them was trying to get in.
"Oh great. Here they come," Xander said, jumping over another bench and ducking behind it. Jake did the same, just incase.
The shaking became more and more violent, as yelling was heard from the outside. Finally, the shaking stopped and Xander sighed in relief. He sat back laughing.
"I guess it -"
He was cut off when the door was pulled open. They were expecting them to have to push the door open into the tables barricading the entrance.
"You idiot! It was pull not push!" Xander screamed in disbelief.
Jake slapped his head bald head.
"Oh shit."
"Got anymore great ideas, officer?"
"Yeah. Run!"
With that, they both stood up, and started jumping on top of tables and then onto the ground. The prisoners filed in, pushing the tables out of the way as they saw Xander and Jake, running. One shouted out to "get the crackers!" and all the females followed along, yelling. At this point, Xander saw that there was another way out of here, all the way across the cafeteria, where they were headed.
"Hey, Jake, look! Another exit!" He called out, as they never stopped leaping over tables.
Behind them, the prisoners were doing the same as Xander and Jake, some even running around the tables, trying to get there before Xander and Jake could. Xander jumped over one last one, almost out of energy from the table-hopping, and then changed the direction of his running, as he ran down a long row of tables. Jake followed, seeing to their lefts the prisoners. Sweat dropped from Xander's forehead, and he started to slow down. He was getting more and more tired with each step, but he continued on. Jake was the same way, except had a little more gas left in him.
They finally reached the double exit doors, both of them pulling on them, and grunting as they did. They barely budged.
"Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Xander shouted in frustration.
"Locked. Great," Jake sighed under his breath. He turned around, seeing the prisoners getting closer and closer. There had to be maybe ten of them, fifteen at the most. But they were big women. ; bigger than the both of them. They started closing in on the two, as Xander grabbed a hold of Jake, bracing himself for impact. Jake pushed him off of him, giving him a crazy look.
"What the hell? Are you mad?" Jake asked.
"Sorry, it's a habit when impending doom comes, I grab the closest person next to me," Xander shrugged.
"What the fuck is wrong with them? They don't look normal."
"They never are."
"They? They who?"
"The bad guys. They never look normal."
Behind them, the double doors were suddenly ripped off its hinges, making an awesome sound. Xander and Jake peered over their shoulders, first confused and frightened. Smiles soon graced their faces, as they parted from each other, letting Faith step forward into the cafeteria.
"You two okay?" Faith asked, not looking at either of them, but keeping a look of determination on her face as she glared forward at the prisoners.
"Now that you're here, I'm fucking awesome," Xander replied, smiling at the prisoners. "Oh man, are you guys in trouble!"
One of the prisoners growled, gritting her teeth.
"Did she just growl?" Jake asked, pointing at her.
"Yeah, I think that's your guy's cue to leave. Go back to the meeting room. You'll find a girl in there. Her name's Claire. She's normal. Stay there until I get there, got it? I'll take care of these behemoths," Faith instructed.
She didn't see them leave, but she felt that they hadn't. She turned around, looking at Xander only.
"GO!" Faith yelled.
Xander nodded, and turned around, running off with Jake. Faith faced the prisoners again, raising a brow at them. She had found out what was going on here. They were mutating. Something happened to them, and now, they were getting out of control. Faith knows she has the power to stop them. But that's not her reason for choosing to do so. It is her destiny. She has a gift, and she must use it to it's full potential. She is The Slayer.
One lunges at Faith, in response getting a taste of Faith's knuckles, and then a kick to the prisoner's gut, sending her flying back. Faith spins around, blocking a punch coming at her face with her forearm, sending her free hand in a vicious uppercut to the prisoner's chin. One comes up from behind Faith, getting a bear hug on her. She attempted getting out of it, but the prisoner kept squeezing. Whatever happened to them was having a positive effect on their strength. Two more prisoners came at her while she was held. Faith jumped up, kicking off of the two prisoners and sending the one holding her into the wall behind them. The prisoner let go of Faith. Faith turned back around and sent a quick back kick across her face.
Faith heard the sound of her neck snapping, before turning around and seeing the prisoner sliding down the wall, dead. Faith however didn't show any concern. They weren't humans anymore. They had to be put out of their misery. This was her antidote. Suddenly, another attacked her from behind, grabbing her by her hair and launching her onto a cafeteria table. Faith took notice of it.
"Damn. Always in the mess hall," Faith snipped, standing on top of it, moving into a fighting stance.
One jumped to land on the top of the table with unnatural flight. This didn't distract Faith however, as she sent a sidekick into the chest and the prisoner flew backwards, away from her. Faith jumped off of the table, axe kick to an oncoming face, backhand followed by front punch towards another. There were far too many of them for her.
Xander and Jake ran out into the hallway, panicked as to what to do. A fire had been started down the hallway, by another group of prisoners. Where the hell were the guards? Xander's mind raced. Jake and him were basically trapped here with these freaks. Jake then put his hand on Xander's shoulder.
"Look," Jake said, pointing out towards a guard, sitting on the ground with his head in his hands, crying and rocking himself back and forth.
Xander headed over to the guard, kneeling down next to him. Jake stood, keeping a good eye on his crazy surroundings. Xander put his hand on the man's shoulder.
"Hey, are you alri -"
The man tugged his shoulder away from Xander, and looked up at him like he was crazy.
"No, I'm not alright! This is my entire fault. I-I didn't think it would have this affect on them. I thought this would just make them sick.I can't believe this," the man said, more tears running down his face.
Xander tried to make sense of what this guy was saying. And then he knew. He did this. This bastard could get them all killed. This bastard had already gotten other guards and prisoners killed. He had to put his feelings aside and get this guy to safety.
"Look, man, we've gotta get you out of here before we end up dead."
"Xander!" Jake called out, disbelief in his voice.
"I mean before you end up dead," he said with a sheepish grin.
The man started to talk when suddenly, a loud shot filled their ears and the man's chest exploded. Xander, on reflex, jumped back away from him, accidentally hitting Jake. Xander took out Jake's knee, sending him on top of Xander. Xander pushed Jake off of him as he sat up, looking at the dead guard. His brown eyes went wide. He had seen many dead bodies before, but he'd never seen their insides blown open before.
Just then, he felt Jake grab a hold of his shirt and drag him backwards as he heard another shot. Xander saw the shells fly right in front of his face and destroy the wall to the side of him. Xander gasped, his head darting upwards, seeing the prisoner with the shotgun, aiming for them.
"Come on, Xander! Get up!" Jake said before starting to run.
Xander got to his feet and darted off after Jake. The prisoner aimed, shoot, and missed, leaving a trail of holes in the wall behind them. They both turned a corner and were out of her sight. Jake, followed by Xander, ran down the long hallway of prison cells. There was no one in sight.
"Where'd they all go?" Xander called out to Jake.
"They must all be getting their asses handed to them by Faith!" Jake called back.
"Yeah, except for clock tower back there. Hey, can we stop running now?" Xander sighed, as he stopped running. He hunched over, placing his hands on his knees for support as he breathed deeply. Jake stopped, leaning against a wall and breathing heavily as well. Xander tilted his head up, looking at the door in which they met Faith in this morning. He stood up straight, getting his composure back as he nodded to Jake in that direction.
Xander started forward, opening the door and felt Jake's prescence behind him. Xander didn't enter, but peeked his head around the door.
"Hello? Uh..uh.Jake, what did Faith say her name was?" Xander asked.
"Claire, I think."
"Hello? Claire? Is anyone named Claire in here?" Xander called out into the room, opening the door all the way and stepping inside the room.
Claire sat up on the green table, upon hearing her name. She sat in fear. She felt helpless. She didn't know who these people were. She couldn't defend herself. Claire held her ribs in pain, much, much pain.
"Who are you?" she called out.
"Um, we're friends of Faith's. She's off battling demons and she sent us to come get you," Xander responded, acting like what he was talking about was of the norm. Well, to him, it was anyway.
Claire raised a brow.
"Fighting demons?"
"Yuh huh," Xander said, standing before the table. Jake had decided to wait in front of the door, as a look out.
He's cute. Very cute. Too bad he's a dork. But, I could always adjust. Oh, come on Claire, he's way too old for you. No. He's older than you. There, much better. Wait, who am I trying to compliment here?
"What do you take me for, an idiot?"
"Who would have thought I'm trying to save a girl for once and she's still asking me that same damn question."
"Oh, alright, fine. But, you know if you fuck with me, Faith will fuck with you."
Xander moved forward, taking Claire into his big arms. Claire wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Been there, done that."
He pushed the cafeteria tables up against the door, making it impossible for them to open. Xander backed up next to Jake, who had was scared. They both were. They should have stayed in the meeting room.
"Damn, man, this is all your fault! We should have just stayed put, man," Jake complained to Xander.
"Well, she could have used our help!" Xander defended himself.
"Man, she's a Slayer. She doesn't need our help!" Jake screamed back.
"Whatever, let's just hope this plan of yours works," Xander said, rolling his eyes.
It was suddenly quiet throughout the whole prison, or from what they could hear. The cafeteria was in the middle of the prison, giving off a surround sound effect. Suddenly, the doors started to shake, like a large group of them was trying to get in.
"Oh great. Here they come," Xander said, jumping over another bench and ducking behind it. Jake did the same, just incase.
The shaking became more and more violent, as yelling was heard from the outside. Finally, the shaking stopped and Xander sighed in relief. He sat back laughing.
"I guess it -"
He was cut off when the door was pulled open. They were expecting them to have to push the door open into the tables barricading the entrance.
"You idiot! It was pull not push!" Xander screamed in disbelief.
Jake slapped his head bald head.
"Oh shit."
"Got anymore great ideas, officer?"
"Yeah. Run!"
With that, they both stood up, and started jumping on top of tables and then onto the ground. The prisoners filed in, pushing the tables out of the way as they saw Xander and Jake, running. One shouted out to "get the crackers!" and all the females followed along, yelling. At this point, Xander saw that there was another way out of here, all the way across the cafeteria, where they were headed.
"Hey, Jake, look! Another exit!" He called out, as they never stopped leaping over tables.
Behind them, the prisoners were doing the same as Xander and Jake, some even running around the tables, trying to get there before Xander and Jake could. Xander jumped over one last one, almost out of energy from the table-hopping, and then changed the direction of his running, as he ran down a long row of tables. Jake followed, seeing to their lefts the prisoners. Sweat dropped from Xander's forehead, and he started to slow down. He was getting more and more tired with each step, but he continued on. Jake was the same way, except had a little more gas left in him.
They finally reached the double exit doors, both of them pulling on them, and grunting as they did. They barely budged.
"Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Xander shouted in frustration.
"Locked. Great," Jake sighed under his breath. He turned around, seeing the prisoners getting closer and closer. There had to be maybe ten of them, fifteen at the most. But they were big women. ; bigger than the both of them. They started closing in on the two, as Xander grabbed a hold of Jake, bracing himself for impact. Jake pushed him off of him, giving him a crazy look.
"What the hell? Are you mad?" Jake asked.
"Sorry, it's a habit when impending doom comes, I grab the closest person next to me," Xander shrugged.
"What the fuck is wrong with them? They don't look normal."
"They never are."
"They? They who?"
"The bad guys. They never look normal."
Behind them, the double doors were suddenly ripped off its hinges, making an awesome sound. Xander and Jake peered over their shoulders, first confused and frightened. Smiles soon graced their faces, as they parted from each other, letting Faith step forward into the cafeteria.
"You two okay?" Faith asked, not looking at either of them, but keeping a look of determination on her face as she glared forward at the prisoners.
"Now that you're here, I'm fucking awesome," Xander replied, smiling at the prisoners. "Oh man, are you guys in trouble!"
One of the prisoners growled, gritting her teeth.
"Did she just growl?" Jake asked, pointing at her.
"Yeah, I think that's your guy's cue to leave. Go back to the meeting room. You'll find a girl in there. Her name's Claire. She's normal. Stay there until I get there, got it? I'll take care of these behemoths," Faith instructed.
She didn't see them leave, but she felt that they hadn't. She turned around, looking at Xander only.
"GO!" Faith yelled.
Xander nodded, and turned around, running off with Jake. Faith faced the prisoners again, raising a brow at them. She had found out what was going on here. They were mutating. Something happened to them, and now, they were getting out of control. Faith knows she has the power to stop them. But that's not her reason for choosing to do so. It is her destiny. She has a gift, and she must use it to it's full potential. She is The Slayer.
One lunges at Faith, in response getting a taste of Faith's knuckles, and then a kick to the prisoner's gut, sending her flying back. Faith spins around, blocking a punch coming at her face with her forearm, sending her free hand in a vicious uppercut to the prisoner's chin. One comes up from behind Faith, getting a bear hug on her. She attempted getting out of it, but the prisoner kept squeezing. Whatever happened to them was having a positive effect on their strength. Two more prisoners came at her while she was held. Faith jumped up, kicking off of the two prisoners and sending the one holding her into the wall behind them. The prisoner let go of Faith. Faith turned back around and sent a quick back kick across her face.
Faith heard the sound of her neck snapping, before turning around and seeing the prisoner sliding down the wall, dead. Faith however didn't show any concern. They weren't humans anymore. They had to be put out of their misery. This was her antidote. Suddenly, another attacked her from behind, grabbing her by her hair and launching her onto a cafeteria table. Faith took notice of it.
"Damn. Always in the mess hall," Faith snipped, standing on top of it, moving into a fighting stance.
One jumped to land on the top of the table with unnatural flight. This didn't distract Faith however, as she sent a sidekick into the chest and the prisoner flew backwards, away from her. Faith jumped off of the table, axe kick to an oncoming face, backhand followed by front punch towards another. There were far too many of them for her.
Xander and Jake ran out into the hallway, panicked as to what to do. A fire had been started down the hallway, by another group of prisoners. Where the hell were the guards? Xander's mind raced. Jake and him were basically trapped here with these freaks. Jake then put his hand on Xander's shoulder.
"Look," Jake said, pointing out towards a guard, sitting on the ground with his head in his hands, crying and rocking himself back and forth.
Xander headed over to the guard, kneeling down next to him. Jake stood, keeping a good eye on his crazy surroundings. Xander put his hand on the man's shoulder.
"Hey, are you alri -"
The man tugged his shoulder away from Xander, and looked up at him like he was crazy.
"No, I'm not alright! This is my entire fault. I-I didn't think it would have this affect on them. I thought this would just make them sick.I can't believe this," the man said, more tears running down his face.
Xander tried to make sense of what this guy was saying. And then he knew. He did this. This bastard could get them all killed. This bastard had already gotten other guards and prisoners killed. He had to put his feelings aside and get this guy to safety.
"Look, man, we've gotta get you out of here before we end up dead."
"Xander!" Jake called out, disbelief in his voice.
"I mean before you end up dead," he said with a sheepish grin.
The man started to talk when suddenly, a loud shot filled their ears and the man's chest exploded. Xander, on reflex, jumped back away from him, accidentally hitting Jake. Xander took out Jake's knee, sending him on top of Xander. Xander pushed Jake off of him as he sat up, looking at the dead guard. His brown eyes went wide. He had seen many dead bodies before, but he'd never seen their insides blown open before.
Just then, he felt Jake grab a hold of his shirt and drag him backwards as he heard another shot. Xander saw the shells fly right in front of his face and destroy the wall to the side of him. Xander gasped, his head darting upwards, seeing the prisoner with the shotgun, aiming for them.
"Come on, Xander! Get up!" Jake said before starting to run.
Xander got to his feet and darted off after Jake. The prisoner aimed, shoot, and missed, leaving a trail of holes in the wall behind them. They both turned a corner and were out of her sight. Jake, followed by Xander, ran down the long hallway of prison cells. There was no one in sight.
"Where'd they all go?" Xander called out to Jake.
"They must all be getting their asses handed to them by Faith!" Jake called back.
"Yeah, except for clock tower back there. Hey, can we stop running now?" Xander sighed, as he stopped running. He hunched over, placing his hands on his knees for support as he breathed deeply. Jake stopped, leaning against a wall and breathing heavily as well. Xander tilted his head up, looking at the door in which they met Faith in this morning. He stood up straight, getting his composure back as he nodded to Jake in that direction.
Xander started forward, opening the door and felt Jake's prescence behind him. Xander didn't enter, but peeked his head around the door.
"Hello? Uh..uh.Jake, what did Faith say her name was?" Xander asked.
"Claire, I think."
"Hello? Claire? Is anyone named Claire in here?" Xander called out into the room, opening the door all the way and stepping inside the room.
Claire sat up on the green table, upon hearing her name. She sat in fear. She felt helpless. She didn't know who these people were. She couldn't defend herself. Claire held her ribs in pain, much, much pain.
"Who are you?" she called out.
"Um, we're friends of Faith's. She's off battling demons and she sent us to come get you," Xander responded, acting like what he was talking about was of the norm. Well, to him, it was anyway.
Claire raised a brow.
"Fighting demons?"
"Yuh huh," Xander said, standing before the table. Jake had decided to wait in front of the door, as a look out.
He's cute. Very cute. Too bad he's a dork. But, I could always adjust. Oh, come on Claire, he's way too old for you. No. He's older than you. There, much better. Wait, who am I trying to compliment here?
"What do you take me for, an idiot?"
"Who would have thought I'm trying to save a girl for once and she's still asking me that same damn question."
"Oh, alright, fine. But, you know if you fuck with me, Faith will fuck with you."
Xander moved forward, taking Claire into his big arms. Claire wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Been there, done that."