Thanks everyone for your reviews. I really want to thank Dreamy for being my sounding board for this story and giving me the ideas for the baddies. Enjoy the fic!
Three days later
"Do you think Cody will be okay?" Jake asked Donovan handing him some case files.
"Define okay." Donovan asked tossing the files on his desk, "Staying with people who blew up their high school."
"What are you doing?" Alex asked storming into his office, papers in her hand. She stepped back as Donovan tried to take them from her.
"Just doing a little research." he growled stepping out from behind his desk.
"You're checking his family out!" Alex accused, jamming her finger into Donovan's chest.
Donovan looked down where Alex had hit him and back to her. "Did you just poke me?" he glared.
"I'll do a lot more than that!" Alex huffed, "How could you check on Cody's family. I mean, it's Cody."
"Alex is right Donovan," Monica chipped in, "what's the worst thing that can happen to him?"
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"What the hell are we running from?" Cody yelled back to Willow. Cody turned his head to see some sort of monster chasing after them.
"Just keep running!" Willow yelled back.
An hour before
It was a peaceful three days. The Hellmouth was unusually quiet, which had the Scoobies worried. Willow decided to take her cousin on a tour of the town, mostly the stores on Main Street since it was too close to sundown.
Tara joined them on the tour. They took in a movie at Sun Cinema then made a stop at the Espresso Pump. Cody was taking in the quaintness of the small town.
"You know," Cody said, looking around the street, "this is pretty nice town. I'm thinking, I'm thinking I should move here."
"What?" Willow gasped, choking on her drink.
"Move, move here?" Tara stuttered, "Why?"
"It's calm and peaceful." Cody commented. "Maybe it's time I changed careers."
"NO!" they protested.
"I thought you'd be happy if I moved closer." Cody pouted.
"Oh, it's not that," Willow protested, "it's just , well, Sunnydale is far from uh."
"Far from normal." Tara quickly added, "Far from the big city. Look, we get movies almost six months later and we only have one coffee house."
"Maybe I really need a change of pace." Cody argued.
"I can give you that." a demon snarled, jumping out at Cody from the alley. The demon pushed Cody out of the way and made its way towards Willow and Tara.
Willow stepped back and tripped over the curb. Tara stopped and tried to help Willow up. She quickly ducked out of the way as the demon tried to hit her.
Cody jumped on the demon's back and was gaining some ground until the demon tossed Cody over it's shoulder. Ready to attack, the demon lunged at Cody. Cody tried to move away, but the demon suddenly fell to the ground. Cody looked up to see Tara holding a 2x4 in her hands.
"Thanks." Cody gasped.
"No problem." Tara replied helping Cody up.
Cody looked at the thing lying on the ground. "What the hell is that?" he demanded.
"I, I don't know," Willow stammered, "We should get to the Magic Box and tell Buffy."
"Screw telling Buffy!" Cody yelled, "You need to call the police. Or call animal control or something,"
Cody turned to walk away with Tara and Willow when the demon reached out and bit Cody's leg. "OW! It bit me!" he exclaimed, "The damn thing bit me!" He watched as Tara took the board and hit the demon a few more times.
"We better hurry to the Magic Box." Tara said, taking Cody's arm.
"We have to see if there's anything wrong with him." Willow replied.
"Wrong with me?" Cody asked, "What's that mean? What's going on?"
"Easy, we'll be at the store in a few minutes." Willow soothed.
"What happened?" Xander asked meeting them at the door.
"He was bitten by a, a demon." Tara answered holding the door open.
"What did it look like?" Buffy demanded. "What was is?"
"I'm not sure," Willow replied, helping Cody sit down, "It was kinda round short, stumpy legs, but long arms."
"Don't forget it smelled." Tara added, cleaning Cody's wound, "Is Anya around? Maybe she knows."
"No, she's out getting, uh supplies." Xander said.
"Wait a minute!" Cody yelled. "What are you people talking about? Demons? Please, just take me to the hospital so I can get a rabies shot. And there are no such things as demons!"
They watched as Cody hobbled his way back into the training room.
"Oh boy, I don't think he'll come visit anymore." Willow sighed.
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"Uh, Frank, can we talk to you for a minute?" Jake asked holding a file in his hand.
Donovan looked up from his desk with worry in his eyes. They only call him Frank when something's wrong. "What is it?"
"Well, we did some checking on the town Cody's family lives in." Jake started to say.
"And you were scolding me for checking on his family." Donovan accused.
"Well, we just wanted to see what the town was like." Alex admitted, "Checking it out for maybe a vacation."
"And what did you find?" Donovan sighed.
"Well, it seems people disappear and reappear a lot." Jake informed him.
"High death rate." Alex added.
"Cody should be back calling in two hours," Donovan sighed placing his hand on the bridge of his nose,
"I'll tell him he has to come back right away."
"I guess we should've let Donovan check his family out," Jake whispered to Alex.
"I told you so." Donovan smirked.
"God, I hate it when he's right." Alex seethed.
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"I'm back." Anya smiled walking in with two bags of inventory.
"Oh, good, we need your help!" Willow exclaimed.
"For what?" she asked.
"Cody was bitten by a demon." Tara added.
"And we can't find it in the books." Buffy said slamming a book onto the counter.
"OH MY GOD!!!" Cody yelled from the training room.
Everyone ran to the room and they couldn't believe their eyes.
"Oh my God!" Anya screamed, hiding behind Xander, "Kill it! Kill it!"
"I think you guys need to explain what's going on around here." Cody whispered looking back into the mirror.
The reflection looking back at Cody was of himself, but with long brown, floppy ears, whiskers growing around his nose and a huge brown cotton tail on his behind.
"This doesn't look good." Willow cried.
Three days later
"Do you think Cody will be okay?" Jake asked Donovan handing him some case files.
"Define okay." Donovan asked tossing the files on his desk, "Staying with people who blew up their high school."
"What are you doing?" Alex asked storming into his office, papers in her hand. She stepped back as Donovan tried to take them from her.
"Just doing a little research." he growled stepping out from behind his desk.
"You're checking his family out!" Alex accused, jamming her finger into Donovan's chest.
Donovan looked down where Alex had hit him and back to her. "Did you just poke me?" he glared.
"I'll do a lot more than that!" Alex huffed, "How could you check on Cody's family. I mean, it's Cody."
"Alex is right Donovan," Monica chipped in, "what's the worst thing that can happen to him?"
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"What the hell are we running from?" Cody yelled back to Willow. Cody turned his head to see some sort of monster chasing after them.
"Just keep running!" Willow yelled back.
An hour before
It was a peaceful three days. The Hellmouth was unusually quiet, which had the Scoobies worried. Willow decided to take her cousin on a tour of the town, mostly the stores on Main Street since it was too close to sundown.
Tara joined them on the tour. They took in a movie at Sun Cinema then made a stop at the Espresso Pump. Cody was taking in the quaintness of the small town.
"You know," Cody said, looking around the street, "this is pretty nice town. I'm thinking, I'm thinking I should move here."
"What?" Willow gasped, choking on her drink.
"Move, move here?" Tara stuttered, "Why?"
"It's calm and peaceful." Cody commented. "Maybe it's time I changed careers."
"NO!" they protested.
"I thought you'd be happy if I moved closer." Cody pouted.
"Oh, it's not that," Willow protested, "it's just , well, Sunnydale is far from uh."
"Far from normal." Tara quickly added, "Far from the big city. Look, we get movies almost six months later and we only have one coffee house."
"Maybe I really need a change of pace." Cody argued.
"I can give you that." a demon snarled, jumping out at Cody from the alley. The demon pushed Cody out of the way and made its way towards Willow and Tara.
Willow stepped back and tripped over the curb. Tara stopped and tried to help Willow up. She quickly ducked out of the way as the demon tried to hit her.
Cody jumped on the demon's back and was gaining some ground until the demon tossed Cody over it's shoulder. Ready to attack, the demon lunged at Cody. Cody tried to move away, but the demon suddenly fell to the ground. Cody looked up to see Tara holding a 2x4 in her hands.
"Thanks." Cody gasped.
"No problem." Tara replied helping Cody up.
Cody looked at the thing lying on the ground. "What the hell is that?" he demanded.
"I, I don't know," Willow stammered, "We should get to the Magic Box and tell Buffy."
"Screw telling Buffy!" Cody yelled, "You need to call the police. Or call animal control or something,"
Cody turned to walk away with Tara and Willow when the demon reached out and bit Cody's leg. "OW! It bit me!" he exclaimed, "The damn thing bit me!" He watched as Tara took the board and hit the demon a few more times.
"We better hurry to the Magic Box." Tara said, taking Cody's arm.
"We have to see if there's anything wrong with him." Willow replied.
"Wrong with me?" Cody asked, "What's that mean? What's going on?"
"Easy, we'll be at the store in a few minutes." Willow soothed.
"What happened?" Xander asked meeting them at the door.
"He was bitten by a, a demon." Tara answered holding the door open.
"What did it look like?" Buffy demanded. "What was is?"
"I'm not sure," Willow replied, helping Cody sit down, "It was kinda round short, stumpy legs, but long arms."
"Don't forget it smelled." Tara added, cleaning Cody's wound, "Is Anya around? Maybe she knows."
"No, she's out getting, uh supplies." Xander said.
"Wait a minute!" Cody yelled. "What are you people talking about? Demons? Please, just take me to the hospital so I can get a rabies shot. And there are no such things as demons!"
They watched as Cody hobbled his way back into the training room.
"Oh boy, I don't think he'll come visit anymore." Willow sighed.
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"Uh, Frank, can we talk to you for a minute?" Jake asked holding a file in his hand.
Donovan looked up from his desk with worry in his eyes. They only call him Frank when something's wrong. "What is it?"
"Well, we did some checking on the town Cody's family lives in." Jake started to say.
"And you were scolding me for checking on his family." Donovan accused.
"Well, we just wanted to see what the town was like." Alex admitted, "Checking it out for maybe a vacation."
"And what did you find?" Donovan sighed.
"Well, it seems people disappear and reappear a lot." Jake informed him.
"High death rate." Alex added.
"Cody should be back calling in two hours," Donovan sighed placing his hand on the bridge of his nose,
"I'll tell him he has to come back right away."
"I guess we should've let Donovan check his family out," Jake whispered to Alex.
"I told you so." Donovan smirked.
"God, I hate it when he's right." Alex seethed.
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"I'm back." Anya smiled walking in with two bags of inventory.
"Oh, good, we need your help!" Willow exclaimed.
"For what?" she asked.
"Cody was bitten by a demon." Tara added.
"And we can't find it in the books." Buffy said slamming a book onto the counter.
"OH MY GOD!!!" Cody yelled from the training room.
Everyone ran to the room and they couldn't believe their eyes.
"Oh my God!" Anya screamed, hiding behind Xander, "Kill it! Kill it!"
"I think you guys need to explain what's going on around here." Cody whispered looking back into the mirror.
The reflection looking back at Cody was of himself, but with long brown, floppy ears, whiskers growing around his nose and a huge brown cotton tail on his behind.
"This doesn't look good." Willow cried.