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"Little Worms," Sigra stormed out of the hills into the little valley, followed by Sigrat and the twelve, who quickly fanned out behind her. Smoking black eyes took in mounds of piled grass, blocking all exits except one. "Do you really think your grass will shield you? Or stop us?"
Sigrat motioned four demons away from the main group and towards the closest grass mound while Sigra waived another four towards another. She swept the hills for signs of life, stopping only when a roar and rumble of falling rocks came from the direction from whence they came. She was about to charge back that way when there came a new distraction.
"Hey Big Ugly." Sigra whirled to see a tiny human standing at the base of a hill not far from her. But far enough to be out of immediate reach. ""Your mother wears army boots."
Grabbing her ax, Sigra roared and rushed at the tiny human, only to see a shining light appear behind her and the tiny human wink out, like she had never been here. Sigra continued towards where the human had been, leaving Sigrat to motion two Demons to go back the way they came, continued with the investigation of the grass mounds. That left two demons to follow her.
"That was fun," giggled Dawn as she appeared beside Joyce. She lost her smile when she saw the stern look her mother wore. "What? I was careful."
"Three are coming," Warren popped out near Buffy, startling the blonde Slayer. "Sigra and two others." She tensed and signaled Riley as Warren popped out of sight.
"Justine get ready," Wesley hissed as he watched four demons approach the grass mound his team was hiding behind. He had just received word from Buffy and Riley, and knew that Angel, across the valley floor, was probably giving the same instructions to Winifred.
Willow lay in the tall grasses, clutching her battleth, not daring to even breath until after the two demons had disappeared up the path. They would be met by Xander and Cordelia, who had blocked the path, and her task was to coordinate with Giles, who was on hiding on the other side of the path. He would be in touch with Angel, while she was in touch with Wesley, hopefully they could coordinate the two attacks, creating enough chaos to give them an advantage. She Keyed her radio. "Giles," she hissed.
"Willow?"
"How close are they?"
"Soon. On a three count."
"Three."
"Two"
"One"
Instantaneously Giles and Willow keyed their radios sending signals to the teams. On cue, Justine and Fred popped up, and shot crossbow bolts at the closest of the demons. There was almost a simultaneous roar from the demons as the bolts found their marks. Angel Gunn Wesley and Faith rushed out while Fred and Justine fired the piles of grass, filling the air with acrid smoke.
Willow grabbed her battleth and rushed out to help.
Dawn blanched as she heard the noise and saw Sigra advancing up the valley. She, and Joyce, were positioned at the end of a cul de sac, with steep hills rising behind her. There was no way she could clamber up them in time, and Buffy had told her to stay here. They needed her, and she wanted to help. But she was so scared, she could barely hear her mother's words as she tried to comfort her youngest daughter.
Buffy attacked Sigra as she passed, and Riley rushed out the other side taking on one of the followers. The third demon spotted Dawn standing, and rushed towards her but was bowled over by a bleached haired vampire rushing from the hills behind her.
Willow danced out of reach, pulling the edge of her battleth out of the demon's leg. Beside her, Wesley sank to one knee, gritting as one hand held together a wound in his side, while firing a police thirty eight with the other. Faith was occupied, taking on two, while Justine hacked at another with her sword, while keeping an eye on Sigrat, who was going around in crazed little circles chopping at what she termed "Little Ghost."
Across the valley, Angel and his crew were equally engaged, with Giles help, and just a tad more luck as one of the demons lay moaning on a pile of burning grass. Gunn was not happy. He had taken out the demon, and had not been quick enough when the falling demon sent burning bits of grass in all directions. He chopped at an exposed leg, barely missing a sword blow.
A glowing form surged out of the hill, followed by Xander, and twin beams of force struck home. Their demons handled with ease, Cordelia and Xander had made good time back, and took one last shot at thinning out the herd before falling back and sitting out the remainder of the fight. Neither of them wished to do so, but both knew the importance of reserving their powers for the final push.
Xander watched with an amused grin as Sigrat tried to dismember Warren, who was dancing around her waving his arms. Cordelia rushed to help Wesley, who by now was out of the fight.
Dawn watched as Buffy was kicked into the side of a hill, and tensed as Sigra dove after her sister. She tensed, every fiber of her being wanted to rush to her sister's aid, and she would have if a ghostly hand hadn't grasped her shoulder, and her mother's voice reminded her that she had to stay here. No matter what.
It seemed like forever. Willow swung with leaden arms, and took out the throat of a charging demon, and instantly regretted it as eight feet of dying demon took her down with it. Another crashed near her, felled by a combination of Justine's sword, and Faith's fists.
Sigrat continued with her obsession with the Little Ghost.
Angel finished off his second demon and turned to help Fred with the one she, with Giles help, was holding at bay. Gunn was tugging his blade out of one that he had slain.
Riley wiped blood from his side, and twisted the knife he had stuck into a demonic side. There was a roar of pain, as the demon twisted and sent him flying. It roared as it found it's prey, and rushed forward barely grunting as Spike launched himself onto it back and sank his fangs into its neck.
Buffy staggered under a demonic blow and went into a rolling kick as Sigra swung her ax at the Slayer. Buffy easily fended it off, and tripped backward over the body of the third demon.
Finally the bulk of the demons were dead or out of action, leaving only the leaders as the threat. Though Sigrat was still determined to rid the world of Warren.
For the most part, the teams were not too badly off, and Xander saw an opportunity to end this.
Cordelia came to stand beside him, and angel and demon clasped hands. Twin beams of black and white lanced out, sweeping up Sigrat, and sending her tumbling up the valley, towards the cul de sac. Together Cordelia and Xander stalked after her, and Xander smiled as Sigrat stumbled into Sigra, just as she was about to chop down with her ax, sending it into a dazed Slayer.
Willow slipped up behind hem, feeling her own magicks welling up insider her, keeping a tight rein on them. She had phoned the number on that card Xander had given her, and she had practiced some of the techniques she had been given. She was in control. Never again would it be in control. Never again would she giver herself over.
Joyce squeezed her daughter's shoulder, wondering if she were actually giving Dawn the comfort she intended. She watched as the demons wee driven closer. "Get ready Dawn," she said.
"I'm ready," quavered Dawn, wondering if her Mom would know she was lying, knowing that she would. Mom always did. Why would it be different now. She formed a mental picture of twin suns, and an empty expanse between them. She focussed on the empty space, not too far away and directly in-between this world's two suns. A glowing field coalesced in front of her.
The others climbed the hills, or followed, and watched as Xander and Cordelia sent the Valaasco Sisters towards the glowing portal that was forming in front of Dawn.
The sisters were almost there when Sigra recovered enough to understand what was happening. With a roar, she struggled free, and was charging Xander and Cordelia, when a beam of magickal force struck her and sent her reeling back to where she recovered just before the portal. She raised arm, ready to throw the knife she had plucked from her belt. Unfortunately for her, by freeing herself, Sigrat once again took the full force of the twin beams, and was sent flying closer, and before Sigra could complete her throw, Sigrat tumbled into her and both went through the portal with a blinding flash.
"Still out of it." Willow glanced up the stairs at the Summers home, and grinned as Buffy came down the stairs. It was the first time she had seen Buffy without Dawn in her arms since they had returned from the battle site. She burst into a smile. "But she came through. She did it."
"Hey what did you expect?" Xander leaned against a wall, an open bag of doritos in hand. "She's a Summers. Could she do any less?"
Buffy smiled and sat down on the stairs, holding her head. "I so never want to do that again."
"Why not," asked Willow. "Look, we got to go to another world, that was kind of fun."
Buffy looked up at Xander.
"You sure she's all better now?"
......end.....
Next episode in the series titled Sunnyvale Ripper.
"Little Worms," Sigra stormed out of the hills into the little valley, followed by Sigrat and the twelve, who quickly fanned out behind her. Smoking black eyes took in mounds of piled grass, blocking all exits except one. "Do you really think your grass will shield you? Or stop us?"
Sigrat motioned four demons away from the main group and towards the closest grass mound while Sigra waived another four towards another. She swept the hills for signs of life, stopping only when a roar and rumble of falling rocks came from the direction from whence they came. She was about to charge back that way when there came a new distraction.
"Hey Big Ugly." Sigra whirled to see a tiny human standing at the base of a hill not far from her. But far enough to be out of immediate reach. ""Your mother wears army boots."
Grabbing her ax, Sigra roared and rushed at the tiny human, only to see a shining light appear behind her and the tiny human wink out, like she had never been here. Sigra continued towards where the human had been, leaving Sigrat to motion two Demons to go back the way they came, continued with the investigation of the grass mounds. That left two demons to follow her.
"That was fun," giggled Dawn as she appeared beside Joyce. She lost her smile when she saw the stern look her mother wore. "What? I was careful."
"Three are coming," Warren popped out near Buffy, startling the blonde Slayer. "Sigra and two others." She tensed and signaled Riley as Warren popped out of sight.
"Justine get ready," Wesley hissed as he watched four demons approach the grass mound his team was hiding behind. He had just received word from Buffy and Riley, and knew that Angel, across the valley floor, was probably giving the same instructions to Winifred.
Willow lay in the tall grasses, clutching her battleth, not daring to even breath until after the two demons had disappeared up the path. They would be met by Xander and Cordelia, who had blocked the path, and her task was to coordinate with Giles, who was on hiding on the other side of the path. He would be in touch with Angel, while she was in touch with Wesley, hopefully they could coordinate the two attacks, creating enough chaos to give them an advantage. She Keyed her radio. "Giles," she hissed.
"Willow?"
"How close are they?"
"Soon. On a three count."
"Three."
"Two"
"One"
Instantaneously Giles and Willow keyed their radios sending signals to the teams. On cue, Justine and Fred popped up, and shot crossbow bolts at the closest of the demons. There was almost a simultaneous roar from the demons as the bolts found their marks. Angel Gunn Wesley and Faith rushed out while Fred and Justine fired the piles of grass, filling the air with acrid smoke.
Willow grabbed her battleth and rushed out to help.
Dawn blanched as she heard the noise and saw Sigra advancing up the valley. She, and Joyce, were positioned at the end of a cul de sac, with steep hills rising behind her. There was no way she could clamber up them in time, and Buffy had told her to stay here. They needed her, and she wanted to help. But she was so scared, she could barely hear her mother's words as she tried to comfort her youngest daughter.
Buffy attacked Sigra as she passed, and Riley rushed out the other side taking on one of the followers. The third demon spotted Dawn standing, and rushed towards her but was bowled over by a bleached haired vampire rushing from the hills behind her.
Willow danced out of reach, pulling the edge of her battleth out of the demon's leg. Beside her, Wesley sank to one knee, gritting as one hand held together a wound in his side, while firing a police thirty eight with the other. Faith was occupied, taking on two, while Justine hacked at another with her sword, while keeping an eye on Sigrat, who was going around in crazed little circles chopping at what she termed "Little Ghost."
Across the valley, Angel and his crew were equally engaged, with Giles help, and just a tad more luck as one of the demons lay moaning on a pile of burning grass. Gunn was not happy. He had taken out the demon, and had not been quick enough when the falling demon sent burning bits of grass in all directions. He chopped at an exposed leg, barely missing a sword blow.
A glowing form surged out of the hill, followed by Xander, and twin beams of force struck home. Their demons handled with ease, Cordelia and Xander had made good time back, and took one last shot at thinning out the herd before falling back and sitting out the remainder of the fight. Neither of them wished to do so, but both knew the importance of reserving their powers for the final push.
Xander watched with an amused grin as Sigrat tried to dismember Warren, who was dancing around her waving his arms. Cordelia rushed to help Wesley, who by now was out of the fight.
Dawn watched as Buffy was kicked into the side of a hill, and tensed as Sigra dove after her sister. She tensed, every fiber of her being wanted to rush to her sister's aid, and she would have if a ghostly hand hadn't grasped her shoulder, and her mother's voice reminded her that she had to stay here. No matter what.
It seemed like forever. Willow swung with leaden arms, and took out the throat of a charging demon, and instantly regretted it as eight feet of dying demon took her down with it. Another crashed near her, felled by a combination of Justine's sword, and Faith's fists.
Sigrat continued with her obsession with the Little Ghost.
Angel finished off his second demon and turned to help Fred with the one she, with Giles help, was holding at bay. Gunn was tugging his blade out of one that he had slain.
Riley wiped blood from his side, and twisted the knife he had stuck into a demonic side. There was a roar of pain, as the demon twisted and sent him flying. It roared as it found it's prey, and rushed forward barely grunting as Spike launched himself onto it back and sank his fangs into its neck.
Buffy staggered under a demonic blow and went into a rolling kick as Sigra swung her ax at the Slayer. Buffy easily fended it off, and tripped backward over the body of the third demon.
Finally the bulk of the demons were dead or out of action, leaving only the leaders as the threat. Though Sigrat was still determined to rid the world of Warren.
For the most part, the teams were not too badly off, and Xander saw an opportunity to end this.
Cordelia came to stand beside him, and angel and demon clasped hands. Twin beams of black and white lanced out, sweeping up Sigrat, and sending her tumbling up the valley, towards the cul de sac. Together Cordelia and Xander stalked after her, and Xander smiled as Sigrat stumbled into Sigra, just as she was about to chop down with her ax, sending it into a dazed Slayer.
Willow slipped up behind hem, feeling her own magicks welling up insider her, keeping a tight rein on them. She had phoned the number on that card Xander had given her, and she had practiced some of the techniques she had been given. She was in control. Never again would it be in control. Never again would she giver herself over.
Joyce squeezed her daughter's shoulder, wondering if she were actually giving Dawn the comfort she intended. She watched as the demons wee driven closer. "Get ready Dawn," she said.
"I'm ready," quavered Dawn, wondering if her Mom would know she was lying, knowing that she would. Mom always did. Why would it be different now. She formed a mental picture of twin suns, and an empty expanse between them. She focussed on the empty space, not too far away and directly in-between this world's two suns. A glowing field coalesced in front of her.
The others climbed the hills, or followed, and watched as Xander and Cordelia sent the Valaasco Sisters towards the glowing portal that was forming in front of Dawn.
The sisters were almost there when Sigra recovered enough to understand what was happening. With a roar, she struggled free, and was charging Xander and Cordelia, when a beam of magickal force struck her and sent her reeling back to where she recovered just before the portal. She raised arm, ready to throw the knife she had plucked from her belt. Unfortunately for her, by freeing herself, Sigrat once again took the full force of the twin beams, and was sent flying closer, and before Sigra could complete her throw, Sigrat tumbled into her and both went through the portal with a blinding flash.
"Still out of it." Willow glanced up the stairs at the Summers home, and grinned as Buffy came down the stairs. It was the first time she had seen Buffy without Dawn in her arms since they had returned from the battle site. She burst into a smile. "But she came through. She did it."
"Hey what did you expect?" Xander leaned against a wall, an open bag of doritos in hand. "She's a Summers. Could she do any less?"
Buffy smiled and sat down on the stairs, holding her head. "I so never want to do that again."
"Why not," asked Willow. "Look, we got to go to another world, that was kind of fun."
Buffy looked up at Xander.
"You sure she's all better now?"
......end.....
Next episode in the series titled Sunnyvale Ripper.