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The vampire was still struggling in D'Argos arms as Oz pulled the stake from its stomach. No need to waste good wood, they didn't exactly have much wood to waste with seven vampires and eight stakes. One stake each didn't leave much margin for error.
"Hey!" he yelped as the vampire lunged for him, dragging D'Argo with it. Then D'Argos tongue flicked out and the vamp slumped in his arms. "Cool."
"I just love doing that." D'Argo grunted hefting the vampire onto his shoulder.
"Yeah, I had noticed that." Commented Buffy as she came around the corner followed by a very red faced Crichton.
"Hey, you're fast." He gasped holding his knees.
"True enough. Now to the interrogation." She stalked up to D'Argo and prodded the now upside-down vampire in the shoulder, "Wakey, wakey Mr Vampire, Mr Pointy wants to talk to you."
"Hate to let you down Buffy but that there vampire ain't gonna be waking no time soon." Crichton drawled in his best Mid-American accent.
Buffy simply glared, "How am I supposed to interrogate him now then?"
"Safely, from the other side of a cell door." Crichton suggested.
"This place has cells?"
"Of course, Moya is a prison ship."
Oh, um... that's nice." Buffy stuttered glancing around as she hurriedly reassessed the situation. "So, um... you lot are the guards then?"
"We haven't got any prisoners so we need no guards." It answered her question, sort of, but Buffy was feeling no better about the situation.
"So, um... cells?"
"Yeah, this way" stated Crichton gesturing for the rest to follow. D'Argo and Oz did immediately but Buffy paused momentarily thinking before hurrying to catch up.
"What's Earth like then?" asked Chiana bouncing in a less than helpful manner down the corridor casting about in a general sort of manner for the vampires.
Shouldn't we go help the others with the vamp they've found." Willow replied; smiling at the childish way her new friend seemed to face life.
"Frell no! Don't be so boring; John never lets me play. Anyway that's only one down, six to go."
"Oh, okay." Willow looked at her new partner askance as she continued to almost dance down the corridor, what kind of people were these?
"Come on tell me, what's Earth like, John makes it sound great, is it great? Would I like it? Ever been to Kansas?"
"Yeah, it's this place that Johns always going on about, 'well, its not Kansas', he says it all the time. Have you ever been?"
"No I've never been. What else does John talk about?"
Everything, he's obsessed. Earth, Ayren and wormholes, its all he ever talks about."
"Ayren?"
"What?"
"You said he was obsessed with Earth, Ayren and wormholes. Who's Ayren?"
"Oh, um... nobody... forget I said it." Mumbled Chiana hurrying down the corridor. "Come on we have valekri to... frell! Crichton...!" Yelled Chiana bringing her makeshift stake, otherwise known as a throne leg, to bear as she fell to the ground with three vampires on top of her and the remaining three converging on Willow.
"Coming Chi!" Yelled Crichton sprinting after Buffy who was already out of the door. Boy was she fast.
"Come faster!" was the reply through his comms followed by a weird poofy sound and Willows tinny voice in the background "Hope that wasn't the leader!"
It wasn't far to run as the two girls were on the main deck but Buffy still managed to get far enough ahead of him that she was firmly entrenched in the battle by the time that he caught up. Automatically he went for his gun and shot the nearest vampire who was trying to eat Willow even with enemies all around. The shot hit the vampire in the arm and it yelled in pain throwing Willow to the ground with such force that she fell to the ground unconscious. Oz who had followed them with D'Argo immediately leaped to her side and pulled her clear of the fight whilst D'Argo waded in with his Qualtra blade decapitating the nearest vamp. Amazingly the vampires body turned to dust even as it fell to the ground and both Crichton and D'Argo paused for a moment in shock allowing three on the remaining vampires to escape down the corridor past them.
"A little help please!" Buffy yelled from further down the corridor where she was pinning the last vampire against the wall with her stake. D'Argos tongue immediately lashed out and rendered the vampire unconscious. "Thanks!" Now lets go put this one with the others." Buffy said as she flicked her hair back in place and went to see Willow who was just coming around. "you okay Will."
"As ever!" Willow smiled in reply. "My heads going to be all bumpy."
Oz nodded, "And a very beautiful bumpy head it will be."
Willow smiled, "You always know just what to say."
"He never says anything." D'Argo exclaimed hoisting the vampire over his shoulder.
"True." Oz nodded sagely causing D'Argo to stomp off down the corridor with his burden. Buffy and Willow laughed and followed slowly with Buffy and Oz supporting Willow leaving Crichton to shake his head and bring up the rear. These were very strange people, but he liked them.
"Will you stop that!"
"Stop what?"
"Pacing."
"I'm not pacing." Xander exclaimed looking down at his feet. "I'm just exercising my legs."
"You are pacing and it is very distracting."
"Sorry. What are you doing?"
"Running the ship... or trying to!"
"Sorry. Can I help!"
NO YOU CAN NOT!"
Sorry. Are you sure?"
"YES!"
"Positive?"
"YES!"
"Is there anything I can do?
"Stop pacing!"
Xander again looked at his feet and willed them to stop moving. "Anything else I can do?"
Pilot sighed, this was going to be a very long day. "Just sit down and be quiet."
"Ok... anything else?"
Pilot sighed again, just think of it as a test of your endurance hei told himself, Crichton will come and save you soon. "No, nothing, I am quite capable of running the ship by myself."
"How about snacks, I can get snacks!"
"I do NOT require sustenance."
"Okay, only asking, how do you think the others are doing."
"They have captured two of the creatures..."
"Vamps."
"Yes, vamps, and they have killed two more."
"So that only leaves three to go!"
"True Xander."
"Very true" echoed a husky voice from the open doorway. "Look you can even count us if you want."
Authors note: I don't think this is as good as the other chapters. Please tell me honestly, cos i can't get better if you lie!
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