By Dave.Mycock Dark Events
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Disclaimer: I do now own Buffy or any of the others characters in this story except for the ones I have created. Subject: Xander/Tara
Xander's mind was flooded by images of Karan and Tara and then he drew out the knowledge Robert had of the most dangerous spells known to man, he opened his eyes to find Faith watching him. He smiled and nodded as he stood and the walked over to the others
"Everything you asked for is over on the table," Giles told him
"Good, now once Tara and the others are ready then everyone can select the weapons they want, Giles you and Wesley take the books Cordelia, Fred and Doyle found and keep them close, they're gonna be needed" Xander told him, the two former watchers nodded "Graham select three of your men and distribute the explosives" he added facing the commando
The door to the training room opened and Jill walked out followed by Rachel, Willow and finally Tara, everyone watched them carefully
"Did you manage to do it?" Xander inquired
"Yes, Tara has full access to Karan's memories and they have both managed to gain full control of their magical talents" Rachel replied sitting across from Xander
"Then we're ready" Xander said quietly "Everyone select your weapons, Spike get the tarakan warriors in here as well" he said to the others
Everyone moved to the table where the weapons were now spread out, Xander himself grabbed the long sword and a large axe. Tara grabbed a sword for herself and a couple of stakes, as Rachel and Jill went for some weapons of their own Xander turned to them in confusion
"What are you doing?" he asked
"We're coming too, our lives have been dominated by Robert's prophecy and now we will see the end of it" Rachel said fiercely, Xander seemed doubtful but nodded anyway knowing they had every right to fight
Faith quickly noticed the knife Buffy had used to stab her during her stint with the mayor and quickly grabbed it, knowing it would come in handy she then grabbed an axe and a short sword. Once everyone was armed and ready Xander took the lead and led them out of the magic box leaving only Whistler in the store
"Good look" he said once they were gone
They headed silently to the caves where they knew Valnon and his followers were hiding, behind them Urial followed hoping the sorcerer would manage to defeat the old one and bring balance back to the fight. Faith walked next to Buffy wondering just how much trouble they were about to get into, it was obvious to her none of them had faced an old one before and so none of them knew what to expect. The fact that Angel and Spike seemed to fear the prospect of battling an old one, she looked to where Xander was walking next to Tara and she quickly noticed their hands were joined and she smiled hoping this would end quickly. Willow had also noticed the fact that her girlfriend and her best friend were holding hands like they had done it a thousand times before, her heart echoed at the site but she couldn't hate them for it. She wondered what will happen if they managed to win this battle, how their feelings would be effected, she wondered if everything would go back to normal or not.
Xander dropped to a crouch along with Tara as he approached the caves and waited for the others to join him, he noticed the three guards outside the cave each had the green eyes and claws marking them as Valnon's followers
"So how do you want to take them?" Spike asked
"From three different directions, Spike you take the one on the left, Angel the one on the right, I'll take the one in the middle, as soon as we rush them, the rest of you follow and help us stake them before they can alert the others" Xander said using the memories of the Halloween incident when he was turned into a soldier to plan the attack. The others nodded in silent agreement; Spike and Angel quickly made their way to the sides of the woods they were in so they could strike fast. Xander let go of Tara's hand that so far he had refused to do, and grabbed his sword the nodded to the two vampires,
All three rushed forward at the same time surprising the vampires, Angel slammed into the first vamp knocking him to the ground, whilst Spike and Xander both impaled their vamps with their swords. Buffy and Faith quickly ran forward along with the others and staked the two vamps Xander and Spike had impaled, Angel was knocked of the first vamp who quickly got to it's feet and turned towards the cave but Giles was faster and beheaded it before it could run.
"Okay for here on in we have to be very quite," Xander said as they faced the entrance "First we have to make sure they won't sense us," he added
"How?" Wesley inquired
"Tara" Xander said, The blond witch nodded and began chanting one of the spells Karan's memories had given her, a bright green mist began to appear around them all including the tarakan warriors, most of them stared at Tara in amazement including Willow whilst the rest seemed uneasy. The mist soon turned white and then faded, Xander smiled at Tara and nodded, he then faced the others
"That spell will make sure the vamps won't sense us, but as soon as we get close to Valnon he will know," he explained to them
"Hopefully we won't run into too much trouble," Giles said as he followed the others into the cave
Disclaimer: I do now own Buffy or any of the others characters in this story except for the ones I have created. Subject: Xander/Tara
Xander's mind was flooded by images of Karan and Tara and then he drew out the knowledge Robert had of the most dangerous spells known to man, he opened his eyes to find Faith watching him. He smiled and nodded as he stood and the walked over to the others
"Everything you asked for is over on the table," Giles told him
"Good, now once Tara and the others are ready then everyone can select the weapons they want, Giles you and Wesley take the books Cordelia, Fred and Doyle found and keep them close, they're gonna be needed" Xander told him, the two former watchers nodded "Graham select three of your men and distribute the explosives" he added facing the commando
The door to the training room opened and Jill walked out followed by Rachel, Willow and finally Tara, everyone watched them carefully
"Did you manage to do it?" Xander inquired
"Yes, Tara has full access to Karan's memories and they have both managed to gain full control of their magical talents" Rachel replied sitting across from Xander
"Then we're ready" Xander said quietly "Everyone select your weapons, Spike get the tarakan warriors in here as well" he said to the others
Everyone moved to the table where the weapons were now spread out, Xander himself grabbed the long sword and a large axe. Tara grabbed a sword for herself and a couple of stakes, as Rachel and Jill went for some weapons of their own Xander turned to them in confusion
"What are you doing?" he asked
"We're coming too, our lives have been dominated by Robert's prophecy and now we will see the end of it" Rachel said fiercely, Xander seemed doubtful but nodded anyway knowing they had every right to fight
Faith quickly noticed the knife Buffy had used to stab her during her stint with the mayor and quickly grabbed it, knowing it would come in handy she then grabbed an axe and a short sword. Once everyone was armed and ready Xander took the lead and led them out of the magic box leaving only Whistler in the store
"Good look" he said once they were gone
They headed silently to the caves where they knew Valnon and his followers were hiding, behind them Urial followed hoping the sorcerer would manage to defeat the old one and bring balance back to the fight. Faith walked next to Buffy wondering just how much trouble they were about to get into, it was obvious to her none of them had faced an old one before and so none of them knew what to expect. The fact that Angel and Spike seemed to fear the prospect of battling an old one, she looked to where Xander was walking next to Tara and she quickly noticed their hands were joined and she smiled hoping this would end quickly. Willow had also noticed the fact that her girlfriend and her best friend were holding hands like they had done it a thousand times before, her heart echoed at the site but she couldn't hate them for it. She wondered what will happen if they managed to win this battle, how their feelings would be effected, she wondered if everything would go back to normal or not.
Xander dropped to a crouch along with Tara as he approached the caves and waited for the others to join him, he noticed the three guards outside the cave each had the green eyes and claws marking them as Valnon's followers
"So how do you want to take them?" Spike asked
"From three different directions, Spike you take the one on the left, Angel the one on the right, I'll take the one in the middle, as soon as we rush them, the rest of you follow and help us stake them before they can alert the others" Xander said using the memories of the Halloween incident when he was turned into a soldier to plan the attack. The others nodded in silent agreement; Spike and Angel quickly made their way to the sides of the woods they were in so they could strike fast. Xander let go of Tara's hand that so far he had refused to do, and grabbed his sword the nodded to the two vampires,
All three rushed forward at the same time surprising the vampires, Angel slammed into the first vamp knocking him to the ground, whilst Spike and Xander both impaled their vamps with their swords. Buffy and Faith quickly ran forward along with the others and staked the two vamps Xander and Spike had impaled, Angel was knocked of the first vamp who quickly got to it's feet and turned towards the cave but Giles was faster and beheaded it before it could run.
"Okay for here on in we have to be very quite," Xander said as they faced the entrance "First we have to make sure they won't sense us," he added
"How?" Wesley inquired
"Tara" Xander said, The blond witch nodded and began chanting one of the spells Karan's memories had given her, a bright green mist began to appear around them all including the tarakan warriors, most of them stared at Tara in amazement including Willow whilst the rest seemed uneasy. The mist soon turned white and then faded, Xander smiled at Tara and nodded, he then faced the others
"That spell will make sure the vamps won't sense us, but as soon as we get close to Valnon he will know," he explained to them
"Hopefully we won't run into too much trouble," Giles said as he followed the others into the cave