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 slammed his fist into the vampire's face as Faith sweeped it's legs from under it and then staked it as the others kept an eye out
"So far so good" Buffy said to them as she looked back to them
"Don't jinx it Buffy" Xander warned her as he and Faith joined them
"So which way?" Gunn asked as he hefted his axe
"This way, I can feel Valnon's presence close by" Tara answered although like Xander's it sounded somewhat different now, it sounded more confident and powerful
Xander and Tara took the lead as they turned right and headed deeper into the caves; Faith and Gunn took up the rear as they moved on. Tara suddenly jerked back as a black sphere appeared before them; Xander's hand raised instantly and a blue shield appeared before them
"What is it?" Giles inquired
"One of Valnon's seeker's, it can send out multiple magical attacks" Xander answered
"I thought you said that spell Tara did would keep him from knowing we were here?" Angel asked
"It has, the seekers are always close to where Valnon is. Rachel, Jill can you come up with a spell to destroy it?" Xander asked
"Give us a few minutes" Rachel shot back turning to her daughter
"Hurry, the longer we remain here the more we risk been surrounded" Xander replied
Focusing more of his power on the shield in case the seeker tried to break through, Rachel grabbed one of the books Giles was carrying and quickly prepared a spell to destroy the seeker whilst Jill prepared a teleportation spell in case her mother failed to destroy it. Once they were finished they both nodded to each other and approached Xander and Tara, chanting silently
"Now" Rachel shouted
Xander dropped the shield protecting them as Rachel sent a massive ball of flame at the seeker, as soon as it struck the magical device it turned black and vanished, Jill kept an eye on the space where the seeker had been just in case it had some sort of cloak spell on it like Valnon's followers had
"Okay lets got quickly" Buffy said taking a quick look both ways, the others nodded and followed Tara and Xander
They moved silently through the caves only encountering two more vampires along the way that Faith and Xander quickly disposed of. Finally they entered a huge chamber that had at least thirty of Valnon's followers in it, along with at least twenty demons. At the head of them all sitting on a huge chair of gold and silver was a huge demon with a horn in its forehead, it's eyes glowed black and green. Its hands had massive claws on it and they could all see at least three of four different amulets pinned to it's chest, they also noticed it had a black field emanating around it.
"So sorcerer you have come at last," the demon said, its voice was quite loud and seemed to be filled with pure hate
"It's time to finish this" Xander replied his voice becoming loud and strong
"I agree, and once I have crushed you and your friends I will rule the earth" Valnon replied with a cold smile, it raised it's hand once and suddenly Xander found himself on the floor clutching his head. He turned to find Buffy in a fighting stance, her eyes were flashing red and suddenly he remembered the dream he had when he was knocked out.
"Your prophecy will fail sorcerer because I have control over your slayer" Valnon hissed
"Faith keep her busy but do not kill her" Xander shouted out to the dark slayer who just nodded in response moving to engage her sister slayer
Xander turned back to where Valnon sat wherein a triumphant smile, he stood quickly and launched a fire ball into the vampires closest to him, turning three of them to ash, this was the signal and the others all rushed in to engage them. Spike and Angel led the warriors from the order of Taraka at the demons before they could react knowing they would have better look dealing with them. Xander raised his sword and ran towards Tara who was busy fighting of one of Valnon's followers. He knew Valnon would pull some sort of trick but he had not expected this, he had forgotten the dream of the shadow putting a spell on Buffy when she was asleep and it could cost them dear, but Valnon had no idea Faith was a slayer as well and she had the memories of Jenna and that evened things out. He had to get to Tara because only she could free Buffy from Valnon's grasp. Faith jumped back to her feet after Buffy had managed to land a hard spin kick to her, she had no wish to fight Buffy again but she had no choice, it was obvious to her Valnon had picked Buffy to control so she could kill Xander knowing he would not hurt her no matter what. She hoped Xander would be able to either kill Valnon or break the spell quickly.
Tara ducked the punch from the vampire and quickly blasted it with a fire spell dusting it instantly, she turned to see Valnon tracking Xander's movements as he fought a rather tall Vampire which was wearing armour and she knew he would attack whilst Xander was distracted, she quickly cast a shield around her love and then moved to help Jill who was struggling with a very vicious vamp. Gunn screamed as the vampire he was fighting rammed his claws into his side, he tried to pull them out but the vamp just snarled and pushed them deeper, he saw Fred and Wesley trying to reach him but before they could move a second vampire approached him and slit his throat with his sword, Gunn barely heard Fred's scream of horror before he fell the ground dead. Major Johnson slammed the stake hard into the vampire's chest he was fighting and watched in satisfaction as it turned to dust but as he turned around to engage another he felt two sets of claws been rammed into him, he turned to see a vampire behind him smiling coldly before it burst into dust revealing Graham standing behind him, Johnson fell to his knee's as Graham rushed to his side and laid him on the ground
"Take command" Johnson ordered before he fell unconscious, Graham checked his pulse and was relived to find he still had one although it was very weak.
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 slammed his fist into the vampire's face as Faith sweeped it's legs from under it and then staked it as the others kept an eye out
"So far so good" Buffy said to them as she looked back to them
"Don't jinx it Buffy" Xander warned her as he and Faith joined them
"So which way?" Gunn asked as he hefted his axe
"This way, I can feel Valnon's presence close by" Tara answered although like Xander's it sounded somewhat different now, it sounded more confident and powerful
Xander and Tara took the lead as they turned right and headed deeper into the caves; Faith and Gunn took up the rear as they moved on. Tara suddenly jerked back as a black sphere appeared before them; Xander's hand raised instantly and a blue shield appeared before them
"What is it?" Giles inquired
"One of Valnon's seeker's, it can send out multiple magical attacks" Xander answered
"I thought you said that spell Tara did would keep him from knowing we were here?" Angel asked
"It has, the seekers are always close to where Valnon is. Rachel, Jill can you come up with a spell to destroy it?" Xander asked
"Give us a few minutes" Rachel shot back turning to her daughter
"Hurry, the longer we remain here the more we risk been surrounded" Xander replied
Focusing more of his power on the shield in case the seeker tried to break through, Rachel grabbed one of the books Giles was carrying and quickly prepared a spell to destroy the seeker whilst Jill prepared a teleportation spell in case her mother failed to destroy it. Once they were finished they both nodded to each other and approached Xander and Tara, chanting silently
"Now" Rachel shouted
Xander dropped the shield protecting them as Rachel sent a massive ball of flame at the seeker, as soon as it struck the magical device it turned black and vanished, Jill kept an eye on the space where the seeker had been just in case it had some sort of cloak spell on it like Valnon's followers had
"Okay lets got quickly" Buffy said taking a quick look both ways, the others nodded and followed Tara and Xander
They moved silently through the caves only encountering two more vampires along the way that Faith and Xander quickly disposed of. Finally they entered a huge chamber that had at least thirty of Valnon's followers in it, along with at least twenty demons. At the head of them all sitting on a huge chair of gold and silver was a huge demon with a horn in its forehead, it's eyes glowed black and green. Its hands had massive claws on it and they could all see at least three of four different amulets pinned to it's chest, they also noticed it had a black field emanating around it.
"So sorcerer you have come at last," the demon said, its voice was quite loud and seemed to be filled with pure hate
"It's time to finish this" Xander replied his voice becoming loud and strong
"I agree, and once I have crushed you and your friends I will rule the earth" Valnon replied with a cold smile, it raised it's hand once and suddenly Xander found himself on the floor clutching his head. He turned to find Buffy in a fighting stance, her eyes were flashing red and suddenly he remembered the dream he had when he was knocked out.
"Your prophecy will fail sorcerer because I have control over your slayer" Valnon hissed
"Faith keep her busy but do not kill her" Xander shouted out to the dark slayer who just nodded in response moving to engage her sister slayer
Xander turned back to where Valnon sat wherein a triumphant smile, he stood quickly and launched a fire ball into the vampires closest to him, turning three of them to ash, this was the signal and the others all rushed in to engage them. Spike and Angel led the warriors from the order of Taraka at the demons before they could react knowing they would have better look dealing with them. Xander raised his sword and ran towards Tara who was busy fighting of one of Valnon's followers. He knew Valnon would pull some sort of trick but he had not expected this, he had forgotten the dream of the shadow putting a spell on Buffy when she was asleep and it could cost them dear, but Valnon had no idea Faith was a slayer as well and she had the memories of Jenna and that evened things out. He had to get to Tara because only she could free Buffy from Valnon's grasp. Faith jumped back to her feet after Buffy had managed to land a hard spin kick to her, she had no wish to fight Buffy again but she had no choice, it was obvious to her Valnon had picked Buffy to control so she could kill Xander knowing he would not hurt her no matter what. She hoped Xander would be able to either kill Valnon or break the spell quickly.
Tara ducked the punch from the vampire and quickly blasted it with a fire spell dusting it instantly, she turned to see Valnon tracking Xander's movements as he fought a rather tall Vampire which was wearing armour and she knew he would attack whilst Xander was distracted, she quickly cast a shield around her love and then moved to help Jill who was struggling with a very vicious vamp. Gunn screamed as the vampire he was fighting rammed his claws into his side, he tried to pull them out but the vamp just snarled and pushed them deeper, he saw Fred and Wesley trying to reach him but before they could move a second vampire approached him and slit his throat with his sword, Gunn barely heard Fred's scream of horror before he fell the ground dead. Major Johnson slammed the stake hard into the vampire's chest he was fighting and watched in satisfaction as it turned to dust but as he turned around to engage another he felt two sets of claws been rammed into him, he turned to see a vampire behind him smiling coldly before it burst into dust revealing Graham standing behind him, Johnson fell to his knee's as Graham rushed to his side and laid him on the ground
"Take command" Johnson ordered before he fell unconscious, Graham checked his pulse and was relived to find he still had one although it was very weak.