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 ducked the blow from the big vamp and managed to land a spin kick knocking it of it's feet, he grabbed a stake and tried to ram it into the vampire's heart but the vamp managed to grab his hand and twist it making him drop the stake. Xander smashed his free hand into the vampire's face as it tried to stand and then quickly kicked it in it's knee hearing a splintering noise as he did, he smiled as the vamp howled in pain and then used his axe to take the things head of. As he turned to run towards Tara, one of the demons broke free from where it was fighting Spike and headed straight for him, he ducked it's swipe and swung his axe backwards catching the demon in it's back, he quickly grabbed his sword and swung high decapitating the demon before it could strike. He smiled grimly as he noticed Faith been knocked down by Buffy again and quickly made his way to Tara who was helping Jill and Rachel deal with two of Valnon's followers. He rammed his sword into the back of one of the vampire's allowing Jill to ram her stake into it's heart turning it to dust, the distraction also allowed Tara and Rachel to fire a fire ball at the other vamp dusting it as well.
"You have to break the spell on Buffy quickly" Xander shouted to Tara as Rachel fired of a rather large fireball into a group of approaching demons killing two of them and setting the other on fire which Spike quickly killed with his axe
"It may take some time, it depends what sort of spell it is" Tara told him
"It'll be a very powerful spell, try the Black book of Calnar, Wesley has it" Xander told her as he rushed forward to engage two of Valnon's vamps
Tara nodded and rushed over to where Wesley was tending to Major Johnson, she grabbed the bag he was carrying and quickly found the book and began searching for the counter to Valnon's spell. Fred and Graham were covering them as best they could, as they turned to fend of one of the remaining vampires, one of the demons came up behind them and grabbed Fred and quickly snapped her neck before anyone could call out a warning. Angel cried out in rage and quickly charged the demon that was now trying to attack Tara and Wesley, but Tara had managed to get a shield up around them. Angel rammed his elbow into the demon's face and quickly brought his knee up into it's stomach, the demon quickly recovered and back handed him across the face sending the ensouled vampire flying into Giles as he ran to help. Both quickly recovered and ran forward again, the demon tried to ram it's claws into Giles but he managed to dodge the swing as Angel drove his knee into the demons groin and then rammed his elbow into it's back Giles quickly raised his battle axe and took it's head clean off, covering himself and Angel in black slime.
"I've found the counter spell, I need two of you to keep an eye out cause once I start the spell I won't be able to sense anything else or cast any spells" Tara told them
"Get to work, we'll stand watch" Giles told her
Angel held his sword ready and just managed to deflect the claws of the last of Valnon's vampires he tried to counter but the vampire was faster and rammed it's claws into Angel's chest, Giles quickly swung his axe into the vamps back and Wesley rushed for where he was next to Tara and staked it. Angel fell to his knee's trying to stay conscious as Xander and Willow ran over to them both bleeding from multiple cuts and lacerations. Spike and the remaining members of the order fell back as well as the left over demons scattered. Doyle helped a wounded Cordelia to them as well whilst Jill, Rachel and a bloody Oz covered their retreat.
"Do the spell quickly," Xander shouted as Valnon just stood although he still wore a vicious smile
Faith managed to land a solid blow to Buffy's solar plexus winding her, and took a few quick breaths as Buffy advanced again. Faith dropped into a defensive stance and prepared to engage her sister slayer again.
"Sorcerer" Valnon shouted
All but Tara, Faith and Buffy turned to where the demon now stood, Xander froze when he saw Dawn and Anya been held by four of Valnon's vampires
"I have taken every step to ensure my victory, surrender or I will order the their deaths" Valnon sneered
"What do we do now?" asked Willow
"Prepare a teleportation spell, quickly" Xander said quietly
Willow nodded and began chanting softly as did Jill who stood to Xander's left, Xander looked back to where Faith was fighting Buffy and was glad to see she had Buffy on her knee's, he then looked to where Tara was kneeling surrounded by black and purple strands of magic. Her hair was flying about wildly and her body was shaking badly. He looked back to where Valnon stood waiting for his answer.
"Ready?" he asked, Willow and Jill nodded both knowing what he wanted to do
He stepped forward and made it look as if he was about to speak and then quickly knelt as Jill and Willow let loose the spells, Dawn vanished and reappeared next to Giles. However the magic didn't manage to reach Anya as a black field appeared in front of her
"Her death is on your hands Sorcerer" Valnon roared as he nodded to one of the vampires holding the former vengeance demon who then sunk it's fangs into her next, Dawn turned away quickly as the vamp then snapped her neck. Xander's anger rose through him like a hurricane and he unleashed a huge ball of magic at the smiling vampires causing all of them bar the one closest to Valnon to explode.
The magic around Tara grew in intensity and began to expand, her complete attention was focused on the book in front of her as Faith was thrown into the wall by a viscous back kick from Buffy, just as Buffy was about to strike what would have been a killing blow the magic around Tara shot forth and engulfed the blond slayer. Faith watched as Buffy was lifted into the air as the magic spun around her, she watched as Buffy's eyes slowly began to return the their normal colour and her face took on a look of confusion and fear. Finally the magic dropped her next to the battered and bloody brunette.
"W.What happened?" she asked as she looked around
"Your were under a spell B" Faith said wincing as she stood, she then noticed Rachel was checking Tara who was lying unconscious behind them the others.
She led the still confused Buffy over to where the others stood, Dawn quickly rushed over to her and hugged her
"What are you doing her Dawn?" Buffy asked her sister
"It would appear Valnon kidnapped her in hopes we'd surrender, Anya was also taken but I'm afraid we couldn't save her" Giles informed her as he walked over to them
"Where's Valnon?" Wesley asked
"He used his own magic to escape, most likely to a deeper level of these caves," Xander said as he dusted the last vampire who had charged him from where he stood next to his master
"Tara's okay, she should wake soon" Rachel said as Xander knelt next to her
"Gives some time to rest" Doyle said
"No too much, as soon as Tara is awake we have to find him and finish this" Xander said "Giles give Dawn a weapon she's gonna need it" he added as he took Tara's head and gently placed it in his lap
"You can't be serious, she hasn't been involved in anything this serious before" Giles argued
"We need as much help as possible Giles" Xander shot back
"Giles do as he says, Dawn can handle herself" Buffy said having complete confidence in her sister's skill seen as she herself had trained her along with Giles before she had gone to live with their farther
Giles nodded and handed one of the abandoned swords to Dawn who nodded grimly as she tested its weight
"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Dawn asked as Tara began to stir
"I'll give you the short version" Xander said and quickly told Dawn everything that happened, by the time he had finished Tara was fully awake
"You okay?" Xander asked, Tara nodded and quickly kissed Xander, Willow tried not to feel any anger but she couldn't help it
"Lets go" Buffy said wanting revenge for what Valnon had done to her
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 ducked the blow from the big vamp and managed to land a spin kick knocking it of it's feet, he grabbed a stake and tried to ram it into the vampire's heart but the vamp managed to grab his hand and twist it making him drop the stake. Xander smashed his free hand into the vampire's face as it tried to stand and then quickly kicked it in it's knee hearing a splintering noise as he did, he smiled as the vamp howled in pain and then used his axe to take the things head of. As he turned to run towards Tara, one of the demons broke free from where it was fighting Spike and headed straight for him, he ducked it's swipe and swung his axe backwards catching the demon in it's back, he quickly grabbed his sword and swung high decapitating the demon before it could strike. He smiled grimly as he noticed Faith been knocked down by Buffy again and quickly made his way to Tara who was helping Jill and Rachel deal with two of Valnon's followers. He rammed his sword into the back of one of the vampire's allowing Jill to ram her stake into it's heart turning it to dust, the distraction also allowed Tara and Rachel to fire a fire ball at the other vamp dusting it as well.
"You have to break the spell on Buffy quickly" Xander shouted to Tara as Rachel fired of a rather large fireball into a group of approaching demons killing two of them and setting the other on fire which Spike quickly killed with his axe
"It may take some time, it depends what sort of spell it is" Tara told him
"It'll be a very powerful spell, try the Black book of Calnar, Wesley has it" Xander told her as he rushed forward to engage two of Valnon's vamps
Tara nodded and rushed over to where Wesley was tending to Major Johnson, she grabbed the bag he was carrying and quickly found the book and began searching for the counter to Valnon's spell. Fred and Graham were covering them as best they could, as they turned to fend of one of the remaining vampires, one of the demons came up behind them and grabbed Fred and quickly snapped her neck before anyone could call out a warning. Angel cried out in rage and quickly charged the demon that was now trying to attack Tara and Wesley, but Tara had managed to get a shield up around them. Angel rammed his elbow into the demon's face and quickly brought his knee up into it's stomach, the demon quickly recovered and back handed him across the face sending the ensouled vampire flying into Giles as he ran to help. Both quickly recovered and ran forward again, the demon tried to ram it's claws into Giles but he managed to dodge the swing as Angel drove his knee into the demons groin and then rammed his elbow into it's back Giles quickly raised his battle axe and took it's head clean off, covering himself and Angel in black slime.
"I've found the counter spell, I need two of you to keep an eye out cause once I start the spell I won't be able to sense anything else or cast any spells" Tara told them
"Get to work, we'll stand watch" Giles told her
Angel held his sword ready and just managed to deflect the claws of the last of Valnon's vampires he tried to counter but the vampire was faster and rammed it's claws into Angel's chest, Giles quickly swung his axe into the vamps back and Wesley rushed for where he was next to Tara and staked it. Angel fell to his knee's trying to stay conscious as Xander and Willow ran over to them both bleeding from multiple cuts and lacerations. Spike and the remaining members of the order fell back as well as the left over demons scattered. Doyle helped a wounded Cordelia to them as well whilst Jill, Rachel and a bloody Oz covered their retreat.
"Do the spell quickly," Xander shouted as Valnon just stood although he still wore a vicious smile
Faith managed to land a solid blow to Buffy's solar plexus winding her, and took a few quick breaths as Buffy advanced again. Faith dropped into a defensive stance and prepared to engage her sister slayer again.
"Sorcerer" Valnon shouted
All but Tara, Faith and Buffy turned to where the demon now stood, Xander froze when he saw Dawn and Anya been held by four of Valnon's vampires
"I have taken every step to ensure my victory, surrender or I will order the their deaths" Valnon sneered
"What do we do now?" asked Willow
"Prepare a teleportation spell, quickly" Xander said quietly
Willow nodded and began chanting softly as did Jill who stood to Xander's left, Xander looked back to where Faith was fighting Buffy and was glad to see she had Buffy on her knee's, he then looked to where Tara was kneeling surrounded by black and purple strands of magic. Her hair was flying about wildly and her body was shaking badly. He looked back to where Valnon stood waiting for his answer.
"Ready?" he asked, Willow and Jill nodded both knowing what he wanted to do
He stepped forward and made it look as if he was about to speak and then quickly knelt as Jill and Willow let loose the spells, Dawn vanished and reappeared next to Giles. However the magic didn't manage to reach Anya as a black field appeared in front of her
"Her death is on your hands Sorcerer" Valnon roared as he nodded to one of the vampires holding the former vengeance demon who then sunk it's fangs into her next, Dawn turned away quickly as the vamp then snapped her neck. Xander's anger rose through him like a hurricane and he unleashed a huge ball of magic at the smiling vampires causing all of them bar the one closest to Valnon to explode.
The magic around Tara grew in intensity and began to expand, her complete attention was focused on the book in front of her as Faith was thrown into the wall by a viscous back kick from Buffy, just as Buffy was about to strike what would have been a killing blow the magic around Tara shot forth and engulfed the blond slayer. Faith watched as Buffy was lifted into the air as the magic spun around her, she watched as Buffy's eyes slowly began to return the their normal colour and her face took on a look of confusion and fear. Finally the magic dropped her next to the battered and bloody brunette.
"W.What happened?" she asked as she looked around
"Your were under a spell B" Faith said wincing as she stood, she then noticed Rachel was checking Tara who was lying unconscious behind them the others.
She led the still confused Buffy over to where the others stood, Dawn quickly rushed over to her and hugged her
"What are you doing her Dawn?" Buffy asked her sister
"It would appear Valnon kidnapped her in hopes we'd surrender, Anya was also taken but I'm afraid we couldn't save her" Giles informed her as he walked over to them
"Where's Valnon?" Wesley asked
"He used his own magic to escape, most likely to a deeper level of these caves," Xander said as he dusted the last vampire who had charged him from where he stood next to his master
"Tara's okay, she should wake soon" Rachel said as Xander knelt next to her
"Gives some time to rest" Doyle said
"No too much, as soon as Tara is awake we have to find him and finish this" Xander said "Giles give Dawn a weapon she's gonna need it" he added as he took Tara's head and gently placed it in his lap
"You can't be serious, she hasn't been involved in anything this serious before" Giles argued
"We need as much help as possible Giles" Xander shot back
"Giles do as he says, Dawn can handle herself" Buffy said having complete confidence in her sister's skill seen as she herself had trained her along with Giles before she had gone to live with their farther
Giles nodded and handed one of the abandoned swords to Dawn who nodded grimly as she tested its weight
"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Dawn asked as Tara began to stir
"I'll give you the short version" Xander said and quickly told Dawn everything that happened, by the time he had finished Tara was fully awake
"You okay?" Xander asked, Tara nodded and quickly kissed Xander, Willow tried not to feel any anger but she couldn't help it
"Lets go" Buffy said wanting revenge for what Valnon had done to her