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 and Tara once again took the lead as they exited the cave they had been in and entered another passage; both were somewhat weak from their fight and were struggling with trying to keep their emotions in check about the friends they had already lost. Graham and one of his remaining teammates were supporting the injured Major Johnson, only seven of the warriors from the order were left and one of them seemed to be in a very bad condition.
"How many vamps do you think he'll have guarding him?" Faith asked as she caught up with Xander
"A few, but it's not them we have to worry about" Xander replied turning to the dark slayer
"Valnon" Faith said to witch Xander just nodded
"How powerful is he?" Buffy inquired from behind them
"He's one of the strongest demons alive, not only in the ways of magic but in physical combat as well" Xander informed her
Buffy frowned at the answer from her friend, although the spell Valnon at put on her had been removed she was still having trouble controlling the emotions from her ancestor Jenna, she had now excepted everything Jill and Rachel had told her and she had promised herself to talk to Xander once this was over if they survived. Dawn kept silent as she walked next to her sister, Anya's death was still playing in her mind and she was finding it hard to concentrate. She was also trying to process what Xander had told her about this situation, she found it somewhat worrying to know not only her sister but three other of her closest friends were under the influence of some ancient ancestor of theirs. Giles and Wesley were keeping an eye out for any surprises but so far they had not seen any more vampires or demons, each was worried about their impending confrontation with the old one. There was not many records about the old ones but what they did know was not very encouraging, even Angel and Spike had shown fear at the prospect of fighting him. They hoped everyone was ready for what lay ahead.
"He's close" Tara suddenly spoke up
"Which way?" Xander asked
Tara pointed to the right and they made their way towards what looked like a forced entrance to a huge cavern, Xander halted the others and silently looked inside. He noticed at least eighteen of Valnon's vampires and seven demons; he noticed Valnon was standing close to what looked like an altar that had various magical items and books on it. Xander frowned and wondered if Valnon was trying to raise another dead demon to fight them. He turned to the others and nodded his head
"How many?" Faith asked as she removed her dagger and a stake
"Eighteen vampires and seven demons, Valnon is near an altar, it's possible he's trying to raise another demon," Xander answered "As soon as we enter me, Faith and Buffy should go straight for Valnon and stop whatever ceremony he's performing" he quickly adds
"Me and Willow will place some protective shields on you" Tara said although they all could see the worry in her eyes as she faced Xander
"Hurry, we don't have much time left" Xander told her
Tara and Willow quickly grabbed one of the spell books from Giles and began chanting the spell; Jill and Rachel also chanted something quickly. A red glow surrounded Xander, Buffy and Faith and then faded.
"What was that?" Faith asked
"It'll stop Valnon placing any of his mind spells on you" Rachel answered as Oz and Doyle stepped forward ready to charge in, Spike, Angel and the warriors from the order followed and finally Giles and Wesley joined them. Dawn, Cordelia, Jill, Rachel, Tara and Willow took up positions behind them, The four witches all prepared some spells for release as they entered the cavern. Xander, Buffy and Faith took up the lead and readied the weapons
"Stay away from his horn and his claws" Xander warned the two slayers, they both nodded their understanding "Now" he shouted
They charged into the cavern heading straight for Valnon who turned in anger at the interruption in his spell, Willow and Tara unleashed a black ball of magic at the seven demons who was now running straight for them, three of them was caught in the magic screaming in agony as their skin was burned off, as they fell to the floor the magic continued to eat it's way through them. Rachel and Jill set of two balls of fire at the oncoming vampires dusting four of them as Oz and Doyle smashed into the lead vampires followed by the others.
Xander ducked as Valnon swung his giant claws at him and quickly brought his sword up in a spinning arc as he regained his footing but Valnon easily blocked the attempt, Faith attempted a back kick but Valnon used his other claws to slam into her sending her flying backwards. Buffy managed to drop kick Valnon from behind, as he was distracted by Faith and Xander's attacks, Valnon quickly turned and kicked her knocking her flying backwards.
"Is that the best you can do?" Valnon mocked them
Xander looked over her shoulder quickly to see how the others were doing and was pleased to see the vampires and demons were been held back. He turned and faced Valnon again, he raised his sword and moved in slowly quickly faking a swing to the left which Valnon went to block and then turned and swung his sword to the right catching the old one in the side but it didn't manage to penetrate the demon's skin. Valnon swung his left hand backwards catching Xander on the side of his head knocking him into Buffy and Faith
"This is to easy" Valnon sneered as he went to grab the book he had been reading from
Suddenly he was sent flying into the altar, he turned to see Tara standing twenty feet away form him her eyes glowing an unearthly red and her left hand raised, he growled in anger as he stood and made his way towards the sorcerer's mate. Xander saw him move towards Tara and quickly closed his eyes and summoned his own power sending a ball of purple energy at the demon that quickly engulfed him, Valnon cried out in pain as he tried to counter the attack. Buffy and Faith both quickly took advantage of Valnon's openness and attacked, Faith hit him with a hard left punch to his stomach whilst Buffy landed a spin kick in the side. Valnon roared in pain as he finally countered the attack from Xander only to be slammed to the side from the attacks by the two slayers. Faith quickly dropped into a crouch and landed a leg sweep catching the demon of balance, Valnon went down to on knee as Buffy tried to kick him in the face. Valnon caught her foot and swung her into Faith knocking the both down, he raised his own-clawed hand and sent a wave of black magic at Tara sending her flying into Willow and Jill who were running towards them as Oz and Doyle finished of the last Vampire. Xander came up behind him and smashed the tilt of his sword into Valnon's back as the demon stood and quickly followed it up by smashing his knee into the same spot, putting the demon back onto his knee's.
Giles swung his axe at the demon he was fighting as Wesley tried to get back to his feet from the blow he had received to his back, the demon dodged the blow and lunged at Giles knocking them both backwards. The demon reared back ready to plunge it's claws into the watchers chest when suddenly he was sent backwards from a savage kick from Spike, as the demon stood ready to attack again Rachel kicked it from behind sending it forward as one of the order stepped forward and cut it in half with it's axe causing it's blood to drench him and the blond Vampire. Cordelia tried to stay away from the demon she had been fighting, but she had lost her sword and was trying to stay out of the demon's reach. Graham tried to stand but he was still recovering from the wound he had in his side. The demon finally lunged at Cordelia who screamed in terror just as Angel smashed into the demon sending them both flying into the recovering Wesley. Angel vamped out as he began hitting the demon continually in the face causing it to bleed; the demon tried to strike back but couldn't dislodge the enraged vampire. Finally Angel grabbed the demons head and snapped its neck just as he had a flashed of Angelus doing the same to Miss Calendar. He shook the memory off as he went to check on the still shocked seer, the three remaining members of the order approached silently as they all regrouped glad to see that there was no one but Valnon left.
Tara quickly stood as Xander attacked Valnon again; Willow was just regaining her feet as well as Oz and Doyle joined them.
"What now?" Oz asked
"Stay back" Tara said as he moved to assist the man she loved
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 and Tara once again took the lead as they exited the cave they had been in and entered another passage; both were somewhat weak from their fight and were struggling with trying to keep their emotions in check about the friends they had already lost. Graham and one of his remaining teammates were supporting the injured Major Johnson, only seven of the warriors from the order were left and one of them seemed to be in a very bad condition.
"How many vamps do you think he'll have guarding him?" Faith asked as she caught up with Xander
"A few, but it's not them we have to worry about" Xander replied turning to the dark slayer
"Valnon" Faith said to witch Xander just nodded
"How powerful is he?" Buffy inquired from behind them
"He's one of the strongest demons alive, not only in the ways of magic but in physical combat as well" Xander informed her
Buffy frowned at the answer from her friend, although the spell Valnon at put on her had been removed she was still having trouble controlling the emotions from her ancestor Jenna, she had now excepted everything Jill and Rachel had told her and she had promised herself to talk to Xander once this was over if they survived. Dawn kept silent as she walked next to her sister, Anya's death was still playing in her mind and she was finding it hard to concentrate. She was also trying to process what Xander had told her about this situation, she found it somewhat worrying to know not only her sister but three other of her closest friends were under the influence of some ancient ancestor of theirs. Giles and Wesley were keeping an eye out for any surprises but so far they had not seen any more vampires or demons, each was worried about their impending confrontation with the old one. There was not many records about the old ones but what they did know was not very encouraging, even Angel and Spike had shown fear at the prospect of fighting him. They hoped everyone was ready for what lay ahead.
"He's close" Tara suddenly spoke up
"Which way?" Xander asked
Tara pointed to the right and they made their way towards what looked like a forced entrance to a huge cavern, Xander halted the others and silently looked inside. He noticed at least eighteen of Valnon's vampires and seven demons; he noticed Valnon was standing close to what looked like an altar that had various magical items and books on it. Xander frowned and wondered if Valnon was trying to raise another dead demon to fight them. He turned to the others and nodded his head
"How many?" Faith asked as she removed her dagger and a stake
"Eighteen vampires and seven demons, Valnon is near an altar, it's possible he's trying to raise another demon," Xander answered "As soon as we enter me, Faith and Buffy should go straight for Valnon and stop whatever ceremony he's performing" he quickly adds
"Me and Willow will place some protective shields on you" Tara said although they all could see the worry in her eyes as she faced Xander
"Hurry, we don't have much time left" Xander told her
Tara and Willow quickly grabbed one of the spell books from Giles and began chanting the spell; Jill and Rachel also chanted something quickly. A red glow surrounded Xander, Buffy and Faith and then faded.
"What was that?" Faith asked
"It'll stop Valnon placing any of his mind spells on you" Rachel answered as Oz and Doyle stepped forward ready to charge in, Spike, Angel and the warriors from the order followed and finally Giles and Wesley joined them. Dawn, Cordelia, Jill, Rachel, Tara and Willow took up positions behind them, The four witches all prepared some spells for release as they entered the cavern. Xander, Buffy and Faith took up the lead and readied the weapons
"Stay away from his horn and his claws" Xander warned the two slayers, they both nodded their understanding "Now" he shouted
They charged into the cavern heading straight for Valnon who turned in anger at the interruption in his spell, Willow and Tara unleashed a black ball of magic at the seven demons who was now running straight for them, three of them was caught in the magic screaming in agony as their skin was burned off, as they fell to the floor the magic continued to eat it's way through them. Rachel and Jill set of two balls of fire at the oncoming vampires dusting four of them as Oz and Doyle smashed into the lead vampires followed by the others.
Xander ducked as Valnon swung his giant claws at him and quickly brought his sword up in a spinning arc as he regained his footing but Valnon easily blocked the attempt, Faith attempted a back kick but Valnon used his other claws to slam into her sending her flying backwards. Buffy managed to drop kick Valnon from behind, as he was distracted by Faith and Xander's attacks, Valnon quickly turned and kicked her knocking her flying backwards.
"Is that the best you can do?" Valnon mocked them
Xander looked over her shoulder quickly to see how the others were doing and was pleased to see the vampires and demons were been held back. He turned and faced Valnon again, he raised his sword and moved in slowly quickly faking a swing to the left which Valnon went to block and then turned and swung his sword to the right catching the old one in the side but it didn't manage to penetrate the demon's skin. Valnon swung his left hand backwards catching Xander on the side of his head knocking him into Buffy and Faith
"This is to easy" Valnon sneered as he went to grab the book he had been reading from
Suddenly he was sent flying into the altar, he turned to see Tara standing twenty feet away form him her eyes glowing an unearthly red and her left hand raised, he growled in anger as he stood and made his way towards the sorcerer's mate. Xander saw him move towards Tara and quickly closed his eyes and summoned his own power sending a ball of purple energy at the demon that quickly engulfed him, Valnon cried out in pain as he tried to counter the attack. Buffy and Faith both quickly took advantage of Valnon's openness and attacked, Faith hit him with a hard left punch to his stomach whilst Buffy landed a spin kick in the side. Valnon roared in pain as he finally countered the attack from Xander only to be slammed to the side from the attacks by the two slayers. Faith quickly dropped into a crouch and landed a leg sweep catching the demon of balance, Valnon went down to on knee as Buffy tried to kick him in the face. Valnon caught her foot and swung her into Faith knocking the both down, he raised his own-clawed hand and sent a wave of black magic at Tara sending her flying into Willow and Jill who were running towards them as Oz and Doyle finished of the last Vampire. Xander came up behind him and smashed the tilt of his sword into Valnon's back as the demon stood and quickly followed it up by smashing his knee into the same spot, putting the demon back onto his knee's.
Giles swung his axe at the demon he was fighting as Wesley tried to get back to his feet from the blow he had received to his back, the demon dodged the blow and lunged at Giles knocking them both backwards. The demon reared back ready to plunge it's claws into the watchers chest when suddenly he was sent backwards from a savage kick from Spike, as the demon stood ready to attack again Rachel kicked it from behind sending it forward as one of the order stepped forward and cut it in half with it's axe causing it's blood to drench him and the blond Vampire. Cordelia tried to stay away from the demon she had been fighting, but she had lost her sword and was trying to stay out of the demon's reach. Graham tried to stand but he was still recovering from the wound he had in his side. The demon finally lunged at Cordelia who screamed in terror just as Angel smashed into the demon sending them both flying into the recovering Wesley. Angel vamped out as he began hitting the demon continually in the face causing it to bleed; the demon tried to strike back but couldn't dislodge the enraged vampire. Finally Angel grabbed the demons head and snapped its neck just as he had a flashed of Angelus doing the same to Miss Calendar. He shook the memory off as he went to check on the still shocked seer, the three remaining members of the order approached silently as they all regrouped glad to see that there was no one but Valnon left.
Tara quickly stood as Xander attacked Valnon again; Willow was just regaining her feet as well as Oz and Doyle joined them.
"What now?" Oz asked
"Stay back" Tara said as he moved to assist the man she loved