Cave of Trials
Anya's eyes suddenly opened. The sight that greeted her shocked her. She was no longer in the Summers living room. She was lying on a rocky ground in the middle of what appeared to be a cave. She closed her eyes hoping that it was all a dream. That was when she realized she was being held. There was an arm around her, holding her close. Her breath caught. He hadn't held her this way in a long time. Anya knew who it was. He was holding her the way he always did when they used to sleep together.
"XANDER!!! Get your hand off my breast right now or I will break it right off!"
Xander woke up with a start, "What? NO! I'm small and...fragile..." His voice trailed off as he shook the grogginess from his eyes. He too instantly noticed their change in surroundings. He sat up looking around their new location, "Where are we? What happened?"
"I'm not sure. We were already here when I woke up," Anya said getting up while dusting herself off.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Anya noticed what she was wearing, "Huh. I'm also fully clothed."
"Well, I would say that is a big point on the obvious scale."
"No Xander, I meant I am in regular clothes. Not my pajamas."
"Xander noticed that he too was wearing his regular clothes instead of the top and bottoms he had been wearing lately to bed. "That doesn't make sense," he commented, "who would kidnap us, right from the Slayers home I might add, and go to the trouble of seeing we were both clothed properly? And then they go and dump us in the middle of some cave. What, they couldn't spring for the Four Seasons?"
"Actually we aren't in the middle. The entrance is right there," Anya said pointing to the mouth of the cave.
Xander turned his attention to where she was pointing. "Or correctly termed, the 'exit' is right over there. At least for us." He smiled at Anya, "Come on, let's get out of here." He slowly walked towards the entrance keeping Anya behind him. If something was going to spring out from the shadows, he wanted it to go after him so Anya had a chance to get away. If they were going to be stuck where veer they were for a while, he was going to make sure Anya was safe. At the mouth of the cave Xander paused to look around. The outside looked to be a desert, and Xander could not see its end.
"Well, we certainly aren't in Kansas anymore."
"Hey, way to master pop culture Ahn. Come on, we are going to have to find water or something to eat," Xander said, continuing outside the cave.
"Well, I remember it because of how they killed the witch. Not that it would have worked on Willow, but I was desperate enough to try anything. Not that I wanted to..." Anya was cut short by a blinding flash. "Xander? What was that?" she asked rubbing her eyes in an attempt to see better. As her eyes cleared, she saw Xander lying on the ground unconscious.
"Oh my god. Xander!" Anya said as she rushed to his side. "Xander, wake up. You have to wake up! Please! For me!" She started to shake him frantically as blood started to trickle down the side of his mouth. Anya noticed that he had also stopped breathing. She started to cry.
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"Why won't they wake up? What's wrong with them?" asked one of the Slayers-to be. The entire house was awake now and crowded around the sleeping bodies of Anya and Xander. All the girls were talking amongst themselves, asking various questions, wondering if the two were dead. Buffy couldn't even hear herself think.
"All right that's enough!" Buffy yelled. "If you girls want to help you will go into the basement and train. Spike make sure they all stay down there, I don't want anymore interruptions from them."
"Will do, Buff," Spike said turning to the teenage girls. He and Kennedy managed to herd them all to the basement despite their protests.
"All right. We need to get them out of the living room," Buffy continued, "Dawn, Willow, carry Anya upstairs. We will use your room." She said nodding to Willow. As they picked up Anya, Buffy picked up Xander.
Giles walked over holding several books in his arms. "Are you sure it was a Vengeance Demon? One that is supposedly dead?"
"It was her Giles. It was Halfrek. I don't know how she did it though. D'Hoffryn killed her. I saw it with my own eyes"
"All right, I will see what I can find." Giles turned to Dawn and willow as they headed up the stairs with Anya, "after you deposit her, I will you need your help too girls." They nodded as Giles headed to the dining room where the rest of his volumes were at present.
Buffy shifted Xanders weight as she carried him upstairs, and she felt something cold and wet drip on her arm. She looked down and saw that blood was gathering at the corners of his mouth.
"Oh my god! Giles! Giles, come quick. Xanders bleeding. Giles rushed to Buffys side as did Willow. She rushed Xander to the bedroom and placed him next to Anya on the bed.
"What happened?"
"I don't know, I just looked down and saw the blood."
Giles checked Xanders pulse. He felt nothing.
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Sorry this one took so long. I just didn't get around to posting it which is unforgivable. Especially since I haven't been that busy lately. Although I did have to watch the Superbowl ALIAS 5 times. Well, here it is. This is how the format of the chapters will be for the most part. It will focus on Anya and Xander's doings and at the end touch upon what is happening back at Slayer central. I have a couple of interesting pieces on how to keep the gang involved so they just don't sit around wondering what is happening so stay tuned. Although I still don't know how, or even if I should work Andrew in.
HISTORY:
-I really don't think I pulled anything from previous eps for this chapter. There was the little bit about Willow going evil, but that was a big event that I am sure everyone knows about.
Anya's eyes suddenly opened. The sight that greeted her shocked her. She was no longer in the Summers living room. She was lying on a rocky ground in the middle of what appeared to be a cave. She closed her eyes hoping that it was all a dream. That was when she realized she was being held. There was an arm around her, holding her close. Her breath caught. He hadn't held her this way in a long time. Anya knew who it was. He was holding her the way he always did when they used to sleep together.
"XANDER!!! Get your hand off my breast right now or I will break it right off!"
Xander woke up with a start, "What? NO! I'm small and...fragile..." His voice trailed off as he shook the grogginess from his eyes. He too instantly noticed their change in surroundings. He sat up looking around their new location, "Where are we? What happened?"
"I'm not sure. We were already here when I woke up," Anya said getting up while dusting herself off.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Anya noticed what she was wearing, "Huh. I'm also fully clothed."
"Well, I would say that is a big point on the obvious scale."
"No Xander, I meant I am in regular clothes. Not my pajamas."
"Xander noticed that he too was wearing his regular clothes instead of the top and bottoms he had been wearing lately to bed. "That doesn't make sense," he commented, "who would kidnap us, right from the Slayers home I might add, and go to the trouble of seeing we were both clothed properly? And then they go and dump us in the middle of some cave. What, they couldn't spring for the Four Seasons?"
"Actually we aren't in the middle. The entrance is right there," Anya said pointing to the mouth of the cave.
Xander turned his attention to where she was pointing. "Or correctly termed, the 'exit' is right over there. At least for us." He smiled at Anya, "Come on, let's get out of here." He slowly walked towards the entrance keeping Anya behind him. If something was going to spring out from the shadows, he wanted it to go after him so Anya had a chance to get away. If they were going to be stuck where veer they were for a while, he was going to make sure Anya was safe. At the mouth of the cave Xander paused to look around. The outside looked to be a desert, and Xander could not see its end.
"Well, we certainly aren't in Kansas anymore."
"Hey, way to master pop culture Ahn. Come on, we are going to have to find water or something to eat," Xander said, continuing outside the cave.
"Well, I remember it because of how they killed the witch. Not that it would have worked on Willow, but I was desperate enough to try anything. Not that I wanted to..." Anya was cut short by a blinding flash. "Xander? What was that?" she asked rubbing her eyes in an attempt to see better. As her eyes cleared, she saw Xander lying on the ground unconscious.
"Oh my god. Xander!" Anya said as she rushed to his side. "Xander, wake up. You have to wake up! Please! For me!" She started to shake him frantically as blood started to trickle down the side of his mouth. Anya noticed that he had also stopped breathing. She started to cry.
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"Why won't they wake up? What's wrong with them?" asked one of the Slayers-to be. The entire house was awake now and crowded around the sleeping bodies of Anya and Xander. All the girls were talking amongst themselves, asking various questions, wondering if the two were dead. Buffy couldn't even hear herself think.
"All right that's enough!" Buffy yelled. "If you girls want to help you will go into the basement and train. Spike make sure they all stay down there, I don't want anymore interruptions from them."
"Will do, Buff," Spike said turning to the teenage girls. He and Kennedy managed to herd them all to the basement despite their protests.
"All right. We need to get them out of the living room," Buffy continued, "Dawn, Willow, carry Anya upstairs. We will use your room." She said nodding to Willow. As they picked up Anya, Buffy picked up Xander.
Giles walked over holding several books in his arms. "Are you sure it was a Vengeance Demon? One that is supposedly dead?"
"It was her Giles. It was Halfrek. I don't know how she did it though. D'Hoffryn killed her. I saw it with my own eyes"
"All right, I will see what I can find." Giles turned to Dawn and willow as they headed up the stairs with Anya, "after you deposit her, I will you need your help too girls." They nodded as Giles headed to the dining room where the rest of his volumes were at present.
Buffy shifted Xanders weight as she carried him upstairs, and she felt something cold and wet drip on her arm. She looked down and saw that blood was gathering at the corners of his mouth.
"Oh my god! Giles! Giles, come quick. Xanders bleeding. Giles rushed to Buffys side as did Willow. She rushed Xander to the bedroom and placed him next to Anya on the bed.
"What happened?"
"I don't know, I just looked down and saw the blood."
Giles checked Xanders pulse. He felt nothing.
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Sorry this one took so long. I just didn't get around to posting it which is unforgivable. Especially since I haven't been that busy lately. Although I did have to watch the Superbowl ALIAS 5 times. Well, here it is. This is how the format of the chapters will be for the most part. It will focus on Anya and Xander's doings and at the end touch upon what is happening back at Slayer central. I have a couple of interesting pieces on how to keep the gang involved so they just don't sit around wondering what is happening so stay tuned. Although I still don't know how, or even if I should work Andrew in.
HISTORY:
-I really don't think I pulled anything from previous eps for this chapter. There was the little bit about Willow going evil, but that was a big event that I am sure everyone knows about.
