SECOND CHANCES
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for the ones that I created.
CHAPTER 15-Now Things Really Get Interesting
He hadn't remembered being hit over the head by the chair but Xander Harris did remember the pain it caused. At first he had tried to get back to his feet by himself but had found it nearly impossible as the beginnings of a very powerful headache forced him back down. He was finally able to stagger back to his feet with Anya and Willow's help, although if he were truthful he would have admitted that if felt nice to be that close to Anya again. They had tried to repair the damage that Xander had done to their relationship by leaving her standing at the altar but it hadn't been easy, and the night before they came Anya had stayed on the opposite side of the room from him all night.
"Xander come on stand up," Willow grunted out angrily as she felt that he was relying a little to much on her and Anya to get him back to his feet.
"I didn't know you were so fat, you're heavier then I remember," Anya said with an astonished frown on her face as then Xander pushed himself the rest of the way back to his feet and looked over at the vengeance demon with a confused scowl on his face.
"Hey.it's not my fault.it's all those donuts they have at the construction site.they're all so.yummy.and.," Xander said as his eyes glazed over slightly and his mouth began to water a bit.
"Xander.stay with me here.this is definitely not the time to be fantasizing about jelly filled pastries.we have to help the others," Willow said in a scolding manner as Xander half expected to see one of the two women standing next to him wag their finger menacingly at him. Xander reluctantly nodded his head in agreement and was about to rush off to the aid of one of the party patrons when the large demon that had been initially menacing Wesley and Faith turned towards him and charged.
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"Cordelia," Connor shouted breathlessly as he rushed to Cordelia's side, as she was trying to keep from passing out after the blow she received from the serpentine like leg had thrown her back up against the wall. The former cheerleader had never been one for to physical a battle, leaving that mostly to Angel, Gunn, Wesley and most recently Connor. "Are you alright.," Connor asked fearfully as he knelt down beside her, completely oblivious to the happenings around him.
"C.Connor.," Cordelia mumbled slowly and painfully as she instantly reached a hand up to the back of her head and winced in pain.
"I'm here.are you okay," Connor said with a look on his face that made him look like a scared little boy as Giles rushed over to them and knelt beside Cordelia, Connor regarded him with a slightly angry scowl on his face.
"No.," Cordelia said slowly while wincing in pain that caused Connor to momentarily lose his senses and he leaned down to try and pick her up, but he stopped abruptly as Giles grabbed him firmly by the shoulders and gave him a hefty shake.
"No Connor.not like that, she could be hurt badly," Giles said with a firm tone to his voice and a very serious look on his face, one that kept Connor from saying anything in response for a few seconds.
"Then we have to get her out of here.now.," Connor stammered out with an impatient scowl on his face as he again tried to lean down and simply pick Cordelia up, and was again stopped by a frustrated Giles.
"No.we have to do this carefully.go find something that we can use as a backboard," Giles said in his best watcher voice, hoping that the commanding tone of the instruction would get Connor to do what he asked without hesitation.
"No.I'm not leaving her.she needs me," Connor growled angrily and defiantly, as if daring Giles to make him leave.
"What she needs is for you two stop acting like a bloody self absorbed child.," Giles shouted angrily as one of his hands clenched into a fist and a thought flashed through his mind of taking a swing at Connor. At his words Connor seemed to take tense up, as if preparing for a fight, and there probably would have been one had Cordelia not spoken up before anything could get to far out of hand.
"Stop it.Connor, don't worry.I'll be here when you get back, just do what Giles said.trust him.please, for me," Cordelia mumbled out through small groans of pain and a forced smile on her face. For a few seconds it seemed as if Connor was going to stay frozen in place, refusing to move from Cordelia's side. But then she slowly reached up and softly brushed her hand against his cheek and he took that as a sign that she was healthy enough to be fine until he got back. With a final glare at Giles Connor jumped to his feet and disappeared through a nearby doorway.
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"This is not going well," Wesley said with a frustrated look on his face as he pushed Faith off of him and sat up, trying to rub the kink out of his neck.
"No shit Sherlock.what was your first clue," Faith mumbled angrily and sarcastically as she pushed herself up to her hands and knees and looked back and forth between Wesley and the portal, seemingly waiting for some sage words of wisdom from her former watcher.
"We have to get these portals closed, or we won't make it out of here alive," Wesley exclaimed with a worried look on his face before he jumped back to avoid one of the serpentine legs that swung wildly at him.
"Well unless you've been holding out on me I'd say we're fucked.royally," Faith said seemingly angrier at their plight than at Wesley, all the while the rogue slayer nervously searched for the knife that Wesley had dropped. She quickly found it and on the next pass from the leg she gauged her timing right and swung upwards, leaving a nice sized gash in the leg and looking pretty proud of herself.
"I'm not exactly sure how to close the portals.other than to find those responsible for opening them in the first place and.," Wesley said under his breath only to Faith, as her look of pride slipped from her face and was quickly replaced by one of ever growing concern and worry, both new looks for her. And both looks that Wesley had to admit he didn't like to see.
"Kill them.right.that's what you were going to say.we have to find whoever's opening those damn portals and kill them.or the portal's will stay open indefinitely.notice the use of the big word there," Faith shot back with an angry at the world scowl on her face, before her look changed to one of momentary triumph, as she looked around and flattened herself against the cold floor as the injured leg made an ill aimed attempt at hitting her, but simply passed harmlessly overhead.
"Only as a last resort Faith.only as a last resort, I'm hoping that keeping these portals open is severely taxing whoever's doing it, and if we were to somehow.disrupt them.or perhaps render them unconscious.," Wesley said looking at Faith with at first a very serious look but it then quickly changed to a very nervous one.
"Okay fine.we'll just knock them out when we find them.but where are they.all I see are scared partygoers, floating portals, and mercenaries," Faith said slowly in between dodging attacks by many of the serpentine legs hanging out of the portal overhead.
"I don't know.but they're here somewhere.inside the hotel.of that I'm certain, we'll just have to search every room," Wesley said with a frustrated sigh as he reached out and grabbed hold of Faith's arm before pulling her back away from the portal.
"But that'll take forever.they could be anywhere," Faith shot back with a very impatient scowl on her face as she and Wesley leaned on each other and helped each other stand up.
"Well then we'll just have to hurry.c'mon," Wesley exclaimed nervously as he turned away from the portal and took off running out of the lobby, with Faith close behind.
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"Dawn watch out.behind you," Buffy shouted emphatically as she noticed one of the mercenaries sneaking up on Dawn from behind. Buffy started to go to her younger sister's aid but was cut off by a pair of mercenaries that seemed to delight in keeping her from getting to Dawn. "Big mistake," Buffy said with an angry scowl on her face before one of the mercenaries awkwardly lunged at her with a knife in his hand, aiming the knife's point straight towards her stomach. Utilizing both her slayer strength and speed Buffy caught the knife in mid-strike with her left hand and then pivoted on her left foot and slammed her right foot into the side of the knife wielding mercenaries head. The force of the blow sent the knife wielding mercenary careening into the other, with the pair sent sprawling.
Across the room Dawn barely had time to move after hearing Buffy's hurried warning. The mercenary that had been sneaking up on her cursed through the mask as he lunged for Dawn but she dropped and rolled out of the way, in the end taking the feet out from under the mercenary that was currently fighting Spike to a standstill. With a slight smile sent Spike's way, which was reluctantly returned, Dawn was almost caught off guard as the mercenary that had originally lunged after her renewed his effort and swung a punch aimed at her chin. She tried to take a step back so that the mercenary would only end up hitting air but in the process she tripped backwards over the mercenary that she had knocked down just seconds before as he tried to get back to his feet.
Spike emotions went from anger at not being able to fend of the particularly bothersome mercenary in front of him to reluctant gratitude at the sight of Dawn knocking the mercenary to the ground. But the look of gratitude was quickly replaced by one of slight fear as he saw Dawn stumble and fall to the floor as she tried to avoid a punch from one of the mercenaries that charged towards her. Leaping into action Spike, after waiting for the mercenaries punch to go by him, slammed his shoulder into the mercenary's chest with all the might that he could muster on a moments notice. The mercenary was sent flying back up against a shelf filled with an array of old cooking utensils, and as he slumped to the floor after his head hit the edge of the shelf knocking him out, he was soon hidden beneath a small mountain of stainless steel.
Just as Spike was starting to silently revel in the aftermath of his attack on the mercenary he heard, from behind, Dawn's muffled cries of both anger and fear. Spinning around on his heel Spike aimed to jump right into the fight, hitting the first thing he saw. But the first thing that he saw turned out to be Dawn and she jumped back to her feet, against the obvious wishes of the mercenary at her feet, who was also staggering back to his feet. "Dawn.duck," Spike said softly with the beginnings of a smile as he lifted his left hand up and laid it lightly on Dawn's right shoulder.
"Duck.what.there's a duck," Dawn stammered out with a thoroughly confused look on her face before she was brutally interrupted by the fist of the angry mercenary behind her as it slammed into her back, knocking her to the ground.
"Bloody hell.what is it with you Summers and not noticing the obvious," Spike growled more sarcastically than angrily before he rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders, and dove onto the mercenary that Dawn was now furiously fighting.
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Had anyone been looking in the correct direction they would have been amazed at the scream that came from the person's lips that stood frozen in place as an extremely angry demon charged towards them. For standing, completely motionless with fear, was not a young woman but instead the totally petrified Xander Harris. He could only stand there and watch, for the many muscles in his legs had suddenly abandoned all rational actions and just refused to move, as the demon continued its charge his way, coming closer and closer, with its obvious intent to turn him into a human sized stain on the wall behind him, making the fact that he was wearing the outfit of the Cowardly Lion even more poetic. Out of something that he thought was fear he exercised the only muscles that seemed to be still in allegiance with his, his eyelids, as he slammed them shut and impatiently waited to be squashed into the wall and then to find out what was waiting for him on the other side.
But today was not his day to die as mere seconds before the angry demon plowed him over Angel snapped his head around just in time and threw himself into Xander, knocking them both out of the way. But the two of them caused just enough of a speed bump that the charging demon couldn't stop in time and stumbled over them awkwardly before it went crashing through the wall, showering Angel and Xander with old wallpaper, dust, and plaster. As the plaster and dust began to settle Xander found that he could operate more muscles and he gazed in awe at the large hole in front of him. "Give me a little time to go out and get some boards and nails from my truck and I'll have that wall looking good as new," he said with more out of force of habit, of constantly putting things back together that his life as a Scooby had destroyed, than fear as at that moment his mind was still trying to process what had happened since the first portal appeared overhead.
"Xander.this is no time for home repair tips.although I do see your point.that hole is rather noticeable.and ugly," Anya said angrily at first before she to turned to the wall and soon the look on her face matched that of the look on Xander's face.
"Talk later, fight now," Angel grumbled angrily as he pushed himself up to his knees, all the while not noticing the form of the giant demon behind him as it rose above him, its right arm being stretched out, ready to smash anyone on the ground below it. Anya was first to see the danger that the trio was in as she let out a harsh and scared gasp that made Xander look up in first wonderment and then fear as his eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped open. "What.what is.oh.," Angel stammered out as he notice the horrified looks on Xander and Anya's face before a small part of him realized, even without turning around, the reason for their fears. With a loud growl the demon started to bring its arm down to crush Xander, Angel, and Anya, but just it was about to make contact it suddenly screamed in pain before it seemingly imploded. As the dust began to settle, and Xander and Anya seemed to calm down a bit, Angel thought that he could hear someone say from a short distance away in a very happy tone, "Wow.yes.it worked." Angel shook his head in disbelief before he turned and eyed the redheaded witch standing nearby wearily.
"Now what's that look for.come on boys and girls.uh girl.time's a waistin," Willow said at first with a peculiar frown on her face before her expression changed to a broad smile.
* * * * * * *
They tore through the hallways like half starved cheetahs, Wesley taking the east side and Faith taking the next, with the two of them throwing open every door that they came took, peering inside fervently in the hopes that they'd uncover a magic user or two. They had already searched through all of the street level rooms on that side of the hotel when Faith grabbed Wesley's arm and nearly pulled him up the stairs. He was about to angrily protest the treatment when she turned to him and smiled softly with a repentant, pleading, and hurried look in her eye. Grumbling softly to himself he turned away and resumed his search through the doors on his side of the hall. The third door that she came to Faith discovered, much to her annoyance, that it was locked. Not thinking much of it she was about to move onto the next door when she thought she heard the sound of people chanting coming from somewhere inside the room.
"Wes wait.I think I found something," Faith yelled out, partially to be heard over the din of the battle waging back downstairs in the lobby but mostly caused by her exuberance, as she momentarily turned away from the door and located Wesley a few doors down.
"What.are you sure," Wesley shot back, almost yelling as loudly as Faith had, before he took a few steps back towards Faith, finally getting himself near enough to the door to caution a listen. He listened for a few seconds before he scrunched up his face and turned back to Faith. "Are you sure.I can't hear anything," he yelled out with a worried scowl on his face.
"You're arguing with me.hello super slayer hearing.I love you and all but.," Faith shot back with a slightly angry and impatient tone to her voice before she slowly shook her head in frustration.
"I love you to Faith.now help me with this door or else I'll use you as a bloody battering ram," Wesley said loudly as Faith blinked her eyes a few times in confusion before a smile lit up her face.
"I just love that accent of yours.," Faith started to say with a sexy smile on her face before she leaned in and crushed her lips against Wesley's in a kiss that instantly stifled Wesley's hasty response and would have lasted a lot longer, and possibly led to other things had there not been a loud shout heard from the room and a huge fight going on downstairs in the lobby. They broke off the kiss reluctantly before nodding their heads in unison. With a final loud yell they both reared back and almost shattered the door as they kicked it open.
END OF CHAPTER 15
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for the ones that I created.
CHAPTER 15-Now Things Really Get Interesting
He hadn't remembered being hit over the head by the chair but Xander Harris did remember the pain it caused. At first he had tried to get back to his feet by himself but had found it nearly impossible as the beginnings of a very powerful headache forced him back down. He was finally able to stagger back to his feet with Anya and Willow's help, although if he were truthful he would have admitted that if felt nice to be that close to Anya again. They had tried to repair the damage that Xander had done to their relationship by leaving her standing at the altar but it hadn't been easy, and the night before they came Anya had stayed on the opposite side of the room from him all night.
"Xander come on stand up," Willow grunted out angrily as she felt that he was relying a little to much on her and Anya to get him back to his feet.
"I didn't know you were so fat, you're heavier then I remember," Anya said with an astonished frown on her face as then Xander pushed himself the rest of the way back to his feet and looked over at the vengeance demon with a confused scowl on his face.
"Hey.it's not my fault.it's all those donuts they have at the construction site.they're all so.yummy.and.," Xander said as his eyes glazed over slightly and his mouth began to water a bit.
"Xander.stay with me here.this is definitely not the time to be fantasizing about jelly filled pastries.we have to help the others," Willow said in a scolding manner as Xander half expected to see one of the two women standing next to him wag their finger menacingly at him. Xander reluctantly nodded his head in agreement and was about to rush off to the aid of one of the party patrons when the large demon that had been initially menacing Wesley and Faith turned towards him and charged.
* * * * * * *
"Cordelia," Connor shouted breathlessly as he rushed to Cordelia's side, as she was trying to keep from passing out after the blow she received from the serpentine like leg had thrown her back up against the wall. The former cheerleader had never been one for to physical a battle, leaving that mostly to Angel, Gunn, Wesley and most recently Connor. "Are you alright.," Connor asked fearfully as he knelt down beside her, completely oblivious to the happenings around him.
"C.Connor.," Cordelia mumbled slowly and painfully as she instantly reached a hand up to the back of her head and winced in pain.
"I'm here.are you okay," Connor said with a look on his face that made him look like a scared little boy as Giles rushed over to them and knelt beside Cordelia, Connor regarded him with a slightly angry scowl on his face.
"No.," Cordelia said slowly while wincing in pain that caused Connor to momentarily lose his senses and he leaned down to try and pick her up, but he stopped abruptly as Giles grabbed him firmly by the shoulders and gave him a hefty shake.
"No Connor.not like that, she could be hurt badly," Giles said with a firm tone to his voice and a very serious look on his face, one that kept Connor from saying anything in response for a few seconds.
"Then we have to get her out of here.now.," Connor stammered out with an impatient scowl on his face as he again tried to lean down and simply pick Cordelia up, and was again stopped by a frustrated Giles.
"No.we have to do this carefully.go find something that we can use as a backboard," Giles said in his best watcher voice, hoping that the commanding tone of the instruction would get Connor to do what he asked without hesitation.
"No.I'm not leaving her.she needs me," Connor growled angrily and defiantly, as if daring Giles to make him leave.
"What she needs is for you two stop acting like a bloody self absorbed child.," Giles shouted angrily as one of his hands clenched into a fist and a thought flashed through his mind of taking a swing at Connor. At his words Connor seemed to take tense up, as if preparing for a fight, and there probably would have been one had Cordelia not spoken up before anything could get to far out of hand.
"Stop it.Connor, don't worry.I'll be here when you get back, just do what Giles said.trust him.please, for me," Cordelia mumbled out through small groans of pain and a forced smile on her face. For a few seconds it seemed as if Connor was going to stay frozen in place, refusing to move from Cordelia's side. But then she slowly reached up and softly brushed her hand against his cheek and he took that as a sign that she was healthy enough to be fine until he got back. With a final glare at Giles Connor jumped to his feet and disappeared through a nearby doorway.
* * * * * * * *
"This is not going well," Wesley said with a frustrated look on his face as he pushed Faith off of him and sat up, trying to rub the kink out of his neck.
"No shit Sherlock.what was your first clue," Faith mumbled angrily and sarcastically as she pushed herself up to her hands and knees and looked back and forth between Wesley and the portal, seemingly waiting for some sage words of wisdom from her former watcher.
"We have to get these portals closed, or we won't make it out of here alive," Wesley exclaimed with a worried look on his face before he jumped back to avoid one of the serpentine legs that swung wildly at him.
"Well unless you've been holding out on me I'd say we're fucked.royally," Faith said seemingly angrier at their plight than at Wesley, all the while the rogue slayer nervously searched for the knife that Wesley had dropped. She quickly found it and on the next pass from the leg she gauged her timing right and swung upwards, leaving a nice sized gash in the leg and looking pretty proud of herself.
"I'm not exactly sure how to close the portals.other than to find those responsible for opening them in the first place and.," Wesley said under his breath only to Faith, as her look of pride slipped from her face and was quickly replaced by one of ever growing concern and worry, both new looks for her. And both looks that Wesley had to admit he didn't like to see.
"Kill them.right.that's what you were going to say.we have to find whoever's opening those damn portals and kill them.or the portal's will stay open indefinitely.notice the use of the big word there," Faith shot back with an angry at the world scowl on her face, before her look changed to one of momentary triumph, as she looked around and flattened herself against the cold floor as the injured leg made an ill aimed attempt at hitting her, but simply passed harmlessly overhead.
"Only as a last resort Faith.only as a last resort, I'm hoping that keeping these portals open is severely taxing whoever's doing it, and if we were to somehow.disrupt them.or perhaps render them unconscious.," Wesley said looking at Faith with at first a very serious look but it then quickly changed to a very nervous one.
"Okay fine.we'll just knock them out when we find them.but where are they.all I see are scared partygoers, floating portals, and mercenaries," Faith said slowly in between dodging attacks by many of the serpentine legs hanging out of the portal overhead.
"I don't know.but they're here somewhere.inside the hotel.of that I'm certain, we'll just have to search every room," Wesley said with a frustrated sigh as he reached out and grabbed hold of Faith's arm before pulling her back away from the portal.
"But that'll take forever.they could be anywhere," Faith shot back with a very impatient scowl on her face as she and Wesley leaned on each other and helped each other stand up.
"Well then we'll just have to hurry.c'mon," Wesley exclaimed nervously as he turned away from the portal and took off running out of the lobby, with Faith close behind.
* * * * * * *
"Dawn watch out.behind you," Buffy shouted emphatically as she noticed one of the mercenaries sneaking up on Dawn from behind. Buffy started to go to her younger sister's aid but was cut off by a pair of mercenaries that seemed to delight in keeping her from getting to Dawn. "Big mistake," Buffy said with an angry scowl on her face before one of the mercenaries awkwardly lunged at her with a knife in his hand, aiming the knife's point straight towards her stomach. Utilizing both her slayer strength and speed Buffy caught the knife in mid-strike with her left hand and then pivoted on her left foot and slammed her right foot into the side of the knife wielding mercenaries head. The force of the blow sent the knife wielding mercenary careening into the other, with the pair sent sprawling.
Across the room Dawn barely had time to move after hearing Buffy's hurried warning. The mercenary that had been sneaking up on her cursed through the mask as he lunged for Dawn but she dropped and rolled out of the way, in the end taking the feet out from under the mercenary that was currently fighting Spike to a standstill. With a slight smile sent Spike's way, which was reluctantly returned, Dawn was almost caught off guard as the mercenary that had originally lunged after her renewed his effort and swung a punch aimed at her chin. She tried to take a step back so that the mercenary would only end up hitting air but in the process she tripped backwards over the mercenary that she had knocked down just seconds before as he tried to get back to his feet.
Spike emotions went from anger at not being able to fend of the particularly bothersome mercenary in front of him to reluctant gratitude at the sight of Dawn knocking the mercenary to the ground. But the look of gratitude was quickly replaced by one of slight fear as he saw Dawn stumble and fall to the floor as she tried to avoid a punch from one of the mercenaries that charged towards her. Leaping into action Spike, after waiting for the mercenaries punch to go by him, slammed his shoulder into the mercenary's chest with all the might that he could muster on a moments notice. The mercenary was sent flying back up against a shelf filled with an array of old cooking utensils, and as he slumped to the floor after his head hit the edge of the shelf knocking him out, he was soon hidden beneath a small mountain of stainless steel.
Just as Spike was starting to silently revel in the aftermath of his attack on the mercenary he heard, from behind, Dawn's muffled cries of both anger and fear. Spinning around on his heel Spike aimed to jump right into the fight, hitting the first thing he saw. But the first thing that he saw turned out to be Dawn and she jumped back to her feet, against the obvious wishes of the mercenary at her feet, who was also staggering back to his feet. "Dawn.duck," Spike said softly with the beginnings of a smile as he lifted his left hand up and laid it lightly on Dawn's right shoulder.
"Duck.what.there's a duck," Dawn stammered out with a thoroughly confused look on her face before she was brutally interrupted by the fist of the angry mercenary behind her as it slammed into her back, knocking her to the ground.
"Bloody hell.what is it with you Summers and not noticing the obvious," Spike growled more sarcastically than angrily before he rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders, and dove onto the mercenary that Dawn was now furiously fighting.
* * * * * * *
Had anyone been looking in the correct direction they would have been amazed at the scream that came from the person's lips that stood frozen in place as an extremely angry demon charged towards them. For standing, completely motionless with fear, was not a young woman but instead the totally petrified Xander Harris. He could only stand there and watch, for the many muscles in his legs had suddenly abandoned all rational actions and just refused to move, as the demon continued its charge his way, coming closer and closer, with its obvious intent to turn him into a human sized stain on the wall behind him, making the fact that he was wearing the outfit of the Cowardly Lion even more poetic. Out of something that he thought was fear he exercised the only muscles that seemed to be still in allegiance with his, his eyelids, as he slammed them shut and impatiently waited to be squashed into the wall and then to find out what was waiting for him on the other side.
But today was not his day to die as mere seconds before the angry demon plowed him over Angel snapped his head around just in time and threw himself into Xander, knocking them both out of the way. But the two of them caused just enough of a speed bump that the charging demon couldn't stop in time and stumbled over them awkwardly before it went crashing through the wall, showering Angel and Xander with old wallpaper, dust, and plaster. As the plaster and dust began to settle Xander found that he could operate more muscles and he gazed in awe at the large hole in front of him. "Give me a little time to go out and get some boards and nails from my truck and I'll have that wall looking good as new," he said with more out of force of habit, of constantly putting things back together that his life as a Scooby had destroyed, than fear as at that moment his mind was still trying to process what had happened since the first portal appeared overhead.
"Xander.this is no time for home repair tips.although I do see your point.that hole is rather noticeable.and ugly," Anya said angrily at first before she to turned to the wall and soon the look on her face matched that of the look on Xander's face.
"Talk later, fight now," Angel grumbled angrily as he pushed himself up to his knees, all the while not noticing the form of the giant demon behind him as it rose above him, its right arm being stretched out, ready to smash anyone on the ground below it. Anya was first to see the danger that the trio was in as she let out a harsh and scared gasp that made Xander look up in first wonderment and then fear as his eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped open. "What.what is.oh.," Angel stammered out as he notice the horrified looks on Xander and Anya's face before a small part of him realized, even without turning around, the reason for their fears. With a loud growl the demon started to bring its arm down to crush Xander, Angel, and Anya, but just it was about to make contact it suddenly screamed in pain before it seemingly imploded. As the dust began to settle, and Xander and Anya seemed to calm down a bit, Angel thought that he could hear someone say from a short distance away in a very happy tone, "Wow.yes.it worked." Angel shook his head in disbelief before he turned and eyed the redheaded witch standing nearby wearily.
"Now what's that look for.come on boys and girls.uh girl.time's a waistin," Willow said at first with a peculiar frown on her face before her expression changed to a broad smile.
* * * * * * *
They tore through the hallways like half starved cheetahs, Wesley taking the east side and Faith taking the next, with the two of them throwing open every door that they came took, peering inside fervently in the hopes that they'd uncover a magic user or two. They had already searched through all of the street level rooms on that side of the hotel when Faith grabbed Wesley's arm and nearly pulled him up the stairs. He was about to angrily protest the treatment when she turned to him and smiled softly with a repentant, pleading, and hurried look in her eye. Grumbling softly to himself he turned away and resumed his search through the doors on his side of the hall. The third door that she came to Faith discovered, much to her annoyance, that it was locked. Not thinking much of it she was about to move onto the next door when she thought she heard the sound of people chanting coming from somewhere inside the room.
"Wes wait.I think I found something," Faith yelled out, partially to be heard over the din of the battle waging back downstairs in the lobby but mostly caused by her exuberance, as she momentarily turned away from the door and located Wesley a few doors down.
"What.are you sure," Wesley shot back, almost yelling as loudly as Faith had, before he took a few steps back towards Faith, finally getting himself near enough to the door to caution a listen. He listened for a few seconds before he scrunched up his face and turned back to Faith. "Are you sure.I can't hear anything," he yelled out with a worried scowl on his face.
"You're arguing with me.hello super slayer hearing.I love you and all but.," Faith shot back with a slightly angry and impatient tone to her voice before she slowly shook her head in frustration.
"I love you to Faith.now help me with this door or else I'll use you as a bloody battering ram," Wesley said loudly as Faith blinked her eyes a few times in confusion before a smile lit up her face.
"I just love that accent of yours.," Faith started to say with a sexy smile on her face before she leaned in and crushed her lips against Wesley's in a kiss that instantly stifled Wesley's hasty response and would have lasted a lot longer, and possibly led to other things had there not been a loud shout heard from the room and a huge fight going on downstairs in the lobby. They broke off the kiss reluctantly before nodding their heads in unison. With a final loud yell they both reared back and almost shattered the door as they kicked it open.
END OF CHAPTER 15
