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Buffy and Angel slowly crept in through the skylight, none of the brown and scaly demons bustling about below noticed them as they inched their way along a beam, heading for a walkway a few yards away. They reached it and crouched as low as they could, hopefully out of sight, there was no reason for any to look up though so Buffy and Angel remained unnoticed.

Moments after they had reached cover the main doors below crashed open and a few nearby demons spun to face the threat but before they had readied themselves for assault Wes strode through the broken doors, a crossbow gripped in each hand. He fired each in quick succession, both bolts felling nearby demons. Then as he let the bows drop and dangle on their straps Gunn and Giles followed him into the room, weapons poised in readiness. The rest of the team trailed them in, taking up flanking positions around Wes who had by now exchanged his crossbows for a sword and was slicing viciously at any demon which came too close.

The fight commenced with a violence that had Buffy wincing and almost standing up to rush to assist, only Angel's gentle restraining hand stopped her.

"Give them a moment." He muttered tensely.

Just as he was about to agree with Buffy and rush into the fight Willow ran forward between Wes and Xander who held positions to protect her from the onslaught of demons and slid the bag across the floor towards a large cluster of demons in the middle of the room. Wes coolly drew a gun from his belt and deliberately emptied the entire clip into the bag causing a thick red smoke to ooze from it and settle hazily around the room.

Chaos ensued as demons abruptly ceased fighting and made a dash for what little was left of the bag. Even without actively fighting the demons managed to cause damage to their opponents as they lumbered excitedly across the room managing to sweep Oz, Fred and Giles to the floor. The demons the trio had thought they were about to finish off had charged right through them; almost impaling themselves on the weapon blades they had so carefully been avoiding moments earlier.

Gunn dragged an uninjured Fred to her feet as Oz and Giles scrambled upright looking slightly dazed, "That stuff must be real good shit!" he grunted.

The rest of the gang nodded in bewildered agreement.

"Think we made it too strong?" asked Willow with a wince as two demons ran full pelt into each other with a smack of flesh and crack of bone.

Xander surveyed the chaotic scene, "Nah. If they keep that up all we'll have to do is grab Doyle and maybe a light clean-up."

Then they scattered as another demon almost crashed into them, thrown back from the crowd.

"Yeah, too strong." Grunted Xander.

"Uh huh," agreed Cordelia mildly as she used her sword to skewer the demon as it slid dazedly to her feet. She stepped back disgustedly, "Ugh, it bled on my shoe."

Buffy and Angel had leapt up the moment the haze had begun to roll; this was their cue. They pounded down a few stairs, swung over the balcony and dropped to the floor, rolling over to break their falls before leaping up with their swords ready. As one they charged at the trampling, snorting mass of demon bodies, pushing forward until they were near the epicentre of the obnoxious odour the demons clearly found irresistible. Slowly they began driving many of the now confused demons back as they hacked and slashed at those nearest. A few demons fought back, but many seemed too dazed to muster more than feeble resistance.

Once Buffy and Angel had virtually every demon in the place surrounding them and what was left of the bag. Wes waved back the rest of the team and they all sprinted un-challenged across the room towards a heavy iron door, beyond which they felt sure Doyle and the other prisoners were being held.

Xander and Gunn began battering the door in turn, while the rest of the team formed a semi-circle around them, fighting off the few demons that had abandoned the bag and weren't attacking Buffy and Angel. They hammered ferociously at the hinges and lock to no avail. Eventually Cordelia elbowed them aside and inserted a nail file and hairpin into the lock, twenty seconds later the lock snicked open. By which time many of the demons had recovered their senses and were now whole-heartedly attacking Buffy and Angel and were also just beginning to divide their attack between Buffy and Angel and the rest of Doyle's would-be rescuers.

"We are so in trouble." Moaned Fred as more and more demons began attacking the group clustered in the doorway.

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Hmm, I'm not really the best at writing fight scenes but I hope this bit didn't suck too badly. If anyone has any helpful suggestions for improvement on my fight scene writing skills I would appreciate it.