Story: Brenn
Chapter 9
Escape from the Temple
"Bloody brilliant," Spike muttered to Brenn as they crouched outside the entrance to the temple. The had followed the Lethory all the way there, but had no clue as to how to get past the guards.
"What do you mean?" Brenn hissed back, utterly annoyed at being alone with Spike.
"I mean that it was such a brilliant idea for us to follow these demons all the way to there temple, and then sit outside while they do whatever to the others. We should have attacked them before they got in the door."
"And then get killed before we save the others?"
"And they would kill us how? I don't see any stakes."
"They didn't need a stake to kill Raun, now did they?"
"Oh. Forgot about that. Sorry luv."
Brenn shook her head, and thought, ya, selective memory, or it could be the fact that he was such a idiot, the biggest one she had met. If it had been up to him, they would probably both be dead right now.
"So, have any bright ideas on how to get in there?" Spike asked, raising an eyebrow. "Sit around until another party comes out?"
"No. We go in through the front door."
"And how do you propose we do that then?"
"Like this."
Spike looked at her with a look saying, and what is that. Then he blinked, and standing in front of him was no longer Brenn, but a Lethorian. Spike roared, vamped out, and swung his sword. In an instant, one blink Brenn was back in front of him, and he narrowly stopped himself from cutting her in half.
"What the bloody fuckin' hell, Slayer!" he roared in surprise.
"If you try that again, you will be the one hoping that the sword stops in time," Brenn seethed as she glared daggers at him.
"What did you do? I thought that magic did bad things here?"
"Certain spells I said. Transformation spells don't react with the air, so they are safe to do."
"Whatever. So, can you work that hocas pocas on me too?"
"In a second."
Brenn waved her hand and she and Spike were both Lethorians. Spike raised his hand like he was about to attack, but when he saw that his hand was red and scaly instead of smooth and white.
"It worked?!" he bellowed. He cocked his head to the side, listening. Something wasn't right. He understood what he said in English, but he knew he wasn't speaking English.
"Shut-up," Brenn threatened. "Do you what them asking questions?"
"No."
"Then let's go. And remember, we may look and sound like Lethory, but to be convincing we have to talk like them too. Try to be monosyllabic."
"Fine, luv."
"Good, now, let's go."
They started down to the temple door, and almost made it through without being asked any questions when the guard blocked their path.
"Why out?" he grunted.
"Look more skins," Brenn grunted back.
"Good. You can in," the guard said, stepping aside and opening the door.
They walked in. Brenn nearly dropped the spell when she saw what was inside. There was enough gold to make even the Incas look poor.
"Wow," Spike breathed.
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Rattling the cage was all Dawn could do. When they had through the others in with her, all of her hopes of a rescue were sent out the window. She had a faint wish that she could wake them up, and Buffy would get them out, but she couldn't seem to wake any of them up.
The door slammed open and two more of the demons stepped in.
"Damn," she whispered to herself.
They began to walk towards her. What are they doing? she thought to herself.
"Get away from me, you freaks," she shrieked at them.
"Dawn, shut-up," one of them scolded in English.
"Yeah. Or do you want us to get caught?" the other asked. Dawn caught a faint trace of an English accent.
"Spike?!"
"Keep it down, Nibblet. Yeah, it's me. Now let's work on gettin' you and the others out of there."
"Can't you wait until the others wake up?"
"No. Now wake them up," the other monster growled.
"Brenn!?"
"Who else?"
"I would have thought you would have split after you sent me here."
"That was an accident. I was trying to send Spike."
"And that's any better?"
"He's a vampire."
"So?"
"Dawn, he's a soulless, heartless being, who would kill you the first chance he gets."
"He wouldn't."
"Really. Do you want to bet. 'Cause I can prove you wrong. You didn't seem him murder your whole family. And you don't have his blood in your veins."
"What?"
"You missed a whole lot when you were out here," Spike said.
"Enough ta-"
"What!" roared a Lethory voice. "I hear human!"
"Fuck," Brenn sighed. "Time to drop this charade."
Dawn blinked, and standing in front of her, instead of the two Lethory, was Brenn and Spike.
"Tuntha!" Brenn commanded, and the door to the cage sprang open. Wake up! she screeched into the others minds. Nothing. She tried again. They still wouldn't wake up.
"Dawn, lay down," Brenn commanded.
"What?"
Brenn looked around. The Lethory looked like they were ready to attack now.
"Just do it!"
Dawn laid down. Brenn waved her hand and everyone in the cage started to float. Brenn floated them out of the cage and in front of her.
"Now, what do we do about this lot?" Spike asked, gesturing to the Lethory who had gathered in front of them.
"Leave them to me," Brenn said with a smirk.
The air boomed and crackled with magic, and all of the Lethory burst into flame.
"What did you do?" Spike asked as they ran out of the temple.
"The oil that their skin produces is highly flammable, so I just created a little spark," Brenn said, shrugging as well as she could while she was running.
"That's all great, but could you put me down?" Dawn asked from her position in the air.
"Sorry Dawn, but this is faster," Brenn consoled.
When they finally reached the portal Brenn floated everyone through the portal one at a time. When it was just her and Dawn left she said to her, "Okay. Now we have to go through at the exact same time."
"Why?"
"I'll tell you later."
"ROAR!"
"Let's go!"
They jumped through the portal and after a tingling sensation, landed back in the living room of the Summer's house.
"What took you?" Xander complained. "I'm going to need a blood transfusion after this."
Brenn ignored him. As soon as she could she ran into the kitchen and grabbed a wet cloth. She ran back into the living room and washed the blood and circle away.
"Brenn, what happened?" Xander asked.
"I'll tell you later," she said, just before she fainted.
Chapter 9
Escape from the Temple
"Bloody brilliant," Spike muttered to Brenn as they crouched outside the entrance to the temple. The had followed the Lethory all the way there, but had no clue as to how to get past the guards.
"What do you mean?" Brenn hissed back, utterly annoyed at being alone with Spike.
"I mean that it was such a brilliant idea for us to follow these demons all the way to there temple, and then sit outside while they do whatever to the others. We should have attacked them before they got in the door."
"And then get killed before we save the others?"
"And they would kill us how? I don't see any stakes."
"They didn't need a stake to kill Raun, now did they?"
"Oh. Forgot about that. Sorry luv."
Brenn shook her head, and thought, ya, selective memory, or it could be the fact that he was such a idiot, the biggest one she had met. If it had been up to him, they would probably both be dead right now.
"So, have any bright ideas on how to get in there?" Spike asked, raising an eyebrow. "Sit around until another party comes out?"
"No. We go in through the front door."
"And how do you propose we do that then?"
"Like this."
Spike looked at her with a look saying, and what is that. Then he blinked, and standing in front of him was no longer Brenn, but a Lethorian. Spike roared, vamped out, and swung his sword. In an instant, one blink Brenn was back in front of him, and he narrowly stopped himself from cutting her in half.
"What the bloody fuckin' hell, Slayer!" he roared in surprise.
"If you try that again, you will be the one hoping that the sword stops in time," Brenn seethed as she glared daggers at him.
"What did you do? I thought that magic did bad things here?"
"Certain spells I said. Transformation spells don't react with the air, so they are safe to do."
"Whatever. So, can you work that hocas pocas on me too?"
"In a second."
Brenn waved her hand and she and Spike were both Lethorians. Spike raised his hand like he was about to attack, but when he saw that his hand was red and scaly instead of smooth and white.
"It worked?!" he bellowed. He cocked his head to the side, listening. Something wasn't right. He understood what he said in English, but he knew he wasn't speaking English.
"Shut-up," Brenn threatened. "Do you what them asking questions?"
"No."
"Then let's go. And remember, we may look and sound like Lethory, but to be convincing we have to talk like them too. Try to be monosyllabic."
"Fine, luv."
"Good, now, let's go."
They started down to the temple door, and almost made it through without being asked any questions when the guard blocked their path.
"Why out?" he grunted.
"Look more skins," Brenn grunted back.
"Good. You can in," the guard said, stepping aside and opening the door.
They walked in. Brenn nearly dropped the spell when she saw what was inside. There was enough gold to make even the Incas look poor.
"Wow," Spike breathed.
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Rattling the cage was all Dawn could do. When they had through the others in with her, all of her hopes of a rescue were sent out the window. She had a faint wish that she could wake them up, and Buffy would get them out, but she couldn't seem to wake any of them up.
The door slammed open and two more of the demons stepped in.
"Damn," she whispered to herself.
They began to walk towards her. What are they doing? she thought to herself.
"Get away from me, you freaks," she shrieked at them.
"Dawn, shut-up," one of them scolded in English.
"Yeah. Or do you want us to get caught?" the other asked. Dawn caught a faint trace of an English accent.
"Spike?!"
"Keep it down, Nibblet. Yeah, it's me. Now let's work on gettin' you and the others out of there."
"Can't you wait until the others wake up?"
"No. Now wake them up," the other monster growled.
"Brenn!?"
"Who else?"
"I would have thought you would have split after you sent me here."
"That was an accident. I was trying to send Spike."
"And that's any better?"
"He's a vampire."
"So?"
"Dawn, he's a soulless, heartless being, who would kill you the first chance he gets."
"He wouldn't."
"Really. Do you want to bet. 'Cause I can prove you wrong. You didn't seem him murder your whole family. And you don't have his blood in your veins."
"What?"
"You missed a whole lot when you were out here," Spike said.
"Enough ta-"
"What!" roared a Lethory voice. "I hear human!"
"Fuck," Brenn sighed. "Time to drop this charade."
Dawn blinked, and standing in front of her, instead of the two Lethory, was Brenn and Spike.
"Tuntha!" Brenn commanded, and the door to the cage sprang open. Wake up! she screeched into the others minds. Nothing. She tried again. They still wouldn't wake up.
"Dawn, lay down," Brenn commanded.
"What?"
Brenn looked around. The Lethory looked like they were ready to attack now.
"Just do it!"
Dawn laid down. Brenn waved her hand and everyone in the cage started to float. Brenn floated them out of the cage and in front of her.
"Now, what do we do about this lot?" Spike asked, gesturing to the Lethory who had gathered in front of them.
"Leave them to me," Brenn said with a smirk.
The air boomed and crackled with magic, and all of the Lethory burst into flame.
"What did you do?" Spike asked as they ran out of the temple.
"The oil that their skin produces is highly flammable, so I just created a little spark," Brenn said, shrugging as well as she could while she was running.
"That's all great, but could you put me down?" Dawn asked from her position in the air.
"Sorry Dawn, but this is faster," Brenn consoled.
When they finally reached the portal Brenn floated everyone through the portal one at a time. When it was just her and Dawn left she said to her, "Okay. Now we have to go through at the exact same time."
"Why?"
"I'll tell you later."
"ROAR!"
"Let's go!"
They jumped through the portal and after a tingling sensation, landed back in the living room of the Summer's house.
"What took you?" Xander complained. "I'm going to need a blood transfusion after this."
Brenn ignored him. As soon as she could she ran into the kitchen and grabbed a wet cloth. She ran back into the living room and washed the blood and circle away.
"Brenn, what happened?" Xander asked.
"I'll tell you later," she said, just before she fainted.