Previous disclaimers still apply. I still don't own the Buffyverse, or any
of the characters. Evan however is original so don't be messing with my
boy. Remember R&R!
I want to thank: g.e.: Hey I'm glad you took the time to read and I'm hoping I won't let you down. Also thanks for the review on the last chapter. You don't know what that does for the confidence level.
Danamel99: Mad props to her for beta reading, correcting my grammar, and making me sound more articulate than I really am.ya'll. : )
Anyone else: those who took the time to read.
With that said on to the story!
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Chapter 5: Throwin' Down At The Bronze
Willow saw the luminescent blue blade swinging at her neck. She was so taken by surprise that it took her a moment to realize that the blade had passed through her. There was a popping sound behind her and she turned just in time to see the dusty remnants of a vampire scatter to the floor. Turning back to look at Evan she saw that he was not there anymore but had moved deeper into the crowd towards the stage.
The sight of the man with the glowing blue object caused many of the people to panic and to leave the dance floor in a hurry and Willow was doing the same until someone grabbed her arm. She spun to punch whoever had grabbed her and found her fist caught by Buffy in one hand while the other clutched a sharpened stake. "Are you alright Willow," The Slayer said above the thumping of the dance music that blared across the floor.
Willow grabbed at her throat where the blade had passed through and felt nothing wrong, "Yeah, I'm fine." She would have nodded but she was afraid her head might fall off.
Buffy gave her a nod and set off into the now fleeing crowd after Evan.
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"Holy shit," Xander exclaimed from the bar as he saw the events that occurred on the dance floor. He hurried back over to their table to check on Willow but as soon as he got their, he heard a low feral growl and turned to see two vampires stalking toward the rest of the Scooby's. Reaching into his pocket Xander produced a cross, and the vamps shied back repulsed by the image.
Seizing the moment Spike jumped one of them and began trading blows with it. Showing skill learned from many fights the platinum haired vampire master fended off the attacks of the younger one with ease almost as if he was toying with her. Finally the fledgling vampire was able to get in a punch in that rocked Spike's head back. Looking back toward her he glared, "Is that all you've got you stupid bent?" Suddenly he went into game face and launched into a blinding attack before finally pulling a stake out of his coat and dusting the other vampire.
With Spike dealing with one vampire that still left one more to contend with. Once again it began stalking toward Xander who had placed himself between Dawn and Anya. Suddenly the vampire lunged and Xander found himself lying on top of the table with both his arms pinned and the vampire leaning over him. "Don't worry this will only hurt for a little bit," it said leaning forward with fangs bared.
Xander struggled but could not match the strength of the vampire. He was almost to the point of panic when he heard a rustle followed by a squishing sound and suddenly found his face wet. The vampire reeled back screaming in pain, holding its hands over its smoking face. Xander turned and saw Dawn holding a squirt gun presumably pulled from her purse. "Good shot Dawnie. Good to know someone's always prepared like a good Boy Scout.er, Girl Scout," Xander said wiping the holy water from his face, Dawn just smirked and held the toy gun on the vampire in case it tried to come back at them.
Anya reached into her purse and pulled out a stake and threw it to him, "Just hurry and finish it off before he comes back over here more pissed then he was before."
Xander caught the stake and lunged for the vampire, ramming the sharpened wood into its chest causing it to crumble to dust. Standing for a moment watching the dust fall to the ground Xander stepped back and leaned against the table his heart thrumming from the excess of adrenaline in his system. "I'll say one thing it never gets boring around here."
Spike walked back over to the table and pulled out a cigarette and lit it, "Well I think this definitely qualifies as one of the best nights out in a while. No First or demons just good spot of vampiric carnage."
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Evan of course was not too hard for Buffy to find. The dance floor had completely cleared out and he was in the center of it at the moment with six vampires, intent on payback for their fallen comrade. One of the vampires had grabbed a microphone stand from the stage and swung it at Evan, which he deftly parried with a loud clank. With a spin he decapitated the vampire, and turned to look for the next enemy. The vampires changed tactics and two of them decided to take him at once. They quickly drew up short at what they saw next: the sword had disappeared from the guy's hand it seemed like he was . dancing. Or at least it looked like dancing. His feet seemed to move in a rhythmic pattern to the beat of the music that was still playing.
One of the vamps decided he'd had enough and launched a kick at Evan's head, intent on taking it off. The kick never connected though. Evan side stepped it and launched a sidekick of his own that landed squarely on the jaw of the vampire, dropping him like rock. Evan returned to the original stance, dancing back and forth waiting for the next attacker.
"That's capoeira," one of vampires said watching the battle.
"Capo-what," said another vampire.
"Don't you remember that movie about that army guy and kids in Miami and he taught them that weird dancing fighting style?"
"No."
"Oh."
Evan didn't have to wait long before the other vampire found his courage and came at him adopting a fighting stance. The vampire launched a left hook and a right jab but to his frustration neither connected because of Evan's quick footwork. Launching his own attack, Evan pivoted on his left foot, spun planting his right hand on the ground and swung his right foot right into the face of the vampire knocking it back.
Coming back up the glowing sword was back in his hand and he turned to the rest of the vampires with a smirk on his face, "Come on guys let's go ahead and finish this." With snarls the vampires pulled their two fallen brethren back to their feet and rushed toward Evan. With a flurry of swings and twists the air became full of dust as the vampires disintegrated before the fury of Evan's mysterious sword.
Turning around he began to advance upon the last vampire but it suddenly exploded into dust revealing the form of the petite blonde who had only recently sat across from him. "So do you normally do this when you meet new people," she said holding the stake in front of her as if to strike at him.
"Only for the ones I like. DUCK!"
Evan made a stab at Buffy that passed over her head and she was covered in a shower of dust. Spitting and sputtering she stood up and looked around her and saw that all the vampires had either been dusted or had retreated from their failed attack. In their wake though they had left some people visibly injured who the other Scooby's were attending too. Turning to look back at Evan, the sound of the techno music still blaring, Buffy looked at him with a slight tilt to her head fixed him with a look of curiosity, "Who are you?"
Looking at the sword that he held in his hands, Evan glanced up at Buffy and raised his right arm as if to drop the sword behind his head. It however never hit the floor because it seemed to have disappeared leaving Evan with an empty hand. Turning he made as if to walk past Buffy but she stepped in front of him to try to stop him. Evan grabbed Buffy with his large hands around her arms picked her up and set her out of his path and walked away leaving behind a shocked Slayer.
The rest of the Scoobies finally seeing the coast was clear came over to check on Buffy and found her staring toward the front door. Dawn followed her gaze and looked at her sister, "Where's Evan, Buffy?"
"He just.left."
Buffy just stood there. It seemed there was a new player in town and she only had one question on her mind: was he on their side or the other?
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Okay I'm on a roll here! Two chapters in a 24-hour period, my muse must have finally gotten the email I've been sending her. Anyway if you read it please review it. Doesn't matter if you didn't like it, still review, like any writer I live for feedback.
I want to thank: g.e.: Hey I'm glad you took the time to read and I'm hoping I won't let you down. Also thanks for the review on the last chapter. You don't know what that does for the confidence level.
Danamel99: Mad props to her for beta reading, correcting my grammar, and making me sound more articulate than I really am.ya'll. : )
Anyone else: those who took the time to read.
With that said on to the story!
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Chapter 5: Throwin' Down At The Bronze
Willow saw the luminescent blue blade swinging at her neck. She was so taken by surprise that it took her a moment to realize that the blade had passed through her. There was a popping sound behind her and she turned just in time to see the dusty remnants of a vampire scatter to the floor. Turning back to look at Evan she saw that he was not there anymore but had moved deeper into the crowd towards the stage.
The sight of the man with the glowing blue object caused many of the people to panic and to leave the dance floor in a hurry and Willow was doing the same until someone grabbed her arm. She spun to punch whoever had grabbed her and found her fist caught by Buffy in one hand while the other clutched a sharpened stake. "Are you alright Willow," The Slayer said above the thumping of the dance music that blared across the floor.
Willow grabbed at her throat where the blade had passed through and felt nothing wrong, "Yeah, I'm fine." She would have nodded but she was afraid her head might fall off.
Buffy gave her a nod and set off into the now fleeing crowd after Evan.
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"Holy shit," Xander exclaimed from the bar as he saw the events that occurred on the dance floor. He hurried back over to their table to check on Willow but as soon as he got their, he heard a low feral growl and turned to see two vampires stalking toward the rest of the Scooby's. Reaching into his pocket Xander produced a cross, and the vamps shied back repulsed by the image.
Seizing the moment Spike jumped one of them and began trading blows with it. Showing skill learned from many fights the platinum haired vampire master fended off the attacks of the younger one with ease almost as if he was toying with her. Finally the fledgling vampire was able to get in a punch in that rocked Spike's head back. Looking back toward her he glared, "Is that all you've got you stupid bent?" Suddenly he went into game face and launched into a blinding attack before finally pulling a stake out of his coat and dusting the other vampire.
With Spike dealing with one vampire that still left one more to contend with. Once again it began stalking toward Xander who had placed himself between Dawn and Anya. Suddenly the vampire lunged and Xander found himself lying on top of the table with both his arms pinned and the vampire leaning over him. "Don't worry this will only hurt for a little bit," it said leaning forward with fangs bared.
Xander struggled but could not match the strength of the vampire. He was almost to the point of panic when he heard a rustle followed by a squishing sound and suddenly found his face wet. The vampire reeled back screaming in pain, holding its hands over its smoking face. Xander turned and saw Dawn holding a squirt gun presumably pulled from her purse. "Good shot Dawnie. Good to know someone's always prepared like a good Boy Scout.er, Girl Scout," Xander said wiping the holy water from his face, Dawn just smirked and held the toy gun on the vampire in case it tried to come back at them.
Anya reached into her purse and pulled out a stake and threw it to him, "Just hurry and finish it off before he comes back over here more pissed then he was before."
Xander caught the stake and lunged for the vampire, ramming the sharpened wood into its chest causing it to crumble to dust. Standing for a moment watching the dust fall to the ground Xander stepped back and leaned against the table his heart thrumming from the excess of adrenaline in his system. "I'll say one thing it never gets boring around here."
Spike walked back over to the table and pulled out a cigarette and lit it, "Well I think this definitely qualifies as one of the best nights out in a while. No First or demons just good spot of vampiric carnage."
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Evan of course was not too hard for Buffy to find. The dance floor had completely cleared out and he was in the center of it at the moment with six vampires, intent on payback for their fallen comrade. One of the vampires had grabbed a microphone stand from the stage and swung it at Evan, which he deftly parried with a loud clank. With a spin he decapitated the vampire, and turned to look for the next enemy. The vampires changed tactics and two of them decided to take him at once. They quickly drew up short at what they saw next: the sword had disappeared from the guy's hand it seemed like he was . dancing. Or at least it looked like dancing. His feet seemed to move in a rhythmic pattern to the beat of the music that was still playing.
One of the vamps decided he'd had enough and launched a kick at Evan's head, intent on taking it off. The kick never connected though. Evan side stepped it and launched a sidekick of his own that landed squarely on the jaw of the vampire, dropping him like rock. Evan returned to the original stance, dancing back and forth waiting for the next attacker.
"That's capoeira," one of vampires said watching the battle.
"Capo-what," said another vampire.
"Don't you remember that movie about that army guy and kids in Miami and he taught them that weird dancing fighting style?"
"No."
"Oh."
Evan didn't have to wait long before the other vampire found his courage and came at him adopting a fighting stance. The vampire launched a left hook and a right jab but to his frustration neither connected because of Evan's quick footwork. Launching his own attack, Evan pivoted on his left foot, spun planting his right hand on the ground and swung his right foot right into the face of the vampire knocking it back.
Coming back up the glowing sword was back in his hand and he turned to the rest of the vampires with a smirk on his face, "Come on guys let's go ahead and finish this." With snarls the vampires pulled their two fallen brethren back to their feet and rushed toward Evan. With a flurry of swings and twists the air became full of dust as the vampires disintegrated before the fury of Evan's mysterious sword.
Turning around he began to advance upon the last vampire but it suddenly exploded into dust revealing the form of the petite blonde who had only recently sat across from him. "So do you normally do this when you meet new people," she said holding the stake in front of her as if to strike at him.
"Only for the ones I like. DUCK!"
Evan made a stab at Buffy that passed over her head and she was covered in a shower of dust. Spitting and sputtering she stood up and looked around her and saw that all the vampires had either been dusted or had retreated from their failed attack. In their wake though they had left some people visibly injured who the other Scooby's were attending too. Turning to look back at Evan, the sound of the techno music still blaring, Buffy looked at him with a slight tilt to her head fixed him with a look of curiosity, "Who are you?"
Looking at the sword that he held in his hands, Evan glanced up at Buffy and raised his right arm as if to drop the sword behind his head. It however never hit the floor because it seemed to have disappeared leaving Evan with an empty hand. Turning he made as if to walk past Buffy but she stepped in front of him to try to stop him. Evan grabbed Buffy with his large hands around her arms picked her up and set her out of his path and walked away leaving behind a shocked Slayer.
The rest of the Scoobies finally seeing the coast was clear came over to check on Buffy and found her staring toward the front door. Dawn followed her gaze and looked at her sister, "Where's Evan, Buffy?"
"He just.left."
Buffy just stood there. It seemed there was a new player in town and she only had one question on her mind: was he on their side or the other?
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Okay I'm on a roll here! Two chapters in a 24-hour period, my muse must have finally gotten the email I've been sending her. Anyway if you read it please review it. Doesn't matter if you didn't like it, still review, like any writer I live for feedback.