For Him
rei_ite
Summary: Xander gains a driving force.
I dont own any thing in this fic
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Xander wandered towards the Bronze casually, nodding to a few people hanging about the entrance. He started to fumble around in his pocket, for the cover when Buffy barged into him.
"I'm starting to think you dont like me" Buffy looked at him puzzled.
"Oh, um, did you see Willow come by this way with a guy." she spoke hurriedly.
"No, but hey, Go willow, finally hooking up"
"No it's not like that, she's in trouble." That got Xanders attention.
"What happened? Who is it? I'll kill them if they hurt her" Xanders voice had changed suddenly becoming harsh and gravelly.
"No! it's alright I can handle it" Buffy tried to move passed him but he grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around to face him. He peered down into her face as if looking for something before straightening and asking
"Vampire?"
"What? How did you..? Oh never mind. Do you know where'd she'd go?!" Buffy was getting frantic trying to find and save one of her few potential new friends.
Xander looked thoughtful for a moment before a stern " Follow me"
******
"Come on! Come on!" Xander was trying to hurry Jesse along but his friends feet had decided to stop co-operating. Getting away was only made more difficult because Willow couldn't support their friends weight on her side, and he kept slipping down to his knees.
"I'm trying man." Jesse seemed to almost begin to run with them but only made it a few feet when his legs wobbled again, causing him to go down on one knee, almost pulling both his friends down with him.
"Willow let go of him" said Xander finally getting tired of the situation.
"What? why?" Willows words came out in a harsh high pitched panicked voice as she struggled with their current situation. Xander doesn't answer her he just grabs Jesse from her arms, hoists him over one shoulder and begins to run.
They didn't get far.
That girl vamp he'd seen at the crypt being pummeled by Buffy stepped out of the darkness fifty foot ahead of them. Xander turned as Willow whimpered to see two other vamps covering there escape. All three started to close in.
"Jesse, can you stand?"
"I think so" Xander sets Jesse down on his feet. His friend wobbles slightly but manages to keep his balance, giving his head a slight shake as if to clear it.
"Willow get behind us" Xander quickly pushes willow behind him and Jesse as the back up away from their attackers. Xander reaches out to the nearest tree and breaks off a thick branch, than snapped off all the foliage attached to it.
"Nice stick you've got there"
"Not gonna do you much good though" The attackers are within taunting distance and the two men take full advantage. But the girls seems to be sniffing the air and looking for something. She seems to stare right at the spot Xanders friend is and frown slightly.
Xander doesn't say a word he just grabs hold of his improvised stake a little harder than steps forward bringing his arms up in a loose guard. The vamps laugh and one comes at him, casual like.
Xander lashes out with a couple of hard lefts before smacking the vamp right in the eye with a heavy hook. The vamps head is snapped back but when he looks back, he doesn't look phased. In fact he just smiles at Xander. Xander takes a step back before fainting with his right and lashing out with a savage kick to the vamps knee.
The problem is, with feints, they have to be going to block to fall for it.
The vamp just lifted his and caught it on his calf. Then smiled.
Xander got worried.
The vamps fist flashed out faster than he's ever experienced before, smacking him solidly in the chest hard and knocked him back on his ass a couple off feet away.
Xander was used to taking hit's, hard hits, but it felt as if his entire rib cage had been twanged like a guitar string. He couldn't get air into his lungs. And from his position on the ground, he didn't see things going anywhere but to hell. The chick vamp had smacked Jesse around easily, his friend was already on the ground, unconscious. Willow was trying to run but the other vamp had grabbed her wrist and was pulling her to him, a leer shone through his tainted visage.
He was hoisted up into the air by his attacker, feet dangling off the ground.
"Too bad you'll never get a chance to do better" The arrogant sneer accompanied his gloating. He moved in to bite him, just as Willow screamed.
Xanders knee came crashing into vamps conveniently positioned groin when it's fangs were inches from his neck. The vamp dropped him like a sack of potatoes before bending over and grabbing hold of Xanders victims.
Xander slowly got to his feet and walked over to the vamp who was still groaning and holding his marbles.
"I dont need a second chance" he plunged his stake into it's back. The vamp almost looked grateful as it dusted. Almost.
"For Him"
He quickly turned towards where Willow was and found her talking to Buffy, Of the other two vamps there was nothing to be seen
"Where's Jesse?"
******
Xander shuffled into his room. Depressed, aching. He tore his shirt off and grimaced at the large fist shaped bruise on his chest. He sat down on his bed and put his head in his hands.
He couldn't believe it. They got Jesse. His best bud. He's just gone. Like that.
Why ? Because he wasn't good enough to save him. It was his fault. He's done it so many times before, saving him from bullies. If he'd only been faster, stronger. Like Buffy.
His little friend seems to read his thoughts.
* Dont worry. You will be. You'll be stronger. He will make sure of it. In fact, it has already begun * He pointed at the mirror hanging on Xanders wall. Xander looked at his reflection, he knew something was different but he couldn't see it. He got up and had a closer look.
His eye's, it was his eye's.
They had changed. Not much but they had. His brown eye's now had small red circles in them, with definite black outlines around them. they seemed to be arrayed in triangle, one at the top of each of his eye's and two others spread evenly at corners. Three dots per eye. They were all located in the colored brown of his eyes.
* Now you can read these.. * his friend held up the book, opened to the page with his picture. The script all around the picture was still indecipherable to Xander. But the words written in blood behind that. That he could read.
He turned and looked at his friend.
"Your name is Glyndaf, Glyndaf the servant of Him"
rei_ite
Summary: Xander gains a driving force.
I dont own any thing in this fic
*******
Xander wandered towards the Bronze casually, nodding to a few people hanging about the entrance. He started to fumble around in his pocket, for the cover when Buffy barged into him.
"I'm starting to think you dont like me" Buffy looked at him puzzled.
"Oh, um, did you see Willow come by this way with a guy." she spoke hurriedly.
"No, but hey, Go willow, finally hooking up"
"No it's not like that, she's in trouble." That got Xanders attention.
"What happened? Who is it? I'll kill them if they hurt her" Xanders voice had changed suddenly becoming harsh and gravelly.
"No! it's alright I can handle it" Buffy tried to move passed him but he grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around to face him. He peered down into her face as if looking for something before straightening and asking
"Vampire?"
"What? How did you..? Oh never mind. Do you know where'd she'd go?!" Buffy was getting frantic trying to find and save one of her few potential new friends.
Xander looked thoughtful for a moment before a stern " Follow me"
******
"Come on! Come on!" Xander was trying to hurry Jesse along but his friends feet had decided to stop co-operating. Getting away was only made more difficult because Willow couldn't support their friends weight on her side, and he kept slipping down to his knees.
"I'm trying man." Jesse seemed to almost begin to run with them but only made it a few feet when his legs wobbled again, causing him to go down on one knee, almost pulling both his friends down with him.
"Willow let go of him" said Xander finally getting tired of the situation.
"What? why?" Willows words came out in a harsh high pitched panicked voice as she struggled with their current situation. Xander doesn't answer her he just grabs Jesse from her arms, hoists him over one shoulder and begins to run.
They didn't get far.
That girl vamp he'd seen at the crypt being pummeled by Buffy stepped out of the darkness fifty foot ahead of them. Xander turned as Willow whimpered to see two other vamps covering there escape. All three started to close in.
"Jesse, can you stand?"
"I think so" Xander sets Jesse down on his feet. His friend wobbles slightly but manages to keep his balance, giving his head a slight shake as if to clear it.
"Willow get behind us" Xander quickly pushes willow behind him and Jesse as the back up away from their attackers. Xander reaches out to the nearest tree and breaks off a thick branch, than snapped off all the foliage attached to it.
"Nice stick you've got there"
"Not gonna do you much good though" The attackers are within taunting distance and the two men take full advantage. But the girls seems to be sniffing the air and looking for something. She seems to stare right at the spot Xanders friend is and frown slightly.
Xander doesn't say a word he just grabs hold of his improvised stake a little harder than steps forward bringing his arms up in a loose guard. The vamps laugh and one comes at him, casual like.
Xander lashes out with a couple of hard lefts before smacking the vamp right in the eye with a heavy hook. The vamps head is snapped back but when he looks back, he doesn't look phased. In fact he just smiles at Xander. Xander takes a step back before fainting with his right and lashing out with a savage kick to the vamps knee.
The problem is, with feints, they have to be going to block to fall for it.
The vamp just lifted his and caught it on his calf. Then smiled.
Xander got worried.
The vamps fist flashed out faster than he's ever experienced before, smacking him solidly in the chest hard and knocked him back on his ass a couple off feet away.
Xander was used to taking hit's, hard hits, but it felt as if his entire rib cage had been twanged like a guitar string. He couldn't get air into his lungs. And from his position on the ground, he didn't see things going anywhere but to hell. The chick vamp had smacked Jesse around easily, his friend was already on the ground, unconscious. Willow was trying to run but the other vamp had grabbed her wrist and was pulling her to him, a leer shone through his tainted visage.
He was hoisted up into the air by his attacker, feet dangling off the ground.
"Too bad you'll never get a chance to do better" The arrogant sneer accompanied his gloating. He moved in to bite him, just as Willow screamed.
Xanders knee came crashing into vamps conveniently positioned groin when it's fangs were inches from his neck. The vamp dropped him like a sack of potatoes before bending over and grabbing hold of Xanders victims.
Xander slowly got to his feet and walked over to the vamp who was still groaning and holding his marbles.
"I dont need a second chance" he plunged his stake into it's back. The vamp almost looked grateful as it dusted. Almost.
"For Him"
He quickly turned towards where Willow was and found her talking to Buffy, Of the other two vamps there was nothing to be seen
"Where's Jesse?"
******
Xander shuffled into his room. Depressed, aching. He tore his shirt off and grimaced at the large fist shaped bruise on his chest. He sat down on his bed and put his head in his hands.
He couldn't believe it. They got Jesse. His best bud. He's just gone. Like that.
Why ? Because he wasn't good enough to save him. It was his fault. He's done it so many times before, saving him from bullies. If he'd only been faster, stronger. Like Buffy.
His little friend seems to read his thoughts.
* Dont worry. You will be. You'll be stronger. He will make sure of it. In fact, it has already begun * He pointed at the mirror hanging on Xanders wall. Xander looked at his reflection, he knew something was different but he couldn't see it. He got up and had a closer look.
His eye's, it was his eye's.
They had changed. Not much but they had. His brown eye's now had small red circles in them, with definite black outlines around them. they seemed to be arrayed in triangle, one at the top of each of his eye's and two others spread evenly at corners. Three dots per eye. They were all located in the colored brown of his eyes.
* Now you can read these.. * his friend held up the book, opened to the page with his picture. The script all around the picture was still indecipherable to Xander. But the words written in blood behind that. That he could read.
He turned and looked at his friend.
"Your name is Glyndaf, Glyndaf the servant of Him"