For Him
rei_ite
Summary: There's a force that drives Xander, he just doesn't know why.
I dont own any thing in this fic
Hey this things taken a life of it's own. I'll try to improve grammar and such for ya's
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Giles car stopped a block away from the Bronze. It's occupants sitting in silence for a moment. Just...waiting. The consequences of what they were about to do hung heavily in their minds.
"Lets go" Buffy snapped them into action. All almost launching themselves out of the car and striding purposefully towards the 'Bronze'.
When they didn't see anyone on the door, they knew their suspicions had be correct. This was the place.
Buffy rushed to the front entrance, trying to open the thick metal door.
"Where too late! It's locked."
"Can you break it down?" asked Willow. Buffy gave the door an appraising look.
"No, not this. We'll have to find another way in. You guys try the back entrance, I'll find my own way in.
******
Xander hit the back door with his shoulder before turning to the others.
"No luck" he said before bending down and examining the lock.
"There's got to be another way in!" said Giles frustratingly.
"I'm not sure..." Willow said uncertainly.
* Willow, take Giles around the corner for a second * said Crytex firmly
Willow had to stop herself from answering back but gave the cloud a questioning look.
* Dont worry, It's only for a second, Xander knows what he's doing * Willow nodded in the affirmative, than silently berated herself for the slip.
"Giles, there might be another entry this way" Willow said to Giles while heading for the corner. Giles looked at her hopefully before following, not noticing Xanders absence for the moment.
Xander himself was ready the moment Giles rounded the corner. He jammed his elbow up against the gap in the door, lined up directly with the just visible deadbolt.
"God I hope this works and doesn't brake my arm blade thingy"
* Dont worry it'll take something a lot tougher than that bolt to break one of your blades * Glyndaf assured. If Glyndaf hadn't been with Xander all these years, Xander would have laughed at him.
As it is, Xander still closed his eye's as he clenched his fist and moved his arm slightly backwards.
His blades were getting easier to use. He had practiced a bit with them at home that night. Just sliding them in and out. They were starting to get the feeling of another limb, were you didn't have to think about it half the time, they just did it.
The blades never made a sound as they shot out of his arms. The only sound was a small 'thunk' as they carved through the deadbolt with ease.
Xander smiled and opened his eye's before sliding the blades back in and yelling...
"Guys! I got it!"
Willow and Giles returned to him shouldering the door open. Willow giving him a broad smile, and Giles an approving nod. He smirked at both of them.
"Come on, Party's just gettin' good" he said in his best corny actors voice.
The three strode through the door, to find things not as they would have liked. Their grins disappeared
Buffy was up on stage, fighting a huge Vampire with a star on his head, the anointed. Several dead were sprawled all over the stage. Other vampires occupied the room, maybe three or four, two seemed to have taken advantage of the situation and started to have a snack.
Willow and Xander stopped and stared at the scene for a moment, the dead and the vampires the most prominent in they're minds. They didn't even notice Giles begin to herd the crown out the door.
* Can you see what they've done? * Began Crytex to both Willow and Xander.
* They did that to Jesse * Added Glyndaf.
* They took away your friend * They're blood was boiling. Anger rising.
* Your BEST friend * Xander handed Willow a cross and stake and grabbed a couple of stakes, tucked them into his belt, then lifted the bottle of Holy water into his hand than dumped his bag.
* Made him one of them * They started forward.
* Corrupted him * Anger turned into rage.
* Ruined him *
* Stole Him *
* KILLED HIM * That pushed Xander over the edge. With a roar he surged towards the closest vampire and swung the bottle of holy water with all his might! The vamp looked up from it's corpse of blood to take the bottle of holy water to the face. There were simultaneous 'Cracks'. That of the vampires nose and the other of the J B bottle smashing open due the impact with the vamps skull. The vamp reeled, yelling it's pain, and tripped up on it's previous 'Juice carton' and fell to the floor, writhing and smoking.
Willow stood over it for a second, letting it burn before, with a brutal, if slightly awkward stab, dusted it.
"For Him"
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Xander hadn't stopped his momentum. He rushed towards the next vamp, scooping up a wooden stool in his rush and hurling it towards the vamp. The vamp struck it in mid air, splintering the stool, only to see Xanders screaming form a lot closer.
Xanders first fist caught the vampire in the cheek, his know sharp, pointed knuckles tore a gash right through it. You could see it's fangs through the hole. The second caught it on the collar bone, carving a deep cut of flesh from it. Xander tried to keep his punches coming faster and faster, to keep the vamp reeling. His anger fueling his blows, he almost got away with it.
Pulling a fist back to punch again, it was suddenly caught by a very strong hand. Too strong a hand. His arms were grabbed and locked behind his back. A dead voice in his ear.
"Your gonna hurt before you bleed"
The vamp Xander had been beating on, was on it's feet again. Grinning ferally. Xander bucked around in his captors hold, trying to free himself, but was easily held tight. The first punch caught him on the chin, it should of broken his jaw but didn't. The second just below his left eye. Than the vamp started to alternate, face, guts, face chest and so on in rapid succession. Xander clung to consciousness, his hatred and anger and the pain not letting him slip under. His head was ringing. Someone was talking to him. Willow? No not Willow, another friend. He caught an image of Jesse just standing there, not ten feet away, smiling at him and tapping his elbow. His head rocked from a blow and he was gone. Then it was Glyndaf, yelling at him and tapping his elbow.
It finally sunk in.
Summoning the last of his strength, and all of his anger. Xander roared and surged up clenching his fists and arms. Suddenly he wasn't being held anymore, and it wasn't him who was screaming. Realizing what had happened, Xander crouched and spun at the waist, elbows out. His blades took the now armless vampires feet off just above it's knees. It screamed some more and toppled backwards into a puddle of it's own blood, screaming and writhing to it's limited extent.
The other vampire couldn't believe what had just happened and stood there dumbstruck. Xander took the moment of opportunity and from his crouched position, jammed a bladed elbow into the vamps gut. The vamps mouth snapped open in silent pain and surprise before it grabbed hold of Xanders arm. Xander rose, and the blade rose with him, sliding maybe six inches further up the vamps torso before the screaming creature halted Xanders movement with pain strengthened limbs. Xander tried for a moment to keep the blade going up, but changed directions and slid his blade down, down, down out the vamps groin. The creature collapsed as one leg stopped working and it passed out from the pain.
Xander tiredly pulled out a stake and staked the defenseless vamp and turned and did the same to his appendage-less friend.
"For HIM!"
He sunk to his knees, and started panting. He could feel his face swelling already and blood running from a dozen cuts on his face. His chest felt like a massive bruise, he felt as if he should have some broken or cracked ribs but luckily he didn't.
He still smiled. He had won. They had not.
God it felt good.
He looked up suddenly, hearing Giles yell.
******
Willow was waving more people through the exit when she heard Giles yell out. She turned to see a female vamp grappling with him. More precisely the vamp that had taken Jesse the other night. Giles was struggling for his crossbow, which was held between them
Willow snarled at the back of the creature, and started to power towards it, stake raised. Confidence from her earlier staking racing through her head. She was a foot away, ready to strike the creature down, just as it was ready to take a bite out of Giles, when the vamp suddenly spun around and raked a taloned claw across her stake wielding arm. Willow felt herself spun with the blow as she dropped her stake. Than felt herself thumped in the back by the vamp. The blow sent her sprawling five feet away, landing hard on her elbows and knees. Her jaw thumped against the flaw and she felt her lip split.
"WILLOW!"
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"WILLOW!" Xander surged to his feet as he saw Willow take the hit. He saw the vamp glare evilly at Willow's prone form, while holding Giles in one hand.
Xander recognized that vamp and charged forward.
"Did you think you could just walk up and stake me child? Did you think I was that STUPID?!" the vamp hissed at Willow. Suddenly Giles took advantage of the vamps lack of interest in him, and smashed the steel capped butt of the crossbow into her face. Her grip on him was lost and she staggered.
"I am not a child, but I certainly think you are rather stupid" The vamp growled at him before smashing through his crossbow with a backhanded blow.
It was a good comeback.
Until Xanders charging form slammed into her, sending her smaller frame into the ground. But Xander had slowed down since his beating and only managed to get one blow in before she struck back with a blow that lifted him clear off her. But than it was Giles form that crashed into her, pinning her. He held her long enough that Xander was able to get a hold of her again. Grabbing one of her arms while Giles grabbed the other, both holding her while desperately trying not to be bitten.
Neither could reach for a stake, for even letting up just a bit of pressure would allow the vamp thrashing in their grip to rip them to shreds.
"Willow, get up! Come on, we need help!"
*******
Willow groaned and rolled over when she heard Xanders call for help
That had hurt.
She laid like that, stunned for a few moments, her arms and legs stinging from the impact. Her head was ringing and her vision spinning. She clenched her teeth than rolled back onto her stomach before letting out a cry of pain as she pushed herself to her hands and knees, and felt tears stream down her face.
That had really hurt.
She lurched to her feet slowly, steadying herself as a small feeling of vertigo passed over her. She quickly made her way to her dropped stake before rushing to Xander and Giles aid.
* Go around to her head so she cant kick at you * suggested Crytex as Willow approached the thrashing vamp, who was currently cursing Xander and Giles in colorful, descriptive ways.
She made her way round and crouched down, looking the vamp in the eye's.
"You killed a friend of mine you bitch!" She raised the stake to finish the job, tears in her eye's.
"Wait!" said Xander suddenly ordered tensely. Willow gave him a questioning look, clearly surprised. Giles was doing the same just much more intensely.
"Crack her in the skull once for me" Willow smirked at him in a very xanderish way before smashing the vamp in the teeth with the blunt end of the stake. It didn't really do anything more than piss the vamp off some more, but it was the thought that counts.
Willow proceeded to stake the vamp good.
"For Him" so quiet, only the dying vamp heard it.
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The second the pressure was gone, Xander scooped Willow up in his arms, hugging her fiercely, before pulling back and looking her up and down.
"Are you aright? Are you hurt? Where does it hurt?" Worry was evident in his voice.
"Everywhere, but I'll be alright, what about you? You look like crap" Xander smiled and looked mock hurt.
"I like to think I'm rather good looking" she rolled her eye's at him.
Giles suddenly crouched down next to them, looking at Willow. He quietly added.
"Thank you Willow, you saved me tonight" he gave her a kind smile which Willow returned brightly. Suddenly they all ripped around upon hearing a window shatter.
Up on stage the large vampire was cowering, a bright light shining down on him.
"It's in about nine hours moron" Buffy staked him with finesse'. She stared around for a moment looking about the mostly empty club before spotting her friends. She hopped down from stage and trotted over to them.
"Hey guys, you all okay?" she asked in a rather perky blond tone.
"Were good Buffy..." the others nodded "... I've got no idea how I'm gonna cover this up from my parents though" said Willow worriedly, flashing a hand towards her split lip.
Buffy seized her by the arm dragging her away. "Dont worry, you are know talking to the after battle make-up queen! I've covered up so many split lips it's in my blood. All you need to..." Willow tossed a glance back Xander and Giles, half confused, half smiling. Xander gave her a little wave before turning to Giles;
"Soo, you any good at stitches?"
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rei_ite
Summary: There's a force that drives Xander, he just doesn't know why.
I dont own any thing in this fic
Hey this things taken a life of it's own. I'll try to improve grammar and such for ya's
*******
Giles car stopped a block away from the Bronze. It's occupants sitting in silence for a moment. Just...waiting. The consequences of what they were about to do hung heavily in their minds.
"Lets go" Buffy snapped them into action. All almost launching themselves out of the car and striding purposefully towards the 'Bronze'.
When they didn't see anyone on the door, they knew their suspicions had be correct. This was the place.
Buffy rushed to the front entrance, trying to open the thick metal door.
"Where too late! It's locked."
"Can you break it down?" asked Willow. Buffy gave the door an appraising look.
"No, not this. We'll have to find another way in. You guys try the back entrance, I'll find my own way in.
******
Xander hit the back door with his shoulder before turning to the others.
"No luck" he said before bending down and examining the lock.
"There's got to be another way in!" said Giles frustratingly.
"I'm not sure..." Willow said uncertainly.
* Willow, take Giles around the corner for a second * said Crytex firmly
Willow had to stop herself from answering back but gave the cloud a questioning look.
* Dont worry, It's only for a second, Xander knows what he's doing * Willow nodded in the affirmative, than silently berated herself for the slip.
"Giles, there might be another entry this way" Willow said to Giles while heading for the corner. Giles looked at her hopefully before following, not noticing Xanders absence for the moment.
Xander himself was ready the moment Giles rounded the corner. He jammed his elbow up against the gap in the door, lined up directly with the just visible deadbolt.
"God I hope this works and doesn't brake my arm blade thingy"
* Dont worry it'll take something a lot tougher than that bolt to break one of your blades * Glyndaf assured. If Glyndaf hadn't been with Xander all these years, Xander would have laughed at him.
As it is, Xander still closed his eye's as he clenched his fist and moved his arm slightly backwards.
His blades were getting easier to use. He had practiced a bit with them at home that night. Just sliding them in and out. They were starting to get the feeling of another limb, were you didn't have to think about it half the time, they just did it.
The blades never made a sound as they shot out of his arms. The only sound was a small 'thunk' as they carved through the deadbolt with ease.
Xander smiled and opened his eye's before sliding the blades back in and yelling...
"Guys! I got it!"
Willow and Giles returned to him shouldering the door open. Willow giving him a broad smile, and Giles an approving nod. He smirked at both of them.
"Come on, Party's just gettin' good" he said in his best corny actors voice.
The three strode through the door, to find things not as they would have liked. Their grins disappeared
Buffy was up on stage, fighting a huge Vampire with a star on his head, the anointed. Several dead were sprawled all over the stage. Other vampires occupied the room, maybe three or four, two seemed to have taken advantage of the situation and started to have a snack.
Willow and Xander stopped and stared at the scene for a moment, the dead and the vampires the most prominent in they're minds. They didn't even notice Giles begin to herd the crown out the door.
* Can you see what they've done? * Began Crytex to both Willow and Xander.
* They did that to Jesse * Added Glyndaf.
* They took away your friend * They're blood was boiling. Anger rising.
* Your BEST friend * Xander handed Willow a cross and stake and grabbed a couple of stakes, tucked them into his belt, then lifted the bottle of Holy water into his hand than dumped his bag.
* Made him one of them * They started forward.
* Corrupted him * Anger turned into rage.
* Ruined him *
* Stole Him *
* KILLED HIM * That pushed Xander over the edge. With a roar he surged towards the closest vampire and swung the bottle of holy water with all his might! The vamp looked up from it's corpse of blood to take the bottle of holy water to the face. There were simultaneous 'Cracks'. That of the vampires nose and the other of the J B bottle smashing open due the impact with the vamps skull. The vamp reeled, yelling it's pain, and tripped up on it's previous 'Juice carton' and fell to the floor, writhing and smoking.
Willow stood over it for a second, letting it burn before, with a brutal, if slightly awkward stab, dusted it.
"For Him"
*******
Xander hadn't stopped his momentum. He rushed towards the next vamp, scooping up a wooden stool in his rush and hurling it towards the vamp. The vamp struck it in mid air, splintering the stool, only to see Xanders screaming form a lot closer.
Xanders first fist caught the vampire in the cheek, his know sharp, pointed knuckles tore a gash right through it. You could see it's fangs through the hole. The second caught it on the collar bone, carving a deep cut of flesh from it. Xander tried to keep his punches coming faster and faster, to keep the vamp reeling. His anger fueling his blows, he almost got away with it.
Pulling a fist back to punch again, it was suddenly caught by a very strong hand. Too strong a hand. His arms were grabbed and locked behind his back. A dead voice in his ear.
"Your gonna hurt before you bleed"
The vamp Xander had been beating on, was on it's feet again. Grinning ferally. Xander bucked around in his captors hold, trying to free himself, but was easily held tight. The first punch caught him on the chin, it should of broken his jaw but didn't. The second just below his left eye. Than the vamp started to alternate, face, guts, face chest and so on in rapid succession. Xander clung to consciousness, his hatred and anger and the pain not letting him slip under. His head was ringing. Someone was talking to him. Willow? No not Willow, another friend. He caught an image of Jesse just standing there, not ten feet away, smiling at him and tapping his elbow. His head rocked from a blow and he was gone. Then it was Glyndaf, yelling at him and tapping his elbow.
It finally sunk in.
Summoning the last of his strength, and all of his anger. Xander roared and surged up clenching his fists and arms. Suddenly he wasn't being held anymore, and it wasn't him who was screaming. Realizing what had happened, Xander crouched and spun at the waist, elbows out. His blades took the now armless vampires feet off just above it's knees. It screamed some more and toppled backwards into a puddle of it's own blood, screaming and writhing to it's limited extent.
The other vampire couldn't believe what had just happened and stood there dumbstruck. Xander took the moment of opportunity and from his crouched position, jammed a bladed elbow into the vamps gut. The vamps mouth snapped open in silent pain and surprise before it grabbed hold of Xanders arm. Xander rose, and the blade rose with him, sliding maybe six inches further up the vamps torso before the screaming creature halted Xanders movement with pain strengthened limbs. Xander tried for a moment to keep the blade going up, but changed directions and slid his blade down, down, down out the vamps groin. The creature collapsed as one leg stopped working and it passed out from the pain.
Xander tiredly pulled out a stake and staked the defenseless vamp and turned and did the same to his appendage-less friend.
"For HIM!"
He sunk to his knees, and started panting. He could feel his face swelling already and blood running from a dozen cuts on his face. His chest felt like a massive bruise, he felt as if he should have some broken or cracked ribs but luckily he didn't.
He still smiled. He had won. They had not.
God it felt good.
He looked up suddenly, hearing Giles yell.
******
Willow was waving more people through the exit when she heard Giles yell out. She turned to see a female vamp grappling with him. More precisely the vamp that had taken Jesse the other night. Giles was struggling for his crossbow, which was held between them
Willow snarled at the back of the creature, and started to power towards it, stake raised. Confidence from her earlier staking racing through her head. She was a foot away, ready to strike the creature down, just as it was ready to take a bite out of Giles, when the vamp suddenly spun around and raked a taloned claw across her stake wielding arm. Willow felt herself spun with the blow as she dropped her stake. Than felt herself thumped in the back by the vamp. The blow sent her sprawling five feet away, landing hard on her elbows and knees. Her jaw thumped against the flaw and she felt her lip split.
"WILLOW!"
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"WILLOW!" Xander surged to his feet as he saw Willow take the hit. He saw the vamp glare evilly at Willow's prone form, while holding Giles in one hand.
Xander recognized that vamp and charged forward.
"Did you think you could just walk up and stake me child? Did you think I was that STUPID?!" the vamp hissed at Willow. Suddenly Giles took advantage of the vamps lack of interest in him, and smashed the steel capped butt of the crossbow into her face. Her grip on him was lost and she staggered.
"I am not a child, but I certainly think you are rather stupid" The vamp growled at him before smashing through his crossbow with a backhanded blow.
It was a good comeback.
Until Xanders charging form slammed into her, sending her smaller frame into the ground. But Xander had slowed down since his beating and only managed to get one blow in before she struck back with a blow that lifted him clear off her. But than it was Giles form that crashed into her, pinning her. He held her long enough that Xander was able to get a hold of her again. Grabbing one of her arms while Giles grabbed the other, both holding her while desperately trying not to be bitten.
Neither could reach for a stake, for even letting up just a bit of pressure would allow the vamp thrashing in their grip to rip them to shreds.
"Willow, get up! Come on, we need help!"
*******
Willow groaned and rolled over when she heard Xanders call for help
That had hurt.
She laid like that, stunned for a few moments, her arms and legs stinging from the impact. Her head was ringing and her vision spinning. She clenched her teeth than rolled back onto her stomach before letting out a cry of pain as she pushed herself to her hands and knees, and felt tears stream down her face.
That had really hurt.
She lurched to her feet slowly, steadying herself as a small feeling of vertigo passed over her. She quickly made her way to her dropped stake before rushing to Xander and Giles aid.
* Go around to her head so she cant kick at you * suggested Crytex as Willow approached the thrashing vamp, who was currently cursing Xander and Giles in colorful, descriptive ways.
She made her way round and crouched down, looking the vamp in the eye's.
"You killed a friend of mine you bitch!" She raised the stake to finish the job, tears in her eye's.
"Wait!" said Xander suddenly ordered tensely. Willow gave him a questioning look, clearly surprised. Giles was doing the same just much more intensely.
"Crack her in the skull once for me" Willow smirked at him in a very xanderish way before smashing the vamp in the teeth with the blunt end of the stake. It didn't really do anything more than piss the vamp off some more, but it was the thought that counts.
Willow proceeded to stake the vamp good.
"For Him" so quiet, only the dying vamp heard it.
*******
The second the pressure was gone, Xander scooped Willow up in his arms, hugging her fiercely, before pulling back and looking her up and down.
"Are you aright? Are you hurt? Where does it hurt?" Worry was evident in his voice.
"Everywhere, but I'll be alright, what about you? You look like crap" Xander smiled and looked mock hurt.
"I like to think I'm rather good looking" she rolled her eye's at him.
Giles suddenly crouched down next to them, looking at Willow. He quietly added.
"Thank you Willow, you saved me tonight" he gave her a kind smile which Willow returned brightly. Suddenly they all ripped around upon hearing a window shatter.
Up on stage the large vampire was cowering, a bright light shining down on him.
"It's in about nine hours moron" Buffy staked him with finesse'. She stared around for a moment looking about the mostly empty club before spotting her friends. She hopped down from stage and trotted over to them.
"Hey guys, you all okay?" she asked in a rather perky blond tone.
"Were good Buffy..." the others nodded "... I've got no idea how I'm gonna cover this up from my parents though" said Willow worriedly, flashing a hand towards her split lip.
Buffy seized her by the arm dragging her away. "Dont worry, you are know talking to the after battle make-up queen! I've covered up so many split lips it's in my blood. All you need to..." Willow tossed a glance back Xander and Giles, half confused, half smiling. Xander gave her a little wave before turning to Giles;
"Soo, you any good at stitches?"
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