Blood Tears 14 - New Plans
"Faith's taken the boy as a lover. Sounds like he's real good too, she never made sounds like that when she was with you -."
Angelus surged to his feet and slammed a right into the blonde's jaw, knocking her to the floor, his follow-up kick to the ribs sent her flying across the floor and crashing into the room's wall. "Don't push me Darla," he growled as he strode over to crouch above his crumpled childe. "Just tell me what you saw."
"I didn't see anything, heard a lot though." The vampiress let out a scream when he picked her up by her hair.
"You're going too far," he warned.
"I..I'm sorry Angelus, I was on guard outside the traitor's house. And I could hear the boy and her together."
A wintry smile flickered across his face. He'd always considered it the mark of a great general to be able to turn any situation to his advantage. This set of circumstances had possibilities. "This is what we are going to do," he glanced from Spike to Darla. "We're going to kidnap the boy, torture and turn him. Then," he paused for dramatic effect. "I'm going to send him kill the treacherous bitch."
Spike snorted. "You've lost the plot mate. A fledgling wouldn't have a chance against Faith, hell I'd struggle against her."
Angelus laughed. "Maybe, maybe not. The love she feels for him might make her hesitate enough to give him a chance. If not," he shrugged. "The act of killing him will break her. We win either way."
"Bloody genius mate," Spike enthused. "Bloody genius."
"When will we do it?" Darla asked eagerly.
"Right away. No wait," the master vampire paused for a second in thought. "We'll give it a month. Give our two sweethearts time to really fall in love."
* * *
"How long have you and Faith been doing the horizontal mambo?"
Xander choked on his milkshake, after coughing it up and wiping the mess on the cafeteria table up with some paper towels, he turned a shocked face towards his oldest friend. "Willow!"
"What? You want me to call it the beast with two backs or maybe -."
His face turning an ever brighter red, Xander reached across the table and clamped a hand over the red-head's mouth before shooting a glare at a typically expressionless Oz sat across the table, next to the Wicca. "Have you been teaching my Willow dirty talk?"
"She kisses me with that mouth. Shocking isn't it?"
After shaking his head in disgust, he released his grip on his friend's mouth. "How did you find out?"
"Kendra mentioned you going to Faith's room to comfort her." Willow giggled. "'Comfort her', and I thought I was naive."
Xander groaned. His lifespan could be measured in seconds once Buffy found out. She'd been dropping hints about dating over the past month but he wasn't interested not now that he had Faith. And then there was Cordy, she didn't even bother hinting just increasingly strident demands. His life was over.
"How long?"
Xander glanced at the Wicca. "A month."
"A month!" Xander's ears began to ring. "I'm your best friend and you haven't told me in a month!"
"Ever thought of trying that voice out for the Dingoes?" Xander rubbed at his ears, he was reasonably sure there wouldn't be any permanent damage.
Willow ignored his comment. "So what's it like being with a vampiress," the Wicca demanded eagerly.
"Oh for the love of -," Xander threw his hands up in despair. In truth their first night together had been fantastic, if not for the four and a half months of fitness training she'd put him through, he'd have probably died of exhaustion - as it was he'd barely been able to walk in the morning. Despite the vampiress' immense power, she was always tender and understanding, guiding him patiently so that they both got the maximum pleasure. Each time was better than the last and afterwards they'd sleep into each other's arms until dawn. "I'm not discussing it with you!"
"Why not? I'm your best friend." The Wicca pleaded.
"Y..you're a girl. I'm not talking to you about that!"
"Fine," Willow pouted. "Then I'll leave and you can talk to Oz." The guitarist raised an eyebrow. "Me?"
"If I talk to him he'll only repeat everything to him."
"No I won't."
He turned to Oz in surprise. "You won't?"
"Don't need to, got a tape recorder."
He threw his hands up in exasperation. "No, no, no and that's my final answer!"
"Fine," Willow stood and turned to Oz. "So you want to go practice the horizontal mambo?"
Xander groaned. "Just please go." He sighed as the two left the cafeteria, conscious of the curious stares he was getting. His life was getting complicated, he'd resisted telling the others for fear of what their reactions would be, although he'd seen Giles give him the odd knowing smile. Buffy and Cordy, oh god Kendra too, were going to take turns in killing him.
"Xander."
He looked up and smiled vaguely. "Hi Johnno, you wanna sit down?"
"Thanks," the young man put his dinner tray on the table and sat opposite. "What was all that about?"
Xander looked at the nerd darkly. "Just my life ending," at the youth's puzzled look, he shook his head. "Don't ask."
"Um, okay." The boy reached into his pocket and passed a note across the table. "A girl gave me this for you on the way to school."
"Thanks Johnno," Xander glanced at the note and grinned. Faith had organised a picnic for them, just after sundown. He wasn't to go home or anything, just meet her there. Cool, he loved just spending time alone with her almost as much as the sex.
"No prob, can I ask you something?" The boy licked his lips nervously.
"Sure."
"Do you know if Kendra's going out with anyone? I mean she lives with you and she's a real babe. Got a real sexy voice too, like something out of one of those voodoo horror flicks."
Xander hesitated before replying. It wasn't like he was saying anything that was a lie. "She's not dating anyone, no. And she's told me she thinks you're sweet. She's told me what a gentleman you are."
"Me?" Jonathan blushed. "You think I should ask her out?"
Xander paused for a second in thought. Kendra was still painfully shy with people outside of their group, but he knew that she liked Jonathan and enjoyed talking to him. He also knew he could rely on Jonathan not to try and take advantage of her naivety. "It couldn't hurt. "Why not, go for it. Even if she blows you out, which I doubt," he hurriedly added. "She's not the sort of girl to broadcast it round the school. But I'm trusting you with my little sis here, you hurt or insult her in any way and they'll have to use dental records to identify the body."
Jonathan swallowed audibly. "Sure man."
Xander nodded. Now all he had to do was deal with Cordy and Buffy. He stood as the cafeteria bell rang, that was for tomorrow. Tonight, he had a picnic to go to. A grin on his face, he hurried back to class.
* * *
Xander peered nervously around. He'd gotten to the meeting place just after nightfall, so he guessed Faith wouldn't be there for some time. But then in the distance, he saw a slender figure making her way through the shadowy woods in front of him.
Smiling, he hurried to meet the figure only to slow and stop. The smile slid from his face, his day had just got a hell of a lot worse.
.
"Faith's taken the boy as a lover. Sounds like he's real good too, she never made sounds like that when she was with you -."
Angelus surged to his feet and slammed a right into the blonde's jaw, knocking her to the floor, his follow-up kick to the ribs sent her flying across the floor and crashing into the room's wall. "Don't push me Darla," he growled as he strode over to crouch above his crumpled childe. "Just tell me what you saw."
"I didn't see anything, heard a lot though." The vampiress let out a scream when he picked her up by her hair.
"You're going too far," he warned.
"I..I'm sorry Angelus, I was on guard outside the traitor's house. And I could hear the boy and her together."
A wintry smile flickered across his face. He'd always considered it the mark of a great general to be able to turn any situation to his advantage. This set of circumstances had possibilities. "This is what we are going to do," he glanced from Spike to Darla. "We're going to kidnap the boy, torture and turn him. Then," he paused for dramatic effect. "I'm going to send him kill the treacherous bitch."
Spike snorted. "You've lost the plot mate. A fledgling wouldn't have a chance against Faith, hell I'd struggle against her."
Angelus laughed. "Maybe, maybe not. The love she feels for him might make her hesitate enough to give him a chance. If not," he shrugged. "The act of killing him will break her. We win either way."
"Bloody genius mate," Spike enthused. "Bloody genius."
"When will we do it?" Darla asked eagerly.
"Right away. No wait," the master vampire paused for a second in thought. "We'll give it a month. Give our two sweethearts time to really fall in love."
* * *
"How long have you and Faith been doing the horizontal mambo?"
Xander choked on his milkshake, after coughing it up and wiping the mess on the cafeteria table up with some paper towels, he turned a shocked face towards his oldest friend. "Willow!"
"What? You want me to call it the beast with two backs or maybe -."
His face turning an ever brighter red, Xander reached across the table and clamped a hand over the red-head's mouth before shooting a glare at a typically expressionless Oz sat across the table, next to the Wicca. "Have you been teaching my Willow dirty talk?"
"She kisses me with that mouth. Shocking isn't it?"
After shaking his head in disgust, he released his grip on his friend's mouth. "How did you find out?"
"Kendra mentioned you going to Faith's room to comfort her." Willow giggled. "'Comfort her', and I thought I was naive."
Xander groaned. His lifespan could be measured in seconds once Buffy found out. She'd been dropping hints about dating over the past month but he wasn't interested not now that he had Faith. And then there was Cordy, she didn't even bother hinting just increasingly strident demands. His life was over.
"How long?"
Xander glanced at the Wicca. "A month."
"A month!" Xander's ears began to ring. "I'm your best friend and you haven't told me in a month!"
"Ever thought of trying that voice out for the Dingoes?" Xander rubbed at his ears, he was reasonably sure there wouldn't be any permanent damage.
Willow ignored his comment. "So what's it like being with a vampiress," the Wicca demanded eagerly.
"Oh for the love of -," Xander threw his hands up in despair. In truth their first night together had been fantastic, if not for the four and a half months of fitness training she'd put him through, he'd have probably died of exhaustion - as it was he'd barely been able to walk in the morning. Despite the vampiress' immense power, she was always tender and understanding, guiding him patiently so that they both got the maximum pleasure. Each time was better than the last and afterwards they'd sleep into each other's arms until dawn. "I'm not discussing it with you!"
"Why not? I'm your best friend." The Wicca pleaded.
"Y..you're a girl. I'm not talking to you about that!"
"Fine," Willow pouted. "Then I'll leave and you can talk to Oz." The guitarist raised an eyebrow. "Me?"
"If I talk to him he'll only repeat everything to him."
"No I won't."
He turned to Oz in surprise. "You won't?"
"Don't need to, got a tape recorder."
He threw his hands up in exasperation. "No, no, no and that's my final answer!"
"Fine," Willow stood and turned to Oz. "So you want to go practice the horizontal mambo?"
Xander groaned. "Just please go." He sighed as the two left the cafeteria, conscious of the curious stares he was getting. His life was getting complicated, he'd resisted telling the others for fear of what their reactions would be, although he'd seen Giles give him the odd knowing smile. Buffy and Cordy, oh god Kendra too, were going to take turns in killing him.
"Xander."
He looked up and smiled vaguely. "Hi Johnno, you wanna sit down?"
"Thanks," the young man put his dinner tray on the table and sat opposite. "What was all that about?"
Xander looked at the nerd darkly. "Just my life ending," at the youth's puzzled look, he shook his head. "Don't ask."
"Um, okay." The boy reached into his pocket and passed a note across the table. "A girl gave me this for you on the way to school."
"Thanks Johnno," Xander glanced at the note and grinned. Faith had organised a picnic for them, just after sundown. He wasn't to go home or anything, just meet her there. Cool, he loved just spending time alone with her almost as much as the sex.
"No prob, can I ask you something?" The boy licked his lips nervously.
"Sure."
"Do you know if Kendra's going out with anyone? I mean she lives with you and she's a real babe. Got a real sexy voice too, like something out of one of those voodoo horror flicks."
Xander hesitated before replying. It wasn't like he was saying anything that was a lie. "She's not dating anyone, no. And she's told me she thinks you're sweet. She's told me what a gentleman you are."
"Me?" Jonathan blushed. "You think I should ask her out?"
Xander paused for a second in thought. Kendra was still painfully shy with people outside of their group, but he knew that she liked Jonathan and enjoyed talking to him. He also knew he could rely on Jonathan not to try and take advantage of her naivety. "It couldn't hurt. "Why not, go for it. Even if she blows you out, which I doubt," he hurriedly added. "She's not the sort of girl to broadcast it round the school. But I'm trusting you with my little sis here, you hurt or insult her in any way and they'll have to use dental records to identify the body."
Jonathan swallowed audibly. "Sure man."
Xander nodded. Now all he had to do was deal with Cordy and Buffy. He stood as the cafeteria bell rang, that was for tomorrow. Tonight, he had a picnic to go to. A grin on his face, he hurried back to class.
* * *
Xander peered nervously around. He'd gotten to the meeting place just after nightfall, so he guessed Faith wouldn't be there for some time. But then in the distance, he saw a slender figure making her way through the shadowy woods in front of him.
Smiling, he hurried to meet the figure only to slow and stop. The smile slid from his face, his day had just got a hell of a lot worse.
.