Slayer Pryde
Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer still applies. The characters are not mine and I make no profit. All characters still belong to their respective owners. Please do not sue.
Notes: Sorry this took so long! Honestly, I swear I didn't die or drop of the face of the planet or something. I just went back to school. Here is the next chapter - I'm starting to get into stuff that I don't really have prewritten. That means that between the actual creation process and school updates will be less frequent. On the upside - it looks like I will be graduating in April! My college odyssey will soon be over!
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Kitty leaned back in her chair as she stared at the computer monitor in frustration. When she had crashed down from space and landed practically at U.C. Sunnydale's doorstep the college had seemed like the perfect fit. She hadn't bothered to look into the surrounding town that much. All she had really looked into were the college programs.
Sunnydale was in a word, weird. There was a large number of missing persons, and an even larger number of deaths reported annually. Kitty had originally attributed the large quantity of graveyards found all over as a side effect of the town being so old. Now, after looking into the history of the town a bit, she realized that a disproportionate part of the population died unnatural deaths.
For the most part, the people of Sunnydale seemed oblivious to the body count that piled up around them. People had hardly even blinked when the high school had been destroyed a couple of years ago. Kitty was no expert but she found the official line of 'gas main explosion' to be highly suspicious.
Kitty shut down the computer and gave the phone a good hard stare. The calm and logical side of her brain told her that it was time to call the mansion. Her stubborn streak was still screaming that she could handle this. Her thoughts were interrupted when the door opened and both Buffy and Willow came in.
"You look less than happy." Willow noticed."
"Homework." Kitty replied with a shrug. "Thankfully done now."
"Wow." Buffy raised an eyebrow, "I thought your classes were all cake."
"They are," Kitty stood and began to tidy up her computer desk. "Some teachers manage to stick anybody with homework."
"Are you done?" Willow asked.
"Yep." Kitty finished organizing her desk and turned to step over a pile of clothes between her and her closet.
"Good!" Willow exclaimed brightly. "That means that you can come with us."
Kitty nearly tripped over the pile as she turned to face Willow, eyebrows raised. "Go where?"
"Party." Willow stated simply. "Brought to you by the same people who brought you the 'semester start party', the 'pre-mid-term's party' and the ever popular 'day that ends with Y party'."
"They also are known for their 'mid-term party', 'pre-finals' and their 'finals party'." Buffy informed her as she dug through her closet. "Hah! Found it!" She held a stylish white halter top with brown trim up in triumph. "There will be much dancing tonight."
"So you're coming, right?" Willow looked at Kitty hopefully.
"Let me change." Kitty smiled and immediately went to her closet to find appropriate party clothes.
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Conversation on the way to the house near campus where the party was being held was interesting. If Willow didn't know better she would say that Kitty was hiding something, or that she didn't trust her or Buffy, or both. Buffy wasn't helping. She was walking a few paces ahead of them, scouting for vamps.
It didn't help that Willow couldn't be entirely forthcoming about her life either. She really couldn't tell her about the vampire slaying. Since the N'Gari attack, research had occupied so much of her time there really wasn't a whole lot else to talk about. It was really a relief when they reached the party.
Buffy and Kitty both made right for the dance floor. Willow smiled. Buffy may not have wanted a roommate, but this was turning out pretty good. At the very least Kitty was not a demon. Willow had known her long enough, she could pretty much guarantee that Kitty was nothing more than human.
Willow decided to hit the refreshments before the dance floor. One whiff of the punch told her that it was most assuredly spiked. She opted for a canned soda. Willow had a feeling the walk home might not be as uneventful as the walk to the party. No sooner had she popped the tab on the can than there was a large crash heralding the sound of the worst kind of uninvited guest.
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Buffy barely had time to register the sound of glass shattering before the first of the N'Gari were through the now open window. The crowd on the dance floor turned into a panicked mob in their dash for the exits. Buffy fought just to hold her ground. As the crowd thinned she searched the room for the demons. She saw one just in time to witness her roommate being smashed by it.
Buffy moved to intercept and hopefully save her roommate from suffering any permanent damage. She made it all of two feet before she was cut off by another N'Gari.
"I so don't have time for this." Buffy grumbled as she blocked a slash of the demons claws.
The N'Gari responded by swiping at her with its other clawed hand. Buffy tried to dodge, but the demon scored a glancing blow across her abdomen. Buffy glanced down noting the shallow cuts and shredded clothes. "That was new!"
Buffy redoubled her efforts against the demon, tying to remember what Giles had said its weak points were. The N'Gari fell back and Buffy pressed the advantage. The N'Gari was down soon after that.
Buffy looked over to where she had seen her roommate standing when the demons had attacked, mentally trying to think o something comforting to say to Willow. She felt her jaw hit floor when she saw Kitty standing there, no demon in sight.
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"We should get that out of here." Kitty said, indicating the body of the N'Gari Buffy had slain. After watching Buffy put on a display of martial arts that even Wolverine could be proud of, against a demon no less, Kitty had determined that she wasn't the only one with a secret.
Therefore, with no further preamble Kitty latched onto the dead N'Gari's arm and sank them both down into the dirt underneath the house. Kitty could feel both Buffy and Willows eyes on her as she phased her way back through the floor.
"I guess I owe you an explanation." Kitty said calmly.
"Yeah." Buffy crossed her arms across her chest, resting her weight back on one heel. "I'm pretty sure you do."
"Because I know you owe me an explanation." Kitty continued.
Buffy seemed to be considering this when Willow, forgotten it the sudden melee, babbled up. "Oh my god! Buffy, she's dead! I mean the N'Gari fell on her and then she wasn't there and then the demon wasn't there and then she did it again and she went through the floor and she's dead."
"Apparently you get to go first." Buffy said dryly.
"Willow, I'm not dead." Kitty turned to face her. "I'm a mutant." Willow opened her mouth for another babble but Buffy beat her to the vocal cords.
"A what-ent?"
"A mutant." Kitty explained calmly. "Mutants are just people who have developed some. special abilities. In my case I can pass the molecules of my body through other matter. It's called phasing."
The techno-babble was lost on Buffy but Willow seemed to latch onto it like a beacon. "You mean you can render yourself intangible?" She asked in a tone that might have been used to inquire about the weather.
"In a nutshell." Kitty replied easily. "Your turn. You don't seem too weirded out by any of this."
"Yeah well," Buffy shrugged. "What can I say, I'm popular."
"Why would the N'Gari be after you?" Kitty asked.
"I'm the Slayer." Buffy replied. "It's part of that explanation you wanted." She paused a heartbeat, "You think they were after you?"
"Let's just say I have a history with them." Kitty forced a grin.
"I think they were after both of you." Willow frowned as she continued. "From what I remember reading the N'Gari don't normally work in pairs."
"That fits with what I remember." Kitty nodded. "I think I want the rest of that explanation." She faced off with Buffy mimicking her posture, "What exactly is a 'Slayer'?"
"Not here." Buffy replied curtly, "This may take awhile. Besides, I need to let Giles know what happened." Buffy motioned for Kitty to follow her and the three girls headed for Giles' apartment.
Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer still applies. The characters are not mine and I make no profit. All characters still belong to their respective owners. Please do not sue.
Notes: Sorry this took so long! Honestly, I swear I didn't die or drop of the face of the planet or something. I just went back to school. Here is the next chapter - I'm starting to get into stuff that I don't really have prewritten. That means that between the actual creation process and school updates will be less frequent. On the upside - it looks like I will be graduating in April! My college odyssey will soon be over!
XXX
Kitty leaned back in her chair as she stared at the computer monitor in frustration. When she had crashed down from space and landed practically at U.C. Sunnydale's doorstep the college had seemed like the perfect fit. She hadn't bothered to look into the surrounding town that much. All she had really looked into were the college programs.
Sunnydale was in a word, weird. There was a large number of missing persons, and an even larger number of deaths reported annually. Kitty had originally attributed the large quantity of graveyards found all over as a side effect of the town being so old. Now, after looking into the history of the town a bit, she realized that a disproportionate part of the population died unnatural deaths.
For the most part, the people of Sunnydale seemed oblivious to the body count that piled up around them. People had hardly even blinked when the high school had been destroyed a couple of years ago. Kitty was no expert but she found the official line of 'gas main explosion' to be highly suspicious.
Kitty shut down the computer and gave the phone a good hard stare. The calm and logical side of her brain told her that it was time to call the mansion. Her stubborn streak was still screaming that she could handle this. Her thoughts were interrupted when the door opened and both Buffy and Willow came in.
"You look less than happy." Willow noticed."
"Homework." Kitty replied with a shrug. "Thankfully done now."
"Wow." Buffy raised an eyebrow, "I thought your classes were all cake."
"They are," Kitty stood and began to tidy up her computer desk. "Some teachers manage to stick anybody with homework."
"Are you done?" Willow asked.
"Yep." Kitty finished organizing her desk and turned to step over a pile of clothes between her and her closet.
"Good!" Willow exclaimed brightly. "That means that you can come with us."
Kitty nearly tripped over the pile as she turned to face Willow, eyebrows raised. "Go where?"
"Party." Willow stated simply. "Brought to you by the same people who brought you the 'semester start party', the 'pre-mid-term's party' and the ever popular 'day that ends with Y party'."
"They also are known for their 'mid-term party', 'pre-finals' and their 'finals party'." Buffy informed her as she dug through her closet. "Hah! Found it!" She held a stylish white halter top with brown trim up in triumph. "There will be much dancing tonight."
"So you're coming, right?" Willow looked at Kitty hopefully.
"Let me change." Kitty smiled and immediately went to her closet to find appropriate party clothes.
XXX
Conversation on the way to the house near campus where the party was being held was interesting. If Willow didn't know better she would say that Kitty was hiding something, or that she didn't trust her or Buffy, or both. Buffy wasn't helping. She was walking a few paces ahead of them, scouting for vamps.
It didn't help that Willow couldn't be entirely forthcoming about her life either. She really couldn't tell her about the vampire slaying. Since the N'Gari attack, research had occupied so much of her time there really wasn't a whole lot else to talk about. It was really a relief when they reached the party.
Buffy and Kitty both made right for the dance floor. Willow smiled. Buffy may not have wanted a roommate, but this was turning out pretty good. At the very least Kitty was not a demon. Willow had known her long enough, she could pretty much guarantee that Kitty was nothing more than human.
Willow decided to hit the refreshments before the dance floor. One whiff of the punch told her that it was most assuredly spiked. She opted for a canned soda. Willow had a feeling the walk home might not be as uneventful as the walk to the party. No sooner had she popped the tab on the can than there was a large crash heralding the sound of the worst kind of uninvited guest.
XXX
Buffy barely had time to register the sound of glass shattering before the first of the N'Gari were through the now open window. The crowd on the dance floor turned into a panicked mob in their dash for the exits. Buffy fought just to hold her ground. As the crowd thinned she searched the room for the demons. She saw one just in time to witness her roommate being smashed by it.
Buffy moved to intercept and hopefully save her roommate from suffering any permanent damage. She made it all of two feet before she was cut off by another N'Gari.
"I so don't have time for this." Buffy grumbled as she blocked a slash of the demons claws.
The N'Gari responded by swiping at her with its other clawed hand. Buffy tried to dodge, but the demon scored a glancing blow across her abdomen. Buffy glanced down noting the shallow cuts and shredded clothes. "That was new!"
Buffy redoubled her efforts against the demon, tying to remember what Giles had said its weak points were. The N'Gari fell back and Buffy pressed the advantage. The N'Gari was down soon after that.
Buffy looked over to where she had seen her roommate standing when the demons had attacked, mentally trying to think o something comforting to say to Willow. She felt her jaw hit floor when she saw Kitty standing there, no demon in sight.
XXX
"We should get that out of here." Kitty said, indicating the body of the N'Gari Buffy had slain. After watching Buffy put on a display of martial arts that even Wolverine could be proud of, against a demon no less, Kitty had determined that she wasn't the only one with a secret.
Therefore, with no further preamble Kitty latched onto the dead N'Gari's arm and sank them both down into the dirt underneath the house. Kitty could feel both Buffy and Willows eyes on her as she phased her way back through the floor.
"I guess I owe you an explanation." Kitty said calmly.
"Yeah." Buffy crossed her arms across her chest, resting her weight back on one heel. "I'm pretty sure you do."
"Because I know you owe me an explanation." Kitty continued.
Buffy seemed to be considering this when Willow, forgotten it the sudden melee, babbled up. "Oh my god! Buffy, she's dead! I mean the N'Gari fell on her and then she wasn't there and then the demon wasn't there and then she did it again and she went through the floor and she's dead."
"Apparently you get to go first." Buffy said dryly.
"Willow, I'm not dead." Kitty turned to face her. "I'm a mutant." Willow opened her mouth for another babble but Buffy beat her to the vocal cords.
"A what-ent?"
"A mutant." Kitty explained calmly. "Mutants are just people who have developed some. special abilities. In my case I can pass the molecules of my body through other matter. It's called phasing."
The techno-babble was lost on Buffy but Willow seemed to latch onto it like a beacon. "You mean you can render yourself intangible?" She asked in a tone that might have been used to inquire about the weather.
"In a nutshell." Kitty replied easily. "Your turn. You don't seem too weirded out by any of this."
"Yeah well," Buffy shrugged. "What can I say, I'm popular."
"Why would the N'Gari be after you?" Kitty asked.
"I'm the Slayer." Buffy replied. "It's part of that explanation you wanted." She paused a heartbeat, "You think they were after you?"
"Let's just say I have a history with them." Kitty forced a grin.
"I think they were after both of you." Willow frowned as she continued. "From what I remember reading the N'Gari don't normally work in pairs."
"That fits with what I remember." Kitty nodded. "I think I want the rest of that explanation." She faced off with Buffy mimicking her posture, "What exactly is a 'Slayer'?"
"Not here." Buffy replied curtly, "This may take awhile. Besides, I need to let Giles know what happened." Buffy motioned for Kitty to follow her and the three girls headed for Giles' apartment.