Disclaimer; none of the characters are mine, sadly, except for Caitlin. I
wouldn't mind Angel though, so if you're reading, Joss...*sweet innocent
smile*
A/N; I love you guys, you're all great!! I'm glad you're all enjoying the story, but it's coming to a close now, sadly. Told you it was more of an episode than a story, (if I write long stories they tend to never get finished!). There's only one more chapter after this, but I have plans for the next episode and I'll be posting the first chapter as soon as it's complete. Lili - I'm glad you liked the "Not today, Asshole" line, my friends thought that was great too. It was such a Buffy thing to say, I couldn't resist. Girl Power!! LiamLover89 – I'm writing, I'm writing!! It's nice to know my work is appreciated. And now I shall stop rambling and let you read...
Chapter 6
Angel drove along the dark and deserted docks, looking for anything unusual. He knew Caitlin was here somewhere, he could sense her.
"Ah, guys? Looks like we got company," Gunn announced, pointing towards a huge depot ahead of them. Outside were a group of what they took to be humans, dressed in robes and chanting around a fire, obviously performing some kind of ritual. As they drove nearer, the figures noticed them and pulled weapons out from beneath their robes.
Angel and the others got out of the car with their own weapons, ready for a fairly easy fight, but as they did so, the robed figures drew back their hoods to reveal hideously mutated heads.
"Euw, gross!" Cordy exclaimed, repulsed at the sight. "I thought you said they were human?"
"Okay, so there are five of us and twenty of them. We're down a Slayer and you're injured," Gunn said to Angel, sounding a little apprehensive.
"You're point being?" Angel asked, keeping his eyes on the demons.
Gunn grinned and raised his axe, "This is gonna be fun!" and with that the demons charged at them, leaving them no choice but to fight.
***
Caitlin cautiously stepped through the door, looking all around her. All was quiet and the creature was nowhere in sight. But Caitlin knew better than to think it was gone. Quickly and carefully she moved through the warehouse, keeping to the shadows, preparing herself to run if needed.
Suddenly there was a crash behind her and she spun around, instantly alert, dagger held high...
...Nothing...
Then another crash sounded from the other end of the warehouse. Caitlin spun around again, but again she saw nothing. A deep growl echoed all around her, seemingly from every direction at once, and Caitlin felt herself start to panic. Taking a deep breath to calm herself she tried to remember her slayer training lessons that Giles and Buffy had tried to give her. She really wished she paid attention back then.
Then without warning the creature leapt from the shadows, lunging for Caitlin, claws outstretched and fangs bared. Caitlin dived to the side just in time and the creature sailed right past, missing her by inches. It used the momentum of its leap and rebounded off the wall, leaping at her again. This time it caught her and knocked her to the ground, winding her and making her drop the dagger. Its claws raked across her back digging in deep as she tried to reach for the dagger. She cried out in surprise and pain as blood seeped from her wounds.
***
Angel heard Caitlin's cry of pain and smelt fresh blood. Human blood. He had to get inside but the demons were a lot stronger than he had expected and he was worried for the other's safety.
Gunn was holding his own, slashing and bashing demons in every direction. He'd already killed three and was nowhere near tired yet. Wesley, surprisingly, was doing equally as well as Gunn, piling up the victims. Fred and Cordy were working together, watching each others backs and making a fearsome duo with the razor sharp axes they wielded.
Angel managed to shake off the three that were holding him down, throwing them backwards into the fire they had been chanting around.
By now, there were only six or seven of the demons left. They should be a piece of cake.
***
The creature had Caitlin pinned to the floor, her dagger was just out of reach. It was growling, low and menacing, as though it knew it had won the fight and now it was just waiting, torturing her. The claws of its foot pinning her down were slowly sinking into her flesh and it was all Caitlin could do not to scream. Whoever it was that had locked her in here, she would not give them the satisfaction of hearing her in pain.
She had all but given up hope when the creature raised itself for the final killing blow, releasing her just enough so that she could snatch the dagger from the floor beside her.
With lightening reflexes born of trying to escape punishment in her younger years, Caitlin twisted to lie on her back and brought the dagger up before her. The creature lunged down at her just as she held up her weapon. The momentum of the fall was too much and the creature was unable to stop from impaling itself. The dagger sank deep into the creature's throat like butter. It thrashed around and let out a piercing wail as Caitlin pulled herself free of its grip and backed against the wall with her hands over her ears.
The doors to the warehouse suddenly exploded inwards as the creature let out a final, mournful wail and fell to the floor, dead.
For a second, Angel and the others just stood in the doorway, staring in surprise and disbelief at the scene before them; Caitlin huddled against the wall, covered in blood, and a huge, terrifying monster lying dead in a pool of blood at her feet.
Angel knelt down in front of Caitlin and reached out to touch her. She jolted away from him, shaking and still in shock, staring at the creature.
"Caitlin..." Angel said softly. She looked up at him with teary eyes, as though just realising he was there. Then she threw herself into his arms, tears of relief pouring down her face. Angel held her tightly, reassuring her that she was okay, and immensely relieved that she had survived the fight against such overwhelming odds. "It's okay now – you're alright...you're safe..."
***
A/N; I love you guys, you're all great!! I'm glad you're all enjoying the story, but it's coming to a close now, sadly. Told you it was more of an episode than a story, (if I write long stories they tend to never get finished!). There's only one more chapter after this, but I have plans for the next episode and I'll be posting the first chapter as soon as it's complete. Lili - I'm glad you liked the "Not today, Asshole" line, my friends thought that was great too. It was such a Buffy thing to say, I couldn't resist. Girl Power!! LiamLover89 – I'm writing, I'm writing!! It's nice to know my work is appreciated. And now I shall stop rambling and let you read...
Chapter 6
Angel drove along the dark and deserted docks, looking for anything unusual. He knew Caitlin was here somewhere, he could sense her.
"Ah, guys? Looks like we got company," Gunn announced, pointing towards a huge depot ahead of them. Outside were a group of what they took to be humans, dressed in robes and chanting around a fire, obviously performing some kind of ritual. As they drove nearer, the figures noticed them and pulled weapons out from beneath their robes.
Angel and the others got out of the car with their own weapons, ready for a fairly easy fight, but as they did so, the robed figures drew back their hoods to reveal hideously mutated heads.
"Euw, gross!" Cordy exclaimed, repulsed at the sight. "I thought you said they were human?"
"Okay, so there are five of us and twenty of them. We're down a Slayer and you're injured," Gunn said to Angel, sounding a little apprehensive.
"You're point being?" Angel asked, keeping his eyes on the demons.
Gunn grinned and raised his axe, "This is gonna be fun!" and with that the demons charged at them, leaving them no choice but to fight.
***
Caitlin cautiously stepped through the door, looking all around her. All was quiet and the creature was nowhere in sight. But Caitlin knew better than to think it was gone. Quickly and carefully she moved through the warehouse, keeping to the shadows, preparing herself to run if needed.
Suddenly there was a crash behind her and she spun around, instantly alert, dagger held high...
...Nothing...
Then another crash sounded from the other end of the warehouse. Caitlin spun around again, but again she saw nothing. A deep growl echoed all around her, seemingly from every direction at once, and Caitlin felt herself start to panic. Taking a deep breath to calm herself she tried to remember her slayer training lessons that Giles and Buffy had tried to give her. She really wished she paid attention back then.
Then without warning the creature leapt from the shadows, lunging for Caitlin, claws outstretched and fangs bared. Caitlin dived to the side just in time and the creature sailed right past, missing her by inches. It used the momentum of its leap and rebounded off the wall, leaping at her again. This time it caught her and knocked her to the ground, winding her and making her drop the dagger. Its claws raked across her back digging in deep as she tried to reach for the dagger. She cried out in surprise and pain as blood seeped from her wounds.
***
Angel heard Caitlin's cry of pain and smelt fresh blood. Human blood. He had to get inside but the demons were a lot stronger than he had expected and he was worried for the other's safety.
Gunn was holding his own, slashing and bashing demons in every direction. He'd already killed three and was nowhere near tired yet. Wesley, surprisingly, was doing equally as well as Gunn, piling up the victims. Fred and Cordy were working together, watching each others backs and making a fearsome duo with the razor sharp axes they wielded.
Angel managed to shake off the three that were holding him down, throwing them backwards into the fire they had been chanting around.
By now, there were only six or seven of the demons left. They should be a piece of cake.
***
The creature had Caitlin pinned to the floor, her dagger was just out of reach. It was growling, low and menacing, as though it knew it had won the fight and now it was just waiting, torturing her. The claws of its foot pinning her down were slowly sinking into her flesh and it was all Caitlin could do not to scream. Whoever it was that had locked her in here, she would not give them the satisfaction of hearing her in pain.
She had all but given up hope when the creature raised itself for the final killing blow, releasing her just enough so that she could snatch the dagger from the floor beside her.
With lightening reflexes born of trying to escape punishment in her younger years, Caitlin twisted to lie on her back and brought the dagger up before her. The creature lunged down at her just as she held up her weapon. The momentum of the fall was too much and the creature was unable to stop from impaling itself. The dagger sank deep into the creature's throat like butter. It thrashed around and let out a piercing wail as Caitlin pulled herself free of its grip and backed against the wall with her hands over her ears.
The doors to the warehouse suddenly exploded inwards as the creature let out a final, mournful wail and fell to the floor, dead.
For a second, Angel and the others just stood in the doorway, staring in surprise and disbelief at the scene before them; Caitlin huddled against the wall, covered in blood, and a huge, terrifying monster lying dead in a pool of blood at her feet.
Angel knelt down in front of Caitlin and reached out to touch her. She jolted away from him, shaking and still in shock, staring at the creature.
"Caitlin..." Angel said softly. She looked up at him with teary eyes, as though just realising he was there. Then she threw herself into his arms, tears of relief pouring down her face. Angel held her tightly, reassuring her that she was okay, and immensely relieved that she had survived the fight against such overwhelming odds. "It's okay now – you're alright...you're safe..."
***
