War
"Thistle to HQ, do you copy?" Thistle hissed into her walkie talkie.
"I copy, Thistle," Willow said into her hands-free set as she checked the police activity on her computer.
"We're about to attack. Get ready to alert the first aid unit."
"Cordelia and Kendra notified." Willow loved acting all secret agents. It reminded her of the time the CIA offered her a job, hacking. She had been forced to turn it down as she was only fourteen at the time.
"Thanks," Thistle ended the transmission.
"Do think they'll be ok?" Tara asked, swivelling around on her chair.
"They'll be fine," Willow answered, a little too quickly to sound genuine.
~~~~~
Buffy squeezed Spike's hand tight. The twelve of them were pressed flat against the shadows either side of an alley. They knew Willie's gang would there any second.
Sure enough, about fifteen guys entered the alley, leading them was Willie, the leader.
"Where d'you think those stupid brats went to?" one guy asked.
"Dunno," another replied. "They weren't in that stupid hideout alley of theirs, that's all I know."
"What do you mean they weren't there?" Willie shouted angrily. "They're always there!"
"Well, they weren't this time boss," the first guy said.
"I know where they are," Xander said in a fake voice from his shadow. The members of the opposing gang looked around confused. They could not work out where the voice was coming from.
"I here they left," Ice said from the other side of the alley. Again, causing the men to spin around confused.
"Now!" Raven shouted.
In a split second everyone moved. Storm and Smoke used their strength to push a dumpster, squashing two guys against the wall. Angel dropped down a net so that there was only one way in and out of the alley. Thistle and Bullet used their tiny bodies to slip under the guys legs and appear in the middle of the group. The others formed a circle round the gang, forcing them into a donut shape. Everyone clutching their guns close
"What the hell do you punks think you're doing?" Willie asked.
"Stopping you," Buffy said smugly.
"They're our docks!" Raven added.
A couple of guys chuckled softly. "Those guns aren't even loaded," one man said. "Ow!"
Bullet grinned as he look at the whole he had shot in the mans foot. "Trust me, they're loaded," the young boy grinned fiendishly.
"Paramedic, Willow," Buffy hissed almost silently into her hands-free microphone.
"What do you want with us?" a scrawny rat-like guy asked. He looked like he mite cry.
"We want you to leave OUR town alone," Raven moved so her gun was pressed against rat-face's head. He whimpered as he felt the metal ram into him.
"Why would we want the town, we just want our area to be ours, not yours!" Willie sounded both confused and angry.
Buffy finally twigged. Willie's gang didn't know anything about taking over the docks, let alone the whole town. They didn't even seem that scary. Like they were just wannabe gangsters instead of the killers Raven had made them out to be.
"It's not your town," Buffy said quietly, but loud enough for Raven to hear.
"What was that?" Raven asked. Double checking she had heard 'Cat' right.
"It's not your town," Buffy repeated. "It doesn't belong to one person. It's everybody's town; from the Mayor to the little old lady that lives under the bridge."
Raven clenched her teeth. Buffy was cleverer than she had first thought. "So you got it, wondered how long it would take." Before anyone could react, Raven squeezed her trigger.
The dead body of the rat-faced man crumpled to the floor, his crimson blood covering the floor. Thistle started to shake violently and cry, she had never seen a dead body before. Everyone else dropped their guns to their sides. Raven had killed someone! They had all promised to only use their guns to wound but not kill.
"Goodbye Cat," Raven sighed. "Or should I say Buffy?" With the last word Raven shot off her gun again.
Buffy fell backward as her arm exploded in pain. Willie's gang used this chance to escape.
"Buffy, are you ok?" Xander asked stupidly as the rest of the group crowded round Buffy.
"Of course she's not bloody ok!" Spike yelled, crouching down next to Buffy. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." He ran his hand through her hair.
"Raven. Gone. Follow." Buffy instructed Spike, pointing towards the abandoned factory opposite the alley.
"On it," Spike started running towards the factory. Raven was going to pay for what she'd done.
~~~~~
"What d'you think you were doing?" Spike yelled at Raven, grabbing her by the end of her long black hair. "Answer me!"
"Getting rid of that clever bitch," Raven said in a cruel voice as she freed her hair and headed up the stairs.
"But what was with Willie's gang attacking us? They didn't even want the docks." Something in Spike's head clicked. "You wanted rid of them didn't you?"
Raven raised her eyebrows. "Now, I didn't think you were quite so clever," she nodded. "You see, I can take over this whole boring town with out them there the protect it. And those kids, well, I need some kind of muscle."
Spike stood in disbelief. She was serious; she really wanted to be a bad guy.
"Well, I hate to rush things but my guess is that the cops will be here any second now and I don't fancy like going down that way." Spike still couldn't move a muscle. "Now remember, when the pin is pulled Mr Grenade is not our friend."
He looked from the pile of full gas cans in the corner to the grenade in her hand and tried to run for the door. But it was too late.
~~~~~
With a deafening bang the old factory exploded into bright orange flames.
"Spike!" Buffy screamed, collapsing on the floor. She tried to crawl towards the building but the pain in her arm prevented her from moving fast. After just a few metres she gave up, she lay in a pile on the floor, sobbing her eyes out.
"Buffy, the paramedics are here, they're just checking out the dead guy," she heard Cordelia say from next to her. She opened one tear filled eye and saw her sitting next to her. Cordelia pressed a cloth down on Buffy's wound, she hissed in pain.
"He's in there, Cordy," Buffy cried, pulling her arm away.
"Who? Huh?" Cordelia didn't understand what her friend was saying.
"Spike's in there," she sobbed, pointing the flaming building before falling unconscious.
"Thistle to HQ, do you copy?" Thistle hissed into her walkie talkie.
"I copy, Thistle," Willow said into her hands-free set as she checked the police activity on her computer.
"We're about to attack. Get ready to alert the first aid unit."
"Cordelia and Kendra notified." Willow loved acting all secret agents. It reminded her of the time the CIA offered her a job, hacking. She had been forced to turn it down as she was only fourteen at the time.
"Thanks," Thistle ended the transmission.
"Do think they'll be ok?" Tara asked, swivelling around on her chair.
"They'll be fine," Willow answered, a little too quickly to sound genuine.
~~~~~
Buffy squeezed Spike's hand tight. The twelve of them were pressed flat against the shadows either side of an alley. They knew Willie's gang would there any second.
Sure enough, about fifteen guys entered the alley, leading them was Willie, the leader.
"Where d'you think those stupid brats went to?" one guy asked.
"Dunno," another replied. "They weren't in that stupid hideout alley of theirs, that's all I know."
"What do you mean they weren't there?" Willie shouted angrily. "They're always there!"
"Well, they weren't this time boss," the first guy said.
"I know where they are," Xander said in a fake voice from his shadow. The members of the opposing gang looked around confused. They could not work out where the voice was coming from.
"I here they left," Ice said from the other side of the alley. Again, causing the men to spin around confused.
"Now!" Raven shouted.
In a split second everyone moved. Storm and Smoke used their strength to push a dumpster, squashing two guys against the wall. Angel dropped down a net so that there was only one way in and out of the alley. Thistle and Bullet used their tiny bodies to slip under the guys legs and appear in the middle of the group. The others formed a circle round the gang, forcing them into a donut shape. Everyone clutching their guns close
"What the hell do you punks think you're doing?" Willie asked.
"Stopping you," Buffy said smugly.
"They're our docks!" Raven added.
A couple of guys chuckled softly. "Those guns aren't even loaded," one man said. "Ow!"
Bullet grinned as he look at the whole he had shot in the mans foot. "Trust me, they're loaded," the young boy grinned fiendishly.
"Paramedic, Willow," Buffy hissed almost silently into her hands-free microphone.
"What do you want with us?" a scrawny rat-like guy asked. He looked like he mite cry.
"We want you to leave OUR town alone," Raven moved so her gun was pressed against rat-face's head. He whimpered as he felt the metal ram into him.
"Why would we want the town, we just want our area to be ours, not yours!" Willie sounded both confused and angry.
Buffy finally twigged. Willie's gang didn't know anything about taking over the docks, let alone the whole town. They didn't even seem that scary. Like they were just wannabe gangsters instead of the killers Raven had made them out to be.
"It's not your town," Buffy said quietly, but loud enough for Raven to hear.
"What was that?" Raven asked. Double checking she had heard 'Cat' right.
"It's not your town," Buffy repeated. "It doesn't belong to one person. It's everybody's town; from the Mayor to the little old lady that lives under the bridge."
Raven clenched her teeth. Buffy was cleverer than she had first thought. "So you got it, wondered how long it would take." Before anyone could react, Raven squeezed her trigger.
The dead body of the rat-faced man crumpled to the floor, his crimson blood covering the floor. Thistle started to shake violently and cry, she had never seen a dead body before. Everyone else dropped their guns to their sides. Raven had killed someone! They had all promised to only use their guns to wound but not kill.
"Goodbye Cat," Raven sighed. "Or should I say Buffy?" With the last word Raven shot off her gun again.
Buffy fell backward as her arm exploded in pain. Willie's gang used this chance to escape.
"Buffy, are you ok?" Xander asked stupidly as the rest of the group crowded round Buffy.
"Of course she's not bloody ok!" Spike yelled, crouching down next to Buffy. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." He ran his hand through her hair.
"Raven. Gone. Follow." Buffy instructed Spike, pointing towards the abandoned factory opposite the alley.
"On it," Spike started running towards the factory. Raven was going to pay for what she'd done.
~~~~~
"What d'you think you were doing?" Spike yelled at Raven, grabbing her by the end of her long black hair. "Answer me!"
"Getting rid of that clever bitch," Raven said in a cruel voice as she freed her hair and headed up the stairs.
"But what was with Willie's gang attacking us? They didn't even want the docks." Something in Spike's head clicked. "You wanted rid of them didn't you?"
Raven raised her eyebrows. "Now, I didn't think you were quite so clever," she nodded. "You see, I can take over this whole boring town with out them there the protect it. And those kids, well, I need some kind of muscle."
Spike stood in disbelief. She was serious; she really wanted to be a bad guy.
"Well, I hate to rush things but my guess is that the cops will be here any second now and I don't fancy like going down that way." Spike still couldn't move a muscle. "Now remember, when the pin is pulled Mr Grenade is not our friend."
He looked from the pile of full gas cans in the corner to the grenade in her hand and tried to run for the door. But it was too late.
~~~~~
With a deafening bang the old factory exploded into bright orange flames.
"Spike!" Buffy screamed, collapsing on the floor. She tried to crawl towards the building but the pain in her arm prevented her from moving fast. After just a few metres she gave up, she lay in a pile on the floor, sobbing her eyes out.
"Buffy, the paramedics are here, they're just checking out the dead guy," she heard Cordelia say from next to her. She opened one tear filled eye and saw her sitting next to her. Cordelia pressed a cloth down on Buffy's wound, she hissed in pain.
"He's in there, Cordy," Buffy cried, pulling her arm away.
"Who? Huh?" Cordelia didn't understand what her friend was saying.
"Spike's in there," she sobbed, pointing the flaming building before falling unconscious.