Author: mkcrl120
Disclaimer: All the characters mentioned in this story belong to Joss Whedon or Mutant Enemy or some other people. I own nothing and wrote this just to get it out of my system.
Summary: I'm writing some of these, as I've come up with ideas that I honestly don't know what I'll be doing when the Ultimate series gets that far. In the meantime, these won't go away from my brain unless I do something with them. Warning: It may be a standalone it may be spoilers for something later; only time will tell.
Rating: 15 probably… mainly for language.
Setting: Season 3 - I think you'll recognise when.
What The Hell(mouth) Happened?? - Chapter 35
Maria Locan's Apartment.
"Here... they can't be here!!!" Maria shrieked, instinctively moving towards the window. Willow managed to grab hold of the older woman and drag her back to the sofa.
"It'll be okay... we'll handle it." Willow soothed trying to be reassuring. "We did last night, remember?"
"Weapons..?" Buffy asked, her eyes boring into the three vampires standing on top of the van. Her eyes automatically following the first to jump down after it noticed the people in the window. The male vampire stood in the centre of the small lawn staring directly at Buffy, who returned the gaze.
"Ermmm..." Giles began, patting his pockets. "I'm fairly sure I had a stake."
"Snap." Jesse stated, pulling two stakes out of his jacket.
"That's all you've got, stakes..?" Buffy asked in a disbelieving tone. "I thought we were going to be patrolling later."
"I did pack two swords and a crossbow." Giles admitted. "It's just..."
"Just what..?" Buffy now turned to stare at her Watcher, the vampire on the lawn kept carefully in her peripheral vision.
Jenny moved away from the window and tried to help Willow calm their hostess down. "It's okay. These ones can't get in without an invitation, remember..?"
"But you said..." Maria replied in frightened tones.
"Not these ones." Jenny repeated.
"Jesse had some weapons." Giles attempted to distract his Slayer's glare from off him.
"What else have you got..?" Buffy turned, ignoring the two stakes in his hand.
"Crossbow..." Jesse began, but quietly finished with. "But it's with Giles' stuff."
"And..?" Buffy queried, getting her usual feeling of doom.
"They're all in the trunk." Jesse finalledy admitted, pointing to his car and where it hand been parked.
Buffy turned her head following the finger's direction. First resting her eyes back on the vampire that was grinning from it's position in the centre of the lawn. Then her eyes moved past him resting the partially destroyed van where three vampires still remained, then finally past that onto the car which remained next to the kerb. "Great." she replied shaking her head.
Same Time.
The Bronze.
Pete arrived at the bottom of the stairs. Turning to face the group he'd been watching he noted that Faith was still scanning the upper floors while the others were now collecting their drinks. Smiling to himself he walked in the opposite direction, following the wall back round the opposite side of the staircase, past the toilets and towards the entrance to the club. He had just passed it and was heading towards the bar, when he heard his name being called from behind.
Turning quickly he found Scott entering the club with some other students.
"Heya." He quickly greeted his friend.
"Hi... no one here..?" Scott asked, gesturing to the fact the Pete was alone.
"They're at the bar... lets join them." Pete responded, leading the other man towards the others.
"Hey." Cordelia responded with a dazzling grin as the two approached them.
Faith just met Pete's eyes and smirked beside her.
"You just missed my round... repeatedly." Xander commented, giving the back of Faith's head a quick glare.
"Don't worry about it, I'll get my own." Scott offered, squeezing past Cordelia and Xander to reach the bar.
"Get me one too." Pete quickly called out.
"Thought you'd already seen them?" Scott asked, turning his head to look over his shoulder.
"Nah..." Pete casually responded. "Just got here a few moments before you... figured I needed a leak before coming over."
"The usual..?" Scott asked, accepting Pete's nod as an affirmative response before turning back and attempting to attract the bartenders attention. Cordelia smiled at the others before turning to join her boyfriend.
Pete's eyes flicked from Faith to Xander and back again. "No Buffy tonight..?" He asked, trying to make it sound casual.
"She'll be along later." Xander responded, eyes flicking over the dancefloor as he took another sip of his drink. "Until then I'm a single guy on the prowl." He joked.
"This is why she doesn't let you out without female supervision." Faith teased back.
"She's afraid someone might steal me off her..." Xander retorted.
"She really isn't." Faith answered. Rolling her eyes as she turned back to her boyfriend. "Delusional... it's sad really." She confessed quietly into Pete's ear.
Pete nodded but offered no real response.
Rooftop Across From Maria's Place.
"Why are they just standing there..?" Trick asked, noticing that the vampires they'd sent across the street seemed free to destroy the van to their unbeating heart's content.
"Cos they can't get in... and they're not actually risking anyone's life." Jonathan replied. "Told you this was a dumb plan." he commented, turning to face the two remaining vampires.
Post was in the middle of the rooftop talking to another vampire. This continued for a few extra minutes before the other vampire took off, Post walked over to the others.
"What was that about..?" Trick queried, gesturing to where the dispatched vampire had now leapt off the rooftop.
"Second part of the plan." Post replied dismissively.
"So why didn..?" Trick began.
"I'll explain it to you later." She replied, "Have they come out yet..?"
"No!" Jonathan answered, clearly impatient. "And there's no reason for them too... maybe we should advise the boys to start knocking on other people's doors... trashing their stuff... bet we'd get some response then."
"It's not necessary." Post replied. "The Slayer and her colleagues aren't likely to want to remain their all night... and there's no way the Slayer will back down from a fight."
"I still think this is a dumb idea." Jonathan complained. "They're minions... they're not that smart... we can't give them contradictory instructions like this."
Post merely raised an eyebrow.
"I still don't believe you volunteered to let us lose an edge." Trick commented, speaking about the turned Watcher in a negative fashion for the first time.
Post simply continued watching the vampires across the street. "You don't think they were ever likely to win do you..?"
Maria Locan's Apartment.
"Right." Buffy commented. Gripping her own stake quietly in her right hand, she held her free hand out for Jesse's spare.
"I'm coming with you." He insisted, refusing to release his own hold.
"You're in charge of the entrance." She corrected. "No one comes in or out... and I'm going to be staying around there, so you've also gotta watch my back."
"Willow take Miss Locan's upstairs." Giles ordered.
"No." Maria replied automatically, shrugging off the redhead's attempt to lead her towards the staircase. "I need to see this."
"Miss Locan's, I think that..." Willow began.
"She's right." Jenny cut off her student. "It's her place... she can go anywhere in it that she want's to..."
"Very well..." Giles reluctantly agreed. "But you stay inside."
"And as the only registered occupant." Jesse explained. "You do not invite anyone in... not even one of us."
"But..." Maria began.
"No." Buffy whirled to face her. "No one. If we're not turned we'll walk back in ourselves."
"So everyone ready..?" Jenny asked, approaching the others.
"As we get." Buffy confirmed her response, taking the second stake off Jesse. "Jess... the door." She instructed.
Jesse pulled the door open, flattening himself against the wall as the Slayer charged past him.
Once outside Buffy didn't bother pausing to get her directions. A brief glance to her left and she flung her left arm out, releasing the stake never waiting to confirm it hit the intended target.
She reached the vampire that was inside the van, just as she heard the one on the lawn explode into dust. Reaching out she swiped in the vamp's general direction, but the stake flashed inside the gap where the windscreen used to be, but was unable to reach the vampire.
Deciding against climbing in, she turned her attention to the ones on top of the van. Stepping back out of range she looked up at the ones above her.
"That all you can do?" She challenged them. "Smash a van..?"
The Bronze.
Xander's eyes flicked back in the direction of the entrance. "Thought they'd be here by now." He stated, looking at his watch.
"Ahhhh... you missing Buffy..?" Faith teased, from her position on the sofa.
"Where did they go..?" Scott asked, not noticing the sudden glances between the two girls.
"They went with the librarian. Mister Giles." Cordelia responded, shrugging as she met Faith's questioning look. "To see... about getting some cable."
"Mister Giles is the librarian, right..?" Scott queried.
"And he's getting cable..?" Pete furthered the line of questioning.
"Sure..." Faith answered, physically turning her boyfriend around to face her. "It's got... channels... for the British." She lamely finished, before dragging Pete in for a deep kiss.
"What..?" Scott repeated.
"Monty Python... playing all night..." Xander expanded.
"They're kidding." Cordelia responded, sending them both glares of her own. "Mister Giles is just soo English that he didn't know about all these discovery channels and history channels we have over here."
"Yep... kidding right..." Xander confirmed. "It's like a library, but on a TV channel of it's own... it's a TV library." He announced.
"So why have the others gone with him..?" Scott asked confused.
Pete broke off the kisswith Faith, who looked a little disappointed she hadn't been able to retain his attention for longer.
Cordelia intercepted Xander's reply before it was uttered. "Jesse's aunt works for the cable company."
"That's right." Xander confirmed, nodding enthusiastically.
"So that explains Jesse and Willow, but what about Buffy..?" Pete asked suspiciously, flicking his attention between Xander and Faith.
"She wanted to go with them..." Faith answered.
"So I said, I'd come here with Faith." Xander tried to explain.
"But you live with Buffy..?" Pete asked turning to his girlfriend.
"She's..." Faith began.
"... considering getting cable for her mom for Christmas. As a present." Xander finished the sentence for her.
"Yes!" Faith answered confidently. "She went with the others, while we stayed there to distract her mom."
"That way... if her mom asks, she can say she was buying for me..." Xander added.
"Or me." Agreed Faith.
"Okay..." Pete answered, still rather dubious about the lines he was obviously being fed.
"So if that's covered, whose for another dri..." Cordelia began with a smile.
Just as the skylight exploded and two figures dropped onto the upper balcony.
"What the..." Scott shouted, instinctively grabbing his girlfriend while trying to see what had landed on the floor above them.
Pete did the same to Faith, who merely rolled her eyes as the full extent of the situation became apparent to her.
"Oh fuck." Was all she said.
End chapter thirty five