Fic: ACT5: Slime and Thoughts
Rating: PG 13
mentions Xander having a grilfriend
distribution: Charity's site, all others please ask
disclaimer: I do not own anyone you recognize from Marvel/X-Men or
from
Buffy.
set AU summer after season 1 Buffy, post X-Men the movie
Sabertooth frowned. That smell was back again, a slimy
scent, that reminded him of warm stagnant ponds, and mixed in a bit of hungry
and foul tempered. He hadn't seen whatever caused the smell, but it seemed
to be lurking near Willow. Whatever the thing was, he didn't trust it.
He moved a bit, circling the Rosenberg house, trying to get
sight of the slimy scented thing. If he knew what it looked like, he could
determine what to do about it. He was growling slightly as he moved closer to
the creature.
Something that was colored like the shrubbery bounded away,
with leaps like Toad had used. He wasn't certain what the thing was, but he'd got
an impression of very long legs, and a big head with no neck. It had
left a small puddle of nasty smelling green slime by the mailbox.
He watched the thing flee, then glanced at the house. He
was looking at Willow's living room, where she was watching the channel with all
the politicians talking. Whatever it was, it was definitely watching
Willow, and it didn't want to fight him. Those two things made him
suspicious.
Willow found the slime puddle. Odor must be strong enough
that she can smell it to, the expression she has. Where's she going now? Better
follow her in case slimy the bouncing coward comes back. Hmmm she's
visiting the librarian. The one that knows about vampires. They're talking
about the puddle of slime. People write books about demons? He's got lots of
big books full of many demons and their descriptions. That's
just...creepy.
Sabertooth kept trying to corner the slimy thing, and a few
times he got close enough that it ran away. Every time, it had changed it's skin
to look like the surroundings. He also listened carefully when the
librarian Giles mentioned things from his demon books. If it mentioned a weak
point, he wanted to know.
Willow asked Giles to teach her to fight. So she could stay
alive long enough that someone else could save her. Fluffy doesn't look like
she could save anything, and she isn't even here. She's smarter than that...
ahhh. She's using that to talk Giles into teaching her. I knew she was
smart. It's good to know how to defend yourself against something attacking
you. I wonder if she's a mutant? Can't tell from her scent, but not all
mutants have a scent that lets you know.
She yelled at Sander. He's dating some girl, and complaining to Red about
the confusion of love. He still hasn't figured out that she has or maybe
had a thing for him. I hope she's got over him - he isn't worth all the
time she spends worrying. Would have been interesting if she'd hit him,
but... the door just slammed. Who slammed that door?
More discussion about how to kill things at the house of the
many books. I hadn't expected anything like this from the looks of him, but they
are talking about methods of dismemberment, and the particulars of
different weapons. I prefer a more hands on method myself, but most people
don't have claws.
Several days of trying to catch the slimy demon, and I still
haven't got it. They have a name, and apparently, all it takes is catching it and
dismembering it completely. I can dismember it if it will just let
me catch it... Willow is learning to fight, and it's good for her. She's
also started running. It's a bit harder to follow her without being
noticed when she does that.
It's waiting for her to come home. I left early, knowing
she'd be practicing with Giles on how to fight. I smell it lurking by the
shrub. Careful ... don't want it to smell me... Hah! got it!
The slimy thing was agile, and strong. The fight was
violent, and Sabertooth had been injured by the slimy thing. It had looked
rather like a frog that could stand up. It's slime burned on his skin, and
especially in the cuts it had given him. He hoped it wasn't poisonous. He
dismembered it and left it in pieces over the driveway. Then, he jumped into a
tree, so that Willow wouldn't see him when she got here.
She's looking at the pieces on the driveway. I can hear her
voice as she says "Ick." I have to smile at that. Such a simple way of
describing the remains, but it sums it up well. She looks up from the remains, and
smiles.
"Thank You." With that, she went into the house.
Sabertooth sat in the tree, thoughts tumbling in his head.
She had said thank you. She had looked at his handiwork, the dismembered bits of
slimy giant frog, and said thank you. He wanted to see her smile at him,
he liked the sound of her voice. He could only remember one other person
ever thanking him for anything in his life, and that was Magneto. He
didn't quite remember most of his life from before, but he didn't think it
had been happy. He didn't think many people had told him thank you in
his life. He was almost certain nobody had ever thanked him for killing before.
Her soft words gave him a strange, warm feeling deep
inside. He liked it. He knew, in that moment, that he was no longer just going to protect
her because Magneto had asked him to. He would protect her because she
was Willow, and he liked her.
end ACT5.
Rating: PG 13
mentions Xander having a grilfriend
distribution: Charity's site, all others please ask
disclaimer: I do not own anyone you recognize from Marvel/X-Men or
from
Buffy.
set AU summer after season 1 Buffy, post X-Men the movie
Sabertooth frowned. That smell was back again, a slimy
scent, that reminded him of warm stagnant ponds, and mixed in a bit of hungry
and foul tempered. He hadn't seen whatever caused the smell, but it seemed
to be lurking near Willow. Whatever the thing was, he didn't trust it.
He moved a bit, circling the Rosenberg house, trying to get
sight of the slimy scented thing. If he knew what it looked like, he could
determine what to do about it. He was growling slightly as he moved closer to
the creature.
Something that was colored like the shrubbery bounded away,
with leaps like Toad had used. He wasn't certain what the thing was, but he'd got
an impression of very long legs, and a big head with no neck. It had
left a small puddle of nasty smelling green slime by the mailbox.
He watched the thing flee, then glanced at the house. He
was looking at Willow's living room, where she was watching the channel with all
the politicians talking. Whatever it was, it was definitely watching
Willow, and it didn't want to fight him. Those two things made him
suspicious.
Willow found the slime puddle. Odor must be strong enough
that she can smell it to, the expression she has. Where's she going now? Better
follow her in case slimy the bouncing coward comes back. Hmmm she's
visiting the librarian. The one that knows about vampires. They're talking
about the puddle of slime. People write books about demons? He's got lots of
big books full of many demons and their descriptions. That's
just...creepy.
Sabertooth kept trying to corner the slimy thing, and a few
times he got close enough that it ran away. Every time, it had changed it's skin
to look like the surroundings. He also listened carefully when the
librarian Giles mentioned things from his demon books. If it mentioned a weak
point, he wanted to know.
Willow asked Giles to teach her to fight. So she could stay
alive long enough that someone else could save her. Fluffy doesn't look like
she could save anything, and she isn't even here. She's smarter than that...
ahhh. She's using that to talk Giles into teaching her. I knew she was
smart. It's good to know how to defend yourself against something attacking
you. I wonder if she's a mutant? Can't tell from her scent, but not all
mutants have a scent that lets you know.
She yelled at Sander. He's dating some girl, and complaining to Red about
the confusion of love. He still hasn't figured out that she has or maybe
had a thing for him. I hope she's got over him - he isn't worth all the
time she spends worrying. Would have been interesting if she'd hit him,
but... the door just slammed. Who slammed that door?
More discussion about how to kill things at the house of the
many books. I hadn't expected anything like this from the looks of him, but they
are talking about methods of dismemberment, and the particulars of
different weapons. I prefer a more hands on method myself, but most people
don't have claws.
Several days of trying to catch the slimy demon, and I still
haven't got it. They have a name, and apparently, all it takes is catching it and
dismembering it completely. I can dismember it if it will just let
me catch it... Willow is learning to fight, and it's good for her. She's
also started running. It's a bit harder to follow her without being
noticed when she does that.
It's waiting for her to come home. I left early, knowing
she'd be practicing with Giles on how to fight. I smell it lurking by the
shrub. Careful ... don't want it to smell me... Hah! got it!
The slimy thing was agile, and strong. The fight was
violent, and Sabertooth had been injured by the slimy thing. It had looked
rather like a frog that could stand up. It's slime burned on his skin, and
especially in the cuts it had given him. He hoped it wasn't poisonous. He
dismembered it and left it in pieces over the driveway. Then, he jumped into a
tree, so that Willow wouldn't see him when she got here.
She's looking at the pieces on the driveway. I can hear her
voice as she says "Ick." I have to smile at that. Such a simple way of
describing the remains, but it sums it up well. She looks up from the remains, and
smiles.
"Thank You." With that, she went into the house.
Sabertooth sat in the tree, thoughts tumbling in his head.
She had said thank you. She had looked at his handiwork, the dismembered bits of
slimy giant frog, and said thank you. He wanted to see her smile at him,
he liked the sound of her voice. He could only remember one other person
ever thanking him for anything in his life, and that was Magneto. He
didn't quite remember most of his life from before, but he didn't think it
had been happy. He didn't think many people had told him thank you in
his life. He was almost certain nobody had ever thanked him for killing before.
Her soft words gave him a strange, warm feeling deep
inside. He liked it. He knew, in that moment, that he was no longer just going to protect
her because Magneto had asked him to. He would protect her because she
was Willow, and he liked her.
end ACT5.
