"Come on guys you've gotta get up, we have stuff to do." She said as Faith emerged from behind her. The gang groggily got up.
"Someone's in a good mood." willow said as she stretched.
"A really good mood...so what did you two do last night?" Xander asked and Buffy blushed.
"Nothing." she said sheepishly and Faith wrapped her arm around her.
"Anyways, we've got stuff to do. Remember big bad werewolf man wanting to eat up the initiative." Faith said. Giles rubbed his eyes and placed his glasses back on his face.
"Yes, quit so. Would you two like to share with us what you know?"
"Well, they're not your average werewolf. They can change whenever they want to and the leader of them, uh..."
"Ben." Faith helped her out.
"Yes, Ben is really pissed at the initiative and we think it's because they captured his brother to do experiments with. So now he wants to go to Sunnydale and take his revenge."
"Yeah, they've got like this whole pack thing going on."
"How many?" Giles asked.
"A hut full." Buffy said.
"I was thinking more along the lines of numbers."
"Probably like fifteen or so." She said looking at Faith who nodded.
"Well then we need a plan."
"Again with the planning." Faith mumbled.
"We have to take out some of the more weaker ones so we don't have to worry about them when we really start to fight."
"Oh, do they like roam around at night?" Willow asked.
"Yeah...they do." Buffy said with a smirk.
"Good, we'll have to wait till night fall but we can surely kill some of them then."
Village
"Keep your guard up"' Mali shouted at the man on the ground.
"Sorry." He grumbled and Mali offered his hand as he got up.
"We have to be ready." He stated and the man nodded.
"I know but I still don't understand why we're using weapons. We are werewolves you know."
"Better to be safe then sorry. Now get your sword up." He commanded.
Seth watched as two men duke it out together. The bigger fighter got in an uppercut to the chin and the smaller one fell to the ground. The bigger ones eyes got wide and he ran to help but Seth stopped him.
"Don't..." He said as he watched the man spit out blood and a tooth.
"He's weak and needs to learn." He grabbed the man by the hair and pulled him up. He was thrown into the larger ones arms and commanded to fight.
"You too Barley!" He ordered and the man's eyes grew wide. Much more hitting and he would kill this man. He pushed the dazed man off of him as he staggered to stand.
"Sorry.' He whispered and tried to hit him as light as he could.
"No! All of it! Use all of your strength!" Seth yelled and Barley couldn't take it anymore, he changed. Before anyone had time to register what happened Barley was clawing at Seth, wounding him in the side. Another large and much stronger wolf knocked him off and fought with him.
As they rolled around on the ground Seth looked at his bleeding wound then stood. He to transformed and helped his brother to kill the traitor. Mali pinned him down and Seth ripped his throat out as the others backed away fearful. Mali changed back and stood panting, deep slashes along his chest. He looked at the bleeding man lying on the ground .
"You!" He said to the nearly unconscious man. The small man swallowed as Mali walked closer, with a quick jab he punched him in the jaw. The man cried out and fell onto the ground.
"He's to weak for our use...kill him." He told the others and they looked at him doubtful.
"I said kill him or I'll kill you!" He exclaimed as his eyes shined yellow. Reluctantly they morphed and began to tear at the man on the ground. Ben walked out from his hut and watched as they devoured him.
"Weak?" He asked the two brothers.
"Yes." Mali answered.
"I told them they could die in this." Ben said shaking his head.
"The others are fine, they are honorable." Seth said and this seemed to make Ben smile.
"One more day." He whispered more to himself then the two. Mali's stomach growled and the two looked at him.
"Hungry, can we hunt?" Ben chuckled at him.
"Yeah, let's go." The three walked out into the jungle as they morphed.
Beach
"Turtle!" Xander exclaimed.
"No it's not a turtle." Faith said as she drew in the sand with a stick. They were all trying there best to amuse themselves as they waited. Buffy sat beside Willow as they talked together.
"How long?" Willow asked curiously and Buffy shrugged.
"I don't know, it just started happening. One day she's annoying the hell out of me and the next well..." Buffy trailed off. Willow waved a hand in front of her face as she giggled.
"Come back to me Buffy." Buffy shot her a look.
"Dammit Xander it's not a turtle! It's a rose!" They heard Faith yell. Both the girls laughed as they walked towards them. Buffy sat next to Faith and leaned her head on her shoulder.
"Whatcha doin'?"
"Playing guess the picture." Xander replied.
"Xander's a real pro." Faith grumbled.
"Not my fault you can't draw." He shot back and she scowled at him.
"I draw fine thank you. Don't I B? You can tell what it is, right?" Buffy stared at the picture in the sand.
"Uhm, of course. It's a rose." She said remembering Faith's outburst. Giles walked off the boat towards them with a book in his hands. He stopped and looked at the drawing they sat around.
"Very nice turtle." He remarked and Faith threw down the stick.
"I give up."
"Yes and I win." A growl could be heard from the jungle and all of them looked at each other.
"Weapons would be nice now." Buffy said as they all got up and ran to the boat.
Giles, Willow, and Xander all stayed close to each other behind a tree. Meanwhile the slayers inched closer towards the squealing and growling noises. Faith moved a branch and they saw three wolves chomping away at some dead pigs they had caught. A branch broke under Faith's foot as she moved closer and the animals perked their heads up, immediately spotting the brunette slayer.
The wolf snarled viciously as it ran towards her but Faith was ready. She side stepped and plunged the sword deep into his side. The animal let out a small whimper as it fell to the ground. The other two wolves, who had figured this human would be an easy kill and just stood off to the side, seemed to be in shock. They came out of their daze however as Faith stood above the wounded animal, her sword raised as she prepared to stab it through the heart. Before she could she was knocked to the ground by another one of them. Faith tried with all her might to hold him back as his tainted breath panted in her face.
"Motherfucker...get the hell off." she grunted as she pushed him back. The remaining wolf helped the other up as they tried to get back to safety, he was wounded severely. Buffy loaded her crossbow and aimed it at the creatures heart but he saw her before it took off and moved. The arrow landing in it's thigh instead. He snorted at them but didn't fight anymore, instead running the best he could to catch up with the others.
"Are you okay?" Buffy asked as she kneeled beside Faith.
"Ugh, five by five B." she panted as she leaned up.
Village
Mali held the blanket tighter around his brothers abdomen as the blood seeped out profusely. Ben sat in a chair as the women came to help pull out the arrow. He shook his head at them.
"No... help him." He said as he broke off the tip. The women pulled back the blanket to see the deep cut that ran straight through his stomach, they knew he wouldn't make it. Mali looked at them with pleading eyes and they began to smear some of the herbs onto his wound. The groans of pain Seth had been making began to die down, as did his breathing.
"No! Seth you can't die on me! Not now!" he yelled but the boy just looked at him with pain filled eyes. He grabbed his brothers hand and pulled him closer.
"Kill them for me." He said in a hoarse voice. The grip on Mali's hand lessened as Seth's eyes closed and his breathing stopped. He was dead. Mali began to take deep lung fulls of air as he turned away from his brothers dead body. Ben hobbled towards him just as the young man punched his fist into the grassy hut.
"I'm going to torture them to death." He whispered angrily and Ben rested a hand on his shoulder.
"So you shall." Ben said reassuringly.
TBC...