– Anon.
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"LET GO OF ME YOU CLUMSY STUPID UGLY VAMPIRES!" Dawn shrieked, "My sister is the Slayer and she's so gonna put stakes through your hearts! If you value your existence you'll let me go right now, this very instant! Right now! OK, in just one more minute!"
Dawn struggled valiantly with the two vampires who were dragging her down the tunnel. She stomped on their feet, kicked them in the shins, tried to kick them wherever she could reach. But it was to no avail, the vamps, with long-suffering expressions, resolutely dragged her with them, doing their best to avoid her feet.
"Hey boss, look what we found sneaking around the warehouse!" said the first red-shirt vamp to Spike.
"Well, well, well," said Spike with a leer, "and what do we have here?"
When Dawn saw Spike her brave front faltered a bit, but she stood up and bit out, "My sisters gonna kill you."
Spike mused to his henchvamps, as well as to himself, "It's the Slayer's little sis. Well, you could be a good bit of bait, huh little bit. Of course, it might be some kind of trap. And even if not, you could be more dangerous to hold on to than to kill. I remember when Angelus kidnapped you during that whole 'lost my soul' folderol – the Slayer went bonkers and damned near wiped out half of Sunnydale's underground denizens before getting her back."
Spike turned back to Dawn and said with decision, "I won't kill you just yet, but you be on your best behavior if you want to live."
Dawn glared angrily.
"Where the hell is Harmony?" Spike asked his red-shirts, "That bint better not be going behind my back with one of her half-baked plans. Either of you know where she is?"
"No boss, last I saw she was running away. It was an arresting sight though – she looks good from the rear."
Spike didn't much react to that observation because he was listening to footsteps in the tunnel. "Quiet! Hear that? Sounds like people coming down the tunnel from the warehouse," Spike whispered.
Everyone waited silently for a few moments, until Dawn suddenly screamed at the top of her healthy lungs, "BUFFY!"
Spike backhanded her viciously; she fell to the floor, nearly unconscious.
Buffy and Sydney ran around the corner. They skidded to a stop when they saw Spike and his two cohorts. Buffy shot Dawn an anguished look and then jumped at Spike and whacked him in the noggin with both feet. Spike fell back into the cave wall, but he rebounded and attacked Buffy. Sydney, never one to avoid a fight, jumped towards the other two vamps, who themselves were getting ready to jump Syd. They were surprised when she took the offensive.
Sydney shouted to Buffy, "STAKE!" Buffy shook a stake free of her sleeve and tossed it over her shoulder towards Syd, who wasn't surprised when the stake fell neatly into her hand. She did a back flip, kicked one of the vamps during her arc. She fell to the floor and swept her leg around into the standing vampire, who fell on top of Sydney. But he didn't notice her stake was in the right position, and he dusted. Sydney did that backflippy thing and was on her feet moments later. The other vampire decided it was time to run, he beat feet so fast Sydney couldn't even throw her stake in time. She turned and faced Spike.
"What the hell is this?" exclaimed Spike in an aggrieved tone, "you're not another of these twice bedamned Slayers are you? The other one's still in a coma, there can't be three of you!"
"No," Syd replied, "I'm just making a citizen's arrest." This confused Spike considerably. He backed up and decided he didn't like the odds anymore, so he ran.
"Dawn! Are you all right! I knew I should have walked you home. Did those creeps sneak around and attack you? No wait, it was daylight. You must have followed me! Just wait till I get you home young lady, Mom's gonna ground you forever!" Dawn looked properly chastised.
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