Chapter 9 The Hunt. Buffy has been kidnapped and Xander must find her and stop Alyssa from creating a massacre at a party.
Derek drives the car down the street. The streets are empty and they are the only car that is driving down the road.
"I think we're headed the right way," says Derek. They drive up to a big hotel where they hear loud music.
"Oh my gosh," says Catia.
"What?" asks both Xander and Derek.
"My niece is in there."
"What!"
"It's her prom. This is where they're holding it."
"There are plenty of people. They could easily hide in the crowd." Xander looks at the entrance of the hotel as Derek stops the car.
"They can easily make a massacre of the party."
"You still got one of those bottles don't you?"
"Yeah, but…"
"Alyssa still wants it. That's how I know she's still alive."
"Alright let's go in." They exit the car and enter the building. As they enter they see that their attire isn't suited for the occasion. "We're going to stand out like sore thumbs."
"Don't you always?" says Xander looking at Derek's cowboy hat.
"Should we split up?" asks Derek. Xander looks around the dance floor and sees some of Alyssa's minions on the other side. They didn't spot him.
"No," says Xander. "We follow them."
"They're not going to kill the kids, right?" asks Catia hoping he would say no. Xander turns his head to her as they walk through the dance floor.
"Not yet."
The vampires enter the elevator and as the doors close, the three arrive at the doors. They look at the floor number that they stopped at. Number 12. Then the elevator comes down to the lobby and opens for them.
"Catia, maybe you should stay here," says Derek.
"He's right," says Xander. Derek walks over to Catia and hands her a small stake and hammer from his jacket. She sticks it in her jacket pocket.
"You guys be careful," she says to them as they enter the elevator. It takes them to the 12th floor and they exit the elevator with caution.
"You've ever had the feeling that you're walking into a trap?" asks Derek as the two walk down the hallway.
"All the time," replies Xander.
In the room where Alyssa is in, she senses Xander coming down the hallway. She looks at Buffy, who wakes up.
"You two, kill them, but bring Xander…is that his name…to me," says Alyssa. "He's delicious, isn't he? Good enough to eat." Buffy glares at her. Two vamps head outside, but five remain in the room excluding Alyssa.
When they see the vamps exit the room, they have no idea what surprises they have in store for the two. Thinking that they could take the two vamps, Xander and Derek look at each other, when the vamps pull out two guns each. They each move to the sides as the bullets go flying right by them.
"I think they have an advantage over us," says Derek.
"You think?" Xander says in a sarcastic tone. Derek, from his jacket of goodies, pulls out two guns of his own.
"Bought these two, just incase this ever happens." He slides the other gun to Xander. The two start to shoot and dodge bullets at the same time. The vamps have more holes of bullet wounds than Swiss cheese and when their guns run out of bullets, the guys take this chance to take them out. Xander punches one in the nose and Derek punches the other in the gut. Then they toss them to the door. The vamps crash into the room where Alyssa and Buffy are.
"That was fun," says Xander.
"Hey, put this one in." Derek tosses a bullet to Xander and he puts it into his gun as they enter the room. Four of the five vamps inside the room are on the floor due to the door breaking through.
"Step away from her," says Xander as he points the gun at Alyssa.
"Who are you Starsky and Hutch? A silly gun won't kill me, but it can kill her." Alyssa pulls out a gun on Buffy and pulls her toward her. "Give me the bottle, Derek." Derek puts his gun away and pulls out the bottle.
"No Derek," says Buffy struggling with Alyssa. Alyssa slaps Buffy in the face hard and she falls on the bed. Derek pulls out the bottle and tosses it over to Alyssa. She catches it as Xander elbows the last vamp in the room. He points his gun at Alyssa and shoots her. The bullet hits her on the side and she begins to feel a burning sensation on her arm. She rips some burnt skin off of her and glares at Xander.
"Oh, you are going to get it now," says Alyssa as she takes the bottle and drinks it. She then looks at Buffy and gives her a face like if she has indigestion or something.
"Oh, you wanted this one," says Derek as he shows Alyssa another bottle, the right bottle with the potion. Xander grabs Buffy and pulls her away from Alyssa. "Watch it. She's going to blow." Derek grabs the door that is on the floor and uses it to cover the three of them.
Alyssa starts to shake fiercely like if she is possessed, then she holds her throat and explodes from the inside out. All of her insides are splattered all over the room. Derek moves the door aside and looks around the room. The explosion spills some holy water on the remaining vamps on the ground and it designates them as well.
"Man, whoever gets this room is going to want their money back," says Derek.
"Whoever has to clean this room is going to hate his or her job," says Xander. They look all around the room and see it filled with dust and scorch marks on the walls.
"That was cool," says Buffy. "I always wondered what would happen to a vampire if he would drink holy water."
"Well, good thing you never tried it because you'd probably have a dry clean bill the size of Santa's Christmas list." Xander helps Buffy up and unties her hands. The three head out of the room and then down the hallway towards the elevator.
"I'm so glad that Alyssa is gone," says Buffy. "She was getting on my last nerve."
"It wouldn't happen to be because she had a little thing for me," says Xander with a grin.
"No way." The elevator doors open and the three enter it.
"Alyssa has always been that way," says Derek. "Didn't you wonder that all her minions were men?"
The elevator doors open and Catia pulls her stake out, ready to pounce on anything that comes through those doors. Derek steps out first and Catia is relieved that she doesn't have to kill anything.
"Is everyone okay?" asks Catia in a concerned tone. She looks at Derek first, who has a little cut on his forehead.
"We're all good," replies Xander pulling Buffy close to him. "And the dead are dead."
"That's good to know," says Catia.