Slayer Hunting
Part 3 Of Visionary
by Chaoseternus
Chapter 20: Annoyance
"Gunfire? Inside the compound, why if I was a betting person I would say trouble had arrived, what do you say snake-boy?"
Groaning, the supercilious, sarcastic and above all else, annoying voice echoing through his ears once more, Anubis turned slowly, dangerously towards Dawn.
"Will. You. Shut. UP!"
He groaned as the devil in human disguise shrugged, then glared suspiciously as she shrugged, and said "okay"
She was actually agreeing to shut up?
Now why did he find that infinitely scarier then her constant annoying speaking and so-called 'singing'?
After a moment, his need to complete the ritual overriding his suspicion he turned back to his work.
Then stiffened, what was that noise?
Humming?
She was humming?
Inarticulately, Anubis screeched in pure unadulterated fury, turning, he faced the Beast.
"Well done," the… thing said, looking impressed, "That actually rated an eight for volume and I would say about a nine for scariness. Getting better but still, you could improve with some more work"
Inarticulate, his face somehow managing to convey the impression of an acute facial tick despite his non-corporeal status, Anubis swept around, turning back to his work.
He turned to fast and caught the table, scattered its contents across the floor.
"Oh, clumsiness, that'll lose you a few points"
Screaming, arms held firmly at his side and face ticking, Anubis glared malevolently at the heavens.
As if to complete the cliché of the utterly pissed of bad guy, Thunder rolled.
And no, it didn't roll a six.
Buffy stiffened.
"Came from the west," O'Neill nodded, glancing across at the Slayer, "that was Anubis and he sounded pissed "
"Oh yea," Buffy replied wryly, rubbing her left ear "got chapter and verse on that. Sometimes I really wish I didn't have enhanced hearing"
"What do you think pissed him off that much?" Duncan asked somewhat impressed by the noise he had just heard.
"Not a what, I suspect Dawn managed it"
Duncan blinked, "somebody named Dawn pissed somebody off that much? Are they even human?"
Buffy shot the immortal a wry glare, "sometimes I wonder"
"Right," Methos grimaced, "but ever way, we are going to kill them right? Both this Dawn and Anubis?"
Methos felt cold metal between his legs, "not Dawn" came the quiet, controlled and above all else, deadly voice from behind him.
"Right," he agreed nervously, "not Dawn"
The coldness vanished and Methos breathed again, deeply, grimacing.
"Xander, did you have to do that?"
He grinned, "Only we are allowed to kill the Dawnmeister Buff"
Shrugging, Buffy led the group off in the direction the scream had come from, casually decapitating a supersoldier as it stepped out of its hiding place, not even slowing in her steps as she attacked.