Episode 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Story.
"Wedge!" Buffy shouted from the other side of the cafeteria. She was sitting with Giles and Miss Calendar. Willow had now gotten the cold as well and there were even fewer people in the school. Buffy only counted 10 people in the cafeteria including the Cafeteria staff.
"Hey ho." Wedge said in greeting. "So what is going on today then."
"Nothing even the undead are getting this virus." Buffy said happily. Even though this wasn't true it certainly seemed that way.
"Yes… it certainly seems that way but Buffy never let your guard down. Especially now of all times."
"Yeah I now."
Principle Snyder waked in and looked round he saw Buffy and Wedge and the other one student there and looked slightly shocked that there was any one left. But the other one looked pretty ill and non-of the kitchen staff looked well.
"You go to the school nurse." He said to the other student.
"She's of ill sir."
"Well then go to one of your teachers and get them to sign you out. I'm too busy."
"Yes sir." The student went out.
Buffy and Wedge looked at each other and laughed. Giles just sighed at the utter stupidity of the principle. And Jenny just ignored him.
Snyder then turned to look at Buffy, Giles, Jenny and Wedge. And then he left.
"What is it with that man?" Giles asked in a very typical English way.
"I think it's the power it goes to his head." Buffy said with a strange look on her face.
"I'd say that's right." Jenny said.
"Em Wedge about tonight is there somewhere else you could be till eleven thirty tonight?"
"I could hang round the Bronze."
"No you couldn't the entire staff is off. Last night was the last time it will be open for at least a week." Buffy said. " You could come patrolling with me." Buffy said helpfully.
"K but wont Angel mind?"
"No he's away for the week. I told you this morning."
"Did you sorry I was kind of concerned a bout Willow."
"You got it bad." Buffy said and all Wedge could do was nod." Tell you what we'll swing by her house on patrol."
"K." Wedge said out of reflex he was thinking about Willow.
"It's a pity that summer break is coming up. At least most of the senior's are still here to graduate.
"Yeah it is." Wedge said this time a little more there than last time.
Knock knock. Wedge stood out side Willow's house. Wedge had left school early to get to Willow's and see how she was. There was no answer. So he knocked again this time he heard Willow's voice but couldn't make out what she said. Finally the door opened. And Willow stood with a blanket wrapped tightly around her.
"Hello." She said. And just by the tone of her voice Wedge new she was very ill.
"Hi Will I was wondering if there was anything I could do for you."
"Yeah there is. Just stay here and look after me."
"Wedge where were you I've been waiting here for a hour." Buffy said exaggerating with mock anger in her voice.
"I was at Willow's sorry but I had to go see her."
"Well that explains why you're tops on back to front." She said laughing.
Wedge peered down and saw that his top was on back to front. He turned it round then smiled.
"So you know about how close me and Willow are."
"Yes but not officially. I kind of guessed by the way she had been behaving."
"Right and you still don't know officially."
"O.K we're going to the closest cemetery."
"Right. So is there any news on my vampire repellant."
"Yeah there is. But I don't think you'll like it." Buffy said not sure how to handle this conversation.
"You better tell me. It's within my power to kill just about any one else."
"Well you might be turning in to a demon."
"Is that all." Wedge shrugged.
"Well yeah I thought you might be mad."
"No it's K my mom was a demon. Giles told you that. But what he wouldn't have told you is that my father turned into one as well. I'm not sure how but some thing happened and he was really ill for a…" Wedge suddenly thought about what Buffy said and what happened to his father and what was happening to Willow.
"What?" Buffy said. Then she realized what Wedge was thinking. Willow's illness was different from Xanders' or Cordilleras. "Willow!"
"No. It can't be that. I would have to be totally demon for that to happen. Anyway we used protection."
"Hello. We live in a world were vampires exist. I don't think magic has the same laws. "
"Your right. It just makes me so annoyed with myself." Suddenly Wedge changed. He went from normal him tall pale to tall green and horned. He had a pair of small horns coming out of his temples and curving round in front of him.
"Wow!" Buffy said. She was shocked.
" Not the nicest look is it." Wedge said his voice was the same.
"It's not too bad. Your all right aren't you?"
"Yeah I am." He shock his head and returned to normal." Aowww. That hurts. But it's fun." Wedge said. Buffy looked at him and so a darker half to him now. He was now definitely part of her fighting group.
"We better tell Willow." Wedge said.
"Yes right now. We're about ten minutes from her house and its 10:27 we better hurry."
"Buffy. Wedge Hi what are you two doing here?" Willow asked.
"Is that Buffy hun." Willow's dad shouted from the living room.
"Yeah it is Dad."
"O.K. be quick you need your bed."
"Right. So what is it something need a spell put on it."
"No just wanted to make sure you were ok no inner demon's raising their head's." Buffy said. Wedge was looking down at his feet.
"Willow I might have passed something on to you or I might not have but you might be turning in to a demon like me."
"Like you - you're a demon?"
"I am now I just turned for the first time tonight."
"O ok taking in a lot searching through feeling's and coming to conclusion that I don't mind at all and what is the average life expectancy of our demon."
"Our demon?" Wedge said confused.
"As I started to feel better it appeared I didn't know what was going on but then I realized and Giles phoned. To tell me to look out for you and tell you to phone him or go to the library."
"Well go back to the library. Did you tell him?" Buffy said
"No sorry I didn't its not every day you turn in to a demon."
"Well you're certainly taking it well." Buffy said she was now deeply concerned for her friends both of them had just turned into demons but neither of them really cared.
I hope Buffy isn't mad that I just turned her best friend and my lover in to a demon I all ready feel bad as it is. Wedge thought.
"Don't feel bad I don't mind." Willow said. When Wedge and Buffy looked at her in a questioning manner she thought. Wedge Can I hear your thoughts?
"Yes you can." Wedge replied.
When Buffy looked at them this time she realized what was going on. They are sharing each other's thought's If either of them can hear me I'll need to know. She thought hoping to see a visible reaction.
Neither of them reacted.
I wonder how far away from each other we can communicate like this. Willow thought.
I don't know but I don't want to break this connection. Wedge sent
I know but do you hear every thing or just what I think to you. Willow suddenly thought of the bad point to this very special form of communication
Only what you think to me because otherwise you'd have heard me just go through the ten times table.
Buffy stood waiting for the two of them to start taking again. She then decided to speak up.
"We better all go to see Giles." She stated both her friends nodded.
"Hello Giles!" Buffy shouted as she entered the library.
"Buffy is that you." Giles shouted back.
"Yeah we have a potential problem."
"Do we? What can I fight." Xander said from behind Buffy.
" Xander it's ten past eleven and you were ill." Buffy said
"I'm better now. And I wanted to find you and go patrolling. Giles said Wedge was with you. Where is he?"
"Just coming." She said.
A few seconds later Wedge and Willow came in wearing their demon faces.
"Buffy kill mode Demon's!" Xander said ruining to be behind Buffy.
Willow's demon face looked a bit like Wedge's but a lot more feminine.
"Xander is that anyway to talk to your oldest friend."
"Willow?" Xander said knowing the voice. But not sure if he should trust what he heard.
"Yep." She said.
Giles had just appeared and was in the same predicament as Xander he then looked at the book in his hand and realized it was them. They were the same demon's as his aunt had been.
"Come in." Principal Snyder said to the unknown person on the other side of the door.
A tall demon with burnt flesh and hundreds of red spikes coming out of his head.
"Snyder."
"Yes" He said not looking up from his work.
"DIE" And then the demon ripped of Snyder's arms and head then left. With the arms still in his hands.
The next morning Buffy walked into the school. It was barren there were no other students there. She walked about a bit then went to the Library.
Wedge and Willow were sitting at the big table as normal. But not as normal Xander was in Giles' office. The two of them looked out and saw Buffy they beckoned her in.
"Buffy Principal Snyder was found dead this morning. He was decapitated and his arms were found in the trophy case." Giles said mournfully.
"Yeah and Giles thinks it's connected to the flu every one has. The only reason I'm better is because I went to the magic shop last month to buy a spell repellant but later we didn't use and I spilled it on myself last night and came here that's when you came and we all went into researching." He nodded in the direction of Willow and Wedge.
"It would seem that this flu is only a spell but we don't now who's using it" Giles said.
"But we reckon a demon my be responsible." Xander said.
"So the Principle is dead killed by a demon and this flu is really a spell and we have two new demons." Buffy said.
"It look's that way doesn't it. But I assure you it's not them."
"Ok Giles I believe you I know Willow well enough to no it's not her. And Wedge just doesn't seem capable of that sort of thing."
"Your right there." Xander said. "Anyway most of the town's ill so it's just us five on the case. Were officially the Scooby gang."
Both Buffy and Giles gave him a pained look.
I wonder what there taking about. Willow thought.
Probably taking about the demon that killed Snyder. Wedge sent. Wedge and Willow had been taking like this ever since last night when they found out they could.
I hope they don't think it was us.
No they won't any way. There's no way they would do anything to us.
Willow thought that over.
"Spike." Drusilla said "The Slayer's friend has become a demon and she's feeling a lust for blood."
"Really pet. That's marvelous."
"Don't fool Spike baby this could be very good for us." She said in a motherly voice.
"So the slayer's friend wants to eat someone." Then it clicked he could use her blood lust to his advantage. But the research would take a few weeks.
"Mum. Mum." Buffy shouted in her house. It was possible she had been sent home with this flu. Wedge, Xander and Willow followed her. She noticed that as if they were fighting or attacking Wedge followed her closely Xander even closer and Willow slightly further back. She was a wee bit annoyed that in her house they still used this pattern but she realized that it was just how they normally walked now.
"Hello Hun." Buffy's mom said. " Your home early?" Buffy's mom stood at the door to the kitchen looking positively dead.
"We got sent home we were the only ones not ill in the entire school."
"Really I heard this was an epidemic but it seems to only be in this town." She then looked past Buffy and saw Xander and Willow. Then she noticed Wedge lurking in the dark. His parent's death must have really affected him. She thought.
"Mum you don't look well at all."
"I now it's this flu you'd think it being the start of the summer that this sort of thing wouldn't happen. But no one else was at the gallery to work so I just closed it and came back. "
"You better get to bed. I'll get you some medicine." Buffy said.
"Ok I'm just going. Help yourselves to snacks." And then she went up to her room. Buffy looked back and so Wedge had his head on Willow's shoulder and he looked pale.
"Is he ok." Buffy mouthed to Willow. Willow shook her head.
The four if them went in to the living room and sat down. Wedge had recovered now but Willow still looked concerned.
"So what are we going to do then?" Xander said.
"We sit and do nothing." Buffy said. "I have some movies we could watch."
"Really what do we do?"
"That's it. We could watch eh well I have eh." She was rummaging around her video collection trying to find something interesting." I have Hackers or Scream and the Little Mermaid."
"Oh the Little Mermaid we could watch that." Willow then looked round at the expression's on everybody's face. "Or not." She then said.
It's ok love I have it we can watch it later.
Yeah. Willow replied happily.
"Scream is a good idea." Wedge said.
"Yeah." Xander said whilst nodding.
"OK scream it is then. It'll be a break from our lives where we walk into rooms full of dead body's." Buffy said sarcastically.
Willow and Wedge occupied the sofa while Buffy and Xander sat in the two armchairs. Willow and Wedge were cuddled up and exchanging kisses every now and then Wedge suddenly shot up in pain every one looked at him.
"SHIT!" He said.
"What is it Wedge?" Xander said very quickly.
"I just saw something it looked like an old friend from Edinburgh."
"You had a vision." Willow said.
"Yeah and it was intense but for once I don't know what it was about."
"The meaning will come to you."
They all settled down and finished watching The Crow. It was now 7:49 and it was dark out. Buffy had been up and down checking on her mom but she was fine as being ill went.
Giles was now ill and Wedge and Willow were about to leave and start researching what had happened to Snyder. So Xander would be patrolling with Buffy tonight.
"Well we're off to the library to research."
"Shouldn't you check on Giles?" Buffy said.
"No he's at Jenny's they decided if they were going to be ill they were going to be ill together. And there's no way they can replicate what was in that bottle Xander spilled on himself."
"Ok then well report in at 11ish so after that we can either go out if we have info or me and Xander can go home if you don't."
"Ok see you in three hours."
Then they split off in to two allotted groups.
"So what do you think got into Wedge when my mom was there?" Buffy asked Xander.
"I think it reminded him of how he was with his mother."
"Really?"
"I don't know ask Willow she'll know."
"I haven't really talked to her lately. She's been a lot more interested in Wedge."
"Yeah I know and knowing there both demons is weird."
The two were walking through the park and there was no sign's of life then all of a sudden two vampires jumped out at them there was still no sing of life. Buffy immediately brought out her stake and plunged it straight into one of the vampire's hearts. It exploded into dust.
"Now it's your turn." Buffy said. Xander had moved round behind the second vampire and when it went to run he stopped it.
"There's no getting away." Buffy said. Then she plunged her stake in to vampire's heart.
"That was relatively easy." Buffy commented.
"I found it!" Willow shouted to Wedge who was rummaging around in the stacks.
"Good. I'm just coming." He walked down the steps and then quickly closed the gap between himself and Willow.
"Look here it says that the demon can be killed by Decapitation."
Good.
Buffy's good at that.
Suddenly the doors to the library swung open.
"Hello evil's here." Spike said.
"What do you want." Willow said impatiently.
"You don't fear me." Spike said surprised.
"No we don't you wouldn't like the taste of our blood."
"I was kind of hoping that." Spike then moved forward and ten other vampires came in and surrounded Willow and Wedge.
Time to see how powerful our demon forms are. Wedge sent to Willow
The two changed. And the vampires attacked.
I think I'll check in with Giles before I go into the town looking for Buffy. Angel thought.
He then saw Spike running out of the school. Before Angel realized it he was already running in to see what had happened. He didn't notice the book in Spike's hand.
As he got closer to the Library he saw a vampire go flying through the door's. It picked its self up then went back in.
Once he was in the library all he could see was two demons fighting the six vampires. No five one just exploded into dust. He went in and as the five looked round two exploded. Killed by the stakes the two weird looking demons had.
The three that were left tried to run but were grabbed by the demons and beheaded. Angel then changed back to human face. Where is Giles and who are these two demons.
Angel stood at full height
"Who are you two?" He couldn't keep how impressed he was out of his voice.
The female one laughed and he knew that laugh.
Willow and Wedge turned back to normal.
The look of surprise on Angel's face prompted both Willow and Wedge to really laugh.
"Sorry." Wedge got out as he recovered himself. "It's just the look on your face is priceless."
"Hi any news about… Angel when did you get back?" Buffy asked as she saw her vampire boy friend.
"Just about a hour ago."
"Oh good." Buffy and Angel, even though they are deeply in love with each other, sometimes found it very hard to talk to each other. They hugged but that was all.
"Buffy we found away to kill the bad demon." Willow said happily.
"Good. How when and do we really want to right now."
"Decapitation then set it a light, any time, yes we do." Willow answered.
"Remember he did kill Snyder." Wedge said.
"Oh yeah. But school will start up again." Xander said as he walked over from where he had been standing to sitting near the main desk.
"He does have a point there Willow we could just leave this thing be for a night or a week." Buffy said.
"No you won't your going out there tonight and Wedge and I are coming. So is Angel and Xander."
"Ok Will we'll go now." The five of them left.
"Did you know Willow and Wedge are demons?" Angel asked Buffy as they walked down the road. Willow and Wedge were a couple meters back and could not hear Angel and Buffy speak.
"Yeah why?"
"I was just making sure. Their good at fighting. Nearly as good as you and me but not quite."
"You saw them fight when?"
"When I went in they killed ten vampires between them. But Spike got away."
"Spike attacked them and they didn't tell me." Buffy realized that Willow had been drifting away since Wedge had come to town. It was starting to worry her.
"Well he didn't attack himself he just stole a book on a demon that no one really knows about and Wedge has a copy of it so it doesn't really matter according to them."
They neared the place Willow said the demon was most likely to be.
Xander had taken the lead. But then realized he was there and looked at Buffy and said.
"Ladies first." Buffy smiled and walked in to the damp old abandoned house.
You didn't tell Angel the truth about that book did you. Wedge said.
No I didn't but I don't want every one worrying.
I think they all ready are.
Willow didn't reply to the last bit. She then looked round the house it wasn't very much.
"Grrrrrrr." A low rumble came from the direction the group was walking.
"Who's there?" Buffy said. There was no spoken response but a demon jumped out at them even though they could not see it they knew it was the demon they were here to fight.
Buffy lunged at it and ripped into its burnt flesh. It then head butted her and all the small red needles protruding from its head went in and cut her, she fell. Angel then ran at it hitting it in the stomach Buffy got back up and started hitting the demon with her incredible punches. The thing went down Angel backed off and Buffy ripped its head from its body then Willow brought out the lighter fluid and lighter. She poured the fluid on the thing then set it alight. All of them walked out as if nothing had happened. Suddenly there was a massive explosion as the gas in the house caught alight.
"Whoops." Willow said not meaning to have destroyed the house.
End of Episode three.
