The five walked out of
the crypt and as one stared at the sky.
He remembered the last
time he had seen it, it was a clear night like this as he and willow
where on there way to the Bronze.
Breaking himself from the
sight he slowly reached up and pulled the guard away from his mouth
and nose.
For the first time in uncountable centuries he
breathed air that was free of the stench of demons.
The five
stood like that for several minutes before the pains of there past
returned.
Taking one last deep breath he returned the guard
and moved through the graveyard.
It was several minutes later
that the five stood outside a house and looked at the strangers that
lived there. A lifetime ago this was his house, his home.
Now
it belonged to someone else. For the first time he actually doubted
if returning was a wise choice.
Forcing the doubt away he
steeled himself and turned to the other four.
None of them
remembered when they had last spoken, over the years of fighting they
had formed a type of connection with each other.
"So?" he grated out with unused vocal cords "Where to now?"
His first general
looked at the others before back at him "School?" she
questioned as he thought for a moment.
Making the decision he
nodded and the five fell silent again as they melted into the
night.
They where halfway there when the sound of a fight drew
there attention to a blonde fighting three vampires.
Buffy was
beginning to tire, she had dealt with two of the vampires but the
last three where proving harder to stake. A roundhouse kick dropped
one, Moving to finish it off She failed to notice one of the other
two rip a gravestone out of the earth.
The five watched the
fight for a moment as the blonde managed knock one down, the warlord
sighed internally as she lost situational awareness, he realized she
would die if he didn't intervene as the vampire hefted the huge chunk
of granite over his head.
Stepping forward he pulled a small
length of carbon black chain, calculating the distance he lashed
out.
One end of the chain was attached to his bracer, the
other was attached to a heavy spear head.
As the spearhead
embedded itself in the vampires back the warlord jerked the creature
away from the blond.
Slipping the Katana out he slashed the
legs out of the creature before reversing the swing and taking the
six inches from his head.
Buffy finished staking the fallen
vampires before reversing he grip and stabbing the second as he came
up beside her.
Turning to face the last she noticed the
gravestone on the ground of the now empty graveyard.
Watching
the blond from the shadows he turned a questioning look to his second
in command.
With a nod of understanding she led the general
from Asforoth towards the school.
Leading the other two they
trailed the blond as she made her patrol.
