Author's Note: This is another chapter in the series of short stories QueenoftheSlayers and I are collaboratively writing. Check out chapter 1's author notes for a full account of what we're doing.
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Close Encounters of the Fictional Kind
Chapter 3: Monsters of the Night
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (c) Joss Wheadon
Doctor Who (c) BBC
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Elise and Marie were on a summer vacation in Cleveland. They'd already spent a couple days in the city checking out the urban scene when Marie decided to drag Elise to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Elise really didn't need too much convincing considering how big of an Elvis fan she was. They stayed in the museum until closing time, and then decided to walk back to their hotel instead of paying for a cab. The only problem was that it was now night and Marie thought that a short cut through the cemetery to the hotel would work. Elise wasn't so sure. "Are you sure this is going to be a short cut Marie? It looks pretty freakin' creepy to me!"
Marie rolled her eyes, "You also thought the creatures on that planet the Doctor took us to were creepy; I thought they were cute. Those spikes on their heads were adorable!"
"Adorable? One tried to eat us!" Elise nearly shouted, her eyes widening at the memory of the small, but spiky creature chasing after them.
"It was a wanted convict! The rest were very nice," Marie insisted.
Elise grumbled something about the odds of them meeting the one crazy alien of the bunch. A deep voice behind them made them jump. "You two do know that a cemetery is no place for a pair of tasty morsels, like yourselves, to wander at night?" a pale dark haired muscular man said crouching low on a tombstone not six feet away. "The monsters like to play here at night," he smirked, flashing a glimpse of his teeth.
Elise shivered, but Marie crossed her arms and fixed the stranger with a glare. "What monsters? Because if you mean yourself… I've met worse."
The man chuckled, a deep throated, menacing sound. "I doubt they've been worse than me, for I am the most evil vampire to exist. My hoard of minions need only await my command to drain this filth of a city," he growled as his face morphed into that of a vampire.
His fangs glistened in the moonlight and his eyes seemed to glow a reddish color, as though the blood he drank colored the irises. Elise gulped, unable to scream at the monster before her. Marie kept her cool though, "Blah blah blah, Mr. Evil, Please! Yes you have an ego the size of the city, but I know an ass of a Fae with an ego the size of the planet, if not bigger! You don't intimidate me!" Marie said, nervously glancing upward quickly in search of falling glitter.
Elise anxiously tugged on Marie's sleeve, "Marie, can we please NOT antagonize the vampire?"
"You ruin my fun Elise, all of it!" she said turning to her friend.
"Hey, I have a problem with being eaten! You choose me over Faith in that game, then the creatures when we were with the Doctor and Donna, and now vampires! What the hell?" Elise shouted, temporarily forgetting the blood-thirsty vampire sitting only six feet away.
"Excuse me girls?" he interrupted.
"Hang on Mister Vampire Man, we're having a conversation here before you kill and eat us."
The vampire settled back and waved his hand indulgently. "Thank you!" Marie said turning back to Elise.
"Marie…" Elise said staring at a place over Marie's shoulder.
"B, what is it with the tourists and cutting through the cemetery?" a low female voice asked nonchalantly.
Marie and Elise turned to see a brunette leaning against a nearby tree, casually twirling a wooden stake between her fingers. There was a small blonde woman next to her in a stance that said I'm in control. The blonde, B or Buffy, turned to the brunette, "I don't know Faith. Why am I even here? You still won't tell me, I was having such a nice time with Dawn in Rome."
"I thought it was obvious… we have an overabundance of vamps we need to kill."
"Excuse me?" Marie interrupted looking at the two women in awe. "Sorry, but I just can't believe you're here! I mean, I know that this is where you were going to be, but still. You two are my heroes!"
Buffy and Faith exchanged a knowing look with each other. "Yo girl, you need to breathe. Heroes you say? And you ain't one of the potentials?"
Elise scoffed, "She wishes…"
Marie threw her a dirty look before answering, "It would be awesome to be a potential, but no, haven't got the skills."
"She has a Mister Pointy though. Creeps out all the other people in the dorm building that stop by," Elise snickered.
"Look," the vampire behind them said. "I'm just going to kill you all now, okay?"
"Oh please," Buffy said as she threw a wooden stake at him.
It smoothly slid into his chest and through his heart. The vampire gave a shocked roar before turning to dust.
"So cool…" Marie said staring at the spot the vampire had dematerialized.