31 Nights of Frights

by J. Maria

31 drabbles and ficlets done during the month of October 2006 to celebrate Halloween. Various fandoms, pairings, and Halloweenie things happen here, including character death.

24. Inner Beast

Series: 31 Nights of Frights
Title: Inner Beast
Author: Jmaria
Rating: FR-15
Disclaimer: Joss owns Oz, someone else owns Ginger
Summary: Halloween traditions meet Fic-for-all pairings.
Pairing: Oz/Ginger (Ginger Snaps)
Words: 157

31 Nights of Frights
Inner Beast

Oz wanted to save this girl from going through what he'd gone through. It'd known that the other one he couldn't save was stalking this group in particular and had hoped to intervene. But he'd been too late. He hoped he wasn't too late to save this girl from going down that dark road Veruca had traveled. How did he know that she'd been bite? Because she was standing three feet in front of him with a predatorial look in her eyes.

"Stop following me, buddy," Ginger Fitzgerald all but snarled at him.

"I'm not."

"Like I believe you. You've been following me for the last mile." Oz only raised an eyebrow. "I can smell you."

"Full moon's coming up."

"And what, you want to mate me?" Ginger snapped.

"Nope. Just trying to teach you how to control the change."

"What if I don't want to? What if I like the fucking change?"

"Then you're already lost."