A.N. Waddya mean write another? This one's givin' me headache! ;D
- 7 -
Angel looked around. Spotting a large, heavy, carved wooden chest, he strode over to it. Lifting one end he dragged it across to Wesley's desk and pushed it so that it stood in front of the desk; effectively stopping anything from being able to see straight under the desk top.
"Wesley. Get yourself hidden on the floor back here while you find something to help."
Wesley looked at the barrier Angel had created.
"Angel. Whilst I appreciate your efforts, that thing will know I'm there just by scent alone."
"Probably, but I'm planning on keeping it too busy to start worrying about you. If I can keep it occupied, hopefully you'll have enough time to come up with something."
"And if I don't?"
"Try hitting it with your book?"
There was the sound of shattering glass along with furniture being haphazardly flung around, bouncing off walls and floors; another door shredded into kindling, another roar of fury as the beast made it's way closer to where the vampire and the man waited. With a half smile on his face, Wesley looked briefly at Angel.
"I think we need a bigger book!"
Angel groaned in mock sufferance as Wesley, clutching onto two books of magic, hurried off to take cover behind the desk. There was the sound of metal clanging and chains rattling and chinking as they swung and twisted around each other - The Lift - Angel took up a guard position and focused all his attention on the suddenly very flimsy looking door before him.
For a moment there was silence, broken only by the sound of swiftly turning pages as Wesley continued his desperate search. Angel took the opportunity to centre himself, adjusting his stance and taking a few wholly unnecessary deep breaths. From the outside came the clear sounds of something large snuffling and sniffing along the bottom edge of the door, swiftly followed by a deep throated, rumbling growl and the sound of oversized claws scratching experimentally down length of the door.
"Wesley?"
"Yes...I hear it."
The whole door suddenly shuddered on it's hinges as something very solid hit against it from the other side.
"Any chance you could read faster?"
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Next Chapter later today.
Chick xx