The Elder Slayer ch 12
An: To the violence!
Warehouse 1408
Alexander returned to his human form as he strode over the roof of the warehouse to the skylight. Daylight beat at his back as he drew his blade, itching to do violence. He looked to his left and saw the bestial Buffy clawing her way across the roof, impatient as him. He went over the plan in his mind.
Kill the guards? Check.
Gain roof access? Check.
Wait for the signal? ...Check.
Enter and slaughter? In progress.
The various demonic minions of the vampire Dalton were each kneeling before a large Blue demon in ornate plate armor. Their attention was diverted from the giant smurf currently draining their former master, to a brilliant blast of light that dusted a dozen vampires. That was when Alexander and Buffy dropped in.
Alexander fell swiftly, slicing through a Fyarl as he reached the ground, bisecting it. With a quick thrust of his hand he incinerated three vamps with a fireblast, then decapitated a fourth. Before the horde could attack him, Buffy leapt into their midst, tearing through their numbers with savage grace. His attention was diverted from the slaughter by the sight of the Judge, Jyggalag's servant.
With a sure an steady stride, the Vampire Lord moved towards the giant blue demon. It turned to see him, watching as the human dispassionately gutted a Vahrall, then cut a Mohra in half and prying the crystal from its head. All the while moving to his target.
The demons of lower class began to make a path between the two monsters so as to escape destruction, those that failed to get out of the way fast enough were either gutted or drained. When finally the pair met in the center the stood not ten feet from each other.
The judge made the first move.
It blasted at him with its drain, and his retaliated with one of his own. The two continued to drain the same level of life from each other for a moment, and in that time the Slayer team started to deal with the demons in earnest.
After Kendra let off an immense blast with the Dawnbreaker, dusting a dozen vamps; she leapt at the surprised horde. Willow and Tara were right behind her, Willow blasting waves of pure magic and Tara sending ethereal arrows into the horde. They began to destroy the mass of demons, who finally realized that they were a threat and charged at them.
Willow summoned a fire whip into her hand and began to cut the demons apart with the psychically controlled flame while with the other hand continuously pumping healing energy into the pair of women on either side of her.
With the empowerment that the psyjic witch was pumping into them, the pair managed to make short work of the demons; Tara's arrows ignoring any type of protective hide and striking deep heart shots with each release, while Kendra's blade cut through the demons like sunlight through space. Buffy was on the other side of the horde destroying the larger demons so that her friends didn't have to worry about them, her massive claws flawing the demons with each powerful stroke.
While the three of them were doing that, the elders were creating a barrier around the building with the help of the newest member of their group. The three adults and Oz set up the demonic repelling barrier and activated it, making sure that nothing could escape and devoting their magic to that. Oz played guard dog.
Angel, just inside the entrance to the sewer, skewered another escaping vamp before looking to see what kind of action was happening around him. His eyes stopped dead on the Judge and Alexander.
The Judge finally stopped his drain and Alexander did the same, then flicked his wrist to drag his opponent towards him. The Judge began to stumble forward, but leaned into it and began to charge. He connected with the powerful human and brought his first into the gut right beneath his head.
Alexander let out a soft grunt at the super powered punch and flew back. He landed and began to skid back, flipping himself onto his feet and bracing himself as the Judge continued his charge. A quick dodge to the left gave him an opening and he stabbed his blade deep into the Judges side as he roared past.
The blue beast roared in pain and twisted, dragging the blade from Alexander's grip. He took a step forward before turning to look at the man, then pulled the blade that had stuck him out as fast as he could. The Blade of Sorrows was jerked out and the demon held it like a knife as he glared at the Vampire Lord.
Both were breathing deeply as they stared each other down.
Angel's attention was diverted from the battle when he had to dodge a blow from a grey demon before reaching out quickly and snapping its neck.
He turned his head back, only to be diverted by the sight of Buffy tearing a Fyarl clean in half. She pulled both arms back and flung the separate pieces at different demons, knocking them down before they could attack Kendra from behind.
Kendra turned and sliced the heads off the distracted demons, lopping the arm off another, and kicking one so hard it sailed into a lightning blast from Willow.
Willow and her wife were slowly rotating on an axis, destroying any demon that came near them; Willow with her lightning and her Fire, and Tara with her crossbow, enchanted knives, and snaps of her finger. The pair worked their way in a circle, passing the fighting Titans.
Alexander delivered a mighty punch to the Judges face, with his other hand holding onto a horn. The judge had been dazed with a quick blow below the belt, and was recovering. With his blade too far away to reach quickly and not enough time to summon another, Alexander had to do fight bare fisted.
The Judge gave a roar of anger, humiliation, and desperation as it flicked its head back and forth. Alexander lost his grip and rolled to the ground, only to be kicked away. The Vampire Lord smacked into the wall, sliding down. As he slid he took the opportunity to check on the rest of the warehouse, it was nearly empty. Only the toughest demons were still alive, but falling one by one.
As the Judged charged, Alexander ducked and rolled, letting the smurf slam into the wall. He stepped back and held his hand out, and in it glowed a purple light. He flicked his hand to the side as the demon regained itself and turned to him.
The Judge watched as a glowing purple blade grew from the light in his hand. With a wicked grin he charged the Judge, who smiled toothily at Alexander. Before he could stop the Judge drew from oblivion his own blade and slashed. Alexander managed to stop the blade from running him through, but it cut deep into his side. And the judge roared as his hand was severed on Alexander's backstroke.
The two injured monsters looked at each other down the lengths of their blades.
Alexander began to cast healing magic over himself as they began to circle. The Judge could not do the same with his only hand occupied with his blade, and seeing his major blow slowly disappear, he charged.
Before he could reach the still injured Vampire Lord he was tackled by a giant mass of angry fur. He began to bat at the werewolf with his destroyed arm and managed to push it off. Growling in anger, seeing his opponent healed completely thanks to the beast, the Judge brought his blade towards the Wolf. Buffy, having received a lucky blow to the head did not immediately register the threat.
When she did it was far too late.
The blade descended in an angry arch and Buffy's life flashed before her eyes. She would have been neatly cut in half, but Angel leapt in front of the blade for her. He pushed her back and cried out as the blade passed through him. He fell back, unconscious but not dusted.
Alexander roared in rage seeing his offspring, in his mind if not his childe, fall from the blow. He charged with an animalistic rage and leapt. The Judge turned and readied his blade, hoping to truly deal with the pest finally. His hopes were dashed when mid-leap, the human exploded in a shower of gore and was replaced with a demon of equally disheartening features as himself.
"Scale of Jyggalag!" The Vampire Lord bellowed as he glided towards his target, "You will fall this day!"
"I shall not! Beast of Bal!" The blue demon retorted, "My master bid me millennia ago and I shall do as was commanded! You shall not stop me!"
As Alexander landed in front of the Judge, the demon swung his blade once more. Alexander grabbed the wrist of the blade hand, and pulled with an immense heave. The arm was torn from the body, ichor spurting from the base. The Judge roared in pain and tried to hit Alexander with the stump arm and the same fate befell it.
With a snarl, Alexander drove his hands into the body of the Judge, lifting it as he spoke, "I enjoy the chaos that I sow, I enjoy the Order I enforce. I do not enjoy my balance being disrupted."
With a pulse of magic, Alexander drained the remaining life force from the Judge. He kept draining and draining until the demon's body turned to dust. With a sigh he returned to his humanoid form. Turning to Buffy who had regained her human form as well, he caught quite the show before Willow conjured a new set of clothes for the Huntress.
All eyes turned to the unconscious form of Angel that Buffy was stirring back to (un)life. Angel woke and sat up, looking around. Seeing no threats he scratched his chest and said, "I guess the party's over?"
"Yup," Alexander replied, holding out his hand. Angel took it and pulled himself up, grinning at their good fortune. Looking to the broken skylight, Alexander said, "You should probably get underground before this whole place lights up."
Angel nodded, hugged Buffy, and headed to the sewer door. As he left, none of them noticed the mad grin on his face.