CH 28: Emmett Cullen
Burning Bright
The classic soldier was passé. At least that's what he was telling himself.
Now he dug through the pile of unusable bits and pieces of other costumes, slowly building the pile of pieces that he'd need as well as the red and white paint. Thank goodness he'd had a backup plan in mind. He might have had to go as Barney!
"Hi Mrs. S!"
"Xander! That's a nice suit of armor you've got."
"Thank you."
He grinned, proud of his work. It might not have been an official costume, but you couldn't tell that from looking. The armor fit perfectly over the white t-shirt and pants he'd tucked under them, gleaming softly in the streetlights.
"Found a way around the spandex rule, did you?"
Xander's blush nearly matched the red pieces of his outfit.
Willow ran around, trying to find her friend, or at least the person borrowing his body. She never noticed a figure jumping from rooftop to rooftop following the sense of magic that pervaded everyone.
Xander eyed the rapidly growing judge as he called up his subarmor. The snake was huge, and might have scared him before Halloween.
Not anymore though.
"All right, the 'rents are gone, the doors are locked and it's just you, me and a few dozen idiots stupid enough to follow you."
He kept talking, almost dancing through the vampires and demons trying to pin him down.
"You're done Richie. They say it took a volcano to stop the last Olvikan that came up."
Grinning as a flash of fire surrounded him, leaving him fully armored, swords in hand. His entire body seemed to burn bright with fire.
"I might as well be a walking volcano."
Richard Wilkins roared in defiance as the vampires burst into ash from the heat. The last words he heard were Xander's cry of "Flare up NOW!"