A/N I got a couple of PM's, as well as a reviewer, commenting on them being in Eureka. They're currently in Eureka, California, a beach town. Eureka from the tv show is in Oregon. I'm sorry I didn't make that clearer. There's actually a different tv show, called the Craftsman, filmed there. I've never seen it.
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After getting plenty of supplies to see their new 'baby' though for awhile. Xander got some survival gear, having spent a long time talking to the salesman about what was needed bare minimum. He got a flashlight, a hand cranked radio, blankets, jackets for each of them and a first aid kit.
"Cordy, I'm going to make you some more pockets of your own. You can keep your new jacket and the little guy's supplies in them. Have you thought up a name yet? We can't just keep calling him the little guy."
"I'm thinking about it. Once you're done with that, we should get going to the next reality."
"I'm ready when you are." He assured her.
This time they materialized in a wooded area. Near something that was definitely unnatural.
"What the Hell is that?" Xander asked. "It looks like some sort of electrical storm. But it's just there." Then something came running out of it. It snarled at them and ran into the trees. Cordelia grabbed her pup up off the ground.
"I've got a better question. What the Hell was that?!" She yelled.
"I don't know. But it had alot of teeth. It could be a demon of some kind. Come on, I can track it. Let's see what we find."
They followed the trail through the woods and came to a cabin. One under attack by some sort of creatures. The weird thing with too many teeth vered around them and kept going.
"I can't figure out if those are demons or not." Xander said. "But I'm pretty sure there are people in that cabin, which means demons or not, people are in trouble. Keep a tight grip on the little guy, Cordy. I'll deal with those things." She nodded and held tight to the litte pup.
"Xander, there are people in there. Four minds." Cordelia confirmed.
Xander started by flinging his hand out and sending some of the creatures flying. Which just turned their attention on him. And unfortunately, Cordelia, who was standing next to him. "Cordelia teleport into the cabin. I'll deal with these things. Go!" She did, hating leaving him to deal with them himself. Xander unleased his particle swarm on the creatures. The smell of burnt flesh was nauseating.
Cordelia materialized inside the cabin behind four people, two men and two woman trying to block the windows and bar the door.
"Hi, what the Hell are those things?" She asked, startling them.
"How did you get in here?" One of them asked. "There's only one door in and out and only these two windows. It's not a big cabin."
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She held tight to 'baby'. 'Really have to give him an actual name.' She thought. "My boyfriend and I ran into this a weird sort of contained electrical storm in the woods and something with way too many teeth came running out of it. We were worried that people might get hurt by it and tracked it. It ran around the mess of whatever those are out there."
"You wouldn't believe us if we told you." One of the woman parroted back at her. "Suffice to say, we're in alot of danger. Where's your boyfriend?"
"Dealing with those things. Which hopefully, won't take him long."
"Does he have a weapon?" One of the men asked.
"A couple, but I don't think either of them will be really useful under the circumstances. Just give him a few minutes. Anyway, I'm Cordelia."
"Is this really the time for introductions?" The other man asked and then froze as he realized the sound of the animals attacking the cabin had stopped.
"Cordy." A voice called from outside the cabin. "It's okay, I think I got them all."
"That'll be my boyfriend, Xander." Cordelia told them. They eased open the door and peered out.
"Oh, gross. What is that smell?!" One of the women asked.
"Burnt flesh." Cordelia told them, scrunching up her own nose. Vampires didn't smell when they dusted. "Xander burned them. Highly effective, but yeah. The smell."
"They're all dead?" One of the men asked.
"I think so." Xander said. "I got every one I could see. But the thing we were tracking is still out there. Whatever it is."
"I'm pretty sure they know, Xander. They're just not talking." Cordelia told him.
"I'm Detective Constable Danny Quinn." The oldest of the group said. "This is Connor, Abby and Sarah."
"Some kind of police officer?" Xander asked.
"Yes. Tell me about the creature you saw. And how did you do this?"
"First tell me what these are and if they have anything to do with that thing back there."
Quinn sighed and said. "It's an experiment gone wrong. It's called an anomaly. It connects us to other time periods. These things?" He said, indicating the burned bodies. "Are terror birds."
"Terror birds? As in giant, meat eating birds from South America? A friend made me watch documentaries sometimes. And the thing we saw with too many teeth is something else that doesn't belong here?"
"If it came out of the anomaly, then yes, it definitely doesn't belong here."
"Then we need to find it. I can track, I've been tracking it since we saw it come out of that thing."
"Alright, I'll accept your help, but we're going to have to talk after we catch it."
"I'm guessing because this is all Top Secret, right?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
