Something Wicked
by Jillbone
I'm a Slayer...Ask Me How
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Chapter 2: I'm a Slayer...Ask Me How
Waking up, Buffy looked around her trying to figure out where she was. (Yup, floor of the library.) Spotting Giles sitting at a nearby table, she groaned. "Do you have to do that every time we fight?"
"Yes," he replied calmly sipping his cup of tea. "Now, do you want to tell me what that was all about?"
Buffy stood, thinking about the redhead who was long gone by now. (Willow), she corrected herself. (Mine), the demon growled, feeding her images of all the ways she could claim the redhead. Most of them involving nudity and dessert toppings. Shaking her head, she turned to Giles. "She touched something of mine."
Giles just nodded knowing how possessive slayers could be. Buffy once knocked Faith unconscious for stealing Mr. Gordo, her stuffed pig. "Please wake up your sister so we can be on our way home," he said making his way into his office to gather his things.
Buffy leaned over and gently shook her sister's shoulder. The brunette rolled over and mumbled, "Go away. 'M not going to school today."
Smiling, Buffy shook Faith harder. "We're already at school, dipshit."
Faith bolted straight up, sure she had fallen asleep in class again. Wincing at the pain in her jaw, she started whining. "What the hell did you hit me for, B?"
Buffy offered a hand up, then growled at her sister and simply stated, "Touch her again and I'll rip off your arm and beat you to death with it."
Looking at the blonde's yellow eyes, she knew Buffy was claiming the redhead for her own. "God, you couldn't have just said that to begin with?"
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Giving up after an unsuccessful night of slaying, Buffy and Faith decided to head to the Bronze and try their luck hunting for a different prey. When they walked into the club, the slayers took a deep breath and let their demons scan the building for trouble. Not sensing anything, they slung their stake-laden jackets over a nearby table. While Buffy looked for Willow, her sister checked out the crowd for a suitable dance partner. Faith spotted a leggy blonde across the room and immediately made her way over.
Unable to find the redhead anywhere, Buffy sat back to watch Faith do an enthusiastic grind into her more than willing partner. Resigning herself to a long and frustrating evening, the blonde tried to signal a waitress to bring her a water and saw a flash of red by the entrance. She sniffed the air and caught Willow's unique scent. She stood up to head over when she spotted Xander with her Willow.
Growling low in her throat, Buffy watched Xander pt his hand on the small of Willow's back and guide her towards a sofa near the dance floor. The demon was pissed. (Who does he think he is? Why aren't we hurting him?) Shaking off the possessive demon, Buffy watched the couple settle into the sofa. (He's probably her boyfriend. Who am I kidding? She wouldn't want to go out with someone like me anyway.) Caught up in her thoughts, she almost missed the two vamps walking out the exit with their soon-to-be meals.
Buffy headed for Faith hearing Willow's gasp and Xander's low whistle when they saw the two slayers again. The blonde leaned into her sister and whispered, "Hate to break up your little floor show, but we've got two newbies with takeout right outside." Her eyes briefly locked with Willow's as she and Faith grabbed their jackets and left the club.
Hearing a commotion in the alley next to the club, Faith smiled at Buffy. "Ok, B. On the count of three."
"Faith..."
"One...two...three!" the slayers stepped around the corner and saw the vamps with their prey pinned to the wall. Faith called out, "Hey! You boys looking for a good time?"
Hoping this was an opportunity to double their meal, the newbies turned towards the slayers and smiled. "We're always looking for a bit of fun." Then, they finally noticed the stakes in the intruders' hands and knew the game was over. Slipping into game face, the vamps snarled and attacked.
At this, the slayers charged the newbies -- Faith with a roundhouse kick and Buffy with a punch that threw her vamp into the side of a dumpster. Seeing their chance to escape, the two would-be-meals cowering against the wall ran off into the night vowing never to talk to strangers again. Flipping her vamp over, Buffy staked him and stood back to watch her sister. Faith was beating her attacker in the face with the blunt end of a stake. (Somebody's frustrated), Buffy chuckled to herself remembering the dance she interrupted earlier.
Distracted, she never noticed the third vampire sneaking up behind her. He had his hands wrapped around her throat before she could call out to Faith. The blonde could feel herself getting lightheaded from lack of oxygen and rammed her head back startling the vamp into dropping her. She thrust her stake up and into his heart before he had time to regroup. Gasping for air, she looked over at Faith just in time to see her vamp explode into dust.
"What the hell was that, Faith?"
Faith turned, trying to get the dust off her clothes. "Aw, c'mon. I was just having some fun. By the way, nicely diverted, B."
"That wasn't 'diverting.' That was fighting for my life, Miss Attention Span."
"Hey, this isn't a tupperware party. It's a little bit harder to plan."
"'The count of three' isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street." Buffy turned to leave and spotted trouble -- Willow and Xander. Unsure of how much they had seen, she nudged Faith and said, "Hey, didn't see you guys standing there. Faith and I just came outside to, uh...to..."
Seeing the lost and desperate look on her sister's face, Faith jumped in. "...To get some fresh air. Boy, you really work up a sweat dancing in there."
Willow and Xander couldn't meet the slayers' eyes. Their attention was riveted on the spot the vampire was last at. "Did he just go 'poof'?" Willow asked making a little gesture with her hands.
Buffy chuckled weakly. "Maybe he was a magician?"
Willow locked eyes with Buffy and raised an eyebrow. Xander looked up, stammering, "No, no. I definitely saw a 'grrr' and then a 'poof'...and then with the dust." He cocked his head at the slayers. "Not very Siegfried and Roy."
Buffy just stared at Willow unsure of what to say to make the situation better. Seeing the dejected look on the blonde's face, Faith decided to take matters into her own hands. As usual. "Vampires are real. We're slayers. We kill vampires. Any questions? No? Good."
Buffy's head snapped to look at her sister so fast she thought she might have whiplash at first. "Faith! Do you even know the meaning of the word tact?" The dark haired slayer gave her an innocent look and Buffy turned back to Xander and Willow. "Look, I know this is kinda hard to believe.."
"Actually, it explains a lot, " Xander cut her off still staring at the two slayers.
Willow simply shrugged. "Well, Sunnydale does have a higher mortality rate than most third world countries."
Buffy's demon was dancing around, pleased that her Willow was taking this so well. (What are you waiting for? Go get her.) The blonde mentally shoved the little demon back into his cage and said to the group as a whole, "We should probably head home to Giles and he can explain this in more detail."
Willow looked puzzled. "Why would the school librarian know anything about this?"
Xander gasped, a little dismayed at the thought that the two gorgeous girls were taken. "You live with the school librarian? Isn't he a little old for you?"
Buffy looked at Faith and sighed. "It's a long story. We'll tell you on the way."