From: Zorina Skye <zorina-skye@geocities.com> Subject: BUFFYFIC: Sunnydale, Watchers of a Different Kind
*************************************************** Look, I don't one Buffy or any charactors from the show or any characters from any of the other shows that I mention, but hey, by-laws say that as long as I don't make any money I can write whatever I want to.
The Moon was full and bright and errie shadows were cast accross the library, but this didn't phase Rupert Giles in the least. This library had become his hoem for the past two years since he and the Slayer came to Sunnydale. Pike had been right to contact him, however Giles had no idea what happened to the boy since their brief conversation nearly three years ago, before he'd been assigned as Buffy's watcher.
When he had met the blonde he couldn't help but wonder if the fates had played a cruel trick on him.
The Slayer was a high strung teenager in her mid teens, and obviously not the type of girl which he would have chosen in a slayer.
It wasn't that Buffy wasn't true to her calling, besides the reluctance, she was an efficient Slayer, who survived without the aid of a Watcher in L.A.
The Watcher looked up at the Grandfather Clock which stood atop the second floor of the library. It was like Buffy to be late but it was unlike her to be this late.
"Willow!" Giles called into the stacks, rewarded by having the auburn haired head pop out from between an isle of books. "I'm going...."
Two people, a man and a women entered the library and were obviously not students or staff of the school. He casually pushed his glasses up higher on the bridge of his nose.
He eyed them as they walked right into the library without saying a word to the librarian and begain searching among the stacks.
"Excuse me, can I help you?" Willow asked when she was approached by the stranger.
Giles internally cheered the girl on, their voices the only thing that reached his trained ears.
"My pa...."
The women caughed.
"My friend and I heard that this was the best place in California to find any information on the Acult, I was surprised to find out that it was a high school."
"Uhhhhh.. well you're wel.. welcome to have a look around, but be careful," Willow warned, "When people come here the genarally tend to find it."
The man watched the girl scurry off deep within the stacks before muttering softly, "That girl is hiding something."
Giles was patient, in fact when Buffy came in late, running he nearly forgot the pair of strangers.
"Sorry Giles, ran into some undeed, you know the sun sets at four during the winter?" She asked, not pausing for a breath as she lept up onto the second landing, "Ready for some training!" She yelled jumping up onto the railing and using it as a balance beam.
"Excuse me could I si....." The man asked coming out of the stacks in time to see Buffy flip over and jump to the ground. "You know Giles we should really use..."
"Buffy..."
"The gym, we'd get so much more space..."
"Buffy..." Giles said more insistant.
"and I need more space how can you ecpect me to be an efficiant Sla..."
"BUFFY!"
Buffy almost could feel the lecture coming on, but her flesh crawled, undead. "Sorry Giles gotta go. Will I need suplies!" She yelled to the auburn haired girl as she disa- ppeared into the stacks to return running out of the library.
"Interesting girl." The women commented.
The man narrowed his eyes and watched her as she slipped through the doors before returning his attention to the Librarian.
"I'd like to take this out, do you mind?"
"No go ahead." Said the man his voice heavily accented.
The pair exited the Library, with a silent agreement they went in search of the energetic blonde.
As they exited the school they ran into a hysterical brunette, "Buffy! Buffy!" She screamed. "They have Xander," who literally ran into them.
The man caught the girl as she fell away from him just after impact. "Buffy, gotta find Buffy... Giles!" She gasped pulling away and running into the building.
The man nodded and the women follwed the girl into the school and he continued in search of the girl. She was however no where in sight, but he knew she had to have come through here, she had to have inhuman speed.
The whole place just didn't feel right.
Buffy spun and slamned a stake into the heart of the vampire which charged her and spun to face the other behind her and gasped.
"Xander... no..." before turning and running as fast as she could.
She could feel him huntng her, but this vampire that chased her, no matter how much her training told her that Xander was already dead and gone, she couldn't kill him.
She sobbed as she ran, over her shoulder a bag of stakes, in her left hand a chalise of Holy water and in her right a stake.
"Buffy... there isn't anything to be afraid of..." the un dead laughed before continueing, "it's me, Xander..."
Ahead of her was a man, his trench coat dark as night, sen- sing he wasn't one of the undead she scraemed at him to run. But the man didn't move, he only drew a gun...
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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:39:19 +0000
From: angela2luv@juno.com (Angela Mach) Subject: Re: BUFFYFIC: Buffy fic: If I Were Brave 6/?
wow, good job at getting all the info down. i feel like I'm watching it again. I just love the scenes with Angel and buffy. maybe at the end you can make a story about how Buffy takes Angel home and she stays with him and helps tender him... good idea. i just wish i saw that on the show.
well anywayz, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!
Angela Machåco-pres of BtVS Fan Clubå
Wanna join IKWYDLS mailing list? Email JJAngel5@aol.com Wanna join a mailing list to discuss any movie a BtVS character has graced? Email Shiranui@innocent.com
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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 23:20:24 +0000
From: Christy Montgomery <CHRISTYM@trex2.oscs.montana.edu> Subject: BUFFYFIC: Buffy fic: If I Were Brave 7/?
The next afternoon, Buffy found herself sitting in the library while Giles looked at the ring she had given him from last night under a magnifier.
Buffy sat on the steps, an ice pack on her knee, and thought about what had happened the night before. the demon-guy that had attacked her hadn't been a wimp. If it hadn't been for Angel, Buffy wasn't sure she could have gotten out of his grasp.
"This guy was hard-core Giles," she said finally, looking up at Giles. "And Angel was power-freaked by that ring."
"I'm afraid he was not overreacting," Giles answered seriously.
Buffy looked at him, a trace of fear lingering beneath her blue eyes.
"The ring is worn only by members of the Order of Taraka. It's a society of deadly assassins dating back to King Solomon."
"And didn't they beat the Elks this year in the Sunnydale Adult Bowling League Championships?" Xander piped in.
"Their credo is to sow discord and kill the unwary," Giles continued, ignoring Xander's usual banter.
"Bowling is a vicious game!" Xander finished, shaking his head in mock disgust.
"That's enough Xander!" Giles shouted. His stern expression made it clear that he was not amused with Xander's jokes today.
Xander blinked his eyes, startled by the usually docile Giles' anger. Buffy took a deep breath and looked at Giles. This was not a good thing. Giles was totally wigged out.
Giles looked at the Slayerettes and then at Buffy's shocked expressions and cleared his throat, breaking the uncomfortable bout of silence.
"I'm sorry," he said, removing his glasses and leaning forward to clutch his head. "It's just not the time for jokes. I need to think."
"These assassins-why are they after me?" Buffy asked, pleading for an answer.
"Cause you're the scourge of the underworld?" Willow suggested, trying to break the tension in the room.
"I haven't been that scourge-y lately." Buffy looked at her friend and attempted a smile.
Giles heaved a deep sigh and rubbed his eyes.
"I don't know...I don't know," Giles said. "I think the best thing we can do is to find a secure location...somewhere out of the way you can go until we decide on the best course of action." His tone was serious and Buffy frowned.
This was not a good thing. two of the most important men in Buffy's life were telling her to run and hide: her Watcher/Guardian and the guy she loved. Both were normally confident aboit her slaying abilities. I mean she had killed the Master and died for crying out loud. But this was different. Even Angel, a vampire, had wigged out when he saw that ring.
Buffy stood up carefully and hobbled over to the desk. The worried looks on Xander and Willow's faces did not help the flow of confidence in Buffy. This time she was scared.
"Okay," Buffy said, looking at Giles. "Now you and Angel have both said to head for the hills. Are you saying that I'm not strong enough, that I can't handle these people?"
Giles looked back at her grimly.
"They are a breed apart Buffy," Giles explained. "Unlike vampires they have no earthly desires...but to collect their bounty. They find a target and...uh...they eliminate it. You can kill as many of them as you like, it won't make a difference. Where there is one, there will be another, and another. They won't stop coming until the job is done."
Throughout Giles' explanation, Buffy stood listening to him silently and motionlessly. he didn't have to say a word, his grim expression and low voice said it all. This was something buffy couldn't face alone, but the problem was...she was all alone because she *was* the only Slayer.
Buffy felt her throat tighten as Giles continued on with his explanation of the Order of Taraka. Her breath seemed to catch and she felt her heart pound within her chest. She looked at Willow and Xander; both were silent as the grave, with looks of fear spread across their faces.
"Each on eof them works alone, his...own way," Giles continued, his voice catching at times.
Buffy swallowed down the knot in her throat and glanced around the library. She had to get out of here. She could hardly breathe. Cold dread swept through her body, shaking her to the core.
"Some are human...some are...not. You won't know who they are until they strike," Giles finally finished.
Buffy closed ger eyes and took a ragged breath. then she turned and fled from the library.
As she walked down the hallway, she was acutely aware of every sound she heard; every whisper, every laugh, every footstep. She looked furtively around her, the paranoia filling her head like a cancer.
A locker shut and Buffy jumped. Her heart pounded in her chest, its echo resounding in her head. It could be anyone, that's what Giles said.
She found herself looking suspiciously at everyone she passed; the two girls who stared at her as she passed, the cop that looked at her curiously, and the teacher who appeared out of nowhere. Buffy stiffened at the latter, her Slayer insticts ready. the man reached a hand up...and then combed his hair.
Buffy pushed past him and felt herself begin to relax a little more. She was being paranoid. Wasn't she...? Then she heard the footsteps...
They were quiet at first, but confident as if they were coming straight for her. They grew louder, echoing in her ears. Buffy cast a glance behind her and saw a figure there. She shot out a fist and grabbed the figure by the throat.
"Try it!" she said as she threw the figure to the wall.
The red-headed guy from the band she had seen and heard play at the Bronze stood before her,a confused look on his face.
"Try what?" he said as he looked at her oddly.
Buffy realized her mistake and took away her hand as calmly as she could. She cleared her throat.
"I'm sorry," she muttered.
The guy shook his head, trying to shake off the effects of her grip and looked at her.
"I'm still not clear what I'm supposed to try," he said.
"Nothing. God, I'm sorry," Buffy said, apologizing again. "I...," she started to say again, but turned away embarassedly and fled from him as quickly as she could.
Buffy ran to her locker, grabbed her flannel, and shot out the doors, away from the crowds of Sunnydale High and out into the warm sun.
So, what do you all think so far? Good, bad? Does it stick with the characters and stuff? Please send me any comments if you feel like giving me any.
Tapadh Liebh
Nerissa
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