1:I have read the FAQ's,and this is a Willow and Tara fic...Don't worry.
2:I've given this a rating of PG-13.If you feel this is inappropriate for the content,please let me know,and I'll change it.
3:AU/Fiction? Only because it has nothing to do with the TV stories,only uses the characters.
4:I haven't finished writing this yet,but I know what the last line is...It's almost as if the whole thing is leading up to that moment.Weird that...
5:I freely admit,this is a bit of an experiment for me,but I've followed Mrs Beaton's recipe as closely as I could,given the ingredients available...
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Disclaimer:BtVS characters belong to the owners of the TVshow-we only borrowed them to play with.
Title:Blood-Bath
Author:Lucy Moore.
Feedback:Yes please.Let me know what you think.
Spoilers:N-O...Takes place in our own little Buffyverse.
Pairing:Willow/Tara (of course!)
Rating:PG-13...Please respect the conventions behind such ratings...They are there for a reason.
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There are just some nights in Sunnydale when it's not safe for anybody at all to be out after dark.Tonight seemed to be one of those nights...
The Hellmouth had always acted as a magnet,a beacon for fell creatures,and the feeling had been growing all day that something was approaching;a sense of foreboding,that long term denizens had learned to ignore at their peril.
Now,as dusk had given way to the darkness in night,there was nobody to admire the goods on display in shop windows...
Nobody for the artfully arranged products to seduce with their allure...
Nobody for the mannequin's in the clothes stores to gaze wistfully at;as they imagined the lives they might have,if only they were truly alive...
The only traffic on the roads were the pairs of police cruisers patrolling the town.Not straying from the lighted thoroughfare's,they followed a fixed route round the town;a route designed to keep their occupants out of harm's way,safe until the end of their shift.
Down dark alleys and unlit streets,the human known to her friends as Buffy,and to creatures of the night as The Slayer was on her own patrol.Accompanied by Xander and Willow with Tara,they were following their own route through the town.
Moving out of an alley which had led them onto Nicholson Street,the Scoobies came upon something which was chowing down on a Polgara demon.The Polgara,still alive,was beating ineffectively at the head of the creature which had buried its' muzzle deep into the abdomen of its' meal.
Buffy,her spidey senses on full alert,was suffering from a full blown case of the wiggins as she gazed at the scene before them.Just about to order the others back into the alley,she stopped as the creature,whatever it was,withdrew from the Polgara.
Gulping down a final hunk of meat it turned towards the Scoobies.Its' ears at the alert it snorted a combination of blood and mucus from its' nostrils and sniffed the air,drawing in their scent as it watched them from eyes which began to glow with a green light.
Rising from all fours onto its' two rear legs,it displayed,and,raising its' muzzle into the air,howled into the night.There was an answering howl from over to the east.
Dropping back down onto all fours,it charged...
Buffy moved to her left.In her right hand she held her favorite hand-axe,which she began to move in practised arcs as she built momentum and speed to the double edges.
With Xander moving to the creatures left as it charged,the only warning they had was Willows' shout of "Light!",as she and Tara let loose a hastily conjured spell.
The sudden flare leeched all tones from the area as everything was displayed in stark contrasts of dark and light.The ball of light floating above their head continued to illumine the scene as the fight took a turn for the worse.
Not even flinching in reaction,the creature bore to its' left and caught Xander with a swipe of its' arm.
Receiving another free flying lesson had not been on Xander's agenda for tonight,but he had long since learned how to 'tuck and roll',and as he flew through the air,he just hoped that the landing would be as successful as previously...
Willow and Tara's right flank now exposed,they tried to conjure a Shield of Air around themselves,as the beast dropped to all fours and prepared to charge again...
Buffy moved in from the left;the axe,moving in a figure-of-eight pattern,was a blur in the air before her,letting out a low humming noise as it sought the kill.
Leading with her left leg,she turned her body slightly,and,the axe reached the top of its arc.With a exhalation of air,she brought the edge down onto the creatures neck.
The head,parted from the body,flopped to the ground,and a huge splash of blood sprayed out to cover Tara from head to foot.Letting go of Willow's hand,she rubbed at her face in disgust as she tried to clear her features of the hot fluid before it could work its way into her mouth or nostrils.
"Are you okay?"
The gore starting to soak through her clothes,and matting her hair,all she could do was smile closed-lipped at Willow,and,taking the cloth that her love was holding out to her,complete a quick cleansing of her face.
"Yes,I'm fine.We'd better check Xander though,I don't think his wings are working tonight..."
Moving over to where Buffy was helping Xander to his feet,they heard him practising his vocabulary of cuss words under his breath as he checked himself over for any permanent damage.
"Everything still attached?"
"Yep.Made in 'Merica...The sign of quality workmanship...That's me."
The Scoobies walked over to examine the corpse of the creature Buffy had killed.
"What is it?"
"I haven't a clue.Never seen anything like it before."
"Should we call Giles,get him to come and have a look?"
It was Tara who sounded a word of caution...
"Erm...Guys...Unless the ghost of some Greek Nymph has moved to Sunnydale,we could have a problem...Beastie howl,other beastie howl back...In fact,p-p-problem has arrived." And she pointed behind Buffy,towards the end of the street...
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fiat justitia,ruat caelum
Edited by: Lucy Moore at: 4/18/02 10:37:52 am
WOLFLORD 
!!!, could it have anything to do with the idea 'calling' to Giles I wonder??! 
