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Hey I rewoked the beginning of this?added details here a demon there. Well here it is
Shadows of Desire By Dark Gremlin
Disclaimer: Buffythe
Vampire Slayer and all associated characters belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant
Enemy, and UPN Television, Witchblade belongs to Marc Silvestri, Top Crow Comics
and
Warner Brothers and are used without permission. No copyright
infringement is intended.
Note: This does not take place during the timeline of either show. The people and places are just there.
Keeping to the shadows, he watched carefully. So this was the slayer. It?s amazing that such power could be contained in such a small body. He watched the small girl carefully. Always keeping a distance. As she approached the large house he decided to make himself known to her. What was the most she could do? <Kill me.> He cringed at the thought of being killed by her. Then the vow he made may never be carried out, and that was something he was not willing to let happen.
The slayer slowly approached the huge run down house. This was one of the many stops along her patrol. A big creepy house, that no matter what time of the day it was there were always shadows. The house reminded her of the houses in the monster movies Xander was always watching. She never could figure out why he insisted on watching them. They fought things that were a hundred times scarier than anything she had ever seen on the Saturday Night Creature Feature.
It rained earlier. The air around the house was thick and damp, making it a little hard to breathe. It was a beautiful clear spring evening. The stars were shining and the moon was bigand bright. It was a bit warm, she reflected, but this is California after all.She turned her attention back towards the house. <This is the perfect hiding place for the newest evil that is taking up my social life yet again.> She thought bitterly.
Buffy could feel eyes onher. They cautiously watched her every move. ?Ok look, we can do this the easyway or we can do this the hard way either way your not going to like the ending.? She called out to the shadows.
?I am not your enemy slayer.? A deep vibrating voice came from the shadow near the far corner of the dilapidated porch.
Buffy turned to face thevoice. The only thing she could clearly make out was deep glowing eyes. Assuming the creature?s eyes were on its head, she guessed it was about 6 feet tall. She couldn?t be sure though. ?Who are you and what do you want??
The creature stepped into the dim light of the porch. ?You have nothing to fear from me slayer.?
As the creature moved out of the shadows Buffy was surprised. The ?creature? was completely human looking. It was male with sandy brown hair. The only difference was that it had the most penetrating purple eyes.
?Allow me to introducemyself. I am Gamorek. I have come to offer my assistance in tracking down the Naeji demon.?
Buffy looked suspiciously at Gamorek. ?How did you know I was looking for him and How did you know I would be here??
?I must admit slayer Ihave been watching you.?
?You?ve been following me??
?I was in the Magic Box and over herd you speaking about the Naeji demon.?
Buffy thought back, ?Yeah, that?s right I do remember you. Why do you want to help me? We have been researching for days and can?t come up with anything.?
?Let?s just say I have a score to settle with it.? Gamorek?s eyes started to glow with barely contained rage. You see slayer. Two years ago I was living in Keuka a small village deep in the woods when it came. Only a handful of us were able to escape. That thing slaughtered my whole family. I made a vow at that moment that I would trackit down and not allow it to do what it did to my home. I have been tracking itever since.?
?Why don?t you come by the Magic Box at about 3:00 this afternoon. We can talk about what you know.?
?I will look forward to it.? He said bowing to the slayer.
Willow watched closely as the slayer just finished a complex series of twirls and lunges with the sword she was using. <She makes it look so easy. OOH just look as how her skin glistens. Wow she is beautiful. >
?Will? Hey you stillon this planet or what?? Buffy said as wiped off her face a neck with a small towel.
Willow was so intent on her thoughts she didn?t even notice Buffy moving across the room. ?Wha? Yeah, I?m here. Um? I was just thinking about some stuff. You know about the demon.Yeah that?s it I was trying to figure out stuff about the demon.? <Yeah right you were lusting over your best friend?s body. You Willow are hopeless and not a very good liar either. > That voice was starting to get really annoying.
?Well we might have some help on that.? Buffy said trying to figure out why Willow was so distracted. <Maybe she figured out how I really feel about her. Yeah right, Summers why would she see me as anything other than a friend.>She thought to herself and out loud ?I found some one that said they wanted to help, but I would like to lookup a few things before he gets here.?
?Ok, just let me go get the lap top.? Willow went over to the research table and got set up in no time. ?Ok, all set, what are we looking for??
?I want to know what happened in a village named Keuka two years ago. I think it was south east of here.?
Willow started typing and a few minutes later called the slayer over. ?I think I might have found something. Two years ago the village was destroyed. According to this no one ever figured out what happened to it. Not many people survived. From this web site I found made by one of the survivors what ever attacked the village wasn?t human. It?s described as a shadow demon. It was able to hide in the shadows. That?s about all it says.?
Just then the bell on the door rang. Both girls turned to see a nice looking young man enter the room. ?Slayer, It is a pleasure to see you again?
?Gamorek, this is my friend Willow, the others should be here any minute.? Just as Buffy finished talking the rest of the gang came in. ?There you are, I was beginning to wonder if we were going to have to send a search party out to find all of you. Gamorek these are my friends Xander, Anya, and Giles.?
?Ahh Gamorek pleasure to meet you.? Giles looked pointedly at the slayer as her took off his glasses scrubbing them with part of his tie.
?Easy watcher, I have information that may be helpful in your quest for the Naeji demon.?
?Wait I have a question. How come your eyes aren?t purple and all glowy? I mean they were glowy before. Tell me they were glowing and not just my imagination.?
?No slayer it was not your imagination. You see my mother was human and my father was a Deroga demon. In the dark or when my emotions are strong my eyes change colors. Most of the time I can pass for human. I can hide the color if I think about it but last night I knew that you would be able to tell that I was not completely human so I didn?t bother.?
?A Deroga demon? I?ve seen some entries about them in the watchers diaries. They are supposed to be extinct.? Giles muttered as he went to find the book. ?They are a peaceful demon. Why on earth would the Naeji demon want to destroy your village??
?It was not trying to destroy my village. It was looking for a very rare amulet. It was weird kind of like the wind was its voice. It said give me the Witchblade.? He shuttered at the memory of being pulled from the burning wreckage that was his home. Granted he was barely able to protect his self, but that did nothing to lessen his guilt for not being able to protect his family.
Other side of town Mid Afternoon
?Shadow!! Show yourself!!?
?Yes, Mistress. How may I serve you??
?Have you found it yet? Time is running out. I want the Witchblade by the end of the week. If I don?t have it by then, you will see just how painful life can be. I have come too far to allow you to destroy my plans. I want to be gone by Monday. I hate being this close to the hell mouth. ?
?No Mistress I found the grave of the last person who was know to have it, but there was no sign of it. I do, however, have a plan. I?m going to get the slayer to find it for me. I?m going to take one of her little friends. She will do anything to get her friend back. When she gives me the Witchblade I will have the pleasure of seeing her face as I kill her friend.?
?That is not wise.? Demora hissed. ?That is asking the slayer to kill you. Many have tried to get tothe slayer through her friends. Do you know how many of the have seceded? NONE!Do not fail me Naeji. Find it another way. Leave me.?
<This will work, you?ll see.> He thought as he faded back into the shadows.
Back at The Magic Box
?The Witchblade? Wow that would not be good.? Willow choked out after taking a drink from her water.
?Ok, Will you want to share with the rest of the class? What is the Witchblade?? Xander asked when he decided to take his attention away from his wife.
?Only a very powerful gauntlet. The Latin name for it is Digitabulum Magae which means glove of the witch. It is said to give its wielders clairvoyance and makes them almost invincible in battle. There is one thing that doesn?t make sense. Yes, the Witchblade is very powerful but only certain people can use it. What would a shadow demon want with it??
?Yes quite right. We need to look into this further. Gamorek, thank you for your help. Please let us know if you find out anything else. Buffy may I speak with you in the training room please? NOW.?
Buffy looked at her watcher. No not only her watcher a man who was more a father to her than her real one ever was. ?What did I do now??
?How could you tell that demon to just come here? What were you thinking? That could have been the Naeji demon it?s self. You could have put us all at risk. You really should be more careful.?
?Will you just relax? He had the opportunity to attack me but he didn?t. I don?t know? she sighed getting frustrated with not being able to put into words what she was feeling. ?It was if something was telling me to trust him. I can?t really explain it.?
?Yes well from on I wish you would do research before you invite a potential enemy here.?
?Ok point taken. Bad slayer. Look he gave is more information in the last hour than we have been able to findin the last two days. It?s getting late; I?m going to go see if Willow wants me to walk her home. I will talk to you after patrol.? She stopped on her way to the door and turned back to Giles. ?I?m sorry? it?s just. I don?t know but I am sorry.? And with that she disappeared through the door.
?Hey Will? Do you wantme to walk you home? I wanted to go and see what Willy knows about this shadow demon or this Witchblade.?
?Umm no I don?t think so. I?m going to go meet Tara for a while then I?ll look for more info on the Witchblade. I will catch up with you later.?
No one noticed the shadow in the corner mover closer to the red head. As Willow approached the ally, she thought she heard someone whisperin her ear. She couldn?t quite make out the words but when she looked behindher there was no one there. Shrugging her shoulders, she continued to make her way to meet Tara. Just then her vision started to become blurry.
?Now the slayer will have to help me.? The words seemed to be everywhere and nowhere all at the same time.
<OH NO, BUFFY HELP ME!!!!> was the last thing Willow thought before the darkness enveloped her.
To
Be Continued??.May be
Dark Gremlin
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