Fragement: Tri-Blade (To Mr. Douglas)

["Cilia" <cilia@xxxxx>]

This is done as a response to the challenge issued by Mister Douglas, now
this is just a fragment so I free myself of all requests for more. I'm going
through a slight blockage right now.
Now I'm using the comic book versions of both Witchblade and Lara Croft here
since they are the only once I know and in the comics they do know each
other. If you have no idea what the Witchblade looks like go to
(www.witchblade.com), as for Lara Croft you have probably all been affected
by the hype surrounding the upcoming movie so I'll leave that up to you.
Take Care,
Cilia

Buffy-Lara-Sara
Tri-Blades
Cilia

The darkness was absolute?

There is nothing here, but at least I have stopped falling. There are two
others with me here and did I mention that I feel like I?m floating
weightless. The first is human, but I?m not sure. She just doesn?t feel
right also I think she?s almost naked given the amount of heat I?m sensing
from her. The second is also a woman if I?m using my senses right, but she?s
carrying a lot more steel then I am. Me I?m Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
this promises to be a very bad day.
?Hello anybody there,? Buffy called out as she tried to get her bearings in
the darkness.
?Not sure let me check,? answered a calm and cultivated voice marking its
owner as British of some standing. Buffy chuckled at the response.
?Lara is that you?? the voice belonging to the third occupant of the
darkness asked and Buffy was ready to bet good money that the owner was a
New Yorker.
?Sara?? the British voice, who Buffy tagged as Lara, asked.
?Last time I checked,? Sara answered.
?So you two know each other?? Buffy asked as she started to feel around
with her hands. ?Wait I?ll cast some light,? she said in a frustrated sigh
and reached into the pocket of her leather jacket for the light-spell Willow
had made for her. ?Illuminate,? she said and the small vile exploded into
light and all hell broke loose and they trio started falling again.

Their next landing was in a forest clearing both very undignified and
uncomfortable as they crashed into the earth.
?I should have stayed in bed,? Buffy said as she rolled over onto her back
and stared up into the sky. ?Well at least the sky is back,? she commented.
When no reply came she sat up and looked around. Her traveling companions,
of sorts, where still there and she got her first good look at them.
Lara she decided was the brown haired woman with the backpack and heavy-duty
guns prompt up against a tree and currently enjoying a break from the
waking-world. Sara, standing at the edge of the clearing, was on the other
hand as she had sensed not fully dressed. Her body was covered with some
sort of gray organic plant for the lack of a better word that seemed to
sprout from a gem studded gauntlet that adorned her right arm and her dark
brown hair flowed down her back.
Buffy stood up and after she had given herself a quick check making sure
that not parts where missing she silently checked on the unconscious Lara.
The woman was wearing a blue top that was probably a part of a swimsuit and
brown shorts from them sprouted a pair of long and well-toned legs that
ended in heavy hiking boots. Her hair was pulled back into a tight braid
ponytail and her face held Buffy's attention for a little while longer then
she had planned so she quickly thought of Willow, but also noted much to her
own embarrassment that the outfit left precious little to the imagination
and that she focused firmly on her red head friend wherever she was.
?Man I?m glad Xander is not here to see her,? she muttered to herself, as
she adjusted the sword strapped onto her back not quite remembering how it
had gotten there and started walking towards Sara.
?What?s your name?? Sara asked from the edge of the clearing.
?Buffy,? she answered as she looked down the road that passed by the
clearing.
?Sara Pezzini,? the woman answered as she hugged herself to ward of an
invisible chill.
?Gather that much. What?s that on your hand?? Buffy asked, deciding to
forgo tact.
?This?? Sara answered with a small smile as she inspected her hand
absentmindedly. ?This beside from being the occasional pain in the ass is
the Witchblade,? she answered.
?Uh I remember this,? Buffy said snapping her finger. ?It can only be worn
be woman and was worn by Joan of Arc wasn?t it,? Buffy exclaimed as a page
from one of Giles?s books jump into her mind for no apparent reason,
?How did you know?? Sara asked with a suspicious tone in her voice.
?I?m a Slayer, my Watcher has a library full of books on stuff like that,?
she answered forgoing the need for secrecy.
?A Slayer of what?? Sara asked and Buffy could feel the Witchblade bristle.
?Vampires,? Lara answered as she stepped up behind them causing both women
to jump. ?Lara Croft,? she greeted with a mischievous glint in her luminous
green eyes and offered Buffy her hand.
?Buffy Summers,? Buffy said as she shook the offered, not to mention well
manicured, hand.

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