Re: Fic: Missing Red 1/?

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Bob -Great beginning. I'm hooked! More soon, please!


--- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "frank_8281" <
frank_8281@y...> wrote:
> This is my very first fic, hope you like it.
> 
> Author: Bob Head  
> Disclaimer: None of the characters below (Except for the 
Slayer's 
> Shadow) belong to me. All the BtVS people belong to Joss 
Wheadon, 
> Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox. I'm just trying to have fun.
> Rating: PG-13 for now
> Feedback: Well, Yeah! frank_8281@y...   
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> Missing red
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> 
> Damn! There she is again. That's the third time this week
> she's 
> kicked in the door to 
> this dive. Willie must be going broke replacing them. Ouch! 
That had 
> to hurt. She tossed that Parvo demon clean to the other side of 
the 
> bar into the liquor supply. I think it's time for me to slide
> quietly 
> out of here, so I concentrate and slip through the wall into the 
> building next door. From there I head to my house on the 
outskirts of 
> town. Moving through walls is a handy talent. Especially with a 
> pissed off Slayer chasing all over town kicking the ass of any 
demon 
> that even looks at her wrong. But it is kind of tiring.
> 
> I guess I better backtrack and explain a few things. These are 
the 
> Facts of Life in a small town in California named Sunnydale.
> 
> 
> Fact 1: Vampires, Demons, and all the things that go "bump in
> the 
> night " are real.
> 
> Fact 2: A lot of really bad things (see above) go on in 
Sunnydale.
> 
> Fact 3: I am one of those bad things. 
> 
> Fact 4: Sunnydale sits on top of a convergance of mystical 
energies 
> called a Hellmouth. 
> 
> Fact 5: The Hellmouth is what draws the bad things to 
Sunnydale.
> 
> Fact 6: The only reason the bad things haven't overrun this 
town
> and 
> opened the Hellmouth already is because it has a guardian. A 
little 
> blonde girl called the Slayer. Her name's Buffy Summers. 
Yeah, I 
> know, Buffy. Ain't it so cute you could die? And you might if you 
> tell her that to her face. Die, that is.
> .
> 
> Most of the Demons, Vampires and assorted creatures in 
this 
> town, including some of the Humans, are Evil. No, I am not 
going to 
> try to define Evil. I know when I see it and they are. Accept that 
> and move on. For those of you paying attention you may have 
noticed 
> that I am one of those bad things. I am a Demon. Never mind 
what 
> kind, you couldn't pronounce it anyway. Am I Evil? No. Not for a
> long 
> time anyway. That's not to say that I never was, or that I've
> never 
> done bad things in my very long life. But something happened 
that 
> changed all that a long time ago.
> 
> What's a Slayer? Well there's a British guy around here
> that 
> tells it better than I do but here goes. Now how does that go 
again? 
> Oh yeah? "Into every generation is born the Chosen one. One
> girl in 
> all the world with the strength and skill to fight the Vampires, 
> Demons and the Forces of Darkness." Or something like that
> anyway. 
> There have been Slayers guarding Hellmouths (yeah, there's 
more
> than 
> one) since Men have walked this world. See, thousands of 
years ago, 
> (don't ask me how many I lost track a long time ago) a group of 
> sorcerers called the Shadowmen saw that the Demons were 
starting to 
> outnumber the Humans. They decided they needed a 
Champion to battle 
> them. They mystically captured and bound a Demon and 
removed a 
> portion of his Essence or power. Then they bound it to a girl in 
such 
> a way as to make her far stronger, faster and tougher than 
other 
> humans. Magicks however require that a balance be 
maintained. So the 
> Shadowmen gave the Slayer a portion of the Demon's power 
and gave
> the 
> Demon a part of her humanity. Not a soul exactly. More like 
human 
> emotions, compassion, even love. For those of you who 
haven't
> figured 
> it out yet, I was that Demon.
> 
> So, from then to now I've watched over the Slayers. Helped
> when I 
> could, protected them when I could, saw them die when I 
couldn't. 
> Most Slayers work alone, except for their Watcher. That's the 
guy 
> that trains them how to fight the Evils in the world and defend 
the 
> Hellmouth. The current Slayers Watcher is the Brit I mentioned 
> earlier. His name is Giles. This Slayer is different though,
> she's 
> got helpers. Kids, her friends from school. They call 
themselves the 
> Slayerettes. One kid named Xander Harris, his girlfriend 
Cordelia 
> Chase, Oz Osbourne, and her. Willow Rosenburg, computer 
hacker, witch 
> and best friend of the Slayer. She's missing. That's what has
> the 
> Slayer on her rampage.
> 
> Seems there's this new Demon in town that claims he had 
a 
> vision on how to beat the Slayer. Six days ago he disappeared. 
So did 
> a certain redhead. That's when the Slayer went ballistic. 
Started 
> pummeling every Vamp and Demon she could get her hands 
on, Always 
> asking one question. Sometimes she screams it, sometimes 
it's a
> growl.
> 
> "Where's my Willow?!" 
> 
> So for almost five days now she's been doing this and
> I'm 
> getting worried. Even Slayers need rest, if she keeps going like 
this 
> she'll make a mistake, get sloppy, and some damn blood rat 
might
> be 
> there to take advantage of it.
> 
> 
> TBC?