Things that go bump in the night
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-Buffy the Vampire Slayer › FemmeSlash - Female/Female
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Adult +
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32
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11,320
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50
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The view from the Belltower
Authors Note: Okay Xander wasn’t waiving at anyone. I wrote that in a fit of total nodding off. I live in Germany for real but get stuck on American time. But anyways. As soon as I post it ill go back and edit it out. And some of the words are written in German or are German terms.
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Faith walked up the path to her house, she had booked her flight to Germany earlier that day and she had to pack and be on her way. Opening the front door she walked in and stopped when she saw Wilson sitting at her kitchen table.
“Hello Faith.”
“Hey Wilson, what’s up?” Faith watched him closely. She hadn’t been able to get him over here lately to break up with him. ‘Maybe this could be it.’ She didn’t want to hurt him but that was unavoidable at the moment…whenever she did decide to break it off.
“We need to have a talk…sit down please” She watched him carefully. Curious what it is the man wanted to talk about. He turned and looked at her before continuing. “Who is Raya, Faith? And why does Skye look just like her…if she’s Horus’s daughter”
Faith was only mildly surprised he was asking her this…true she didn’t think it would be this late in the game so to speak. “Raya and I were lovers. During the Great Battle, she disappeared right before the fight with the first. We thought she was dead, all of us and turns out she was just thrown out of this time.”
He didn’t look about to strangle her so she continued. “Skye looks like Raya because well…she IS Rayas. I carried her; you know Horus, Asher and Raya are Skin-Walkers. So you must know that I could get pregnant.” Faith couldn’t decide whether it was funny how Wilson looked like he had heard something to the equivalent of the second coming of Christ.
“I think we should call it off Faith. I’ve thought that for awhile.” Wilson looked down at his hands. “I love you, but it is obvious how you feel about that woman.”
“I love her Wilson. I am sorry.” Faith went around the table and kissed the top of his head. “Is there anything I can do?”
“Just…look me up if your relationship goes to shit…okay?” Faith laughed softly and nodded yes.
Watching his stand up and leave, she turned and went up to her room to pack. She only had an hour to get to the airport. Okay she actually had about three hours till her flight but B was being a brat and said they were leaving in an hour.
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~Same Day: Germany~
Turning sharply Raya watched as the demon she and her team had been tracking ran into the church nearby. Running in full speed she followed the demon into the church, gingerly stepping through the hole in the doors that had been made.
Looking back she saw Jordana, Marie and Gina running after her. Waiting for the girls to join her she carefully walked into the church, looking up at the ceiling, she saw no demon.
“Marie, Gina you two cover the right…be careful” Raya glanced behind her to make sure Jordana was still with her.
Stopping she crouched low, concentrating on every sound in the place, she heard mice, the wind blowing, scratching on metal…there that was it. Looking around she turned and looked up behind her. There high above the entrance she saw the demon standing on the shelf that she realized was a pathway to the belltower stairs, she had to be mindful of its spikes that tit had along its arms and back, there were notoriously poisonous.
“Girls, he’s by the belltower.” With that she turned and began sprinting, as she leapt and collided with the wall below the shelf she scrambled to get a hold on anything available.
Puling herself up onto the ledge she turned to see Marie and Gina standing above her.
“How did you two get over here?”
“There were stairs Raya.” Raya would have laughed ay any other time. But right now they had to kill that demon.
Turning they waited fro Jordana and slowly filed into the bell tower passageway. Looking up the circular stairway it took Raya a moment to spot the beast at the top.
Carefully going up the stairs behind it, she waited for it to reach the top and broke out into a run; she couldn’t let it escape, she was on it before it had turned around at the noise.
Punching she kicking she drove it back into a corner. Roaring to life the beast lunged at her and threw her into the large bell.
*CLANG* Raya gripped her ears at the sharp noise. Grimacing she stood and raised her short sword, lashing down she made a deep cut into the demons stomach before raising again, that’s when the demon wound its arm around catching her own stomach before stabbing her with one of its spikes.
Gasping from the shock she looked down and backed up. Watching through cloudy eyes as Jordana and Gina attacked the monster.
Marie turned in time to see Raya clutching her stomach and backing up into the railing. ‘The very old wooden railing.’ “NOOO…Raya stop” Turning she ran towards there leader just as she went to put her weight on the rail and it crumpled, diving down onto the beams Marie frantically reached out and grabbed a hold of Raya’s pant leg…it took her but a second to realize the rest of Raya was still falling when the pant leg shredded.
Turning at the sound as the demon took its last breathe the saw Marie lying on her stomach watching Raya fall. Rushing to the edge they looked down to see Raya lay in a crumpled form at the bottom of the tower.
“Come on” Jordana cried, they all turned and ran down the stairs that seemed to go on forever.
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~ New York: JFK Airport~
Faith turned to Buffy anxiously as they waited for there turn to board the plane. She couldn’t believe in ten hours she would be in Germany and with Raya. B had decided last minute she was coming and after arguing with security that stakes weren’t weapons they were now boarding the plane.
Turning when there flight number was called she called B and they picked up there carry-on’s and continued down the walkway and onto the plane.
Faith continued down the aisle and sat down in her seat. Watching as B frowned at her boarding pass. “I got a different seat Faith. I’m in 36D.” Buffy turned and continued down the back of the plane.
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They had been in the air for eight hours and no matter how many times Faith checked there flight location on the little TV on the back of the seats they didn’t seem to move. She ouclnt believe it. She was almost there.
She had been so excited about getting to Germany and seeing Raya again and telling her that she wanted her forever that she hadn’t really given much thought to the wolfs reaction. It had occurred to her about five minutes ago that MAYBE the wolf wouldn’t take her back. She had been an amazing asshole lately.
Ordering more of those little liquor bottles she stood and went to find B. Carefully stepping over feet she found B leaned back and sleeping. She didn’t look to comfortable though because the man next to B was huge. He dwarfed B, making her look much smaller and well…the man was fat and sweaty and Faith grimaced at the smell from here.
‘Poor B’ she felt for the girl she really did. Turning she continued back to her own seat.
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~Nuremberg Hospital~
The three young slayers all sat in the waiting room; they had been here for several hours and were trying to be patient. Coming in at one in the morning when there “Sister had fallen off there barn roof” had been a shallow story at best but it had gotten Raya into surgery.
They had all been crushed when they found there leader on the floor of that church. There was blood everywhere and they had been sure she was dead. Until Marie nudged her and she groaned. That had started the girls into a panic as they tried to figure out how to move her and get her to the hospital ten blocks away. So Gina had simply stolen a delivery truck and they had been on there way.
Jordana turned when she saw the doctor in green scrubs walking down the hall to them.
“Raya Talsen?” He looked around until he spotted Jordana behind him. “She’s going to be okay. She suffered severe trauma to her spinal cord but it doesn’t look like anything permanent. Her skull fracture caused her brain to swell and if you had waited any longer she would have died. She’s very lucky. She’s in recovery right now so you will need to come back tomorrow morning to see her but I doubt she will be awake.” Jordana nodded.
Watching as he left she turned to her sister slayers. Marie stood and walked over to her.
“What did he say? I don’t understand German.”
“She’s going to be fine. She’s lucky but shell be okay. We have to come back tomorrow.”
Mutely the girls stood and left, walking back to there boarding house.
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“….I am NEVER flying again…that guy smelled like moldy cheese Faith, and whenever he WASN’T snoring in my ear he had to pee….like every ten seconds. So…NEVER again dammit” Buffy walked in front of Faith, fuming after that long uncomfortable flight, she could swear she needed a shower and she would never tell Faith his but she thought he had been sniffing her neck.
Faith laughed softly, collecting there bags they stole one of those little baggage carts from an unsuspecting couple and continued down the ramp. Looking around until they saw the entrance fro the U-Bahn (Subway) they went down and found there train that would take them to Jacobstrasse.
“Do you have an address?” Buffy asked looking over, noticing for the first time the tense set to the woman’s shoulders that hadn’t been there earlier.
“Yeah its 66 Ludwigstrasse…B what’s a Ludwigstrasse?”
“I think it’s a street Faith. I’m not sure though.” Buffy turned to see two young men leering at them.
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After nearly spending the entire day ion the Nuremberg market they still hadn’t found the house. Which seemed just fine with Buffy as she gazed longingly at the array of stores and mercantile.
Faith sighed and stopped when she spotted it. “B, there it is. Come one.” Hoisting her bags up Faith started walking toward the street, not really waiting for B to catch up.
Turning up the street they walked up, and up until they realized that 66 Ludwigstrasse was one of the first houses on this damn hill. Why was everything cobblestone?
Walking up the steps, Faith knocked loudly on the door to the boarding house. Waiting a few minutes before knocking again. Turning around when the door was opened by a young slayer, probably around seventeen she smiled.
“Hey umm…do you speak English?” Faith rooted around in her bag for the English to German dictionary just in case.
“Ja, I speak English.” Jordana looked at the strange dark-haired woman.
“I’m looking for Raya, Raya Talsen? Is she here?” Faith noticed the tense way to the girl’s shoulders when she mentioned Rayas name.
“Nein, she is no here. Who is looking for her?”
“I’m Faith, umm…I REALLY need to talk to her. Do you know where she is?”
Jordan looked the tall woman over. She knew who this woman was; Raya had told her one night before the other two arrived. Nodding mutely she stepped aside to let the pair in. Walking out she helped the small blonde woman with her luggage.
“Where is she?” Faith looked around the narrow house. They were in the living room she guessed. From the television and couches. Ignoring the curious looks from the other younger slayers she focused in on the tall redhead.
“She was hurt. She is in hospital. Do you wish to go?” Jordana intentionally made her accent thicker. She loved messing with Americans and messing with the women that had made her friend and leader cry was all the better.
“Yes, yes I will go.” Faith bent over to grab her leather coat.
TBC
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Faith walked up the path to her house, she had booked her flight to Germany earlier that day and she had to pack and be on her way. Opening the front door she walked in and stopped when she saw Wilson sitting at her kitchen table.
“Hello Faith.”
“Hey Wilson, what’s up?” Faith watched him closely. She hadn’t been able to get him over here lately to break up with him. ‘Maybe this could be it.’ She didn’t want to hurt him but that was unavoidable at the moment…whenever she did decide to break it off.
“We need to have a talk…sit down please” She watched him carefully. Curious what it is the man wanted to talk about. He turned and looked at her before continuing. “Who is Raya, Faith? And why does Skye look just like her…if she’s Horus’s daughter”
Faith was only mildly surprised he was asking her this…true she didn’t think it would be this late in the game so to speak. “Raya and I were lovers. During the Great Battle, she disappeared right before the fight with the first. We thought she was dead, all of us and turns out she was just thrown out of this time.”
He didn’t look about to strangle her so she continued. “Skye looks like Raya because well…she IS Rayas. I carried her; you know Horus, Asher and Raya are Skin-Walkers. So you must know that I could get pregnant.” Faith couldn’t decide whether it was funny how Wilson looked like he had heard something to the equivalent of the second coming of Christ.
“I think we should call it off Faith. I’ve thought that for awhile.” Wilson looked down at his hands. “I love you, but it is obvious how you feel about that woman.”
“I love her Wilson. I am sorry.” Faith went around the table and kissed the top of his head. “Is there anything I can do?”
“Just…look me up if your relationship goes to shit…okay?” Faith laughed softly and nodded yes.
Watching his stand up and leave, she turned and went up to her room to pack. She only had an hour to get to the airport. Okay she actually had about three hours till her flight but B was being a brat and said they were leaving in an hour.
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~Same Day: Germany~
Turning sharply Raya watched as the demon she and her team had been tracking ran into the church nearby. Running in full speed she followed the demon into the church, gingerly stepping through the hole in the doors that had been made.
Looking back she saw Jordana, Marie and Gina running after her. Waiting for the girls to join her she carefully walked into the church, looking up at the ceiling, she saw no demon.
“Marie, Gina you two cover the right…be careful” Raya glanced behind her to make sure Jordana was still with her.
Stopping she crouched low, concentrating on every sound in the place, she heard mice, the wind blowing, scratching on metal…there that was it. Looking around she turned and looked up behind her. There high above the entrance she saw the demon standing on the shelf that she realized was a pathway to the belltower stairs, she had to be mindful of its spikes that tit had along its arms and back, there were notoriously poisonous.
“Girls, he’s by the belltower.” With that she turned and began sprinting, as she leapt and collided with the wall below the shelf she scrambled to get a hold on anything available.
Puling herself up onto the ledge she turned to see Marie and Gina standing above her.
“How did you two get over here?”
“There were stairs Raya.” Raya would have laughed ay any other time. But right now they had to kill that demon.
Turning they waited fro Jordana and slowly filed into the bell tower passageway. Looking up the circular stairway it took Raya a moment to spot the beast at the top.
Carefully going up the stairs behind it, she waited for it to reach the top and broke out into a run; she couldn’t let it escape, she was on it before it had turned around at the noise.
Punching she kicking she drove it back into a corner. Roaring to life the beast lunged at her and threw her into the large bell.
*CLANG* Raya gripped her ears at the sharp noise. Grimacing she stood and raised her short sword, lashing down she made a deep cut into the demons stomach before raising again, that’s when the demon wound its arm around catching her own stomach before stabbing her with one of its spikes.
Gasping from the shock she looked down and backed up. Watching through cloudy eyes as Jordana and Gina attacked the monster.
Marie turned in time to see Raya clutching her stomach and backing up into the railing. ‘The very old wooden railing.’ “NOOO…Raya stop” Turning she ran towards there leader just as she went to put her weight on the rail and it crumpled, diving down onto the beams Marie frantically reached out and grabbed a hold of Raya’s pant leg…it took her but a second to realize the rest of Raya was still falling when the pant leg shredded.
Turning at the sound as the demon took its last breathe the saw Marie lying on her stomach watching Raya fall. Rushing to the edge they looked down to see Raya lay in a crumpled form at the bottom of the tower.
“Come on” Jordana cried, they all turned and ran down the stairs that seemed to go on forever.
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~ New York: JFK Airport~
Faith turned to Buffy anxiously as they waited for there turn to board the plane. She couldn’t believe in ten hours she would be in Germany and with Raya. B had decided last minute she was coming and after arguing with security that stakes weren’t weapons they were now boarding the plane.
Turning when there flight number was called she called B and they picked up there carry-on’s and continued down the walkway and onto the plane.
Faith continued down the aisle and sat down in her seat. Watching as B frowned at her boarding pass. “I got a different seat Faith. I’m in 36D.” Buffy turned and continued down the back of the plane.
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They had been in the air for eight hours and no matter how many times Faith checked there flight location on the little TV on the back of the seats they didn’t seem to move. She ouclnt believe it. She was almost there.
She had been so excited about getting to Germany and seeing Raya again and telling her that she wanted her forever that she hadn’t really given much thought to the wolfs reaction. It had occurred to her about five minutes ago that MAYBE the wolf wouldn’t take her back. She had been an amazing asshole lately.
Ordering more of those little liquor bottles she stood and went to find B. Carefully stepping over feet she found B leaned back and sleeping. She didn’t look to comfortable though because the man next to B was huge. He dwarfed B, making her look much smaller and well…the man was fat and sweaty and Faith grimaced at the smell from here.
‘Poor B’ she felt for the girl she really did. Turning she continued back to her own seat.
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~Nuremberg Hospital~
The three young slayers all sat in the waiting room; they had been here for several hours and were trying to be patient. Coming in at one in the morning when there “Sister had fallen off there barn roof” had been a shallow story at best but it had gotten Raya into surgery.
They had all been crushed when they found there leader on the floor of that church. There was blood everywhere and they had been sure she was dead. Until Marie nudged her and she groaned. That had started the girls into a panic as they tried to figure out how to move her and get her to the hospital ten blocks away. So Gina had simply stolen a delivery truck and they had been on there way.
Jordana turned when she saw the doctor in green scrubs walking down the hall to them.
“Raya Talsen?” He looked around until he spotted Jordana behind him. “She’s going to be okay. She suffered severe trauma to her spinal cord but it doesn’t look like anything permanent. Her skull fracture caused her brain to swell and if you had waited any longer she would have died. She’s very lucky. She’s in recovery right now so you will need to come back tomorrow morning to see her but I doubt she will be awake.” Jordana nodded.
Watching as he left she turned to her sister slayers. Marie stood and walked over to her.
“What did he say? I don’t understand German.”
“She’s going to be fine. She’s lucky but shell be okay. We have to come back tomorrow.”
Mutely the girls stood and left, walking back to there boarding house.
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“….I am NEVER flying again…that guy smelled like moldy cheese Faith, and whenever he WASN’T snoring in my ear he had to pee….like every ten seconds. So…NEVER again dammit” Buffy walked in front of Faith, fuming after that long uncomfortable flight, she could swear she needed a shower and she would never tell Faith his but she thought he had been sniffing her neck.
Faith laughed softly, collecting there bags they stole one of those little baggage carts from an unsuspecting couple and continued down the ramp. Looking around until they saw the entrance fro the U-Bahn (Subway) they went down and found there train that would take them to Jacobstrasse.
“Do you have an address?” Buffy asked looking over, noticing for the first time the tense set to the woman’s shoulders that hadn’t been there earlier.
“Yeah its 66 Ludwigstrasse…B what’s a Ludwigstrasse?”
“I think it’s a street Faith. I’m not sure though.” Buffy turned to see two young men leering at them.
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After nearly spending the entire day ion the Nuremberg market they still hadn’t found the house. Which seemed just fine with Buffy as she gazed longingly at the array of stores and mercantile.
Faith sighed and stopped when she spotted it. “B, there it is. Come one.” Hoisting her bags up Faith started walking toward the street, not really waiting for B to catch up.
Turning up the street they walked up, and up until they realized that 66 Ludwigstrasse was one of the first houses on this damn hill. Why was everything cobblestone?
Walking up the steps, Faith knocked loudly on the door to the boarding house. Waiting a few minutes before knocking again. Turning around when the door was opened by a young slayer, probably around seventeen she smiled.
“Hey umm…do you speak English?” Faith rooted around in her bag for the English to German dictionary just in case.
“Ja, I speak English.” Jordana looked at the strange dark-haired woman.
“I’m looking for Raya, Raya Talsen? Is she here?” Faith noticed the tense way to the girl’s shoulders when she mentioned Rayas name.
“Nein, she is no here. Who is looking for her?”
“I’m Faith, umm…I REALLY need to talk to her. Do you know where she is?”
Jordan looked the tall woman over. She knew who this woman was; Raya had told her one night before the other two arrived. Nodding mutely she stepped aside to let the pair in. Walking out she helped the small blonde woman with her luggage.
“Where is she?” Faith looked around the narrow house. They were in the living room she guessed. From the television and couches. Ignoring the curious looks from the other younger slayers she focused in on the tall redhead.
“She was hurt. She is in hospital. Do you wish to go?” Jordana intentionally made her accent thicker. She loved messing with Americans and messing with the women that had made her friend and leader cry was all the better.
“Yes, yes I will go.” Faith bent over to grab her leather coat.
TBC
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