Slayer meets Executioner

Title: Slayer Meets Executioner
Author: LushCherry
Summary: Willow and Buffy take a wrong turn in Anita's St. Louis
Rating: R
Pairing(s): Buffy/Jean Claude and Willow/Rafael
Feedback: desired
Characters: Buffy/Willow and the usual Anita gang
Betas: Thanks to my friends who betaed this story
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters just a weird imagination. I make no money off this.


Willow wasn't certian why she'd made Buffy drive them to St. Louis. She'd been reading up about a legend. A legend of a executioner in St. Louis.
The black witch smiled over her candles. She was going to suceed this time. To get control in both dimensions she needed the slayer, the crimson witch and the executioner wiped out of existance. But, they had to be together. Their blood spillt as one puddle to rip apart the dimensions..Allowing both to merge as one earth. Her visions let her know the slayer was nearing the portal.
From within the earth and a future reality a light spread through time's fabric. As Buffy and Willow approached. It got bigger as if it knew who it's pray would be. Willow was staring out the window when their vehicle crossed into the portal's mouth." Buff Something's happening"
Buffy stalled the car looking out the window. " I don't see nothing"
The fabric ripped further and their car was eveloped in the Portals hole. To each other's disbelief they found themselves hurling toward something. Zapped through the Black witch suceeded The slayer and her friend were in Anitas world now.
The Black Witch, known only as Morgana, Had a trap waiting for them but others were alerted to their presence as they crossed over.
Raphael was not sure what it meant but he knew it was important so he sent a strong presence to see what happened. He knew there was an evil witch operating here in St. Louis so he was unsure if this new intrusion was friend or foe yet. He sent 10 enforcers. Six went in full rat form and four as humans with many weapons.
Buffy was wondering why Willow was looking so upset. She had noticed nothing and they were finally there. Maybe she sensed something they needed to do here but what could it be? "What's wrong Will? Bad vibes?"

"Very bad. I don't we're in Kansas anymore Buffy."

"We're not supposed to be in Kansas Will."

"You know what I mean! We are someplace other than where we think we are."

Buffy started to say it looked normal to her when the street was blocked off by a black van. She just managed to stop in time when out of it came six giant rats. They surrounded the car. The rats were four feet tall at the shoulder and their pink eyes gleamed with a hungry light. After them came four humans who were all in black. They were dressed for war in black Kevlar jackets and bandoliers of ammo and grenades. They pointed assault rifles at Buffy's stopped car and shouted into a megaphone.

"Exit the vehicle and answer our questions and you will not be harmed."

"What do we do Buffy? Those rats are like majorly huge."

"I can take them if I have to but I'd rather not touch them if I don't have to." she rolled down the window a little. "We will exit if you promise those animals won't attack us while we talk. We have some questions too."

Buffy quietly reached for her crossbow under the seat. She was prepared to start shooting if those rats even considered taking a bite.
Willow was thinking about an appropiate spell but her life history was bad with rats. After all she couldn't change Amy fast enough.
The advance team eyed the ladies. They did not look hardcore but they heard of Morgana's potential and knew if these ladies were her pals they would be ready to fight. The ratmen growled baring their large teeth.
" We're going to come out." Buffy opened the door the crossbow tightly gripped in her hands.
Willow came out on the passenger side. " I just wanted a little vacation..you know Sun, sand, maybe a fruity drink or two. How exactly did we get giant rats and men with Uzis?"

Buffy whispered to her friend, "Just our luck I guess." Out loud she said, "See my friend wants a vacation why do you interrupt?"

The men still doubted these girls meant trouble or could mean it even if they wanted too despite the weapon. The head of the team shook his head. " We were just ordered to bring you to our boss."

"And who is your Boss?"

"We answer to Raphael, The Rat King."

"Right. That figures." Buffy replied with a disgusted look on her face. Vampires she could deal with but giant rats were just gross. She turned to Willow. "Well this was your idea what do you think we should do?"

The spokesman interrupted, "You have NO..."

Willow froze him in midsentence with a gesture to activate her prepared spell. She faced Buffy, "Hey, you know, it was a premonition. It was like, you know, my thing like told me to come here but i didn't know it would be like giant rats I was thinking mall with daquiris on the beach after..." In her nervousness she was becoming less coherent.

The other weres were shocked at her magic but recovered quickly. A woman interrupted Willow nervous explanation, "Release him at once Sorceress! We were supposed to deliver you but..."

"Hey!" Buffy interrupted her pointing the crossbow, "She was talking." The surrounding rats growled and the assault rifles of the three still unfrozen pointed at them. "But if you think he'll be quiet we can free him." She really did not want to go fighting giant rats unless she had to. Ugh! demon gore was bad enough but rat slobber...ewwwww.

Willow turned to frozen guy and gestured again. He unfroze. "Sorry. But you were being really rude you know?"

The were opened his mouth and then closed it.

Buffy nodded, "Good. If you are going to be polite I guess we can follow you in our car. Right Will?"

"Right." She turned back to the human looking weres, "We'll be right behind you."

Not prepared for the new change of attitude the Were rats exchanged confused looks. " let's just try it this way she and that witch are more than I figured" Their ditzy californian attitude obviusly wasn't the only story with these girls. They drove to a cafe in what was obviusely not the beverly hills of St. Louis. They stopped the van their guns trained on the girls.
Getting out Buffy kept her crossbow aimed at the rats who followed their human counterparts. "Sorry but until you lose the guns I keep my weapon"
Willow was prepared to stop the bullets midair if need be but still didn't want a fight. The battle with the first drained her magic alot.
Nodding his head was Leon one of the humanform strike team rats. He liked the girl's style. She obviously wasn't a pushover. "Follow me and don't be suprised by the wariness afterall you have a large crossbow aimed at their friends"
Raphael contacted J.C thinking he might like to be present for the meeting with the girls but he did not make it in time.
Willow followed them inside past the clientele part of the resturant . She turned to Buffy. "Hey Buff isn't it weird that St. Louis has a resturant owned by weres."
She eyed everyone inside with speculation. They could be surrounded by weres.
Jason got Raph's message and promised to pass it on to JC but he and Anita were at Guilty pleasures for the moment. Raphael heard the commotion out front and figured the visitors had arrived. So far so good.
In the back was a table set up against a stage of some sort. On the stage or platform were three chairs on which three men were seated. The wererats bowed towards the three and one nodded back. He was in the center with a larger man to his left and a smaller to his right.
He stood and the other two stood as well. "Welcome Slayer and Witch. I am Raphael, the Rat King. To my right is Richard, Ulfric of the werewolves, and Micah, Nimir-Raj of the wereleopards. We have brought you here to keep you safe from Morgana, the Black Witch. She was the one who brought you to our dimension in the hope of sacrificing you along with Anita, or the Executioner as the vampires call her. We have tried to contact her but apparently she is on a date with the Master of the City."
Willow asked, "The Master of the City? Is he a were too? Umm, I mean its ok if he is but I was wondering if there are any humans here or just weres and vamps?"
"The Master of the City is a vampire." He paused, clearly expecting and objection which he did not get. "I know its odd that the vampire executioner is dating one..."
"Nah. Not really. Buffy had a big thing going with one too. Its seems that opposites really do attract." Willow wanted to giggle at the look Buffy gave her but restrained herself just. "So we need to go get her too I guess? Then go kick the evil witch's butt?"