By karenk
Disclaimers: All Buffy characters belong to Joss, Mutant Enemy, etc. I’m just borrowing them for a while. “Look… look… look…” Xander’s pointed excitedly at the motorbike parked right by the kerb, “There’s the… the…” “Are you drooling again, Xander? ‘Cause I’ve already told you before that you’re not allowed to drool on inanimate objects.” Anya was getting jealous. It was the third night in a row that Xander had stopped the Scoobies mid-patrol to admire the same motorbike. She frowned slightly, “You’re not allowed to drool on other animate objects besides me too.” Her fiancé did not answer as he was not listening, he was too busy staring at the curves of the machine and mumbling to himself, almost touching the frame of the motorbike but not. Which of course elicited chuckles from the other three young women standing around, a vampire slayer along her patrol, the slayer’s best friend and the slayer’s best friend’s girlfriend. “Is that the same one?” Tara asked. Willow nodded her head, “Sure looks like the same one… I mean, what are the odds?” “One in about 25,000.” Xander said absently, without looking back at the women behind him. “Huh?” Four equally quizzical faces looked at one another though Willow was the one who uttered the question. “The odds are one in about 25,000… this is a limited edition, custom-made model.” He swung round with a rather incredulous look on his face, “I can’t believe the owner would just leave it outside like that. I mean, someone could… you know… hurt it.” “Um… Xander?” Buffy twirled her finger round. Xander’s eyes grew huge as he turned again, rather sheepishly this time and came almost face-to-face with a woman almost half a head taller than him and dressed completely in black. With a smirk on her face. “Err… hi?” which was followed by a soft chorus of other “hi”s from the rest of the gang. The stranger just continued standing there with a smirk on her face and her arms carrying a brown paper bag of groceries. Which kinda makes sense since she just came out of a 24-hour convenience store. “Cool ride.” Buffy quipped when she saw that Xander was still tongue-tied, whether that was from seeing that the owner of that cool monster bike was not a man, or that the woman was wearing a pair of leather pants that fitted her perfectly and which seemed to just go on and on. “Thanks. It’s a mode of transportation.” The woman shrugged as she turned to open the bike case to put her groceries in while taking out her helmet. “You wanna ride?” she asked, glancing at Buffy. Buffy was taken aback and the surprise must have shown on her face for the stranger chuckled and rolled her sky-blue eyes. “What am I saying? Young woman accepting a ride from a stranger? Your mum would have warned you against that…” The woman shook her head as she finished packing her groceries in. “Well… I’m Buffy. Buffy Summers.” The slayer smiled as she offered her hand, “These are my friends, Willow and her girlfriend, Tara, the guy who’s been drooling over your ride is Xander and that’s Anya, his fiancée.” The rest offered their hands to the woman, though Xander had to be poked in his ribs by Anya to act. “Nice to meet you all. My name’s Alexina, Alexina Christofides. But you can call me Alex.” “You’re Greek.” “That’s right, Willow. I was born near Athens, though I’ve not been back for many years.” “You’re new here.” Alexina nodded to answer Tara’s question, “Been here a few days…” “Business or pleasure?” it was Buffy’s turn with the questions. Anya was too busy staring angrily at her fiancé’s open-mouthed reaction to the Greek woman. “I don’t think anyone in their right frame of mind comes to Sunnydale for pleasure, Buffy…” Alex pulled her helmet on, “Hate to seem rude, but I’ve gotta go. I’m sure I’ll be seeing you around…” With a final wave, Alex rode off. “Now… what did she mean by that?” Willow asked, not really expecting an answer from the rest. But she got one, “I dunno, but I think we’re gonna find out.” was all the slayer could say as she shrugged and continued on her nightly patrol, her friends following behind - Anya busy slapping Xander on his arms and whining at him for his reaction to Alex while Willow and Tara were doing their best to ignore the other couple, walking hand-in-hand, just behind Buffy. Tara’s eyes were troubled. Alexina had seemed familiar somehow; she could barely remember her mother having a very close lady friend who was Greek when she was very little. So little in fact that the woman’s height made her seem like a giant to the pint-sized Tara. Then one day, the ‘giant’ lady was gone and that was when the beatings started. For both her and her mother. TBC
Spoilers: Seasons 4 and 5, in particular from Hush till The Gift. This story is set after Buffy is resurrected. How that is going to happen I don't know and I'm not going to guess
Distribution: All you have to do is ask.
Feedback: Yes please.
Pairings: W/T (but of course), X/A
Author’s Note: This is my first Buffy fan fiction. I started writing fan fiction around four years ago with Xena, then that became uber-Xena and now, I usually write more original short fiction. I haven’t seen all the Buffy episodes. I only started watching the show when Tara was introduced, so if I get any canon wrong, please let me know. And this is only my second attempt at a longish fic (my latest stories are usually less than 10 pages in word), so bear with me.
Chapter 1
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ooohhh!!!! must post next part asap!
and just a little spelling feedback, i think the word is spelled curb not kerb. just a silly stoopid comment on a incredible beginning to a first Btvs fic. great job.
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Oh yes I like this. Tara's mommy a gay?
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Oh yes! That was great karenk! Can't wait for the next part!
xita: It's not a gay, just gay. Allright? 
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Congratulations Ed Wood
You must post the next part asap, karenk. I'm hooked already
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Thanks for everyone's comments. I'm working on the next part... well, I will get started working on it once I'm more coherent... posted this just before I went to bed and now I've just woken up *g*
Rane - spelling error, noted. Thanks for letting me know.
Xita - hmmm... can I say 'no comment?' I've always wanted to say that.
Ed Wood and Wonko - working on the next part. I promise.
Do I just post a reply to this message for the next part or...?
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Just posted a reply to this at willtara, but I also wanted to post here and say that I like where you're going with this. Keep it coming. I love the image of Xander drooling and Anya trying to keep him in line!
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I feel my nerves strumming, oh, I'm can't wait to see what happens next. Great start Karen!
congrats Ed....woo hoo! No longer a creepy scary picture!
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"Back off, polygrip. You think you're bad?
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'cause lady, the bitch is back."
Cordelia - "Room w/a Vu"
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Thanks for the feedback Shaniezak and Arwen! I've got the notes to the first 8 - 9 chapters worked out, just need to expand upon them, though I just noticed that I've missed out on the last line of my notes for chapter 1...
Chapter 2 should be ready in a few hours.
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Oh , Ed haven't you ever heard Margaret Cho, she's famous for saying that. IT was a joke, heck I am a gay I should know
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Alexina
by karenk
Same disclaimers as before.
Chapter 2
“Damn it!” Buffy was torn between running after a nasty demon of an unidentified type, or running to the Magic Box and getting her friends to help hunt the demon down. “I had to choose tonight to get the Scoobies to leave me to my patrolling… great timing Buffy…” After her return, her friends had loathed for Buffy to patrol by herself and tonight was the first night that she was alone, “All by my lonesome self… great, just great…”
Buffy was fast losing ground to the deceptively quick demon (for its huge size) who had already nicked her slightly on her right arm. The slayer was about to finally give up the chase and head to the Magic Box for backup and research when the roar of a motorbike came up from just behind her.
Alex stopped her bike just long enough to throw her extra helmet to the surprised blonde, “Hop on.” Buffy did not move.
“Come on, Buffy… that creature’s getting away…” Alex gestured as she revved up her bike.
The slayer finally started pulling on her helmet and onto the bike as she heard those words ‘getting away’. Nothing escapes the slayer, she thought to herself.
“Put your arms around my waist and hang on tight… it’s gonna be a rough ride.” Alex’s deep drawl crackled over the radio built-into the helmet.
“Radio helmets… that’s SO cool…” Buffy said as she followed Alex’s instructions and braced herself when it became clear that the Greek woman intended to followed the demon right into the park and it’s slight hill.
Alex just chuckled as she concentrated on getting them and the machine up the slight hill where the demon had ran towards.
With the help of the bike, the distance between the demon and the slayer was closing fast and when the distance became more respectable and Buffy narrowing her eyes in anticipation of round two when to the slayer’s surprise, a length of branch hit the demon square on its back.
The bike came to a halt and Buffy stopped thinking about how Alex had managed to swipe a branch without her noticing and concentrated instead on hopping off the massive machine, which was a little awkward due to her size. Pulling off her helmet, she let it drop absently before running towards the still downed demon. In the back of her mind, she could hear Alex doing roughly the same thing and a part of her wanted to tell Alex to leave the demon to her.
But before Buffy could turn round fully to warn Alex, Alex’s voice cried out a warning, “Buffy, look out!”
The slayer swung her head back just in time to duck a swipe from the demon who then changed tactics and charged towards her, overwhelming Buffy with his bigger size, bringing the slayer to the ground. Just as Buffy was about to use her slayer strength to throw the creature off, the demon was pulled off her and thrown back by the increasingly menacing looking Alex.
“You alright?” the dark woman asked.
“I wonder if Buffy’s alright?”
Tara smiled as Willow asked the same question for the twentieth time that night. She waited for Mr Giles’ twentieth answer.
“Willow, I’m sure Buffy’s quite alright…” Giles did not disappoint.
“Yeah but…” Willow was still worried. She had the right to worry, since she was the slayer’s best friend.
“You know what we should do?” Xander jumped in the conversation from the floor where he had been pacing since Buffy had left. “We need to get Buffy one of those mobile phones so she can call us anytime she needs to.”
Willow’s eyes opened wide at the possibilities, “We should all get one. Us, the Scoobies, we should all get one and… and…”
“Willow…” Tara placed her hand on Willow’s arm, calming the other witch down instantly, “slow down…”
“But… we should’ve thought of this long ago… I mean…”
Before Tara could stop Willow’s babbling again, the door to the Magic Box swung open.
“You should have told me you were nicked by the demon earlier.”
“Look, I’m fine, okay. I’m sure it’s nothing…”
“Nothing! The demon could have some sort of venom or something…”
“I know, that’s why we’re here, so Giles can…” Buffy finally looked at her friends from the doorway where she had been arguing with Alex. Her right hand was holding onto a cloth that was placed on top on her left arm. Alex was hovering just beside her. “Hey guys,” Buffy greeted her friends sheepishly.
Giles snapped into action upon seeing Buffy’s injury. “What kind of demon was it?” he asked as he helped his slayer to a seat around the table where most of the other Scoobies were before gently easing the cloth off and checking on the wound.
“Big. Huge claws. Umm…” Buffy looked towards Alex for help in the demon’s description.
Willow, Tara and a rather reluctant Anya were already on their feet, ready to start researching. They waited patiently (some more patient than others) for more information. And everyone turned towards the tall woman.
Alex sighed, her blue eyes stormy as she seemed to fight an internal battle with herself. Closing her eyes she sighed again before saying softly, “It was a Malon demon.”
“What?” Anya and Giles said in unison. “But that’s impossible… Malon demons are extremely rare and…”
“And they haven’t been seen in more than 400 years!” Anya finished.
“How did you know about them?” Giles asked, his voice taking on a tone of protectiveness towards the stranger in their mist. “Who are you?” the Watcher voiced the question everyone else in the shop wanted to know while Anya took a step back.
TBC
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Gyah! You can't just leave me hanging there!!!
Actually, yeah you can, but I'm going to sit here and go "Gyah!" silently to myself until I find out what happens next. 
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ditto
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"karenk" First off let me say Cool fic, second, I agree with "Shaniezak" and "Catwoman" you can't leave us hanging like that we all need our fix of your cool story. Can't wait to find out who Alex really is.
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Thanks for reading
Next chapter's already half written. But it'd be a while more before Alex's true nature comes to light... I hope I'll surprise some of you.
karen
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*Gyah's* as well. more! more! more!
pretty please?
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'cause lady, the bitch is back."
Cordelia - "Room w/a Vu"
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I have a good guess on her identity... I read a lot of Uber.
I'll leave it at that...
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*high fives Kalita*
We on the same page there.
And if she really was once associated with Tara's mother, that would mean that . . .
GYAH!
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That was excellent, can't wait to read more, you can't leave us like that
There's so much great fanfic around it's playing havoc with my real life, still who needs a job anyway
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Alexina
by karenk
Same disclaimers as before
Chapter 3
“I’m Alexina Christofides.”
At everyone’s still silent looks (throwing in a couple of accusing stares as well), the dark woman added, “I’m not… I’m not evil… I’m only trying to help. Malon venom is deadly and if enough of it has gone into Buffy’s bloodstream, then she needs help. Fast. Questions can wait till we know for sure that Buffy’s okay.”
“I promise.” She added when the silence continued, “Buffy…”
“Giles, I think we can trust her. I mean, if she wanted me dead… she wouldn’t have helped me chase that demon off.”
“I don’t want you dead, slayer,” Alex looked at the others’ shocked expressions, “yes, I know you’re the slayer, Buffy. Like I said, I don’t want you dead, the alternative is not… well, not an alternative right now.”
“How did you know about…” Willow started.
“Like I know you and your girlfriend are slowly growing into your powers as witches, like I know Anya was a vengeance demon, Xander is Xander and Giles is the slayer’s Watcher. But the time for questions is not now.”
“She’s right, if it was a Malon demon attack, we must act quickly.” Giles finally said after another awkward silence, “Anya, go to the bookshelves upstairs, fourth one on the right, the top shelf. Xander, maybe you should go help Anya, the text is rather high up. The text in question is roughly translated as the Lores of Demonhood, volume 3. And Tara, if you could please go into the backroom and get the first aid kit from there.” The Watcher glanced back at Alex who was smiling slightly. Tara nodded and left the room silently.
“Impressive, Watcher. Do you have all the volumes?”
“No, Miss Christofides. Some volumes have only two or three copies left in existence. Most of mine have at least five left in the world.”
“In your known world, you mean. And call me Alex.” Alex raised an eyebrow challengingly at the Watcher.
“Yes, yes. I do mean that…” Giles tried to hide that he was flustered.
“Are you…” Buffy finally spoke up but before she could complete her question, Alex interrupted.
“Buffy, there’ll be time for questions later and I promise to answer all to the best of my abilities. I want to be your ally, not your enemy.”
“You don’t really make my slayer senses go all wiggy…” the slayer pointed out rather absently as she watched her best friend fiddling her make-shift bandage while Tara returned with the box of medical supplies Giles kept in the backroom for just such occasions.
Alex’s gaze found Tara’s more timid one and held on for a moment longer than Tara would have normally felt comfortable with, but somehow, the witch knew in her heart that Alex was not evil. At least, not anymore.
Tara startled herself with that last thought as she hurriedly broke eye contact with the enigmatic stranger and settled down near her grounding force, her girlfriend. She risked another glimpse at the tall woman and noticed that Alex’s blue eyes were still upon her and now held a tinge of pure sadness that made the kind-hearted witch sad too.
“I’m sure Buffy will be fine.” Tara said, though whether it was for the benefit of her girlfriend, who was still fussing with Buffy’s bandages, or the dark woman was unknown.
“Sure I’ll be, Tara. Slayer strength and all…” but even Buffy had to admit that she did not like the worried looks of her Watcher and Alex. She did not like it one bit.
“This is one heavy book you’ve got, Giles.” Xander huffed as he placed the massive, and rather dusty, tome down on the main table.
“Yes, and it had to be tucked away in that corner of the bookshelf… look, I’ve got dust all over…” Anya protested, brushing away the thin layer of dust that covered most of her as she was the one who had to hunt down the tome.
“Well… Anya, as you should be aware, this is an extremely…”
“Yeah, yeah… rare book. I know. Even I only heard of the Lores of Demonhood volumes before. I’ve never actually seen an actual volume before. Is it true that your demon ranking is determined by where you are mentioned in the Lores?” the ex-demon was curious.
“Pretty much so… I think vengeance demons are in the latter end of volume 1. Or it might be in the front bit of volume 2… can’t quite remember. Been a while since I read them.” Alex reached out of the book when it seemed that no one else was touching it.
Anya frowned, “How many volumes were there?” her voice was close to whining.
“Five.” Giles answered.
“Six.” Alex answered absently at the same time.
“The Watcher’s Council only has five volumes.”
“There’s only one volume 6 in existence. And not many know that there is even a sixth volume.” The dark woman explained.
“I don’t think I want to know what’s in volume 6…” Giles nervously took his glasses off to wipe them.
Alex shook her head, “If you’re dealing with anyone or anything mentioned in volume 6… you don’t need to and won’t have time to do any researching on them.”
She settled herself down on one of the chairs and started flipping carefully through the ancient text for the information on the Malon while Giles leaned against the counter, trying to regain his balance from the surprises thrown at him that night.
“What do you know of the Malon, Anya?” Xander decided that the silence was too uncomfortable.
“Yeah… how or why did they disappear?” Willow added.
The ex-demon scrunched up her forehead and tried to remember, “Well, like I said, no one’s seen them in like 400 years… but their numbers started dwindling closer to 500 years ago. Or well, they started hiding. They were, are, a very powerful demon race but they were always like followers of other demon types.”
“Foot soldiers in a demon army.” Xander pointed out.
“Exactly. They were really fast and really good fighters and everything but not really smart. Rumours have that some demon hunter named Ritza or something, started, well, hunting them down and killing them until they just disappeared from sight. Not to extinction by the looks of it…”
“I want Ritza on our team…” Tara said shyly. The others nodded their agreement, even Buffy.
“Here’s the page on the Malon, Watcher.” Alex relinquished her seat to the Giles who immediately left his position near the counter, “I’ll leave you all to figure out what needs to be done. I need to go before dawn breaks.” She looked at Buffy, “I promised answers… and I shall provide them… later tonight.”
Alex walked to the exit, “Take care. And I’ll see everyone soon.” Waving slightly, the raven-haired woman exited faster than anyone could raise any objections.
“Okay… who’s thinking vampire here?” Buffy asked before looking at her friends who all slowly put their hands up, even Giles.
“But how come my slayer senses didn’t go all wiggy?”
No one in the room had any response to that.
TBC
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Guys,Alexina is NOT Xena. Or even uber-Xena.
It's just my absolute favourite actress is Lucy Lawless (followed closely by Amber Benson) and ALL my stories so far have a character that is tall, dark-haired, blue-eyes, cheekbones to die for, legs that go on forever... umm... let's leave it as that I didn't want to break my own trend.
Okay, so maybe she's kinda like uber-Xena but she's NOT Xena. Or Xena's reincarnation. Or anything like that.
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Uh-huh. And the last four letters of her first name are from similar inspiration?
Still, I like where this is going...
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oh, oh! i didn't understand anything you kittens were saying anyhow. hehehe...
Karenk, welcome to the mad world of buffy fanfiction. you're doing a tremendous job!
next part please...
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Well, initially I wanted to make the character a mysterious Chinese woman named Lee. Then I stumbled onto a Greek names webpage the day before I started writing this story and loved the meaning to name Alexina.
Maybe I should have gone with the Chinese character instead... hmm...
Trust me, the spirit of Xena isn't about to show up in this story.
Thanks for the feedback!
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I'm liking so far. Xander's lust after the car is tres cute (and totally in character for some guys--like my brother). Plus there's some nice hints at a mystery involving Alexina, dropped within the framework of events. Well done!
(Wonder why I'm thinking "Gorgon?")
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ooohhh!!!! must post next part asap!
and just a little spelling feedback, i think the word is spelled curb not kerb. just a silly stoopid comment on a incredible beginning to a first Btvs fic. great job.
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posted June 11, 2001 13:11 ooohhh!!!! must post next part asap! and just a little spelling feedback, i think the word is spelled curb not kerb. just a silly stoopid comment on a incredible beginning to a first Btvs fic. great job.
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Fantastico posted June 11, 2001 13:37
Oh yes I like this. Tara's mommy a gay?
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posted June 11, 2001 13:37 Oh yes I like this. Tara's mommy a gay?IP: LoggedEd WoodDoll's eye crystal Posts: 121
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Oh yes! That was great karenk! Can't wait for the next part!
xita: It's not a gay, just gay. Allright?
EDIT: Woooooo hoooooo! I'm floating rose! (congatulatory messages expected...)
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posted June 11, 2001 13:48 Oh yes! That was great karenk! Can't wait for the next part!xita: It's not a gay, just gay. Allright?
EDIT: Woooooo hoooooo! I'm floating rose! (congatulatory messages expected...)
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Congratulations Ed Wood
You must post the next part asap, karenk. I'm hooked already
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posted June 11, 2001 18:33 Congratulations Ed WoodYou must post the next part asap, karenk. I'm hooked already
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Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 11, 2001 20:31
Thanks for everyone's comments. I'm working on the next part... well, I will get started working on it once I'm more coherent... posted this just before I went to bed and now I've just woken up *g*
Rane - spelling error, noted. Thanks for letting me know.
Xita - hmmm... can I say 'no comment?' I've always wanted to say that.
Ed Wood and Wonko - working on the next part. I promise.
Do I just post a reply to this message for the next part or...?
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posted June 11, 2001 20:31 Thanks for everyone's comments. I'm working on the next part... well, I will get started working on it once I'm more coherent... posted this just before I went to bed and now I've just woken up *g*Rane - spelling error, noted. Thanks for letting me know.
Xita - hmmm... can I say 'no comment?' I've always wanted to say that.
Ed Wood and Wonko - working on the next part. I promise.
Do I just post a reply to this message for the next part or...?
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Just posted a reply to this at willtara, but I also wanted to post here and say that I like where you're going with this. Keep it coming. I love the image of Xander drooling and Anya trying to keep him in line!
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posted June 11, 2001 20:50Just posted a reply to this at willtara, but I also wanted to post here and say that I like where you're going with this. Keep it coming. I love the image of Xander drooling and Anya trying to keep him in line!
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I feel my nerves strumming, oh, I'm can't wait to see what happens next. Great start Karen!
congrats Ed....woo hoo! No longer a creepy scary picture!
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"Back off, polygrip. You think you're bad?
All mean and haunty and picking on poor
pathetic Cordy? Well get ready to haul your
wrinkly translucent ass out of this place,
'cause lady, the bitch is back."
Cordelia - "Room w/a Vu"
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posted June 11, 2001 21:09 I feel my nerves strumming, oh, I'm can't wait to see what happens next. Great start Karen!congrats Ed....woo hoo! No longer a creepy scary picture!
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"Back off, polygrip. You think you're bad?
All mean and haunty and picking on poor
pathetic Cordy? Well get ready to haul your
wrinkly translucent ass out of this place,
'cause lady, the bitch is back."
Cordelia - "Room w/a Vu"
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Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 11, 2001 21:38
Thanks for the feedback Shaniezak and Arwen! I've got the notes to the first 8 - 9 chapters worked out, just need to expand upon them, though I just noticed that I've missed out on the last line of my notes for chapter 1...
Chapter 2 should be ready in a few hours.
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posted June 11, 2001 21:38 Thanks for the feedback Shaniezak and Arwen! I've got the notes to the first 8 - 9 chapters worked out, just need to expand upon them, though I just noticed that I've missed out on the last line of my notes for chapter 1...Chapter 2 should be ready in a few hours.
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Fantastico posted June 11, 2001 23:09
Oh , Ed haven't you ever heard Margaret Cho, she's famous for saying that. IT was a joke, heck I am a gay I should know
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posted June 11, 2001 23:09 Oh , Ed haven't you ever heard Margaret Cho, she's famous for saying that. IT was a joke, heck I am a gay I should knowIP: LoggedkarenkFloating Rose Posts: 39
Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 11, 2001 23:20
Alexina
by karenk
Same disclaimers as before.
Chapter 2
“Damn it!” Buffy was torn between running after a nasty demon of an unidentified type, or running to the Magic Box and getting her friends to help hunt the demon down. “I had to choose tonight to get the Scoobies to leave me to my patrolling… great timing Buffy…” After her return, her friends had loathed for Buffy to patrol by herself and tonight was the first night that she was alone, “All by my lonesome self… great, just great…”
Buffy was fast losing ground to the deceptively quick demon (for its huge size) who had already nicked her slightly on her right arm. The slayer was about to finally give up the chase and head to the Magic Box for backup and research when the roar of a motorbike came up from just behind her.
Alex stopped her bike just long enough to throw her extra helmet to the surprised blonde, “Hop on.” Buffy did not move.
“Come on, Buffy… that creature’s getting away…” Alex gestured as she revved up her bike.
The slayer finally started pulling on her helmet and onto the bike as she heard those words ‘getting away’. Nothing escapes the slayer, she thought to herself.
“Put your arms around my waist and hang on tight… it’s gonna be a rough ride.” Alex’s deep drawl crackled over the radio built-into the helmet.
“Radio helmets… that’s SO cool…” Buffy said as she followed Alex’s instructions and braced herself when it became clear that the Greek woman intended to followed the demon right into the park and it’s slight hill.
Alex just chuckled as she concentrated on getting them and the machine up the slight hill where the demon had ran towards.
With the help of the bike, the distance between the demon and the slayer was closing fast and when the distance became more respectable and Buffy narrowing her eyes in anticipation of round two when to the slayer’s surprise, a length of branch hit the demon square on its back.
The bike came to a halt and Buffy stopped thinking about how Alex had managed to swipe a branch without her noticing and concentrated instead on hopping off the massive machine, which was a little awkward due to her size. Pulling off her helmet, she let it drop absently before running towards the still downed demon. In the back of her mind, she could hear Alex doing roughly the same thing and a part of her wanted to tell Alex to leave the demon to her.
But before Buffy could turn round fully to warn Alex, Alex’s voice cried out a warning, “Buffy, look out!”
The slayer swung her head back just in time to duck a swipe from the demon who then changed tactics and charged towards her, overwhelming Buffy with his bigger size, bringing the slayer to the ground. Just as Buffy was about to use her slayer strength to throw the creature off, the demon was pulled off her and thrown back by the increasingly menacing looking Alex.
“You alright?” the dark woman asked.
“I wonder if Buffy’s alright?”
Tara smiled as Willow asked the same question for the twentieth time that night. She waited for Mr Giles’ twentieth answer.
“Willow, I’m sure Buffy’s quite alright…” Giles did not disappoint.
“Yeah but…” Willow was still worried. She had the right to worry, since she was the slayer’s best friend.
“You know what we should do?” Xander jumped in the conversation from the floor where he had been pacing since Buffy had left. “We need to get Buffy one of those mobile phones so she can call us anytime she needs to.”
Willow’s eyes opened wide at the possibilities, “We should all get one. Us, the Scoobies, we should all get one and… and…”
“Willow…” Tara placed her hand on Willow’s arm, calming the other witch down instantly, “slow down…”
“But… we should’ve thought of this long ago… I mean…”
Before Tara could stop Willow’s babbling again, the door to the Magic Box swung open.
“You should have told me you were nicked by the demon earlier.”
“Look, I’m fine, okay. I’m sure it’s nothing…”
“Nothing! The demon could have some sort of venom or something…”
“I know, that’s why we’re here, so Giles can…” Buffy finally looked at her friends from the doorway where she had been arguing with Alex. Her right hand was holding onto a cloth that was placed on top on her left arm. Alex was hovering just beside her. “Hey guys,” Buffy greeted her friends sheepishly.
Giles snapped into action upon seeing Buffy’s injury. “What kind of demon was it?” he asked as he helped his slayer to a seat around the table where most of the other Scoobies were before gently easing the cloth off and checking on the wound.
“Big. Huge claws. Umm…” Buffy looked towards Alex for help in the demon’s description.
Willow, Tara and a rather reluctant Anya were already on their feet, ready to start researching. They waited patiently (some more patient than others) for more information. And everyone turned towards the tall woman.
Alex sighed, her blue eyes stormy as she seemed to fight an internal battle with herself. Closing her eyes she sighed again before saying softly, “It was a Malon demon.”
“What?” Anya and Giles said in unison. “But that’s impossible… Malon demons are extremely rare and…”
“And they haven’t been seen in more than 400 years!” Anya finished.
“How did you know about them?” Giles asked, his voice taking on a tone of protectiveness towards the stranger in their mist. “Who are you?” the Watcher voiced the question everyone else in the shop wanted to know while Anya took a step back.
TBC
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posted June 11, 2001 23:20 Alexinaby karenk
Same disclaimers as before.
Chapter 2
“Damn it!” Buffy was torn between running after a nasty demon of an unidentified type, or running to the Magic Box and getting her friends to help hunt the demon down. “I had to choose tonight to get the Scoobies to leave me to my patrolling… great timing Buffy…” After her return, her friends had loathed for Buffy to patrol by herself and tonight was the first night that she was alone, “All by my lonesome self… great, just great…”
Buffy was fast losing ground to the deceptively quick demon (for its huge size) who had already nicked her slightly on her right arm. The slayer was about to finally give up the chase and head to the Magic Box for backup and research when the roar of a motorbike came up from just behind her.
Alex stopped her bike just long enough to throw her extra helmet to the surprised blonde, “Hop on.” Buffy did not move.
“Come on, Buffy… that creature’s getting away…” Alex gestured as she revved up her bike.
The slayer finally started pulling on her helmet and onto the bike as she heard those words ‘getting away’. Nothing escapes the slayer, she thought to herself.
“Put your arms around my waist and hang on tight… it’s gonna be a rough ride.” Alex’s deep drawl crackled over the radio built-into the helmet.
“Radio helmets… that’s SO cool…” Buffy said as she followed Alex’s instructions and braced herself when it became clear that the Greek woman intended to followed the demon right into the park and it’s slight hill.
Alex just chuckled as she concentrated on getting them and the machine up the slight hill where the demon had ran towards.
With the help of the bike, the distance between the demon and the slayer was closing fast and when the distance became more respectable and Buffy narrowing her eyes in anticipation of round two when to the slayer’s surprise, a length of branch hit the demon square on its back.
The bike came to a halt and Buffy stopped thinking about how Alex had managed to swipe a branch without her noticing and concentrated instead on hopping off the massive machine, which was a little awkward due to her size. Pulling off her helmet, she let it drop absently before running towards the still downed demon. In the back of her mind, she could hear Alex doing roughly the same thing and a part of her wanted to tell Alex to leave the demon to her.
But before Buffy could turn round fully to warn Alex, Alex’s voice cried out a warning, “Buffy, look out!”
The slayer swung her head back just in time to duck a swipe from the demon who then changed tactics and charged towards her, overwhelming Buffy with his bigger size, bringing the slayer to the ground. Just as Buffy was about to use her slayer strength to throw the creature off, the demon was pulled off her and thrown back by the increasingly menacing looking Alex.
“You alright?” the dark woman asked.
“I wonder if Buffy’s alright?”
Tara smiled as Willow asked the same question for the twentieth time that night. She waited for Mr Giles’ twentieth answer.
“Willow, I’m sure Buffy’s quite alright…” Giles did not disappoint.
“Yeah but…” Willow was still worried. She had the right to worry, since she was the slayer’s best friend.
“You know what we should do?” Xander jumped in the conversation from the floor where he had been pacing since Buffy had left. “We need to get Buffy one of those mobile phones so she can call us anytime she needs to.”
Willow’s eyes opened wide at the possibilities, “We should all get one. Us, the Scoobies, we should all get one and… and…”
“Willow…” Tara placed her hand on Willow’s arm, calming the other witch down instantly, “slow down…”
“But… we should’ve thought of this long ago… I mean…”
Before Tara could stop Willow’s babbling again, the door to the Magic Box swung open.
“You should have told me you were nicked by the demon earlier.”
“Look, I’m fine, okay. I’m sure it’s nothing…”
“Nothing! The demon could have some sort of venom or something…”
“I know, that’s why we’re here, so Giles can…” Buffy finally looked at her friends from the doorway where she had been arguing with Alex. Her right hand was holding onto a cloth that was placed on top on her left arm. Alex was hovering just beside her. “Hey guys,” Buffy greeted her friends sheepishly.
Giles snapped into action upon seeing Buffy’s injury. “What kind of demon was it?” he asked as he helped his slayer to a seat around the table where most of the other Scoobies were before gently easing the cloth off and checking on the wound.
“Big. Huge claws. Umm…” Buffy looked towards Alex for help in the demon’s description.
Willow, Tara and a rather reluctant Anya were already on their feet, ready to start researching. They waited patiently (some more patient than others) for more information. And everyone turned towards the tall woman.
Alex sighed, her blue eyes stormy as she seemed to fight an internal battle with herself. Closing her eyes she sighed again before saying softly, “It was a Malon demon.”
“What?” Anya and Giles said in unison. “But that’s impossible… Malon demons are extremely rare and…”
“And they haven’t been seen in more than 400 years!” Anya finished.
“How did you know about them?” Giles asked, his voice taking on a tone of protectiveness towards the stranger in their mist. “Who are you?” the Watcher voiced the question everyone else in the shop wanted to know while Anya took a step back.
TBC
IP: LoggedShaniezakTara Ass Posts: 635
Registered: Apr 2001 posted June 11, 2001 23:30
Gyah! You can't just leave me hanging there!!!
Actually, yeah you can, but I'm going to sit here and go "Gyah!" silently to myself until I find out what happens next.
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posted June 11, 2001 23:30 Gyah! You can't just leave me hanging there!!!Actually, yeah you can, but I'm going to sit here and go "Gyah!" silently to myself until I find out what happens next.
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Registered: Jan 2001 posted June 12, 2001 01:36
ditto
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posted June 12, 2001 01:36 dittoIP: LoggedLonewolfBlessed Wannabe Posts: 18
Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 12, 2001 01:51
"karenk" First off let me say Cool fic, second, I agree with "Shaniezak" and "Catwoman" you can't leave us hanging like that we all need our fix of your cool story. Can't wait to find out who Alex really is.
Lonewolf
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posted June 12, 2001 01:51 "karenk" First off let me say Cool fic, second, I agree with "Shaniezak" and "Catwoman" you can't leave us hanging like that we all need our fix of your cool story. Can't wait to find out who Alex really is.Lonewolf
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Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 12, 2001 02:33
Thanks for reading
Next chapter's already half written. But it'd be a while more before Alex's true nature comes to light... I hope I'll surprise some of you.
karen
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posted June 12, 2001 02:33 Thanks for readingNext chapter's already half written. But it'd be a while more before Alex's true nature comes to light... I hope I'll surprise some of you.
karen
IP: LoggedArwenCool Monster Fighter Posts: 165
Registered: Apr 2001 posted June 12, 2001 10:27
*Gyah's* as well. more! more! more!
pretty please?
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"Back off, polygrip. You think you're bad?
All mean and haunty and picking on poor
pathetic Cordy? Well get ready to haul your
wrinkly translucent ass out of this place,
'cause lady, the bitch is back."
Cordelia - "Room w/a Vu"
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posted June 12, 2001 10:27 *Gyah's* as well. more! more! more!pretty please?
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"Back off, polygrip. You think you're bad?
All mean and haunty and picking on poor
pathetic Cordy? Well get ready to haul your
wrinkly translucent ass out of this place,
'cause lady, the bitch is back."
Cordelia - "Room w/a Vu"
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Registered: Jan 2001 posted June 12, 2001 13:35
I have a good guess on her identity... I read a lot of Uber.
I'll leave it at that...
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posted June 12, 2001 13:35 I have a good guess on her identity... I read a lot of Uber.I'll leave it at that...
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Registered: Apr 2001 posted June 12, 2001 14:38
*high fives Kalita*
We on the same page there.
And if she really was once associated with Tara's mother, that would mean that . . .
GYAH!
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posted June 12, 2001 14:38 *high fives Kalita*We on the same page there.
And if she really was once associated with Tara's mother, that would mean that . . .
GYAH!
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Registered: Mar 2001 posted June 12, 2001 14:42
That was excellent, can't wait to read more, you can't leave us like that
There's so much great fanfic around it's playing havoc with my real life, still who needs a job anyway
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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. -- Lao Tzu
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posted June 12, 2001 14:42 That was excellent, can't wait to read more, you can't leave us like thatThere's so much great fanfic around it's playing havoc with my real life, still who needs a job anyway
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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. -- Lao Tzu
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Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 12, 2001 20:28
Alexina
by karenk
Same disclaimers as before
Chapter 3
“I’m Alexina Christofides.”
At everyone’s still silent looks (throwing in a couple of accusing stares as well), the dark woman added, “I’m not… I’m not evil… I’m only trying to help. Malon venom is deadly and if enough of it has gone into Buffy’s bloodstream, then she needs help. Fast. Questions can wait till we know for sure that Buffy’s okay.”
“I promise.” She added when the silence continued, “Buffy…”
“Giles, I think we can trust her. I mean, if she wanted me dead… she wouldn’t have helped me chase that demon off.”
“I don’t want you dead, slayer,” Alex looked at the others’ shocked expressions, “yes, I know you’re the slayer, Buffy. Like I said, I don’t want you dead, the alternative is not… well, not an alternative right now.”
“How did you know about…” Willow started.
“Like I know you and your girlfriend are slowly growing into your powers as witches, like I know Anya was a vengeance demon, Xander is Xander and Giles is the slayer’s Watcher. But the time for questions is not now.”
“She’s right, if it was a Malon demon attack, we must act quickly.” Giles finally said after another awkward silence, “Anya, go to the bookshelves upstairs, fourth one on the right, the top shelf. Xander, maybe you should go help Anya, the text is rather high up. The text in question is roughly translated as the Lores of Demonhood, volume 3. And Tara, if you could please go into the backroom and get the first aid kit from there.” The Watcher glanced back at Alex who was smiling slightly. Tara nodded and left the room silently.
“Impressive, Watcher. Do you have all the volumes?”
“No, Miss Christofides. Some volumes have only two or three copies left in existence. Most of mine have at least five left in the world.”
“In your known world, you mean. And call me Alex.” Alex raised an eyebrow challengingly at the Watcher.
“Yes, yes. I do mean that…” Giles tried to hide that he was flustered.
“Are you…” Buffy finally spoke up but before she could complete her question, Alex interrupted.
“Buffy, there’ll be time for questions later and I promise to answer all to the best of my abilities. I want to be your ally, not your enemy.”
“You don’t really make my slayer senses go all wiggy…” the slayer pointed out rather absently as she watched her best friend fiddling her make-shift bandage while Tara returned with the box of medical supplies Giles kept in the backroom for just such occasions.
Alex’s gaze found Tara’s more timid one and held on for a moment longer than Tara would have normally felt comfortable with, but somehow, the witch knew in her heart that Alex was not evil. At least, not anymore.
Tara startled herself with that last thought as she hurriedly broke eye contact with the enigmatic stranger and settled down near her grounding force, her girlfriend. She risked another glimpse at the tall woman and noticed that Alex’s blue eyes were still upon her and now held a tinge of pure sadness that made the kind-hearted witch sad too.
“I’m sure Buffy will be fine.” Tara said, though whether it was for the benefit of her girlfriend, who was still fussing with Buffy’s bandages, or the dark woman was unknown.
“Sure I’ll be, Tara. Slayer strength and all…” but even Buffy had to admit that she did not like the worried looks of her Watcher and Alex. She did not like it one bit.
“This is one heavy book you’ve got, Giles.” Xander huffed as he placed the massive, and rather dusty, tome down on the main table.
“Yes, and it had to be tucked away in that corner of the bookshelf… look, I’ve got dust all over…” Anya protested, brushing away the thin layer of dust that covered most of her as she was the one who had to hunt down the tome.
“Well… Anya, as you should be aware, this is an extremely…”
“Yeah, yeah… rare book. I know. Even I only heard of the Lores of Demonhood volumes before. I’ve never actually seen an actual volume before. Is it true that your demon ranking is determined by where you are mentioned in the Lores?” the ex-demon was curious.
“Pretty much so… I think vengeance demons are in the latter end of volume 1. Or it might be in the front bit of volume 2… can’t quite remember. Been a while since I read them.” Alex reached out of the book when it seemed that no one else was touching it.
Anya frowned, “How many volumes were there?” her voice was close to whining.
“Five.” Giles answered.
“Six.” Alex answered absently at the same time.
“The Watcher’s Council only has five volumes.”
“There’s only one volume 6 in existence. And not many know that there is even a sixth volume.” The dark woman explained.
“I don’t think I want to know what’s in volume 6…” Giles nervously took his glasses off to wipe them.
Alex shook her head, “If you’re dealing with anyone or anything mentioned in volume 6… you don’t need to and won’t have time to do any researching on them.”
She settled herself down on one of the chairs and started flipping carefully through the ancient text for the information on the Malon while Giles leaned against the counter, trying to regain his balance from the surprises thrown at him that night.
“What do you know of the Malon, Anya?” Xander decided that the silence was too uncomfortable.
“Yeah… how or why did they disappear?” Willow added.
The ex-demon scrunched up her forehead and tried to remember, “Well, like I said, no one’s seen them in like 400 years… but their numbers started dwindling closer to 500 years ago. Or well, they started hiding. They were, are, a very powerful demon race but they were always like followers of other demon types.”
“Foot soldiers in a demon army.” Xander pointed out.
“Exactly. They were really fast and really good fighters and everything but not really smart. Rumours have that some demon hunter named Ritza or something, started, well, hunting them down and killing them until they just disappeared from sight. Not to extinction by the looks of it…”
“I want Ritza on our team…” Tara said shyly. The others nodded their agreement, even Buffy.
“Here’s the page on the Malon, Watcher.” Alex relinquished her seat to the Giles who immediately left his position near the counter, “I’ll leave you all to figure out what needs to be done. I need to go before dawn breaks.” She looked at Buffy, “I promised answers… and I shall provide them… later tonight.”
Alex walked to the exit, “Take care. And I’ll see everyone soon.” Waving slightly, the raven-haired woman exited faster than anyone could raise any objections.
“Okay… who’s thinking vampire here?” Buffy asked before looking at her friends who all slowly put their hands up, even Giles.
“But how come my slayer senses didn’t go all wiggy?”
No one in the room had any response to that.
TBC
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posted June 12, 2001 20:28 Alexinaby karenk
Same disclaimers as before
Chapter 3
“I’m Alexina Christofides.”
At everyone’s still silent looks (throwing in a couple of accusing stares as well), the dark woman added, “I’m not… I’m not evil… I’m only trying to help. Malon venom is deadly and if enough of it has gone into Buffy’s bloodstream, then she needs help. Fast. Questions can wait till we know for sure that Buffy’s okay.”
“I promise.” She added when the silence continued, “Buffy…”
“Giles, I think we can trust her. I mean, if she wanted me dead… she wouldn’t have helped me chase that demon off.”
“I don’t want you dead, slayer,” Alex looked at the others’ shocked expressions, “yes, I know you’re the slayer, Buffy. Like I said, I don’t want you dead, the alternative is not… well, not an alternative right now.”
“How did you know about…” Willow started.
“Like I know you and your girlfriend are slowly growing into your powers as witches, like I know Anya was a vengeance demon, Xander is Xander and Giles is the slayer’s Watcher. But the time for questions is not now.”
“She’s right, if it was a Malon demon attack, we must act quickly.” Giles finally said after another awkward silence, “Anya, go to the bookshelves upstairs, fourth one on the right, the top shelf. Xander, maybe you should go help Anya, the text is rather high up. The text in question is roughly translated as the Lores of Demonhood, volume 3. And Tara, if you could please go into the backroom and get the first aid kit from there.” The Watcher glanced back at Alex who was smiling slightly. Tara nodded and left the room silently.
“Impressive, Watcher. Do you have all the volumes?”
“No, Miss Christofides. Some volumes have only two or three copies left in existence. Most of mine have at least five left in the world.”
“In your known world, you mean. And call me Alex.” Alex raised an eyebrow challengingly at the Watcher.
“Yes, yes. I do mean that…” Giles tried to hide that he was flustered.
“Are you…” Buffy finally spoke up but before she could complete her question, Alex interrupted.
“Buffy, there’ll be time for questions later and I promise to answer all to the best of my abilities. I want to be your ally, not your enemy.”
“You don’t really make my slayer senses go all wiggy…” the slayer pointed out rather absently as she watched her best friend fiddling her make-shift bandage while Tara returned with the box of medical supplies Giles kept in the backroom for just such occasions.
Alex’s gaze found Tara’s more timid one and held on for a moment longer than Tara would have normally felt comfortable with, but somehow, the witch knew in her heart that Alex was not evil. At least, not anymore.
Tara startled herself with that last thought as she hurriedly broke eye contact with the enigmatic stranger and settled down near her grounding force, her girlfriend. She risked another glimpse at the tall woman and noticed that Alex’s blue eyes were still upon her and now held a tinge of pure sadness that made the kind-hearted witch sad too.
“I’m sure Buffy will be fine.” Tara said, though whether it was for the benefit of her girlfriend, who was still fussing with Buffy’s bandages, or the dark woman was unknown.
“Sure I’ll be, Tara. Slayer strength and all…” but even Buffy had to admit that she did not like the worried looks of her Watcher and Alex. She did not like it one bit.
“This is one heavy book you’ve got, Giles.” Xander huffed as he placed the massive, and rather dusty, tome down on the main table.
“Yes, and it had to be tucked away in that corner of the bookshelf… look, I’ve got dust all over…” Anya protested, brushing away the thin layer of dust that covered most of her as she was the one who had to hunt down the tome.
“Well… Anya, as you should be aware, this is an extremely…”
“Yeah, yeah… rare book. I know. Even I only heard of the Lores of Demonhood volumes before. I’ve never actually seen an actual volume before. Is it true that your demon ranking is determined by where you are mentioned in the Lores?” the ex-demon was curious.
“Pretty much so… I think vengeance demons are in the latter end of volume 1. Or it might be in the front bit of volume 2… can’t quite remember. Been a while since I read them.” Alex reached out of the book when it seemed that no one else was touching it.
Anya frowned, “How many volumes were there?” her voice was close to whining.
“Five.” Giles answered.
“Six.” Alex answered absently at the same time.
“The Watcher’s Council only has five volumes.”
“There’s only one volume 6 in existence. And not many know that there is even a sixth volume.” The dark woman explained.
“I don’t think I want to know what’s in volume 6…” Giles nervously took his glasses off to wipe them.
Alex shook her head, “If you’re dealing with anyone or anything mentioned in volume 6… you don’t need to and won’t have time to do any researching on them.”
She settled herself down on one of the chairs and started flipping carefully through the ancient text for the information on the Malon while Giles leaned against the counter, trying to regain his balance from the surprises thrown at him that night.
“What do you know of the Malon, Anya?” Xander decided that the silence was too uncomfortable.
“Yeah… how or why did they disappear?” Willow added.
The ex-demon scrunched up her forehead and tried to remember, “Well, like I said, no one’s seen them in like 400 years… but their numbers started dwindling closer to 500 years ago. Or well, they started hiding. They were, are, a very powerful demon race but they were always like followers of other demon types.”
“Foot soldiers in a demon army.” Xander pointed out.
“Exactly. They were really fast and really good fighters and everything but not really smart. Rumours have that some demon hunter named Ritza or something, started, well, hunting them down and killing them until they just disappeared from sight. Not to extinction by the looks of it…”
“I want Ritza on our team…” Tara said shyly. The others nodded their agreement, even Buffy.
“Here’s the page on the Malon, Watcher.” Alex relinquished her seat to the Giles who immediately left his position near the counter, “I’ll leave you all to figure out what needs to be done. I need to go before dawn breaks.” She looked at Buffy, “I promised answers… and I shall provide them… later tonight.”
Alex walked to the exit, “Take care. And I’ll see everyone soon.” Waving slightly, the raven-haired woman exited faster than anyone could raise any objections.
“Okay… who’s thinking vampire here?” Buffy asked before looking at her friends who all slowly put their hands up, even Giles.
“But how come my slayer senses didn’t go all wiggy?”
No one in the room had any response to that.
TBC
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Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 12, 2001 20:36
Guys,Alexina is NOT Xena. Or even uber-Xena.
It's just my absolute favourite actress is Lucy Lawless (followed closely by Amber Benson) and ALL my stories so far have a character that is tall, dark-haired, blue-eyes, cheekbones to die for, legs that go on forever... umm... let's leave it as that I didn't want to break my own trend.
Okay, so maybe she's kinda like uber-Xena but she's NOT Xena. Or Xena's reincarnation. Or anything like that.
karen
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posted June 12, 2001 20:36 Guys,Alexina is NOT Xena. Or even uber-Xena.
It's just my absolute favourite actress is Lucy Lawless (followed closely by Amber Benson) and ALL my stories so far have a character that is tall, dark-haired, blue-eyes, cheekbones to die for, legs that go on forever... umm... let's leave it as that I didn't want to break my own trend.
Okay, so maybe she's kinda like uber-Xena but she's NOT Xena. Or Xena's reincarnation. Or anything like that.
karen
IP: LoggedKalitaWillowhand Posts: 391
Registered: Jan 2001 posted June 13, 2001 00:35
Uh-huh. And the last four letters of her first name are from similar inspiration?
Still, I like where this is going...
Kal
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posted June 13, 2001 00:35 Uh-huh. And the last four letters of her first name are from similar inspiration?Still, I like where this is going...
Kal
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Registered: Sep 2000 posted June 13, 2001 00:40
oh, oh! i didn't understand anything you kittens were saying anyhow. hehehe...
Karenk, welcome to the mad world of buffy fanfiction. you're doing a tremendous job!
next part please...
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posted June 13, 2001 00:40 oh, oh! i didn't understand anything you kittens were saying anyhow. hehehe...Karenk, welcome to the mad world of buffy fanfiction. you're doing a tremendous job!
next part please...
IP: LoggedkarenkFloating Rose Posts: 39
Registered: Jun 2001 posted June 13, 2001 02:14
Well, initially I wanted to make the character a mysterious Chinese woman named Lee. Then I stumbled onto a Greek names webpage the day before I started writing this story and loved the meaning to name Alexina.
Maybe I should have gone with the Chinese character instead... hmm...
Trust me, the spirit of Xena isn't about to show up in this story.
Thanks for the feedback!
karen
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posted June 13, 2001 02:14 Well, initially I wanted to make the character a mysterious Chinese woman named Lee. Then I stumbled onto a Greek names webpage the day before I started writing this story and loved the meaning to name Alexina. Maybe I should have gone with the Chinese character instead... hmm...
Trust me, the spirit of Xena isn't about to show up in this story.
Thanks for the feedback!
karen
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Registered: Nov 2000 posted June 13, 2001 10:49
I'm liking so far. Xander's lust after the car is tres cute (and totally in character for some guys--like my brother). Plus there's some nice hints at a mystery involving Alexina, dropped within the framework of events. Well done!
(Wonder why I'm thinking "Gorgon?")
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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kyam
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posted June 13, 2001 10:49 I'm liking so far. Xander's lust after the car is tres cute (and totally in character for some guys--like my brother). Plus there's some nice hints at a mystery involving Alexina, dropped within the framework of events. Well done!(Wonder why I'm thinking "Gorgon?")
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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kyam