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jedibuttercup) wrote2006-08-19 09:50 pm
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Fic: Easier Target (B:tVS/DOOM) 15/?
PG-15; B:tVS, DOOM. 400 words. (Part of the Handle ID Slayer series).
If she had anything to say about it, she would be the only means necessary, Buffy thought grimly.
Title: Easier Target
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not. I claim nothing but the plot.
Rating: PG-15
TtH Prompt: #53, Good
Summary: If she had anything to say about it, she would be the only means necessary, Buffy thought grimly. 400 words.
Spoilers: B:tVS post-"Chosen"; "DOOM" (2005)
Notes: Movieverse. Fifteenth in the Handle ID Slayer flashfic sequence.
Buffy and Duke moved with all the speed they could safely muster, hoping to reach the Ark before the demon did, or at least to catch it there and prevent it from going any further. Duke confided in quick, concise words as they moved that he and Sam had rounded up everyone they could reach when they'd arrived; there wouldn't be anyone out wandering the halls for the Hell-beast to savage. The people in the storeroom, and the Marines coming through the Ark, were its only possible victims; it would probably come for them first, as the easier target.
Nevertheless, Buffy neither saw nor heard any sign of its passage as they headed for the Ark. She did catch a glimpse in passing of an overturned wheelchair through a partially opened door-- probably Pinky's, and the endpoint of the blood trail she'd been tracking earlier-- and made a mental note to come back for him sometime in the next half-hour. She also noted the location of the controls for the nanowall protecting the main hall, and the angle at which she'd have to throw a stake to trigger it at a run.
As they approached the Ark chamber, she heard someone commenting about the frozen computers-- quarantine still set to automatically lift, comm link to the surface disabled-- and recognized the voice as the Kid's; he'd made it through the battle on Mars after all. Good. He wasn't the only one talking, either; Buffy could hear Reaper, too, speaking in an undertone to Sarge.
"...don't have to kill all of them," he was saying. "Not everyone will be infected."
"We have orders to contain this threat by any means necessary," Sarge replied.
If she had anything to say about it, she would be the only means necessary, Buffy thought grimly, and took a deep breath. "Sarge!" she called out, interrupting the conversation as she and Duke finally entered the chamber.
Both men turned toward her immediately, weapons half-raised; Destroyer was with them too, conscious and mobile again, though Portman was notably absent. Buffy skidded to a stop, weapon lifted against her shoulder, and gave her report: one monster, two wounded, one possibly infected. They could still potentially walk out of this without a bloodbath.
Sarge's jaw tightened as he began to reply-- but then his eyes widened, staring over Buffy's shoulder.
"Oops," she muttered, spinning around as the demon roared.
-~-
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If she had anything to say about it, she would be the only means necessary, Buffy thought grimly.
Title: Easier Target
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not. I claim nothing but the plot.
Rating: PG-15
TtH Prompt: #53, Good
Summary: If she had anything to say about it, she would be the only means necessary, Buffy thought grimly. 400 words.
Spoilers: B:tVS post-"Chosen"; "DOOM" (2005)
Notes: Movieverse. Fifteenth in the Handle ID Slayer flashfic sequence.
Buffy and Duke moved with all the speed they could safely muster, hoping to reach the Ark before the demon did, or at least to catch it there and prevent it from going any further. Duke confided in quick, concise words as they moved that he and Sam had rounded up everyone they could reach when they'd arrived; there wouldn't be anyone out wandering the halls for the Hell-beast to savage. The people in the storeroom, and the Marines coming through the Ark, were its only possible victims; it would probably come for them first, as the easier target.
Nevertheless, Buffy neither saw nor heard any sign of its passage as they headed for the Ark. She did catch a glimpse in passing of an overturned wheelchair through a partially opened door-- probably Pinky's, and the endpoint of the blood trail she'd been tracking earlier-- and made a mental note to come back for him sometime in the next half-hour. She also noted the location of the controls for the nanowall protecting the main hall, and the angle at which she'd have to throw a stake to trigger it at a run.
As they approached the Ark chamber, she heard someone commenting about the frozen computers-- quarantine still set to automatically lift, comm link to the surface disabled-- and recognized the voice as the Kid's; he'd made it through the battle on Mars after all. Good. He wasn't the only one talking, either; Buffy could hear Reaper, too, speaking in an undertone to Sarge.
"...don't have to kill all of them," he was saying. "Not everyone will be infected."
"We have orders to contain this threat by any means necessary," Sarge replied.
If she had anything to say about it, she would be the only means necessary, Buffy thought grimly, and took a deep breath. "Sarge!" she called out, interrupting the conversation as she and Duke finally entered the chamber.
Both men turned toward her immediately, weapons half-raised; Destroyer was with them too, conscious and mobile again, though Portman was notably absent. Buffy skidded to a stop, weapon lifted against her shoulder, and gave her report: one monster, two wounded, one possibly infected. They could still potentially walk out of this without a bloodbath.
Sarge's jaw tightened as he began to reply-- but then his eyes widened, staring over Buffy's shoulder.
"Oops," she muttered, spinning around as the demon roared.
-~-
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