From: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com (buffyfic-digest) To: buffyfic-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: buffyfic-digest V2 #335 Reply-To: $SENDER Sender: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk buffyfic-digest Tuesday, September 22 1998 Volume 02 : Number 335 In this issue: BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (22/31) BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (23/31) BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (24/31) BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (25/31) BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (26/31) BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (27/31) See the end of the digest for information on (un)subscribing to the buffyfic or buffyfic-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:13:36 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (22/31) TITLE: "The Necromancer" (Part 22/31) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: I'd greatly appreciate any constructive criticisim. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence and sexual implications. DESCRIPTION: My first BTVS fanfic with a new villian as the title character. This story is set after the end of the second season and after Buffy returns for the third season. It was written before the third season was broadcast and may not accurately reflect a third season setting. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. SPOILERS: Spoilers to "Phases" and "Becoming". ============== Scene 21 "Geez, and then Buffy ran off?" asked Willow curiously. The Sunnydale High library seemed so cold and empty knowing that Giles wasn't there. Xander answered with a nod. Willow's look of distress brought the comforting arm of Oz. "I went after her, but she being the superhero Slayer girl and all she took off like the Flash," Cordelia further answered. "Um, did Principal Snyder care that we missed the rest of the school day?" asked Xander in an attempt to change the subject. "No, he found some other students to be anal retentative with and seemed to forget about you guys," replied Oz. "What do we do now?" wondered Cordelia. Xander began, "What can we do? We're just the Slayerettes, we'll just have to wait for-" "Buffy!" greeted Xander. "Where have you been?" Willow questioned. "Taking an afternoon stroll to sort things out. I've been quite the strolling girl lately," explained Buffy. She continued, "I'm sorry to have to skip the small talk, but if no one minds I'd like to get at slaying this necromancer of ours." "But, Giles-" started Willow. "Giles will have to deal with his own issues. We'll take care of saving the world without him," interrupted Buffy. "Any luck with the book you were going to scan?" asked Buffy. "Yeah, actually, it's partly in Old English, but there's a lot of quotations in another strange language. There was reference to a method for creating a vampire from scratch. Well, not completely from scratch. You do need a useable corpse. Anyway, it would explain why that vampire didn't turn to ashes very quickly," Willow said in a knowledgeable fashion. "How?" wondered Xander. "Well, the vampires we're used to have been diluted by generations of mixing with the blood of humans. What probably happend is this necromancer created a vampire that wasn't so watered down," explained Willow. "So that's what I fought with last night?" inquired Buffy. "Probably not. That was probably just a vampire that was sired by the new one," answered Willow. "Great, so now we have a whole bloodline of vamps in Sunnydale that stronger, better, and all around nastier," said Xander. "I'm no expert on fighting the forces of darkness or anything, but wouldn't the best thing to do be slaying this new bad ass vampire before he sires a super race," suggested Oz. "Sounds good to me," agreed Buffy. "We can stay and research how to get rid of this necromancer guy while you're out hunting," offered Willow. "You guys can stay here and do the bookworm thing, I for one think Buffy could use some backup on this one," Xander said valiantly. "No, you should really go to Giles' place again," quietly said Buffy. "What happened to letting him deal with his own issues?" questioned Xander. Buffy looked downward and finally said, "We really do need him." "And by 'we' you mean you?" asked Xander. Buffy glanced up then looked away solemnly. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:14:47 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (23/31) TITLE: "The Necromancer" (Part 23/31) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: I'd greatly appreciate any constructive criticisim. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence and sexual implications. DESCRIPTION: My first BTVS fanfic with a new villian as the title character. This story is set after the end of the second season and after Buffy returns for the third season. It was written before the third season was broadcast and may not accurately reflect a third season setting. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. SPOILERS: Spoilers to "Phases" and "Becoming". ============== Scene 22 "Rupert," gently addressed Miss Calender after a lengthy amount of still silence. Giles had stared at various furnishings in his living room and they had all gave him the same reply. Currently the endless expanse that was the sky outside his window gave his eyes a place to hide from his confusion. He spoke while still staring, "You gave me quite a start this morning. When everything was still foggy you appeared at my front door. I think I've been in shock all day. But, now I'm beginning to become aware." "I can't believe I'm here either. It's hard for me to feel like I'm anywhere after having been...," Miss Calender's sentence trailed off. "You know even though we're in the same room I don't feel like we're together again," she added. "Perhaps...perhaps it's because we haven't shared more than a few words," Giles said while still emotionally drained. Sparsely punctuated quiet followed for a few more moments. "I keep getting this tugging sensation that you're supposed to come with me somewhere," commented Miss Calender. Finally Giles broke from his trance and ran his hands through his unkempt hair. "You're not real. You're not real," He said in animated contrast to his former state of mind. "What are you saying, Rupert?" inquired a befuddled Jenny Calender. "All this time I've felt it. It's made me sick to me stomach to know deep down in my heart that you're not here in front of me even as I want to believe you are," Giles said with a quick winded pace. "Look at me," Jenny said as she closed quarters with Giles. "I'm right here. Look at me with your own eyes. Don't you hear my voice? I'm right in front of you," she said in desperate attempt to convince the unbelieving. Giles scrunched his face up as tight as he could make it. Even with his eyes closed he could still see her. It pained him as reality finally set in. "Rupert! Rupert!" called out Jenny as she gripped him by the arms. Giles' turned beet red with anguish and reached toward the coffee table. As the unwanted weapon seated itself into his hand he turned his head as far away as he could and thrusted the dagger in front of him. Quickly what was Miss Calender degraded to its actual state of decay and fell to the floor. No cry of pain was let out or any struggle for survival endured. That did little to comfort Giles however. All that was left for him to do was to bury his head in his own arms and let out bursts of weeping through his choked face. This perpetual agony went undisturbed for a period of time that was too great to measure in minutes. Eventually a wary Xander peered through the unlocked front door. He surveyed the scene inside with bittersweet relief. "What's going on?" whispered Cordelia from behind him. Xander tried to think of what eloquent words he could burst in and be the hero with, but nothing came to mind. He finally decided to let Giles be and turned back to Cordelia. "Let's go," he said quietly. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:16:52 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (24/31) TITLE: "The Necromancer" (Part 24/31) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: I'd greatly appreciate any constructive criticisim. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence and sexual implications. DESCRIPTION: My first BTVS fanfic with a new villian as the title character. This story is set after the end of the second season and after Buffy returns for the third season. It was written before the third season was broadcast and may not accurately reflect a third season setting. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. SPOILERS: Spoilers to "Phases" and "Becoming". ============== Scene 23 "Damnation, there goes a fine piece of craftsmanship," profaned Abel in his underground lair. "I ought to get an award for animating a zombie that lifelike," he said with a scratch to his head. Abel felt rather dizzy after the concentration that his creation required was suddenly relieved. The arranging of documents on his desk brought him little comfort and he opted for a little stroll to reassemble his mind. Abel traveled through the dark, twisting halls of the dungeon he called home. He had regained lucidity by the time he passed in front of his companion's study. "I wonder what he is working on," Abel thought aloud curiously. He entered undaunted and began looking through the materials assembled on his former tutor's desk. The more he saw the more anger showed in his demeanor. "That traitorous bastard," Abel pronounced. Just as he did, the one who was once his teacher entered. He saw Abel hovering over his desk and a look of sheer terror came over a normally unexpressive face. "I can explain," he said as he dropped the items he had fetched. "That's alright, I'll explain for you," Abel offered. He continued, "You are going to attempt to undo my seal on the Gateway so you can hand me over, you coward!" The older necromancer was at a loss for words. He had been caught red handed and could do nothing as he stared his own destruction in the face. "Please, don't kill me," he pleaded. Abel let out a wicked laugh. "You're going to have to do a damn sight better than that. Get down on your knees and beg like the dog you are," Abel replied. His elder dropped to his knees readily. "Please, forgive me!" he begged. Abel leaned down close to his mentor's head with a quite evil face. "You're forgiven," he whispered. A look of surprise was given in return. It quickly became a look of horror, however, as a flood of hellfire screamed its way through the kneeling torso beneath this unusually expressive head. The old necromancer's body convulsed in throws of torment. Abel's teeth clenched as he summoned forth more and more hellfire, engulfing his betrayer to a fiery death. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:17:42 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (25/31) TITLE: "The Necromancer" (Part 25/31) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: I'd greatly appreciate any constructive criticisim. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence and sexual implications. DESCRIPTION: My first BTVS fanfic with a new villian as the title character. This story is set after the end of the second season and after Buffy returns for the third season. It was written before the third season was broadcast and may not accurately reflect a third season setting. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. SPOILERS: Spoilers to "Phases" and "Becoming". ============== Scene 24 The going was just as violent on the surface of Sunnydale as underneath it. Buffy was currently exercising her faculties as the Slayer on a vampire that she happened upon in an darkened alley. The fight was near its conclusion as she got the upper hand. "Before you get dusted let me ask you a question," said Buffy through accelerated breaths. A second wind by the vampire was broken by a timely blow from Buffy. She followed through with a kick to her downed opponent that made way for her to straddle her victim with her hand at his throat and a stake hovered over his heart. "Tell me where the vampire Abel created is," demanded Buffy. "Or you'll what, stake me?" snarled back the vampire. "Exactly," answered Buffy. "So, if I told you then I wouldn't get staked?" questioned the vampire. Buffy answered only with a furrowed brow. "See, I don't have an incentive here do I?" observed the vampire. "Good point. Here's another," Buffy said as she raised the stake to strike. "Oh, if you're looking for Puritan don't worry. He'll find you," blurted out the vampire as he glanced at something out of corner of his eye. Buffy looked over to see the snarling goliath of a vampire that was Puritan. She quickly thrusted the stake into the prone vampire's heart and held it in place for the annoying nuisance time it took for him to turn to ashes. With that out of the way she stood up and faced her new opponent. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:19:00 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (26/31) TITLE: "The Necromancer" (Part 26/31) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: I'd greatly appreciate any constructive criticisim. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence and sexual implications. DESCRIPTION: My first BTVS fanfic with a new villian as the title character. This story is set after the end of the second season and after Buffy returns for the third season. It was written before the third season was broadcast and may not accurately reflect a third season setting. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. SPOILERS: Spoilers to "Phases" and "Becoming". ============== Scene 25 "Ugh! This chapter is about how to mutate spiders into war beasts," yelled Willow, frustrated at the content of the text she had just spent the last half hour translating. Oz walked over calmly and turned off the computer screen Willow had been staring at for much too long. "I think we could use a break. Want to go for a walk?" he offered. "It's just that I'd really like to help Buffy out by making a breakthrough on this. It's almost like there's no good way to kill a necromancer or even get him out of his lair for that matter," grumbled Willow. Oz asked, "Did you just say 'making' and 'out' in the same sentence?" Willow thought quickly and replied, "Let's go for a walk." Meanwhile Cordelia drove in her usual reckless manner to the distaste of her fearful passenger. "Will you slow down already?" exclaimed Xander. "Why? Aren't you in a hurry to get back and save Buffy's rear?" returned Cordelia. "What's that supposed to mean?" snapped Xander. "Well, you're so fond of it," grumbled Cordelia as she rounded a corner rather unsteadily. "Look-" began Xander, but he was cut off. "No, you look, as long as Buffy's the Slayer and we're saving the world every other night I'm more than content to pitch in. But, I'm not going to be ignored by someone that I used to not even want to be payed attention to. . . by. . . from. . . you know what I mean," interrupted Cordelia. "So what are you saying? inquired Xander. "Get over her!" shouted Cordelia. "I can't see myself getting over her until she's forty, moved in with some hairy buckweed guy in a trailer park, and fifty pounds heftier. Even then it's a maybe," Xander's statement was softened with a boyish grin. Cordelia didn't give one in return. Back at the outskirts of Sunnydale high Oz and Willow were being a lot friendlier in a kissing kind of way. The two seperated for a moment to continue walking the darkening, moonlit late afternoon. "Do you think you'll ever go to college?" inquired Willow. "I don't know. When I think of college I think big classes, brick fissades, and professors with red pens in their front shirt pockets. It's just not me," explained Oz. "Well, at least that means we can spend more time together in the mean time," said Willow, looking on the bright side. "In the mean time? So that means after the year is over you'll be shipping out to some big name university?" asked Oz. "We'll it's always kind of been a given in my family for Willow Rosenburg to get a scholarship and become a world famous scientist. You know how expectations go," she answered. "If that's what you want then when that time comes we'll work something out," said Oz with a ever so slight smile. The two closed slowly for another kiss. "Hey, they're over here," Cordelia yelled back over her shoulder. Willow let out a sigh. "Cordelia," she whispered under her breath, each sylable had it's own unique grumble. Oz and Willow waited patiently for their friends to catch up with them. As they stood happy just to be in each other's company they shared what would be their final glance. A pale figure startlingly emerged from a nearby bush and casually put his arms around the two sweethearts like a buddy. "What's up?" Abel asked. He followed his feigned plesantry with an incantation that caused him and his companions to disappear in a shriek of hellflame. Cordelia let out a scream that brought Xander running. "What happend?" Xander questioned excitedly. "I don't know! One moment they were just standing there the next second someone turned up the reverb and they were gone," Cordelia said through a filter of panic. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:19:54 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Necromancer" (27/31) TITLE: "The Necromancer" (Part 27/31) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: I'd greatly appreciate any constructive criticisim. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence and sexual implications. DESCRIPTION: My first BTVS fanfic with a new villian as the title character. This story is set after the end of the second season and after Buffy returns for the third season. It was written before the third season was broadcast and may not accurately reflect a third season setting. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. SPOILERS: Spoilers to "Phases" and "Becoming". ============== Scene 26 Buffy's blows came quick and furious upon Puritan's chest. It did little to phase him however. What Puritan lacked in grace he made up doubly in brawn. The Slayer eventually drew back and reconsidered her technique. Noticing Puritan's lack of defensive effort Buffy decided to go for the kill early on and drew a handy stake. With skillful aim the weapon found its mark squarely in the behemoth's chest. Only a slight stagger was given in awknowedgement of this attack. Puritan pulled the stake out of his chest and tossed it aside like a splinter. "I don't slay easy," announced Puritan with a big, dark voice. He followed up his statement with a crude flailing attack that landed on the top of Buffy's head. She met the ground with due haste and struggled to remain concious. Buffy crawled while still on her back to the inner recesses of the alleyway to recuperate. Her attacker followed stomping and with fangs exposed. She wasn't about to be beat by this brute. As he came within range she tripped him backwards in a sweeping motion. Puritan fell upon his backside with a resounding crash while Buffy jumped back to her feet. "It's true what they say. The bigger they are, the harder they fall," said Buffy trying to stay composed. Puritan wasn't exactly the most agile vampire and was having a hard time regaining standing posture. By the time he balanced on his two big feet a kick from behind was delivered by the Slayer and he fell flat on his face. Buffy took the opportunity to plunge another of her stakes into her victim's back. This time Puritan had a hard time reaching the firmly lodged stake. His burly arms couldn't quite find the intrusive object in his back. As seconds flew by Buffy could see the effects of the more endured staking. Smoke and a pungent odor rose from the vampire's wound as he writhed on the ground. Finally he managed to pluck this stake from his back. Buffy didn't let up and pounced yet again when Puritan rose to his hands and knees. Her hand upon his forced the stake into his chest before he could dispose of it. This time she made sure to keep her opponent from removing the weapon from his torso. With a vice on the stake and a knee in the small of her victim's back Buffy held fast for a period time that was much too long for her liking. Puritan attempted to break free with all of his diminished strength only to grow gradually weaker. Puritan met his fate slowly. With a growl he began to turn to ashes. More and more dead vampire matter littered the ground until finally his full disintegration brought yet another victory to the Slayer. Buffy let go of the breath she had taken shortly before plunging the last stake into Puritan. "Third time's a charm," she said to herself. ------------------------------ End of buffyfic-digest V2 #335 ****************************** To subscribe to buffyfic or buffyfic-digest, send the command subscribe buffyfic-digest or subscribe buffy to majordomo@xmission.com. 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