The vampire army stood ready to move. Danny assessed the situation and decided it would be safer to move Buffy closer to the pick up truck. Lifting Buffy up carefully he crawled backwards until he was leaning against the bumper. Gunn jumped down and walked in front of the both of them.
“A whole bunch of ya against two,” Gunn commented, “That ain’t right.”
One of the vampires broke away from the crowd and began to charge at Buffy. Gunn stepped in and slammed the bat in his face. He swung it powerfully catching the vampire in the temple and sending him spiraling to the ground. Spinning the bat around he staked the vampire which exploded into dust. Gunn glared at the others.
“Did I say any of ya could move?”
“This isn’t your problem boy,” one of the vampires yelled, “all we want is the girl.”
Gunn glared at the vamp.
“Now why’d ya go and hurt my feelings like that?” Gunn replied turning to face Buffy, “Not that I don’t blame you, damn!”
Another tried to move forward but gun placed the point of his bat on his chest. Slowly he turned and faced them.
“You wanna fight? Bring it on.”
The others jumped down and moved in next to Gunn. The vampires snarled and charged in as Gunn and his crew went to work. The battle was fierce dust started to fly ferociously making it difficult to see. One of the vampires sailed out of the crowd and flew towards Buffy and Danny. Danny frowned angrily and jumped up punched it across the jaw followed by a knee to the stomach. Danny knew what he had to do. He turned to face Buffy.
“Stay here.” he said
“No,” Buffy replied weakly, “I . . . I can help.”
“Stay,” Danny said insistently, “my turn to save you.”
Danny jumped up and looked around for a weapon. He noticed Gunn in the middle of a scrape.
“Hey! . .” Danny yelled at him.
Gunn looked over to him.
“. . . Need a weapon!”
Gunn looked over to one of his crew and gestured to Danny. She ran to the back of the pickup and threw Danny a makeshift machete with a sharpened wooden handle. Danny started to move in as Gunn grabbed him by the arm. He stared at Danny seriously.
“Head, heart, torch them if you have to just don’t stop slicin’ till you see dust.” Gunn instructed
Danny nodded and headed into the fray. Buffy watched on helplessly as this group of strangers, these vampire hunters slowly cleared out the fray. Buffy’s bottom lip began to quiver tears began to roll down her eyes as she now realized the full extent of her mistake. Buffy tried to stand but she was feeling weaker by the second. What the hell had she done?
After what seemed like an eternity Danny cut down the final vamp. He leaned against the wall and panted exhausted as Gunn looked around at his crew.
“That all?” he asked
“Yeah,” one of the crew replied, “We’re clear.”
Gunn looked over to Danny curiously. He walked over to him.
“Got yourself a good arm their dog you fought vamps before?”
Danny looked over to him and smiled.
“This was my first big scrape.”
“You did good man, hey, what did that vamp mean by they wanted the girl?”
“Long tale.” Danny replied as he walked back over to Buffy
He noticed her crying hard and knelt down next to her.
“It’s all my fault,” she said, “I shouldn’t . . . have done it.”
“Hey stop talking like that? How were you supposed to know.” Danny replied helping her to her feet.
“Okay I missed something here didn’t I?” Gunn asked
“It’s personal stuff,” Danny replied, “Can you give us a lift back to my car?”
“Get in.”
“Hey Gunn.” Another member of his crew called out from behind the pickup.
Gunn moved around the pickup and looked over to where his friend was pointing. Behind the pickup Gun’s face dropped as he saw the vampire force three times the size of the one they just fought.
“Oh hell no!” Gunn exclaimed, “We gotta jet!”
The gang started to scramble. And climb back onto the pickup. Danny carried Buffy over to Gunn.
“Can you still give us a ride? My friend she’s . . . Sick.”
Gunn looked around seriously.
“Get in.” he said
Gunn jumped the driver’s seat as Danny helped Buffy into the cab. Gunn floored it and they sped off down the alleyway.
“That was weird.” Gunn commented.
“What was?” Danny asked
“Those vamps we brawled with,’ Gunn explained, “They ran from our hood.”
“What do you mean?”
“We were fightin’ them to, you know, protect our turf then all of a sudden they just booked and end up in this alley.”
Danny looked down at Buffy who was slowly beginning to lose consciousness. He never really believed in magic before this but after what he just saw he was convinced it was real. Suddenly Gunn slammed on the breaks. Danny looked up to see a second force of vampires guarding the other entrance.
“This is just not my day,” Gunn said angrily as he banged on the roof, “Flamers!”
From the back of the pickup two guys jumped down carrying home made flame throwers. They lit the end and went to work. Huge plumes of flame soaked the vampire force forcing them to retreat to a safe distance. Once the path was clear they jumped back on the tray and Gunn sped off. Danny looked in the rearview to see the combined force chasing after them. He felt Buffy’s head flop back. Danny lifted it up.
“Stay with me Anne!” he yelled
Groggily Buffy opened her eyes and looked over to Danny. Gunn stared at her strangely.
“What the he’ll wrong with her?” he asked
“Like I said long story.”
“Then give me the trailer version.”
Danny tried to think of a simple way of explaining what happened to them. It wasn’t a easy task.
“There was this old guy named Ethan he, ah, poisoned her.”
“The why don’t you take her to a hospital?”
“Not that kind of poison,” Danny replied, “see, he was into this magic stuff and I think the poison he gave her is attracting the Vampires.”
“She’s pullin’ the vamps?” Gunn asked in shock
“Yeah, look, just get me to my car and I’ll lead them away from you.”
Gunn looked at the seriousness in Danny’s eyes.
“Nah it’s cool Bro’. Normally I don’t help rich, white, folk but you help out back there so I’ll help ya now.”
Danny smiled this stopped when he looked out the cab.
“Look out!” he yelled as the Dumpster was wheeled into the road. Gunn slammed on the breaks stopping the truck inches from it. Another group of vamps piled out from opposite alleyways. Gunn looked around seriously.
“I’ve never seen them this organized before.” Gunn commented, “Did you’re girl tick them off or something?”
“I don’t want to get any of your guys to get hurt,” Danny replied, “I’ll take Anne, see if I can distract them long enough for you and your people away.”
“Hell no!” Gunn snapped, “I ain’t sendin’ you out there to die! You’re staying with us.”
“Danny.” Buffy said softly as she weakly got his attention, “I . . . I need you to do s-some . . .”
“You’re not going anywhere Anne!” Danny yelled
“L-listen . . . Find . . . Find my mom, Tell her I’m sorry . . .”
“Tell her that yourself when we get out of this.”
Gunn banged on the roof again. He pulled out his bat and stepped out of the cab. Buffy looked up at Danny and smiled.
“I love you.” She said softly as she stroked his cheek.
Danny smiled warmly and bent down. He kissed her lightly.
“I’ll be back in a minute, “ He replied, “Can you do me a favor and stay alive?”
Buffy nodded. Danny grabbed his machete and climbed out. Danny, Gunn and his crew circled the Pickup ready for a fight as a sea of vampires. Buffy struggled her way over to passenger door to see what was going on. Suddenly the vampires moved in. Danny managed to take down two before the group was overwhelmed. They tried to fight back but move vampires seemed to come out of nowhere. Suddenly the door was ripped off it’s hinges. Buffy struggled to move to the drivers as Vamps piled in trying to grab her.
Buffy tried to fight back but her body was almost completely numb. She was pulled out of the cab and thrown violently onto the ground. The last thing Buffy saw before she lost consciousness was a score of vamps leaning over her . . .
. . . When she opened them again she was lying in her bed back in her Sunnydale bedroom. Feeling a lot stronger she sat up and looked around confused. How did she get here?
“Honey!” Joyce said in relief, “Thank god!”
She rushed into the bedroom and hugged Buffy tightly. Still confused Buffy wrapped her arms around her mother. It felt so good to hold her again and she didn’t know how much she missed it until that moment. Buffy pulled away and smiled at her. Suddenly the questions poured back into her mind.
“How did I get back here?” Buffy asked
“This nice boy brought you back.”
Joyce gestured over to Danny who was sitting, arms folded glaring at Buffy. Something in Danny’s eyes gave her a sinking feeling.
“Good to see you conscious.” He said angrily, “I’d hate to think I dragged your ass back here for nothing.”
Joyce sensed the tension.
“I’ll go get you something to drink,” She said, “Do you want anything Daniel?”
“No thanks I’m fine Joyce.”
Joyce nodded and exited the room. Buffy looked at him awkwardly.
“How did we get out of the vampires?”
“We managed. It was a few days ago.”
Buffy looked at him curiously.
“Is there something wrong Danny?”
“Wrong?” Danny snapped, “No, I’m peachy, what could possibly be wrong . . . Buffy!”
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