Outside at the front gate:

A mob of Turok-Hans are charging towards the front gate of the army base. The gate was secured, but it took them all of three seconds to break it down.

There are ten of them.  They move forward, towards the thin pool of gasoline waiting for them.  The soldiers wait on the other side of the pool, waiting to spring the trap and then pick off the survivors.  Mike and Buffybot stand a few feet behind the soldiers, watching all this.

The Turok-Hans approach the pool of gasoline.  Then suddenly they stop. And sniff.

And then five break to the left and five break to the right, circling around the deadly pool and coming towards the soldiers. And Mike and Buffybot. Looks like they somehow figured out the dangers of flammable liquids.  This mission just got harder.

Two of the soldiers panic and drop their flamethrowers, running as fast as they can in the opposite direction.  One shouts: "Oh my God!  We can't beat those monsters!  Run while you can!!" The other one says nothing, he's running so fast, his shadow is having trouble keeping up.

That makes it ten against ten.  Each of the Turok-Hans appears to be choosing one target on the opposite side.  "Keep it together men!  Pick a target and use your flamethrowers!  We can win this one!"shouts the lieutenant.

OCC: To the combat thread for Mike and Buffybot.  You each have one Turok-Han coming at you so far, the other eight are pairing off against each remaining soldier.  Good guys have initiative. Annabelle and Emilia are still inside studying the book.
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Hearing the screaming outside Emilia sighed, "Well this spell isn't really going to help us that much is it? Unless you happen to know where we can find this magic dust?" She sighed slightly annoyed, "Better put your slaying hat on I think we are going to have company."

Annabelle sighed even louder.  "Oh crumbs, that screaming no doubt means the soldiers' plan didn't go as swimmingly as they hoped."

She gets up and grabs her stake, then stands by the door waiting for anyone or anything that might come through.  "You stay back behind me Emilia, I'll protect you as long as I can if anything makes it in here.

Mike does something the military guys definitely aren't expecting, though the Buffybot might be. He puts the flame thrower down and engages his opponent hand to  hand!

He launches a couple of wicked punches at the enemy, and prepares his defense. Which could've been better. Still, Mike seems to be getting better at fighting lately. Wicked punch #1 connects with the ubervamp's midsection, wicked punch #2 does not as the vamp evades it, then nails Mike in the face with a punch of his own.

Buffybot actually follows Mike's lead. However things didn't go to well in her case as she drops the flamethower. Her barely missed the Turok-Han closest to her.  The super vampire than easily landed a kick to her chest since the robot left herself open to attack.

The eight remaining soldiers take aim with their flamethrowers and all but one manages to nail a Turok-Han.  Yet despite now being on fire, the seven Turok-Hans keep coming, each one grabs a soldier by the neck.  Feeding time coming up.

The last Turok-Han leaps out of the way of the flame, punches the attacking soldier, but otherwise keeps on running.  Towards the building where Annabelle and Emilia are in.

OCC: 12 points of damage to Mike, 18 points to Buffybot. You both still have one Turok-Han attacking you at the moment, the others are attacking someone else.

Emilia rummages around in her handbag for the hair spray and lighter and stands behind the door at the ready. (OCC: she's waiting for the bad guy thing... you know when they open the door growl and look around and pause for a few seconds... don't believe me watch any horror movie, when the Ubervamp does that she's going to unleash the power of hairspray. Note to GM: Know this won't be as powerful as a flamethrower but they do but fairly hot.)

"Emlia!  This is not the time to do your hair!!  Are you................oh...........oh!!Annabelle said as she saw Emilia pull out the lighter as well and Annabelle figured out what she had in mind.  Homemade flamethrower.   Not that Annabelle has ever used one.

"That may be a good plan.  If one comes in here, you hit them with the flame which may distract them long enough for me to do the best stake to the heart attack in my life.

Mike was way off his game this time. His punches just weren't on target as the Turok-Han dodged out of the way. His defense was better, but still lackluster.

But enough to do the job, as the Turok-Han throws a kick at Mike and misses. Stalemate this round.

Buffybot circled around her opponent, preparing to attack.  The Turok-Han did the same as these two had a staredown.

Meanwhile six Turok-Hans sink their teeth into the soldiers they are holding.  The soldiers scream, and struggle to escape.  But to no avail as the vampires drink, despite the fact that they are on fire.

The Turok-Han grappling the lieutenant wasn't so lucky as the commanding officer broke free and pointed his flamethrower at the monster.  "Take this you undead son of a."the officer shouts as he blasts the vampire with his flamewhrower.  The Turok-Han howls in pain, then stumbles backwards.  Right into the pool of gasoline.

WHOOSH!!!!

The pool of gasoline is now a raging square of fire with one ubervamp right in the middle of it.  You can hear his screams of pain a mile away.

The lone soldier who didn't have his own ubervamp to fight had already dropped his flamethrower and pulled out his big combat knife.  He moves to the nearest flaming ubervamp eating one of his teammates.  "Get off him!"he shouts, easily slicing his knife into the vamp's back since the creature was to busy eating to notice.

Meanwhile, the lone ubervamp left enters the building.  He stops and sniffs.  Yes, there is prey to be found.  He quickly approached the office Annabelle and Emilia were hiding in.

And smashed down the door! Turok-Hans aren't big on doorknobs or subtle entrances.  The monster walks over the now downed door and stops in the middle of the office as he looks around and sees nothing.  Because the two girls are hiding on either side of the door.  He's about to turn around and see them!  They have seconds to launch a sneak attack.

OCC:  This round is resolved, no damage to the heroes this round.  Buffybot and her enemy had a staredown contest this round.  To the combat thread for everybody.  Emilia and Annabelle have a Turok-Han about to turn around and see them, so they have this round to launch a sneak attack.

Emilia waited for the monster to turn around, then she flicked her lighter and blasted it with her aerosol can in the Turok-Han's direction. The flameblast hits the creature square in the face.  It howls in pain as it covers its eyes.

Annabelle waited for Emilia to make her move before launching hers, staking the ubervamp may not be the best strategy, it would likely end in both of their deaths, after the stake failed to go very far.  She opted to try to take the monster off it's feet and then get the bloody hell out of there. She followed up Emlia's flame to the face with a masterfully executed takedown which left the ubervamp flat on its back, giving them the opportunity to run for it.

Now that the 'killzone' was lit up, Mike had a better idea. Grab his opponent and toss him into flaming inferno. That's what it was there for. His grab and toss methodology seemed to be working much better for him then direct combat. So good is his toss he can even make this guy land on top of his flaming buddy and make them both fall down in the gasoline.  The second ubervamp drops on the first, leaving two screaming prehistoric vampires in the field of flame.

After the stare down in the last round. Buffybot needed to act and begin to deal with the Turok-Han standing or in this case staring before her. Her fist connected with the creature's jaw, but the vampire failed to return the favor as the artificial slayer evaded his blow.

"Get off him you freak!!"the soldier shouts at the Turok-Han eating his comrade.  He slices the monster again, blood flies through the air.  And this time the vampire notices as he lets go of his prey and faces his attacker.

The lieutenant does the same, drawing his large combat knife and slashes at the nearest Turok-Han draining the blood of one of his men, his knife slashes the creature's flesh, who is too focused on drinking blood right now to notice.

Meanwhile five Turok-Hans continue to drink the blood of the other five soldiers.

OCC:Back to the combat thread for everyone.  No damage to the heroes this round.  Still seven ubervamps outside to deal with.  Mike is currently not being engaged by anyone, plenty of soldiers could use a hand. The ubervamp inside is on the floor in pain from the flame in the face attack, Annabelle and Emilia can run for it and get a head start.

Wasting no time, Annabelle grabbed Emilia by the wrist and headed for the door.  "Come on, we're going to run and then run some more, putting as much distance between us and him as possible."

They got lucky that time and everything happend so fast, Annabelle wasn't sticking around for their luck to run out.  She pulls Emlia out into the hall and runs in the opposite direction the Turok-Han came from.

Gripping the hairspray and lighter, Emilia ran after Annabelle not given much choice, She felt her handbag and the heavy weight of the book slapping against her side as she ran. <purple>"Ok Sir Robin!"</"purple> She said running after the potential.

A feeding vampire, even a feeding Turok Han, was easy prey for Mike, who grabbed one eating a soldier, calmly ripped him off his dinner, and tossed him into the big flaming vamppile below.

He didn't expect any counterattacks, but he was exceptionally on the ball for such.  Which is good because the Turok-Han engaging Buffybot suddenly shifed focus and attempted a high kick on Mike as he moved out of the way.

The lieutenant raced forward, grabbing one of the Turok-Han off his men.

The only other soldier up and fighting, swung his big combat knife at neck of the ubervamp coming at him.  And connected!!  The Turok-Han's head came off and exploded into dust.

Meanwhile, three Turok-Hans finish drop the bodies of three soldiers, because they are now dead and drained of blood.

Three other soldiers are still standing, barely.  But not down yet.

OCC: Next round.  Five Turok-Hans still outside, one is engaging Michael. The lieutenant currenlty has one grappled.  Four other soliders up, not currenlty being drained of blood. The last Turok-Han is on the trail of Emilia and Annabelle.

Meanwhile in the lieutenant's office, the downed ubervamp climbs to his feet and sniffs the air.  He's on the trail of the two frail little girls who dared to attack him.


Just outside that bulding, Annabelle and Emilia exit and run a few yards before entereing another building. They've just found the armory.  Plenty of flamethrowers.  And guns.  And grenades.


OCC: These two should probably grab a weapon or two, that Turok-Han will likely find them soon.

In the armory:

Annabelle picks up a flamethrower, then the grenade stock catches her eye.  Why not? Her watcher told her guns were mostly useful against vampires, but she never said anything about grenades. She grabs two grenades, stuffing each one halfway in her pockets for quick access.

"Emilia, find somewhere to hide.  I'll hold him off as long as I can.  If you see a chance to run for the door while he's preoccupied with me, do it. Annabelle says as she stands ready for action, waiting for the Turok-Han to come at them.
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it. This vamp was ready for him, so his grab wasn't the best but enough as he barely manages to put his hands on the ubervamp.
Buffybot sees Mike engaging a Turok Han. She decides that a sneak attack is in order as her fist slames into the back of the unsuspecting Turok-Han. Mike had kind of a bad angle for the throw, but hopefully it'd be enough.  And it is as the Turok-Han goes flying into the fire with the rest of his bretheren.

"Look out sir! "one soldier shouts as he aimes his flamethrower at the vampire grapppled by the lieutenant.  The officer and dove for cover as the trooper let the flameblast loose, nailing the ancient vampire who takes several steps back, joining the rest in the block of fire.

Meanwhile the three remaining Turok-Hans each ran up to a solider, grabbed the around the throat and moved closer.  Feeding time again.

OCC:Back to the combat thread.  No damage to the heroes.  Three Turok-Hans left out here, all three about to drain the blood of a solider.

"I'm not leaving you sweetie," Emilia said seeing a flare gun cabnet, a starburst round inside probably wouldn't be a great idea however aimed in the general direction of the door would probably help them alot, "Keep away from the door!" She called back. As the uber vamp opened the door she unleashed the starburst round before ducking behind the piled up crates.

In the Armory:

CRASH!!

The Turok-Han burst through the door, looking for two little girls to kill.

"I'm not leaving you sweetie," Emilia said seeing a flare gun cabnet, a starburst round inside probably wouldn't be a great idea however aimed in the general direction of the door would probably help them alot, "Keep away from the door!" She called back. As the uber vamp opened the door she unleashed the starburst round before ducking behind the piled up crates.

FLASH!  The flare hits the Turok-Han in the chest, and explodes lighting up the room.  The vampire howls loud enough to rattle the walls.

No time to argue, Annabelle opts to go for a grenade attack, she pulls out one grenade, pulls the pin and hurls it at the Turok-Han. The grenade isn't a direct hit as Emilia's flare, but it lands close to the vampire and explodes.

The ubervamp howls again, but his problems aren't over.  The flare has set his clothes on fire, he continues to burn brightly, covering his eyes.  He's blinded and on fire at the moment

OCC: Back to the combat thread for Annabelle and Emlila, vamp is at the moment blind and on fire.
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Out Front:

Mike was wondering if Turok Han tossing should be a new Olympic sport. He'd propose it to the committee if only they'd take the idea seriously. Alas, they would not. He doesn't think he did well on the grab, though he was thankfully grabbing a vampire feeding, it didn't matter quite so much. His toss, though, was certainly worth a high score, and he was prepared to defend himself against any more that came by. Down, down Mr. Feeding Turok Han goes, into the fiery furnace where his friends are roasting away. Good thing Turok Han have less pattern recognition ability then most insects.

The two remaining Turok-Hans who looked like they were about to feed, both turn towards Mike.  The two soldiers they were holding drop to the ground, barely alive, one more feeding would have surely finished them.


"Cover those two wounded men!  Let that guy handle the vamps, he seems to know what he's doing!"shouted the lieutenant.  The other two soldiers still standing ran to cover their downed comrades as the lieutenant went to do first aid on the two severely wounded troops.

The two remaining Turok-Hans both looked at Mike and advanced  towards him.

OCC: Onward.  No damge Mike this round.  Two Turok-Hans left out here, both coming at Mike.

The Turok-Han was blinded and badly wounded.  It was now or never.  Annabelle drew her wounded stake and hurled it across the room at the the vampire's heart.

Thok!

The wooden stake bulleyed the blinded vampire in the heart.  He had a second to comprehend what happened before exploding to dust, leaving the two girls alone in the armory.

OCC: Fight's over.  Back to the normal thread.

Emilia got up and dusted herself off, she took a couple of extra flares and stuffed them into her now buldging purse. "Good work sweetie, think we did pretty well." She said with a smile, although her hands were shaking badly.

Annabelle exhaled loudly in relief as if she had been holding her breath the entire time, then walked over and retrieved her stake.

She set down the flamethrower, too cumbersome for her tastes anyway, and stuffed another grenade in her pocket.

Then she approached Emilia from the front, grasping both of Emilia's hands in her own to steady them.  "We did very, very well.  We should not have lasted ten seconds against that..........that crime against nature.  But kept our wits and didn't run screaming like the two frail little girls the Turok-Han no doubt thought we were."

Another grab, another toss. A little shaky on the defensive dismount. But courtesy of Mike airlines, another Turok Han gets to experience an infinitely warmer climate. But seriously. If it ain't broke don't fix it. But Mike's shaky defense left something to be desired as the second ubervamp nailed him squarely in the jaw.

Buffybot grinned at the last two remaining Turok-Han so once again like the last time around she did another sneak attack in hopes of Mike easily dealing with the last hostile as her fist connected with the Turok-Han's face.

OCC: 12 points of damage to Mike this round.  One Turok-Han left. 

Well, that rattled his teeth a little. Nothing he couldn't sleep off, though. Still, one more in front of him, and wanting to secure his place forever as the greatest vamp tosser in history, he does one more grab and toss routine. It is not a grab that will live forever, but should be enough. Toss is good...defense is better then last time.  It is enough to send the last ubervamp into the roaring fire with his bretheren.

This shall be the record all future vamp tossers live by.


"That's all of em'  Good work son.  You're a one-vamp wrecking machine.  You can give me the details later, right now I've got men to save. the lieutenant says as he orders the other two troopers to go get the medical supplies so they can tend to the two who barely survived the Turok-Han attack.

OCC: This fight's over.  Back to the main thread for everyone.

"If you've got blood transfusions available, you probably want to start with that. They weren't holding on to them for long, but even in the little time they were feeding, they're probably lethally low on blood."

That's his first bit of advice. He neither confirms or denies the one vamp part of one vamp wrecking machine. After all, he might've meant 'you're one vamp-wrecking machine'. Which is also true.

"Thanks for the advice son. "says the lieutenant as he steps closer to Michael so only the two of them can hear.  "You're pretty strong, you were tossing those monsters in the fire like basketballs.  I've got some questions." he said with a pause long enough to make Mike's heart beat faster....if it still beat that is.

Then finally; "But, you're a civilian who's helped save some lives  and has comitted no crime in my jurisdiction.  So really it's none of my business."  the lieutenant says as he goes back to tending to his men.

Mike only smiles, "Well, I was considering petitioning the Olympic committee to make a sport out of it, but I didn't think they'd take me seriously."

Not that he's any too sure how funny that was. All the same, he helps with carrying the men to wherever they need to go for blood transfusions, since their weight is practically nothing to him.

Emilia followed Annabelle out to the court yard, still a little cautious, "They gone?" She asked, "Take many hits?" She looked around to see if that cute army boy was still alive.

Mike shook his head at Emilia when she came out.

"We defeated the enemy...but there were some losses. We couldn't save everyone, I'm afraid."

Several men lay on the field, exsanguinated.

By the time the girls get out to the front, everyone else has begun to tend to the dead and wounded.

The two soldiers you met at the gate are both on stretchers, barely concious, but still alive.  Three others are covered by sheets.

The lieutenant sees the two girls and shouts; "You girls don't come any closer!!  Get back inside my office and I'll come talk to you in a few minutes!  NOW!!!!

"That's a good idea. Come on Emilia let's go."Annabelle said steering her back in the direction of the lieutenant's office and away from the dead bodies.  Incredibly, Emilia didn't panic at the mere sight of the Turok-Han. And neither did she, the desire to protect Emilia overwhelmed her fear. Slayers are supposed to protect innocents after all.

The last thing Emilia needed now was to get a good look at a dead body.

"I know a little first aid if that would be helpful" She called to the commander before following Annabelle into the command hut.

But the lieutenant wasn't having any.  "We can take care of it!  You girls get back to my office!! MOVE IT!!"

Half an hour later, the injured soldiers are in the infirmary, the dead are in bodybags, the fire is still going, and the lieutenant is now back in his office with the foursome.


"I suggest you four stay here tonight.  I can't force you to if you want to leave. Actually I can, I can hold you on suspicion of being terrorists, but I don't operate that way. Here's the situation.  We can't leave Sunnydale as long as this invisible dome is up.  We can't communicate with the outside world, however communications in city limits seem to be normal. That's what I know.  If you know something useful, speak up.

He looks over at Emilia and Annabelle. "If I could, I would put you two on a plane back home, send you back to that ass-backwards country that still has a queen.  Children do not belong in a war zone."

Mike shakes his head.

"It makes sense to stay with proven allies who know what's going on. I only wish I could've saved more of your men. There were good people."

Alas, even he has limits, and while he saved some...it wasn't all.

Annabelle smacked her fist into her hand making a loud cracking noise and suddenly stands up from her seat.  "We are not children!!  And the only reason you bloody yanks have a country at all is because we decided to colonize this side of the world!! You're welcome!!

She storms towards the door.  "Come on Emilia, we're leaving!"

Emilia grumbled as she followed Annabelle, "Backward country says the man who comes from a country where they allow you to own a gun and drive a car before your aloud to have sex, yea sure where is all that pent up frustration going to end up." She grumbled as she followed Annabelle

Mike shook his head, and said, "Hold it RIGHT there, you two. Remember what happened to Graham when he tried to leave the base? He got arrested on the spot. Unless you two want to meet the same fate, you really shouldn't leave. And of course, getting arrested is the best case scenario. If Turok Han find you before the police do, you'll wish you had been arrested."
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Annabelle narrowed her eyes at Mike, she paused just a second as you could almost see the gears turning in her mind."We have a plan thank you.  Emilia discovered a magic spell for exterminating vampires in her book.  But it requires a certain magic powder, so we are going foraging for supplies.  The police will be no bother, once the Turok-Hans appeared, they vacated the area with all due haste."

We also have two grenades and a flare gun in Emilia's bag, but they don't need to know that.she thought to herself as she headed for the door. "How about it Emilia?  Want to go hunting for some magic powder? I'll let you drive the police car."
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At that moment, the lieutenant's phone rings.  "Lieutenant Williams.  Put them through.  This is Lieutenant Wiliams, office in charge of the Sunnydale army base.  Just a minute please."

The lieutenant hits the mute button on the phone then looks at Annabelle and Emilia.  "You girls wait outside.  This doesn't concern you.  And don't run off anywhere!  That's an order!!" The lieutenant waits for the two girls to leave before continuing the call.

Annabelle grabs Emilia's wrist and pulls her outside without word to anyone.

Once they are in the hall and alone with the office door shut; "That's an order eh?  It goes without saying I don't recognize his authority over us.  Do you concur Emilia?  Shall we proceed with our magical supply procurement?"

Emilia shrugged, "Yea I'm with you," She said with a shrug, and a smile, "Although have no clue where we would find magic supplies do you?" She asked.

Annabelle leads Emilia out of the building towards the spot where they left the police cruiser.

"Mr. Giles said they were several magic supply stores in Sunnydale, in fact he used to own one.  All we really need is a phone directory, then head to the closest one to us."

Satisfied the girls are out of hearing range, the lieutenant continues the call.

"Now where were we?.........what can I do for you?.......and you want to do what?..........I see...........yes I have four civilians here, but two are minors, and not United States citizens, I don't want to involve them..............Yes that does make a lot of sense...........Let me confer with my two guests here, I'll call you back in a few minutes.

He hangs up the phone.  "That was the Sunnydale chief of police.  He apologizes for the overzealous actions of his officers against you.  If they are even on the force, he suspects there are some imposter police officers about town.  He would like for the three of us to join him at the station and compare notes, and form a plan to either escape the dome or survive until it drops."
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Up at the front of the base:

Emilia and Annabelle make it to the police car with no problem. The remaining solidiers are tending to the wounded.  The gates remain down, right where the Turok-Han mob knocked them.

They climb into the car, keys are under the seat.
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Mike shook his head.

"Color me not surprised. They were WAY too eager to use lethal force to be real cops. Sounds reasonable enough...except for one thing. How do we know the chief of police isn't an imposter himself? It may be better to meet him here, on your turf. After all, he has several of our friends in custody...or does he? You might want to ask him about that. If I recall correctly, he should have several teenagers in custody on grounds of trying to burn a school down. Including Graham, who you saw run off earlier."

Ridiculous, but it's worth double checking.

In the office:

The lieutenant gets back on the phone.  "This is Lieutenant Williams again chief.  I'm afraid I can't meet you right now, we've got wounded at the base that need to be tended to........................What' that?  You can come here.  That would be excellent.  Also, have you made any arrests in the last 24 hours?  My civilian colleagues referred to some of their friends being arrested by the police.......................Yes it does appear you have imposter policemen in Sunnydale........Alright, we'll be waiting for you.

He hangs up the phone and looks at Mike.  "He's on the way here.  And he says his department has made no arrests in the last 24 hours."

Mike winced, and inwardly cursed at that one.

"Then our friends are most likely already dead. And him saying he's made no arrests in the last 24 hours suggests he's the real thing."

"Buckle up, just in case we have to run over a Turok-Han."Annabelle says as she buckles her own seatbelt.

"First pay telephone you see, stop.  We should be able to get a phone directory there and then find a magic supply store. Let's get going before anyone notices we're gone."

"What do payphones look like in this crazy country, can't seen any red boxes around." She said mounting the curb a few times, "It would be an effort for me not to run over a Turo Turo Ubervamp with my driving" She said with a sly smile.

"Just look for a phone on the side of the road with no box around it, red or otherwise."Annabelle said.

"When I first arrived in Sunnydale, I saw one and asked Mr. Giles what it was.  He told me that was a public phone.  I said 'no really, what is it?' But he said that was what passed for a public phone on this side of the Atlantic.

Inside the lieutenant's office:


Before anyone can say another word, there is a loud, but erratic knock at the door.
The lieutenant gets up from his desk to answer it.

As he opens the door, one of his men spills into the room and hits to the floor.  There is a large blood stain on his chest.

"Sir..........we got...........they did.........uhhhhhhhhhhh.........................."

That's all the solider gets out, because he is now dead.

"Stay with me son!  Stay with me!  Noooo!!!! He's gone." The lieutenant then examines the body.  "This looks like a large knife wound. What is coming after us now?!"

Mike wasn't the only one that was wincing. Buffybot although that she came late to the game. Her processors were going a mile a minute. Unfortunately she wasn't privy to the knowledge of what happen before she met the group. Still something didn't seem or want to click. The LT had his own problems and stumbling into a group of so-called 'kids' and that's putting it mildly to say the least. "The buzzword suggestsis something that if I were you would take into concideration. We'll know for sure if he's the real thing. If Graham really didn't make it we'll soon know one way or the other.With the now deceased soldier on the ground she looks back over that Mike and then the LT. "whoever or whatever did this we need to take care of it and a.s.a.p!"
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Mike smelled the bloodstain before the man even knocked on the door. It wasn't the blood that surprised him, it was the fact it was inflicted by a knife instead of by fangs. Clearly, they have some other enemies here...

"Vampires don't use knives, generally. I'd say we've got something else on our hands. I'll take point."

Why? Well, if something stabs Mike, he'll survive the experience. If something stabs the Buffybot, she'd most likely survive the experience too. But the humans around them? That's not so sure a thing.

He nodded at the bot, and said, "Let's go. We've gotta clear out hostiles...which could very well be our rogue cops."

"Wait!!!"the lieutenant shouts as they are about to leave.

He goes to his desk and looks in the drawer, producing another walkie talkie and passes it to Mike.  "Stay in touch son.  I'll stay here and see who I can contact on mine.  And find those two Scottish girls, hopefully they're hiding in the women's restroom down the hall.

On the streets of Sunnydale:

It doesn't take the girls long to find a public phone.  A quick look at the yellow pages finds them a magic supply store, The Grand Magic Shop.

It takes them five more minutes to get there.  They find the door locked and the windows intact, it hasn't been vandalized so far.

"We know it hasn't been looted.  Now we have to find a way in."

Annabelle looks around on the ground, picking up the nearest rock that will fit nicely into her fist.  She walks up to the door, taking aim at the part of the window, which when smashed will allow her to reach inside and unlock the door.

"If an alarm goes off we'll have to get inside fast and turn it off.  The last thing we need is the noise drawing any Turok-Hans to us."she says to Emilia as she reaches her arm back and hurls the rock at the glass.


Annabelle Berkshire rolled 12 using 1d10+7. rock toss.
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Mike takes the communicator, nodded to the Bot, and said, "Let's go."

Mike proceeded to take point...he had an easier time healing then the bot did, after all. He thinks, anyway. And it was time to go looking for stab victims. Hopefully, his nose trained on blood would lead the way. At least lead the way the soldier took when he ran in here.

Emilia looked over at Annabelle as she threw the rock against the window "Subtle" she said with a grimace looking around she gripped the flare gun in her handbag cautiously.

While the vamp used his senses it was time for Buffybot to use hers. But backtracking would be the most logical point. With the two of them together maybe they can get to the bottom of it.

At the base:

Mike follows a trail of blood drops with Buffybot in tow.  He hears the lieutenant on the radio shouting "Johnson come in!  This is Lieutenant Williams, over!  Someone answer!" No one responds.

The find no trace of Annabelle or Emilia, in the restroom or anwhere else.

The blood trail leads to the infirmary. The duo enters and finds three dead bodies, the two wounded soldiers and the one that was with them.  All three have the same type of stab wound as the first.  That accounts for all of them.  The lieutenant is the only army man left alive.

Mike radios in.

"Lieutenant, your men are already dead. We're returning to you immediately, you're probably the next target."

Mike doubletimed it back to the Lieutenant's office...

At the magic shop:

Annabelle's rock crashes through the glass, right on target, allowing her to reach in and unlock the door.  No alarm sounds. Apparently the owner figured an alarm wouldn't matter much in Sunnydale.

The girl's now have free access to the magic shop.  They will find the magic sand they are looking for along with a variety of other items. Crosses and holy water are in stock too.

Annabelle rushes over to where the crosses are and grabs one.  "Oh thank God.  I had a cross necklace when I came to Sunnydale but then I................lost it.  I've felt a bit naked without it.

She takes a larger cross that will fit in her hand and also a cross necklace (considerably lower quality than her original, but it will do for now.)

"Do you see your magic power?"she says to Emilia.

"My magic power?" She asked looking around the shelves, "This stuff is either strange or gross," She said holding up eye of newt, she placed it down and looked around for the sand and other stuff, "So crosses work against those Turokan's?" she asked lifting up a very large wooden cross.

Buffybot shook her head. "I think this is a wild goose chase to draw us out." Knowing that there was nothing left to do she went back with Mike.

"Hmmm, power?  Oh, I meant POWDER, Emilia, my mind is elsewhere.  Have you found that magic sand we need to work that spell you found?"Annabelle said, trying to refocus.

"As for the cross and the Turok-Hans, touch it to their flesh and it will burn.  If they were ordinary vampires, just the sight of a cross would make them recoil, giving you time to make a run for it.  But a Turok-Han is not affected by the mere sight of a cross, their primitive brains apparently can't comprehend its meaning."she says as she grabs a two bottles of holy water off the shelf.

Mike hears the lieutenant's voice on the other end of the radio;

"My men are already..................forget about me!  Find those two Scottish girls!  I can take care of...............hey, who are you?!  You better put down that knife now or............."

Nothing but static.

But the duo has problems of their own.  As they reach the door leading into the building where the lieutenant is, they find two Turok-Hans blocking their path.

They both step forward, one goes for Mike, the other for Buffybot.



OCC: To the combat thread, two Turok-Hans blocking your path each one going for one of you.  You'll have to beat them to help the lieutenant. Good guys have initiative.

Emilia grinned "So a big heavy one to club them over the head with might help?" She said with a slight smile, "No sign of the sand yet, to be honest this place is a bit of a sty, hard finding anything in here"

10:44, Today: Emilia Grey rolled 7 using 1d10+5. Search Check notice 2 percept 3. think this is a massive fail

Somehow this was in the back of her mind. They this unexplained group of Turok-Han somehow got into the base. However she nods to Mike as they begin to remove vamps standing before them. "Somehow I knew that this was coming. Alright Pal time to put you in your place!" Buffybot says as her fist connects with the Turok-Han in front of her.

"Don't have time for you bozos...

Mike launched a truly inspired combo of vicious stakings against his opponents, the Turok-Han in front of him explodes to dust, he then aids Buffybot by staking the other one, since she's already trying to hit the thing.  That vampire also explodes to dust leaving them free to go help the lieutenant.

OCC: Well, that was  a fast fight.  You can go help the lieutenant now.

"Lack of electricity isn't helping, we're dependant on the emergency powered street lights for what we have. Don't worry about the sand for a moment, I want to show you something.

Annabelle moved closest to the largest window to get the most benefit from the exterior lights and set down two bottles of holy water.  She then pulled out two syringes to show Emilia.  "I procured these from the hospital.  Didn't think we'd  actually get the chance to find any holy water."

Annabelle uncapped the bottle of holy water and poured it into one syringe.  "Now you take the other one and do the same, and hang on to it for an emergency.  Now normally this little bit of water would amount to a bee sting on a vampire. But when you inject holy water into them internally, they'll feel like their insides are fire.


OCC:Yep 7 is a fail, 8 or less is a total failed roll in most cases. Annabelle will try to look in a moment.

Buffybot wasted no time as she goes after to T. "I hope that he can hang on til we get there Mike."

Mike wasted no time either, as he ran like the wind towards the Lieutenant. He only hoped his inspired stakings would let him get there before the man died.

Emilia smiled as Annabelle poured the water into the syringe casing. "Here let me show you." She said removing the needle safety cap she dipped the needle into the water and slowly pulled back the syringe to fill the tube, she squeezed the air out and replaced the safety cap, "Might be hard to get close enough however."

Mike and Buffybot make it to the lieutenant's office and hurl the door open.

You see the lieutenant standing there, apparently unscathed.  On the ground, unconcious, you see someone with pale white skin, a black hooded robe, and symbols where the eyes should be.  A bringer.

In the corner you see the army officers walkie talkie with a bringer knife sticking out of the middle of it.

The lieutenant stares at the duo.  "What the heck is that?!   How does he see?!  This guy came in and tried to stab me, I blocked it with my radio then decked him, that's why we lost contact.  Are you two okay?  Did you find the two girls?

"It's a Bringer. As for how they see, I have no idea. I just know they perceive the world as well as anyone else does. So, yeah, just pretend they can see, it's safer that way. We haven't found Emilia and Annabelle yet. The other thing about Bringers? They don't normally work alone. I'd recommend you come with us to help us look for the girls. We might need you if we run into any more cops. And it's not particularly safe for you either, if you're alone on the army base. Nobody's safe by themselves with all these creatures around."

And with that idea, he hopes the Lieutenant will choose to come with.

"It's a close range weapon, meant to be used for example  when a vampire has his hands around you're throat and is about to bite you and you have no other option. The first option of course is stay out of their grasp. Now let me see if I can find that sand.Annabelle says as she begins to look for the magic sand.



Annabelle Berkshire rolled 10 using 1d10+6. Look for magic sand.

At the magic shop:

Annabelle succeeds in finding the magic sand needed for the spell.

At the base:

The lieutenant nods his head. "Let's get out to the front of the base.  If one of your vehicles is gone, they will give us a clue."The three rush to the front of the base.  The police car the group brought is gone, Emilia's rental car is still there.

Just then you see flashing read lights and hear the sound of a police car siren in the distance and it's getting closer.  The police car pulls into the base, driving right over the now downed gate from the ubervamp charge. Three men get out, two uniformed officers and one older man in a suit.

The three maintain a safe distance from you three, the two cops with their hands ready to go for their guns.  The man in the suit speaks first; "I'm the Sunnydale police chief.  Judging by the condition of that gate, you've had a bit of trouble here."

"Got it!"Annabelle said as she picked up the plastic bag containing the green sand.  She did a nice job of not looking too smug. Annabelle was quite pleased she found the sand first, after Emilia found a spell before she did.

"Unless you see something else you want to grab, let's get out of here."

"Sweet" She said with a smile, "Should we give it a test run before trying it in a combat situation?" Emilia asked pulling the book out, "Want to light up some of those candles, bring them over here and we'll give it a shot" She suggested

"You're right. All of the Lieutenant's men have been killed in combat with...gangs on PCP."

He's not sure the police chief is in the know, so he uses the usual phrase for this sort of thing.

"You're forgetting one detail dear.  We need the blood of a vampire to draw the magic circle.  So we need to Michael to make a donation before we can proceed with a test run."Annabelle says, taking one last look around the shop for anything else they might find useful.

"And it would be inadvisable to try to capture a Turok-Han alive and try to take his blood.  A normal vampire capture might be feasible,but they are likely hiding from the Turok-Hans.

But before the girls can make another move, they notice they are not alone.

Outside the shop, you see four shadowy forms, spread several feet apart.  The glare from the street lights gives you enough of a look at their faces.  Pale white skin, symbols where eyes should, and wearing black robes.

Bringers.  Looks like not all of them are at the base.

If Annabelle and Emilia want to leave they will have to go through them.

To Be Continued